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EAA Chapter 309 was founded in 1973 by a small group of aviation enthusiasts. Since that time, the membership has grown in size and experience. Members come with a variety of skill and experiences. Current members have aviation backgrounds ranging from student pilot all the way to Airline Transport Pilot. Several are A&Ps and all share a love of aviation. Membership is open to anyone interested in aviation and learning about the construction of Experimental Aircraft.
Chapter 309 is planning to build a home at Gastonia Municipal Airport. Chapter activities include visiting member projects, seminars, fly-ins, Young Eagle Flights, and a good dose of Hangar Flying!
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President's Corner by John Wigney
Your board met last week and settled on the proposed schedule dates for 2006. New items include a Poker Run on 5.13.06 and a fly-out lunch trip to Martinsville and Asheboro on 9.9.06. At the moment, our dinner meetings are scheduled to be held at the Open Kitchen which appears to work well for most but we do intend to schedule meetings in other places such as Gastonia and Independence for the convenience of those who live in those areas. If you click on http://www.eaa309.org/ you will find all the details of our schedule. The web site has a lot of information and is carefully maintained and updated by Ronnie Brown.
At our Monday, Feb. 20th meeting at the Open Kitchen, Van Smith from Hickory has asked to have a few words about assistance for an engine for a Zenith 801 missionary pilot in Venezuela.
We will also have a presentation from Bill Wilson, CFI, on "Stalls and Spin Prevention" with plenty of opportunity for Q&A.
The March 20th meeting will be a visit to the John Schroeder/Ron Szot Lancair project at Lake Norman airport. This beautifully made project is close to completion after many years of careful work and we hope to have the usual pizza delivery for hungry masses.
The drawing package for the hangar should be complete next week with the electrical drawing from Charlie Hall and we will then obtain contractor bids.
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It's Alive. It's Alive!!!
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Bob Thayer sent along this picture of the 1/2 VW engine that he and Andy Moscarelli built out of Volkswagen parts. It is swinging a beautiful fir propeller carved on the prop carving machine that Bob built!!! Bob reported "We ran the engine again this morning. It started on the first flip of the prop. It reached 2860 RPM static and would go from idle to full power with out any hesitation. Attached is a picture and a short movie. That certainly gets the "building juices flowing again!"
We will put the movie on the 309 web. Check it out. Andy and Bob are scheduled to make a presentation on the project at the April Dinner meeting. Bob is building a Hummel Bird that this engine will pull into the skies (scheduled completion is sometime in the next century - just in time to fly over the opening ceremonies of the I-485 loop from Huntersville to Concord!)
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BUILDER'S SEMINAR
Bob Thayer and Bill Repucci are busy putting together a seminar that will be held on Saturday, April 22. The primary focus will be building an Aluminum Tool box featuring most of the tools needed to build a Vans RV. Presentations will also include information on how to get started and how to license your Home Built aircraft. Contact Bob or Bill for more information
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