The Pasco Flyer

Chapter 791 Hidden Lake March 14, 2010

President: Scott Murphy tenraii@verizon.net
Vice-president: Steve Carper
Secretary: Pete Porebski
Treasurer: Les Conwell
Newsletter Editor: Dean Psiropoulos Phone: 727-937-7986 dean.psiropoulos@verizon.net
Flight Advisor: Les Conwell Phone: 727-841-9764
Technical Counselor: Rodney Daulton

***NO MEETING IN APRIL, JOIN US CAMPING AT SUN N FUN INSTEAD***

See Bruce Waters for camping information. The Chapter's next regular meeting will be held on May 8th 2010. Future chapter meetings will also be held on the second Saturday 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. Meetings are held at the River Ridge Golf Course clubhouse from May through September and at the Hidden Lake Airport pavilion from October through April. See driving directions for both places at the bottom of this newsletter. Exceptions are made and things can change on a monthly basis so watch this space for notices. This month's meeting is at the Hidden Lake Pavillion.

Presidents Corner: President's column will return next month.

Opening: Scott Murphy called the meeting of EAA Chapter 791 to order at 0915 hrs on March 13th, 2010 at the River Ridge Clubhouse meeting room with the Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence.

Guests and First Timers: None this month.

Approval of Previous Months Minutes: Motion to accept previous months minutes made and seconded. Previous months minutes were approved.

Treasurers Report: See Les Conwell for more information. Les reported 32 members have paid their 2010 dues so far. Please get your 2010 dues paid, the year is already one quarter gone.

Announcements:

• No meeting in April, everyone visit the EAA791 campsite when you are at Sun N Fun, better yet join the folks who "rough it" and bring your tent along. It's a great time with lots of comradare and tales of past flying experiences and you get to see the show from a whole different perspective. Come one come all.

Old Business:

• Everyone meet at the campsite in lieu of next month's meeting.

New Business:

• Motion was made and approved to purchase a new banner. Sid is to follow up.

Safety Tip(s):

• Don't forget to get a briefing prior to flight! Check NOTAMS especially due to POTUS and V-POTUS.

Meeting Program: This month's presentation was by Fred & Karen Kaiser with the FAA's FAASTeam. (FAAST = FAA Safety Team). Karen is in charge of Sun-N-Fun and noted that the FAA Administrator will be present at SNF for 3 days. FAA plans for a safety stand down at SNF. Subjects to be covered are - Owner performed maintenance, failure to follow procedures, loss of control, surface safety, and risk management. Karen & Fred's program was a look at landings. Highlights from the talk included:

• Whatever happened to flight discipline?
• Flight discipline is the root cause of 90% of all flight accidents in Alaska (where Karen & Fred were from).
• Good landings start on the ground (with preflight planning).
• You need to recognize that your stick and rudder skills are perishable.
• Disciplined airmanship is operating under control at all times.
• A good landing is one where the aircraft touches down with minimum airspeed and with minimum sink rate.
• Make a plan for your destination landing before take-off.
• Verify your plan upon arrival by doing a high recon pass over the airfield.
• Do not cut your downwind leg too short or you will reduce your time to plan the actual landing.
• Recommended approach speed is 1.3VSO. Add 5% for gusting conditions.

Project Status:

• Ed/Alex K.(Piper Archer)- Repainted by Hawk (Vandenburg). Re-upholstering.
• Wes/Gloria (Piper Colt) - Replacing fabric covering.
• Alan Uhr (Zenith 601) - Wings removed to comply with AD (about $350 and 80 hours work).
• Pete P. (Falco/C-172) - AWOL this month.
• Les C. (GP4) - Gear trouble. Flying at 130mph VLE until switches adjusted.
• Wayne (C-150) - Working on wings.
• Marcel B. (Lancair) - 110 hours and flying approaches to Hidden Lake at 120 MPH. Whew!
• Rodney (Swift/Skybolt) - Polishing the Swift. No progress on skybolt.
• John V. (Lancair) - Looking for appraiser for partially built kit.
• Jerry A. (RV-8) - Progress on wings and fuel tanks. Not yet ready for Proseal.
• Charles (Mustang II) - Horizontal/vertical stabilizers on.
• Dean P. (RV-6A) - 31 hours total.
• Scott M. (Mustang II) - Hole in fuel tank, painting interior, powder coating pedals.
• Richard B. - Retired, flying and enjoying the RV-7
• Mike M. - Bought A20 Vista LSE from Ukrane, working aileron counterweights.

50/50 Winner: Total was $22. Winner was Ed Hoffman!

Last items: Scott Post still has EAA791 embroidered shirts available, nice polos. Discussion of candidates for EAA Academy at Oshkosh. Decision was to wait until May meeting for nomination. Chapter discussion on Pancake Breakfast? Nothing decided.

Adjournment: Scott Murphy adjourned meeting at 1134 hrs. The next general meeting will be at 0900 hrs on May 8th at the Hidden Lake Pavilion.

********* RIVER RIDGE GOLF COURSE MEETING PLACE ***********
May through September meetings are held at the River Ridge Golf Course clubhouse (11022 Tee Time Circle, New Port Richey, 727-848-1048) starting 9:00 AM. There is ample parking in front of the building. To get to the River Ridge Golf Course clubhouse you go EAST on Ridge Road (past Hidden Lakes) until it ends. Once there, you take a right turn and you are on Decubellis Road. Take Decubellis south a short distance untill you see Tee Time Circle on your left. Turn onto Tee Time Circle, the clubhouse entrance will be on your right. To join us for breakfast show up around 8:00-8:30.

********* HIDDEN LAKE PAVILLION MEETING PLACE ***********
October through April meetings are held at the Hidden Lake Pavilion in the Hidden Lake Community at 9am. There is ample parking in front of the building. To get to the pavilion you go in the WEST entrance to the community (north off Ridge Road) and follow Airway Boulevard parallel to the runway to the north end. Continue through the open gate till you see the cars and park on the left. The Hidden Lake Airport Community is adjacent to Ridge Rd about one mile east of Little Rd and four miles east of US Highway 19.