EAA Chapter 72

07/21/2026

We had a wonderful turnout for our pancake breakfast at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh this morning! We served 869 paid breakfasts + numerous kids, who were free. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made this a very successful fundraiser for our chapter!

Give a shoutout to our smallest volunteers, Brayden & Katy who were interviewed by the local news stations.

05/09/2026

Learn to Fly event - 16 May 2026, Saturday - 9am to noon
13550 Piper Lane
Peyton CO, 80831

We're going to be discussing how to become a pilot and what our Chapter is about.
- Free Eagle flights will be given to adults at this event

Schedule:
9:00 - Richard M. - Opening discussion about Chapter 72 and Youth Programs
9:30 - Rich F. - 3/4 Scale JN4D - Tribute to Army / Air Corps nation wide tour
10:00 - Tom S. - Learn to Fly
10:30 - Adam P. - Young Eagles program
11:00 - Richard M. - Simulator benefits
11:30 - Closing discussions - Input from public on things we're doing or not doing enough of
12PM - Finished

10/08/2023

EAA Chapter 72's Learn to Fly day was a great success yesterday! After having to cancel the event earlier this year due to poor weather, we were able to get several adults up in the air to start exploring their interest in aviation.

Here's the track log of one of our pilot's over the course of 4 Eagle Flights. Thanks everyone for coming out to our breakfast and especially to our volunteer pilots!

04/28/2023

May 15- May 20 is Learn to Fly Week! There's a whole week of webinars for those interested in learning to fly culminating with our Learn to Fly Day and Pancake Breakfast on Saturday May 20.
Webinars are here:
https://www.eaa.org/ltfweek

See our events page to sign up for a flight!

Most of the rest of the year EAA 72 is focused on getting youth up and flying. Youth are welcome to watch the webinars throughout the week and come to the pancake breakfast on Saturday May 20, however, the Learn to Fly Day flights are for those age 18 and up only. It's time for the adults to come have some fun!

Join us on May 15 - 20, for the inaugural EAA Learn to Fly Week! Expert flight instructors and representatives from aviation organizations will present free and interactive webinars to help jumpstart your flight training journey.

03/11/2023

Line up for the first Young Eagles rally of the year. We love doing this!

12/17/2022

Winning ticket in the EAA72 RANS S-19 Raffle was ticket #1250! Steve L.
Congrats to the winner! And thanks to everyone that participated in the raffle. We couldn't do this without each one of you.

12/16/2022

This is it! The day we've been waiting for all year!

The RANS S-19 airplane raffle drawing is tomorrow Saturday December 17 at 10am at the Meadow Lake Airport Association Hangar. 13550 Piper Ln, Peyton, CO 80831

It will be livestreamed on YouTube at the link below starting at about 9:45am:

Saturday December 17, 2022 at 10am MST (Colorado) we'll be drawing the winning ticket for EAA 72's RANS S-19 Airplane Raffle. www.eaa72raffle.orgWe'll be st...

12/15/2022

Just over 24 hours left to get your raffle tickets to win this BRAND NEW RANS S-19 at www.eaa72raffle.org

Ticket sales end Thursday night December 15, 2022 at 11:59:59 MST (Colorado time).

12/07/2022

We're famous! Check out this excellent news piece on our raffle airplane. You can also see the Capital Airlines logo is now on the tail and the wheel pants are installed.

Retired United Airlines Captain Ken Hendrickson now spends his time building airplanes instead of flying them.

11/02/2022

So much anticipation waiting for this moment. The paint is finally on! Thanks Gene Kear Aircraft Refinishing.
The wheel pants exist and are almost done, but we couldn't wait any longer to get some pictures.

Tickets still available at www.eaa72raffle.org 🎟

Drawing to be held Saturday Dec 17th.