Experimental Aircraft Association
Chapter 501 activities...Updated March 15th.
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NEXT CHAPTER MEETING:
Tentatively...
6:30pm, Wednesday, April 10th,
at Aero Safety Training.
Program TBD
Pizza/beverages available. 
Meetings in months ahead...
Tentatively May 8th -
at Charlie Derk's in Park Ridge
to check progress on the RV-10.
  • RECAP of the activity at 501's
    monthly meetings 2001 to 2019.

    Calendar of Events


    

    

    Chapter 501's
    2019 event dates

    
At our March meeting we firmed up some dates for our Fly-In and Young Eagles events.
A June Young Eagles date is yet to be decided.

    


    
Aeroflex-Andover Fly-In:
    
Saturday, June 8.

    
Young Eagles Flight Rallies
    
at Lincoln Park Airport:
    
Sundays... March 31, August 25
    and September 29.
    

    

    

    

EAA's events calendar

EAA Sportair Workshops Schedule

EAA Webinars Schedule

FAASTeam Webinars/Seminars

March 15-17 Space Coast Warbird
Airshow Titusville, Florida

Sunday, March 31, 9:00am to Noon.
Young Eagles Flight Rally at
Lincoln Park Airport hosted by
EAA Chapter 501. FREE airplane
rides for kids ages 8 to 17.
CLICK for info.

March 30-31 Melbourne Air & Space
Show Melbourne, Florida

April 2-7 Sun 'n Fun
Lakeland, Florida

June 1 and 2 Greenwood Lake Airshow

June 7-9 World War II Weekend
gathering of warbirds at
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Reading, PA

Saturday, June 8, 10:00am-4:00pm
Aeroflex-Andover Fly-In
Hosted by EAA Chapter 501.

June 15-16 Fathers' Day weekend
Wings and Wheels Expo
at Caldwell, Essex County Airport,
a fundraiser for NJ Aviation Hall
of Fame and Museum.

July 22-28 AirVenture - Oshkosh
  • See our archive of
    local aviation news items.
    Latest = Sep. 2015 -
    Wayne Magazine article.


    • CLICK to enlarge the flyer.
    CLICK for more information about
    signing up for a free Young Eagles flight.     

    We salute our Young Eagles pilots!
Listed below are current members
who have flown at at least one Y.E. event
in the last 5 years. The total Y.E. count
is the total from the EAA Y.E. logbook of
all flights recorded in the last 20+ years.




    Steve Vail got this early February view of Warwick Aerodrome
    while boring holes in the sky breaking in a new jug on the
    Continental C90 of his Cessna 120.
    CLICK to see an enlargement.




    CLICK for
    EAA Chapter 501
    shirts, ball caps
    and coffee mugs.


    HERE'S A PHOTO RECAP OF OUR 2005-2018 ACTIVITIES
  • April 22, 2018 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • November 4, 2017 - Aeroflex-Andover Fly-In
  • June 4, 2017 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • April 23, 2017 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • October 16, 2016 - Young Eagles
  • April 17, 2016 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • October 18, 2015 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • June 7, 2015 - Young Eagles
  • April 19, 2015 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • September 27, 2014 - Caldwell, Essex County Airport Fly-In
  • June 8, 2014 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • April 9, 2014 - Meeting at and tour of TEB's NJAHOF Museum
  • September 7, 2013 - Caldwell, Essex County Airport Fly-In
  • June 23, 2013 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • April 21, 2013 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • October 7, 2012 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • September 8, 2012 - Montgomery Orange County New York Fly-In
  • June 10, 2012 - Young Eagles
  • April 15, 2012 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • November 6, 2011 - Young Eagles
  • April 10, 2011 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • October 3, 2010 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • June 13, 2010 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • May 17, 2009 - 22nd Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • October 26, 2008 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • June 14, 2008 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • May 18, 2008 - 21st Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • April 26, 2008 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • April 13, 2008 - Young Eagles at Morristown Airport
  • June 9 and October 28, 2007 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • September 16, 2006 - Young Eagles/Green Eagles
  • May 21, 2006 - 19th Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • October 29, 2005 - Green Eagles IV
  • June 11, 2005 - Young Eagles
  • May 15, 2005 - 18th Annual Warwick Fly-In
  • April 17, 2005 - 501 wins $10,000 Make a Difference Day award!



    • About EAA Chapter 501 and its members
    December 14, 2011 Christmas/holiday party at the Sunset Pub and Grill

    The Experimental Aircraft Association is a national non-profit
    organization dedicated to promoting recreational aviation.
    EAA Chapter 501 is an affiliated member of the national EAA.
    Membership is open to all who share an interest in aviation.
    Chapter 501 meets monthly usually on the 2nd Wednesday at 6:30pm.
    All are welcome! The meeting place and date/time can vary:
    Sometimes at the Sunset Pub and Grill on the field, occasionally
    on a field trip to a member's garage or basement to see
    homebuilding work-in-progress. Linda Scully of Aero Safety Training,
    also lets us have occasional use of their meeting room.
    Watch this page for changes in the meeting place/date/time.

    Members receive Chapter 501's monthly "Propwash" official
    newsletter published about a week before each meeting.

    CLICK HERE to read last month's newsletter.

    CLICK to download a .doc "pencil" membership application.

    CLICK to download an on-line .docx membership application.

    President--Jonathan Seibert
    Vice President--Bryant Dunn
    Secretary--Steve Vail
    Treasurer--Don Provost
    Membership Chairman-- Lee McQuade
    Young Eagles Coordinator-- Allen F.Dunn
    Fly-In Chairman-- Steve Vail
    Eagle Flights Coordinator-- Mike Dzurny
    Flight Advisor-- Ron Reinartz
    Ray Scholarhip Coordinator-- Ron Reinartz
    Newsletter Editor--Don Provost
    eaa501.org webmaster--Don Provost
    501.eaachapter.org webmaster--Jon Seibert
    Facebook page webmaster--Jon Seibert



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    to read
    our charter

    CHAPTER 501'S PARTICIPATION IN EAA PROGRAMS

  • Young Eagles - Free flights for kids ages 8 to 17.

  • Eagle Flights - Free introductory flight for adults thinking of getting a pilot's licence.


    CHAPTER 501 MEMBERS' AIRCRAFT - UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NEW AND OLD

  • Members' construction/restoration projects in progress

  • Members' aircraft in operation

  • Members' aircraft from past years.


    CHAPTER 501, FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE NEWS
  • Aviation is college major for Allen Dunn, Jr. (March 2004)
  • Bill Anderes' "Green Eagles" story as printed in our June 2003 Propwash newsletter.
  • Bill Anderes' "Green Eagles" story as reprinted in the August 2003 Sport Aviation Magazine.
  • Jack Elliott's last "Wings over 'Jersey" (January 2002)
  • 501 Young Eagles article (December 2001)


    501'S FLIERS' FLYING ADVENTURES
    Here is a collection of photos and videos taken by 501 members in the course of enjoying their aviating.
    All contributions welcome! Contact the webmaster to tell your stories:

  • Steve Vail flew the Hudson River in his Cessna 120 on April 25, 2013, and has a great YouTube video.

  • Soaring the Tetons in an SGS 1-34. (July 1981: 28 slides from Don Provost)

  • New York City's Hudson River run at 900 feet (June 1991: 25 slides from Don Provost)



    • Latest update is February 4, 2019.
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    SOME HANDY URL'S...

    General Aviation websites
    EAA
    EAA's Video.org page
    EAA's national calendar
    EAA Air Venture-Oshkosh
    EAA Museum at Oshkosh
    EAA Young Eagles
    EAA Young Eagles Webchat
    AOPA
    VFRmap.com
    General Aviation News
    Atlantic Flyer
    Landings.com
    AirNav.com
    ATC terminal radars
    Live ATC.net (audio monitors)
    FunPlacesToFly.com
    iPilot.com
    Flightwise.com
    HomebuiltAirplanes.com
    Avstop.com Aviation News
    Barnstormers.com

    Aviation museums
    Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields
    The Virtual Aircraft Museum
    NJ Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum at Teterboro
    Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum, Cape May Airport
    Millville Army Airfield Museum
    Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE
    USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, NYC
    American Air Power Museum, Republic A'pt, Farmingdale, NY
    Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY
    Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck, NY
    1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY
    New England Air Museum, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
    Golden Age Air Museum, Grimes Field, Bethel, PA
    Mid Atlantic Air Museum at Reading, PA
    Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, Belleville, MI
    Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty Hawk, NC
    National Museum of the USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
    National Air & Space Museum at Dulles Airport, VA
    National Air & Space Museum on the Mall in Washington D.C.     		Our neighbor EAA chapters with websites
    (2 sites listed: 1st is original, 2nd is new EAA assigned site.)
    Lincoln Park, NJ Chapter 501 (this page!)
    Lincoln Park 501 EAA (new EAA page!)
    Fairfield, NJ Chapter 73
    Fairfield 73 EAA
    Sussex, NJ Chapter 891
    Sussex 891 EAA
    Easton, PA Chapter 70
    MGJ Chapter 1611 EAA
    Easton 70 EAA
    Stroudsburg, PA, Chapter 839
    Stroudsburg 839 EAA
    Pittstown, NJ Chapter 643
    Pittstown 643 EAA
    Trenton, NJ, Chapter 176
    Trenton 176 EAA
    Old Bridge, NJ Chapter 315
    Old Bridge 315 EAA
    Cross Keys, NJ Chapter 216
    Cross Keys 216 EAA
    Toughkenamon, PA Chapter 240
    Toughkenamon 240 EAA
    Edwards AFB, CA Chapter 1000
    Edwards 1000 EAA

    Our area airports, businesses & advocacy groups
    Lincoln Park Airport (N07)
    Aero Safety Training, Ltd (at N07)
    Lincoln Park Aviation-Cessna dealer (at N07)
    Sunset Pub and Grill (at N07)
    Caldwell, Essex County Airport (CDW)
    Morristown Airport (MMU)
    Somerset Airport (SMQ)
    Greenwood Lake Airport(4N1)
    Military Transport Association
    NY NJ Chopper - helicopter tours
    Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association
    North Jersey Chapter 99's
    Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition
    New Jersey Aviation Association
    Eastern Region Helicopter Council
    Morris Aero Club
    Paramus Flying Club

    Government, weather and flight planning
    FAA - Safety.gov
    FAA - TFR's page
    New Jersey weather from NOAA
    DTC DUAT
    FAA aircraft registry
    NTSB aviation accident reports
    NJDOT Div. of Aeronautics
    FAA - Teterboro FSDO
    FAA Flight Standards page







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