Experimental Aircraft Association
Chapter 501 activities...
Updated September 1st

On June 13 we finally flew Young Eagles, after 4 rainouts over a 19 month stretch. Here, Bill Anderes picks up the boarding passes from two passengers, and Adam, Dawn and Jeff Ross are setting up the registration desk. CLICK for more 6/13 pix.
Our next Young Eagles Flight Rally will be Sunday, October 3. See the calendar below for info.



NEXT CHAPTER MEETING:
The Eagle has Landed! Jon is back.
Meeting: Wed., September 8th, 6:15pm
NOTE EARLY TIME! Daylight needed.
At Greenwood Lake Airport to get a
first look at Jon Socolof's Lancair
Legacy Racer. The meeting will be in
the airport conference room and
Jon's aircraft will be outside.

  • RECAP the past presentations
    at 501's monthly meetings


  • Recent local aviation news...
  • August 11, 2010 Trends story:
    EAA Chapter 501 helps pay for historic
    marker to be at Pompton Plains site
    where rocket motor was developed and
    tested in 1943-1945 for Bell X-1 first
    flight past the sound barrier.


  • March 7, 2010 Bergen Record story:
    Linda Scully's Aero Safety Training, Ltd.
    is among ten winners of Amex
    womens' business contest.


  • February 9, 2010 Daily Record story:
    Aero Safety Training, Ltd, aims for prize
    in Feb. 17 Amex Houston business contest.


  • September 27, 2009 Bergen Record story:
    "Oohs and aahs for flying dentist"
    N07-based Ron Saglimbene wows crowd
    at Greenwood Lake airshow.


  • July 31, 2009 Bergen Record story:
    "Very big blast from the past", Pequannock
    Township secures funding for Yeager's X-1
    rocket engine commemorative marker.


  • June 7, 2009: Suburban Trends newspaper
    revisits Lincoln Park Airport

  • August 15, 2008 Bergen Record story:
    "Lincoln Park Airport enjoying resurgence"






  • Calendar of Events
    EAA's calendar (200 miles radius N07)
    
    Sept. 3-5 EAA's B-17 "Aluminum Overcast"
      visits CDW, hosted by EAA Chapter 73
    
    Sept. 3-6 Cape May County Airport
      NAS Wildwood Museum's 14th Airfest
      featuring Collings Foundation Freedom
      Tour 2010. Flights will be available
      in WWII aircraft.
    
    Sept. 9 FAASTeam/AOPA safety seminar
      "Real World IFR" at Hyatt Regency
      Morristown, 3 Speedwell Ave., 7pm
    
    Sept. 10-12 - Greenwood Lake Airshow
      and WWII Showcase. Live entertainment,
      ground displays, reenactors.
      Air shows begin 1pm.
    
    Sept. 12 - Easton, PA - Braden Airpark
      EAA Chapter 70 Annual Fly-In
    
    Sept. 19 4pm - MAAC-NJ Fly-In picnic
      at Somerset Airport. NJ Airport
      Challenge awards to be presented.
    
    Sept. 25-26 - Wings and Wheels Expo
      at TEB includes admission to the
      NJAHOF Museum.
    
    Sept. 25-26 - Gettysburg, PA Fly-In
      and pancake breakfast. EAA 1041
    
    Sunday, October 3 - EAA 501 Young Eagles
        Flight Rally at Lincoln Park Airport
        CLICK HERE for more information.
    
    


    HERE'S A PHOTO RECAP OF OUR 2005-2010 ACTIVITIES
  • June 13, 2010 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • May 17, 2009 - 22nd Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • October 26, 2008 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • June 14, 2008 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • May 18, 2008 - 21st Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • April 26, 2008 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • April 13, 2008 - Young Eagles at Morristown Airport
  • June 9 and October 28, 2007 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • September 16, 2006 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • May 21, 2006 - 19th Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • October 29, 2005 - Green Eagles IV
  • June 11, 2005 - Young Eagles
  • May 15, 2005 - 18th Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • April 17, 2005 - 501 wins $10,000 Make a Difference Day award!



  • About EAA Chapter 501 and its members


    April 14: Monthly meeting at Jim's hangar
    The Experimental Aircraft Association is a national non-profit
    organization dedicated to promoting recreational aviation.
    EAA Chapter 501 is an affiliated member of the national EAA.
    Membership is open to all who share an interest in aviation.
    Chapter 501 meets monthly, on the 2nd Wednesday at 7:30pm.
    All are welcome! The meeting place and date/time often vary:
    Sometimes at the Sunset Pub and Grill. Occasionally at Jim
    Miller's hangar across the field or on a field trip to a members'
    garage or basement to see homebuilding work-in-progress.
    We are also grateful to Linda Scully and Aero Safety Training,
    who have welcomed us to occasionally borrow their Pilots' Room.
    Watch this page for changes in the meeting place/date/time.

    Members receive Chapter 501's monthly "Propwash" official
    newsletter published about a week before each meeting.

    CLICK HERE to see a sample copy of the newsletter.

    CLICK to download a membership application.

    President--Jim Miller, Vice President--Larry Kalb
    Secretary--Ron Reinartz, Treasurer--Don Provost
    Membership Chairman--Kathy Brino
    Young Eagles Coordinator-- Allen Dunn
    Newsletter Editor and Webmaster--Don Provost
    Secretary Alternate and Newsletter Assistant--Harry Barker



    CLICK
    to read
    our charter

    CHAPTER 501 MEMBERS' AIRCRAFT - UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NEW AND OLD
  • Members' construction/restoration projects in progress
  • Members' aircraft in operation

    CHAPTER 501, FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE NEWS
  • Aviation is college major for Allen Dunn, Jr. (March 2004)
  • Bill Anderes' "Green Eagles" Propwash story, (reprinted in 8/03 Sport Aviation Magazine)
  • Jack Elliott's last "Wings over 'Jersey" (January 2002)
  • 501 Young Eagles article (December 2001)

    501'S FLIERS' FLYING ADVENTURES
    Here is a collection of photos taken by 501 members in the course of enjoying their aviating. All photo contributions welcome. Contact the webmaster...who supplies herewith the first two batches:
  • Soaring the Tetons in an SGS 1-34. (July 1981: 28 slides from Don Provost)
  • New York City's Hudson River run at 900 feet (June 1991: 25 slides from Don Provost)



  • EAA 501'S MARKETPLACE - CLICK HERE
    NEW 3/07/10:Harry's Champ has been SOLD!
    FOR SALE...RENT...TRADE...SERVICES...WANTED !!!



    SOME HANDY URL'S...

    General Aviation websites
    EAA
    EAA's national calendar
    EAA Air Venture-Oshkosh
    EAA Museum at Oshkosh
    EAA Young Eagles
    EAA Young Eagles Webchat
    AOPA
    AOPA's daily update on FAA's TFRs
    Atlantic Flyer
    Landings.com
    AirNav.com
    ATC terminal radars
    Live ATC.net (audio monitors)
    iPilot.com
    Flightwise.com
    HomebuiltAirplanes.com
    Barnstormers.com

    Aviation museums
    NJ Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum at Teterboro
    Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum, Cape May Airport
    Millville Army Airfield Museum
    Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE
    USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, NYC
    American Air Power Museum, Republic A'pt, Farmingdale, NY
    Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY
    Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck, NY
    1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY
    New England Air Museum, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
    Golden Age Air Museum, Grimes Field, Bethel, PA
    Mid Atlantic Air Museum at Reading, PA
    Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, Belleville, MI
    Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty Hawk, NC
    National Museum of the USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
    National Air & Space Museum at Dulles Airport, VA
    National Air & Space Museum on the Mall in Washington D.C.
    Our neighbor EAA chapters with websites
    Sussex, NJ Chapter 891 (dead link 6/15/10)
    Fairfield, NJ Chapter 73
    Hillsborough, NJ Chapter 1333
    Easton, PA Chapter 70
    Stroudsburg, PA, Chapter 839
    Danbury, CT Chapter 130
    Trenton, NJ, Chapter 176
    Old Bridge, NJ Chapter 315
    Cross Keys, NJ Chapter 216
    Toughkenamon, PA Chapter 240
    Edwards AFB, CA Chapter 1000

    Our area airports, businesses & advocacy groups
    Lincoln Park Airport
    Aero Safety Training, Ltd (at N07)
    Lincoln Park Aviation - Cessna Dealer
    Lincoln Park Pilots' Association
    Don Argintar's Aviation Workshops at N07
    Sunset Pub and Grill at N07
    Caldwell, Essex County Airport
    Greenwood Lake Airport
    NJ Aviation.com
    Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition
    Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association

    Government, weather and flight planning
    FAA - Safety.gov
    FAA - TFR's page
    New Jersey weather from NOAA
    DTC DUAT
    FAA aircraft registry
    NTSB aviation accident statistics
    NJDOT Div. of Aeronautics
    FAA - Teterboro FSDO
    FAA Flight Standards page



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