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EAA Chapter 724 Newsletter September 2000, Volume 20, Number 9 Chapter 724, Experimental Aircraft Association, Merritt Island, Florida Mailing Address: P. O. Box 320923, Cocoa Beach, FL 32901 Internet Web Site: http://www.beginat.com/EAA724 Officers President: John Murphy 783-1515 Vice President: Pat Salamone 454-4746 Secretary: Dave Boden 242-0533 Treasurer: John Soukup 783-7128 Newsletter Editor: Fred Mahan 452-5797 Newsletter Publisher: Ted Yon 783-7966 Technical Counselors Young Eagle Coordinator John Murphy 783-1515 Tony Yacono 459-0080 Ted Yon 783-7966 The next meeting will be on the second Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 7:30 P.M. Big Merritt Island Air Service Hangar, South Side of Runway Second Floor, Southwest Corner Meeting Room

EAA Chapter 724 P. O. Box 320923 Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 2 3 Calendar of Upcoming Events Every Second Saturday, Tampa, EAA Chapter Sep 16 EAA Chapter 866 Annual “Smilin’ Jack” 175 Fly-In Breakfast/Young Eagles, 813-654-2921. Fly-In, Dunn Airport, Titusville, 321-269-0803. Every Second Saturday, Homestead, Fly-In and Sep 22 BBQ & Fly-In at Jack Brown’s Seaplane "Chikee Chat" Seminar, 305-247-7886. BaseWinter Haven, (863) 956-2243 Saturday after Every Third Tuesday, Kissimmee Sep 27 Brevard Aviation Association meeting, 7 Airport, EAA Chapter 74 Pancake Breakfast, 321- PM, upstairs, Merritt Island Air Service. 678-5873. Oct. 6-8 Southeast Regional Fly-In, Evergreen, Every Third Saturday, Valkaria Airport, Pancake Alabama, 334-578-1707, http://www.serfi.org . Breakfast/Young Eagles, 321-724-8671. Oct. 13-14 Melbourne Int’l Airport 3rd Annual Every Third Saturday, Ninety-Nines Meeting, call Airport Extravaganza, (321) 723-6227, ext. 3. Bobbi Lasher at 321-636-5346 for location. Oct 14 FAA safety seminar on stalls & spins, FAA Every Fourth Saturday, Orlando, EAA Chapter 74 Safety Center, Lakeland Airport, 407-816-0000. Pancake Breakfast & Young Eagles, 321-841-7981. Oct 14 Ft. Free BBQ and Safety Seminar, Cav-Air, Every Fourth Saturday, Crestview, EAA Chapter Lauderdale Executive Airport, 954-491-4454. 108 Pancake Breakfast, 904-862-2673. Oct 20-21 Florida 400 Air Race, 1-800-354-9541. Every First Sunday, Ft. Myers Airport, Chapter 66 Oct 20-21 Jekyll Island Fly-In, 904-285-1942. Pancake Breakfast, 941-945-7000. Oct 21-22 EAA Chapter 98 6th Annual Fall Air Every First Sunday, Punta Gorda, Lo and Slo Festival, Flying Ten Airport (0J8), 352-375-1262. Flyers meeting, 941-505-0493. Oct 21-22 Orlando AirFair, Orlando Executive Every Second Sunday, Naples Airport, EAA Airport, 407-677-6675. Chapter 1067 Fly-In Breakfast, 941-261-5701. Oct 21-22 Ocala Shriners Airshow, 352-732-4846. Every Third Sunday, Kissimmee Municipal Oct 25-28 National Intercollegiate Flying Airport, west side of the field, 9 am on. Association SAFECON, Melbourne, 321-674-8120. Every Third Sunday, Sebring Airport, EAA Oct. 28 Buz’s Airstrip, 9th Annual Fly-In, Free Bar Chapter 803 Pancake Breakfast, 941-465-6996. B Que Lunch, Northwest of Ocala 800-229-1951. Every Fourth Sunday, Bob Lee Airport, De Land, Oct 28-29 First Annual New Smyrna Beach Air EAA Chapter 635 Fly-In Picnic, 904-734-1032. Show, New Smyrna Beach Airport, 407-574-1872. Every Last Sunday, Quincy, FL, EAA Chapter 445 Nov 2-4 42nd Sebring Aerobatic Championships, Pancake Breakfast. 954-349-5423. Nov 3- 5 Jacksonville Int’l Air/Sea Spectacular Jacksonville, 904-542-3152. August Meeting Nov 4 (ISAM) Wings ‘n Things, Sun ‘n Fun Grounds, Lakeland, 863-644-2431. The August meeting was held on the 8th. Nov 4 Ultralight Fly-In & Aviation Flea Market, The entertainment was a video that Tom Teek taped Sundance Airport (FD20), 863-674-1522. of Roy Blaha talking about the Windows for Remy Nov 4-5 Airfest 2000 Walkabout, Sarasota/ project on national television. Bradenton Airport, 941-926-7191. Johnny Murphy and Charlie Gray gave brief April 8-14 2001 Sun ‘n Fun presentations of their trips to Oshkosh this year. John said that he rode to Oshkosh in a Citation, and Regularly Scheduled Florida EAA Fly-Ins that it was very nice. Charlie went in an Aerocomp. Every Fourth Wednesday BAA meeting. 7 PM, He reported that there seemed to be about 50% less Merritt Island Air Service, 321-636-5346. air traffic at Oshkosh this year, partly because of the Every Saturday, Cannon Creek Airpark, Lake weather. Charlie is building an Europa, and said City, Fly-In Breakfast, 904-752-1957. that a new Europa motor glider wing is being Every Saturday , FIT Falcon Flight Team Lunch, introduced that has 5 feet more of span that the old 11-1, Melbourne, Donna, [email protected] . motor glader has. He is looking into the possibility Every First Saturday Dunn Air Park, EAA of self-certification on the new version. Chapter 866 Pancake Breakfast. Palmer Stiles reported that he is purchasing Every Second Saturday, Charlotte County Airport, an English wheel for forming aluminum. He said Punta Gorda, EAA Chapter 565 Pancake Breakfast/ he would allow chapter members to use the tool for Young Eagles, 941-575-6360. 4 their aluminum projects. You can reach Palmer at Directorate, Dennis Roberts, AOPA vice president 255-4237. and executive director of the Government and ______Technical Affairs Division, said, "Video-imaging technology is an inexpensive and effective medium NIFA SAFECON for giving pilots critical weather information." The By Bobbi Lasher idea has been successfully tested in Alaska, where Florida Institute of Technology and Embry- video cameras have been placed at airports and riddle Daytona are co-hosting the National remote locations. The cameras are aimed to provide Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Southeast the most relevant weather views for VFR pilots. The Regional SAFECON event on October 25-28 at views permit pilots to identify distant weather Melbourne International Airport. phenomena and make better "go/no-go" decisions. NIFA is made up of flight teams from AOPA firmly supports this inexpensive technology universities and colleges around the country. Teams to enhance weather observations and increase are composed of college students who are interested general aviation safety," Roberts said. "We ask the in aviation. Each year, students compete in regional FAA to examine the results of the Alaska project and national level Safety Conferences (SAFECON). and expand this program to the lower 48 states." Students from colleges in the southeast US ______will be competing in the event at Melbourne. Competitions require judges and that's Elections where you come into the picture. If you can help Time to start thinking about next year’s judge any or all of these events, please contact Chapter officers. Elections must be held in Bobbi Lasher (321-636-5346 or e-mail November in order to get the new officers’ names in [email protected]) or Donna Wilt (321-674- to Headquarters by early December. 8120 or [email protected]). ______

News from AOPA Newsletter Editor Needed Before January! AOPA ePilot, August 18, 2000 Your newsletter editor is resigning effective BOEING BUYS JEPPESEN at the end of the year, and a replacement is needed. In an effort to continue the expansion of its I’ve been editor this time for five years, and have services business, The Boeing Company announced edited the newsletter for over a third of the chapter’s Tuesday that it's acquiring Jeppesen Sanderson from existence. Other commitments – a big one being the Tribune Company for $1.5 billion in cash. the time demands of building an airplane – require Boeing intends to operate Jepp as a wholly owned me to step down. Some writing skills are necessary. subsidiary and to keep the current management Gregariousnesss is a plus – the desire to talk to team in place. Regulatory approval is pending. other builders and report on their projects – as "We've made it clear that we are transforming would be having no aircraft project of your own in Boeing into a global aerospace solutions provider, work.. Being retired may be a plus, supposedly and growing our aviation services business is a allowing one more time for leisure pursuits. major part of that transformation," Boeing Computer skills are a plus for composing the Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said. For more newsletter, as well as distributing the 50 or so information, see the Web site electronic copies the chapter sends out each month. ( http://www.jeppesen.com ). Ted Yon has been taking care of distributing paper newsletter copies. Please consider taking over this AOPA URGES FAA TO INSTALL ONLINE job. Someone must be in place by the first of the 'WEATHER CAMS' year, because I just can’t do it any more. Contact AOPA is urging the FAA to use the power one of the officers or the newsletter editor if you are of the Internet to provide better weather information interested. Telephone numbers are on the masthead. to pilots. AOPA wants the FAA to install Internet- The sooner you can get started, the more help I can accessible cameras to provide real-time weather give you during the last months of the year. images to supplement automated ASOS/AWOS reports. In a letter to the FAA's Aviation Weather 5 Smilin’ Jack Don’t forget, September 16th is EAA Chapter Web Site Chapter 866’s Annual Smilin’ Jack Fly-In at Dunn For those of you that co-exist with home Airport in Titusville. Don’t miss it! computers, don’t forget that chapter member Ron ______Cadby provides us with server space for an EAA Chapter 724 Web Page. The site address is on this Humor – Avweb “Short Final” newsletter’s masthead. Check it out! Submitted by Ted Yon ______Recently my three-year-old son and I went to ride with a friend in our 182 while he practiced Classified Ads his landings. After seven or eight landings we Aircraft Instrument Repair. Experienced, decided to make a full stop and get a bite to eat at retired part-time instrument repair: gyro horizons, the airport diner. DG’s and turn and banks. I can fix most problems Over dinner my son asked, "Why were we inexpensively. Call John Soukup, 783-7128, or see Taking off and landing so many times?" me Saturday mornings at Merritt Island Airport. I replied, "John was practicing his landings." 200 mph FALCO Project for sale, with or My son then inquired, "Why was he without engine (Lycoming 0-360 185 hp 240 practicing BUMPY landings?" SMFOH), 50% done, 50% to do! Most all parts are here. Kit cost $97,000 - Sell for $36,000 OBO. While aboard AA 1157 from BUF to ORD, West Central Florida, 813-996-1554. a woman sitting next to a loyal AVweb reader had the following conversation with the flight attendant: Passenger: "Are we in a holding pattern?" Flight Attendant: (Turns around and looks out the window) "No, we're still moving."