Minutes from September 2013 Meeting

EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, September 4^th, 2013

The meeting started at 6:00 (Happily with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, a wonderful carrot cake dessert !! and a drink for only $5 !! Come next month and bring a friend!

Business meeting called to order at 7:00 PM  by Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout.  President Bill Dewey was on a trip.

The 19 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What
exciting thing happened this last month”. Guests included Raliegh (?) Williams, who spoke about his life of flying everything from a J-3 to a T-33, including time in country as a FAO, then an IP in 170’s and other civilian birds.  Also, we hosted Jon Rau from Techtronics, who was just passing through, and knew where to find a good time and good people!

Next Chapter breakfast is September 21st at the clubhouse.

Dave Petersen then gave a good presentation on the recent Creswell Air Fair, and how the club made out. He said that we flew 42 YE kids, and would have flown more except for an hour shutdown that occurred due to weather about half way through. He thanked Don Cole and the Civil Air Patrol for their respective efforts. The breakfast and lunch broke even and he gave the Treasurer the receipts of $409 for deposit. He mentioned that the expenses incurred also gave us a big surplus in pop and food that we will use during the next few months. He suggested that we raise prices at the fly-in breakfast to $7, and Hamburgers to $3 and drinks to $1. Of the people in attendance at the meeting, 7 went to the fly-in and the suggestions for improvement included more advertising and choosing a date early enough that volunteers can schedule their vacation. It was hoped that the club will receive a fly-in report from the City of Creswell when it is done.

Gary Ludeke then spoke about his trip to the Seattle Museum of Flight, and invited everyone to go over to his hangar and look at his homemade (is there any other?) hoist. It was decided to take him up on his offer as soon as the meeting was over, which lit a fire under the presiding officer to get done.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:49 pm and the meeting was moved to Gary’s hangar to look at his ingenious new hoist. This device allows him to keep an extra airplane in his hangar. Great work Gary!

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting Minutes from 6/5/2013 Meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 (Happily with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili ), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, and a drink for $5!! Come next month and bring a friend!

Business meeting called to order at 7:03 PM by President Bill Dewey, with Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout also present.

 The 17 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What
exciting thing happened this last month”. Jim Beale noted that he now has 88 hours on his new RV and a new Ipad holder. Allen Weider has his RV-9 flying now, with 7 hours. Starting his test sequence. He has a 60 Mi. radius from Corvallis as his test area. (Cruise speed for 1 hour) Tom Cunningham has parts for  a S-12 for sale- wings that need recover, all the metal, out of date BRS. He also brought in a poster of the Spruce Goose.

Aluminum Overcast, EAA’s B-17 was at the Eugene airport on 5/16-17 and several of our members helped out. Some even got a ride on the repositioning flight to Bend.

It was noted that Roseburg airport will have their “Wings and Wheels” event on July 6^th from 9-5

It was noted that Corvallis will hose the Collins Foundations B-17, B-24 and P-51 as they sell flights this season. Head up there if you can.

Eugene will have their annual Run/Walk and airport day this weekend. There is mention of $1.00 off per gallon of Avgas for all who fly in. YE flights will also be given, so any pilot who would like to volunteer, please show up if you can.

The Creswell Air Fair will be on August 9-10-11 this year, with the big day Saturday the 10^th. EAA Chapter 31 will be doing the breakfasts and lunches as usual. We should have an RV-12 and RV-14 at the event. South Lane RC Club asked if they could hold a meeting for all the local area RC clubs at the event.

President Bill Dewey then spoke about the memorial area. He was able to finish the propeller monument and now needs gravel for the picnic area. He noted that he and several others will be working on the culvert, retaining wall and general clean up this Friday from 9-10AM or so. He still needs a web jockey to handle the sales and processing for the bricks to go into the walkway. Ben Hallert, due to his not being present, was nominated, 2nded and duly elected to take on this challenge. Anybody going to tell him?

Dave Petersen reminded the group of the OPA convention in Albany this August 24^th. He also asked Bill to take in the cardboard in the clubhouse for recycling, and Randy to take in the cans for a donation. As there was some controversy as to where the funds from these cans would go, a donation to the School Supply Fund at Hamlin Middle School was chosen as the beneficiary.

Next Chapter 31 breakfast will be June 15^th. More Air Fair info will be available at that time.

Dave Eason brought in a A-10 Warthog shell casing for show and tell. Looks like 20 MM?

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:47 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting minutes from the 5/1/2013 meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 (Happily with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili and a nice lemon cake), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, and a drink for $5!! Come next month and bring a friend!

Business meeting called to order at 7:01 PM by President Bill Dewey, with Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout also present.

 The 20 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What
exciting thing happened this last month”. Guests included Eugene 1457 Chapter member John Stahr (who brought posters to give away), Jerry Krauss, a guest of Gary Ludeke’s and owner of a Kolb Firestart (see below) and Dave Eason’s neighbor, Dale Nygren.  Jim Beale noted that he now has 80 hours on his new RV.

John Stahr mentioned that Aluminum Overcast, EAA’s B-17 will be at the Eugene airport on 5/16-17, and they could use some volunteers to help with that and with signing up YE’s during the stay. He also noted that there will be an open house at the Eugene airport on June 8^th, which will include a YE event.

It was noted that Roseburg airport will have their “Wings and Wheels” event on July 6^th from 9-5

Gary Ludeke reported that the Kolb Firestar project he has been working on is now licensed and has fast taxied and is ready for flight tomorrow. Tom Cunningham, who also has a Kolb, is also newly licensed and ready for flight. They should have had them in the air by the time these minutes are read.

In addition, Alan Weider has his new RV-9 licensed and ready for first flight. Our Chapter is getting them in the air!!

The Creswell Air Fair will be on August 9-10-11 this year, with the big day Saturday the 10^th. Put this on your calendar! (Mine has my son getting married in Seattle that weekend!!) EAA Chapter 31 will be doing the breakfasts and lunches as usual. It was noted that the flour bombing and spot landing contests need to be separate from the YE flights so that pilots can participate in both. Also noted was the Fly-Market needs to be much better advertised and located. Meetings will begin this next week (Monday?)

President Bill Dewey then spoke about the memorial area. He, along with Rusty Bartel, Dave Eason, Dave Heisley and Alan Weider have finished the retaining wall and much of the brick walkway. They were far enough along to move the Memorial Rock (that has been at the EAA clubhouse this last few years) and set it in a nice area. Landscaping will begin immediately, and Bill is working on the Propeller Monument to be erected within a few months. Phase 2 will include a flagpole and an engraved brick program that will allow anyone to have a place to remember their loved one. This looks like it will become a nice focal place for the airport and a great area to have memorial services for our flying friends as the go west. Good work to all the folks who helped make this a reality.

Dave Petersen reminded the group of the OPA convention in Albany this August 24^th.

Chapter 902 (Mulino) asked if our group would transfer our YE credits to them to help send one of their kids to the Air Academy. A show of hands indicated that no one objected.

Next Chapter 31 breakfast will be May 18^th. More Air Fair info will be available at that time.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:57 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting Minutes for 3/6/2013 Meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 (Happily with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, a wonderful pound cake dessert !! and a drink for only $5 !! Come next month and bring a friend!
Business meeting called to order at 7:05 PM by President Bill Dewey, with Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout also present.

The 22 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What exciting thing happened this last month”. Guests included Karl Sheffeld (??) and Mike McKoll (?)who is working on a 1000 wing frame.

Roger then rose to discuss the AWOS system that Creswell is trying to get. It appears that they are about $15,000 short of the needed funds as of yet. He suggested that the chapter donate some funds for this project now as it will be much more expensive later.

Secretary Stout noted that yearly dues of $25 are due now. Please see him after the meeting or you can send them in by mail:  EAA Chapter 31, 86277   Panorama Rd., Springfield, OR   97478 Thanks to several people for renewing at the meeting.

President Bill Dewey discussed the latest plan for the memorial area. He noted that Bricks will be available for purchase with you or a loved one’s name on them in 3 lines of text for $50 for the 4×8 and $100 for the 8×8 size. You can also add art to the brick for $6. He hoped that we would be moving dirt by next month.  Bill will install the propeller feature with 6×6 posts of PT wood, and a spinner.

Dave Peteresen brought in another new IPAD app. (Wing X Pro 7 with a Bad Elf GPS attachment) and noted that it was $100/ Year ($200 for 3 years). Ben has Skycharts Pro, which he paid $20 and gets updates often. Somehow, they forgot to keep billing him, but they keep sending him updates.

It was noted that on May 16-20^th, the Eugene EAA chapter 1457 will be hosting Aluminum Overcast in Eugene. They are also suggesting that we join them in a Young Eagle event coming up (I don’t believe I got a date on that) Everyone was asked to join them if they could.

Next Chapter breakfast is March 16^th at the clubhouse.

Ben Hallert gave a very interesting presentation on the Raspberry Pie computer board that is now available for $39. It seems that it can do anything but write a novel, but they are working on that. See him on any Friday at “Maker Space” on McKinley St. between 5^th and 7^th (near Redundant Cartridge), in his workshop. He sells memberships in the workshop so you can use the tools whenever you like, or come to open nights on Friday to see what is going on.

Gary Ludeke asked the group if they felt it was a good idea to start a survey money on how the group can improve its’ membership activities and add value to the programs that we put on.

There being no other business, we moved into our series of “Homebuilders Corner”. Mat Northway then rose and showed the group a nice, cheap RPM measuring device called a GloBee. It costs only $12 and works well for model and full size airplane propellers.

Secretary Stout had asked the group to bring in any bore scopes that they have for the next meeting. Everyone, including the Secretary forgot, so next month, for sure, these will be evaluated, compared and their capabilities explored.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:29 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting Minutes from February 6th, 2013 Meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 (Happily with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, BROWNIES!! and a drink for only $5 !! Come next month and bring a friend!

Business meeting called to order at 6:48 PM by Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout. President Bill Dewey was on a trip to visit relatives.

The 17 members (sadly no guests) in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What
exciting thing happened this last month”. The new Ipad app. (Fore Flight) was discussed and noted that it was free and works for both the Ipad and Iphone. Another GPS add on was also mentioned.

Secretary Stout noted that yearly dues of $25 are due now. Please see him after the meeting or you can send them in by mail:  EAA Chapter 31, 86277   Panorama Rd., Springfield, OR   97478 Thanks to several people for renewing at the meeting.

Dave Eason gave a presentation and diagram for the memorial area. He noted that Bricks will be available for purchase with you or a loved one’s name on them in 3 lines of text for $50 for the 4×8 and $100 for the 8×8 size. You can also add art to the brick for $6. He gave his rough budget estimates, which are quite doable for the group. He is hoping to get some help from Louis Lyons with equipment. He broke his plan down into phases, with phase 1 consisting of getting the paved walkway and landscaping done, along with moving the rock by the clubhouse, phase 2 the building of a memorial wall at the culvert and phase 3 the design for the propeller mounting on the wall.

Although the normal procedure is for the executive committee to meet and vote on a plan, with the lack of a quorum, a vote was taken at the meeting on whether to proceed or not. It was unanimous agreed that we should proceed on this plan, with some design changes to occur as they become apparent.

President Bill has a slightly different design plan, and both plans will be discussed and then decided on at the next meeting. Either will do well, as long as they get done soon!

Then Sid Voorhees then rose to discuss the AWOS system that Creswell is trying to get. It appears that they are about $15,000 short of the needed funds as of yet. He will be sending a letter asking for donations from the local community. He also noted that Creswell has a Part 131 operator on the field now.

There being no other business, we moved into our series of “Homebuilders Corner”. Gary Ludeke presented a 90 deg. angle drill jig he made, using plans found in Sport Aviation. It uses a ruler from Oregon Rule Company, and a roto-zip tool.

Allen Weider got up and brought a sanding block he build using 1×2 MDF with spray adhesive and 2 different grits. He also showed us a chip chaser made with J channel and a hole locator he made out of a used hacksaw blade and pop rivets.

Secretary Stout then asked the group to bring in any bore scopes that they have for the next meeting. These will be evaluated, compared and their capabilities explored.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:29 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting Minutes from 1/2/2013 Meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 (Sadly without Melinda Petersen’s famous chili), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, cookies and a drink for only $5 !! Come next month and bring a friend!

Business meeting called to order at 7:08 PM by President Bill Dewey with Sec./Tres. Randy Stout also present. The 14 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What exciting thing happened this last month”. Walt Weischedel noted that he hung his engine on his RV-12 the last day of the year, and has nearly completed the gear fix from Van’s. Jim Deal has flown off his 40 hours on his RV-9A and both Bruce Curtis and Pat Dodson have begun building Hummelbirds from plans.

Secretary Stout noted that yearly dues of $25 are due now. Please see him after the meeting or you can send them in by mail:  EAA Chapter 31, 86277 Panorama Rd., Springfield, OR  97478 Thanks to several people for renewing at the meeting.

President Bill commented on the memorial area. He has spoken to Shelly and she and a group from the city will be working on it and get the plan ready for ground work this spring. President Bill then gave out the awards for chapter service for 2012.

Hal Skinner noted that he is still not getting emails. It was suggested that he check his spam folder, and Ben Hallert will investigate to make sure his name is in correctly.

The next OACAC meeting will be the 19th at Independence Airport. The next breakfast is also on January19th, so have breakfast with us then shoot up to Independence for lunch and the meeting . See if you can attend both!!

Bill Dewey noted that Harry Anderson, the round the world Lancair flyer will be here to give a talk about his trip upon his return this spring. He is currently flying from Creswell to Antarctica.

There being no other business, we began our series of “Homebuilders Corner”. Walt Weischedel got up and showed the group several tools that he has manufactured over the years to help with building his projects. He gave several tips on how to help start bolts, attach washers, drill straight holes using a CD etc. Thanks Walt!

After Walt, Dave Eason got up and showed us a Radio headset holder that he made out of scrap plastic that he found. He asked everyone to coordinate with him any ideas that they have for future HC talks, and to please bring in your special tool, project or tip next month.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:49 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting Minutes from the 11/7/2012 gathering

11/7/2012 Meeting

The dinner meeting started at 6:00 with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili and Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Salad! She also provided a wonderful cake, and Bill Dewey came with a large container of homemade cookies. Thanks to the both of them! Come next month and bring a friend!

Meeting called to order at 7:03 PM by President Bill Dewey with Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout also present.

The 15 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What exciting thing happened this last month” talk. Guests included:  Pat Dodson  Welcome to all!!

The next breakfast is on November 17th.

Gary Ludeke rose to suggest that we have a survey of all the chapter members, and for that matter, all the local pilots (through Survey Monkey perhaps) in our area. He would ask questions like: Do you own your own aircraft, would you participate in fly-out activities, how can Chapter meetings be of most interest to you, would you be interested in forming a flying club (outside of EAA of course). He is going to pursue the steps necessary to make this happen and report back on the results.

Tom Cunningham reported that, with Walt’s help, they have fixed the brakes and his airplane is now being taxi tested in preparation for a flight. Wish him luck!

Walt Weischedel reported that all work has stopped on his RV-12 due to a gear re-design hold up. He hopes that Van’s will have revised plans soon.

It was reported that the PD-2 Road able Glasair Sportsman GS-2 that was being taxi tested on the airport was seen on the freeway this last week.

Bill Dewey is going to have his daughter AutoCAD his drawing for the plans for the memorial
garden. He will bring this AutoCAD file back from his trip to his daughters home in Colorado later this month and present them to the board. We should be able to begin construction soon after.

 
The passing of Rick Friberg was remembered by a few of the folks that were at the memorial. Rick was a very seasoned TWA pilot with perhaps 40,000 hours. His Soneri was reportedly the first propeller driven aircraft he ever flew. A great guy and a hell of a pilot.

 
Bill Dewey reported that the Chapter 31 Christmas Party is tentatively set for December 15th this year. If not enough folks can participate, it is suggested that we contact the Eugene Chapter, who will be having their Christmas Party on December 8^th at John Starr’s shop. They can handle a few more couples, just not a lot. We will be putting a questionnaire on line and email this to all the members for their input before the final decision is made.

Tom Cunningham asked if there would be a pumpkin drop in Creswell or perhaps Walker field. It was suggested that he contact Daniel Cathey regarding Walker field and Shelly at Creswell. He also wondered if we can contact the Young Eagles that flew these past few summers and ask if they would be interested in a ground school. We could also offer it to any other person (regardless of age) that might have an interest. He is going to contact EAA National to see if a database is available for these Young Eagles and see if we can contact them.

That being all the old and new business,

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm
respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout Secretary/ Treasurer

Meeting Minutes from the 10/3/2012 Meeting

10/3/2012 Meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili and Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Salad! Come next month and bring a friend!

Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by President Bill Dewey  with Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout also present.

The 16 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What exciting thing happened this last month” talk. Welcome to all!!

Guests included:  Pat Dodson and his father Fred- Long time Creswell flyers and  co-owners of Mid State Industrial- Sweeping.  Pat is still looking for someone who is building an RV-12 or other small, simple airplane that he and his dad can build together. Also, Jim Diehl was here (he has an RV-9A Flying)

The next breakfast is on October 20^th.

Tom Cunningham reported that the fuel leak that stopped us from getting his airplane started last month is now fixed, and, with the help of a little starter fluid and his Armstrong starter, he has gotten the engine running.

The meeting was temporarily adjourned so that everyone could go outside and see the PD-2 Roadable Glasair Sportsman GS-2 that was being taxi tested on the airport. We got a very nice tour of the aircraft and many questions answered by Trey Johnson (see planedriven.com) if you weren’t at the meeting. This is EAA at its best!

Bill Dewey is still waiting for approval of the plans for the memorial garden before he can get started. During the discussion, it was debated that if the memorial rock that is in front of the clubhouse could be placed there without any approval, it wouldn’t seem necessary that we would need one for our memorial garden. (Update: Bill informed me that the airport commission is giving approval for the memorial garden at another site on the airport that should work even better than the site we choose. Looks like we will be starting the project in the next 2 weeks!!)

It was noted with sadness the passing of Rick Friberg, the sparkplug who got the Creswell Fly-In back up and running last year. Tailwinds forever Rick.

Bill Dewey reported that the Chapter 31 Christmas Party is on December 15^th this year. Stay tuned for further details.

AOPA will be having a Safety Seminar at the Red Lion on the 22^nd of October.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 pm
Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout Secretary/ Treasurer