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DeLand SPORT AVIATION Showcase BOOTH # 32 N ȐEAA Chai rma n and CEO Jack J.
Pelto n announc ed last mont h tha t Vic
Syra cuse ,EA A1808 48, ofLo cus tGrov e,
Ge orgia ,ha sbeenna med the new chair-
man of EA A’ s Hom ebuilt Aircraft
Counc il. Syr acuse isassumin gthe role
from de par ting cha irm an Ric k We iss,
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“I would like to thank Rickforhis
ded ica ted servic eand lea der ship ove rthe
las t ni ne years,” Pe lto n said. “Unde r
Rick’ slea der ship ,your cou nci lha sbe en
an impor tan t asset to EA Aand to the
ent ire ho mebu iltcommuni ty.”
EAA’s Homeb uil t Air cra ft Counc il
ens ures theorganizatio n’s cont inued focus
onvital program sofbenefit tocurren tand
futurehom ebuilder s. Th is cou ncil of EAA
volunteer lead ersrep res ents hom ebuilders
and provide sdirect ionforprogram s, ser v-
ices, and act ivities that addvalue formem-
berswh oare dream ingof,bu ilding,bu y-
ing,andflyinghom ebuilt air craf t.
Sy rac use has a lon g histor y wi th
EAA ,not to me ntion exte nsi vebuildi ng
exp eri enc e,havi ng compl ete d11 airc raft
proj ect s incl uding a Just Aircraft
SuperS TOL, a Presc ott Pusher, two
Kit foxe s, andmul tiple Van’sRV s. Heis
the East Co ast repr ese nta tive forVa n’s
Air craft , an FAAdesig nate d airwor thi -
nes srepresen tati ve (DA R) forama teur-
buil taircr aftandan EAA tech nical cou n-
sel or, flight advisor ,and aYoun gEagl es
pilo t, not to menti on the owne rand ope r-ator ofBa se LegAv iation.
Syracuse isextremelyexc itedabo ut
hi snew role.
“I keep thi nki ngsom ebod y’s go ing to
pinch me and wa ke me up ,” he said.
“We’v egotalot ofmom ent um going, and
it’s agreat gro up of pe ople.” Hisperson al
goals forthecoun cil inc lud etryingtoge t
morepeople inv ol ved inhomebui lding.
“We ’vego tasegm entofthe popu la-
tionthatisn’tcareerfoc used in aviation ,
andIquesti onif we’ redoin geno ug hfor
the m, ”hesaid. “The kidsarego ne, and
the yma ke comm ents lik e, ‘Boy,Iwi sh I’d
have learne d to fly.’ Next line is how
expe nsiveit is. ...But the ycould bui ld air-
planes. Theirkidscou ldlea rntofly....And
itbecome sagoodfamily kind ofthin g.”
Formo re inf orma tionabo utEAAor
theEAA Home bu iltAircraftCou ncilvi sit
eaa.or g.EA AHOMEBUILT AIRCRAF T
COUN CI LGET S NEW CHAIRM AN
Vic Sy rac use , EAA 18 08 48, of Locust
Grove,Geor gia, hasbeennam edthene w
cha irm an of EA A’s Hom ebuilt Aircraft
Cou nci l. (PhotocourtesyEAA )Wha t do you do when tryin g to
mat ch EAA AirVentu re Os hkosh 2017’ s
air show stha tinc lude dthe Bl ue Ange ls,
ahistor yof bom ber s,and nu me rou sot her
“wow” mo ment s?
St art with one hi ghl ight atatim e.
“Thi sis the time of yea rwhe nthere
arelots ofideas,” said Dennis Du nba r,
who di rectsairoper atio ns for AirVentur e.
“We’r ealway slooki ng for thoseamaz ing
and coo l things tha t happen only at
Osh kos h.Som epeo ple come to us and
we find others. And then we go towork. ”
As mai n feature plann ing ma tur es
for the2018 fly- in, whi ch will be he ld
July 23-29 , ther e are ide as that be ga n
wit hdisc ussio ns dur ing AirVentur e201 7.
Somet imes , thos e disc ussi ons go ba ckfur the r, but need a coup le of years to
bri ng tog ether. For examp le, there are
alr eady pr eli mi na ryplans wellunderway
for AirVentur e20 20.BUI LDIN GEXT RAV AG AN ZAS:
AIR VEN TURE 2018 AIR SHOW
PLAN NINGUNDERW AY
Plans are unde rwayatEAAheadquar -
tersto ma ke AirV enture2018better than
last year. (Chr isMi ller/Cour tesyEAA )Con tin ued on Page 28