January 15, 2005 EAA Chapter 110 Meeting Minutes


The meeting was called to order by President Jopn Feemster at 2:55 pm at Wings of History Museum, San Martin, CA. All chapter officers were present.


  1. Old Business

    1. John Feemster asked for comments on the minutes of the last meeting and the minutes were approved as published

  2. New Business

    1. John Feemster conducted a training session on Safety Procedures. He posed the question: What do you do if you flying from Hollister to Watsonville without and operational radio and Watsonville is socked in so you divert to Marina and Marina is socked in and you are low on fuel and can’t get back to Hollister?


The answer is fly to Salinas, which is towered airport and is close by, and then use the accepted procedures for following the tower’s light signals.

John reminded everyone to contact the tower after successfully landing and explaining your emergency.




Tower Light Signals

Color

Color

Signal

Movement of equipment

Aircraft on ground

Aircraft in flight

 

 

Steady GREEN

Cleared to cross

Cleared for takeoff

Cleared to land


 

Flashing GREEN

NA

Cleared to taxi

Return for landing

 

 

Steady RED

STOP

STOP

Give way to other aircraft continue circling


 

Flashing RED

Clear the runway/taxiway

Taxi clear of the runway

Airport unsafe-DO NOT LAND



Flashing WHITE

Return to starting point

Return to starting point

NA

 

 

Alternating RED and GREEN

Exercise extreme caution

Exercise extreme caution

Exercise extreme caution



    1. Jim Doherty introduced our special quest, Mark Beierle the designer and developer of the Earthstar Aircraft, the builders of the Odyssey and Gull aircraft. Mark and Jim had flown Mark’s Odyssey from Santa Margarita to Hollister in the morning, where several Chapter members examined the aircraft and talked with Mark, and then Mark and Jim flew it to South County.

Mark gave an excellent off the cuff presentation on the aircraft that he builds and the new engine that he is developing. His aircraft kits have a 6 6o 8 week lead time, and complete aircraft have a 1 1/2 year lead time. The kits are not approved as 51% kits but the builders have not had any problem certifying them as experimental aircraft. The website for more information on the aircraft is Thundergull.com


Mark also talked about the new engine that he is developing. It is a 2 stroke radial engine with cam operated pistons so it does not require connecting rods. It weighs 72 pounds complete and produces the same power as a Rotax 503. The engine sounds very interesting and more information is available at Rad-Cam.com


Mark answered a number of questions about the built in BRS chute on the Odyssey, the Rad-Cam engine and its exhaust system, the design of the aircraft and several other topics. Mark made the aircraft available at Two Genes FBO for chapter members to inspect.


    1. John Gould reminded members to pay their 2005 dues.

    2. John Feemster asked about the next chapter election of officers and suggested that more members get involved and run for office.

    3. A representative from Chapter 119 at Watsonville invited members to attend their meetings which are held the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 in their clubhouse. It is located near the fuel station and has EAA and WAEC signs.

    4. The meeting was adjourned 3:20 pm so members could go see Mark’s Odyssey before he had to return to Santa Margarita. The plan was to reconvene and hold athe round table discussion but your humble secretary had to leave at that point and could not stay for the discussion.


Respectfully submitted,


Rich Grialou, Secretary