| EAA CHAPTER 1236 February 2003 Newsletter |
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| PRESIDENT'S FORUM |
| Having just completed our February 2003 meeting, it is once again time for our newsletter. I would like first to thank Ollie and Lorene Washburn, for their outstanding hospitality in hosting our meeting. We had as guests, Richard and Kathy Krause, and Larry and Mary Ann Michaels. It was great to have them join us . I would like to take the opportunity to welcome our latest new member, Mr. Dave Gray. It is a pleasure to welcome him to our organization . Our Chapter continues to expand and improve with each new member. I would also like to welcome Zack and Kyle Krietenstein as our newest Young Eagles. They both were able to fly with Curtis McClung in a Cessna 150 on the 25th of January 2003. Congratulations to them both. If you have any questions about our Young Eagles Program, contact Judy Betz, our Chapter's new Young Eagles coordinator. I would also like to thank Leonard Elmendorf for his brief on his Skylane project, and Jack Barker for his brief on his Hatz bi-plane project. There are other ongoing projects out there that our members are working on. You need to give Jane Craig an update on these projects so they can be included into our newsletter. I will be attending the meeting of the Hangar Flyers this coming Saturday. As you know they will be our invited guests for our April meeting. Lunch following this meeting, bring a covered dish. Make sure to include this on your planning calendar of events. That is all for now, see you at our next meeting: Date: March 8th Time: 10:00 a.m. Place: Herb Clark's hangar, HobbyHill Fly safely, Chuck Mosley - Chuckmo |
| EAA ‘s Wild Blue Wonders Program is an initiative to get kids 11 thru’ 14 interested in aviation. New to FL it will be held at the FL Air Museum, Lakeland. Trips to Oshkosh and Kitty Hawk will be awarded to the winning team. http://www.wildbluewonders.com/ |
| GA PILOTS WERE AMONG 'COLUMBIA' CREW General aviation pilots were among the seven-person crew who died on the space shuttle "Columbia". Mission Specialist David Brown, 46, owned a Beechcraft Bonanza and had logged more than 2,700 flight hours, with 1,700 in high-performance military aircraft. He was a Navy captain and flight surgeon. Mission Specialist Laurel Clark, 41, was a Navy commander and a flight surgeon. Brown and Clark were making their first space flights. Another active GA pilot, Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla, 41, was an aerospace engineer and a certificated flight instructor with airplane, glider, multiengine, and seaplane ratings. She enjoyed doing aerobatics and flying tailwheel airplanes. STS-107 was her second space flight |
| Featured at our February Meeting: - HOMEBUILTS - THE BUILDERS |
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| 1236 HOMEBUILTS IN PROGRESS Jim Bishop (RV7A) Dave Karl (RV6) Jack Barker (Hatz) Bill Williamson (Pitts M-12) Jackie Johnson (Rag-A-Bond) Linda Schwartz(Bakeng Double Duce) Huw Williams (Glastar) Vince DeRosa (Long Easy) |
| EAA-MICROSOFT WRIGHT SIMULATOR MAKES FIRST 'FLIGHT' Visitors at six tour stops this year will have the chance to make their own personal “first flights” at EAA’s Countdown to Kitty Hawk touring pavilion, presented by Ford Motor Company. A 1903 Wright Flyer flight simulator built by EAA’s Restoration Center staff and running Microsoft’s popular flight simulator software, will be an integral part of the 24,000-square foot touring pavilion. The controls, configured just like Orville and Wilbur’s original, allow participants to try their hand—and other body parts—at the first flight. The simulator replicates the “cockpit” harness of the 1903 Flyer. To operate it, a person needs to lie face down in the cradle and manipulate the wing-warping and rudder controls with his or her hips, holding the throttle handle with the right hand and the elevator with the left. The goal is to allow people an opportunity to experience at least some of what the Wright brothers did first hand. Hope to have the six tour stops listed in the March Newsletter. |
| NO GA USER FEES IN BUSH BUDGET PLAN for October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004. For the first time in six years, the administration’s proposed budget plan does not include any attempts to impose user fees on general aviation or privatize air traffic control.. Key items that are slated for funding increases include an improved computer system for flight service briefers and more accurate GPS signaling. Now Congress will have its say. |
| The country’s oldest pilot, Ralph Charles, EAA 90150067, passed away recently at the age of 103. Ralph’s life spanned three different centuries and all of powered flight’s history. He was born four years before the Wright brothers’ epic flight at Kitty Hawk—and by age 19 was working as a welder with Orville and Wilbur Wright at Dayton Wright Field. In the late 1920s, he owned Wheeler’s Field in Zanesville, Ohio, and built seven airplanes. During the 1930s, Ralph worked for several airlines, including TWA and Atlantic Caribbean, flying Stinsons and Ford Tri-Motors. During World War II Ralph was a test pilot for Curtiss-Wright. In 1964, he moved to Perry County, Ohio, and built an airstrip where he and his late wife of 70 years, Leona, hosted many fly-ins. He was still flying his airplane, an Aeronca Defender Blue Boy II, at age 102 |
| CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE: 1966 Cessna 182J, N989TP, TTAF 3635, TSMO 1234, IFR, auto pilot, recent paint, glass, interior, upholstery, LR fuel cells Paul Wilson 625-2391 lipjwilson@aol.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: 1961 C172B 2594TT, 1102 SMOH Jack Barker 352 669-8871 Jackbarker@comcast.net ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: Love's Landing Home - 3B/2B + Den, 2118 sq ft Home, Split plan, Detached Hangar w/bath, Screened Pool John Macon 821-6872 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: House and 50 X 60 hangar on runway at Leeward Air Ranch near Ocala. Two years old. Very nice. Eager to sell. Contact Judie Betz at (352) 821-2828 or j.rancourt@att.net. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: 48” Tennsmith Sheet Metal Brake – Good condition – Will deliver - $300 Ray Brown 259 3117 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: Oxy-fuel Welding and Cutting Outfit w/ cylinders, regulatiors, hoses, torches,assorted tips, welding table $200 Jackie Johnson (352) 750-3424 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: Lil Sherman by Aero-tow, easily move up to 6,000# aircraft, 8hp Tecumseh engine w/ electric start, Tecumseh hydrostatic transmission Cost $2000 - take $1300 - Harris Bowen 821-1246 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR SALE: Tan cowhide for upholstery – reduced! $100 Jane Craig 821-2807 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Custom Aviation Art available. Personalized framing and matting services. Your art work or ours. Contact Chuck or Mary Ann Mosely 1 - ( 352 ) - 259–2487 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Car Wash: Saturdays & Sundays. Wash & Vacuum. Bob Nase 821-4711 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ L P Aeroplastic Windshield Polish available from Hugh Johnson or Al Nase $10.00 a bottle (Case price) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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| LOOKING FOR AN UNUSUAL GIFT? A wide assortment of aviation related gifts are available from EAA. For the details, visit the Aeronautica website. |
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| Air Safety Foundation has published a "Collision Avoidance Safety Advisor" that is free to all pilots. This is a fourteen-page booklet that can be downloaded to your printer. Click here to download a copy (http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2003/sa15.pdf ). |
| WELCOME NEW MEMBERS |
| Lenny VanDorp |
| Duncan Engh |
| Dave Gray |
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| Dick Krause - Pitts Model 12 |
| Jim Shilling - Rans S-7 |
| Leonard Elmendorf - Homemade Skylane |
| Jack Turner - RV4 |
| Bill McAuliffe - Glastar |
| Doug Craig - RV6A |
| Julie Dane - RV6A |
| *************PLEASE NOTE - 2003 DUES ARE DUE! Contact Julie Dane***************** |
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