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KLAM Open House
Scenes from the Los Alamos Airport Open House on June 28th. https://ladailypost.com/scenes-from-los-alamos-airport-open-house-saturday/ NMPA-Newsletter-July 2025 2025 Los Alamos Airport Open House
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Electric Dragonfly Update
Another productive weekend behind us and another one coming up. We had a successful startup of the VW Revmaster engine on Saturday and a weight and balance check on Sunday. We were even lucky enough to have some Young Eagles show up again. I’ve gone ahead and made a logbook so we can start to…
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FAA rule governing owner assisted annuals
The “Moss Interpretation” could have a big impact on the availability of Owner Assisted annuals and how they are done and the level of A&P involvement. AvWeb article on Moss Interpretation. Mike Busch’s concerns about the negative impact to aircraft maintenance.
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Pay with PayPal
You can now renew your membership or join the Chapter through this website and pay your dues in a secure environment using PayPal.
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Santa Flies into the Los Alamos Airport
Santa flew into the Los Alamos Airport on Sunday the 17th to share a bit of Christmas Joy with the kids. Bobbie Huseman, the Los Alamos Airport Manager, was there to make sure Santa got priority for landing and to treat the kids to hot chocolate and treats. The kids got a chance to ask…
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Pilot Incapacitation
By Will Fox My Dad got his pilot’s license in a 1958 Cessna 172. I was 12 years old at the time and was really excited about it. After a few “interesting” cross country flights with the family, Dad informed me that he was going to teach me to be able to land the plane…
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Recording Flights of Fancy
By Vivek Saxena I have always naturally gravitated toward the technical side of aviation, and since my day job as a physicist involves grappling with problems of a more theoretical/mathematical nature, flight training has given me the opportunity to revisit and more deeply appreciate basic physics, engineering and aerodynamics. Between May and July of 2022,…
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TAT & the Ford Tri-Motor
How many of you know about the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) airline? It was established in 1928 and was the first airline in America that provided coast to coast air service, sort of. Actually, passengers travelled from New York City to Los Angeles using a combination of both air and train transportation. Clovis and Albuquerque,…
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June 17, 2023 Meeting
This Saturday, June 17, is the scheduled time for the monthly meeting of EAA Chapter 691. We plan to meet in Los Alamos, KLAM, beginning around 9:00 for people wishing to fly in or out of the airport. People who plan to go flying or who are interested in taking a ride, are requested to…
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Young Eagles Workshop
0n March 11th, 2023 there was a Young Eagles Workshop at Los Alamos airport. This is a STEM activity where kids can learn about aviation, navigation, communication and building airplanes. Read the newspaper coverage here.
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Grant’s Fly-out
The Grant’s fly-out on February 18, 2023 to visit the Aviation Heritage Museum, started out with a cold, overcast day, and trying to plow through 30 knots of headwind. But before it was over we had 8 planes sitting on the ramp and 10 members enjoying a nice breakfast at the Wow Cafe and…
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Sustainable Aviation
Recently, my sister, who lives in Wyoming, home of the -70 degree wind chill factor, gave me a shellacking regarding my ignorance about biofuels. In one of our normal telephone calls where we talk about family, politics, and how to solve the world’s problems, she happened to mention that biofuels looked promising for commercial aviation,…
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