EAA Chapter 252

IYED Young Eagle Rally at Appleton Airport for June 13 CANCELLED.

Thank you to everyone who attended our chapter gathering on Thursday, June 11! Despite the rainy weather, we had strong turnout for the presentation by EAA staff videographer Alden Frautschy. Alden talked about the video and photo work he does for EAA, with a focus on AirVenture. He brought some of the cameras and the drone he uses for his work at AirVenture and other EAA events.

Thank you to Alden for the great presentation, and thanks to the chapter members who cooked and/or brought food for dinner or donated to help cover the meal!

Congratulations to Ray Scholar 2023 Rusty Everhard who passed his commercial checkride today with DPE Dick Hanusa. Rusty joined the chapter as a high school junior and has been with our teen build since its inception. Rusty now works full time for EAA while balancing college courses and Part 61 flight training, completing his instrument and commercial training with CFI John Dorcey. Rusty is a member of our chapter board and also recently flew his first Young Eagles. Well done, Rusty!

Congratulations to Chapter 252 Ray Scholar 2023 Alayna M. on earning her commercial pilot certificate at UND. Alayna is wrapping up her sophomore year at UND and will spend part of her summer as an Air Academy Camp Counselor.

Thanks to everyone who attended our monthly chapter gathering on Thursday, May 14! Our guest speaker was FAASTeam Program Manager Jurg Grossenbacher, who presented the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award to our chapter member Chuck Eichinger to celebrate his 50 years of safe piloting! Jurg also gave a presentation on stablized approaches and landings in an aircraft.

Our chapter also celebrated our 2025 EAA Ray Aviation Scholar, Andrew B., on passing his checkride and obtaining his Private Pilot certificate!

Congratulates to Chuck and Andrew on their exciting accomplishments as pilots!

Congratulations to our Ray Scholar, Andrew, for earning his private pilot certificate! Andrew is an active chapter member and volunteer and is part of our Teen RV-12iS build.

Teen Build Night tonight - more engine and avionics work.

Big step forward on our teen build project. Engine is now hung on the airframe.

Thanks to everyone who attended our chapter gathering on Thursday, February 12! Our chapter member Lauren Stettbacher gave a presentation on her journey of becoming a pilot and obtaining her instrument, tailwheel, commercial, and CFI ratings/endorsements. She was joined by Steve Krog, founder and chief CFI at Kylie's Cub Air Flight in Hartford, Wisconsin, where Lauren completed much of her advanced training and now works as a flight instructor!

Our chapter also celebrated our 2025 EAA Ray Aviation Scholar, Lily K., for completing her first solo flight on February 7. She had her Ray Scholar shirt tail cut off, as is tradition for student pilots, and there was cake for everyone to enjoy!