Chapter 393 will hold it’s first Young Eagles event in 18 months at Pacific States Aviation. More specifically, the event will be held outside the maintenance hanger which is located in between the flight school and the FBO. The event starts at 9:00 am, but we will be setting up for the event starting at 7:00 at the clubhouse picking up chairs, tables, canopies and other miscellaneous items. From there we will proceed to PSA and start setting everything up.?

The Civil Air Patrol will not be available to act as ground support personnel so we need members and their friends and family to step up to the plate and help out for this important event. Here in Contra Costa County we are truly fortunate in being able to safely and legally hold this event. CDC guidelines along with EAA National protocols will be followed including the wearing of masks when appropriate, wiping down aircraft in between flights, hand sanitizing and social distancing.

With some exceptions, pilots and volunteers must be vaccinated, while kids are required to wear masks in the cockpit. Board members will not be asking people if they are vaccinated, rather we will trust that those that those participants are in?compliance.

Moving on,?it is our hope to be able to hold additional Young Eagles events in June, August, September and weather permitting, October of this year. This will provide aviation related and social experiences for our young people, something they have missed in the last 15 months!

Air Venture will be held at Oshkosh, Wisconsin from July 25th, through August 1st of this year! So far, ten of our chapter members will be attending.?However the Air?Academy has been cancelled again due to logistical hurdles relating to Covid which could not be overcome. Hannah Nilsen, our Chapter 393, 2020 scholarship awardee was deprived of her attendance at the 2020 Air Academy. We are?reaching out to her to find a way to provide an appropriate substitute award. Stay tuned.

That’s it for now, please call me at 925-395-0672 for any questions or clarifications.

Ron Lem

President EAA 393