EAA Chapter 302

1 EAA Chapter 302 Volume 38-Issue11 November, 2016 NewsletterMEETING NOTICEN ovember 12, 2016 at 10:00amTHIS MONTH'S PROGRAMNews from HQ VMC ClubsChapter HandbookService AwardsAutopilot STC'sThe Sonex new B-ModelAircraft LubricantsIN THIS ISSUEO ctober Meeting Line & MEETINGW ednesdayNovember 97-8 PMGalaxyNovember, 2016 - - - Volume 38, Issue 11 Page 2 October 8, 2016 Meeting MinutesMeeting Called to Order by our Permanent President for Life, Don Brewer with just 58 members attending. You guys need to attend! As a brand new American citizen, Jim Kiloh led the Pledge of : --Jack May, Private Pilot, owns a Mooney--Eldon Sharp, with grandson--Richard Sebesta, long time RV-8 builder with son Brent--Bob Schmanski, Private Pilot just getting back to flying, considering experimental--Doyle Courthey with son Colby, exploring aviationNew Members: None this month!

2 Talk to your buddies!Membership Report: Humes reports 157 paid members for a total of 169 members! Good Day in Aviation History: 1910, Teddy Roosevelt became the first US President to fly. Also, in 1928 the Graf Zeppelin made the first commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic in 111 hours. September Meeting Notes: Mundane meeting notes approved with motions from LeKron and Haskell. Treasurer s Report: Don Guice reported: Beginning balance on August 1 was $6214, income $314, expenses $224, resulting in a balance of $6305. Young Eagles: LeKron reported on preparations for the October 22nd YE Club: The Chapter 302 IMC Club continues to meet the second Wednesday of each month, thanks to Tommy Fankhauser.

3 Good job Tommy! More info to Minute: Brewer cautioned about using starter fluid in your carbureted engine. A local pilot tried that when he had starting problems. When he moved the prop a couple inches before the start attempt, the compression of the engine was enough to light the fluid. Prop hit him, but no permanent damage. Homebuilder Hints: Pitot/Static installation Business: --EAA Air Academy expenditure of $1455 to support our as yet to be named 2017 scholarship recipient was voted & approved by members after Demster and Fankhauser Croston had nothing yet to report on obtaining fashionable togs for Party at Black Walnut planned Saturday, December 10 from 1800 to 2100 hours (6-9 for Mary).

4 $20/person and you must prepay to attend. No ticket sales at the door. Please use our website PayPal payment system (preferred) or pay one of the officers ahead of time if you don t like computers. Sorry to have to make everyone pre-pay but we don t want to lose money on the party again. New Business: There were no new nominations for officer positions, therefore the noble and self-sacrificing President, Treasurer, and Secretary were re-elected for yet another two year term. Where do we find such people? Miles Demster was the sole candidate for Irvine s vacated VP position and won with unanimous support. We welcome Miles to the Board and expect his youth and enthusiasm to serve our members well.

5 Committee Chairmen positions will be appointed/reappointed by the Officers in January. Announcements: Website: ( ) We are still encouraging members to post their pictures under their profiles on the Chapter website. We would really like to have a useful member directory with pictures. You can win the $10 gift card drawing each month if your picture is there. Project Reports: (Email Irvine large file pictures of your project before each meeting.)-- Butch Wells, (RV-6) Overcoming the challenges of building in a 2 car garage! Attaching David Hudson (RV-9A) Modified cowling attach hinge, inlet ramps. Tail light Jim Archer (RV-10) Wings on, empennage attached, engine hung.

6 Flying soon?-- Toby Pechanec (Super Cub) Total rebuild, new seats, firewall forward, new cowling, new gear with help of Jess Parker s Prop to Rudder company specializing in : Mark Ciaglia is managing the Air Venture 2017 40th anniversary of the Christen : Charlie Becker with Headquarters News and view of free SolidWorks Software for 3D printing. Oshkosh look-back.$10 Drawings: Larry Urban won with his name tag on, Shaw with his picture in the to McKenzie s BBQ to discuss term , 2016 - - - Volume 38, Issue 11 Page 3 The weekend of Oct 23-23 was a big one for local aviation. First and foremost, Chapter 302 hosted another spectacular Young Eagles event at KCXO.

7 Down south at Ellington field (KEFD) the Wings Over Houston airshow was on and up north at Reklaw (Walker spelled backwards) the annual big fly-in took place at the Flying M Ranch (7TA7). This year had a record attendance with close to 400 aircraft showing up. Member Joe Waltz took his RV-8 up to the Flying M on Friday morning at the break of dawn. If you want a good campsite you gotta get there early. Lucky for him the Shannon brothers had staked out a great campsite on Thursday and had breakfast grilling up when he arrived to a dew moistened grass runway. The early arrival proved helpful as hundreds of aircraft flew in all day long.

8 Friday and Saturday were spent visiting old friends, walking the flight line to examine all the aircraft, watching day-long landings, takeoffs and fly-bys and eating the great camp food. Joe says that it was an even mix of Experimental and factory built aircraft. If you haven't been able to make it up to Reklaw then do yourself a favor and fly or drive up next October and join the fun. Plan a day trip or stay overnight. Unlimited camping (tent, trailer or motor home) is available and some attendees stay in hotels in nearby cities like Jacksonville. Just like EAA, it's the people that make events like this so much fun to attend.

9 Airplane people are great 2016 By Joe WaltzNovember, 2016 - - - Volume 38, Issue 11 Page 4 OCTOBER 29TH POKER RUNS aturday, October 29th was the Poker Run sponsored by Skydive Airport (37XA-Waller). You could start at any airport you liked the route was Navasota (60R), Brenham (11R) and Sport Flyers (27XS-Brookshire) and then arrive Skydive for lunch, prizes for furthest travelled, costume contest, and of course any number of poker hands you wished to play. Cost was $20 per hand and the winner split 50/50 with the Association. The winner walked away with the pot of $240. Denny Irvine won the prize for furthest (?) travelled.

10 Good weather good fun! Brenham's cards were set outside Navasota's were in the Flight Ops OfficeYou had to reach in spiders & cobwebs Not all of the participants were fixed wingLunch was burgers/dogs/lots of desserts Many participants came in costumeNovember, 2016 - - - Volume 38, Issue 11 Page 5 Young Eagles & Phillips 66 Fly AgainPhotos by Becky LutteSaturday, October 22, Chuck LeKron and his Young eagle Program flew 22 Montgomery High School Navy ROTC Cadets and their Commander. Picture perfect weather and Culver's hot dogs and drinks topped off the event all recorded by the Phillips 66 Corporate Film Crew.