Author Archives: Meredith Richards

Young Eagles by Bob Prange We flew 33 kids at the Sept 14 rally at Warrenton and 28 kids at Manassas on Oct 5. Our next Young Eagles Rallies are: Nov 9 – 12:00 Noon at Manassas Dec 14 – … Continue reading →

Sometimes, Fantasy Flies The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum collection includes not only artifacts representing major milestones in aviation and aerospace, but artifacts of imagination paying tribute to how ideas and stories inspire the people who achieve such goals. … Continue reading →

Young Eagles Air Academy from Bob Prange   Registration is available and EAA has announced the 2025 dates, prices and changes to the course content for the EAA Air Academy, a series of camps designed to introduce young people ages … Continue reading →

Young Eagles from Bob Prange We flew 47 kids at the August 10 rally at Warrenton and have 50 kids scheduled for Sept 14, also at Warrenton. Our next Young Eagles Rallies are: Sept 14 – 9:00 AM at Warrenton … Continue reading →

  Air Tour Success! Our September 5-8, 2024 Ford Tri-Motor tour stop was a roaring success! My thanks to everyone in the Chapter who volunteered to work, bought paying passengers. We did that and then some: our prebook sales – … Continue reading →

Wanted: Chili Cooks EAA Chapter 186 23rd ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF! (No Membership Meeting at 10:00) OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! October 26 at High Noon There will be four category awards and one main grand prize! Entries can be classic recipes, … Continue reading →

In the same spirit of volunteerism that we experienced at AirVenture in July, we witnessed an amazing cadre of volunteers earlier this month as we hosted the Ford Tri- Motor tour stop. First of all, Mary Dominiak started working on … Continue reading →

Airventure 2024 Pictures!      

    Volunteer for Ford Tri-Motor! Volunteer sheets are up on our website for the four days of the Ford Tri-Motor visit, September 5-8, 2024: go to https://eaa186.org/participate/ to sign up! The volunteer opportunities come in two flavors: Ramp and Terminal, and … Continue reading →

  The Ford Tri-Motor will be at Manassas airport Sept. 2-9. Volunteers are needed. Please sign up to participate and join in the fun! Volunteer sign-up form available here. Thank you and see you there!