June
Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDUA
2015
Meeting 1st Saturday of month at 10AM
Inside this Issue:
by Mike
Chapter Shirts & Caps
McIntyre
2
Secretary’s Notepad
2
Treasurer’s Report
2
Event Calendar
5
Hydroswing to provide doors
6
Classified Ads
8
Flight Training
9
Chicken Wings
9
Officers & Directors
15
December Birthdays
15
Renewing Memberships
16
Wanted:
Roving reporters.
Been
to a fly-in lately, taken a trip, been
to another chapter meeting?
Take your camera, we’ll do the
rest. A short telephone interview
and we can compose a great
feature that your fellow members
will enjoy.
Part 103 ultralights are hot
"Gosh! I’ve been flying my 2 cyMike
cle Rotax 582 trike for 15 yrs
Call a friend and bring to the next
and NEVER had an engine
meeting
quit," says Gadget. "2 cycle engines are very reliable! I love
You cannot multiply
flying trikes."
wealth by dividing it.
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Time to
renew your
membership!
WEB SITES OF INTEREST
http://www.faa.gov/
Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faasafety.gov/ FAA Safety Courses. Etc.
http://www.psao.grc.nasa.gov/asao.faa.ftml Regulations
http://www.sportys.com/
Airplane Stuff
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/ Airplane Stuff
http://www.eaa.ogr/
Experimental Aircraft Association
http://www.sportpilot.org/
http://www.aopa.org/
Website for Sport Pilots
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn.
As you can see we have many colors of shirts. Other colors can be
ordered.
I will have order forms at the meeting.
Baseball caps are $14 and T-shirts are $18.
If you cannot attend the meeting,
please call me at
Larry Faast
760.504.5503
GENERAL MEETING —
Attendance: There were 19 people attending
our meeting.
As Submitted by
TREASURY REPORT
— Glenn Frehafer
Mark Novak Chapter Treasurer, said we
CHAPTER MEETING — May 2015
10:07 am
Mike McIntyre opened the meet
ing with the pledge of allegiance
to the American flag.
have Money in the club combined account.
Updates: Kevin Casson has re
turned. He is staying with Jody
Morgan and working part time in
Glendale for the Stray Cats band
and he is selling Jody’s Hornet.
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GUEST VISITORS
Ed Hanley
Jody has been diagnosed with some
sort of brain disease which had its
origin from a heart bypass surgery
previously done. It appears that
plaque broke loose and invaded his
brain causing his present disability.
The doctors are changing his diet
and it seems to be helping.
Ed Hanley a visitor which flew in with
Larry Faast. 15 years ago flew with
Pete Sigrist on a demonstration
flight. He is looking for a kitfox and
working on a private pilots license.
10:17 am Al is working on renewable energy
for his hangar. He has been lowering
the thrust line on his Challenger 1
clipped wing by lowering the engine
mounting to the air frame. Eventually
he wants to convert the aircraft to
electric power.
Dick snow is still waiting on the
F.A.A. to send him his documenta
tion. He called them and they said
they had sent it already, but that they
would resend.
He is going to insure the Sport 2s
through the U.S.U.A. with a carrier
named “First Flight”.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2015
We are in the airshow season so if you hear of an
event, don’t just assume I will post it here. Send me
an e-mail and I will be sure that it does get on the list
for ALL the members to be aware. Let’s see if we
can get some fly-outs going this year and let the
wind blow the dust off those wings. Due to limited
space in this column, I strongly urge anyone planning to attend one of these events to go to the website for more complete details such as times, schedules, NOTAMS, frequencies, accommodations, pricing, etc.
EAA Chapter 114 Meeting 1st Saturday of each month
Air Group One (CAF) Last Saturday of each month at 8:30
a.m. at 1860 Joe Crosson Dr.; El Cajon
San Diego Chapter of 99’s 4th Saturday of each month 10:00
am Call Frankie Clements at (619) 449-0670
Borrego Springs Chapter of 99’s meets 2nd Saturday of
each month at the Borrego Valley Airport
CAP Squadron 57 Meets Thursdays at 7:00 pm 790
Greenfield Dr. El Cajon
CAP Squadron 87 Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each
month at 231 East Hawthorne, Fallbrook
Associated Glider Clubs of Southern California
(Call) Louise Phillips at (760) 767-4378
EAA Chapter 286 Meets at 2192 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad. 1st Thursday of each month at 7 pm.
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Clouds
Clouds are classified by their appearance and height.
A high cloud group above 20,00 feet is prefixed by cirro, which
means curls of hair in Latin. Usually signify good weather if winds
are from W NW to N keep your eye open when they move in from
other directions.
Mid level clouds from 6,500 to 20,00 feet are given the prefix
Alto, meaning height. Can be the bearers of precipitation.
A low level cloud group from ground level (we call that fog) to
6,500 feet has no prefix, but precipitation is likely.
Vertical development clouds. Cumulus means heap or pile. A
few cottonballs can be fair weather cumulus, but once vertical development starts, get out the umbrellas. Stratus means layers and designates appearance—- nimbus in a cloud type means rain.
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REFRESHMENTS
Jerry Blaskey
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Pete Sigrist and Dean Ganzer are still working on the GT 400 and they are
having problems with the tiny tach on the Avenger.
Matt Noakes took on a job with the merchant marine outfit he was laid off
from. He is now in Alaska for the next 4 months. He sold his plane and willed
the Bloop 2 which Mike Sandlin had given him to Glenn Frehafer.
10:30 am Mike McIntyre was doing some research on the A.D.S.B. requirement by the
F.A.A. He came across an article outlining exemptions from having to have a
mode C transponder and getting a letter of authorization for an exemption.
10:34 am Pete Sigrist’s daughter arrived.
Tom Miller inquired about what it is like flying by the border now with the
Border Patrol near by. Mike replied that he does so all the time and hasn’t
had any problems with them at all, and that we have their frequency now.
Larry Faast was asked about the fly in business. He wanted volunteers. 12
offered to help and signed up. Kevin will be Air Boss again. Date for the fly in
will be sometime in July this year. Events suggested are torpedo run, bomb
drop, spot landing, search and rescue, and flight demonstrations.
10:45 am Larry Faast says Cal Fire fire chief contacted to get the weeds cut. Now
waiting on forms.
Next SDUA meeting we will have a fire equipment demonstration.
Treasurers report: Expenses $2,920.00. Income $2,483. In bank $6,987.74.
10:49 am Meeting adjourned. There were 19 persons attending. Al’s wife Rose brought a
delicious breakfast treat to share with the membership before the meeting start.
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SDUA 2015
Event Calendar
June 6
Chapter Meeting 10AM
July 4
Chapter Meeting 10AM
Fly-In
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You cannot multiply
wealth by dividing it.
By jerry adams
For hangars at KSDM
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Hydroswing
North America has been selected as
the sole source of hangar doors at
KSDM.
In 2013, the San Diego City Council
approved a redevelopment of Brown
Field Municipal Airport in Otay
Mesa, involving more than $1 billion
in planned improvements over the
next 20 years Metropolitan Airpark, a
four-phase commercial development,
will cover 331 acres of the cityowned, 880-acre facility near the
U.S.-Mexico border. This development is poised to become a major
commercial hub for strategic business partnerships between the U.S.
and Mexico, according to company
officials.
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SDUA Chapter UL114
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
EAA UL114 is a Chapter of people who come together
for a common goal, their love for aviation. As a volunteer only
organization, there is no better way to get involved than to
lend a hand. Most of our positions require a very small time
commitment, but the gratification and spirit of camaraderie
more than make up for the modest amount of work involved.
No matter how young, how old, or how experienced, you can
make a difference. The following positions are need to be
filled:
Newsletter Assistant Editor— reports to and assists the
Newsletter Editor in producing this fine publication.
Program Assistant Coordinator— helps to setup and coordinate programs for Chapter meetings as necessary.
For more information about any of these or other areas of
interest, please contact our President.
Talk is cheap, except
when Congress does it.
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Over the next five years, the San
Diego Metropolitan Air Park (Brown
Field) will see the development of up
to 200 hangars and mixed use industrial structures. Hydroswing hangar
doors will range from Boeing BBJ
(737) sizes to general aviation T hangars.
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Classified Section
We are pleased to provide no-cost classified ads
for Chapter members here in the Newsletter.
Send the ad copy you’d like distributed to other
members to: [email protected]
Classifieds
Members ads run for 3 months. If you
would like to continue the ad for an additional 3 months you must request it
through the editor by e-mail, snail mail or
phone call.
Hangars and Planes FOR SALE
See Larry Faast or call at 760.504.5503
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Please send your rent to:
Larry Faast, 1935 La Subida Way.,
San Marcos, CA 92078.
It's due the first of every month. It can also be
put into the drop box in the side of my hangar.
Larry
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EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT
By DENNIS PARKS
The Wright brothers are well known as scientists, inventors, builders and flyers — and they
became international celebrities in 1909 with record-setting flights in Europe and America.
Less well known were their efforts as flight instructors and flight school creators. They began
flight instruction in Europe. Later back home, they trained aviators for their exhibition team,
for the military and, as interest in aviation grew, they opened flight schools for civilian pilots.
To provide flight training the Wright Company developed schools at Dayton, Ohio; Montgomery, Alabama; Augusta, Georgia; and Belmont; New York.
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The original Wright Flyer in flight tests Dec. 4, 1903. Photo courtesy the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Co.
FIRST STUDENTS
The first flight training conducted by the Wright brothers took place in Europe in 1908 and 1909.
Wilbur Wright started providing flight instruction in France in 1908. This was done in fulfillment of a
contract with a syndicate formed to build Wright Flyers in France.
Wilbur instructed three French students, Charles de Lambert, Paul Tissondier, and Paul Lucas-Girardville. The training program consisted of 64 flights running between five and 20
minutes each.
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During April 1909, the Wrights traveled to Centocelle, Italy (outside Rome) to train two pilots,
one from the Italian navy and one from the army. Wilbur made about 50 flights in the training
of the two students, Naval Lt. Mario Calderra and Army Lt. Guido Castagneris.
During September 1909, Orville went to Germany as part of a contract with the German
Wright Co. to train one pilot, Captain Paul Englehard, a retired German naval officer.
US SCHOOLS
With the purchase of a Wright Flyer by the Army after its successful demonstration at Fort
Myer in July 1909, the Wrights then had to meet the obligation of training two army officers
as aviators. As Fort Myer was deemed too small for safe instruction, it was decided to use a
field at College Park, Maryland.
Lt. Benjamin Lahm and Lt. Fredric Humphreys were chosen to be trained. Lahm soloed after
three hours, four minutes of instruction and Humphreys after receiving three hours,
seven minutes of training.
Following the decision of the Wright brothers to form an exhibition team, Orville undertook
the training of pilots to handle the exhibition machines.
With the weather in Dayton not conducive to flight training early in the year, they scouted out
a southern location, selecting a place near Montgomery, Alabama.
In the spring of 1910, Orville opened the nation’s first civilian flying school on an old cotton
plantation on the outskirts of Montgomery. Five students participated in training at the
school, including Walter Brookins from Dayton, Ohio; Arch Hoxsey, an auto racer from California, and the Russian-born Al Welsh.
Orville began training the students on March 26. Walter Brookins soloed after two and a half
hours. After Orville returned to Dayton May 5, Brookins remained at the camp and continued
training the other students.
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Walter Brookins of Dayton, became the Wright’s first civilian student in 1910 and then their first flight instructor. His
first solo was after two and one half hours of instruction. Photo courtesy Dennis Parks.
Shortly after Orville’s return from Montgomery, the Wrights open the Wright Flying School in
Dayton to continue training begun in Alabama of pilots for the exhibition team.
This school, located at the Huffman Prairie Field, normally called Simms Station for the rail
line stop next to the field, became the permanent training school for the Wright Company,
with other locations seasonal options.
Flight training at Dayton appeared to be intensive. A story in the publication Aeronautics in
1910 reported that during the first 10 days of June students made 161 flights and were aloft
for 20 hours.
In 1911 three more military aviators were trained at the Wright School in Dayton: 2nd Lt.
Henry “Hap” Arnold and 2nd Lt. Thomas Milling members of the Army Signal Corps and Lt.
John Rodgers of the Navy. Hap Arnold remarked in his autobiography that he and Milling
went as volunteers as his commanding officer considered such an assignment “a suicide
mission.”
Other students were civilians trying to qualify as members of the Wright Flying Team and enthusiastic to earn some exhibition money. Among them were Leonard Bonney, Howard Gill
and Oscar Brindley.
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What kind of person enrolled in flight training? Bernard Whelan, a student in 1913, reported
there was an Indiana farmer, a cultured man from Boston, a postmaster from Colorado, and
a Navy enlisted man.
Some of the 1913 graduates from the Dayton school included L.E. Brown of Glasgow, Montana (upper left), Mrs.
Richberg Hornsby of Chicago (upper right), and Maurice Priest of St. Louis, Missouri. Source: Flying, April 1914.
The start of war in Europe saw a large contingent of students arriving from Canada. They
were interested in obtaining a pilot’s license, which was required for admission to the Royal
Flying Corps or Royal Naval Air Service. During 1915 and 1916, 41 Canadians were trained
at Dayton, with most of the graduates going to the Royal Naval Air Service.
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COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
Training at Dayton included a ground school segment at the factory, where pupils were given
full access to details about the construction and repair of the Wright Flyers. This included assembling, taking down and motor overhaul. They were also exposed to the control of the Flyers though the use of a simulator at the back of the factory. This amounted to a Flyer with
control levers connected to an electric motor that controlled the wing warping.
Once the students had mastered the simulator, they moved on to Huffman Prairie Field,
where they began actual flight training. All instruction was done on Wright aircraft equipped
with dual controls.
After following the instructor for a period on the dual controls, the student was gradually
given full control. The course included a total of five hours flying time on the part of the student. Lessons were given in a series, ranging from five to 15 minutes duration.
The Wright School provided its students with the use of an airplane free of charge and didn’t
charge anything for damage to the planes. The school initially offered individual instruction
for $500; later students paid only $250.
The Wrights encouraged students who had completed training to take a licensing test from
FAI observers provided by the Aero Club of America. The test required the students to fly figure eights around two pylons. There was also an altitude flight and two landings within a designated distance from a stop.
SEASONAL SCHOOLS
Following the pattern started with Montgomery, the Wrights established seasonal flying
schools in the South to take advantage of the warmer weather in the winter. The first was located in Augusta, Georgia, which started operations in January 1911. Frank Coffyn was in
charge, with Starling Burgess of Boston and George Manner of Baltimore as the first students. Burgess would not only get his license, but that year would start to build licensed copies of the Wright Flyers.
During 1912 the Wrights established land-based training at the Hempstead Plain Field on
Long Island. They also opened an hydroaeroplane school at Glen Head, Long Island. The
instructor was Charles Weld, who learned to fly at Dayton, where he made his first solo flight
after two hours and 46 minutes of instruction. The hydro school would close at the end of
1912, but operations at Mineola would continue four more years.The Wright schools would
continue operation until 1916. The various schools would train more than 100 students from
all walks of life and various countries.
Wright school graduates were accepted as skilled and accomplished aviators whose names
are emblazoned in the annals of flight. Such students included Hap Arnold, the commander
of the 8th Air Force in World War II, Marjorie and Eddie Stinson of Stinson Aircraft
fame, Robert Collier, founder of the Collier Trophy, and Cal Rodger, who would become the
first person to fly coast-to-coast.
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Mike McIntyre
President
Phone: 858-335-5484
E-Mail: [email protected]
Pete Sigrist
Vice President
Phone: 619-271-6236
E-Mail: [email protected]
Mark Novak
Treasurer
Phone: 619-884-4693
E-Mail: [email protected]
Glenn Frehafer
Secretary
Phone: 619-698-8150
E-Mail: [email protected]
Andy Boyer
Web Master
Phone: 760-944-8233
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dayton Smith
Newsletter Editor
Phone: 619-421-6546
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dayton Smith
Membership
Phone: 619-421-6546
E-Mail: [email protected]
Larry Faast
Clothing and Logo Items
Phone: 760-504-5503
E-Mail: [email protected]
Jerry Blaskey
Coffee Mess
Phone: 619-292-2245
E-Mail: [email protected]
Larry Faast
Keeper of Base Hangars
Phone: 760-504-5503
E-Mail: [email protected]
I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned
that most people die of
natural causes.
Birthdays are good for you;
the more you have,
the longer you live.
Neil Richards
Adrain Clausell
4
12
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
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2015
Please complete and return
this with your payment so
we can update our files
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acceptance of membership acknowledges your understanding that you may be asked to accept leadership roles in service to SDUA EAA Chapter UL114.
Chapter Committee Interests (please underline one or more) if willing to participate as a committee member.
Tool Committee
Tech Advisor
Flight Advisor
Flying Start
Repair Barn
Young Eagles
Social/Flying
Hospitality
Board Member
Newsletter
SDUA EAA Chapter UL114 meets the first Saturday of each month:
Activities are announced in the newsletter.
Please submit your completed application by January 1st
to:
Dayton Smith
1670 Ithaca Street
Chula Vista, CA 91913-3012
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Mission Statement
EAA Chapter 114’s major focus is on the relationships
with people who have diverse
aviation interests, centered
on their love of flight, fellowship, learning and fun. Chapter members have a passion
for flying and are willing to
share it with others. Chapter
114 provides the opportunity
for exchange of information
as well as the interaction
that leads to friendships that
last a lifetime.
EAA Chapter UL 114
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meets on the first Saturday of each
month at 10:00 a.m.
We meet in the SDUA Chapter UL114
Club House at Nichols Field, a private airport at the Eastern end of Otay Lakes, just
off of Otay Lakes Road.
EAA Chapter UL114 Non-Profit Declaration and Legal Disclaimer
EAA Chapter UL114 exists as a non-profit organization (50lc7) whose sole purpose is to promote the interests of its members. EAA Chapter Officers, Directors and Leaders
serve without compensation and have sworn to carry out the will of the membership by means of Democratic processes and rules of order set forth in the Chapter’s by-laws.
No claim is made and no liability is assumed, expressed or implied as to the accuracy or safety of material presented in this publication. Viewpoints of those who contribute to
this newsletter are not necessarily those of EAA Chapter UL114, the EAA, or their board members. You must be of good character, adhere to the chapter’s by-laws, and respect the chapter’s Mission and Value Statement to become a member of the chapter. Dues are $40.00 per year payable to Chapter Treasurer. Chapter dues are payable at the
first meeting of the calendar year. New members joining after the seventh month are prorated at $40 through December of the next calendar year. Member correspondence
and newsletter contributions are encouraged which can be submitted by mail to the address appearing on this page or e-mail to newsletter editor.
13531 Otay Lakes Road
Jamul, CA 91935
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