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Board Members: President: Don Ripp, Email: [email protected] Letter from the Chapter President
Chapter 93 Banquet has a Vice President: Dave establish and run a Chapter 93 would also GREAT ATTENDANCE Jeardeau, machine & repair facility like to thank Sandra Email: on that station. Mike also Hartwig for the donation of [email protected] Close to fifty Chapter had the opportunity to visit the necklaces for door
members and friends some of the earliest prizes as well as Jim Treasurer: Jim Lins, turned out at Rex's explorers cabins and huts Martin for gathering up the Email: Innkeeper in Waunakee [email protected] that remain intact today door prize goodies at the on Saturday night even after many decades EAA store and his February, 12th 2011 to Secretary: Earl Martin, have passed, as Mike personal donations of meet and hear guest Email: explained all is very well books and mugs for [email protected] speaker Mr. Mike Johnson preserved in that constant prizes. I think that none share his experiences sub-zero climate! went home empty handed Membership: Jerry about the Antarctic from this event. Mark Matzelle, Continent during his Mikes guest that evening down next year’s Banquet Email: "dark" winter months while was his uncle Bob date of 2/11/12. [email protected] on assignment in the Johnson of Brooklyn, WI, Navy. Mike took those in who is also Tri-Pacer Webmaster: Dave attendance on a journey owner and ultralight pilot. Ripp, to an Antarctic base Thank you Mike, for taking Email: station that is the staging [email protected] the time to share with area for South Pole Chapter 93 your once in a explorations. His Newsletter: Aaron lifetime experiences on presentation showed us Larson that Frozen Continent. Email: the housing, maintenance [email protected] facilities, equipment, trucks, aircraft and Other thanks go to Scott Young Eagle Chair: techniques for building Nolinski and Gary Chenier Earl Martin, docking areas for ships, for coordinating with Rex Email: that off load personnel and chapter membership [email protected] and equipment for pole for putting together a fine explorations and survival banquet again this year. Contents: in that part of the world. One of Mike’s jobs was to Letter From The President 1 March Speaker 2 Book Review 2 On this day in aviation history... Special Event 3 March 5, 2005 - Steve Fossett completes the first non-stop, solo Board Meeting 3 circumnavigation of the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer , completing the trip in 67 hours and 2 minutes Brodhead Trip 4
B-17 Stop 4
property in a nice, modern to good use working on March Speaker Jerry Matzelle building located in the airplanes. Both young Industrial Park. Steve men are seniors in High March meeting speaker answered all my School so next year Alex has a great story to share. questions, gave me a plans to attend WCTC to fascinating recap on the work toward an Steve Sorge is founder of organization and then Engineering Degree and 88 Charlies, Inc. and he introduced me to Alex Brandon is trying to will present an eye- Winkelman and Brandon decide which Technical opening account of the Brooks who are the school to attend to study organization that has Scholarship recipients. to be an A/P Mechanic. helped young people like the two boys who received Both young men have Within 88 Charlies there the Hoot and Betty Gibson been active in 88 Charlies are 6 planes for the Scholarship Award. 88 for almost 3 years, students to work on: 2 Charlies’moto is ―We don’t practically from the very Piper Pacers, a PA 11, a build airplanes with kids. beginning. A flyer posted Porterfield 75C, a Citabria We build kids with at school sounded and a Lark 95. Alex is airplanes‖. interesting so both joined project manager on the as soon as they could. Citabria and Brandon is I wanted to learn more Alex’s dad worked at project manager on the about this group so on a Wright Patterson Air Force Lark 75. Both have soloed recent Saturday morning I Base so he had an early and continue to earn flying drove down to Palmyra to introduction to airplanes of lessons by working get a firsthand look at the all types. He also had an Saturdays at the work work shop and meet with interest in rockets and RC shop. I, for one, look Mr. Sorge and his team of airplanes when he was forward to hearing the students and volunteers. younger. Brandon helped complete story of 88 Steve walked over and his dad work on vintage Charlies when Steve Did you know…? greeted me warmly as I automobiles and he Sorge makes his That Theo Osterkamp entered the shop which is wanted to put what he presentation at our March was the first German located just off the airport learned about mechanics meeting. See you there? reconnaissance pilot to fly a land-based aircraft Book Review Fred Lidel to England during World War I. ―The Smithsonian Book of covers WWI and WWII beginning 1980. The nose flight‖ by Walter J. Boyne and between. The final of each drawn aircraft is 1987, Crown Publishers, section covers jets, located at the year of its New York City. rockets, and the future, as first flight. 279 9‖x12‖ pages, plus a perceived 23 years ago. good index The book was given to
At one point there is a me by a friend who bought This is a book so full of beautiful 3 pages fold-out it some years ago at a photos, mostly in beautiful of a B-17 photo, on the garage sale, and was color that the temptation is to reverse side if which is a getting rid of it as part of page through it carefully very interesting group of house cleaning. without reading text, and drawings that stretch to a then starting over and second 3 pages fold-out. What was her trash is my reading carefully and These 6 pages of fold out treasure. thoroughly. contain 104 mechanically drawn side views of The book starts with a 12 aircraft, all drawn to the page glimpse of AirVenture same scale, from Wright Oshkosh. It then covers a Flyer number 1 to the history of aviation, one Boeing 757 airliner. The section from even before the sheets cover the 8 Wright Brothers, up almost decades from 1900 to WWI. The nest section through the decade
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Board Meeting March 03 2011 Earl P. Martin Meeting opened at 7:04 potluck meal and our The Board also discussed PM. Jim Lins reported to Chapter Meeting at EAA Grass Roots Tour the Board about the Wisconsin Aviation under and a possibility of financials of the Banquet the wing of the B-17, so another speaker that just which ended up in the red as things get nailed down returned from Antarctica a The first time I ever saw by $31.00, but hopefully the word will be spread. couple of weeks ago. a jet, I shot it down. everyone enjoyed the food, speaker and The 18th annual The Board also discussed — General Chuck everyone company. Wisconsin Light Aviation the possibility of having a Yeager, USAF, Seminar will be held on Chapter picnic/event/ride describing his first The B-17 Tour was the June 19, 2011 at the event maybe in spring at confrontation with a next item on the agenda. Founders Wing EAA Beloit Airport with Scott Me262 One of the questions that Oshkosh, let Don R. know Manley (Glider Instructor). Dave and Joyce asked before or at the March The Brat & Bean Feed is Don W. was if it would be Chapter Meeting if you on the discussion table to all right if we could also would be interested in try to improve on it, any have other planes on attending and maybe a ideas? display with the B-17 and car pool could be formed that was a go with Don W. to attend. Meeting adjourned at We may also have a 8:30PM.
The B-17 Tour Stop Don Ripp The EAA B-17 Tour Stop important item is that TSA orchestra in the shadow of is scheduled for June 16th at MSN demands that all the Aluminum Overcast. thru the 19th, this is and guest/visitors must be EAA Chapter 93 and always has been a very under escort to/from the B- Wisconsin Aviation also important fundraiser for 17. This alone takes escort invites anyone with Chapter 93. The event this personnel as well as the B- warbirds, vintage aircraft, year is on father’s day 17 gift shop and the experimental aircraft, or weekend so get the word Aluminum Overcast ground other interesting aircraft to out as this could be tours require personnel for static display are "THAT PERFECT that event. But hey that is welcome. But you will FATHERS DAY GIFT" for what a big part of EAA is need to supply your own dad. You can go online about.....volunteerism. personal to watch the aircraft. (EAA Website) and sign And as an added event up NOW! PASS IT ON! Don Winkler of Wisconsin Thank you EAA Chapter B-17 Chapter 93 Tour Aviation is sponsoring a 93 Board and Tour Stop Stop Coordinators, Dave Saturday night "Hangar Coordinators for bringing & Joyce Jeardeau have Dance" so after dad has this bird back to MSN asked me to remind all his father’s day Plane Ride once again. chapter members that this in a B-17 he can treat mom to a night of dancing to the event needs the Total Help of chapter members BIG BAND SOUNDS of and family. One very Ladies Must Swing
Brodhead Trip Richard Hartwig
We are in that strange there would be an in the video do the first few Next month we will Wisconsin season of opportunity for anyone steps in covering a wing it cover the wing and do winter/spring when Earth interested to actually learn was time for the beginners the first shrinking of the can’t decide whether to by doing. Not being too to give it a try. fabric in preparation for wash its surface with rain, old to still learn something- Chapter 431 supplied a rib stitching--anyway I coat it with a new layer of - I decided to go. wing from an old Starduster hope we will be rib snow or just freeze the My timing for arrival was project for us to use. Don’t stitching, which is a whole mess on the roads perfect. As I walked worry! It won’t go on a skill I want to learn. to test our driving skills. through the door of the flying airplane--instead it Last night it did all three. club hangar the president will be a static display as a I will be getting a copy Well, my quest for announced that the signboard for the club. of the DVD from knowledge and adventure meeting was adjourned During the time allotted we Stewart Systems and won out over good sense and the demonstration glued fabric to cover the could show it at a and I headed South (and would begin. The program ends of the wing and Chapter 93 meeting. In back in time) to the began with a video from ailerons and the sides of the meantime, if anyone Brodhead airport. I only Stewart Systems. This the opening for the ailerons would like to go to the saw two cars off the road system is STC approved and also taped over some next session at the and one nasty accident on and EPA compliant. All of areas where small nails Brodhead chapter, it’s my way. the products are water heads disrupt the smooth Saturday, April 2, I have been a member of borne so there are no surfaces. There is not the following the 9:00 a.m. Brodhead Chapter 431 for smelly and potentially usual need for speed once meeting. I am planning several years, but rarely dangerous fumes. You the glue is applied. Heat to go and have room for get to a meeting. An can use all of these from the covering iron will three passengers in the almost two-hour round trip products from glue to reactivate it. We also had Jetta. makes regular attendance finish coat without need for time to wrap and glue the impractical. In this a chemical mask or covering onto the aileron. month’s newsletter I saw ventilation. It is even safe Maybe we could find a wing there was going to be a to work next to an open or make a mockup wing to demonstration of covering coil or open flame heater. cover at a meeting. a wing with fabric and that After watching the expert
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Letter from the editor Aaron Larson
I thought that with the Aluminum armament of the model 299 could Overcast coming it would be a carry up to 4800 lbs. of bombs on good time to write a brief history of two racks, had five 0.30 inch the B-17 during the next couple of machine guns. It was powered by newsletters as a way to pass on four Pratt & Whitney R-1690 information about our future guest. "Hornet" radial engines, which This may be old information for produced 750 HP at 7,000 feet. Sources: some, but for others this may be a The first flight was on July 28, US Warplanes Website new lesson. Either way, I think it is 1935, with Leslie Tower at the always fun to learn something new controls. On August 20, 1935 it flew Wikipedia – B-17 or review what you already know. from Seattle to Wright Field for the And since the B-17 is my favorite competition in 9 hours 3 minutes, National Museum of the airplane thanks to movies like with a cruise speed of 282 mph. On US Air Force ―Memphis Belle‖, and ―12 O’clock October 30, 1935, the model 299 high ‖, I still love reading things that was set to perform its EAA Aluminum Overcast I may have already read 100 times demonstration for the USAAC and about this magnificent bird. crashed during its takeoff which disqualified Boeing from the competition. But the USAAC where The B-17 originally started out as still very impressed with it that they XB -17 (Model 299). It was ordered 13 more for further produced as part of a competition evaluation. The B-17 went through being put on by the USAAC for a many changes during its multi -engine bomber to replace the production, 8 in total. But if you Martin B-10.The USAAC was were to count all versions, including looking for a bomber that could the original XB-17 (model 299) and carry a useful bomb load at 10,000 all that were converted after WWII, feet for 10 hours, with a top speed we would be looking at a total of 19 of at least 200 mph. It was also variations of this airplane. In all, We’re on the Web! desired, but not required, that it there were a total of 12,731 built. See us at: have a range of 2,000 miles. The http://corben93.org/ model 299 was built by Boeing's Facebook own expense by E. Gifford Emery and Edward Curtis Wells. The
The Board of Directors of Chapter 33
Invites you to a celebration of 50 years of Experimental Aviation
th 50 Anniversary Gala
Where: Cedar Rapids Marriott Hotel When: April 15, 2011 1200 Collins Road NE Social Hour – 6:00 PM Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Dinner – 7:00 PM Program - 7:45 PM
Special Keynote Address by Rod Hightower, President, EAA
Dinner will include your choice of: Sautéed Breast of Chicken Dinner OR Manicotti (please specify in your RSVP)
EAA Members $30 per-person/Non-Members $35 per-person (Member price valid for Spouses)
Name: Number in Party: EAA #:
Phone: Address (City, State, Zip):
Sautéed Chicken Manicotti Special Dietary Request:
Rooms will be available for $129 per night in conjunction with this event. Rooms may be reserved by contacting the Marriott directly at (319) 393-6600 before March 15th and mentioning the Chapter 33 50th Anniversary Gala.
Please RSVP by returning this form before March 15th to Denny Hodge via email at [email protected], via snail mail at 3465 26th Avenue, Marion, Iowa 52302, or by phone at 319-373-3465. This event is limited to the first 150 RSVPs. The remainder of the menu includes: House Salad of Mixed Seasonal Greens topped with Grape Tomatoes, Julienne Carrots, Peeled Cucumber & Julienne Yellow Squash with Choice Ranch & Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressings; Assorted Breads & Butter; Baked Potato (sour cream); Honey Glazed Carrots; NY Style Cheesecake / Strawberry Topping; Coffee, Tea or Milk
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