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December 17, 2022

Leesburg EAA Chapter Caps Successful Year

4th Squadron 534 Student Obtains Ray Aviation Scholarship as the Chapter Looks to 2023

Chapter 534 of the Experimental Aircraft Association gathered for their yearly Christmas party at the Leesburg International Airport administration building. The meet was a chance to catch up with fellow members while having a good time with friends from the Leesburg, Florida region. After completing the gift swaps and catered dinner, the chapter's outgoing President Steve Tilford gave an address to close out the year, followed by Mike Hage before his term next year.

From 2015 (YouTube Version): Some Guys Just Know How To Max Out Their Capabilities... And Their Enjoyment... Of Sport Aviation

While ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, was hanging around E-Fest 2015, he saw a lot of interesting aircraft and met with some very stimulating people. Towards the end of the show Jim ran into a gentleman that was simply known as “Quad Guy,” and he could be likened to a Marvel Comics superhero. A superhero, at least, as it relates to flying quadcopters.

Airplane Yawed Left In A Slip, Then Rolled Inverted, And Subsequently Descended Rapidly

On November 30, 2022, about 1100 Pacific standard time, an amateur-built experimental Lightning airplane, N60MY, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Torrance, California. The pilot and pilot rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. Preliminary ADS-B data showed that the airplane departed Zamperini Field Airport (TOA), Torrance, California, about 1042. The data showed the airplane flew several traffic patterns at TOA.