EAA Chapter 1440

2012-01-17T19:37:00.001-08:00

The January meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The February meeting will be next. January's program will be presented in March.

Dec 31 -- Unofficial Fly-Out

2011-12-31T16:40:00.000-08:00

Another unofficial chapter fly-out today. Destination was Thun Field (KPLU), and took advantage of a surprise sunny day!

In the three photos below are Kelly and Rob Kochman (photo 1), Bill Lattimer (photo 2 left), Jim Piavis (photo 2 right), Bill Dickey (photo 3 left), and Mike Culver (photo 3 right). Not shown in the photos below is John Marzulli, who also attended. Many more photos by Jim Piavis are located at this link. And even more by Rob Kochman are can be viewed at this link Finally, John Marzulli posted a great video.

Nov 25 -- Unofficial Fly-Out

2011-11-25T17:18:00.000-08:00

Today a bunch of us went to Bremerton for lunch. Unofficial, but a great time. Ya gotta take 'em when ya can get 'em this time of year...

(Click on the photos for a larger image)

2012 Election Results (Nov 15, 2011)

2011-11-15T21:19:00.000-08:00

Tonight we elected new officers for the Chapter, as follows:

VP: Mike Culver (He will automatically become Chapter President in the second year.)
Treasurer: Jason Hills (2 years)
Director: Joe Hull (2 years)

Note that in odd years we elect one director, and in even years we elect two.

That means that our 2012 line-up is as follows:

President: Chad Hankins (Expires end of 2012)
VP: Mike Culver (Becomes president at end of 2012)
Secretary (2 year term): Rob Kochman (expires end of 2012)
Director (2 year term):
Glen Braun (Expires end of 2012)
Rich Martin (Expires end of 2012)
Joe Hull (Expires end of 2013)

Submitted by Mike Culver
Nov 15, 2011

November Meeting

2011-11-10T20:20:00.000-08:00

Our fearless leader, Jim, sent the following mail to the group regarding our next meeting on November 15:

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It seems that we just had a meeting a couple weeks ago, but it's that time again. Usual time and place (7:00 PM, Redmond Library).

This is kind of a show-n-tell meeting, but with a topic. Bring in your examples of your favorite electonic aviation toys to share with the group. I'm sure we'll have a variety of I-Pad apps as well as some others, so bring them along.

Secondly, it's time for the annual elections. If you're interested in running for a postion, come attend. Actually, if you don't want a position, that might be a better reason to show up! ;-)

Finally, we'll meet at 6:00 at Ooba's as usual for the pre-meeting dinner.

Hope to see everyone there!

Jim

2011 Fly-Ins

2011-06-12T08:14:00.000-07:00

Please let us know what we are missing; however this list combines several sources.

Fathers' Day Fly-In, June 18-19, Tonasket, BBQ Sat. Eve 5:00-8:00 Breakfast Sunday AM 7-11. Camping on Field
Olympic Airshow, June 18-19, Olympia (primarily warbirds)
Fly for Pies, Sat June 18, Lebanon OR (S30)
Northwest RV Fly-In, June 18, Scappoose
Desert Aire, WA, June 18, Mattawa M94 (Pancake breakfast)
Alberni Fly-In, Sunday, June 19, Alberni BC. Includes tours of the Martin Water Bombing Base
Fantasy Field Fly-In, June 25, Chehalis (private field). Bring food to share
Richland WA Fly-In, June 24-25, Richland WA, Barbecue 6:00 PM Friday, on-field camping, Young Eagles flights, EAA pancake breakfast, food vendors, warbirds, same weekend as Cool Desert Nights car show in Richland
Fly-Out to Nootka Island, BC, July 2, Nanaimo. Land on the beach in the wilderness.
Arlington Fly-In, July 6-10, Arlington
Northwest International Bi-plane Fly-In, July 15-17, Felts Field, Spokane
Mulino OPA Blueberry Pancake Breakfast, July 16, Mulino OR (4S9), 7:30 - 10, 54th Annual Mulino Chapter OPA, Blueberry Pancake Breakfast. Adults $8, Children $6
Prosser Fly-In, July 16-17, Prosser (S40), Saturday breakfast, lunch and BBQ dinner, Sunday breakfast. Free campground, restroom and shower facilities. Aircraft Fly-Mart both days
Princeton Airshow, July 16, Princeton BC
Friday Harbor Fly-In, July 23, Friday Harbor
Concrete/North Cascades Vintage Fly In, July 22-24, Concrete
2011 COPA Convention & Langley Fly-In, July 24-26, Langley BC, Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
Oshkosh, July 25-31, Oshkosh WI
Nelson Fly-In, Aug 6, Nelson BC
Abbotsford Air Show, Aug 12-14
2011 NWAAC Fly-in, Aug 12-14, Scappoose
Oregon Air Show, August 19-21, Hillsboro OR, featuring all new 6-jet US Patriots with the Army Black Dagger Parachute Team, Aerobatic Racing Challenge, F-15 and F-16 Demo Teams and many more.
Chilliwack Flight Fest, Aug 20-21, Chilliwack BC
Airshow of the Cascades, Aug 26-27, Madras OR, CAF aircraft, Bud Granley, and more
Wings Over Republic, Aug 26-28, Republic

Port Angeles Fly-Out

2011-06-11T19:24:00.000-07:00

Today several of us flew to Port Angeles for lunch. Great flight, fun destination. The restaurant is in the terminal building, which is frozen in time from circa 2000 -- there is even a Windows 2000 anti-piracy ad on the wall.

The restaurant is nothing special -- in fact it's a typical commercial airport deli. However the former departure lounge now seats up to 30 in a private meeting room setting: with food served. Nice view of the runway from that room. If you are interested in eating there, they are open Tuesday thru Saturday (with Saturday being an experiment) from 9:00 - 3:30.

Click on any of the photos for a full-size image.

April Meeting

2011-04-15T21:40:00.000-07:00

The normal monthy meeting will be held on Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 7:00 PM at the Redmond Library, This month we are in Meeting Room 1, which is next door to our usual room.

MotoCam will bring some of their small video cameras for the motor sports world. If you've ever wanted to take your own in-flight videos and wondered about the technology, here's you chance to ask the questions!

And as usual, we'll also get updates about projects and more from our members. With the incredible volume of building activity in our chapter, there will be plenty to learn!

As per tradition, for those so inclined, the pre-meeting dinner fest will be held at 6:00 PM at Oobas, kitty-corner from Ben Franklin's in Redmond.

See you then!

January 2011 Board Meeting

2011-02-01T13:10:00.000-08:00

On Sunday, January 16, the EAA 1440 board got together at the Tully's in Redmond to discuss the upcoming year. Below are the minutes from that meeting. Many thanks for Jim Piavis for taking these notes.

1. Attendees: Jason ,Rich, Marc, Rob, Chad, Jim

2. Chapter By-Laws:

a. Rich: wants to have the Pres for a term of Pres for 2 years. Potentially have everyone run at the 2 year term.

b. Maybe have the option for the Pres to run for a second year if he/she wanted.

c. Need the write-up of the proposed change, then do a poll on Yahoo.

3. Finance:

a. Balance : $1301.97 in checking, $173.64 in PayPal is current balance. There is an outstanding check for $227.

b. Currently 27 paid members for this year. Our break-even point for coverage of insurance and fees is about 15 members.

c. Paperwork: EAA renewal paperwork has been sent in.

d. Name Tags: There is a list of about 5 names that need tags.

e. Projector: Still have two options for projectors (Joe/ Rob). No need to purchase.

f. Patches: No comments...eh...

4. Fly - Outs:

a. Invite others along when possible.

b. Ellensburg, Twin Oaks Ch 105, Independence, Tillimook, Bellingham, McMinnville (other locations aside from the usual).

c. Try to plan out well ahead of time.

d. Safety Pilots for instrument concurrency.

5. Other:

a. New members: have a topic that works for new guys.

b. Need a directory for tools/books etc, that folks only need for a little.

6. Meeting Topics

a. Ideas: go around the room with what you're building for the new guys.

b. Strive to put out notice on meetings if they will be good for spouses.

i. EAA 'canned' meetings - we believe they have some canned topics.

ii. Marc - can do a fill-in for an engine out in his Mooney.

iii. Bring-a-part show-n-tell

iv. Where folks have flown out to?

v. Land Speed record - same presentation as Harvey.

vi. Douglas World Cruiser

vii. Dynon again..

viii. Electrical - Rich Martin

ix. Engines: Brian Costello, local Lyc rep.

x. Props: Northwest Propeller.

xi. Conditional inspection - Terry Burch - overview of what needs to be done.

xii. Any Restorations local? MoF Restoration Shop

xiii. Tower Tour? SEA? Renton?

xiv. Project Visits

1. Chad - RV-7

2. Glen - RV-12

3. John M.

c. Feb

d. Mar

e. Apr: Dinner meeting - possibly have at 6:30.

f. May

g. Jun

h. July - Airshow Month

i. Aug - What I did for the Summer

j. Sep – BBQ

k. Oct:

l. Nov: Election

m. Dec - White Elephant

January 2011 Meeting Announcement

2010-12-21T23:04:00.000-08:00

Our January meeting will be a break from our usual meetings. EAA Chapter 84 (at Harvey Field) has invited us to their monthly meeting for a presentation by Ed Shadle, who's attempting to break the land speed record.

The meeting is Tuesday, January 11, at 7:00 p.m. at Harvey Field. See the Chapter 84 page for more information.

December 2010 Meeting Recap

2010-12-21T22:42:00.000-08:00

Any December meeting that doesn't get canceled due to weather is a success! Ross Mahon gave a great presentation on the history of and his experience with the Wickham B. We then held the 3rd annual white elephant gift exchange, which for the 3rd straight year involved lots of stealing and fortunately no fistfights. Lastly, Brian Trubee gave a brief update on his experiences flying his RV-4 thus far.

January's meeting will be a little different, as we'll be joining Chapter 84's meeting, where Ed Shadle will be the guest speaker. More information in the next post.

Nov 16: Elections for 2011

2010-11-16T21:35:00.000-08:00

Tonight was election night, and results were as follows:

VP (President Elect): Chad Hankins
The Chapter President-Elect shall serve for one (1) year in this capacity. At the end of that year, he or she will automatically become Chapter President in the second year.

Secretary (2 year term): Rob Kochman will serve a second term

Director (2 year term):
2 positions open, because this is an even year. The business and property of the Chapter shall be conducted and controlled by the Chapter Board of Directors. We elected Glen Braun and Rich Martin

These folks serve in addition to our existing leadership for 2011:

Jim Piavis will serve as president for 2011, in accordance with our bylaws.
Jason Hills Treasurer for one more year.
Marc Gordon will serve one more year as a Class II director. (elected in an odd year).

Mike Culver

OK, we've been lame!

2010-08-05T21:11:00.000-07:00

OK, it's been a while and there's been a lot going on. As usual, a new work project is sucking the life out of the Editor, in between the usual ongoing activities. OUr next meeting is coming up in August and it's the annual Show-N-Tell for what you did this summer at the local fly-ins. Hopefully we'll have some reports on Sloshkosh 2010 and Arlington for starters!

Jim

Burger Burn!

2010-08-05T21:08:00.000-07:00

I received this one from John Brick down at Pierce County, it's the annual Chapter Burger Burn and is always a good time!

Sunday, August 8th, 1 PM
Pierce County Airport – Thun Field (KPLU)
EAA Chapter 326 Burger Burn

Our annual Burger Burn is this coming Sunday. This is a potluck affair. Bring food if you like but it is not necessary or expected. Aircraft will be parked along the taxiway on the south end of the field. We should have plenty of homebuilts to peruse.

Hope you can be there. Spread the word.

John Brick
Newsletter Editor
EAA Chapter 326
Thun Field

June Meeting Notice

2010-06-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

The June meeting is just around the corner, currently scheduled for Tuesday, June 15th, 7:00 PM at the Redmond Library. We're still working out the program so it's going to be a surprise! Hope to see everyone there.

I'd expect that normal pre-meeting dinner rules are in affect, 6:00 PM at Ooba's in Downtown Redmond, next to Ben Franklin's.

REMINDERS:

1) See blog post below for Young Eagles on June 26th at Pierce Co. if you're interested. I think there's a number of folks that plan on flying this year.

2) For the RV builders, the Northwest RV Flyin will be held June 19th at Scappoose Airport, OR. This normally starts mid morning and runs till the afternoon with a BBQ lunch. If the weather cooperates, it's usually a nice little flyin.

Jim

2010 Dues are due!

2010-06-08T20:30:00.000-07:00

Due to a problem with PayPal, we're behind in soliciting our 2010 dues from the due-paying members. We've been able to get that issue resolved, so now Dues are due, but just a little behind.

Please send a note to eaa1440@gmail.com if you would like to receive an invoice via PayPal for your dues, otherwise you can bring an old fashioned check or cash to our June meeting.

Remember that dues go towards out annual Chapter BBQ, and the little things like State and EAA annual renewals, as well as that all important insurance thing. So please send Jason a note and get your dues in!

Thanks,

Editor Jim

Mike's New Project

2010-05-30T19:58:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I got a note from Mike Arntzen, one of the folks on the Microsoft Pilot's distribution list. I'm not sure how you do it, but Mike mentioned that he "accidently" bought half an Avid Catalina and wondered if I'd come take a look. Hummm.. Mike is one of the well-known Cessna pilots on our e-mail list, so the conversion from Cessna, to finishing a half-complete project was going to be interesting for sure. Well...I had the opportunity to visit Mike and the project today and see what a Catalina looked like. I'd seen a video on the web, but hadn't had a chance to see one up close.

Well, as Mike said, it's probably 60-70% complete, and pretty close to applying the cover. The wings appear complete, most components are installed in the aft fuselage, some instruments, some wiring, the engine was installed at one time, and a lot of fiberglass is done. That said, there's still a lot to do.

Mike has some time in the Austrailian Air Force (avionics tech) and currently works for Microsoft. He and a partner bought the project basically from a neighbor, have access to a lakeside hangar on Lake Samm, and hope to use the Avid to fly to Harvey and Boeing Field to access their other aircraft (sure beats the drive!).

We should start seeing Mike around the Chapter meetingssoon, and look forward to seeing the Avid come together. Besides, it's a good opportunity for Tom Staggs to use his new seaplane rating when it comes to first flight!

A2A Photos

2010-05-23T17:35:00.000-07:00

Not much going on, but I thought I'd post a couple gratuitous photos of Jason Hills KISS taken enroute from JeffCo to Auburn.

Every once in a while we do get some nice days, it just seems that lately, they've been few and far between!

May Meeting

2010-05-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

That time again!

The May meeting will be held on Tuesday May 18th, 7:00 PM, at the Redmond Library (the normal spot). The meeting topic will be Tom Staggs' presentation on first flight considerations and seems to be good timing with several chapter projects coming close to flying this year. If you weren't around when Tom gave this several years ago, it's a good presentation.

I'm sure John will also put out notification for pre-meeting dinner, and for Redmond, that usually means Oobas in downtown Redmond, a block from the Ben Franklin store.

See you then,

Jim

June Young Eagles at PLU

2010-05-06T14:28:00.000-07:00

I received this note from Dave Fritzche, EAA Chapter 326 at Pierce. Jason Hills and Jim P participated last year and had a great time, so we certainly encourage everyone to participate if you can.

I would like to invite you to join us in flying Young Eagles again this year. We will be flying on Saturday June 26 at Thun Field from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. We had a great response last year and look forward to an even greater response this year. We love to see the smiles on their faces as they depart from the aircraft. I hope to see you on the 26th if not before.

Dave Fritzsche
Young Eagles Coordinator 2010
Mt. Rainier EAA Chapter 326
E-mail: fritzsch@eskimo.com

Weekend of Formation Flying- Jim P

2010-05-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

First off, some may think this is completely insane, wanting, on purpose, to fly within 10 feet of not one, but multiple aircraft. However, this is a skill, when done properly, really hones how you fly the airplane with precision and confidence. For other photos, see http://cid-0f4ce38190a6485e.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/WCFC%202010?authkey=WuRm05lUyBQ%24&ct=photos

The plan was to attend the 2010 West Coast RV Formation Flying Clinic in Madera, CA, approx. 627 NM south in the lower Central CA Valley just north of Fresno. The trip started out on Friday AM about 10:00 AM with 2000’ OVC and some light scattered rain through southern WA. Weathermeister.com was showing OK weather with 2500 OVC through central OR, then broken and finally clearing into the CA Central Valley, but the winds were going to be fairly stiff out of the north with 15G25 or so on landing. I departed and headed down the valley over I-5 and was able to slowly creep up to about 3000 by Hillsborough, then up to about 4000 towards Eugene where the clouds finally went BKN. I was about 10 miles behind a group of 4 from the Portland area and we all pushed up to VFR on-top, climbing to 9500 for a nice ride down to Oroville CA. Around Roseburg, one of the guys lost an alternator and headed back. Lava had a new alternator replaced and eventually made it back down by evening. The Portland guys landed at OVE and I was about 10 minutes behind. We all got a car, then headed into town for some lunch and enjoyed the sun! We departed as a 3-ship, then picked up one more around the Auburn area to make it a flight of 4 heading into Madera (2 RV-8s, a -6 and my -7). Through the CA valley, winds were about 40kts on the tail giving us ground speeds of almost 200kts, but the flip side was the penalty heading north on Sunday! Overall, we had about 4.5 total hours down to Madera, arriving in time to get cleaned up for the evening ground school.

Ground school was run from 6:00 – 10:00 PM with some pizza thrown in for dinner and covered the key knowledge areas of the T-34 Formation Manual, with emphasis on the differences for the RVs. If you read the manual and understood it, this was a good review for the weekend. I suspect that by 10:00 PM, everyone was pretty beat and most folks headed off for the evening, show time was 8:00 briefing on Sat AM.

Most folks showed early to start prepping planes, uncover, pre-flight, clean bugs, etc, to be ready for an 8:00 briefing. All up, there were about 27 participants as of Friday evening so it promised to be a good weekend. The first flight of the day was to be a ride-along for those of us new to RV formation, with the newbie riding along with an experienced pilot to see what the correct sight pictures were for RVs so I rode along with Eddy (SoCal) in the back of his RV-8 and he proceeded to show me the way an aggressive rejoin is really done. If done right, you get a face full of airplane just before moving to the outside if you’re #3 (#2 forms to the inside of the turn – always). Although #4 had a communication problem, we had a good flight with some wing time, and re-joins before heading back.

2nd flight of the morning was with the same flight, this time the experienced pilot flew with the newbie in his airplane, so Eddy piled into my RV-7 for the ride. The flight was planned for the same profile, element departure, re-joins, fingertip, echelon, cross-unders, close trail, extended trail, and recovery back to Madera.

We had some lunch then got ready for the afternoon flights. The first flight of the afternoon was a 3 ship and I was solo, deemed not scary hazardous to health from the first flights, so we briefed up and went out and flew. Lead was Rodac, who had a Mazda-powered RV-6 in Navy colors. Nice airplane but it sure sounds like a big model airplane ;-). We departed as a 3-ship section take-off, formed up, then went out and generally flew the same profile, but added some extended trail exercises. This is basically follow-the-leader with a 1000’ separation in trail, which is way too much fun!

After debrief, there were a group sitting around, and Rodac asks, “anyone want to go fly a 7 ship?” Well, with that we were all briefing up 7 ship formation composed of a 4-ship and a 3 ship. Whoo-hoo. I was #2 for Alpha flight, so all I needed to do was just stay on lead, good thing since I was starting to get beat. Even with form flights under an hour, a newbie comes back sweating and tired from gripping the stick and throttle. One really has to learn to relax and take time to shake out feet and arms as this is fairly intense flying for sure. So we went out and flew what we briefed, going from a fingertip and a 3-ship vee formation, to a big delta and back before coming back in. This was somewhat of a short flight, but a lot of fun. If you’re in the front of the formation, you don’t generally see the mass behind you, but if you’re bringing up the rear, you do get to see that.

That’s where we were for the dinner flight Saturday evening. The plan was to fly to Sierra Skypark from Madera for a Tri-tip BBQ dinner at one of the guy’s airpark homes. I rode along with Charlie Flight lead and just took some pictures and it was good to see the group of RVs out in front of us for the 15 mile flight. It’s always interesting to hear “RV-flight of 17, entering extended downwind for the initial..” Some complain about the 3 or 4 in a pattern at the local non-controlled airports, but try getting 17 on the ground! We taxied in and pretty much filled the streets with airplanes and enjoyed a great BBQ dinner. And for those of us not flying, a couple beers were really good after a long day. The folks involved in this come from really interesting backgrounds, with the majority non-military. There’s the 1st grade teacher (Schoolmom), a retired volcanologist (Lava), a couple who work for Van’s Aircraft, a professional photographer for The Governator (Forrest), some folks from the SF Bay Area high-tech industry, a couple airline pilots, a retired Navy Flight Doc, and others, all with an interest in formation flying and very diverse backgrounds.

About the time I returned to Madera, I checked the weather for Sunday and it wasn’t looking too good for the Puget Sound area. Winds, low ceilings and scattered rain was forecast for late afternoon, so I went to bed hoping it was going to change overnight. Well, that didn’t happen, so I made the call to skip the big all-up formation flight and head back early. The winds out of the north were fairly stiff so I endured a 138kt ground speed at 4500’ all the way up the Central Valley, bummer! All this did was burn gas as I can’t go LOP and make decent time. I tried climbing to 6500 to see what that looked like, but lost an easy 10 kts of groundspeed. Approaching Shasta, there was a very distinct lenticular around the peak, so I wasn’t too sure of the bumps going through the Dunsmuir area, but they weren’t too bad. Past Shasta, the winds subsided a little and allowed a climb up to 8500 to go LOP. Since I burned a bunch of gas (11.5 GPH vs. a LOP of 7.9) a stop at Ashland, OR was in order to fill the tanks. Not the friendliest place, but it served it’s purpose and I was off the ground in about 30 minutes heading north again. I found it interesting to watch the altimeter settings increase rapidly as I headed north from Madera, then see them start to decrease again as I flew through the high, and transitioned to a tailwind. Once around Eugene, the clouds started up again with 4500 BKN, so I slipped below for the rest of the trip. It was fairly nice up through the Portland area, then started to go downhill from Kelso north, arriving around the Puget Sound area to a nice 15kt west wind, 2500 OVC and some scattered rain. Yep, back in Seattle!

Overall, a really great weekend with lots of flying. Including, the trip down and back, I managed to put another 12.2 trouble-free hours on the RV, increase my formation skills, and socialize with a bunch of like-minded pilots.

EAA News - New Member Benefit: Free Admission to Hundreds of Great Museums

2010-04-23T18:34:00.000-07:00

EAA News - New Member Benefit: Free Admission to Hundreds of Great Museums

In a note received from EAA, you only get the passes for those museums greater than 90 miles from home, so if you're traveling check the list! If you check the link in the EAA post, we should have free admission to the Evergreen Air and Space Museum, but not the local Puget Sound attractions! Note that there are some restrictions and your EAA membership wont' get you discounts in the gift shops or other special events.

April Meeting - Lake Hills Library

2010-04-23T18:27:00.000-07:00

Our most recent meeting was held last Tuesday evening, 7:00 PM at the Lake Hills Library. We were all pretty much anticipating a low turnout due to the alternate location, but we were all pleasantly surprised with an attendance of about 20 to hear what Joe Hull had to say about his close brush with certain stardom.

Since the program was going to run a little short we started the meeting a little late, well, it was really because the dinner crowd was running a little late from the fine feast at the local Red Robin. We did introductions with one new guest, Glen Braun who is in the process of building an RV-12, and several other folks we haven't seen in a while. It was good to see everyone back!

The program was scheduled to be a video on Joe Hull's and Tom Staggs' trip north of the border to lend their canards for a TV shoot. Once we determined that the audio really wasn't the fault of Joe's computer, we managed to see the video with reduced audio, and Joe providing color commentary. Overall an entertaining 22 minute video.

Post-video, we stood around a bit and socialized, cleaned up the room and departed for the evening. Next month we're hoping to have Tom Staggs give his presentation on first flights as we have a Zenith, and two RVs that are getting close to first flights hopefully this Summer.

AirVenture 2010 NOTAM

2010-04-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

You know it's starting to get close, and winter behind us when the official Airventure NOTAM is released. See www.airventure.org/flying/2010_NOTAM.pdf

There doesn't seem to be too many changes this year, but if you're planning on attending, make sure to know the material; there's a test at the end!

New Eat'n Places Coming Soon

2010-04-23T18:10:00.000-07:00

From the NW Flying Blog, it appears that the resturaunt at Elma will be opening in May with a 1/2 pound burger as the house speciality!

From records at Arlington, it also looked like there were a couple entities trying to start up the old cafe. Hopefully someone can figure out how to successfully run a resturaunt at that location. Let us know if you hear of any new news on either one of these new eat'n places.

EAA SportAir RV Workshop at AWO

2010-04-13T20:27:00.000-07:00

Received from EAA today!

Dear EAA Member:

EAA SportAir Workshops returns to Arlington, Washington, for a two-day Van's Aircraft RV assembly course the weekend of May 15-16. The Arlington Fly In grounds, located at the Arlington Municipal Airport, will host the workshop.

This pioneering course is an intensive weekend seminar featuring the "hands-on" practice that will give you experience and confidence in the skills required to assemble your RV. Other topics discussed include the Federal Aviation Regulations pertaining to amateur-built aircraft; required tools and workshop essentials, engine and propeller selection, flight-testing, and more.

The course is limited to 16 students so sign up today! EAA members receive a special discount price of $319, plus Van's Aircraft offers a special $50 discount on an aircraft kit upon completion of the course!

April Meeting - Lake Hills Library

2010-04-12T10:21:00.000-07:00

NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE!

The April Meeting will be held at Lake Hills Library off of 148th in Bellevue (15228 Lake Hills Blvd, Bellevue, WA) this month due to non-availability of the Redmond Library.

Meeting will be held on April 20th, 7:00 PM. This month's meeting topic will be a video program presented by Joe Hull, based on his and Tom Stagg's exploits north of the border to assist in the filming of a TV series. I suspect that the video may be somewhat short, so bring your project updates as well!
Pre-Meeting dinner will be at the Red Robbin, near Sears at the corner of 148th and NW 24th St off 520.

Tech Tip - Freeing Rusty Nuts

2010-04-10T09:35:00.000-07:00

I picked up the following on the Matronics Aero-Electric List. For anyone dealing with electrics, this is a must-view site with quick responses to questions by AeroElectric author Bob Nuckolls.

Penetrating Oils Compared
Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.
Penetrating oil Average load
None ..................... 516 pounds
WD-40 .................. 238 pounds
PB Blaster ..............214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ...... 127 pounds
Kano Kroil ............ 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix... 53 pounds

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone.
Note: The "home brew" was better than any commercial product in this one particular test. A local machinist group mixed up a batch and all now use it with equally good results. Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for about 20% of the price.

4th Annual Fantasy Field Fly-In: June 19th

2010-04-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hello to Everyone!

Good golly, has it been a year ALREADY? Yes we are preparing for the 4TH ANNUAL FANTASY FIELD FLY-IN, hosted by Kelly and Terry Sullivan.

I can’t get over the amount of emails I have received about this year’s fly-in! Thank you all for your support and encouragement. This year our fly-in will be on Saturday June 19th, which is the day before Father's Day. We had to move it up a week due to some scheduling conflicts with the SuperCub Competition up north on the following weekend. Kelly likes to attend that competition and show those Cub drivers how to fly!!!

We are clearing more fields for aircraft parking and camping. I have spent the winter months cruising Craigslist for more tables and chairs. I was thinking we should have a theme to this year’s fly-in.....everybody wear Hawaiian shirts! I plan to take lots of pictures this year, since I have heard that a couple of rarities will be flying in!

What better way can you think of to start the summer off, than a home-grown, grassroots fly-in, in your own backyard!

We love having this fly-in, because it is more than just aviation: it feels more like a big family barbecue. Young and old, pilots, teachers, doctors, beauticians, engineers, blue collar and more; we all have a great time together and enjoy the sun, good food, great friends and family, flying and fun. Last year’s attendance was awesome, with almost 50 aircraft! We had planes come in from as far away as California and eastern Montana.

We enjoyed such a wide representation of our aviation community; from certified's to experimentals, ultralights, trikes and 'chutes. I would love to host a balloon (hint-hint), or maybe even another impromptu fly-by (like we had the first year, by a "colorful" group of Navions.)

As usual, we (no, I don’t have a mouse in my pocket) will be doing the grilling and provide the beverages; all we ask is that you bring your most delicious side dish, salad or dessert!

There is always a restroom facility, plus a wash-up station and we are hoping to provide more shade areas for people to relax under. We will still have plenty of off-street parking for those who choose to drive in. And yes, there will be camping sites available, especially for those who want to stay for happy hour, hangar talk and that late night poker game.

I am getting excited just talking about it! Put it on your calendar....June 19th! Can't wait to see you all here! Bring on the sunshine!!!!

The coordinates are:

N 46*35.270'
W 122*51.946'

RUNWAY 10/28

We are known as FA99, Fantasy Field Airstrip a private field, and on the sectional.
Until then, wishing you all good flying and smooth air!

Kelly & Terry Sullivan
237 Forest Napavine Rd, E.

FANTASY FIELD AIRSTRIP - FA99

Chehalis, WA. 98532-8707

flighty05@aol.com

terryasullivan@aol.com

Ellensburg Coffee & Donuts

2010-04-06T19:32:00.000-07:00

We received this one from Mike Katz, EAA Chapter 492 in Ellensburg, WA. For those looking for somewhere to go when the weather is nice...

EAA News - CBP Announces Penalty Notices Coming Soon

2010-03-26T21:10:00.000-07:00

For those that traveling north, make sure you give Boarder Patrol the allotted time!

EAA News - CBP Announces Penalty Notices Coming Soon

2010 Northwest Fly-Ins

2010-03-24T21:39:00.000-07:00

Anacortes	June 12	Anacortes Airport,WA	http://www.http://anacortesflyin.com/
Fantesy Field	June 19	Fantesy Field, FA99
Airshow	June 19-20	Olympia,WA	http://www.olympicflightmuseum.com/airshow.php
Arlington Fly-In	July 7-11	Arlington,WA	http://www.arlingtonflyin.org/default.cfm
Prosser Fly-In	July 16-18	Prosser,WA
Concrete Fly-In	July 23-25	Concrete, WA	http://concrete-wa.com/events.php?ident=26
Friday Harbor Fly-in	July 24	Friday Harbor, WA
Tillamook Air Museum Fly-in	July 31	Tillamook, OR
Orcas Flyin	August?	Eastsound, WA
SeaFair	August 7-8	Seattle,WA	http://www.seafair.com/
Hillsboro Airshow	August 20-22	Hillsboro, OR	http://oregonairshow.com/
2010 NWAAC Fly-In	August 20-22	Vancouver, WA	http://www.nwaac.com/flyininfo.htm
McMinnville Annual Fly-in	September 3-4	McMinnville, OR	http://www.macflyin.com/Welcome.html

March Meeting

2010-03-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

The March meeting was held on the usual 3rd Tuesday at the Redmond Library at 7:00 PM, wtih about 15 members present. Ron Wattaja volunteered to do an interesting presentation from his vaired past, when a future aircraft homebuilder got into teh submarine business via his CAP Squadron. Based on the presentation, his Squadron CO decided it was a good idea to build a wet submersable from a tip tank off a T-33. The presentation outlined the efforts to figure out how to make a workign submersable out of the tip tank, encountering many of the same issues aircraft builders encoutner; where to place the battery, and weight and balance. In this case, it sure sounded like it spent more time on the bottom of Midwest lakes, then cruising the waters! Overall an interesting presentation.

Ron also gave us a preview of his most recent AB accident statistics. He has an interest in diving through the accident reports and really getting to the real story of the reports. Ron will be presenting an indepth report on AB accidents in the May or June time-frame.

Thanks goes to Ron for coming out to Redmond and presenting for the meeting!

Oshkosh 2010 (I know, the name changed but old habits die hard!)

2010-03-20T22:22:00.000-07:00

If you really needed a reason to attend Oshkosh, this seems to be a pretty good one!

DC-3s Flicking to Join AirVenture Birthday Bash (from EAA.org).
They're coming from everywhere; some three dozen DC-3 and C-47 aircraft that have already shown interest in participating in "The Last Time..." 75th anniversary celebration of the aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010.

The list of potential aircraft that will be participating in the DC-3 mass arrival is still being finalized, but many of the participants are listed at www.TheLastTime.org website dedicated to the formation arrival coming to Oshkosh.

The registration list for the mass arrival on July 26 has reached its limit of 35 aircraft, because of limitations at the staging airports. Other DC-3/C-47 operators are welcome to participate, however, by individually flying to AirVenture, which will be held July 26-August 1 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Those aircraft are encouraged to contact Adam Smith at EAA headquarters at asmith@eaa.org.

"This is a tremendous response in just the several weeks since the 75th anniversary commemoration was announced," said Smith, EAA's vice president of membership. "We are still receiving inquiries from owners of some very special DC-3s, and we welcome all of them to be a part of AirVenture 2010, whether or not they are able to participate in the mass arrival."

Several of the DC-3s have been regular visitors to Oshkosh in past years, while others have made only rare appearances or have never been here. In all, it promises to be the largest airborne group of DC-3s assembled since World War II, and likely for the last time ever.

One of the details being solved currently is parking for this many magnificent DC-3s at Oshkosh. It’s anticipated that AeroShell Square, along with the Warbirds and Vintage Aircraft parking areas, will be fully engaged in showcasing these venerable airplanes.

Fewer than 100 of the aircraft remain airworthy in the United States, meaning that nearly half of the current fleet could be present at AirVenture 2010. The weeklong festivities at Oshkosh will also include historical and technical forums/presentations, fly-bys and a special evening DC-3 commemorative program at Theater in the Woods.

Additional EAA AirVenture information, including advance ticket and camping purchase, is available online at www.airventure.org. EAA members receive lowest prices on admission rates. For more information on EAA and its programs, call 1-800-JOIN-EAA (1-800-564-6322) or visit http://www.eaa.org/. Immediate news is available at http://twitter.com/EAAupdate.

Fun with the Kids

2010-03-20T22:20:00.000-07:00

Sometimes this is just what it’s all about! A couple of Dad’s taking the kids for a flight and out to lunch… With a break in the January weather Tom and Jim were able to take the Alexi (Alex x 2) out to lunch over at Bremerton. I think we agreed that we need to do this more often, maybe planning a trip to McMinnville when the weather is better.

Jim, Tom and Alex(s) at Bremerton.

Photo at right is what happens when you let a 6 year take the pictures!

John Marzulli’s little girl Genevieve is usually present at our Chapter meetings, and is always ready to go fly with Dad! She even seems to put up with the rest of us!

December Meeting

2010-03-20T22:14:00.001-07:00

The December meeting was held on the 15th at Redmond Library and was the dreaded White Elephant exchange.

This year seemed to be a bit different, possibly due to the economy, but it sure seemed like most gifts had spent time either in the hangar or garage. Possibly the most useful was a bag of old clecos, but not to be out-done by pilots range extender. Either will come in handy when absolutely necessary! Otherwise, a good time was had be all and for once in the last couple years, we weren’t snowed out.

January Pres Column

2010-03-20T21:00:00.000-07:00

First I want to thank Mike for the last year of leadership he has provided. I also want to thank Jim for stepping up again to fill the VP position. It is this sort of participation that has helped our chapter thrive in only a few years of existence.
Participation has been perhaps the strongest aspect of our chapter. In the next year I want to expand our chapter’s role. There is much we can do that will help ourselves, our chapter and General Aviation.
It has been a while since we have had a project visit. I would like to make an open call to those whole are building, no matter what stage your project is in. I have been threatening to do one for a while, so on February 20th you are invited to my garage where I will finally make good on this threat.
Looking back on the last year it seems that our best meetings have been outside of the Library. With the return of flying weather only a few months away we should consider what can be done. Tom and Mike’s “Zagat of the Air” idea gives us one more excuse to burn some 100LL ( as if we need an excuse to fly ).
The topic of Young Eagles comes up every few months. I am excited to say Jim is looking into the insurance issues around these sorts of flights. More information and announcements will be coming in February.
Amazingly our club has had the tendency in the last several years to have many members reach the same point in their projects at the same time. We should take advantage of this. In the next several months I would like us to have a member driven and hosted workshop on electrical systems. We may have other members who are interest in metal work, wood work or composites. If you are interested in sharing some work space, knowledge or of a qualified instructor please let us know.
Once again thank you for letting me have the opportunity to lead our club.

John