Our next meeting will take place at Husky Haven ( Zaverton Airport for those of you who are unfamiliar with the new name).  This meeting will take place at around 12 noon and will be on August 19th the third Saturday of the month.  Dave Thomas will have his sister-in-law and brother bring the food.  It should be a real treat and has been in the past.  I recommend everyone to come just for the festive meal alone.   

    Our last meeting took place at Husky Haven also.  Many thanks, to Kim Dorst for allowing us the use of her facilities for our meeting and for Tom Lewis for obtaining the pizza for our gathering.  A total of 14 came to the meeting.  

     Jim Croisant, our President started us off with our flag and then into the meeting.  For the most part it was strictly business for the Rhinebeck trip trying to figure out who was riding with whom and how we were going to meet at White Birch for the Pancake Breakfast. 

    When Kim started hovering her chopper the guys lost some interest in our meeting and just had to watch her and her student in the art of vertical and horizontal flight it was enjoyed by all.  It was too cloudy and threatening rain so no one flew in to join in the group. 

    The meeting dispensed at around 3 PM after much planning on the Rhinebeck trip.

    The Rhinebeck trip went without a hitch and was very successful.  18 people went to White Birch and 21 made it to Old Rhinebeck.  The food and the trip, along with excellent weather, made it a dream.  Everything was text book - just the way it was planned.  We thought at first we'd have a dry run because it did rain half way out but it soon cleared and was a perfect day for flying.  We saw the Flying Farmer and his skit.  Percy and his pretty along with the Red Baron. 

    A French Bleriot gave us a hop and scotch across the field and back.

     A 1946 Gypsy Moth Biplane (English) World War 2 primary trainer was flying and dropping bombs.   Another Biplane about a 1935 was performing loops and spins and also dropping bombs.

    We saw several static displays in the museum of very old vintage aircraft, WW1 type and earlier models.  The Jenny went for a run across the field but because of its age they thought it best it didn't fly.  Some wingmen helped out at the end of the runway.  Many pictures were taken and we had our lunch on the field before the show started. 

    Everyone had a great time and George almost ran into a black bear on the way back home, a pick-up truck behind George actually hit it but it was able to scamper back into the woods.

    All the planning was done by our President Jim Croisant and it turned out perfect.

        See you all at the next meeting, bring a friend, and DON'T FORGET to BRING YOUR CHAIR!  ALSO tip our cook well.  Just so she will want to do it again next time.

        Your Secretary,

            Mel Wightman

PS  In my opinion Mel McKinney was correct in challenging the tour guide regarding his comments about controlling airspeed with the Rotary engine.  In reality, the pilot had a switch to turn the engine off and on – that was the airspeed control since there was no throttle.  The tour guide said the pilot was able to select which cylinders could be turned off and on – when you think about that it just doesn’t make sense.  The off on switch itself determined which cylinders would fire.  Tom Lewis