The Pasco Flyer

Chapter 791 Hidden Lake April 11th, 2009

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

The regular chapter meeting will be held on May 9th. 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. The meetings will be held at the Hidden Lake Pavilion in the Hidden Lake Community starting at 9:00 AM. There is ample parking in front of the building. Remember to get to the pavilion you go in the WEST entrance to the community 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. Hidden Lake Community is off Ridge Rd about three miles east of Little Rd.

Presidents Corner: Hello Everyone. Well it's been another month and Sun N Fun has come and gone for another year. If you did not get a chance to come enjoy a day or two with us you missed it again. What a time we had with Great friends and of course Airplanes. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank one of our distant members, Mark Marino. Mark joined our chapter after seeing how much fun we had a couple of years ago. He makes a point to come down and camp with us each year. And he's from Duluth, Minnesota. Thanks Mark... enjoyable as always !

Our Chapter meeting will be on Saturday 5/9 at 9 AM at the Hidden Lake Pavilion near the Hangars. Richard Brinkerhoff will be doing a presentation on the building of his Beautiful Vans RV-7. If you have not seen this airplane you have to come out. This is one of the nicer ones I've seen. I believe that he plans to bring the plane out as well as do a video presentation.

Also keep in mind that we will need someone new to do the coffee/drinks for next months meeting.

Opening: Scott Murphy called the April, 2009 meeting of EAA Chapter 791 to order at 0910 hrs on April, 11th, 2009 at Hidden Lake Airport Pavilion with the Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence.

Guests and First Timers: No new guests/first timers this month.

Approval of Previous Months Minutes: There was some confusion over the publication procedure for the monthly minutes.

Treasurers Report: See Les Conwell for more information. We have 39 dues paid members. If you have not yet paid your dues for this year please do so ASAP.

Announcements: Carl Bambas is trying to organize an air to air photography session. Contact him at 352-942-3162 if interested in participating.

Old Business: Digital photos of past Young Eagles events are available for anyone interested. See John Voda

New Business: Bruce Waters again mentioned the chapter camping expedition.

Safety Tips: Summer seems to be here a little early this year (90 degrees this week, whew) so take plenty of water in the plane to stay hydrated.

Meeting Program: This months presentation was by Dean Psiropoulos on Navigation and was a continuation of a past presentation. Deans last presentation gave us the history of aerial navigation from celestial up thru inertial navigation systems. This month Dean focused on the development and future of the GPS system. Some facts from Dean’s presentation:

• Presently, there are several GPS systems,e.g. US DOD, GLONASS a Russian version, and a European version.
• 1957 Sputnik, first artificial satellite
• 1958 Johns Hopkins researchers get the idea for the basis of the GPS system
• 1961 and 62 First experimental satellites
• 1964 First operational satellites
• 1960s Big advance was the development of compact atomic clocks that could fit and survive in a satellite.
• Other early choices that defined the system were medium earth orbits, passive use, and tri-lateration

Project Status:

• Pete P. (Falco) Intend to purchase glue at Sun-N-Fun.
• Les C. (GP4) Windshield installed, continued sanding.
• Marcel (Lancair) Up to 70 hours on Hobbs.
• Rodney (Swift, Skybolt) Polishing the Swift for SNF.
• John V. (Lancair) No progress.
• Dean P. (RV 6A) Addressing low idle problem.

50/50 Winner: Total was $20. Winner was Harold Olson

Adjournment: Scott Murphy adjourned meeting at 1115 hrs. The next general meeting will be at 0900 hrs on Saturday, May 9th at the Hidden Lake Airport Pavilion