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DOPE SHEET
THE NEWSLETTER OF
CHAPTER 13 OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
SERVING SPORT AVIATION IN THE DETROIT AREA
Volume 56 Number 2 website; EAACHAPTER13.ORG February 2011
President........... Rex Phelps..... 586 469-3246 [email protected] Vice President... Mike Fisher.........
810 392-2020 [email protected] Secretary........... Cliff Durand........ 248 853-0232 [email protected] Treasurer........... Don Miller.... 586 463-9342
Tech Counselor
248 563-0927
Tech Counselor
248 435-0441
Bob Hunt………………………
Ron Walters…………………..
[email protected] Regular January Meeting Speaker
Dale Forschler joined us for the January meeting and gave us some insight into the organization and work-ings of the U. S. Customs and Border Patrol, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security. Apparently their responsibilities cover a much broader range than the writer would have imagined. He covered a number of activities that he has been involved with ranging from the theft of a Canadian aircraft to providing support for drug and narcotic smuggling and seizure activities, and from alien ap-p rehens ions and arrests to providing sup-port for the State of the Union Address to include No Flight Zone E n c r o a c h -ments.
W e a r e pleased that someone with Dale’s credentials took the time to spend the evening with us. Shown here is Dale Forschler receiving his speaker’s plaque from EAA
Chapter #13 President, Rex Phelps.
Feb 3 REG. Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
10 Officer Meeting** 7:30
Mar 3 REG. Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
10 Officer Meeting** 7:30 pm
Mar 29th
Sun-n-Fun Fly-in
To Apr 3rd
Lakeland, FL
Apr 7 REG. Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
Apr 14 Officer Meeting** 7:30 pm
.
*All Regular Meetings (not all are listed) will have
a pre-meeting Bar-B-Q/Setup get together that
starts at 6:30 pm.
**Officer Meetings are normally held the following
Thursday at Rex’s hangar, 420C.
REGULAR MEETING — 1ST Thursday of each month.
Our regular meeting place is Ray Airport, in the chapter hangar (#304) located on the Northeast corner of the field. Meeting time is 7:30 pm to 10 pm.
February 3, 2011 Meeting
Our speaker for the regular February meeting is Carl Kriewal. Carl could probably best be de-scribed as an independent entrepreneur as he has owned and operated several businesses. Cur-rently, his efforts include detailed model production including aircraft and aircraft related collectible models and toys. He held a booth at Oshkosh-AirVenture 2010. For an on-line preview of what he has to offer, go to: www.homelifeshops.com.
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Aeronca For Sale We have received a For Sale notice from the family of Rick Ostrowski. They are offering for sale a 1947 Aeronca Chief 11AC. The price is $7,000. The last annual was in October 2003. It is equipped with a Sensenich prop and a Continental A-65-8 en-gine. They report that it has 2189 TT and 386 TSMOH. It comes with extra fabric, manu-als, specs, and skis. Photos of the fuselage and engine are shown. There are no photos of the wings, they are currently in storage. The wings have the 27” numbers on them.
If anyone is interested in seeing the aircraft, it is located in Troy. For further information con-tact Roxanne Os-trowski by phone at 248-875-4717, or by emai l a t [email protected]
Winter Blues—What to do?
OK, so it’s the dead of winter and good flying weather is a ways off. Your watching re-runs of the Spirit of St. Louis and Twelve O’clock High, or worse, your being forced to watch Disillusioned Housewives or Good Eats on the TV. What can you do about it? Well, you can take a day and give yourself an aviation boost. Just jump into the car and drive to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum (located in Portage, MI.). It’s just 142 miles from Detroit to Portage, a mere two hours and twelve minutes. They’ve got something to show you.
According to the Kalamazoo Travel Guide the museum displays over seventy aircraft. World War I and World War II are well represented, as are the years before, af-ter and between the wars. Want to see an SR-71, Black-bird? They even give tribute to home build-ers with such aircraft as the Avid Flyer, a half scale F4U Corsair, a 60% P-38 Lightning, a Longster, a Murphy Renegade Spirit, an Osprey and a Boredom Fighter. What more could you ask!
Don’t ask. The museum also features an indoor amuse-ment park, a theater (shows 3-D, 180 projection of a B-17 bombing mission) and a variety of related displays. If you haven’t seen it, it may be worth a shot.
The Museum is located at: 6151 Portage Road, Portage, MI. 49002, for you GPS users.
For further details you can contact the Museum by phone at: 269-382-6555: 866-524-7966 (Toll Free)
Are Your Dues Overdue?
If the answer is yes, this is your annual reminder that membership dues are due on the first of the year. Please send payment to Treasurer, Don Miller, or make the payment directly at our Febru-ary Regular Meeting. Each year we publish a new Roster and we want it to reflect the full membership. To be included we will need your payment by Feb-ruary 15, when we go to press. Thank you for your cooperation.
From the Flight Surgeon
Depending on where you live in the country, winter is in full swing, and those of us that util-ize our aircraft in the cold climates contend with certain challenges such as potential for low body temperature “hypothermia”. Just as many aircraft engines don’t start well when cold, pi-lots don’t perform as well when we are chilled. For example, exposed body surfaces such as hands are prone to frostbite when doing a good preflight in cold temperatures. Cooling the body even a few degrees can lead to severe shivering making manipulation of controls diffi-cult. With even mild hypothermia other body processes degrade which can lead to confu-sion, inability to think clearly and stiffness in the muscles. The bottom line? Dress warmly in layers, conduct pre-flights inside whenever possible in cold weather and consider hand warmers to keep your fingers safe and supple. Fly warm and be safe!
Gregory Pinnell, MD
Senior AME/Flight Surgeon USAFR
www.OK2FLY.com
MDOT Dawn Patrol Calendar
The recently posted MDOT Calendar of events shows two activities sponsored by the Yankee Air Museum in February. Both events are in Ypsilanti, at the Willow Run Airport (YIP).
Evnt 1. Movie Night (no feature listed) 6:00-9:30 pm
Evnt 2. Casino Night 7:00pm to 12:00 am
For details call Tracy Frink 734-483-4030
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Fifty Years Ago
Marine Corps Aviation
In 1961 one of the most significant acquisitions for Marine Aviation came into the inventory. The Lock-heed GV-1 Hercules transport, later given the uni-fied designation of C-130. It filled a significant need for the military. It was a heavy lifter that could han-dle short fields, especially when fitted with jet assist rockets.
Editor’s note: The author, I might interject here, has had some experiences with this aircraft. While a brand spanking New Guy in Vietnam, I was flown from Bien Hoa to Phouc Vinh in a Herc. While on final approach I was wondering what I was getting into, when the plane suddenly lurched and began to climb out. The pilot came over the intercom and said, “We’re not going to land yet. If you can look out of the port side, you’ll see that the airstrip is being shelled”. We circled a cou-ple of times and then landed. Once back on the ground I didn’t know whether to feel better or not.
Several months later, President Nixon authorized us to cross the border into Cambodia in an effort to capture and destroy the enemy supplies we all knew were there. We crossed at the town of Bo Duc. On the way out we lined up to be flown out. The editor was driving a jeep and pulled up to the rear of the aircraft. There was a soldier there that was directing traffic. The thing I remember most is that he was absolutely covered in a thick layer of dust, sand and sweat from head to toe. He looked like a man made of half dried mud. As we waited I couldn’t help stare at him. Then he looked at me through the two thin slits that were his eyes. I gave him a big smile. He returned the gesture, and when he did, the dried dirt on his face cracked and fell off. He caught some of it with his hands, looked at it and tossed it away. I guess you could call him a sight to remember. I wonder where that guy is now. I also wonder why I can still remember that picture so well, and can’t remember where I put my glasses.
The editor and his jeep “Voyageur” on a quieter day, in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)
Tallmantz Aviation, Inc.
Talmantz Aviation was formed in 1961 by pilots Frank G. Tallman, photo right (1919-1978) and Paul Mantz photo below (1903-1965). The company pro-vided aviation services to the Motion Picture Industry including modern and antique aircraft, aerial photogra-phy, aerial stunts and crashes and much more.
Movie credits include; It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Carpet-baggers, The Wrecking Crew, The Thousand Plane Raid, Murphy’s War, The Great Waldo Pepper, Baa Baa Black Sheep and many more.
Both of the men died in plane crashes, Tallman on a routine VFR flight gone bad and Mantz during the making of the film Flight of the Phoenix which starred Jimmy Stewart, another great aviator.
Forty Years Ago
Buck Hilbert
Elroy E. “Buck” Hilbert of Union, IL was appointed Chairman of the National Aeronautic Association’s Contests and Records Board, a post held for many years by Orville Wright. Buck was treasurer of EAA’s Antique/Classic Division at the time and was a retired United captain. A former Army aviator and involved in EAA work for many years in many roles. Buck was thoroughly familiar with all phases of aviation and was certainly well qualified for the new position with NAA.
Most recently Buck is probably best known for his contributions to Vintage Airplane magazine. For years he has helped to answer members’ questions in his monthly column “Pass it to Buck”. Buck was inducted into the EAA’s Vintage Aircraft Association’s Hall of Fame in 1993.
Benny Howard
The February 1971 issue of Sport Aviation reported the death of Benny Howard on De-cember 4, 1970. Creator of race planes such as the “Pete”, “Ike”, “Mike” and Mr. Mulligan, Ben was one of the great race plane designers and builders of his time. Ben (left) is shown here
with his pal Roscoe Turner.
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Spotlight on Don Miller
EAA Chapter #13 Treasurer
This is the second article in our “Spotlight” series. It is an effort to familiarize the membership with their fellow members’ backgrounds and achieve-ments. With your assistance it will continue to do so for some time to come.
This month we are focused on Don Miller. That is, the Honorable Judge Donald Miller, Presid-ing Judge, Civil/Criminal Division, Macomb
County.
Judge Miller attended Michigan State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in June, 1961. He earned his law degree at the Univer-sity of Detroit in 1982. Ini-tially he practiced law in Mount Clemens, with em-phasis on probate, family and juvenile matters until November of 1992. At that time he was appointed as a workers’ compensation magistrate. The following year he advanced to the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission, where he served as Chair-man from June ,1995 until his appointment, by Governor John Engler, as a Circuit Judge in December of 1998.
Judge Miller is an elected member of the Michi-gan Judges Association, the Macomb County Bar Association, Rotary International, the St. Johns North Shore Hospital Advisory Board, the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars, the Vietnam Veterans Asso-ciation, the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Community Council and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Don retired on January 7th of this year. He is looking forward to many of the benefits of retire-ment, not the least of which is spending more time with his wife Congress Woman Candice Miller, who was recently re-elected to her fifth term. He says that their career choices have kept them separated far too long. He also says he likes the idea of rubbing elbows with some of the high-rollers in Washington D.C Prior to his career in the legal profession, Don served in the Air Force and the Air National
Guard. He was Commander of the Air National Guard at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Director of Operations for the 127th Tactical Fighter Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard. Don is a long time pilot who built his own aircraft, a Vans RV8. At 72, he is still flying and look-ing forward to concentrating on his favorite hobby. Don is currently serv-ing as Treas-urer of EAA Chapter 13, where you can see him every month at our regular meetings. He also gives of his time as a Young Eagles volunteer pilot. To be continued….
FAA Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin
Forwarded by Tech Counselor Ron Walters
The following is taken from FAA Special Airworthi-ness Information Bulletin CE-11-17. I think we should all remember this when we are flying.
The design maneuvering speed (VA) is the speed, below which you can move a single flight control, one time, to its full deflection, for one axis of airplane rota-tion only (pitch, roll or yaw), in smooth air, without risk of damage to the airplane.
The FAA wants to clarify that operators should know that the maneuvering speed is and to caution pilots on what to avoid by adhering to the following informa-tion:
1. DO NOT apply a full deflection of a control, fol-lowed immediately by a full deflection in the oppo-site direction.
2. DO NOT apply full multiple control inputs simulta-neously; i.e., pitch roll and yaw simultaneously, or in any combination thereof, even if you are below VA.
3. Reduce VA when operating below gross weight, using the following formula:
VA-NEW = VA times sq.root of (W NEW/W MAX-GROSS)
For details on the accident that prompted this Bulletin go to the net: Federal Aviation Administration, SAIB.
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Web Site
EAACHAPTER13.ORG is now a great tool in the way we can show the community what we are all about.
We are now at the point that we need your input. People love to look at photos when exploring the internet. Please send your photos to our Webmaster Carol Lynn (Dick Green’s wife) at [email protected]. She will be happy to find the right place for it on the website.
The Radio Control Club of Detroit
Printed below is the 2011 RCCD Event Schedule. It is reproduced here, on a single page, for your reference and convenience. These events will be reposted in the Chapter #13 Newsletter, throughout the year as reminders, when the activities are to take place.
MEMBERSHIP AND DUES Chapter 13 dues are $25 per year for re-newing members, this will pay to the end of the year 2011. You can make your check out to "EAA Chapter 13", and send it to our Treasurer, Don Miller, 28840 Old N. River Rd, Harrison Twp., MI 48045, 586-463-9342.
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The Curtiss Ely Pusher, celebrating 100 years of Naval Aviation. First flight from
the carrier USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1911.
