Paing by number the Arthyr Dunn way!
Best angle for pic of Bill Furnholm
The Smilin’Jack |
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| EAA Chapter 866 monthly newsletter October 2001 |
For reasons way beyond our control we had to cancel this our biggest event of the year. The terrorist attack on our country ended all private flight for over a week and during our scheduled fly-in. Even if the airspace had been open, the wx would have prevented any VFR arrivals. We waited till the last minute before we finally called the whole thing of because we thought that maybe by the 15th of Sept. the VFR ban would be lifted and we could proceed.... Didn't happen!
Loretta and I purchased a lot of ground beef and sausage for this. She made meat balls of the ground beef and we've bagged and frozen these. The sausage has also been frozen but is not cooked. At our board meeting the consensus was that many members have expressed a willingness to buy this meat from us and it was also mentioned that maybe we could have a Arthur Dunn cookout some Saturday and sell this stuff made into sandwiches.
Next year we will hold our annual Smilin'Jack fly-in and it will be a huge success!
Loretta and I got 52L out to do a run up the beach to see if we could see any of the sharks swimming around New Smyrna and to just ride around a bit. After we got done with that we decided to check out the restaurant at Deland airport so we set up a course for there. The restaurant on the airport at Deland appears to be part of the Sky Dive operation there and is kind of interesting. While we had our sandwiches they were playing a video tape of a jump that was just made and the three people who had made tandem jumps were watching themselves on the big screen TV and really enjoying this. I must say that the photography or video work is excellent and when they put it to music it is fun to watch. More fun with the participants there watching also! Although the day was kind of hazy it was a fun flight. We liked the lunch so much that we flew up there again a few days later for breakfast. We had planned to go up to St. Augustine but the forecast for thunderstorms sounded too threatening to get back in time to make the chapter meeting. Ha! Before this flight I decided to clean the plexiglas and I had to smile as I saw the smudge marks on the inside of the windows on the right side. These came from the last Young Eagle rides that I gave. Kids, lookin out the windows.
It was erie for me to be living beneath the traffic pattern of Dunn Aairpark and hearing no airplanes from Sept. 11 till Sept. 20. On Thursday the 20th I was out in the back yard finishing a project that I'd started earlier and I heard a plane departing the airport so I looked to see and it was one of the Aero commanders based there. At first I thought well he must have filed IFR so they could fly because up till then, only IFR was allowed. I watched and he remained in the pattern and landed. My hopes soared thinking the VFR ban may have been lifted and sure enough, a few minutes later the Cessna 206 with Greg Nardi at the controls was headed up with a load of skydivers... Yeah! I put the tools down and went in the house and got right on the computer and learned that we were now allowed some limited VFR flight. What a good feeling I had when I started hearing traffic again out of Dunn! If 52L hadn't been down for her annual I'd have gone out and taken a celebration flight, I think!
by Larry Gilbert
We are one lucky bunch! Another great weather day and our chapter put together another fine breakfast of pancakes, grits, biscuits and hot sausage gravy for the fly-ins, members, and friends at Dunn Airpark on our regular breakfast Saturday. It's great to see some of the wives showing up with members too! The chapter book cooker, Neale Cranston, under the watchful eye of Steve (pres.) counted the cash and declared another profitable event and even a few bucks over the rent we have to pay for bldg. 10 this month. The net profit will go toward the chapter Pietenpol under construction at Dunn. Hey, if you're not coming to these breakfasts you're missing a great time and besides that the regulars are still telling the same old lies about their flying skills and we need some new stories. You don't even have to help clean up or anything! Just bring yourself and a friend with $3.00 ea for breakfast and talk to us. It's fun!!
by Larry Gilbert
The following is taken from a publication called "Mentor" and is published by NAFI (National Association of Flight Instructors)
Across the country, flight schools are facing some serious challenges. Most notably is the availability of affordable insurance for their aircraft. Here's a sampling of what some had to say.
1. We can no longer fly in any airplanes other than those owned by the company. The insurance is higher than the revenue. Most pilots want to take their flight review in their own airplane. We can freelance it, but then, the insurance burden is on us.
2. Recently the company was forced to take our Citabria off line (it is now for sale) because we could not afford the more than $4,000 a year premium. There goes the tail wheel transition and aerobatic courses. The IA whom annuals my personal airplane (and the FBO airplanes) is going to decide in November when his insurance is due if he wants to stay in the aircraft repair business. " I can see a day when there might be nothing but a card lock fueling system at our airport."
There are a couple of more stories like this in this publication. You get the drift! This is why we have to belong and pay dues to organizations like EAA, AOPA, and NAFI. I hope all of our chapter members are also at least EAA national members as well. The lawyers who represent those claims against the industry are suing it out of existence.
P.S. I wrote all of the above before the Sept. 11 attack so things may change even more now.
Saturday mornings at Dunn Airpark there's always a bunch sitting around drinking Patti's coffee at her hangar and just bragging about their flying prowess and watching some of the wonderful flying activities going on there. Pat is out in his "Red Ultralight" at 9:15 every day and the trikes are active including one with a recently installed BMW motorcycle engine. Generally the bunch piles into a couple of vehicles and head out to a local greasy spoon for breakfast. Then it's back to the airport and those five who are building the Nieuport 11's go to work in Jim Garrisons' shop on their planes. One Saturday during this past month I stopped to observe the progress on these planes and Gil Jones was mounting the rudder on his fuselage and temporarily clamped the horiz. Stabilizer/elevators to the fuselage to check clearance for the turning of the rudder. He also has the plywood firewall temporarily fastened to the front of the assembly. Hey, these are really beginning to look like something. You ought to stop and see the operation some Saturday morning and lend morale support to this bunch. Besides this sometimes the banter gets really funny there!
Hey, it's only October but Loretta and I have started to plan and think about our winter party. Those who attended our first winter party last January will attest to the fact that it was a wonderful time! We've made some preliminary contacts with some entertainers to see what we can come up with for this event. It is early yet, but not too early to begin talking it up. This party is for anyone, whether they are chapter members or not. Last year we worked hard to get the attendance to 60 people. This year we expect it to be a little easier because of the good time that was had by all at the last one. This party will take place some time in January 2002.
Sorry to hear about your surplus rain. I will try to stop it from here if I can. All of August was very dry and hot, hot here! We have had heavy rains about every two to three days since Labor Day. Week ends have been good flying weather, temps in 70 to 80's.
Don't know if I told you that the AAA fly-in was for members only so I joined. The AAA is the home of several Type Clubs, Interstate, Culver, Porterfield, Rearwin, and Parrakeet. They all have their own newsletters. Bob Taylor, President of AAA also publishes the Pietenpol International Newsletter. He has two Piets at Blakesburg.
Sounds as if the Nieuport Factory is doing well. I see i n one of the magazines that some group is building eleven all together and I know of another group building 6 Nieuport 11's in Gardner, Kansas. These things are going to be evrywhere!!!
Did I tell you that Chad Wille at Corning, IA has a Pietenpol fuselage on a real Jenney gear in his barn loft. He built this for a man who then could not pay for it. He is presently building a full scale Sopwith Tri-Plane with a Russian geared radial engine for someone. They have found a real Lewis machine and it is mounted on the fuselage. This gun was found in storage in Belgium and still has the original oil in reservoirs in the handles. Looks like a new gun!
Tell Jim Webb that Chad Wille does not use Sitka Spruce at all, only Douglas Fir. He came from Oregon and has built both wood and steel tube planes.
All for now. Wayne
We made it. It was very hot but did not storm. We traveled a little over 900 miles with about 100 of that while we were there.
There were between 13 and 15 Pietenpols there. The most were Model A powered. They really sound good. One Sky Scout from the museum at Ottumwa, Ia flown by Chad Willie, who lives in Corning, IA.
All Piets present had split axles with 6 to 8.5 X 6 main wheels except the Scout which hab about 19 in wheels. Most tail wheels were coil springs. Most had wing tanks with about 50/50 with brakes. Two had tail skids.
Friday was the big day. Sat. had about half the planes there but lots of flying going on . Bill Rewey flew in each day, then home for the night.
Most people were from north of the Mason Dixon line, with one from Alaska. Allen Wise did not make it. I met and talked quite a little with Bruce Brown who said he corresponds with you by "E" mail.
Talked to Vi Kapler and Orin Hoopman's daughter. Orin passed away on 12 July.
All for now. Wayne
The above was e-mailed to Neale and forwarded to me by him.
by Larry Gilbert
On Friday Sept 21st some of the regulars at Dunn (AD) got together and repainted the numbers and chevrons on the runways there. A couple of days in advance Steve had forwarded a message to me that Hal Springer had asked if any Chapter 866 people would be interested in helping re-paint the runway markings. So when we saw Hal at Dunn on Wednesday several of us told him that we'd be willing to help. So it was arranged that on Friday we'd do this. Well the VFR ban was lifted on Thurs. so they had to put a Notam out that the runways would be closed till 12 noon. As I remember, it was Hal Springer, Charlie Vaughn, Don Poppino, Gene Driggers, Neale Cranston, Bill Furnholm, Ed ? (don't know his last name yet), and a couple of others whom I don't know yet, and me. We manned paint rollers and smeared, no spread paint supplied by the authority on the old markings. We finished up and as soon as we were done the Notam expired and Greg took a load of skydivers up with the 206. It was a fun morning and there was a lot of banter and laughter and good fellowship among the AD people.
Thanks for asking, Hal.
LG
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Paing by number the Arthyr Dunn way! |
Best angle for pic of Bill Furnholm |
Young Eagles briefing |
Ralph Moore's Falco |
By: Steve Pangborn
September began on an up-beat note of anticipation, starting with the monthly pancake breakfast, which was one of our best to date. There weren't many fly-ins to speak of {one, I believe…. good ol' Jackie}, but the drive -ins rose to the occasion and helped the chapter finances to a "banner" day. I believe we sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60 breakfasts. A big thank you goes out to all of you loyal and hungry folks that help us out each month. Also, a tip of the hat to all of those that help with the set up/tear down of the facilities AND with the breakfast service itself…. couldn't do it without you, believe me!
Next on the monthly agenda was the anticipated excitement of our annual Smilin" Jack Flyin. Planning for S.J. was moving along well, with most items addressed and covered. But, the events of September 11 put a damper on our event along with LIVES of many, many folks who just happened to be in the wrong place that DAY.
I'm not going to revisit that day in this column. Enough has been said by others much more eloquence than I. I will say, I think our lives have been altered forever by the events that day. Our freedoms as we know them has taken another "hit" and we will probably not be able to go back to where we were before this happened.
Enough of that. The October meeting will bring us the Bill and Gene show, with a dissertation on the Ol' Rhineback Airdrome in New York. Should be something we won't want to miss.
I'll keep this short {do I hear cheering in the background?} as our chapter scribe needs this so he can get the newsletter out before departing AGAIN for who knows where?? So, keep the "blue side up", and happy flying {FINALLY!!}
President
Vice
President
Secretary/Treas
Steve
Pangborn
Colleen
Betts
Neale Cranston
4625 James
Road
4801 Doreen
Road
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Cocoa, FL
32927
Cocoa, FL
32927
Titusville, Fl
32796
Newsletter Editor
Larry Gilbert
2002 Malinda Ln
Titusville, FL 32796
The chapter newsletter is published monthly to inform members and friends of our chapter about activities of our chapter and members. Our chapter is open and we welcome all who are interested in aviation activities of any kind.
This newsletter will be mailed prior to each monthly meeting. We need your input so please submit materials for this newsletter. When you have something for this, you can submit via e-mail, on a computer disk, in writing, or by word of mouth. Please get the information to me by the 19th of the month. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month.
