November, 2004 Edition          

Chapter # 407                       www.eaa407.org

          South East Idaho

 

 

Officers and Contacts:

          Hal Johansen, President                            522-7297              haledie@ida.net

        Jerry Phillips, Vice President                    523-3981              phillipsjh@asme.org

          Harold Turvey, Secretary                         785-2552              happyharold@cableone.net

          Harold Mothersill, Treasurer/Website     524-6204              lmothersil@aol.com

          Austin Moses, Newsletter                          684-3922              mosescpa@srv.net

From the President:

 

NEXT MEETING:   November 20, 2004   ISU/PIH   10:00 a.m. 

 

A.  Business meeting including Election of Officers for the positions of President & Secretary.  There will also be appointment of a Vice-President to complete the term of Dr. Jerry Phillips who had to resign after accepting a position working in the State Department in Washington, DC.  Other business of interest to all members will be transacted as needed and appropriate.

 

B.  BUILDERS TOUR:  Following the business meeting and refreshments you will have an opportunity to see what the other guys are building or restoring.  John Bakken has arranged for us to visit a variety of projects underway in the Pocatello area which may include a Sonex, Stinson 108, Ridge Runner II, RV-6, KR2.  A good time to view and visit with fellow members in an environment that is a big part of what EAA is all about.

 

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EAA CALENDARS: In years past we ordered “x” number of calendars with the intent of selling them at a small profit margin.  It seems we frequently ended up with many left unsold so the economics were not as expected.  This year we will continue the approach we instituted last year of “You order the number you wants and that is what you gets” at cost .  Our Treasurer, Harold  Mothersill, will take your order : He can be reached via e-mail at lmothersil@aol.com, phone 208- 524-6204 or contact him at the next meeting.  Price will be no more than $8.50 and perhaps less as the price varies inversely with the total number we order.  Get you orders in to Harold in a timely manner..

_______________________________________________Hal________

 

FROM THE EDITOR:

 

ALTERNATIVE ENGINES – EGGENFELLNER SUBARU

 

One of the more developed auto engine conversions available today is probably the Eggenfellner Subaru conversion offered at eggenfellneraircraft.com.  The package comes fairly complete as a firewall forward unit, starting with either a 2.5 liter four cylinder engine or the 3.0 liter six cylinder engine.  To the engine are added a geared prop reduction unit, induction manifold, cooling radiators for engine coolant and oil, backup fuel pumps and a sturdy engine mount.

 

The following article appears on the Eggenfellner website:

 

“You’ve heard of the Vans RV-9 and RV-9A, but what’s an RV-9E?    Well Van hasn’t exactly endorsed the designation, but the people at Eggenfellner Aircraft Inc. and their growing number of customers know that “E” stands for Eggenfellner.   The “E-motor” as it has become known, starts out as a stock fuel-injected Subaru engine, but is outfitted with a sturdy gear-driven Prop-Speed-Reduction-Unit (PSRU), redundant fuel and electrical systems, and a slick mounting system designed specifically for the Vans series of RV’s or the GlaStar airframes.   Vans Aircraft actually provides a special finishing kit option for Eggenfellner users due to their popularity.

Over the years, the Subaru has become a mainstay of automotive conversions, or as Gary Newsted prefers to call them “competitive” engines.   Jan Eggenfellner has been refining the entire firewall-forward package for many years, with the help of a few prolific engineers and a thriving on-line newsgroup.   Around 300 engine packages have been sold to RV builders for the full line of Vans airframes and 50 more to Glastar builders.   Approximately 50 of these are already flying, some pushing 500 hours so far.  Even the insurance industry is starting to take notice of this engine package and will offer relatively good rates.   For this reason, Eggenfellner does not sell individual engine components, only entire packages”

 

The engine packages are not cheap at around $25,000 but are showing promise as an alternative to the Lycoming and Continental engines for the RV and Glastar crowd.

 

 

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E. A. A. Chapter 407

Minutes of October 16, 2004

Aero Mark building, I. D. A., Idaho Falls, Idaho

 

The meeting was called to order at 10:06 a.m. by Harold Turvey, with 29 souls attending. Harold was acting under direction from President Hal Johansen, who was out of town. Visitors were welcomed and introduced. The minutes of September 18, 2004, were read by Harold Turvey, and approved as read. A treasurer’s report was given by Harold Mothersill:  $1,418.11 in checking, $4,000.00 in a C. D., and $25.00 in savings, for a total of $5,443.11. The nominating committee, consisting of Harold Turvey, Larry Boam, Kent Linsenmann and Gary Shipley nominated the following as candidates: Austin Moses as President and Pete Stewart as Secretary. Nominations were opened to the membership for any further nominees, and in spite of a valiant effort by Pete Stewart to have others nominated, no other names were presented. Absentee ballots may be obtained for any members that will not be at the November 20, 2004, meeting by contacting Harold Turvey at 785-2552. These absentee ballots must be received by November 19, 2004. If Austin Moses is elected as President, Dale Cresap has agreed to assume the duties of Newsletter Editor in his place (a BIG thank you)!

 

            At 10:21, the following introduction of Robert R. Jones which was prepared by Hal Johansen was read by Harold Turvey:

            “This introduction was prepared by the undersigned when it was realized that I would not be present to preside over the meeting. Although this was a regrettable turn of events, it is presumed justifiable since it involves an aviation oriented activity of opportunity for me and needed to be sandwiched with certain other of life’s priorities. My daughter (she lives in S. L. C.) and I flew to Southern CA, in my Lancair, for a visit with my granddaughter who is a college senior in Thousand Oaks. Watching the weather prognosis together with work and class schedules dictated this was the window of opportunity for such a VFR (hopefully) trip. Mr. Turvey, our eminent Secretary, agreed to chair this meeting and introduce Mr. Bob Jones on my behalf.”

            “It gives me great pleasure to introduce Bob Jones whom I consider the professor of flight instruction. If degrees were offered, as opposed to ratings, Bob would surely have achieved a PhD, summa cum laude (the highest achievement) in flight instructing. I personally feel a certain kinship with Bob since he and I got our start in flying in the Army Air Corps in WWII. Bob graduated in class 45C whereas I in 44H, so I am his elder in the graduating class and aga category but he has accumulated an order of magnitude more flying hours than I in the ensuing 60 years. We both went through Basic Flight Training in Merced, CA. I in the Vultee B-13 ‘Vibrator” and he later on in the AT-6 ‘Texan’.”

            “His achievements and recognitions over the years are many starting with being selected the Honor Graduate in Flying Training while attending CTD (College Training Detachment) in Wayne, Nebraska in 1944. This was only one of his many awards over the years which include the most recent Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award which was presented by The Federal Aviation Administration during the Aero Marks 20th Anniversary Celebration this year.”

            “Bob is renowned for his flying and instruction skills and at the present time is nationally recognized when it comes to teaching folks to fly the Aviat Husky. Bob is not the Thunder/Bull in The China Shop kind of guy but the unruffled, kind of quiet and cool guy who just goes out and teaches people to fly, but you better pay attention!!”

(E. A. A. Chapter 407 minutes of October 16, 2004, continued)

 

Bob has accumulated 19 log books, which account for his 19,000+ hours. If not for his age and circumstances, he may not have learned to fly at all. He graduated from high school in Rexburg in 1943, and joined the Army Air Corp and began his training at Fort Douglas on January 1, 1944. He reviewed his log book, and found out that 60 years ago at this time, he was taking his first 20 hour check ride, in a Stearman. His instructor told him they would go up and he would perform 3 stalls, and if all was OK they would come back...if not, “then God help you”. They did come back OK. He was given the choice of going home in 6 weeks or staying in the Air Corps, but not knowing what he would be assigned to, so he graduated in May of 1945. He then attended Ricks College, and graduated from there in 1947, at which time he became an instructor. Pete Hill talked him into “part time instructing” until 1966. Bob can still remember his first student, Jason Mazalla, which he taught in a Cessna 140. Bob was asked if he had ever had any “scary experiences” while training, to which he replied “no”, but later told of some experiences that I believe the rest of us would have considered “scary”! He told of an experience he had in spin training over the lava beds in an Aeronca; a prop stop on Thanksgiving Day in 1947, causing a landing “between the cows” in a grain field; an emergency landing with a stopped engine just off the end of the runway, but which curiously had restarted and was idling when the fire trucks arrived; the blast from his prop blowing a raised cowling into the head of the pilot; Admiral Rickover and “rough air”;and Harrison Ford and Bob Hoff at the Dewey Moore airstrip. Bob said his favorite back country airstrip is probably Johnson Creek. It was a real treat to hear of these experiences, and his stories were enjoyed by all that had attended.

Oscar Batdorf was the winner of the “Bring-A-Buck” drawing (he was embarrassed by drawing his own name!), and the meeting was adjourned at 11:36 a.m.