Young Eagles Flyin at McNabbs

Eddie Brewer

I am writing this month about the Boy Scout flying event that took place at my airstrip on October 11. This was the second event that our EAA chapter has hosted for this Scout troop and again I have to say that this was a very well attended event by the scouts. This is one of the most “well behaved” group of young people that I have the pleasure to fly with. The adults that supervised the group were again “first class” in their discipline and leadership shown to these young men.

Those of our members who did not attend the fly-in really missed a fun and special time. Our chapter provided breakfast for the Scouts and our club members with Mr. Paul Lucas of the scouts (and a FedEx “heavy” jockey) providing a gourmet lunch that consisted of spaghetti with meat sauce (that required two days to prepare) along with vegetables and three different cake desserts. It was great!!!

I’d like to offer special thanks to everyone who participated in the event with a very special thank you to our cooks who had to handle all of the necessary cooking equipment. Also a HUGE THANK YOU to Rusty Bliss for providing his Citabria and flying as much as was requested without complaint. 

(I enjoyed flying formation with him a couple of times and the scouts really got a kick out of that!) Also I appreciate Richard Hutson for his help with the Young Eagles paper work. Richard has been very faithful with these requirements as well as a great help with the cooking needs.

I had a unique “will it fly” aviation event when I crammed a 6ft-4inch, 315 lb guy into my little Kitfox for a ride. With the fuel weight down from flying a couple of hours, the airplane flew just fine (but did climb out a little slower) and gave me even more confidence in its performance. 

We hope to have a “Spring Scout Fly-in” along with a fall fly-in next year that will possibly include additional scout troops in our local area. If we do these events next year, Chapter 182 will need to step up to provide more help in order to put on a good show for the Scouts. I see this as an opportunity to recruit young people to our organization that we desperately need to grow our chapter. 

Please come out and lend a hand. 

Eddie