We are the Rio Vista chapter of the EAA. Our goal is to build, within our community a place where anyone with an interest in aviation can meet and share ideas, experiences and knowledge. We're excited to share our love of flight with everyone of our neighbors, from the young girl or boy to the most senior enthusiast. If you have a curiosity of airplanes or an interest in learning more about aviation, come visit us at the Rio Vista airport, we are always happy to share our passion.
Latest Info for our Members
On Wednesday, January 20, 20121 our fellow EAA chapter 1541 at Lincoln airport will be hosting an online webinar. Here are the details:
Title: EAA1541 Member Meeting Presentation Non-Towered Traffic Pattern Safety
Topic: A Powerpoint Presentation on 'Non-Tower Traffic Pattern Safety
When: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 19:00 PST
Where: Online Zoom meeting
Details: Click here and then scroll to the bottom of the page to register for this video. Once you register, the FAA will send you a link that will connect you to the presentation. As a side note, watching this presentation will qualify you for the FAA's Wings credit, which may help lower your aircraft insurance.
** If you're not familiar with the WINGS program, click here to see more details.
We can all relate to this...
Here is a short, but humorous video done by Paul Bertorelli, of AVWeb. It's about flying the traffic pattern at non-towered airports. It's worth watching and his unique style of presentation will give you a chuckle.
Have you ever dreamed of flying your own plane wherever you wanted to go? Maybe you thought it would be great to be an airline pilot, but did you stop there because you thought that it's just too difficult to do. Well, we're here to show that It's much more possible than you think! You can do this right here in Rio Vista. Watch Here to see how you can get started
Fair taxing for Experimental Aircraft
If you are an Experimental Aircraft owner or planning to be then this may be of interest to you. Please read Kent Carlomagno letter to the EAA presidents and survey request. You can find the details Here.
Rex says Goodbye to his Volksplane
Sunday, 10/13/19, 
Cleared for the option...
Mike Reniath makes a couple of impressive low passes and climb-outs over Rwys 7-25 at Rio Vista in his beautiful Lancair. Mike cruises this plane in the neighborhood of 200 knots! An amazing 10,000 hours have been spent meticulously building this beauty. This aircraft has been an Oshkosh Grand Champion and flown at the 6th Annual Legal Eagle gathering. Mike and Linda are planning a trip to the Bahamas in the Lancair, the final leg of the trip will include about two hours of ocean flying.
2019 Northern California Legal Eagle gathering
This year we had a quite a bit of wind, but it didn't dampen the fun. A great time was had by all.