June 2005 Edition Chapter #407

 

www.eaa407.org

South East Idaho Officers:

Austin Moses, President

Gary Shipley, Vice President

Pete Stewart, Secretary

Harold Mothersill, Treasurer/Website

Dale Cresap, Newsletter

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Next Meeting:

Our next meeting will be a Poker Run on Saturday, June 18. Fly in to the following airports and pick up one card in a sealed envelope from a larger manila envelope at the these locations.

 

Rexburg Air Service

Idaho Falls Aeromark

American Falls FBO office

Pocatello Av Center

Blackfoot Terminal building

 

Pick up the cards in any order, but plan to be in Blackfoot at 11:00 for prizes for the best hands and a meeting with light refreshments.

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Young Eagle Rally

May 28th was a BEAUTIFUL day for the Young Eagles Fly-in at the Red Baron in Idaho Falls.Eight local planes flew 45 Young Eagles during the morning flights.Pilots and planes were:

Hal Johansen - Lancair 360

Elden Hall - Glasair

Pete Stewart - Piper Pacer

Greg Miller - RV-8

Dale Cresap - Cessna 172 XP

John Bakken - Piper Cherokee 140

Carl Yrene - Cherokee 140

Tom Strong - Piper Archer

 

Travis Carrigan, a newly minted 17-year old pilot from Blackfoot flew in on a Piper Warrior that was used for ground instruction.

 

None of the flights would have been possible without the help of the ground crew.Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork; the world runs on paperwork and the fly-in was a success because Lisa Miller and Natalie Bergevan took charge of the paperwork and made the flow of Young Eagles, their applications and certificates a very smooth operation.Many thanks to both of you.Also helping with ground operations were Terry, Christopher and Matthew Bergevan, Frank Prickett,

Bill Smith, Nolan Getsinger, Chris Bingham, Harold Mothersill, Paul and Ophelia Trembly, Jesse Cresap, and Willis Weichel.

 

Frank Prickett did the honors of conducting the ground education session before each flight.

 

Although Dale had coordinated with the controllers in advance, things got a little overwhelming for ATC for a short time.All of the first group was ready to depart at the same time.As requests were transmitted, aircraft were cleared to taxi to runway 35.At one time I counted 5 aircraft holding on the taxiway for 35.One controller was handling both ground and landing and departing aircraft.He did a great job, but finally activity apparently was about to get out of hand.A call came over the tower frequency, "All aircraft approaching Idaho Fall Airport remain clear of the Class D airspace."I've never heard that one before.After sequencing in a commercial airliner and a Citation he began to take other requests and in short order planes were landing and departing again.Shortly thereafter there was a different voice handling ground.The cavalry had arrived and operations ran smoothly from then on.Many thanks to the controllers for a job well done.

 

Gary Shipley proudly announced the following Monday that not one Young Eagle got sick.This speaks well for the professionalism of the pilots (of course the fact that the air was smooth as glass couldn't have had anything to do with it!)

 

Our next meeting is June 18th.This will be a poker run up and down the valley, finishing at Blackfoot.Check the website for details.Hope to see you all there.

 

Pete Stewart, Secretary

Additional observations on the Young Eagle Rally

The date was selected to accommodate Jared Aicher of Boise as the first stop in his nationwide Young Eagle tour, but the turnout by both pilots and kids was good in spite of the holiday weekend. I spent about as much Hobbs time on the ground as in the air, with taxi and takeoff delays. On my first approach, tower changed my approach instructions twice.

 

Gary got many admiring comments for his hat. He said that we had never had an air sick kid, and that we were about due, but our record holds. I have received positive feedback from parents of the kids. I am passing along these notes of thanks.

 

Dale,

My kids wanted to write you a thank you note.I told them I would send their thoughts in an email to you.Thanks for organizing this and for making my kids day.

Greg

 

I want to say how much fun it was to fly in a little plane.We're mostly used to big planes and it was fun to do something different.It was also really fun to have the opportunity to actually fly the plane.That's something not many kids can say they've done and it was an awesome experience.I hope that you will keep going with that event because it was really neat to give kids who might never get to fly a chance to try it.

Thanks Again!

Holly Preslar

 

I want to thank you for giving us a chance to fly in an airplane.I really liked being able to look around from above.I also thought it was neat to get to hear what the tower was saying.What is niner niner??I like the feeling I get when the airplane is turning.

Thank you.

Jacob Preslar

 

This is my first time organizing a rally. I owe more to divine providence than to my own ability for the success of this event.

 

Young Eagles gives us a chance to fly, to generate interest in aviation and good will in the community, to be a hero to some kids. We have never had a rally in Rexburg. I am willing to organize one there later in the season if there is enough interest and support from chapter members.