April Chapter
Minutes:
We had a great meeting this last April at the Aeromark building in
The meeting was conducted by Natalie Bergevin,
the theme was meet the members.
We had 31 members in attendance at the meeting. The
attendance award was won by Larry Hobbs, the bring a buck contest was won by
Brad Fell, the question was what was the fastest piston aircraft of world war
two, it was a Dornier 435 with a top
speed of 472 m.p.h..
The first speaker was John Bakken:
John
talked about the use of auto gas in aircraft.
He covered the aspects of auto fuel and some of the problems associated
with the use of auto gas. In an
experimental aircraft, the owner has more flexibility than a certified
aircraft. The certified aircraft has to
have an STC for the aircraft to use auto gas, the gas
has to meet AST specification D-4814 and should not have ethanol or methanol in
it. John also covered the different grades of aviation fuel and it’s availability.
There is a lot more information available on the E.A.A. Home page for those interested.
The second speaker was Jim Baker the Chapter L.S.A
Coordinator for the chapter. He covered
his questionnaire about interest in having a LSA rental availability of this
type of aircraft in this area. If you
are interested in light sport aircraft, Jim can steer you in the right
direction.
The third speaker was Hal Johansen. Hal gave us an
overview of his life. After graduating
from high school, he worked on the Alaskan highway. In 1944, he enlisted in the
army and was accepted into flight training and went from primary training
through advanced training from which point he then was sent to multi-engine
training. Once that was completed, he was assigned to a B-17 with a crew. He
wound up in gunnery school where he was when the war finally ended in
The fourth speaker was Pete Stuart and his fantastic
tale of buying his Lycoming 0-360 engine for his Murphy Elite. It seems that after discovering that the
engine was not serviceable and would need to be overhauled, (which he did), the
F.A.A. called him and informed him that the engine was a stolen engine!!!!! Pete is working this mess out now....you know
what they say let the buyer beware!!
Brad Fell