Welcome to EAA Chapter 774

Chapter 774 of the Experimental Aircraft Association has been around for 25 Years. We are based in Brookshire, Texas and we serve the West Houston and Katy area. We are a very active chapter with many projects completed and underway. Everything from the Legal Eagle ultralight that was designed by one of our founding members to the record setting Flying Tiger.

Chapter Open House

Time: 
April 28, 2012 1:00pm
Location: 
T-Hangers on left side of Wind Sock Rd Sports Flyers field (27XS) Brookshire, Texas

This will be a relaxed atmosphere event allowing you to see 17 examples of amateur built aircraft and talk with our members.

There will be chairs in the hanger and free canned soda, tea or water.

We will have a drawing for a door prize at 3:00 pm. (tools such as drill, torque wrench, etc)

We will also have EAA Chapter Information and registration table if you wish to join.

Contact: Fred Gilmer Phone: 979-627-7295 Email: fgilmer@fgilmer.info

See the attached Map.

Annual Dinner

Time: 
January 17, 2012 7:00pm
Location: 
Spring Creek Barbeque

We will be having our annual Chapter Holiday dinner on Tuesday January 17th, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Spring-Creek Barbeque Restaurant at 21000 Katy Freeway, Katy, Texas ( intersection of I10 and Westgreen Blvd.). Spouses/Friends are welcome and encouraged.

Map at: http://www.springcreekbarbeque.com/houston_katy.htm

We will all gather in the private group dining area ( on the far left as you enter ) before going thru the line.

Each person will select their own food and pay for it and then go to the meeting room for the dinner.

Monthly Meeting Minutes

Submitted by fgilmer on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 17:31

Feb. 17,2011

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by Jack Williams.

George Gibson led the Pledge.

Rich and Dirk were both sick with the Flu and not present. So there was no Treasures report.

We had 4 visitors at this meeting.
Pat Garbodin, building an RV-9A and just moved here from Kansas City.
Fernando Siema from Columbia just moved to Texas.
J.R. Barnes and girl friend and Charles and Terry Spruel. J.R. and Charles have bought a CTS light sport aircraft and keep it at West Houston airport.

Election of Officers.
Fred Gilmer was elected President.

New Website

Submitted by phil on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 11:11

Well I finally got around to installing the new website on the server. This is it. I hope that it doesn't look like much has changed. The way the site looks shouldn't have changed much but the back end of the site is very different. The new site should be much easier to maintain, so hopefully the information will be kept more current.

I am still trying to get some of the information moved over from the old site. Mostly I'm missing a bunch of pictures and I am working on a better way to show member projects. I also need to add the old news items.

Geoff Flies his RV-8

Submitted by phil on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 19:33

Chapter President, Geoff Kimbrough flew his RV-8 for the first time on April 8, 2008.

Made 4 flights - total of 1.8. The airplane flies just like Van advertises - climbs like a bat out of (well you know) and lands like a cub. Cruises at ~200 mph. Temps are all in the green. Stalls at 60 clean and 53 with flaps (mph). Wings level with no aileron pressure. Climbs 1800 fpm @ 120mph.

Congratulations Geoff!!!

First Flight of George Gibson's Startduster Too

Submitted by phil on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 12:00

Congratulations to George Gibson on the first flight of his Starduster Too. First flight was on August 5, 2007 and judging from the picture, he enjoyed it a little bit.

Two Chapter Members Win Awards at SWRFI 2007

Submitted by phil on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 09:44

Hans van der Vort won the Tony Bingelis Award: Best in Show with his Pientenpol Air Camper.

Jeff Fontenot won Grand Champion Classic with his 1947 Piper Cub Special.

Congratulations Hans and Jeff!!

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