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Sharing Our Passion for Flight 2 Next Meeting: Wittman Field Airport Manager, Jim Schell 5 Remembering Randy Novak 9 May Fly-Out + Flying Start MAY PYLON 2019 The monthly newsletter of EAA Chapter 252, Oshkosh, Wisconsin | Steve Wittman Chapter PRESIDENT’S REPORT Sharing our Passion for Flight CARRIE FORSTER ters spent the day with Brian O’Lena, Michelle Kunes, and ne of our missions number of other EAA staffers, as an EAA chapter is including Rick Larsen, Char- Oto help to share our lie Becker, Serena Kamps, passion for flight. One way David Leiting, Kyle Voltz, that we do that is by being and several others. Brian involved in the Young Eagles shared information about the program. Our chapter is very program, and also sought active in Young Eagles, both input from the chapters that 4,300 pilots, about 1,800 of with individual members and were represented. It was great them flew 10 or more Young with our rallies that we hold in to be able to exchange ideas Eagles. I also learned that as conjunction with our fall and and look at what’s been going some of our volunteer pilots spring pancake breakfasts. well and how to keep the pro- age out of participating in gram vibrant in the future. the program, the new pilots Recently I had the opportunity coming in may not have the to spend a day in a discus- I was interested to learn that opportunity to fly as many sion group, talking about the approximately 4,300 pilots youths. In order to keep flying Young Eagles program. Lead- flew about 55,000 Young as many youths as possible, ers from several other chap- Eagles in 2018. Of those we need to keep recruiting continued page 10 Welcome The Pylon is the monthly newsletter of EAA Ch. 252 and is published monthly by the newsletter editor. Digital copies are emailed to each chapter member. Hard copies are mailed upon request to those without email access. Current and past copies can be accessed from the chapter website at www.252.eaachapter.org. If you have submissions for the newsletter, please send to editor Mike DiFrisco no later than the 20th of each month preceding the issue month at mickeydee59@ me.com. Submissions received after the 20th will be included at the editor’s discretion in the next month or held for a future publication. Suggestions for submissions include (but are not limited to): > updates on build projects > flight milestones > technical articles > items of interest to the general membership > classified ads Submissions in either Word or PDF format, and photos in .jpg format are appreciated. May Gathering June Gathering See you at the Chapter 252 JUNE See you at the Chapter 252 MAY Hangar for the May meeting. Hangar for the June meeting. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Meal Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Meal and hangar flying. Meeting at and hangar flying. Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Members, Prospective 7:00 p.m. Members, Prospective 9 Members, and Guests Welcome! 13 Members, and Guests Welcome! MAY MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Thursday, May 9 Dinner at 6:30 (Food will be Brats and Burgers) Presentation at 7:00: Jim Schell, Wittman Field Airport Manager Jim earned his degree in Aviation Management from St. Cloud State University in 2009 and began his career that same year in Cheyenne, WY. In April 2018, Jim became the Director at Wittman. As a Wisconsin native, he is excited to be back in the Badger state. Also a former student pilot, he plans to get back into flying, earn his private pilot’s license and eventually own an aircraft. COMING IN JUNE! Eric Abraham will be talking about his experience with building the canopies on the RV-7, both tip up and slider configurations. Eric says he used a non-standard procedure and glue instead of rivets and screws. He’ll also cover basics on what a builder should 2 expect during this part of the build. Chapter 252 Hangar Expansion Updates – one of our greatest ways of earning Resource List Our Chapter Home money for the chapter. Our pancake breakfast and brat barns have also Chapter member advisors (avia- By Carrie Forster helped us considerably to pay our tion professionals, or experienced annual costs for operating the han- & EAA recognized) who are active s most of you probably al- as mentors and support Chapter gar while having some left to add to programs/events. ready know, the board has the savings. been looking at expanding Joe Norris A our hangar. We’ve had some fits We have quite a bit of the money EAA Tech Counselor and starts with finding sewer and saved to go toward the expansion, EAA Flight Advisor water laterals and also with finding [email protected] but we don’t have quite enough 920-688-2977 a contractor to take on the project. money. We’ll need to continue to Contractors are currently very busy, look at ways to raise money in Lyle Forsgren and many are not interested in tak- order to move forward with the EAA Tech Counselor ing on a relatively small project. We expansion. We’re fortunate to have [email protected] had been working with one contrac- 920-589-2060 such an active chapter with mem- tor that ended up falling through, bers who work hard to help us Tim Hoversten but Charlie Becker is in the midst thrive. EAA Tech Counselor of getting a couple of bids for our [email protected] project. Why should we expand? That’s a 920-426-6846 valid question. The expansion will Jim Kress, CFII We are very fortunate as a chapter provide two bathrooms and running [email protected] to have our own hangar for a meet- water inside the hangar. We’ll have 920-233-5660 ing space. When I joined the chap- a separate meeting space, which ter six years ago, the chapter al- will enable us to hold board meet- John T. Monnett, Jr. ready owned this hangar. Over time, EAA Flight Advisor ings in the winter without having to [email protected] I’ve learned more of the history of heat the entire hangar. It would also 920-426-5402 what it took for our chapter to be enable us to hold a board meeting able to purchase this hangar. Chap- while another group is using the Owen Russell ter members held a capital fund- main hangar area at the same time. CFI, EAA Flight Advisor raising campaign, and the chapter [email protected] This expansion would provide more 920-582-4328 also were in charge of AeroMart at flexibility and versatility. AirVenture for three years, which Andy Miller, CFII was a huge undertaking. As a board, we hope to hold more Chapter 252 IMC Club Leader events in the chapter, and running [email protected] Over the past six years, we’ve been 920-213-7672 water would certainly make that steadily adding to our chapter sav- easier. It would facilitate holding ings through the continued hard Young Eagle events at our own work of our members. Renting the hangar. It would make it easier to hangar during AirVenture has been hold a variety of educational and building events and projects at our hangar. As a 501(c)3, this expan- sion would help further our educa- tional mission. Personally, I’m very excited about the prospect of finally getting this hangar expansion underway. I look forward to the many ways it will help us grown in our mission. I hope all of you are excited, too. 3 ences with energy, purpose, and enthusiasm. As a student, Sonja’s 4.0 grade point aver- age demonstrates her ability to excel in all subject areas. She is consistently well-prepared, in- ternally motivated, and exhibits his month, I would like to our monthly gatherings and exemplary interpersonal skills Tformally introduce Sonja volunteering at chapter events in the chemistry laboratory set- Karner as EAA Chapter 252’s throughout her flight training. ting. In addition, Sonja is very Ray Aviation Scholar! I first She is looking forward to giv- focused on listening, following met Sonja almost a year ago ing back by flying as a Young directions, and has exceptional when I gave her a Young Ea- Eagle pilot once she receives written communication skills gles flight on May 20, 2018 and her certificate. Sonja has dem- as evidenced in formal lab right away, I could sense she onstrated initiative by seeking reports. From everything I have had passion and drive as well as approval to set aside a class observed about Sonja, I believe a budding love of aviation. She period each school day to focus she is a very poised and mature enjoyed the flight tremendously on her ground school study and individual who maintains her and was so grateful. I later re- has worked with her teachers composure regardless of exter- ceived a note from her thanking to create an independent study nal stresses and circumstances. me for introducing her to this program for next year which whole new world of flying! will allow her to train during Sonja’s maturity reaches school days. She hopes to at- beyond the school and into Since then, she has been work- tend Saint Louis University for the community. In addition to ing on the Sporty’s Learn to Flight Science and is consider- working a part time job, Sonja Fly course and has completed ing becoming a commercial has been a volunteer at the two modules. She became a pilot.
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