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Chapter 25 Turns 50! EAA CHAPTER 25 MINNEAPOLIS / ST PAUL, MN APRIL 2006 Chapter 25 turns 50! EAA Founder Attends Chapter 25 Celebration Minneapolis/St. Paul Over 60 people attended our 50th Anniversary meeting on March 15th. Our special guests Paul and Audrey Poberezny managed to dodge two snow storms to join us. Bert Sisler, our first president, was on hand to welcome Paul (see picture at right). Pat and Sandy Halligan cooked some great food, and Paul presented Pat with a signed, leather bound copy of his new book for Pat’s service as Chapter 25 president. Many “old timers” showed up for a rare visit. Among these was our self-proclaimed “oldest” chapter member, Chuck Doyle, (Continued on page 4) More Chapter 25 Memories by Lee Hurry After reading Norm Tesmar’s arti- Lovely and Gary Hanson, who all became part of the jun- cle last month, Lee was inspired to ior chapter, which eventually evolved into the Minne- fill in more details on the early days tonka chapter. I was part of the Rockford storm midnight of Chapter 25. Lee suggests that "shove 'em in a hangar" activity with my Hurry Sport. you refer back to Norm’s article for Our then secretary, Bill Clinton was there too with his related background. Luscombe and fiancée Diane. They were trying to bunk in the same hangar I had selected, we all had pup tents Norm’s dad, Bob, was one of my first friends when I which wouldn't have weathered the storm. I was about joined EAA & Chapter 25 in 1963. I do remember zonked out but they were still Norm tagging along as a youngster, along with Forrest whispering around and then there (Continued on page 5) Cleared for Takeoff P2 Airlake Airport News, Humor p7 April Meeting at Crystal Airport P3 Events and Ads p8 Cleared for Takeoff by Jon Cumpton I just spent a couple of unique days. As I sat down to write this column tonight, I realized that I hadn’t been involved in any chapter business for 48 hours or so! Things usually aren’t that quiet around here. March was quite a month! We started on the 4th, with the Chili Feed. It was still winter when that event happened, although without snow, as I remember. The chili variety was great, some people showed up we hadn’t seen for a while, and it looked like spring was around the corner. We had our first board meeting that day, and I managed to avoid impeachment. I thought all we had to worry about was getting ready for our meeting on March 15th with Paul Poberezny. That was plenty by itself, but of course things don’t happen that way. Literally an hour after our board meeting, an opportunity came up to be the recipi- ent of the gift of a major airplane kit. This quest took us on a roller coaster for about a week, but it was a short ride that ended with us not being selected. Minneapolis/St. Paul Of course, at the same time we were trying to get ready for the 15th, another thing fell Visit our website at eaa25.org out of the sky. EAA called us to ask if we would sponsor the Minneapolis stop of the President Sport Pilot Tour (visit www.sportpilot.org). Deciding to sponsor this event was a no- Jon Cumpton 715-760-0203 brainer, but it has already involved a lot of activity as the EAA goes through the process [email protected] of deciding exactly where they want to do it. Last week, for example, I flew Dan John- Vice President son (EAA consultant on Light Sport Aviation) around various Twin Cities airports un- Andy Hutchinson 952-758-9703 der consideration for the event. I expect we will know more soon. [email protected] But meanwhile, back in March, we hadn’t made it to the 15th yet!. On Saturday the 11th, Secretary we had a big hangar cleanup. We got rid of at least two pick-up loads of junk, replaced Craig Nelson 952-949-0400 [email protected] light bulbs, and hung stuff up that had been waiting for years. Based on what we’ve col- lected, it seems amazing we’ve only had the hangar for four years. Treasurer Ron Oehler 952-894-2332 Then I started to sweat out the meeting. Watching the weather forecasts, and thinking [email protected] about Paul and Audrey driving over from Oshkosh, I prayed to the weather gods, th Membership Coordinator ”Please don’t snow!” On the 12 , I changed the prayer to “Please snow now so we have Ron Oehler 952-894-2332 th time to clean it up before the 15 !” My prayers were answered. [email protected] Of course, the actual meeting seemed to come off without a hitch. Thanks to everyone Newsletter Editor who contributed their efforts for that event. Pete Gavin 612-866-6676 [email protected] However, the month wasn’t over. I spent the rest of the month working on future pro- grams. We are fortunate to have several chapter members who are not only building Young Eagle Coordinators airplanes, but are also interested in sharing that with the rest of us. Over the next three John Koser 952-831-5142 months, we will have the opportunity to see three very different airplane projects, start- [email protected] ing this month with Dick Navratil’s latest Pietenpol. Jeff Coffey 612-327-1442 [email protected] Next, I visited Mark Schreier at the TRACON facility at MSP. It was awesome, and I Technical Counselors plan to have us do a meeting there sometime, at Mark’s suggestion. A visit to Minnea- Chris Bobka 952-432-7969 polis Center at Farmington would also be a good idea. (Continued on page 3) Dick Burns 952-473-1887 Bob Eckstein* 763-566-0577 ON FINAL is published monthly by Chapter 25 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) for the use, education Peter Denny 763-529-5325 and enjoyment of Chapter members and others to whom it is provided. No claim is made for the accuracy of materials presented. Editorial content is the opinion of the contributor and does not necessarily reflect the position of Chapter 25 * also flight advisor nor EAA. Submissions for publication, questions or comments on articles, etc. are encouraged and should be addressed to: Pete Gavin 6905 12th Ave So. Richfield MN 55423, ph 612-866-6676, email [email protected]. Submission deadline: 1st Wednesday of the month. New or renewal memberships ($25/year) should be addressed to: Ron Oehler, 36 Walden St., Burnsville, MN 55337-3678. Permission for other EAA Chapters to use the non- copyrighted portions of this publication is hereby given as long as the source is acknowledged. Any copyrighted material that appears in this newsletter is with the permission of the acknowledged copyright holder. Any further copying must obtain the permission of the original copyright holder. ON FINAL APRIL 2006 2 This Month: Wed. Apr 19th—Crystal Airport 6:30 pm Grill on at 6, bring a dish, chips or dessert to pass. Meat and soda provided compliments of Dick. Program: This month we will be meeting at Dick Navratil’s han- gar at Crystal Airport to see his progress on his new Pietenpol pro- ject. This one has the Rotec radial engine—very special! Saturday, Apr 15th—Young Eagle flights, 9 am—FBO, Airlake Airport Be sure to check with John Koser or Jeff Coffey in advance if you plan to volunteer for this event. Directions to Dick Navratil’s hangar at Crystal Airport From I-694 westbound: Exit on Hwy 100 south to Brooklyn Blvd. Go west to Bass Lake Rd and take left. Go approx 2 mi. Air- port Gate D is on the right just before the VFW. Go to Row Delta 7. Hangar 68D. From Hwy 100 northbound: Exit to Co Rd 81, go west to Bass Lake Rd and take a right. Look for the VFW entrance is just after the club on left. Go to row Delta 7 hangar 68D. Gate D EAA Chapter 25 Meeting Minutes kids to fly. Please talk up the program with people March 15, 2006 you know. Jon has send out a YE flyer that can be Presiding Officer: Jon Cumpton posted on community bulletin boards or at work. Location: Chapter Hangar at Airlake Bert Sisler is heading up a team to complete the work Business meeting discussions needed on the Gusty so it can go on display. The goal is to have it complete by the Chapter Picnic on Bert Sisler, Chapter 25’s first President 50 years ago, called the June 17. meeting to order. Upcoming events include: The following guests were introduced: The April meeting will be a visit to Dick Navratil’s Pietenpol project at Crystal. John Schmidt Pat & Mary Hoyt Gene & Billy OSH work weekend is planned for the Steiner weekend of June 3/4. The Chapter Picnic will be June 17. Many thanks to Lou Martin who made a beautiful wood podium We will be the sponsoring chapter for the which we will use during our chapter meetings at the hangar. EAA Sport Plane/Pilot Tour which will It got its first use during this meeting. visit the Twin Cities August 19. Chapter members are encouraged to visit EAA25.org to see our Program reformatted website. Jeff Coffey is our webmaster and the person who completed the reformatting work. The new for- th mat is easier to maintain, can track hits, and supports return Chapter 25 50 Anniversary celebration with char- comments.
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