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Airport Clean-up
Airport Clean-up day with be Sunday, June 5 starting at 9am. There are lots of chores to spruce up the airport and repair winter damage. In addition to trash clean-up and sod repair, we'll be planting some flowers. Bring your gloves, rakes and anything else that might be useful
Young Eagles Rally
Our Spring Young Eagles rally will be on June 11 with a June 12 rain date. Click on the Young Eagles link above for more information
Airport Picnic
We are finally rescheduling our reopening from last October - Welcome Back to MMK picnic for tenants, family, friends and outside pilots! SAVE THE DATE for June 18th beginning at 1PM and running thru out the afternoon.
June Meeting Delayed
Because of Father's Day, the June meeting will be delayed one week to June 26
You may have noticed that the logo in the upper left of our website has changed. That's because we've received news that EAA Chapter 27 has been recognized by the EAA as a SILVER level chapter for the combined 2020 and 2021 years.
This program was developed and measured in partnership with EAA’s C...
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On Saturday, March 12th, EAA Chapter 27 hosted a Young Eagles Workshop for youth ages 11-17 at Meriden Markham Airport. Participants attended four different aviation workshops on topics such as the aerodynamics of flight, flight instruments and navigation, metal working, and electrical concepts. F...
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26 people attended the 2021 Holiday Banquet at the Manor Inn on Saturday evening. Despite the relatively small turnout it was an enjoyable time and the food was delicious, and plentiful! I suspect most people brought some home. President Mark Scott gave his end-of-year recap and gave out Chapter se...
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November 5 started out chilly, with frost on the ground, but it warmed up to the low 50s, was absolutely clear and perfectly smooth and windless for most of the day. In other words, the ideal day to fly Young Eagles! The day was a great success with 52 rides given! Thanks to everyone who helped out....
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Several members of our chapter, led by our indominable president, Mark Scott took advantage of the airport closure to move the deteriorating tetrahedron into Mark's hangar for a complete rehab. The tail had been severely damaged during a storm, the paint was badly faded and worn and there other stru...
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The airport improvement project is coming to a close. The Tilcon company was hired to replace the runway, the taxiway, and all the airport lighting with energy efficient LED lights. They started at the crack of dawn on August 23 immediately following a big storm. They even worked through the hurrica...
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We now have a couple banners hanging on the airport fence. One faces the road advertising Young Eagle flights to the community and the other side advertises our Chapter presence to people at the fuel pumps. A lot of pilots do know know there is an EAA chapter at Meriden.
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