EAA Chapter 1314 Meeting Minutes

Minutes for 12/16/04 The Keene AWOS indicated 28 degrees with light winds. Several planes were in the air and a few landed at the airport. We started out with some Holiday refreshments, then progressed to the Treasurer’s report- We are up $10 this month, which does not include the yearly dues that are coming in. Dues are $20 a year. Old News- The Acrobatic Competition was a good event; it was suggested that we should sell coffee at the next event. It was a bit chilly, and the ramp was full. New News- The old terminal building at Manchester Airport has been refurbished and will be turned over to the New Hampshire Aviation Museum this spring. They will make a museum with it and have exhibitions and a viewing platform for the airport. Dick gave a talk about the Sport Pilot medical problem. Also Dick suggested that Hampton was the place to get instruction in a J3 cub at $43 an hour. Warren called EAA chapter 61 and invited them to visit. We as a Chapter would like to welcome our friends at chapter 61 if they decide to visit. Builders reports- Glenn has decided to put navigation lights on the wings. He is happy with the riveting of wing skins, as there are not too many puckers. Glenn also has invited us for a project visit for our January meeting. Tim has the wings and struts attached to the fuselage on his Rans Coyote. With the exception of the doors his aircraft is ready for fabric. Tim has also ordered an engine so he can beat the price increase of the New Year. Ken has the engine installed in his “Low Flyer” he has to reflash the computer to work with modifications to the theft control systems. Dave would be open to partners on his CH701; anybody interested in helping him build? Warren has done a little work on his RV-9A, he was working on his seat back clips. Working on one part a month it will be a really slow build. Minutes for 11/18/04 Treasures report- We made $94.67 at the Fly-In, we spent $112.05 on food plus $130.00 on the shuttle bus. We agreed that the fly-in was a success with well more than 50 planes in attendance. New Business- We have been approved by the IRS as an approved charity until 2008. No we can go out and panhandle for funds. Because of this some discussion was made about the Civil Air Patrol and the Explorers Aviation Program. We would like some opportunity to get youth involved in aviation. Several possibilities are available. Also New Hampshire technical Collage is planing an Aviation collage at the airport right across the street from us. Elections- Elections were the expected non-event with the current crop of officers being reelected. Minutes for 10/21/04 Treasures Report- We have 625.45 less $130 for the bus for the fly in. New Business- Hawthorn airport is installing a new credit card machine for those transit flyers without a Rymes card. Nov 20th will see an outlaw acrobatic competition at Keene airport. Chapter 35 New England Acrobatic club will put it on. Tom Eaton who is running for State rep claims to be helping the airport. Dick Harrington nominated the current set of officers for reelection. Final plans were made for the pumpkin Fly-In Minutes for 09/16/04 A clear day today, Keene AWOS gave the temperature as 66 degrees with calm winds. Several planes flew into or out of the airport. Seven people were present. Treasurers report. We are still at 650.45 less 25$ for an application fee to the state of New Hampshire for an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation. New News- We received a letter from William Falconer at the Daniel Webster Council inviting us to become an Explorer post. Having once been an explorer scout, we had a good discussion on what it is all about. Regrettably we are not ready to host an explorer group and will have to table the proposal till next year. A surprise announcement was made. We have kit aircraft for every one. (There was a comment that this is not the Opra show, last week a car was given to every member of the Opra audience) Toy balsa gliders from OSRAM Sylvania were then presented to the group. It was decided that they would be good for the fly-in. Some brochures from Ford Motor were also provided. Members have the opportunity to save some money with a partnership program. We wondered if they would provide a truck to raffle off. Scott also dropped off 200 past issues of Sport Aviation the EAA magazine. The will be used to browse or give away. Old-News- The Amendment form that the state of New Hampshire had returned to us was passed around, so we could see where our $25 went. Fly-In News. Warren and Scott walked around the ramp area so that we could make up a parking chart for the aircraft for the fly-in. Last time we nearly ran out of parking. Just in case we have a similar amount of aircraft. Also we will mark the taxi way for jets on the chart. The plan for the fly-in is to have a grill and burgers. Also to have a TV and video tapes about building planes and flying. To improve traffic flow we will have the shuttle bus to the Pumpkin Festival. Don has provided us with a Poster for the Fly-In! Builder’s reports- Scott has officially conformed that he is building a Cozy. He brought a rather thick builder’s manual with him. Glenn, who could not attend, has finished his right wing spar. Minutes for 08/19/04 A Balmy 75 degrees, we had our meeting outside on the ramp. Glenn, Ken, James & Warren were in attendance. Don, via email, informed us that there has been no change in the treasury. Old business- Glen filled us in on his trip to Oshkosh. New Business- We had a vote to amend our articles of incorporation to fulfil IRS requirements. With Scott & Don voting by email the result was unanimous for an amendment. We also voted to approved a $130 fee for a shuttle bus for the pumpkin fly-in. The fly-in is a bit of a risk but we will have burgers and kit building videos for the duration. James filled us in on how to make money with taxes by buying a jet! Builders Reports- Glenn has drilled holes in his wing spar. Warren is looking at his firewall with thoughts of engine turning it. Ken showed a photo of his “Low-Flyer” it is coming along nicely. I hung around the airport after the meeting to see former NYC Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani wave as he and a party of three boarded a 21 seat Canadair 600. Minutes for 07/15/04 66 degrees with calm winds, lightning in vicinity according to Keene AWOS We watched in impressive but quick thunderstorm roll though. Treasures report- we still have $650.45 in the account, no bills this month! Old business- there is a rumor that sport pilot will go through. New Business- Don is going in for surgery on his cancer, he will not be able to make the next meeting, or two. Glenn is going to drive to Oshkosh. Builders Reports- Why it is summer! No new building to report. Minutes for 06/17/04 Treasures report- We have $650.45 The IRS has received our letter. Old business- Bill is down in Florida and joined an EAA chapter down there. We wish him luck. New business- sport Pilot is back at OMB, ?? Scott has some tail feathers from a Cub. He could make a presentation of recovering. Fly-In’s- We could have a Pumpkin Fest Fly-In, thoughts were we could have a “barf bag” happy meal style lunch. Builders reports. Dick is still working on his tail feathers and brought in a rather handsome 1/8 scale model of his motor-glider project. Glenn is clecoing up his ribs. Ken has started a Cobra project, we still allow him to be a member. Warren has regressed to working on a deck. He claims that when the deck is done he can move his RV-9A to the garage. Minutes for 05/20/04 Treasures report-We made $311 at the fly-in and now have 650.45 We will need to pay $150 for our 501c3 application and $75 to the State. Old business- The 501c3 application is in the mail! New business- We are having a FAA Wings safety seminar on May 12th. Also Scott flew with EAA board member Julie Savage He recounted an interesting discussion that they had on the state of EAA and how they (the board) are trying to make it better. Builder’s reports- Glenn is working on the wing gussets for his Sonex, Dick is rebuilding the engine in his Hi-Max. New member Tim has bought a Ran S-8 kit and expects it to be delivered in July. He plans on completing it in a week, as he will have it delivered to the hanger door at Hawthorn-Feather. Nobody will be able to leave the hanger until the plane is done ;^) warren has finally dimpled his tank skins. Minutes for 04/15/04 Treasurer’s report- We have paid our state filing fee and have $429.45 Builder’s report-Dick talked about the relocation of his landing gear on the trident and how that would affect the weight and balance of the aircraft. In addition he is relocating the stick on his sailplane. A discussion was also held about the choice of prop for Warren’s RV9A. Fly-In- Preparations were made for our Fast-Day Fly-In, A copy of the insurance needs to be given to Ed at the airport. Food and chilidogs are on the menu. Also get a hold of the newspaper and let them know about the fly-in. We also want a guest log and buttons for sail. Minutes for 03/18/04 The weather according to the Keene AWOS was 28 degrees Fahrenheit with calm winds. There were 10 people in attendance at the meeting. Don gave treasures report, we have $464.45 that will be less the $150 for the 501c3 and $75 for the state. So we will really have $249.45. The paperwork for the 501©3 is nearing completion. Some of our older records are somewhat confusing, but are being sorted out. It was noted that there Jim Rymes plans on building eighteen good sized Erect-a-tube hangers built at Hawthorn-Feather this year, he plans on selling them as “condos”. Dick Harrington has filed out papers as an EAA Flight Adviser, So we as a chapter will have two flight advisers and two technical counselors. We have also added a couple of more projects to our collection of projects. Scott has sold his SkyBolt (I had seen it on Ebay) and will be starting to build another project, he wants a four seater for his growing family. Also Brett is restoring a Robonson Helicopter. So we are up to five projects that I know about. Fast Day Fly-In is scheduled for April 25th. We will sell hot dogs with chili, buttons and t-shirts. Despite the name we can not encourage people to go fast that would be encourage racing, and that would be bad. Dues are due for the year. They are just $20. Please send them to Don Ducharme. Our dues are cheap, so please pay. Also to be a member you have to be a member of EAA national, so please provide your national number. For a fall fly in we will try to have it at night and coincide with the Keene Pumpkin Festival. Minutes for 02/19/04 According to the Keene AWOS the temp was at 30 degrees F with the winds from NW at 9 mph. 12 people were in attendance. This number included two guests, Cleo Miller who is vice president of EAA chapter #61 and Dennis Dobe of the Frequent Flyers Ultralight Club who gave the presentation on Ultralight flying. We started out our meeting with some builder’s reports: Dick Harrington has been working on his long-term motor glider project. He has refinished the horizontal Stabilizer and elevator with a composite masonite/fiberglass skin. He reports it as being very smooth finish. When it was to cold to work on the motorglider he worked in his smaller heated shop on the Rotax engine to his HiMax. Glenn Hunt has competed the vertical stabilizer of his Sonex, he had some pictures of himself working on the plane, and he gave me a couple of disks so that I can post some pictures! Glenn says that the cost of the Jabaru engine is getting rather expensive so he is considering the Great Plains VW engine. Warren Hurd (me) reports that he is done with the deburing of the wing skins and is ready to start dimpling. Glenn says that he will flying his Sonex by the time I am done. We then had a lively discussion about riveting. Fly-In Report: Warren gave a brief description of the Alton Bay Fly-In; it was noted that the planes land on ICE, yes ice that was untreated for traction and 30 inches thick. It was also decide to have a Fast Day Fly-In. Feature Presentation: Dennis Dobe, assisted by his daughter, then gave his great digital slide show on Ultralight Flying in the summer. He described the pleasures of Ultralight Flying along with some of the limitations. I think most people were impressed by how slow an Ultralight could really go. Dennis also described different types of Ultralights and described some of the advantages and disadvantages of the different types. It was a great show with some wonderful photographs. It just shows how a simple camera and a simple flying machine can make for a great experience to be enjoyed by many. For a sample of some of Dennis’s many digital photos see http://www.ahyup.com/ffuc/Dennis/ Treasures Report: Don Ducharme our secretary and treasurer gave the treasury balance to be $404.25. We also had a couple of people renew their dues. Then we had a discussion with Cleo Miller of chapter 61 on how to increase membership. Some hopes were pined on the Sport Pilot Proposal and better publicity of our own events. We shall try and see what we can do! Minutes for 01-15-04 The temperature was 9(F) below zero with a wind of 10 knots according to the EEN AWOS. Glenn, Ken and Warren were in attendance. Minutes for 12-22-03 were approved, as posted on the web site. http://ahyup.com/1314/Minutes/ Alton Bay fly in hosted in part by AANH will be February 15th. Warren talked about the website; it is a simple site used for recording the activities of Chapter 1314. Warren mentioned that if the airport had a wireless hot point the web site could be updated from the meeting. Wishful thinking at this point. http://www.ahyup.com/1314/ Not much talk about Chapter committees with three members present. We have two committees at present. Check the committee page to see if you are on one! http://www.ahyup.com/1314/Committees/ Ken talked about the Hanger project. We need to finish the 501©3 (of which this is a part) then we will see how much money we can get. The money will decide a hanger size and type. A hanger could be anywhere between twenty and two hundred thousand dollars. Should we build a hanger for what we need or what we could need? “If we build it they will come” philosophy. Also Ken mentioned that George Trahan is building a large hanger of which a 50’ by 50’ section is unused. It was wondered if it could be available for use by us. Discussion was made about use and priority of the proposed hanger. Preliminary thoughts for the order of preference would be. Final assembly of aircraft. Active projects in any state. Young Eagle flyers. Members aircraft. We do not want to go into competition with the city of Keene with hanger rental. For February’s meeting we will have a guest speaker, Dennis Dobe will give a photo presentation of his Ultralight flying last summer. Minutes for 12/22/03, 10 people were in attendance. Dues are due, six? (I will have to check) People have paid so far. Scott Ellsworth has volunteered to be our technical adviser, We still need a program activities chairperson. We have lots of fly in ideas but we need someone to coordinate our activities. The general consensus is we need someone that is rain adverse (water repellant?). I need to update links to our website. Atlantic flyer, Keene Airport still has links to the old site. The question of the month is do B-52’s melt the runway after a certain amount of takeoffs in a specified time period? Glenn had heard that at one time and did not know if it was true. Dick Harrington gave a talk about how the Air Force used to track military jets with radio controlled cameras. He said that instant positioning was down to six inches. Scott Ellsworth talked about aircraft pressurization and federal marshals and guns on planes. In particular he descried the ammo and what type of hole it leaves in the aircraft fuselage. Also he described what would happen if a window was shot out with different types of projectiles. Do not fear, the ammo used by air marshals is designed to leave a very small hole in the aircraft. The hole would not severely affect pressurization, and would be safe for the passengers. Scott said that even brand new aircraft have similar pressurization leaks. When tested on the ramp for pressurization you can hear the hiss of air as it leaks out of the fuselage! In other news Green River Aviation has a Brand New Diamond DA40-180 for rent for the low introductory rate of $80 an hour!