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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) for 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, 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. The outer shell was
erected during the summer and fall of 2009 and the building is
now secure. Also completed are installation of the
windows, exterior doors, concrete floor and plumbing under the
floor. Ditches were dug and pipe laid for water and septic
lines, interior wiring has been roughed in and the building is
now well insulated.
Crosby-Brownlie, Inc. recently donated the design,
construction and installation of the ductwork in the SAC to help
further our efforts. Words cannot adequately describe what this
donation meant to us.
Click on photo for
larger view:
With
roof on
With
roof off, showing the interior layout. The actual layout of the
SAC is subject to change as we further refine the interior
design. 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.
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.
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