EAA CHAPTER 315 ON THE WEB: Vice-President: Lew Levison 11 Cromwell Lane Jackson, NJ (732)

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1 AS THE PROP TURNS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION Main Article Heading CHAPTER 315 NORTH JERSEY SHORE EAA CHAPTER 315 ON THE WEB: President: George Cowling 1152 Deal Road Wayside, NJ (732) Vice-President: Lew Levison 11 Cromwell Lane Jackson, NJ (732) Secretary: Jane Finton 104 Arbor Court Tinton Falls, NJ (732) Treasurer: Tom Goeddel 31 McCarter Avenue Fair Haven, NJ (732) Young Eagle s Coordinator: Frank Fine 3311 Belmar Blvd. Wall NJ (732) thefines@juno.com Newsletter Editor: Richard Bielak 2 Bartlett Court Matawan, NJ Home: (732) Mobile: (732) richieb@gmail.com Minutes of the Sept.13th,2010 Meeting of Chapter 315 The September meeting of EAA Chapter 315 meeting was opened at 7:45PM by our President George Cowling. About 15 members made it to the meeting, despite the heavy rain that fell throughout the evening. We had to huddle around the table in Hangar 10E, as we did not want to put the Cruiser out in the rain. The treasurer, Tom Goeddel, reported a balance of $ , before we paid out $500 to Glenn Stott for all his expenses related to promoting the Howard Levy collection.

2 Peter Weighorn s Eagles Nest airport is meeting with some resistance from the local township. He is planning to sponsor a fly-in next May. By then he expects to have fuel and hangars. Lew Lewison reported on a grass strip east of Flying W, owned by a farmer named Rich Allen, who sponsors a pancake breakfast on second Saturday of every month between May and October. There was an airshow at Greenwood Lake airport over the Labor Day weekend. The show was reminiscent of the old Sussex air show. There were some warbirds: B-25, Corsair, P-47. Yaks from Flying W performed. It was a great show! Glenn reported on the week of work the crew from Smithsonian Archives packed away Howard s collection. This collection is triple the size of any collections the archives have so far. Howard s collections has about 300,000 photos. It is likely that we will begin seeing Howard s pictures on the archive s website sometime next. Glenn will arrange a trip for the chapter to the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame for unveiling of Howard Levy s pictures. (See note later in the newsletter for details). It appears that FAA will require that every aircraft will have to be reregistered in the next year. See FAA website for details. Lew suggested that we plan a fly-out brunch to Millville sometime in October (details to be finalized at the October meeting). There is a flying at the Golden Age Museum on September 25th (see pictures Bob Hartmaier took on the following pages). The 50/50 was won by Bob Hartmaier in the amount of $13 dollars. Next meeting will take place on October 4th, at the Old Bridge Airport office. Assistant Secretary Richie Bielak As The Prop Turns - EAA Chapter 315 2

3 Details of Trip to Teterboro Aviation Hall Of Fame EAA Chapter 315 members, I have arranged the NJ Aviation Hall of Fame Museum dedication ceremony for the Howard Levy Exhibit for 1PM on Saturday, October 30th. After the dedication we will go to the Liberty Science Center for the "Legends of Flight" IMAX movie starting at 4:15. We don't have a bus so please car pool with a friend. The exhibit will be unveiled at 1PM by NJAHoF Director Shea Oakley and Glenn Stott followed by a short reception with refreshments, crackers, and cheese. Director Oakley has also graciously waived the museum admission fees for guests who wish to tour the aviation museum following the reception. NJ Aviation Hall of Fame Museum 400 Fred Wehran Drive Teterboro, New Jersey Tel: At 3:15 we will proceed to Jersey City for the IMAX movie. The cost is $9 for adults and $7 for seniors. Here is a brief intro to the movie from the LSC website; Take the ultimate flying experience in the nation s largest IMAX Dome Theater -- without ever leaving the ground! Enter the cockpits of planes representing 100+ years of breakthrough aeronautic design, and soar through the skies with their experienced pilots in this fascinating and visually stunning documentary Liberty Science Center IMAX Liberty State Park 222 Jersey City Boulevard Jersey City, NJ *Please RSVP to **gstott@eaa315,org* and indicate if you plan to attend the reception, the IMAX movie, or both. (The museum needs approximate numbers for the refreshments at Teterboro and the Science Center needs advance numbers for group discounts)* Thanks, Glenn Stott gstott@eaa315.org 3

4 Ocean City N.J. Air Festival September Photos by Bob Hartmaier As The Prop Turns - EAA Chapter 315 4

5 Golden Age Museum Fall Fly-in - September 25th Photos by Bob Hartmaier 5

6 TWENTY YEARS AGO IN SPORT AVIATION The Grand Champion Plans Built Long-EZ constructed by George Nopper and owned by Bob Eckes graced the cover of the October 1990 issue of Sport Aviation. George spent four years building the plane, flew it 190 hours, and then sold it to Bob. George was not even a pilot when he began the project, but he was looking for a task that would allow him to challenge himself to achieve the highest level of perfection that he possibly could and also learn a few new skills in the process. George studied the Rutan plans and reworked them to make sure that every part was built to.032 inch tolerances and to make sure that the airframe would come out perfectly symmetrical. He often gave up trying to make the factory pre-molded parts fit, and made them from scratch in order to satisfy his goal of perfection. He also spent lots of time redesigning parts and systems that he found not up to his standards, or that he had read in the newsletters were prone to failure or poor performance. Some of these included the brakes, landing gear and engine installation. He took flying lessons as the completion date drew near, and after having an experienced Long-EZ pilot make the first flight, he completed the test flight schedule himself, and then began taking the plane on a few cross-country flights. He said the problems began when he found himself spending more time planning the flights to his required level of perfection than they took to fly. He became constantly worried that he had forgotten some critical detail that would cause him and his wife to come to harm, or at least violate some FAR. So he made the decision to quit flying and sell the plane, and his friend and VariEze owner Bob Eckes became the proud new owner. The back cover featured the Grand Champion Kit Built winning Glasair RG built and owned by Skip Gdisis. Skip kept the modifications to a minimum, and it was the ultra smooth and shiny finish in addition to overall outstanding workmanship that wowed the judges. Due to excellent preparation of the surface, Skip only needed two color coats of polyurethane and two coats of clear, with wet sanding in between coats, to achieve mirror like finish. Automotive rubbing compound and swirl remover gave the final shine. Also covered were some of the new designs that appeared at the 1990 Convention Fly-In. One was the Lightning Bug, a single-place composite design by Nick Jones, who had previously designed and built the four-place White Lightning. The Lightning Bug was a conventional midwing tail-dragger, similar in size to a Formula One or Formula V racer, but much lighter. It was powered by a 90 hp three-cylinder AMW engine, and at the time would indicate 195 mph at 8,500 feet at full throttle. Nick reported that kit versions would have a tricycle landing gear that used a Long-EZ style retractable nose gear. This would eliminate the drag of the tail wheel and get the top speed over 200 mph, as well as open up the potential market to many more pilots. Lance Neibauer also introduced his new four-place Lancair IV. He had previously insisted that a fourplace Lancair would likely never become a reality, but when his wife gave birth to their second child, it suddenly became a necessity! Since this plane would fly higher and faster than the two place Lancair, a completely new high aspect-ratio wing was designed for high speed, high altitude cruise. Full slotted Fowler flaps were used to bring the stall speed down to a reasonable 69 mph. 75% power cruise speed at 25,000 ft. was 330 mph, and if you didn t want to have to use oxygen you could limp along at 296 mph at 12,000 ft. Oh, the kit price was $38,500, but you still had to spring for the 350 hp Continental TSIO-550A twin-turbocharged engine. As The Prop Turns - EAA Chapter 315 6

7 In EAA World Jack Cox offered his usual commentary on the highlights of the Fly-In Convention, covering new designs in aircraft, engines, and included lots of photos. Mark Phelps described the Battle of Britain Commemoration that was sponsored by Jaguar in honor of the 50 th anniversary of that landmark event of World War II. On hand were two Spitfires, a Hawker Hurricane, a dehavilland Mosquito courtesy of Kermit Weeks, and a Messerschmitt Me 109. A large display tent contained photos and other memorabilia, and offered a place where one could meet and talk to participants of battle, including Bill Walker, who flew a Spitfire for the RAF, and Max Kurtz, a former Luftwaffe Me 109 pilot. The F-117A Stealth fighter made one of its first public appearances also, and Dave Gustafson contributed a long article that included interviews with two operational F-117 pilots and one of the McDonnell Douglas civilian test pilots involved in its development. John Roncz continued his lessons on designing an airplane with his third article on tail incidence. He also answered some of the more frequently asked questions that came up at his Oshkosh 1990 forum. In Hints for Homebuilders Ken Brown explained how to make a tool for forming a flange on a lightening hole in an aluminum part. In the Craftsman s Corner, Ben Owen talked about some potential hazards when handling auto fuel and offered some comments by Bill Harrison of Clear Point, AL who had designed his own fueling station for his aircraft. In the Sportplane Builder Tony finished up his discussion on painting you metal homebuilt. Bob Hartmaier EAA Our favorite airplane, PA-12 Super Cruiser from hangar 10E won the Best of Show Award at Ocean City!!! 7

8 Richie Bielak 2 Bartlett Court Matawan, NJ E.A.A CHAPTER 315 As The Prop Turns Newsletter of the Monmouth-Ocean County New Jersey Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association October, 2010 Editor: Richie Bielak (732) Next Meeting: Monday, October 4th, 7:30PM Old Bridge Airport, Airport Office