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MEDINA RIVER AIRPORT 1 HONDO AVIATION DAY REDUX 2 PRESIDENTS co*ckPIT 3 WE APPRECIATE CENTURY 4 WIN A VINTAGE BIPLANE 4 F-117A NIGHTHAWK RETIRES 5 PROFESSOR DELLTOEDT 5 P-47 NOSE ART PHOTO ESSAY 6 BOARD MEETING MINUTES 8 AN OLD PROPELLER TIP 9 CHAPTER 35 CONTACTS 12
CALENDAR 13
WANTED &FOR SALE 14
SPONSORS 15
DIRECTIONS TO SAN 16 GERONIMO
John Latour and David Baker
MEDINA RIVER AIRPORT —PLANE COUNTRY
By John Latour
Many moons ago, a friend intro-duced me to the Medina River Air-port and airplane country. He is one mile away, whereas I am about five miles from the private, grass airstrip. Our Breezy hangar is on the lakeside of Hwy 1283 be-tween Pipe Creek and Lakehills.
You now know the setting.
My friend, Butch, called asking to fly the Breezy before leaving for his trip west to Arizona and north to Nebraska. Without hesitation, I said yes. Meet you at airport in five minutes. I showered, dressed and took one-step out of house where I noticed 85% overcast. I drove to airport. He had the Continental 90 running upon my arrival. I looked up, noticed 100% overcast, looked at Butch and gave him a thumbs down. He shook his head no, snapped the windbreaker out of my hand and gave me a headset. We strapped in, checked the intercom and using as much of available runway, our Breezy started to roll, rotated at 55 mph and left ground.
What a blast we experienced, dodging deer on ground and buz-zards in sky.
The countryside landscape was lush with green vegetation. The wind was cool. He pointed out Me- €', dina River RV Resort, Liebold
Ranch and Lakeside Estate as we
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flew toward Scenic Harbour at Elm Cove. Moreover, for the first time I found my house from the air lo-cated on our hillside. We flew over Scenic Harbour to check out the marina. What a difference between driving and flying! After finding Tony Seurer's donated 19-foot cabin cruiser and assuring our-selves that it was still floating, we headed south toward Mico, Medina Lake Dam and Teki (Walton) Is-land. Medina River Airport at Lake Medina, in my mind, is A-I-R P-L-A-N-E C-O-U-N-T-R-Y!
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WHAT WERE THOSE FIGHTER PILOTS THINKING ABOUT?
By Dean Kennedy
[Dean concludes his photographic essay, which began with aplomb in the April issue.
Dean Kennedy flew P-47s with the 86th Fighter Group, 526th Squadron in Italy, France and Ger-many 1944-1945. The photographs of the Thun-
derbolt art were taken during that period. — Ed.]
With tongue in cheek, I teased a little about what those fighter pilots were thinking about and their choice of art to
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we flew into combat at the risk of our lives The art work was not a flippant matter.
Each pilot expressed more than meets the eye and there was always something very personal about
the choice, even when it seemed simply a risque defiance aimed at the the face of death. Often the selection was simply a dedication to a wife or girl friend but that in itself carried a world of personal meaning. We will probably never know the real reasons for the choices, but at as you look, imagine what a pilot might have been trying to say under the circ*mstances. You can read a lot in the paintings and it may well be just what the pilot intended.
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F-117A NIGHTHAWK RETIRES
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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- More than 350 Wright-Patt Airmen, base employees, industry partners and family members gathered for one last close-up look at the F-117 Nighthawk, which made its first flight in 1981, just months after Ronald
Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. Presi- dent.
Gen. Carlson said in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, F-117s flew nearly 1,300 sor- ties over Iraq and Kuwait without a single combat loss. Nighthawk pilots flew only two percent of the total combat sorties but struck 40 percent of the most highly defended, stra- tegic targets. "It was a remarkable contribu- tion to that war and all done over one of the most hostile air environments in the history of the world," he added.
Holloman's pilot and maintenance teams will launch their last "4-ship" of stealth fighters on April 21, Col. Forsythe said. They will make a brief overnight stop at the F-117s logistics support center in Palmdale, Calif., for a final ceremony before retiring to Tonopah where their wings and tails will be removed and the aircraft stored in protective hangars.
PROFESSOR DELL TOEDT By John Latour
EAA Chapter 35 Program Speaker (May 10, 2008): Professor Dell Toedt, USAF, Ret.
Born Laurel, Iowa 1930
Entered Aviation Cadets in 1950
Basic training in T-6 G. James Connelly AFB Advance Training Craig AFB in F-51 Mustang;
Commissioned Second It.
Combat Crew Training, F-51 Mustang at Luke AFB. AZ
In Korea, 1952 - 100 missions in Mustangs, Tactical Recon
1952-1957 ferried A/C worldwide, F-51, F-47.
F-86, F-94 T-33 Air Traffic and others Supported operations in Guatemala, 1954, Costa Rica 1955 in Mustangs
1957-1962 Air Traffic Control in Texas and Chateau roux France
1962-1965 AF ROTC Instructor, A&M at Com-merce, Texas
HQ FAA, Washington, D.C. Evaluations staff;
Grounded; Head of Intelligence
1969 Personnel Plans Division Chief, HQ AF Systems Command, Andrews AFB.
Human Factors and Test Division Chief, USAF Hospital, Eglin AFB, FL.
HQ Aerospace Medical Division, 1972-1975, Retired
Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Psychology, St Mary's Univ. 1075-1995
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CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION By John Latour
Century Music Award -Debbie Cherry design-sed an award for Century Music. This award is in appreciation for loaning us a sound sys-tem used in Model Airplane Building of Hondo Aviation Day. Kris Niswonger processed the graphics. Jim Munro presented the award to Century Music on behalf of Debbie Cherry, Hondo Aviation Day /Boy Scouts Aviation Merit Badge Director.
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FINAL CHANCE —WIN THIS BIPLANE By John Latour, Chapter President
PEDAL EAGLE Wood Biplane — N910WA The pedal eagle was built and donated by
Ted Eckhardt Single Seat Wing Span — 4 ft
Cord — 10 in
Aerobatics Limited to Ground Loops For 3-7 yr Old Pilots
RAFFLE in JUNE 14 MEETING Donations
$0.25 per Ticket or Five for $1.00 Call 830 612-2232 for Tickets
Dave Baker, an American Original, hooking us up with
breakfast.
If you missed the pancake fly-in, we
missed you, too.
(We took care of your pancakes)
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PRESIDENT'S co*ckPIT
By John Latour
Sandra Serna Stout —With deepest sympathy, I am sorry to announce that Sandra Stout passed away on Friday, March 28, 2008. Our thoughts and prayers are with Randy Stout and family at this difficult time.
Boy Scouts at Hondo Aviation Day Donation —Thankyou, Hondo Aviation Day Leadership, for your donation to the EAA Chapter 35 Hangar fund. The success of the 2008 Boy Scouts Avia-tion Merit Badge program led to a generous
$4,009 donation. Win -Win -This is where Boy Scouts get the opportunity to receive Aviation Merit Badges and Chapter 35 members receive a once-in-a-life-time experience of supporting the flight of over 455 Young Eagles.
I want to reiterate our thanks to Debbie Cherry, Director of Hondo Aviation Day and to the John Killian Family for continued loyalty to EAA Chap-ter 35. Your support helps us keep our club-house and hangar doors open to new and excit-ing changes in aviation.
John and Nancy Cooke Donation —Our friends of aviation, John C. and Nancy Cooke, donated
$200 toward our EAA Hangar fund. As I prepare to mail the $200 donation to Chapter 35 Treas-urer, Dee Brame, it brings to mind the Chapter 35's February 10, 2007 meeting, where Roch LaRocca said, "... a BIG thank- you, John C., for the great meal (donation)."
Antique Prop Donation —Jerry and Anna De-Groot donated an antique, 1917 propeller tip, to the EAA Chapter 35 Museum. Please read "And Now the Rest of the Story." This is Jerry's ver-sion of an airplane dogfight leading up to the crash. Now we really need a first class mu-seum/Chairperson for the antique prop tip.
Thanks for the great gift.
EAA Major Achievement Award —Chapter 35 Board of Directors chose BG Julius Braun as our nominee for the 2008 EAA Major Achievement Awards. Also chosen is Steve Jones as nominee for the 2008 Newsletter Editor Awards. Brad Doppelt is our nominee for the 2008 Young Ea-
gle Awards. EAA asked us to return nomination forms and materials by May 30, 2008. The first of these, for BG Julius Braun, was mailed to EAA Headquarters on April 19th.
EAA Chapter 35 Hangar Participant —Oscar Zuniga found a new home for his M-19 Flying Squirrel. He met with chapter members on Sat-urday, April 19, for review of hangar
assets verses his airplane building require-ments. We welcome Oscar and his Flying Squir-rel as new hangar users.
Hangar Door Repair —Lew Mason, Bob Sever-ance and Louie Viggiano assessed a failed lift cable on the hangar door and made repairs.
They suggested a member training session on the proper process for opening and closing the door. Implementing door operation training may alleviate future door failures.
Pancake Breakfast by Dave Baker —Saturday's pancakes are the best yet. Good job Dave Baker
& crew of chefs.
No LCD Projector — We commend Steve Jones' alternative method of presenting photos & vid-eos. The Chapter 35 Board of Directors ap-proved astudy to purchase a Chapter 35 LCD Projector.
David Baker —Resident Photographer
David captured the spirit of the moment with su-per photos for another job well done.
EAA Chapter 35 Meeting —May 10 Johnny &
Kat Becker, Chefs, promised a gourmet meal for our Saturday evening meeting. Come to the meeting hungry. Make sure to invite family and friends to share meal and camaraderie. Dell Toedt, Program Speaker, promises to raise our blood pressure with his P-51 and P-47 Pilot ex-perience. You are encouraged to wear your WWII uniform or favorite parachute during pres-entation.
Second Quarter Board of Directors Meeting, April 12, 2008 — I opened the Second Board of Directors meeting Saturday morning. A quorum was present. See the minutes on Page 8.
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HONDO AVIATION DAY By Robert Maier
Fourth Hondo Aviation Day, March 15, 2008 572 scouts flown with our small fleet! wonderful!
Ground: Loved the loading area. great. safe.
worked. Improvements. Initial brief, if you wanted fuel, go to fuel, drop kids, we didn't.
switch or break, go to parking. we didn't. best plan is, proceed to load/unload area, indicate no pax, leave area, get back in line when ready.
Bless Sea Cadet's heart... telling a/c to expect left right/center, I told him fuel needed, he had me unload outside the hold area to make a 180 to fuel, while the marshallers were saying come here, come here.. I would prefer to drop at the proper area, not reload, go get gas, get back in line. Having sea cadet tie up the freq for "expect right" when I can clearly see the guy on the right waving at me... or cadet telling me to hold short as I was leaving the runway for a taxiing a/c..
yeah, I see him.. how do you think we do this at uncontrolled airports all the time? And, "clearing"
an aircraft to do something.. once again, a liabil-ity. If he wants to give a expect righUcenter/left, then lets have a temp ground freq. Also, at the flight line, hook up a radio to a loud speaker, so the kids, and marshallers, can all hear the radio traffic.
Loading: The spur of the moment signs about weight in the window.. great! I just said max, one pilot listed front/back, better. Next time, lets pre register, 34J pulls up, max weight is 600, but also consider size, for me, two small kids in back (space, not weight) and a bigger kid in front works great. If the marshallers have a list, they can plan. I did not have to reject any kids, W&B looked just fine for each flight.
Long line of kids in the 90 degree sun. someone suggested a "ticket" system, so you know when to be at the flight line, and also, maybe set up canopies for the line.
Flying: We preprogrammed all four patterns in the GPS. Worked great. However, the original restriction to wait for the preceding aircraft to call crosswind was ineffective. I, and others,
switched to a hold 2 minutes after last departure, it worked. (I gave Brad 3 minutes :-))Knowing the call sign/aircraft type of the pilot in front, keep tabs. I know the lady Cherokee pilot (sweetheart J) was flying a little slower and was concerned about me &martin behind her, but visual separation worked, Comm worked, just like any other traffic pattern.
The GPS course for climbout to 2500 worked, but for time, pilots agreed to cut the cross-wind/base in half. this added the random kaos back. Next year, slice the xwind/base legs in half. there was some n/s road at the halfway point that worked (downwind 35R) In the after-noon, as winds shifted, sea cadet was advising use rwy 4? Brad started his own unpublished pattern for 4/8, no big deal, since he was staying west. My last two landings on 35R with 90 de-gree xwind were doable, but rwy 8 would have been easier. So, a better plan for using multiple runways and patterns for next year. Again, sea cadet was blocking pilot Comm with some of his long winded advisories to transient aircraft. the NOTAM for high-density traffic.. 7 planes?
should contain "aircraft flying larger patterns above pattern altitude" Add GPS patterns for the non 17/35 patterns.
Fuel: Thanks much for the 60 gals, I had to pay for 14 gals, understand the budget, thought there was a EAA takeover after the airport dona-tion. Need better coordination for having the guy with the fuel card at the pump when it is time for (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
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CHAPTER 35 BOARD MEETING MINUTES
By Doug Apsey, Chapter Secretary FEBRUARY 9, 2008
Board Members Present: John Latour (Pres), Bruce Har-rison (VP), Doug Apsey (Sec), Dee Brame (Tres), Roch LaRocca, Dan Cerna, Lew Mason, Dave Baker
Others Present: Norris Warner (Senior Advisor), Brad Doppelt (Young Eagles Chairman)
President Latour called the meeting to order at 4:35 p. m.
NOTE: This meeting was a special session of the board and interested chapter members to discuss the Kerrville Fly-in scheduled for October 11, 2008 and to decide if Chapter 35 membership would like to participate in this event.
REPORTS:
Secretary Report: None Treasurer Report: None Presidents Report:
John Latour discussed the goals of the meeting:
To have a question and answer session on the Chapter 35 invitation from SWRFI and the Texas Fly-in to the Kerr-ville Fly-in scheduled for October 11, 2008.
To review the update on EAA and major regional fly-ins issued by EAA headquarters.
To protect EAA Chapter 35 interest in participating in a non-EAA sanctioned activity.
OLD BUSINESS: No old business discussed at this spe-cial meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Review of guidelines on regional fly-ins from EAA head-quarters:
1 Regional Fly-ins are not EAA sanctioned 2. EAA no longer provides insurance coverage for SWRFI or any other Texas Fly-in events.
3. SWRFI and other regional fly-In(s) can no longer use the EAA logo or name at any events.
4. The Kerrville Fly-In would be a local chapter spon-sored event and therefore be covered through its own in-surance. "Chapters are chartered by EAA and are oper-ated in accordance with guidelines established by EAA.
Chapter sponsored events receive their insurance cover-age based on following those guidelines". (EAA Sport Aviation, page 14, February 2008.)
Question &Answer Session on EAA Chapter 35 Invite
from SWRFI &Texas Fly-In to the Kerrville Fly-In:
1. Is letterhead (EAA associated with SWRFI &Texas Fly-In) legal?
No. It is an old letterhead used in previous Fly-In, but let-ter received Feb 08
2. Does invitation letter comply with EAA update?
Probably not
3. Is it legal for Chapter 35 to get involved in a non-EAA sponsored Fly-In?
Yes. However, the Kerrville Fly-In is legal because it is an EAA Chapters) sponsored fly-in ¬ SWRFI or Texas Fly-In
4. Who gets the proceeds out of this Chapter sponsored event?
Texas Fly-In promised Chapter 35 Air Academy Scholar-ships (two) for two years in exchange of our participation.
5. Could our participation in Kerrville Fly-In lead to a law-suit?
Being investigated by Bruce Harrison, Vice President OPEN
6. Would Chapter 35 be guilty through association with SWRFI &Texas Fly-In?
Under investigation by Bruce Harrison, Vice President OPEN
7. Are there financial obligations placed on the chapter to participate?
No
8. Is Chapter 35 required to provide volunteers?
Yes, member support is encouraged if the chapter de-cides to participate
9. Is SWRFI &Texas Fly-In sponsoring Kerrville Fly-In?
All indications are that Texas Fly-In initiated invite.
10. Why not have these events at Hondo?
There is no FBO at Hondo. Kerrville has an FBO sponsor and lunch on the field
The board and chapter members present all agreed to Chapter 35 participation/support of the Kerrville Fly-in bar-ring any findings by VP Bruce Harrison that would make participation a legal liability to the chapter.
The meeting adjourned at 5:25 p. m.
Respectfully submitted, Doug Apsey, Chapter 35 Secre-tary
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AN OLD PROPELLER TIP
By Jerry DeGroot
AND NOW THE REST OF THE STORY
I have a new neighbor who goes to many estate sales. He come in one day and said he needed my woodworking skills, "come and see what I have." We went to his car and in the back was a large cardboard box with a large amount of old wooden pieces, looking like they had been left out in the weather for a hundred years. Beside the box was the skeleton of a grandfather clock.
In addition, sitting on top of all these pieces of rotten wood, was the works of a grandfather clock, the face and cables twisted, knotted, to me a real mess.
Glen says with pride, "I just bought this clock for
$150; they say all the pieces are in the box. Can you make it like new for me?" I took this to mean that he wanted me to duplicate each part out of oak and make a new carcass for the clock works. This was ridicules as no one could ever take that mess and make it work again. "Let me think about it" was my reply.
There are some ornate pieces here and I am not sure just how I will have to make jigs to duplicate them, and I have lots of other work to do, so just put it off, while I thought about it.
Two days later, Glen wants to know how the grandfather clock is coming. "I haven't had a chance to start on it." "Well," he says, "come and see what I have done." We go to his place and he has a stand that is built to hold clock works, and on it sits the old clock, working right prop-erly, chimes correctly, I'm most impressed and surprised. I look at the back of the works and written there is a town in Ireland, the click mak-ers name and the date of 1794. This clock is over 200 years old and he has it working like a fine tuned machine. I am impressed. Glen wants to know if he can come over and work on the clock and I supervise him. You bet, came on
over, and I think to myself, now he will see just how difficult it is going to be to duplicate all those ornate parts.
It was then that I learned he did not want new parts, he wanted to use as many of the old parts as possible. It took a couple of days with glue and a wonderful new machine, called a pin nailer. Drives a piece of steel so fine that you have difficulty to see where it went in and does not put a dent in the wood. Put some glue on the piece of wood, hit it with a pin nailer, holds it in place while the glue dries, easy this way. There were tow pieces missing and I was able to dupli-cate those with little difficulty.
In the bottom of the box was a piece of wood that did not go with the clock. I asked Glen what he wanted to do with that piece and he said to trash it. I recognized it as the end of wooden propeller. Kind of a novel thing I was thinking, do not find them everyday. It lay on the bench until one day Norris Warner stopped by. I knew he was interested in airplanes, so thought I would show him my finding. He looked at it and then noticed the writing on the back, his eyes took on a glistening as if I had just handed him the keys to his very own Lear Jet. I really had no use for it. The prop did once fly but not anymore. We did notice that the local EAA chapter 35 had a mu-seum of sorts in their building. Therefore, I asked if he would like it for that. I do not have to give you the answer to that and he wanted to know if he could take it and clean it up? It is yours, do, as you want.
He came back sometime later and had cleaned it up, not destroying the old look, but now with care you could make out the writing on the back of the piece. I offered to build a base to put it on for him; he suggested a plaque for the base.
Several days later, he returned with the plaque and I made the base to fit both plaque
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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9) and propeller.
Now you know the rest of the story as to the his-tory of this propeller.
The year is 1911, somewhere outside a small village in France. The Germans occupy France, and WWI is under way.
Cumulus white, puffy clouds are hangings around at 3000 ft. Temperatures are about 70 degrees and quite comfortable for the allied pilot who was using the clouds to slip in and out of hiding him shortly, he is looking for the enemy.
He spots the German plane off to his left. It is a little bit lower then his position. He thinks he can slide in behind him and make a kill. However, the German spots him before he can get into po-sition.
A dogfight takes place. Around and around, they twist and roll, each looking for a mistake from the other. Nevertheless, the German underesti-mated the skill of the Allied pilot and with a burst of the gun; smoke began pouring out of the Ger-man plane.
The Allied pilot followed him down. If he wants credit of this kill, he has to prove it somehow.
Just cannot say, "I got another one today." They did not have cameras on the planes in those days, so he follows him down until he crashed into the ground.
The crash site was a pasture and he landed not far from the wreckage. Got out, was looking around, and spotted a broken piece of the pro-peller. It was about two foot long, jagged, splin-tered end, but enough to prove what plane it came from. Ht took it back to his base. He proved his kill.
He cut the splintered part off, wrote on the back of the propeller, the village in France, the date and type of plane he had killed. When the war
was over, he returned to the United States, bringing his piece of propeller with him.
He is gone now. That old piece of wood means nothing to his children or their children. There-fore, someone tossed it in the large cardboard box with the grandfather clock that had quit run-ning and no one wanted either. That is until Glen came along.
Both the prop and the clock are back to life once more, never to be forgotten again.
That is my story and I am going to stick with it.
Jerry DeGroot
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fuel. (temp ground freq) (we did 21 flights, 63 kids, 8.2 hours Hobbs time.)
Food/break: Yeah, it's boy scout food, big deal. I knew that pilots get to cut in line, my fellow pilot didn't, and he also didn't know about the air con-ditioned break room and the bottled water sup-ply. Include this in the brief. Also, a real bath-room is available at the terminal trailer, not port-a-potties.
Future: I feel the decrease from 25 planes to 8 this year was due to the operating conditions from last year. Get the word out that this year, was totally different and much safer!
Highlights: Using the autopilot and announcing PLANE TURN RIGHT 90 DEGREES. and it did.
One young kid was sharp enough to notice the autopilot master in ON position. Three older kids.. They wondered, and I did a short zero-G maneuver for them, they loved it! One flight a kid was nicknamed "captain" and I kept wondering if they meant me, one kid said, we better call him Andrew right now. two flights, kids wanting to ask me questions, "Mr. Pilot, Sir, ?"
I have attached the EAA Young Eagle pilot rec-ognition list, some of us were wondering.
Overall, I feel this is a MAJOR improvement over last years problems. We are learning how to make this better and safer.
Looking forward to next year!
Boy Scout motto: Be Prepared!
Pilot motto: Prior Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance!
Hondo Aviation Day Volunteers:
Debbie Cherry is overwhelmed with E-Mails for satisfied customers. You are hero's to over 579 Boy Scouts & 286 Scout Supporters.
COMMENTS:
"First and most importantly, I wanted to let you know that this past weekend was a completely remarkable event!"
"My son and I have a good time. Thanks for all the hard work putting this event together."
"We would like to thank all of the volunteers who make the Aviation Day a wonder experience for us."
Thank you for your aviation loyalty. It Was a Good Job, Well Done.
E-Mail Needed:
Daniel Mitchel Ronny Lider Robert Martin
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CONTACTS LIST
POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL
PRESIDENT JOHN LATOUR 830.612.2232 latourjohn@att.net
VICE PRESIDENT BRUCE HARRISON 210.507.2698 nambanone@yahoo.com
SECRETARY DOUG APSEY 210.479.8593 dapsey@satx.rr.com
TREASURER DEE BRAME 210.493.5512 deeb@satx.rr.com
AT LARGE (B) ROCH LaROCCA 210.408.7964 rocbar@sbcglobal.net
AT LARGE (B) RON O-DEA 210.488.5088 r2av8r@yahoo.com
AT LARGE (B) BOB CABE 210.493.7223 bob_cabe@hotmail.com
PAST PRESIDENT (B) DAVE BAKER 210.688.3358 iflyaerosport@sbcglobal.net PAST PRESIDENT (B) DAN CERNA 210.688.9345 dcerna@att.net
PAST PRESIDENT (B) LEW MASON 210.688.9072 lewnan@sbcglobal.net BOARD ADVISOR NORRIS WARNER 210.363.1282 njwarner@hctc.net BOARD ADVISOR JOHN KILLIAN 830.438.9799 jmkillian1@gmail.com
CHAIRPERSON NAME PHONE EMAIL
AIR ACADEMY MAARTEN VERSTEEG 210.256.8972 maarten.versteeg@sbcglobal.net
YOUNG EAGLES BRAD DOPPELT 210.380.2025 brad_doppelt@yahoo.com
BUILDER'S ACADEMY BOB SEVERANCE 210.889.0472 sapropbuster@satx.rr.com
FACILITIES JOHN KUHFAHL 210.365.0120 johnkuhfahl@yahoo.com
GROUNDS NANCY MASON 210.688.9072 lewnan@sbcglobal.net
COMM GEAR JAMES MUNRO 210.685.9306 mr.munro@juno.com
MEMBERSHIP RON O.DEA 210.488.5088 r2av8r@yahoo.com
NEWSLETTER STEVE JONES 210.679.8783 eaa35news@gmail.com
HANGAR DAN CERNA 210.688.9345 dcerna@att.net
WEBSITE BOB SEVERANCE 210.889.0472 sapropbuster@satx.rr.com
TOOL CRIB BOB CABE 210.493.7223 bob_cabe@hotmail.com
PUBLIC AFFAIRS BILL BARTLETT 210.494.7194 bbartlett5@satx.rr.com FLIGHT ADVISORS SKIP BARCHFELD 830.363.7649 jmr2@awsomenet.net
NORRIS WARNER 210.363.1282 njwarner@hctc.net
TECHNICAL STEVE FORMHALS 210.289.3984 sf3543@sbcglobal.net
COUNSELORS NORRIS WARNER 210.363.1282 njwarner@hctc.net
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STAN SHANNON 830.456.2182 shannons@beecreek.net
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July 12
August 09
September 13
October 11
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2008 CHAPTER CALENDAR
PROGRAM
GENERAL MEETING
Spaghetti &Hot Garlic Bread by Bruce Harrison Conrad Netting Presents Delayed Legacy Program FLY-IN @SAN GERONIMO AIRPARK
Boys &Girls Club Young Eagles Fly-In Soup &Salad by Gail Latour
GENERAL MEETING
Famous Sloppy Joe Lunch by Ed Seurer James Schlattman Presents: Kappa Airplane
2005 KAPPA - KP5 Light Sport Aircraft EARLY LUNCH MEETING &FLY-IN
Hondo Aviation Day Meeting
World Famous Hamburgers by J. Killian & M. Frerich Ken Gilmore Presents: Life of Fighter Pilot
Frederick T. Pennell Memorial HONDO AVIATION DAY
Young Eagles/Boy Scout Merit Badge Program At Hondo Municipal Airport
Be a Champion -Help Boy Scouts Earn Merit Badge HOT PANCAKE &SAUSAGE BREAKFAST
& YOUNG EAGLES RALLY (Target 60 Young Eagles) Debbie Cherry, John Killian &Brad Doppelt Presents:
Review of Hondo Aviation Day Activities &Fly-In Castroville Airport -Young Eagles Fly-In
GENERAL MEETING
Steak,Potato&Green Salad Gourmet Meal by Johnny Becker St. Mary's Prof. Dell Toedt Presents: P-51 / P-47 Story ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING
PICNIC &FLY-IN &ORIENTATION RIDE Calander Planning Program
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING &TIRE KICKER POT LUCK /COVERED DISH LUNCH -DONATIONS AC-CEPTED
TIRE KICKER -SAN GERONIMO HANGAR(s) GENERAL MEETING
Be a Champion &Chef -Help Us With Dinner We Need a Program Speaker
WINGS &WHEELS &FLY-IN for ANGEL FLIGHT ANGEL FLIGHT FUNDRAISER
Automobile -Corvettes &Antiques Car Show &Airplanes Dave Baker - Ch. 35 Chairman
Kerrville EAA Ch. Old Time Gathering Fly-In Fly-Market —Fellowship —Lunch
Proceeds go to the Texas Fly-In Scholarship Fund Lemonade Stand Proceeds to Ch. 35
CHILI COOK-OFF &FLY-IN
We Need a Program Speaker -Contact Bruce Harrison CHRISTMAS BANQUET /PARTY
Dave Baker, Nancy Mason, Gail Scheidt - POC(s)
TIME
BOARD MEETING @ 4:OOP.M.
DINNER @ 5:30P.M.
PROGRAM @ 6:45P.M.
We Need Your Help New Young Eagles = 47 10:OOA.M. - 2:OOP.M.
SOCIAL @ 5:OOP.M.
DINNER @ 5:30P.M.
PROGRAM @ 6:45P.M.
10:OOA.M. - 2:OOP.M.
10:OOA.M.
LUNCH @ 12:00 NOON PROGRAM @ 1:30P.M.
FROM 9:OOA.M. to 3:OOP.M.
Pilots &Volunteers Needed Brad Doppelt for Pilots John Latour for Volunteers BOARD MEETING @ 10:OOA.M.
10:OOA.M. - 2:OOP.M.
Breakfast @ 9:OOA.M. to Noon PROGRAM @ 1:30P.M.
9:OOA.M. - 2:OOP.M.
SOCIAL @ 5:OOP.M.
DINNER @ 5:30P.M.
PROGRAM @ 6:45P.M.
LUNCH @ 11:OOA.M.
10:OOA.M. - 2:OOP.M.
PROGRAM @ 12:OOP.M.
BOARD MEETING @ 10:OOP.M.
11:OOA.M. to 12 Noon Tire Kicker @Noon DINNER @ 5:30P.M.
Contact Bruce Harrison Contact Bruce Harrison 8:OOA.M. to 3:OOP.M.
Gate Open to Public @ 10A.M.
Show Your Wings 8~ Wheels Best of Show Awards 9AM to 4PM
BOARD MEETING @ 4:OOP.M.
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WANTED AND FOR SALE
Instructor Available. Chapter member Bob Cabe has recertified his CFI & CFII. Available to EAAers for BFR's. (210) 493-7223.
For Aircraft Hangar Rentals at San Geronimo Airpark, please call Dan Cerna (210) 688-9345, Dave Baker (210) 410-9235 or Dennis Scheidt (210) 688-3210
FOR SALE: Fun Flying RANS S18 Stinger II Award Winner, Rotax 912UL, 80 hp, NEW, 54 hrs/tach, $37000 firm, Jim Havens, (210)680-7882 home, (210)347-2455 CP
WANTED: Parts for a Bowers Fly-Baby. If you have any of the following, please contact Lew Mason: J-3 fuel tank, set of brakes, turnbuckles, spruce of any kind, aircraft plywood, tailwheel.
(210) 688-9072 San Geronimo Airpark
FOR RENT: EAA Chapter 35 Hangar Space.
Rent a 10' x 20' space &get free use of hangar equipment &tooling. Please call Roch LaRocca (210) 408-7964 (C) 210 218-9445 or John La-tour (210) 287-1701
FOR SALE: Scot Chester, 37HP 1/2 V1N Engine Zero time, still in shipping container.
Paid $3,275 (Shipping container not included) Price negotiable. Please contact Jim Munro at (210) 685-9306.
FOR SALE: Skyboy 2 seat side-by-side S-LSA Beautiful Red and Yellow factory paint job Picked up new on the east coast, flown to San Geronimo and ground looped. Nose wheel and right gear are bent. A rough ending to an other-wise great journey. Specifications (approx): 30 ft
wingspan, 4 gals/hr, 520 useful load, Rotax 512, only 30 hours TT Available for viewing in Nelson Amen's hangar - 283-2773 (ofc), 340-0992 (home) - at San Geronimo. Fully equipped in-cluding optional baggage pod and BRS Asking
$65,000. New cost was over $85,000 in July.
FOR RENT: 1/2 of Bartlett's 30x30 Hangar at Boerne Stage Airfield. $120.00 per month. Con-tact Bill Bartlett: bartlettsat@gmail.com.
FOR SALE: Thatcher CX4 Plans (#169), mate-rial and partially built airplane. Asking $1,000.00 for $3,000.00 worth of material. I have com-pleted the center and wing spars with the left wing approx. 80% complete. Material consists of 4' x 12' sheets of aluminum (I have all the sheets listed in Dave's material list), angles, rods, etc.
Trailer needed to haul the sheet aluminum. Con-tact Bill Bartlett: bartettsat@gmail.com
FOR SALE: Merlin GT Kit for a Small Donation to EAA Chapter 35. Engine not included. Please call John Latour at (830) 612-2232 for more in-formation.
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JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETING MAY 10th, 2008
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