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September Meeting
The next meeting
will be held Wednesday, September 26th at 7:30 PM at McClure
Auditorium.
The program was not available at
press time.
Minutes of the August
Meeting
Treasurer Brad Smith opened
the meeting at 7:33pm with the 'Pledge to the Flag'. 15 members
and guests were present.
Builder Reports: Earl Swan has installed the wings permanently to his RV-8. He is expecting to have the plane ready for flight in 90-120 days. Vance Noles says it's "too hot to work" on his RV-7. Jerry Greenberg is looking to build a RV-12. Rob Brooke is ready to hang the engine on his Tiger Moth in about a week. Brad Smith's RV-6A is waiting for him to complete renovations of his house. Mike Weed has finally finished the engine baffles of his RV-6. Robert Mueller has completed the wings and empennage of his Sonex. He plans on using a Jabiru engine in this project. Treasurer's Report: Treasurer Brad Smith reported a balance of $37, 771.31. Young Eagles: No pilots were available for the last event. Tool Committee: All tools are accounted for. The committee is open to suggestions for new tools to add to the library. A brief rundown of Oshkosh touched on some of the event highlights. Included was a 35 ship Vans fly-by, and a P-51 accident. The group paused for a brief social time, and the meeting was closed at 8:51pm. Respectfully submitted,
Rolf Bostrom, Secretary
Young Eagle Day,
Sept. 15, 2007 at Dolphin Aviation
by Chip Miller
We
had a good Young Eagle Day on this last 3rd Saturday of the month.
Pilots Jeff Walston, flying Curt Eskew's C-172, and new EAA and Chapter
180 member Phil Frommholz (in his Beechcraft Musketeer) flew about a
dozen kids into "The World's Largest Logbook" in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
We
had top-notch ground crew assistance from Tom and Arnold Kollenberg and
the ever-efficient coordination of Tom and Linda Sell. I was able to
get some good pictures of our pilots and their crews for the kid's
certificates. We'll get some of these to the newsletter editor for the
next month's newsletter.
As
things worked out, the kids thinned out and we closed up shop around
noon. Weather was starting to look dicey and it was a good time to wrap
it up. All involved reported having a great time. Thanks to all our
dedicated volunteers for another successful Young Eagle event.
Come out and check us out
next month.
B-17 Visit
In
case you haven't heard, the EAA B-17 will be at SRQ November 13-14.
Chapter 180 is once again sponsoring the visit, so we’re going to need
volunteers to help out. Plan to sign up at the meeting.
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