EAA-292 Brief History
7S5, Independence Oregon
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1964, Independence Airport established
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1965, First meeting of interested members
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1967, Official founding of Chapter, 26 members
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1967-1988, Chapter Meetings in various places (Corvallis, Lebanon, Albany and Independence)
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1988, Chapter Builds a hangar on Cherokee Taxiway at 7S5
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1990, Jake Thiessen, President
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1990, Bob Schwarzler leads 1st Young Eagles Rally
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1998, Builds Chapter clubhouse , Bob Schwarzler manages the project
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2000, Apply for 501(c)(3)
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2000, Noon Patrol Project began
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2003, Completed 12 Nieuports
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2004, 95 Young Eagles flown
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2006, 1st Van’s Homecoming & Fly-In hosted by 292
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2008, 1st Chapter in USA with a Flight Simulator, Organized by Chuck West
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2011 – 2016, David Ullman President
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100+ Young Eagles each year
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2015, EAA Chapter Leadership training at 292.
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2016, Saturday Youth Build completes the first Youth Build project, a Sonex managed by Bob Schwarzler
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2017, South Hangar Expansion Project Managed by Al Cleveland & Henry Bartle
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2017, 50th Anniversary, “Total Eclipse” Fly-In
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2017, Kickoff of VMC & IMC Clubs Organized by Mike Short
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2016, Al Cleveland President (Mike Kelley, President in Training)
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2017, Chapter hosts the 1st STOL Expo
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2017 Ernie Moreno wins the Tony Bingelis Award
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2018, (through 2022), Mike Kelley President
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2019, 1st EAA Gold Chapter Award
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2019, Saturday Youth build completes Zenith 701
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2019, Chapter’s first Ray Scholar, Anders Walters, achieves his Private Pilot’s License
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2020, Paid Membership exceeds 200
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2021, EAA 292 hosts Breakfast at AirVenture (Oshkosh), 9 Aircraft and 32 members attend
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Ernie Moreno earns Major Achievement Award
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2022, 2nd EAA Gold Chapter Award (2020-21)
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2022 Chuck West manages the Purchase and Install of a Redbird FMX simulator.
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2022, holds 5th STOL Expo and also the Second Ever Public Showing of the VANS RV-15 prototype (after KOSH).
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2022, Third Youth Build aircraft, a VANS RV-12iS nears completion under Al Cleveland’s direction.
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2022, Active Membership is around 230+








