EAA UL Chapter 75

North Central Wisconsin Lite Flyers

Adventures

ArkanSTOL Ozark Backwoods Challenge Larry Gordon
10/4/2021

The allure of the adventure itself was too great to not send in our volunteer applications. Bingo! The volunteer coordinator gave us the green light to come join the 2nd annual ArkanSTOL.

read more published October 2021

Fly Wisconsin Airport Passport Program Dan Marlenga

9/23/2020  

Now flying at 3000 feet and 90 mph, I reached down with my right hand to lift on the door while I guided the pin back in place with my left hand. In an instant the door was gone!

read more published July 2021

    09/17/2020

Lots of smiles and pats on the back, as most of us thought we might never fly our own planes into Mitchell Field in Milwaukee!

read more published August 2021


 

9/14/2020

We arrived to find several local pilots sitting around a table enjoying a beverage after their day of flying hang gliders.

read more published June 2021

   

9/1/2020

We approached the field with our speed in check, anticipating the short runway, but no problem, as the grass strip was longer than expected.

read more published May 2021

   

8/27/2020

Flying the Mississippi is so neat, seeing backwaters, large and small boats and the locks and dams.

read more published April 2021

  Larry Gordon

8/7/2020

Before entering the pattern we were getting raindrops on our windshields and experiencing low light conditions, adding to our cautious approach to an unfamiliar airport.

read more published March 2021

   

8/6/2020

The 10 minute flight over Chequamegon Bay from Ashland to the Apostle Islands and Madeline Island was spectacular.

read more published February 2021

  Dan Marlenga

7/31/2020

Arriving at Payzer Field in Boulder Junction is near and dear to us flyers from Chapter 75 as we have been here many times for the annual Musky Day Fly-in in August.

read more published January 2021

   

7/23/2020

This area of Wisconsin is so beautiful, with the tiered crop land, the bluffs, the Wisconsin River Valley emptying into the Mississippi.

read more published December 2020

   

7/16/2020

The wind today had picked up from the south and the thermals had us bouncing around like crazy.

read more published November 2020

   

7/13/2020

The goal was a trip to Washington Island and beyond.

read more published October 2020

   

6/17/2020

In early June of this year I got a call from Paul Buss and he said, let's go flying!

read more published September 2020 

    Various Dates

The locals didn't think anything of an airplane pulling up to the pumps but we did get some looks from passing motorists.

read more published September 2021

EAA Chapter 75 Spring Journey Trip 2019   5/20/2019

EAA Chapter 75 Spring Journey Trip 2019 To The Wright Patterson Air Force Museum Dayton OH

read more published June 2019

Aluminum Can Built Mini Max Ron Detert by David Letting 04/2017

Pilots from far northern Wisconsin would load up their aircraft with garbage bags full of aluminum cans, and fly down to Wausau just to donate the cans to the project.

read more published April 2017

Kitty Hawk 2013

  05/2013

Our goal was to fly to Kills Devil Airport, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

read more published May 2013

Jessica Cox   03/2013

It was an absolute honor flying with Jessica and she did a outstanding job of flying, doing everything with her feet. 

read more published March 2013

Beyond Bemidji an experimental adventure 
Jim Zietlow 03/30/2011

Bagley (7Y4) is the nearest public airport to my daughter's home near Gonvick. Single runway, unattended, no fuel, portapotty for services; just the kind of field this readership knows and loves.

read more published May 2011

The Journey, not the Destination Larry Wenning 04/10/2010

Climbing through the smooth morning air we went up to 5500 feet to clear the Tennessee hills with a little extra altitude to spare for good measure. 30 minutes or so into the leg, something happened.

read more published May 2010

Pheasant Strike Brian Krueger 04/2009

It was all normal...a flight from Pierre, South Dakota to Watertown, South Dakota. A very short flight.

read more published April 2009

Martin Jetpack Adventure at AirVenture Jim Cote 07/2008

We were examining the rocket racing plane, when we hear 2 stroke noise from the aerobatic plane tie down area.

read more published September 2008
An Aviation Visit to Ohio Jim Cote 11/2006

Without a doubt, this is the most comprehensive collection of U.S. airpower past and present.

read more published March 2007

Winter Ski Flying Brian Krueger 02/2007

Hardly a cloud in the skies and one of those nice midwinter days where the winds are light and variable all day long. So I gassed up, checked it over, and started up the Rotax.

read more published March 2007

Sun-N-Fun Adventure

Paul Buss
Bill Reed
Jim Shnowske

04/2006

After years of dreaming, months of preparation and a week of sleepless nights, our trip to Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, Florida began on Saturday, April first.

read more published 05/2006 - 06/2006

Mankato to St Louis in 1 day  Brian Krueger 03/2006

I needed to do a solo 300 nautical mile cross country for my commercial rating, so I looked for places to go and thought I would go a bit farther and find somewhere interesting and warm.

read more published 03/2006

Feelings of Flight  Ron Detert 02/2006

Both our heads swung to the approximate 10 o'clock position and there it was, a big Airbus heading right at us. 

read more published 02/2006

I Flew Today Mike Ford 02/2006

After about an hour of practice I was starting to get a pretty good feel for the plane again. The bumps where a little less at altitude, but I was also getting used to them.

read more published 02/2006

My Kitfox Flies Paul Seehafer 01/2006

After years of effort, and twelve million delays, my Model IV-1200 Kitfox finally took to the air Saturday November 12th, 2005.

read more published 01/2006

A Trip to Roseau, MN
Paul Buss 11/2005

I decided to take a different rout e home, flying around the southern shore of Lower Red Lake and over Lake Winnibigoshish.

read more published 11/2005

The Shores of Robertjohn Bob Payzer 02/2005

The landing was perfectly smooth and we had about 6 inches of powder snow over 30 inches of ice.

read more published 03/2005

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