Ladies and Gentlemen -- ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC 1ST 100 members.
I'm located in Delmar Delaware and a few years back, 1971 in fact, I was attending A&P school in Pittsbugh (PIA) and had just joined EAA plus was active with EAA chapter 45. In one days mail I recieved a flyer mentioning a new division called the "Antique and classic Division".
So, after some consideration and being a kid in school with limted funds. I went for the added dues and joined.
Well, a lot of time has passed over the horizon and I still belong and try to stay actively engaged in the old plane movement.
SO, now many years later. My EAA no. is 65226 and my Vintage Aircraft member number is 58.
Question: Who else is out there within the ranks with a number for VAA under 100?
My latest aircraft's a Cessna 140 and I serve as an EAA Maint Designee at large.
Later, George in Delaware
Early Antique/Classic Division members
Hi, H. G. --
In 1972 a group of us formed Antique/Classic Chapter 2 in Houston, which we named Houston Antique Flyers. There were about 20 of us, all EAA members but mostly not members of the new Division. So we had about 15 consecutive A/C membership numbers, mine being 249.
The Chapter is still active, although my VAA dues are no longer current. Have attended Oshkosh every year since 1971, and spend most of my time in the Vintage area. Did a lot of volunteering over the years, but these days I'm just a spectator.
See you in about 24 weeks...
Blue skies,
Ken Dwight
EAA 61196 - Lifetime
Century Club #92
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Originally Posted by
H.G. Frautschy
Hi George!
Thanks for the post. As a matter of fact, one of our current office projects is to reconcile some of the older records First done on an accounting ledger and then within the EAA's index card system) for the Division to accurately pin down when the first 200 members joined.
If you know when you joined in 1971, I'd appreciate hearing about it. I'm guessing it would have been very late in the year, or perhaps early in 1972.