Our Mission and Objectives
Our Mission
EAA180 advocates for aviation and public awareness-involvement, building aircraft, mentoring aircraft builders and owners, provides safety programs, membership education, and flying activities. Everyone is welcome!!
Objectives

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Advocate for aviation and public awareness-involvement
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Liaison with SRQ to represent EAA Chapter 180 at their monthly meetings.
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Cultivate contacts with video, newspaper, and radio media to advocate for general aviation.
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Provide Young Eagles youth (ages 8-17) exposure to aviation including a free flight.
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Be inclusive to adopted and foster youth in the Young Eagles program.
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Educate the public about aviation.
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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
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Schedule Show-N-Tell of builder’s projects.
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Visit aircraft manufacturers in Florida to learn their techniques.
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Visit aircraft paint shops to evaluate “best practices”.
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Conduct workshops to demonstrate best practices for epoxy, metal fabrication, kit assembly, and wiring.
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Support and mentor the Teen Aircraft Factory of Manasota (TAFM).
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Mentor aircraft builders and owners
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Encourage groups independent of EAA180 to build aircraft.
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Activate Tech Counseling and Flight Counseling.
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Emphasize the importance of pilot fitness.
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Provide guidance selecting and using new FAA mandated avionics.
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Social
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Conduct cookouts and potluck socials.
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Schedue excursions to Sun-N-Fun, Fantasy of Flight, aircraft manufacturers in Florida, etc.
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Provide a dynamic and educational Monthly Meeting Program including inviting outside speakers.
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Sponsor appreciation dinner for Young Eagles pilots.
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Schedule Pilots & ATC annual social mingling.
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Invite home-built aircraft to our Fall Cookout & Fly-In
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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
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Promote FAAST/Wings programs by presenting FAA created programs to educate pilots.
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Checking fuel flow and carb-heat.
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Establish multiple venting of fuel tanks to prevent siphoning of fuel (features of Monarch fuel cap).
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Fundraising to support programs
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Link with Amazon.com.
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General Public flights/walk-arounds of RARE EAA B-17 and EAA Ford Tri-motor aircraft.
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Consignment sales posted on Chapter web-site.
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Organize a “Try-N-Buy” fly-in for consignment sales.
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Expand the sponsor support platform for EAA Chapter 180 Missions & Objectives and for EAA aircraft tours.
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Recruit new members
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Identify interested prospects, retired aviation professionals, and active aviators.
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Advertise using posters at surrounding airports and promoting word-of-mouth.
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Publish and maintain an interactive and dynamic website.
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Recruit from EAA National membership roster.
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Utilize social media (e.g., Facebook, Social Flight. Meet-Up, etc.) to reach new markets of aviation enthusiasts.
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Flying
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Brunch-Bunch Fliers encouraging non-pilots to accompany them as guests on outings.
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Pilot proficiency events.
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Training to optimize flight altitudes, and tips for flying into non-towered airports.
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Membership education
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Preparation for making “First Flight” in homebuilts.
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Education and compliance with FAA policy of dual pilots on first flights.
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Cooper-Harper scale testing methods for ergonomic flight-control handling.
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Proficient-efficient piloting.
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Optimal transitioning to Glass panel from steam gauge avionics.
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Flying with icing conditions.
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Membership active involvement
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Strive to have each member volunteer to voice her/his ideas and actively participate in the direction and improvement of our Chapter.
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Make job functions available for members to be Coordinators of Core Objectives.
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