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Words From The Presidentby Bart DaltonEAA 10 PicnicInstead of the monthly meeting on the third Monday, for May we will be having our annual chapter picnic Sunday May 18th. There will be no monthly meeting on the third Monday. The picnic will start at 1:00 P.M. The chapter will furnish hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, and fixings as well as lemonade and iced tea. Everyone is responsible for the chips, covered dish, and especially deserts. B-17 Workers neededThe EAA B-17 will be in town on May 19, 20, 21. Please make note that we are sharing the duties with Vintage 10. We will also be splitting the profits that we are set to make on selling the rides and tours. This is a great fundraiser for our chapter to use the money towards our scholarship that we are offering Mr. Josh Winters, the winner of our summer EAA scholarship. We will need help from several people to help man the work slots listed on the flyer inside. Everyone who can help will be greatly appreciated. Craig and I will be collecting these sign up forms and will be back in touch with each and everyone. The plane will arrive at Riverside Airport and will be housed at the new Vo-Tec facility. They have such a nice place and it should work as a great place to show off the B-17. More info will follow in the days to come. May breakfastWe will still have the May pancake breakfast here at the hanger and still be working at the B-17 at Riverside. Bits and piecesJim Franklin had his one of a kind plane signed off this past month and by now has probably flown it. It is a Franklin Woodsey. The name gives it away as it is all out of wood. He did a great job on the total project. Also when anyone signs up for national EAA if you make note to a reference to EAA chapter 10 we get a $10 donation. This could add up very quickly. We hope to see everyone at the picnic and everyone please have a great time flying. Bart Treasurer's ReportBy Jeff Wedman
New member rebatesThe other day I received a check from EAA national for $10. To my surprise the check was for a new membership rebate. The check came with information on how to get more rebates. If a new member fills out a rebate form when they send in their national dues, Chapter 10 gets 10 bucks, what a deal. I was all excited about this “new” rebate deal and informed everyone at the board meeting about it. But Craig informed me that this rebate deal had been in effect for sometime and that there are rebate forms in a file in the briefcase he passed on to me as the new Treasurer. He’s really burst my bubble now that I know we had new members and I failed to give out the rebate forms. If you are a new EAA national member please get a rebate form from me and I will send them in and see if they will honor the rebates. It’s worth a try. Young eagles pointsAs you know we are sponsoring another young person for the Air Academy again this year. The Academy staff informed me that we can use Young Eagles points to pay for up to one half of the cost for the Academy. If anyone has Young Eagle points that they would be willing to donate for this cause, please let me know. It will be greatly appreciated. Jeff Smoke in the cockpitby Jeff WedmanLast month after the pancake breakfast a friend of mine asked me if I would go with him to practice some landings. Joe Walker is a new aircraft owner and student pilot who had not soloed at the time. After I had scrubbed the pancake grill hopefully to Lynn Coltharp’s satisfaction, (I filled in for Lynn as head flap jack flipper) Joe and I headed out to his newly purchased Cessna 150. We stayed in the pattern at Gundy’s for four landings then decided to head northeast for some sight seeing. Joe had set the old 150 up for a climb to 3000 ft when, about six miles northeast of the airport, Joe and I both yelled “smoke” simultaneously. There wasn’t any visible smoke in the cockpit, but a very strong odor of electrical fire. I told Joe “we are turning this thing around” and I asked him to turn the master switch to off. Locating the problemWhen we got back on the ground we began looking for the reason for the odor. We checked under the instrument panel for burnt wires, no burnt wires. Joe removed the cowling to look at the engine for problems. What had happened was the muffler on the left side had completely come apart and the scat tubing had burnt away from the heat muff about 3 inches. The odor must have been from the scat tubing burning. Joe and I had used the cabin heat as we flew to the wild onion breakfast in Cookson a month or so ago. We had talked about carbon monoxide getting into the cabin if the muffler had a leak and that a carbon monoxide detector would be a very good idea. I believe Joe and I were very lucky on the trip to and from Cookson as the muffler had to have had some cracking back then. About one forth of the muffler was not even there. We found pieces of it in the scat tubing and in the cabin heat valve. Well, Joe is the proud owner of a new muffler, carbon monoxide detector and a fire extinguisher. Oh by the way, Joe has soloed; the sky will never be the same. On Friendshipby Dale OlsonYou know, it is so nice to have friends. They can be the biggest part of a person’s life, next to family. Just as family, real friends always seem to be there for you. They are there when you are sick, they’re there when you need help, they’re there to cheer you up when you are sad, and they are also there when you need a place to have your airplane interior completed!! Unfortunately, THEY are also starting to refer to my airplane as THEIR own. (Notice I just used the possessive form: their!) I just finished reading the April newsletter on the web, and what do I see first? Bart writing about flying Dale’s RV-6 (that would be mine) to Tenkeller’s wild onion and egg breakfast with his son Berek. This in itself is a wonderful thing. I am so happy that I can be a part of allowing a father and a son to fly together. It allows a bond like no other. But, I did pick up on a general theme in Bart’s writing. He did not say it right away, but then in the end, I saw it. It was bigger than life. It was the word MINE!!! It is no wonder Bart continues to tell me how much he values my friendship. The key to everything Bart said is in this very word: friendship. Obviously the word friend is self-explanatory. The second half of the word, however, tells the story in this particular case. Ship. As in airship, flying ship, OK, airplane! My airplane. HE IS STEALING MY AIRPLANE. I implore the membership of Chapter 10 to keep Bart honest. If this is an unobtainable task, at least keep an eye on my RV. Good friends, good memoriesAll joking aside, I miss my friends of Chapter 10 a great deal. When I read the newsletter I seem to transport myself back to previous adventures. To this day I refuse to buy my wife, Gayle, emeralds, bad connotations!! She can thank Jerry, Lynn, John, and Paul for that one. For those who do not understand, watch your step in the morning whenever you camp with these guys. The last time I looked up and saw a satellite streak across the sky was at a cheat the devil campout relocated to Tenkiller airpark. One of the best trips I ever took in my life was being apart of six airplanes traveling in tow to Oshkosh. Vicki, Lonnie, his friend Mark, Sam, Bill, and myself. What a crew. What an adventure. A special cross countryI now have another aviation adventure to look forward to. I am hopeful in May I actually can take possession of my airplane. Sorry Bart. The flight from Gundys to Cameron Park (Sacramento area) is a flight I know I will never forget. I plan on taking the southerly route to stay away from the real high mountains, I can not wait for the views to start. The scenery will start in New Mexico and continue on through Arizona and Nevada. I plan to skirt close enough to see the Grand Canyon while staying clear of the airspace. I only hope the days will be clear. Then up through the valleys of California on the home stretch. This is something almost everyone reading this newsletter right now is thinking, yeah, should be a nice trip. Now, lets all take a step back. I am going to jump into my very own airplane, fly half way across this country, and we think nothing of it. How impressive is that! All this will occur while our military personnel are fighting oversees to allow people to have the right to utter a sentence with out fear of being killed. May God bless our men and women in uniform, and may he bless this most wonderful Country, America. Oh, and least I forget how I started this, may God bless my friends…. Tailwinds always, Dale
Spring Fling Poker Run – ReallyWith the interesting weather we’ve been having lately, I’m sure many of you are sure that Craig must have scheduled a Poker Run to cause it. Alas, we can’t blame him. Yet. The run set up for last month was postponed at the monthly meeting so we could focus on supporting the large Young Eagles event in Claremore that weekend. Now we’re going to try it again following this month’s pancake breakfast. We’re including a separate sheet as well should you want to post it on somewhere or bring it along for the ride. The route is the same as last month: 1. Skiatook 2. Pawhuska 3. Bartlesville 4. Claremore 5. Owasso Gundy’s · At each airport, you will receive one sealed envelope per player. · DO NOT OPEN THESE ENVELOPES! · Upon arriving at Gundy’s, the 5th envelope will be handed out and the winning hand will be determined and prizes paid. · The entry fee is $5.00 and the winnings will be paid as follows: 1st place 50% of the pot 2nd place 30% of the pot 3rd place 20% of the pot Riveting Newsby Craig Loomiller
Flight Academy scholarship winnerThe selection of a student to send to the EAA Flight Academy this year was really tough. All of the candidates were exceptional in one way or another. All were honor students and all have distinguished themselves in some field related to aviation. The selection committee, after much thought, finally arrived at a consensus selection. The EAA Chapter 10 Flight Academy Scholarship winner for 2003 is Joshua Wichers. Joshua is 15 years old and is a ninth grade student attending Owasso Public Schools. He became an Eagle Scout at 14 years of age after having received his Aviation Merit Badge. His eighth grade paper airplane design competed in the Tulsa County division of the Engineering Challenge sponsored by Tulsa Tech. This year, in his Advanced Placement Geometry class, he constructed a tetrahedron kite using only straws, string, and tissue paper. For fun, Joshua likes to go to aviation museums. In his application, he is proud of the fact that he has attended museums in at least fifteen states. These include the National Air & Space museum, Cosmosphere in Kansas, Omniplex in OKC, and the Tulsa Air & Space Museum to name a few. He has an active interest in model airplanes and rocketry, and has viewed a space shuttle launch from Kennedy Space center. When Joshua lived in Kansas a couple of years ago, his father was employed by Flight Safety International. This gave Joshua the opportunity to fly full motion simulators on the weekends. He has simulator time in the King Air 200, Beechcraft 1900D, Gulfstreams, and Lear Jets. As you can see, Joshua is an excellent choice to represent Chapter 10 in Oshkosh this year. He will attend the Intermediate Aviation Experience Camp July 15-20 this year. This is a one-week camp for 14-15 year old participants. We'll have Joshua at our August membership meeting to relate his experiences while at the camp. Poker Run following BreakfastI have scheduled a Poker run for the same day as our pancake breakfast this month. It will take place immediately after the breakfast. Look for the flyer elsewhere in this month’s newsletter. This should be a good time, so plan on attending. I am going to take my chances and not schedule a rain date in conjunction with this event. We'll see if this will works out. Craig Mystery uncovered in Chapter 10 filesby Gerald VaughanThirty year ago this November a young man built and flew a small wood and fabric airplane which used a small air-cooled automobile engine for power. This feat was not uncommon in 1973, but along with several other "homebuilt" airplanes was newsworthy enough to be a featured story in a Sunday supplement to the KC Star paper. The mystery beginsThe mystery begins in January of 1972 with the young man living in a small town suburb of Kansas City. He was just starting a family and getting settled in a career, but restless after finishing 4 years of engineering college and 3 years of graduate school. He needed another challenge. Having acquired some skill with tools as a teenager building or repairing boats, motorcycles, and old autos, the next logical step was building an airplane. Timing, as they say is everything, a cover story that month in Popular Mechanics (required reading for newly hatched engineers) featured a wood and fabric, Volkswagen powered airplane any one could build and fly for $2 an hour. Details, detailsThere was a small problem however, at that time in history, a license was required to fly anything with a motor on it. No big problem the local YWCA was offering ground school for a flat fee of $25 and one of the maintenance guys where he was employed was a part time instructor. The young man finished ground school and passed the written test in a month and set out that next weekend to take his first lesson. Having never sat in a small airplane up to this time the first lesson was more than eye opening, it was exciting, yet frightening, physically challenging but some how the controls felt natural. It was love at first flight. The solo came at 8 hours and the check ride after 40 hours (minimum required by FAA) Putting it all togetherA few months of renting re-enforced the desire and need to build a plane to permit the continuation of this love affair with out consuming all available funds and depriving the young family of food and shelter. The plans for the Evans Volksplane were purchased and the search for materials began. Aircraft grade wood, AN hardware, Aerolite glue and heat shrink Dacron fabric were all new to the eager first time builder, but all required materials were found. As the plane was assembled an engine search began and ended with an ad in the local paper offering a 40 hp engine for sale needing some work($150). The building started as another hobby project but soon became an obsession occupying week nights till 1:00am and every waking hour on the weekends. Vacation time was scheduled around major assembly work or field trips to fetch materials or parts. The plane was finished and ready for transport to the closest airport in 9 months. Assembly was accomplished on the ramp at Excelsior Spring airport (2000 ft short) in a day where an interested stranger asked what chapter of EAA did the builder belong. What is EAA was the reply and an invitation to the next meeting was offered. First flightWeather postponed the first flight for a week allowing friends to find a more experienced test pilot and convince the builder to allow him the privilege of first flight. It flew that weekend with several witnesses, once around the pattern and down. With the FAA looking on and the test pilot debriefed the new airplane was tied down. A celebration dinner was in order and family members were eager to share the moment. The next day after a few trim adjustments the builder strapped himself in and taxied up and down the runway until the tail wheeled craft was controllable. Take off soon followed, starting 7 years and 500 hours of flight, including two trips to Oshkosh. At the first EAA fly-in attended in Grain Valley, MO (sponsored by chapter 91) pictures were taken and an article submitted and published in November 1973. The plane was sold in 1980 to finance the next project. But where in all this is the mystery?The young man in the story is Gerald (Jerry) Vaughan who moved to Owasso OK in 1995 and is now a local chapter 10 member. While cleaning house and looking in some old chapter 10 files, Craig Loomiller found a clear plastic sealed photo of a Volksplane with the 26 year-old builder/pilot Gerald Vaughan. It is the same photo that appeared in The KC Star 29½ years ago. How did it get in that file?
Message From The Editorby Bob Minich This month I’m trying a little experiment to see if we can get decent looking photos into the newsletter. In the past, it’s been a problem due to images being messed during Xeroxing. This month, I will try to get the newsletter printed directly on the super-duper copy machine and printer used by Office Depot to avoid generational losses. If it doesn’t work, at least we’ll have a couple good pictures for the web site. Upcoming EventsThe biggest news this month is, of course, the annual Chapter 10 Picnic. This takes the place of the regular monthly chapter meeting but occurs Sunday, May 18th which is before the third Monday. See the Words From The President for more details. We’ll resume the regular meeting schedule in June. This is a busy month on the aviation calendar. Look for Calendar Of Events at the end of the newsletter for specific dates of these events. Besides the picnic, we still have the regularly scheduled pancake breakfast. This month we’ll be doing the rescheduled Poker Run immediately following the breakfast. See the article and flyer later in this issue. Airshow Oklahoma is May 16-19 this month. The gates open at noon on Friday and 9:00am Saturday and Sunday. Featured performers include locals Randy Harris in his Skybolt and Guy Baldwin in his Extra as well as Stan McKusik in a T-6, Randy Ball in a MIG 17, and the Golden Nights. Tickets are $8 advance, $10 at the gate ($2 and $4 for children 12 and under.) You can find the details at the show’s website. In June, we have the Biplane Expo at Bartlesville which always brings out some interesting airplanes. I imagine there will be a long line of planes landing at the Ponca City breakfast before heading for the Expo. Later in the month, Sand Ridge will have a lunch-time fly-in. Calling All Calendar KeepersIf there’s a flying event you think should be listed on the calendar that isn’t there already or is incorrect, feel to give me a phone call (437-3822) or email (minich@ionet.net) to let me know about it. Contact information (for verification) and related web site addresses to go along with the calendar entry are welcome, too. Even if you don’t know details, any help I can get in tracking them down will be appreciated. April meeting a great successIf you missed last month’s meeting, you missed out on something special. Prior to the actual meeting, we served Oshkosh-style bratwurst and corn on the cob. After totaling up the numbers, it seems we actually came out with a few bucks more than when we started. The food was wonderful and brought lots of folks out early.
The main meeting featured Louis Mosher from A Hot Air Affair talking about some of the history behind ballooning technology and traditions spiced up with stories of his own adventures aloft. Between his stories and scrapbook, I felt like going for a ride myself. While we were hoping to have a balloon glow demonstration for the evening, the timing worked against us. Louis said he not only offers rides in his balloon, he even offers training and rental to prospective balloon pilots. I’m not sure how well this fixed wing pilot would take to a single control flying machine. Story contributionsThanks to Gerald Vaughn and Dale Olsen for writing this month. I think Dale is really missing his airplane, but separation makes the heart grow fonder. Thanks again to the regular contributions to our newsletter. Take a moment the next time you see them to thank them for their service to the chapter. As a volunteer run organization, it is important we reward their efforts lest we burn them out. You can help prevent writer burnout among our regular contributors by writing up an article and getting it to me. If your writing stinks but the story is OK, send it in anyway and I promise to polish it up enough to make my grade school teachers stop snickering. I guarantee a combined effort will be better than anything I make up (or is that remember) myself. The best way to submit an article is sending email to me at: You can also phone me if you’d like. As always, I’ll publish just about anything you send, so take a moment and write up a story on your aviation adventures. Web NewsletterIf you would like to get the newsletter on the chapter website (www.eaa10.org) every month, this saves us on mailing and printing costs, helping to keep your dues low. Just send Jeff Wedman or myself an email and we’ll stop the paper version and send you a monthly email when the newsletter is posted online. Bob Mowing ScheduleHere’s the list everyone has been waiting for. Believe it or not, it will soon be Spring and that means the grass will start to grow and grow and grow some more.
This schedule is set up for Friday or Saturday mowing for the each week. If your name appears on this list and you don’t want to help call Lynn Coltharp @ 272-7255 If your name is not on the list and you would like to help, Call Lynn Coltharp @ 272-7255 If you have a schedule conflict, please call one of the other mowers and make a trade of dates. WHO BRINGS SNACKS????Below is a list of who brings snacks for each meeting. I am sure the A-C's will set the standard for the new year's snacks. January A-C CALENDAR1st Monday Each month Board Meeting at the chapter hangar at Gundy's 7:00pm 2nd Monday each month Newsletter Folding at the hangar - Gundy's Airport 7:00pm 3rd Monday each month Chapter 10 EAA meeting at the hangar - Gundy's Airport 1st Saturday each month Ponca City Aviation Booster club Breakfast Fly-In. Saturday after 3rd Monday - each month Pancake Breakfast - Gundy's
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May 18 – Potluck Picnic @ Gundy’s May 16-18 – SW Regional Fly-In, New Braunfels May 16-19 Airshow Oklahoma @ Muskogee Davis May 24 – EAA10 Pancake Breakfast 7:30-9:00 May 24 – EAA10 Poker Run @ Gundy’s (see flyer) starts at 10:00 following breakfast June 6-7 – BiPlane Expo @ Bartlesville http://www.biplaneexpo.com/ June 7 – Ponca City Breakfast Fly-in June 13-15 – Aerospace America @ Will Rogers Int’l June 19-22 – EAA B-17 in Tulsa @ RVS June 29 – Sand Ridge Lunch Fly-in Sept 19-20 – Tulsa fly-in
WEB PAGE NEWSLETTER (note the URL) Our web page address is: Mark will email a notice to each member who chooses to use the WEB version of the newsletter a note stating that the newsletter is ready and on line. Of course those who do not opt for the WEB version will continue to get a hard copy. The chapter encourages everyone to opt for the WEB version rather than the hard copy. Please send me an email to minich@ionet.net stating that you want to use the WEB version of the newsletter if you opt for it. One advantage of the web page based newsletter is that we can finally have good quality color pictures of airplanes and activities. Contact our chapter officers by e-mail President: Bart Dalton
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