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DOPE SHEET
THE NEWSLETTER OF
CHAPTER 13 OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
SERVING SPORT AVIATION IN THE DETROIT AREA
Volume 59 Number 6 website: EAACHAPTER13.ORG June 2014
REGULAR MEETINGS —
1ST
Thursday of Each Month.
Our regular meeting place is Ray Community Airport, in the Chapter #13 hangar (#304) located on the Northeast corner of the field. Meeting time is 7:30pm to 10pm. Burgers and dogs are available for a donation between 6:30 and 7:30pm.
June Speaker, Kirk Kleinholz Glass Panel Avionics
Kirk Kleinholz joined Dynon in 2009 to
help with their marketing efforts as Sales Ac-
count Manager. Since
then Kirk has worked to
provide a more personal
contact with the com-
pany by attending many
of the smaller, more re-
gional fly-ins and events
than in the past. Kirk is a
Private Pilot, CFII and
Commercial. He loves Maules, and isn't at all
bashful about asking you for a ride in your
airplane.
Earlier in the day Kirk will hold two classes
on the Dynon Systems. His presentation at
our regular meeting will speak to glass panel
technology in general, as opposed to the
steam gage equipment that most of us are
currently using. You can refer to the June
Newsletter for further details. Ed
AirVenture 2014 is Getting Near
Wittman Field, the Center of the Earth for
Aircraft Aficionados
If you are an EAA member that has never gone to
Oshkosh for AirVenture week, we hope that this is
the year that you break the mold. Last year over
500,000 visitors and more than 10,000 planes
were in attendance. Everything conceivable re-
lated to aviation, past, present and future, is there
for you to see, up close and personal.
Take a friend or relative. Take the kids or grand-
kids. There is something there for everyone. It is
an overwhelming human experience where one
can meets scores of new friends, and not a single
soul is a stranger; every last person is smiling,
happy, and thrilled to be a part of something so
thoroughly enjoyable that the weight of the outside
world is completely removed for the entire week—
it simply becomes the best place in the world!
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May Speaker Review Dick Green 2014 Michigan Air Tour By Bill Appleberry
Dick Green talked about the Michigan Air Tour at our monthly meeting for May. The tour was founded in 1929 and is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year. The annual air tour’s primary mission is to il-lustrate to the local community the value that their
airport provides. The 2014 tour will be placing less em-phasis on flying to five or six airports and more emphasis on spending an enjoyable day of activities at each of three airports being visited this year. The locations for this year are Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (St. Joseph/Benton Harbor), Manistee County-Blacker Airport (Manistee) and, lastly, West Branch Commu-
nity Airport (West Branch). The Michigan Aeronau-tics Commission will present economic value infor-mation showing the economic benefit each airport provides to their respective community. The Air Tour Committee also works with the local authorities to plan an activity day at each stop to illustrate the fun aspect an airport can contribute to their quality of life. West Branch, for example, is planning a commu-nity picnic at the airport this year.
The air tour provides an opportunity to utilize your airplane for an enjoyable recreational experience and exercise your flying skills. This year’s tour was planned with light sport category aircraft in mind in order to encourage their participation, also.
The tour is limited to 50 aircraft due to ramp space parking limitations at the average general aviation airport. Last year there were 37 aircraft that partici-pated in the tour, and 15 of the participants were from Canada. The Canadians enjoy the Michigan air tour so much; in fact, they now do two tours annu-ally, in Canada, a northern tour, and a southern tour.
Thanks for the briefing, Dick.
EAA Chapter Officers President Rex Phelps
586 918 3838 [email protected]
Vice President Mike Fisher
810 392 2020 [email protected]
Treasurer Steve Greene
586 864 2815 [email protected]
Secretary Cliff Durand
248 853 0232 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Tom Vukonich
248 236 0951 [email protected]
Tech Counselor Bob Hunt
248 563 0927 [email protected]
Tech Counselor Ron Walters
248 435 0441 [email protected]
Young Eagles Coord Dennis Glaeser
248 953 0374 [email protected]
Building and Grounds Pete Dugdale
586 463 6906 [email protected]
Chapter Calendar
Jun 5 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
7 Young Eagles 9am—2pm
12 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm
Jul 3 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
12 Ch#13 Picnic Noon
13 Young Eagles 9am—2pm
20 Ch#13 Fly-in Breakfast /See Page 3
28 Oshkosh/AirVenture (Ends Aug 3)
Aug No Regular Meeting This Month
7 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm
*All Regular Meetings (not all are listed) will have
a pre-meeting Bar-B-Q/Setup get-together that starts at 6:30 pm.
**Officers’ Meetings are normally held the 2nd
Thursday of each month, in President Rex Phelps’s hangar, 420C.
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Chapter #13 Pancake Breakfast Two of our members have stepped forward to coordinate the event. Pete Dugdale and Bob Hunt, so contact them to volunteer. There will be a lot to do to make this event a suc-cess and we are counting on many of you to pitch in and lend a hand.
Remember, the event has been scheduled for Sunday, July 20, 2014 so there is time for planning and preparation, but don’t wait until the last minute to sign up. Check the day off on your calendar and be ready to assist. More de-tails will be printed here as the time grows nearer.
It’s not too soon to start the volunteer list. Here is a preliminary list of personnel required: Cooks Money Takers Cooks Helpers Runners Servers Runners Aircraft Parking Table Watchers Car Parking Set-Up Crew Notice of the Event has already been posted on the MDOT Web Site.
2014 Air Academy Cadets
Chapter #13 will be spon-soring two candidates for this year’s Air Academy in Oshkosh.
They are Andy Rouse and Sarah White, shown here. We thought you might like to see what they look like.
If the scheduled arrival and departure details can be worked out, it appears that Dave Shirey may be flying them to Oshkosh.
Our ability to support these candidates each year depends heavily to the volun-teer efforts of the Young Eagle pilots who give up their time and aircraft, monthly to support the program. Thank
you one and all. Ed
Chapter History Note from 1989
Twenty five years ago in the June 1989 Dope
Sheet we found this sage piece of advice.
Roger Perreault’s Consideration for June
(Note: Perreault was Past President and Editor of
the Newsletter). On low wing airplanes, the up-
per surfaces of fabric wings, close to the fuse-
lage, must have a strong under structure of
sufficient strength to allow lady passengers
wearing high heels to walk anywhere outside
of the regular wing walk as they seem to de-
light in doing so.
Again, thanks to the members that donated these
historical documents. We are still looking for the
Dope Sheets from 1955 thru 1963 and 1977 thru
1985. See what you can do.
Pete Dugdale
Bob Hunt
Chapter #13 Annual Picnic The Date for the Annual Chap-ter Picnic has been set for July 12, 2014. The location will again be Ren Sagaert’s han-gar in the northeast corner of Ray Community Airport. We are aloof to alter the venue because Ren is the only Chap-ter Member able to provide perfect weather for the event. Bob Hunt has taken on the responsibility as the Coordinator for the event. He will be passing around the list of food basics, condiments, paper products and etc. Please sign up. Of course this is a “bring your favorite dish to share” event as well, so dig out your best recipe.
Ren Sagaert
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Meeting Minutes for the May 8, 2014
Officers’ Meeting,
Submitted by Secretary Cliff Durand
The meeting was opened at 7:30 p.m. by Rex Phelps. Present at this meeting were the following Chapter members: Mike Fisher, Dennis Glaser, Steve Greene, Pete Dugdale, Bob Mahieu, Bill Appleberry, Joe Gores, Rex Phelps Sr. and
Cliff Durand.
. The Secretary re-port for April was given by Cliff and approved as read.
. The Treasurer re-port was read by Steve and reports as follows: Checking $15.069.72, Receipts: $362.00, Ex-penses: $278.00, CD: $262.88, Petty Cash: $200.00, New Mem-bers: 1, Total Paid Membership: 111. The
report was accepted.
In discussion there were several suggestions made as to how to track the hangar energy costs which have been unusually high this past winter. Also, the board was concerned with the income that is received from donations and does it fully offset the funds put out to carry on the activity, i.e. donations to cover the cost of the bar-b-que be-fore the general membership meetings.
The board also discussed the possible reasons for a drop in paid membership from last year as com-pared to this year.
New Business
. Our featured speaker for the month of June will be a factory representative from Dynon Inc. He will hold two educational classes during the day on Thursday June, 5 2014. There will also be a pres-entation at the general membership meeting that evening covering “Glass Panel Technology”. The board has many other interesting topics to be cov-ered scheduled for later on this year.
. The Dynon event will have two sessions during the day on June 5, 2014. The sessions at this time
are pretty much full. Dynon has gone to great ex-pense for time and travel to make the presentation happen, let’s show them our appreciation by at-tending the membership meeting in the evening.
. Dawn Patrol at Ray Airport: The Chapter will be hosting a dawn patrol event at Ray Airport in July. Look for the article concerning this event and how you can help by being a volunteer. The offi-cers and board cannot possibly do it all, we need you, please consider signing up for this event be-
ing planned by Bob Hunt and Pete Dugdale.
. The Chapter Picnic in July of this year will be under the command of Bob Hunt. Look for the signup sheet of what to bring. It will be held at the usual spot; Ren Sagaert will be our host with the promise of perfect weather.
. Dennis Glaser reports that the Young Eagles event will be next weekend. Please consider vol-unteering for these events as they expose young people to the excitement of flight. There are many more events planned throughout the flying season, look for the schedule in the newsletter.
. The Hangar Report according to Pete Dugdale is as follows: New tie downs have been installed at the chapter hangar. There are ramp improve-ments in the future. There are some small repair jobs to take care of inside the hangar.
. The sound system is finally working properly. Thank you to Bill Appleberry for your time and ef-fort.
. The newsletter is in the works for publication. Bill Appleberry filled in for our editor-in chief as he is away covering a graduation of a family member in Montana.
. Tom Hoover has volunteered to cover for Chris Cole as “Iron Chef” for the July meeting. Rex says that we will be inviting other chapters to attend the Glass Panel technology presentation.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled for June 12, 2014
Respectfully submitted:
Cliff Durand-EAA Chapter 13 Secretary-Ray Air-port
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FAA Announces Rulemaking on Third Class Medical Agency still considering AOPA-
EAA petition
Elizabeth A Tennyson (AOPA website)
The FAA on April 2 announced plans to go through a rulemaking process that could result in expanding the number of pilots eligible to fly without the need for a third class medical certificate. The announce-ment comes two years after AOPA and the Experimental Aircraft Association jointly peti-tioned the FAA to expand the third class medical exemption to cover more pilots and aircraft.
The rulemaking effort, which the FAA is calling the “Private Pilot Privileges without a Medical Certifi-cate” project, will consider whether to allow private pilots to fly without a third class medical certificate in certain circumstances. Instead, pilots will be able to use other criteria, including a valid driver’s li-cense, to demonstrate their fitness to fly. The agency offered no other details of the planned rule-making.
As part of the announcement, the FAA said it will consider whether it can safely provide any relief to the medical requirement before the rulemaking process is complete. The agency also said it is still considering the AOPA-EAA petition, which received 16,000 overwhelmingly positive comments.
Wednesday’s rulemaking announcement comes as the FAA has been under increasing pressure to al-low more pilots to fly a wider range of aircraft with-out a third class medical, a privilege already en-joyed by sport pilots.
AOPA President Mark Baker made pursuing the medical exemption a top priority when he took the reins at AOPA last September, and the association has pushed the FAA for a response to its petition and sought assistance from Congress.
“This rulemaking announcement is the next impor-tant step along a path that we sincerely hope will allow more pilots to fly without the expense and frustration of the medical certification process,” said Baker. “For a decade, sport pilots have flown safely
without third class medical certificates, and we’re confident private pilots can do the same. This issue is a top priority for our members and we appreciate the FAA’s decision to move forward with rulemaking. We will continue to work with FAA, Congress, and our members to complete this process as quickly as possible.”
Legislation to expand the medical exemption has been gaining momentum in both the House and Senate. That legislation, known as the General Avia-tion Pilot Protection Act, would go a step further than the AOPA-EAA petition. Under the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act, pilots who make noncommercial VFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with no more than six seats would be exempt from the third class medical certification process. Pilots would be allowed to carry up to five passengers, fly at altitudes below 14,000 feet msl, and fly no faster than 250 knots. The FAA would be required to report on the safety consequences of the new rule after five years.
AOPA members Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.), a mem-ber of the House General Aviation Caucus, and GA Caucus Co-Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) introduced the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act in Decem-ber, and the bill now has 86 bipartisan cosponsors. Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), all members of the General Aviation Caucus, on March 11 introduced an identical measure in the Senate which now has eight cosponsors. “We are grateful to Reps. Rokita and Graves and Sens. Boozman, Roberts, and Moran, as well as all of the cosponsors of this legis-lation, for their leadership on medical certification reform. They understand the value of general avia-tion to the economy, the national transportation sys-tem, and the American way of life. And they recog-nize that expanding the third class medical exemp-tion will make it easier to keep experienced pilots safely in the air,” said Baker. He also noted that, while the FAA’s rulemaking announcement is an im-portant step, the process itself can be complex and continued involvement is critical. “AOPA, and I’m sure the bipartisan efforts in Con-gress, will continue to push ahead to ensure that this rulemaking process is finalized as quickly as possi-ble,” Baker said. “And, at the appropriate time, we’ll call on AOPA members to continue their engage-ment in this effort as well.”
For their part, congressional leaders expressed hope
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3rd Class Medical (continued) that the FAA’s rulemaking would deliver relief for pilots and promised to continue to focus on the issue.
“Since several of us introduced the General Avia-tion Pilot Protection Act to expand the successful light sport standard to general aviation, support from all political stripes has been overwhelming,” said Rokita. “While I am encouraged by the an-nouncement by the FAA today and look forward to studying the rule they propose, we will continue to push for the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act to spur growth in the general aviation industry and eliminate red tape.”
Graves concurred, saying, “I am encouraged by today’s announcement by the FAA that it is going to take a harder look at the third class medical re-quirement for certain private pilots. While the FAA conducts its review, I will continue pushing the leg-islation I introduced with Rep. Todd Rokita, the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013, to exempt private pilots from the third class medical hurdle. While every pilot should have a strong commitment to safety, this sort of bureaucratic hoop is arbitrary and unnecessary. I will be moni-toring FAA’s actions and look forward to continu-ing to work with AOPA and the general aviation community on this issue.
Boozman also expressed appreciation for the FAA’s action.
“When we introduced our legislation last month, I urged the FAA to respond to the reasonable peti-tions that our pilots have submitted and to provide additional flexibility,” Boozman said. “I am glad to see that FAA has finally taken this initial step, and I look forward to hearing from pilots in Arkansas as they review this proposal.”
Shortly after the legislation was introduced in the Senate, AOPA contacted its members, encourag-ing them to ask their elected officials to support the twin bills in the House and Senate. Thousands of AOPA members responded by calling their senators and representatives.
Note: Stay tuned to the developments on this is-
sue and be ready to respond when asked. Ed
Sun n’ Fun Revisited
Submitted by John Kean
Here are a few more photos John Kean sent along taken at this year’s Sun n’ Fun Event.
Volunteer Mark Fulmer working the line. Mark has been doing this for years. As such, he has become our “Go To” guy for detailed information on Sun n’ Fun Activities.
All work and no play makes Mark a dull fellow.
And here we have Carol Ann and Commodore Dick Green, not to be outdone. Breakfast is served.
Thanks for the pics, John.
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Organizers say they’ve raised enough to save Rosie the Riveter's Bomber Plant from Demolition
By Mike Householder, Associated Press May 1, 2014 11:18 AM, This news article brought to our attention by Bill Apple-berry.
This July 17, 2013, photo shows part of the for-mer Willow Run Bomber Plant standing in Ypsi-lanti Township, Michigan. The Detroit-area fac-tory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a "man's work" by building World War II-era bombers has been saved from the wrecking ball, organizers of a campaign to build a museum on the site announced Thurs-day, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) DETROIT (AP) -- The site's manager had given the Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant campaign a deadline of May 1, 2014 to raise the $8 million needed to buy a 150,000-square-foot portion of the larger property. As recently as Tuesday morning, the group was about $1 million short of its goal, but later in the day "closed on a big one," fundraising consult-ant Michael Montgomery said. That allowed Montgomery and his partners to get "within spitting distance of the full eight(million)" and enough to go forward with a pur-chase agreement, which he expects to be final-ized in seven to 10 days. Meanwhile, those behind the effort will go back to raising the additional dollars needed to make the new Yankee Air Museum a reality.
"We're going to go on raising money past May 1, because we've got to build the plant out and cre-ate the exhibits of the new museum that we've promised." Those exhibits will focus on the history of the plant and vintage aircraft, but Rosie will be a star as well, just as she was seven decades ago. Although women performed what had been male-dominated roles in plants all over the country during the war, it was a Willow Run worker — one of an untold number of women in its 40,000-p e r s o n w o r k -force — w h o c a u g h t the eye of Holly-w o o d produc-ers cast-ing a "riveter" for a government film about the war ef-fort at home. Rose Will Monroe, a Kentucky native who moved to Michigan during the war, starred in the film and became one of the best-known figures of that era. She represented the thousands of Rosies who took factory jobs making munitions, weaponry and other items while the nation's men were off fighting in Europe and the Pacific.
The Wil-low Run f a c t o r y , w h i c h was built by Ford Motor Co. and fea-tured a mile-long assembly l i n e , c hurned
out one B-24 Liberator bomber every hour and nearly 9,000 in all. It transitioned to producing cars after the war ended and continued making them and parts for more than a half-century un-der the General Motors name before closing for good in 2010. Now, the plant in Ypsilanti Township is being razed in part to make way for a connected vehi-cle research center.
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Bomber Plant (continued)
The hulking facility currently is in the hands of the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Re-sponse Trust, which took over sites around the country left behind in GM's bankruptcy. RACER Trust gave the Save the Bomber cam-paign a number of fundraising extensions, but no more were forthcoming because demolition al-ready is underway on other parts of the plant. Bruce Rasher, redevelopment manager for the trust, said he was "pleased that the Yankee Air Museum has reached this point in the process." "Our mutual goal remains to see the former han-gar redeveloped as the future home of the mu-seum, an outcome the community clearly sup-ports," he said.
Interesting Sideline on the Famous “Rosie the Riveter” Photo (from Wikipedia) In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company's War Pro-duction Coordinating Committee to create a se-ries of posters for the war effort. One of these posters became the famous "We Can Do It!" im-age—an image that in later years would also be called "Rosie the Riv-eter," though it was never given this title during the war. Miller is thought to have based his "We Can Do It!" poster on a United Press International wire service photograph taken of Ann Arbor, Michigan, factory worker Geraldine Hoff (later Doyle), who was 17 and briefly work-ing as a metal-stamping machine operator. The intent of the poster was to keep production up by boosting morale, not to re-cruit more women workers. It was shown only to Westinghouse employees in the Midwest during a two-week period in February 1943, then it disap-peared for nearly four decades. During the war, the name "Rosie" was not associated with the im-age, and it was not about women's empower-ment. It was only later, in the early 1980s, that the Miller poster was rediscovered and became fa-mous, associated with feminism, and often mis-takenly called "Rosie The Riveter."
Young Eagles Report, May 2014
Our first event was a big success, and now our next event is right around the corner – June 7
th – from 9am
to 2pm. See the Flyer on Page 9.
For planning purposes, here are the events for the rest of the year:
July 13 (Sun) Aug ? (Sat) Ray – NOTE: we are not going to Cros-well this year. The date for this event is TBD, but Aug 16 and 23 are the likely candidates. Sept 7 (Sun) Oct 4 (Sat) Please pass this along to anyone who you think might be interested.
See you at the airport!
Dennis Glaeser
EAA Chapter 13 Young Eagle Coordinator
Chapter #13 Represented at the Michigan Institute of Aviation &
Technology
The editorial staff of the Newsletter received
this note courtesy of John Kean.
On May 8th Dick Green and I attended Career Day at Michigan Institute of Aviation & Technology in Canton, Michigan to promote the Michigan Air Tour in September.
I have attached several pictures of Dick talking to prospective tour
participants. I thought one of t hem wou ld make a good newsletter arti-cle. Thanks for thinking of us, John. Next time include a selfie.
Ed
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On March 31st I made the first flight of my Zenith Zodiac 601xlb in Tucson. The plane has a lightened Continental 0-200 with a Warp drive prop. It flew hands off except for the effect of the mountain wave winds we have here. They bounce you around a little bit in light wing load-ing airplanes.Cruise is about 110MPH at 2300RPM. The useful load is 541lbs. that allows full fuel and two adults. Chuck Valade
FIRST FLIGHT
Chuck Valade
Zenith Zodiac