Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
William "Bill" Pauqin hold a MS in Management and a BS in Aviation Science.
He has fulfilled roles in aviation such as assistant chief flight instructor and assistant chief pilot. He has performed as a teacher/lecturer, college professor/lecturer, charter company check airman and a Flight and Ground instructor. He has worked as an Airline company flight and ground instructor and a Sim support pilot.
Bill has worked in safety and operations as an ASAP event review committee member and a maintenance test pilot.
In his free time, Bill loves spending time with his family (wife, son and dog!) skiing, flying and traveling.
We are honored to have Bill on this event.
Have you ever thought about building your own aircraft? Then this event is for you. The 2026 Experimental Fly-In will not only have displays of amateur-built aircraft and other seminars in the morning (see EA61146000) First Flights and (EA61145999), What’s Involved with Kit Building), these two morning workshops will allow you to learn some of the basics of kit building at 9:30am, and then choose a session on Building your own metal or composite aircraft. (EA61146001) Both workshops start at 1:00 PM in adjacent hangars.
Event website: https://chapters.eaa.org/EAA106/northeast-experimental-fly-in
About the EVENT, DIRECTIONS, SPONSOR:
This seminar is being held at the 2026 NorthEast Experimental Fly-In (FREE Admission, Seminars, & Parking) where many homebuilt aircraft are expected to be on display, including several Van’s RV and Rutan canard aircraft, as well as Zenith, Sonex, Kitfox, and more. Stay after this seminar for lunch and then a choice of two afternoon workshops where you will learn some of the basics of building your own metal or composite aircraft. Both of these workshops start at 1 PM in adjacent hangars.
IF FLYING IN:
HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT: Please taxi along ECHO to the northwest at LWM to the junction ramp between the red and the white hangars; Ground team will identify parking for homebuilts. Pre-registered your E-AB to be displayed to receive one free all-u-want breakfast and lunch combo ticket.
PRODUCTION AIRCRAFT: Please park on the North Ramp (large parking area next to Echo) where available spaces will be identified with a chalk circle around the space number, then walk past the red hangars to the event.
IF DRIVING IN:
Turn onto Holt Rd off Rt-125 in No. Andover (about 1 mile north of where Rt-133 turns East). At end of Holt Rd, turn right (Clark St). GATE 4 will be on the left.
Gate 4 will be manned 9:00am-10:30am so that our volunteers can also attend the seminars which start at 10:30am. We will have a cell phone # sheet on the yellow post to call at other times for someone to drive down and escort you in.
DIRECTIONS with MAPS – Go to About Us at the below link:
SPONSOR: EAA Chapter 106 https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa106 is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) educational public charity. EAA106 organizes and hosts this annual event which showcases amateur-built aircraft and offers several seminars throughout the day (similar to Oshkosh ‘forums’). EAA106 schedules educational seminars and programs for those building their own aircraft as well as active pilots throughout the year. EAA106 also flies Young Eagles and hosts museum aircraft.
The educational benefit is the reason EAA106 offers this FREE event, but come hungry – the chapter will have breakfast (9:00-11:00am) & lunch (11:00am-1:30pm) available to help offset their speaker and other expenses.
