January                                                                                                                                        2003


President                      Ron Linn                  (541) 449-3630 

V Pres.  & Y/E             Jeff Guenther           (541) 276-0431  

Secretary                     Wilma Cheney          (509) 522-1743  

Treasure                      Cub Culbertson        (541) 276-1908 

News Letter                 Jim Smith                 (541) 276-3533

 e-mail   jsmith@uci.net

Presidents Corner

 

As I write this we are finally getting some sunshine! We, in Umatilla County, came through a couple weeks of fog and low ceilings. This is not unusual here in Northeast Oregon but I don’t particularly enjoy it. Here, at the end of the East/West part of the Columbia basin, the basin acts like your cereal bowl. Often filled with milk!

 

It is already the middle of February and winter is moving toward its end. The days are getting longer and I am delighted!

 

I have had an interest in metal shaping, for a while, and have decided to build an English Wheel. An English Wheel is a hand operated devise that rolls metal between a pair of wheels and, develops curves, and compound shapes. I think this machine was invented to build the armor wore by the warriors three to four centuries ago. Anyway, I am building one in my “spare” time. It is an interesting task part blacksmith and part machinist. “What I don’t get right the first time I learn by doing twice!”

 

Saturday mornings we have been helping Ed with the sheeting of his Sport Racer wings and they are looking great! Jeff has been working on the fabric on the T-Craft and I have brought the control surface from my Viking project in to the hangar and have been working on the covering of them. Cub and Jim Smith have just about gotten the Baby Ace aileron ready for silver. I am really enjoying the every Saturday mornings at the hangar.

 

The last two weeks I have gotten airplane rides with Doug Drake, Lee Dudek and in Garry Zollman’s 135hp Cessna 140. Come up on Saturdays and see what you can get involved in.

 

Again this year Chapter 219 will host the “I/A Mechanics” annual renewal meeting at our meeting room in bld. 113. The date is March 12, 2003 at 7-9 PM. As always, the Hillsboro FSDO has extended an invitation to all interested people and EAA people in particular. So, show up on the 12th and get an insight into what the mechanics have to do to stay current.

 

See you on our meeting on the third Tuesday in February at 7 PM. That will be the 18th.

 

Check to make sure you have paid your dues to the national and our local chapter.

 

Ron

 

 

Secretary’s Corner

 

EAA CHAPTER 219 PENDLETON,OR January 21,2003

President Ron Linn called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. in the shop at Pendleton Aircraft Service. The minutes of the November meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. There was no business meeting in December when about 40 people gathered in the meeting room for the Christmas dinner on December 5.

The Treasurer reported heavy expenditures with $365 being paid to National for administration and insurance fees, $500 for natural gas for 2 months, and $238 for carpet. The Treasury is in good shape. Treasurer's Report was accepted. Dues for 2003 are due and may be paid this evening, or may be mailed to Cub at the chapter Post Office Box #163, Pendleton. Checks should be made to EAA Chapter 219.

Ed is ready for help to skin the wing on his Sport Racer. It will be done this Saturday at Hangar Day, after breakfast.

Jim Smith has relieved Bud Nielsen as Newsletter Editor. Thanks to Bud for his good work. Jim would like all items for the newsletter to be sent to him by email jsmith@uci.net, or by mail to 2712 Riverside #52, Pendleton, 97801. All newsletter expenses, including printing, will be paid by the chapter. Jim will figure out the costs and get back to us.

Tammy Kincaid is considering accepting the Secretary position.

Norm Carrigg reports that the 501 (C ) (3) application is nearing completion. A second authorized signature for the bank account is needed. The President and the Treasurer will be the signers and Ron and Cub will take care of getting it arranged. The filing fee for 501 (C )(3) is $150.

A Sopwith Pup model with 10' wing span, which has been donated to the Pendleton Air Museum (PAM), will arrive tomorrow and the committee would like to hang it in our Blue Room until its permanent place at the terminal is ready. The 2 link trainers already in the Blue Room are slated for PAM and will be evaluated as to whether one or both can be successfully restored. There is a contact with the flight museum in Seattle and we may be able to get some manuals to help make the decision.

PAM would like to contact the Boy Scout Troop to handle traffic on Airshow Day. In a PAM meeting this evening Ron committed us to doing the Pilot's breakfast and to the all day hospitality room for pilots and crew, which was most appreciated last year. We are also talking around to find trailers and antique tractors to provide transportation between the two sides of the field.

Gene Harrison was asked, but we're not sure if he committed to doing a program on aerobatics for the February meeting. Stay tuned.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 for snacks by Carol Nelson --followed by a program on magnetos by Harold Nelson and Jeff Guenther.

Attendance: Ed and Dee Betts, Norm Carrigg, Wilma and Dave Cheney, Roy and Shirley Clark, Cub Culbertson, Doug Drake, Lee Dudek" Jeff Guenther, Gene Harrison, Tom Hutchison, Dick Inn1an, Dave Kelly, Ron Linn, Ed Nakonieczny, Harold and Carol Nelson, Bob and Lois Potter, Floyd Slinker, Jim Smith, DuWayne and Delores White, Gene Williamson and Tammy Kincaid, and Gary Zollman.

 

~ Wilma Cheney, Secretary

 

 

 

New Editor’s Corner

 

Tire Pressure.

Please watch your air pressure in tires. The pressure can change with the ambient temperature. Check the air pressure in the tires frequently as the temperature changes. The pressure can go up or down quickly. Another lesson learned last week, thanks to Bob Nelson and Jim Dubois.

 

A reminder if any member of the club would like to receive the monthly newsletter by e-mail, don’t hesitate to get a word to me. The best way is send me a message stating to send the newsletter by e-mail.

 

Ed Betts has the plywood installed on the bottom of his wing.

He has extended the workbench, so he can put the top on

without having to shift the wing from one end to the other.

 

It is a pleasure to assist Cub on the aileron for the Corbin. It is very intensive process.  There is a lot to learn! The next Step is the leading edge of the right wing. Then back to the engine and the cowling. That would be a little closer to getting the craft together with wings mounted.

 

When I started in the Aviation field, which was in 1996. It was all new to me.  I had to establish a new learning curve. It was something I had wanted to do since I was a little shaver. I wouldn’t swap the it for nothing. I looked for almost 2 years before I founding N-24553! It was, as you all know, hunting, reading, comparing and procrastinating to find just what you want. It took Jim Dubois and I almost 2 months for the first annual. Which needed to get everything up in shape. Thanks to Jim for letting me work with him. I feel that I needed to know everything about the craft and to make every effort to make it as air worthy as possible.

 

The people that I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to are exceptional. It really proves to me, that there is people out there, that will still get the shirt off their backs to help someone else out.

 

There are a lot of projects that our members are working on. Some members that come to mind are, Ed Bett’s Blaton Sport Racer, Jeff Guenther’s T-Craft, Ron Linn’s numerous projects, David Kelly’s sailplane sore can’t remember which one, Bob Nelson’s homebuilt, Gary Zollman’s Starduster, Tom Hutchinson’s and again yours escapes me, I apologize, plus more I can’t remember. 

 

 

Jim

 

 

Chuckle corner.

 

Sometimes when we are stressed we forget to think before we key the mike. This actually happened after the oil line blew.

 

N1234: Manchester (N.H.) tower Cherokee 5988U is five miles northwest with a total engine failure.

 

MHT (Using that standard FAA terminology): What are your intentions?

N1234: I intend to land!

MHT (that standard terminology again): Roger, how many souls on board?

N1234: No souls, four heathens.

 

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Calendar of Events

 

EAA 2003 Calendar

 

.February 22-23     NW Aviation  

                    Conference,

                    Puyallup, Wa Opens 9   

                    a.m.

.March 12           Clubhouse EAA 219

.April 2-8          Sun 'N Fun, Lakeland,

                    Florida

.May 10-11          Hot Air Balloon

                    Festival Walla Walla

                    WA.

.May 10-11          Comanche Fly-in at

                    Martin Field College

                    Place, WA.

.May 17             Doolittle Raiders

                    Airshow and Dance

                    Pendleton Ore.

.June 15 219        Annual Picnic at

                    Doug Drake's

.June 20-22         EAA Goldenwest Fly

                    -In,Marysville, CA

.July 12-13         NW EAA Fly-In,

                    Arlington WA.

.July 18-19         Oregon Antique/

                    Classic Fly-In,

                    Cottage Grove Ore

.July 29-           EAA Annual Fly-1n

                    Oshkosh Wisc.

 August 4          

.August 21-24 ???   Aerobatics Competi-

                    tion, Pendleton.

.August 30 ???      Prosser Fly-In

.September 12-14    Pendleton Roundup

.September 20-21    Oregon Air Fair,

                    Albany Ore.

.September 20-21    Martin Airfield Open

                    House College Place

                    Wa.

.October 9-12       EAA Copperstate Fly-

                    1n, Phoenix AR.

.December 6 ???     219 Christmas Dinner,

                    PDT EAA 2003 Calendar