Meeting:

Christmas Dinner - Friday Dec 2
Naples - Steubenville 6:00 PM

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Hello everyone, well it is the night before Thanksgiving and all is white. Wait is there something wrong with this picture. Well it looks like we got our first snow storm of the season. I would like wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

As everyone knows, we held our chapter elections at the November meeting. There were no nominations from the floor for the Chapter officers’ positions. I am proud to announce that all the officers have volunteered to sign on for two more years. I too have volunteered to stay on as president.
I also would like to say thanks to our departing Chapter Trustee “Bob Miller” who served as a trustee for the last 3 years. Bob has been a big help in the running of the Chapter and also in the building of the new Chapter Building. I would like to welcome “Jim Foglio” who volunteered to become a new Trustee.
Jim, who just joined the Chapter this past summer, has taken a very active part since his joining. Helping with the meetings, bringing us some very interesting guest speakers, and helping out with the Young Eagle flights. We will look forward to working with Jim on the Board of Directors.

In the upcoming year we are going to have great year by trying to involve everyone. We have a few member homebuilt projects that are nearing completion and will be flying next year. There are already some Chapter activities planned for the upcoming year, some new field trips, on site airport activities, and starting of a weekend gathering at the Chapter Hanger this spring. As this year slowly passes on into the history books, I would like to thank everyone in the chapter for their volunteer work and dedication to the Chapter over this past year. May it be helping out with the Young Eagle flights or helping to make the Chapter meetings more interesting or taking part in the Chapter Recycling program or volunteering to work on the new Chapter Hanger in the hottest days of summer. This upcoming year will be an interesting one. As the old saying goes “were getting better with age”.

I would like to welcome our newest member Paul Barone. Paul has recently received his private pilot and has joined the Prop Busters.

See you at the Chapter Banquet.
Your Prez
Dave

Fuel Prices

Young Eagle Flight:
On November 12 at the airpark our Chapter hosted a Young Eagle Flight. Jim Foglio had 12 young people from his Church who experienced the thrill of their first flight. The flight was put together on short notice, so we had to scramble around for some volunteer pilots. I would like to thank Bob Marshall for volunteering his time and airplane for the flight. Bob did an excellent job of briefing the young people starting at the lounge and once again at the airplane before take off. On each flight, Bob took them over where they lived to see their homes from the air. They were all a little nervous at first but all came back with a big grin on their faces. The ones that were lucky enough to sit up front got their chance to fly the plane. I also would like to thank Jim Foglio for helping out with the paper work and the kids. We will continue to hold more Young Eagle Flights in the upcoming year. It is our best way of introducing aviation to our young people. Out of the 12 that went up 3 have shown a real interest in becoming pilots and we might be seeing them at future meetings. Remember to pass the word to other groups that we do hold flights, and if interested contact us for more information.

Hanger Update:
Good news to report, the electric is in. Thanks to the many hard working volunteers, a trench was dug from the airport maintenance building to the rear door of the hanger and the conduit and feeder wires were laid in. Special thanks go out to Dick Hawkins who supervised the work and for doing the final electrical hook up. We now have power for the hanger door. The second part of this project is to put up conduit for the lighting, switches, outlets, exit signs, emergency lighting, and outside lights.
The combination code for the front side door will be announced at the Chapter Banquet or in the mail next month.
When a work party is called, we usually only have short notice. They are normally held on a Saturday morning, weather permitting. If you have internet check your e-mail as we try to get hold of everybody that we can or you can call Tom C. on a Friday to check if something has been lined up. All help and ideas are needed. We are moving slowly, but getting there. More news to follow.


Christmas Banquet:
Don’t forget about the upcoming Chapter Banquet to be held at the Naples Restaurant in downtown Steubenville, Friday 2nd December 6:00pm. Remember there will be no Chapter Meeting at the Airport in December. And don’t forget we will be drawing the Chapter Raffle ticket for the Leather EAA Jacket. Bring your tickets and cash to the Banquet. See you and the family there

Engine Beat:
Lockheed Martin has officially taken over operation of the nation's flight service stations as of Oct 3rd.

Airport Helicopter:
You have to go see this! Our airport has been host to a Hughes 500 helicopter for the last month but this is no ordinary helicopter. It is equipped with eleven 24 inch circular saw blades that are strung like pearls below it on a rigid aluminum tube.

I managed to get a chance to talk with pilot John Davidson and his mechanic at the end of a long day they spent cutting trees beside our local power lines. Even though obviously tired, they were gracious enough to take the time to chat and their enthusiasm for the job and professionalism was inspiring. Of course, if you could indulge your fantasy for flying a helicopter hot rod 30 hours a week (600 hrs a year) and being paid, you would be too.

The Hughes 500 is the same as the Vietnam era helicopter known as the Loche and is powered by an Alison 250 with 375 shp. They can cut as much as 2 miles of trees in a single day. John, who gave up a helicopter instructor's job to get out in the wild for what must be the most scenic flying job available, explained the wonders of not only flying the helicopter which becomes almost automatic, but controlling the saws swinging below by radio control at the same time. While dealing with cross winds and ever changing elevations, these pilots have to be ever vigilant to the endless obstacles from roads where you really don’t want trees to fall, to all the fences and local phone, cable TV and other lines that can easily be cut or have trees fall on them . Now that is multitasking. Ground crews take care of these special situations so the aircraft risks are minimized.

Aerial Solutions of North Carolina has the patent rights to this clever and very efficient concept. With 5 helicopters and 12 full time pilots who work 28 day shifts followed by a month off, they quickly take care of keeping our power lines safer and more reliable while minimizing noise and property incursions unlike the old days of doing everything from the ground. The aircraft operate under FAA regs Part 133 with constant maintenance and a progressive maintenance schedule like the airlines. Additional inspections also occur every 100 hours and 300 hours. So next time you're considering the expense of your annual, think how lucky we are that we don’t have to do it twice a month.

Thanks John for your time. Don - Ed

Short Final... (Thanks to AvWeb)
While waiting to enter the taxiway in ONT, (California) an Airbus working for a major parcel carrier came face to face with our corporate 727 and the following conversation ensued:

ONT Twr: Airbus 1234, where are you going today, sir?

Airbus 1234: Right where that 727 is, and, uh, be advised our tail might be a little bit over your runway.

Boeing NABC: Don't worry. A little tail never hurt anybody.

(awkward silence)

Airbus 1234: ... Wish I could say that.

PROP BUSTERS CLUB
If you are interested in some real affordable flying, contact Dick Hawkins (Prop Buster President)
or Tom Cucarese (Treasurer) 740 266-9305 for details on becoming a Prop Buster Member.
The airplane is a Cessna 150 and is based at the Jefferson County Airpark.
What does it cost to belong:
Initiation Fee $250.00
Dues: $200.00 a year
Aircraft Flying Rate: Per Hour $40.00 wet.
Your Flying Insurance is included in with your membership to the Flying Club.
So if you’re looking for very affordable flying, this is the group for you.

Chapter Dues:
Membership form
A reminder that it is that time of the year again. Due to the increased costs of basically everything it was decided to raise the Chapter Dues to $20.00 per year. Dues are to be in by the end of January. A membership form will be mailed in the newsletters of the members that don’t have E-mail access. For those that can access the Chapter Web Site, you can download a membership application off the web site. Now if for some reason you can’t down load the form, email Don Green or Dave Tulenko and one will be sent to you. In addition to the increase in dues, all members and Life Members must put down your EAA National Membership Number and the date that appears on your EAA Membership Card. This is very important because it has to be turned in yearly to Oshkosh.