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VOLUME 21, ISSUE 8 THE SLIPSTREAM THE NEWSLETTER OF GREEN RIVER EAA CHAPTER 441 KENT, WA AUGUST 2019 PRESIDENTS COLUMN INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Presidents Column: than $4) fuel. But the runway was so rough I think I lost a filling. The brief- PRESIDENTS CO L- 1 Oshkosh 2019 UMN er could not seem to decipher the Oshkosh is in the books for another weather from Minnesota into Wiscon- PIETENPOL U P- 3 DATE year. According to the numbers, it sin, so I just filed an IFR flight plan GUESS THAT AI R- 4 was a good year. I found it hot and and went on my way. Turns out the PLANE sticky, but all in all, a good time. weather was not particularly bad, but 5 DARINS RV A D- it's good practice to fly "in the sys- Getting there was sort of interesting. VENTURES tem", even if you don't have to. I went early, so as to avoid the Rip- STRATUS ADSB 6 OFFER on arrival, leaving early Thursday Topped the tanks and tied down at 6 E A A N E W S morning, and planning to go in one OSH. It rained Thursday night, but 7 day. Had to file out of Auburn, it not bad. Friday night it really rained. EDITORS CORNER was about 1200 overcast. On top at Jack Pelton said 2.5 inches. Satur- JULYS CATHERING 7 MINUTES 8500, just this side of Ellensburg. I day morning showed not many pud- 8 chose to go at 13000 to take ad- dles on the pavement, but the low- LAST MONTHS GUESS THAT AIR- vantage of the howling tailwind. lying areas in the grass were really PLANES ANSWER Over the Continental Divide, the wet, and the water in the ditches was LAST MONTHS 9 tops of the clouds came up to meet running. Saturday morning, I volun- GUESS THAT EN- GINE me. In the tops of the cumulus teered at the Chapter 252 pancake clouds, I started getting ice. The breakfast. I was on my bicycle on the leading edges and spinners turned perimeter road when the storm hit white. Knowing the tops were not just before noon. That one produced far above, I asked for a block 13-15, 6 inches of rain. They say an aver- and it was granted. Pushed the age thunderstorm lasts 90 minutes. power up to climb, and didn't get That one was 75. I spent those much climb. Airspeed was decreas- minutes standing under the eve of the ing. Prop heat to the rescue, a shower building in the North 40. climb was established, and soon I The campground was a sloppy mess. SPECIAL POINTS OF was again in the clear. INTEREST: Like 2010, campers were parked on But that howling wind was still howl- every paved spot all over town: the ALL IFR FLIGHT PLANS ing. My first fuel stop, Great Falls Walmart parking lot, the abandoned WILL BE USING THE ICAO FORM STARTING was reporting 240 at 27G47. You strip mall, everywhere, until about 2 7 A U G U S T . read that right: forty-seven knots! I Tuesday afternoon, when things be- landed on runway 22. Interesting gan to dry out. challenge. Next stop: Minot, ND to This year, I served as a homebuilt drop off some cargo for Jonathan. judge, and looked VERY CAREFUL- There, the wind was only 18G36. I LY at lots of airplanes. Perhaps I'll thought "After Great Falls, this will prepare a presentation on that experi- be easy!". Unloaded the boxes, ence. It was a good one. The judges hugged the grandkids, and off to work very hard from 08:00 till 5PM Princeton, MN for inexpensive (less Page 2 WHERE DO WE MEET THI S M O N T H ? 2019 7 PM OFFICERS Bill Jones Hanger: President: 17646 Southeast 301st St Brian Lee Kent, WA (253)-639-0489 Vice-President: Mark Owens Secretary: Jake Schultz Treasurer: Steve Crider AUGUST PROGRAM Tech Counselors/ Flight Advisors: TIG Welding Demo Brian Lee (253)-639-0489 Dave Nason Program Jonathan Lee Meeting this month is at a different location: we'll meet at Bill Jones' hangar. See the address in the notice. Bill will talk to us about weld- (253) 508-1376 ing, specifically TIG welding, and give anyone the opportunity to give it Newsletter Editor: a try. Roger Schert (206) 713-9910 [email protected] VOLUME 21, ISSUE 8 Page 3 PRESIDENTS COLUMN CO NTINUED, PIETENPOL UPDATE: every day. Honestly, I did not get AIM: make sure you've brushed up Spent a good deal of time getting much free time to "observe", but I on that. FSDO folks I talked to at the landing gear support struc- did look at a lot of airplanes. I'm OSH did not know the change was ture cut and fit. This is the struc- planning to do that again next scheduled. Many just said they use ture below the main gear legs year. The judges are a great Foreflight or similar, and just fill in when the springs are mounted. group of characters, and what a the blanks. Many also said the The welder (Mike from Ready wealth of knowledge! Wow. flight service briefers should be Weld) came by and spent the trained, so let them hold your hand The trip home also went through better part of the day doing his when you need to file. I can hardly Minot, with more goodies for Jona- magic. In addition to the landing wait. than. Wind was not much of a fac- gear supports I had built compo- tor going westbound, for which I was thankful. Back home, all enthused about building again. Eager to get back into the shop. Fly safe. Brian Meeting this month is at a different location: we'll meet at Bill Jones' hangar. See the address in the notice. Bill will talk to us about welding, specifically TIG welding, and give anyone the opportunity to give it a try. Should be fun. I'm looking forward to it. Another note: FAA has decided that all IFR flight plans will be us- Next Meeting: nents to support the tailwheel spring and a side step. All went ing the ICAO form starting 27 Au- Our next meeting will be Monday well and these parts are now test gust. You may recall we did a August 26 at 7pm. The location is brief training event on the form still Crest Airpark but at the oppo- when FAA threatened it last time. site end of the runway: 17646 SE They say they're serious this time. 301st St Kent, WA 98042 for those A "simplified" set of instructions is driving. Taxiway India (4th house available on the FAA web site. down on south side) if flying. The Similar information is in the new topic will be a discussion of weld- ing/frame building with emphasis on TIG. Following this, anyone in- terested will be given the opportuni- fit in place on the plane. Attached ty to practice TIG welding on steel. are a few images of the pro- If you would like to weld, best wear gress… or bring a long sleeve work shirt. Everything else will be provided. In addition to the progress on the Piet, Denise and I took our Pietenpol Update: camper to Arlington and had a Hello 441, real nice time. We ran into quite a few people from 441 including Been a busy month on the 1931 Mark and his brother, Ron, and Pietenpol Air Camper project. Bruce & Diane. Of particular note Page 4 TECH COUNSELORS AND FLIGHT ADVISORS Chapter 441 is fortu- The shop doesn’t need to be cleaned nate to have two for a visit. All are quite used to looking tech counselors. at pieces, parts, and assorted bits, and Feel free to call Brian will be happy to answer questions, offer (253)-369-0489 , or Dave Nason any advice, and generally talk time. You don’t need to wait for some about projects, building, significant milestone in your project. flying, or whatever. Remember, this is not an “inspection”. GUESS THAT AIRPLANE; GUESS THAT ENGINE This months entry: This months entry: Go to Page 8 for July’s airplane Go to Page 9 for July’s Engine DISCLAIMER: The “SLIPSTREAM” Newsletter is published as a clearing house for ideas, opinions, experiences and member information. No responsibility or liability is expressed or implied. Anyone using or purchasing parts or product is doing so at his or her own risk, and is VOLUME 21, ISSUE 8 Page 5 PIETENPOL UPDATE, CO NTINUED: was the outstanding Spirit of St Louis replica built by John Norman and his wife Heather. It had flown for the first time about two weeks before the show. This Sturgis SD for a couple of days during the motor cy- was a nine year project and the research included cle rally. We took off Thursday evening and had a three separate trips back to the Smithsonian with un- nice evening flight to Helena Montana where we fettered access to the actual plane. If you ever get a stayed for the night. Got up early Friday morning, chance to see it I HIGHLY recommend you do so! had a good breakfast, and launched for South Dako- Attached is a photo of John and I next to his beauti- ta. Sturgis doesn't have a weather station (ATIS) so we had to use Rapid City weather which is a little fur- ther east and they were reporting overcast at 300' due to some fog.
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