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.

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 ...

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 ...

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. T...

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 ...

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.