Welcome to EAA Chapter 32

Chapter 32 meets on the third Saturday of the month at the Aviation Resource Center at St. Charles County Airport / Smartt Field (KSET) unless otherwise indicated. The General Meeting begins at 10am with a presentation following meeting.

EAA 32 Newsletter
  

September 2026

• President's Airspace by Jim Hall
• Monthly Minutes by Dave Deweese
• Flown West
• August Gathering Photos
• EAA Chapter 32 Nomination Committee Request
• Calendar of Aviation Events
• This Month in Aviation History
• Maria Harkins – Ray Aviation Scholarship Recipient and Private Pilot
• Young Eagles
• Learners as We Go by Bill Jagust (mr. bill)
• Wing Load Test (AKA Sanity Check) for the Double Eagle by James Braley
• It Takes Air to Fly (Antique Invitational Fly In) by Ron Burnett
• Webinar - General Aviation Accidents: Trends, Causes, and Safety Insights (2015–2025)
• Prop Wash
• The Empennage
• Go to the full September 2026 Newsletter

EAA Chapter 32 General Meeting: October 17th, 2026

Meeting time: 10am
Location: EAA ARC - 6410 Grafton Ferry Road, Portage de Sioux, MO

The Airport is back open! All flights are determined by the weather conditions and availability of pilots. Please sign up at https://events.eaachapters.org/? so we know how many to expect. Online sign up is limited to 25.  Registration forms are also available the morning of the Rally. Walk-in registrations are available first come, first serve. A parent or legal guardian must sign the form before the child can fly. If a parent or legal guardian is not able to attend, please sign up on line.

For more information, click on Young Eagles page

Please note: If you sign up online, you will be signing up for a time slot. Please arrive as early as you can to 9am. Flights are still first, come, first fly. This is due to many factors out of our control such as weather, pilot availability, etc. Smartt field is located about a mile from the Mississippi river so sometimes we have to delay flights do to fog. In the summer, the air can get bumpy later in the morning because of heat and we may have to close early. If the winds pick up, we may have to cancel flights. We really want your kids to fly, so even if you sign up for a late morning time slot, please come as close to 9am as you can so we can get the flight in.

If you are attending the Aviation Badge Workshop, please sign up for both the Young Eagle flight and the Aviation Badge Workshop. See below for details. 

For more information on the Young Eagle Program, see the Young Eagles page for details.

Aviation Badge Workshop: October 10th, 2026

Location: St. Charles County Airport / Smartt Field
6410 Grafton Ferry Road, Portage de Sioux, MO

Time: 9am

The Airport is back open! The Aviation Badge Workshops covers the badge requirements for the Boy Scout, Girl Scouts, and the American Heritage Aviation Badges. The Workshop is offered concurrently with the Young Eagles Rally. This way, the kids can learn about flight, then take the optional flight in an aircraft! There is no cost for the Aviation Badge Workshop. Boy Scouts will need to present the Merit Badge Application (blue card) with a scout master signature for the Merit badge counselor's signature.

Sign up for the Aviation Badge Workshop here. 

If you sign up for the Aviation Badge Workshop and want to take the Young Eagles flight, there is a separate signup for the flight. The Young Eagle flight is optional and the material covered in the workshop will be enough to quality for the badge if the scout does not fly. 

Girl scouts are not authorized to fly as per GSA rules. If you wish to fly as a Young Eagle, you must remove any Girl Scout insignia (vests, sashes, etc) and fly as a civilian. 

For more information, click on Aviation Badge page. 

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