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Dinner Meeting February 10, 2015

Myron Mitchell, President, called the dinner meeting to order at 7:06 pm at Chelo’s in Warwick. After the Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silence was observed for our friend Gene Bielicki.. There were 34 members and friends present at the meeting. A dinner recess was called after table introductions. The Secretary’s Report was accepted as written in the Plane Paper. Treasurer, Fred Crudale, reported $6430.23 in the General Fund and $4936.49 in the Scholarship Fund. All bills are paid, Announcements: - Scholarship applications are due by February 28th. -There will be a Safety Seminar March 21st 11:-3: It will include 3 Seminars. -Frank Oliveira will take over the 20 Week Club Chair -Tony Palumbo will obtain the dinner door prizes. -There will be an Instructors Forum at the March dinner meeting. -- The Board meeting will be held at a different time than scheduled. Myron will be out of town and will email a date. -A free dinner at the meeting was won by Mike Genereaux Door prize winners: Fred Crudale, Dan Scanlon, Diane Whipple, Dave Lachapelle, George Bentley The meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm. Respectfully Submitted Marilyn Biagetti Acting Secretary

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 EVENTS

SAFETY SEMINARS FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT SFZ To view further details and registration information go to - http://faasafety.gov/.

Every Saturday Morning - KUUU Pilot's Breakfast Tickets Bar and Restaurant, Middletown 08:15 If you fly in - check at the maintenance hangar for a ride no later than 08:00

CLASSIFIED ADS Hangar for Rent- KWST . Single Engine Port a Port T - Hangar for Rent at Westerly, RI. Inside Dimensions 37’ 7” W x 30’ 6“ D x 10’ 0” H . $300/month . Contact John by email N33864@cox.net

FOR SALE:Slidedown Aircraft tiedowns - Contact Sal Corio at. 401-737-5800 Email. info@slidedown.comhttp://www.slidedown.com/

Plane Share wanted- Responsible, Flexible, 3000 plus hour pilot looking to lease/share/purchase a 4 or 6 place. Have hangar, if you have a plane that isn’t flying enough give me a call maybe we can work something out. Joe Crocker 401 603 7309

Plane Share available South County Flying club has several openings. We operate a 1974 Grumman AA5 Traveler w/a 160 HP engine, IFR certified w/dual com. radios, dual nav. radios w/glide slope. The aircraft is very well maintained and hangared. We are based at Quonset State (KOQU); our flying rate is 65.00 per hr. wet. For more information call Jerry at 401-828-5092

Based at SFZ: 1969 Piper Arrow PA 28-200R, Factory Reman Lycoming, New Hartzell Prop, $20,000 for 1/2 share Call Al for details 401-578-4494

CESSNA PARTS FOR SALE: *Complete exhaust system for a Cessna 172M, (O320 engine) in good condition. This system was removed so as to install a Power Flow Exhaust System. Asking $600 *One complete set of McCauley main wheels and brake calipers from a Cessna 172M. All in good condition. Removed for upgrade with Cleveland wheels. $150 *Sigtronics Intercom, SPA-400, w/installation manual. Asking $100. *ARC marker beacon receiver R-402A (24V). Asking $75. *Cessna 172 Service Manual, 1969 - 1976, $25. *Cessna 172 parts manual, 1963 thru 1974, $25 Call Frank..... 401-787-8668

FOR SALE: Ocean State Oil is offering current members a discount on AEROSHELL (cases & drums). 123 Ocean State Dr. North Kingstown, RI 02852 1800 554 4557 Free Classified ads of current members for aviation related items. Marilyn: 568 3497, Fax: 568 5392, email biagettim@aol.com About 20 years ago, I was flying on a cloudy Saturday morning southwest of Austin, Texas. I was monitoring Austin approach when I heard a conversation from a plane inbound to Austin asking if they were in radar contact. ... Approach asked if they were the plane ten miles west of Comfort, Texas on a heading of XXX. ... The voice replied, "I don't think so. The town I see is too close for Comfort." (from Short Final)  

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EUGENE BIELECKI died on Sunday February 8th, 2015. He was the beloved husband of Phyllis Bielecki for 63 years.. He had a distinguished career in aviation for over 60 years as a flight instructor, FAA examiner, and part owner of North Central Airways. Eugene contributed his time and talents to several organizations including the RI Pilots Association and QB’s and the

Smithfield Lions Club. He was a WW II Army Air Force Veteran. A private Funeral for Mr. Bielecki was held Saturday February 14, 2015.Burial with Military Honors was in Notre Dame Cemetery Pawtucket. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday March 14, 2015 at 10 A.M. in St. Michaels Church, 80 Farnum Pike, and Smithfield RI. Relatives and Friends are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his memory can be made to the Eugene A. Bielecki Aviation Safety Scholarship Fund at (www.eugeneaviation.org) or a random act of kindness performed to honor Eugene's spirit of giving would be greatly appreciated

NEW LANDING FEE AT EWB I heard this tale>A member got a bill for a $10 landing fee at EWB after doing a touch and go. I called EWB and was informed that as of November of 2014 the min gross weight for a landing fee was lowered to 3000 lbs. $2.50/1000lbs (minimum $10). He did say that touch & gos probably would not be captured….Take note

ASSOCIATION DUES ARE DUE The March Plane Paper will be the last one you will receive if you have not yet paid your dues. Please remember this is “The Loudest Voice for Aviation in RI” and give us your support. Thank You

Attached is a Letter to Airmen that Providence ATCT is distributing in reference to our primary radar outage that begins next week on February 17th. Our primary radar will be out of service until the end of April. This outage is due to our radar being raised from 37 feet to 77 feet. A temporary beacon radar will be utilized, however, advisories will only be available below 3000 feet for aircraft with operating transponders. Additionally, two weeks after the shutdown next week and for the last two weeks in April this temporary system will not be available and no advisories will be available for aircraft below 3000 feet regardless. We do understand that this will be an inconvenience to our customers, however, in the long run the benefit will out weight the inconvenience by giving us much better radar coverage, thus providing better service to you, our customers. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give myself or Cheryl West a call. David Blessinger, Providence Training Specialist Providence ATCT, 401-734-2810

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The last two days of Feb finally allowed for some decent flying up to Bar Harbor in Maine and also to Alton Bay and around Mount Washington. Article by Greame Smith

41G pictured on national news

Slow news day – everyone seems to have picked this story up. My buddy Ken (quoted in the story) took the AP reporter up to get the pic. Lake Winnipesaukee ice runway draws pilots from around the Northeast. Planes are parked after flying in on frozen Lake Winnipesaukee on Saturday, in Alton, N.H. Dozens of pilots flew in to the only ice runway in the Lower 48 states approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2015/02/28/new-hampshire-lake-is-lower-48s-only-ice-runway

In this pic:41G is parked nearest the camera on the right side with the big black cowl blanket on to get a warm start after lunch. I’m standing with the bigger group on the left side – obvious really…

By my departure after lunch they were out of parking and were having to stagger high and low wings with overlapped wings to fit folks in. It was so tight at departure that you couldn’t spin round to check the sky for NORDO’s on final (all those J3’s that show up on skis!). They positioned someone at the hold short with a handheld to look back up final for you and let you know it was clear to go. With TEN behind me in line – and just as I was about to depart a Bonanza driver made his third attempt to get in after two go arounds. He was hot and disappeared way down the runway. I saw the spotter watching and slump his shoulders in despair. The Bonanza driver came up on the radio and confirmed he was deep in the snow drift at the far end, still on his gear and OK. He was clear enough of the runway that I got my departure and then they sent a truck down to tow him out. It was a FABULOUS day for flying. Between Newport and Mount Washington (which we went up and circled) it was hard CAVU the WHOLE day. I never saw a spec of cloud anywhere all day and the pressure topped out at 30.79 in (1043 mb) as the high pressure drifted over the area. I was out for 5.9 with fuel stops at KASH – Nashua and KLCI – Laconia and it sure made up for days of keeping the plane dug out on the off chance of flying. My passenger – who had never flown small GA before – had a blast and is surely going to be disappointed the next time they go flying. It will never be so good for them for a long time!

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