Chapter Meeting Minutes |
Submitted by Frank Jackson, Vice President |
| ■ Meeting: August 3, 2010 |
| ■ Convened at Marlow's Roost |
| ■ Called to order at ~7:15 PM by Dave Bernasconi, President |
| ■ July 2010 Minutes approved as written. |
■ Attendees-- See Administration's Formal Meeting Minutes.
■ Two Visitors: Dave Robinson and Mary Arnick. |
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■ Pre-Meeting Video:
Myth Busters Video on Sonic Booms
You Tube
video explaining shock waves |
| ■ Meeting Adjourned ~ 9:13 PM |
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| Program Presentation: |
"Bill Netherby, Search and Rescue
Coordinator
for the Nevada County Sheriff's Office" |
Program Speaker: Corporal Bill Netherby
Bill is the Search and Rescue
coordinator for the Nevada County Sheriff's Office. Bill has been with the
Sheriff's Office for over 15 yrs, 1 yr and 3 months of which he has been in
Search and Rescue.
All SAR in Calif. is conducted under Sheriff's offices. Nevada County
averages over 30 searches per year. Bill related several stories of recent
searches, including the recent search this last winter for a lost snowshoer
near Castle Peak. After 3 days the snowshoer was found OK by a helicopter.
Aviation searches are provided by the CHP and the National Guard, while the
Civil Air Patrol is sometimes used when its necessary to home in on an ELT.
NC currently has approximately 120 volunteers and has the largest canine
team in the state as well as a mountain bike team. They are always looking
for more volunteers and provide free training.
Bill gave some tips regarding survival if you are lost or crash in a remote
area. He also had a list of items he recommends to be carried at all times
in remote areas: 2 qts. H2O/ person, signal, compass, whistle, topo map,
note pad & pen for leaving notes if you have to move, knife, basic 1st aid
kit, trail food(energy bars are good), large trash bag, emergency shelter,
lighter & matches, trail flagging tape.
If called out they can respond in 15-20 minutes and be almost anywhere in
the county in one to two hours.
At this time Nevada County does not have a
policy of billing victims for services.
The Sheriff's Office depends to a large extent on fund raisers for
supporting their volunteer program. They are having a fundraiser BBQ next
month. It will be on Sept 18th from 3-7PM at the Nevada County Sportsmen
Club. Tickets are $15 adults, $5 child (4-12), under 3 free. This is an
excellent opportunity to support the people you will depend on if you ever
have to be rescued (heaven forbid!). Of course no one ever plans on having
to be rescued, I never did, but you can ask me abou it sometime! |
| Oshkosh Report |
| Three members were present to report on their experiences last week at
Airventure: Patty Wagstaff, Jim Booth and Bruce McGrew. Patty was lucky
enough to travel there in style, in a Lear Jet. Jim and Bruce went in style
also- in Jim's T-6, flying 1st to Dubuque where they joined with others for
a mass T-6 arrival at Oshkosh. Jim and Bruce each showed pictures, including
some of "The great flood of '010" which apparently made camping a challenge
and deterred attendance along with the economy. Attendance was reported down
about 7%. A more comprehensive report was promised for next month. |
| 2010 Young Eagles |
Young Eagles Camp Report |
Our Oshkosh Scholarship recipients,James Jacobson, Young Eagle Camp and and Luke Agness, Basic Camp, will
be reporting to our group regarding their camp activities and experiences next month. |
| Continuing |
 Paper Pilot Certificates Expired March 2010 |
Your paper pilot certificate expired March 31, 2010.
www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/expiring_paper_certificates/
...the holder of a paper pilot certificate
issued under this part may not exercise the privileges of that
certificate after March 31, 2010." (Excerpt taken from AOPA Pilot
magazine, P. 42, March 2010). |
| EAA Storage Hangar |
It was agreed to proceed with putting the larger door on the hangar.
Dave B. confirmed that the airport manager still approves of this action. |
"Thru The Fence Access"
Bruce Marlow |
Aircraft operations involving homes and businesses on private property
that have access to airport taxiways or runways are called through the
fence operations. TTF at GOO is OK at this time with the FAA and the
Airport Manager. Bruce will provide additional info on this topic later. |
| Project Reports - Build Progress
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| Please provide Jim Brodeur with photos and updates to your projects . |
Ev Young - CX4 |
The CX4 is a
scratch built, single place mono plane powered by a VW engine. The large
metal components are
| Don Anderson has free #20 milspec wire available. He's offering 100' lengths
to anyone. Only 9000' available. 530-272-2572. |
done, i.e. wings, tail section etc. |
Featured Project
Frank Jackson
RV-7
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Vice President, Frank Jackson
Retired two years ago after 22 years as a captain with American Airlines. Frank is building an RV-7 at his shop in Peardale, fuselage is about half done.
Please e-mail Frank with any program ideas you may have; his e-mail
address is: jacksonfw1@gmail.com. |
Harold Wolfe -
RV-12 |
He is currently working on the fuselage, installing wire harnesses for the
electrical system. Harold hopes to have the project completed in the October/November time frame. |
| Lee Brandt - RV-7A |
The Union Newspaper did a nice
write-up on Lee and his airplane in the Sunday, June 27th issue.
Congratulations Lee! |
| From Gordon Mills - Alpine Aviation |
| Local FAASTeam Representative |
Gordon is the local FAASTeam representative. Everyone should be signed up
online at FAASafety.gov for Wings seminar notification. The next FAASTeam
seminar is:
*"Visit with NOR CAL TRACON"*
Topic: Visit with Nor Cal TRACON
On *August 07, 2010* at *9:00 AM*
Location:
Alpine Aviation
This seminar is worth a Wings Program credit.
Note: The program is looking for sponsors and speakers as
well as program suggestions. |
| Taxi clearances |
A new taxi clearance procedure is in effect. Airport
Towers will no longer issue a clearance all the way to the takeoff RW if
multiple RW crossing are involved along the taxi route. Instead it will be
more like a progressive taxi clearance.
*When reading back a clearance, always be sure to include your call sign
(you knew that, right?).
*The phrase "position and hold" will no longer be used. The new phrase is
"line up and wait". The purpose of this is to make the US more
in conformance with ICAO procedures. |
| EAA Legal |
EAA legal has sent a letter to Sac FSDO regarding their arbitrary banning
of stage 1 flights at Nevada County. So far there has been no response.
. . . more |
| Competition Aircraft |
Competition Aircraft is looking for a Rotax 912UL aircraft engine to do
propeller testing. Contact Gordon if you know of someone that wants to
participate with their engine. |
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On the Calendar |
September 25 - Young Eagles Flight Date
September 25 - Pancake Breakfast
Volunteers with aircraft will be needed as well as volunteers for the
pancake breakfast. |
What's New |
FAA |
Pamphlets from the local FSDO were distributed: FAASTeam,
FAASafety.gov, and "Personal Minimums" Checklist |
Pilot Mentors Needed |
Please contact Gordon Mills, (530) 477-7701 if you can spend some time going over the many subjects of required
knowledge, Aerodynamics, navigation, FAA regulations, ect.. with a young student pilot. |
Bulletin Board |
Karyl Marlow showed the bulletin board display she has put up in the
hangar to display EAA Chapter 1175 events etc. |
| FYI's |
■ Chapter 1175 Guest Book
■ Activity Planers - Task Descriptions
■ Chapter Dues
■ Aviation Insurance
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2010 Chapter Officers |
President:
Vice President:
Treasurer:
Secretary: |
David Bernasconi
Frank Jackson
Evert (Ev) Young
Paul Bevelhymer
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2009 Board Members |
Miles
Bostic
Jim Hebb
Bob Hobert
Gordon Mills |
2009 Committee's & Website |
Young Eagles: |
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Scholarship: |
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New EAA Audit: |
Gus Young |
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Jim Hebb, |
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John Bush, |
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Paul Bevelhymer |
Website: |
Jim Brodeur |
Official Address:
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EAA Chapter 1175
C/O Airport Manager
950 Maidu Ave.
Nevada City, CA 95959 |
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| EAA members can receive a discount on new Ford vehicles through the
“Ford Partner Recognition X-plan Vehicle pricing” program. Available at
participating dealers, certain restrictions apply. See EAA Sport
Aviation Magazine, October 2007,
p.53
or EAA e-Hotline |
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| Arnie Luters is a representative of the local Alzheimer's group. See Arnie for donations. |
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