EAA Chapter 39

Black Hills Area Chapter

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From Dan Benkert

  
Happy Valentines' month to all of you! 
There was no snow at the Brodhead Chili Ski Fly-In this month, but I hear it was a good turn out. Snow hopefuls: keep the skis handy for Sat, Feb 15th, hosted by EAA 22 @ Cottonwood Airport, Rockford IL. Invite + snowy aerial airport photo atch'd.
Cool ski plane video from Elroy Hilbert from 2013:
While typing the Jan-Feb newsletter (atch'd), the hard copy Feb '25 Sport Aviation arrived with an article about the Caproni, Pg 60. Big pics and bonus timing for those who like more details, check it out! 
Remember Scott Stoinoff's Flying Nickel? Delighted to hear from him that Jim Busha noticed the May-Jun '24 MAAC newsletter and followed up with a spread in the Jan '25 Sport Aviation by Budd Davisson, nicely done.
When sending photos / stories, please include captions. With any luck, EAA and others will notice and feature your project(s) too! 
MAAC Renewals / Join tab: www.maacgrassroots.net/join-renew
Info Request: Greg Wight is looking for rebuild info on a Curtiss D-12 engine, cam timing specifically. Please be in touch: gwight73@gmail.com
Warm Regards!
Julie Heston
MAAC Newsletter Editor

 

FYI for homebuilt certifications.
Subject: Van's Aircraft Defective Parts Alert
This email is to provide awareness for FAA ASI’s and Designee’s performing certification work on Van’s Aircraft.
In July 2023, Van’s Aircraft announced that various sheet metal parts manufactured using a laser cutting process from January 2022 through June 2023 contained defects of irregular holes and cracked dimples. These defects may cause cracking in critical structures.
Information and documentation about the affected parts and recommended actions are located on Van’s Aircraft website at https://www.vansaircraft.com/2023/07/information-about-dimpled-hole-cracking-on-some-laser-cut-parts/

It is recommended that when certificating potentially affected aircraft, an assessment is made as to whether there are any affected parts in the build.

 
From Kevin Chapman in North Dakota

I was wondering who in this group is into off airport flying and/or just getting together on a nice weekend day to go do some fun flying.   We came down for the Black Hills Fly In and had a blast and would like to connect with some more people.  Thanks. 

Kevin J. Chapman
Chapman Law Firm, P.C.
417 First Ave. East
PO Box 1920
Williston, ND  58802-192
(701) 572-3966
Email:  kevin@chapmanlawoffice.com

 

Tribute to Ken Post

Tribute to Ken Post

Aero Educate Program

For anyone interested, AeroEducate is a free online program filled with age-based learning activities and STEM projects, where K-12 students can explore and develop their aviation curiosity into a lifelong career.  Parents, teachers, and EAA chapters can also utilize AeroEducate to further youths' interests in science, technology, engineering, and math with free vetted activities.  You can visit AeroEducate.org to learn more.

 

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