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Henry's Hangar July 2021 Chapter 1041 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 NOTAMS: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Henry’s Hangar more news on when the Ground School will • July 10th IMC/VMC start. gathering 9AM- Great Job, Barnstormers! You pitched 10:30AM in and made our June Breakfast event a Opening our July 12th Chapter Gathering, • July 12th Regular record weekend! We surpassed the member Conrad Brown will present a pro- Chapter meeting record set during our June 2019 week- gram detailing his successful experience 7:00 PM G’burg end by 2, for a total of 903 breakfasts with a Ray Scholarship that he received Regional Apt served. Both days saw a combined total through neighboring Chapter 122. Make • July 17th Chapter of 85 aircraft arrive for the event. Con- plans to be there and hear from our newest Fly-out Destination TBD gratulations on a fabulous weekend. Private Pilot! We sincerely appreciate the efforts by • July 26th—July 31st July, of course, is the month for the annual all of the great folks who contributed in AirVenture Osh- EAA Convention, more properly known as kosh any way at all. “AirVenture Oshkosh”. If my count is cor- • August 8th Noon to As you should recall, our Chapter has rect, there will be at least 10 Barnstormers 4:00 PM Chapter again been selected to receive a making the trek to Wisconsin for some of or Picnic Mathna Air- port $10,000.00 Ray Aviation Scholarship for the entire week-long extravaganza. During 2021-22. It’s my pleasure to announce our August 8th Chapter picnic at Mathna Air- • August 14th IMC/ VMC gathering that Ross Clements has been chosen by port, we’ll have several members relay their 9:00 to 10:30 our Chapter RAS Committee to be the experience from AirVenture 2021. recipient of this flight training scholar- • August 21st Chap- As I close out this month’s column, I would ter Fly-out Destina- ship. Ross will be starting his training like to ask a favor of our members. The Sep- tion TBD soon, with Chapter member Michael tember 25-26 Breakfast event will be anoth- • September 11th Cooper-White serving as CFI. Ross has er opportunity to spend some quality time IMC/VMC gather- already soloed in a glider at M-ASA and ing 9:00 to 10:30 with your fellow Chapter members. We we feel he will have no problem transi- hope to have as much help as we enjoyed in • September 13th tioning to powered flight. June, and especially we would like some Regular Chapter meeting 7:0th0 PM One of the requirements of the Ray extra help on Sunday when it’s time to clean G’burg Regional Scholarship is that Ross will need to pass up and pack up our equipment. There will Apt his FAA Written Exam within the first 6 be more news on this as we get closer to our second breakfast weekend. Thanks again to • September 18th months of his training. Chapter mem- Chapter Fly-out everyone that helped at the June breakfast. Destination TBD bers and CFI’s Art Shaw and Michael Cooper-White will be leading a Ground • September 24th School, so here’s an opportunity for EAA Chapter 1041 Chartered 1993 many of us to enjoy a “refresher course”. There are several more candi- • September 25th & The July Chapter meeting will be September 26th Fly dates for the ground school as a result held on July12th. This is the sec- -In breakfast 8- of the Flying Start event that our Chap- Noon Gettysburg ter promoted this spring. Stay tuned for ond Monday not the usual 1st Regional Airport Monday of the month. Chapter 1041 website www.1041.eaachapter.org July 2021 Page: 2 Editor’s Notes Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 If you have read an Gettysburg, Pennsylvania interesting aviation June Speaker will be Conrad Brown related book let me know and I will Conrad will review his experiences during his training as a include it in a fu- Ray Aviation Scholar sponsored by Chapter 122. We look forward ture edition of to hearing about his experiences in Harrisburg and perhaps we can The Observer benefit from a different perspective concerning training for our future scholars. Have an aviation related link? I’ll Thanks to all those members that volunteered for the refreshment include that in a committee. We now have enough volunteers to cover all chapter future edition also. gatherings through December 2021. The list will be published in the www.eaa.org newsletter every month to serve as a reminder to committee www.aopa.org members. www.1041.eaachapter.org www.intrepidmuseum.org www.york-aviation.com www.airfactsjournal.com www.jerryandersonart.com Book Review The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pi- lots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to re- Available on Amazon spond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army’s rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. https://tinyurl.com/4uwtawtn July 2021 Page: 3 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Famous fighter series continued The Vought F4U Corsair Max Speed: 446 MPH The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fight- er aircraft that saw service primarily in Range: 1000 Miles World War II and the Korean War. Designed Maiden Flight May 29, and initially manufactured by Chance 1940 Vought, the Corsair was soon in great de- mand; additional production contracts were Length: 33’8” given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were Wingspan: 41” designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A. Manufacturer: Chance Vought Our Speak- July 2021 Page: 4 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Refreshment Sign-Up July– November July 2021 Page: 5 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Air Academy candidate Conrad Air Academy 2019 camper Andrew flips pancakes both cracks eggs on Saturday Saturday and Sunday Liam Dwyer Chapter 1041’s newest Private Pilot Wendi and Louie handle administrative tasks July 2021 Page: 6 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Air Academy candidate Conrad Air Academy 2019 camper Andrew flips pancakes both cracks eggs on Saturday Saturday and Sunday July 2021 Page: 7 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Air Academy candidate Conrad Air Academy 2019 camper Andrew flips pancakes both cracks eggs on Saturday Saturday and Sunday July 2021 Page: 8 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Air Academy candidate Conrad Air Academy 2019 camper Andrew flips pancakes both cracks eggs on Saturday Saturday and Sunday July 2021 Page: 9 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June Fly-out to Cambridge, MD 6/19/2021 Sam Kistler Photos Air Academy candidate Conrad Air cracks eggs on Saturday Jeff and Hayden Ready to depart Gettysburg Sam, Savy, Art (L-R) Overhead view of the airport Art and Savy discuss the route home June 2021 Page: 10 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Sam Kistler Photos Chapter meeting 6/7/2021 Wind Turbine Program presented by David Pape Air Academy candidate Conrad Air Academy 2019 cracks eggs on Saturday June 2021 Page: 11 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Dentists Fly-in to W05 for semi-Annual National Convention Wind Turbine Program presented by David Pape Air Academy candidate Conrad Air Academy 2019 camper Andrew flips pancakes both cracks eggs on Saturday Saturday and Sunday The Flight Line has never looked better July 2021 Page: 12 Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania IMC/VMC June 12th 2021 The IMC/VMC questions of the month were discussed . The June Video featured “The Impossible Turn” and also a video discussing fuel management and the usual IMC/ VMC questions of the month were answered. The program for for July will not have questions of the month provided by the Chapter office. We will discuss aircraft grounding while refueling with a demonstration checking grounding places on an aircraft ,stall spin pre- vention, some new thoughts, and jet blast awareness while taxiing. AirSam Academy Kistler candidate Photos Conrad Air Academy 2019 camper Andrew flips pancakes both cracks eggs on Saturday Saturday and Sunday Attention all members Please wear your Nametags to all chapter functions July 2021 Gettysburg Barnstormers Gettysburg Barnstormers—EAA Chapter 1041 EAA Chapter 1041 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The Observer Editor Fly-Out Destination 140 Valley View Drive Hanover, PA 17331 The Fly-out destination for July will be discussed at the meeting. Fly-out 717-451-3473 requests can be made to Dick Young our fly-out Coordinator. eaa1041webmas- [email protected] THE EAA 1041 SKY RAIDERS The EAA 1041 Sky-Raiders have a scheduled fly-out on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Each pilot will make their own go/no go decision. Please call or email Dick Young (717-521-7942) ([email protected]) no later than Friday afternoon if you plan to join the flight. Dick will make restaurant reservations at the destination airport; therefore, an accurate count of participants is appreciated. 2021-2022 Chapter 1041 Officers and Board of Directors President Newsletter Editor & Web Master Henry Hartman, 717-632-0833 Bob Howe, 717-451-3473 [email protected] eaa1041 [email protected] Vice President Young Eagle Coordinator Sam Kistler, 443-695-5433 Jason Pape, 410-552-5129 [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Board of Directors Wendi Clark 717-634-4922 Savy Maranto, 443-918-8082 [email protected] John Hart, 717-359-8750 Treasurer Randy Kalp, 717-339-0880 Karen Radzai, 717-253-3310 Art Shaw, 717-338-0745 [email protected] Paul Selmer, 717-253-7008 Membership Jeff Beard, 717-479-0796 Andy Toussaint 267-625-5167 Technical Counselor [email protected] Richard Horigan 717-642-9042 [email protected] .
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