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The Flying Wire The Flying Wire Chapter 124 Experimental Aircraft Association December 7, 2011 Volume 50 Number 12 Board Meeting December 7, 2011 - 6:30 pm General Meeting December 7, 2011 – 7:30 pm Table of Contents December Program .....................1 www.EAA124.org Events Calendar .....................1 Pipistrel Alpha Trainer .....................1 www.CafeFoundation.org Fly Mart .....................3 News/Notes from the Editor .....................4 www.EAA.org Board Minutes .....................4 General Minutes .....................4 Trivia .....................5 EAA Chapter 124 Contact Information .....................6 5550 Windsor Road Windsor, CA 95492 December 7, 2011 Program Pipistrel Alpha Trainer (By Marino Boric, EAA #1069644, for EAA.org) Green Flight Challenge Presentation Editor's Note: I thought this EAA article would be interesting for The CAFE Board will give an in-depth presentation of the 2011 our membership, and since the newsletter had space for it this Green Flight Challenge. Pictures, videos, results and Q&A. This will month, I am including it below. Also, for GFC fans, click HERE to be a treat! see the Pipistrel webpage featuring the world-famous picture of If you haven't seen NASA's flickr photos yet, click HERE. Mike Fenn.... Pipistrel’s Alpha Trainer is aimed squarely at the commercial flight school/private owner markets. First glance at the Alpha Trainer could come as early as April at AERO, but the company will display at AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. Events Calendar Interior rendering of the Alpha TrainerNovember 23, 2011 – In response to what it calls aircraft priced beyond the reach of the average person or flight school, Pipistrel unveiled plans last week A note from VP Bob Gutteridge... for the Alpha Trainer, a new, fully equipped light-sport aircraft aimed squarely at the commercial flight school/private owner Our 2011 calendar has been placed on the website with a markets and aggressively priced at just under $80,000. The request for your help in filling in important events (click HERE). If Slovenian manufacturer based the design on its established Virus you are aware of an aviation event which has significance for our SW with a number of enhancements for the flight training world. group, please email that info to me for inclusion. Thanks! Pipistrel says it may be displayed as early as the April 18-21 AERO 2012 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, but the company is set on Bob Gutteridge, VP, email: mailto:[email protected] showing off the Alpha Trainer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 next July. Upcoming Events “Times have been changing; we have noticed over the last several years that customers have evolved from basic entry-level December 2-3: Repairman (LSA) Inspection - Airplane, Corning, aircraft to more sophisticated ‘glass everything’ with autopilot and CA. Call: 530-824-0644 every other conceivable addition,” reads the company’s January 1: EAA 124 First Day flight – To be announced! announcement. “Great if you can afford it but with the economy January 14-15: Repairman (LSA) Inspection - Airplane Workshop, the way it is most aircraft have been priced from the marketplace Watsonville, CA. Call 800-967-5746 for the average person or flight school. That’s why we have April 27-28: Sixth Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium at the developed an entirely new aircraft, a completely new approach to Flamingo Hotel. Mark your calendars and note (Dec. meeting) flight training and at a cost nearly half that of our competitors.” the great EAA member pricing for this outstanding event. For customers not willing to pay upward of $120,000 or more Saturdays – Noon to 1:30pm BBQ at Sonoma Skypark, Chapter in an uncertain and difficult economy, Pipistrel decided to slash the 1268 price in developing its new training aircraft. The Alpha Trainer is designed for light-sport aircraft flight schools in markets and countries that have the FAA-LSA (or adaptation of ASTM rules) categories, with the ability of taking advantage of the 550- kilogram/1,210-pound MTOW. To survive the daily training grind, Alpha Trainer’s main composite undercarriage is reinforced and fitted with heavy-duty 1 - Top - training main wheels and brakes. The new nose leg is two inches •Easy cockpit access even for elderly students shorter than the Virus SW, lowering the nose for better visibility on •Affordable to operate ground. A smaller 63-inch diameter wood fixed-pitch prop was designed in-house, is CNC-machined, and is protected by a composite covering, including leading edge protection. Unlike the Virus fuel tanks located in the wings, the Alpha Trainer features a “centra” 15-gallon (55-liter) fuel tank located in the fuselage for easier refueling. With a large, single-point opening, the tank can be filled directly from fast-flow avgas pumps found at the majority of airports. Fifteen gallons means a range of at least 400 miles, or five hours endurance with reserve, at normal cruise. Power comes from the Rotax 912 UL 80-hp engine, which, with the fixed-pitch prop, should equal a Cessna 172 cruise speed of 108 knots and a 1,000-fpm climb rate. The new wing design is based on the existing Pipistrel Virus SW aircraft. With the redesigned wings and flaperons (now 25 degrees of flap travel) the aircraft does not require airbrakes, thus simplifying the flight controls for students. The $80K price tag includes an airspeed indicator, altimeter, VSI, engine instruments, Garmin Aera 500 GPS + AirGizmo, ICOM IC A210 radio with two headsets, and a Garmin GTX 327 transponder. According to the Pipistrel website, the Alpha Trainer features the following: •Strong and easy to fly for beginner students •Benign stall characteristics for the training market with no flying surprises •Affordable and easy to operate, maintain, and repair •Capable of doing circuits all day long in all conditions including excessive heat well above 100°F •Good ventilation and heating when required •Approved strobes and lighting •Quiet cockpit •Guaranteed access to reliable spare parts supply to keep the aircraft on the flightline •Reasonable range for cross-country flight training Pipistrel's trainer is aimed squarely at the commercial flight •Easy to service daily and refuel school/private owner markets. •Includes a ballistic parachute system •Has a durable finish for outdoor storage •Good brakes for the odd “urgent occasion” •Adjustable dual flight controls •An expected long operating life •Tricycle configuration with steerable nose wheel 2 - Top - Fly Mart For Sale: Partially Built Spacewalker 2 project (1930's open cocpit trainer replica). Wings complete less covering, Fuselage factory News/Notes From the Editor... welded. No Motor. Must See! Call Ted Baggett: 823-5325 Founder's Celebration – Postponed until Spring 2012 Help Needed: (volunteer preferred) Fiberglass work on a rare Newport 28 – fairings for wings and empennage. Gun Club, In order to put more time and effort into making this a great Sonoma County Airport. Contact Brent Mone if you have event, the Founder's Celebration has been postponed until April or experience and are interested: 799-5130 May of 2012. This will allow us to combine our 50th anniversary as a email: [email protected] chapter with a celebration of the founders that started this great organization. We'll also be able to take advantage of warmer For Sale: Easy Eagle project – Airframe and 3 out of 4 wings are weather. We'll be announcing the proposed date sometime this next finished, with accessories: wheels, brakes, VW adapter, starter month, so stay tuned. (and more). Price Negotiable. Fuselage Picture Here. See Great Plains Site for more info. Call Bob Ferguson: 539-5665 25th Anniversary of Voyager's Flight! For Sale: Instruments owned by Paul Reinders. Click Here to see Twenty-five years ago Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew the the list. Please contact (email) Bob Gutteridge: 539-5188 Voyager non-stop around the world without refueling. I remember hearing them talk about the trip at the Santa Rosa Vet's Center For Sale: RV8 - Two partners looking for a third. 90hrs on the after the trip. Was anyone else there? plane now. New Superior IO360, full IFR panel many nice mods. Price mid 30s. Email: Carl von Doymi Call: (415)845- EAA Chapter 124 Dues – Due now for 2012 6448 Please pay your 2012 dues to John Whitehouse at the For Sale: Matco Parking Brake model PV-1 plus adapters. Never December meeting (still $30). used. David Lynch 578-2087 EAA Chapter 124 Name Badge Order in December For Sale: 1946 Aeronca 11AC Chief in very good condition. Light sport, fun flyer! Mode C exempt. Contact Kirk Wilder at 707- We have enough name tag requests to make an order, and will 895-2949. Flyer at the following link: Aeronca Chief Flyer place it soon after the December meeting. Please contact Meg Hurt or Larry Ford at the meeting if you want a tag or if you have For Sale: Starduster Too, SA-300. Beautiful! $30,000 Cloverdale. instructions for what your new tag displays (e.g. name, aircraft, N Contact Monique Boucher 707-490-4270, number). [email protected] Flyer link: Starduster Too Flyer For Sale: Hangar for sale at Rogers Field (O05) Chester, CA. 43X40' – half of a back-to-back duplex. Click HERE for a flyer. Wanted: VW or A-65 powered homebuilt; Jodel, Drvine, Bower or hangar queen LSA, etc. taildragger, flying or not OK. Contact [email protected] Larry 874-1000 3 - Top - EAA Chapter 124 Board Meeting Minutes EAA Chapter 124 General Meeting Minutes November 2, 2011 November 2, 2011 (Jim Boyer, Secretary) (Jim Boyer, Secretary) President Wayne Cook called meeting to order at 6:38PM. General Meeting was called to order at 7:37PM. Board members present were John Whiteside, Bob Gutteridge, Jim Wayne welcomed all the members and thanked the cooks, Boyer, Mike Shook, Larry Rengstorf, Rolf Unternaeher, Dennis Jason and his wife Liz.
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