© Lou JanisFebruary 19, 2005 EAA Chapter 110 Meeting Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 1:38 pm by Chapter President, John Feemster, at the Wings of History Clubhouse. 22 people attending.
The minutes of the January meeting were accepted.
John Gould, Treasurer reported that we have $492.93.
Laurie Dieck, Director of Wings of History, announced several WOH items:
The Fly-In is scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 07:00-16:00. Some activities that will be going on include Young Eagles and other group projects. There will be more focus on aviation than during the Cinco de Mayo event that was held in the past. Airport management is being asked to participate.
WOH Museum is going to be upgraded. A new fence is going to be built surrounding the entire property, with internal fencing to be removed. There will be an airplane on display by the road. The north hangar will be expanded.
The propeller shop is ramping-up production to meet a recent increase in demand for wooden props.
A local high school is going to build a glider in the facility.
The Genesis Project: Several members reported on the recent effort to secure the Genesis airplane. (Mike Reynolds’ Independence High School project). A group of “investors” (better called a “posse”) was formed quickly during the past week to pool money in an effort to purchase the airplane. That effort is ongoing, as the airplane was withdrawn from eBay, and re-listed. We ask that if you see the listing on eBay, please do not bid against us. If the group is successful and succeeds in securing the aircraft, and if you wish to join in group ownership, contact Vaughn McIlrath, mcilrath@pobox.com, or 831-626-3010.
Tech Talk: John Feemster gave a presentation on planning for emergency ahead of embarking on cross-country flights. John will post his notes to the web site.
Rusty Wells and the C-182: Rusty hauled the Cessna (Overfelt High School donation) to Mike Reynolds’ place. Mike will part it out. The Chapter will receive some financial benefit from the effort.
Bill Denison reported that the Hornet aircraft that he and Jack Sunzeri are building is coming right along. As soon as the weather allows them to work outdoors, the wings will go on.
Jim and Mary Doherty are putting the “chin” under the nose of their Odyssey, to accommodate the cooling radiator.
Mary Doherty announced the EAA SportAir Workshops will be available in Watsonville, March 19 & 20. You can find more information and register at http://www.sportair.com/workshops/ or call 800-967-5746.
Also, on the 19th, Capitola and Aptos groups will host the Centennial of Soaring Flight. 100 years ago, John Montgomery lauched his glider “aeroplane” from a smoke-filled balloon over Aptos and flew for 18 minutes. The event will be re-enacted in some form.
The EAA’s “Aluminum Overcast” B-17 will be at Watsonville, May 6-8.
Contact Mary if you’d enjoy participating in these events, maryatscruz@aol.com.
George Nicholson is looking for a 3rd partner in a Sonex, tail-dragger version. You can contact him at gwnich@earthlink.net.
Alec Chattaway showed us a wooden propeller that had been restored to like-new condition by a firm in the Northwest, Olympic Paragliding. The prop had struck a cable and split. Alec was ready to burn it, but was approached by this guy who said he could fix it. The guy did fix it, for $30, and did a beautiful job. The website is http://www.olympicppg.com/frontb.html.
Dave Hilpert has a prop-balancing tool, available for use by Chapter members. Contact Dave at dhilpert@ix.netcom.com.
The meeting was adjourned, and I didn’t write down the time.
Respectfully submitted in Rich Grialou’s absence by Vaughn McIlrath, 2/20/2005.
And now….. Round Robin!
We had a brief “Round Robin” --
Mary Doherty brought us home-baked brownies and cake that were absolutely fabulous! Thank you, Mary!
Mike Arndt: Lou is practicing high-speed taxi in the recently acquired Quicksilver MXL.
Paul Anderson is taking welding classes.
Rusty Wells has gotten his Cherokee back and his medical renewed. Watch out!
Don Wiggins’ Tundra has a new prop, new tires, and a new annual. Don also has renewed his medical. Congrats, Don!
In response to the Tech Talk subject of the day, Don related tales of his military experience as Survival Instructor in his air transport duties during WWII. Don’s group ferried aircraft from Edmonton, Alberta, to various meeting points in Alaska, where they would hand the airplanes over to Russian pilots. Several aircraft made emergency landings along the AlCan Highway – both on and off it. Don survived 5 crash landings.
He related a tale of loading a bulldozer in through the tail doors of a transport aircraft; taking off way over-gross; losing an engine on takeoff; landing in such a matter that the bulldozer unloaded itself out through the nose of the transport. But that was ok – Don just started the dozer and put it back into the airplane, while they waited for rescue. (Hope I got that right, Don.)
The weather was too lousy for flying, so we polished off Mary’s brownies, watched movies, and hung-out until we were kicked-out at 4:00 pm.
VM – 2/20/2005.
Lou Janis didn’t make the meeting, so here’s a footnote, in honor of Lou:
© Lou Janis