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DOPE SHEET

THE NEWSLETTER OF

CHAPTER 13 OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION

SERVING SPORT AVIATION IN THE DETROIT AREA

Volume 58 Number 11 website; EAACHAPTER13.ORG December 2013

President........... Rex Phelps..... 586 469-3246 runwayrex@juno.com

Vice President... Mike Fisher.........

810 392-2020 fishfly73@live.com

Secretary........... Cliff Durand........ 248 853-0232 pchdurand@yahoo.com

Treasurer........... Don Miller.... 586 463-9342

Newsletter Editor

248 236 0951

Tech Counselor

248 563-0927

Tech Counselor

248 435-0441

millerdon@wowway.com

Tom Vukonich….

tpvvuk@yahoo.com

Bob Hunt……………………….

roberthunt@aol.com

Ron Walters…………………..

glasair@comcast.net

REGULAR MEETINGS —

1ST

Thursday of Each Month.

Our regular meeting place is Ray Community Airport, in the Chapter #13 hangar (#304) located on the Northeast corner of the field. Meeting time is 7:30pm to 10pm. Burgers and dogs are available for a donation between 6:30 and 7:30pm.

December Speakers Jim and Lauri McDaniel

Our December speakers will

be our own Chapter members,

Lauri and Jim McDaniel.

Lauri is going to give us a brief on what it takes to

design and fabricate one of her stained glass crea-

tions. And Jim will bring us up to date on his Sea

F i r e

( T r o j a n )

project. Be

there to

see the

Builder and

the Artist.

Raffle tick-

ets will be

available.

Dec 5 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm

6 Annual Chapter 6:30 pm, Fri

Banquet

7 Operation Good Cheer,

PTK See Pg 7

12 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm 14 Santa Fly-In, D95-Lapeer See Pg 10

2014

Jan 2 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm

9 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm

*All Regular Meetings (not all are listed) will

have a pre-meeting Bar-B-Q/Setup get-together that starts at 6:30 pm.

**Officer Meetings are normally held the

Thursday following the Regular Meeting, in President Rex Phelps’s hangar, 420C.

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November Speakers

Patrick Mihalek & Todd Trainor

Our November speakers were Patrick Mihalek

and Todd Trainor of Brighton, MI shown below.

They told us of

their efforts to

save a B-25

Mitchell from a

s a n d b a r i n

Alaska (hence

the name Sand-

bar Mitchell).

They were suc-

cessful in their

enterprise and

brought the plane home to their War birds of

Glory Museum.

The last time we heard from Pat he told us about

his dream to salvage the B-25 Mitchell and re-

store it to flying condition. Well, they’ve come a

long way since then. Joined by his friend and

partner Todd, they told the stirring story of how

they were able to retrieve the plane from a mili-

tary reservation artillery range and bring her

home to Brighton, Michigan and begin the resto-

ration.

Their presentation kept us all on the edge of our

seats. The story was told with the aid of a slide

show, and the enthusiasm displayed by the two

men was not only evident, it captured the imagi-

nations and respect of everyone in the audience.

We look forward to seeing them periodically, in

the future, for updates on the project.

Meanwhile, whenever you get the opportunity to

tell the story, pass along the fact that the team is

always looking for outside support. You can look

them up by checking the internet. Just type in

“Sandbar Mitchell.”

Many thanks to these two gentlemen for taking

the time to share their story with us. Although

we come across these stories, they are generally

about happenings in far a way locations. Nice to

see in happening in our own back yard. Ed

News Around the Patch

The Newsletter Staff received this note from John Kean the other day. We welcome information like this to help to keep everyone in the Chapter aware of such opportunities, and to give you the chance to join the group. Thanks John, for send-ing this item along.

Last Sunday, October 27th the breakfast crowd

descended on the James Clements Airport in

Bay City with six airplanes and 10 hungry avia-

tors. We were picked up by the Krzysiak House

Restaurant Van and transported to a buffet of

wonderful delicacies. Joining the feast were Bob

Mahieu, Dick Green, Carol Lynn, Ron & Anne

Lendon, John Kean, Merrill & Linda Gardiner,

Jim & Lauri McDaniel.

Lauri McDaniel with her 2013

Stained Glass Art Work

Please be with us at the Regular December Meet-ing to see Lauri and her contribution to this year’s Chapter Glass Art Work Raffle. The raffle will be held at the Annual Banquet the following evening. You need not be present to win.

See Mark Fullmer for tickets. Ed

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First Flight

Don Reinholm and his Onex

Don Reinholm will join us at the Annual Chapter Banquet on Fri-day, December 6, 2013, to brief us on the construction and first flight of his Sonex-Onex. As is our cus-tom, the talk will be informal, but it will give us the opportunity to con-gratulate him on his efforts and his success.

From the Flight Surgeon Gregory Pinnell, MD

One of the most frustrating issues we run into with FAA aero-medical certification is the topic of what medications are allowed and which are not. And there is no more confus-ing area we deal with than diabetic medica-tions. It sometimes seems like one medication is al-lowed with another medication but not an-other. And that combi-nation may be ok only during certain phases of the moon (just kidding!) Seriously however, the FAA appears to be going to allow additional medications for treatment of diabetes. But we are waiting for them to come up with a relatively simple way of being able To tell which combinations are allowed. So, if you have been on a medication for diabetes that is not allowed by the FAA stay tuned as we anticipate new policy coming out of Oklahoma City. Fly safe!

Gregory Pinnell, MD

Senior AME, Senior Flight Surgeon USAFR

www.AIRDOCS.net

2013 MEMBERSHIP

This has been a good year for Chapter #13 mem-bership. Although the Newsletter staff is unable to pinpoint any specific reason for the up-tic, we have noted that the membership currently stands a 151 participants. That, we are told, may be the highest membership count in the Chapter’s his-tory. Whatever the reason, we couldn’t be more pleased.

As the new year approaches, this is a good time for you to urge anyone you know who shares in all things aeronautical, to consider joining our ranks. The bigger the family, the more we can accomplish. Happy New Year.

Gone West—Phil Seizenger Philip A. Seizinger died on Saturday, November

16, 2013. He was born in

Springfield, IL on March

29th 1964 to Jo Ann and

the late Robert Seiz-

inger. He was a dear son

to them his whole life. He

worked in the world of

computers and was well

known for his skill and

knowledge in that field.

His great love however, was flying and airplanes.

He held a private pilot's license and a passion for

all things in aircraft history. He was also an avid

Star Trek fan his whole life.

He was the dear son of Jo Ann and loving father of

Marie; a good brother to Jon, David, and the late

Michael. Funeral 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November

21, 2013, at A.H. Peters Funeral Home, 20705

Mack Ave at Vernier Road, Grosse Pointe Woods

with visitation Wednesday 6-9 p.m. Donations to

Dreams and Wings, 5600 Clear Lake Road, North

Branch, MI 48461.

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Meeting Minutes for the November ,

2013 Officers’ Meeting,

Submitted by Secretary Cliff Durand

Members present at the meeting: Rex Phelps, Tom Vukonich, Dennis Glaeser, Dick Green, Steve Greene, Bob Ma-hieu, Cliff Durand and Rex Phelps Sr. - guest. Secretary report: The re-port was read for the meet-ing of October 10, 2013 and approved. Treasurer report: No re-port, Steve Greene will be taking over for Don Miller. Steve will give his first official report in January. Speakers for December and January: Lori McDaniel will speak in December on the process of creating a stained glass panel. Terry Lutz, an Airbus test pilot, will be our January speaker. Banquet: We have 75 persons signed up as of 11/14/13. There is still room, but make your res-ervations soon. Don Reinholm will be our 1st Flight speaker. Don't forget that the EAA calen-dars are available. Sound System: Thanks to Bill Appleberry, our sound system should be running 100% by ban-quet time. Young Eagles Report: Dennis Glaeser reports that we have one student air camper already signed up for next year. We have room for oth-ers, if you have or know a young person that has the interest; contact Dennis. Hangar Report: The Chapter 13 ramp improve-ments are completed. Thanks to some industri-ous members of our group. Look for an article on this project in the newsletter. Thanks to Rex Phelps and Dennis Glaeser for promoting aviation in education this past month at Lansing Capitol Airport. Dennis reports that the FAA is in the process of developing a GPSA ap-proach to Ray Airport-no completion date avail-able. Dick Green reports that the Michigan Air

Tour will be the weekend of September 20th of 2014. If you have not had your photo taken for our Member's only section of the website please see Tom Vukonich. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Our next Board meeting is scheduled for December 12, 2013.

Interesting Item Q. Why do Navy airplanes need tail hooks? A. After a tough day of flying on an air-craft carrier, the planes are always washed and they use the hooks to hang the planes over the side to dry out.

Now you know…

Consider this a ‘teaser’ for an article about aircraft carriers on the great lakes in next month’s issue of the Dope Sheet. Ed

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space technology from its earliest days to the pre-sent and beyond. Along this walk through aero-space history, visitors will encounter vignettes fo-cusing on different eras, as well as program spaces including classrooms and a theater, lo-cated in close proximity to the exhibits.

Telling the “Rosie the Riveter”

and War Production Story

At left, the WWII-era poster depict ing “Rosie the Riveter”. The model for this poster was Geraldine Hoff Doyle, a war-time factory worker from Inkster, Michi-gan. The nickname “Rosie the Riveter” was coined in a war-time government film featuring Willow Run riveter Rose Will

Monroe. The Willow Run Bomber Plant was the home of the original Rosie the Riveter, Rose Will Monroe from Pulaski, KY, as well as a WWII-era work-force of 42,000 people, as much as 30% of them women. No museum in the US today tells the full story of the wartime production miracle, the many and varied efforts of Americans from all walks of life who served on “the Home Front” during WWII, and the story of “Rosie the Riveter” and the entry of women and minority workers into the main-stream industrial workforce. Willow Run provides the ideal setting for the Yan-kee Air Museum to expand its exhibit space de-voted to this compelling narrative that triggered sweeping changes in our society, and marks a time when Americans from all walks of life united to do whatever they could to help win the war. From Victory Gardens to War Bonds, to movie stars like Hedy Lamarr serving coffee to soldiers on leave at the Hollywood Canteen, everybody did their part. The Yankee Air Museum already has exhibits, in our temporary home, devoted to this story, and we have collected many artifacts and oral histories that we don’t currently have the space or resources to display. What better place than a portion of the historic Willow Run Plant to create a lasting monument to Rosie, an American icon, and the historical events that gave birth to her.

NEW Yankee Air Museum

A new home in the historic Willow Run Bomber Plant will give the Yankee Air Museum the space it needs to achieve its full potential to entertain, educate and inspire!

Like the community of Willow Run workers that helped win the war… to-

gether, we can do it!

Do your part, Donate. Millions of dollars have been donated to the effort by thousands of peo-ple. $50.00 buys one square foot of hangar space. Join the cause.

A Hands-on Experience The Bomber Plant location will reunite the Mu-seum’s flyable historic aircraft with its ground-based exhibits and programs at a single site for the first time since the 2004 fire that destroyed the Yankee Air Museum’s initial home. Since the fire, the museum’s programs and exhibits and its flyable historic aircraft, the B-17 “Yankee Lady” and the B-25 “Yankee Warrior,” have been housed separately. This one change will bring the museum’s assets together again to give visi-tors a more engaging experience than has been possible in recent years. Such a reunion will be doubly exciting as the Yankee Air Museum is not a “behind the ropes” aviation museum. Once the flyable historic air-craft, and the exhibits and programs, are back at a single site, visitors will again be able to see and touch the historic WWII era aircraft, and talk with flight, maintenance and restoration crews as they work on the planes. The large space offered by a portion of the for-mer Bomber Plant creates an opportunity to dis-play more aircraft and exhibits. More importantly, it gives the Museum the space needed to assem-ble aircraft, artifacts and other exhibits into a timeline illustrating the development of aero-

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Inspiration for a New Genera-

tion: Science and Technology

A new home in a preserved portion of the Willow Run Plant will provide a home for the Yankee Air Museum’s flyable historic aircraft. Although the Yankee Air Museum’s focus so far has been military aviation, the move to the Bomber Plant isn’t about creating a bigger mu-seum of that type. Nor is the goal is to create a new Museum solely about how America over-came the threat of global fascism during World War II. Rather, it is to create a museum that draws on that history to inspire a new generation to acquire the scientific, technical, engineering and mathematical skills necessary to maintain our global economic competitiveness and security. To do that, the new museum will use the excite-ment that can be generated by the flyable historic aircraft and their stories as a means of igniting interest (especially among children and youth) in the underlying science and technology of flight. These new extensions of the museum’s storyline will also include educational and career explora-tion components aimed at giving young visitors a sense of the opportunities in the STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Math) fields and educational paths to those opportunities.

A Community Asset A new facility from a repurposed portion of the old Willow Run Plant will provide an exciting new home for the Yankee Air Museum. Finally, in addition to being a valuable educational resource and compelling attraction that brings visitors to our community, a greatly expanded

Yankee Air Museum, made possible by the Bomber Plant location, will also be a significant new venue for community and corporate events with capacity for more than 1,000 persons.

It’s an ambitious goal… but together,

we can do it!

Please consider the consequences. The deadline for contributions has been moved back several times since last Fall because funding continues to come in as people find out about the project. Think about it and then, do your part. Thank you! The Michigan Aerospace Foundation The Yankee Air Museum Campaign Co-chairmen Astronaut Jack Lousma and former GM Executive Bob Lutz Donations can be made by credit card or via PayPal. See ‘savethebomberplant’ on the internet. Next month we will provide a dona-tion form in the Newsletter, for payments by check. Ed

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Operation Good Cheer

Celebrating Over 40 Years!

This entirely volunteer Christmas gift-giving pro-gram, sponsored and coordinated by the Child and Family Services, Inc. State Office, began in 1971 by individuals who wanted to make a differ-ence in the lives of children who reside in foster care. Recipients include infants, children, teenag-ers, and adults with disabilities. Over 4,000 chil-dren and youth are provided with gifts each year to open on Christ-mas morning and since 1971 more than 77,500 participants have had their Christmas wishes come true as a result of Operation Good Cheer

volunteer efforts. Thousands of gen-erous volunteers gather annually to participate in Op-e r a t i o n G o o d Cheer . Donor groups and indi-viduals purchase and wrap Christ-mas gifts from a child's "Wish List". At donor sites,

these gifts are picked up and transported by vol-unteer trucking companies and their drivers to a centrally located airport. Pilots and drivers with their aircraft and vehicles transport the gifts to lo-cal airports across Michigan. At each airport, agency volunteers gather the gifts and deliver them to the children and youth in foster care. This impressive dis-play of generos-ity provides thou-sands of youth, some of whom would not re-ceive anything otherwise, with gifts and the joy of knowing there are people who care.

For more information, please contact our Program Coor-

dinator. Visit our NEWS page for archived editions of the

OGC Newsletter. You can find us on the “Net”.

This Operation Good Cheer article by Volunteer,

Quincy Bashore.

In 2012 we served more than 4,500 recipients statewide (infants, children, teenagers, and adults with disabilities) affiliated with 51 agencies (private, nonprofit social service agencies & foster care, residential treatment, and group homes), through volunteer efforts of 266 donors ( groups, organizations, and individuals), 16 transport com-panies, 18 airports and ground destinations state-wide, a number of flights by many pilots, and hun-dreds of volunteers at the departure airport on November 30th and December 1st. [last year ex-treme fog grounded a large number of flights, forcing most of the gifts to be delivered by truck].

Looking forward to Operation Good Cheer 2013, we once again thank all volunteers and donors who helped make OGC 2012 a success. It is through their dedicated support that this program is able to makes such a difference.

Early Warning, EAA Chapter 938

of Nappanee, Indiana (SE of South

Bend) will hold what they boast is the first pancake

breakfast of the year. They call it their Hang-Over

Fly-in, held on January 1st each year. Check with

Relly White or Bob Mahieu to see if it’s a go. Then,

join them for this Polar Fly-in, if you’re up to it.

Ed

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Vintage Aviation Holiday Cards

While researching holiday aviation material on the internet, one of our Newsletter staff mem-bers came across these interesting holiday greeting cards from the past. We thought you

might be interested. So, here they are. Ed

Aviator Amelia Earhart and husband George Putnam sent these Christmas Cards in the 1930’s to their family and friends. It was at this time that aviation became widely popular, and then followed by the World War II, many differ-ent aviation greeting cards were sent.

The next Christmas card was sent by members of 209 Battery, a unit of the New Zealand 29 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. The unit served in various locations in the Pacific during WWII, in-cluding New Caledonia and the Solomon Is-lands.

Next Card: 550 squadron. Christmas card 1944, showing bq-b “Phantom of the Ruhr” which completed 121 operational flights.

This last one was sent by Richard F. Baer. The United States Army Air Force selected him for pilot training on August 23, 1943 and sent him to Texas Technical College, Cadet Training Detachment in Lubbock, Texas. He describes his fond experience of learning to fly in a 1943 AAF Christmas card to his family, featur-ing aircraft formation photo of the Ryan PT-22 “Recruit” primary trainer.

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2013

EAA Chapter 13

Banquet

Friday, December 6, 2013

In the EAA Chapter 13 Hangar

Ray Community Airport:

Socializing begins at 6:30

Dinner Starts at 7:15

Bring your Spouse or Significant Other

Bring a Dessert to Share

Tickets are Still Only $25.00

Dress is Casual

Note: Wear warm shoes, the floor is cold.

This guy will be late for the Banquet!

Don’t you be!

PS. We are in need of additional items for door prizes. If you have any new/quality items that you could donate,

please do so.

Thank you.

The Management

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Santa Flies in to Dupont Lapeer Airport Children will greet Santa when he flies into the Dupont Lapeer Airport on Saturday, December 14, 2013, in a candy cane-colored airplane. While Santa’s elves polish the sleigh in prepa-ration for the big night, Santa will be winging his way to Mayfield Township’s Dupont Lapeer Airport to visit with the kids. Santa will be on hand at the airport to hear Christmas wishes while visitors enjoy cookies, cocoa and coloring. Kids can have their pic-tures taken with Santa courtesy of the airport, and take the picture home with them. The event is free, though visitors are asked to bring an unwrapped toy to contribute to Toys for Tots if possible.

Newsletter staff has it on good information that the program has been a success the last few years, with visitors contributed generously to Toys for Tots, filling up boxes with toys des-tined for less fortunate youngsters in the com-munity. The airport is located at 1232 Roods Lake Rd. in Mayfield Township, and can be reached at 810-664-6966. Ask for Betty Kiel. (Betty spoke to us a while back about the Dreams and Wings Program.) This material garnered from an article written by Nancy R. Elliott.

AIRCRAFT RELATED ITEM FOR SALE

Hangar for Sale:

33’ by 45’ FREE STANDING HANGAR FOR SALE WITH 40 FT. DOOR. LOCATED AT

PORT HURON, MI. (KPHN).

WAS $32,500, NOW LISTED

AT $30,000.

IF INTERESTED CALL JOHN BEATTIE AT 586-206-6909. OR SEE HIM AT THE NEXT CHAPTER #13 REGULAR

MEETING.

MEMBERSHIP AND DUES Chapter 13 dues are $25 per year for both new and renewing members. And LOOK, “Oh My”, it’s already December, and time to pay up for 2014. How time flies.

You can make your check out to "EAA Chapter 13", and send it to our Treasurer, (see photo) Don Miller, 28840 Old N. River Rd, Harrison Twp., MI 48045, 586-463-9342, or, in the alternative, please pay a t any r e g u l a r C h a p t e r

meeting.

You can also make payment to Steve Greene (photo right). He’s been standing in for Don in his absence.

Ed

Don Miller

Steve Greene

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AIRCRAFT FOR SALE

1946 Luscombe 8E N1406K - From estate of Joe Heystek. Low time O-200 engine. Will pro-vide fresh annual at sale. Please do not call the Heystek family directly regarding this sale. The Heystek family has requested that anyone in-terested in inspecting this aircraft at Dalton

(3DA), contact Gary Hopcraft.

$19,500 obo

Gary Hopcraft ghopcraft@comcast.net

810.348.5968

1974 Cessna 172/M N5284Q - 6910 TTAF, 2089 SMOH, KMA-24 audio panel, KX-170B Com/Nav w/GS, Narco MK 12-D Com/Nav, 300 xponder

(CC-316-A), 300 ADF (R-546-E), Pitot H e a t , H o b b s , EGT, Elec-tric flaps, beacon, avi-onics mas-ter, Flight-com inter-com, ELT w/

remote sw (D-cell battery). Interior and

paint both 6+.

$24,000 obo

Gary Hopcraft ghop-

craft@comcast.net

810.348.5968

1950 PA-18 SUPER CUB - 140.22 TTAF engine, 0 SMOH. Total rebuild with many mods. New Univar fuselage with float fittings. New Univar wing struts. Vortex generators. 8.50 tires. New Scott 3200 tail wheel. Atlee Dodge safety ca-bles. Auto gas STC. Current annual, mint con-

dition.

$69,500

Tom Holton

810.636.7037

Kennon Engine Cover for C182, may fit other 4-place singles. Polyester outer shell over lightweight thermal blanket material. Used just a couple times, it remains in like-new con-

dition and includes a storage bag.

$190

Rod Curtis

810.732.0185

1958 Cessna 175 Skylark N7390M - Serial # 55690, 1773.9 TT, O.H. at 1368, King 8002 Loran, Hush Com with push to talk, 2 head sets, Narcos: Com 810 and

AT 15 Trans-

ponder.

$27,500

Roy Grace

810.631.4070

1948 CESSNA 140 - Newly rebuilt engine, 4 hours SMOH, current annual. Interior in good

shape, needs headliner.

$22,000 obo

Gayle

810.733.6213

Explaining OBO: The abbreviation OBO com-monly accompanies classified ads. OBO means "or best offer." Using this term indicates the seller will negotiate on the price listed in the advertise-ment. However, don't plan on offering too low of a price, or another ad responder might out bid your low offer. Only the seller knows what offers stand. Make sure your best offer isn't too much less than the listed price.

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Here’s a “selfie” taken by Don Reinholm on the first flight of his Sonex-Onex. Does this guy look pleased, or what.