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59 GRAPEVINE Waco, Texas
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Vol. 52, No. 8
August 20, 2012
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Airventure 2012
Inside this issue:
BOD Minutes. . . . . . . .
P. 2
NOTAMS/Editorial . . .
P. 3
Announcements, etc. . . P. 4
Airventure 2012 . . . . . .
P. 5
Pancake Breakfast . . . . P. 8
Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 10
The Attack Sortie. . . . . . P. 12
Dan McKee . . . . . . . . . . P. 13
Rich Hewgley took this photo of the Sonex (Ron Monson & Steve Kean)
& Europa (Rich Schultz) on the way to Oshkosh.
MEMBERSHIP: Full membership in EAA Chapter 59 is $25 per year, which
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Chapter 59, to Kenneth Langley, 1103 Evening Sun Lane, McGregor, TX 76657 .
Flight Advisor . . . . . . . . P. 14
Calendar of Events . . . . P. 15
Classified Ads . . . . . . . . P. 16
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CHAPTER 59 MEETS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH
FOR A BREAKFAST FLY/DRIVE-IN FROM 8 AM TO 10 AM, &
EACH THURSDAY FOR LUNCH AT 11:45 IN THE EAA HANGAR
AT McGREGOR EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (PWG).
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EAA CHAPTER 59 - WACO, TEXAS
2010-11 OFFICERS:
President . . . . . .
Brad Moffett
Vice President . . . . .
Pat Baucum
Secretary . . . . . . .
Monty Suffern
Treasurer . . . . .
Kenneth Langely
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD:
Kenny Grisham
Bill Lloyd
B.J. High
WD Brown
Gene Franklin
David Wilson
CHAPTER 59 APPOINTED POSITIONS:
Technical Counselor:
Joel New
Flight Advisor:
Mike McMains
Membership Coordinator: Pam Brown
Building Ops. Chair:
Bob Coomes
(254)855-3777
(254)379-1382
(254)744-8841
(254)744-9313
John Lawson
Rich Hewgley
Jon Botsford
(254)867-0474
(254)848-9072
(254)723-2558
(254)715-5117
EAA Chapter 59 Board of Director’s Meeting
Aug. 7, 2012
Meeting: Brad called the meeting to order on August 07th at
7:37 pm.
Attendance: Brad Moffett, Bill Lloyd, John Lawson, Ken
Langley, Bob Mangus, Kenny Grisham, WD Brown, Gene
Franklin, Rich Hewgley.
Minutes: A motion was made by John Lawson and seconded
by Bill Lloyd to approve the last meetings minutes.
New Business: No new business was discussed.
Financial Update: Ken Langley gave everyone a copy of the
Profit & Loss YTD comparisons along with the balance sheet.
We are in good shape and good financial health and implement proper accounting practices to audit our financial records
and help separate things between treasurer changes. Kenny
will buy a printer for approximately $250.00. A list of tools will
be presented at the next BOD meeting for purchase.
Audit: Gene Franklin and Ken Langley will schedule a meeting with Gene's contacts for an informal review of our financial
status in order to implement proper accounting practices.
Trailer Status: The aforementioned trailers that were sold to
Keith Richbourg are in the process of being titled in his name.
Private Pilot Ground School: Bob Mangus started a followup discussion, brought up during last month's meeting, about
the Private Pilot ground school he has planned to start very
soon. The target groups start at 8 to 18 years old for Young
Eagles and 18 and up for Bald Eagles. The syllabus will be
modeled around the ASA ( Kirchner) format. The course will
take 12 to possibly 14 sessions to complete. The first ground
school will be limited to EAA59 members only and will start on
Oct. 11th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for 10 weeks, but may go
longer as needed.
A motion was made by Kenny and seconded by Rich to
buy 10 sets of the ASA syllabus and was passed with no abstentions. The new student will pay for the ASA books plus a
$25.00 course fee to take the ground school.
Young Eagles: A motion was made by Kenny and seconded
by John Lawson to appoint Bob Mangus the Chapter 59 Young
Eagles Coordinator. The motion was passed with no abstentions.
Education Coordinators
Activities Coordinator
Food Coordinator
Webmaster
Brad & Hollie Moffett
Kenny Grisham
Jon Botsford
Ron McKinley ...........
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Web Editor
Dave Clay
[email protected]
Historian/Librarian
Jay Powell
Young Eagles Coordinator Bob Mangus
(254)205-8468
Newsletter Staff
Editor . . . . . . . .
Mike McMains
(254)848-9072
Proofreader . . .
Sue McMains
Aeronca Chief: After a short discussion by the BOD members
present, a motion was made by WD Brown and seconded by
Rich Hewgley to sell the Aeronca Chief 11AC fuselage for
$1,500 dollars. The motion was passed with Kenny Grisham
abstaining.
Cola Runs: August: Hillsboro (INJ) on August 19th with all aircraft arriving at the FBO @ 4:00pm. Cold drinks will be provided
by Bob Mangus and his flight crew members.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:48 pm.
Submitted by Rich Hewgley,
for Monty Suffern, Secretary
Goodyear blimp over Oshkosh.
The next general Chapter 59 meeting will be the Pancake Breakfast, Sept. 1, followed
by various activities in the EAA hangar at McGregor Airport (PWG).
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NOTICES TO AIRMEN
Once again, Chapter 59 has a Young Eagles Coordinator, Bob Mangus. He is also offering a private pilot ground
school through the Chapter for members only. Details will be
available at the next Pancake breakfast.
Go to www.regulations.gov & do a simple search for FAA2012-0350 to comment on the AOPA/EAA proposal to eliminate the requirement for flight physicals for recreational flying. Deadline has been extended to September 14.
Runway work is under way on the McGregor Airport. Currently, one or more runways may be closed for repair. Local
NOTAMS will need to be checked before flight into PWG.
The 59 Grapevine will be transitioning next month to a
new editor. The plan is to share the load by having staff reporters who will provide articles & photos of local interest done
by them or other members. This is the last issue of the 59
Grapevine Mike McMains will edit. He has reached the point
where retirement benefits are greater than the full time salary.
Your humble editor would like to take this opportunity to thank
all the fine members who have contributed photos & articles for
the newsletter. Without your help, the 59 Grapevine would be a
wasted effort. If you enjoy reading it, please consider sending in a
submission.
Anytime our U.S. President is traveling, TFRs go with him.
TFRs also go into place at special events. A quick & handy source
of planned TFRs can be found on the internet. Just type in
www.faa.gov, then click on TFRs. Mapped details are available
there. It just takes a minute to do this before each flight. P-49
has shrunk to a 2 mile radius up to 2,000 feet MSL.
The advertisers in this newsletter allow us to produce it and
the web site at a very minimal cost. They are our sponsors and
support us, so please support them. Don’t forget to tell them you
“saw it in the 59 Grapevine!”
Editorial –Mike McMains
Editing the 59 Grapevine
A member recently asked me how many more
years I was going to edit the newsletter. Like many, he
read my announcement in an earlier issue that this would
be my last year. He was smiling, but I'm not sure what
that meant. Anyway, there hasn't exactly been a flood of
interest from members anxious to take on the task. So, for
those of you thinking the position was filled, step right up.
Don't worry about having to do it forever, like I seemingly
have. I just kept doing it because I enjoyed it. Technically, it should be an elected position filled along with other
chapter officer positions every other year.
So, step right up folks, while I'm able to help with
the transition. I will still offer to write articles and take photos for the newsletter as a staff reporter, but I just think it's
time for a fresh look or whatever some other member
might want to bring to the table. Here's a quick rundown
on how it's done each month. It ain't rocket science.
Well, it ain't exactly weed-whacking either, but it's
dang close. You've probably already noticed that the format's the same each month, and we have a template for
that in Microsoft Publisher. An inexpensive digital camera
is all that's needed to fill most of those pages. And a good
editor doesn't have to take all those pictures. Just keep
track of area aviation events and get a member to snap
some photos when they attend. They can email those
pictures to you and bingo, you've got a couple of pages
filled. You can do the same to get updates on projects in
progress. We have several members who are good writers and they can be coerced to write up something of local
interest. We haven't done any (cont’d. next page)
Chapter 59 members & friends arrived in Wisconsin
for Airventure, shown here unloading after a long day.
EAA Chapter 59 Pancake Breakfast & Monthly Event – Sept. 1, 2012
EAA Chapter 59 Hangar (PWG)
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Chapter 59 Member Projects
Bill Buchanan
David Clay
Bob Coomes
Phil Davis
Davis/Hodges
Jim Doyle
Dale Duke
Rick Fields
Terry Gerdes
Jim Hail
Russell Hall
Lambert Havelka
Eugene Herr
Rick Hingtgen
Derick Hodges
Johnnie Holick
Steve Howard
Howard/Moffett
Langley/Moffett
John Lawson
Mike McMurtrey
Don Ray
Kevin Ross
Daryl Sorensen
Monty Suffern
Boyce Vardiman
Jim Warren
Don Wiltse
Andrew Womack
Hummel Bird
Sonex
Lake Amphibian
RV-7
Onex
Pitts S-1
CH 750
Ryan PT-22
RV-7
Flitzer
Lil’ Buzzard
RV-10
Long-eze
Kolb Firefly
RV-7A
CX-4
EAA Biplane/Pitts
Rans S-9
Challenger (restore)
Maule MX-7-235
RV-6
KR-2
Sonerai
Quicksilver MX-2
Velocity
Pietenpol
RV-4
RV-9
Zenith 701
Announcements & Condolences
Please e-mail information to [email protected]
This newsletter regrets the late announcement of the
death of a recent member who passed away in April. Dr.
Scott Davis, a Hillcrest physician, just recently got back into
flying & had been planning to build an airplane. Our condolences go out to his family & friends.
On August 12, long time member & chapter leader,
Dan McKee, passed away. Dan worked tirelessly to develop aviation programs for young students in the Waco
area, as well as in leadership roles in Chapter 59. Our condolences go out to his family and friends, and to those
whose lives he touched. (See page 13)
On a much brighter note, congratulations go out to
members Brent & Becky Boyko on their new son born 21
July, and to happy grandparents, members Joel & Beverly
New.
We hope all Chapter 59 members have read the August 12 Waco newspaper & saw the well-deserved recognition of member Jim Skinner in the Voices of Valor column.
Jim flew combat missions as a recon pilot in F-80s during
the Korean war. Often called “the forgotten war,” we are
occasionally & thankfully reminded that there should be no
forgotten wars. Thank you for serving your country in time
of war, Jim.
Editorial (cont’d. from p. 3)
member profiles in awhile, for example. Profiles on our chapter
officers are a good place to start and are overdue.
Once you have those blank pages filled in, simply email
the issue to our website guys and our printer. You're done! See
how easy that was? In many organizations the editor is also in
charge of publication and distribution. Not here. We have a great
system developed that shares the workload and that makes it all
work. The Chapter Treasurer keeps up with the advertisers, and
the membership coordinator sends an up-to-date list of names and
addresses to the print shop. The print shop licks the stamps, puts
labels on and mails them. It couldn't be easier. Sure, you have to
fit everything on the pages, correct the typos, the grammar, and
take out most of the dirty words. But, that's the fun part, like working a puzzle, an easy one. You don't have to be Ernest Hemingway or Ernest Gann. The main qualities you need as an editor are
a desire to help Chapter 59 keep our members informed about
local aviation activities, have an appreciation for good writing, and
be able to reliably work with a deadline each month.
Someone out there reading this is saying to themselves “I
could do that.” So, let's hear from you. -McMains
J. Bond Browder, M.D.
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Chapter 59 has several
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(The model given as raffle
prizes)
For sale at $100. each.
Browder Clinic
7005 Woodway Dr. Suite 201
Waco, TX 76712 254-732-3633 FAX 732-3661
Aug. 20, 2012- 59 Grapevine - Page 5
Airventure 2012 –Rich Hewgley
Gary Hendricks, Ken Langely, Rich Hewgley, Steve
Kean, & Ron Monson at the seaplane base.
Below: The very rare Junkers JU-52.
9-04
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AirVenture 2012
EAA AirVenture 2012 was excellent this year. We flew
up in a flight of three with headwinds all the way. Our flight consisted of Gary Hendricks and me flying lead in his Cherokee
140/160 with a Garmin 430 and all of the trimmings. Flying left
wing was Ron Monson and Steve Kean in Ron's "Son of
Cleanex" (the white and red trimmed one), a clone of "Miss
Cleanex". Rich Schultz was on the right wing flying his very
beautifully built Europa with a Rotax 914. He only took three
years to build it at the Europa facility in Florida. It is a perfect
example and flies like a dream.
We took off early around 7:30 am on Saturday, July
21th. Except for headwinds all the way there, we had the best
en-route weather that I have experienced in my 20 trips to
Oshkosh (homebuilder's heaven). Ron and Rich have not been
flying formation for very long at all, but their left echelon caught
on video was picture smooth and looked really nice against the
Dallas skyline.
We had planned on 2 to 2.5 hour legs to accommodate
Ron's 17 gallon gas tank and a 6 gph fuel burn. Each gas stop
was done with a fast turnaround in mind, due to the 10 plus
mph headwinds. We made four gas stops along the way and
arrived at the Appleton Outagamie Airport at 7:30 pm, exactly
12 hours from our take-off time of 7:30 am from McGregor. The
actually flight time en-route was 10 hours, not bad with 10 to 15
knot headwinds.
After unloading and tying down our planes, it was off to
the Road Star Inn, at Appleton, WI and some great steaks at
the Texas Roadhouse, just a short walk from the motel. We
were excited and decided to make the Museum our first attrac-
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tion on Sunday. Oshkosh did not officially start until Monday
the 23rd so we knew the Museum would not be crowded. We
ended up looking at all the museum had to offer and then
walked the entire main show and vendor areas. We watched
each vender and exhibitor putting up their tents and displays.
We "cased the joint" and marked the places that we wanted to
come back and visit when they all opened up on Monday, the
first official day.
I was interested in Dan Weseman's new single place
kit built, Corvair powered "Panther" that will compete with John
Monett's Onex. Dan's Panther will have a 120 hp Corvair engine and his wings will fold to a width of only 6 feet wide, not
the 8 feet wide that the Onex folds to. The Onex has the
AeroVee engine that only produces 75 hp and not the 80 hp
they say it will.
I had an adventure on Wednesday while in Dan Weseman's display tent. A very large thunderstorm showed up
with winds exceeding 70 mph. The end of the tent that I was
trying to hold down sent me airborne and I flew over a table, a
Corvair engine stand and into the side of Dan's Panther fuselage. The rain was so heavy I felt like I was under water. My
billfold ended up as wet as if it had been submerged. I temporarily lost my glasses, watch and cell phone. The tent poles
were all bent and destroyed. While I helped them clean up the
damage, I did find all of my stuff in the mud, blood and the
beer.
I was able to hold off buying anything for at least ten
seconds. As soon as I broke the temptation to not spend the
money that Linda told me not to spend,
(next page)
Gary Hendricks & Steve Kean take a break
from the heat.
Aug. 20, 2012– 59 Grapevine - Page 7
Airventure 2012
(cont’d.)
I started to have a really great time going broke saving all of that
money with those great Oshkosh discounts they were giving me.
I really made out by saving at least $100 dollars, and I only had
to spend a $1,000 dollars to do it.
The airshows this year were the best ever, even though
the heat was 100 degrees, plus the index that makes the body
feel like 108 degrees. Instead of this year being called Sloshkosh, I would call it Heatkosh! We were drinking water by the
gallon. The vendors were selling water for $2.95 a bottle. I was
so dehydrated that I bought one bottle and just kept filling it up at
every water faucet we passed.
Follow the pictures as they take you through some of
the activities and the excitement we lived each of those seven
wonderful days.
We went to Pioneer Field and the EAA Museum first
and watched the Bell 47 helicopter giving rides over all those
beautiful old airplanes. The displays in the museum were very
well done this year with the Red Devils and Christian Eagles still
flying that perfect vertical bomb burst in the atrium's entrance.
We attended the Tuskegee Airmen display and watched a great
movie about their history. They had a perfectly restored P-51C
with the famous red tail and it was beautiful in every way.
I got to be an Astronaut for a brief few seconds wearing
a space suit in front of the NASA building. The other guys also
put on the pressure suit for a photo op. Just down a little on the
right were many warbirds, including the P-38 Glacier Girl that
was recovered and restored after spending 50 years under 220
feet of ice. Just across the road was the most beautifully painted
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Curtis P-40 with the Flying Tiger mouth and twenty five P-51
Mustangs parked in row after row.
When the heat index hit over 108 degrees, water
became our friend. We spent a lot of time under the umbrellas. I saw over 200 Piper J-3 Cubs all parked together and it
was hard to believe that many actually made the trip from all
over the USA.
When the airshow started it was not very hard to
notice all of the people looking up in the air trying to keep
their eyes on all of the aerial action.
I fell in love with a little one place bright green part
103 Ultralite. I can get one for only $15,000. Maybe I will buy
one later in life.
There was a JU-52 German tri-motor that flew all
the way from Germany. It also flew each day during the air
show demonstrating how tight it could turn low and in front of
the crowd.
We had the best time visiting the Sea Plane Base,
enjoying the beauty and quiet relaxing atmosphere. It felt
like we were in a small piece of heaven. The pontoon boat
ride around the moored seaplanes was slow and peaceful. A
Piper J-3 Cub on floats is so beautiful.
Oshkosh would not be complete without the Goodyear blimp flying overhead which it did so slow and majestic
every day. We stayed until sunset each of the seven days
we were there. The static display of the F-86 and the Mig-15
positioned at the back gate were our departing images as
the sunset signaled our departure home, so happy to have
had a wonderful seven days of nothing but Oshkosh and
airplanes. -Rich Hewgley
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Pancake Breakfast
August 2012
It was a fun day for Auggie, WD Brown’s grandson, as Homer Dale Cox gave him & his parents a
ride in his Cherokee.
Compliments of:
Aircraft oil, tools, & supplies
Brent Mattson
Brian Mattson
Blake Mattson
Aug. 20, 2012– 59 Grapevine– Page 9
Pancake Breakfast
August 2012
New members, the Waterbury
family have pitched in to help
with Saturday meetings. In the
kitchen, Kathy (Mom) & Victoria.
To their right: Garrett & Promise
Dawn
Janevah
Jake
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Projects
Right: Dave Clay rolls his Sonex out for an engine
run. It is finished now and awaits an August 25 appointment with a DAR for certification.
The Davis/Hodges Onex looks like a future
showplane with this really neat engine installation.
Notice too, that they are polishing the aluminum
skin as they build. In the photo below, the engine
is looking good tightly cowled up.
Clifton
Hewitt
Lorena
McGregor
Marlin
Brady
Red Oak
Salado
Hubbard
Sport Aviation Association is Back!
Aug. 20, 2012- 59 Grapevine - Page 11
Projects
In addition to building the CH
701, Rob Womack & his son, Andrew, found a project in Ft. Worth
they couldn’t turn down. It is a
Kolb Firestar with wing damage
they plan to repair.
Jim Warren’s RV-4 is getting close to being ready to
fire up the engine. The cowling has been fitted up &
the engine compartment is complete except for baffle
seals. At left you can see fiberglass work on the air
intake to provide a deeper lip for the air filter seal.
Cowling clearance was tight on top for the spark plugs
& Jim found shorter ones to solve that issue. In the
photo below, Jim is running brake lines down to the
brake calipers.
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The Attack Sortie by Rich Hewgley
He was hit by AAA during our bombing run and his
entire tail was in flames from the trailing edge of the wings aft.
You could not even see his empennage at all. Chuck did not
want to eject in-country, so he stayed with his plane until he
crossed the coast. We followed him giving him advice over the
radio as we observed pieces of his tail burning off the closer he
flew to the coast. The plan was to eject over the water so the
SAR seaplane could land and pick him up. He no sooner
crossed the coast when his complete empennage burned off
and his plane started doing very unusual attitudes. I saw his
canopy flash-off of the cockpit, but his ejection seat did not follow in sequence. Instead, I saw him standing up in his cockpit
with his arms spread eagled out horizontally holding a crucifixion position as his plane descended in a very flat spin.
Chuck later told us that when the seat failed to fire, he
manually released himself from the seat in order to do an old
fashion bailout. But the centrifugal force, caused by the flat spin
wedged the back of his ankles under the bottom edge of his
seat and his front thighs were pressed forward and against the
windshield screens metal bow. The centrifugal force caused his
arms to be forced out and he could not even move them in toward his body. This position stayed constant, as his plane rapidly descended toward the ocean, until something changed the
aerodynamics and the spin turned into a forward tumbling maneuver. He was literally thrown out of his cockpit just in time to
pull his rip cord only a few feet above water.
We saw his chute open almost as he hit the water. We
also noticed three North Vietnamese PT boats leaving port to
capture him. They were shooting 50 cal and 37 mm at him and
at us during the whole event. My wingman and I each had four
Zuni rockets and full 20 mm cannons left from our bombing run
when Chuck got hit with the AAA. Chuck’s wingman had a full
pod of six Zuni's and full 20 mm cannon also. We had a turkey
shoot, sinking all three PT boats as Chuck was swimming the
back stroke away from all of the action.
It was fun watching the wooden PT boats when our Zuni rockets
hit them. They sort of splintered apart and we finished them off
with our 20 mm. I was surprised that they did not burn or blowup. All I could see was a bunch of plywood pieces floating,
some small and some larger pieces. We did not see a raft or
any bodies floating or swimming. I do not know where the enemy sailors went. They just disappeared.
We all three took hits from their 50 cal's, but not bad
enough to stop us from protecting our friend. We stayed on station above Chuck until we handed the baton to a couple of
Sandy's (A-1H Skyraiders) who took the second shift to protect
Chuck until the SAR seaplane picked him up. When Chuck was
being pulled aboard the seaplane, they were being hit by 50 cal
from the shore. They had drifted in closer to the shore during
the rescue. The Sandy's finally silenced the shore guns, but not
until several holes were leaking water on Chuck when he got
inside the seaplane's cabin. He yelled at the pilots what to do
about the holes leaking water and they threw him several
wooden pencils to stick into the holes. He said he was busy
stopping up over twenty bullet holes and was not bored in the
least. The seaplane had to taxi out away from the shore to avoid
more gun fire and their engines overheated during the long taxi.
The two original Sandy's called in four more Sandy's and they
kept strafing the beach allowing the seaplane to get some
needed rest so the engines could cool down for a safe takeoff.
We flew our A-4s back to the carrier and safely added
another carrier landing and attack sortie in our log books. Our
flight surgeon welcomed us with the usual medicinal shot or two
of Old Crow while we debriefed our mission and waited word of
Chuck’s condition. We found out that his rescue went by the
numbers and he was safe in the DaNang hospital with badly
sprained ankles and very badly bleeding and bruised front thigh
muscles.
About three days later he was resting in his hospital
bed reading a book and a General came through the hospital
ward handing out Purple Hearts. He was the first one in our
squadron to get a Purple Heart and he deserved that award. I
remember when he returned to the carrier, getting out of the
helicopter on the flight deck walking slowly toward the island
entrance door. He was using a walking stick with black and
white spiraling strips painted on it to look like a tail hook from
one of our planes. We gave him a big party in the wardroom
with a lobster and steak dinner served with our traditional medicinal beverages. We celebrated his return and were glad to
get him back alive. We always celebrated with our squadron
mates that did not make it back. They were there in our hearts
and memories and were never left out of any celebration.
As a side note, Chuck was my Instrument Instructor
during my advanced phase of flight training in the F9F-8T Cougar Jet at NAS Kingsville, Texas. He and I made a lot of instrument cross countries together during my training and I got to
know him well. It was by chance we were both assigned to the
same squadron and we flew a lot more missions together after
he healed up from his wounds. The enemy was not safe with
the two of us on the prowl. -Rich Hewgley
WINGS OF GOLD
Back in 1962, my mother proudly pinned a pair of Navy
Wings of Gold over my heart. Though they are not visible today, I
still wear them in my mind with the same pride and motivation
that I had fifty years ago. Those wings bonded me with some
great fliers and heroes while we flew together in harm's way.
I followed my heroes through adversity, fear and
adrenaline rushes that stirred my soul, etching life's memories
of pride, accomplishment, and fulfillment to those past fleeting
moments of adventure. After that long ago commitment and camaraderie that few ever experience, a longing for those times in
the past beckons. That world of flying and fellowships still lives in
me today, even after the flight suits are hung up and grow
smaller, no longer fitting that once young lean and trim body.
Navy pilots never lose that course and bearing, flying
on their leader’s wing or leading others on wing into battle. Because we flew where others chose not to fly, we are forever
bonded and envy no man on earth. We are the few, the proud,
asking nothing, happy to have served our country, still living in
that beautiful sky with that wonderful flying feeling. -Rich Hewgley
Aug. 20, 2012- 59 Grapevine - Page 13
Dan McKee
Oct. 30, 1929 –Aug. 12, 2012
Dan McKee was a Chapter 59 member and
leader with a vision of promoting aviation to young
students, particularly the disadvantaged. He was a
volunteer who could always be counted on, and he
hosted great fly-ins at his Heathrow Airport. He developed the Central Texas Flying Club as an educational
tool used in the Region 12 school system, educating
science teachers and students. Dan could talk your ear
off, but he was always worth listening to. He was a very
friendly, likable guy, an asset to Chapter 59 and a good
friend. He will be missed.
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Flight Advisor Corner
-Mike McMains
Dangerous Regulations
Disclaimer: As much as I hate legal BS, in order to protect
the innocent, I must state that this article is solely my opinion, so if you go out and kill yourself after reading this article, sue me, not Chapter 59.
FAR 91.307(c) states “Unless each occupant of
the aircraft is wearing an approved parachute, no pilot of a
civil aircraft carrying any person (other than a crewmember) may execute any intentional maneuver that exceeds(1) A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon; or (2) A
nose up or nose down attitude of 30 degrees relative to
the horizon.” To many this seems to imply that exceeding these pitch and bank limitations will likely lead to over
stressing the aircraft, at the least, or cause you to crash
into a crowd of innocent people on the ground taking many
lives including your own, at worst. I have spent many
hours wondering how pilots could get themselves into
deep enough doodoo to enter the classic stall/spin scenario in the turn to final that claims lives every year. After
administering many flight reviews over the years, I have
concluded that the implication that exceeding these bank
and pitch limits is dangerous, is in itself dangerous because it encourages a lack of familiarity with the limits of
the airplane.
FAR 91.307(c) discourages flight instructors and
pilots to understand through practice the relationship between stalls and angle of attack. These restrictions compel
them to avoid exceeding these body angle limitations and
airspeeds below published stall speeds, leaving the pilot
totally without any knowledge except fear when accidentally encountering this dark and mysterious area of flight.
In truth, there is no reason at all to expect any airplane to
go out of control solely due to exceeding normal angles of
bank, pitch, or speeds below so-called “published stall
speeds.” What will contribute to loss of control is lack of
experience in these abnormal attitudes and the ensuing
fear-inspired reactions in this unfamiliar territory.
Let's look a little closer at the regulation. Obviously the main intent is to keep pilots from taking their
friends and kids out to show them hair-raising, “hold my
beer and watch this” maneuvers. In fact, FAR 91.307(d)
states that paragraph “c” does not apply to spins and other
required maneuvers when given by a CFI. Spin training is
not required for Private ratings or flight reviews, but unusual attitude recovery and recovery from approaches to
spins are fair game, and should be in every pilot's comfort
zone. This training is important for teaching important lessons about controlling angle of attack and stall prevention.
In these high angle of bank and high pitch angle maneuvers, done at safe altitudes, there is never a need to exceed maneuvering speeds or the G forces of a 60 degree
bank level turn (2 Gs).
My goal in teaching these maneuvers is to get
pilots comfortable with attitudes not normally encountered,
so they can confidently and safely recover to normal
flight. Stalls are a result of excessive loads on an airplane causing critical angle of attack, not low airspeeds
or high angles of bank. If your airplane is close to stalling in 1 G flight, you have a high angle of attack caused
by an excessive load. Unloading the plane by reducing
the G load (to less than 1 G) will prevent the stall by reducing the AOA. In the accidental approach-to-stall in
the turn to final, it is essential to reduce the load on the
airplane before reducing the angle of bank, and is more
important than adding power or stopping altitude loss.
The reason why is that angle of attack got you into this
mess, and reducing it can instantly get you out. Trying
to roll out can do more harm than good in a stalled condition.
So, next time you are getting a flight review with
an instructor, discuss with him practicing some really
steep turns in slow flight. It's a way to practice not stalling rather than practicing stalls. After all, isn't staying
out of a stall the goal in the real world?
Here's another regulation designed to discourage valuable training. FAR part 91 does not allow more
than one person on board during the phase one flight
test period unless he is a required crew member. The
FAA interprets that to mean one person only in most
light aircraft. Why? It can only be to regulate potential
abuses rather than to promote safety. This restriction
requires that a builder of an experimental category airplane become not just a pilot, but a qualified test pilot
before he flies his airplane within the first 25 to 40 hours
of operation. Since most builders cannot afford to hire
out this huge amount of test time, they are forced by
FAA decree to survive or crash as a test pilot.
The shame of it is that this initial test period is
an excellent time to use for model specific training by a
qualified pilot. For some strange reason the FAA believes restrictive regulations are more important to safety
than training. Allowing an owner to be a part of the test
flight crew after five successful hours of flights in the
phase one period would enhance safety dramatically.
The builder/pilot would learn proper test flight procedures in a controlled environment, avoid developing bad
habits, and be a more confident and competent pilot.
Will the FAA ever figure this out? Will the FAA
ever put safety ahead of legal department “what if” scenarios? Perhaps, when pigs fly. Until then, remember
that there's no substitute for good judgment and good
luck. -McMains
www.fortparkerflying.com
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Every 1st Sat.
Waco, TX
Pancake Breakfast Fly-in McGregor Airport (PWG) 8-10 am followed by occasional programs
Every 2nd. Sat.
Groesbeck, TX
Second Saturday Sundaes Fort Parker Flying Field 2000’ grass 122.8. Ice cream social
Every 3rd Sat.
Jasper, TX
Free BBQ lunch Fly-in
Every 4th Sat.
Granbury, TX
Granbury Airport Pancake Breakfast Granbury Airport (KGDJ)
August 18-19, 2012
Waco, TX
EAA SportAir Van’s RV Assembly Workshop McGregor Airport (PWG) Chapter 59 hangar
Aug. 25, 2012
Lockhart, TX
Lockhart Municipal Airport Grand Re-opening (50R) Coffee, donuts, hot dogs, popcorn
Aug.29-Sep3, 2012
Blakesburg, IA
AAA National Invitational Fly-in Antique Airfield (IA27)
Sep. 1-2, 2012
Llano, TX
IAC Hill Country Hammerfest Llano Airport Aerobatic contest
Sep. 15, 2012
Terrell, TX
Flights of our Fathers Fly-in Terrell Airport (TRL)
Sep. 22, 2012
Bartlesville, OK
56th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-in Bartlesville Municipal Airport
Sep. 23, 2012
Sherman, TX
US National Aerobatic Championship North Texas Regional Airport (GYI)
Oct.13-14, 2012
Gainesville, TX
50th Annual Texas AAA Fly-in Gainesville Airport (GLE)
Oct. 12-14, 2012
Weatherford, OK
LOE 2012 RV Fly-in
Oct. 26-28, 2012
Reklaw, TX
Flying M Ranch Fly-in/Camp-out
Jasper County Airport (KJAS) -fuel discount
BBQ, airplanes & cars 7AM-5 PM
Weatherford Airport (rain date Oct. 19-21)
reklawflyin.com
Chapter 59 Events
Every 1st Sat.
Pancake Breakfast Fly-in
8-10 am
EAA hangar (PWG)
Every Thursday
Thursday Lunch Bunch
11:45 am
EAA hangar (PWG)
Sept. 1, 2012
Monthly Breakfast & Event
Starts 8 am
EAA hangar (PWG)
Sept. 4, 2012
Chapter 59 BOD Meeting
6:30 PM
EAA hangar (PWG)
Aug. 19, 2012
Chapter 59 Cola Fly-out
4:00 PM
Hillsboro Airport (INJ)
Thanks to the following for contributing to this month’s 59 Grapevine:
Rich Hewgley, Derek Hodges, Rob
Womack, Dave Clay.
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For Sale: 1968 Cessna 150/180. Engine removed for another airplane. Airframe has new paint, windshield & windows.
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EAA Chapter 59
325 Bluebonnet Circle
McGregor, TX 76657
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