EAA Chapter 170

05/01/2026

May EAA Meeting moved to May 16th -

This could come in handy for the young Eagles flights. Check it out on the airport page. If you turn the camera setting on in ForeFlight you can get a snapshots from a weather cam near Orcutt. There’s one over about 10 miles east of Twitchell Reservoir and one over the grade at Oak County Ranch.

04/20/2026

The May EAA meeting will be at the Oceano Airport instead of on Mothers’ Day.

04/01/2026

April 12th 2026 Meeting -

Justin is bringing his Gyroflug Speed Canard. Inspired by the Rutan VariEze, the Speed Canard was an all-new design created without input from Rutan that was built in the 1980s and 90s in Germany.

03/06/2026

March 8th 2026 Meeting Reminder -

My talk will be a project report on the restoration of the last Bowlus-duPont 1-S-2100 “Sr. Albatross”, G13780. This is one of four ships built by the Bowlus-duPont Sailplane Co. of San Fernando, CA back in 1934. The Senior Albatross design was the most advanced sailplanes designed and built her...

02/23/2026

March 8th 2026 Meeting -

My talk will be a project report on the restoration of the last Bowlus-duPont 1-S-2100 “Sr. Albatross”, G13780. This is one of four ships built by the Bowlus-duPont Sailplane Co. of San Fernando, CA back in 1934. The Senior Albatross design was the most advanced sailplanes designed and built her...

02/02/2026

February 8th 2026 Meeting -

What life is like as a flight instructor.MY AIRCRAFT! stories AKA I have the aircraft controls because I don't want to die!

12/29/2025

January 11th 2026 EAA Meeting -

No speaker has been lined up yet. Suggestions are welcome. If I don’t get any suggestions you’ll have to list to my rant about how Gumps is for Chumps.

12/01/2025

December 14th 2025 EAA Meeting -

I have been finding speakers to talk about things I am interested in but my idea of fun topics only appeals to a dozen or so people each month. If anyone is interested in being the program director to arrange speakers, let me know. If anyone wants to be an officer, let me know.

10/31/2025

November 9th 2025 EAA Meeting -

Charlie Rothschild is the co-founder of a startup developing some technology to help avoid midair collisions near un-towered airports which have no ATC services. The technology is based on ADS-B, and should be very affordable, as it is software only, running on an iPad. If the plane has ADS-B in, no...

10/01/2025

October 12th 2025 EAA Meeting -

Tracey Deakin will share stories from his memoir Tailor-Made to Fly his story of providing air charter services for presidents, entertainers, sports personalities, and private individuals for almost five decades.

09/01/2025

September 14th 2025 EAA Meeting -

Runway 12-30 was supposed to be closed from August 18-October 15 with two 6 hour openings each week for Allegiant. However, it is open at other times with some taxiways closed, so check NOTAMs if you fly down there or call the ATIS first at ‭(805) 347-9136‬.