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January is over but it's not too late to renew your membership or become a new member. Click here to sign up. EAA445 would like to Welcome the following New Members Jim Cammons Doug Deszell Joseph Hooper Jeff Long Tom Longfellow Peter Rayner New Young Eagles Coordinator Steve Balchuch New Links added to EAA 445 Website. Civil Air Patrol Tallahassee Squadron Angel Flight SE New Ratings Lee Bowersox Private Pilot John Walthall Commercial February 2004 EAA445 Desktop Calendar B-17 at TLH will fit nicely on your desktop. Visit EAA445's website and select one of three resolutions. David Williams our Secretary has been sending out hard copy reminders of the meetings and upcoming events. He feels it is important for people to receive a mailing even though they might already be receiving the information thru this e-newsletter. It turns out the cost is minimal and David doesn't mind including everyone on the member list. If you would rather not not receive a hard copy, you can e-mail David by clicking here. The Survey Says! We sent out a survey at the beginning of the month to get ideas on how to improve our Chapter. The response was very positive and many new ideas and suggestions were recorded. We thank everyone who responded and will be trying hard to implement as many ideas as we can. One of the best ways to make sure your idea is acted on would be to get involved and help to make it happen. As long as the board of directors feels that it is in the best interest of the Chapter, they will support you all the way. To review the survey results, click here. Local Pilots Speakup about CBS's one sided story Some well thought out Local responses to the Bogus story that was aired on CBS on 01/14. Click here to read the responses. THE INTERNET GOES AIRBORNE from Av-web Forget the six-month-old movies and TV reruns, you'll soon be able to surf the Internet on some airlines and we have to wonder if GA applications (especially the experimental kind) can be far behind. Connexion by Boeing announced this week that at least five airlines (none of them American) have confirmed plans to install high-speed wireless internet service on planes used for long-haul flights. The systems allow laptop users to access Internet, intranet and e-mail in the air. They'll even allow e-mail exchanges between computers on different aircraft. "History will record 2004 as the year when air travelers for the first time could choose to be connected while in flight to family, colleagues and friends," said Connexion President Scott Carson. More... THUNDERBIRDS CRASH: TRUTH IN IMAGES AVweb has confirmed that the image last Thursday posted to our Picture Of The Week section of Capt. Christopher Stricklin's Sept. 14, 2003, ejection from Thunderbirds jet number 6 -- roughly eight-tenths of a second before aircraft impact -- is in fact authentic. It was shot by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III, Still Photographer, U.S. Air Force, from the catwalk atop the tower at Mountain Home AFB, and was not officially released by the Air Force until last Friday afternoon. See AVweb's NewsWire for yet another video (including audio), more images, and more details. More... Are you searching for an Aircraft STC? You can look it up on www.airweb.faa.gov/stc. Are you searching for an Aircraft AD? Look for it here.		EAA445's Official Electronic Newsletter February 2004
		From The Left Seat It looks like we are off to a good start for 2004. We had around 40 people at our first meeting and 20 at our pancake breakfast with five airplanes flying out to Jefferson Landing afterwards. Six new members signed up and twenty five people have renewed their memberships. In addition to that, we will be having our first ever Fly-in at TLH on May 15th and another less structured one later in the year at Jefferson landing. It is encouraging to see new members jumping in with both feet to help. Peter Raynor volunteered to be the Video tape librarian and Jim Cammons will be heading up the EAA445 float in the Springtime Tallahassee parade. We will need lots of involvement as we prepare for the Fly-in and other events. I am confident each member will do what they can to help. I feel fortunate to be a part of this elite group of people and am looking forward to a great year ! John EAA Chapter 445 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING January 24^th 2004 Members Present: John Sivyer, President : David LeCornu,V.President : Frank Smith, Treasurer : J. David Williams, Secretary : Jim Pierce, At-Large: Mark Dupuis , At-Large Treasurers Report: Frank Smith Savings Account------last statement $4647.06 Checking Account ---last statement 1764.52 Total $6411.58 New business: *Item One:* John Sivyer reported that member Scott Sutor suggested he research the information necessary to purchase a memorial brick honoring one of the chapter’s past members who served as president approximately five years ago--Floyd Redman. John reported that Memorial bricks can be purchased at Sun’NFun for $100 each, honoring or memorializing individuals or groups. The board voted unanimously to purchase a memorial brick. David Williams will attempt to obtain the name(s) and addresses of Floyd's next of kin, all of whom reside in Ohio, and then attempt to contact family member and tell them how the the chapter is planning to honor Floyd. *Item Two:* Jim Pierce will donate a refrigerator to the Chapter to replace the one now in our storage room in the old terminal building. The board, speaking for the chapter membership, voiced their thanks to Jim for his gift. *Item Three* The board voted to purchase the video series *“From The Ground Up” to add to the Chapter’s library. Thanks go out to Peter Raynor* who has volunteered to be the club’s new librarian. *ItemFour* The board discussed the interest of some chapter members to enter a “float” in the Springtime Tallahassee parade. Jim Cammons will chair the committee for this project. *ItemFive* John Sivyer, Frank Smith and Tom Balwin met on 01/21 with Bill Grow from the Airport Advisory board and Bob Van Riper from Flightline to discuss having a fly-in/airfest at Tallahassee Regional Airport. John reports that all the people present at the meeting were very positive about the idea. John will continue to do the legwork on this’ the feasibility phase—details of the planning will be furnished to the membership on a regular and timely basis. Thanks were voiced to John for taking over the leadership role for the upcoming fly-in. *Item Six* The board approved the idea that an additional fly-in would be staged at Jefferson Landing this year. There was no other business brought before the board for discussion or approval. This and future board meetings will be conducted in the conference room in the old Airport terminal and will coincide with the once-per-month pancake breakfast. Board meetings will begin promptly at 8am and end at 8:45am. All board meetings are open to the membership. Submitted by J. David Williams, Chapter Secretary Picture of the Month If it has not been doctored, this is an incredible shot of the Thunderbird pilot ejecting at the Mountain Home Airbase show Iast summer. This view is from the military air tower between the two runways. -Submitted by Capt. Dick Norman E-Mails Mr.Schiff: I am a WWII Navy seaplane/dive bomber pilot still privilaged to enjoy recreational flying. This E-mail is to congratulate and thank you for the excellent review and integrity of your Dec. 03 "Total Time" commentary!! (my deceased,younger brother WWII Navy B-24 pilot fequently "argued" his greater number of hours but lesser single seat, Pacific combat time then me!) THANKS!!!!!! And I hope you reach 300 types in 2004!! - Gar Braun Hi Gar, Thanks for taking the time, and I'm delighted that you enjoyed my column. Thanks also for your hope that I reach 300 types in '04. It'll probably take a couple of more years, but I'll be working on it. Best wishes, -- Barry Schiff J-3 Jump Start Reference the picture of the desperate character standing on the axle of the right wheel while flipping the prop, I didn't know this had happened to two of us. In November, 1946, while flying over the Santee-Cooper Reservoir in South Carolina on a duck counting flight for the state, low & slow, the predictable happened. Carb ice, engine quite, over water beyond gliding distance to land. Only choice - have the observer hold the stick straight up from the ground, climb out, and get it going - FAST!. It worked. I sure miss the bunch at Tally - maybe I'll make it up for the fly-in this year. - Bob Hayden EVENTS CALENDAR Wed Feb 4th 6:30 PM Big Bend Flying Club Meeting The next meeting of the Big Bend Flying Club will be at Gills Tavern on North Monroe on Wednesday, Feb.4th. It's the old Steak and ale building. The topic of the evening is Icing.Anyone who would like to add to the topic,Feel free to speak.I will show a video on the topic.Does anyone have a TV set ?Call me or email me. dupuis@eaa445.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday, February 9 at 7:00PM AOPA / ASF Safety Seminar COMPASS POINT CONFERENCE CENTER TALLAHASSEE, FL (OLD TERMINAL BUILDING) TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT. The topic is: Maneuvering Flight - Hazardous to Your Health? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday Feb 10th 2004 EAA445 Monthly meeting 6:30 pm (Old Terminal) Speaker : Rich Ledson Topic : Maintaining your own airplane! Food and drinks will be served. Donations of $5.00 per person is suggested but not required. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb. 28, 2004 4th Sat., EAA 445 Fly-in Breakfast at ( TLH ) Fly-in, drive-in, taxi over, walk or crawl but don't miss our pancake breakfast (donations of $3.00 accepted but not required). On the 4th Saturday of each month from 9-10 am at Flightlines "Compass Point meeting Room". If you fly-in tell ground you want to go to the North Ramp and park on the Forestry/Eagle ramp just south of the old terminal (Looks like a pizza hut). You should see some of Eagles rental planes tied down. Just park anywhere in that area and walk east toward a Big Oak tree. Someone will be there to let you in the building. If you have any questions, call John Sivyer's cell phone (850) 508-3887 If the weather is good we will be flying out after the breakfast to Jefferson Landing for Hot Dogs , at Marc Matthews hangar. If the weather is not good, we will be showing Airplane Building Video's. For other information about our Chapter visit www.eaa445.org or go to our discussion board at http://disc.server.com/Indices/214862.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 15th Capital City Air-Fest 2004 at TLH - More details to follow. For more Events all over Florida go to Jerry Rooks excellent website at http://jerryrooks.tripod.com/flyin.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EAA National Dues - $40.00 EAA445 Dues - $25.00 *Being a part of a growing group of pilots and aviation junkies in the Big Bend Area!* - Priceless! *Click here to join or renew !* We respect your privacy. If you would no longer like to receive this newsletter please click here then hit the send button.

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Treasurers Report: Frank Smith