EAA Chapter 430 Monthly Zoom Gathering Minutes April 24, 2021

Date: April 24, 2021 ZOOM meeting with 20 members attending. Ken opened the gathering at 10:10 a.m.

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

Financial Status: Checking $2,584.00 Savings $2433.00 Scholarship $9,345.00 There was a $3800 increase in Scholarship fund due to anonymous donations. Correspondence: 65% in Clallam County have been vaccinated. We are hoping to be able to meet in-person by May, which will probably be an outdoor meeting.

Board of Directors Report:

Scholarship: Dave reported that we have three scholarship recipients and funding is secure for at least two years. He provided a historical overview of the funds.

Paver Program: Ray Ballantyne showed the proposed recognition/honor plaza with a layout Build-n-Fly: Sim-n-Fly – Al Gross says he’s still limited by weather. He also said they’ve been losing connection with some of the RC planes lately and that is still a mystery. He continues to ask 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 has not been announced. Al will put together his planning of activities and present it to the next BOD meeting.

Blue Barn Adirondack Chair- Rick Vaux described the status of our chapter chair he will take to OSH. He said he is working on assembling the chair with Jim Bess and is working with Collette for a logo on the back.

Fly outs: The fly-out to Whidbey Airpark W10 was successful with good weather, 7 airplanes & 9 people attending. The May Fly-out will be to view the tulips at Skagit Valley and lunch in Friday Harbor. Barry let everyone know the tulips are blooming and he’s looking at May 2nd. There was discussion of weekdays vs weekends.

Young Eagles – Bud Davies gave the following days for EAA430 events: June 12 at W28, July 10 at KCLM, August 14 at W28, and possibly September 18 at KCLM. Al Gross said he would have some program for Build and Fly to display at the events.

Project Reports:

A partially built experimental helicopter was donated to the chapter by Wayne Simpson. George Llewellyn, Rick Vaux, Ken & Skip Brown loaded the EAA430 trailer & moved it to Ken’s hang-ar at W28. Rick & Ken removed the two engines and avionics and Rick took them to Oregon where they are on consignment.

Richard Howell showed the new panel for his Sling II project. He mounted the pitch autopilot servo and things are starting to work! The engine is ready for installation and things are progressing. Jay Pearlman looked at the Pietenpol Air Camper for sale and found it had no shocks, and there are insurance issues - so he’s probably not interested in purchase. Dave Moffitt is going to the RV factory to pickup a new nosewheel due to a Service Bulletin. Next is avionics installation and then a move to the airport! Ray talked about his overhauled engine arriving next week for installation. Barry described the maintenance of his fleet of aircraft and the challenge to fly all three. Life is full of challenges Rick said he is going in the “wrong direction” in the restoration of his Kitfox Light as he has stripped off all the covering. But it will be a better aircraft when it’s done.

Presentation: We had no program, as no one has volunteered to be a program chair. Hospitality - Ken asked for a volunteer to head up hospitality responsible for coffee/refreshments & organizing a burger bash.

Dan Ramberg joined us from his new town of Blackfoot ID. He’s happy to be associated with EAA407 as U02 is his home base, and he found a nice hangar. They just had an EAA407 breakfast meeting this morning with 35-45 people. He described the planned events for EAA407 including hosting the Puget Sound Antique Aircraft Association in July, several Young Eagle events, and Mountain airstrip repair projects.

The next VMC meeting is May 12 BOD meeting May 21 Gathering May 29 All meeting locations will be announced later.

Ken ended the meeting at 11:20 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ray Ballantyne, EAA430 Secretary