EAA 650

I managed to get into the sky one of the few sunny days we have had recently. Thought it was worth sharing the view. Not long till spring now.

A number of members turned out today. We have 41 paid members this year so far. The Swift Fuel folks canceled today due to weather, there was ice and a report that Boilermaker field was going to close because of the weather. They are scheduled to come down next week the 27th. Let's hope that works out. on February 23th, 2010 – 8:00 AM the MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF AVIATION COMMISSIONERS will have a REGULAR SESSION meeting at the AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING Agenda Approval of the minutes , Farm Contract, Non-Primary Entitlement Money, New Business, Old Business, Public Comment March 6th, Larry Cunningham from the FAA will speak to the Chapter on an as yet unannounced topic, but initial discussions were related to Flight Service Stations, or Airport Security and General Aviation come out and have a donut and hear what Larry has to say. Tim Sparks came out as an advance man for the Science Olympiad. If you have volunteered for this event in the past, you know it is fun and captivati...

Lee Root was working on this plane when I first came out to the airport for an EAA 650 get together. These pictures found their way to the web site when Al Vlasmann, former president, was doing some renovation and found a box of Chapter items. Thanks Lee for your support of EAA 650 and sharing your love of airplanes.

This is dynamite! Put your mouse over a station/airport and get the current weather, click on it and you get a progression updates for entire day... Bring up the map, mouse over any airport, get an instant readout of WX conditions....   http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zoa/mwmap3.php?map=usa

Construction of the International Space Station Look at what happened from 1998 until 2008. In just ten years it has grown and grown. Watch the pieces come together as they are sent up from Earth. This is the International Space Station (ISS) Assembly diagram, piece by piece. I had no idea the Space Station had grown to this size. This is really cool..... What a piece of engineering!! Click below: http://i.usatoday.net/tech/ graphics/iss_timeline/flash. htm

This news caught me by surprise. Pilots cannot exercise the privileges of their PAPER pilot certificates after March 31, 2010. Certificates issued under 14 CFR Part 63 and 65 will expire March 31, 2013. FAR 61.19(h) reads: Duration of pilot certificates . Except for a temporary certificate issued under §61.17 or a student pilot certificate issued under paragraph (b) of this section, the holder of a paper pilot certificate issued under this part may not exercise the privileges of that certificate after March 31, 2010. http://www.faa.gov/licenses_ certificates/airmen_ certification/expiring_paper_ certificates/ http://www.jessevaughn.com/ journal/2009/6/22/faa- mandates-plastic-pilot- certificates-by-2010.html There is normally a $2 charge but there is no charge if you have the FAA remove your SSN from the certificate. Regards, Mike

Doctor Hans Von Ohain was a German airplane designer who invented an operational jet engine. Hans Von Ohain obtained his doctorate in Physics at the University of Göttingen in Germany and then became the junior assistant to Hugo Von Pohl, director of the Physical Institute at the University. German aircraft builder, Ernst Heinkel asked the university for assistance in new airplane propulsion designs and Pohl recommended his star pupil. Hans Von Ohain, was investigating a new type of aircraft engine that did not require a propeller. Only twenty-two years old when he first conceived the idea of a continuous cycle combustion engine in 1933, Hans Von Ohain patented a jet propulsion engine design similar in concept to that of Sir Frank Whittle but different in internal arrangement in 1934. Hans Von Ohain joined Ernst Heinkel in 1936 and continued with the development of his concepts of jet propulsion. A successful bench test of one of his engines was accomplished in September 1937. A small ...

On July 10 1959 I flew in the copilots seat as we landed at Makay Bar in a Ford trimotor. Ralph Jessup An "Owyhee" friend going into Mackay Bar in Idaho. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=8EPJkvyIt_E

Thank Willis for this one, Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Parts 43, 61, 91, and 141 Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft; Modifications to Rules for Sport Pilots and Flight Instructors With a Sport Pilot Rating; Final Rule http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-2056.pdf -- EAA 650 blog   http://eaa650.blogspot.com/ EAA 650 web page   www.eaa650.org

    Here is a link some might find interesting.  It has all the old Sky King programs.  We didn't have television when I was a kid, so I never saw them.  They are lame beyond belief: implausible plots, ham acting, etc.  A historical curiousity.   http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp -- EAA 650 blog   http://eaa650.blogspot.com/ EAA 650 web page   www.eaa650.org

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09.html These are very high quality pictures from one of the better military air shows.