| August Meeting
The next meeting will be held Wednesday, August 23th at 7:30 PM in McElmurry Hall.
The program for this month’s meeting was not available at press time. See you there.
From the Left Seat Hi
everybody. I have some issues with the membership. First of all, we
need a program director. Remember what a program is? I don't either. If
we can't come with a program director, then I am going to change the
meetings to quarterly. Second. Young Eagles. Our pilot participation
has dwindled to Curt Eskew and me. This is a terrific program, but if
it continues to get limited support, I will kill this program. We have
no shortage of administrative staff, but very few pilots. It would be
better to cease Young Eagles than not be able to accommodate the kids
that show up. This would be a tragic event. Now
lets talk about Lumberton. This is a huge opportunity for us. We made a
lot of money for the chapter, but we need FIRM commitments. Frank,
Earle and I can't do it all. Our hearing about the parts mart has been delayed until Sept because our attorney was ill. I will keep you advised. Last weekends fly-in to PNS to visit the Naval aviation museum was fantastic. The place was incredible. See you at the meeting. Blaise Minutes of the July Meeting
Treasurer
Frank Hurlburt opened the meeting at 7:34pm with the 'Pledge to the
Flag'. Fourteen members and guests were present. Those present
introduced themselves and gave reports on their projects. Bill McManus
is painting his 601XL. He has a week or two of putting the final
touches on. Rob Brooke is planning on working on the engine for his
Tiger Moth for about the next three months. Jim Ellis now has six and a
half hours on his RV-9A. Martin Sobel did the test flight for Jim. Brad
Smith's RV-6A is on hold for a bit while his wife recovers from a knee
replacement. Vance Noles reports he is at 'the boring part of
everything'. Frank Hurlburt has the engine in his Lancair IV-P and has
the instruments. He is currently working on some NACA scoops. Mike Weed
is waiting for the engine of his RV-6A from Mattituck. He also reported
he bought an electric engine monitor, the canopy is nearly done, and he
bought a prop.
Secretary's
Report: It was felt not enough members were present to accept the
minutes of the last meeting. It will be brought up at the next meeting.
Treasurer's Report: No written report was available.
Old Business: There was no news from our lawyer on the disagreement with Sun 'n Fun.
A break was taken for refreshments.
Frank closed the meeting at 8:15pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Rolf Bostrom,
Secretary
Young Eagles Report An urgent message from your vp, Chip Miller: We need more pilots to bring their airplanes and fly Young Eagles every third Saturday at 0900. Please call Tom Sell @ 920-205-3440, or me @ 941-356-0591. Last month we had one
airplane (Curt Eskew's) flown "tag-team" by Curt and Jeff Walston- and
they were not even expected! The other pilots who said they would be
there never showed up. A big Thank you! to Curt and Jeff...they made it
a successful day. Thank you in advance, Chip Some notes from Frank Szachta: The
Civil Air Patrol in Missouri is moving into the Glass Cockpit Frontier.
I also have seen EAA Chapter 32 up here in St. Louis moving into the
Electronic age faster as well. One builder in a Zennair Stol model has
camera's outside his plane looking toward his wing and cabin, and the
camera output can be seen on his glovebox cover. I guess I am so old
fashioned, I have a tough time visualizing the need for such gadgets. The
glass cockpit CAP C-182 is called a TAA or "Technically Advanced
Aircraft". One must take a 6-hour classroom class on the electronic
systems involved, then a 6-10 hour flight instruction so that one does
not become so entranced by the Glass Displays that one forgets such
mundane duties like "flying the plane" and communicating with ATC, the
Tower, other planes, etc. The
Homeland Security folks are paying for all these things, I think. I'm
not sure if this is newsworthy of the EAA-180 Newsletter, but it sure
struck me as different and unusual. EAA-32 up here in the St. Louis
territories is having another Young Eagle Day on Sept. 5th when the
Ozark Airlines Museum Group (They have a flying C-47/Military version
of the DC-3) that they bought from the Israeli Air Force a few years
ago. They are planning to buy another C-47 from the Canadian that
bought 5 of them from the Israeli's since it's cheaper than buying a
spare engine they want. I am a 2/3 owner of a crewmember share in this
C-47. It is a low time bird that flies like a dream. Fly Safe...Plan to see you all again in October, when we come south for the winter. Frank Szachta <>Young Eagle co-chair |