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MEETING MINUTES Dinner Meeting

November 11, 2014

Myron Mitchell, President, called the dinner meeting to order at 7:06 pm at Chelo’s in Warwick. After the Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silence was observed for our Veterans. There were 56 members and friends present at the meeting. A dinner recess was called after table introductions. The Secretary’s Report was accepted as written in the Plane Paper. Treasurer, Fred Crudale, reported $4998.61 in the General Fund and $8851.49 in the Scholarship Fund. All bills are paid, No nominations for office have been made. The present executive committee, Myron Mitchell, President; Michael Spieth, Vice President; Fred Crudale, Treasurer; Marilyn Biagetti, Correspondence Secretary and acting Recording Secretary; have agreed to serve another year. The committee will search for another acting Recording Secretary As of this meeting, there are no nominations for RIPA’s Airman of the Year Award. The joint RIAC/airport users group will meet next week. No suggestions were made for the Food Basket donation. St Theresa’s in Nasonville will be our recipient Announcements: -Peter Palumbo has died. Randy Gee is at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center. -Airman of the Year nominations are open. -Rene Cardon has jackets and shirts for sale. -Applications for scholarship are available at the desk and online at RIPilots.com. Upcoming events: 11/15 Chili Cook-off at AirVentures SFZ 11/22 Aviation Hall of Fame Banquet. 12/6 Safety Seminar with Bob Berlyn at SFZ> 12/9 RIPA’s Holiday Gala. Twenty Week Club winners: October- Bob Casey, Marilyn Biagetti, Adrien Markey. November- George Bentley, Bob Giacabone, William Bucklin, Marilyn Biagetti Free dinner was won by Rick Jacks, Door prize winners: Tony Palumbo, Frank Sherman, Julio, Kelly Fredrick, Jeff McGuire, Roger Biagetti, Alex Joseph, Rick Jacks, Ann Crudale, Art Votolarto, Buz Sawyer, Patrick Whipple, Mike Kelly, Kim Ellen, Diane Whipple. The meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm. respectfully Submitted Marilyn Biagetti Acting Secretary

I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season. Be safe.

See you at our Holiday Gala. EDITOR

 

 

CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE: RIPA Jackets, Sweatshirts, T-shirts, Pens. Contact Rene Cardon at (651-3528) or meetings. FOR SALE: Slidedown Aircraft tiedowns - Contact Sal Corio at. 401-737-5800 Email. info@slidedown.comhttp://www.slidedown.com/ FOR SALE: WAAS Garmin 430Ws: Dual 430Ws with racks and back plates. Both units in perfect condition and are yellow tagged. 2 units available are for 28 volt aircraft only. $6000 each or $11,000 for the pair. larry.levin06@gmail.com FOR SALE 1975 Piper Cherokee VI 260. Full IFR w/ Garmin347 audio panel, panel mount 696GPS and GTX330transponder and much more. For more information call Jim at 401 348 8877. Plane Share wanted- Responsible, Flexible, 3000 plus hour pilot looking to lease/share/purchase a 4 or 6 place. Have hangar, if you have a plane that isn’t flying enough give me a call maybe we can work something out. Joe Crocker 401 603 7309 Plane Share available South County Flying club has several openings. We operate a 1974 Grumman AA5 Traveler w/a 160 HP engine, IFR certified w/dual com. radios, dual nav. radios w/glide slope. The aircraft is very well maintained and hangared. We are based at Quonset State (KOQU); our flying rate is 65.00 per hr. wet. For more information call Jerry at 401-828-5092 Based at SFZ: 1969 Piper Arrow PA 28-200R, Factory Reman Lycoming, New Hartzell Prop, $20,000 for 1/2 share Call Al for details 401-578-4494 CESSNA PARTS FOR SALE: *Complete exhaust system for a Cessna 172M, (O320 engine) in good condition. This system was removed so as to install a Power Flow Exhaust System. Asking $600 *One complete set of McCauley main wheels and brake calipers from a Cessna 172M. All in good condition. Removed for upgrade with Cleveland wheels. $150 *Sigtronics Intercom, SPA-400, w/installation manual. Asking $100. *ARC marker beacon receiver R-402A (24V). Asking $75. *Cessna 172 Service Manual, 1969 - 1976, $25. *Cessna 172 parts manual, 1963 thru 1974, $25 Call Frank...days 401-787-8668 FOR SALE: Ocean State Oil is offering current members a discount on AEROSHELL (cases & drums). 123 Ocean State Dr. North Kingstown, RI 02852 1800 554 4557 Free Classified ads of current members for aviation related items. Marilyn: 568 3497, Fax: 568 5392, email biagettim@aol.com

President= Myron Mitchell -401 258 9081 MYRONMITCHELL@CS.COM V President Mike Spieth– 401 487 6087, MDSpieth@yahoo.com Treasurer:: Fred Crudale- 401 374 5957 fcrudale@verizon.net

Recording Secretary- Barbara Nelson-4 01 934 2494 Corresponding Secretary & newsletter editor:

Marilyn Biagetti – 568 3497, biagettim@aol.com Events Chair: Rene Cardon - 651-3528 Rcardon182@aol.com

Website: http://www.RIPilots.com/ Email: RIPAeMail@aol.com Group: ripa@yahoogroups.com

 

 NOTAMS 

KPYM Parking Fees

From Graeme Smith 11:01pm Nov 13 KPYM - Plymouth - Parking Fees -Stand and face the fuel pump. -Park to the right - under Plane Jane’s' –that’s free -Park to the left - expect to receive an invoice from Pilgrim Aviation for $10. A few RIPA pilots have recently reported this new charge.

BOARD MEETING Rene, Mike, Marilyn and Fred met at Myron’s home. While the pizza was savored Myron gave us a rundown on his trip to close on their retirement home. He will be around until, at least, August and will hopefully serve out most of his term in office. Fred has finally sent along the scholarship money for Erin Mathews, Mauricio has written but has not yet made arrangements for his share. Marilyn will contact him again. This has accounted for the large amount of money in the fund. Fred will break down the figure to what is available for scholarship and what is committed to prizes, old scholarships and operating expense. Chelo’s menu will be a little different for the Gala. We will have a bartender. Bring a wrapped gift and take a gift will be tried. Mike is getting closer to finishing the application for a 401 3c nonprofit status. We still need a Recording Secretary and will ask for a volunteer. Members are asked to make suggestions for speakers in the coming year. The Board wishes everyone a wonderful holiday season and looks forward to seeing you next year.

RIPA’s businesses AIR Ventures Flying School LLC North Central State Airport (KSFZ)

300 Jenckes Hill Road, Smithfield, RI 02917 www.airventuresri.com Office: 401-216-9359

Email:Fly@airventuresri.com

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HOLIDAY GALA Our Holiday Gala is being held on the regular Tuesday meeting night. This has been very popular. Bring a wrapped gift and take a gift. This is to allow the officers to have a good time, too. The final drawings will take place at the Gala December 9th. Tickets will be available until the final drawing at the door. Thank you for your support of our Scholarship Fund. The biggest problem is getting a fairly (within +/- 10) accurate count. Please let me know if you will be attending. We are very grateful to Chelo’s for their patience, and we would like to have a count that is at least close to what is submitted. Old and new friends enjoy this get-together so mark your calendar and join us, it’s a good time to be had by all

The AIR Ventures Pot Luck Christmas party Saturday December 20th, Noon till 4pm. bring a dish and a smile. There will be door prizes!

Planning a lunch with our friends from Pa. On December 13th meeting @ 11:30 Sky Manor Airport (N40) in Pittstown, NJ. This will be a good time to fly the Hudson River Exclusion aka “The Corridor” So be sure to take the FAA online course and if you already have be sure to study up.

Hope to see you there. Graeme J.W.Smith

SAFETY SEMINARS FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT SFZ To view further details and registration information go to - http://faasafety.gov/

JOIN THE FLY TO LUNCH BUNCH, Contact Rene Cardon (or appear at AVPorts at SFZ) around 9:30 on Saturday and/or Sunday.Don’t forget, if you want to get a text message about where and when the Fly to Lunch Bunch will be going, email your cell phone number to RCARDON182@aol.com. They would be happy to have you join them.

Every Saturday Morning - KUUU Pilot's Breakfast Tickets Bar and Restaurant, Middleton 08:15 If you fly in - check at the maintenance hangar for a ride no later than 08:00 We did not have digital radar in the TRACON 25 years ago when I was an air traffic controller. With our analog radar, spring and fall waterfowl migrations of ducks, geese, and cranes always created a cluster of raw radar returns on the scope… Delta checks on with the standard information arriving the airport. ... DAL 123: "XXX approach, this is DAL 123 descending out of 8,000 with information Bravo. Direct the VOR." ... Approach (me): "DAL123, XXX approach. Traffic 12 o'clock, five miles opposite direction, altitude unknown. Multiple targets, most likely waterfowl." ... DAL: "Approach, how do you know that? Do they have a transponder?" ... Approach: "DAL 123, no sir, but they are squawking!" (From Short Final)  

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