Ken P.
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tommy - here in portland we recently saw the merger of the homewing, an independent entity, with EAA chapter 102, which, as you can well imagine, carried a lot of politics with it. it made me realize that i really don't have a need for the local chapters anymore, since the knowledge that used to be dispersed locally is now available tenfold via the internet. i now belong to chapter 782 and even publish their newsletter, but for technical info it's back to you guys. one of the best learning experiences i've had so far was an unscheduled (my insistence actually) evening in tracy's hangar, pulling parts off the shelf and talking about how they all work.