Chapter 315 mourns the passing of long time member Howard Levy at his home in Freehold, New Jersey on January 29th, 2010. Howard was a very active member who rarely missed a chapter meeting unless he was away on a photo shoot. (Click here to read AOPA's obituary)

The Howard Levy Collection represents his life's work as a professional aviation writer and photographer from 1937 until 2010, and contains an estimated 246,000 pieces of photographs, negatives, magazine articles, research, letters, and rare aviation memorabilia.

"Howard Levy Day" was held on May 15th from 11am to 3pm in the Syrek-Mee Hangar at OldBridge Airport. Howard's family granted Glenn Stott and EAA Chapter 315 permission to display a portion of the collection before it is shipped to a museum. (Click here to see pictures of Howard Levy Day)

Howard had contracted with the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine to write a 6-8 page article for the July issue. Glenn Stott negotiated with Air & Space to save Howard's reserved space in the July issue for a tribute article on Howard's life and career. . Glenn would research, select, scan, and provide captions for photographs the editors could choose from, and the editorial staff would provide the text. (Click here to see the Smithsonian article)

Click here to see a 1998 Kitplanes magazine feature article on Chapter 315 written by Howard Levy.