January 2005 Edition Chapter #407www.eaa407.orgSouth East Idaho Officers: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ President's Message:Next Meeting: Join with us as we have a short Chapter Meeting before John Goostrey from the FAA tells us of the new Sport Pilot rules and FAA progress in that regard. We want to have a short presentation and member spotlight in the half hour prior to the FAA Safety Seminar. Please be on time so that we won't interfere with the main event. TAKE NOTE: In departure from our usual practice, the January meeting will be on this Tuesday evening rather than Saturday. New Newsletter Editor: Dale Cresap is the new newsletter editor and is looking for content. Forward any news worthy items to him that you think will add to the Chapter knowledge. Thanks Dale! New Secretary: Pete Stewart is serving as our new secretary. It is good to have him on board and keeping us straight with minutes and membership data. Pete is very active at the aircraft profession and is a great resource for mechanic work in Blackfoot. Thanks Pete! New Vice President: Gary Shipley has enthusiastically taken over from Jerry Phillips as Vice President. We will miss Jerry and Mary Ellen for a while but appreciate Gary's willingness to step up to the plate. He will be leading the meetings in my absence which invariably happens a few times during the year (Especially for the next few months). Meeting Schedule for the Year: As you can see from the newsletter and the posting on our web site, we have an exciting year planned for the Chapter. We are especially looking forward to touring the Williams Jet Engine facility in Ogden and the joint Chapter meeting with the Jackson Chapter in August. Dr Sugden has graciously agreed to the meeting at his facility. It takes all of us to make the Chapter successful, so we hope you will make an effort to attend as often as possible and bring your contributions of knowledge and experience. Austin------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHRISTMAS PARTYOur traditional Christmas Dinner/Pot luck/Party with White Elephant gift exchange was a rousing success as usual. The chapter furnished the ham and turkey (cooked respectively by Tremblay and Moses) and no one went hungry. Thanks to them, and to Bob Hoff for the use of his facility, and to Nolan Getsinger who served as the Santa deputy, and to all who helped to make this a success. A good time was had by all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EAA CHAPTER 407 SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get the EAA Calendars you ordered from Harold Mothersill.------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dues are Due. $24------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trivia question What is the highest altitude at which an aircraft bird strike has occurred? Send your guesses to me (cresap@cableone.net) and I will publish the answer next month, and award braggin' rights to the closest guess. Include the species of bird for extra credit. Cessna 150 Spin Cars can go for a spin in a figurative sense. Airplanes can go for a spin in a literal and figurative sense. My son Jesse (16) wants to go up for a spin. He means it in a literal sense, but he doesn't understand what he is asking for. I have had recent spin training in a C-150, so I am eager to demonstrate my skills. A spin requires some altitude, so we climb to 7500, which takes some time, even at full power. During the spin it is obvious to pilots and everyone else that you are forcing the plane to do something it doesn't want to do. You reduce the power. This is the first unnatural act, since it basically requires full power to remain in the air. Then you pull back, rapidly losing what little airspeed you had. The plane shudders in protest, and it is still not too late to save it if you reverse the above steps and work rudder vigorously to go straight. Yet to continue the abuse, hold full rudder. It breaks away to the side, then it seems like you are pointed straight down. This is a false sensation. In fact the nose is about 45 degrees below the horizon. The plane shudders and breaks away as expected, at least as I expected. Then we are pointed down and the world is going around. This is not what Jesse expected. He grabs me and yells, 'Dad!'. I push forward and reverse the rudder, then pull out of the dive, losing 500 feet. Jesse recovers quickly after I recover. I should have explained what would happen. Don't waste time getting the power back on as you are losing 700 fpm until you do. Jesse still wants to get his pilot's license, so he must not have been too adversely affected by the experience. |