Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue
I’ve been a member of “Cheeseland” Chapter 431 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in Brodhead, Wisconsin (C37), since 1980, when I bought a 1946 Cessna 140. With so many homebuilt and antique aircraft based in Brodhead, the airport had the expertise to help me keep my airplane flying, thanks in large part to veteran IA Dick Weeden who specialized in maintaining vintage aircraft.
As noted in the August/September 2023 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, Brodhead hosts several fly-ins each year, one being the “Pietenpol/Hatz Fly-In,” held July 20-23; another is the Fall Chili Lunch Fly-In, November 4 from 10:30 am – 1:00 pm.
As a fellow EAA member, I spent a day mowing grass in preparation for the “Pietenpol/Hatz Fly-In.” Other members in our chapter got out tables and chairs for guests, and planned and prepared the meals.
Brodhead also hosted the “Midwest Antique Airplane Club Fly-In,” September 7-10, 2023. You need to be a member of that club to partake in its activities.
The first event of the new year at Brodhead will be the annual “Groundhog Chili Skiplane Fly-In” to be held in February 2024.
Dick Weeden’s son, Mike Weeden, is President of EAA Chapter 431; Ben Johnson is Vice President; Larry Clements is Secretary; Sue Faville is Treasurer; and Brian Terry, Bill Weber, and Ron Zweifel are directors.
100LL and ethanol-free auto fuel (MOGAS) is available at Brodhead; cash, checks or credit cards are accepted. Times of operation is posted at the pumps and in the pavilion. Self-serve fuel is available 24/7 at Monroe Municipal Airport, 10 nm west (KEFT) (https://www.eaa431.org/).
