On July 16th starting at 11:00am (in conjunction with the events of Sparta Town & Country Days).The location for this event will be just outside “hangar D”. The menu includes brats, hotdogs, etc...
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Sparta Area Pilots Association BBQ
On July 16th starting at 11:00am (in conjunction with the events of Sparta Town & Country Days).The location for this event will be just outside “hangar D”. The menu includes brats, hotdogs, etc...
Dawn Patrol Pancake Breakfast
On July 17th from 7:30am til 11:30am in conjunction with Sparta Town & Country Days with tractor pulls, lawn mower races & radio control airplanes airshows during festival days.Cost: Adult $5.00 Child $2.50
Sponsored by EAA 704 & Sparta Lions Club. Call 616-887-5744.
A Message From Our Chapter President, Ron Fritz (July '05)
It looks like the June meeting was well received and it was nice to see our group welcome our guests to our meeting. A warm thank you goes out to our guests, Scott DeGaynor from Chapter 211 and Bill Willyard from Chapter 145. Their presentations on the Bede 4 and Kitfox were very well done and it gave our members the chance to see a nice perspective on the merits of both planes.The program for the July meeting is still up in the air as of the time of this writing. I am hoping to have an old friend and fellow modeler at the meeting to talk about building old-time ignition model airplane engines and flying the older models. If this program comes off, there will also be a running of several old and rare engines on the deck at the airport. If this program doesn’t work out, there will be another surprise in store for you.
I was very fortunate to visit the new Udvar-Hazy addition to the National Air & Space Museum at Dulles Airport (pictured above), outside Washington, D.C. on June 24th. This is a very new facility and it contains some very interesting and historic airplanes. One plane that I have always wanted to see is the Enola Gay (pictured below), the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945. It is well displayed in such a way as to view the cockpit very close-up. If I’ve read my SPORT AVIATION correctly, General Paul Tibbets, the pilot on that mission will be speaking at Oshkosh this year.
Our chapter will be involved with the Sparta Days event again this year. We will be joining with the Sparta Lions Club to put on the pancake breakfast at the airport on Sunday, July 17th. Keep that date in mind and do your best to help put this event on. We generally make enough money off this activity to run the chapter for the year. We’ll be talking about this at the meeting.See you all at the meeting.
June (2005) Meeting Minutes
EAA Chapter 704 met for its regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 13 at the Sparta Paul C Miller Airport's pilot lounge. There were 22 members present.
President Ron Fritz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and announced that after the business meeting there would be a program involving Scott DeGayner and Bill Willyard from EAA Chapter 211 discussing their respective airplanes.
Minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter and the treasurer announced there was $1,744.57 in the checkbook with $50.00 cash on hand.
President Fritz announced the death of Curtis Pitts, renowned aircraft designer and aviation enthusiast. As a credit to his legacy there are and will continue to be a number of very fine airplanes built from plans he produced.
Fritz commented on the approach procedures for Oshkosh for those planning on flying in for the convention.
The 704ILion's Club Pancake breakfast will be held on July 17 with more discussion on this at our next meeting.
Paul Kovalak commented on the Sparta Pilot's Association saying there were several events in the planning stage. Any upcoming meetings will be announced to the members through E-mail and/or telephone.
Ron Fritz introduced Scott DeGayner and Bill Willyard from EAA 211. He said they represented the "Fast" and the "Slow" of home built aircraft.
Scott flew in with his beautifully built BD-4 and described the building process along with any modifications he created as he went along. He has a very nice performing airplane that cruises around 200 mph. Scott is likely the most knowledgeable person in this area on this particular design.
Bill Willyard had arrived in his Kitfox which, as he pointed out, had evolved out of the Avid Flyer. He cruises along at about 85 to 90 mph behind a Rotex 912 engine. He also discussed the building and modifications he went through to produce a very fine "Fox".
After the presentations were completed the group ventured onto the ramp to inspect both these excellent examples of homebuilding skills.
Meeting adjourned
Jay Dean, Secretary/Treasurer
President Ron Fritz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and announced that after the business meeting there would be a program involving Scott DeGayner and Bill Willyard from EAA Chapter 211 discussing their respective airplanes.
Minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter and the treasurer announced there was $1,744.57 in the checkbook with $50.00 cash on hand.
President Fritz announced the death of Curtis Pitts, renowned aircraft designer and aviation enthusiast. As a credit to his legacy there are and will continue to be a number of very fine airplanes built from plans he produced.
Fritz commented on the approach procedures for Oshkosh for those planning on flying in for the convention.
The 704ILion's Club Pancake breakfast will be held on July 17 with more discussion on this at our next meeting.
Paul Kovalak commented on the Sparta Pilot's Association saying there were several events in the planning stage. Any upcoming meetings will be announced to the members through E-mail and/or telephone.
Ron Fritz introduced Scott DeGayner and Bill Willyard from EAA 211. He said they represented the "Fast" and the "Slow" of home built aircraft.
Scott flew in with his beautifully built BD-4 and described the building process along with any modifications he created as he went along. He has a very nice performing airplane that cruises around 200 mph. Scott is likely the most knowledgeable person in this area on this particular design.
Bill Willyard had arrived in his Kitfox which, as he pointed out, had evolved out of the Avid Flyer. He cruises along at about 85 to 90 mph behind a Rotex 912 engine. He also discussed the building and modifications he went through to produce a very fine "Fox".
After the presentations were completed the group ventured onto the ramp to inspect both these excellent examples of homebuilding skills.
Meeting adjourned
Jay Dean, Secretary/Treasurer
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