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Yankton Breakfast — Sunday, September 21

Fly-in, Drive-in, Walk-in, Dragged-in airport breakfast at Chan Gurney (YKN), Yankton, SD from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. on Sunday, September 21. PIC FREE, adults $10.00; kids 5-10 $5.00; under 5 free. Fund-raiser for aviation scholarships. Sponsored by Yankton Regional Aviation Association and City of Yankton. Contact Mike Roinstad at mroinstad@gmail.com or Lori Roinstad at lroinstad@gmail.com

Atkinson Breakfast — Saturday, September 13

Airport breakfast at Stuart-Atkinson (8V2), Atkinson, NE from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 804. Fly-ins free, others free-will donation. Jack contacted the Grand Island Army National Guard in June about having a Chinook helicopter for display at the 8V2 breakfast, but has not heard back from them.

Also: signing up Young Eagles for flights on Sunday, September 14 between 8AM and noon. Looking for pilot planes, and ground volunteers for Sunday’s Young Eagle event.

Contact Jack Flannery at 402.340.0388.

September Newsletter now available

The September Newsletter is now available; click here to view it.

Chapter Picnic — Sunday, September 7

Our annual Chapter Picnic will be Sunday, September 7 at 4:30 p.m. at Shoemaker Airfield (NE40).

Feel free to fly-in. The 2,500’ x 30’ asphalt runway is in good shape. Please use 122.8.

What to bring: Table setting, main dish, side dish or dessert. Drinks will be provided. If you want your comfy, campsite chair, feel free to bring it. Also, if you’re up for lawn dart or corn hole competition, throw that in as well. Dennis missed Oshkosh ‘25. Please send him your Oshkosh photos at ldovel@neb.rr.com for him to present a wonderful AirVenture ’25 recap.

If driving, the address is 11215 W Yankee Hill Rd, Denton NE 68669. There are two drives going south from West Yankee Hill Rd. Use the west drive. The drive is over 1/2 mile long. Click here for map.

Hangar cleanup: Will take place on Saturday, September 6 at 9:30 a.m. Contact Holly Dixon 402-432-1612 or Tom Trumble 402-540-6089 if you can help.

The picnic will take the place of the September Meeting.