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  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 – the rides bought on the website in advance of the stop – were 110 people. By the end of the weekend, we had flown 241 total paying passengers! We did a total of 35 flights: 6 on Thursday, 5 on Friday, 8 on Saturday, and a cracking 16 on Sunday. Well done, all! The Chapter should earn $5 per paying passenger, so I’m expecting our flight revenue to total $1,205.00. On top of that, we will get 10% of the

The Ford Tri-Motor roared into Manassas Airport, causing those in the area to look up and wonder where the orchestrated sound of radial engines was coming from. The distinct sound of radials cannot be mistaken. A number of folks actually followed the plane back to Manassas Airport and purchased a ride. Young and old boarded the Ford Tri-Motor. September 8, 16 fights were made, a new record, we did not see one disappointed rider. The volunteers stepped up to the challenge and got the event off the ground. Mary Dominiak was again instrumental in getting those ‘I’s and ’T’s taken care of in order for the successful Ford Tri-Motor event. Thank you, Mary. The volunteers did an amazing job with

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, meatless, no beans, white bean, or even have surprise ingredients. Chili entries will be judged by the following categories: Hottest/Spiciest Most Creative/Unusual Mildest/Wimpiest Best Presentation/Most Attractive Grand Prize – Best Over All We need cornbread, side dishes, and desserts! We also need Chili Judges! We need FIVE judges, so get in on the fun and put your taste buds to the ultimate test!   RULES: The signup for Chili Cooks and Chili Judges begins on September 23. Go to dev.eaa186.org/

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 the operations plan and hangar arrangements months ago when EAA- OSH offered to add Manassas to the Ford’s tour. Between the various ops plans, insurance, contracts, etc. requirements of the Chapter, EAA, the airport, the city and the FBO, Mary wordsmithed many documents and coordinated several efforts to make this tour stop happen. The ramp always had the required four and often more aircraft and passenger handlers and the administration spots in the terminal were well covered. The food trailer

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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://nds.qgi.mybluehost.me/participate/ to sign up! The volunteer opportunities come in two flavors: Ramp and Terminal, and Food Concession Trailer. The Food Trailer shifts are only for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; Ramp and Terminal shifts run Thursday through Sunday. Except for Thursday, which has only a single long shift (noon to 5:30 PM) because we’re not expecting a big turnout that day, there are two shifts each day for each position, from 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM and from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Every morning shift includes some setup time, and every afternoon shift includes cleanup

  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!  

  Upcoming EAA Chapter 186 Event!   August 24 Saturday 10:00 AM Member Gathering, coffee and doughnuts beforehand: Our speaker is Chapter member Al Lawless presenting on the future of VTOL – vertical take-off and landing.  Al will give a high level talk about Urban Air Mobility and Verticraft. He’ll touch on various configurations, UAM service and vertiport concepts, and the challenges ahead. As usual, this will be a relaxed, interactive discussion.  Al is a flight test expert for Aurora Flight Sciences, Technical Fellow for Boeing, a Flight analyser DER for the FAA, and holds tickets for commercial instrument MEL, gliders, and motorgliders.  Al’s presentation promises to be as enthralling and captivating as his presentation in May regarding the Perlan

  We flew 35 kids at the July 13 rally at Manassas and 47 kids at the August 10 rally at Warrenton. Many thanks go out to our ground and pilot volunteers for getting the job done. A special thank you goes to Warrenton-Fauquier Airport Manager Dave Huss and staff for the use of their facility for this month’s rally as well as the next rally on September 14. Our next Young Eagles Rallies are: Sept 14 – 9:00 AM at Warrenton Oct 12 – 9:00 AM at Manassas Nov 9 – 12:00 Noon at Manassas   To become a Young Eagles volunteer, ground or pilot, proceed to yeday.org and use the “sign-up” feature. Let Bob know you have signed up so