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by Ashley Glaza
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Charlie Brown
and his 1928 Stearman. |
Saturday, June 25, was the second Huckleberry
Pancake breakfast of the season at the
Boundary
County Airport.
Thankfully the sun burned off the morning fog
and there was a good turnout of planes from out
of town, and the EAA chapter served a record 150
plates of delicious huckleberry pancakes.
Local pilot and craftsman,
Charlie Brown, completed his rebuild of a 1928
Stearman biplane after six years of hard work.
He took his inaugural
flight on June 22 and then brought it out to
show at the breakfast on Saturday and a number
of people got to see his work of art up close.
Brian Tackett of
Montana
finished his Private pilot license
June 25 and brought his family out
for his first flight as a new pilot. Brian and
his family recently moved to the area from
Memphis,
Tennessee. He began working on his private
license in 2009 at various flight schools, and
Northern Air was happy to help him complete it
this week. Brian owns a Coot amphibious airplane
that he plans to learn to fly this summer and
explore some of the local lakes.
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Michelle
Spear |
Michelle Spear, a native of Sandpoint, and has
completed her first year of Engineering at the
University of
Idaho. Michelle
began flying with her dad back in 2005 and is
working toward her private pilot license. She
completed her first solo flight on June 26 in
her dad’s Cessna 172 and is looking forward to
becoming a pilot.
Jeremy Belford-Cave, the
new student from
Australia, is
working hard on his private pilot license and
has successfully completed his first solo flight
on June
27, 2011
after two weeks of training. Jeremy’s parents at
home in Australia
were able to watch his flight from the Northern
Air web-cam!
On June 16 the local EAA
chapter will be doing the annual Young Eagles
flight, giving flights to kids ages 8-17 who
haven’t flown before. Come out to Northern Air
to take a scenic flight of the area, learn to
fly, or just come in for a visit with the
friendly staff and have an ice cream! Give us a
call 208 267 4359.
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