Newsletter
Issue #99 USUA Club #66
Richard E. Miller Chapter
October/November 2002
The next meeting of USUA Club #66 meeting will be held on Saturday
November 16th at Tom Hettig’s place. Directions to T. Hettig's Home: From Great Bend, Pa.,
take route 11 North, just outside of Great Bend, Pa., turn right onto Randolph
Road, continue straight on Randolph Road to Honeyhollow Road, and Turn
Right. Continue on Honeyhollow Road a
little over two miles, and turn left on Anne Road. T. Hettig's home is the first house on the right, mailbox number
482.
October Meeting Notes
The October meeting was held at Tom Hettig’s.
Thanks to Tom and Jill for their hospitality and great food.
In Paul Nulton’s absence, Dave Swartz called the meeting to order. There were 19 members in attendance. The
minutes of the September meeting were approved as submitted in the newsletter.
Al Osterhout reported that the Kirkwood airport is a possibility for and
airpark (the Pennsylvania end with the hangers). At the present, we do not need permission to fly into Kirkwood.
There was discussion regarding developing club objectives (call it objectives,
a charter, a mission statement or club goals).
Let’s get our ideas together and perhaps take some action at the next
meeting.
Dave Schwartz has the parts from Dick Millers plane.
Tom Hettig volunteered to have the winter meetings at his place. Thanks again Tom and Jill.
Guy Roszel
News
Items
Here is our Web Site address again in case you missed it - http://www.geocities.com/rans18801/index.html.
Don’t forget to send your pictures to Tom Decker for our Web site.
We can also advertise items for sale on the Web site. If you have any send them to me (Tom Lewis).
I only have until the 18th
before I leave for Florida. Guy will
send me the meeting notes by email and I will send the newletter and maintain
the web site from Florida.
Congratulations are in order for Al (Butch) Osterhout as he has successfully
completed the requirements and received his USUA Ultralight Airmen Pilot
certificate on 10/02/02. See his
picture on the web site with yours truly, his BFI.
I told Al that I play drums and he said there are a number of people in the
club that also play musical instruments (come on now, a drum is a
musical instrument). Maybe we ought to
get together sometime for some music fun.
For Sale
Set of STOLT
Starduster Wheel Fairings. Can be used
on most GA taildrager aircraft e.g. Wagabond, Cub.
No reasonable offer Refused.
Please see Al at
the next meeting or call 570-853-3316.
Other items for sale are posted on the web site.
Flying and Building
Last months question was ”when turning from a headwind to a tailwind condition,
does the relative wind increase or decrease?
Why is this important to the ultralight pilot? The answer per the Pilot Training Program by Curtis Hughes pgs.
77 & 78 is: the relative wind
decreases, groundspeed increases and airspeed decreases. This question causes a lot of debate. Relative wind should stay the same most
people will say. However, a rapid turn
from a headwind to a tailwind (especially where a strong gradient exists) can
cause a sudden loss of airspeed and lift which may lead to a stall. A stall in a turn can lead to a spin. It takes about 300 feet to recover from a
spin if you are alert and know how to do it.
The point is – keep the turns shallow and the speed up when windy
conditions exist, particularly when in the pattern at low altitudes.
This month’s question is: Dave Thomas
asked the question, why don’t we make straight in approaches to the
runway? Normally we don’t. Why? And why do we make the turns to base and
final 90 degree turn?