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“Flight Lines”

- from Mike York EAA Chapter 25 President

I hope this newsletter finds you well. The weather has been much better, and I hope enjoyable aviation related activities are on your mind. Our May meeting was a resounding success via Zoom. Dave Volker put on an excellent presentation on his B-52 flying experience in Vietnam titled “We Our June 17th meeting will be an update on the were almost hereos". For those of 701 project from Jerry Shiroo’s shop. you that missed it, it was a good one. Here is the link to the recorded Grab a hot dog and your favorite beverage and join presentation. the meeting via Zoom. I hope to see you all on the Zoom call. With any luck, July will be an in-person https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/y meeting at the chapter hangar. Stay healthy and _Iyd7_s8kNLb53W8F75dIwRFY_ga see you Wednesday night! aa81XQXqPRbz0nkKn74jEmg2D7C 9gMASeaR

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Flight Lines – 1 Young Eagles – 2 Zenith 701 Project – 3

AOPA Teacher Scholarship - 4 Trivia – 4 ISLE Airport - 5

KOSH News – 6 What Are You Building - 6 For Sale / Wanted - 8 ON FINAL EAA CHAPTER 25

Young Eagles Update by Kris Olson

We will not be able to run our June Young Eagles rides event, due to the Coronavirus safety precautions.

EAA Chapter 25 has scholarship money towards EAA Air Academy summer camp 2021. EAA has cancelled all of the Air Academy camp sessions for Summer 2020.

Our chapter can transfer our reserved camp slot for the 12 and 13 year old camp from June 2020 to the summer 2021 session. It would be for a boy that would be 13 years old during the camp next summer. We are looking for a student that wants to attend the camp. Contact Kris Olson by June 26th, 2020 to receive our scholarship towards the Summer 2021 camp.

See https://www.eaa.org/eaa/youth/eaa-aviation-and-flight-summer-camps/eaa-air-academy

EAA Air Academy | EAA

Fun and discovery combine for an experience that young people can find nowhere else at the EAA Air Academy, a series of weeklong camps designed to introduce young people ages 12-18 to the aviation world. Campers are engaged through a variety of hands-on activities while staying at the EAA Air Academy Lodge in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

www.eaa.org for more information on the camps.

The other Air Academy 2020 sessions were filled this summer for 14 and 15 year old and those students registered can transfer to next summer’s camp and the 16, 17, and 18 year old camp sessions for this summer were full and some of those students registered can transfer to next summer’s camp.

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Zenith 701 Project Update

I have been very busy working on the Zenith 701 panel with the help of Ned Lebbons primarily at home in my shop and occasionally over at Jerry Shiroo's shop. The panel is coming along well. I fabricated a hinged avionics bay behind the panel to allow drop down access to fuses and the other mounted components.

The tail was found to be too high after testing the cable routing and control horn movement. We are fabricating the attach fittings for the 3rd and hopefully final time. Sound familiar to any of you builders? We purchased seats and they look and fit really well. Wiring the panel and fuel plumbing are the next major milestones in front of us. After that will be the boot cowl, windshield, doors, cowl, fitting and jigging of the wing. Paint and fly. Many details left so stay tuned.

submitted by Mike York

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AOPA Teacher Scholarship

Sunday, May 24th was a special day for me already. It was my birthday and the family was all assembled for the first time in quite a while. But things got real interesting when my phone went off and I glanced at the screen to see the words Congratulations… It was from the AOPA and they were sending notification to all of this year’s winners of the teacher flight scholarships. I have been selected for a $10,000 scholarship to learn to fly!

When I began an aviation class at our small private school 2 years ago, I had no grand scheme in mind. I just wanted to enhance my math classes with some STEM practical learning. But, to prepare for the class I joined chapter 25. I introduced myself, someone with no aviation experience - just a vision to teach an aviation class in my school – and was instantly taken in by a lot of interested, experienced and enthusiastic aviators. John Schmidt encouraged me from the start and told me of his years teaching high schoolers to fly, offering to help in any way he could. At the end of the conversation he asked if I was a pilot. “You will have to be a pilot to teach aviation… “. I didn’t believe him at the time, nor did I see a path to accomplish it, but two years later, after watching two of my students earn their private pilot license I found myself looking skyward every time one of those planes from flying cloud went overhead. Then along came the AOPA teacher scholarship program. After not being selected a year ago, I tried again this year. With a parent recommendation and EAA member, Kim Johnson’s recommendation, the second try was a success.

I have already started my flight school. I have completed a course to obtain an FAA certification as a ground school instructor. I will take some glider instruction at the Stanton airfield and private flying lessons at AV8 flight school at Flying Cloud Airport. Some have suggested I keep a log of my experience and post it to the chapter. I will try to do that for my own benefit and will be happy to share it.

Thank you, chapter 25, for your encouragement in Question: my aviation experience. The wealth of experience On November 16, 1941, WWII US military in our chapter is invaluable to me and I look pilot Charles Bond wrote in his diary, in the forward to continued support and advice as I take Pacific Theatre: "Quite sore today. I to flight. suppose it was from pedaling into town for the paint to jazz up the airplanes." Soon Gene Poole Bond and his fellow pilots and mechanics United Christian Academy were painting one of the most famous logos Math and Aviation teacher in aviation on their airplanes. What was that signature logo?

(answer pg. 8)

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ISLE AIRPORT REMAINS OPEN!

OPEN, BUT PRIVATE. We’ll take that “half Win”!!

Isle Airport IS NOT closing. The city council voted last evening to enforce the air easements to remove the tree obstructions. However, Isle Airport will remain a private use airport and our airport association agreed to fund the tree clearing. (The tree removal will likely not occur until fall so please exercise extreme caution)

Within the last few days, the state informed us that several homes were in the “clear zone”, an area within 1000’ of the runway threshold, and would need to be removed to meet public airport status. Not many folks, including myself, were in favor of removing homes to accomplish this. Why we were not made aware of this earlier I cannot say. We met many times since December with state Aeronautics reps as we were discussing the move to public status. In many of the presentations I gave over the last 5 months, I stated the trees were the only obstacle preventing public use. I apologize for my lack of complete knowledge of the situation. Therefore, the decision to remain private became our best option and one that was approved last night.

I hope we will continue working together to keep our membership growing, increase Isle Airport usage and participate in the fundraising effort we must begin to fund for the tree removal. The July 11 -12 city celebration, “Isle Days” has been cancelled. That is when our annual Flight breakfast is scheduled. We will likely need to reschedule that for later this summer so stand by for more information on that.

Finally, thank you all for your support over the past several months. The letters you wrote, the phone calls you made and the encouragement you provided all made a huge difference. We could not have accomplished this without your efforts.

Dave Retka

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ON FINAL EAA CHAPTER 25 WITTMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT Setting expectations for Oshkosh-bound pilots

Even with the cancellation of AirVenture 2020, some pilots have indicated that they intend to fly to Oshkosh that week as a personal tribute to the event or a way to maintain a long string of yearly logbook entries of KOSH (Wittman Regional Airport). EAA and Wittman Airport are making sure that pilots are fully informed and can manage expectations as to what is permissible if they arrive here. No EAA facilities or services will be available to them, and no aircraft camping will be allowed on airport grounds. Itinerant aircraft may park at the terminal/Basler FBO ramp. No permit has been obtained for aircraft parking or camping on any turf areas of the airfield and therefore is not permitted. There will be no access to EAA facilities from the airport, and EAA facilities such as Camp Scholler will remain closed to the public, as EAA did not On Final obtain a Wisconsin temporary campground permit this year Visit our website at eaa25.org and therefore cannot legally allow people to camp there. President The EAA Aviation Museum will also remain closed through Mike York 563-299-0773 July. … In a related not, Chris Farrell reports that all external [email protected] gates will be locked or fully staffed with security to enforce the grounds closure. We ask Friday Gram readers to let Vice President volunteers and local residents know that they will not be James Fischer 612-799-4820 [email protected] allowed on the ground until they are officially reopened. Secretary submitted by Ronald Oehler from EAA Friday Gram Ned Lebens 952-567-3329 [email protected]

What are you Building Treasurer Richard Hedeen 612-865-4662 [email protected] I get asked this a lot, sometimes it’s from a neighbor or maybe a coworker, but I enjoy it the most when it Assistant Treasurer comes from another pilot and even better when I find Gordon Duke 651-227-9026 out they are building a plane as well. [email protected]

Web Editor Last month I asked all you readers to reach out and Jeff Coffey let me know what you are building and perhaps share [email protected] the status of your project. Well I am glad to say a few Newsletter Editor of you did. Mike York shared an update about the Sean Hageman (612) 210-1452 Zenith 701 group build and Kevin Knutson reached [email protected] out with a short update on his Hatz Classis biplane Young Eagle Coordinator build that he has been working on for the past 3 ½ Kris Olson 651-675-6826 years. I was excited to hear from Kim Johnson about [email protected] the Pietenpol project too. Technical Counselors Bob Eckstein* 763-494-6993 I am currently building a Van’s RV-14a and hope to [email protected] write about the EAA Builders Log that I’m using to document my build (this is the hardest part) next Ami Sela* 612-860-3734 month. [email protected] submitted by Sean Hageman * also, flight advisor

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Items Available and For Sale UPCOMING EVENTS:

EAA Chapter 25 has a carbon monoxide detector Sunday, October 4, 2020 in our tool crib for members to borrow. Please EAA Chapter 25 Awards Banquet contact Doug Anderson our Tool crib manager.

Any members interested in aerobatic / tail wheel flying I am offering my club share in the 12KD club for sale. Super Decathlon based at Flying Cloud. Email: [email protected]

John Koser has his Sonex for Sale

Trivia from pg. 4

Answer:

Seeing a British Tomahawk Mk. 1, named "Menace" in a magazine, Bond started painting the trademark nose art 'shark grin' on his, and many other, P-40 Warhawks for the American Volunteer Group (AVG 'Flying Tigers') in the Pacific Theatre.

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Red Wing Soaring Association Scenic Demonstration Rides and Memberships Available! No prior aviation experience required FAA Certified Flight Instructors Located at Hangar H-1 L.O.SimenstadAirport OsceolaWI Phone: 651-653-1631 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rwsa.org

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