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John Schmidt Promotes General Aviation

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:40:44 +0000

John Schmidt recently appeared on ‘All Around Grant’ to discuss avitiation. Watch the video and read the excerpt below:

John Schmidt has been teaching kids the basics for 27 years. He has been a private pilot for almost as long. Each summer he combines the two skills with his Intro to Aviation class. Children 10 to 14 get a broad view of flight with a three week course. John also flies for the Young Eagle program, providing kids their first taste of flight in a small aircraft. He was in charge of the program at the August 20th Forest Lake Airshow where 170 kids got FREE airplane rides. He has also personally conducted 170 of the 1.6 million flights that have been flown since 1992.

Land of 10,000 Stories: WWII glider reborn in Minn.

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:13:11 +0000

KARE TV (Ch 11) ‘s Boyd Huppert did a nice job of explaining the G-4 glider construction project. You’ll see several of the folks working on the project, including Dale Johnson.

Go to: http://www.kare11.com/news/Land-of-10000-stories/article/929594/57/Land-of-10000-Stories–WWII-glider-reborn-in-Minn

MAC Promotional Video for Airlake

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:36:16 +0000

See other Metropolitan Airport Commission videos for Flying Cloud and Anoka on the MetAirCommission Channel on YouTube.

June Issue of On Final Now Available

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:59:06 +0000

Download the latest issue of On Final now. It contains a story about Niels Sorensen written by Norm Tesmar, photography tips by Peter Denny, and the introduction of a Chapter 25 history project. The newsletter also contains dates, times and directions for three upcoming events: June chapter meeting, the Annual Chapter Picnic, and the June Young Eagles. Download the June On Final now.

Chapter 25 Scholarship Awarded to Lakeville High School Student

joncumpton — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:49:35 +0000

Each year, Chapter 25 awards a $500 scholarship to a Lakeville High School student. This year’s winner is David Stark. David will be attending the University of Minnesota in the fall. David joined us on May 20th at the Chapter hangar at Airlake for an airplane ride.

EAA Air Academy Scholarship Awarded

joncumpton — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:06:04 +0000

This year we have awarded our Air Academy Scholarship to Raynor Poehls. Raynor is a student in Peter Denny’s aviation class at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, where he has distinguished himself as a class leader in the construction of Washburn’s Sonex project.
Raynor will attend the EAA Advanced Air Academy, which provides an atmosphere for students to become totally immersed in the world of flight. Ground instruction and introductory recreation flight experiences highlight this meaningful, action-packed camp. It combines “in-the-air” and “on-the-ground” hands-on activities.

Young Eagle Flights Pass 2,500

joncumpton — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:48:16 +0000

Chapter 25 Pilots continue to rack up Young Eagles flights. We reached the magic number of 2,500 in 2005, and now are working on our next 2500! Pictured is YE pilot Mark Kolesar with some recent additions to our log book.Â Remember we fly them the 3rd Saturday of every month at Airlake!!

Roger Anderson nominated for MAHOF

admin — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:32:10 +0000

by Noel Allard

from On Final March 2006

This year, I have nominated our Chapter 25 member, Roger Anderson, as a candidate for the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. As most of you know, Roger was one of the founding members of Chapter 25 some fifty years ago, and his Minnesota background of aerospace education, teaching Minnesota youth about aviation technology and aircraft maintenance, makes him a solid candidate. His candidacy will face a challenge this June when his credentials are presented to the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, as he will be among nearly 70 candidates vying for the six openings. You, members of Chapter 25 who know and love Roger can help his case by writing your own comments on Roger’s contributions to the Minnesota aviation community and forwarding them to me, Noel Allard, 14155 Briarwood Drive, Menahga, MN 56464. I’ll need the letters as soon as possible to get things moving.

Star Tribune Covers Peter Denny

admin — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:14:32 +0000

Peter Denny, EAA Chapter 25 member and technical counselor, recently received some nice coverage in the Star Tribune. Read the article:

For this class, the sky isn’t the limit; it’s the goal

Congrats Peter! Keep up the good work.

Sean Clarke Awarded 2005 Scholarship

admin — Tue, 10 May 2005 03:23:36 +0000

Sean is a senior at Lakeville High School and is the recipient of Chapter 25′s $500 aviation scholarship for 2005. Sean has served as captain of Lakeville’s basketball team and plans to attend Rochester Community Technical College. He has an academic scholarship and also plans to play basketball at Rochester. After his two year program at Rochester, Sean plans to enroll in an aviation program at either Minnesota State University, Mankato or the University of North Dakota.