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Chapter Officers
President:
Bill Repucci
704-607-4572
Vice President:
Bob Thayer
704-578-9559
Secretary:
Bob Allen
704-892-4095
Treasurer:
Ron & Kandy Murray
704-663-5521
Directors:
Chuck Porter, Tad Sargent, Hal Schwab, Dean Unterreiner, Randy Utsey
Young Eagles
Coordinator: Hal Schwab
Technical Counselors: Kent Ashton, Glenn Babcock, Ronnie Brown, Dale Ensing, Ron Murray, Neil Stewart, and John Wigney Flight Advisors:
Dale Ensing & Ronnie Brown
Newsletter & Web Page Editor:
Ronnie Brown
704.892.5122
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EAA 309 March Dinner Meeting
Our Monday, March 17 Dinner will be at the Cook House Restaurant located at 20936 Torrence Chapel Rd, Cornelius, NC. The meeting starts at 7:00 PM but you can come earlier to participate in a bit of hangar talk. There is a map on the back page.
The speaker will be Brad Chana, the Aero Space Products manager from SEM. SEM is based here in Charlotte and is the maker of quality paints and primers. The rattle can primers used on both mine and Ron Murray's RV's were SEM products. SEM web site: http://www.sem.ws/index.php
FMI contact Bill Repucci at bill@repucci.com or call him at 704-607-4572. Bill has asked for suggestions for other Charlotte Area restaurants with meeting rooms.
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young ladies to airplanes and the theory of flight. He will reschedule the flying portion for March 22nd. See his write-up below for more details.
Spring Fly-In
Winter is almost over and the Lake Norman Fly-In is just around the corner. For me, this event always marks the beginning of the flying season. In years past the weather for this fly-in has ranged from freezing cold to boiling hot. We are all keeping our fingers crossed for some nice Carolina spring weather.
As always, we need help to pull off this event. Please contact Glenn Babcock, Ron Murray, or myself to volunteer.
Cross Winds
As I write this article the winds are blowing, the trees in the backyard are moving around, and I'm wondering how I would do flying in this kind of wind. As much as I would like to go flying today, I'm very happy to be sitting at my computer typing this article, listening to Torque the wonder dog snore away. My personal limits would not allow me to fly in a day like this. The sustained winds at CLT are currently 22 gusting to 28. Not only would that provide me marginal cross wind control but it would be down right uncomfortable. Put another
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President's Corner
Thank you!
EAA 309, what a chapter. We have such a diverse group of people and planes in this organization, it makes me proud to be associated with all of you. Every time I find out a little bit more about the backgrounds of our members I'm a just a little bit embarrassed by my meager accomplishments.
We have former members of the military who served in many different roles and in every branch, from enlisted men to officers and from fighter pilots to foot soldiers. On this day in early March I would like to thank each and every one of you for your service to our country, my country. Without the personal sacrifices you made, whether drafted or enlisted, we would not enjoy the freedom of flying and aircraft building we enjoy today. THANK YOU!
Young Eagles
Speaking of "Thank Yous", Hal Schwab is off to a running start with the 309 Young Eagles program. He scheduled a number of pilots, planes, and Girl Scouts to attend the first YE event of 2008 on Saturday, March 8th. Unfortunately he forgot to schedule calm winds to go along with the clear sky he requested. A cold front passage provided the clear skies but the howling winds associated with the cold front had not calmed down in time. Hal wisely cancelled the flying portion of the event but went ahead with the class room section which introduced the
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