EAA Chapter Meeting this Tuesday 7 PM
Our next EAA, Chapter 500 meeting will be this Tuesday November 14th. It will be held at the Massena airport terminal waiting room. The terminal building can be reached from the N. Racquette River Rd. main airport entrance. Our meeting will begin at 7 PM to avoid conflict with a Boutique flight departing at 6:30 PM.
The treasury balance Is $1,978.27 With no expenses reported and very minor additions for account earnings.
October 2023 Chapter 500 Meeting Notes.
Our thanks to Jennifer for taking notes at our meeting.
Our October meeting was held at the Chapter Hanger at the Massena airport. The meeting was attended by Jeff and Jennifer Kearney, John Horanzy, Richard Olson, Paul Carney, and Allen Depoalo.
Our Chapter hangar door now has lettering installed by Jim Tiernan identifying our Chapter's home. Thanks Jim!
Members at the meeting had some discussions about how we might be able to offer Young Eagle flights next year. Jim Parks is still currently certified to give young eagle rides. John Horanzy spoke with Chapter 613 President, John Fitzgerald. They can cover us for flights but they have scheduled events. They also cover for other smaller Chapters as far away as New Hampshire. Chapter 613 has a very extensive Young Eagles program . Several members expressed interest in traveling to visit EAA Chapter 613's home base in Vermont next season to introduce ourselves, and get to know other EAA Chapters in our surrounding area.
Also, for next year, we would like to look for other opportunities to gain exposure for the EAA Chapter 500 in our local area. We will explore possibilities to join with the Malone airport group for their Fly-In next year if it will be held. Also, we will look into any plans that may be underway for an open house at the Massena airport next year.
John took the opportunity to fly his drone inside the hangar to show attendees how the drone is controlled and preview it's camera abilities. Everyone enjoyed seeing another way to fly and get that "Privileged View". Drone restrictions are about respecting FAA Protected Airspace. Closing the hangar doors shut us off from from that airspace.
With winter beginning to return to the North country, we have to make some decisions about any holiday meeting in December, and whether we want to hold Chapter meetings through the winter. In the past, we have had a dinner get together at the Lobster House in December (Order off the menu) and we have postponed meetings for the winter months. We also need to confirm our members paid membership in the National EAA organization.
Chapter 613 Newsletter
Chapter 613 in Swanton Vermont is very large and active Chapter and is a partner in the Young Eagles Program. The newsletter has several inspiring stories of young people progressing along their journey in aviation. Here is a link to their October newsletter:
https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa613/-/media/d915df03a87149d5b8b0b274e8b119f3.ashx
Historical Experimental Aircraft
.... and other ramblings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNtA1cbIUSA
16 minutes of mostly successful experimental aircraft. Some are very elegant.
The last example of the flying bicycle is a example of an externally ignited “JATO” bottle and an example of early ARFF, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting.
This recalls memories of childhood friend who placed a 2 X 6 board across his bicycle handlebars and rode it down Skip Road hill. Who else was playing with experimental aircraft at an early age? My experience was going down our sliding board in a cardboard box with the side flaps sticking out to act as wings. I continued my experimentation when I found a copy of the “Great International Paper Airplane Book” in the library. I built several of my own designs that flew much better than my box on a sliding board.
Designs were culled from the Scientific American International Airplane Contest. And from an Amazon review by General Man; It's also a bit of a historical document. Entries come from moon rocket designers at Martin Marietta in Colorado, from defense contractors in Virginia and Maryland, from Boeing engineers in Seattle, and all points in between, including some beautiful artistic and origami entries from Brooklyn, Los Angeles, etc.
Copies are available from Amazon but better prices can be found on eBay. While conditions are not always there for actual flying through the wild blue yonder, you can do your own experimenting at your kitchen table.
Any other member have stories of childhood experimentation?
Backup Links
https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa613/-/media/d915df03a87149d5b8b0b274e8b119f3.ashx
https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa613/-/media/d915df03a87149d5b8b0b274e8b119f3.ashx
https://www.amazon.com/Great-International-Paper-Airplane-Book/dp/0671211293/ref=sr_1_1
https://www.lobsterhousenorwood.com/
Be safe, warm and have fun!
Rich Olson, John Horanzy
