{"id":19455,"date":"2021-09-20T19:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19455"},"modified":"2021-09-20T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:51:47","slug":"jim-pfarr-named-chair-of-eaa-ultralight-light-sport-aircraft-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/wisconsin\/jim-pfarr-named-chair-of-eaa-ultralight-light-sport-aircraft-council\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Jim Pfarr Named Chair of EAA Ultralight\/Light-Sport Aircraft Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jim Pfarr of Germantown, Wisconsin, has been named chairman\nof EAA\u2019s Ultralight and Light-Sport Aircraft Council. He succeeds Mark Solper,\nwho for the past three years chaired the council that provides essential\nbackground and guidance to EAA on ultralight and light-sport aircraft matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jim-Pfarr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19456\" width=\"316\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jim-Pfarr.jpg 960w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jim-Pfarr-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><figcaption><em>Jim Pfarr<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim, EAA Lifetime 1090432, is a U.S. Air Force veteran who\nlogged more than 1,300 hours of navigator time in C-130 and C-141 cargo\naircraft in support of nearly every major USAF operation until the late 1990s.\nHe also pursued ultralight flying while in the military. After retiring from\nthe U.S. Air Force Reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2011, Pfarr\nearned a sport pilot certificate and has served as president and vice president\nof EAA Ultralight Chapter 1 in the Milwaukee area. He was also a Civil Air\nPatrol liaison officer supporting the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol for eight\nyears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJim\u2019s diverse leadership background and avid interest in\ngrassroots flying is a real asset to the Ultralight\/Light-Sport Aircraft\nCouncil,\u201d said Rick Larsen, EAA\u2019s vice president of communities and member\nprogramming. \u201cUltralight and light-sport aircraft flying offer a wonderfully\nfun, simple, and affordable way to be engaged in flight and the council will\nhelp EAA preserve that accessibility, as well as enhance programs and\nactivities that will focus on safety and fun for our members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council also assists with preparations and programming\nfor the Fun Fly Zone that features ultralight and other light aircraft during\nthe annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention each summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Pfarr of Germantown, Wisconsin, has been named chairman of EAA\u2019s Ultralight and Light-Sport Aircraft Council. He succeeds Mark Solper, who for the past three years chaired the council that provides essential background and guidance to EAA on ultralight and light-sport aircraft matters. Jim, EAA Lifetime 1090432, is a U.S. Air Force veteran who logged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-wisconsin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19457,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions\/19457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}