Experimental Aircraft Association   Welcome to EAA Chapter 1288 The General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. Chapter Valkaria Airport (X59) ·  Valkaria, FL

Print This Page Event Calendar:   Monthly Chapter Meeting      Every 2nd Tues. @ 7 PM   Pancake Breakfast      Every 3rd Sat. from      8-11 AM   VALKARIA AIR FEST 2012      Sat., Feb. 18, 2012      VAF Info Here!   EAA Chapter 1288:   About EAA 1288   Monthly Meetings   Pancake Breakfasts   Member Projects   Chapter Officers   Who's Chappie James?   Join Chapter 1288   Valkaria Air Fest:   VAF Archives:     '07   '08   '09   Go to the VAF Website     (External Link)   Valkaria Airport:   X59 Info   X59 History   X59 Security   X59 Pilot Info   Meet Valkaria Bob!   Aviation Education:   What Is General Aviation?   Gen-Av In Your Community   Aviation in Brevard   Why Are They Called      'Experimental' Aircraft?   What are 'Sport Pilots' &      'Light Sport Aircraft'?   Learn to Fly   Is Flying Really Safe?   What's That Aircraft?   Just Say NO! To NIMBYs   Youth Activities:   Young Eagles Flights   Young Eagles FAQ   Flight Scholarships   Other Resources:   News   News Archives   Friends & Links   Contact Us   Save Aviation - Fight User Fees!        Welcome to EAA Chapter 1288! The Charter Members of EAA Chapter 1288 at Valkaria Airport's Young Eagles Day, Oct. 20, 2001 EAA Chapter 1288: About EAA 1288 Newsletter Newsletter Archives Monthly Meetings Pancake Breakfasts Member Projects Chapter Officers Who's Chappie James? Join Chapter 1288 Valkaria Air Fest: The VAF Website is now at ValkariaAirFest.org! (Link opens in new window) VAF Archives: VAF '07VAF '08VAF '09 Valkaria Airport: X59 Info X59 History X59 Security X59 Pilot Info Meet Valkaria Bob Aviation Education: What Is General Aviation? Gen-Av In Your Community Aviation In Brevard Why Are They Called 'Experimental' Aircraft? What Are 'Sport Pilots' & 'Light Sport Aircraft'? Learn To Fly Is Flying Really Safe? What's That Aircraft? Just Say NO! To NIMBYs Youth Activities: Young Eagles Flights Young Eagles FAQ Flight Scholarships Other Resources: News News Archives Friends & Links Contact Us     Latest News:   FAASTeam Safety Info - Certification Operation of E-AB and Sport Pilot Instruction An Air Race Is Not an Air Show! FAA FAASTeam Safety Info For Recreational Pilots LONG OVERDUE: FAA Refuses To Investigate Any More X59 Complaints!! From Decline To A Bright Future: Valkaria Airport Finally Accepts FAA Grants! The Restoration Gets Rolling - Commission to Approve FAA/FDOT Funding For X59 Attorney General to Grant-Valkaria: You have NO jurisdiction over X59, period! Just For Laughs... The Oshkosh 1988 Theme Song!!! County Commissioners Voting On Valkaria Airport Items - Tues. 9/1/2009 FAA Responds To Grant-Valkaria's Anti-Aviation Efforts An Example: AOPA / Pilots v. City of Pompano Beach (2005) Grant-Valkaria Tries to Outlaw All Flight Training Spotlight An Aircraft - Go Directly To Jail! Harry Ford Interred at Arlington National Cemetery Gone West: Harry Ford, Former EAA 1288 President and Tuskegee Airman FAA Smacks Down Grant-Valkaria Town Council Valkaria Airport Sheds The Shackles: VAAB Dissolved! EAA 1288 Member Steve Borowski: FDOT 2008 Aviation Professional of the Year! Great News! VAAB Likely To Be Abolished Soon! Curt and Janis: Their Greatest Hits! Wildfires Singe Valkaria Airport Gone West: EAA 1288 Member William Kirk Melbourne Light Parade Photos Congratulations to Steve Borowski! More News...    Latest EAA 1288 Newsletter:   No current newsletters are available. More Newsletters...        That's the way it has to be now. You can't fight MiGs with an SE-5. But the spirit of the SE-5 doesn't have to disappear, does it? (Richard Bach in 'A Gift Of Wings / I've Never Heard The Wind')

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