EAA Chapter 180 of Manasota
Serving Sarasota / Bradenton, Florida

• Advocate for aviation and public awareness-involvement

  • Liaison with SRQ to represent EAA Chapter 180 at their monthly meetings.

  • Cultivate contacts with video, newspaper, and radio media to advocate for general aviation.

  • Provide Young Eagles youth (ages 8-17) exposure to aviation including a free flight.

  • Be inclusive to adopted and foster youth in the Young Eagles program.

  • Educate the public about aviation.

  • Provide aircraft experiences to the general public so that they may touch, feel, and fly in the (RARE) EAA B-17 and EAA Ford Tri-motor historic aircraft.

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• Build aircraft

  • Schedule Show-N-Tell of builder’s projects.

  • Visit aircraft manufacturers in Florida to learn their techniques.

  • Visit aircraft paint shops to evaluate “best practices”.

  • Conduct workshops to demonstrate best practices for epoxy, metal fabrication, kit assembly, and wiring.

  • Support and mentor the Teen Aircraft Factory of Manasota (TAFM).

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• Mentor aircraft builders and owners

  • Encourage groups independent of EAA180 to build aircraft.

  • Activate Tech Counseling and Flight Counseling.

  • Emphasize the importance of pilot fitness.

  • Provide guidance selecting and using new FAA mandated avionics.

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• Social

  • Conduct cookouts and potluck socials.

  • Schedue excursions to Sun-N-Fun, Fantasy of Flight, aircraft manufacturers in Florida, etc.

  • Provide a dynamic and educational Monthly Meeting Program including inviting outside speakers.

  • Sponsor appreciation dinner for Young Eagles pilots.

  • Schedule Pilots & ATC annual social mingling.

  • Invite home-built aircraft to our Fall Cookout & Fly-In

  • Coordinate with Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation to give rides in their Stearman biplane (and invite other bi-planes to this event) at the Jubilee Year Spring Cookout & Fly-In.

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• Safety programs

  • Promote FAAST/Wings programs by presenting FAA created programs to educate pilots.

  • Checking fuel flow and carb-heat.

  • Establish multiple venting of fuel tanks to prevent siphoning of fuel (features of Monarch fuel cap).

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• Fundraising to support programs

  • Link with Amazon.com.

  • General Public flights/walk-arounds of RARE  EAA B-17 and EAA Ford Tri-motor aircraft.

  • Consignment sales posted on Chapter web-site.

  • Organize a “Try-N-Buy” fly-in for consignment sales.

  • Expand the sponsor support platform for EAA Chapter 180 Missions & Objectives and for EAA aircraft tours.

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• Recruit new members

  • Identify interested prospects, retired aviation professionals, and active aviators.

  • Advertise using posters at surrounding airports and promoting word-of-mouth.

  • Publish and maintain an interactive and dynamic website.

  • Recruit from EAA National membership roster.

  • Utilize social media (e.g., Facebook, Social Flight. Meet-Up, etc.) to reach new markets of aviation enthusiasts.

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• Flying

  • Brunch-Bunch Fliers encouraging non-pilots to accompany them as guests on outings.

  • Pilot proficiency events.

  • Training to optimize flight altitudes, and tips for flying into non-towered airports.

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• Membership education

  • Preparation for making “First Flight” in homebuilts.

  • Education and  compliance with FAA policy of dual pilots on first flights.

  • Cooper-Harper scale testing methods for ergonomic flight-control handling.

  • Proficient-efficient piloting.

  • Optimal transitioning to Glass panel from steam gauge avionics.

  • Flying with icing conditions.

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• Membership active involvement

  • Strive to have each member volunteer to voice her/his ideas and actively participate in the direction and improvement of our Chapter.

  • Make job functions available for members to be Coordinators of Core Objectives.