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Next Meeting!
August 3, 2010
Unless otherwise posted on this
site, by email, or on
Yahoo Group
Skyranch, 6:30 PM for social time,
meeting at 7:00 PM, unless otherwise posted.
Click here for more local
aviation activities, including upcoming FAAst events
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The June 1 meeting's special guest was Linwood "Steve"
Stevenson, Sailplane pilot who recently set the distance record from
Tennessee, 1072 km.
Click here to see a video of the flight.
Pictures from May 4 meeting, at Russ Lewis'
home/workshop, taken by Ed Dumas.
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Chapter 17 Leaders for 2010
President.... John DeLuca
Vice President ... Jim Roberts
Secretary... Russell Lewis
Treasurer ... Leonard Abbatiello
Young Eagles Chair...Jim Underwood
Technical Counselor...Vacant Visit the
Officers Page for
contact information |
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2010 Dues are Due
Starting in 2010, EAA Chapter 17 dues are $20, and
membership runs April through March. For details on joining or paying
your dues, contact Leonard Abbatiello at
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Young Eagles
Event
Planned for Saturday May 15, 2010 (Young Eagles Day
and International Learn to Fly Day), Downtown Island
Airport (DKX). Contact Jim Underwood at
youngeagles@eaa17.org to
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New EAA Webinars
Announced
March 4, 2010 —
After a successful launch to its new webinar series
this past Wednesday night, EAA has four more of the
interactive, online programs lined up in the coming
weeks. The debut webinar (“web-based seminar”)
focused on the B-17 bomber and drew more than 150
people. Host Sean Elliott, EAA director of flight
ops, commented that was far more than have attended
similar forums he’s given at AirVenture Oshkosh.
You can attend any of the upcoming EAA webinars
currently scheduled by clicking on the link below.
All sessions start at 7 p.m. Central time. Here’s
the current slate of webinars scheduled.
May 20 – “Design
and Flight Characteristics of the Spirit of St.
Louis,” by Sean Elliott, EAA.
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Announcing a
Free online aviation magazine -
AV8Magazine.com
AV8Magazine.com has just launched Reach For The Sky- a New series!
In this brand new series they look at home built aircraft from around
the world. This month they have a collection of stunning Vans RV
aircraft and a Harmon Rocket.
They would like to invite EAA members to submit
photos and a description of their airplane (around 150 words) for
inclusion in this series. You can either email Steve Wood, the North
American editor directly at
av8editor@gmail.com or via the magazine to
info@ab8magazine.com
You can subscribe to this free magazine by going
to the homepage -
www.av8magazine.com - scrolling down to register and following the
simple instructions - it's totally free and there's no catch!
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Wings over Big South Fork
Scott County Air Show @ SCX
is on for Saturday September 11, 2010
Visit
www.wingsoverbigsouthfork.com of follow them on
Facebook
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Happy Birthday, Mama Bird!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 was the 100th birthday for Evelyn
Bryan Johnson, aka Mama Bird.
Long a local folk heroine, she has recently gotten
national attention, For a nice write-up, visit the AOPA ePilot article:
Tennessee Aviation Legend turns 100. Local TV station WBIR has a
very nice story
linked here.
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Chapter 17 celebrates Mama Bird's birthday in 2007, from left, Jim
Roberts, Darrell Sexton, Don Miller, Evelyn Johnson.
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Dog is My Copilot
[With apologies to Generals Scott and Chennault]
Since 1903, airplanes have been used for
many things, from saving lives, to mass destruction, in the name of some
cause or other. Still, the primary objective of aviation is to get
payload from here to there, and if the payload is Man's Best Friend (or
even, say, a cat), the world is a better place.
That's the mission of
Pilots and Paws, a Non-profit
501(c)(3) organization whose objective is to take innocent animals from
where they are not wanted, to a place where they can be appreciated, and
not the "farm".
Please visit
pilotsnpaws.org to learn more
about using your airplane to help this organization's mission to give
Fido and fighting chance at a decent life.
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July
11, 2009 Young Eagles event at DKX for the relatives of Metropolitan
Knoxville Airport Authority (MKAA)
 “Thank
you to the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, the EAA, and
David Yates, my pilot, for the thrilling experience to participate
in the Young Eagles Program on Saturday, July 11 at Knoxville Downtown
Island Airport. I never had flown in an airplane so I really appreciate
this amazing once in a lifetime opportunity.
The airplane ride only lasted about 20 minutes but it was still
incredible. I loved every minute to see Knoxville from up above.
I want to especially thank the pilots for donating their time and
airplanes to make this program available.”
Caleb Edmonds
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Chapter 17 History Lesson
Don Miller created a presentation to celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of Chapter 17, in 2006.
Click Here to see
the presentation in Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Aluminum Overcast Visit
October 14-15 2008-- Thanks to all who volunteered to help bring history to
Knoxville
B-17 Repositioning Flight October 16
Chapter 17 - Keeping Tennessee skies free from the Huns!
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New book features
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, and local pilot Sandy Sowders Mercandetti
from Prez. Jim Roberts
Fellow flight enthusiasts: I've just enjoyed a copy of "A Hunger For The
Sky," written by a lady pilot who is a frequent contributor to "Vintage
Airplane," the publication of EAA's Vintage Aircraft Division. Following
is a description of the book.
A Hunger for the Sky is a collection of women pilot biographies,
authored by Sparky Barnes Sargent and published by DGA Enterprises, Inc.
The book features the personal stories of nine women who are
irresistibly drawn to the sky.
These women range in age from 98 to 28, and they include a professional
skywriter, airline first officer, DC-3 captain, Guinness World Record
holder, and owners/operators of a gliderport and an aerobatic school.
Each chapter is devoted to one woman; the reader will have the rare
opportunity to learn who these women were as young girls, follow them
into adulthood, learn about their attraction to aviation, and discover
the ensuing “skyways” they have chosen.
For more information, or to order a copy, go to
home.windstream.net/av8terz/book.html
Evelyn "Mama
Bird" Johnson, enters the National Aviation Hall of Fame! |
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Another Chapter 17 Success!
From Ken Carpenter
Finally flew last week. No major problems. It flies
hands off straight as an arrow running smooth. Our prop may be a little
flat since it will turn up 2400 RPM in climb. It is 57 pitch. We are
flying with fake English registration G-ATDK and US N # 80660. The TDK
stands for Tom, Dale and Ken.
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Helpful EAA Videos Online
HINTS FOR HOMEBUILDERS' VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
In
keeping with EAA's efforts to offer knowledge and information in the
most user-friendly and readily available ways, EAA has created Hints for
Homebuilders, a series of short videos that are now available online.
Subjects for these initial videos were selected and developed by EAA
staff and member volunteers.
"EAA has always been about sharing knowledge among members, and
these new video tips are just another way of doing that, taking
advantage of the opportunities the Internet provides," said Charlie
Becker, director of EAA's member programs. "We're hoping to develop
an entire catalog of tips, tricks, and alternative methods that will
be valuable to EAA members."
Read the story
See the Hints for
Homebuilders
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A new media outlet for aviation takes flight:
Milford Shirley, president of Chapter 193 in Jacksonville, Florida and
fellow EAAer Brian Kraut have started Flight Time Radio which
airs Saturdays at 9 am on AM 1320 WBOB. You can listen over the web by
going to
www.flighttimeradio.com. Live and archive shows. |
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Chapter 17 welcomes a new Aviation database.
Check out what is available at
FunPlacesToFly.com for a whole bunch of interesting stuff.
Jim Smith is the webmaster for Chapter 1246 in
McKinney Texas (North of Dallas), but he has created a fun and powerful
website for aviators everywhere. |
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Photo
Coverage of the June 12th
Tour of the Knoxville 134 ANG Base,
Click Here |
"Official"
Chapter 17 name tags offered. Permanent EAA Chapter 17 Nametags are
available to all members. A small one (3 x 1" shown) and larger
one (3 1/2 x 1 3/4"), are available, both will cost $7.50 each.
Before ordering your nametag, Jim needs to know what size you prefer.
Please contact him to order the small, or the large size tag. Your tag will,
of course, have your own name on it. The nametag features the logo of the
original nametags (of 50 years ago). To order, mail to:
PO Box 11744, Knoxville, TN 37939and give your name as you want it to appear
on the nametag. (Assuming your name is not Gary Picou.).
And then there is the ever-popular Round 2 IT SD (Some Day)
