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.

This is pretty cool footage of a U2 climbing out to 70,000 ft AGL and landing.   (Sorry if you already know this) but the British guy is talking about things boiling - at those altitudes and with your body temp of 98.6F, your blood would boil if you lost even a little cabin pressure.  As you can see this Kelly Johnson machine was nothing but a glider with a BIG engine (and very good cameras) - there has always been a story circulating among my aerospace friends that a U2 had an engine quit over Alaska (not sure where) and he was able to glide back to Sacramento, CA.   Do I believe it?  Maybe....  Pretty heavy glider, but then so is the Space Shuttle. PS:  Can you believe this company went on to make the SR-71? This video is a once in a lifetime experience of a British civilian getting a flight at over 70,000 ft. in a U-2 spy plane.  Please note at the take-off the assist wheels on the outer edges of the wings which drop off upon take-off.  The wings are so long that they n...

Forward from Ralph Jessup,   Subject: Vietnam resource from Butch Morris Interesting, yet sad reading of all these lost crew and pilots.  I exchange e-mail with the first one shot down and rescued: Curt Briggs.  Phil     http://www.8tfw.com/pages/aircraftlosses.htm     I'm the first loss and the first rescued.       Curt                 This might keep you     busy and off the streets for a while     http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thomas.Pilsch/Vietnam.html#Aircraft        

A high quality look at some high quality aviation. http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&br=500 Thanks to all who have flown for our country, and thanks to all that have helped that cause. and thanks to Bill H for the link.

http://www.youtube.com/eaa650 Is the link that will get you there. If you have any video to share, let us know, or if you know anyone in the videos, let them know they are up there, and send us the names, so we can give credit. Thanks to Herb Combs and Jack Eads for taking and converting the videos, so we can see them.

January Meeting We got together in the Old Terminal building and had some biscuits and gravy provided by Teey and Jack Eads. John Hayes told us about upcoming events, and welcomed some newcomers. Then our guest speaker Willis Zeise spoke about a peculiar set of incidents involving a plane crash and a 'red Wire'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIA1ikdCB3M

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Subject: Unintended Loop at Takeoff...WOW!! Read this first then watch! The new F-35 is a vertical takeoff supersonic jet for the Navy and the Marines. I would say there's nothing about this incident the pilot enjoys other than the end result. If he could have ejected at 100' upside down and lived, he would have. Looks like the afterburner kicks in while still vectored for vertical takeoff. DUH! Lockheed would call this a "software malfunction" and needs to do a little more "regressive testing". Good demo of power-to-weight ratio of this aircraft! And some unbelievable stability control. If he didn't come out of the loop wings-level, it probably would have been bad news, maybe taking some of the carrier with him! Flying through your own exhaust can lead to equipment malfunctions, too, but fortunately he avoided that. This is the most unbelievable piece of flying you will ever see in your life. This is how a supremely well-trained US Navy p...