EAA Squadron CX and USUA
155, June 22, 2003, Meeting Notes:
Website: Hal Erpenbeck is moving to Gold Country and is turning the Website over to Blade Doyle. Blade has done some work on it. Check the link at the end of these notes. Good luck to Hal, and thank you to Blade!
Lists: We are working on lists of people and how to contact them. These will be posted on the Website, and possibly on the Yahoo Group site:
Member lists. Who we are and how to
reach us, and information about us.
Instructors. Same.
Recovery team. A group of people who will make themselves available to recover downed aircraft.
Yahoo Group: Blade has started a Yahoo Group. This will facilitate easy communication regarding:
Automated
Announcements
A
calendar of events
Communication
Probably
a few other things we haven’t discovered yet.
How to get on – At the next meeting we will have a step-by-step instruction on how to get onto the Group, so that no one with e-mail access will be left out.
Recovery Team: There was discussion about the team and where to find a trailer.
South County Airport:
Hangars that will be built
Deke – USUA Business:
The AOPA is offering an
on-line instructional program “Know Before You Go”. It starts with a mouse
click and offers credit toward the Wings Program. See link below.
Insurance (more discussion
later)
The Hollister Horse Parade:
We will put an airplane in the parade, Thurs. 6/26.
Rich Grialou – Results from
Questionnaire
Rich gave a summary of what people indicated we want. Here’s the rough idea:
To incorporate as a non profit organization whose main objectives will be to shield members from financial liability while:
a) purchasing and/or assuming ownership of aircraft for the use of the members,
b) providing Ultralight/Sport Plane flight instruction to members,
c) and using the aircraft.
Additional objectives of the organization would be to:
d) retain the ability of members to recover their investment in the organization when they chose.
e) to provide hangar/maintenance services for member owned aircraft in a not for profit environment.
Next Steps:
1. Determine if the above goals are achievable through a not for profit organization.
2. If so, determine how to proceed with incorporation.
3. Determine how/where to obtain insurance for the organization.
Rich and Mike Arndt are doing a lot of investigating work in how to have club aircraft. Thanks guys.
Insurance: There was discussion about
insurance and availability.
Mahoney Insurance has turned out to be a scam.
First Flight will cover only commercial instruction in ultralights.
USUA is looking for
insurance for Part 103 Ultralights:
EAA is aiming toward the Sport Pilot rating and N-numbered aircraft.
It was pointed out that
insurance is not required to land at airports. It generally is required to
hangar an aircraft.
Dave Hilpert offered that he
has a rider on his homeowners’ policy which covers his use of his hangar at
Hollister.
Round Robin with a theme. What are your interests: Part 103 or Sport? Ownership as Individual or Group? Here are some highlights:
From my notes and by my interpretation: 12 people favoring Sport Pilot; 7 favoring Part 103; a couple I can’t decipher from my notes; and some other people I just didn’t record.
About Ownership – more vague, and less attention was given.
The idea of having a private strip to operate out of, as opposed to an existing airport, came up 3 times.
Mike R.: Two seats are twice as much fun as one seat!
Deke: Shooting paintguns at sheep is a very bad idea.
Deke and Tech Talk: Propeller Repair
Deke gave a discussion and a demonstration of how to repair your wooden propeller using superglue and baking soda. It was quick, simple, and pretty darn neat – thanks Deke!
The formal meeting concluded (didn’t notice the time), and a dozen or so of us headed out to Hollister and the Ding-A-Ling for lunch and to play with the airplanes.
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Here are some links:
The Yahoo Group (this works for me, may not for you?) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aerodromehq/
UltraFlight Radio http://www.ultraflightradio.com/
USUA and insurance: http://www.usua.org/Insurance/Insurance.html
AOPA Know Before You Go instruction: http://www.aopa.org/asf/know_before/