EAA 650

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** PRESS RELEASE ** Barnstormers Of America Ride Event /  Experimental Aircraft Association   Monroe County Airport Awareness Days The local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 650 and Cook Aviation Inc. at the Monroe County Airport invite  YOU  and  YOUR FAMILY  to attend Aviation Awareness Days,  Friday, May 20 – Sunday,   May 22, 2016  where there will be EAA aircraft on display in conjunction with the  Aviation Awareness Days Event.    Activities are scheduled from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.  Don’t miss and schedule a ride in the  1929 New Standard Aircraft  (rides are $90 each seat for -- once-in-a-lifetime experience)!!   Visit  www.BiplaneRidesOfAmerica.com , call (608)751-800 to schedule the ride, or just show up for an outstanding ride!!  You will see aircraft displays, antique & classic automobiles, food vendor, and much – much more!!    Don’t Miss Th...

Hey Folks,             This is just a little note to inform you that our spring cookout has been pushed back a couple of weeks due to this cold, rainy weather.    We are rescheduling the event for Saturday, April 30 th at 6:00 at the Jacobs, Siscoe hanger.  For everyone interested in attending, please send us the number of people in your party and tell us whether each would prefer to eat steak or salmon.             Thank you and I hope to see everyone there on the 30 th . Cordially, John Hayes

Subject:   SO Flying Tim, Thanks again for arranging to have such a good crew available for the SO flying events at the state competition. Everyone did a great job and we were able to keep on task with all FOUR flying events. In the evening I attended the awards assembly and to make a couple of presentations in front of the crowd of 5,000.  Lot 's of cheering while I was on stage and it was obvious that we had done a good job. This I know from the many thank-you's and positive comments from the coaches and families on how we had provided of the best experiences on both Friday and Saturday; especially that "party"on Friday night. At least thirty people approached me after the awards ceremony to say thanks and to keep up the good work. NONE of this could happen without the support, expertise and professionalism that your EAA club brings to these events. Many thanks to you and your friends for making the events the best in the state of  Indiana . Please pass...

Dear Tim, WOW!  I am always amazed by the team of people that unite together each spring to make the Indiana Science Olympiad tournament such a resounding success.  Indiana University and Indiana Science Olympiad are so very thankful to you for your dedication to teaching, molding, and encouraging K-12 science students.  I know I can always count on you to provide a grade level appropriate and challenging competition!  Please pass along my sincerest thanks to the Experimental Aircraft Association Ch. 650 for their help as well! I want to share with you some very impressive numbers. ·           2,211 – total attendance at the Awards Ceremony (note three schools had to leave before the awards ceremony due to spring break trips, football, etc.) ·           1080 – Official Science Olympiad Competitors (middle & high school students) ·     ...

DATE  EVENT  ORGANIZER    LOCATION Feb 20  An Aerial Tour of Australia  by Steve Clark Rich Frisbie  BMG March 11  Indy Center Tour Jerry Harkin  Indy Center March 19  Science Olympiad Tim Sparks  IU Mellencamp Pavilion April 30  Spring Cook-Out John Stackhouse  Sciscoe Hangar May 14  Barnstormers Event Rich Frisbie  Ramp June 11 A Wonder-full Cook-out & Spot Landing Contest Mike Wonder  Shawnee Airport July 23  RC Demo Tim Porter Aug 20 Oshkosh Photo Review John Hayes  BMG Sept 17  Air Force Museum Outing Jim LeSeure  Dayton, OH Oct 1-2  Red Bull Air Races Russ Goodwine  Indy Speedway Nov 19 Seymour Air Museum Barratt Patton Seymour Dec 17  Christmas Dinner Party Jack Eads  BMG

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This 1967 true story is of an experience by a young 12 year old lad in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is about the vivid memory of a privately rebuilt P-51 from WWII and its famous owner/pilot. In the morning sun, I could not believe my eyes. There, in our little airport, sat a majestic P-51. They said it had flown in during the night from some U.S. Airport, on its way to an air show. The pilot had been tired, so he just happened to choose Kingston for his stop over. It was to take to the air very soon. I marveled at the size of the plane, dwarfing the Pipers and Canucks tied down by her. It was much larger than in the movies. She glistened in the sun like a bulwark of security from days gone by. The pilot arrived by cab, paid the driv...

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   Forest Arden was the chief flight mechanic of a B-29 stationed at Tinian Island.  His aircraft was parked nearby to the Enola Gay and he watched the loading procedure of the first Atomic Bomb.  He said that security was strictly enforced and no one was allowed to approach to within 100 yards!  Few had any inkling of what about to occur.  Everyone was astounded at the sudden end of World War II.       This is an unbelievable set of photos - the REAL thing - pix from Tinian Island as the B-29 "Enola Gay" was being loaded. Notice the "Top Secret" stamp on some of the photos. In the last few pix notice the CRUDE sheet metal work on the casing and fins of "Little Boy" - the bomb that was dr...

Be sure to click on "more photos here" Subject: Fw: Ruins of the Soviet Space Shuttle Program They do look remarkably familiar.  Theirs may not have made it, but we're still using their rocket engines and vehicles to get us up there.  Russian urban exploration photographer Ralph Mirebs recently paid a visit to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where inside a giant abandoned hangar are decaying remnants of prototypes from the Soviet space shuttle program. Of the two run-down Buran shuttles found in the hangar, one was almost ready for flight back in 1992 and the other was a full-sized mock-up that was used for testing things like mating and load. Unfortunately for both, and for the countless scientists involved in the program, things came to an abrupt halt just one year later, and the hangar has remained in this state for over two decades now. More photos here .jd.

For those of you who are short on airplanes, this little gem will sell at auction at Christie's in London in July. Come on over! About $2.000.000.00 US. Nice looking meticulous restoration. Estan F. Subject: Fw: SPITFIRE P9374 http://www.christies.com/spitfire/interactive/index.html?cid=EM_EML541010chr -- =