EAA Chapter 196 is the Central Massachusetts chapter of the EAA. The chapter meets once a month at the Minute Man Air Field (6B6) in Stow, Massachusetts and holds other activities on a regular basis.

Young Eagles Rally
Next Rally: May 10, 2008
Our next Young Eagles rally is scheduled for Saturday morning, May 10. Full details on the program are found on the Young Eagles page
Young Eagles: The Young Eagles program offers free airplane rides to children between the ages of 8 and 17. Chapter 196 holds Young Eagle rallies each month usually on the second Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon (weather permitting).

Want to see what a Young Eagles Rally looks like? Here is a photo gallery of our most recent regular monthly rally, held October 13, 2007. We have photo galleries and reports for all our other rallies held during 2000 through 2007, all of which can be found on our main Young Eagles page. The full rally schedule for year 2007 is available there too.


Weather Underground
EAA 196 Weather Station
Events Of Interest: A list of local events of interest to chapter members and other pilots is available here. The full list is on the events page, but here are the next few:

  • May 10 -- Young Eagles Rally
  • May 26 -- Chapter meeting

Collings Foundation Living History Weekend: For several years now we've helped the Collings Foundation with their annual June open house. This year they decided to add a second event, a WWII themed living history weekend. As usual, we manned the grills for both days and it would appear that this weekend brought the biggest crowds ever. For a look, see the photo gallery of the event.

2007 Myricks Fly-In: Our annual chapter fly-in to Myricks Airport in Berkley was held on Sunday, September 16, 2007. We arranged for our usual great weather and served up lots of burgers and hotdogs to the hungry crowds. For a look at this year's fly-in, see the photo gallery of the event.

Meetings: Club meetings are held on the last Monday of each month year round at 7:00 p.m. somewhere on the airport property, Minute Man Air Field on Boxboro Road in Stow, MA.

Yahoo Group: Want to keep up with the latest Chapter happenings? Then sign up for our Yahoo Group, which allows you to send and receive group emails. Sign up here.

2007 Collings Foundation Open House: We had perfect summer weather for the annual open house at the Collings Foundation as once again we provided food for hundreds of people who came to see all the cars and airplanes.

Home Building: Can a regular guy build his own plane? On our host site, FlightSim.Com, read the story of how a Vans RV-9 is going together.

Minute Man Air Field: The chapter's home airport is Minute Man Air Field (6B6), an all weather public use airport located in Stow, MA. A picture tour of the airport is available here.

Chapter News: Take a look here for the latest chapter happenings:

  • Acton Discovery Museum Tour
  • Collings Foundation Open House 2007
  • New Yahoo group
  • Myricks 2006 fly-in a success
  • Chapter Installs Weather Station


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Last Updated May 6, 2008