EAA Chapter 430 Newsletter, January 2022

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EAA 430 FLYER
JANUARY 2022
Serving Port Angeles, Sequim & Diamond Point
Dedicated to having fun with airplanes and promoting General Aviation
FROM THE LEFT SEAT
With President Ray Ballantyne
We closed out 2021 in great fashion with the annual holiday party at The Cedars at Dungeness. Thanks goes
out to all those who helped make that such a great party.
I am honored to be elected as president of this great chapter. My career involved 34 years in all three
options of ATC. I’m an EAA lifetime member; I’ve been a 430 member since moving here in 2010. I served as
secretary for four years and started facilitating the VMC club over three years ago.
I’m really excited about the coming year for our chapter. We’ve had some last minute changes to the Board
of Directors as Jim Bess has resigned as treasurer, and Tracy Halsted has graciously offered to take over that
position. I have asked Richard Howell to serve as our new secretary, and he has accepted the position.
Thanks to Harry Cook for taking the lead for VMC club. We’re lucky to have such an experienced airman
leading the discussions. He may explore alternating the IMC club with the current VMC club. If you haven’t
been to a VMC meeting, you might want to give it a try. It can be a really fun hour.
Now that the holidays are behind us, it’s time to think and plan our flying season for this year. Of course,
Barry Halsted has been doing a fabulous job of offering places to fly every month. He may be thinking of
another poker run, and even an overnight trip. Our first Young Eagles event will be on May 21st at Fairchild
international Airport in Port Angeles. During the open house, we will also be soliciting participants for our
first “You Can Fly” program which will be conducted the following weekend. Sometime in the spring, when
warm breezes make you look up, we plan to have a para-motor fly-in breakfast and invite the community.
Adding these events to our regular Young Eagle rallies and Air Affaire should make the coming year full and
fun. Please consider becoming involved in one or more of these events that interest you.
As I write this column, my wife Lisa and I are still in Delaware providing care for my brother John. Being
2500 miles away means I have to rely on others to help keep the chapter moving. Thank you to those who
are stepping up. I was planning to host a Ballantyne’s Valentine Party at my hangar on February 14, but
COVID concerns have overcome my best efforts. Maybe we’ll do it next year.
Speaking of COVID, the Board has worked hard to find a warm comfortable venue for the January Gathering
to no avail. We tried the conference room at KCLM, KONP radio station conference room, and private
hangars. Therefore, our January Gathering will be held on ZOOM starting at 0930 on Saturday January 29,
2022, with the business meeting starting at 1000. I hope it is the only one of the year.
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I will also report that there have been conversations with Sequim Valley Airport about construction of a new
hangar that can serve as our meeting facility. More information to come as specifics come to light.
There will be the 2nd
annual EAA Homebuilders Week for 5 days between January 24-28, 2022. There will be
6 webinars each day, and you can pick and choose what’s interesting whether you’re getting started or want
to learn more. The webinars will be recorded and members will be able to replay them from EAA.org.
Keep your airplane flying this winter, and invite someone to go fly with you!
Mike Patey says:
For all you young aviators, get into aviation. It is so fun, and it’s one giant, happy family. It’s a wonderful
place and I promise you the first time you get your aircraft two inches off the ground—it’s going to be fun
that time—and 10,000 hours later, too.” “Flying is unreal. Go do it.”
P a g e 2 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
2022 Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show
February 26 - 27 Puyallup, WA
SATURDAY 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM | SUNDAY 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
ADMISSION is $5/day. Kids 17 and under FREE.
Event is hosted at the Showplex Exhibit Hall, Washington State Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA.
P a g e 3 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
IN THIS ISSUE Page
From the Left Seat (Ray Ballantyne) 1-2
Calendar of Events 3
VMC Club (Harry Cook) 3
Fly-out to PTAM 4
Getting to Know Maria 5
Aviation From My Rocking Chair 6
Good Ice ALASKA HAS IT ALL 7
December Gathering Minutes 8-9
2022 Board and Directors 10
JANUARY & FEBRARY 2022
 VMC Club Meeting
2nd Wednesday of the Month
Jan 12 & Feb 9
7 - 8 pm Mariner’s Café
 EAA Chapter 430 Board Meeting
Jan 21 & Feb 18
9:00 am ZOOM
 EAA Chapter 430 Gathering
Jan 29 9:30 - 12:00
ZOOM
NO EAA 430 FEBRUARY MEETING
2022 Northwest Aviation
Conference & Trade Show
February 26 - 27 Puyallup, WA
WHAT: VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions (flying VFR - visual flight rules)
Discussions involving flying airplanes led by Harry Cook
WHERE: Mariner’s Cafe
WHEN: 2nd Wednesday of the month starting at 7:00 pm.
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.
Thank you from our new treasurer, Tracy Halsted, for all those who have paid their dues for 2022. A
reminder if you have not sent in your $20/$25, you can do this via PayPal on the EAA 430 website, or
send your check to EAA 430, PO 13, Carlsborg, WA 98324.
P a g e 4 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Fly-out to Port Townsend Aero Museum
P a g e 5 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Getting to Know Maria
By Mike Mason
Maria Morrison’s first volunteering experience at the Port Townsend Aero
Museum was many years ago on the day of our annual fundraising dinner
auction event. She was ten years old! She worked the entire afternoon and
evening helping with the event, keeping pace with the kids twice her age. In
the weeks following, Maria joined our ranks as our newest youth volunteer,
showing up at least once a week where she would spend a full day (7 hours)
helping to restore aircraft, maintain aircraft, give tours, teach ground school,
run the front desk of our display building and mentor the young volunteers
following in her footsteps. Maria is now 22 years old, and in the time from her
waiting tables at her first PTAM dinner auction event to present day, she has
earned her private pilots certificate, multi-engine rating, float rating, ground
school instructor certificate, and mastered the art of covering an aircraft with
new fabric among many other aviation maintenance skills. In her life outside
of aviation and the Port Townsend Aero Museum, Maria received a scholar-
ship to Duke University where she is graduating this year with honors. In
her time at Duke, Maria served as one of the youngest editors ever on the Duke Chronicle newspaper.
This last summer Maria was accepted in Harvard Law School, where she will begin her study of law. I’m hope-
ful her law degree from Harvard will have an aviation slant, because we sure could use some one like Maria
on our side!
Maria is the eldest of two daughters, whose parents are Linda and Neil Morrison of Port Townsend. Linda is
retired from the airline industry and currently works part time as a flight instructor at 0S9. Neil is a 747 cap-
tain for UPS where he flies international freight when he isn’t flying or working on the EAA B-17 or at home
with his family.
Editor’s Note: Maria was our tour guide at
the PT Aero Museum when EAA 430 mem-
bers spent the afternoon enjoying the many
antique airplanes. We also got to see the
area where the kids do the restoration of
the planes and the paint shop where the
finish work is done on the planes.
P a g e 6 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Aviation From My Rocking Chair
By Rick Vaux
All That Sucks Is Not Bad
Hello again to all in Chapter 430, and I hope you and your families are healthy and warm. The subject for
this month’s column is…(drum roll please) Pneumatic Instrument Systems: Attitude Gyros, Directional Gyros,
and Rate of Turn Gyros such as Ball/Bank and Turn Coordinators.
If we wanted to check the FAA requirements for gyro instruments, where would we look? I know I heard
everyone say, “FAR 91.205(b)”, and you are all correct. Reading down the list of required gyro instruments for
VMC flight either day or night, the total is 0, none, zip, zed, nil. Wow, that should save a lot of money, eh?
Well, yes it could, but, for the sake of yourself, family, and friends, please consider at least a venturi-driven
Ball/Bank. From personal experience, the horizon really does disappear on a moonless night in the Texas pan-
handle, or that under-cast may have grown after your 180 degree turn.
Now, let’s complicate things a bit. FAR 91.205(d) covers gyros required for IMC flight. These are: (1) Rate
of Turn. (2) Artificial Horizon (3) Directional Gyro. They can be either pneumatically or electrically driven.
All aircraft which operate IMC, also require a back-up power source for air-driven gyros, or a back-up electric
Rate of Turn indicator. Normally, the Gyro Horizon and the Directional Gyro are vacuum pump driven, and the
Ball/Bank or Turn Coordinator are electric. In this way, a failure of either system leaves at least partial panel
for emergency navigation.
Also installed in the panel is a Vacuum Gage (or Suction Gage). When the system is operating correctly, the
normal range is 4.5 to 5.5 Hg. As you have probably noticed, the Vacuum Gage is usually very small. This
becomes a problem, in that pneumatic system failures may happen very suddenly or very slowly, and slow fail-
ure is much more dangerous unless you constantly cross-check ALL instruments, including the Vacuum Gage.
If gage pressure is low, suspect a dirty air filter, dirty screen, sticking regulator, worn air pump or a system
leak. Zero vacuum pressure points to a pump failure, collapsed line or an inoperative gage (I should be so
lucky!)
O.K., Rick. Why do I even need to worry about vacuum pump problems? I just bought a new 0-320 with a
2400hr TBO. My answer, dear friends, will possibly shock you. Of the two types of pumps (wet and dry), the
“wet” type is longer lasting due to being lubricated by engine oil. Unfortunately, it is also much heavier, and
more expensive. Note: not all engines can be equipped with these pumps. The “dry” type pump has a much
simpler mounting, and is considerably lighter and cheaper. The problem being that they must be kept free from
oil or they will fail very quickly.
The following is the recommended AIRBORNE pump replacement schedule:
(1) Any Model# beginning with 200-212. 1100 hrs.
(2) E211cc or E212cw. 1200 hrs
(3) Any Model# Beginning with 215-216. 1200 hrs.
(4) Any Model# Beginning with 220-242. 600 hrs.
(5) Any Model# Beginning with 420-442. 450 hrs.
(6) 832cw or 842. 300 hrs.
If you are surprised by this information, that is a good thing. Occasionally include the Vacuum gage in your
scan, cross-check the other instruments, fix any problem as soon as you land, and fear not that “dark and
stormy night.” Well, troopers, if you see a shuffling guy hanging around this aviation neighborhood, wave and
say “Hi.” It’s probably me. Rick Vaux TC 4130
P a g e 7 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
GOOD ICE
ALASKA HAS IT ALL
Reprinted with permission AOPA Pilot January, 2022
Late February through early April is the time for ski flying in Talkeetna, Alaska. Your base will be the five-
bedroom lodge on Christiansen Lake, just a stone’s throw from the charming little town of Talkeetna, which
in the summer is bustling with tourists, but in the winter is almost left to the locals.
The area is beautiful. To the east Denali and the Alaska Range burst out of the flat surroundings, shouldering
away the sky, and peaking at just above 20,000 feet. It is a mesmerizing sight on a clear, crisp day. Snow
covers everything here, foot upon foot of it. This is dry snow, it creaks under your tread, it glistens in the sun.
Gliding around silently on skis, trudging along on snowshoes, or noisily careening along in a snow machine, it
is a pleasure experiencing this untamed, wild land.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/december/pilot/postcards-good-ice
On a rocky outcrop beside the glacier is an emergency shelter hut. A single room about 15 square feet. Large
glass windows warm it on a sunny day. It has a log fireplace and is fully stocked for any emergency, including
huge sleeping bags, folding camp beds, and a mattress. If you get the chance to overnight, take at least three
days of supplies just in case the weather changes and you are stuck. A night here on the glacier with the
clearest star-filled sky and perhaps the aurora borealis is unique and awe inspiring.
By Peter Fraser
There are only a few places in the world where you can learn to fly on skis and even fewer where you can
learn to land on glaciers, high in remote mountains. One such place is Alaska Floats and Skis, offering ski
flying instruction in the winter, and float and bush flying courses in the summer.
P a g e 8 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
EAA CHAPTER 430 GATHERING MINUTES
DECEMBER 11, 2021
Date: December 11, 2021 Christmas Party Gathering at Cedars of Dungeness. 41 attendees.
Ken opened the gathering at 6:12 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by Jim Bess offering Grace.
Dinner was then served.
Chapter Awards: Ken presented the following annual awards:
Barry Halsted - Fly out coordinator/ Tech Counselor
Bud Davies - Young Eagle Coordinator
Dave Miller - Scholarship Coordinator
Ernie Hansen - Tech Counselor
Harry Cook - Tech Counselor
Jim Bess – Chair Builder
Ray Ballantyne - Secretary & VMC lead
Mary Brown - Treasurer & Newsletter Editor
Tracy Halsted - Facebook / Young Eagle Coordinator
Rick Vaux - Tech Counselor Vice President and Chair Builder
Rick Vaux was also awarded the Presidential Aware for driving to Oregon to deliver a dona-
tion, and for driving to Oshkosh to deliver the chapter chair that he and Jim Bess built.
Ken introduced Ray Ballantyne as the incoming president and turned the meeting over to him.
Ray thanked Ken for his three years of dedication as president. Then he gave a short speech on how
happy he is to serve as our new president, and talked about the fun things he has planned for 2022:
Valentines Party at Ballantynes – Mandatory Karaoke.
Flyout poker run
Spring breakfast with Para motors, powered parachutes.
May 21st
W. Fairchild Airport Appreciation Day. In addition to Young Eagles, Ray is planning to have a
Flying Start booth at the event.
Pancake breakfast
Complete the Paver Pilot recognition plaza in the spring.
Tech counselor parties in the hangars of those requesting help.
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P a g e 9 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
Board of Directors: Transition meeting for new board members has been completed. New Class I Directors:
President – Ray Ballantyne
Vice President – Rick Vaux
Secretary – Tracy Halsted
Treasurer – Jim Bess
Changes in Class II directors:
VMC/IMC – Harry Cook
Communication - This new position will be filled by Scott Fitzgerald. He will also maintain the online
membership roster.
Membership and Build-N-Fly remain vacant.
Volunteers needed for Gathering meals. For 2022, members can volunteer for one time, not the whole year.
The Scholarship program has been increased from 2 to 3 recipients.
Chapter dues are $25 family or $500 for a Lifetime Family membership; $20 for an individual or $400 for a
Lifetime Individual membership.
Ray discussed some other worthy aviation programs in the area:
WPA - Dave Miller is the President of the Clallam County Chapter. Talk to Dave for more information.
RAF – Talk to Ray if interested.
Andy Sallee is planning to build new hangars at Sequim Valley Airport, and there is a possibility EAA430
could use one for meetings. More on this later; it’s just in the planning stage.
The January Gathering will be held January 29, 2022 at KSQM radio station, in the JC Penny Plaza at 10
am.
Ray adjourned the meeting at 7:30 pm.
Program: Bud Davies and Rick Vaux led the group in a 15 minute sing-along of Christmas music.
Financial Status 2021: Total funds $ 15,740
Checking $ 2,778
Scholarship: $ 11,790
General Funds: $ 1,196
Previous year Financial Status 2020: Total funds $ 9,189
Checking $ 519
Scholarship: $ 6,238 (plus Pavers $1238)
General Funds: $ 1,194
Increase in overall funds 2020 – 2021: $ 6,551
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy Halslted, EAA430 Secretary
P a g e 10 E A A 4 3 0 F L Y E R
2022 BOARD AND DIRECTORS
Chapter Phone Toll free 877-EAA-0430 (877-322-0430)
Position Name Phone Ext Email Address
President Ray Ballantyne 1 president@eaa430.org
Vice-President Rick Vaux 2 vicepresident@eaa430.org
Secretary Richard Howell 3 secretary@eaa430.org
Treasurer Tracy Halsted 4 treasurer@eaa430.org
Class II Directors
Programs No Candidate 5 programs@eaa430.org
Membership Tracy Halsted 6 membership@eaa430.org
Newsletter Skip Brown 7 newsletter@eaa430.org
Scholarship David Miller 8 scholarship@eaa430.org
Young Eagles Bud Davies 9 youngeagles@eaa430.org
VMC Harry Cook vmc@eaa430.org
Tool Crib Mike Gawley toolcrib@eaa430.org
Web Editor Andy Sallee webeditor@eaa430.org
Build-n-Fly Need Project leader build-n-fly@eaa430.org
Communications Scott Fitzgerald communications@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Harry Cook techhc@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Barry Halstead techbh@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Ernie Hansen techeh@eaa430.org
Tech Advisor Rick Vaux techrv@eaa430.org