EAA Chapter 430 Monthly Gathering Minutes May 2021

Date: May 29, 2021 Gathering in-person meeting with 27 members and 1 guest attending.

Ken opened the gathering at 10:15 a.m. Ken reported that Dave Miller had a heart attack yesterday and was helicoptered to Bremerton Hospital. A stent was inserted and Dave is doing well and is expected to be home tomorrow.

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

Financial Status: Checking $2,200.00 Savings $2400.00 Scholarship $9,600.00. Correspondence: Covid-19 Update. As of 5/25 Cases are reducing ~ 83,755 doses of Vaccine given.

Guest: Guest Kevin Jensen from Port Townsend introduced himself. He wants to get a pilot license and build his own plane someday. He has extensive experience in RC models.

New members were also introduced. John Wallace is looking for a partner in a light sport airplane. Rick Stoffel lives at Discovery Farms and works for the airlines.

Board of Directors Report:

Scholarship: We have three scholarship recipients and funding is secure for at least two years.

Paver Program: Barry Halsted reported on the Paver Program, for Ray Ballantyne. Spots on the “airplane” layout are being reserved, and orders taken for pavers. Through June 30th, costs for the bricks are 4x8 pavers at $100 and 8x8 pavers $150. Four orders were taken at the meeting today. Ray is accepting orders for the pavers with location selection as first come, first served. Contact Ray at ray.ballantyne@gmail.com. Don’t delay, order today!

Build-n-Fly: Sim-n-Fly – Al Gross has resigned as RC Coordinator, due to health issues. We need a new lead in order to re-start the program.

Blue Barn Adirondack Chair- Rick Vaux reported on the chair status. He and Jim Bess have completed the build, and Collette is working on a logo for the back. The chair, along with several design suggestions, were on display today. Rick will be driving the chair to Oshkosh. Per the EAA, our EAA430 chair will be the “furthest west chair at the Blue Barn”. Rick suggested incorporating that into our logo on the chair.

Fly outs: The fly-out to Friday Harbor was led by Ray Ballantyne, in Barry Halsted’s absence. Collette Miller and Ray Ballantyne were the only participants. Barry reported that he hopes the June fly out will be better attended. June fly out will be to Packwood, which was our most popular fly out last year. He will be sending out information later in the month, taking into account the weather. Young Eagles – Bud Davies reported that for the June 12th event at Sequim Valley there are enough ground volunteers, but more are always welcome. We are short on pilots, and he will start calling people requesting their help. The August date was changed to August 21st so as to not conflict with the Diamond Point event. 2021 Young Eagle Event dates are: June 12 at W28, July 10 at KCLM, August 21 at W28, and September 18 at KCLM (Airport Appreciation Day). The local RC group will have some airplanes out at the RC field, and kids will be directed over to look at them while waiting for their YE flights.

Announcements:

Membership: Ken reported that our membership chair, Madeline, has completed the work to allow online access to EAA Roster for current members of 430. The link is https://www.eaachapters.org/ main.aspx Username is your EAA# and the initial password is “mustang”. You will be prompted for a unique password at your first sign in.

Sequim Valley Air Affaire – Emily reported that the Air Affaire will be Saturday only this year, August 28th, from 9-4. It will be similar to previous years.

Diamond Point Airport Appreciation Day – Gordon Tubesing reported that the DP event will be held on August 14th from 9-4. It too will be similar to previous years.

Next month’s Gathering speaker will be Alan Millet, Sequim lawyer, speaking on LLC’s and aviation.

Project Reports:

Richard Howell reported on his Sling II project. He is thinking of doing the painting himself, possibly with water-based paint. Jay Pearlman offered a spray system he could borrow. There were multiple comments about water-based paint, and a recommendation that he talk to Mike Payne before making a decision.

Ernie Hansen has finished his Super Cob clone, and it had its first flight December 22nd. He flew it over today for members to look at. He has also purchased a new project, an 85% complete RV8 build. It needs an instrument panel, and he is thinking of Dynon because it is well integrated. He plans to sell the RV8 after completion, as he has enough airplanes already. Rick Stoffel – Has an RV4 with polished aluminum that he built. He is working on an RV10 slow build now. He has the empennage done, and the fuselage is in progress. He anticipates another 4-5 years to complete. Dave Moffitt is in year 9 of his slow build RC12. He is planning polished aluminum with vinyl accent. It is being built at home, but he is looking for a hangar. Dave Boerigter– is putting new panels in his Mooney, for IFR. He noted that insurance on complex airplanes increases tremendously when you are over 80.

Ken mentioned the Sequim Valley airport is for sale. Bill Shepherd– reported on his YAK3, which he flew over today. His is the second of a small group specially built in 1994. The Yak went to the US, New Zealand, Australia, and eventually South Africa where Bill purchased it and had it freighted here. Test flights were at Port Angeles, but it now resides at Diamond Point. It has an Alilson 1710 engine and is very expensive to fly.

Rick Vaux – Held up two books to display and recommend regarding aircraft maintenance, a field he is very knowledgeable in. The first book was AC43.13-1A & B and can be bought at Aircraft Spruce or downloaded as a PDF for free from the FAA. The second was CAM 18, no longer in print.

Bud Davies has a new Young Eagle banner which he needs mounted at the airport entrance next week. Looking for volunteers. Jim Bettcher – Was asked to report on his new red Tesla model Y. He loves it. It is easy in and out, very economical, and high tech. Ray Ballantyne was not present to report on his GlaStar engine overhaul status because it is complete and he is off on a back country trip with it.

Hospitality – Bud Davies provided coffee, donuts, and pizza from Dominos for today’s refreshments. Need a volunteer for June refreshments.

The next VMC meeting is June 9, Mariners BOD meeting June 18, Mariners Gathering June 26, Hangar 15 SV airport.

Looking for presenters for the remainder of the year. Contact Ken if you know anyone. Ken ended the meeting at 12:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tracy Halsted for

Ray Ballantyne, EAA430 Secretary