EAA Chapter 729

05/21/2026

Tonight with the adult build session, one team marked and trimmed the top skin while the other created a skin doubler to relocate the flap tube thru hole

05/14/2026

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“Bubba”, our first FAA Certified Seeing Eye dog taking our first blind pilot for a ride yesterday. Bubba can sniff out a thermal with amazing accuracy. All went well until Bubba saw a squirrel on final. It was a very Ruff landing!

05/14/2026

Something a little different tonight, working with an A&P to help change a fuel sender probe in a C172 fuel tank, installing the fuel tank in the Zenith left wing, and meeting with another A&P talk airplanes

05/12/2026

Last evening we located the center point of the fuel filler cap by creating a plexiglass template. We transferred the center point to the leading edge skin. Then using a fly cutter created the hole for the fuel filler tube installation

05/11/2026

FREE AIRPLANE RIDES!! June 13 at 9am will be our next Young Eagles Rally! Our registration is now open and we have limited slots. To begin with, we have placed a limit on the number of registrations allowed for youth that have previously been flown. We are wanting to try and get others that have never flown before. If slots remain available, then the limitation will be removed. For now be sure to go ahead and register your child at

04/24/2026

Congratulations to Chapter 729 member James with another major milestone on his SonexB build…. Completion of Phase 1 flight testing. Now to stretch those wings and fly places…

04/21/2026

A whole lot of everything going on Monday; continuing install work with the wing locker and fuel tank for the Zenith, rebuild of the landing struts for a N3N, learning metal work and forming for cell phone holders and nose rib forming….

04/18/2026

We lured them in with a hearty breakfast (pancakes, breakfast casserole, bacon, sausage, biscuits & gravy)….. then worked them!!! Good food, good friends and a good time at the annual pancake breakfast and spring hangar work session.

04/14/2026

This past Friday 10th we had a busy visit with a group of around +28 students from Martinsville HS. They are participating in the Aviation program there. The visit included; ATC tower tour, the A-BAM museum and C-119 tour, performing a preflight on a C172, and a visit to the chapter hangar. They got a look at a finished Sonex, the Zenith build, and our chapter Sim center. They wrapped up with a presentation at the IvyTech hangar and the Lift Academy.

04/04/2026

Young Eagles!! We are having out first event of 2026 on May 9th at 9am. We are offering FREE airplane rides to youth ages 8-17. This is a pre-register event (event is dependent on time so not everyone is guaranteed to fly). Parents please register your child by clicking the link. Slots are filling up fast.