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EAA Ultralight Chapter 75 EAA Ultralight Chapter 7 5 North Central Wisconsin Lite Flyer s PO Box 12 ● Schofield, WI ● 54476 Editors Notes Volume 8, Issue 9 by Bill Markstrum September 2003 The older members of our With such a perfect and quiet faithful and skilled Video- chapter are somewhat day I can hear the pounding grapher, Ron Detert, will be hard-pressed to find the of a neighbors hammer a on hand with fresh batteries songs of their youth on to- block away and could almost and plenty of film. There Inside this issue day’s airwaves. The words imagine hearing the flapping will be copies of this historic of one such song are going wings of the butterfly that event in Ron's Chapter Treasurer Report 2 through my mind now as I just passed by. Such will not Lending Library. If you can sit on the outside porch writ- be the case next Wednesday, make it, do so. We may put 2003 Musky Day Fly- 3 ing this, "---for its a long, September 10th. when you to work to "protect our In long time from May to De- thirty-one antique aircraft planes" and you can get up NCWLF July Meeting 3 cember, but the days grow descend on the Wausau close and personal to real short when you reach Sep- Downtown Air p o r t , airplanes with round en- Antigo Airport Const 3 tember---". I was made re-creating the 1925-1931 gines. Incidentally, the local aware of short days when my National Air Tours. The TV channels, 7 and 9, are Waupaca Airport Const 4 wife asked whether my Wausau airport, as Bob scheduled to do in-depth Sport Pilot / Light 4 newsletter copy was reports on the event. Sport Aircraft ready for Tom and As summertime unwinds Another, always spe- Mark, since it was al- cial, event in September Tech Tips 5 ready deadline date, the And days are much less hot, will be the meeting, Fly the Bluffs 5 fifth. So here I am, writ- We hope that in your ultralight food, entertainment and ing copy on a perfect lots of flying at Mark Video Library 6 flying day. A very light Your rubber bands do not! and Toms September wind out of the south- 20th and 21st. The August 2003 NWLF 6 west is barely moving the Wylie pointed out in his ex- usual campfire is in question Minutes windsock on the airport cellent book on Wausau's due to the extremely dry Buy Trade Sell 7 fence and my view of the aviation history, "Wings conditions. There may be sky from horizon to horizon North", was privileged to be some advantage to that since Calendar of Events 8 reveals not a single cloud. a way-stop on those early the fire often attracted the I just returned from the han- tours, and so we are again, weirdest people like a moth Blume-Voss 9 gars where three of our chap- for the re-enactment. to a candle. Remember the ter members were preflight- Many of our chapter have old Indian Medicine Man, Fall Flying Fiasco 10 ing their aircraft for a trip joined the airport volunteer “Drooping Windsock" from north to visit Dean Turner. group helping out with the the Rotaxus tribe? And then Dan Marlenga, Gordy Rad- logistics of plane parking, last year, the old airmail If you want to grow tke and Russ Post are taking refueling and crowd control. pilot that crash-landed near old as a pilot, advantage of this perfect day I'm very excited (being al- by? Anyway, see you there! to check Dean's progress on most an antique myself) to you’ve got to know the brand new SeaRey Dean see these beautiful old air- Keep your prop turnin’ when to push it, is constructing. Knowing planes sitting just across the Bill Markstrum and when to back Dean, he will be airborne fence from my house. off. before long with the help of, September tenth, being a Chuck Yeager or in spite of our three Qual- weekday, many of you will ity Control experts on site not be able to make the there today. scene, but rest assured, our P a g e 2 EAA Ultralight Chapter 75 North Central Wisconsin NCWLF Treasurer Report Lite Flyers PO Box 12 August 2003 Schofield, WI Balance Fwd $ 982.95 President: Steve Krueger Checking Deposits Disbursements 715-536-8828 Dues 34.00 Postage 19.98 Newsletter Supplies 14.75 Vice President: Dean Turner Total Deposits $ 34.00 Total Disbursements $ 34.73 715-453-4197 Ending Balance $ 982.22 Secretary: Savings Deposits/Int .21 Dody Neubauer Savings Balance $ 500.41 715-536-2744 Treasurer: Steve Norris EAA ULTRALIGHT CHAPTER 75 Mail Check Payable To: 715-675-2876 NCWLF North Central Wisconsin Lite Flyers P.O. Box 12 Application Form for Membership and Subscription Schofield, WI 54476 Board Members: Dan Marlenga 715-359-7377 Date Russell Post Name Phone 715-848-0490 Address Newsletter Editor Bill Markstrum City State Zip 715-845-8673 USUA# EAA# Web Editor: Type of Ultralight you fly Tom Voss 715-443-2835 Membership Dues Schedule Videographer: • $ 12 May • $ 9 August • $ 6 November • $ 3 February Ron Detert • $ 11 June • $ 8 September • $ 5 December • $ 2 March • $ 10 July • $ 7 October • $ 4 January • $ 1 April 715-845-1340 Safety Directors Payment of dues affords me voting privileges, and a subscription to news updates. Carl Greene 715-854-2111 Pat Kenny This newsletter is a monthly publication of the North Central Wisconsin Lite Flyers and is free 715-479-5036 to all club members. Items you would like included in the newsletter should be sent to: Jack LaSee Tom Voss 715-223-4540 15203 Short Lane Marathon, WI 54448 [email protected] Tech Counselors Items received by the 5th are considered for that months’ publication. Steve Kuchera Change of address and membership inquiries should be directed to: 715-845-8673 Steve Norris (715) 675-2876 Comments, questions, suggestions, etc... can be sent to [email protected] Volume 8, Issue 9 P a g e 3 2003 Musky Day Fly-In Next NCWLF Meeting Also we had a grand and directed traffic. Planes Sept 20 Northwood's view of coming in thought they were Mars. It was some- being controlled by Minnea- thing to see. polis Center. John was out Our next chapter 75 Saturday was another all day and even stayed on as meeting is on Saturday, great day and I had to the planes were leaving. Pat twist Steve Kruegers Kinney was parking planes. I September 20, 1:30 PM arm pretty badly to was not successful in getting at the Blume-Voss Fly in. take volunteers on a any mopeds to help so Rans S7 amphibian Pat drove all the way home This is a joint meeting and got his Honda Trail with EAA Chapter 243. As I look back at this years 90. Of course he looked 2003 Musky Day Fly-in I majestic as he mounted See flyer in newsletter marvel at what a success it his steed. for additional details. was but even more-so, all the All the aircraft went great volunteers. Of course through registration. Hope to see you there. with Joey, Darko, Cal, Fran, And who manned the Ev and many others it started registration table but months ago. But Friday night non other than "The 8/8/03 the campers started to Gals of 75" They regis- Antigo Airport move in at the Boulder Junc- Construction tion Airport. ride. I was amazed; Steve Krueger and Pat he didn't put up too Antigo runway 16/34 will Kinney showed up Friday much resistance. evening. Saturday more On Saturday Steve be closed for construc- campers showed up with spent most of the tion beginning August their airplanes and Steve day operating out of Krueger hosted the now fa- the boat dock in 18, 2003. Number mous pontoon boat ride with front of my cottage. of weeks closed is un- Mexican beer and lime. It Then came Sunday was a terrific night and we known. Runway 8/26 will even needed another pontoon tered 62 aircraft and remain open. Airport boat to handle the people. about 175 chicken Gordy captained my pontoon dinners. Of course phone # 715-623-5901 boat and nursed it along. He Steve was busy giving Also, on August 18, politely told me the engine rides and he even needed a tune-up badly. We learned how to "Step- 2003 a construction crew missed Billy Markstrum and Taxi" to speed up the will move JJs hangar to a his accordion because they program. For the two wouldn't let me take my key- days he logged close new location 300 ft. west board organ out on the boat. to 10 hours giving of the FBO. and this is where the rides. Needless to volunteers kicked in. say N511RP, "The Wings of I want to say that the Robertjohn" is now resting gang from Chapter quietly in the hanger. Joey 75 was just terrific. was serving the food. But They didn't have to sure enough, there was a be asked to pitch in, need and the "Gals of 75" THEY JUST DID! stepped in without asking. John "Hollywood" You can just see Karen Kirstein went out (Continued on page 4) P a g e 4 EAA Ultralight Chapter 75 W a u p a c a 2003 Musky Day Fly-In cont... A i r p o r t Construction (Continued from page 3) all left safely. Fran and the tos were taken by Steve Nor- Krueger help with tossing tent team came up and took ris and Jerry Feldbruegge.
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