The June meeting was held at Craig Starr’s garage in
Leeds. President
Charlie Gabelmann called the Meeting to order at 1920
with a quorum of Board Members in attendance.
1.
TREASURER’S AND SECRETARY’S REPORT
The Treasurer and secretary’s
report were not presented per agreement of the members.
Tom Muller did provide the secretary with a copy
of the report for the chapter files.
The report reflects a balance of $4,762.88 on
5/31/10.
2. ACE CAMP
Leo Leclair reported that Zach
Daigle has been accepted into the 2010 ACE CAMP program.
Both Zach and Josh Wardwell will be attending
this year under sponsorship of the chapter.
3.
YOUNG EAGLES
Everett Perkins confirmed that we
would have a Young Eagles event at Wiscasset on June 19.
He will be sending out an e-mail requesting
pilots and ground crew for the event.
Several members present committed to help.
4.
GENERAL
The Portland Jetport will be
hosting an Aviation Exposition on June 12 and 13, and
they are looking for volunteers to assist with parking.
All volunteers receive 2 tickets to a Lobster
Bake on Friday evening.
Contact Jeni O’Bryon at 207-756-8027 to
volunteer.
Richard Wood reported that EAA
National is offering members an opportunity to purchase
a Brick for the Gateway to Aviation entrance at Oshkosh.
He suggested the chapter buy a brick to be
engraved Charlie Gabelmann as appreciation for his many
years of service as Chapter 87 President.
While all agreed the Charlie was deserving of
such an honor, Tom Muller expressed concern that the
brick cost might be excessive for the chapter.
Woody agreed to obtain specific costs for this
program.
Leo Leclair now has a high speed
internet link with Road Runner.
His new e-mail address is gs5299@rr.com.
Mark Hayden’s annual Fly-in
and picnic will be held on Saturday August 21.
This was erroneously listed in the original May
report as August 12.
The date has been corrected in the May meeting
minutes published in the chapter web site www.eaa87.org.
5.
PROJECTS
Mark Libby has purchased a
partially completed Cozy IV from Connecticut.
Tom Muller has recorded a True Air
Speed of 206 mph in his RV-9A.
Russell Keith has adjusted his
carburetor jet to correct a problem with a lean mixture.
The change looks good and Russell has obtained an
increase of 150 rpm and +5 knots in cruise.
Craig Starr had a ride with Nick
Knobil in
his RV-8.
6.
ADJOURNMENT
Leo Leclair made a motion to
adjourn the meeting and Richard DeVito seconded.
The motion passed unanimously, and the meeting
was adjourned at 2020.
7.
CRAIG STARR’S RV-8
Members had a chance to look over
Craig’s RV-8 project.
He has begun initial work with assembly of the
horizontal stabilizer.
Craig has configured his garage as a workshop for
the project and has constructed a jig for working on the
stabilizer. The
garage is large, well lit, and heated.
Since Craig’s is an older RV-8 kit, both
Russell Keith and Leo Leclair suggested Craig remove all
protective covering on the aluminum sheeting.
The longer the covering sits, the harder it will
be to remove it.
The chapter thanks Craig for his
hospitality.
8.
DEMO
Grady Sharpe demonstrated a model
of a radial engine he machined, along with methods to
cut metal. The
engine operates on a compressed air source and Grady ran
the engine at different rpm’s.
He additionally had a small display case with a
break out of all parts of the engine.
For cutting metal, Grady suggested using a
standard paper cutter and he demonstrated its use. . For trimming,
Grady showed a modification made to a set of hand shears
to obtain smooth cuts.
The modification consisted of a set screw in the
handle which limited how far the blades would be opened.
JULY MEETING
The July meeting will be held on
July 13 at the Tom Muller’s hangar at the
Lewiston-Auburn Airport (LEW).
We will also have a chapter cook out in
conjunction with the meeting with a planned start time
oh 1830 hours.
Directions
to Tom’s hangar
If you are traveling from Bowdoinham or the coastal
areas, take 196 into Lewiston and take the Maine
Turnpike (toll free) south to Auburn. Exiting the
turnpike, turn right and head SW on 202/26/100/4 (all
the same road). Take
a right at the first light just after the Irving truck
stop onto Kittyhawk Drive.
Travel to the four corner stop sign intersection
and turn right onto Hotel Road.
On Hotel road, take the first left onto White
Hangar Drive. Mountain
Machine Company is at the entrance to the airport.
You can park outside the gate and walk in.
The walk in gate is not locked.
This area is dimly lit.
Walk to the left of the white hangar and you will
see yellow t-hangars on the front side of the white
hangar. Tom’s hangar is in the second row of yellow
T-hangars.
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