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Volume 12, Issue 5 May 2012 Page 1 EAA Chapter 95 Newsletter www.eaa95.org Volume 12, Issue 5 Morris, IL May 2012 Chapter 95 Open House The day started extremely slow because of drizzle and cold winds. Rick Siegfried looked great as he flew in with his T6 and Rich came with his Yak. Cindy’s Stearman was a star of the event as well as the RVs and Long-EZs. The food was phenomenal and there was a lot of camaraderie in spite of the shivering and the wind. It turned out to be mostly a Chapter event and was worth every freezing minute! There did end up being a few opportunities for some Young Eagles rides provided by Pete. Brett Vokac celebrated his 23rd birthday with a ride/flight lesson in the Stearman with John Musgrave and a ride/flight lesson with Nick Scholtes in his Kitfox. Special thanks to Al and Linda Franowsky and Mark and Shelley Molle for organizing the event and all the food. Thanks to all the volunteers that helped, including Pete, Brett Vokac, Bill Shain, Courtney Molle, Warren Boehm, Larry and Jacque Nawojski, Char Curtis and Terry Wise. Cleanup was accomplished with the help of Steve, Mary, Tom, and Dave. (Apologies to anyone we forgot to thank, all the help from everyone was greatly appreciated!) Young Eagles Rally June 9th 9am - 2pm Our first Young Eagles event of the year is on June 9th. This event is always one of the favorites of everyone in the chapter. If you enjoy hanging out at the airport, you can’t go wrong on Young Eagles Day. It’s a great opportunity to share your love and interest in aviation with the general public and your fellow chapter members. We will be moving our operations to the new building out by the big hanger and main ramp, instead of the gas shack. This should give us a lot more room, but will require even more volunteers and help to set up. As always, it’s YOU, the volunteers, that make the event so successful. We need ground crew (at least 1 person per pilot), office help, photographers, pilots, people to cook and serve food and popcorn, and most importantly EVERYONE hanging out and talking to the kids and families while they wait for their ride. We will also have an informal cookout for all the volunteers afterwards. If possible, please bring a dish to pass. Please spread the word to all your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, etc. Without kids to fly, we have no Young Eagles Day. We’d love to have a huge turnout! Questions? Call Pete DeCraene @ 815-210-5840 or Bill Shain @ 815-634-8992 MAY CHAPTER MEETING MOVED Please note that the May chapter meeting has been moved up a week to THIS FRIDAY, May 18th at 7:30pm at the Morris Airport! Mark your calendar - hope to see everyone there!
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EAA Chapter 95 Newsletterwww.eaa95.org
Volume 12, Issue 5 Morris, IL May 2012�
Chapter 95 Open HouseThe day started extremely slow because of drizzle and coldwinds. Rick Siegfried looked great as he flew in with his T6 andRich came with his Yak. Cindy’s Stearman was a star of theevent as well as the RVs and Long-EZs. The food wasphenomenal and there was a lot of camaraderie in spite of theshivering and the wind. It turned out to be mostly a Chapterevent and was worth every freezing minute!
There did end up being a few opportunities for some YoungEagles rides provided by Pete. Brett Vokac celebrated his 23rdbirthday with a ride/flight lesson in the Stearman with JohnMusgrave and a ride/flight lesson with Nick Scholtes in hisKitfox.
Special thanks to Al and Linda Franowsky and Mark and ShelleyMolle for organizing the event and all the food. Thanks to allthe volunteers that helped,including Pete, Brett Vokac, BillShain, Courtney Molle, WarrenBoehm, Larry and JacqueNawojski, Char Curtis and TerryWise. Cleanup was accomplishedwith the help of Steve, Mary, Tom,and Dave. (Apologies to anyonewe forgot tothank, all thehelp fromeveryone wasg r e a t l yappreciated!)
Young Eagles RallyJune 9th
9am - 2pm
Our first Young Eagles event of the year is on June9th. This event is always one of the favorites ofeveryone in the chapter. If you enjoy hanging out at theairport, you can’t go wrong on Young Eagles Day. It’sa great opportunity to share your love and interest inaviation with the general public and your fellow chaptermembers.
We will be moving our operations to the new buildingout by the big hanger and main ramp, instead of the gasshack. This should give us a lot more room, but willrequire even more volunteers and help to set up.
As always, it’s YOU, the volunteers, that make the eventso successful. We need ground crew (at least 1 personper pilot), office help, photographers, pilots, people tocook and serve food and popcorn, and most importantlyEVERYONE hanging out and talking to the kids andfamilies while they wait for their ride.
We will also have an informal cookout for all thevolunteers afterwards. If possible, please bring a dishto pass.
Please spread the word to all your friends, family,coworkers, neighbors, etc. Without kids to fly, we haveno Young Eagles Day. We’d love to have a huge turnout!
Questions? Call Pete DeCraene @ 815-210-5840 or BillShain @ 815-634-8992
MAY CHAPTER MEETING MOVED
Please note that the May chapter meeting has beenmoved up a week to THIS FRIDAY, May 18th at7:30pm at the Morris Airport! Mark your calendar -hope to see everyone there!
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From The President ...
I would like tostart by thankingall those whohelped out withthe Open House,especially Al andLinda, and Mark
and Shelly. With their help we wereable to put together another successfulevent, although once again a little helpfrom the weather would have been nice.Despite that we did see several walk-invisitors to the airport, more this year Ibelieve than in years past. Thanksagain to all those who helped out.
The meeting was called to order at7:36pm. There were 46 members andguests in attendance.
Dick Searls provided the treasuryreport. Ending balance: $8021.43
Old Business:RV-12 Flying Club Report from AlFranowsky. The build has moved outto the chapter hangar as the weather isgetting nicer now.
Young Eagles - June 9th. We will beusing the new garage next to the bighanger for our office setup. We willuse the main ramp for parking theairplanes.
Pedal Plane Update - there was onework day so far, but needs to getmoving. Contact Pete and Matt if youwant to help.
New Business:Open House committee update - Foodis all arranged and volunteers lined up.Tom Wise is looking to get around 5
warbirds to fly in - 2 TBMs, Wildcat, andBearcat among them. Pete has posteddetails on the Open House on differentweb sites. Pete will also be talking to theMorris Daily Herald to get somecoverage.
Discussed possibly changing the nextmeeting date due to conflicts withMemorial Day weekend. Pete alsodiscussed trying to combine our meetingwith Warbird Squadron 4.
Chapter hanger: We have a new freezerin the hanger now with the open housefood. We agreed to buy a new grill forthe chapter from Sam’s Club for $399.Since the grill gets used heavily atOshkosh, the folks that camp at Oshkoshchipped in to buy the grill. Thanks toeveryone who donated to the fund!
Congratulations to Charlie Gibbs onreceiving the Wilbur and Orvill Wrightaward for 50 years of accident free flying!
Introduction of guests present - DonMatteson - former Morris City
Chapter 95 Meeting MinutesApril 27th, 2012
The Pedal Plane Project is on theslow track to completion. I had intendedto get more of it done prior to the OpenHouse, but my annual conditioninspection and work just seem to fill theschedule. Now that my airplane is backtogether, almost, I will make an effort toget some time on finishing that project.I’ll send out an e-mail so that anyoneinterested in helping can come by. With the warmer weather and laterdaylight hours it is time to move back tothe airport for our meetings. I will be atthe airport early enough to pull out thegrill if anyone wants to come by fordinner. Just bring whatever you wish tocook. We might even have time for alittle airplane flying too.
I recently spoke with Jeff about thepossibility of making the airport ourregular meeting location. The newFBO building should be completed bythe end of summer and we talked aboutthe possibility of using the garage areafor our meetings, since there would notbe an area large enough in the frontoffice space. I think we should try itand see if it works for us. I am still talking with the WarbirdsSquadron 4 about doing a jointmeeting. Finding a date that will workfor both of our groups has still notworked out, but I am sure we will getsomething together in the near future.
Blue Skies,Pete
Councilman, Gary Moore fromSandwhich - building an RV-7, ArtFletcher from Downer’s Grove, NickScholtes from Morris - instructor atBlue Sky Aero.
Three new members joined at ourmeeting - Jim Arvia (and wife Laura),Nick Scholtes, and Gary Moore.Welcome and look forward to see youall a lot!
50/50 drawing: John Limbach won the$46 split and donated it to the new grillfund - Thanks John!
Snacks were provided by Al and LoisChecca - Thanks!!
Guest Speakers were Cindy Limbachand Nick Scholtes on airspace andaerobatics. This was a factualpresentation explaining the FARs forairspace around the Morris airport.This was very informative and a goodrefresher for everyone.
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May18 - Chapter Meeting 7:30pm - Char Curtis treats
June9 -Young Eagles Day, followed by chapter cookout (rain
date June 10th)22 - Chapter Meeting 7:30 pm - Mark Kenney treats23 - Mark & Shelly Molle Fly-in/Drive-in BBQ
July13 - Chapter Meeting 7:30pm - Matt and Jana
Trofimchuck� Ice-Cream Social18 - Camp set up at Oshkosh23 - 29 - Airventure 2011 @ Oshkosh, WI
Dinner at Wendt’s On The Lake
August11 - Tom Wise Event24 - Chapter Meeting 7:30 pm - Tom Ellis treats
September8 - Young Eagles Day (Rain Date Sept 9th)
15 - Cindy & Bruce Limbach’s Annual Pig Roast21-23 - Camping Trip - Fly Out/Drive Out Empire, MI -
Sleeping Bear Dunes28 - Chapter Meeting 7:30 pm - Bill & Mary Jo Shain
treats
October20 - Family Dinner Night @ The Patio in Bolingbrook26 - Chapter Meeting 7:30 pm - Al & Linda Franowsky
November9 - Family Movie Night
16 - Chapter Meeting 7:30 pm
2012 Chapter 95 Calendar of Events May/June Events/Fly-InsMay25-27 - Janesville, WI - Southern Wisconsin AirFest
www.Swairfest.org
June2-4 - Bolingbrook, IL (1C5) - Cavalcade of Planes
Static displays of new aircraft by variousmanufacturers, used planes, kit planes, homebuilts.Illinois Aviation Museum is open. Military Fly-bys,parachuters, warbirds on display.
3 - Dekalb, IL (DKB) Fly-in/Drive-in Pancake Breakfast 8am - noon
9 - Rochester, IN (RCR) - Pancake and Sausage Fly-in Mentone Flying Club. Located in the club’s south hangar. Rochester Round Barn Festival Weekend 7am - 11am
10 - Rock Falls, IL (SQI) Whiteside County AirportEAA Chapter 410 Fly-in/Drive-in Breakfast7am - noon
10 - Lansing, IL (IGQ) Chapter 260 Wings andPancake Breakfast, 7am - 1pm
17 - Schaumburg, IL (O6C) Father’s Day GourmetPancake Breakfast
17 - Geneseo, IL (3G8) Gen-Air Park Annual Father’sDay Fly-in/Drive-in Breakfast, 7am - 11am
17 - Elkhart, IN (3C1) Father’s Day Fly-In Breakfast,7am - 11am
23-24 - Walworth, WI (7V3) Big Foot Airfield Fly-in/Drive-in Breakfast, 7am - 1pm
22-24 - Urbana, IL (C16) Annual Frasca Fly-InRSVP to Tom Frasca by calling 217-367-8441 ore-mail: [email protected]
Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
Charlie Gibbs
The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recognizes pilotswho have demonstrated professionalism, skill and aviationexpertise by maintaining safe operations for 50 or more years.Recipients are awarded a certificate and a lapel pin and arerecognized in the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award Rollof Honor.
Congratulationson this amazingachievementCharlie!!
Well-deserved!
CONGRATULATIONS - FIRST SOLO!!
Carey Sullivan, Chapter 95 member and daughter of Al &Lois Checca, successfully did her FIRST SOLO on Sunday,May 13th. Carey flies out of Newark, Ohio (KVTA),although her solo was at Mount Vernon, Ohio (4K3).Congrats, Carey. We look forward to hearing your continuedprogress towards becoming a private pilot.
Charlie (and wife, Lucy) at our January dinner
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Pedal Plane Project Update
On Saturday, April 28th, PeteDeCraene, Mark Kenney, and MikeRuffato went over to Matt and Jana’sand made a lot of progress on the pedalplane. There is still a lot to do and we’dlike to get the plane done and have ondisplay to sell raffle tickets at ourchapter events. The next event is ourYoung Eagles Rally on June 9th.
Contact Pete or Matt if you areinterested in helping.
Keeping the E in EAADon’t get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with production builtairplanes, however it was really cool to have 5 chapter airplanes fly over to theLewis University airport breakfast last Sunday and have ALL 5 airplanes beEXPERIMENTAL and all 5 DIFFERENT. We had Bill Shain’s Atlantis II,Matt and Jana Trofimchuck’s RV-7, John Musgrave’s RV-4, MattKwiatkowski’s Long-EZ, and Scott Campbell’s one-of-a-kind Edge 540 design.Very cool! Of course we invite some production built airplanes to join us nexttime, too.
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NATO Summit TFR - THIS WEEKEND
Just a reminder there are TFRs in place this weekend for theNATO summit. Obviously, you should always check forTFRs before every flight, but please make sure you takeextra precaution to check TFRs prior to EVERY flight onSaturday, Sunday, and Monday.
Requirements for flight and operations not authorized( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams-special.html )
View the new NOTAM page at:( http://www.aopa.org/tfr/#a=KORD )( http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_2_0580.html )
Because TFR airspace frequently changes, AOPA stronglyencourages pilots to obtain a briefing before every flight.
==> AFFECTED PUBLIC USE AIRPORTS <==
KORD Chicago O'Hare Intl4H1 Schaumburg Muni HelistopKPWK Chicago Executive06C Schaumburg RgnlKMDW Chicago Midway IntlKDPA Dupage1C5 Bolingbrook's Clow IntlC81 Campbell3CK Lake In The HillsKLOT Lewis UniversityTF8 Tinley Park HelistopKUGN Waukegan RgnlKARR Aurora MuniKJOT Joliet RgnlKGYY Gary/Chicago IntlKIGQ Lansing Muni05C Griffith-Merrillville3HO Hobart Sky RanchC56 Bult Field
On behalf of the Continental U.S. NORAD Region’s(CONR) commander, to advise our fellow Chicago-areaaviators of the upcoming flight restrictions in support ofthe NATO Summit.� The FAA is implementing special airpace control
measures to help ensure the safety and security for theNATO Summit
� CONR asks fellow aviators in the Chicago generalaviation community to “Check NOTAMs and FlyInformed”. Aviators should visit www.faa.gov for thelatest airspace information.
� CONR coordinates all flight operations with local,state, and federal agencies, especially the FAA, tokeep all airspace safe and secure from air threats.
� CONR has extensive experience protecting specialevents such as Super Bowls, political conventions,United Nations General Assemblies, SOTUAs andother events as required.Though you may not see CONR fighters, they will beon duty during the summit.
� CONR possesses well-developed rules of engagementand skilled, dedicated aircrews and we are trained andequipped to execute this mission.
We need your help…and here are some ways you canprovide that help:
Report suspicious activity to local law enforcementPost TFR posters and handouts prominently inyour facilities
FLY SAFE and FLY INFORMED
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101-years ago is a very long time. Yetin the very hierarchy of these modernmarvels, the ability to recover andlaunch aircraft from the deck of amoving ship stands out as one of ourmost signature of his accomplishments.Which just goes to show you: Sometricks never grow old.
US Naval aviation was invented 101-years ago, on January 18, 1911, whena 24 year old barnstormer pilot namedEugene B. Ely had just completed theworld’s first successful landing on aship. It happened in San FranciscoBay, aboard the cruiser USSPennsylvania, which had a temporary133-foot wooden landing strip built justabove her afterdeck and gun turret aspart of the experiment.
But back then, innovation was afoot.Ely's Curtis Pusher had been fitted witha clever new invention called a tailhook.The idea was to quickly halt the aircraftafter landing by using the tailhook tocatch one or two of 22 rope lines -- eachpropped up a foot above the deck andweighted by the 50-pound sandbagstied to each end – strung three-feetapaart along the Pennsylvania 'stemporary flight deck.
Mark J. Denger of the California Centerfor Military History has now written atidy biography of Eugene Ely whichnarrates this historic day: On themorning of January 18, 1911, EugeneEly, in a Curtiss pusher biplanespecially equipped with arresting hookson its axle, took off from Selfridge Field(Tanforan Racetrack, in San Bruno,California) and headed for the SanFrancisco Bay.
After about 10- minutes flying northtoward Goat Island (now Yerba Buena),Eugene spotted his target through thegray haze – thee PENNSYLVANIA
Ely's plane was first sighted one-halfmile from the Pennsylvania’s bridge atan altitude of about 1,500-feet, andcruising at a speed of approximately 60mph. Now ten miles out from
Tanforan, he circled the several vesselsof the Pacific Fleet at anchor in SanFrancisco Bay . The airplane dipped to400-feet as it passed directly over theMARYLAND and, still dropping, flewover the West Virginia’s bow at aheight of only 100-feet. With acrosswind of almost 15 knots, he flewpast the cruiser and then banked some500-yards from the Pennsylvania’sstarboard quarter to set up his landingapproach.
Ely now headed straight for the ship,cutting his engine when he was only75-feet from the fantail, and thenallowed the wind to glide the aircraftonto the landing deck. At a speed of40 mph Ely landed on the centerline ofthe Pennsylvania deck at 11:01 a.m.
The forward momentum of his planewas quickly retarded by all the ropesstretched between the large movablebags of sand that had just been placedalong the entire length of the runway.And as the plane landed, the hooks onthe undercarriage caught the ropesexactly as planned, which brought theplane to a complete stop.
Naval Aviation History(Contributed by Don Bonk)
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Once on board the PENNSYLVANIA,sheer pandemonium brook loose as Elywas greeted with a bombardment ofcheers, boat horns and whistles, bothaboard the PENNSYLVANIA andfrom the surrounding vessels.
Ely was immediately greeted by hiswife, Mabel, who had greeted him withan enthusiastic, "I knew you could doit," and then by Captain Pond,Commanding Officer of thePENNSYLVANIA . Then it was timefor interviews and a few photographsfor the reporters.
Ely was immediately greeted by hiswife, Mabel, who had greeted him withan enthusiastic, "I knew you could doit," and then by Captain Pond,Commanding Officer of thePENNSYLVANIA . Then it was timefor interviews and a few photographsfor the reporters.
Everything had gone exactly asplanned. Pond called it "the mostimportant landing of a bird since thedove flew back to Noah's ark." Pondwould later report, "Nothing damaged,and not a bolt or brace startled, and Elythe coolest man on board." (Note:Safety first! Check out Ely's inner-tubelife preserver!)
After completing several interviews,Ely was then escorted to the Captain'scabin where he and his wife were thehonored guests at an officer’s lunch.While they dined, the landing platformwas cleared and the plane turned aroundin preparation for his takeoff. Then theElys, Pond and the others posed for
photographs. 57-minutes later, hemade a perfect take-off from theplatform, returning to Selfridge Fieldat the Tanforan racetrack where anothertremendous ovation awaited him.
Both the landing and take off were alsowitnessed by several of thedistinguished members of both U.S.Army and Navy, as well as statemilitary officials. Ely had successfullydemonstrated the possibility of theaircraft carrier.
Indeed. The US Navy's first aircraftcarrier, the USS Langley, wascommissioned in 1922, eleven-yearslater. But Ely didn't live to witness themilestone; he died just a few monthsafter his historic flight, on October 11,1911, when he was thrown from hisaircraft during a crash at an air show.But 101-years-ago, he merged thepower of naval warships and aviationin ways that remain cutting-edge, eventoday.
Reminder: Ad Hoc Eventsfor Chapter Members
Southwest Wisconsin AirshowCamping at Pearl Lake
Memorial Day Weekend - May 25-27
Come camp at Pearl Lake and go to theairshow in Janesville, WI. Camping is$150.00 ($50/night, with 3 nightminimum) Tell them you are with MattTrofimchuck and they will try to get usnext to each other or close.
Pearl Lake Campground1220 Dearborn Ave (Hwy 251)South Beloit, WI 61080(815) 389-1479www.pearllake.com
Canoe Trip at Ayer’s LandingSaturday, June 16th
Tom Ellis is organizing a canoe trip.We will be going to Ayer’s Landing inHebron, IL (by Ottawa). We have achoice of a 6 mile or 12 mile trip. The6 mile trip is from Rt 52 to Ayer’sLanding and the 12 mile is fromSheridan to Ayer’s landing (On the FoxRiver). The cost is $50 per canoe foreither trip. You can bring your ownfood and beverages. Canoe, paddles,and life jackets will be provided. Pleaselet Tom know if you are interested andhow many canoes you want, as he hasto make reservations for the canoes. Hecan be reached by e-mail:[email protected] or 815-405-5082
7900 E Chickory Lane�Coal City, IL 60416�
Do you know someone who might be interested in joining our chapter? Please bring them to our next meeting and letthem see what we are all about. Membership dues are $25.00 per year.
Visit our website at http://95.eaachapter.org�
Officers:President: Pete DeCraene
(815) [email protected]
Vice-President: John Limbach(815) [email protected]
Treasurer: Dick Searls(815) [email protected]
Secretary: David Blackwell(815) [email protected]
Volunteers:Web Master: Jana Trofimchuck
NewsletterEditor: Jana Trofimchuck
(815) [email protected]
Young EaglesCoordinator: Bill Shain
(815) [email protected]
TechnicalAdvisors: Bob Bushby
(815) 467-2279
Bill Shain(815) [email protected]
FlightAdvisors: John Musgrave
(217) [email protected]
NEXT MEETING: Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
Location: MORRIS AIRPORT
Pete DeCraene’s Hanger #76
Look forward to seeing everyone there!!!!
