SkY Flight Project

SkY Flight (Skagit Youth Flight) is a chapter-sponsored project to introduce local high school students to what it takes to build and maintain aircraft. The goal is to make a flyable Cessna 150 out of two donor airplanes. The students will do most of the work, with assistance and supervision from members of Chapter 818 and some local A&P technicians.

SkY Flight meets every Thursday evening at 6 pm at the Skagit Regional Airport, hangar 400 on the south side of the field. From Highway 20, take Higgins Airport Way north, turn left at the sign for the Heritage Flight Museum, then look for the SkY Flight sign on the right. New students and parents are welcome–just show up to the next work session. Or you can contact Dan Holden (tail_wheel@hotmail.com) or Jay Findlay (jayfindlay@aol.com) for more info.

We need donations to help cover the costs of materials and services needed to make the airplane airworthy–things like engine parts, crankshaft inspections and a new prop. If you’d like to make a tax-deductible cash donation, just click on the button below. Or if you have something we could sell for cash, please contact Dan Holden. Chapter 818 is a 501(c)(3) organization, so all contributions are tax deductible.

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Penelope drilling a rivet
Mentor confers with Abella
Brandon takes a break in the fuselage
Pulling the wiring in
cramped quarters
Nathan continues to drill rivets
Austin adds the rivets to his name tag
Parts of the Cessna 150L fuselage will be sold, repurposed or recycled
Taking the O-200-A engine apart

Project Status Updates

  • May 2025 Work in Progress

    Hangar 400 has been buzzing with excitement. Zadok and Carter are working on a model design. Elijah has cleaned the parts for the motor mount shock bushings. Penny learned how to use the torque wrench while torquing the release valve. We have begun removing parts from one door to apply to another. A stripped stud was removed in preparation for the sump pump and the alternator was installed.

  • Work in Progress April 2025

    The team installed the safety wire. Foot pedal rigging was completed along with new cotter pins.

    Jonathan installs safety wire
    Foot pedal rigging
    Elijah constructs his work tag
    Foot pedal rigging
    Carter and Elijah trial fitting the tail

  • Work in Progress March 2025

    The team worked on master cylinder repairs and the backlash of the gears was measured.