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Our next meeting will be Monday, February 19th,
7:30 pm at the chapter hanger at Gundy's.
Snacks: Last names starting with D-F
by Bhrent Waddell
This may not be the longest or coldest winter in Tulsa, but it’s long enough and cold enough. Flying anything or working on a project in an unheated hanger is a challenge. Enough already!
This snowy, cold weather has raised the questioned about Chapter 10’s closing policy for meetings. After some discussion, it came down to the following: “If you think it’s too cold or dangerous to drive to the meeting, don’t come.” In keeping with that policy, 16 warm-blooded members attended the January meeting to talk to John Fisher about aircraft interiors. John brought many material samples and some RV-10 interior parts. We appreciate has comments and visit on such a cold night. John and Jane Fisher operate Speed Craft Interiors at Gundy’s. If you know someone who would like to improve his or her certified or experimental aircraft interior, tell them about Speed Craft.
Some of you will remember that EAA’s B-17, Aluminum Overcast, visited Tulsa in early November last year. Chapter 10 members provided ground support for safety, crowd control and souvenir sales. Sadly, the crowds weren’t very big because of poor weather. Chapter 10 was fortunate however, because as a result of the flights and sales Chapter 10 received $746.52 from EAA for our support. This will go a long way toward paying for the Air Academy tuition and airfare this summer.
Just to reminder everyone, EAA 10 will be paying the tuition for some young person age 14-15 to attend the Air Academy in Oshkosh in June. The Air Academy is a one-week program of aviation activities and education on the grounds of Whitman Field in Oshkosh. We will accept applications for this year’s recipient until March 31, 2007. Applications are available on line or at the February meeting. More information about the Air Academy is available online at www.youngeagles.org/programs/airacademy/. Completed applications must be turned into any Chapter 10 board member. Our selection will be announced in April meeting.
This month’s meeting will be a little different. Not because we're afraid that another snowstorm will keep the guest speaker from attending, or that the days are too short to get someone to fly his or her project to the hanger! We’re going to show a movie in which the name must remain confidential for now. We’ve had some good reports about it and think you will enjoy it. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30 p.m. After a few short announcements, the movie will start at 7:45. It should be over about 9:00 p.m. If that’s past your bedtime, take a nap and plan to come to the movie. Popcorn will be served just to complete the movie experience. Normal refreshments will follow. By the way, this won’t be on the TV. It will be on the larger projection screen so everyone can see and enjoy it. See you there!
Bhrent
Introducing a new EAA Member Benefit launched this year-the EAA Finance Program (administered by AirFleet Capital, Inc.)
The EAA Finance Program provides a wide array of programs to meet the needs of our members. It's currently able to finance experimental aircraft (kit & airworthy), light-sport aircraft, piston, helicopter, and jet aircraft. With their extensive knowledge, passion, and experience in general aviation, EAA and AirFleet Capital have created a program that offers a variety of options that are constantly changing to meet the needs of members. This was evidenced by a new program launched by the EAA Finance Program that allows for financing of progress payments for the new very light jets (VLJ's) which have recently been certified. There are many pilots looking to purchase an aircraft in this new class, but who have to make payments as the aircraft progresses in its manufacturing process. The EAA Finance Program is able to help those who are in a position to order their VLJ with the progress payments.
The EAA Finance Program has also been aggressively supporting the special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) market. As this new class has developed, EAA and AirFleet Capital have been right there, rolling up their sleeves, obtaining information and research on the various aircraft, and producing financing options for these aircraft to fit the needs of the sport pilot. As the light-sport aircraft industry continues to develop and change the face of recreational aviation, the EAA Finance Program will continue to review the aircraft entering the market in order to support those aircraft that have been accepted and certified by the FAA. This is all part of EAA's mission to make aviation more attainable and affordable to its current and future members.
To obtain more information on the programs offered by the EAA Finance Program, give them a call at 866-808- 6040 and a representative will be happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.
Brenda Anderson EAA Chapter Administrator 920-426-6867 banderson@eaa.org
We have scheduled this years the first EAA Chapter 10 Young Eagles Rally for Saturday March 24, 2007 from 9:00am to noon. Tell your friends and neighbors, we want as many participants from the ages of 7- 17 as possible. We also need many volunteers to make this event a success.
For those members who would like to fly Young Eagles, now is the time to start getting the airplane and pilot proficiency to flight status. ALL flying pilots who wish to participate in the Young Eagles Program must meet the following EAA minimum requirements:
Each pilot must have aircraft passenger seat liability insurance. For those EAA members who choose to insure at a level of $100,000 per passenger seat, EAA will automatically provide an additional $1,000,000 liability umbrella policy. This coverage is only in effect while participating in Young Eagle Flights. Pilots who choose to insure at lower levels may still participate, however the additional insurance will not apply.
If you are interested in volunteering for ground or flight operations please contact either of the Young Eagles Coordinators Shawn Benson or Dan Kloker. (Contact info available on the home page.)
This guy has been a real help to all of us RANS S6 builders. I think that if he had not spent so much time maintaining and updating the web site he could have been flying a year ago, at least. It was impressive to see all the notes of encouragement from the fellow appreciative builders on the group offering encouragement to somehow make the time to go ahead and finish.
I believe most builders go through a period of frustration and feel like giving up. Many do just that; give up. I thought that Mark did an excellent job of relaying his message and it could apply to just about every builder at some time during the project. I sent Mark an email and asked permission to put it in our newsletter. Thank you Mark!!
Lynn Coltharp
Looks like we're all on a quest to convince Kevin to keep and finish the airplane, so let me throw in my two cents worth. Everything everyone has been saying is absolutely correct. In 2002 I got divorced. Completely unexpectedly and against my wishes, suddenly I was a single dad with eight year old, working long hours and with no time to fly.
The ADIZ had just been imposed and we were locked down. Life sucked and I was depressed. I sold my S-7, my cover-it hangar, my refueling cart, everything. I moved from a 5 bedroom house with a two-car garage into a tiny townhouse with no garage. Thirty days later, I realized what a mistake I made selling my S-7.
I immediately called B&B Sport Aviation and purchased an S-6ES kit from Ted Bryant, even though I had no place to build the plane. I got the box on December 21, 2003, and stored it in an unheated, unlit, ten by twenty-five foot rented storage facility located eight miles from my house.
In two and three hour increments, I started building. It was cold, dark, finger numbing work for those first few months. Eventually my parents moved into a retirement condo with a garage just a mile from my house.
In June 2004, I moved the project to my Dad's garage. Still only able to get an occasional two or three hours at a time the project took shape. Hundreds of challenges that I was able to knock down one at a time. Every time I had a major milestone coming up and I had no idea how I was going to accomplish it - I managed to - somehow.
Eventually it was time to move it to an airport and attach the wings, and again things came through. Flying buddies offered help with airport and hangar possibilities. Eventually I took the project to the same airport in which I had vacated three years earlier.
All of a sudden there wasn't any more work left to do. On November 1, 2006, I rolled the completed airplane out into the bright, warm sunshine and took the picture that appears on the RANS website. Against all odds I realized that I had just finished building my second RANS plane. I had no garage, no airport, no hangar, and no time to work on it when I started, but things somehow came together.
I passed the inspection, got the repairman’s certificate, and took a BFR. I took her up on December 21, 2006, exactly three years to the day that I received my kit.
It took six hundred-forty-five hours worth of labor in tiny increments. Over $46,000 in cash invested, but none of that mattered. I was once again flying, and in one of the sweetest planes out there. I can't begin to describe to you the feeling you get when you do this. The feeling of accomplishment, of joy - just to be in the air again - but the feeling of accomplishment pervades and affects the rest of your life as well. Building the plane was my therapy for dealing with the divorce. Things are now better than they've been in my whole life, and I have a new airplane to boot. If I had not taken that initial step to buy the plane, and the thousands of other tiny steps needed to put it together, I would not be in the same place emotionally that I am today. I know that for a fact.
At some point the money, time and sacrifice cease to become important. They are just obstacles to overcome. Once you overcome these obstacles, every time you perform that magic of breaking the bonds of earth, your spirit soars. Even when you're not flying, you are thinking of the next time you will, which gets you through life's little hassles. Sorry to sound flowery here, but I agree with the others on this. Keep making those tiny steps and sooner than you think, your spirit will soar.
There are Rules and there are Laws. The Rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you. Laws (of Physics) were made by the Great One. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules, but you can never suspend the Laws.
The name of the movie must remain confidential for now, but we are sure you will enjoy it. All we can say is that it is a film documenting the history of one of the finest and oldest general aviation airports in the United States. Critics have declared this film as probably the finest aviation movie ever made.
THERE WILL BE POPCORN AND REFRESHMENTS!!
COME ON OUT AND ENJOY THIS EXCELLENT MOVIE AT THE CHAPTER HANGAR
Craig
Ok, the weather hasn't been that great for flying, so we've all been able to save a few dollars on aviation fuel. Due's are only $20.00 per year. Now let's see how much fun that equals - that's $20.00 divided by $3.00 per gallon equals 6.67 gallons of fuel at a burn rate of 5.1 gallons per hour you'd get 1.3 hours fun in the air or you could have 22 hours of fun discussing aviation with some of the best people in the world – the Membership of EAA 10. So, just fill out the handy membership form and either mail it in with your payment or bring to the next meeting.
I'll be in San Antonio, TX for the February meeting, so please just mail in your membership form and dues or give your check or money to Bhrent Waddell or John Nys and I'll get it when I get back. Have fun at the meeting and I'll see you in March!
Your Treasurer
Mike Aichele
| Day of Week | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | February 19th | Chapter meeting @ Gundy's 7:30pm |
| Saturday | March 3rd | Ponca City Breakfast Fly-In |
| Monday - Sunday | July 23rd - 29th | Airventure 2007 @ OSH |
To add an item to our calendar, get the information to the newsletter editor Craig Loomiller. See the contact info on the home page for e-mail, phone, and mail addresses.
| Day of Month | What | Where | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Monday | Board meeting | Chapter hangar | 7:00pm |
| 2nd Monday | Newsletter Folding | Chapter hangar | 7:00pm |
| 3rd Mondy | Chapter meeting | Chapter hangar | 7:30pm |
| 1st Saturday | Ponca City Breakfast Fly-In | Ponca City | |
| 1st Saturday after 3rd Monday | Pancake breakfast & Fly-Market | Chapter hangar | 7:00-9:30am |
If your last name starts with A, B, or C, then January is your month to bring a snack for the meeting.
| Month | Initial letter(s) of last name |
|---|---|
| January | A-C |
| February | D-F |
| March | G-H |
| April | I-L |
| May | Annual Picnic |
| June | M |
| July | N-P |
| August | watermelon provided |
| September | Q-S |
| October | T-V |
| November | W-Z |
| December | Christmas party (no Monday meeting) |
If you would like to receive the newsletter electronically off of the chapter web site (www.eaa10.org) every month, just send Secretary Bob Thrasher or our web editor Bob Minich an e-mail. This action saves the chapter money on printing and mailing costs, which in turn, helps keep your dues low. It’s really simple to do. We send you a monthly e-mail notice when the latest newsletter is posted online. Just click on the provided link and you are there!
If you haven’t taken a look at our web page lately, you should check it out! Bob has started putting a picture of the author along side the articles, which really adds a lot to the newsletter. Many organizations have gone to an all-online newsletter which really reduces costs. Hopefully, we can get our own chapter moving in that same direction. We are supposed to be a progressive-thinking organization, after all.
