The
Wrens Airport (65J) has a nice 3000' runway. The 120'
x 700' tarmac has plenty of room for aircraft parking. It also has a
1000'
x 100' grass strip. Stop by sometime (usually on the weekends) and see
what is being built and flown there -- one Taylor craft is being
rebuilt and several ultralights/light planes are there (two Titans and
a
Challenger I). There's also a Thorp T-18 and a completed Nieuport 11.
Hanging
from the ceiling is a Super U10 glider (no longer airworthy, just for
show).
In a small hangar next to the large one is a Hummelbird under
construction. There are
two restrooms, a nice air-conditioned lounge, a lot of friendly people
and plenty of peanuts! You can look at the past Nieuport construction
activity at the Wrens airport by clicking on Nieuport. Also, you can find information about the upcoming Wrens Fall Fly-in (the 1st weekend of October) by clicking on Wrens Fall Fly-in
EAA 172 provides assistance at the Boshears SkyFest held the third weekend of October. The official
WebSite of the Boshears Memorial Fly-In is on the World Wide
Web. Please visit!
Some of the Members are interested in more
than fixed-wing aircraft and are also gyroplane enthusiasts. An
EAA 172 club member, Ross Wheeler, has an RAF 2000 GTX and our club
Secretary, John Magnan, is also a gyroplane
pilot and enthusiast and has a Bensen B/8M and is building a Nieuport
11 fixed-wing aircraft. We've included a couple of links for those of
you
who are intrigued with rotorcraft. A rotorcraft Website isPRA Chapter 13, Starbee Gyros, and
the Popular
Rotorcraft Association. If you have any
questions, please Email John Magnan at jcm2@earthlink.net
