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EAA 890 Newsletter
July 2010 Chapter Meeting
The July meeting of Chapter 890 was called to order by President, Mike Atwell with about a dozen members present
The Treasurers report was read and accepted by the chapter.
OLD BUSINESS:
Most of the discussion centered around the Wings and Wheels fly-in event planned for October 16th. The Silver Wings group is willing to come and jump with a flag during the national anthem. We need to provide a PA system. They can also do a tandem jump for dignitaries.
For insurance purposes we need to keep the fly-in separate from other events. One church is willing to sell cotton candy. The Knights of Columbus have done food in the past. We will have expenses for porta-johns, the PA system and announcer, food and water for volunteers, etc. We need a concentrated effort for fundraising. Please contact Mike Atwell if you are willing to help with this event.
There is a Fifth Saturday Breakfast this month. Nelson Jackson has offered to coordinate. Please contact him if you are willing to help.
NEW BUSINESS:
The scholarship recepients are attending Space Academy the month. Noah Rodriguez of Sylvania, and Garrett Hall of Plainview won. They are both 12 years old.
There has been a change in how taxi instructions are given at towered airports. You must get specific clearance to cross every runway, even runways that are closed or not in use. Both pilots and ground control are adjusting to the change to expect delays at busy airports. Do not cross any runways without stopping and getting permission.
Flying M Ranch YouTube video
You can find a YouTube video of Myers October Fly-in on our December Newsletter or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkWnS09fPxY |
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From our Members: |
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John Myers has a Colt & a Commanche of Harley McGatha for sale. Check with John at john@flyingmranch.us for information.
Scott Bixler still has a HP-11 sailplane for sale. See the flyer. |
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In the News |
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STOL Competition in Valdez, Alaska |
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Cuzoom Super STOL
One of the hot rod STOL planes at the Valdez May Day Fly-In this year was Mike Olson's Cuzoom, complete with leading-edge slats, nitrous oxide boost, and an unreal angle of attack. Watch the video and hear what it's like to fly Cuzoom from pilot Ed Doyle, who made a 80-ft take-off, a 68-ft landing, and placed 5th overall in the STOL competition, alternate bush class. Also look for a story about the event in the July issue of EAA Sport Aviation. |
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Re-registration rule adds cost, paperwork
The FAA has released its final rule requiring the re-registration of all civil aircraft over the next three years and renewal every three years thereafter. In order to transition from the current non-expiring aircraft registration to one with a three-year expiration date printed on the certificate, the FAA is requiring all aircraft registered before Oct. 1 to be re-registered. AOPA Online. |
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Solar Storms Brewing Trouble for GPS Signal
A scientist at the National Oceanographic and Aeronautics Administration (NOAA) said recently increased solar storm activity could pose serious problems for GPS signals. The satellite transmissions that power the GPS system are relatively weak in strength and vulnerable to interference from instability on the surface of the sun. NOAA scientist Joe Kunches and other scientists at NASA's heliophysics division told Internet aviation news service AvWeb that solar storms have shut down GPS in the past, and can do it again — for days at a time. And predicting when and where that might happen is considered a serious challenge by solar experts. With increased reliance on GPS for critical phases of flight — and the coming transition to ADS-B for air traffic control functions, the prospects of a GPS shutdown are severe. (Flying Magazine 7/1/10)
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FAA says "no" to FCC ban on 121.5 MHz ELT
A ban on 121.5 MHz ELTs? Not under the FAA's watch. The agency has officially stepped in with a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration requesting that the Federal Communication Commission withdraw its notice that would prohibit the "certification, manufacture, importation, sale, or continued use of 121.5 MHz ELTs." AOPA Online. |
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Weaving Among Build-ups Can Be Tricky
With summer's pop-up storms, deviating around cumulus build-ups is par for the course. But when it becomes necessary to divert more than a few degrees, you could be messing up ATC's mojo at a time and place where traffic is funneling through ever-narrowing bottlenecks. Click here for this week's Flying Tip by Mark Phelps and sponsored by NBAA. It's a review of what the Aeronautical Information Manual has to say about ATC and weather avoidance. (Flying Magazine - 7/1/10) |
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Software Glitch Cripples Military GPS
According to an AP story posted on Yahoo News Tuesday, as many as 10,000 military GPS receivers were disabled earlier this year after "incompatible" new software was installed. GPS satellite signals were not jammed or scrambled, and civilian GPS services were unaffected. (According to an Air Force spokesman, Iraq tried to jam GPS signals in 2003, but the strength of the signals required to disrupt GPS renders the jammers highly vulnerable to detection.) The problematic software was installed at military ground control centers on Jan. 11, and the ensuing glitch affected between 8,000 and 10,000 of approximately 800,000 military GPS receivers in service. The AP story quoted an alert from James Lewis, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He called the outage a warning: "… in the context of where people are every day trying to figure out how to disrupt GPS." It took the Air Force "less than two weeks" to identify the cause of the glitch and install temporary fixes in the affected receivers. The military remains mum on whether or not any of the units were in critical areas such as Afghanistan or Iraq, and whether or not any key operations were compromised by the glitch. Click here for more |
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More on User Fees:
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House & Senate pass yet another FAA extension - really
US Congress passed yet another extension of FAA funding to August 1, 2010. The agency has operated via a series of temporary extensions passed by Congress since its authorization officially expired on Sept. 30, 2007. Both the House of Representatives and Senate have passed a version of FAA reauthorization legislation but the bills contain major differences that negotiators from the two chambers are trying to reconcile in a conference committee. |
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Upcoming Events
Fly-in Breakfast - July 31, 2010
Chapter 890 will be hosting a Fifth Saturday fly-in breakfast. Breakfast for members begins at 7:00 and is open to
all others from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM CST. Please contact Laura or John
Bundy if you would be willing to help in the kitchen, or hangar cleanup.
Chapter Meeting - August 14, 2010 at 10 AM
The regular chapter of meeting of EAA 890 will be held at the Fort Payne
FBO at 10 AM.
Young Eagles - October 9, 2010
Young Eagles flights will be offered on the second Saturday of January, April, July and October from 9 am to Noon. Bring your young aviation enthusiast
to the airport for a free introduction to the world of flying. Young Eagles
that complete the orientation will receive a free flight in a general
aviation plane and a certificate of completion. |
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