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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 -- =

http://airnav.com/airport/KBMG             To all EAA Pilots,                             Chapter 650 in Bloomington , IN (KBMG), is having a FREE pancake breakfast and fly-in on Saturday, July 18 th from 8:30 to 12:30.  This is the Saturday before the start of Airventure at Oshkosh .  Both FBO’s on the field will offer 100 LL at reduced prices for that morning.  Any of you out for a morning flight or headed to Wisconsin are welcome to come by KBMG.  Please feel free to tell all the pilots you know about this upcoming event.  Did I mention the breakfast is free?                If you have any questions please email me at eaa650@gmail.com            ...

From Tina Gilliland Dear Tim, Thank you for helping make this another fantastic year for Indiana Science Olympiad!  Now that the dust has settled, I wanted to offer my most sincere thanks to you for serving as an event supervisor at the State Science Olympiad Tournament held on the IU Bloomington campus.  This tournament requires a large team of people that are dedicated to teaching, molding, and encouraging young science students to pursue careers in science. I am so very thankful that I have people like you to provide level appropriate and challenging competitions.  Having you involved makes my job so much easier, thank you! I hope the time you expended on tournament day was fun and rewarding.  I have received many thank you notes from coaches and parents who have commented on the fun, challenging and fair events at the tournament and how smoothly things ran. You should be very proud for the part you played in providing such a rewarding exp...

Subject: The Seafire Flies Again T he good old days. This plane flies out of the Columbia, Missouri airport.  Seafire Restoration -- HOW COOL IS THIS? What a thrill for this restorer when he saw his work fly for the first time since 1950. Brill iant work! The only flying one of its kind in the world!   The sound of this plane is incredible - nothing beats the sound of a Spitfire's Merlin Engine.  This aircraft, the Seafire, got its name from the "Sea Spitfire". The land based Spitfire was modified with a tail hook added and folding wings, so it could be flown from and onto carriers at sea.  What a project! Beautiful aircraft! The Seafire XV http://www.youtube.com/v/TneYPcyGbbY&autoplay=1&rel=0    ...

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      Absolutely amazing (American) World War 2 statistics and photos.  I have always known that aircrew had the highest fatality rate but the loss rate (and cost of war) detailed below is absolutely horrific. If you live for facts and statistics, this is just for you...   No matter how one looks at it, these are incredible statistics. Aside from the figures on aircraft, consider this statement from the article:  On average 6600  American service men died per MONTH, during WWII (about 220 a day) - -  - - - - •  Most Americans who were not adults during WWII have no understanding of the magnitude of  it.  This listing of some of the aircraft facts gives a bit of insight to  it. • 276,000 aircraft manufactured in the US . •   43,000 planes  lost overseas, including 23,000 in combat. •   14,000 lost in  the continental U.S. The US civilian  population maintained a dedica...