The Memorial Day meeting was well attended. Lots of good food as well. Nobody flew in this time, however, as the weather proved unpredictable. There was a mystery plane down the ramp a ways: the green paint and expanse of windshield seemed to suggest a military observation or liaison plane, though a big nine-cylinder radial on the nose lent an odd shape to the fuselage. Only a few of the wiser and more experienced spotters could identify it as the Stinson-designed, Consolidated-built L-13.
Karsten, back home again, opened the meeting with the Pledge.
One particularly notable visitor today: Cole Hahn made his first appearance at the ARC.
Steve Morse addressed the group regarding the purchase of welding equipment. One possible option is the HTP 201 at approximately $2500. Equivalent equipment from Lincoln Electric would cost around $700 more. Steve's working on contacting the vendor of the HTP machine to see what kind of deal we might get.
Laura read a note from Janet Kleinheider, the third-grade teacher who works on our Washington Young Eagles event, thanking us for our efforts. Leo reports that he and other pilots have also received letters from the young folks they flew that weekend. Laura also notes that we have a new Young Eagles form. Pilot and parent signatures are now part of the process. Remember that we've got an upcoming event in June. On a related note John updated us on the new EAA program that gives kids their first official logbook entry. He was present at the Midwest Regional Fly-In, and although weather did not permit any flights participants did receive logbook entries. Note that KidVenture will be even bigger this year. Volunteers are welcome.
Ron asked a question of interest to Young Eagles pilots. His accountant told him he needed a receipt in order to write off Young Eagles expenses as a charitable contribution. George suggested providing a fuel or rental receipt. Laura noted that, if further documentation is required, the chapter could provide a note on EAA32 letterhead.
Leo continues to work towards our goal of fresh water. He has recently hit an obstacle: the plumber he was communicating with does not want to do any work at KSET as it is too far away. Please contact Leo if you know of any plumbers in St. Charles.
Karsten brought up the sale of our Mustang II. Gale has set a price of $4500. Steve suggested that we give some thought to a minimum price that we would consider in case of a lower offer. Motion was made to put the Mustang II in the For Sale area of our website.
Laura reminded the group of our annual chapter photo at Oshkosh.
New treasurer Gary reported on balances in our savings and checking accounts. He advised the chapter that we'll need to spend some of this to avoid potential tax issues, which will not be a problem considering we're quickly moving ahead on the purchase of welding equipment. He is also investigating whether or not the chapter could defray some of the expenses incurred by our Young Eagles pilots. Gary notes that he will not be at the June meeting, so if you have reimbursements or other business either contact him directly or wait until the August meeting.
Ron updated us on the food coupon program and asked for a volunteer to act as his new assistant. Gary, of course, has recently vacated this post to act as treasurer. The assistant's duties will include approximately two trips per year to Ellisville to pick up coupons.
If you've been following the e-mail threads you may have read the discussions regarding scales. Steve is going to investigate this tool, but notes that if we purchase new scales we'll also need to fabricate new ramps. Bud Cole has an older set of scales that utilize weights that he is willing to bring in. We will soon have a bending brake for our chapter. It will need a little work but the price is right: Free for the taking. We also now have a set of automotive wheel dollys that should work for moving aircraft around. These were provided by Al Donalsdon. Al has also offered to bring his TIG welder in for those who would like to take it for a spin.
Ernie is willing to tackle setting up the flag pole provided we have a definite location. Per Tracy it must be 35 feet away from buildings and the road.
Submitted by Dave Deweese
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
April 22, 2007
The weather was gorgeous, if a bit windy. For sure, it was the wind that kept all the pilots on the ground, because almost nobody flew in to the meeting.
The meeting commenced at 2:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance. VP Dave Deweese led the festivities.
Visitors and guests were recognized.
We thanked Doug Killebrew for the fantastic pork steaks he cooked for us. (The rest of the potluck was great, too.)
George Stephenson and Laura Million reported that 69 kids (and a few adults) were flown on Saturday the 21st.
Leo Lang has been in touch with plumbing contractors in order to provide us with potable water in the ARC. He said that there are several solutions with varying prices. He is going to find out if the least expensive method will work and will also be acceptable to St. Charles County. He will have a more detailed report next month.
Gary Unruh's friend as a large bending brake he will give away to us if we deem it suitable for our purposes. Somebody is going to check it out and determine its suitability.
Steve Morse reported that the price of the TIG welder he favors is about $3,000.00. Check out our website for more details. Steve feels this welder would give us the best bang for the buck and will arrange for giving training to interested people. The vote on this expenditure will be held at the May meeting.
Chuck Koviak mentioned that his recent gear-up landing got him in some hot water that could have been somewhat cooler had he filed a report using the NASA form. Doing so helps you avoid some of the insult that the feds want to add to your injury.
Jim Hann gave a treasurer's report...we have money.
Ron Burnett thanked Gary Kasten for helping him with the food coupons during his recent absence.
After some discussion, Dave McGoogan made a motion to put the Mustang II project up for sale. Gale Derosier will conduct an inventory of the project and will suggest an asking price for it. For those who don't know, we were given the Mustang II by an older gentleman who realized he couldn't finish it. He stipulated that we should complete the project, but there has never been sufficient interest in it and the fuselage has graced the ARC for many years, just gathering dust. It can be a good project for somebody, and we could put the money to better use.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45.
Jim Bower
The meeting commenced at 2:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance. VP Dave Deweese led the festivities.
Visitors and guests were recognized.
We thanked Doug Killebrew for the fantastic pork steaks he cooked for us. (The rest of the potluck was great, too.)
George Stephenson and Laura Million reported that 69 kids (and a few adults) were flown on Saturday the 21st.
Leo Lang has been in touch with plumbing contractors in order to provide us with potable water in the ARC. He said that there are several solutions with varying prices. He is going to find out if the least expensive method will work and will also be acceptable to St. Charles County. He will have a more detailed report next month.
Gary Unruh's friend as a large bending brake he will give away to us if we deem it suitable for our purposes. Somebody is going to check it out and determine its suitability.
Steve Morse reported that the price of the TIG welder he favors is about $3,000.00. Check out our website for more details. Steve feels this welder would give us the best bang for the buck and will arrange for giving training to interested people. The vote on this expenditure will be held at the May meeting.
Chuck Koviak mentioned that his recent gear-up landing got him in some hot water that could have been somewhat cooler had he filed a report using the NASA form. Doing so helps you avoid some of the insult that the feds want to add to your injury.
Jim Hann gave a treasurer's report...we have money.
Ron Burnett thanked Gary Kasten for helping him with the food coupons during his recent absence.
After some discussion, Dave McGoogan made a motion to put the Mustang II project up for sale. Gale Derosier will conduct an inventory of the project and will suggest an asking price for it. For those who don't know, we were given the Mustang II by an older gentleman who realized he couldn't finish it. He stipulated that we should complete the project, but there has never been sufficient interest in it and the fuselage has graced the ARC for many years, just gathering dust. It can be a good project for somebody, and we could put the money to better use.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45.
Jim Bower
Saturday, March 31, 2007
March 25, 2007 Meeting Minutes
March’s meeting began with the Pledge. With Mr. Bower away I decided to accept the challenge of juggling the roles of substitute president and minutestaker. Lynn Nelson from EAA HQ recently sent a letter to chapter officers asking us to encourage our members to write our representatives concerning FAA’s new funding plans. I let the group know I’d forward the message on to the Yahoo e-mail group.
Ron Schipper (sorry if the spelling’s wrong - it’s pronounced ‘Skipper’), a Boy Scout leader, introduced himself. They’re camping out at the R/C field near the Orchard Farm campus on May 19. He asked if he might bring the group over to see the ARC. Since it’s on a Saturday several members let him know they’d be around to show them the facility.
Rob Morris, son of our own Vince Morris, then addressed the group. He works at Boeing with a group of Korean engineers and is looking for ways to introduce them to general aviation. We suggested he let them know about the International Young Eagles Day and Airport Open House in June. Rob is going to work on getting a flyer translated into Korean. Since we’ve done many educational presentations specifically aimed at Scouts we discussed the possibility of something similar for Rob’s group.
Speaking of Young Eagles Gale passed along word from Dave Lucas. He’s planning on bringing the new biplane to all of our YE events this year. I’m jealous of those kids already.
Steve Morse reminded us of the PowerPoint presentation in the files area of the Yahoo Group site. He’s done some shopping and has found us a good deal on a TIG welder, so we’ll soon be adding an important new tool to the ARC.
Leo has also been doing some pricing, in this case for a water treatment system. Hague can provide a system for around $3100. Installation would cost $150 and the running cost comes out to around $15 per month. One question raised regarded cost of recycling the system on a regular basis. Leo is going to invite a representative from Hague to address the group at a future
meeting.
March 25 was unusually warm so memories of freezing our behinds off in January and February were faint.Nevertheless some members are looking to next winter. Dave Harster has specs on a radiant heating system for approximately $2400 and will present this information soon.
Bud Cole invited interested parties to his house on April 1 for a pot luck dinner during which he’ll discuss a proposal to jointly build ten or more low cost ultralight or LSA homebuilt aircraft. Bud’s got an extensive resume and will provide the design and access to tools. He theorized that many of us are in the predicament of lacking the time, money, or skills to complete a project, but if a group worked together such obstacles could be overcome.
Jim gave the treasurer’s report and announced that he’ll be leaving us at some point this year. He’ll be flying out of Kentucky for UPS. Gary Kasten will be taking over the post. Gary’s already got a head start on this job due to his previous involvment in our Dierberg’s/Schnuck’s/Shop N Save fund raising program.
The meeting adjourned but we did not disband due to plenty of activity in the ARC. March was metal aircraft month and some of our Zenith builders brought parts in for our inspection. The Ridge Runner left the ARC and, after some tweaking, taxied to the hangar under its own power. Steve’s LongEZ took its place.
Ron Schipper (sorry if the spelling’s wrong - it’s pronounced ‘Skipper’), a Boy Scout leader, introduced himself. They’re camping out at the R/C field near the Orchard Farm campus on May 19. He asked if he might bring the group over to see the ARC. Since it’s on a Saturday several members let him know they’d be around to show them the facility.
Rob Morris, son of our own Vince Morris, then addressed the group. He works at Boeing with a group of Korean engineers and is looking for ways to introduce them to general aviation. We suggested he let them know about the International Young Eagles Day and Airport Open House in June. Rob is going to work on getting a flyer translated into Korean. Since we’ve done many educational presentations specifically aimed at Scouts we discussed the possibility of something similar for Rob’s group.
Speaking of Young Eagles Gale passed along word from Dave Lucas. He’s planning on bringing the new biplane to all of our YE events this year. I’m jealous of those kids already.
Steve Morse reminded us of the PowerPoint presentation in the files area of the Yahoo Group site. He’s done some shopping and has found us a good deal on a TIG welder, so we’ll soon be adding an important new tool to the ARC.
Leo has also been doing some pricing, in this case for a water treatment system. Hague can provide a system for around $3100. Installation would cost $150 and the running cost comes out to around $15 per month. One question raised regarded cost of recycling the system on a regular basis. Leo is going to invite a representative from Hague to address the group at a future
meeting.
March 25 was unusually warm so memories of freezing our behinds off in January and February were faint.Nevertheless some members are looking to next winter. Dave Harster has specs on a radiant heating system for approximately $2400 and will present this information soon.
Bud Cole invited interested parties to his house on April 1 for a pot luck dinner during which he’ll discuss a proposal to jointly build ten or more low cost ultralight or LSA homebuilt aircraft. Bud’s got an extensive resume and will provide the design and access to tools. He theorized that many of us are in the predicament of lacking the time, money, or skills to complete a project, but if a group worked together such obstacles could be overcome.
Jim gave the treasurer’s report and announced that he’ll be leaving us at some point this year. He’ll be flying out of Kentucky for UPS. Gary Kasten will be taking over the post. Gary’s already got a head start on this job due to his previous involvment in our Dierberg’s/Schnuck’s/Shop N Save fund raising program.
The meeting adjourned but we did not disband due to plenty of activity in the ARC. March was metal aircraft month and some of our Zenith builders brought parts in for our inspection. The Ridge Runner left the ARC and, after some tweaking, taxied to the hangar under its own power. Steve’s LongEZ took its place.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
February 25, 2007 Meeting Minutes
After an excellent meal featuring a chili cook-off by various members, the February 25 meeting of EAA Chapter 32 began at 2:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Vice President Dave Deweese ran the meeting. We recognized new members and guests (there were several). One visitor requested permission to use the ARC for a group of multiple sclerosis patients. He is a pilot and homebuilder who has MS, works with a pharmaceutical company, and feels that contact with General Aviation and homebuilding would be good for those folks. This seems to be a very worthy cause as well as potentially providing good publicity for Chapter 32, the EAA, and Smartt Field. The group will require adequate parking and handicap-accessible facilities.
Subsequent to our meeting, there was some discussion on the Yahoo board. The crux of the matter is that we will run all this past the EAA to see if there is the possibility of legal problems for us. (Editor's note: The MS group decided our parking facilities weren't up to their needs, so they will go elsewhere.)
John Teipen spoke about some educational issues and requested volunteers for an event at Parks on May 5 featuring a “First Logbook” for kids. This ties into KidVenture, and he is looking for volunteers to staff a booth in Oshkosh. For more information, contact John.
Steve Morse was going to give a PowerPoint presentation on a TIG welder, but we didn’t have the projector. Instead, he talked about welders, and proposed purchasing one (with ancillary equipment) for the ARC. The idea is that interested members can learn to weld, with an eye toward having a small group qualified to use the welding equipment. More research will be done
on this.
Ron Burnett talked about store coupons again.
Jim Hann gave a treasurer’s report.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:45. Bill Jagust gave an interesting demonstration on rib stitching (rib WEAVING, if you will).
Sunday, January 28, 2007
January 28th, 2007 Meeting Minutes
The January 28, 2007 meeting of EAA Chapter 32 began promptly at 2:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Karsten had a prior commitment, so VP Dave Deweese ran the meeting.
Several new members and visitors were on hand, despite some extreme cold both inside and outside the ARC (where's global warming when you need it? - ed.).
VP Dave showed us a newspaper article highlighting our own George Stephenson, who occupies himself flying around counting real eagles (when he can't fly Young Eagles). George flies at 500' AGL and about 90 MPH so he can tabulate numbers of our nation's symbol. An interesting aside was that the eagles are fairly dormant during very cold weather, and he stops flying when the eagles start. Good plan.
There will be an ELSA repairman's seminar in the ARC on February 18.
Bob Nuckolls is holding an Aeroelectric Connection seminar at Wick's on March 10 and 11. As of the meeting date, they are looking for 10 more people to attend, or else they will cancel the seminar. We had such a seminar in the ARC a couple of years ago, and it is a very good value to anybody who plans to wire their aircraft. The cost is $175.00/person. Free coffee and doughnuts will be provided, and a catered lunch ($6.00/person) will be available.
Jim Hann presented the treasurer's report.Ron Burnett and Gary Kasten introduced themselves and talked about food coupons and other gift card we have available (such as Lowe's). An order form may be downloaded from our website (http://www.eaa32.org/).
Doug Killebrew proposed researching a more effective heating system for the ARC. We all agreed wholeheartedly, due to the fact that nobody removed their coats and hats during the entire meeting. Obviously, when the weather heats up, we will forget how uncomfortable the facility can be during the cold months, so Doug wants to move swiftly on this.
Chapter secretary Jim Bower thanked everybody who agreed to read the newsletter via the internet instead of getting a paper copy.
NEXT MEETING: Chili Cookoff. Bring your best recipe and let's see who can best feed the troops.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Bower
EAA Chapter 32 secretary
Sunday, November 26, 2006
November 26, 2006 Meeting Minutes
The November meeting of EAA Chapter 32 began about 2:10 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Visitors and guests were introduced and recognized.
Hopefully, we will gain more members from this meeting!
Librarian mr. bill broached the subject of some new bookshelves for our pilot lounge/tv room/
library. These shelves will cost the chapter about $200.00, and will hold all our back issues of
"Sport Aviation" and other literature. The expenditure was approved by the members.
Membership committee chairman Gale Derosier proposed the creation of a member's book. This
book will be given to all current members, as well as being a good start for brand new members.
Using another chapter's book as a model, Gale will gather information from various sources on
items like the contents of the library, available tools for loan, chapter bylaws, hangar information, and much more. Jim Bower will put the original copy of the book together, and get a price on having the book printed. As a start, the membership approved a $200.00 initial expenditure for this. Additional books will be printed as required.
In January, our chapter will once again take part in the Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade
Show (1/19 through 1/21). See Karsten for details.
The membership voted to lower annual dues from $60.00 to $36.00. Several members re-upped right then, before we changed our minds! In addition, a new youth rate of $18.00/year was approved. This will apply to the children of current EAA members until they reach their 18th birthday.
Everybody was reminded about the Christmas party (on December 2). The ARC had already
been cleaned and some decorations were hung.
Ron Burnett talked about the fund raising coupon program, particularly Schnuck's new method.
Everybody who signs up for it gets a card, and each time the card is presented at the checkout
counter, we get 1% of the final amount. Unfortunately, it's not 4% like previously, but the upside is that we never have to buy coupons...the card is good any time.
Steve Morse has a list of proposed tool purchases and is asking for interested members to
help him form a committee to decide which tools to buy for the chapter and set priorities, and how much money is available. See Steve for more information.
Some chapter offices have gone unfilled for some time, but now Troy Townsend has agreed to be
the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Dave McGougan is our new Member-at-Large.
Treasurer Jim Hann wants to remind everyone that the treasurer's report is available online in the Members Only section of the website, as well as directly from Jim upon request.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Jim Bower - Chapter 32
secretary
Visitors and guests were introduced and recognized.
Hopefully, we will gain more members from this meeting!
Librarian mr. bill broached the subject of some new bookshelves for our pilot lounge/tv room/
library. These shelves will cost the chapter about $200.00, and will hold all our back issues of
"Sport Aviation" and other literature. The expenditure was approved by the members.
Membership committee chairman Gale Derosier proposed the creation of a member's book. This
book will be given to all current members, as well as being a good start for brand new members.
Using another chapter's book as a model, Gale will gather information from various sources on
items like the contents of the library, available tools for loan, chapter bylaws, hangar information, and much more. Jim Bower will put the original copy of the book together, and get a price on having the book printed. As a start, the membership approved a $200.00 initial expenditure for this. Additional books will be printed as required.
In January, our chapter will once again take part in the Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade
Show (1/19 through 1/21). See Karsten for details.
The membership voted to lower annual dues from $60.00 to $36.00. Several members re-upped right then, before we changed our minds! In addition, a new youth rate of $18.00/year was approved. This will apply to the children of current EAA members until they reach their 18th birthday.
Everybody was reminded about the Christmas party (on December 2). The ARC had already
been cleaned and some decorations were hung.
Ron Burnett talked about the fund raising coupon program, particularly Schnuck's new method.
Everybody who signs up for it gets a card, and each time the card is presented at the checkout
counter, we get 1% of the final amount. Unfortunately, it's not 4% like previously, but the upside is that we never have to buy coupons...the card is good any time.
Steve Morse has a list of proposed tool purchases and is asking for interested members to
help him form a committee to decide which tools to buy for the chapter and set priorities, and how much money is available. See Steve for more information.
Some chapter offices have gone unfilled for some time, but now Troy Townsend has agreed to be
the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Dave McGougan is our new Member-at-Large.
Treasurer Jim Hann wants to remind everyone that the treasurer's report is available online in the Members Only section of the website, as well as directly from Jim upon request.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Jim Bower - Chapter 32
secretary
Sunday, October 22, 2006
October 22, 2006 Meeting Minutes
Karsten began the October meeting with the Pledge.
The Christmas party will take place on Saturday, December 2. We are looking for someone to chair the party. The Dohertys volunteered to put up the lights, and we’ll need others' help to prepare the ARC.
Karsten suggested that we sell the turbine on Ebay, and asked for other suggestions. Dave McGougan moved to sell. We also have a booth in the hangar for which we are trying to decide upon a fate. Sale is an option, or we could bring it to the ARC where we could work on it. The observation was made that an ice fisherman might make use of this booth. We decided to table this until January since we do not want it in the way during our party.
The Silver Swallows sent us a thank-you note for our Young Eagles activities during their annual event. Ernie noted that the Open House was mentioned in the Post-Dispatch.
Gale received a DVD from EAA of the recent Memorial Wall ceremony which now includes the name of our own Bill Blake.
Ideas were put forth for ARC purchases. Items mentioned included a magneto timing light, nicopress, cable tensionometer, dimpler, projector, TIG welder, stationary compressor, and a load link. Gale had, in his records, a previously composed list of items, so this topic has come up before. The suggestion was made to put a poll on the Yahoo board.
We are also looking for members to staff committees.
Troy Townsend will act as Chairman Of The Board,
Dave McGougan will be Member At Large. Bob
Gonzalez volunteered to lead up ARC Maintenance.
Check EAA32.org, Officer’s page for other open positions.
Marlen Gas sent a letter asking us to pay a tax on our gas tank. We moved, seconded, and voted to refill the tank. The expense should be around $500. We also voted on lowering the dues. The amount proposed was $36. Karsten also suggested eliminating prorating of dues. Motion was made and seconded. Look for the final proposal in the newsletter, we’ll vote on this on December 2.
John Taipen addressed the group regarding EAA’s KidVenture. Participation in this program is growing fast and the national organization is looking to into its further growth. John will be attending a meeting to discuss a concept known as “My First Logbook”. This will include 7 learning stations covering rules, weather, navigation, human factors, preflight, a Young Eagles
flight or time in a simulator, then post-flight. The simulator time will be the first entry in the participant’s official log. We’ll be hearing more about this soon. John’s wife, Nora, also attended the meeting. She’s an opera singer and a violin teacher: sounds like education is a common interest in that family. Speaking of family Jim Hann’s daughter also visited us in October. It’s
never too soon to start hanging out with the right crowd.
Gary Kasten gave a status report on the Food Coupon fundraiser. $2500 in sales last month netted $100 for EAA32. The Schnuck’s program will be changing in the near future. You’ll get an ID card, and when you pay in any form you’ll show your card and EAA32 will get the donation. If you have existing cards you can continue to use them: they’ll be good for one year. Also, check
the website, as new cards are available for various stores and restaurants in the area such as Home Depot, Blockbuster, Macy’s, Sears, Olive Garden, as well as others. (See elsewhere in this issue - ed.)
Steve Morse suggested that KSET’s entry on Airnav.com should include a link to EAA32. Troy will discuss this with Tracy. Speaking of the airport, duck season is starting so please be aware of our neighbors.
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