April 21, 2012 Meeting Minutes

April's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.

First item of business was to approve last month's minutes.

Dave recognized visitors and new Members. T.J. Smyka is a new pilot who learned at Creve Coeur. During the week he's an accountant.

Don gave the treasurer's report, including checking and savings account balances.

CAF was out flying the Avenger so we got a brief airshow before the meeting.

Rich Emery got the light installed on the flagpole.

Pictures of chapter members to replace EAA Chapter 32 Merchandise. Next month Dave will bring a camera and take pictures, but if you have a picture you like you may send it to president@eaa32.org.

Chapter 32 Bylaw update has been in progress since January, the next meeting scheduled for Thursday May 17.

Spring cleanup time has arrived, we need volunteers. Gutters need scraping, walls and floors need cleaning. Dates and times will be posted on the website. Updates needed include new hinges on the gate, and a ramp from the building to the ramp. Bob Dooley's been working on methods and options. He estimates the cost at around $2,000 between the rock and backhoe. We don't want to do anything too permanent, considering that ownership of the building goes back to the county in six years and then we'll be renting. We discussed laying some pipe underneath to facilitate drainage. Ron Wright noted that the county has a Bobcat on the property that we might be available for this purpose, and that we should speak to Tracy about getting the gravel hauled as well.

The new roster is available. Copies are in the ARC or email president@eaa32.org if you'd like a copy.

Next step on the Sonerai is a good cleanup. The propeller needs a cosmetic repair and we'll add some transparent access panels. We'll do a monthly update.

Last Saturday's Young Eagles got rained out, though Bill Jagust did his regular Boy Scout merit badge presentation. Another event is scheduled for May, we'll have a BBQ as well. If you're a YE pilot there's a fuel discount as well.

April 28 we'll have our movie and pot luck dinner. Last month was Catch-22, this month we'll show the Blue Max. May's movie is TBD.

May 19 there will be a presentation on air to air photography, and from noon until two we'll be selling food for the CAF car show.

June 2, St. Louis Chapter of Women in Aviation will be holding an airplane wash at Mount Vernon.

June 8, 9: Wicks is holding a fabric workshop, $325 per person for EAA members.

June 9, Young Eagles at the ARC, word is that Ron Hightower plans on taking part.

June 16 is our Open House, an all-day event starting with a pancake breakfast, a fly-in, a flour-drop contest, BBQ lunch and dinner.

Don addressed our compressor issue: Ron Wright has donated a compressor and tank, Grainger has a 5hp motor that would power this. It'll cost $350 so it requires a vote. Motion was made and seconded. Vote was passed, contingent on Ron, who may have a motor in his basement.

After the meeting Don will be doing type ratings on the lawnmower for volunteers for the summer growing season.

We adjourned, followed immediately by Lavonne Deck and Eve Cascella for Women With Wings, Women In Aviation. Lavonne got her Sport Pilot rating at Spirit.

March 17, 2012 Minutes

March 2012 Chapter 32 Monthly Meeting Minutes
by Jim Bower (for Dave Deweese)

President Dave Doherty, presiding...Happy St. Patrick's Day!

• Pledge of Allegiance
• February meeting minutes accepted
• Treasurer's Report
• Welcome new members, returning members, and visitors

Old Business

• Flagpole light - status. Several options were discussed (solar powered; hard-wired). Hard wiring was deemed to be more practical from the standpoint of it will stay on all night.
• Pictures of chapter members to be mounted on wall - Start taking pictures in spring (probably April).
• No real progress on improving the ramp between our hangar door and the gate. Will probably buy crushed rock and have a working party to spread and level it. Also, the gate to the taxiway needs improvement.
• March 5 - Career Fair at Parkway High School. Participants were Dave Doherty, Jeff Stephenson, Jim Hann, Bill Doherty, and a friend of Bill (corporate pilot).
• Status of possible building of kit plane with High school district - Parks has offered to help sponsor project
• Status on Update of Chapter By-Laws - The committee will meet again on Wednesday April 18.
  

New Business

• Roster - was to have been available at the March meeting but was not yet ready. It will be available in the website's members only section in .pdf format for download. Limited copies will be provided in the ARC for pickup early next week. Send an e-mail to president@eaa32.org to get a copy e-mailed to you.
• Don Doherty volunteered to spearhead the Sonerai II work crew. The airplane needs to be restored as a teaching tool. Some ideas were presented (plexiglas panels and interior lighting to facilitate viewing the working parts).
• The Young Eagles planning meeting will be on Saturday March 24 - BBQ included. Mr. Bill will be making Chicago style hotdogs.
• The first Movie at the ARC of 2012 will be Catch-22 - Saturday March 31. Potluck dinner starts at 6:00 pm (bring a side dish). President Dave promised steaks.
  

Future meetings and events:

• April - Women with Wings - St. Louis Chapter of Women in Aviation - Airplane wash in April at Mt. Vernon airport. Stay tuned to the Yahoo and EAA32 websites.
• May - Guest speaker: Air-to-Air Photography
• June - Fly-in Open House - Set up Committee
• July - 4th Fundraiser - Parade
• Prep for AirVenture at the July meeting
• August - Fly-out / meeting at Silver Creek Glider Club
• ARC Cleanup - Begin now...we need to get it done by the first YE day (April 14)
• Scrape gutters
• Clean and wash inside areas
• Flagpole light
• Ramp to ARC -
• Gate at fence - update

February 18, 2012 Minutes

February's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.

Our meeting will be followed by a discussion of last year's financials and plans for 2012.

Last month's minutes were approved.

Don Doherty reported savings and checking account balances. We're still waiting for the county to cash our hangar checks and the payment for the ARC. We're also waiting for HQ to cash our charter payment.

We recognized new members, visitors, and members who haven't attended meetings in a while. Mike Saetel was here, he hasn't been around the chapter for several months, but was at the trade show in January with simulators. Joe Akeley attended a few years ago and is a pilot. Tom Jordan has a Long-EZ in a hangar at Spirit. His hangar mate, Howard Woodruff, has a Velocity project, about 30% complete. He may be selling this, however, some time in the next six months. Don Glennie, a long-time member, was also in attendance.

Old Business: Flagpole lighting. We've discussed solar-powered lights and hard-wiring an outlet to the building for a spotlight that would illuminate the flag. We'd like to have this done by the March meeting.

Jeff Stephenson will be our membership coordinator.

Last month we discussed pictures of all our chapter members posted on the wall. We'll probably start taking pictures in the spring and post them where we currently have the merchandise displayed.

We also discussed a ramp from hard surface to the apron. Bob Dooley has been figuring out how much material we need. He roughly estimates $1,500 to $2,500 for the compressed rock that we could spread, and will have more precise numbers by next month. Dave Doherty's also looked into steel mat, but that would come out to nearly $5,000.

There will be a Career fair, March 5, at Parkway High School. We'll have a table, Parks College is also interested. Mr. Bill will speak on airline professions and we're looking for other aviation professionals, engineers for example, who might be available. Mike Saettel volunteered to attend with two of his flight simulators.

Dave's also been speaking with the school district about building a kit airplane, though there's been no progress as of last month.

A committee's been working on updating our chapter by-laws. As they sit today there could be liablity issues. Next month or the following proposed changes will be ready to present to the membership.

New Business: Dave McGougan has an idea to propose. A large part of our chapter is dedicated to YE. Dave's an Air Force veteran; he'd like to get other veterans in the chapter together and start a memory book to keep in the office area. Some of our members have had experiences that would be good to remember. He'd like an ad in the newsletter and a blurb on the website to help identify all our veterans and call a meeting. Jim Bower also mentions posting to the Yahoo board. There's nothing related on the national level so this will be unique to our chapter.

Dave recommends a note in the newsletter to join the Yahoo group. Laura reminds us that there is a link on the chapter website that you can simply click to join this group.

Regarding our Chapter's Stits Skycoupe project from the 1960's, Vince Morris brought a picture of the plane in flight. The wings are in Dave's basement, the fuselage is at the airport.

Don Doherty made a presentation of our 2011 financial report.

Next Dave Doherty went over his estimates for 2012 numbers, and plans for this year.

Art Zemon signed up as a dealer with Aircraft Spruce and gets a discount. He'd like to figure out a way for people to buy through his "store", and he'd donate his profits to the chapter. EAA32 could not do this directly as we're a non-profit. Art would need help in administering: paperwork, collecting money, shipping, etc.

January 2012 Meeting Minutes

January Meeting Minutes
Dave Deweese

January 2012's first meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presided.

There was no formal meeting for December, therefore no minutes to approve.

Comments on the Christmas party were positive, though the chapter "took a bath" due to low attendance.

Our treasurer was at the eye doctor, so no report from Don. Dave reported checking and savings balances. Don will be working on tax forms and will report on 2011 at the February meeting. Our chapter recharter, approximately $1400 (including insurance), has been completed.

Next we recognized visitors. Pat Rebert is a new member with a Onex kit on the way. New member, Mike Hanlen, who's finding it "expensive to retire", is also planning to build a plane. (Yeah, THAT’s cheap! - ed.)

Old business: Chapter Service Awards arrived two days after the party, so we're presenting them today and will mail the rest to absentees.

Talks are progressing regarding building an airplane kit at the Parkway School District. They also have a career fair coming up 3/16 where we'll have a table. Parks Air College, Women With Wings, and several others will also come.

Regarding education, we're planning to award a $500 scholarship. We're at $127 so far.

New business:
The ARC. Our contract with the airport lasts 20 years from 1998, after which our facility reverts
to the county and we've got an option to pay for using the building. We'll start working on this in the next year or so.

Our chapter by-laws, originally from the 60's/70's, need to be updated. A group met Wednesday and will continue to meet. Speak with Dave if you'd like to be involved.

Next meeting is 2/16 (Thursday) 7:00 pm at the ARC.

We're also discussing web conferencing as a way to facilitate this process.

Dave would like to post photos of chapter members on the wall, so as to better match names with faces.

The MACTS trade show and conference took place the weekend before our meeting. We were there with our new trade show booth, special thanks to Laura for the printed photographs.

Dave announced officers and committee chairpersons for 2012.

Ron Burnett has food cards available.

We discussed an upcoming Young Eagles planning meeting: we flew in the neighborhood of 200 kids in 2011.

2012 events will start in April and run through September, 2nd Saturday of each months, signups will be accepted from 9am to 12pm.

No news as of yet regarding the "Mature Eagles" program.

We're working with Dennis Bampton at the flight school and can contact Herman as well.

We discussed upcoming events including May 19: CAF is having a car show and has asked if we'd like to do food, we'll do this after the meeting, starting at noon.

June 16 is our planned date for a Chapter Fly-In and Open House. MO Pilots, CAF, and several other chapters may participate. Bob has spoken with Tracy who's fine with it. We'll also let the FBO's know. (This is the same date as meeting, this will be in lieu thereof.)

July 4 is mid-week this year. We'd like to sell food again and maybe participate in the parade.

We could use the Sonerai we received from Bill Nelson. Bud may have a light-weight trailer available that we could use to tow the plane in a parade.

Sign-ups start in the March/April time frame. Since the Sonerai is for education, not flying, one
of our first projects will be to re-cover the bird and add transparent panels to demonstrate how control surfaces are actuated.

Our meeting in July will be moved up to allow for Oshkosh.

We'll be posting an activities calendar on the door. We'd like to establish ourselves as a force for aviation in the St. Louis area.

Don Doherty's working to arrange tours of the Lambert tower. The limit will be around 24 participants, as the actual tours are limited to 6 people, and the rest have to wait.

This month we had a tour of the TRACON facility, around 30 attended.

November 2011 Meeting Minutes

November Meeting Minutes

Dave Deweese

November 2011's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.

New members or visitors? None today.

Art Zemon - see if you need a nametag.

Food cards - Ron has Shop & Save and Dierberg's, reminded us of the Schnuck's card program.

Re: fundraiding, Bob Kraemer made a $1,000 donation to the chapter. Note that Dave Doherty will match donations up to $1,000.

B-17 and Trimotor applications: in to HQ, no status update.

Don gave the Treasurer's report, checking and savings balances, including outstanding bills. We're in good shape, here at the end of the year.

Holiday dinner, we're starting to take admission. Same place as last year. Jim Tecu is the guest speaker, author and Bill's flight instructor. Gives a presentation about the Wright Brothers. 50/50 raffle and gift exchange.

Elections last month, same officers as last time around. Speaking of which, Karsten is back in the States from Afghanistan, works at the same place as Dave.

Last year in January, MACTS event, we participated. Fee increasing this year for a table, roughly $150. Should we be there again? Ron Wright suggests using the money to send mailings to all EAA members in the area. Will format be the same as last year? Probably pretty much the same. Rick moved to participate, Laura seconded, motion carried. We'll need volunteers to staff. Might want to consider a professional convention-type graphic.

**(Advertising committee)**

Recent Completions - Jim Bower, Roger Mell (7), both RV's. (photo) Note: Roger's won't get warm enough, Jim's gets too warm. Mr. Bill met Richard VanGrusen, Jim has an autographed napkin framed.

Dave's Taylorcraft is flying with at new throttle cable.

Chapter hangar. Kim Nack is moving out. Grumman's moving in. (Ron confirms it will fit.) Tim Finley's at Creve Couer waiting for a spot at Washington. We don't know of any others waiting for a spot. It can be a problem to find three planes that will nest comfortably together.

Parkway school district has contacted Dave looking for ways to educate youth in trades. 11/30 (Wed) he'll be attending a meeting along with other corporate entities. Thinks an airplane project is a good idea. (Find out where/when - can I meet after work.) Gale suggested contacting HQ for such projects. Art also suggests including the Art (!) department of the school to design a color scheme.

What do we want to do next year? Fly-out to Silver Creek. Tour Creve Couer aviation museum. Fly a chapter member program. Tour FAA radar. Host more seminars. President@eaa32 for any other ideas. (list per handout)

Don, RE tour of radar facility. Facility at Missouri Research Park, on a Saturday. DecemberJanuary, sign-up sheet.

The airport has broken ground for the new hangars, concrete is poured. 5 facing east and 5 west.

Use tax on aircraft. DOR told people for years that they didn't have to pay for years, though now they are collecting and are asking for interest and penalties. Per Art, you can work with them to get the fees waived.

Meeting adjourned, short break to toast our project completions, then a presentation. Speaker: Alan Kirby RE Harold Hetzler, a B-24 Officer who flew on the first mission over Berlin.

** See if Daryl's interested, confirm and let Don know.

October 2011 Meeting Minutes

October Meeting Minutes
Dave Deweese

October's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.

First we approved September's meeting minutes, then briefly reviewed last month's meeting: a field trip to Zenith Aircraft in Mexico, Missouri.

Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings account balances. We are a little better off than a year ago, and much better off compared to two years' past. We've got no outstanding bills, and even have some emergency funds just in case.

Visitors included Howard Henderson, a founding member of our chapter, builder of a T-18, Skycoupe, Pietenpol, and others.

Mike Newman is a new member, and is a mechanic over at St. Charles Flying Service. He flies a 172.

Don Glennie also attended. He's built a Minimax, as documented on our chapter website, and has a Cavalier in his garage.

Jeff Stephenson, who recently received his Sport Pilot rating, has received a scholarship from AOPA, so he'll be moving on in his education.

Chapter 32 Young Eagles events are over for 2011. We flew almost 300 this year.

Chapter 64 recently hosted the Ford Trimotor. We've got applications in for the Trimotor and B-17 in 2012.

The water project is still on hold since the DNR stepped in. Tracy is working with them, though there are no current status updates.

Funding was approved for new hangars at KSET. Bob Kraemer has seen the surveyors at work, and our best guess is that the concrete pad should be in this year.

New business includes plans for our upcoming holiday party. We'll be in the same place we were last year and the cost will be $25 per person for members, $30 for non-members. The All Occasion Banquet Center has a cash bar, so plan on buying beverages there versus bringing. Our tentative speaker is Rich Ceglinski who will give a presentation on the Berlin Airlift and the start of the Cold War.

We held our chapter election this month. With no other nominees stepping up our current roster of officers remains in place, following a unanimous vote:
President - Dave Doherty
Vice President - Bill Doherty
Treasurer - Don Doherty
Secretary - Dave Deweese

The last movie of the month for 2011 takes place 10/29: Speed Angels, all about training for F-14 pilots. Also on the 29th is the St. Charles Flying Service Halloween Pumpkin Drop.

Dave Doherty now has over 100 landings in his Taylorcraft, and had purchased an interior.

A new addition to the ARC this month was a Sonerai IIL, donated by Bill Nelson. He's given it to the chapter on the condition that it not be used as a flying aircraft, though we've already got plans to use it as a learning tool for Young Eagles, so that won't be a problem. Bill, who also donated the pedal-powered Tomcat and was active in our chapter in the 80's and 90's, spoke regarding the history of his plane. One of his sons was in college and became so enamored of aviation that Bill was afraid he'd be tempted to drop out. To defuse the situation he bought a 172. When he finally sold the plane he felt naked without one and decided to construct a Sonerai. The build took four and a half years, and was complete in October of 1985. Bill went on to describe several approaches he took to adding brakes, and the carb heat box that won an achievement for innovation award at Oshkosh.

Motion was made, and seconded, to adjourn.

September 2011 Meeting Minutes

September Meeting Minutes
Dave Deweese

The minutes for September will be less structured than usual, since our meeting varied from the norm this month with a field trip to Zenith Aircraft Company's annual open house in Mexico, Missouri.

Temperatures were unseasonably cool for mid-September, and with light rain and drizzle in the forecast it was anybody's guess as to how many Chapter 32 members would manage to fly in. I opted to take the land route, fueled up "The Blue Flame", (my '89 Tercel,) and headed west. To get to (North) Mexico by road from the St. Louis area your best bet is 70 west. This is familiar territory, since my old alma mater, Mizzou, is in Columbia, and I made many trips that way in the late eightees. Many landmarks remain from those days, and gray skies recalled the drive back to school after Christmas break: a depressing trip during which post-holiday blahs mixed with thought of trudging across campus in snow and ice for months until spring returned.

Thankfully this was not January, and I was glad to turn off of 70 onto 54 northbound. For years I've been aware of Zenith, but never had a real excuse to trek out to their annual open house. The place is easy to find: you simply follow 54 as the highway shrinks from four lanes to two, then stops, turns eastward, and guides you past homes and small businesses until you see the airport sign on the right.

Despite gloomy weather a fair number of attendees were parked alongside of the road by 9:00 a.m. Cool drizzle (and after effects of morning coffee) inspired me and I jogged past the row of parked cars and up to the open hangar doors. EAA HQ had a table inside where Charlie Becker was actively recruiting new members, and our own Gale Derosier took a microphone and spoke about the Tech Counselor program.

I wandered about the facility, fascinated by all the shiny airplane parts, and one of the robots who fabricates them. He's sort of like a big printer with rotary tools instead of ink. First he picks up a drill and sinks a pattern of holes in a sheet of aluminum, then picks up a cutting bit and cuts a nice, perfect part while a vacuum neatly picks up all the shavings while he works. A formed example of the piece sat on a table nearby; other tables held subassemblies from yokes and rudder pedals up to an uncovered wing.

Outside I ran into Don Doherty and Tim Finley, who flew his shark-mouthed 601 through the drizzle. We watched a couple strolling among the airplanes with two young children who obviously approved of the Flying Tiger motif: the little boy stuck his nose up so close to the cowling that he appeared to be sniffing it. We were there for group picture time, and you can see how a fun paint job makes a bird stand out from a more conservatively painted flock.

The new 650 and 750 are fine-looking planes, no doubt, even lacking eyes and teeth. I wondered how the 750 would look as a tail-dragger, and imagined the view from that big, bubble canopy. A 750 took off a few times, its steep ascent reminding me of my wife's speculations on a piece of land out in the country, where such a machine would be at home leaping off of a grass strip. If I was in the market it'd be tough to pick between the two.

Art Zemon arrived later on with Troy and Jeff. He, too, had braved the weather. The local EAA chapter was serving up hot dogs and pork steaks, proceeds going to their own scholarship program. We all sat together and ate lunch. The food was hot, though the weather was chilly, and once my stomach was full it was time to adjourn and head back to home base in St. Charles. I'm glad I finally made it out to the house of Heintz, and if you have not, and feel any interest in shiny airplanes, then you should plan on trekking out to Mexico, Missouri, for the 2012 open house.

Onwards and upwards, (and westwards and eastwards,)

Dave Deweese