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April 2018 Skids Slips & April 2018 Skids Public Information Officer – Open Position Wing Leader After 4+ years of hard work our Public Information Officer Winona Morton has “If you want to conquer fear, don't sit decided to step down from this position. As home and think about it. Go out and get PIO she took care of our monthly newsletter, busy” –Dale Carnegie webmaster duties, and Rides Coordinator. When you see Winona around the hangar Greetings fellow time please be sure to thank her for her service. travelers. It’s already April We are looking for someone to fill the and it appears the tree duties of PIO at this time. This position is pollen has just about broadly responsible for the image of the finished its yearly round of Houston Wing. This is a non-voting staff misery for some of us position that could include duties for allergy sufferers. The website, newsletter, press releases, etc. The weather is starting to warm up and the PIO works with the Wing Development hangar activities continue. Most of our Officer and leads small committees when aircraft are finished with their annual necessary, who have oversight on the inspections, and the aircraft under restoration website and Facebook presence. If you are are moving ahead at a brisk pace. interested in volunteering for all or part of This is the month the Houston Wing these tasks, please contact Sam Bulger or kicks off the flying season with our Warbird myself for any questions you may have. Weekend/Open House. As you know it will Further information on the CAF be this weekend April 14-15. We have done guidelines can be found at the CAF website some targeted advertising this year and we in the members section here: expect a good crowd to show up both days. https://commemorativeairforce.org/manuals- If you haven’t signed up to volunteer it’s ok guides-forms-etc/guides. Click on the to come out anyway and lend us a hand. We Standards Guide. need your help! L-39 Cockpit Restoration Lead – Open Position Eyes On the Horizon! I am still looking for someone to step up and finish the L-39 cockpit restoration. April 21 This job includes leading some other adult Operation Lock and Load, members to clean up, prime and paint the interior of this static display. We can tow the Flyover trailer over from airport storage to the hangar on some of the Saturdays each month if May 4-6 someone will take charge of the project. Central Texas Airshow, I want to thank everyone in advance Ground Support/PX needed for coming out to help with the Warbird Weekend/Open House. May 28 Sugarland/Memorial Oaks, Be safe and have some fun! Stan- Flyover June 8-10 Barnstorming in Austin w/ TR Ground Support/PX needed June 16 Barnstorming in Conroe w/TR Ground Support/PX needed Operations Update Houston Wing Pilots conducted a five ship formation flyover of the Lakewood Yacht Club for the Blessing of the Fleet on 25 Mar. Stu McAfee lead in his Texan, with me in my Texan, Skip Harrison in the SNJ Frank Robertson, Steve Sparks, Ulf Brynjestad, and Ryzard “Oh Baby”, Greg Young in his Navion, and Zadow install the conopy on the L-17 Scott Rozzell joining in his Twin Beech filled with girls. Sam Bulger planned and coordinated from the ground using his confidence. They are behind in the score characteristically powerful radio. early in the game, but it doesn’t bother the Please clear your calendar for our team. As the game goes on they stay with Open House/Warbird Weekend April 14-15. their game plan. The players continue to We have many participants bringing an play to their strengths and at the end of the interesting selection of fixed and rotary wing game the home town Astros win the game. flying machines from other CAF units, We are striving to be the same way, the museums, and member owned aircraft. Plan Houston Wing staff has set in place what we on being there, participating, and bringing hope are the right plans for the future and we your friends. have to stick with the ground work we have laid. Unless it is totally junk of course. Upcoming flying activities in the near term Time will tell us how smart we were…. include: On another note I would like to thank Stu McAfee for leading a great and well- April 14-15, Wing Open House / Warbird timed flyover as well as Skip Harrison and Weekend at West Houston Airport Greg Young for April 21, Operation Lock-n-Load taking two or our Tournament flyover, Westside Sporting longtime members Grounds aloft on this mission. May 4-5-6, Central Texas Airshow, Both riding Draughon-Miller Airport, Temple members have long contributed to the success of the wing, thank Thanks again for all your support for the you for participating, Wing and for me as your Operations Officer After 4 years of HW Warbird in 2018. Weekend events we continue to improve in -Nathan Harnagel some areas and certainly still need a lot of improvement in other areas. For next year we look to be more prepared as the Marketing Report marketing department Warbird Weekend Welcome back sports fans to the will start in October with submitting sponsor current installment of the ever confident requests. We’re not smart but we’re marketing report for April. The learning. marketing/graphics art/flyover department Weather willing I’m predicting a has been working diligently on Warbird successful Warbird Weekend and I predict Weekend and flyovers this past month. our success will be in no small part due to Well if you like baseball season, our our renewed Facebook program, many hometown Astros are off to a fantastically thanks go to Brian Kosior and Kevin confident 6-1 start. As I’m watching them McNulty as they have done a phenomenal I’m impressed with their level of quiet job. Presuming the success of Warbird Weekend it will be due to their efforts as this day and age Facebook is critical in our numerous tubes in the fuselage. That is quite success. the job. And thanks to the wood workers Now for our encore, guess what our who are working on the fabric frames and next task is? You guessed it, a new hangar seats. I am now working project. I would like to thank John Cotter on firewall forward and and the other people involved in our hangar control rod refurbishment. search the past few years. The hangar search All hardware that is has uncovered a few items in our financial standard AN shall be operations that we did not recognize replaced, as well as previously and consequentially we have pulleys and cables as tightened our belts and now have a better necessary. The PT-19 grasp on our financial operations. As the engine is completed and marketing person my goal is for every event has been test run up in Missouri. It shall be we have at the hangar to be a profitable shipped to Texas after Warbird Weekend, event. Profitable events will pay off the new and a new propeller is being made at the hangar quicker and make it our property. Sensenich Factory in Florida. The C-60 Hops and props/hangar dances/photo shoots flight manual is under review currently, and I and movie nights will help lead the new expect it done this month. Immediately after hangar project. Warbird Weekend, maintenance on the C-60 -Sam Bulger starts again. The left carb will be sent out for repairs, and I shall look into sealing the end Maintenance caps on the main gear actuators. Work continues on the L-17 also which brings up an important point. Right Greetings once now two airplanes are being assembled, and again Houston hardware needs to be Wing members. left in the spot it came Here is a from so both parties can quick update on find it. Please only get what is going on out what you actually with the aircraft. need and leave the The N3N and hardware in the storage BT-13 are now back in service, as they are areas. Also if hardware now out of annual inspection and good to go is used up, please make until the next thing breaks. The AT-6 is still note of it and inform me, so I can get more down south and no word on when it will hopefully before someone needs it, as return. The PT-19 is making progress as the shipping delays the progress on either plane. wood and metal components are either being And due to the occasional flat tire, a made new or refurbished. Thanks to Rich spare emergency main gear tire for the BT- Welch for the efforts to paint all the 13 has been completed, and a spare main gear tire for the AT-6 or N3N is just lacking restoration project. After that, I would like a brake disc. I keep tailwheels in stock, but to capture more stories of our Wing the 27 in mains require extra effort in members. We have many members around mounting, so having already mounted spares the hangar with amazing stories from their is important. time in service, or because of the amazing The hangar and work shop will be things that they are still doing today. It’s extra clean thanks the Suzie, so please try time to share those stories with each other, and keep them that way.
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