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EAA Chapter 499 will meet at “the Boys” Restaurant, 117 N. College, Santa Maria, at 6:30 pm on Tuesday Jan. 10th.

EAA Chapter 499′s July 12th meeting

We will meet at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

Our Guest Speaker will be Mr. Doug McRoberts, whose subject will be :

“FRIEGHTDOG LOG”

Flying, operating and maintaining Beechcraft D-18s  

June EAA 499 Meeting Announcement

EAA Chapter 499 will meet at 6:30 pm Tuesday, June 14th, at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Robert Perry will discuss Light Sport Aircraft

Meeting | Tuesday, April 12

EAA Chapter 499 will meet at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight, starting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday April 12. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Jack Norris, author of Propellers, and Logic of Flight. For more information go to propellersexplained.com.

March 2011 Chapter Meeting: When, Where & Whom

For our March 2011 meeting we will be having a special guest speaker, Mr. Paul Lipps of Ellippse Propeller. He will be bringing his remarkably fast and efficient Lancair 235. The meeting will start at 6:30pm on Tuesday, March 8th, and be at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight. More information on the museum including directions can be found on its web site here: http://www.smmof.org/.

BTW: Paul recently had a very interesting technical article, “Propeller Blades: Number, Pitch and Planform” published in Contact Magazine (http://www.contactmagazine.com/backissu.html#current, issue #101, Mar-July 2010).