President’s Notes and the Fly-in Season By Robert Heavirland

Members I hope you are taking advantage of the nice days to go flying as the week-ends are not all CAVU. (editor notes: “Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited”)

This Sunday, we had a soggy but good time at the Cambridge Airport, a big thank you to Lex and Mike for all of their efforts for this event. The kids had a great time with pedal planes and Aqua Jet. We have Young Ea-gles signed up for rides that could not fly at the Cambridge event, so we may do another event at Cambridge later in the year to accommodate them. Mike gave seven rides last week on a nice day. A big thank you to all of our members who helped get everything ready for last weekend and who were there to help. (pictured on pages 8 and 9)

Rush City had great weather two weeks ago for their event and lots of our members were there to take in the car show, tractor show, and all of the friends and planes that flew in for the day. (pictured below)

Next Monday is meeting night, you won’t want to miss Mark & Kirk’s Excellent Adventure at "The National Bi-plane Fly In" presentation. We will have some new mem-bers coming from Cambridge so make sure you say “hi” to them and make them feel welcome. At the chapter meeting we also need to do some planning for Oshkosh camping etc.

In regard to the upcoming Forest Lake event, I met with Lions representative and the Forest lake group. Things went well. They will do the Young Eagles coordination just like last year. We will bring up tent, tables, chairs, grills like last year. Setup will be Friday night same as last year. We will have a nice area for pedal planes and Aqua Jet. I told them we will have area roped off and supervised. We will need leaders for each area. Pedal planes, Aqua Jet, pancake breakfast. We have more members than last year so we should be able to do it.

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Young Eagles Report By Becky Buhn

Here are the upcoming Young Eagle events for 2014. Sunday, July 13th Anoka County Airport, Blaine 8am – 1pm Saturday, Aug 16th Forest Lake Airport, Forest Lake 10am – 4pm

Cambridge was rained out for flying Young Eagles but not the event itself. However, on the plus side, pending board approval at the next board meeting in July, Kirk Fjetland has offered to take on the role of Young Eagle Chairman! Thank you Kirk! This is greatly appreciated and I am sure you will find it a fun and rewarding role. I know the board and Mark Heule have been working hard to coordinate eve-ryone and everything on top of his Treasurer duties already.

First Flight Report!!

Chapter member, Sam Husnik, made the first flight in the Smith Cub he and friends built at Forest Lake. Congratulations Sam!

 Please consider submitting an article next month. To do so please contact your newsletter editor Becky at ibecktec@hotmail.com

NEXT CHAPTER MEETING Monday, June 23rd, 2014 6:00pm 

Located at: 8891 Airport Rd NE 

Blaine, MN 55449 We hope to see you there!

BIG Screen Video / Movie Night The next video / movie night is Sat July 12th, 2014

5pm - 7pm Videos and EAA HQ videos 7pm - 9pm MAIN FEATURE Movie!!!

As usual pizza, pop, coffee and other goodies are included. If you haven’t attended, take some time & come out and enjoy

The June movie was “Air Force One” starring Harrison Ford. Don’t miss out on the July showing for yet another great movie!!!

Rush City Airport

CHAPTER 237 PRE-AIRVENTURE WORK PARTY

Once again, EAA is beginning preparations of the grounds for AIRVENTURE 2014 in Oshkosh. EAA headquarters has invited our chapter members to come to Oshkosh and participate in a Weekend Work Party. The Chapter 237 work party weekend will be held June 28-29 and is fast approaching!

Volunteer Positions: Preparation for AirVenture would be impossible without the significant assistance of volunteers. Tasks will vary, but include carpentry, grass cutting, painting, general maintenance, cleaning, gardening, etc. Any talent/expertise you have can be beneficial in the preparations. Update – Great news!! Kirk spoke with John Hopkins at the EAA Weeks Hangar and he can use our help working with him. He has many projects (such as the F-86 & the drone) that he needs to get AirVenture ready and is excited that 237 will be coming to assist. So, if you don’t want to paint or hammer, the opportunity to get hands on with EAA aircraft exists. If you’ve never worked there before, now’s your chance!

We will need to let EAA know, by no later than Monday 6/23, how many volunteers will be coming. If your are at least 75% sure you can participate with the work party, or have any questions, please let Kirk know at your earliest possible convenience. We would like to see as many 237 members (or potential members) as possible participate. Let’s show EAA that volunteering is not only “The Heart and Soul of the EAA Family”…it’s what 237 and Minnesotans do!

Accommodations and what to bring: Volunteers are provided accommodations in the Bunkhouse or Binder House for the weekend as well as meals in the volunteer kitchen and refreshments at the work site. You will be required to bring a sleeping bag, pillow, towel, washcloths, soap/shampoo, etc.

Bonus Event! New for this year: Additionally, we are invited to attend a FREE seminar on that Saturday evening by Charlie Becker (EAA Director of Communities & Home-built Community Manager) on “How To Get Started in Homebuilding”. This will be a very interesting and informative seminar. Charlie is an active pilot, homebuilder and aircraft owner. He has built and flown a Sonex tri-gear and is currently scratch building a Super Cub clone (called the “Pirate Cub”, www.facebook.com/piratecub).

Who is currently signed up: So far, the following individuals have confirmed they will be joining us in the FUN: Kirk F., Mark H., Scott N., Gary L. and Dave P. If I left someone out, please forgive me and reconfirm. If you are interested in participating, please let me know at your earliest possible conven-ience. ALL ARE WELCOMED! We normally depart ANE on the Friday afternoon prior, but whenever you can get there will be fine. It was a long, cold winter. What better way to have FUN in nice weather and lose some of the “insulation” we all obtained.

Contact info: Kirk E. Fjetland at fjetfamily@msn.com or 651-331-9905

Benson Airport Open House Fly-In \ Drive In Where: Benson Airport (6MN9) When : Saturday June 21st Pancake Breakfast 9:00am - 12:00pm Open House 9:00am - 4:00pm

Pancakes, French Toast, Sausage and Scrambled Eggs Come and check out the Historic Benson Airport Vintage Airplane Displays

http://www.745.eaachapter.org contact: EAA745@gmail.com 1.5 Miles North of the City of White Bear Lake, MN. On Hwy. 61

Fuel: Avgas 100LL Fuel should be available. Unicom: 122.700; Runway 12/30 2000' x 75' , Surface: Turf

How to Walk Away ...by Kirk Fjetland

Mark Heule & myself (Kirk) made the first ever cross-country flight for either of us to the 5th Annual National Biplane Fly-In at Freeman Field (3JC), Junction City, KS. We had a great time, met many wonderful people and ate way too much (affecting our weight & balance limitations)…but that’s a good thing! More on “Mark & Kirk’s Excellent Adventure” during our video presentation at the June 23rd Chapter 237 meeting. Don’t miss it!! A brief synopsis (with pictures!) of our trip is also included in this newsletter. Flying conditions were actually pretty good, even though a low ceiling necessitated just a little scud running over a large wind turbine farm (legally, of course) that made the return trip more exciting! There were a few stretches on our flight path that overflew absolutely nothing except a few sleeping cows and rain soaked corn fields. Reflecting on the journey, what would we have done if the old Cessna 150 Commuter decided she wanted to take a nap? Despite our best efforts to ensure the aircraft we fly are safe and reliable, periodically Murphy’s Law kicks in and circumstances arise in which Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yaeger, and even Capt. Sully, would have trouble keeping the bird in the air. We’re all taught at the beginning of our flight training to be ever vigilant and aware of an emergency landing area. Getting the aircraft on the ground is one thing (it’ll happen no matter what), but how to survive the off-field “landing” without a BRS is quite another. While the odds of being involved in a plane crash may be slim, they’re not zero. If it happened to you, would you know what to do to increase your chances of walking away? In the words of famed aviator Bob Hoover, "Fly the aircraft as far into the crash as far as you can." In other words, NEVER give up! On November 28, 2013, about 0950 CST, a Beech V35, N5655D, operated by Kent Ewing, was sub-stantially damaged during a forced landing to a field in Trussville, Alabama, following a total loss of engine power while on approach to Birmingham International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, Alabama. The airline transport pilot and two passengers received minor injuries. The personal flight was con-ducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological condi-tions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the planned flight to BHM. The flight departed Norfolk International Airport (ORF), Norfolk, Virginia, about 0620. The pilot reported that the departure from ORF and cruise flight were uneventful. The airplane was descending toward BHM through 5,400 feet MSL, from 6,500 feet MSL, when he heard a loud bang and the engine lost all power. (Ewing said he doesn't know why the engine failed, having shown no signs of trouble in previous inspections.) The airplane was too far from BHM to glide there and the pilot elected to perform a forced landing in a field. He homed in on a field about 2,000 feet long with trees and a fence line down the middle. They touched down at about 90 knots (103 mph), bounced twice. "As we hit the southern edge of the gravel drive leading up to the barn, we went airborne again and into the tree line at 50 knots. I was aiming at light spots between the trees, mostly small oaks. We did not hit any directly head on.” According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, during the landing, the airplane collided with a fence and farm equipment, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. Initial exami-nation of the engine revealed a hole in the top of the engine case. The engine was retained for fur-ther examination

...how to walk away (continued) "The right wing tip light was removed by a pole next to the barn, but the left wing hit a tree with enough force to turn us left 90 degrees before we came to a stop by a hefty tree which caught the airframe exactly at the right wing root where the door hinges are. The door (we had not cracked it) flew off and landed about 30 feet down track from the aircraft; my sunglasses and my son's cell phone went another 100 feet down the same track."

Son Taylor Ewing and father Kent Ewing have picture snapped moments after climbing out of crashed airplane. (photo courtesy Kent Ewing) “Aviate, navigate, communicate; the holy trinity of dealing with an in-flight emergency situation. Mr. Ewing offers three additional helpful suggestions from his experience: 1. If you do not have shoulder harnesses, do not fly your plane. I won’t go with you. 2. Always have a place picked out to land, no matter the phase of flight. Always know the ter rain below you, the surface wind, the glide ratio, etc. At 5,000 feet AGL you have 5 minutes until you touch down with no power. 3. Execute your plane to meet up with the planet, and fly the airplane all the way into the crash. I think we can all agree, these are definitely words to LIVE by!

The National Biplane Fly In Mark & Kirk’s Excellent Adventure

The Flint Hills EAA Chapter 1364, headed up by Jim Clark, were the presenters of the 5th an-nual National Biplane Fly In held June 5th thru 8th on Freeman Field, 3JC, Junction City, Kan-sas. Chapter 1364 has members throughout Kansas with their focus on the communities of Manhattan, Junction City, Abilene and surrounding areas.

Mark Heule (pictured in front of the Freeman Field terminal) was searching for a good place to go for his first real cross-country flying experience. He couldn’t have picked a better place to go! I was fortunate enough to tag along as navigator.

We arrived at 3JC on Wednesday (June 4th) afternoon after 6 hours in the air, 9 hours total travel time. Our fuel stops proved to be interesting places with nice people, so we weren’t in a rush to fuel & fly. Upon our arrival in Junction City, we (being the first ones there) were met by Jim Clark, and a few others, with big smiles and a cold bottle of water. Even though Jim was in the midst of preparations for the show, he took us out for a late lunch at his favorite Asian res-taurant and spent a couple of his valuable hours talking with us. Immediately, we felt like we were amongst great friends!

We had become some minor celebrities of sort. For the next couple of days, numerous people came up to us asking, “So you’re the ones from Minneapolis?” They couldn’t believe we had flown all the way from KANE in a Cessna 150 Commuter. A few times we had to clarify it was Minneapolis, MN, as there is also a Minneapolis (KS) only 50 miles away.

The weather varied from beautiful VFR to IMC, but that didn’t stop a solo Stearman driver from Santa Rosa (CA), a Cessna 170 & Luscome from Colorado, the AOPA regional director (Yasmina Platt) flying in from Houston (TX), and many others from attending. Even Dave & Jeanne Allen flew their Oshkosh National Champion Waco YKC to the NBFI.

Mark & Kirk’s Excellent Adventure (...continued)

Below was the NBFI schedule of events:

Thursday, June 5th

Arrivals all day – Pilot Shuttle to and from area motels

5:30 Welcome Cookout at EAA Hangar

Friday, June 6

Arrivals all day – Pilot Shuttle available to and from area motels.

5:00 pm – Hangar social for pilots and guests in EAA Hangar

5:45 pm – Shuttle begins operation to & from Rathert Stadium adjacent to Freeman Field. Pilots & Crew will receive free tickets for entry into Rathert Stadium to see the Junction City Bri-gade play their baseball season opener. Food vendors will be at the stadium.

6:00 pm – Briefing for Pilots wishing to participate in flight over Rathert Stadium during National Anthem.

7:00 pm – Game starts. Relax and enjoy a College league baseball game while socializing with fellow Fly In attendees. Be sure to critique the pilots that flew over during the National Anthem.

Saturday, June 7

7:00 – 9:30 Pancake Feed

2:30 – 4:00 Fly Out to Ice Cream Social at Jim & Debby Clark’s Prairie Cottage airport, 8KS8, 11nm SW, course 223 degrees.

5:00 – 6:00 Social time at Gary & Patti Schoenrock’s hangar.

6:00 – 7’ish Hamburger picnic at Schoenrock’s hangar featuring a presentation by Dave & Jeanne Allen on their Oshkosh Grand Champion YKC Cabin Biplane.

Sunday, June 8

6:30 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast available in the terminal for departing pilots and guests.

Overall, it was a trip we’d do again in a heartbeat and we’re looking forward to next year’s event. Perhaps next year a squadron of 237 aircraft will make the trip. I guarantee great aviation fun! We have many details, photos and stories we’ll be presenting at the Chapter 237 meeting on June 23rd, so don’t miss it! As always, everyone (member or not) is invited to attend the presentation, and of course President Bob’s hot dog feast at 18:00. Hope to see you all there!

Check out the pictures on the next page!

                   

Mark & Kirk’s Excellent Adventure’s Pictures

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Yummy pancakes were cooked to perfection by this Lion’s crew. Was a nice cool day to be the grill masters. Other staff served eggs and refreshments.

To my knowledge this was the only plane to fly in. Arrived right before the big rain hit.

Onsite repairs being performed by Ron to an ailing pedal plane.

Girls love JETS!!!

The Mayor of Cambridge spoke to the crowd and had shared memories and good things to say about the airport.

Future Reno Air Racer, cut that pylon like a pro!

Kirk found his dry spot

A lot more aircraft were here last year!

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