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In this issue

• March 2009 printed newsletter.

Happy birthday Charlene on February 24th.

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Technical Counselor Al Boushea completes

inspection paperwork on a members project

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EAA CHAPTER 104

NEWSLETTER

EAA CHAPTER 104 MONTHLY MEETING

Friendship & Flying – “For The Fun of It”

Meetings held in the EAA Clubhouse – Porter County Airport-Valparaiso IN

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TUESDAY- March 10, 2009

Socialize & Coffee-6:30 pm – Meeting: 7:00pm

CHAPTER WEBSITE: www.eaa104.org

It would be Great to see You at the

March meeting. Bring a Friend!

Ed & Dave report on their trip to the EAA Chapters Leaders Academy

Experimental Aircraft Association

Charlene Falkenberg, Editor FIRST CLASS

618 South Washington Street

Hobart, Indiana 46342-5026

Phone: 219-942-8887

EAA CHAPTER 104 MISSION STATEMENT

Foster, promote, and engage in aviation education

Promote, encourage and facilitate membership

in Experimental Aircraft Association

Support and promote the mission, vision, goals

And objectives of the EAA.

EAA Chapter 104

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Porter County Municipal Airport

Valparaiso, IN

Minutes of Monthly Meeting, February 10, 2009

The meeting was called to order, and The Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Ed

Hanson at 7:00 PM

GUEST SPEAKER:

This month’s Guest Speakers were Jim Yearsich and Dennis Wyman of G&N Aviation at

Griffith Airport. Discussed were the new GNX Experimental Engines. G&N assembles

these engines with genuine Lycoming parts and incorporates several improvements. They

will work with the owner to customize choices of fuel injection and ignition systems,

starter, prop governor and exhaust. All completed engines are balanced and run in a test

cell.

BUSINESS MEETING:

Old Business:

A motion to approve the minutes from the January meeting was made by Dave Thomas,

seconded by Charles Obringer and approved by the members.

The current newsletter was e-mailed to those with addresses available. Several members

liked the electronic newsletter and the ability to include more pictures in it. The paper

newsletter will continue to be mailed to all members.

Larry Whitlow and his son are working to set up WiFi in the chapter room. Pam Ray will

donate a used computer to the chapter.

New Business:

Ed and Dave brought a few EAA World of Flight Calendars back from Oshkosh and they

were sold to members.

A flag presentation to the PCPA will take place tomorrow at 7PM in the Chapter Room.

There was a discussion on sponsoring the Venture Group of the Boy Scouts of America

again. The current charter is held by the CAP and that has led to some conflict. Jim

Haklin will bring information from the previous sponsorship to the next meeting.

The Treasurer’s Report was given and approved.

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President’s Report:

Ed and Dave Thomas attended the Chapter Leadership weekend in Oshkosh. They will

give a full report at the next meeting.

Aviation items for sale will be added to the web site.

There will be a 42” TV donated to the chapter in the near future.

We will work on a telephone tree to disseminate information quickly.

There was a discussion of having a bus trip to Oshkosh for Airventure. To fill a bus,

others would need to participate.

Once WiFi and a computer are in the Chapter Room, we will be offering computer

training to any member interested. We may do this on Builder’s Night.

Ed discussed a call to action he has received from Seaplane Pilots to open additional

lakes in Indiana to seaplanes.

Webmaster’s Report:

Rick asked for information and pictures on builder’s projects that can be added to the

web site.

Builder’s Night:

Ceiling lights and additional lighting are being added to the Howard Hanger. Next will be

a wall so ½ the hanger can be heated.

Bruce made a suggestion that if a builder wants just 1 or 2 members, rather than a whole

group, to come help with their projects to contact him or Ed.

We Care:

Ray Dolph mentioned that Chuck Gorsky passed away last year, but he just found out

about it. A letter will be sent to Chuck’s wife. If anyone hears of a member in need

contact Ray.

Two Month Look Ahead:

The deadline for the March Newsletter is Feb 24. Char is always looking for information

to include.

Builder’s Night is every Tuesday except the monthly meeting night.

The next monthly meeting will be March 10. Ed and Dave will be making a presentation

on the Chapter Leadership sessions and Ski Plane Fly In they attended in Oshkosh.

The meeting was adjourned at 9 PM.

Respectively submitted,

Pam Ray

Chapter Secretary

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President’s Page

Ed Hanson

March 2009

I can’t believe we are already

putting together the March

newsletter. Time really does

fly even if we can’t just now.

Having said that, I think we

need to take the time to sit down and document Chapter 104’s history while

we still have access to some of the older members. I’m sure every family

wishes they had some recordings of those who are no longer with us,

recounting family events and stories, and the Chapter 104 Family is no

different. I have mentioned documenting our history to several of the

members including Charlene Falkenberg, Al Boushea, Dick Cains and

Charles O’Bringer and always get a story in response. Al Boushea gave me

an old article on deceased member Earl Davis. After reading it, I would have

to say Earl seemed to have at least his share of colorfulness and spunkiness.

We have some documents on past chapter events in our library and we

should take this opportunity to review these and capture what history we can

by video recording Chapter tidbits from our older members. Some items that

come to mind are: When and where was the chapter started? Who were the

first members? What kind of planes were being built? How much were the

dues? What did the chapter do for fun? What was done for fundraising? How

did we end up here at VPZ? And of course ……the stories.

So for our April 14th meeting, I would like our members to invite all our old

timers to attend and speak up historically about the Chapter. If some old

timers need a ride please extend an offer to them. We will video record the

session and make copies available to whoever wants one. Remember time

really does fly.

Please work and build safely.

Ed Hanson

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Chapter room gets a 50 Inch Projection TV.

You know what they say; one man’s trash is another man’s

treasure. We were able to acquire an old projection TV for

free from Chapter 260 Lansing Il. Thanks Chapter 260!

The internet is coming to our Chapter room. Member

Larry Whitlow and his son have been cooking up a

directional antenna that will allow us to use the airport’s

signal in our Chapter room. We hope to have a computer

on line there soon. Thanks!

Correction: In last months newsletter we stated member Rick Schreiber was flying a

Piper Colt. He pointed out he has a Tri Pacer not a Colt. We stand corrected. Now we

know at least one member read the newsletter.

Rumor has it Dan Zanstra was heard on the radio flying at VPZ the week of Feb15th.

That would mean he finished the installation of his new speed wings for his Zenair 601.

How about it Dan? We look forward to your report at the March 10th meeting.

Northwestern Indiana Science & Engineering Fair

Chapter 104 will be participating in the fair this year which will be

Saturday, March 21st at Valparaiso University. Chapter president Ed

Hanson will be a judge for the event. Two Air Venture 2008

DVD’s from Ed & Dave’s trip to the Chapter Leaders Academy

were donated for awards on behalf of Chapter 104. The

students that take part in this fair are an excellent group to

target for future aviation activities given their interest in

science and engineering. We hope to attract some Young

Eagles here. The fair is open to the public, so join us if you can.

A Bus to Oshkosh?

Do we want to explore a bus trip to AirVenture this year? Bring your thoughts to the

March 10th meeting and share them with us. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is scheduled to

run July 27-August 2.

Mark your calendar Wednesday, May 6th. PCPA has invited the Chapter to hear

Indiana State Police Flying Officer Lee Wright speak about flying the Cessna &

helicopter out of VPZ. We have been discussing sharing programs with PCPA to attract a

larger audience and more speakers.

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Flag Presentation

EAA Chapter 104 joined the Porter County Pilots Association in a US Flag

presentation to Cherie Cope on February 11th in the Chapter room. Returning Marine

Xavier Malfitano from East Chicago, IN wanted to personally thank Cherie for sending

the many boxes of goods to the troops. When he saw his box was from Valparaiso, He

said that’s home! Asked what he liked best from the box he replied the golf balls. The

next date to assemble boxes is April 19th. Please plan to help if you can. See you at

Copes hangar.

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Your Chapter 104 Officers, Coordinators & Board

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Ed Hanson Dave Thomas Pam Ray Rick Ray

Flight Advisor Alan Boushea

Technical Counselors: Alan Boushea

Dick Cains

Newsletter Editor Charlene Falkenberg

Build Night Coordinator Bruce Bierma

“We Care” Chairman Ray Dolph

Young Eagles Coordinator Dennis Funkhouser

Membership Coordinator Charlene Falkenberg

Webmaster Rick Rozhon

Board Members: Ed Hanson

Jim Haklin

Dave Thomas

Ray Dolph

Paul Huang

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The Hungry Pilot

Some Favorite Recipes & Places to Eat

Melted Gold

After doing my morning chores in the cold I needed something for breakfast to warm me

up. I remembered this favorite easy treat from my childhood.

Toast up two pieces of your favorite bread. Spread on a generous layer of butter. Go

ahead, use real butter for this. Heat some milk to a hot temperature in a bowl. Cut the

buttered toast into about 3/4 inch squares and add to the milk. Add a dash of salt and stir

it up. Enjoy. The name comes from the golden sheen of the melted butter in the milk.

A VHF Handheld Transceiver for my powered

parachute. Contact Jim Sherrick 219.477.4840

Indianajim1@peoplepc.com

Your aviation for sale item

here. Contact Ed Hanson

hansoncp@netnitco.net

219.988.4879 or Charlene

Falkenberg Charf@core.com

219.942.8887

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Subject: TOOLS EXPLAINED BY A DO-IT-YOURSELFER

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it

smacks you in the chest and flings your drink across the room, denting the freshly- painted vertical stabilizer which you

had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench at the speed of light.

Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh boy'

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a

crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also

be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also

handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake

shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller

pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin

oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into

non-removable screws.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace

a 50-cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate

the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works

particularly well on contents such as leather seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund

checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

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