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Our April and June meetings will be on the 4th Sunday rather than the 3rd to avoid Easter and Father's Day.


Anthony Solos!

2nd Mar 2025

Congratulations to our 2024 Ray Scholar Anthony Ortiz on his first solo here at Meriden-Markham Airport. Way to go Anthony! Anthony is learning to fly through the Civil Air Patrol.

Chapter 27 is very proud of his accomplishments. In addition to earning Ray Scholar, Anthony found an aviation club a...

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We had another successful Young Eagles rally in October. Here are a few pics from Jose Aponte.

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Seaplane pilot and CFI Sarah Tomar brought her company's Cessna Caravan on floats to our October meeting. After her wonderful pictoral presentation talking about her career and "Urban Bush Flying" (landing on the East River of Manhattan) we all had a chance to see inside this magnificent bird.

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Our Fall Young Eagle Rally is on Saturday, October 26 with a rain date of the 27th, from 9am to 3pm. Preregistration is required and registration opens on September 28 at yeday.org. A parent or guardian must be present on the day.

More information is available on our Young Eagles page.

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Joe Gauthier Flies West

23rd Jul 2024

We're saddened to report that Joe Gauthier passed away this morning. Joe was a major presence in the homebuilding and aircraft restoration world. He built five planes and helped countless others with theirs as a tech counselor. He was a CFI and active flight advisor. He was an experimental test pilo...

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We're happy to report that EAA Chapter 27 has earned Gold status again this year! Thanks to everyone for all their hard work in making this an outstanding Chapter of the EAA.

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Despite a gusty, near-direct crosswind, our Spring Young Eagles Rally went off without a hitch. The weather was great, the new scheduling system worked great and everyone had a great time. And we added 51 more Young Eagles to the world's largest logbook! More photos are on our Facebook page.

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