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EAA 80 is pleased to announce that it will be administering the 2025 edition of the Rex Ekwall Foundation Scholarship.  Rex was a lifelong Nebraska resident who passed away in the Fall of 2022.  He owned Rite Way Oil & Gas Company and was a lifelong aviation enthusiast and philanthropist.  The Rex Ekwall Memorial Scholarship is a highly competitive scholarship that allows the recipient one year and $12,000 to complete their Private Pilot’s License. 

EAA 80 will utilize the same rules and application processes that it uses for the Ray Scholarship.  It will also conduct Rex Ekwall interviews at the same time as the Ray Scholar applicants. EAA 80’s Graduated Rex Ekwall Scholar:  Josh Hyrnkow (2024).

There’s a certain Nieuport 28 on the cover of the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation, if you haven’t seen it yet.

On Sunday, 10/6 we moved the Able Ace facility from our previous spot in the Oakview Mall to the new place. We’re on the upper level, next door to Riddle Jewelers in the former PacSun store location.

Able Ace is the home of two EAA 80 build projects, a Kitfox and a GlaStar. It’s also used by the Omahawks R/C Club, Aviation STEMaha, and The Heartland Organization of Rocketry (THOR). EAA 80 holds its meetings there part of the year.

The new space is somewhat smaller than the old one, but still a great location to work and get our aviation and STEM community a little exposure to the rest of the world.

The membership directory and membership form have been updated to the latest versions, and the newsletters for May through July are now online — sorry about the time lag there, I’ll try to get those newsletters up to date a lot quicker!

The Newsletters page has been updated with everything I have to date.

EAA Chapter 80 is classified as a Non-Profit Charitable Organization per section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, we are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions in accordance with Code section 170. Your contributions will go towards such things as:

• Aviation scholarships
• Scholarships to send kids to EAA’a Air Academy in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Helping promote Young Eagles events and rallies for the community
• Many other events that promote aviation in the Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa region.

EAA 80 is a 100% volunteer organization, there are no paid members to the staff. Our only funding comes from chapter dues and occasional fund raising.