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EAA Chapter 572 Newsletter July, 2015

FOND DU LAC EAA CHAPTER 572

HANGAR FLYING VOLUME 2 ISSUE 7 www.fdl.net July, 2015

Chapter #572

www.fdl.net/eaa572

89 1/2 N Pioneer Road

Fond du Lac, WI

54935

President: Dennis Rasmussen

920-688-2210 Denis.e.rasmussen@

gmail.com

Vice President: Keith Lee

920-929-4098 [email protected]

Treasurer: John Zorn

920-921-3186 [email protected]

Secretary/Newsletter Editor:

Dick Finn 920-670-0023

[email protected]

Program Chair-man:

Pete Vercouteren 920-923-4077

[email protected]

Young Eagle Co-ordinator:

Jerry Paveglio 920-922-3477

[email protected]

Newsletter Submissions: Please email to

[email protected]

Flyway Chlyapter,

July Meeting: Here’s hoping you aren’t tired of picnicking after the Fourth of July weekend because our annual chapter picnic is scheduled for July 6th. Holding the picnic has been a long standing tra-dition for the chapter and always proves to be a lot of fun. Spouses and other family members are invited so it is a great chance to meet and greet people you only get to see once a year. Our President, Den-nis Rasmussen, always takes a lead role as chief griller and serves up great brats and burgers. Please plan to join us at 6:00 pm in front of the terminal building at the Skyport on July 6. The chapter will be providing drinks and the brats and burg-ers. We are asking everyone to bring a dish to pass to round out the meal. Join your fellow chapter members for an even-ing of good food and good conversation.

Young Eagles

Day: On Saturday, June 6

th we

held the first of two Young

Eagle events. The first

flight was scheduled to

take off at 9:00 am but our first Young Eagles

showed up early so Jim Kollmansberger de-

cided to make an early start.

From the first flight on, we did a steady busi-

ness and by the time we closed up shop at

10:30 am we had flown ten Young Eagles. All

in all, it was a very successful day.

Unfortunately Jerry Paveglio, our Young Ea-

gles Coordinator, was not able to be on hand

due to another conflict with the EAA in Osh-

kosh. All went well though thanks to Mike and

Jean Stopar who stepped forward to help reg-

ister the kids, match them to pilots and handle

printing the certificates. They received some

help from John Zorn when the printer cartridge

started acting up. Luckily John was able to

get things running again so all of our YE’s re-

ceived their certificates.

We had three pilots volunteer their time and

planes. Jim Kollmansberger with his Piper

Arrow II, Mark Schroeder in his RV-6 and Pete

Vercouteron flying his Beech Sundowner,

Continued on Next Page

Next Meeting

When: July 6, 2015

6:00 pm Annual Picnic

Where: Fond du Lac Skyport

Terminal Building




Young Eagles Day (cont.):

The weather was great for the event with the temperatures in the mid 60’s and warming into the low

70’s as the morning went on. There was a fresh breeze from the East so the pilots were using run-

way 9 and heading out to the northeast over the lake and making a circle of Fond du Lac to the east

and south before returning to the field.

Some of the kids reported a few bumps in the road but it was really pretty calm so everyone had a relaxed flight.

The following kids were flown by our Chapter:

Many thanks to the chapter members who made this a very special day for this latest group of Young Eagles.

Young Eagle Pilot

Bree Krahn Jim Kollmansberger

Aidan Krahn Jim Kollmansberger

Jesse Dietenberger Mark Schroeder

Elijah Martin Jim Kollmansberger

Gavin Malcolm Jim Kollmansberger

Cecelia Wagner Pete Vercouteron

Henry Wagner Pete Vercouteron

Soloman Wagner Pete Vercouteron

Ozzie Wagner Pete Vercouteron

Shawn Ferguson Mark Schroeder

Mike and Jean Stopar manned the check

in table . They logged in the kids, checked

the permission slips and printed out the

certificates.

Mark Schroeder helps Jesse Dieten-

berger get settled and safely buckled

into his RV-6 while Jesses’s Dad

watches and takes snap shots.





Jim Kollmansberger posses with Aidan and Bree Krahn after

their ride,

Mark Schroeder presents Jesse Dietenberger with his Young

Eagle Certificate. Judging by his grin, Jesse had a great

flight.

Jim Kollmansberger with Gavin Malcolm and Elijah Martin

after presenting them with their YE Certificates.

Mark Schroeder with Shawn Ferguson after giving him his

Young Eagle Flight.

Pete Vercouteron poses with Cecelia Wagner, Henry Wagner,

Soloman Wagner and Ozzie Wagner after giving them a ride

in his Beech Sundowner. The all looked like they had a great

time.





John Zorn helps Mike Stopar at the check in table. Our print-

er cartridge went south but John

was able to get it working again

John Zorn , Jean

Stopar and Keith Lee

begin wrapping

things up for the

morning.




Volunteer at Fond du Lac for AirVenture 2015: Once again, the calendar has rolled around to AirVenture time. The dates for this year are Sunday, July 19 through July 26. This is a little bit earlier than in previous years but should still result in a good turnout of pilots flying in. As always, we will be looking for help at Fond du Lac with setup, aircraft parking, camping and cleanup/teardown. While there is a lot of work to be done, it is always interesting and a good chance to spend some time with fellow Chap-ter members. Last year, for the first time in many years, Oshkosh filled up and at one point closed down due to an acci-dent. While we can all do without the accidents, having Wittman full and sending their overflow to Fondy is something to look forward too. It keeps us busy and helps bring in a few few hours.to the treasury. John Zorn will be posting the sign up sheet on the web page on XXXXXXXX. Please take a few minutes to visit the site and put your name down for a few hours. A few Fond du Lac memories from last years airshow:

One of the not so pleasant memories from last year, a gear up landing at Fond du Lac on Wednesday of the

Airshow Week Taking a break during a slow time late Thursday.

Pete Vercouteron in the Admin Trailer. John Zorn counting the money in the Admin Trailer.




EAA 572 Shirts and Jackets: Pete Vercouteren has arranged for us to purchase EAA Chapter 572 shirts and jackets. :

The cost of the shirt with the chapter logo is: $28/ M $28/ L $28/ XL $30/ 2 XL The cost of the Jacket with the logo is: S-XL/ $47.95 2 XL/ $49.95 Please contact Pete if you are interested in purchasing. He can be reached at:

[email protected] 920-923-4077

June Meeting: By Jim O’Connor

Our speaker for the June meeting was Dick Hanusa. He is our liaison with EAA for our parking opera-

tions during AirVenture. In addition, Dick worked at the Milwaukee FISDO before joining the EAA staff.

He gave a very interesting review of the logistics of planning for the various aircraft and displays that are shown at AirVenture. He told us about the problems that he has had to solve related to the very large planes that have been to KOSH. He has had to obtain via loan or rental specific tugs, booms, dollies air starters, generators etc. from other air-ports, the US Air Force and the Wisconsin National Guard. He discussed the upcoming AirVenture and the B 52 that will be coming. It has a huge wingspan with outrigger wheels. They have had to remove runway lights and other air-port items to allow for the landing/ taxiing of this very large dis-plays. He also mentioned the type of emergency equipment on the airport as well as from the City of Oshkosh and surrounding municipalities. I found it interesting that the airshow would have to be closed if certain pieces of equipment from a city had to leave the airport to respond to a local emergency.




Something from Pilot Workshops Pilot Workshops always seems to have something of interest in their emails. Take a few minutes to sign up for them at their web site.

Featuring Wally Moran Bob: "Let's talk a little bit about the discipline of taxiing on centerline, and always having the proper crosswind controls in as we go out from our taxi spot to the end of the runway."

Wally: "You bet. It costs the airport a lot of money to paint those yellow lines on the ramps and on the taxiways, and they put them there to help us, Bob. If we stay on the yellow line we should be assured of maximum wingtip clearance. And obviously that's an important factor as we're taxiing in tight areas. Crosswind controls - it's a discipline thing. If we do it every day it will be-come a habit that is easy to do for us. If we only do it on a day when it's really windy we're probably going to make a mistake, and instead of helping the situation we're going to aggravate the situation. I often see that with pilots."

Plane.

Wow, remember - you saw it first on CNN:




Interesting Stuff on the Web: This is the worlds only privately owned Harrier—very impressive video: http://biggeekdad.com/2015/06/retired-marine-harrier-pilot/ LANCASTERS (yes, plural). Awesome, simply Awesome. The only two left in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/v/5Ol2rem6d3g&autoplay=1&rel=0

Check out 18 things you never knew about the B-52 Stratofortress http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/lists/2015/05/18-things-you-never-knew-about-the-b-52-stratofotress/

Donation:

Many thanks to Mark Schroeder's' son who got us a $100.00 donation from Drexel Building Supply in

Campbellsport for the use of our pancake grill

Famous Quote

In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than de-

liberately accepted risks.

— Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900.

If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn,

you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial.

— Wilbur Wright, from an address to the Western Society of Engineers in Chicago, 18 September 1901.

http://biggeekdad.com/2015/06/retired-marine-harrier-pilot/

https://www.youtube.com/v/5Ol2rem6d3g&autoplay=1&rel=0

http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/lists/2015/05/18-things-you-never-knew-about-the-b-52-stratofotress/

http://www.wright-brothers.org/Information_Desk/Just_the_Facts/Wright_Family/Wright_Family_images/Wilbur_Wright_1909_Age_42.jpg




COMPUTER CORNER

by Seán Dwyer

Part 1 Calculation of Density Altitude on a Spreadsheet

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Editorial Note:

Density altitude is pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature. As temperature and altitude increase, air density decreas-

es. In a sense, it's the altitude at which the airplane "feels" its flying. It is a good thing for pilots to have an understanding of density

altitude and affect it haves on their plane. This becomes more interesting certainly if you are flying off a short runway with full fuel

tanks on a very hot day in the high plains.

The president of my old EAA Chapter in Illinois learned about density altitude the hard way. He and his brother (both very big fel-

lows) took off from a short grass strip in Illinois after filling the tanks on his Long Eze on a hot summer day. The landing gear

caught the wires on a fence at the end of the runway, the plane flipped upside down and caught fire. Neither brother was able to get

out. Those charts in the back of the POH are there for a good reason. If you haven’t reviewed them in a long time it might be worth

while to review them.

Spend a little time with the following spreadsheet. Change some of the inputs and see what the affect is on the density altitude. I

will continue Sean’s discussion in next months newsletter.

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We are going to keep this simple. The objective of this article is to show how to write a Microsoft Excel program that relates to avi-

ation. It also works for Numbers on an iPad. Programs do not have to be complicated and this one combines readily available infor-

mation with one line of number crunching. Simple, Huh? Admittedly, that one line is a humdinger. You don't need to understand the

equation. Either trust me on this one or wade through NASA articles. In either Excel or Numbers enter the cells as shown below:

A2 Field elevation in feet msl?

A3 Airport altimeter setting?

A4 Temperature in degrees °F?

A7 Density altitude

B1 Input

B6 Output

B7 =145457*(1-(1.94567/(B4+459.7)^0.23494)*(0.01+(B3^0.19025-0.000013125*B2)^5.2564)^0.23494

To calculate density altitude, all you have to do is enter the current field elevation, altimeter setting, and temperature (the “Inputs”)

into Cells B2-B4, and the density altitude will appear in Cell B7. This is how it will appear on the screen:

Three more lines will be added in Part 2 in order to calculate takeoff distances at various density altitudes. If patience is not your

strong suit, you can find all the programs in this series in Chapter 25 of STEM for All Ages. For more on that go to http://

sites.google.com/site/seangdwyer/.




Generally speaking, I will be publishing the newsletter each month on the Monday before our monthly meet-ing. I start assembling it during the preceding week. Obviously I would like to have the material as early as possible but the deadline will have to be on that Friday. Following are the pertinent dates I'll update this table and print it in each month’s newsletter):

Publish

Date

Deadline Date

Aug., 2015 7/27/15 7/25/15

Sept., 2015 8/31/15 8/29/15

Oct., 2015 9/28/15 9/26/15

Chapter 572 Calendar: July 6,,2015 Monthly Meeting Chapter 572 Picnic

July 20-26, 2015 EAA Airventure 2015 Aug. 3, 2015 Monthly Meeting Snacks: Trace Blakley

Sept 7, 2015 Monthly Meeting Snacks: Doug

Oct. 5, 2015 Monthly Meeting Snacks: George Macias

Nov. 2, 2015 Monthly Meeting

Snacks: Keith Lee

Dec. 7, 2015 Monthly Meeting Snacks: Gary Hilbert

Dec. 2015 Christmas Party Wright Brothers Banquet at EAA Oshkosh

Future Programs: by Pete Vercouteron We would like to hear of any ideas for programs from members. Some of the programs that we are considering for the future are; Warbirds Blackhawk pilot from West Bend ANG

Seaplane Base Report on B 17 experience from Dennis and Keith

FDL history Chapter Member trips

Honor Flight Aeromedical update

Aerobatics Home Builder news

Sport Pilot Magazine

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