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Auction Next Meeting (August and September)!

Get ready to bid on a terrific new Custom (Your Design or Photo) Lithophane Creation from Mike Kaiser (assistant newsletter editor). The whole story is available by clicking here. The opening bid for Chapter 203's Lithophane will be $25, the cost of materials. Similar Lithophanes sell online for $219. To place your bid, click Bid or go to the next meeting or contact Mike at skoop113@yahoo.com or call (772) 219-7615. And remember, all proceeds will go to the chapter, so bid high and bid often.

Special of the Month

Here is a new feature of the EAA203 website.  Just watch and review the following video for complete information on specific "How To" projects.  Each month a new feature will be added here and the previous videos will be archived in the Projects link to the left. Note: If you have significant start and stop times due to a slow connection, click on "Pause" and wait a few minutes for the video to download enough information to be seen without interruption.

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Our Mission

Click on Newsletter to left for Club News. Also see the News link to left for latest from EAA. This web page is now being developed to incorporate news, activities, club and member projects, Young Eagle events, Breakfasts and many other activities associated with Chapter 203 of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Be sure to scroll all the way down for EAA Calendar, Speaker Info and more...

Highlights of Past Meetings

Click Here to see Photo Highlights of our visit to Palm Beach Propeller

Click Here to see Photo Highlights of Bill Seigal's Homemade EFIS

Click Here to see Photos of International Airport Fire Rescue Station (PB)

EAA Calendar of Events

Our Officers

President: Bill Perry, 780 31st St., Palm City, FL 34990, 772-287-8449
Vice President: Paul Hershorin, 6077 Pine Needle Ln S, Lake Worth, FL 33467, 561-967-9221
Secretary: Joe Scaglione, 945 Marlin Drive, Jupiter, FL 33478  561-746-4229
Treasurer: Scott Curry, 11159 Thyme Dr., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418  561-691-4791 
Young Eagles: Rick Golightly, 300 N. Old Dixie Hwy, Jupiter, FL 33478  561-747-0324
Membership: Steve Sinclair, 561-758-2911
Program Director: Scott Thatcher, 4174 Larch Av., Palm Bch Gdns, FL 33418  561-622-4327
Librarian: Ana Scaglione,  945 Marlin Drive, Jupiter, FL 33478  561-746-4229
Newsletter Editor: Orville Alwin, 355 Saturn Ave., Tequesta, FL  33469, 561-575-5666 
Website: Courtesy of Scott Thatcher at http://eaa203.com

Contact Information

Just contact any of the officers above for more information, or fill out the Membership Form by clicking on Membership at top of page.

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Hangar 4, North Palm Beach County Airport, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
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Palm Beach Propeller Visit on September 11, 2007
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We want to thank D.E. O'Neill (Mom), Mike O'Neill, Larry Harris and Jeff Hebron for providing our Chapter with an informative and interesting tour of their facilities. It's amazing to see what all needs to occur when a prop is brought in, from seemingly simple tasks such as labeling every part removed from the assembly to computerized measurements of various stations along the axis of the prop.  Approximately 30 members and guests attended this event and all went away with a much better understanding of the metallurgy, chemistry and other processes involved in returning a prop to the customer in a like-new condition.

Bill Seigal's Homemade EFIS presented on October 9, 2008
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The first two photos are of the group attending Bill's lecture and discussion on "How To Build Your Own EFIS"!  Bill Seigal not only provided information on how to build one of these great displays for your aircraft, he also brought a working model of one that he built for his plane. It included GPS, Moving Map, Flight Planning, and more... all in a Windows format.  Contact the club for more information if you want to build one of Bill's Homemade EFIS!

Palm Beach International Airport Fire Rescue Station
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After reviewing many of the functions of the Fire Rescue crew at Palm Beach International, we went outside to witness how a fire is handled when the interior of an aircraft is on fire.  A nozzle with a pointed end is used to penetrate the skin of the aircraft allowing the nozzle to remain inside the aircraft. Then the flow of water and foam is sent through the hose to extinguish the flames inside the aircraft without having to actually enter the aircraft.  In addition, we got a complete tour of the facilities including many of the trucks and emergency vehicles used by this professional organization.

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