Friday, July 11, 2008

Next Meeting

Next Meeting for the Peach Ridge Air Force is Monday July 14th 7:00 at Sparta Paul C Miller Airport,,,see you there.

Meeting Minutes

Eaa Chapter 704 met for its regular monthly meeting on 6/9/08 at the Sparta Paul C. Miller Airport Pilot’s lounge with 18 members and guests present.

President John Smith called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and asked that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as printed in the newsletter. (Approved) The treasurer reported $1373.70 in the checkbook with all bills paid.

President Smith held a discussion on the current by-laws and asked for a committee to review these and look for re-writing them to consider extending the term limits of elected officers to two years. John Smith, Dave Duperron, and Jay Dean agreed to serve in this capacity.
Paul Kovalak agreed to make the arrangements for a tour of the Grand Rapids Control Tower and suggested that we might also want to visit the weather station.

The owners and operators of Grand Rapids Technologies presented a program on their newest and most sophisticated electronic units. These Instruments are absolutely phenomenal in what they contain and what they will do from such a small little “box”. One has to be impressed with the expertise that conceives and builds these items.

Meeting adjourned 9:00 pm
Jay T Dean
Sec/Treas EAA Chapter 704

Presidents Message!

July 4, 2008 is in the record books.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe holiday.

Our country has given us the opportunity to enjoy our passion, whether hobby or vacation, to move ourselves through the air using various types of flying machines. There are some people in Congress who think we have way too much fun and don't pay enough in taxes to justify our use of the airspace. I am writing in references to a news article in Sport Aviation about a new registration program the FAA is trying to push through. Some of the news blurbs are a bit boring but it pays to at least scan through them.

Dr. Jay Dean has been filling the office of secretary and treasurer since Kathy resigned about three years ago. I would like for someone to volunteer to take over the office of secretary. The more people we have serving the less work any one person has to do. You must be a national member of EAA.

A couple of meeting ago I asked for someone to be the chapter historian. It's hard for one person to be every place at once. With a lot of cell phones having cameras in them, I'm asking you to take pictures at our events and submit a copy, with a caption, to me and I will keep the photo albums, and bring them to the meetings.

The program this month will be about the Sopwith Camel by Tom Kozura.

John D. Smith