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1 Volume 30 Issue 1 2nd Place McKillop Award 1996 & 1999 Jan PREZ SEZ By Tim Sullivan Happy new year everyone! I hope everyone faired the holidays well. December, it seems, came and went so quickly with fair weather for flying and being outside. Placerville Main Street seemed to be busy everyday with locals and visitor enjoying our area. I could not help but notice that during those cobalt blue calm days, lots of folks were flying. As aviators we tend to look up a lot when we hear an aircraft passing by. We ask ourselves, what kind of plane is that? It that someone I know? Based on the direction of flight we sometimes speculate where they are going. Auburn for lunch, the Bay Area and other places we as aviators are so lucky to travel to by air. Face it, we have the aviation bug and it s very strong in our chapter. As your newly elected president I want to thank you for trusting me to help lead the chapter through it s 44th year. Also I want to thank Past President Rob Bulaga for his enthusiasm and dedication these last two years. I ve sat on the board many times in the past and I know that as a president your job can be a real joy with a great board, which we have. Most of all the members at 512 are all enthusiastic about aviation and are dedicated to sharing and preserving the heritage of a sport they love. This year I would like to ask each and every member to share our aviation world with someone. Whether it be bringing them to the airport for a chapter meeting or special event, sitting on one of the benches watching the planes come and go, or maybe a ride for lunch. This simple gesture could be a pivotal moment for someone else to get The Bug Happy New Year! Tim Sullivan JANUARY 2 IMC/VMC Meeting 10 Board Meeting 17 Monthly Meeting FEBRUARY 6 IMC/VMC Meeting 14 Board Meeting 21 Monthly Meeting *All events at the EAA Hangar unless noted Inside This Issue... Calendar of Upcoming Events From the President Membership Meeting Info Leadership BOD Minutes Events & Activities Disclaimer: The Hangtown Strobe is the official publication of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 512 of Placerville, California for the use, education and enjoyment of chapter members and others to whom it is provided. NO claim is made, NO responsibility and NO liability is assumed, expressed or implied as to the accuracy or safety of material presented. Use of information, ideas, etc. presented here is done so at the risk of the user with recourse to no one.

2 JANUARY 2018 The Hangtown Strobe Page Young Eagle & Eagles Save the Dates! June 9th October 13th Chapter Board of Directors: President: Tim Sullivan (530) timpvf@pacbell.net Past Pres: (916) rbulaga@sbcglobal.net Vice President: Jim Wilson (916) james.wilson.consulting@gmail.com Save the Dates... Spread the news for the 2018 Pancake Breakfasts. April to October Thank you to all our volnteers Secretary: Kim Stein (916) dksfly@comcast.net Treasurer: Al Herron (530) herronpvf@sbcglobal.net General Directors: Dick Wampach: (530) rwampach@att.net John McPherson : (530) jgmcplt@pacbell.net 1st Tuesday of the 7pm The EAA Hangar Chapter Committee Chairmen: Membership : Al Herron (530) herronpvf@sbcglobal.net Young Eagles: Kim Stein (916) dksfly@comcast.net Webmaster: Kim Stein (916) dksfly@comcast.net Newsletter Editor: Kim Stein (916) dksfly@comcast.net We Want Your Batteries! Hal is collecting batteries for recycling. Scholarship Chair : New committee EAA Flight Advisors: Hal Stephens (530) , (530) (cell) aerohal@comcast.net EAA Technical Counselor: Dick Wampach: (530) rwampach@att.net We are no longer taking metal, please let people know to not drop off metal at the hangar.

3 JANUARY 2018 The Hangtown Strobe Page 3 EAA CHAPTER 512 BOD MEETING 01/10/2018 RECAP By Kim Stein Meeting called to order at: 6:59 PM by: Tim Sullivan Board Members Present: Tim Sullivan, President Present Jim Wilson, Vice President Present Al Herron, Treasurer Present Kim Stein, Secretary Dan sat in for her Dick Wampach, General Director Present John McPherson, General Director Present Rob Bulaga, Past President Present General Members Present: Bob O hara Hal Stephens Guests: None Business from the Floor Are 3 General Directors allowed? Al checking. By-laws state, only 2 General Directors allowed. Hal will step out as General director and work the small fundraising (bottles and cans and recycling) CHAPTER BUSINESS (Old & New) Board Member & Committee Reports Tim Sullivan President 2018 goals Getting people in the air more. Many members don t fly as PIC or passenger and ground school students. Eagle flights, Fly outs How many young eagles have maintained interest in flying? How can we follow up? Ask ground school students if they had a young eagle or Eagle flight? Jacket Donated by Jerry Manthy. To be actioned off at a future general meeting Dan to provide contact for CAP with anticipation of future cooperation with the chapter New Member Orientation Package Still in work. Rob and Kim to get together to put something together Potential items to be included in pack: Current newsletter, patch, sticker, letter from chapter, website address EAA may have a pre-printed folder to place items inside Membership drive Put a flyer on the bulletin board in the county office Encourage members to take cards already printed about the chapter and have on hand to hand out Movie night Glen is leading the effort Tim has a DVD player that could be used. Need to test unit for compatibility. Should we revisit the options for Wi-Fi connection to stream short aviation videos / movies? Rick Gaylord to be contacted for suggestions on options Jim Wilson - Vice President Meeting Programs No speaker planned for Jan or beyond. Need ideas and resources. Rob knows of a guy (Jerry Manthey) that may be willing to speak. Tim to work on ADSB presentation and Mike Melville Will show Chapter videos as time allows Hanger Improvements None to report Endow El Dorado Grant Application filed, waiting to hear back. Will announce sometime this month pending positive outcome. Ground School Sat Jan 20 th (first day) 12 weeks (skipping president s day) May be a conflict with April pancake breakfast. Jim will make alternate arrangements Word of mouth advertising and website resulted in 18 people have expressed interest. They have not committed with payment Suggestion for financial incentive to pass the exam was brought up. Board decided to wait and see how many people take the class and potential Jim to invite students to chapter meeting and VMC/IMC meetings Pancake breakfast Begins in April Kim/Dan Stein Secretary Web Site Tim to get with Kim on updates Strobe Newsletter scheduled to be released on Saturday 1/13/18 Eagle Flights Chapter Gear potential order to be placed Al Herron Treasurer Membership Grew in 2017 (current count around 50, Al please confirm) Accounts (Al to transmit account balances to Tim the day before the board meeting to be incorporated into the board agenda) General Checking (Nonprofit Checking) $11, General Savings (Business Savings - *9961) $ 2,927.14

4 JANUARY 2018 The Hangtown Strobe Page 4 BOD Meeting Minutes continued from previous page IMC/VMC Club The first Tuesday night of the 7:00 pm at Placerville EAA Hangar is the next scheduled IMC Club meeting. Please join us for the informative discussion group. We have decided to form up a VMC Club, (VFR discussion group) with the idea of having both on the same night for those interested in both VFR & IFR flying. In addition to this if the interest is their, we are also considering offering the WINGS credit through the FAAST team program with the FAA. This can help with airplane insurance and credit towards the BFR.and that plus a five dollar bill will get you almost any drink at Starbucks with bragging rights! I received a letter from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) acknowledging Chapter 512 s donation toward the restoration and operating expenses of the C-47 That s All, Brother (lead aircraft of the Normandy invasion). The letter included a nice hand-written note in the margin: We love hearing stories of how this aircraft affects so many people. So glad Bob & Jim shared with your chapter the journey this aircraft is on to return to Normandy in Thank you for your support. Letter was signed by RozeLyn N. Beck, Vice President of Philanthropy and Development. -Al Airport Vandalism Fund (Business Savings - *5504) $ 3, Scholarship CD (Time Deposit) $ 4, Scholarship/Award Checking (Business Basics Checking) $ Presented to income and expense sheet for 2017 (available upon request to Al) Tim says new signature cards are required Need a copy of Minutes showing the election results Kim 501-3(c) papers for state and Federal are required in the spring Audit due in February Dick Wampach - General Director IMC/VMC Club First Tues of Feb, 7 PM at the hanger In March VMC & IMC on the same night Activities/Fly-Outs AOPA seminar in Sacto on 16 of Jan Collision avoidance SVPA: Feb 9 fly for food Go to the SVPA site for info Jan 28 luncheon at Sac Exec restaurant Jan 20 Bob Bectel 9 am at Sac Exec Dick wrote an article on looking outside, Kim to add to Strobe Can we send people to the EAA leadership training. Not sure when and where the next one is. Fix or replace the heaters, and fix the fluorescent, balance the ceiling fans Lights are about $30 each Board authorized up to $300 Motion made by Dick John Seconded Unanimous passed. Tim to work with Jim on balancing the fans. Tim to bring a heater to the next general meeting and to contact Doug Delapp on direction to take on current heaters, repair or replace. John McPherson - General Director Mice need to be eradicated from the chapter hangar. Jim to check into viable methods. Rob Bulaga- Past President Do we want to host the B-17 again? Rob will look into if Mather can host it. Hal Stephens Fundraising - $21 for cans thanks to John Anderson Board Actions: Fix or replace the heaters, and fix the fluorescent, balance the ceiling fans Lights are about $30 each Board authorized up to $300 Motion made by Dick John Seconded Unanimous passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM by: Tim Sullivan

5 JANUARY 2018 The Hangtown Strobe Page 4 Safety, it s a big area to talk about, how about some new topics or even a visit to an oldie! Over 50 years ago 1966 couldn t be that far back could it? Well it was a good time anyhow, single again what to do with my spare time. Why not take up flying. A good friend suggested an inexpensive (cheap) flying club at Santa Monica, SMO. It s was a busy place but you can learn a lot more, and how to deal with busy airspace. First flight with an instructor, first words out of his mouth were keep up your scan, look outside more than you look inside. Off we launched in the mighty Cessna 140 with its 85 horse power, you could just make the pattern altitude of 1,000 feet as you reached down wind mid-field to chop the power and glide down for the landing, oh wait the tower says you are #5 or 10, or even 14 for landing. Better keep an eye out for those many other aircraft! So, from the first 2 minutes of my flying it was LOOK for airplanes and NEVER DON T LOOK OUT! A few years later and working on the instrument rating it became new words of wisdom. The radar controller will point out any traffic near-by at some o clock position and if in VFR conditions search hi and low to spot the other traffic, then acknowledge back that you see it you did see all of them, didn t you? Soon after things got even better, Transponders with mode C encoding altimeters came along. Well let me tell you it just can t get any better than that can it? Now the controller can give you the other planes relative bearing and tell you to look above or below to find that other guy. So for many years I flew looking out in VFR and relying on the radar controllers on many of my flights, using flight following as often as I could and feeling pretty good about the old see and be seen concept. Never had an encounter of the worst kind, and except for in the pattern at Oshkosh ware things do get interesting, all has been good. About a month after OSH this year Fred and I added the latest and greatest to our Skylane RG the ADSB in and out Transponder system. This is the greatest thing since my first flight when the tower said to look for the other planes in the pattern and follow. Now I could spend all day looking at the GPS 530W the 2 I-pads, & 1 I-phone we fly with, so much more information, so many other airplanes out there. At times there are more than 10 in range that could be a factor to our flight. I never knew so many planes are out there! In conclusion I do believe in ADSB it s in and out benefits are life savers. and NEVER DON T LOOK OUT! And yes, I have been # 14 in the pattern at SMO on more than one occasion! Dick Wampach is a pilot ATP & CFII, A/P mechanic with Inspection Authorization Aviation helps attack historic California wildfires Months into a record outbreak of California wildfires that have resulted from the worst fire conditions the state has seen in decades, aerial assaults continue, and general aviation airports including one closed by a temporary flight restriction are playing key support roles in the attack. See dramatic photos of aviation in action. (Photo by Mike Salas, MSAVI Photography and Focal Flight.) Read more >

6 JANUARY 2018 The Hangtown Strobe Page 5 Cherished Homebuilt Helps Spread Spirit of Aviation January 10, 2018 By Ti Windisch Glenn Gordon, EAA , did not just buy a nice looking biplane when he purchased his 1982 Marquart MA-5 Charger. Glenn bought himself a champion. His Charger was originally constructed by Remo Galeazzi, EAA Remo was known for being an affable friend, a humorous and detailed writer, and a skilled builder. He spent nearly 10 years on his Charger, and wrote in Sport Aviation ( Chicken House Chargers, June 1985) that he never would have even started the beautiful biplane were it not for Jim Smith. Jim encouraged Remo to join him in the endeavor, and the two of them ordered Charger plans from the designer, Ed Marquart, around the same time. Remo often consulted Jim throughout the early days of the build, which eventually led to the two of them renting out an old chicken coop once their projects became too much for their houses (or wives) to deal with anymore. The two builders worked mere feet from one another, and Remo never failed to acknowledge how important Jim s help was throughout the build, especially when Jim moved a bit ahead of Remo on his Charger. Remo could look beside him and see what the next step should look like. Jim was so important to Remo that he called him his angel when it came to the airplane build. The two brought their exquisite Marquart builds to Oshkosh in 1982, and came home with some delicious validation when Jim s was named the 1982 Plansbuilt Grand Champion. When Remo returned some five years later, he too received the honor of being the Plansbuilt Grand Champion. That chicken coop ended up producing a pair of award-winning aircraft! To continue reading this article click here.

7 JANUARY 2018 The Hangtown Strobe Page 6 Click here to read more about C-47 That s All, Brother Restoration Update Rick Gaylord was the big winner at the Christmas Gift Exchange.he walked away with Bob s beautiful drawings to the left.

8 Upcoming Events: Other Local and National Aviation Events Lincoln Airport Display Days, monthly every 3rd- Saturday. Placerville Arprt EAA 512 Pancake Breakfast, 1st Saturday each month, May thru October Visit their website calendar for other Cameron Park Display Days, 2nd Saturday each month, for historic tax exempt aircraft. Call Jeff Robertson for sign-ups. Sun & Fun Int l Fly-In April 10-15, 2018 Airventure (Oshkosh) July 23-29, 2018 January 12th: FLY FOR FOOD January 20, 2018: WINTER FLYING IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY & SIERRAS", By Bob Achtel, Maj. USAF (Ret), Lou Tobin, Lt. Col. USAF, (Ret), & Augustin Joseph,CEO Jet Exe, This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of WINGS credit Projected length, 1.5 hours. Coffee will be served.