Chapter 90

EAA CHAPTER 90.

Minutes of board meeting 5-15-13.

The board held a short meeting to iron out any last minute problems associated with

saturdays Poker run .People had to be assigned to hand out cards at each airport.

Turlock airport was assigned to Ken Scott . Castle airport will be taken care of by Bill McCool.

Dennis Bailey will be at Los Banos and so far no name has been drawn for Gustine airport as yet.

An entrance of $ 20 is required to participate which includes a B B Q lunch.

A 20 minutes video will be shown before things get underway.

Leon Sheaffer offered to park aircraft with some volunteer help.

There was a short discussion about what to do with our simulators ,they still need to be assembled.

It was decided to find some help to get them properly set up ,so they can be used on special events, like Airport Day etc .

The meeting was adjourned at 8.30 pm ,with 6 members present.

Submitted by Frank Spyksma,sec.

Poker Run on Saturday May 18th starting at 10:00 am. A BBQ lunch is included in the $20.00 entry fee. Cash Prises will be awarded to the top three hands. The fly out airports will include Turlock Muni, Merced Castle, Los Banos and Gustine.

Be there!

Many thanks to Les Homan for providing this video he took of our spot landing contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSDW8XEaxYE

This past Saturday Chapter 90 held it's first annual spot landing contest.  We had a great turnout of airplanes.  Here are the winners:

1st Mark North

2nd Patrick Glynn

3rd Steve Sperry

Club award went to Half Moon Bay.

Congratulations to the winners and all who participated!

Pres. Dennis Bailey opened the meeting with quite a lengthy agenda.

17 people have paid their dues so far.

The City of Oakdale has decided to raise hanger rents and tiedowns this year.

Hangar rent will be going up to $180 _$185.00 per month and tiedowns $65.00.

Our chapter area rent so far has not changed, but will posibly be up for revue at a later date.

Taxiway and fencing work will not start until sometime in April.

Dennis is hard at work at getting MOGAS on the airport,price of Mogas is quite a bit less than100LL.

The demand for Mogas is pretty large ,and Oakdale wants to be one of the first places to carry it.

James Davis has been working on a new location for the new trailor and meeting room.

The location behind the hangar is not large enough to accommodate it,not enough room to the fence.

Ken Scott reported that his airplane is getting close to finish.

A membership drive is scheduled for June 20 meeting with a BBQ afterward.

Some members of Modesto pilots assc and members of CAF are contemplating starting an EAA chapter

Or combining with us.The members did not seem to overwhelmed with the idea ,but decide to check

Into it further if it is in our interest or not.

Submitted by: Frank Spyksma,Sec.

Minutes of regular meeting .

JAN 19 2013 .

Dennis opened the meeting by presenting a slate of officers to be voted on by the .members.

President - Dennis Bailey

Vice President - Leon Shaeffer.

Secretary - Frank Spyksma.

Treasurer - Dennis Bailey.

Youth building project Director - Lee Delano.

Young Eagles coordinators - Lon Shaeffer & Bill McCool.

Bald Eagles coordinators  - Bill Erb.

The new Board positions were unanimously approved by the members.

Tech counselers are Lee Delano&Chuck Keyes.

Program director, club photographer, poker run coordinator, airport open house chairman, and Simulator coordinator is also needed.

Dennis presented an outline of meetings & several events planned for the coming year.

A spot landing contest is scheduled for March 16

All chapters in surrounding area will be contacted to take part

After the meeting a spot landing practice session was started,with Bill Erb,Leon Shaeffer and James Davis.

Trying their luck Not as easy as it looks.

March 16, 2013

9:00am Breakfast - Optional

10:00am Safety Briefing - Mandatory

10:15am Spot Landing contest

12:00pm BBQ Lunch

$20 Entry fee includes BBQ Lunch

$5 Lunch for non-contestants

Videos of landings will be shown during lunch

1:30pm Presentation of trophies, chapter Precision Pilot plaque award

SPOT LANDING CONTEST RULES

1. All contestants must attend safety briefing at 10am.
2. Target line across runway will be marked with 6 inch tape.
3. Line to be displaced at least 500 feet from runway threshold.
4. Contestants are not to change flap settings after turn to final.
5. Touchdown before line, contestant will be disqualified.
6. Distance to be measured from target line to the first touchdown point with no bounce. Ctestant will thhen make a touch and go for second chance, however totat distance will be cumulative.
7. Only two aircraft of similar performance allowed in traffic pattern at the same time.
8. All transient aircraft have right of way.
9. Judges decisions are final: NO WHINING!
10. BE SAFE!  FLY THE AIRPLANE AT ALL TIMES!

Top two scores from each EAA club will be added together for bragging rights and EAA Pilot Precision Plaque.  See you there!

Golf carts can't fly but you can turn your airplane into a golf cart.  It's easy, just throw your golf bag into your plane and fly to JB Golf in Farmingoton, Ca.  JB Golf is located on the SFO sectional just east of Stockton (KSCK) and is marked as J-B on the chart.  It's airport designator is CN29 accrording to Airnav.com.  You can find info on J-B here:  http://www.airnav.com/airport/CN29

Prices are $8 for 9 holes and $10 for 18 (playing the same 9 twice).  It is a short part 3 course but who cares because you landed your airplane ON the golf course!  Drag the strip once to warn the golfers you are coming then use your best short/soft field techniques to land next to the 4th fairway.  The strip is 1800 feet long but is only 30 feet wide so keep it in the middle.  The strip is marked restricted on the chart but the owner welcomes any pilot with the skill levels necessary to land on a short narrow grass strip.

Here are a few pictures from my recent trip to JB Golf in my flying golf cart:

Come join us in Oakdale on Saturday May 5th as we show our community how vital and fun an airport can be. Cars, planes, food, live music and more!  Watch this space for more details!

Congratulations to Carson on the purchase of his first airplane!  He bought Curtis' Luscombe and is already making plans to polish it and spruce up the interior.  Carson plans to use his new plane for camping and local fun.