1964, Independence Airport established

1965, First meeting of interested members

1967, Official founding of Chapter, 26 members

1967-1988, Chapter Meetings in various places (Corvallis, Lebanon, Albany and Independence)

1988, Chapter Builds a hangar on Cherokee Taxiway at 7S5

1990, Jake Thiessen, President

1990, Bob Schwarzler leads 1st Young Eagles Rally

1998, Builds Chapter clubhouse , Bob Schwarzler manages the project

2000, Apply for 501(c)(3)

2000, Noon Patrol Project began

2003, Completed 12 Nieuports

2004, 95 Young Eagles flown

2006, 1st Van’s Homecoming & Fly-In hosted by 292

2008, 1st Chapter in USA with a Flight Simulator, Organized by Chuck West

2011 – 2016, David Ullman President

100+ Young Eagles each year

2015, EAA Chapter Leadership training at 292.

2016, Saturday Youth Build completes the first Youth Build project, a Sonex managed by Bob Schwarzler

2017, South Hangar Expansion Project Managed by Al Cleveland & Henry Bartle

2017, 50th Anniversary, “Total Eclipse” Fly-In

2017, Kickoff of VMC & IMC Clubs Organized by Mike Short

2016, Al Cleveland President (Mike Kelley, President in Training)

2017, Chapter hosts the 1st STOL Expo

2017 Ernie Moreno wins the Tony Bingelis Award

2018, (through 2022), Mike Kelley President

2019, 1st EAA Gold Chapter Award

2019, Saturday Youth build completes Zenith 701

2019, Chapter’s first Ray Scholar, Anders Walters, achieves his Private Pilot’s License

2020, Paid Membership exceeds 200

2021, EAA 292 hosts Breakfast at AirVenture (Oshkosh), 9 Aircraft and 32 members attend

Ernie Moreno earns Major Achievement Award

2022, 2nd EAA Gold Chapter Award (2020-21)

2022 Chuck West manages the Purchase and Install of a Redbird FMX simulator.

2022, holds 5th STOL Expo and also the Second Ever Public Showing of the VANS RV-15 prototype (after KOSH).

2022, Third Youth Build aircraft, a VANS RV-12iS nears completion under Al Cleveland’s direction.

2022, Active Membership is around 230+