(WING-TIPS)
The official Monthly
Electronic Newsletter Of the
Southern Nevada
EAA Chapter 1300
P.O. Box 34311
Las Vegas Nevada
89133-4311
Website www.EAAChapter1300.org
AUGUST 2005
Volume
6, Issue No.8
August10,
Meeting Location:
Our
next meeting will be held at The North Las Vegas Airport,
Grand Canyon Room at 7:30 PM.
The
group dinner before the meeting will be at 6:00PM.
We
are trying a new location, the Town Center II located at
2992 W. Cheyenne
Ave. Tel # 646-1131.
August Meeting Program:
Aircraft Electrical Systems
Chapter
member, Mike Perger will be our Guest Speaker for the
evening.
He
has prepared a workbook for all participants.
2005
Officers and Directors:
President: David Lerner
Vice
President: Paul Gerner
Secretary: Herman Leong
Treasurer: Ken Wyatt
Ass’t
Treasurer: Justin Kelly
Director
VGT: Armin Tuma
Director
BLD: Glenn Smith
Director
HND: Glenn Carlson
Presidents
Corner July 2005:
I just returned from, for me, one of the best EAA AirVentures that I have ever attended.
Last year I missed the fly-in because of a slight medical
problem so I was most eager to see what
Oshkosh
had to offer this year. And to say the
least I was not disappointed. How often
does one
get the opportunity to see such a
diversity of aircraft in one place?
There they were three B-17’s, a B-24, Mustangs galore, T-6’s in what appeared almost to be an endless
formation,
the P-38, Glacier Girl now fully
restored after being entombed for years under the force of the crushing ice of Iceland,
the Global Flyer and last and
certainly not least Space Ship One and White Knight.
The Air Show which commemorated the 60th anniversary of the
end of WWII was all the more spectacular not only
because of the presence of all
these great aircraft, but the honor to the memory of the men who fought in
them.
The Forums were equally exciting with Mike Melvill recounting his experience in the development and
testing of Space Ship One,
which culminated in the successful
flights, which brought Scaled Composites the X Prize and Melvill,
Rutan and company,
the Collier Trophy. Rod Machado was not only his usual entertaining
self, but very informative on some of the finer points of flying.
Then there were the variety of work shops which helped to
clear away some of the doubts and mysteries one imagines before
seeing the real thing encountered
in any new project. All in all this AirVenture recharged my enthusiasm for the activity we all
share. Now for next year’s Oshkosh
I only need to remind myself to make early housing reservations.
For those of you who wish to get together before the meeting
for dinner we are going to gather at 6:00pm at the Town Center II
located at Cheyenne
and Simmons on the North side of Cheyenne (from
the airport head North on Rancho and turn right onto Cheyenne). I think this will hopefully be a definite improvement over
our other location both as to servers and food.
Our next meeting at North Town
will feature Mike Perger on Basic Aircraft Electrical
Systems.
This will be the third major presentation this year. I hope that you will email me your feedback
on the various programs
to date as well as any future
programs you may wish the Chapter to arrange.
Regards and safe flying,
David Lerner, President 2005
Meeting
Minutes:
July 13, 2005
President Dave Lerner called the meeting to order at Glen
Smith's hangar in Boulder City
Airport (61B) at 1935
Hrs.
15 members were present. The June minutes were
approved. Ivan McLay gave the Treasurer's report
and it was approved.
Our cash balance on June 30, 2005 was $2,780.83. Our guest
speaker was then introduced by Glen Smith.
Our guest speaker, Mike is the airport co-ordinator at Boulder
City airport. He
discussed the future plans at 61B.
The next meeting will be at VGT. The guest speaker will be one of our
members who will give a talk on basic electricity.
Young Eagles: Jim Bonelli announced the next event will be
on Nov. 5th at the Boulder
City airport.
Dean Herrington reported on future a fly-out and other
social events. Sep 17 fly-out to Pslm Springs,
Oct 22 Picnic at Jean Airport,
and Dec 14 Ice Cream Social hosted by Jim & Jan Bonelli.
There will be a Board meeting after the August
meeting. Refreshments was provided by Pat Dulaney.
The 50/50 drawing was won by Brian Prinzavalli.
The meeting was adjourned at 2035 Hrs.
Respectfully Submitted,
Herman Leong
Secretary
Chapter 1300
Welcome
new Members:
No
new Members to report at this time.
Webpage
Material
Everyone
is encouraged to submit material, information or pictures of interest,
to chapter members for publication on the Chapter’s Webpage.
Send
whatever you have to Jim Bonelli, Webmaster, email
address:
bonelli.j@cox.net The Chapter webpage URL is’
http://www.EAAChapter1300.org Be sure
to bookmark this URL.
Young
Eagles:
There
are 3 Young Eagles events to close out the year.
Our usual Discover Aviation weekend on October 8th
and 9th at Jean Sports Aviation airport.
Then
we have been asked to participate in the Boulder City
Airport open house on
November 5,
and finally, we are planning to be in Overton on December 3 for
a Holiday Fly-in.
Please
mark your calendar for these events.
Classified
ads:
See
classified ads on the web site.
Refreshment
Calendar:
Brian
Prinzaivalli will be our refreshment host for August.
And
thanks go out to Glenn Smith for being our host for
July,
and thanks for the use of your Hangar.
For your Information: FYI.
WINGS OVER WINE COUNTRY
Pacific Coast Air Museum
EAA Chapter
124, Santa Rosa, CA, would be pleased to provide fellow EAA members
with aircraft
parking at our Club site for the two days of the Wings Over Wine Country Airshow,
August 20
& 21. Van service will
also be provided from the Site to the main entrance during the morning,
and back to your
aircraft following the day’s performance.
Please note, due to the proximity of
our Site to the aerobatic box, access to, or staying by your aircraft,
will not be permitted during the
air show.
As stated in the NOTAMS, Charles Schulz Sonoma
County Airport
will be closed during the air show both days.
RSVP please so we
can be sure we have parking space and transportation available for you.