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The EAA Chapter
44 Sport
Aviation Center
EAA Chapter 44 is
undertaking a capital campaign to raise funds to build a Sport
Aviation Center (SAC) that will benefit the Rochester Community and our members. We are
asking for your support by making a tax-deductible donation to EAA
Chapter 44.
Contact Treasurer: Dave Hurd
585-226-2402
dbhurd @ att.net for
details on how you can help EAA Chapter 44 by making a donation of
your skills, materials or money. Or make an on-line donation via PayPal at the bottom of this page.
This facility
will be a place where people can learn how to build or maintain
their own airplane,
where kids ages 8 -17 can take a free
Young
Eagle flight, help support our Young Eagle Adventure program
in local schools, meet new and interesting people, perhaps take a Sport Pilot
ground school, learn about General and Sport Aviation, learn about
the Experimental
Aircraft Association, learn about
Rochester's rich aviation history, hear presentations by aviation dignitaries
and much more.
The SAC will
be comprised of the following: A library of aviation books,
magazines, photos and tapes; a museum of local aviation history, a
large general purpose room suitable for use as a
classroom for workshops, lectures, presentations, and meetings; a
Link trainer we are restoring; a
hangar for members to complete final assembly of their homebuilt
or restored aircraft; taxi/runway access and much more.
Model
of our Proposed Sport Aviation Center
The model shown below was
built by Jeff Paris to show what our Sport Aviation Center might
eventually look
like. The SAC is being built in two phases. Phase 1 will result in
the construction of the heated portion (left half as you view
the model) of the facility. Phase 2 will result in the
construction of the multi-use hangar and aircraft restoration
and assembly area.
Phase 1 is already well under way.
CLICK HERE to view our work
crews hard at work in the SAC.
During the summer and fall of 2009,
the outer shell was erected and the building was secured. This
included the installation of the windows & doors, ceiling, heavily
insulated walls and ceiling, installing the drainage and water
supply pipes under the floor area and the pouring of the cement
floor slab.
During 2010, the framing of the interior walls was accomplished as
well as roughing in the interior electric wiring. Several ditches were dug and pipe laid for water,
septic and electrical
lines.
Crosby-Brownlie, Inc., a Rochester based plumbing and sheet
metal fabricator donated the design,
construction and installation of the SAC ductwork and plenums as
well as the installation of two furnaces that were donated to us. Words cannot adequately describe what this
donation meant to us.
So far during 2011, we have hooked exhaust vents and propane lines
to the furnaces so the facility now has heat. The building has
also been hooked up to the county water system. Interior water lines
are now being run to the various areas that will need them. Endless
sheets of drywall have been put up. We are hoping that the building
will be ready to receive the preliminary certificate of occupancy in
April. That means at least one working bathroom, all the electricity
hooked up, working furnaces, emergency signs and lights and more.
Kriterium,
a Rochester based company, has stepped forward in a huge way and
offered to help us make our building ready for the computer age so
we can support our many aviation oriented projects. They are helping
us with donations of both the computer systems design and materials
needed to it happen. We are presently running CAT6 cable to the
various parts of our building.
Kriterium provides network
design, installation, administration, hardware and software sales,
premise wiring, VOIP telephony, and Managed Security Services all
over the country.
Click on photo for
larger view:
With
roof on
Phase 1 construction shown with a white floor
Future Phase 2 construction shown with a grey floor
With
roof off, showing the interior layout. The actual layout of the
SAC was modified some as we framed the interior. The left side of the SAC is parallel with and faces onto
Ledgedale Airport's (7G0) runway 10-28. Ledgedale Airport is
located on the south side of the village of Brockport. The
future Phase 2 hangar's main door faces east onto the aircraft
parking ramp which comes within 25' of the building.
Pictures taken
during the Phase 1 construction of the SAC and other EAA 44
activities can be viewed by
CLICKING HERE.
Pictures taken at our work sessions can be viewed by
CLICKING HERE.
Phase 2 will follow once we have completed Phase 1 and have
raised the necessary funds.
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