October, 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: October 16, 2004, 10:00 A. M. @ AERO MARK
at the IDA airport. You have heard of
and perhaps read
Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under The Sea,
the adventure story by Jules Verne.
Next meeting you will be able to hear a fitting sequel, Twenty Thousand Hours above the
Surface of the Earth by Robert R. “Bob”
Jones. I consider Bob the “Professor of
Flying Instruction” with an aviation career spanning some 60 years of military
and civilian flying and still going strong.
A rare opportunity to hear from
such an experienced pilot who has
taught literally hundreds to fly in all conditions and terrain where airplanes
tend to go.
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NEWS FLASH: Our Vice President Jerry Phillips , PhD,
just called me and advised he and Mary Ellen were heading for
Washington D.C. where he has accepted a position working for the State
Department and will be there on assignment for a year, at least. He has kept me advised for some time of the
possibility of such an opportunity.
More information to follow from Jerry as soon as he arrives in DC and
semi settled.
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Dell, MT breakfast flight photos on our website. Check it out by clicking on “Dell MT Meeting 04” on
the Menu . Think I got a picture of
everyone who was there except the early bird Jerry Phillips. I burned a disc of my digital camera pics and Harold Mothersill
took it from there all the way to a new page on our website. This is our first “shot” at producing
pictures of a Chapter activity so we will be interested in some feedback to see
if it is enjoyed and a worthwhile effort.
I continue to feel that having
a Chapter Photographer, or
Committee, with a good sense of humor
to do photos & captions would add yet another dimension to our website.
?? Volunteer?? I keep waiting!!
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Thanks
to Steve Hildreth: Many of you builders have used the engine hoist owned by our
Chapter. It was built by Ed Breiter
many years ago and has served us well.
The all metal casters had however become so worn that moving the hoist
was near impossible. Steve Hildreth
rose to the occasion and found some larger and better casters at Army Surplus. He and I installed them so the hoist now
moves with ease and works great.
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Building
Tip: Use much discretion about using
tie wraps (cable ties) in an
environment/
location of high temperature, e.g. engine compartment. I am sure
there are different grades of ties sold,
ranging from those sold in dime stores
to
those meeting military requirements. I had one fail, apparently due to
temperature,
that was used to hold a
fire sleeve covered
throttle cable more than an inch from an exhaust manifold. With lots of air blowing around the net
result was probably a gravitation of the covered cable to a location closer to
the exhaust manifold. This location was
apparently such as to overheat the plastic liner in the cable to the point
that severe binding occurred between it and
the internal wire. So, although the
cable
is advertised as “teflon for low friction and
heat resistance in high-temperature areas such as engine compartments”, how
high is high?
From the nominating committee:
The nominating committee has tentative candidates
for the offices of president and secretary.
Further nominations will be accepted at our next
meeting on October 16, 2004. Please
contact
Harold
Turvey at 785-2552 if you would like to throw your hat in the ring for either
position.
These
positions are two years, beginning January, 2005.
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From the Editor:
Since mid-July, it seems that all the news in
aviation has been concerning the new Light-Sport Aircraft rules and nearly
everything I have read seems to point out how complex the new rules
are.
Recently, an article in Kitplanes Magazine tried to make it simpler for
us and put it together
in flow
chart style and I thought they did a good job.
I’d like to attempt my own summary of the rules as presented by
Kitplanes in an effort to condense some of the mumble jumble. If I don’t succeed, I’ll have a few copies
of the article at the meeting on the 16th for those who are
interested.
The first division to understand is that there is
new type of aircraft called the Light-Sport Aircraft
and a
new type of pilot’s license called the Sport Pilot license.
Aircraft:
Two
new classes of aircraft were created – Special Light Sport and Experimental
Light
Sport. The
Special Light Sport aircraft are ready to fly and the Experimental are
Homebuilt
Light
Sport. Both are subject to the same
restrictions which include: Top speed
138 mph, gross weight 1320 (land), fixed gear, fixed or ground adjustable prop,
two seat max, single engine,
max stall (without flaps) 51 mph. Of course, there are other aircraft that
meet these same rules
and can be standard, primary, experimental, limited or
restricted category aircraft. Once an
aircraft is registered in a category, it cannot be
changed (except for two seat ultra-lights), but
if it fits within the restrictions, it can be flown
by the sport pilot.
Pilot:
Most of the emphasis on the
pilot that I have heard is regarding the medical or lack of it necessary to
fly. But that’s not the only
benefit. Reduced training will make it
easier for the
“not so
rich” to obtain this basic license.
There is a basic ground school requirement and both a knowledge test and
practical test, but they are not as intensive as the private requirements.
There
is also a new flight instructor certificate with a Sport Pilot rating. Between 25 and
150 hours total time are required (depending on
aircraft class) and applicants must pass a
knowledge test and a flight test.
This summary is necessarily very brief, but more
information is available on a number of
web sites as well as all the reputable flight
magazines. EAA’s site is probably the
most
extensive I’ve seen.
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E. A. A. Chapter 407
Minutes of September
18, 2004
I. S. U. Hangar, P. I.
H., Pocatello, Idaho
The meeting was called to order by President Hal Johansen at 10:16 a.m., with 22 souls attending. The minutes from the Dell, MT fly-in of August 21, 2004, which were written by Honorary Scribe Dale Cresap were read by Harold Turvey, and approved.
Harold Mothersill gave a treasurer’s report of $1,410.70 in checking, $4,000.00 in a CD, and $25.00 in a savings account, for a total of $5,435.70. As Webmaster, Harold would also like to get pictures of the members’ planes, to be inserted on the eaa407.org web site.
Jerry Phillips gave a brief report on the Dell, MT fly-in, which turned out to be great...for a good recap, please look at the minutes of the fly-in included in the September Newsletter on the web site.
Gary Shipley reported on the Young Eagles, to include Harrison Ford as maybe a guest speaker, as being “in progress”.
Don Knauts reminded the members that there is a new video in the library, “Countdown to Kitty Hawk”.
A report was given by Harold Turvey on the progress of the Nominating Committee, with information to be included in the October Newsletter...remember, voting will take place at the meeting in November.
It was suggested by Hal Johansen, that the money for the I. S. U. scholarships be donated in the name of deceased member Mac Asher.
Harold Turvey received a Service Award for Secretary & Treasurer for 2003.
Hal Johansen gave a brief report on the “perks” of being President, and reported on the nice “party” that was put on by Ford Motor Company...there are brochures available for current club members who are interested in buying a Ford product...contact Hal.
At 10:33 a.m., the time was turned over to the featured speaker, Robert Fairchild, for a presentation on air traffic control, airspace and communications. Mr. Fairchild is employed by the F. A. A. in the Salt Lake City Air Traffic Control Center. He received his Private license at the age of 19, and has been at the Salt Lake Center for 22 years. There are 20 Centers in the United States. He reminded those in attendance that in a Class B Airspace, clearance is required to Enter, Exit and Transverse the airspace. The duty priority for A. T. C. is Traffic Separation, Safety Alerts and Traffic Advisories. He showed slides and videos to give examples of the different aspects of traffic control, and there were some really scary pictures, as well as some really humorous pictures... “don’t let this happen to you” kind of stuff. In his discussion on communications, he gave examples of good methods and bad methods. The main idea, is to verify everything that you hear with a readback. Everyone that attended was well rewarded, and I am sure is more aware of how pilots and A. T. C. interact with each other, and how to make the interaction a pleasant one!
The Bring-A-Buck drawing was held, with Terry Rudolph being the winner, and the meeting was adjourned at
12:20 p.m.