A Saturday at the Club House

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Some of you are aware that we were attempting to do some Young Eagle flights  tomorrow morning. That fell through since the organization we were working with had a change of heart, so it will be business as usual for the EAA 650 Saturday morning hangar flying session at the club house. 

For those of you who were weren't aware Jerry received his Wright Brothers Master Pilot award given by the FAA for pilots who have flown for over 50 years of accident/incident free flying. 
This was a surprise ceremony following Jerry's presentation on flying in Vietnam complete with training aids! Jerry also prepard a breakfast casserole as well as a birthday cake with ice cream since it was just a few days past his birthday. Here is a press release I sent out to the local papers. If there is a slow news day Jerry will be added as filler right before the want adds!

Jerry Harkin EAA 650 Club president was recently surprised by a visit from the FAA.
Jerry was giving a presentation to over 20 attendees at the chapter meeting house about his experience flying the Huey helicopter in Viet Nam. He had many items on display from the war, including a tailrotor that had three bullet holes collected while they were sitting in a "safe landing zone". Following his Vietnam experience he discussed the rest of his 20 year Army career including flying patrols on the DMZ in Korea. Subsequent jobs included flying demonstrations for the entire line of Beechcraft aircraft including the Starship (think Edsel of the Sky) and avionics flight test.


At the conclusion of the presentation Chris House from the FAA FSDO (Flight Standards Division Office) office in Indianapolis stepped forward to present Jerry with the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for his over 50 Years of incident and accident free flying. This came as a complete surprise for Jerry and just about everyone in attendance as well. Special thanks go to several members of the EAA 650 who conspired to give Jerry this significant aviation milestone. 
In addition we enjoyed Ice Cream and Cake for Jerry's birthday too. 

The EAA 650 is a chapter of the National Experimental Aircraft Association. Further information can be found at www.eaa.org


So there you go see you Saturday morning!
Tim Sparks

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