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Serving the Port Angeles & Sequim Area
EAA 430 FLYER
December 2018
Dedicated to having fun with airplanes and promoting General Aviation
CHAPTER CHATTER
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads…’
While speaking of visions I would like to share my vision for our chapter as we start a New Year.
First a little history of A journey of seven years “for 501c3 status.”
It all started in February 2010 when a small group of members held the first meeting to discuss the prospect of EAA
430 becoming a 501c3 organization. The purpose for this tax status was to be able to accept donations and benevo-
lences for both a chapter home and the scholarship program. Attending were Russ Sides, Alan Thomas (deceased) and
Ken Brown. The Chapter voted and approved the proposal at a special meeting in the Monterra Club House. In Sep-
tember 2010 Dan Donovan, Treasurer started the paperwork for the 501c3. After many board meetings and meetings
of the committee, Gordon Tubesing (Treasurer 2015) started the final push. With the help of a local tax attorney, Harry
Cook (current Treasurer) finished the work in 2016. The IRS granted final approval of the request. Effective date May
15, 2010. IRS Document dated 12/15/2016 with designation of 501c3 Public Charity.
Now it is time to continue the vision started 8 years ago. It is your turn to make your wishes heard as we prepare for
the future. With your support, both emotional and financial, this process will be a reality and not just a vision.
Vision for the coming year:
Provide a constant meeting place for all activities regardless of the weather. Our own home. In approximately
April, Mike Radford will be selling his hangar. Our chapter will need to find an accommodation to hold
meetings and other events. As a backup, Bud Davies has offered his hangar #15 on the North side of the con-
dominiums for us to use. We will announce the moving day when it is has been determined.
Expand our membership to be more inclusive of the flying community to include gliders, ultralight and lighter-than
-air pilots and ground crews. In accordance with the bylaws, all of these additional groups must also belong to
national EAA.
Creation of a fund raising committee responsible for: Benevolence and Estate Giving, Scholarships, Building Fund
Additional youth programs – learn to build & enhanced skills
(Continued on next page)
(Chapter Chatter continued)
2019 will be a very busy year. With your help, we will continue to advance aviation on the Olympic Peninsula and the
benefits to our EAA family.
As this year ends, we can reflect on the difference our Young Eagle program has had on many youth in our region. We
have seen our membership grow, while at the same time saying good-bye to members moving away or those who
have Gone West. In all things we look forward with hope for a better year. Wishing you and your family the very best.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Boxing Day and Joyous Kwanzaa.
Ken Brown, President
P a g e 2 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
WHAT: VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions (flying VFR - visual flight rules).
Discussions involving flying airplanes visually.
WHERE: Mariner’s Café 609 W Washington St. Sequim, WA
Food and beverages are available for purchase during the meetings.
WHEN: 2nd Wednesday of month starting at 7:00 p.m.
WHO: Anyone interested in flying is welcome to attend. It is a great place to meet
new people and have some fun!
WHY: The one hour meetings use real-world scenarios to engage members and allow a
free exchange of information that improves awareness and skills. Designed to provide
organized “hangar flying” focused on building proficiency in VFR flying. We hope to create
a community of aviators willing to share practical knowledge, nurture communication,
improve safety and build proficiency.
Come be part of
a community
of pilots
IN THIS ISSUE
Chapter Chatter 1
VMC Club 2
Note from the Editor 3
Getting to Know You 4
Calendar of Events 5
Board & Officers 5
Airplanes R Us 6
Acrobatic Practice Area 7
General Meeting Minutes 8-9
Annual X-mas Dinner 10-12
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
When Newsletter Editor Dan Masys & his wife, Linda, recently moved to California, I agreed to once again
take on the role of editor for the monthly EAA Flyer. You will notice a few format changes, but I plan to con-
tinue publishing articles of interest to Chapter members who are building planes or who just enjoy flying
them. Thanks to Dan for his years of writing/editing the newsletter.
Looking back at the newsletters from 2001 to the present, I’m amazed at all the projects & activities of
Chapter 430 members. Young Eagles has been one of the most successful programs. Thanking all those
who participated in this would fill the rest of the page. We have seen kids taking their first airplane ride be-
come pilots & dedicating their careers & lives to be involved in the world of airplanes. Many of the planes
flying out of our local airports & airparks are homebuilt planes by our members. Over the years, close friend-
ships have evolved between members of our chapter. We have applauded members receiving national
awards (Donna) & have enjoyed speakers who shared their varied experiences & knowledge. I would de-
scribe Chapter 430, presently touting 101 members, as a very successful EAA Chapter. We have a wonder-
fully diverse and interesting group of pilots…men and women…who make up the membership & it is a privi-
lege to be part of this group.
Each newsletter will have a short biographical sketch of a member, beginning with the new Board members.
If you know a member you would like featured, email me with the name and the write-up will be in one the
following newsletters. If you have a project (& pictures) please share them with us.
Send any suggestions you have for the EAA Flyer to newsletter@eaa430.org or 877-EAA-0430 (877-322-
0430) ext 7
Mary Brown, Editor
P a g e 3 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
News & Information for the Aviation Community
of Fairchild International Airport (CLM)
This newsletter is written by Daniel E. Gase, CCIM Airport & Real Estate Manager Port of Port
Angeles
It can be found at https://www.facebook.com/PortofPortAngeles
If you would like to receive this newsletter, contact Dan Gase <dang@portofpa.com>
Ken got involved in the aviation world just after his 56th birthday, when he received
an introductory series of flying lessons as a Christmas present. It was “love at first
flight.” He purchased his first plane, a Piper Archer, shortly after receiving his pilot’s
license. He & Mary moved to Sequim from Vashon Island in 2000, and they joined
EAA. Since joining, Ken has been the vice president, secretary, treasurer, member-
ship, web master, newsletter editor and merchandise coordinator of EAA Chapter
430. He presently flies his RV 9-A.
Ken spent his early life in Cleveland, Ohio. After high school graduation he joined
the Air Force and was stationed in Topeka, Kansas. While in the Air Force, he
joined the Forbes Skydivers, a skydiving club formed before there was a Parachutes
of America. Ask him to tell you the story when his parachute failed to open. (It can
explain why “Ken is Ken“)
After moving to Phoenix, he attended night school to learn programming and ended up teaching program-
ming at the school. He became a programmer for the City of Phoenix, developing a police tracking system
and an automated dissemination of bookings, the first of its kind in the country. He also developed comput-
erized online ballot tabulation software which enabled the city to certify an election in less than 12 hours
after the polls were closed.
In 1969, while working at G.E. Mainframe Computer Division, Ken was part of a team supporting Bell Labs.
They were developing new languages needed to create a new operating system. The first language he
worked on was “B” which was used to create “C.” This was necessary for the operation system being de-
veloped called Unix. (In later years Unix morphed to what is now called LINXS). Apple iOS, Android and
several operating systems are based on UNIX.
He joined Sperry Univac, working in the financial accounting office, where he discovered the operating sys-
tem couldn’t add 1+1 = 2. He worked with the software developers to modify the operating system to do
business math versus floating point math. He then went to work for the County of Maricopa police and court
system in Arizona, developing the Support and Paternity System.
In 1971, he started DataPak Inc., a company that produced microfiche for major companies in the Phoenix
area. He developed software for the State of Arizona that converted output on a mainframe computer to
tape for microfiche conversion, a software valued at around a million dollars. After selling the company, he
went to work for Honeywell in the Phoenix Sales Office, teaching classes in programming and database
administration in cities throughout the United States and in Europe.
Ken and his wife, Mary, moved to Seattle in 1979 where Ken continued teaching for Honeywell. They
bought land and built a house on Vashon Island. He was the database administrator for Virginia Mason
Hospital for two years and then went back to work for Honeywell and their spinoff company, Alliant Tech
Systems, in Seattle and Everett. As a database administrator and supervisor of the computer department,
he traveled back and forth from Seattle to Minneapolis, working with a staff of four senior technologists in a
“think tank” environment.
Since problem solving has always been one of his talents, he formed his own computer company, The So-
lution Centre, in 1990 after being down-sized from Alliant Tech Systems. The life lesson Ken has learned:
“We are created for a purpose. It is a wise man who can find his purpose and use it to benefit others. In so
doing, the rewards are beyond measure.”
Getting To Know You
Ken Brown, President
P a g e 4 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Calendar of Events
JANUARY 2019
 VMC Club Meeting Jan 9 7 pm
2nd Wednesday of Month
Mariner’s Café JC Penny Plaza
 EAA Chapter 430 Board Meeting Jan 18 9 am
Friday before the General Meeting
Mariner’s Café JC Penny Plaza
 EAA Chapter 430 Monthly Meeting
Last Saturday of Month Jan 26 10 am
Hangar # 10 Sequim Valley Airport
FEBRUARY 2019
Feb 22
EAA Leadership Boot Camp
Thun Field (PLU) Pierce Country, WA
Feb 23-24
NW Aviation Conference and Trade Show
Puyallup Fair Grounds
Free Parking $5 Entrance Fee
If you like aviation this is the place to spend
some time.
EAA CHAPTER 430 2018-19 BOARD AND OFFICERS
Chapter Phone Toll free 877-EAA-0430 (877-322-0430
Position Name Phone Ext Email Address
President Ken Brown 1 president@eaa430.org
Vice-President Ernie Hanson 2 vicepresident@eaa430.org
Secretary Ray Ballantyne 3 secretary@eaa430.org
Treasurer Harry Cook 4 treasurer@eaa430.org
Class II Directors
Membership Bob Hicks 5 membership@eaa430.org
Programs Deb Cox 6 programs@eaa430.org
Newsletter Mary Brown 7 newsletter@eaa430.org
Scholarship David Miller 8 scholarship@eaa430.org
Young Eagles Bud Davies 9 youngeagles@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Harry Cook techhc@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Barry Halstead techbh@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Ernie Hanson techeh@eaa430.org
P a g e 5 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Airplanes R Us
by John Meyers
It is soon-to-be “Happy New Year 2019.” I have been asked to contribute some deft writing which would per-
tain to our Chapter 430. This would presumably mean anything related to aviation, the region, our people,
our professions, our hobbies. That’s a pretty big spectrum. All I need is some focused inspiration. Possible
subjects for expansion are:
Young Eagles. Our Chapter 430 has a history of good participation and outcomes for our Y/E events. It is
hard to accurately measure our success, but we have some good numbers for “kids-carried” and occasional
spectacular inspirational feedback like the case of Y/E Rene’ Brilhante / Alan Barnard. At this point, a little
infusion of new-blood and new energy within the ranks of volunteers is to be considered. (to be continued)
Could I Pass the Private Pilot Test Today? Really? From 2010 onward, I have been retired from air
transport operations & training. At first, I thought it would be fun to spice up my languishing CFI by taking on
some Part 61 local students. Within that context, I got a few surprises. (to be continued)
Hot items in 2019. Things that are obviously “hot” for discussion in the new year are, a) the ADS-B man-
date/deadline, and b) BASIC MED. More ? (to be continued)
Feedback from VMC Club. Rumor has it that some pretty good discussions are flowing from those
meetings. Perhaps some expansion of those threads is appropriate. (to be continued)
EAA. What is it ? Flying, building, maintaining… any or all of these things are part and parcel of EAA.
Can our local chapter serve all the segments? (to be continued)
Historical EAA. I’ve been a member since 1972 but had 1st contacts as a youth from 1964. It is interesting
to reflect on attending ROCKFORD… which was the annual fly-in venue pre-Oshkosh. (to be continued)
There you are. I am looking forward to Ernie Gann-style aviation prose flowing from my MS Word app.
Alas… coming up short.
(If you don’t know me, here is my bio of acronymic qualifications: ATP, ASMEL, SES, CFI-I, OSU, UAL, KAL)
<ATP = Airline Transport Pilot with ratings in most Boeings short of 787>
<ASMEL = Airplane Single-engine, Multi-engine Landplane>
<SES = Single engine Sea, little-used since the 1970’s>
< CFI-I = Certified Flight Instructor since 1965. The “-I” part was added in 2012, just for fun>
< OSU = Ohio State University. 3 years, did not graduate. >
< UAL = United Airlines. They interrupted my university effort… which continued for 36.5 years>
< KAL = Korean Airlines. This was a 7-year career add-on… but was a nasty commute>
John Meyers, Sequim
P a g e 6 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
P a g e 7 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Acrobatic Practice Area (APA) Explained
Local information and education this month explains the newly established Acrobatic Practice Area at CLM. You may
have seen this box being used during the last couple of months (pictured above) so here is the “What, When, Why and
How” of the APA:
WHAT is an Aerobatic Practice Area (APA) - per the FAA:
“AEROBATIC PRACTICE AREAS. Aerobatic competition pilots, airshow pilots, and others who wish to practice aero-
batic maneuvers not necessary for normal flight and below an altitude of 1,500 feet above ground level (AGL) must use
a wavered aerobatic practice area. These areas are not to be considered airshow sites. The aviation community uses
these practice areas to establish and maintain proficiency as well as enhance competitive skills in all the recognized
aerobatic maneuvers. They are established by the waiver applicant in conjunction with the local FSDO and may have
dimensions of several miles in various directions or be as small as a contest box; i.e., a cubic box with a dimension of
3,300 feet on all sides. Inspectors should be receptive to the establishment of these areas, consistent with safety and
the efficient use of the NAS. It is imperative that the safety of all nonparticipating aircraft be considered when issuing a
Certificate of Waiver or Authorization for an aerobatic practice are.” (FAA - 8700.1 Ops Insp Handbk / Vol2 - Ch48)
When:
Available for use anytime between 10 AM and 7 PM local time and never after sunset.
Where:
Aerobatics may be occurring from 500’ to 4000’ AGL and within the boundaries as depicted in the attached aerial im-
age.
How:
For the airspace to be in use there must be a NOTAM issued and the airspace activated with ATC (Whidbey Ap-
proach).
Day to day operations:
Check NOTAMs! So you are aware of the proposed operating times of the APA. The NOTAM window may be for a few
hours. When the APA is in use (activated) it is normally for no longer than 30 minutes at a time. De-conflict use of the
airspace with the user of the APA over CTAF just as you would with any other traffic.
Now you know! (Reprinted with permission)
Date: November 17, 2018
The meeting was called to order at 10:06 a.m. by President Mike Radford at W28 #10 with the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Introduction of Guests:
Mike welcomed guest and new members Richard Howell and his wife Maryann from S. Calif.
They have recently moved to the Sequim area.
Approve Minutes:
There were no revisions/corrections to the minutes published in the newsletter and were ap-
proved.
Reports:
Treasurer report: no report. Financials are published in the members only section of the
web site.
Membership: Bob Hicks membership count is 102
Quorum required is 33 (including absentee ballots)
Young Eagle: report has been published in the newsletter. Thanks to all the pilots and
ground crew. A special thanks to our Young Eagle Leader John Meyers.
There was a brief discussion of Wednesday’s VMC Club meeting.
Project Reports: Dave Moffit said his RV-12 project is coming along. There was discussion of
ADS-B out purchases and installations.
Old Business:
Nomination Committee recommendations:
President: Ken Brown
VP: Ernie Hansen
Treasurer: Harry Cook
Secretary: Ray Ballantyne
A quorum was established with 22 members present and 30 proxies. Mike held the elec-
tion by a show of hands and proxies. The Chapter officer nominees were elected
unanimously.
Continued on next page
EAA Chapter 430 General Meeting Minutes
P a g e 8 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
EAA Chapter 430 General Meeting Minutes (continued)
Appointed (volunteer) Class II Directors:
Membership – Bob Hicks
Scholarship – Dave Miller
Young Eagles – Lee Runion
Programs – Deb Cox
Newsletter – Mary Brown
VMC Club Coordinator – Ray Ballantyne and Deb Cox
Tech Advisors – Harry Cook, Barry Halsted, Ernie Hansen, Rick Vaux
New Business:
Proposed annual dues increase by $5.00. By proxy vote and a show of hands, the proposal
passed with 3 dissenting votes.
Comments from the Members:
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Ernie Hansen family as Penny battles medical
issues.
Lee Runion offered a last chance to attend the Christmas Party Saturday Dec 1. He
confirmed 45 RSVPs and said there will be a barbershop quartet for entertainment.
Don’t forget Toys for Tots.
Scholarship Raffle added $21.00 to the funds.
Close of the business meeting @ 10:38 a.m.
Next Chapter Meeting will be on January 26, 2019 - 1000 at W28
Next Board of Director transition meeting will be December 21, 2018 Mariners Café 9:00 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ray Ballantyne, Secretary
P a g e 9 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
P a g e 9 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
2018 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER
P a g e 10 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
P a g e 11 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Batteries Not Required
(L to R)
Rich Wyatt
Rich Johnston
Jim Muldowney
Bud Davies
Toys For Tots