About Us

Bowman Field Flying Club

Our Story

The Club at Bowman has undergone many evolutions over the years, but it basically started as a group of people that got together because they needed a place to keep their planes. Over the years it has grown into a club of roughly 35 members, of which approximately 20 are active pilots who own aircraft. Today's club manages the day to day operations of the field. As a team they are responsible for the building maintenance, mowing and maintaining the field in the grass months, and rolling the runway in the winter months. Along with the necessary house-keeping duties the club is also responsible for all the logistics that go into hosting two annual fly-ins. The summer fly-in, which is always the last full weekend in August, has been hosted for 30+ years; only being cancelled one year in 2020 due to Covid. The winter fly-in, affectionately dubbed the ski-plane fly-in, has been hosted for 10+ years. Over those 10+ years it has seen varying degrees of success due to Mother's Natures whims, but is always a fun day regardless. The club is a dedicated group of aviation enthusiasts that consist of both pilots and non-pilots. The commonality that holds the club together is their love and desire to keep general aviation and the small grass strips active in Maine.

Our Officers

President

Nate Hurd

Nate has been a member of Bowman Field since since 2021. Nate has been flying for 7 years and obtained his private pilots license 5 years ago and holds his seaplane rating. Nate spends many hours in is 1955 Cessna 170B flying all over the state. Nates passion for flying is partially due to the fact that his grandfather was a WWII pilot that flew a C-47 over the hump. When Nate isn't spending time at the airport and flying he enjoys spending his time with his wife and kids fishing, boating and snowmobiling.

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Vice President

Steve Vorpagel

Steve has been a member of Bowman since 2018. He was a welcomed addition to Bowman with his impressive repertoire of aviation related ratings and endorsements which include, commercial license and instrument rating, a seaplane endorsement and his commercial glider endorsement. Steve's aviation career started in 1994 when he received his private pilots license. He purchased his 1948 Cessna 170 in 2018 and then found his current plane, a 1956 Cessna 170B, in 2021. Steve enjoys flying wheels, skis and floats all around Maine and especially enjoys sharing first flight experiences with youth.

Treasurer/Airport Manager

Ken Lyman

Ken grew up on the farm where Bowman now sits and is the grandson of one of its founders. He has many childhood memories of mowing the pastures on the Farmall C, long before Bowman Field Flying Club as we know it today ever existed. Ken obtained his private pilots license in 1986 and has enjoyed many hours in the cock-pit of his Cessna 150/150. Ken flys wheels, skis and floats, but floatplane flying is his favorite and one of his favorite trips is the flight from the Androscoggin River by his house to Northeast Carry on Moosehead Lake.

Secretary

Kendra Lyman-Hood

Kendra has grown up around Bowman being the great grand-daughter of one of the airports founders. Although not a pilot herself she has grown up and enjoys flying with her father, Ken. She has been flying with him since childhood, even when a booster seat was needed, the headset didn't fit properly and Ken had to unplug her head-set to get break from the constant chatter and singing. Aviation has always been something her and father have shared and has contributed to many fond memories over the years. Bowman holds a special place in her heart.

Contact

40 River Road

Livermore Falls, Maine 04254

207-320-0587 or 207-320-0589

kendrajoann_15@yahoo.com