UPCOMING EVENTS NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE Jerry Dann-U/L Chennault Way Eden Prairie, MN 55346

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1 UPCOMING EVENTS August 21 10:00 EAA UL92 meeting, Glencoe Airport August 22, 7-12, Litchfield Lions Fly-in Breakfast, KLJF August 22, 7-11, Boyceville Fly-in Breakfast, Airshow, and Parade, 3T3 August 22, 8-1, Pipestone Fly-in Breakfast, KPQN August 28 EAA UL92 Brat and Sweet Corn fly-in August 29, 7-12, Cumberland Fly-in Breakfast, KUBE August 29, 8-1, Burlington Fly-in Breakfast/Lunch, KBUU August 29, 7:30-1, Windom Fly-in Breakfast, KMWM August 29, 7-12, Owatonna CAP French Toast Breakfast, KOWA August 29, 7-12, Grygla Fly-in Breakfast, 3G2 September 11, 7:30-11, Superior Pancake Breakfast and Young Eagle Flights, KSUW September 11, 8-1, Osceola Wheels and Wings Fly-in, KOEO September 12, 11:30-2, EAA 878 & Wright Aero Pork Chop Dinner Flyin, KMGG September 12, 7-1, New Ulm Fly-in Breakfast, KULM September 12, 8-12, Irene Lev Memorial Flying Cloud Fly-in Breakfast, KFCM September 18, 8-12, Grand Rapids Fly-in Breakfast, KGPZ September 18, 7-12, Faribault Fly-in Breakfast, KFBL September 19, 7:30-12:30, Hector Fly-in Breakfast, 1D6 U/L Chapter 92 of the Experimental Aircraft Association is a non-profit nontaxable educational association incorporated in Glencoe, Minnesota. Membership is open to anyone interested in learning about aviation in general and specifically about ultra light planes, light planes, sport planes, and/or general aviation planes including the flying, maintenance and construction of same. The purpose of Chapter 92 is to promote, encourage, and enhance the safe use of all types of aircraft. Meetings are held on the third Saturday of each month at 10:00 AM at the Glencoe Municipal Airport. Guests are always welcome to attend. Jerry Dann-U/L Chennault Way Eden Prairie, MN NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE 99999

2 EAA U/L CHAPTER 92 South Central Minnesota Flyers August 2010 Chuck Henke, President, Scott Benson, Vice President, Gene Pearson, Secretary, Stuart Selchow, Young Eagles Director, Jim Benson, Treasurer, Jerry Dann, Newsletter Editor, $$ DUES ARE DUE OCTOBER 1ST EACH YEAR $$ Current Chapter dues are $15 per year. You can mail your dues to the Treasurer, Jim Benson, th Street E., Glencoe, MN Make the check payable to: EAA U/L Chapter 92 Big thanks to the many contributors this month!! Top Left: Allen Jenkins, Swap Shop Director and our own Honorable Club President Chuck Henke working at the Oshkosh Ultralight barn. Nice shirt! Top Right: Larry Matheny flew in for the meeting last month. Bottom Left: Mike Schweim sitting in the Osprey. Bottom Right: A few images from Oshkosh. Don't forget our Sweet Corn/Brat fly-in on August 28 th. And wear your green shirt!

3 UL92 JULY MEETING NOTES -Gene Pearson The Glencoe Airport will be receiving federal funds in October These NPIAS funds can help with creating a new taxiway, runway cleaning and maintenance equipment or a new shed for equipment storage. Trees in the vicinity of the Glencoe airport will be cut during winter, says Treasurer Jim Benson. There are also plans to create new drainage for the ditch intersecting the runway. Land preparation will signal construction of the next row of hangars. With Treasurer Jim Benson presiding, he announced there is $ in the UL92 account. Three prior chapter members were dropped from further communication, due to non-payment of dues. Letters were sent to the Glencoe mayor, city administrator, city council and airport commission with an invitation to attend the Corn/Brat Feed at the end of August. Benson commented on the potential to share the revenue and responsibility for future Corn/Brat Feeds with another Glencoe civic organization. A small group of people are working hard to make the event successful, but weather and disgruntled volunteers can create ripples in a smoothly flowing event. Female volunteers have already requested scheduled relief for duties during the 2010 gathering. Placing a one brat limit per person, with additional bratwurst available for an additional charge, is suggested as the method to prevent people from viewing the Corn/Brat Feed as a bratwurst buffet luncheon. Eliminating free food for the Pilot In Command (PIC) will assist with buffering a positive return to the time and funds invested in the Corn/Brat Feed by UL92. Many pilots stopping by prior events have provided free will donations to the coffers. No more complementary lunch has potential to increase the final amount of money received to cover costs paid. The year 2001 was the first for Young Eagles flights, with an assist from Chapter 25 members. A picnic was held to thank everyone for support. The initial picnic created the first Corn/Brat feed. Perhaps the Glencoe Lions Club should take over the event and revenues, stated Benson. Involving a Glencoe community organization in future Corn/Brat feeds would make the airport visible to other people in the area. Adverse weather conditions could prevent pilots from flying to the Glencoe airport. An economic balance would come from feeding the corn and brats to people capable of driving to the airfield. OSHKOSH AIR VENTURE 2010 Several members attending the July meeting confirmed their intent to visit Oshkosh during the EAA Convention and volunteer their time on work details. PROJECT REPORTS UL92 Member Trevor Stewart says he is currently working on a Cessna 182 and two 1940 s Interstates. His goal is to sell the restored aircraft. The wings are in the fuselage on Jim Benson s Sonex and he is getting ready to drill holes for wing mounting.

4 Picnic on the Porch -Greg Regnier As Memorial Day picnics go, this would qualify as the most unique in my experience. Since we needed pick up our grandson in Princeton anyway, my wife, Ceal, decided that we should have a picnic on the porch. This seemed like a much better option than sitting in a restaurant on such a glorious day so she packed a lunch and off we flew. Some of the Princeton locals were skeptical that we intended to have a picnic at the airport until we started unpacking the food. Entertainment was provided by a T-34 and Navy 3N3 that were doing a fly-over at the Princeton Memorial Day service and an Apache helicopter doing touch and go s. Our granddaughter thought the Apache was just about the coolest thing ever. Ceal commented that I had probably gotten her hooked on flying. That would be fine with me. In time, finished our lunch loaded up our grandson and enjoyed a nice flight home. Good food, good company and good flying. All in all, not a bad way to celebrate Memorial day. Red Bull Flugtag Report -Gene Pearson I stopped by the Red Bull Flight Day event on Harriet Island in Saint Paul. There was wall to wall people in the plane display area and prime viewing spots when I got there. (The crowd estimate is 90,000 spectators) My vantage point was across the river, but my optics were not up to the task. It pays to have a good looking flight crew when in the pre-flight mode. No indication of how many people actually took the plunge while pushing their artwork down the flight deck. The B-25 which flew a record 207 feet started from a much higher distance off the deck. The stand also disconnected at the right time and provided an opportunity to gain flight. The Red Bull Flight Day event will probably not be back for many years. It was definitely a nice day, the younger crowd enjoyed the free event and now I can look back at what frustrated pilots do for fun.

5 Oshkosh Report -Mike Schweim We had a great time at Oshkosh. I arrived at Sloshkosh, (as it was known as, early in the week) around 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Volunteer meeting was Saturday evening. Sunday, I helped get set up in the barn, and we were un-officially open for business, and made a lot of sales, even though the show didn't open till the next day. Due to wet conditions, the ultralight campground was closed, so they allowed us to camp in a field used to park exhibitors trailers. Monday afternoon, the campground had dried out enough that we were allowed to move into it. There were more ultralight vendors than in past years. I heard there were 42 this year. Most aircraft were diverted to Fond Du Lac, or Appleton till Monday afternoon, as most grass areas were too soft for aircraft parking. My youngest brother, Marty, flew the Air Force CV-22 Osprey to the event just before the airshow on Friday, and it was on static display thru Sunday afternoon. He arranged to stop at Mankato for fuel, and a training sortie on his way home Monday. I left Oshkosh around 4:30 Sunday afternoon so I could see the Osprey perform at Mankato on Monday. He was in Mankato for about 3 hours. Appleton Flight Report -Jerry Dann We decided to fly into Appleton again this year for our trip to Oshkosh in the RV- 9A. We had a nice flight although some mag roughness slowed us down enough that we missed our intended shuttle bus, so we ended up waiting about an hour for the next bus to Oshkosh. There were already a lot of airplanes parked at Appleton when we arrived there around 8:00 am on Monday, the first official day of the show. Seems that the wet conditions sent many airplanes to nearby airports. We did a one day trip and it was a great day. Here are a few shots from the trip.