We are thrilled to announce Aston Towne, and Paxx Weidert, receive our Scholarship Award for 2025 and will represent Chapter 526 at the EAA Air Academy Basic Camp this year. And congratulations to Marilyn Schackner for being awarded a Flight Training Scholarship.
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Chapter 526 News
It's More than just New Paint:
Mark Bateson just had his 1974 Cessna 172-M repainted by ArtCraft Paint in Santa Maria and the results are spectacular. Mark stayed with the same 1974 factory color scheme and design, but as he describes in the following article the 7 week project involved more than just new paint.
To learn more about this restoration project and view a project photo gallery follow this link:
Airport 90th Anniversary Celebration:
The Auburn airport celebrated 90 years in grand style. The celebration included a pancake breakfast, speaker presentations, food trucks, vendor displays, aircraft displays, classic car displays, helicopter rides, EAA Young Eagles workshops, Civil Air Patrol workshops, a live band and CalFire fly-by water drops..
This was all possible through the vision and generosity of the City of Auburn: Tyghe Richardson, the Auburn Aviation Association: Ben Foss, and to the EAA Chapter Members who organized and conducted the mini-workshops, David Rohlfes, Steve Jahr, Brandon Dever, Danielle Gartee and several others supporting the event. Thank you all...
Sydney Green, 2022 EAA Ch. 526 Ray Scholar, Passes Checkride:
Congratulations to Sydney Green who passed her Private Pilot checkride with Mark Montague as her DPE on Labor Day 2023.
Sydney was selected as the Chapter 526 Ray Scholar in the Spring of 2022 and began her flight training at Sunshine Flyers that June. Sydeny paused flight training during her freshman year of college in Southern California, and resumed lessons this summer.
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Women in Aviation:
We were very fortunate to have Christine Gibbs speak at our local EAA Chapter 526 April meeting. Christine is the President of the Women in Aviation International Northern California Chapter, focused on outreach and education especially among school-aged underserved and under represented youth with a goal to mentor the next generation leaders in all fields of aerospace and aviation.
To learn more about their Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) Conferences for 2025 and various outreach, stem and education opportunities follow this link:
Auburn Aviation Career Fair 2025:
Over 200 attended the Auburn Aviation Career Day to learn more about career opportunites in aviation. Mentors and various speakers were on hand to provide insight into the world of aviation and what it takes to succeed. Watch the video to learn more...
Live AWOS data:
The Auburn AWOS is intergrated to a variety of systems and provides over-the-air weather updates on 119.375 but what many people don't know is that it also features it's own WEBserver. Take a look at all it provides.
AMOS RC Presentation:
David Long, President of the Associated Modelers of Sacramento (AMOS) provided a presentation to the EAA Chapter 526 and brought along his impressive turbine powered RC jet. David provided background information about the AMOS flying field, structure of the organization, detailed information about their youth program and charity fundraising activities.
If you're interested in RC aircraft, or want to get your kids interested in flying we encourage you to follow the link below to learn more. Very similar to the Chapter 526 Young Eagle program, AMOS runs a Mavrix Youth Division to get young people flying. They provide a free hands-on safe experience at a premier, high quality flying field located in Lincoln, Ca. with qualified instructors. Check it out now!
AMOS RC WEBsite
Brent Smith's Mini-Imp Build:
This is another very fascinating build so be sure to come back and check progress as Brent Smith builds out this very impressive single seat Mini-Imp. The mid-engine design creates some unique challenges for engine cooling and driveshaft resonance. Taxi testing is taking place right now and we hope in the mext month or two Brent can get it out for the maiden flight test.
RV-12iS Build feature SpotLight article:
Check out the first in a series of Chapter 526 SpotLight articles and read about Michael and Karsten Murphy's RV-12iS build. Whenever I bumped into these two at the airport I always looked forward to hearing more about the build, their flying and in the air I must say Karsten's radio work is excellent. Take a look at the article here or the projects section of the WEBsite "SpotLight Article" and a sincere congratulations to Michael and Karsten Murphy, they fly this plane a lot.
Propwash Newsletters:
The Auburn Aviation Association (AAA) newsletter is published monthly and includes a wide variety of information about airport activities, flight school operations, airport projects and stories about people and pilots.
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