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The Presidents SoapboxBy Robert Heavirland
Chapter members and friends of EAA 237. We have had
a busy month since last months newsletter! One of ournew members joined because we are an active chapter
with plenty of opportunities to join in on the action.
We had a great auction last meeting with a wide selection of good
items to purchase and a fun auctioneer. Mark will have an update
on the proceeds at our next meeting on Monday, November 24th.
The chapter meeting presenter will be Mark German and others
who made a camping trip to Utah with a group in homebuilt and
factory aircraft. This should inspire some of us to start planning
some fun trips for next year. Bring a guest to enjoy the meeting.
Thanks to members who brought family and friends to our first
Breakfast Social last Saturday. We had a fun time and it was great to
visit with everyone and we are planning to do this again in January.
Please get your Tree of Hope toys to the chapter building before
the Dec 6thFly-out date to Maple Lake, MN.
See you there! -Bob
Upcoming Chapter Calendar EventsBy Robert Heavirland
November:
Bring Tree of Hopenew toy items to the hangar. Get word outto other users of our chapter building and all the pilots of KANE.
Nov. 24thThe meeting speakers will be Mark & Jeanie German
talking about a cross-country flying vacation that they had in their
RANS homebuilt. A group of aircraft flying to Utah back country
camping trip. This will be a fun presentation, please bring a guest.
December:
Dec. 3rdis our Chapter Board meeting.
Dec. 6th is the Tree of Hope Fly-Out of gifts to Maple Lake, MN.
Dec. 13th is Movie Night at the chapter hangar from 5pm to 9pm.
Dec. 20th Breakfast at the chapter hangar from 7:30am - 11am
Dec. 22ndChristmas party with guest speaker Lex. He will speak
about some of the aircraft salvage trips he has been involved with
over the years. Door prizes and lots of good food and fellowship.
January:
Jan. 4thChanged to Thursday night Chapter Board meeting 7pm.
Jan. 17thTentative date for next Breakfast Social more to come.
Jan. 26thMonthly meeting.
First Flight Announcement!
EAA Member and chapter volunteer, DavieAnderson, had his first flight on 10-15-14 at
KANE with one trip around the pattern in hiCygnet. Dave does a lot for the chapter and
Al Eke. He has repaired pedal planes for us
number of times.
Davies Cygnet, congratulations Davie!
Two Airplane Projects for Sale (Cheap?)
Bob received an email from David Anderson about two Volksplaprojects, a Volksplane VP-1 & a Volksplane VP-2, that are for sa
The two pictures above are examples only. If you are interested
please contact David at the email address below.
Contact: David Anderson email: piet_pilot@msn.com
I sent some pictures of my Cygnet to one of the builders before I
bought the project, he is 88 years old and was glad to see it got
finished. He wrote back and said he has two other not complete
projects, a VP-1 and a VP-2 that he would like to sell. If you kno
anyone that would like to finish these or one of them let me knowcan get more info on what's there and I think they would go cheap
This man was the owner-builder before he sold the Cygnet to th
guy I bought it from.
Please consider submitting an article next month.To do so please contact your newsletter editor Becky at ibecktec@hotmail.com
BIG Screen Video/Movie NightThe next video/movie night is Sat Dec 13th, 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 havent attended, take some time & come out and en
The November movie was from 1943, titled A Guy Named JCome check out what we have in store for Decembers mnight as we have lots of movies and videos to select from.
CHAPTER MEETING - 6PM
Monday, November 24th
, 2014
Located at:
8891 Airport Rd NE
Blaine, MN 55449
We hope to see you there!
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The mission of the Minnesota Pilots Association (MNPA) is to promote and protect aviation
in our State through advocacy, education, outreach and social activities. Our association firmlybelieves that a healthy aviation community is an invaluable asset to the State of Minnesota.
MNPA membership and volunteers join to act as the voice of pilots, aviation enthusiasts and
supporters of aviation in Minnesota.
The president of the MNPA is also anEAA 237chapter member and Young Eagles pilot,
Randy Corfman:
Randy Corfman incorporates his love of aviation with his medical practice, flying to manylocations in the Upper Midwest to provide consultations and medical care, including MN, ND,
SD, WI, MI, MT and Alaska. He also serves as an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) in
Minnesota. His special interest and training in wilderness and survival medicine, as well as
aviation medicine and approaches to keep pilots healthy and flying, places him as a frequent
speaker at a variety of aviation conferences and venues. Dr. Corfman hails from a farm in
Kansas, near Wichita, where he watched airplanes flying overhead for as long as he can
remember. His home base is KANE in the Twin Cities, from whence he flies a Cessna T210 for
his medical practice and a super cub for real flying. Dr. Corfman is a member of the website
Supercub.org, where he hosts a forum called Medical Matters, dealing with common
medical problems facing aviators. He is a 4500 hour multi-engine commercial, instrumentrated pilot, with single engine land seaplane and land ratings.
The MN Pilots Association is working very hard to be a beneficial asset to MN aviation and
become the go-to place for finding aviation events in MN. MNPA has graciously listed our
Pancake Breakfast Socialon their website, and were looking forward to working with them
with many future MN aviation events and programs.
For further information or to join: www.mnpilots.orgor email Info@MNPilots.org.
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Kirks commentary tipsand Aviation wacky area
"Tip of the Month" by Kirk Fjetland
If the pitot tube is not functional and there is no airspeed indicator, how can one judge thespeed of the airplane?
Airspeed indicator malfunctions can come in a variety of ways - sometimes no indication,other times exceedingly high or low indications. In any case, you need to be familiar withthe pitch attitudes and power settings that give you various airspeeds.
For example, if you have climb power on and the nose is maybe just below the horizon, I'llbet you have approximately climb speed. You can improve your ability to fly withoutindicated airspeed by climbing to altitude and practicing glides with various flap settingsand noting the pitch attitudes. Remember the picture out the window and now practice the
same glides with the airspeed indicator covered. These same attitudes will work when youare in the pattern for landing.
Also, when practicing stalls, note the pitch attitude when you are near stall at various power and flap settings. Rememberthese attitudes and avoid them if your airspeed indicator is not working.
Another tool if installed could be a GPS ground speed, but remember this is ground speed only so you need to account forany headwind or tailwind.
Learning to fly the aircraft by looking out the window and paying attention to the pitch attitude and power is the way to mastethe plane. Then the instruments simply become tools to further refine our flying.
EAA Chapter 237 is planning process for our schedule of 2015 events.
Kirk is conducting a chapter member survey to get feedback as to what we should do regarding hosting various workshops. Below is a
list of options, but were open to suggestions. Please pick three or add your own, and let Kirk know at your earliest possible conveniencYour input is needed and greatly appreciated!! An email has been sent out with a link that will simplify your selections online.
If you did not get that email or you dont have an email account, please contact Kirk directly at: 651-331-9905
1. Sheet Metal Basics 2. Gas Welding 3. TIG Welding
4. Fabric Covering 5. Electrical Systems, Wiring, & Avionics 6. Radio7. Wood 8. Composite Construction 9. Aviation Weather
10. Flight Planning 11. Fundamentals of Aircraft Construction 12. Repairman (LSA) Inspection
13. RV Assembly 14. What's Involved in Kit Building
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one issomething. To fly is everything! - Otto Lilienthal Isn't it great we live in an age that lets us fly!
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The Secrets of Aviation
Powered flight may have started with the Wright brothers, but many other aviation
pioneers made significant contributions. Every month I will provide one of the fascinating
individuals, facts, or accomplishments that are TheSecrets of Aviation.
"We can't know where we're going unless we know where we've been!"
Alexander Graham Bell(March 3, 1847 August 2, 1922)was an eminent Scottish-born
scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical
telephone. He was awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. Many other
inventions marked AlexanderBell'slater life, which include groundbreaking work in optical
telecommunications, hydrofoils, andaeronautics!
Alexander Graham Bellwas the founder and chair of the Canadian-American aeronauticalresearch group Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) in the summer of 1907. The AEA
designed, constructed, and flew four powered aircraft: theRed Wing, White Wing,June Bug,
and Silver Dart. Their technical innovations included tricycle landing gear and the wingtip
aileron. Belltook the opportunity to describe the fortuitous coming together of the group and
says, We breathed an atmosphere of aviation from morning till night and almost from night to
morning. Each felt the stimulation of the discussion with the others, and each developed ideas of
his own upon the subject of Aviation, which were discussed by all. I may say for myself that this
Association with these young men proved to be one of the happiest times of my life.
The group -known as "Bell's Boys"- consisted of two Canadian engineers (John A.D. McCurdy
and Frederick W. "Casey" Baldwin), a U.S. Army officer (Lt. Thomas Selfridge), and Glenn
Curtiss, who at that time had nearly no involvement in aviation outside of building engines.
Curtissquickly became the driving force of the AEA, being designated director of experiments
and given the largest stipend of the group.
The successes of Bell'sAEA group that spring and summer cast doubt as to whether the Wright's
were the best airplane manufacturers available, especially when it was reported that the AEA was
preparing to sell their airplanes at one-fifth the Wright's price. Orville must have been truly
upset when he discovered that the military observer who was to evaluate the Wright Flyer andactually go up as a passenger was none other than Lt. Selfridge, who had come to the trials with
Glen Curtiss. Lt. Selfridgewas killed September 17, 1908, at Fort Myer (Virginia) in the crash
of a Wright piloted by Orville Wright.
Alexander Graham Bellwas inducted into theNational Aviation Hall of Famein 1965.
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Red Wingallowed Baldwin to become the first
Canadian pilot in March 1908. This aircraft is
basically a bi-wing glider with a tail rudder, a single
plane elevator up front and skid runners for take off
from the ice. An engine is added with a push-type
propeller. It is named for the red silk used to cover
its wings.
White Wingwas the first aircraft controlled by ailerons. It
is named for its white cotton nainsook wing covering
(cloth cotton recognizable by its lightness and similarity to
silk). May 21, 1908, piloted by Glenn Curtiss, the White
Wingtraveled 1,017 feet in 19 seconds to about 10ft high.
June Bugwas the first aircraft to have officially traveledone kilometer flight in North America. July 4th, 1908,
1,553 feetand won the Scientific American
Trophy for the first straight flight of more than 1
kilometer (3,281 feet). On July 10th, piloted by
Curtiss, it became the first aircraft to make a
complete turn. In November 1908, theJune Bug,
refitted with floats to convert it to a seaplane, is
renamed the Loon'. But, none of the experiments
allowed him to take off from the surface of Lake
Keuka and the aircraft was dismantled.
Silver Dartwas constructed similarly to the
June Bug. Its tail section was shortened to
facilitate turning and a bi-wing elevator is
used to increase stability. By December
1908, theSilver Dartmade 3 trial flights
of about 591 feet each. February 23, 1909
was a red-letter day.McCurdymadeCanada's first controlled powered flight in
the Silver Dart: The SilverDart rose
from the ice after traveling about 100
feet & flew at an elevation of about 10-30
feet directly east for a distance of about mile. Landed without any shock. The speed I should
judge about 40+ miles per hr.,Home Notes, Volume 58, written by pilot J. A.D. McCurdy on
Tuesday, February 23, 1909
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Monthly Chapter Breakfast Social
November 15
th 2014
Thank You
to everyone who prepped, cooked, cleaned, promoted, ran the
till and especially to those who came out to have a fantastic breakfast on
a rather unseasonably cold Saturday morning . This is the first of the
monthly Breakfast Socials we are doing with an expanded and perpetually
changing menu of breakfast items. The next Breakfast Social is set for
January 17
th
, 2015, due to the Christmas holiday busy time.
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