EAA 650

All The Saturday morning breakfast we had was a resounding success. The eggs to order, the bacon fried crispy, the fruit garnish, the DVD movie on Alaskan Piper Cubs landing on very short sandbars, all made it a great get-together for those who chose to attend. After all was cleaned up and put away a survey of those in attendance agreed we should have a Saturday morning breakfast meeting once a month so that will be our plan for the coming months. Our thanks goes out to John Hayes who led the cooking effort and to Gary Fender for helping in the cleanup. We will be looking for a volunteer cook for next month so if you love to cook here is your chance to show everyone you're cooking skills. For those of you who couldn’t make to the breakfast, you missed a good one. Hopefully once we announce the schedule for July we can get a better turnout. High Lights from the BMG Airport Board Meeting include: A new PAPI to replace the VASI on runway 17 is coming. A new appro...

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The Brown County Bald Eagles will host their June meeting this upcoming Saturday 10 June at the Brown County Inn located at the intersection of SR-135 and SR-46. The  Speaker will be Randy Yablonowski and he will be speaking about his career in Aviation and in particular his involvement in counter terrorist equipment development were he flew in the Nellis, NV AFB test ranges. Randy currently flies the Lifeline Helicopter where he is involved with recovering critically injured patients that need immediate medical attention. Meet and greet will start at 5:30 PM with a served dinner at 6:30. Meal choices are Fried Chicken mashed potatoes and gravy, Fish and Chips or Salad with Grilled chicken.  The meal is  $18 cash or check paid at the door. The Brown County Bald Eagles have been meeting twice a year for over 25 years and are made up of Military Veterans and others who have an interest in aviation and aviation history. The dress is casual and a RSVP is need...

                                                              April Update             April has as been a busy month and the time is fast approaching for our spring cookout. The event is planned for Saturday the 29 th  of April from 5 to 8 PM at the Chapter clubhouse. If the weather cooperates we plan to set up the tables outside for everyone to enjoy the nice evening. If not, everything will be setup inside. To keep our cost down I am asking that everyone attending who’s last name begins with letters between A and M to bring a vegetable or salad and those whose name begins with letters between N and Z to bring a dessert. Also a $10.00 donation for each dinner would be greatly appreciated. Getting a $20.00 dinner for ten bucks is a real deal nowadays. The chapter...

Tim Sparks took few pictures of the work that was done on 4-15-2017 Bagging it as it comes out. How it came out.  Windy bag management crawlspace The first 2 to go under, and the last out. cutting the vapor barrier Where's lunch? Thanks to Tim Sparks for taking the pics

Fifteen members of our EAA 650 Chapter welcomed Scott Bradley to the clubhouse on Saturday morning for his presentation. Scott owns and operates Bradley Aviation at the Columbus Airport and supports the fleet of Civil Air Patrol aircraft from Indiana and parts of Kentucky. After brief introductions he discussed some of the different maintenance requirements that are associated with the CAP aircraft. For example they operate based on 100 hour inspections in lieu of an annual. He brought along some training aids in the form of aircraft parts that have proven to be trouble spots for the maintenance program. He also went into difficulties associated with this type of program due to the many differences. There was a brief discussion on those maintenance items that an owner can perform on their certified aircraft and passed out a list of those items for everyone to have a copy of. There we also a handout passed out with some new FAA guidance that will be coming along. All in a...

Thanks to all who helped, another successful event.

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Amazing WWII B-17 Survival Story! - DD   In Wartime - the unbelievable often happens--if ever there was a miracle for the USA during WW II, this is it! B-17 "All American" (414th Squadron, 97BG) Crew Pilot- Ken Bragg Jr. Copilot- G. Boyd Jr. Navigator- Harry C. Nuessle Bombardier- Ralph Burbridge Engineer- Joe C. James Radio Operator- Paul A. Galloway Ball Turret Gunner- Elton Conda Waist Gunner- Michael Zuk Tail Gunner- Sam T. Sarpolus Ground Crew Chief- Hank Hyland In 1943 a mid-air collision on February 1, 1943, between a B-17 and a German fighter over the Tunis dock area, became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of WW II. An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group formation went out of control, probably with a wounded pilot, then continued its crashing descent into the rear of the fuselage of a Fortress named "All Ame...

The B-17 -Great photo story I read about this incident and saw some of the pictures before but had not read this detailed account of the damage to the B-17 and how the crew flew it home. It is a good read. BB        B-17 "All American" (414th Squadron, 97BG) Crew   Pilot- Ken Bragg Jr.   Co-pilot- G. Boyd Jr.   Navigator- Harry C. Nuessle   Bombardier- Ralph Burbridge   Engineer- Joe C. James   Radio Operator- Paul A. Galloway   Ball Turret Gunner- Elton Conda   Waist Gunner- Michael Zuk   Tail Gunner- Sam T. Sarpolus   Ground Crew Chief- Hank Hyland   In 1943 a mid-air collision on February 1, 1943,   Between a B-17 and a German fighter over the Tunis dock area became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of WW II.   An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group formation went out of control, probabl...