MAY MEETING IS CANCELLED!

Go hang out at Paine Field Aviation Day on Saturday instead! See you all in June.

EAA 1440 April Meeting - Back in Redmond!

Tuesday, April 19, 7PM, Redmond Library.

Kirk Kleinholtz will be back to give us a great presentation: "Making the Transition to Glass Panel".

Summary: Learn about the technology that makes electronic flight information systems affordable and practical for small general aviation aircraft. A better understanding of the internal workings of these instruments will illustrate how they offer reliability, affordable redundancy, and greater situational awareness than venerable analog flight instruments. Pilots of even 2-seat VFR aircraft will learn how they can improve safety and situational awareness by making use of the latest in Glass Panel avionics. Pilots of IFR aircraft will learn how to achieve more capability and greater redundancy at lower cost. Learn not only the benefits of this technology, but also the safety and training issues relevant in making the transition from traditional analog instruments to glass panel.

Some of us will meet for 6PM dinner at Ooba Tooba Mex Grill - 15802 NE 83rd St, Redmond.

See you there!

Tim Naugler

March 2016 Meeting

EAA 1440 March Meeting!!

NEW VENUE: Kirkland Library Meeting Room - 308 Kirkland Ave.
DATE: Tuesday, March 15th, 7PM.

TOPIC: EAA Webinar - Aircraft Insurance: Stop Wasting Your Money! Unfortunately we are lacking a speaker for this meeting, but EAA brings us a Webinar featuring Bob Mackey of Falcon Insurance. Come to learn about:
- Types of Insurance Coverage
- Differences in Coverage
- Insurance Options
- Price Factors
- How to Shop for Insurance
- Answers to Common Questions

Come ready to give an update on your project!

DINNER:
- Some of us will be meeting at Taco Del Mar just down the street from the Kirkland Library at 6PM: 210 Main St.

Yes, we still exist!

Although we have skipped a number of entries for 2015, the chapter is still active, primarily on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EAA1440/ , but also on the Yahoo group.

Next meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7PM, at the Bellevue Library!

Ron Wanttaja will present 'GA Maintenance and Exosystem Consequences'.

Every time someone takes a wrench to an airplane, there's a possibility the work won't go right and the system you've worked on doesn't operate properly. However, there are occasionally cases where the maintenance mistake causes problems BEYOND the system in question. Controls jammed by mis-routed wiring, or hydraulic leaks brought on when a too-long screw is used to attach some fairings. Or, worst of all, fires started by wrongly-installed avionics or bad fuel system work.

Ron has examined over 30 years of General Aviation accidents to identify these cases of what he calls, "Exosystem Consequences." At the meeting, he'll go over the results of his analysis...what kinds of mistakes are being made, and what sort of consequences ensue.

The topic alone should be interesting enough...but Ron performed this analysis in support of another effort, one that holds promise to benefit many aircraft owners.

!VENUE CHANGE! We're meeting at the Bellevue library, meeting room 3.

Please come with your $20 for the 1440 dues, as it's that time of year again...

-- !Bonus Presentation! --
Chris Foster, from the group that previously presented on the Boeing Glassair, will be giving us a short presentation on a new clean-sheet design, to get some feedback on the design, and solicit help on the construction side.

If you know anything about composite mold making and/or resin infusion, please come to the meeting and talk to Chris!

November 2014 Election Results

Tonight's election for Calendar Year 2015 was as follows. We all owe these folks a special "thanks" for stepping up to serve as chapter leaders.

• VP – Tim Naugler. Tim will be VP in Year 1, and President in Year 2
• Secretary – Mike Culver
• Directors – Sven Gruenitz and Henry Herbert

John Marzulli will officially become president, which is the natural order of progression (from VP to President).

These officers take office effective the end of the December meeting.

The complete list of officers is now as follows:

• President:John Marzulli (Expires end of 2015)
• VP: Tim Naugler (Becomes president at end of 2015)
• Secretary (2 year term): Mike Culver (expires end of 2016)
• Treasurer (2 year term): Jason Hills (expires at end of 2015)
• Directors (2 year term):
• Director: Sven Gruenitz (Expires end of 2016)
• Director: Henry Herbert (Expires end of 2016)
• Director: Chad Hankins (Expires end of 2015)

August Meeting Notes

8.18.14 7pm
Redmond Library

Officers present: 
Matt Mulder, President
John Marzulli, VP

We started promptly at 7pm with about 15 members present. We had 2 new faces introduce themselves. Tom Powers is in the final stages of an RV-8 build. He's already joined our FB group and you can see his progress on his personal page. I've forgotten the other gentlemen's name but remember he's considering a Cozy project and we got him connected with Joe Hull to talk composites.

Chapter business was minimal as Jason and Rob were absent this month. Jason I believe got the paperwork in so we have an official bank account again. If you haven't paid your 2014 dues yet please remember to email Jason with your preferred method of payment. Jason recommends paypal as its quick and easy. $20 dollars annually gets you free monthly programming by expert aviators, a wealth of member knowledge to help your own project along, and flyouts about twice a year . Now on to the main event!

Each August we hear from our members about their flying adventures from the summer. This year was no exception as we had great presentations from both John Marzulli and Chad Hankins. With John of course low and slow in the Seven Oh Fun and Chad streaking to and fro in his still shiny RV-7, we had a great contrast in mission styles, particularly in their Oshkosh trips. John spent the entire week there soaking it all in, giving rides, and displaying his plane at the Zenith booth. Chad, on the other hand snuck in for all of 24 hours as a side trip to visiting family in Wyoming.

John's talent for photography was on full display capturing the mythical landscapes of the west along his journey. Take a look at his blog for more info and a small sampling of his visuals.

Chad also had time for a few other trips this summer. We loved his video of short final into Priest Lake, Idaho for a little camping.Not bad for an hour or so from KPAE!



Meeting adjourned about 8:45pm. Thank you John and Chad for sharing your adventures with us! 

Onward and Upward!

Tim's RV-6 project for sale

From Tim Naugler:

As some of you might know, I'm selling my RV6 project. Thought I'd give 1440 first crack at it. :>

RV-6A Slider QB Kit converted to RV-6 - $17900
Includes parts to build either RV6 or 6A.

Empennage kit: complete exc. fiberglass (included)
Wing kit: nearly untouched
Fuselage kit:
- Floors drilled
- Electric flap kit fitted
- Control mounts fitted
- Rear top skins drilled
- Tail wheel mount installed
Finish Kit: Includes everything exc. cowl, spinner, engine mount, nosewheel strut, vert stab fairing

Extras:
- RV7 style W-715 wingtips
- Vans Electrical wiring kit
- Vans fuel senders
- Vans dual brake kit
- Ztron labs LED wingtip and tail lights
- Vans tail wheel fairing
- Screaming Eagle tail wheel fork
- Wingtip antenna kit
- Milspec Products RV Cowling mount kit (stainless camlocs)
- Avery Tools Skyview ADHARS plumbing kit SA-A1
- Duckworks landing light kit
- Duckworks HID Retrofit kit (2x 35W D1S HIDs)
- Dynon heated pitot & mount kit

You can reach him at thenaug (at) gmail (dot) com or 425 466 Three Seven One Four