EAA Chapters In Action

With cold weather about to set infor the next few months, chapterswill be moving their activities in-doors. Winter festivities are comingup. They will center on films, speak-ers, and getting some work done onthat airplane. There will be somemighty fine welding weather. Otcourse, if you're fortunate to live inyear-round s e a s o n a b l e weather,you've nothing to worry about.

During the summer months, chap-ter activities were really booming.There seemed to be no limit on pro-ducing varied and interesting pro-grams for their respective chaptermembers. Reviewing the last coupleof m o n t h s ' newsletters certainlyproved this. The following are justa few of the many programs, fly-insand social activities that were held:

• DETROIT, MICHIGANCHAPTER 13

Aldo Chiaverotti8956 Mystic LaneWarren, Mich. 48093

Guest speaker at a recent meetingwas Bill Barber who t a l k e d onhis experiences as an aerobatic pilot.Though a captain with North Cen-tral Airlines, he does air show workwith his "Clipped Wing Cub," and

by Pauline Kiel, EAA 8619

"Bucker Jungmann." He is a formerduster pilot and the proud owner ofa "Curtiss Falcon."

On Sunday, August 20, 1967, thechapter held their fly-in at McKinleyAirport. Those in attendance were:Allan Kass — "Playboy", CharlesGoodrich—"Cougar", Fred Trella —"Trella Special", Joe Benich andNick Seraphinoff — "Water SportSBS2", Vie Martin — "Tiger Moth",Don Vincent—"Ercoupe", Jim Gra-ham—"Midget Mustang." Those whoflew in from surrounding areas were:Don Farmer of Fraser—"Baby AceSB 1", Charles Sanford of East De-troit—"Fly Baby", and Walter Kayof Madison Heights—"Midget Mus-tang." During the afternoon theMichigan Council, sponsors of theContinental engine, held a drawing.The lucky winner was John Kolbasaof Vassar, Mich., a member of Chap-ter 177.

After a meal of barbecued chicken,served by the Zion United Church ofChurches, visitors could ride in "TheOld Tin Goose" and two helicopters.Vintage cars, which were on display,were used to give rides to the chil-dren. All in all, it was a wonderful,eventful day.

A new feature in the monthlynewsletter, "Dope Sheet," is the

"Plane Portraits" by Bob Pauley.Each month he will present a planebuilt by one of the chapter members,to give some ideas as to the perform-ance of the plane, the cost and lengthof time required to build it. Includedin the article is a short biography ofthe builder to acquaint the othermembers with him and stimulate in-terest in building their own plane.

• EASTERN NEBRASKACHAPTER 80

Bill Durand84th and McKinleyOmaha, Nebraska

Being an active and interestingchapter is often difficult to achieve,but it doesn't seem to create anyproblems for this fine chapter, andthe past few meeting programs provethis.

A demonstration on fiberglas fab-rication with Gary Carlson fabricat-ing a wheel pant using a fiberglasfemale mold was held recently. AlsoBill Durand gave a talk on the "TrueConfessions of an Airplane Design-er," using his Mark V project as anexample. Bill, an aeronautical en-gineer, has been contemplating a bi-weekly lecture and discussion on air-

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EAA CHAPTERSSIOUX CITY, IOWA CHAPTER 291

Dean Dooley, President4032 ForestviewSioux City, Iowa

SALEM, OREGON CHAPTER 292George K. Elwood, PresidentP. O. Box 375Albany, Oregon 97321

FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA CHAPTER 30ORichard W. Gleason, President826 SW 1st StreetForiboult, Minnesota

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craft design and theory to presentto the members.

To acquaint the members with themethods of riveting, a riveting exer-cise session was held. At the samemeeting, Mr. Harold P. Chadderdon,principal maintenance inspector, Fed-eral Aviation Agency, was present.Chapter designees are planning toget together with him to discuss thedesignee program.

Due to the efforts of Bill McNa-mara, program director, the 1966Rockford Convention film was pre-sented on Channel 6 TV on August26.

No chapter program is completewithout a little social festivity. Howabout a watermelon feed? It wastheir first one but surely not theirlast. Flying in from Norfolk, wasClarence Brueggerman in his "FlyBaby" and John Simpson in his"Tempete." Omaha fly-ins were Har-ry Dirgo's 1934 Fairchild 24, LarryJensen's "Red Baron", Don Gerken's"Negligee", C a r o l Epperly in hisCessna 172, and Jack Rathjen in his"Cruiser." Rides in Durand's "Taylor-craft" were given by Dick Olson.

Bill Bradford is selling his "Scat"for $250.00. It is 75 percent completeand good construction. The basicfuselage is done; the wings are at-tached as well as all control sur-faces. The engine mount is for a65 hp Continental.

• LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSASCHAPTER 165

James F. Burris5001 W. 55 StreetLittle Rock, Ark. 72204

This swinging group has a Taylormonoplane as their aircraft project.It may sound like any ordinary chap-ter project but the interesting partabout it is the contest connectedwith it. All chapter members aresupplied with a drawing of the mono-plane and are supposed to color inthe cojor scheme they want it to be.The winner, whose scheme is picked,

Here we see Herb and Jim looking atHoward Parr's Cavalier wing that isprogressing nicely. (Left to right) JimBremner, Howard Parr (partly hid-den). Bob Wallace and Herb Cun-ningham.

receives his international dues paidfor one year by the chapter.

Since Fred Ashcraft sold his J-3,he is now going great Puns on his"Fly Baby." By constructing a simplevise-held sheet metal brake, he hasno trouble using it to form some ofthe fittings for his "Fly Baby."

Jerry Mahurin, with all the ribscompleted, has started building thewing spars for his Taylor monoplane.To date, he has acquired a 1200CCVW engine already converted forpower.

Bill Selby's J-3 restoration haslost out to his "Currie Wot." Reportshave the rib jigs laid out all readyto start building. Since the surfacesare simple in shape, trouble shouldbe comparatively nil.

Besides working on the ribs forhis Waco 10 restoration. Bill Ballardhas started on a 1940 Fairchild 24Wpowered by a 145 Warner. Latestnews on the projects, the fuselageof the Fairchild has b-jn strippedto the bare frame and work is beingdone on the new formers and fair-ing strips.

A busy man, but nonetheless abuilder, is Dr. George Burton in ElDorado who is now assembling hisfuselage for his Thorp T-18.

Speaking about T-18s, Lloyd Tollis also building one, in fact, at a re-

While in Regina, Herb Cunninghamand Jim Bremner looked at some ofthe local projects, one of which be-longs to Bob Wallace. Bob has aSquarcraft Cavalar fuselage under con-struction. (Left to right): Herb Cun-ningham, Bob Wallace and Jim Brem-

cent meeting, he gave a demonstra-tion on the art of making metal wingribs.

• ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICOCHAPTER 179

Henry G. Arnold2941 Truman, NEAlbuquerque, N.M.

This chapter has had a very event-ful summer. To acquaint memberswith various plans, a set is circulatedeach month to help members decidewhich one they would like to build.

To give everyone a chance to workon the "Woody Pusher", a chapterproject, groups have been designatedto work on certain parts of the air-plane. At last report group "B" hasthe fuselage out of the jigs and uponreceiving their reorder of wood, willcontinue on, with Henry Scotchdo-pole in charge.

Individual projects are on themove, from an original biplane toan all-wood delta wing. John Rey-nolds and Milt Brown are working ontheir original biplane. They have itabout 45 percent completed and do-ing a beautiful job. Lou Longmire'spet project is a delta wing, all-wood,two-p l a c e side-by-side, retractablegear, with a wing span of 16 ft. and

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Doing a fine job on his aircraft isArt Wyatt, Regina, Sask., shown herewith his Stits Flot-R-Bug. The tail as-sembly is welded and most of the con-trol column parts also. He accom-plished this by attending weldingclasses.

25 ft. long. Jim Avis and CharliePoor are co-piloting on the project.

Since Jim McFaddin removed theold Ranger off his "Fairchild" andreplaced it with a Warner, it fliesmuch better. He had a little troublewith the Ranger on his way backfrom the Arlington, Texas Fly-In.

Though all projects are not com-pleted, they have been brought in toillustrate a r e p o r t . Such was thecase when Bill Westmoreland broughtin an elevator from his T a y 1 o r"Titch", he also talked about the ad-vantages and disadvantages of usingdifferent type glues in homebuild-ing.

Bill Hughes, working hard on his"Tailwind", has completed the sparsand has begun working on the ribsnow. Incidentally, Bill won a trophyat the recent Wichita Fly-In.

A newcomer to the chapter, DeanHenson, has an "EAA Biplane" inthe makings. So far, he has all wingribs made and ready for inspection.The fuselage is going well exceptfor hand welding some wing fittingsand gear fittings on.

Not too long ago, a film "DensityAltitude" was shown to point out thefactors that affect density . . .tem-perature, altitude and humidity. Thefilm, put out by the FAA, is a mustfor those who reside in the highcountry. Earl Cummings was re-sponsible for the showing, and afterthe movie, cards were passed out

to send in to the FAA to computedensity altitude for their particularaircraft.

While on their way to the Renoraces, chapter members paid EAAPresident Paul Poberezny, Vice-Pres-ident Ray Scholler and TreasurerArt Kilps and their wives a surprisevisit upon their landing in Albuquer-que.• MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

CHAPTER 182Calvin C. Daniels2186 Slocum RoadMemphis, Tennessee

Four years ago, on October 1, anew chapter was born. Since its birth,there has been a steady growth ofmembers and today the count is 43.Each year has seen the steady inflowof new members, pilots, and enthusi-asts. They can be proud of their ac-complishments and look forward tomany more progressive years.

In their endeavor to promote sportaviation in the state, they were in-vited to attend the 25th AnniversaryAir Show at NAS Millington. Becauseof the fine showing of homebuiltsa t t e n d i n g , the Navy presentedtrophies to the three outstanding air-craft. They were: Sid Foster, Mem-phis—first place—Foster XST-2; DickRice, Kennett, Mo.—second place—Pitts "Special" and Grover Knoll,Clarendon, Ark.—third place—"Tail-wind." Others in attendance: NellRice, Kennett, Mo., Pitts "Special";Paul Booth, Nashville, with his Pitts"Special" and Don Huenefeld, Greg-ory, Ark., with the Rice "Special."From England, Ark., Herb Raynerflew his Rayner-Curtiss "Pusher" in.

After the Blue Angels presenteda grand performance, Don Huenefeld

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flew the Rice "Special" in aerobaticsthat left the Naval pilots in stunnedadmiration. Not to be forgotten wasthe growling Grumann "Bearcat"flown by Bill Fornoff.

Given their own homebuilt parkingarea and literature booth, the chap-ter handed out a record 850 bro-chures and literature to aviation en-thusiasts among the 50,000 people at-tending! Participation can only bringgood to promote sport aviation inthe state.

Dyersburg, Tenn. held their DyerAviation Association Day during Oc-tober. The chapter and the MemphisSoaring Society participated in thefly-bys, flight demonstrations, staticdisplays, and displays of homebuiltaircraft and antique aircraft.• NORTHERN VIRGINIA

CHAPTER 186James Jenista, Jr.8609 Dora CourtAnnandale, Va. 22003

A film depicting the operations ofthe Civil Air Patrol was shown atone of their recent meetings. Alongwith the film, two aircraft displaysset up by Joe Carter with his "Tail-wind" fuselage, and Jim West andWill Shearin displaying their HugginVW-Corsair engine destined for theirCassutt Racer were shown.

An enlightening talk on the ad-ministrative procedures for prospec-tive homebuilts was given by BobBurbick. It solved a number of mys-teries held by the members.

Speaker Bob Belter, a Navy pilot,talked on his experiences flying theF-111A and F-111B. He is one of thevery few who have flown both the

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Well, Bill Sims is ready to go onhis Monocoupe 110 "Special" as hejust obtained the plans to construct.

By this time, Boynton Hagaman isthrough with covering the wings onhis Pitts "Special" and airborne.

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of their project as to problems,techniques, and costs.

At last, Lee York and Charlie Ed-wards have their Piper PA-12 air-borne and enjoying it!

Bert Brooks should have his DH"Moth" ready for Leesburg.

The local hangar situation is justbad enough to make Steve Wilsonbase his Luscombe 200 miles fromWashington—at Elkins, W. Va.!

• KALAMAZOO, MICHIGANCHAPTER 221

John Bright1740 Waite AvenueKalamazoo, Michigan

During the summer months, thisswinging chapter has had a varietyof programs. One of their monthlyfeatures is the "plane of the month."Howard Gage gave a talk on buildingthe "Midget Mustang" and the ad-vantages of building an all-metalplane. All you need is one skill,metal working. He also had a num-ber of good tips about working with

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Another "plane of the month" wasthe Pietenpol "Aircamper" b e i n gbuilt by John Bergeson. He explain-ed how he was modifying his "Camp-er" to look like a WW I two-seater.It should be interesting to see whencompleted.

Besides this, Woody Liepold, whohas had ten years experience withworking along with Goodyear, toldsome interesting facts that happenedduring WW II concerning airshipprotection of the naval vessels. Infact, not one single vessel was lostto a submarine action when escortedby an airship!

A slide and film presentation byJohn Ellis of Kal-Aero revealed hisexperience as a naval carrier pilot.From his report on the catapult take-off, it is understandable that it wasnot easy.

Recently, Ed Ksiazck of Allegantold of his experience as an aircraftcoyerer and finisher for some ofaviation's greats such as Benny How-ard and Roscoe Turner. He gavesome very good tips in the field ofcovering and finishing an aircraft.

Plans to show the 1966 EAA Con-vention film to service clubs in Kala-mazoo met with favorable reaction.It also included a short talk on EAA.

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