We are an enthusiastic group of airplane bums. Most any day you can find a dedicated few opening hangar doors at the Ontario, OR airport, fuss'n with airplanes and look'n fer some excuse to fly. Excuses are easy to come by. Somebody needs to check on the local elk herds. Others checkout the scenic river canyons. Sometimes ya just gotta see what the neighbor is doing, or go after that $100 hamburger.

Most any Tuesday morning, you can find a bunch of the folks having coffee at Rusty's Pancake House in Ontario Oregon. There, the more experienced (gray headed) pilots tell younger (more vulnerable) pilots about their hair-raising experiences from some years back. The younger pilots tell of their hair-raising experiences from the weekend before!

Builders share their successes in dealing with important things, like hard to reach nuts behind the magnetos. Everyone listens about chapter kids flying their homebuilts, flying the Air Force's Fighter Jets or heading off to work on futuristic projects for Uncle Sam in the Southwestern desert.

The chapter is made up of a great bunch of folks who love flying. Like the name implies, we live along the Snake River, where it acts as the border between Oregon and Idaho. It's an agricultural community of about 15,000 located approximately 50 nautical miles 280 degrees from Boise Idaho. If you are flying through, give us a shout. Current weather available on ASOS tel 541/889-7388. Unicom is 122.8. Under 5 knots, use runway 32. Avgas is available during normal hours.

Other local airports within 15 miles radius include Payette Idaho, Weiser Idaho and Vale Oregon. Many other south western Idaho airports within 40 nautical miles Parma Idaho, Homedale Idaho, Caldwell Idaho, Nampa Idaho, and Council Idaho. McCall Idaho is within easy proximity for mountain flight to a great breakfast. We are within an hours flight from several Idaho backcountry strips, including Garden Valley, Johnson Creek and Big Creek.

If you know someone who would like a ride, bring them to the Ontario Airport. We have several Young Eagle pilots who enjoy introducing kids to aviation with a flight around the valley. Some pilots take pride in flights for the mature generation called "Gray Eagles".

Come to the Ontario Airport. We enjoy meeting new folks. Ask for an EAA member. Tell 'em you read about us on the web!