Website: http://www.eaa1310.org Chapter Phone Number: 860-281-1310 President: Jack Olsen Vice President: Jim Glista Secretary: Paul Cappa Treasurer: Bob Plourde Web Editor: Paul Dowgewicz Newsletter Editor: Fred Goff Membership Coordinator: David Christman Next Meeting Wednesday April 13, 2017 7:00 P. M. We change over to our Wednesday schedule this month. Next Event Friends of Skylark Work Day Saturday April 22 8:30 12:00 P.M. Many Hands Make Li Light ght Work. Come on Down! Some of the items we can consider doing are porch blue paint update, paint blast fence, move steel to prepare for hangar foundation work, service & paint the tetrahedron, paint the white doors on the FBO building. We re open to su suggestions ggestions too. 2017 Membership Renewals Young Eagles Coordinator: Paul Dowgewicz Renew your chapter membership through the online store at http://www.eaa1310.org/store http://www.eaa1310.org/store,, or mail a check payable to EAA Chapter 1310 to the address at the bottom of this page. pag We'll get your membership card back to you. Events Coordinator: Position Vacant Save the hassle of renewing every year, and save some money. We now offer a 3 year membership for $60. Save $15. Skylark Airpark (7B6) Mailing Address: EAA1310 54 Wells Road Broad Brook, CT 06016-9612 For member contact info Log in with your 1310 ID: login.microsoftonline.com Chapter Clothing New chapter logo T T-shirts, shirts, sweatshirts and hats are in, and will be available at our next meeting and event. Purchase items online at our store. Credit cards can now be used for purchasing memberships and clothing at our meetings and events.
THE PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Our new season is off and running. We had a very successful Spring Breakfast in spite of some poor weather, netting $277. Thank you all who worked so hard to make this event possible. The joint 1310 /166 Young Eagles flight is coming up on the 29 th of this month at Brainard. This is one area where our chapter is weak. Any member who flies more than 10 Young Eagles receives credits for our scholarship fund. This past year we received Zero. Can we do better? The friends of Skylark work day is this month, April 22. Each year we get together for several hours to make improvements to the airpark. This is definitely a time when many hands make light work. Please join us!!! Our hangar project is moving along. Jack Hilditch and I have met with the Town Planner, the Wet lands Commissioner, the Assessor and the Building Inspector. All have been very cooperative and supportive of our project. We have also met with a Civil Engineer and a Structural Engineer. Because our plans are over 20 years old, they must be updated by an engineer to today s codes. If any of you have these credentials and would be willing to help, please contact me. We are still working on the exact cost of the project. The variables are any changes made by the engineer, the outcome of our tax exemption from the assessor and the final size of the hangar. Several people have suggested we add an additional bay making the hangar 42 x 48 instead of 42 x 36. We are moving ahead with the permitting and engineering process. After completing that phase, we will present the final costs and size to the membership and begin construction. Safe Flying, Jack BOARD OF DIRECTOR S MEETING MINUTES There was no Board of Director s Meeting in March. EAA CHAPTER 1310 MEETING MINUTES EAA Chapter 1310, Monthly Chapter Meeting Minutes Date: March 11, 2017 Meeting was called to order by Jack Olsen, President at 10:05 Attendees: 15 Members present Regular Business No Progress Reports The Secretary s February minutes were accepted as published in the March newsletter Treasurers report: General Fund: $16,768.24 Jon Witkin Memorial: $2,159.52 Mike's Hangar Fund: $825.00
No changes in the chapter property Membership Report: There are 36 paid members Old Business Jon Witkin Fund: Paul Cappa and Shawn Jacobaccio visited with New England Air Museum. They currently, do not have summer programs for students. They are looking at 2018. They currently sponsor classrooms, usually 4th and 8th graders. However, they did suggest awarding a family membership. 2017 Christmas party Overall the membership thought the turnout for our last Christmas party was poor. There has been discussion of moving the party to January. We ve been invited to have our Christmas party with the Connecticut Flight Club (based at Brainard). They have their party at the Chowder Pot. The cost is $32.50 for a good meal. Would be around the same time as we've done it in the past. Win-win, both organizations could get new members. Both organizations have an awards ceremony. The flight club has drawings for door prizes. Discussion: Driving was an issue in the past. This is in Hartford. How is the food? Opinions were mixed. With event in January, there are more options. The vote to move forward with accepting the offer to merge the party 9 in favor, 1 abstain, 4 non votes Jack to bring the positive vote to the Connecticut Flight Club New Business Safety Meeting: It is in conflict with Meriden fly-in. Hangar: Appointment made for Jack Olsen and Jack Hilditch to talk with the town. Jack Olsen presented estimates. $30,000 is the nut (providing we do some scrounging). Finish of the floor is important. We must have an appropriate finish. Jack and Jack met with Bruce Bemer. Explained the spot is leveled and the only one permitted. Bruce said we could use the spot. We asked if we needed to use his contractor.
Ownership is a question mark. Discussed 20 year, with revert back to Skylark Airpark. After 20 years, we can discuss the arrangement. We have legal work to put together the contract. We can go ahead anytime we want. Bruce agreed we could rent the hangar to pay of hangar. Bruce said he would not charge us rent for the land. Fred Goff raised the issue of taxes. We should be tax exempt. We have a good portion of the funds we need. Bonding would be necessary. Moving forward we have to be careful how we spend the money in the treasury. The hangar would be rented, to a permanent resident, under the provisions we can use the hangar for events. The group believed you must be a chapter member to rent the hangar on a permanent basis, and the membership fee is inconsequential. Other members must be able to rent time in hangar for annuals or special projects. Bonds to be paid off in a 50 month period. Jack would like to get that time down. A motion was made to authorize the board to start moving forward and seconded: Discussion followed. Letter to be sent to member base (active and inactive). Fred concerned about risks. The vote to move forward was 14 Yes, 1 No. EAA Support for Skylark Internet Service: Jack Olsen made a motion to drop the chapter s support of Internet (we pay 1/3 the cost). The motion was defeated: 7 Yes, 8 No Chapter Trailer: The trailer was cleaned out. Next Fly-In: Breakfast coming up on March 25, 2017, Jim Glista to chair. Young Eagles Points: Our Young Eagle points were shifted to Chapter 27. We voted off a donation of $300 from the Witkin Fund to Chapter 27 to support their candidate (if they can use it). Business portion ended at 1137
NEWSWORTHY CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR HANGAR THOUGHTS Hi Everyone: I have had a few thoughts on the new hangar that we have been working on. I have a few ideas that may help us produce some added revenue in the months of Dec, Jan & Feb. Flying is at a minimum hear in New England in this time period if it turns out that we have some room maybe we could rent out some storage space for non flying aircraft tucked in the corner and the full time flying spot would be in front spot that has access to the door without moving anything. This would allow any of us that would want to rent the non flying area for a week, month (or more) to do our annuals, updates or just to keep it protected for some time during this period. Or we would be able to stack a few tail wheel aircraft like cubs champs Luscombes on their noses like it use to be done back in the 40's and 50's. Any other thoughts anyone would have to produce revenue let's just throw them out there and maybe some will be able to help us out with the hangar. John A LaRoche EAA Technical Counselor Chapter 1310 FROM GENERAL AVIATION NEWS https://generalaviationnews.com/2017/03/20/flightsimcon-2017-builds-momentum/ EDITOR S NOTE: Even though the chapter's resources are allocated for the hangar for a while, having a usable simulator would help our educational purpose. FlightSimCon 2017 builds momentum MARCH 20, 2017 BY GENERAL AVIATION NEWS STAFF WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn The fifth edition of FlightSimCon 2017, North America s largest annual aviation and flight simulation conference, is set for June 10-11, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley International Airport, just outside of Hartford, Connecticut.
A scene from the 2016 FlightSimCon FlightSimCon. New for this year are several education education-focused exhibitors, including Embry-Riddle Riddle Aeronautical University and Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. The conference also welcomes Aer Lingus, which now offers non-stop stop flights between Dublin, Ireland, and Bradley International Airport, as a sponsor. One of the biggest challenges for student pilots is determining a career path from Cessna to Boeing, said event team member Evan Reiter. The addition of both Embry Embry-Riddle Riddle and Vaughn to the conference will aid in showing our many high school and college college-aged aged attendees how to turn aviation into a career. Other new exhibitors include PilotEdge, Dovetail Games (developer of Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition), Laminar Research (developer of X X-Plane), ane), FlyInside, FSFX Packages, Noble Flight Simulation, Sim Innovations, TFDi Design, VATSTAR and VolairSim. This brings the current number of exhibitors to 25 with more expected to come onboard before June, according to organizers. Exhibitors will have a variety of hands hands-on on demonstrations for attendees to try and will be showing off a large selection of hardware and software products. The conference will also feature more than a dozen speakers and seminars on topics ranging from how to make your own DIY home cockpit to turning aviation from a hobby into a career. Speakers include current and former airline pilots, military personnel, flight simulation developers, and people from across the aviation and flight simulation world.
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Reoccurring Events 2017 Local Aviation Event Schedule Chapter 1310 Meetings 2 nd Wednesday 7 PM April-October 2 nd Saturday 10 AM November, January, February, March at Skylark Airport Chapter 166 Meetings Last Sunday of month 7:30 PM (Except July, Nov & Dec) at UTC Customer Training Center Chapter 27 Meetings 3 rd Sunday of month, 10 AM at Meriden Airport Chapter 324 Meetings 1 st Wednesday of month, 7 PM Simsbury Airport Chapter 1310 Events (Subject to change) Saturday April 22 Skylark Airpark Cleanup / Work Day Saturday April 29 Young Eagles flights at Brainard Saturday May 20 Pancake Breakfast 8:30 11:00 AM NEW DATE Saturday June 24 We will investigate hosting an AOPA Rusty Pilots seminar Saturday July 15 Pancake Breakfast 8:30 11:00 AM Saturday August 19 Corn Roast & Cookout 11:00 AM 1:30 PM Saturday September 30 Taildragger & Vintage Safety Seminar Saturday October 14 Young Eagles flights at Skylark Saturday November 4 Pancake Breakfast 8:30 11:00 AM Other Aviation Events 4/4/2017 thru 4/9/2017 Sun 'n Fun Sun 'n Fun Fly-In - Lakeland, FL Sat. April 22 Chapter 27 Michael Jackson Tribute Show Fundraiser Lincoln Middle School, Meriden Saturday May 13 Meriden Fly In and Safety Festival 9:00 AM 4:00 PM 5/20-21/2017 RI ANG Quonset Point Air Show - Snowbirds 6/3/2017 Chapter 146 Fly-In Pancake Breakfast - Kline Kill Airport (NY1) 7/24-30/2017 EAA EAA International Fly In & Convention, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Featuring Apollo 50 th Anniversary, Bare Naked Ladies and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels 8/12-13/2017 Mass. ANG Westfield International Air Show, Featuring U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, Westfield, Massachusetts 9/9/2017 Chapter 146 Fly-In Pancake Breakfast - Kline Kill Airport (NY1) 9/17/2017 (Rain date 9/24/2017 ) Chapter 324 Simsbury Fly-In & Car Show 10/6-7/2017 AOPA AOPA Fly-In, Groton / New London, CT 7/14-15/2018 Galaxy Community Council Great New England Air Show, Featuring the USAF Thunderbirds, Westover ARB, Chicopee, MA If you have a topic you would like to see covered in our monthly newsletter, please send a note to Fred Goff at fmgoff@yahoo.com.