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Important Dates -

Fly-In!!! June 7th. Join us to christen our newly completed clubhouse

Executive planning meeting: 6:00 pm on the last Thursday of every month in the clubhouse (Kelso hangar A7) All are welcome!!

Chapter meeting: First Thursday of every month in the clubhouse. Chow and socializing at 6:30, meeting, business, and program at 7:00.

Minutes From Last Month

Executive Meeting

Lots of discussion around the Fly In and what needs to be done to get ready for it. We will be making some home-made prizes for the following: Oldest Pilot, Farthest Flown, Most Unique Experimental. The insurance has been taken care of. Mark Edwards and Dick Woods will handle parking. Harry Blair will be a greeter. Al Drewery will be in charge of the food. Although Gary Trenner and Henry Schmitt will be taking care of trash and clean-up, we expect everyone to participate in this task.

The current insurance documents were givin to Hoppe. He will scan those in and keep safe.

The next Exec meeting will be on the 29th before the fly-in.

Mark needs to know the full database information. Hoppe will supply. All officers need to help urge people to keep their data up to date.

Jim McClellan was appointed as the Fly-Out Director.

Finally, there was discussion around Jerry's trip to Clatskanie High School metal shop. He talked to two classes about "how to rivet". The students will drive some rivets with a gun and bucking bar. We talked about the legalities and responsibilities of talking about Young Eagles at the same time. We felt it would be safe and proper to encourage any students interested in Yound Eagles to contact someone in our Chapter at a future date.

Regular Meeting

The June 7th Fly-In is quickly approaching. We will need everyone to participate.

Treasurer's Report: $2257.55 in checking and $2124.90 in savings.

Dick Savolt is a returning member and Lilly and Leonard Moen are our latest additions. Welcome!!

We did our Happy Bucks and our chip drawing. Dwight (of all people) had his name drawn and everyone was waiting for him to draw the treasured red chip to prove the whole thing is truly rigged! :) Dwight did not draw the red chip so the pot continues to grow. Dwight reminded us that the pot will be guaranteed to be won no later than the annual dinner when we will draw all the chips until the red one shows itself. Make sure you plan to have your chance.

There were no other committee reports.

Our guest speaker was Gail Goodat. She gave a fantastic talk about her flying experiences, both professional and personal. She has flown and owned some amazing aircraft. Thank you Gail!!

Minutes From This Month

EAA Chapter 1111
Executive Board Meeting May 29, 2008

Attending; Dwight Irby, Al Drewry, Gary Trenner, Jerry Sorrell

Guest: Bianca Elmer

Dwight asked for a breakdown of what we had for helpers for the fly in and open house on June 7th.

Food: Al and Jerry
Greeters: Henry Schmitt, Harry Blair, W. Todd Heath
Aircraft parking: Mark Edwards and Fernando Cugliavan

Trash Crew? ___________________________________

Gary will call Eric to confirm the e mail invitations went out the various EAA chapters.

Dwight reported $1,500 which was donated by Kiwanis for the youth sponsor program will go to the Jim Ylvisaker Young Eagles memorial and be used for the flight simulator

Dwight intends on buying a USA flag for installation in the clubhouse.

We discussed a Young Eagles fly day, but those details are best left to Mark Edwards and Gary Kessler who head up the program.

Jerry to contact Denny about the chapter getting three gift certificates for fly in prizes
( $20 / each). Three prizes based on furthest distance flown, oldest pilot, most unique airplane.

Jerry to give David Sypher a copy of our event insurance

We discussed that our clubhouse could, in the future, have the porch cover patio and tables. Refer to sketch that Henry had provided for us.

Dwight discussed a “split the pot” if we get a good turn out for the fly in open house.

Al will get a guest book for signing in.

Gary has many plastic chairs at home and will bring. Bianca has donated a large table that can be set up on legs or sawhorses.

Dwight discussed long term possibility of a shared food trailer with Kiwanis.

Motorcycle trip and fly out still out there. Maybe later in July after Arlington.

Jerry discussed the future of hangar 44 and 45 , when the city will not renew the lease and take down the hangars on the west side. Dwight desires that we pool our chapter members who have planes and do what we can to occupy the A, B, C rows as EAA hangars.

Gary will call Jim McClellan about the “Maule” guest speaker for our June 5th EAA meeting. We do want a guest speaker.

Exec board will make phone calls the night before the June 7th fly in as a reminder for chapter member participation.

June Meeting Teasers

We may have a speaker lined up who is in the business of building and converting Maules into super STOL machines for Alaska work. The June meeting speaker may or may not be a go depending on the work that needs to be done for the fly-in just a few days later.

Current Events - the top three news items from Google today (3/8/08) based on experimental aviation

Experimental Aircraft Association Announces Flight Rally

Young Eagles Soar - Kids introduced to flying at Waukegan airport

Truckee Airport to celebrate 50th anniversary

Interesting Stuff

*** KELSO TO BEGIN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE ***

To qualify for federal and state grants for airport development, a public airport must have a written plan to follow.

The plan describes in narrative and layout drawings, how the airport will be developed in phases, over a period of time. The plan, known as the airport master plan, may describe what is proposed over the next 5, 10 and 20 years.

The last time the plan was updated was 2000. It is not unusual to update the plan according to changing needs of the aviation community and changes in navigation practices as evidence by aircraft with “flat panels” and precision GPS instrument approaches.

The airport master plan approved in 2000 called for the removal of all the hangars on the west side of the runway. This removal is intended to comply with Part 77 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, where no obstacles are to remain with a certain distance and elevation of the runway. The consultant developing the master plan update will revisit this issue and confirm which hangars are affected by the Part 77 rule.

Hangars to be removed in the future include our EAA hangars 44 and 45.

It is important for us to remember that we have a ground lease that has passed its first five years at 2007 and we will then reach the lease expiration date in 2012. We may anticipate the city will not renew the lease and we will then have to vacate.

While 2012 is four years away, the time will come when our economical and profitable hangar package will be history. As facilities I manager, I will work with our EAA elected board to develop options so that we are not left with planes in the open. The first item of business is to request the city to allow us to remain in our hangars in accordance with the lease agreement.

Longview Kiwanis Club approves funds for flight simulator

The Longview Kiwanis Club has given $1500 to our club for a flight simulator for the Young Eagles program. EAA Chapter 1111 plans to purchase and set up a nice flight simulator to attract the youth to our clubhouse. Thnak you to all who worked to make this dream a reality..

Aviation Planning Council to Meet June 5 in Spokane

On June 5, 2008 members of the Governor-appointed Aviation Planning Council will meet for the sixth time to continue work on the final phase of the Long-Term Air Transportation Study (LATS).

The meeting will take place at the Ramada Spokane Airport, 8909 West Airport Drive, Spokane from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Directions to the Ramada are located at: www.spokaneairportramada.com/locationdirections/ .

During the meeting, the Council will discuss proposed statewide aviation policies and adopt a set of draft policies for upcoming public review.

Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The Aviation Planning Council, as directed by state legislation (ESSB 5121), was appointed by Governor Gregoire in July 2007. The Council’s purpose is to use LATS Phases I and II findings, and include public input, to determine:

• How best to meet commercial and general aviation capacity needs.
• Which regions of the state are in need of improvement regarding the matching of existing, or projected, airport facilities and the long-range capacity needs at airports within the region expected to reach capacity before 2030.
• Recommendations regarding the placement of future commercial or general aviation facilities to meet the need for improved aviation planning in the region.

More information about LATS is available at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/LATS

SportAir Workshop in Arlington

The EAA SportAir Workshop program will be in the Northwest with a presentation of the E-LSA Repairman-Inspection Certification course which will be held at the Arlington Airport, Arlington, Washington, and hosted by the Arlington Fly-In Headquarters on June 20-22, 2008. Here’s a summary of the course:   Earn Your FAA Repairman / Inspection Certificate for your E-LSA Airplane   EAA SportAir workshops offers this weekend workshop, approved by the FAA, that will allow you to obtain a Repairman/Inspection certificate for your airplane certificated in the Experimental Light-Sport Aircraft (E-LSA) category. The certificate will allow you to perform the annual condition inspection on your airplane. After successfully completing this FAA certified instruction, the owner of an airplane certificated in the Experimental Light-Sport Aircraft category may perform their own annual condition inspections.   The class is limited to 16 students and there are still openings in the course. This is a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday course.   Tuition is $299 for EAA members; $339 for non-members.   If you are interested in registering for this class or would like more information, please call 1-800-967-5746 or go to www.sportair.com for additional details.   Best Regards,
Mark Forss
EAA SportAir Workshops
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
www.sportair.com

Experimental Aircraft Metal Fabrication Shop Welding Seminar – Curtis Field Monday May 12^th, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

Sport Aviation Archive Now Available Online!

Access complete content from 1953-2006
This week marks the official launch of the complete EAA Sport Aviation online archive (1953-2006), a new benefit available exclusively for EAA members. Now you have access to more than 50 years of history, knowledge and information contained in 59,000-plus pages of EAA's flagship publication! Not only will the online archive provide endless hours of entertaining and educational reading, it also provides a helpful content resource for EAA chapter newsletter editors.

Tech Report - Jerry Sorrell

Making Your Own Parts for Certified Aircraft

I subscribe to Light Plane Maintenance which I have found to be an excellent resource on the "how to" for aircraft repair and maintenance.

A plane owner may have someone make a replacement part for a certified plane as long as the part is made of the same materials and in the same manner as the production part. However, the owner can not make that very same part to sell to another person. No FAA Parts Manufacture Approval.

For example, the A&P could make a new flat wrap top cowl for a Cessna or if really talented, a belly cowl formed on an English wheel, as long as the finished part was duplicated as if the manufacturer did it. The process does not require a field approval nor is it a supplemental type certificate, as long as the part is identical to the manufactured part.

Flights

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On the Lighter Side

Supposedly - "Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers:" - Oldies but goodies

Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

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Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

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From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"

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A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

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A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower Noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

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A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, Germany, overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): " Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!"

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Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact departure on frequency 124.7 "
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to departure. By the way,after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"
BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."

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One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said: "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?" The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

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The German air controllers at the Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.

Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206! Clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven." The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark --and I didn't land."

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While taxiing at London's Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Fort Lauderdale, Florida made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming:

"US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"

Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"

"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.

Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking:

"Wasn't I married to you once?"

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Here is the challenge- go to www.youtube.com, search on cool aviation or experimental aviation and let me know if you can spend less than a couple hours going from one clip to another.... betcha can't...

Editor's Comments

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