<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Hello EAA Chapter 179 Members and Friends - Join us!</strong></span></em></p>


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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The August Chapter Gathering is scheduled for
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday, August 15th</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><em><strong>Join us - in person!</strong></em></span></span></p>

<h2 style="padding-left: 40px;">5:15 PM -- Dinner at <a href="https://www.bjsrestaurants.com/locations/nm/cottonwood-mall?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=google_my_business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BJ's Reasaurant and Brewhouse</a>
6:15PM -- Program: Lee Otto &amp; Jim Kessler "A Breezy Flight"</h2>
On September 25, Jim Kessler with help from Lee Otto and Mark Sturm successfully executed the FIRST FLIGHT of Warren Cox’s Breezy.  Come hear first hand about the planning and coordination and learnings about EAA’s Flight Advisor program that led to this momentous day.

[caption id="attachment_6843" align="alignnone" width="439"]<a href="https://eaa179.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture1.png"><img class=" wp-image-6843" src="https://eaa179.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture1.png" alt="" width="439" height="329" /></a> Jim and Warren after 1st flight..[/caption]

As a bonus, we’ll enjoy a slideshow from LOEFI 2023 during dinner.

<b>Where:  </b><a href="https://www.bjsrestaurants.com/locations/nm/cottonwood-mall?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=google_my_business"><b>BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse</b></a> at Cottonwood Mall 10000 Coors Blvd, Albuquerque

<b>Directions</b><b>:   </b>—    North or South bound on Coors Blvd to Cottonwood Mall, 10000 Coors Blvd NW. Take the Cottonwood Loop around to the south end of the parking lot. BJ’s is in a building of its own.