EAA Chapter 430 Monthly Zoom Gathering Minutes March 27, 2021

14 members attended.

Ken opened the gathering at 10:05 a.m.

Approved Minutes: The minutes for March 2021 meeting were approved. The minutes are posted on the EAA430 website.

Financial Status: Checking $2,516.00 Savings $2432.00 Scholarship $6,786.00 Five people have yet to renew their dues.

Correspondence: One-third of Clallam County are vaccinated. Majority of new cases are teens and young adults. We are hoping to be able to meet in-person by May, which will probably be an outdoor meeting.

Board of Directors Report:

Scholarship: Daniel Weaver and Madeline Patterson have both been awarded an EAA430 scholarship and both have 3 years left of school. Rick Vaux and Dave Miller will meet to discuss a possible scholarship/honorarium for someone who is in a program to become an A&P mechanic.

Paver Program: Ray Ballantyne has taken the lead to organize our recognition/honor plaza with a layout resembling the outline of an aircraft. Bricks are available for founding members, scholarship recipients and major aviation accomplishments. New costs for the bricks are 4x8 pavers at $100 and 8x8 pavers $150.

Build-n-Fly: Sim-n-Fly – Al Gross asked for a few people to help in the Build-n-Fly program once it starts up @ Fairchild Conference Room. A date for the start-up was not been announced. Al will put together his plan of activities and present it at the next BOD meeting. Mark your calendar for the Christmas dinner at Dungeness 7 Cedars scheduled for 12/11/2021. Fly outs: The fly-out to Forks was successful with good weather, 10 airplanes & 19 people attending. The April fly-out will be to view the tulips at Skagit Valley. Barry will let everyone know when the tulips are blooming.

Tool Crib has a new manager, Mike Gawley, @ W28 #18. A list of available tools to borrow was in the March newsletter.

Monthly Minutes (continued) Project Reports:

A partially built experimental helicopter was donated to the chapter by Wayne Simpson. George Llewellyn, Rick Vaux, Ken & Skip Brown loaded George’s trailer & moved it to Ken’s hangar at W28. Rick & Ken will remove the two engines and Rick will take them to Oregon where they will be checked over and put on consignment. He estimates they will be worth approximately $5000.

Richard Howell reported his instrument panel is coming next week. He is waiting until his avionics is mounted and then he will be putting on his engine and landing gear. Rick Vaux said the materials for the chapter-built Adirondack chairs have been purchased. Ray Ballantyne and Jim Bess will work with Rick to build the chair & Colette Miller will help decorate it with the Chapter logo. The finished chair will be taken to the Blue Barn at Oshkosh Air Venture.

Presentation: Andy Sallee presented an informative program on Local Flying Hazards & the Northeast Side of the Olympic Mountains. The PDF he used will be on the chapter’s web site. He talked about the unique weather hazards, combined with the topography of the area, that create severe turbulence, roll clouds, convergence zone, convective activity, small hail, wind shear & low ceilings. There have been six crashes since 1983 with a total of five fatalities. The areas over Sequim Bay, Discovery Bay, Port Townsend and Hood Canal are especially critical. He also talked about prevention of future accidents, over-water engine failures and how to plan for unscheduled landings in case of engine failure. The number one priority for pilots has to be safety for passengers and themselves.

There were additional suggestions regarding the local physicians who do Basic medicals. Andy will update the web site with the physicians who are presently do this.

The next VMC meeting is April 14, BOD meeting, April 16 & Gathering April 24. All meetings will be Zoom.

Ken ended the meeting at 11:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Brown (for) Ray Ballantyne, EAA430 Secretary