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We had 15 attend our fly-out to Hamilton in five different planes, everything from a C-150 to the SR-22. We again kept Syracuse Approach confused and busy! The food was excellent and it was a beautiful night to fly. For anyone interested in a future trip, the restaurant is only about a half mile walk south along the road. Our next fly-out is September 10th over to Jack Henion's airstrip for a dish-to-pass BBQ dinner. The flying there is reserved for careful grass field checked pilots...ask around!
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Weekend Trips: Maine to Michigan!Here are a couple weekend trips our members flew. George Urist left Friday for Michigan to attend his high school reunion (and some great golf)! This was a one tank trip. IFR currency required however for the 800' and 1/2 mile return! Brent flew up to Maine for a Cirrus owner's gathering (and some great lobsters)! This restaurant is easy walking distance from the airport and a dinner is under $20! |
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East Hill Has a Member Blog and Twitter FeedThis is simple stuff: YOU can upload your flying story and pictures with little difficulty (surf for some of the really insipid stories of daily life here) This site allows members to share their flying stories and pictures and hopefully encourages others to break the "50nm barrier" they developed intheir student pilot days. Flying is fun! Share that excitement. Read about Brent Chidsey's flight in a P-51 or see how Mike Meador recently flew down the Hudson Corridor with his daughter on a business trip. Check this out.
We also now have a Twitter feed for the digitally inclined. The idea is to provide more current information to those who look for instant updates. (A suggestion from member Justin Maas. They use it at Air Wisconsin to convey safety information) At EHFC this may be safety or dispatch information but basically very timely and perhaps annoying to those that may be inactive or currently not flying for some reason (We DO try to keep down the number of e-mails). You can view the page on the web here and sign up to follow it here (this will generate messages to your mobile device by web, SMS or email).
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| Try a quick day trip or overnight to a nearby resort! Peter Brodsky just got back from Fisher's Island off the Connecticut coast in our Light Sport Plane. This is a simple flight and only 211nm away. Enjoy the island ease and resort atmosphere. | |
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EHFC Member Flying Adventures!Brent Chidsey discovered a P-51 in Kansas while taking his daughter to college orientation...well what would you do? Let's go fly! See more pictures on our member blog. Michael Meador had a business trip to the NYC area so he combined it with a little sightseeing down the Hudson Corridor. See more pictures on our member blog. |
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N53045 Is Being Repaired!We awarded the contract and a day later 045 is on the way to Corning. Joe Costa, regionally famous (or is that infamous?) for Cessna salvage and repair will be doing the aircraft restoration and engine reinstall. His very reasonable bid kept us from having to total this plane! We will keep you updated on progress but expect to have this plane out of service until September. |
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Here is a well-thought out compendium of articles on landing well in various configurations and conditions. No matter how much we practice in other areas, safety requires putting the wheels on the runway correctly and we must keep this fresh in our minds. Look at our annual training focus page if you have not and look at this article if you get a chance:
"You might be a great flight planner, a maestro at fuel management, or a whiz at understanding weather, but all that takes a back seat to your competence when rubber meets the runway."
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The plane painting challenge is on! One of our generous members will match your contribution up to $3,000. We need $8,500 to paint a hawk and currently are at $3,000. Every dollar you donate will be matched...please earmark your gift and we will soon have a prettier Skyhawk! |
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| Jean-Baptist, Matt, and Joe helped with the CT at the Ithaca Terminal recently | Gary Schultz, works at Advion in the Ithaca Tech Park and is finishing up his private | Three board members: Mark, Brent and Jim on a recent trip to Albany in the Cirrus |
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Holiday party pictures from Mark Sanford, aka "Nikon
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Enjoy some great articles on our training and safety page here. Videos on operating Garmin 430 here.