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8689 Star Road  Erie, Illinois 61250-9772  Phone 309-659-2721 

(18-36) RF 122.9 / 3H5 800' Pattern Altitude

N 41°41.10 

W 90° 04.79 - GPS

 Map   e-mail: Jim 

Or   Sue   

If stopping in PLEASE call ahead. We may be away doing sign work or helping with someone's plane. 

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Change of address:   Flying Dream Challengers   

Looking for a "N" number? click here

Paper Airplane Flight Simulator

Sky North Adventures Inc

Challenger Troubleshooting

Quad City Challenger

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Jim and student lose power and have to dead stick land. 3 times.  And then there was the in-flight "situation" flying home.

also: Why some men like planes over women.....

 Show N Shine 04   May 15 2004 

  New Pictures 5/17        More Events

 

 

Norm Pasvogle of Moline, IL.. The Storming Norman of Erie Airpark. At the Show N Shine he gave 60 people a ride in his Cessna. At last year's 20th Anniversary it was more. We are honored to have Norm as one of the friends of the Airpark.


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2008 Events Update your Calendar

The ELSA repairman's course will close in two weeks.  Call me at home if you are interested and I will help you register for the class over the phone.  We need more bodies or we will have to move the course to November.   309 659 2721.   Jim Robinson.

April 16 Classes at Erie Airpark covering X-Country E6B flight computer. Refreshments. Free Class to all interested. 6:00 PM

Utah Trip to assist in building a Challenger  Click to see pictures

The 25th Challenger event will be the weekend of the 19-20-21 of September.  I will be making Caps for the event.  The food guy has already been hired.  Should be a good time.  Jim, at an Erie place.

Evening Classes at the Airpark  Something New at the Airpark

My winter project Click Here

Also click above to see the new cockpit heating system.

Repairman's Course

O.K.  This is the official cattle call for all you guys and gals who want to take the 16 hour repairman’s course.  Rainbow Aviation will host the class. The date is set as the: 14th and 15th of June.  The class will start each day at 8:00 am.   To register call me at 309 659 2721, that will hold a spot for you.  Then send me a SASE and I will forward to you a registration form that you will fill out and mail to Rainbow Aviation Services.  The address will be on the form.  This class will certify you to do your own annual condition inspections on your ELSA type aircraft.  Only 16 slots are open, and we have had 7 signed up so far.  If you have already called me, go ahead and send me the SASE and we can mail you the registration form.  The cost of the course and all materials will be $375.00 per student. You can pay by check or credit card.  You will get a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

Sue Robinson will keep everyone fed both days   If you have had a class here before you know Sue will keep you full.  ( a donation can will be set out for the cost of the food and her time.) Thanks,  Jim Robinson FBO, Erie Airpark.   PS  call me if you have any questions at 309 659 2721, leave a message.  Or e-mail me at erieairpark@juno.com  Jim, at an erie place.

 

Hanger Available:

We have an empty hangar for rent. Call 309 659 2721 after 6pm.  They don't last long...
 

Price change on "For Sale" page.

100 hour or yearly inspection sheet.

High time/use inspection sheet.

Camping Trailer For Sale also:

Rans S12 AirRail 

Get ready for winter flying with a new Robinson Roaster.


 One pretty single place. Click          

 The Challenger Fly In was September 14, 15, and 16th.  at Erie Airpark. 

This year's pictures.

More here with comments from Jim

 

Past events....

Challenger 20th Anniversary 2-Place

Challenger 20th Anniversary

Challenger Saturday Pictures

Single Place Challenger

Fly-In Drive-In breakfast at Bud Westbay's lake  See Pictures here:

http://picasaweb.google.com:80/erieflyer

And remember Friday evenings at Clinton, IA airport all summer. Good food and good friends, plan on driving or flying in.


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Sparrow-Hawk ready to Test Fly

The Bug Smasher won Grand National First place in the Light Plane category.

See pictures here.


Concerning aircraft grandfathered in:

Hello Jim,

There is no "grace period" for having the paperwork in-process.  The
airworthiness certificate MUST be issued on or before 31 January 2008.
The regulations do not allow the airworthiness certificate to be issued
after that date, so the entire process must be completed and the owner
must have the airworthiness certificate in hand.


Joe Norris
EAA Aviation Services
EAA Aviation Center, Oshkosh, WI
888-322-4636, extension 6806
jnorris@eaa.org
 



The Hawk is finished.

Bud Westbay's Dawn Patrol  pictures


This is why LSA will become more and more popular.  A fuel line for a Kit Fox with a 582 Rotax cost about $20.00, top of the line.  The same fuel line TSO'ed  for a general aviation airplane would cost about $2040.00 with installation and an inspection and sign off by a A&E.  Make mine a Challenger.  Jim, at an erie place.

Steve Dentz 2nd place Grand Champion Congratulations Steve


Some of the items For Sale at Erie Airpark.

   


Click over to the Sport Flyers website and look at the Sun N Fun 06 pictures


Leiland Widick, a Sport pilot Examiner, will do check rides for anyone who would like to hook up with him in the following counties:  Marshall, Stark, Knox, and Mercer.  Leiland is an SPI in the Springfield FDO, and can also do check rides anywhere in that area.  And cannot do check rides in Whiteside County, a different FSDO. To contact Leiland call him at home.  618-643-2744  or you can contact him at work,  618-453-9244. the cost of your check ride will be $250.00 Leiland has flown in Challengers with me and enjoys flying them.  If he is in your area, and you need your check ride,  give him a call. Jim, at an eerie place.


Friend of the Airpark, Steve Dentz Solo's his Challenger.

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New Friends of the Airpark, used house paint and vinyl graphics.

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 Friends Of Erie Airpark Send us a picture.

PPC instructor will give lessons here at Erie Airpark.

 

New Project on "All Aircraft Projects" page

 Check out the new feature on the "What's Going On" Page

Also keep up with the Project's Page 


How well do you "Know Your Airplane"

  New project on Project Page

  Wing Tip and Stabilizer lights.

  Aircraft heater for Rotax©  

Tips For Building

 How to repair a hole in your plane.

Wide Body Challenger 

Building Doors for a Challenger 

Installing a 3rd door on a Challenger    

Skinning a Challenger 

Part 2  &  Part 3 


Dawn Patrol Update:


DUATS Weather download

A good flying weather site. 

 

 

 

 

Learn about what's going on with the weather.  Why the weather people are wrong so much.  www.weatherwars.info

 

 



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Need a place to stay when you visit Erie Airpark?

 

 

 

 

 

A very good book. Click on book to go to website.

Link to Sport Flyers Website

 Flying EVENTS

Dawn Patrol Updates


All Aircraft Projects

Clubhouse Building Project  

Clubhouse Inside Project.

Dawn Patrol 2003

Dawn Patrol 2004

JULY 24th 05 Flight

Sun Rise Sun Set Times

Rotax Tech Brian DeWitte Level III Rotax Repair

Updated Feb 10 '04

Brian is now a Authorized Independent Rotax Repair Center      CLICK ON SIGN...

Parts and Tips

Building Projects  

 

 

 

Eugene Clark's Challenger-1 #11 (from Monroe Wisconsin. Vintage 1983. 4th engine. 1927 hours on plane) Nice Plane Eugene..

 

 

 

 

My Challenger...

Rebuilding My Challenger

 

Click on Gyro to read about Jim's encounter with a rude Gyro pilot. He could have been killed!

He could have shot himself in the shoulder.  Both!

Also the ultimate urban legend.

While at Sun N Fun 04 I came across this book. 

There is a great website where you can design your own Name Tags right online. Change colors and background design until it is just the way you want it. They have cloth and leather. Check them out at www.nametags4u.com

ONE More- http://www.b-n-senterprises.com/ This is where I get Challenger lapel pins, hats and t-shirts with Challenger pictures.

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