The Pasco Flyer

 

 Chapter 791    Hidden Lake    June 13th, 2007

     

President:  John Edwards     Cessna172@gmail.com

Vice-president:  Jerry Lee

Secretary:  John Voda

Treasurer:   Chuck Lobdell

Newsletter Editor:  Hank Hiscox  Tele: 352-666-4701   hankdoris@bellsouth.net

Flight Advisor:  Les Conwell  Tele: 727 841-9764

Technical Counselor:

The Chapter’s regular meeting will be held on June 13th. Future chapter meeting will also be held on the second Wednesday of each month, and will be continued on that date for the foreseeable future. Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in building, restoring, and flying airplanes. The meetings will be held in Art Michaud’s hangar in the Hidden Lake Community starting at 7:00 PM. There should be ample parking along the Merlin street sides. Remember to get into the community, you must hit the “Key” button twice and then enter the secret code 2670.  Hidden Lake Community is off Ridge Rd about three miles east of Little Rd.

 

President’s Corner:

     

         There is no President’s Corner this month.

 

:EAA Chapter 791  Monthly Meeting Minutes

 

 

Opening:  John Edwards called the May 2007 meeting of EAA Chapter 791 to order at 1905 hrs on May 9, 2007 at 10524 Merlin Drive with the Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence for our troops.

 

Guests & First-Timers:

-          Pasco County Sheriff – Deputy Richard Morse

-          Dave Ohser

-          Tom Ohser

-          Rick Metcalf

 

A.        Approval of Previous Month’s Minutes

The previous month’s minutes were approved.

 

B.        Treasurer’s Report

Chuck Lobdell reported $1020.26 before tonight’s take.

 

C.        Announcements

Chapter Renewals – See Chuck Lobdell for dues owed.

 

D.        Old Business

Camping at Sun-n-Fun:  Bruce Waters and the crew again put on a camping event to be remembered.  Location and food were tops while the company was priceless.

Young Eagles – Reflight scheduled for Saturday, 14th.  Thanks to all the volunteers and pilots.

John Edwards passed around articles in the local papers of our previous Y/E flights.

 

Sid Millers reported on the new requirements for Y/E pilot documents:

1.      Insurance

2.      Flight BFR

3.      Currency Flight time

4.      Medical current

 

E.        New Business

Members List:  List was passed around to update all personnel information.

Bill Mamao our Duncan Donut supplier was acknowledged for his donation of the monthly refreshments. A motion was brought forth to generate a plaque for his store, complimentary membership and invitations to all events.

Larry Iwersen is looking into pricing of shirts, hats and name tags for chapter members.

 

 

F.         Safety Tips:

            Jerry Lee – Do not overcompensate with heavy load in small plane.

Jeremy Waters – Be alert on the radio when at High Traffic Airports.

Art Michaud – Pay attention to taxiing and not programming you GPS.

 

G.                            Pete’s Moment:  Why he joined EAA?  This is where the story continued from last meeting of flying C47’s out of Pakistan and the certification process.  Some where in the story he qualified to join EAA from watching others rebuild engines. He also announced he will be moving to Connecticut to be around family.  We will miss him and his great stories.

H.                            Meeting Program:

Deputy Rick Morse gave a great informational presentation on the Pasco County Sherriff Departments aviation operations here at FA40.

            He got his 8 years of helicopter flying experience in the Army mostly with Scout/ Cobras. PIC totals 6600 hours mostly in helicopter. Now with the PCSD, he is flying a OH58 with the Garman 430’s at night and a FLIR unit. (Forward Looking InfaRed)

Pilot requirements include Commercial Instrument ratings. 

Mission activities include:

                        High speed car chases.

                        Robberies – Home interventions

                        Ground chases

                        Missing Person searches

Note: PCSD is looking for a good full time helicopter mechanic.

A very informative video on the FLIR was reviewed with questions from the group that were expertly answered by Deputy Morse.  We thank him for sharing the information with us and wish him safe flying.

 

I.                               Project Review: Projects:

 

Q     Rae Merkley is selling his Hummingbird project – contact him for details.

Q     Les Cronwell is working on his canopy.

Q     John  Voda is still working on electrical connectors after visit at SnF

Q     Pete Porebski is having his hanger floor placed this week, and looking forward to having his Falco project taken down from his garage.

 

 

J.                               50/50 Winner  - Total was $???.  Winner is Bernie Ness, who donated his winnings to the Chapter.

 

Adjournment: John Edwards adjourned meeting at 8:45pm hrs. The next general meeting will be at 1900 hrs on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 10524 Merlin Drive.

 

Submitted by John Voda, Secretary Chapter 791.

 

 

Question of the Month: By Bob Berghoefer

            In May, we asked, “The DC-6B was designed and built by whom?”

A. Cessna                    B. Fairchild                 C. Douglas                  D. Boeing

Answer: A Cessna and C Douglas

            For June we are asking, ”Where am I?           28 degrees, 16.701 minutes N Latitude

082 degrees, 38.434 minutes W Longitude” 

 

  UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS
 
  
  If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...
  Does that mean that one enjoys it?
 
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  There are three religious truths:
 
 Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
 Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the Leader of the Christian Faith.
 Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.
 
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  If people from Poland are called Poles,
  then why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
 
 
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  Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
 
 
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  If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
 
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  Why do croutons come in airtight packages?
  Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?
 
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  Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist,
  But a person who drives a race car is not called a racist?