EAA Chapter 430 Monthly Zoom Gathering Minutes November 28, 2020

Date: November 28, 2020 ZOOM meeting. At 1007 President Ken Brown called the meeting of 14 zoomers to order. Ken mentioned that on Nov. 9, 1972 our chapter was established and has thrived for 48 years.

Approved Minutes: The minutes of October 31,2020 were approved.

Financial Status: Total funds $9,955 Scholarship: 6,328 General Funds: $2432 Correspondence: WA Covid-19 Phase II continues Board of Directors Report: Ken said the chapter is solvent and the scholarship fund had several donations from Donna and Trent’s mini plane sale, Costco, Denny Donovan, and the Clallam County Pilot’s Association.

Election Results: 38 ballots which constitutes a quorum. The Vice President was a write in as Rick Vaux. No programs Chair volunteers were found. No nominations from the floor, so the officers and directors were approved as presented:

President: Ken Brown, Vice President: Rick Vaux, Secretary: Ray Ballantyne, Treasurer: Skip Brown. Class II directors- Build’n’fly: Al Gross, Flyout: Barry Halsted, Membership: Madeline Patterson, Newsletter: Skip Brown, Scholarship: Dave Miller, Tool Crib: Ted Smith, VMC: Ray Ballantyne, Web wrangler: Andy Sallee, Young Eagles: Bud Davies.

Chapter Projects:

Build-n-Fly: Al Gross is excited to report the R/C simulator and flight instruction program is going great. Each one-on-one session takes two hours and is split between flying the simulator and flying the RC airplane with Al on a buddy box. He walks both the parent and Young Eagle through both sessions. There have been great reviews by the first two YE’s and another is waiting to be scheduled. He is waiting for good conditions for the next student. He is working on “next steps” for the students to continue RC flying which will go on our FaceBook page (which is managed by Tracy Boulton-thanks!).

Projects:

Ernie Hansen reports the experimental Cub is finished! Yea! Finished after 5 years. Ray Ballantyne reported he is sending his O-320 to LyCon to get an overhaul and power boost.

Ernie and Barry helped him take the engine off. Young Eagles has purchased a VHF Handheld with YE year end credits which Ken demonstrated the new radio.

Presentation:

Captain Chrystal Stout presented Micro Meteorology on the Olympic Peninsula. She recently went to LAS to provide hot air balloon rides to Veterans and children with disabilities. She then entered and won the Ms Senior United States pageant! She is in her 36th year of being an Aviatrix. She then described how she forecasts the local weather. Ublastvalve.com, airnet.com, Storm Radar app, deep weather app, forecast.weather.gov, Aeroweather app, and Windy app are sone of her tools.

She also discussed upslope/downslope conditions, cloud types, turbulence/windshear, frontal activity, and fog. She then described how to do “contour” flying. Her stories were very entertaining, and her presentation was highly informative.

Last informal fly-out for the year is scheduled for Wednesday December 2 at Darrington, WA.

The meeting concluded at 11:13 a.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Ray Ballantyne, Secretary