--- title: 'Remembering Tom Spitler' url: 'https://www.eaa27.org/remembering-tom-spitler' markdown: 'https://www.eaa27.org/remembering-tom-spitler.md' date: '2025-10-17' description: 'With sadness. we report that Tom Spitler recently passed away. He had to step down from his Ray Scholar Coordinator position due to serious illness earlier this year. Tom was very dedicated to the Ray Scholar program which was a shining bright spot among our other successful youth activities. He st…' taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - journal - 'ray scholar' - 'young eagles' - 'tom spitler' - 'in memoriam' --- ![gold chapter](https://www.eaa27.org/user/themes/eaa-mods/images/logo.png) # [Remembering Tom Spitler](https://www.eaa27.org/remembering-tom-spitler) 17th Oct 2025 ![](https://www.eaa27.org/images/c/4/a/2/d/c4a2dd64318389fd31a5dd638cdeb27297f6a088-tomspitler.jpeg) With sadness. we report that Tom Spitler recently passed away. He had to step down from his Ray Scholar Coordinator position due to serious illness earlier this year. Tom was very dedicated to the Ray Scholar program which was a shining bright spot among our other successful youth activities. He stepped up to volunteer shortly after the program started and he sheparded us and our scholars expertly through the program. His dedication really put us on the map with EAA. He will be missed. [ Previous Post](https://www.eaa27.org/the-tetrahedron-is-back) [Next Post ](https://www.eaa27.org/mark-scott-honored-for-10-years-as-chapter-president) # Remembering Tom Spitler ## Search ## Next Meeting ### Sunday, October 18, 2026 10 am at KMMK --- ## Meetings Meetings are generally held at 10am on the third Sunday of the month in the FBO at **Meriden-Markham Municipal Airport**(KMMK) 213 Evansville Avenue Meriden, CT 06451 [See map](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=213%20Evansville%20Ave&city=Meriden&state=CT&zipcode=06451-5155&country=US&title=%3Cb%3E213%20Evansville%20Ave%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%20Meriden%2C%20CT%2006451-5155%2C%20%20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=) For more information contact Rick Beebe, Membership Coordinator --- ## Upcoming Events | Date | Event | |---|---| | 10/18/2026 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 10/25/2026 | Run the Runway 5K Rally | | 11/15/2026 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 1/9/2027 | Holiday Banquet, 5pm Manor Inn, Southington | | 1/17/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 2/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 3/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 4/18/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 5/16/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 6/12/2027 | International Young Eagles Day | | 6/27/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 7/26 - 8/1/2027 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | | 8/22/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 9/19/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 10/17/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 11/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | This site was built using [Grav](http://getgrav.org) and the [Open Matter Course Hub](http://learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub). Copyright 2025, EAA Chapter 27 --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Home](https://www.eaa27.org/index.md) - Previous: [Mark Scott Honored for 10 Years as Chapter President](https://www.eaa27.org/mark-scott-honored-for-10-years-as-chapter-president.md) - Next: [The Tetrahedron is Back!](https://www.eaa27.org/the-tetrahedron-is-back.md)