EAA CHAPTER 25 MINNEAPOLIS / ST PAUL, MN MAY 2002 Young Eagles at Airlake by Mike Dolan see page 2 Getting organized Little nervous? Not the crew from Washburn Aviation Magnet! Can we go up again? You call that a crosswind? We flew over our house! Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight Museum by Rob Johnston Whenever I travel I try to take in whatever aviation activities I find. This spring, I had the opportunity to visit Kermit Weeks "Fantasy of Flight" museum in Polk City, FL. In addition to a beautiful facility, Mr. Weeks has assembled an awesome collection of mostly flyable examples of avia- tion history. The museum collection is privately owned by Kermit Weeks. You may have heard of him. He's a very active pilot and (Continued on page 6) Eric’s RV8 Project Eric Strandjord p4 What’s your AOA? John Koser & Jeff Coffey p6 Cleared...Approach Frank Hanish p2 May 15/June 1 Meetings—Info on p 3 Cleared for the Approach by Frank Hanish We have another chapter gathering planned that is sure to entertain you. This month the meeting date is May 15th. Noel Allard will be this month’s presenter. I encourage each of you to come to Noel’s slide presentation. It will be our last meeting of the season at the Washburn High School. Some have suggested that we hold the May meeting at the hangar. But hey…we can still get those wet and chilly evenings which would ruin the ambience. Do you remember what a steady rain can sound like in a non-insulated metal building? For June through Oc- tober it is in the books. We will be meeting out at the chapter hangar for these months. We will start having a section in the newsletter covering chapter hangar needs. One such immediate need is for a couple of adequate fire extinguishers. This matter was evident in a review of applications for hangar insurance. These are things that maybe some member out there is wondering just how s/he may contribute to the organization. Another idea, given that we are planning some picnics, would be to have a refrigerator. Minneapolis/St. Paul I am delighted to announce that we have recently held a very good fund raising meeting. I commend Ed Hansen for his leadership skills in running one of the finest business meet- Visit our website at eaa25.com ings we have had in some time. Ed had made some calls, and a number of members had responded in forming a committee. This committee has set a date for a picnic fundraiser. President Frank Hanish 952-974-0561 st The picnic is going to be held at the chapter hangar on Saturday; June 1 . It will be tai- [email protected] lored after, and in place of, our annual chapter potluck picnic. We will invite all Airlake Airport tenants to join us for this year’s event. Committee members have divided up the Vice President membership list, and will be communicating with each of you in the weeks ahead. Please Ed Hansen 952-892-7266 consider helping us out this summer. Many hands makes for light work… [email protected] It is currently the first week of May. Tomorrow -- I start a week’s vacation. Of course, Secretary any vacation would imply some degree of cross county flight. You might have read a past Greg Cardinal 612-721-6235 statement of mine, that one of my dreams is to just fly for months. To where ever the [email protected] weather suits my fancy. That’s right, no preset destinations. Floating around from any high pressure system to the next, much like a sailplane soaring from the base of one cumu- Treasurer Chris Bobka 952-432-7969 lus cloud to the next. It’s only seven days, and there is a destination. Still, next month I [email protected] will fill you in with adventures on “Flying To The Dogs.” —Frank Membership Ron Oehler 952-894-2332 by Mike Dolan [email protected] Young Eagles at Airlake Our April 20th Young Eagle event was a success as usual. Success is defined as introduc- Newsletter Editor Pete Gavin 612-866-6676 ing aviation to youngsters between the ages of 8 and 17. We were successful in doing that [email protected] for 21 young citizens on Saturday, April 20th. Our chapter should be grateful for all the volunteers we have for this program. This time the ground crew that had the opportunity Young Eagle Coordinator to help and have fun included Ron Oehler, Elyce Mueller, Robin Mueller, Greg Cardinal, Mike Dolan 952-652-2436 Jim Mayer, Ed Hansen, Phil Schaffer, and Frank Hanish. Our hearty pilots for the day [email protected] were Earl Adams flying a Mooney, Pete Gavin in a Warrior, Stan Chrobak in Cherokee 180, Pat Halligan flying his Cessna 172 and Jon Cumpton with his nice Citabria. The Technical Counselors Earl Adams 651-423-2973 winds were directly across the runway at 10 to 15 all morning, favoring 12 for part of the Chris Bobka 952-432-7969 takeoff then switching to 30 for the rest of the takeoff or landing. The Young Eagles flown Dick Burns 952-473-1887 puts our Chapter at a total of 60 so far this year. This may not be a huge number but we William Faulstich 612-772-6597 are 60 ahead of last year at this time so we are doing better. Bill Witt 651-633-8849 ON FINAL is published monthly by Chapter 25 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) for the use, education 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 nor EAA. Submissions for publication are encouraged and should be addressed to: Pete Gavin, 6905 12th Ave S., Richfield, MN 55423, phone (612) 866-6676 or via email to [email protected]. Submission deadline: 1st Wednesday of the month. New or renewal memberships ($20/year) should be addressed to: Ron Oehler, 36 Walden, Burnsville, MN 55337- 3678, (952) 894-2332. 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 MAY 2002 2 June 1—Chapter Potluck This Month-May 15 6:30 pm Picnic, Fundraiser & Raffle Kickoff!! Slide Presentation by Noel Allard The 2002 fundraiser officially begins with a kick-off party on My presentation for the May meeting will be a selection of Saturday, June 1 with a pot-luck beginning at 11:00 A.M. in the my favorite vintage slides, many going back over thirty years Chapter hangar (34A) on India Lane at Airlake airport in Lake- ago. They include scenes from Rockford, Oshkosh, Ottumwa ville. The entire family is encouraged to attend. The chapter will and Blakesburg, plus local Minnesota airshows and personali- provide the brats, hamburgers, punch and eating utensils. Eve- ties. Many of the slides are spectacular. I’ve picked some of ryone should bring a dish to pass and their own chairs. All chap- my favorites from over 3000 in my aviation collection. I’ll ter members will be contacted by a committee member to en- have slides of Walt Bullock, Noel Wien, Art Scholl, Jim courage their participation and to get an attendance count. Southworth, and Jack Lysdale, for example, plus a lot of guys This year we will be selling raffle tickets for a 2 year lease on a that were in Chapter 25 a long time ago, (and some still are.) Ford 150 Super Cab 4x4 Pickup complements of fellow chapter I’ve got pictures of a C-119 Boxcar landing at Lakeville, member Mark Gulbrandson, owner of the Apple Auto Group, Doyle taking off with skywriting smoke from his farm in Ap- which includes Apple Valley Ford and Apple Ford of Shakopee. ple valley in his Stearman, and other neat stuff. I know you The value of this 2 year lease is approximately $7,000.00. All are going to like them. monies collected from the raffle will be used to pay-down the —Noel hangar mortgage. The chapter owes a deep debt of gratitude to From the South: Stay in the left lane of 35W and take exit Mark for his support in this effort. 108 at the Crosstown. Continue north on Lyndale Ave to 50th It is our intent to take the pickup and sell tickets at as many re- Street. Right turn and proceed 3 blocks. Turn left into the gional fly-ins as possible. To accomplish this we need volun- parking lot and park anywhere space is available. Door #9 teers. It is the committee’s hope that the membership will step facing the south parking lot should be used to enter. forward and provide the manpower for this effort. At the kick- From the North: Take 35W south to the 46th street exit and off party there will be a sign-up sheet for the various fly-in’s. turn right. Proceed west on 46th street to Nicollet Ave. Turn Please consider selling tickets at one of the events. left. Proceed south on Nicollet to 50th. Turn right. Continue All Chapter members will receive 20 tickets (4 books of 5 each).