EAA Chapter 170
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Locality: San Luis Obispo, California
Address: 4349 Old Santa Fe Rd, Hngr 49 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA, US
Website: 170.EAAChapter.org
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Victor Glover, a Cal Poly engineering alumnus, will pilot SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft will launch on top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. https://calcoastnews.com//cal-poly-grad-to-pilot-spacex-f/
You’ve probably seen Harry Moyer’s blue and white Mooney 201 on the west side ramp and even chatted with him as he prepped for a flight. On Friday, October 30 he took off once again, but this time it was on his 100th birthday. https://www.ksby.com//wwii-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthd
A long-time member, Oscar Bayer, passed away on October 22nd. Around the airport Oscar was best know as the builder and pilot of a Starduster. But he had a long a varied career. He was active duty from 1943-1946 and 1950-1974 in Korea and Vietnam. After leaving the Army as a Colonel, he flew with the airlines. He will be missed.
A while ago Liz Ruth joined us to discuss her day job flying a 747 that is the platform for NASA’s SOFIA telescope. Today NASA announced that they used it to find water on the lunar surfacenot just in craters. https://www.nasa.gov//nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunl
No meeting again this month, but I’ve posted the newsletter on the website. https://eaa170.touringmachine.com/meeting_notes/index.php The fire season is pretty bad and we got a close-up view of the tankers putting out the South Hills fire. The hill off Rwy 29 is completely burned but no structures were affected.
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