--- title: 'AirVenture Shantytown?' url: 'https://eaa27.org/airventure-shantytown' markdown: 'https://eaa27.org/airventure-shantytown.md' date: '2022-07-24' description: "Last night's intense thunderstorm, with 60mph winds, did a job on our intrepid adventurers. One tent collapsed and virtually all the others got some amount of water in them. Drying things out the next day certainly gave the place a certain ambiance. The planes got somewhat wet inside as well but f…" taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - journal - airventure - weather - eaa27 --- ![gold chapter](https://eaa27.org/user/themes/eaa-mods/images/logo.png) # [AirVenture Shantytown?](https://eaa27.org/airventure-shantytown) 24th Jul 2022 ![](https://eaa27.org/images/f/7/d/7/2/f7d724bf384ea4cb4f38206818874dcfca2c2f8f-shantytown.jpg) Last night's intense thunderstorm, with 60mph winds, did a job on our intrepid adventurers. One tent collapsed and virtually all the others got some amount of water in them. Drying things out the next day certainly gave the place a certain ambiance. The planes got somewhat wet inside as well but fortunately there was no major damage to any of them. [ Previous Post](https://eaa27.org/teens-to-flight-rv-12-has-place-of-honor-at-airventure) [Next Post ](https://eaa27.org/tom-poberezny-passes-away) # AirVenture Shantytown? ## Search ## Next Meeting ### Sunday, October 18, 2026 10 am at KMMK --- ## Meetings Meetings are generally held at 10am on the third Sunday of the month in the FBO at **Meriden-Markham Municipal Airport**(KMMK) 213 Evansville Avenue Meriden, CT 06451 [See map](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=213%20Evansville%20Ave&city=Meriden&state=CT&zipcode=06451-5155&country=US&title=%3Cb%3E213%20Evansville%20Ave%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%20Meriden%2C%20CT%2006451-5155%2C%20%20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=) For more information contact Rick Beebe, Membership Coordinator --- ## Upcoming Events | Date | Event | |---|---| | 10/3/2026 | Young Eagles Rally, 9-3 at MMK | | 10/18/2026 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 10/25/2026 | Run the Runway 5K Rally | | 11/15/2026 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 1/9/2027 | Holiday Banquet, 5pm Manor Inn, Southington | | 1/17/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 2/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 3/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 4/18/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 5/16/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 6/12/2027 | International Young Eagles Day | | 6/27/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 7/26 - 8/1/2027 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | | 8/22/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 9/19/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 10/17/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 11/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | This site was built using [Grav](http://getgrav.org) and the [Open Matter Course Hub](http://learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub). Copyright 2025, EAA Chapter 27 --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Home](https://eaa27.org/index.md) - Previous: [Tom Poberezny passes away](https://eaa27.org/tom-poberezny-passes-away.md) - Next: [Teens to Flight RV-12 has place of honor at AirVenture](https://eaa27.org/teens-to-flight-rv-12-has-place-of-honor-at-airventure.md)