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ISSUE #96 USUA CLUB #66, Richard E. Miller
Chapter NEWSLETTER |
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June-02 |
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This month's meeting will be held at
Ray Osterhaut's NEW hangar in Windsor on Saturday, June 15th. |
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The
food will be ready by noon and the meeting will start at 1PM. Anyone needing
directions to Ray's |
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place
should call Paul Nulton at 570-879-4627. |
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I missed last month's meeting and the
newsletter as well. Things got busy
around my house and |
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everyone
has my sincerest apologies. |
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Tom Decker has planned a Friday night
campout for the night before the meeting.
The events of the |
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last
two years were well enjoyed by all who went.
Please consider coming out on Friday.
Even if you |
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can't
stay the night come out and participate in the campfire conversations. It should be a good time. |
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New member, Roger Thoms, shows a
definite interest in ultralights. He
is the proud new owner of |
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a
Flightstar. He has had several hours
of instruction in a 150 at Sidney airport.
I know we have |
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a
couple members looking for a two-place ride for him in the near future. The man shows a lot of |
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enthusiasm
and isn't fooling around. Throttled by concerns for safety offered him by several
members |
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of
the club, he's doing it right and going by the book. He will be a good addition to the
club. As soon |
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as
I can get a replacement prop blade
from Ivo-prop, He'll be buzzing around. |
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There is a BRS 750 VLS ballistic chute for
sale. It was bought new in 2000 and
was on my |
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Flightstar. Original price was 2250, asking price is
1700. Please contact Jerry Frappier
at |
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639-2264. This chute will work for most two-place
planes as well and comes with full documents. |
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The weather has been strange all year and even stranger the last
couple weeks. The rain comes |
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down
and the wind blows, then it's calm (or is it?). I've driven by the Sidney airport four or five times |
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this
week driving my daughter to school and thinking, Maybe I'll go flying. The clouds are high enough |
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for
minimums, but they "smell" funny.
An hour later, back at home, we have a thunderstorm and a |
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cloudburst
that would drown a fish! We were on
the next door neighbor's front lawn watching |
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thunderstorms
go around us Thursday night when my wife said "$$%%@#*^&^$, I hear a
twister!" |
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That
was at 8PM. At 8PM, a tornado took
out a barn, roof and several trees just west of Bainbridge. |
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We
live 2 miles from the spot where it came down. I guess this month's safety tip is to be very careful |
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of
the weather and to listen to your "nose" as well as your ears when
you're not sure. |
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This
is the month when we have election of officers. Please attend and, if at all possible, please run |
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for
one of the offices. A year or two is
great for the ego, etc., but then it gets old and you tend to wear |
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out. Being an active part of the club will get
your ideas and goals out there and make the club a better |
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organization
because of it. |
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There
was discusion at the last meeting concerning the "cookout" we have
every month. I guess the |
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original
fare was doughnuts and coffee and it got expanded to smorgesbord. This is the election |
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\month. It's the decision and business month. What does the club really want for the
monthly feeding |
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frenzy? Doughnuts and coffee, beer and pizza or
hot dogs and coke or "veggies". |
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Guy's
father has a piece of land 6 miles south of Kirkwood which he would be
willing to mow into a |
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double
runway airport for our use. THIS IS
PRELIMINARY! Paul is getting GPS
coordinates and Ray |
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says
it looks like a good place. The
woodchucks haven't dug holes and the place is fairly flat. We'll |
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keep
you posted. |
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I
don't have a lot of details but I hear Ralph Arnold is not doing well. Any body with more information |
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should
let me know for publication to the club.
If anyone hears of any developments with Ralph, Please |
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contact
Paul Nulton or Jerry Frappier and we'll get the word spread around. Best wishes to Ralph from |
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his
friends, God bless. |
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White
Birch is open for Sunday morning Breakfasts |