HAPPY NEW YEAR EAA CHAPTER 67 JANUARY CHAPTER MEETING

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1 EAA CHAPTER 67 VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1 JANRUARY, 2017 HAPPY NEW YEAR INSIDE THIS ISSUE: JANUARY CHAPTER MEETING HANGAR FLYING 2 EAA Chaptergram FAA Medical Rule 1121 Schedule of Events Chapter 67 Events 7 Safety Corner 8 Don s Corner 9 Dues & Application 1 0 CHAPTER 67 OFFICERS Brian CHAPTER C 67 OFFICERS Brian EAA Chapter 67 normally EAA meets Chapter the first 67 Monday normally of meets each month the first at Monday 7:30 PM of at each the Noblesville month at 7:30 Airport PM at the (Pitch-in Noblesville dinner Airport 6:30). (Pitch-in Please check dinner the 6:30). calendar Please since there check are the occasional calendar since exceptions: there are occasional exceptions: 3 Brian opened the meeting with the pledge of allegiance at 7:10 pm. Attendance: 31. Ron McCormack is now the treasurer for EAA 67. Balance: $6367. Please pay your dues ( $20) if you have not yet paid. All insurance and rent has been paid. Guests: from EAA 1121, Mike Grant, Judy Birchler, Boyd Birchler, John Ritchey, a freshman at Guerin Catholic. He is interested in flying and will be taking lessons soon. Bruce Moss updated the group on the EAA meeting at Anderson with Todd Rokita regarding upcoming changes in Medical procedures. The FAA will publish proposals on January 11. Deadline for final action is July 15. Mike Creer will head up the Ercoupe project. Please contact him or Brian Crull to volunteer for the project. Brian will pick up the BD5 from Indy Exec soon. Brian asked if anyone is interested in being Chapter Librarian. If interested in this prestigious title, please contact him to volunteer. Since no one volunteered to bring a meat dish for February 6, we will meet at Mcallisters at 6:00 pm prior to our meeting. Speaker: John Haynes, gave a superb talk about his WWII experiences. He served in the Navy in WWII, starting out as a ship turret gunner and ending up as a pilot followed by a career in aviation. John was on one of the first convoys in 1942 to go to Murmansk, Russia as part of the Lend-Lease program. Representative Carl Vinson pulled strings for him to be transferred to Navy aviation. The USS Carl Vinson (CVN70) is named after him. John s book, Frozen Fury, is available on Amazon. Meeting ended at 8:35 pm

2 Chapter 67 was very fortunate to have John Haynes, a true American Hero speak at the January meeting. Larry Jacobi had given John a Stearman ride earlier this year. He had not flown a Stearman in many years but was able to pick right up like it was yesterday according to Larry. After listening to John speak the chapter knew why these veterans are called the Greatest Generation. Mike Grant, Judy and Lloyd Birchler from Chapter 1121 stopped by to hear John speak. When the temperature is cold and ceilings low it is time to pull out the big dog and head south says Corporate Pilot and Chapter 67 President Brian Crull. Brian has helped a number of our Chapter Young Eagles prepare for their future as professional pilots by allowing them to ride right seat when they were ready.

3 Page 3 EAA CHAPTERGRAM HANGAR FLYING Chapter 67 Participates in Red Bull Air Races By Brian Crull, EAA Chapter 67 President, EAA January On October 1 and 2, the Red Bull Air Races held its inaugural race at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). To give the event a local feel, IMS wanted to involve the local aviation community in an area they were calling the Learn to Fly Zone. The Learn to Fly Zone was home to several local flight schools, the Civil Air Patrol, and a handful of local aviation organizations. One of the organizations invited to set up a display booth was EAA Chapter 67 of Noblesville, Indiana. We had the opportunity to speak with many other EAA members who attended the races, and they said they were happy to see we were representing EAA at the event. It was interesting to see how far some of them had come to see the air races. In addition to current EAA members, we met many local people who were interested in EAA, so we invited them to join us at our next Chapter 67 sponsored event. Many of the locals were already familiar with our chapter from attending the multiple pancake breakfast fly-ins we host each summer. A main focus of Chapter 67 is promoting aviation to local youth. We accomplish this during our annual flyins and Young Eagles Rallies, where we find kids who have the same passion for aviation as we do! Since the main draw to the Learn to Fly Zone was local youth, we set up our flight simulator for the children to try their hand at flying. We had a steady line waiting to fly the sim anytime there was a break in the Air Races. One of the highlights of the event was made possible through the efforts of Scott Taylor, who is one of our past Air Academy kids and a current pilot with FedEx. Scott was able to set up a handful of our former Young Eagles with a ride around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a classic Indy 500 pace car. Four kids we currently are mentoring and whom we have sent to the EAA Air Academy were part of the race pilot introductions. As each pilot was introduced, an announcement was made about a local youth who would join for the traditional parade lap. The traffic to our booth exceeded our expectations, and having some of our Young Eagles join the pilots during their parade lap made the Red Bull Air Races a very rewarding event to be a part of. Chapter 67 has great members who give much of their time to events such as this, so it was rewarding to see the enjoyment that they got out of sharing their passion for aviation with event attendees. The IMS and the Red Bull Air Race officials were happy with how well the event was received. Due to the tremendous success of the Learn to Fly Zone, event organizers are looking to enlarge the area for Chapter 67 is looking forward to participating in next year s event and making our booth all the more successful!

4 FAA issues final medical rule January 10, 2017 by General Aviation News Staff Leave a Comment The FAA issued Jan. 10, 2017, a final rule that allows general aviation pilots to fly without holding an FAA medical certificate as long as they meet certain requirements outlined in Congressional legislation. Michael Huerta The United States has the world s most robust general aviation community, and we re committed to continuing to make it safer and more efficient to become a private pilot, said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. The BasicMed rule will keep our pilots safe, but will simplify our regulations and keep general aviation flying affordable. Until now, the FAA has required private, recreational, and student pilots, as well as flight instructors, to hold a third class medical certificate. They are required to complete an online application and undergo a physical examination with an FAA-designated Aviation Medical Examiner. A medical certificate is valid for five years for pilots under age 40 and two years for pilots age 40 and over. The new rule takes effect May 1. On that date, pilots may take advantage of the regulatory relief in the BasicMed rule or opt to continue to use their FAA medical certificate, FAA officials note. Under BasicMed, a pilot will be required to complete a medical education course, undergo a medical examination every four years, and comply with aircraft and operating restrictions. For example, pilots using BasicMed cannot operate an aircraft with more than six people onboard and the aircraft must not weigh more than 6,000 pounds. A pilot flying under the BasicMed rule must: Possess a valid driver s license; Have held a medical certificate at any time after July 15, 2006; Have not had the most recently held medical certificate revoked, suspended, or withdrawn; Have not had the most recent application for airman medical certification completed and denied; Have taken a medical education course within the past 24 calendar months; Have completed a comprehensive medical examination with a physician within the past 48 months; Be under the care of a physician for certain medical conditions; Have been found eligible for special issuance of a medical certificate for certain specified mental health, neurological, or cardiovascular conditions, when applicable; Consent to a National Driver Register check; Fly only certain small aircraft, at a limited altitude and speed, and only within the United States; and Not fly for compensation or hire. The July 15, 2016 FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 directed the FAA to issue or revise regulations by Jan. 10, 2017, to ensure that an individual may operate as pilot in command of a certain aircraft without having to undergo the medical certification process under Part 67 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, if the pilot and aircraft meet certain prescribed conditions outlined in the Act. The FAA is working with nonprofit organizations and the not-for-profit general aviation groups to develop online medical courses that meet the requirements of the the new rule, FAA officials noted.

5 Chapter 67 Secretary, John Schmidtke sent along this calendar of Chapter 1121 events planned for If you whish to participate in any please contact Mike Grant the 1121 President.

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7 EAA S OF ST T O R Feb 6, Chapter Meeting: 6:00PM dinner at McAlister s Deli - Meeting 7:30 at I80 March 6, Chapter Meeting: 6:00PM dinner at McAlister s Deli - Meeting 7:30 at I80 April 3, Chapter Meeting:6:30PM pitch in dinner at I80 - Meeting 7:30 at I80 May 1, Chapter Meeting: 6:30PM pitch in dinner at I80 - Meeting 7:30 at II80 June 1, Chapter Meeting: 6:30PM pitch in dinner at I80 - Meeting 7:30 at I80 June 10, Chapter Pancake Fly -In July 10, Chapter Meeting: 6:30 pitch in dinner I80 Meeting 7:30 at I80 Aug. 7, Chapter Meeting: 6:30 pitch in dinner I80 Meeting 7:30 at I80 Aug 19, Chapter Pancake Fly-In PRESIDENT S CORNER You are all lucky this month and will get a short column from me this month. I have had a very busy month of flying and have flown the most hours in a January in many years. This has left me very little time for much else. I am looking forward to some warm weather since I have several projects that I need to get done on my PA12 to get it back in the air. We also need to get some work done on the Chapter Ercoupe project. I am STILL looking for some volunteers from the Chapter to help get this ready for the June Fly In. I think the BD5 static plane project should not take too much work to get it ready to use. I do hope to get it picked up very soon so we can get to work on it. I think the BD5 plane will be a great addition to our Chapter tent at the next Red Bull Air Race. It will be easier to transport than the Ercoupe due to its size. I will not be in town for the February meeting so Vice President; Allan Grabeman will lead the meeting. We do not have a program scheduled and we will meet at McAlister s Deli at Hamilton Town Center at 6:00 for dinner. We will then head to the airport in time to set up and start the meeting at 7:30. Unless someone would like to volunteer to host the March dinner, we will also meet at McAlister s in March. I will be enlisting names to host the April thru October dinners at the March meeting. Please consider hosting one of those months. You can go in with a fellow member to do this. I have not heard any updates on how Don Roberts is doing after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for a full and speedy recovery.

8 Safety Corner: 3 Secrets to Smooth Landings Featuring Wally Moran - "What are the top three magic bullets for making good landings?" - Roy B. Wally: "The magic bullet for good landings, I wish I had one. A few things I do know about good and bad landings is that the approach is the first part that must be right. So if your approach is not on speed and stable, save that bad landing by going around and setting it up again. On speed means having the correct speed for the conditions and stabilized at that speed. A common mistake I often see is not getting the elevator trimmed for the desired speed. If you do this then the control pressures are the same for every landing. If you don't, then every landing is different. Another mistake I see is that the pilot gets fixated on the aim point. Remember the purpose of the aim point is just to get you to the runway at a safe height. Once you have accomplished that, the aim point is no longer useful. On final, you should frequently move your focal reference point from the aiming point to a ways down the runway, then to objects on the airport adjacent to the runway. As you approach the aim point, you need to focus your vision farther down the runway. The distance should be proportional to the speed of the aircraft. If you focus too close, things will be blurred and the reaction can be too abrupt or too late resulting in over control or drop in landings. If you focus too far away, the result can be a nose first landing. Since the visual point is dependent upon speed, you will need to move your visual focus closer to the airplane as you slow down in the flare. Another problem can be trying to look over the nose. As the cowling starts to block our vision over the nose, we have to move our view over to the 10:30 or 11:00 position. So make sure you have a stabilized approach, are in trim on final and try looking a little further down the runway after you cross the threshold, but then after you have started the flare bring it back a little closer to you. Maybe that will help you get those greasers we all want."

9 Y / L / E N S C O R N E R ) : All chapter members are invited to list items they would like to offer for sale or trade to other members. Please forward via to Brian Crull and they will be placed in the next month s news letter. FLT. TRAINING: Sheridan Nick Boland CFII, nick@flighttrainingcenters.com 317/ Noblesville Larry Jacobi, CFII, MEI, Glass (317) Larryjacobi@sbcglobal.net I80 Noblesville Airport Clean, well maintained open T ($135 per mo.) with electric on a great 3500 grass E W runway. Friendly people who love aviation. Fuel and use of a maintenance hangar for residents. CONTACT: Larry Jacobi 317/ Cessna 172 (straight tail) For Sale 3525 Total A.F. Time, 900 SMOH, STOL Kit, Radios Annual due June, 2017 $24, EMBROIDERED HATS & SHIRT $15.00 EA.

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