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The June meeting was held at Merrymeeting Airport.
President Charlie Gabelmann called the meeting to
order at 1925 with a quorum of Board Members in
attendance.
1.
SECRETARIES REPORT
Keith Oliver made a motion to
dispense with the reading of the secretaries report.
This was seconded by Tom Muller, and passed
unanimously.
2.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Tom Muller read the Treasurer’s
report, listing the Chapter bank balance on 5/31/2009 at
$6,152.78. Tom
advised that the chapter has paid for the web services
through November 09.
The chapter currently has 33 paid members and 3
honorary members. Richard
DeVito made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report.
It was seconded by Keith Oliver and passed
unanimously.
3.
ACE CAMP
The current ACE Camp candidate that
the chapter planned to sponsor is in junior high school
and not eligible for the camp.
Charlie Gabelmann reported that he has a candidate
who plans to submit papers for ACE Camp. Richard DeVito made a motion that the Chapter sponsors this
candidate if he is accepted into the program.
It was seconded by Keith Oliver and passed
unanimously.
4.
YOUNG EAGLES
The chapter was unable to put
together a Young Eagles event for June 13th.
Tom Muller suggested we could fly as support for
another chapter, and Belfast was suggested.
Everett Perkins reported that Lewiston wanted to
host a Young Eagles day about the second half of August,
and Wiscasset would like one on October 3rd.
More details will be forthcoming.
Everett also noted that anyone 13
years or older, flying as a Young Eagle, will now also
receive an on-line pilot school from Sporty’s.
5.
GENERAL
The Sea Plane fly in will be held at
Brandy Pond in Naples the weekend of June 13.
Russell Keith has passed an FAA
inspection on his RV-9A and has received his airworthiness
certificate. The
first flight flew hands off.
Russell reported that he has items available for
loan. These
include an engine stand for a Lycoming engine, and a
rotating stand for mounting a fuselage for easy access.
Keith Oliver is back to work in his
hangar and he has mounted the fuel sight tubes in his
Murphy.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 2030
hours
7.
PROGRAM
Everett Perkins demonstrated the
forming of Plexiglas windshields.
He showed it was possible to bend Plexiglas with
direct heat, but bubbles form, and the glass became
distorted. Everett
reported that indirect heat must be used to avoid
distortion, and 250 degrees is recommended.
To accomplish this, Everett built an
oven box that he mounted on the base of a propane gas
grill. He
also constructed a form for the windshield, covered it
with clean white cotton material, and place it in the oven
along with a piece of pre cut Plexiglas.
In about 10 minutes, the Plexiglas had softened and
molded itself to the windshield form.
After a bit of cooling, the Plexiglas was removed
and found to be distortion free, and well formed.
It showed that this type of work
could be done without a major investment using readably
available items. A great demo. Thanks
Everett.
JULY MEETING
The July meeting will be held at
Merrymeeting Airport on Tuesday July 14, 2009.
The Board meeting will commence at 1845 and the
regular meeting will start at 1930.
Weather permitting; Gary Bergendoff
will demonstrate his powered parachute. |
