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1 The Pea Patch Post EAA CHAPTER 172 AUGUSTA, GA CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT SID BROWN 1447 Paradise Rd. Wrens, GA VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BRITT 1154 Thornwood Dr. North Augusta, SC SECRETARY JOHN MAGNAN 1616 Mosley Chapel Rd. Wrens, GA TREASURER DON BUSH 3076 Old Waynesboro Rd. Hephzibah, GA CLUB DIVISION LEADERS TECH COUNSELORS Aldine Patton Eddie Booth FLIGHT ADVISORS Pierre Smith Aldine Patton NAME THAT PlaNE December, 2015 PREZ SEZ Sid Brown Merry Christmas! I hope all of you are ready for this time of year. It is one of my favorites. I ll be spending time with family and celebrating the birth of Jesus. Well, this is my last Prez Sez. I have enjoyed serving as president of EAA Chapter 172 for the past three years. My father served as president several years back and it has been an honor to serve in the same capacity. I hope I have served you well. I plan to continue to be involved with the chapter. I look forward to being able to relax at the meetings a little more. I hope to fly in more as well. This is a great chapter in a great organization! We all need to support EAA! Our aviation rights depend on it. Your new President will be Andy Lee. The other officers remain the same: Joe Britt as Vice President, Don Bush as Treasurer, and John Magnan as Secretary. Please continue to support them! They will need help with the meals as I will not be cooking as often! There are plenty of other great cooks in our chapter so I m sure we will continue to eat well. Please remember to get your dues in this month before they go up to $40. Our next regular meeting, our annual Christmas party, is Saturday December 12th. Hope to see you there. Please bring an unwrapped toy for a boy or girl to this meeting. We will be donating them to the Children s Medical Center at MCG. And just a heads up for January: Our meeting in January will be at Daniel Field in Augusta. Now again, that s January ; our December Christmas meeting is at the Pea Patch! Keep 'em flying! Sid YOUNG EAGLES COORDINATOR Nandi Shetty airnandi@gmail.com LIBRARIAN Joe Miles EAA 172 DOUBLE ACE Lt. Col. Philip Eddy Colman December 1, April 28, 2011 PEA PATCH & CLUBHOUSE 61GA mhz 4511 Boulineau Rd. Blythe, GA EAA172, Inc. WEBSITE: EAA172.jcmservices.net EAA172@jcmservices.net For the Christmas Party: Those whose last names begin with A-M please bring desserts. Those whose last names begin with N-Z please bring side-dishes.

2 Minutes of the Meeting for EAA Chapter 172 for November 14, 12:30 PM The weather was clear and cold in the early morning but rose to a high of 71 degrees by 2:00 PM. Before the meeting 25 members, their families, and visitors enjoyed a delicious meal of ham and sidedishes. Seven aircraft, including one helicopter, a Robinson R- 44 from New Holland, South Carolina, flew in. At 12:40 PM, former EAA 172 President Al Nodorft gave the invocation and everyone ate. Treasurer Don Bush then took over the meeting Chairman role and welcomed the guests and started a brief business meeting at 1:13 PM. We welcomed new member Gary Jones from Evans, Georgia. Sue Couch, Jean Hildebrant, and Sheila Connell set up the meal. Old Business: Joe Britt moved for the approval of the minutes for the October Boshears SkyFest. Nandi Shetty seconded the motion which was passed by the members. New Business: The dues for 2016 were discussed. The amount will again be $30 for one year. If current members pay after December 31, 2015, the dues will then be $40. This is an incentive to pay the dues on time! Al Nodorft already mailed postcards with a reminder to pay dues. Members also received a dues form in the November newsletter. Treasurer Don Bush collected dues from 39 members. There are currently 75 club members. We held the election for the 2016 EAA 172 officers. Our new president, Andy Lee, was elected for the 2016 term. Andy lives in Evans, Georgia. He said he is an electrical technician at Savannah River Plant. He is also a Boy Scout leader for Troop 15 in Evans, Georgia. Andy talked with the members about his activities as a scout leader. He has ten scouts in Troop 15. The other current officers were re-elected by acclamation. They are: Joe Britt, Vice President; John Magnan, Secretary; and, Don Bush, Treasurer. President-elect Andy Lee Virginia Bush said that the next social eat-out will be on January 28, Sheila Connell will be handling the details. There will be no social eat-out in November or December. Vice President Joe Britt brought up having the January 18th club meeting at Daniel Field. The Daniel Field avionics people would present a program about ADS-B, which is required for many aircraft by Members discussed this including the times for it and the auto parking. Joe said he would be getting further information about this possible change of meeting location before the next meeting. Virginia Bush moved to adjourn the meeting. Al Nodorft seconded the motion and those present approved the motion unanimously and the business meeting adjourned at 1:35 PM. Program: After the meeting adjourned, Vice President Joe Britt, assisted by former Vice President Nandi Shetti, presented a video program about the RV series of aircraft from an Internet download of past EAA video magazines. Flight line including the Robinson R-44 helicopter.

3 EAA 172 Meeting Christmas Party December 12, 2015 Meal at 12:30 PM Pea Patch Aerodrome (61GA), Blythe, Georgia SPECIAL EAA 172 Meeting January 9, 2016 At the Daniel Field FBO building Meal at 12:30 PM come as early as 11:00 AM to look over the new FBO 1775 Highland Ave., Augusta, Georgia Augusta Aviation FBO Daniel Field (DNL) Thomas EDWARDS Lee KEEFER Jim MAHER Eddie BOOTH Robert RHODES Dennis ALLEN John LACHER Richard FENDER Lilly Samta Grover Cathryn Pearl P. Tina Bunny ROBBINS SHETTY KNIGHT MILES EDWARDS NEWMAN Pierre Gary Richard Charles & & & & Jenny Shirley Paula Susanne SMITH HARDEN JONES LEWIS EAA 172 Night Out Thursday, December 24: EAA 172 monthly "get-together" -- Social Meeting 6:30 PM -- This is a monthly non-business social gathering held on the fourth Thursday. Because of all the holiday happenings in December, there will be no EAA 172 social "get together" this month. The next one will be January 28, 2016, when Sheila Connell will be handling the details. Contact Virginia Bush for more details donr.bush@yahoo.com. AVIATION QUESTION OF THE MONTH Answer to last month s question: You are 43 years old, and your last FAA medical exam was two months before your fortieth birthday. Is your third class medical certificate valid? According to the FAA: Yes. The answer hinges on the age at which you had your third class medical exam. Because you were under age 40 when you had your most recent medical exam, your medical certificate is good for 60 calendar months. Your next third class medical will be good for only 24 calendar months, since you'll be over 40 at the time of that examination. (See FAR ) Click for the text of FAR This Month s Question: You just earned your instrument rating and would like to purchase a home desktop training device so that you can stay current. You checked with the manufacturer and confirmed that you can log approaches for currency. Do you need to actually have a CFII present to log any of the approaches or instrument time for currency?

4 More Boshears Photos Here are a few more photos from the October Boshears SkyFest. They are from some areas you may not have visited. Also some photos are just over-all views for those who did not go to Boshears. Perhaps looking at the various vistas of Boshears might warm you up, now that it is somewhat cold here and the people in the photos are dressed for warm weather, less than two months ago! Great aircraft fly-overs all morning Inside the subsonex jet cockpit Want to learn about drones? There were plenty of them along with their owners in the modelers section. Rear view of a People Mover trailer loaded with visitors Plenty of military historical displays at Boshears Attendees are gathering around 1:00 PM to get a good view of the airshow. Volunteers had free meals at this food tent hidden in the corner of the Boshears periphery. Spectacular aerobatics during the airshow The People Movers moved throughout the Boshears environs from early morning to late afternoon providing a relaxing view of all the activities and displays.

5 NAVY RELEASES DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF NAVAL AVIATION WASHINGTON, D.C. The Navy has released online its recently-published, two-volume history of U.S. naval aviation. United States Naval Aviation by Mark L. Evans and Roy A. Grossnick is the Naval History and Heritage Command s fourth update to the original history, which was initiated in That first issue celebrated the first 50 years of United States naval aviation and this two-volume set commemorates the centenary. The latest update breaks U.S. naval aviation history into two volumes: Chronology and Statistics. This and other free Naval History and Heritage Command publications can be found here. Hard bound copies of the book are available from the Government Publishing Office Website. FAA IS ISSUING RULES FOR DRONES Everyone knew this would happen: All the bad boys who are flying their drones too high, in front of actual aircraft, over their neighbor's property, crashing into people, cars, and buildings have gone too far and pushed the rule makers to create some onerous rules. The FAA will be issuing some drone rules this coming week that will be difficult for them to enforce. For example, does your drone weigh 8 or more ounces? If so, you will be required to register it with the government. On November 23, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration released a list of recommendations for how to better monitor recreational use of the machines. These were created by an FAA task force that was composed of 25 people, including representatives of drone makers, technology companies, an airline pilots association and government officials. Under the proposal, most drone owners would have to register the machines with the federal government, which would place the information in a national database, the first such requirements. In addition to entering the machines into a national database, the task force said, drone owners should display a government-issued registration number on each machine (like an N number, a tiny N number in some cases!). The group also recommended that owners submit their names and addresses, but said addresses and phone numbers should be optional. The rules would apply to recreational drones weighing half a pound 8 ounces to 55 pounds. The FAA would enforce registration rules and oversee the database. The task force recommended that the FAA carve out separate registration-related penalties for drones. Registration violations applying to any aircraft can now exceed $25,000. That amount was established to deter suspected drug traffickers and tax evaders but should not apply to users of small recreational drones, the groups said. The FAA is widely expected to approve the bulk of the recommendations this month, just in time for Christmas. Those who fly agricultural aircraft, which normally fly very low over crops, have come out very much in favor of a tighter control of drones which can and have interfered with agricultural dusting and spraying. ( Information adapted from New York Times 11/23/15 FAA Rules May Hover Over Holidays, NAAA in favor of registration, AOPA News DJI tightens drone flight limits ) DONATION OF AVIATION BOOKS RECEIVED We want to thank pilot and Boshears volunteer Dan Scukanec from Evans, Georgia, who gave EAA 172 a number of books. At the end of August, Dan wrote I have several aviation publications (Bingelis books, IFR instructional manual, AC B & 2B, sheet metal building basics, and a RV-9A plans book) plus a coupe of Vans practice kits I would like to place in the clubhouse for EAA 172's use. He left them at the clubhouse on August 29th. Note that we now need a Club Librarian to handle any of the publications EAA 172 has in cabinets and on shelves. Joe Miles, who recently passed away, handled that in the past. Let your new president, Andy Lee, know if you are interested in helping out with our books.

6 CAN YOU NAME THAT PART? AOPA has this fun quiz for the holidays! How much do you really know about the common and not-so-common parts of an aircraft? AOPA challenges you to test your aircraft parts knowledge with these close-up photos. You have five minutes to complete the 15-question quiz, so open your toolbox and begin! Take the quiz For the best user experience, please use a tablet or computer. FOR SALE: Members' Items for Sale THE ifly 720 GPS for Aviation HAS BEEN SOLD! Club Member Aaron Ramsey still has this aircraft for sale. Quicksilver MX Sprint Single place high wing Single Engine Wing Span 18'- 1 Empty Weight 250 lbs. (true ultralight!) Gross Weight 525 lbs. Useful load: 275 lbs. Engine: Rotax 447 Fuel capacity: 5 U.S. gallons Takeoff distance 50' obstacle: 200 feet Rate of climb: 900 ft/min Landing distance: 200 feet Maximum level speed: 54 mph Also included with sale is a Rotax 503 engine that needs servicing/rebuilding. Located at a private airstrip near Blythe, Georgia in a covered hangar. For the full version of this ad with much more information click on: For Sale: Quicksilver MX Sprint ASKING: $4,500 OBO This ad was NEW 01/27/14 Contact Aaron Ramsey veryhappyhouse@bellsouth.net Phone number: Cell: =========================

7 A past EAA 172 member, Frank Grose, who belonged to the club in while stationed at Fort Gordon, is selling his Airbike. Airbike Expertly built in 1999 by TEAM-recommended builder Rotax 447 engine Always Hangared and Meticulously Maintained Fresh Annual Initial Cost >$15,000; A Bargain at $8,000 Video At: Call or Roy and ask about the Airbike Contact Frank Grose Athens, Alabama Phone number: or grosef@bellsouth.net Click photos for much larger versions. EAA 172 MEMBER KEITH ROBBINS STILL HAS THIS ENGINE FOR SALE: Continental O-300-D engine with Airflow Performance injection. Engine log included. TT SMOH Cylinders replaced STOH 62.4 Custom Full flow intake manifolds. Injectors and log manifolds installed and tested by Airflow Performance in South Carolina. Engine stored in shipping box, turned, and cylinders blown with oil. Engine attached to a custom mount. New plugs and wires. Continental O-300-D lower side Continental O-300-D bottom & frame Contact Keith Robbins by kcr83406@yahoo.com For the full version of this ad, with enlargements, click on: For Sale: Continental D engine

8 UPCOMING EVENTS Listings on the Upcoming Events pages are often revised. Check the Calendar on the EAA 172 Website for any changes. December 2015 Saturday, December 12: Annual EAA 172 Christmas Party at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome (61GA); runway 01/19: 2500' x 150' sod -- fair --; GPS: ' N / ' W; Elevation 434', 4511 Boulineau Rd., Blythe, Georgia, UNICOM mhz. We will be having smoked turkey. Those whose last names begin with A-M please bring desserts; those whose last names begin with N-Z please bring side-dishes. Please bring an unwrapped toy for a girl or boy for the CMC (Children Medical Center) at MCG / GHSU (Georgia Health Sciences University) - GRUA - Georgia Regents University Augusta. Click for airport info. For Christmas Party information contact Sid Brown sid@thesidbrowns.com or EAA172@jcmservices.net. Click HERE for directions (both land and air). Click HERE for the Mapquest directions. Click for airport info. For the meeting agenda click HERE. Saturday, December 12: EAA Sweet Onion Aviators Chapter Christmas Party The members of EAA 1332 will have their Christmas Party at 7:00 PM in Donald Brantley's hangar at the Vidalia Regional Airport (VDI), 2921 Airport Rd., Vidalia, Georgia CTAF/UNICOM It will be catered by Smiths from Reidsville. The cost is being covered by the use of EAA 1332 chapter funds (i.e. its free). Secretary Glenn Goode wrote "But they will not cater unless we have a minimum of 25 folks. So I need each of you to RSVP. If we get 25 folks then it will be on. (OK if we have more than 30, we just need to tell the caterer). Ok to bring family members and/or guests just provide their names /relationship to you, a club member. The hanger will be decorated in a Christmas theme, with Christmas music in the background. Per VP Billy Ragan, the only business at the Christmas social will be a chapter vote on leadership for the new year." For more information contact: Glenn Goode - gagoode@bellsouth.net or EAA 1332 President Donald Brantley at (912) or (912) or at night: (912) dbrantley42@yahoo.com. Website: EAA 1332 Click for airport info. Sunday, December 13: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport, Spartanburg, SC (KSPA) CTAF/UNICOM: ZIPcode A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying! Arrival: 7:30-9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30-11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Contact: Wendy Griffin info@flyscbc.com. Click for airport info. For driving directions click on Spartanburg Airport. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook. Thursday, December 24: EAA 172 monthly "get-together" -- Social Meeting 6:30 PM -- This is a monthly nonbusiness social gathering held on the fourth Thursday. Because of all the holiday happenings this month (Today is Christmas Eve!), there will be no EAA 172 social "get together". The next one will be January 28, For questions contact Virginia Bush donr.bush@yahoo.com. Friday, December 25: Christmas Day Sunday, December 27: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB At the Twin Lakes Airpark, Ballard's hangar, Twin Lakes, South Carolina (S17). CTAF/UNICOM: ZIPcode A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying! Arrival: 7:30-9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30-11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Contact: Wendy Griffin info@flyscbc.com. Click for airport info. For driving directions click on Twin Lakes Airport. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook.

9 January 2016 Sunday, January 3: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Aiken Municipal airport, Aiken, South Carolina (AIK) CTAF/UNICOM ZIPcode A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying! Arrival: 7:30-9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30-11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Contact: Wendy Griffin info@flyscbc.com. Click for airport info. For driving directions click on Aiken Municipal Airport. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook. Saturday, January 9: Special Monthly meeting of the EAA 172 Members This will be at 12:30 PM in the second floor portion of the Augusta Aviation FBO at the the Daniel Field Airport (DNL). You may come as early as 11:00 AM to look around and tour the "new" FBO building. Augusta Aviation will provide hot dogs & hamburgers but please bring desserts and side-dishes. Augusta Aviation personnel will present a program about ADS-B which is required for many aircraft by Runways 05/23 & 11/29 CTAF/Unicom: mhz. Runway 05/23: 4002 x 100 ft. asphalt, in good condition; runway 11/ x 100 ft. asphalt, in good condition; elevation 422'. 100LL & Jet A available. Augusta Aviation (FBO), 1775 Highland Ave., Augusta, Georgia Phone You can fly in or drive. Park your car in the Highland Ave. parking lot next to the Augusta Aviation building. More information contact club Vice-President Joe Britt /Cell jabjr09@comcast.net or the new EAA 172 President Andy Lee gapilot2015@icloud.com or EAA172@jcmservices.net. Complete airport information click: Daniel Field Airport For driving directions click on Daniel Field directions. Saturday, January 9: 2016 Triple Tree Frosty Dog Electric - RC Event at the Triple Tree Aerodrome located between the towns of Woodruff and Enoree, SC, on Mary Hanna Road, Woodruff, SC (SC00). Triple Tree Aviators would like to invite all RC pilots to come out Saturday January 9, 2016 to fly electric aircraft. Join us for the coldest flying day of the year and bring any type of electric aircraft. Registration is $10. AMA required. No impound, just show up and fly. 72 MHz ok. With all the new RC stuff you got for Christmas bring something old to sell. Please, no camping, this is a one day event 8:30 to 6:30. Lunch will be at 1:00 in the hangar (gas heat) rain or shine and include Frosty Dogs, Kirby Fries, Baked Beans, and Little Debbie s. Adults $10, 12 and under $5 All 6 flight lines are open for this event. Most people are at the Main and 3D. The amount of swap shop items has also been growing each year-no charge. So come out and join in the fun. PDF File/poster about the Frosty Dog Electric RC Event: Frosty Dog Electric Event Information: Contact info: davidsonmark@charter.net Frequencies: UNICOM 122.9; GROUND: Runway is close-cut grass 400' x 7000'. Airnav flying information: SC00. Mapquest driving information: Triple Tree. Thursday, January 14: EAA Sweet Onion Aviators Chapter Meeting 7:00 PM in Donald Brantley's hangar at the Vidalia Regional Airport (VDI), 2921 Airport Rd., Vidalia, Georgia CTAF/UNICOM For that meeting Billy Ragan will be presenting the program. He will do a minute presentation on the life and history of Bob Hoover followed by a movie that Donald has acquired. Glenn Goode, the 2015 club secretary/treasurer, wrote on November 21, 2015, that Donald Brantley, 2015 President of EAA 1332, had written "We are moving our monthly meeting to the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in my hanger in We hope with this change will allow more to attend." For more information contact: Glenn Goode - gagoode@bellsouth.net. Website: EAA 1332 Click for airport info. Sunday, January 17: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field, Lake City, South Carolina (51J) CTAF/UNICOM: ZIP code A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying! Arrival: 7:30-9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30-11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Contact: Wendy Griffin info@flyscbc.com. Click for airport info. For driving directions click on CJ Evans Field. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook. Thursday, January 28: EAA 172 monthly "get-together" -- Social Meeting 6:30 PM -- This is a monthly non-business social gathering held on the fourth Thursday. This month's location is Eli's American Restaurant, Washington Rd #10, Evans, GA (across from Walmart). Phone number: Website Eli's American. Map and directions: Eli's American directions. For questions contact Sheila Connell conl6356@comcast.net.

10 NAME THAT PLANE American Electric Piranha The aircraft on the masthead of this newsletter is the only one in existence, and is privately owned. This airplane was the first one built as a prototype and the military never owned it so it was not destroyed. Only 6 other Piranhas were built. One crashed in a spin test and the other 5 were destroyed by the military as the airplanes were very difficult to fly and for other reasons. The Piranha is tested for 16+- Gs. The American Electric Piranha was a prototype American counterinsurgency aircraft built for the Vietnam war. Designed by Milt Blair and Dick Ennis in the early 1960s, it was built by the American Electric Corporation. Evaluation of the Piranha ceased following the death of Milt Blair in an unrelated aircraft accident. The prototype, N1518, is currently owned and flown by Milton Bud Pinkston in Dodge City, Kansas, where he shows it off at his EAA Chapter 377's monthly meetings. According to one of Bud Pinkston's friends, and a fellow EAA 377 member, Flying pattern on final, the Piranha has to be slipped in as you cannot see the runway because of the very long nose and pilot sitting so far back. The friend also related that some extra parts for the Piranha were added from the RV aircraft catalog. He wrote...this Piranha does have RV wheel pants on it as of last year, so can we call it an RV???????? Kinda... Also the friend referenced the EAA 377 Website for further photos. ( Data and information from Great Bend Tribune American Electric 1966 Piranha, Wikipedia American Electric Piranha, EAA Sport Aviation, July, 1976, page 40, VAF Forum , Duxford Diary 2013 The Aviation Forum, McPherson, Kansas Fly-in ) American Electric Piranha General characteristics (Data from Sport Aviation & the VAF Forum) Crew: 1 pilot Empty weight: 900 lbs. Gross weight: 3,200 lbs. Fuel capacity: 60 gal. Wing area: 70 sq. ft. Powerplant: Lycoming 180 HP+++++ fuel injected with high comp pistons. Performance Maximum speed: VNE is 399 mph. Stall speed is 130 mph full of 60 gals. of fuel, plus pilot and 30 lbs. of baggage. Light on fuel, the stall speed is 120 mph. Touch down speed: 125 mph. Armaments Hardpoints: One with a capacity of 500 pounds. Rockets: Two 4-round 5.0-inch (127 mm) Zuni rocket pods. Front view of the 1966 American Electric Piranha, the only one in existence. The deadline date is December 27 for any articles for the January issue of the Pea Patch Post. EAA 172 monthly "get-together" Social Meeting Thursday, December 24, 6:30 PM: Because of all the holiday happenings, there will be no EAA 172 social "get together" this month. SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Sunday, December 13: At the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport, Spartanburg, SC (KSPA) Sunday, December 27: At the Twin Lakes Airpark, Ballard's hangar, Twin Lakes, South Carolina (S17) Sunday, January 3: At the Aiken Municipal airport, Aiken, South Carolina (AIK) Sunday, January 17: At the Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field, Lake City, South Carolina (51J) To read the entire Pea Patch Post type the following into your Browser: Remember: The $30 dues for 2016 are due by December 31, You should make out any check or money order only to EAA 172 with no other words on the Pay to the order of line. Please mail or give the dues and form to Don Bush, the Treasurer. Include the membership form so that we may have accurate updates, changes, etc.