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Chapter Officers
President:
John Wigney
704.664.4167
Vice President:
Kevin Cromie
704-366-8529
Secretary:
Don Sink
704.663.5834
Treasurer:
Sam Stewart
704-588-0776
Directors:
Dale Ensing, Sara Forrest, Bill Repucci, John Schroeder & Bob Thayer
Young Eagles
Coordinator: Don Sink
Technical Counselors: Kent Ashton, Neil Stewart, Dale Ensing, Andy Moscarelli, Ron Murray, Ronnie Brown and Glenn Babcock.
Flight Advisors:
Dale Ensing & Ronnie Brown
Newsletter & Web Page
Editor:
Ronnie Brown
704.892.5122
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Here's the schedule of upcoming Dinner Meetings planned for EAA 309. Go ahead and mark your calendars so YOU can BE THERE - EVERY THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH beginning at 7:00 pm
Monday, August 21, Thane States has invited us to tour his RV10 Project.
Monday, September 25 (note change!) - Tour of Michael Moore's Aircraft Engine shop in Mooresville.
Monday, October 16 - Tour of Neal and Sam Stewart's Skybolt Biplane Project.
Monday, November 20, Meeting with Gastonia Aero Club at the Gastonia Airport - Presentation on Aircraft Clubs and Partnerships.
Monday, December 11 - EAA 309 Christmas Party at the Acropolis Restaurant in Cornelius.
If you have a suggestion for an upcoming speaker or tour, please let us know! We are looking for suggestions for the November meeting.
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any combination of a hangar and/or a meeting room and/or a workshop, preferably at an airfield location. This has been a protracted exercise but I am confident that we will find our home someday soon.
Last week, the chapter was presented with a very generous donation of a Kitfox Lite ultralight kit by Cheryl Beal. Cheryl's husband, Bob, joined EAA 309 in April 2003. He passed away on Thursday Nov. 17, 2005 after receiving a kidney transplant on Wednesday. He was born in Delaware and worked for DuPont. He loved airplanes and tried to get his private license but diabetes kept him from getting a medical. He therefore purchased the ultralight kit so that he could pursue his dream of flying. Ron Szot, John Schroeder, Dale Ensing and I helped to pick up the components from Cheryl's garage and they are now stored in Ron Szot's hangar and John Schroeder's basement. We are very fortunate to have this donation and it will serve as an excellent chapter project since only a small amount of assembly work has been done. The kit is basically complete except for the engine. Before we do set off on the build process, we will have a full discussion and agreement on how the effort will proceed through the disposition of the finished kit.
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the visibility improved, I found that the weather deteriorated the further I flew to the northwest. The result was that I decided this was not the time to go to Oshkosh and I headed back to Lake Norman without problems. I was quite disappointed since the Oshkosh show is always a tremendous event and I had missed last year as well.
In the July newsletter I explained that we were waiting for the rental agreement form from Gastonia for the Cottonair hangar. I regret to advise that all our hangar efforts have now come to naught. Firstly it transpired at the last minute that Cottonair was declining to relinquish their lease with the city. Another option to buy the hangar from Cottonair for the remaining lease term also fell through. Your board has met to discuss next steps and is investigating a long list of alternative options and locations. The bottom line is that we wish to establish a 'permanent home' for the chapter. This could be
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