JULY 2007
OFFICERS: PRESIDENT-DENNIS D’ANGELO
VICE PRESIDENT-WALT TURK
SECRETARY-RON PEEK
TREASURER-LARRY FREY
WEBMASTER-BOB MCDANIEL
PROGRAM DIRECTOR – RICK RAY

“Greetings from Chapter 64”-

The June minutes are as follows:
June 5, Hangar One
We met outside Hangar One and members were treated to a tour of the Outback blimp before the meeting began. We also took a look at our future new meeting room on the ground floor of Hangar Two. The meeting was called to order @ 7:55PM by Larry frey, substituting for a tardy president who showed up soon after we began.
Secretary’s Report: A motion was made to forego reading of the secretary’s report due to mailing of the newsletter – motion passed unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report: Larry Frey gave a treasurers’ report highlighting recent income and expenses. We received $500 from Brian’s matching fund of the BD-5 sale. The new balance is $32,984. A recently expired CD was discussed and we decided to roll it over at the current going interest rate.
Correspondence: Walt said - Dutchmen may be close to going out of business but so far they are hanging in there and invited everyone to a Poker run on June 24 from 11-3.
The Air and space museum sent a thank you card for the donation we recently made to their organization.
Old Business: Founders day fly-in on June 23/24 at Gateway Airpark –everyone invited. Music, beer, games at the park nearby.
The RC aircraft guys were the highlight of the Midwest fly-in. The weather conditions were just to poor to safely fly.
Brian’s flight took off on June 1. Wendy Seller provided the air to air flight platform for taking some pictures of Brian. Brian reported he was doing .141 mach over the Appalachians. You can follow his blog at briansflight.com
Brian is trying to raise $100,000 for brain cancer research. All money for the flight is coming out of Brian’s own pocket and 100% of the donations go to cancer research. This will be approximately a 3 week tour.

A motion made to cover fuel costs for the photo op ride provided by Wendy Sellers. The motion was seconded, voted on and carried.

New Business: Dennis arrived and talked about the potential future trip to Dayton. We could take the Convair 440 at cost of gas/oil - about $200/hd. or go by bus estimated to be close to less than $100/each plus the cost of staying overnight. Member suggested we go when the World War 1 planes are there. Dennis will look up dates and we’ll discuss further at the next meeting. Another option is van/car pool.

Aerolab is offering 12 low camp kits to each EAA chapter at a cost of approximate $19,000 each. It is power by the ROTEC engine. Go to http://www.aerolab.it/pages/eng.htm to find more information.

Grey Eagles – Dennis informed us about the Grey Eagles program at the last EAA chapter he was in. It is an opportunity to get older folks flying. This was a way to support that group of potential pilots and increase chapter membership. Jerry and Dennis will look into a way of putting it together. Motion was made to further the progress of this program. Vote was taken – none opposed – all in favor so motion passed.

New meeting room – Our existing facility has steep stairs and Bob McDaniels has found another location in Hangar 2 at the ground level. The group toured the room. Hangar 2 is a historic site and has longevity that the existing building does not have. A motion was made to explore that opportunity and the vote passed unanimously. Dennis suggested we start with a new fridge and microwave. Motion made and seconded to purchase a new refrigerator and microwave– vote passed unanimously. We will clean and paint before moving in. An additional motion made to provide a slush fund of $200 to be used at the chapter president’s discretion for additional items as needed to prepare this room for our use. This motion was voted on and also passed.

Todd presented the “FOOTPRINTS at Cardinal Glennon” program. They are looking for pilots and certified aircraft to fly school age children with life threatening illnesses. The goal is to provide a respite for children and family during treatment. If you are interested contact Erin Drenkhahn FOOTPRINTS volunteer at: drenkhea@slu.edu. Erin is the daughter of EAA64 member Todd Drenkhahn.

Gerry Werth will be providing map reading class at the GAUA meeting on Thursday. All invited.

Meeting Schedule
The next meeting is June 28th at Hangar One and a private air show will be given. This will be our July meeting but due to the fourth of July holiday and the opportunity to hold this meeting on the date of the air show, we decided to move the July meeting forward to June 28th. This airshow is the social event for the 2007 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo being held in St. Louis. The organizers have requested to hold their Thursday evening social event at the airport using the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum as their focal point with a 30-minute air show featured. Should be an interesting event!! See our chapter website at www.eaa64.org for more information.

Committee Reports
Librarian-none
Technical Advisor-none
Program Director- We might go to New Athens to see the RV 7 in August
Young Eagles- Weren’t able to fly Young Eagles during the fly-in. Did fly 2 but weather limited others. This is the 15th year. Greg Downen volunteered to post the number flown thus far by the chapter on the side of the hangar on the EAA64 sign. Anybody at OshGosh on Wed evening and wants to attend the YE coordinator’s meeting, let Larry know and he will get you tickets.
Projects-Mike brought his plane to the hangar at Columbia – no problems. Local pals helped unload it. He wants to put on wings and rudders. Needs to drill holes for splash plates. Next is prop and putting in fuel. May be fired up by the end of next week. Mike hopes to be flying by the end of the month. Mike bought it last May partially assembled. Mike is looking for a gas cap that has a gas gauge built into it that is visible from the side, sort of like a compass. He saw one on a biplane here but doesn’t know where to get one. If anyone know give Mike a call.
Billy has Buckaneer XA and no assembly documentation. Has assembly drawings but looking for more doc. Can anyone help. Can anyone advise on how to calculate W&B envelope. The EAA mothership may be able to help!?!
A member also suggested Billy look up and contact the Florida Flying Gators.
Walt said a max of 2 weeks to get his Champ flying.

50/50 Drawing-Keith Smith won drawing and donated proceeds back to the club. Thanks Keith!

The meeting adjourned @ 8:44PM with 31 members and guests present.

For Sale: Henry Hurd has Hot wire equipment for hot wiring foam to shape for building a composite plane. He has one that is 2 X 8 ft wire and one 4 ft wire and ballast to plug into wall. If interested give Henry a call @ 618-398-3393.

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