May 15, 2004, EAA Chapter 110 Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called early by Mike Reynolds. 16 people attending.

· May 28^th pre-airshow practice at Moffett Field. Contact Mike Reynolds, reynoldsmike@esuhsd.org. The field will be open from 08:30 – 3:00 pm.

· EAA Air Academy Scholarship. EAA Chapter 62 gives a scholarship of $3600 each year. This is something we can have as a goal.

· EAA Chapter 62 NASA Visit. There will be a presentation about the Mars Rover, on Thursday, June 3. If interested in attending, contact Mike. reynoldsmike@esuhsd.org

· Watsonville Fly-In, May 28 – 30. We will have a presence there – John and Lou will fly their Challenger there, and so will John Feemster. We’ll have a banner there.

· School Project Airplane. Mike R. is about to have a meeting with his superintendent. If all goes well, good. If not, be prepared to form up a posse.

· Airplane Ownership Group. Mike Arndt and Harold Marchant are having a meeting at Mike’s house on Sat., May 28^th, with the purpose to bring out interest and to initiate the group. Contact Mike for time and directions, m.j.arndt@worldnet.att.net

· Hollister Hangar. We have assumed rental of Deke’s hangar at Hollister. Bring your airplane.

· MIKE REYNOLDS IS NOW A BFI!

· Deke Memorial. A plan is in motion to fly Laurie Dieck near Hollister, to enable her to spread Deke’s ashes.

· Oshkosh, July 27 – Aug. 2. Mike Reynolds is going to fly his Grumman to Oshkosh. Rusty is going. If anyone is interested, contact Mike.

· Instructor in Oakdale. John Feemster knows an instructor in Oakdale who is light enough that he can instruct our ‘substantial’ members. He can be available at Hollister on weekends. Contact John feemster@sbcglobal.net.

Round Robin:

· George Nicholson: Check www.barnstormers.com – a great resource for information on aircraft.

· Harold Marchant: About his visit to John Fletcher’s operation at Turlock, to see what sort of aircraft J. F. has for sale. Several airplanes that can easily be converted to Part 103 legal ultralights.

· Stan St. Leger-Barter: Helped to start a non-profit corporation recently, and says it’s not difficult to do.

· Lou Janis: Treasury and how it came to be.

EAA Club vs. Club ownership.

BFI (Basic Flight Instructor) explained.

Training at Lodi (Bill Bardin, BFI)

Possibility of a fly-in to Castle Air Force Base.

· John Gould: Why we are here. Proposal: The Deke Memorial Fly-Out to Arlington, Northwest Regional EAA Fly-In of 2005. An event that happens early in July each year, and a trip worth making? Contact John Gould42@aol.com.

· Harold Marchant: The Golden West Fly-In is coming up, at Marysville, June 18 – 20.

· John Feemster: A proposal to continue the “Tech-Talk” portion of our meetings each month, and a possible source for topics could be “Ultralight Flying Magazine”, as it has a tech topic each month.

· John Feemster: Two recommendations: One is to use radios when we’re flying.

Second is to use strobe lights. Alec Chattaway uses two strobes while flying his power parachute. Here’s Alec: “They are $26.70 each including postage from William Ulmer - flyingchance@voyager.net. He accepts paypal.

When I fly without the motor I use one attached to the bottom of my harness and plugged into a 12V NiMh battery.

When I fly with the motor I have one at the top and bottom of the prop cage and they are plugged into the main battery and activated via a small radio shack toggle switch on the frame.

You can find them on ebay by doing a search for "Trike Gyros Ultralight Aircraft PPC" where you can get them for $24.70 if you're willing to wait.”

· Lou Janis: Can tune your radio antenna. He has the equipment to do that. Blade says Lou’s tuneup on his weedhopper did the trick – works great.

· John Feemster: His Quicksilver is flying again.

· Lou Janis: Is organizing a fly-out to Castle AFB in June. Contact him at lou@adv-sys-eng.com.

The meeting was closed at 11:00 am.

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Vaughn McIlrath 5/17/04