We are back in AvTech!
Thanks to the Southern Illinois Airport Authority, we had a venue, during the pandemic, in their emergency services conference room. Now that things have calmed down, we are back at...
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About The Chapter
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 277 is based out of Carbondale, IL. We provide monthly meetings which usually feature a program that we hope is interesting to aviators and flying...
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Photos of Chapter 277 in Action
Photos of our Chapter in action!
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John Williams has gone West.
We are very sad to report the death of John Williams. He passed on January 14, 2021 at the age of 93. John was one of the founding members of...
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May Meeting Notes – First ZOOM for the chapter
Since the COVID-19 shutdown is still in place, we gave a shot at having a virtual chapter meeting. We had more participants than shown in the attached screen shot, my...
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Meeting Notes March 9, 2010
This month’s program featured Mike Chelewski of Care Trak and Wildlife Materials, two partner companies in Murphysboro. Mike gave us a wide ranging talk about their locating products, both for...
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Ray Foundation Recipients Wrap-up
Scott and Janet Hartwig hosted Coffee & Doughnuts and provided the space to officially recognize our 2019 EAA Ray Foundation recipients, Maggie-ann Bathgate and Ben Morris. Both Ben and Maggie...
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October Meeting Notes
Congratulations to high school senior Maggie-ann Bathgate on getting her private ticket. With the support of Chapter 277, some anonymous donors, and her own perseverance she blasted through the whole...
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Meeting Notes September 9, 2019
In attendance: 37 Angelina Kapp thanked the chapter for helping with her aviation education Larry Flesner talked about the upcoming KR gathering in Mt. Vernon . Larry suggested you fly...
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Meeting Notes – August 12
We shared some Oshkosh reports, always interesting Ben Morris will be taking his private pilot’s check ride soon. As our first Ray Foundation scholarship winner, he has made fantastic progress....
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“This is a slick field, you have a real sporty field here” July meeting notes
Doug Kimmel gave an excellent talk about the history, present and future of Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois.. Here are his notes from the talk. H.E. Barber came to Marion...
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May Meeting Notes
Bill Hunter presented the EAA’s Ray Foundation award to Ben Morris. Congratulations! We are looking forward to your progress reports. Mike Fleming gave an excellent presentation on the basics of...
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April Meeting Wrap-up
Bill Hunter gave an update about the EAA’s Ray Scholarship winners. Congratulations to Ben Morris! In addition, Maggie-ann Bathgate was the very close runner-up. There are a couple of items...
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Here are some notes from the January EAA Chapter 277 meeting.
A memorial for Curt Welge will be held at Hanger 1, at the Southern Illinois Airport this Saturday January 19, 2019 from 1-3. The Chapter welcomes Don Morris as our...
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Flight Report – Missing Man
On December 16th, Larry Flesner, and I did a two-plane missing man formation for a World War II veteran who just passed away at the age of 98. Thomas Engram...
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Larry Flesner’s Life Story Comes to the Big Screen.
Larry recently did an interview on home built airplanes for the local PBS station. The video is 26:46 minutes long. His interview is 4:30 long and starts at the 12...
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Plan on the Christmas Party
Yes, the Chapter will be serving Turkey at this year’s Christmas party. You are invited to bring a pot-luck dish, but it’s not mandatory. Dinner starts at 1:00 on December...
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Curt Welge Has Gone West
We are sorry to report that chapter member Curt Welge passed away on Wednesday November 7, 2018 in St. Louis. Curt’s early love of flight lead him into a long...
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Chapter 277 Hosts EAA Ford Tri-Motor
Chapter 277 did a great job of hosting the Tri-Motor this fall. Scott Hartwig organized the volunteers in four-hour shifts and it all went smoothly. There was a good media...
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July Meeting Notes, Including Non-Tower Operations
We had a go-around-the-room to catch up on member’s flying activities and projects. Mike Fleming is waiting for his Cozy spar, Vic Vicari invited trouble by declaring his Waiex was...
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Weekend flights
The weather was ideal for some flying this weekend. On Sunday I made a quick trip (I fly a KR) to Cairo where a number of locals get together for...
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small engine for sale
Bruce Harmeling, a controller at the Marion airport is trying to sell a few small aircraft parts for the widow of a friend. He has little or no info on...
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Chapter members crash Monday evening
Nearly every member that attended Monday’s chapter meeting had tales to tell of how they crashed the flight simulators at the SIU simulator lab. SIU has a large simulator...
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Chapter member has gone west – Paul Smith
We are sorry to report the death of Paul Smith. Paul was an active member of the chapter and flew a C-172. You can see his obituary here: Paul Smith...
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V-22 Osprey lands at Marion
A brief trip to the Marion airport last week was timely as I got to watch a V-22 Osprey approach, land, refuel, and take off again. The aircraft...
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Nemisis stops at KMDH for an overnighter
Sunday afternoon, John Sharp flying Nemisis, stopped in at Carbondale on their way to Washington, D.C. where the aircraft will be donated to the Smithsonian. Pretty cool, wish I had...
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Mike Fleming gets a shiny new toy.
Mike had an opening party, 295-205 hp Titan engine- ordered during Air venture in Oshkosh last summer- Mike has not started the wing construction yet of this project. Click the link...
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Quicksilver for sale
FOR SALE: (owner deceased) N916SG, Quicksilver MXLII, 582 Rotax with extra radiator, wood prop, 3 axis with elevator trim tab, dual tank seats with additional overhead tank, sails in excellent...
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Tuesday / Thursday lunch
Several chapter members get together for lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Marion FBO. Everyone brings their own lunch and drink and socialize between 11:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M....
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That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
EAA chapter 277 is in the process of creating a web site to better communicate with and between members. Included are a membership list, calendar, a progressive newsletter, and a...
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Project Visit
Clark Deacon and Larry Flesner recently visited Dr. Terry Hall at Benton to check out his project. Following is the write-up that Dr. Hall provided for his project. Zenith...
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Unexpected Flight
I recently got an unexpected flight in a retractable gear, turbo equipped, pressurized C-210 when Dr. Naresh Ahuja, a surgeon affiliated with Herrin Hospital and stable mate at the Marion...
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The AOPA Regional Fly-in to be held at KMDH in October.
The fly-in is scheduled for October 5th and 6th 2018. These events often see 5,000-6,000 persons in attendance over two days! That said, there is much to do to prepare for...
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Curt Welge describes being a UPS pilot
At the January Chapter 277 meeting Curt told tales of being a career UPS pilot. He really flew a lot of different aircraft to places all over the world. Thanks...
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Chapter 277 Has a New Website!
Thanks to Evan Youngblood for hosting this website. We intend to use this page as the new 277 newsletter, calendar, membership bios and password protected contact list.