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N8MH FLIES! By Michael Stephan

After a long build Mike Hodge’s

Glassair III took to the air on

January 24, 2006. If you haven’t

seen it, it is a beautiful airplane.

Mike’s story is a very interesting

one. He started the project 1998.

While under construction, many

events occurred that might have

derailed the project. When

terrorists struck the Twin Towers,

the airline industry was severely weakened. Since Mike

was a Captain for American Airlines, furloughs and

layoffs loomed on the horizon. Then several years ago,

Mike had cardiac trouble that put his medical and

livelihood in jeopardy. Often we see that footnote on

projects that come up for sale, but Mike soldiered on and

worked hard and got his Medical certificate back. The

whole time he kept working toward the day that he would

fly his dream airplane.

When the airplane was completed

enough to move to his hangar at

Northwest Regional (52F), Mike and

Bebe, his wife, decided to move as

well. The move limited the time

Mike could spend on the Glassair.

Once back working on the airplane,

Mike severely injured his hand,

which took six months to heal. All

this time committed to finishing the

project. When I asked Mike how he

didn’t get discouraged, he simply

said, “It made me more focused. It

motivated me to finish.” That is perseverance.

Now it flies. All the hard work and rework has paid off,

and after talking to Mike after his first flight, he is

starting to enjoy it. And he should. He should be proud

of his work. It is a beautiful airplane.

You can read more about the first flight as Mike details

his project on page 4.

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Feb. 7th Chapter Meeting

The February Chapter

meeting will be on

Tuesday February 7. It

will be held at the

Farmers Branch

Library, located on

the northwest

corner of Webb

Chapel and

Golfing Green Dr.

The meeting will

be held in the

auditorium and will

begin at 6:30 p.m. and

finish by 9:00 p.m.

This month our speaker will be

John Williamson. He is a local ultra-light pilot who has

flown his Kolb Kolbra over 1000 hours around America,

which is quite a feat for such a light aircraft. His

adventures are featured in the January issue of Sport

Pilot. John is a big supporter of Kolb aircraft and will

present to us the highlights of the first 1000 hours.

Flying cross-country in a Kolb should yield plenty of

interesting stories. So, make plans to attend the February

meeting.

Feb. 11th Chapter Fly-In

The February fly-in will be to Northwest Regional

Airport and the new restaurant there. We will meet at

11:30 for lunch. The restaurant is a bit tricky to find. It

is located on the Northeast corner of the field in a hangar

that adjoins the ramp area. The Hangar is a blue color

and the restaurant is just a glass door that faces west. The

hangar is the second hangar from the north end. If you

are driving in use the north entrance to the airport and

turn left north of the runway.

If you wish to get more than just lunch out of your fly-

ins, arrive early and take a look at our newest airplane,

Mike Hodge’s Glassair III. He said he would be there on

Saturday and we were welcome to come by. Directions to

Mike’s hangar are as follows:

Entry into the airport is off Cleveland-Gibbs Road.

Once on the airport (runway on left side as you drive in)

go to the stop sign. Turn right onto taxiway/road

"Lindberg Road" and turn left between the first and

second row of large hangers. My hanger is the last one

on the right side, facing south.

Feb. 14th Board Meeting

The BOD meeting will be held on February 14th

at the

Farmers Branch Manske Library at 7:00 PM. The

minutes from the Jan. BOD meeting recorded by Pat

Johnson are as follows:

Members in attendance: Michael Stephan, Jim Quinn,

Bruce Fuller, Ann Asberry, Mel Asberry, Sam Cooper,

Don Christensen, David Cheek, Pat Johnson

• Feb. 7 Chapter meeting at 6:30 FB Library,

• Feb.14 Board meeting at 7:00 FB Library

• Feb. 28 Newsletter folding at 7:00 David Buono’s home.

• Treasurer report by Michael Stephan. The End of year

summary was given. The Chapter had positive cash

flow for the year. Michael will make the statements

available at the next meeting if you wish to look at them.

• Membership coordinator Michael Stephan reported that

our Chapter had 101 renewals and 12 new members last

year.

• Advertising update by Sam Cooper. Renewal letters

were sent out recently and several people have

responded. All Chapter members who advertise have

renewed.

• The National Renewal Package for Chapter 168 has

been sent for 2006.

• Sam Cooper and David Cheek will head up the

committee for the slate of the Board of Directors that

will be considered in March. We need a minimum of 7

and maximum of 11.

• Ann Asberry will make a survey for the Chapter

members’ preferences about the Christmas Party for

2006.

Feb 28th Newsletter Assembly

This month the Hangar Echoes will be assembled on

Tuesday February 28th

at the home David Buono at 6707

Winterwood Lane in Dallas near Preston and Arapaho.

For directions call David at 214-774-2319.

David does not have a project at his home yet, but said

he will have entertainment for the crew after the

laborious minutes of actually folding and stamping the

newsletter. David flies a certified airplane from Addison

airport. He has been a great help at the Young Eagle

events and we really appreciate his hosting of the

newsletter assembly. Come on out and join us for a great

evening with the newsletter crew.

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A Message from the President By Sam Cooper

During our January Meeting I had the pleasure of

surprising Ann Asberry with a special plaque honoring

and recognizing her outstanding service and contributions

to Chapter 168. For over twenty years Ann has given

selflessly of her time and energy to support and organize

a great many different Chapter functions. For Chapter

168, Ann is a “mover and shaker”, leading the way and

working to catalyze the rest of us into action. She has

been the primary organizer of many of our social events.

These are the functions which have formed the core of

my many happy experiences with Chapter members as

we have enjoyed Sport aviation.

An excellent example of Ann’s abilities is from our

recent Sport Pilot Tour event in McKinney last fall.

While Mel led the way on the overall event, Ann took the

lead on the food for the event. The first major issue from

a planning standpoint was we did not have a firm head

count. With bad weather, we might have gotten 100

people. On the other hand, we could have 500 people for

a huge event. Ann looked into three ways of handling the

food, from a full catered lunch, to a do it ourselves lunch.

She priced them all out and presented it to the Board. To

minimize our financial exposure and increase our

flexibility, we selected the “do it ourselves” approach.

Even though this was the most work for Ann, she

cheerfully set to work.

On the morning of the Tour event, Ann’s part of the

event got rolling. The food (about 325 servings I think),

cooking equipment (4 grills) and a staff of about a dozen

people all came together. The cooking detail started by

mid-morning, and about 11:00 am lunch started. Two

hours later everyone was fed and the food was gone.

Ann’s planning had been nearly perfect. I was certainly

impressed with how close the planning had been. On top

of that, all of the food work crew had a good time making

our part of the Tour event work.

Much of the credit for this success has to go to Ann.

She made the framework that the rest of us volunteers

filled in. From my perspective the Tour event food

operation ran very smoothly. Ann’s planning and

organization made it look easy, which is always a sign of

a great talent at work. And we all had a good time

helping to put on a successful Sport Pilot Tour event.

Thanks Ann for all that you have done for Chapter 168!

You have enriched our lives and led the way by example.

I just got word that Mike Hodge successfully completed

his first flight in his Glasair III, N8MH on Tuesday,

January 24th

. Congratulations Mike! This is certainly a

great achievement. I am looking forward to getting

additional details at our February Meeting, where we are

planning to present Mike with his First Flight plaque. I

hope that all of you get a chance to see Mike’s Glasair

III, N8MH. It is already painted and very nicely done. It

is a great example of what we “amateur” builders can

accomplish.

The EAA SportAir workshops are returning to east

Dallas on March 4-5. The details are in our News and

Notes. These workshops are a great way to quickly learn

new construction methods in one weekend, all at a very

reasonable price. I still fondly recall my SportAir

workshop on moldless composite construction. I learned

a lot in those two days, and had a great time as well. I

hope that some of you will take advantage of this

opportunity.

We are also preparing for the Chapter’s Board of

Directors elections to be held during our March Meeting.

Our current slate is listed elsewhere in this issue. I would

like to have a few new Board members to continue to

bring in new ideas and energy to our activities. For those

of you who have not served, I hope that you will consider

volunteering for the Board. It is an easy way to become

more involved in your Chapter!

Remember to participate and enjoy the journey!

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First Flight of N8MH By Mike Hodge

Wanted to start with one

word to describe this aircraft, ”WOW!” I started the project

on April 1st, 1998 with the

opening of the crate at my home. I remember the feeling

of utter despair looking at all

the small, parts in that 25’x

5’x 4’ crate, which weighed 2500 lbs. The next day, my

wife and I started taking

inventory. I worked on the project at the home workshop

until the summer of 2003,

when I moved the wings and

fuselage to Northwest Regional Airport where they

were mated for the final time.

Then the tasks consisted of wiring, plumbing hydraulics,

and installing all the

necessary items that now make up N8MH. Painting

started in January 2005 with filling of all the small parts.

I built a small paint booth in my hanger to accomplish

most of the painting, but during the building process, I cut tendons in my right hand, stopping the project for

almost six months. I got back on it in earnest in

September and didn’t let up till completion.

The plane was ready for Mel Asberry to inspect on

December 26, 2005. He did a very detailed inspection (I

thank him for that, we found 2 bolts without nuts). I always enjoy time spent with Mel and Ann. Now with

an airworthiness certificate, it was time to make it first

flight ready. Since I am very peticular, it took till the

third week of January. I took off work for 5 days and planned for a January 23 first flight. I missed that day

due to a leaking fuel valve, which I had to replace.

The following day was

beautiful. Ross Burgess,

an RV-6 owner, agreed to fly chase. He tookoff and

orbited overhead while I

did two high speed taxis down Rwy 35. All looked

good, and on the third

brake release I pushed full throttle. WOW, the

acceleration was

outstanding. At 80 knots, I

rotated and began the second love affair of my

life (my wife is the first).

Good old Ross in his RV-6 came from a high base in a

diving left turn and was

just crossing the approach

end of the runway when I lifted off. The next thing I

heard on the radio was,

“Your running away from me, I can’t catch you, slow

down”. Made me feel good. We climbed up to 3000 feet

to check out the airplane and headed for Denton’s big, long, wide runway. We landed there 15 minutes later

with a nice soft touchdown.

I need to stop here and thank Bo Bauereis for all his

kindness to me. He allowed me to fly with him for 3 hours to acquire all the time and landings my insurance

company required before they would cover N8MH for the

first flight. His knowledge and experience is outstanding. He prepared me for the return trip’s landing on Northwest

Regional’s 3500 foot narrow runway.

After the first flight, we put N8MH on jacks to cycle the gear prior to the second flight. Good thing we did. The

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red landing gear warning light would not extinguish. Once we achieved three green gear-down lights and

physical confirmation, I took off and headed for home,

52F. I Landed, and taxied to the hangar for landing gear

work. It required a long next day, but we found the shorted wired, fixed it and went again on the 26th for the

first gear up flight. To break the engine in, I flew for one

hour at high power on the second flight with the gear up and locked. I’m happy to report a true airspeed reading

of 245 knots at 24” of MP, 2400 RPM at 3500 feet. I

didn’t see any RV’s passing me.

Well that’s it. I had a physical and mental high that lasted for many days. My wife is just now saying that I

am coming back down to earth. I’m looking forward to

visiting and flying with everyone in Chapter 168. I don’t know how others socialized and built airplanes at the

same time. With a full time job and N8MH in progress, I

needed 30 hours a day for the last seven and a half years.

But that’s behind me now. I will continue to perfect N8MH, but look forward to flying between tweeks. See

ya soon from a new member of the 300 MPH club.

News and Notes: By Sam Cooper

SportAir Workshops Return to Dallas

The EAA SportAir workshops are returning to Skyline

High School in east Dallas on March 4-5, 2006. The

workshops which are scheduled include: Introduction to

Aircraft Building; Fabric Covering; Sheet Metal Basics; Electrical Systems, Wiring and Avionics; Gas Welding;

and “What’s Involved in Kitbuilding?” For further

details, go to www.sportair.org, or call 1-800-967-5746. The workshops will run on Saturday (8:00 am to 5:00

pm) and Sunday (8:00 am to 3:30 pm). The fees will be

between $229 and $289 per workshop for EAA members.

Our current President, Sam Cooper, has previously

attended the Composite Construction workshop (focusing

on moldless composites) and greatly enjoyed his

educational weekend. These workshops are a great way to learn a new skill, or to try out a new construction

method. It is certainly faster, and usually cheaper, than

learning things the hard way on your own.

2006 Board of Directors Nominees

The elections for the 2006 Board of Directors for EAA

Dallas Chapter 168 will be held during the March 7th Chapter Meeting. The Chapter bylaws require that we

have at least seven, but no more than eleven, Directors.

The current slate of nominees for the Board of Directors election is as follows:

Ann Asberry Mel Asberry

David Cheek Don Christiansen

Bruce Fuller Jim Quinn John Phillips

We would like to thank these members for volunteering

to serve on the Board.

A search committee (Sam Cooper and David Cheek) is

looking for additional nominees. We welcome any

additional nominations or volunteers, please contact

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either Sam or David. Additional nominations can be made prior to the election during the March 7th Chapter

Meeting.

Ann Asberry’s Outstanding Chapter Service

During our January Chapter Meeting, our fellow

member Ann Asberry was recognized for her years of

outstanding service to Chapter 168. As a token of the Chapter’s appreciation, Ann was presented with an

engraved plaque recognizing her outstanding service to

Chapter 168. EAA Dallas Chapter 168 would not be the

same without her efforts!

Ever since I first came to a Chapter 168 Meeting in

1987, Ann has enthusiastically supported, volunteered

for, and organized numerous Chapter events. She has served as the Chapter Secretary and President,

volunteered for Flight Line Operations and other tasks at

regional and local fly-ins, and been the major planner behind our Chili Cookoffs, Summer Picnics and

Christmas Parties. She also currently handles our Meeting

refreshments.

Ann has spent countless hours organizing and supporting most of the events that have made my

membership in Chapter 168 so enjoyable over the years.

All of this effort has been selflessly contributed. Ann has always brought a great, positive attitude to our events,

ensuring great success for many events. Ann has done

this without seeking the limelight and has instead focused

on making a number of great events happen.

Ann, thanks for all of the outstanding volunteer service

that you have provided to Chapter 168 for so many years!

We would be much poorer without your efforts!

LOST and FOUND

FOUND: One 15.5" X 10.5" Airbake cookie

sheet/jellyroll pan. This was discovered at the December 10th Christmas Party aftermath cleanup at the Asberry's

home. Someone brought it to the party and failed to take

said pan back home with them. PLEASE call Ann Asberry to claim. 972-784-7544

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EAA Air Academy Deadline

Approaching. By David Cheek

The problem of starting youth on an aviation path is

being addressed by the EAA Air Academy program

sponsored by the national headquarters. The Air Academy is three separate aviation oriented camps for

youths between ages 12 and 18. These camps are from

mid June to early August, with the final camp occurring during EAA AirVenture. These camps are open to both

male and female youths within the age group.

The applications must be received at EAA headquarters

by March 1, 2006 for this year's camp. The application process is pretty competitive and requires two letters of

reference in addition to the application form. There is

some financial assistance available, including a scholarship that is a separate application. EAA chapters

can also use some of their members’ Young Eagle

credits, along with any EM scholarship, to pay up to half

of the registration fees. These fees range from $550 to $950 depending on the age of the youth participant.

I have never met a participant from these camps so I

cannot write much about the content and value of these programs. If you are aware of any youths who have

attended these programs we would be interested in

hearing about their experiences and evaluation of them. EAA national advertises the program each year at this

time through the chapter officers. We have not identified

any youth participants, so if you know of a good

candidate, please contact a board member.

More information about the EAA Air Academy can be

found at www.eaa.org or at 888-322-3229.

Getting Ready For The DAR By: Mel Asberry …DAR

You have finally finished your project of building an

amateur-built aircraft and are ready to get its’ “Birth Certificate”. It’s time to call the DAR for an

airworthiness inspection.

But are you going to use a DAR? The FAA will do the airworthiness honors for free. Now “free” always gets my

attention. But let’s look at the reality of this important

inspection. The FAA guys are pretty busy and will

probably want 4 to 6 week notice. These 4 to 6 weeks can easily turn into 8 to 10 weeks. On top of that, many FAA

inspectors are not that familiar with home-builts, so their

inspection may not be the most thorough. On the other hand, a DAR will be familiar with the type airplane that

you are presenting and therefore will be able to give you

a very thorough inspection and hopefully find that one

little item that you missed.

Regardless of which way you go, your preparation will

be the same. The first thing you need to do is make sure

that the aircraft is properly registered with the FAA Aircraft Registry in Oklahoma, City. Make sure that you

properly fill out and include all the necessary forms. A

glitch here can cost valuable time. Once you have the hard copy of the aircraft registration, make sure that the

information on your data-plate and form 8130-6

(application for airworthiness) agree EXACTLY with the

registration.

Then, and only then, should you call the inspector of

your choice and schedule the inspection. At this time the

inspector will ask you a few questions such as what engine and propeller combination you have. If your

engine/propeller combination is certificated by the FAA

then you will probably get a 25 hour test period. If not, your test period will probably be 40 hours of flight time. I

say probably because these are minimum test hours. The

inspector can add additional time if you have anything

that makes him uneasy about your choice of engine or the

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quality of your workmanship. These same circumstances may cause him to issue an airworthiness certificate that is

good only for phase I flight testing. In this case the

airplane must be inspected again before the phase II

unlimited airworthiness certificate is issued. He will also question you about where you want to do your test flying.

The test area must be over water or sparsely populated

areas. Your test area will depend on the speed of your aircraft. Whereas an ultra-light type aircraft will usually

receive in the neighborhood of a 25 nautical mile radius,

a Glasair III will generally need a much larger area. After all, you will need to fly straight and level sometime. The

inspector will send you a packet of paperwork including a

program letter for the aircraft. This packet should give

you all the information you will need for the inspection.

When you are finally ready for the inspection you

should present the aircraft complete and ready for flight

except for the removal of cowling and inspection panels. I want to stress the “complete and ready for flight”. So

many times I arrive to find the aircraft held together with

clecoes. Will the aircraft be flown with clecoes? Not with

my name on the airworthiness certificate. You will also need to be sure that all necessary placards are in place

and all switches, circuit breakers and indicators are

labeled as to their function.

You will present your builders log to show that you did indeed build the aircraft. The weight and balance sheet

will be discussed to be sure that you understand the

loading limits of your aircraft. All of your paperwork will

be reviewed for accuracy. Finally the aircraft will be inspected and you will be given a “squawk” list. If the

squawk list consists of any “safety of flight” items or too

many minor items, the inspector will ask you to call him for a re-inspection after you have cleared all

discrepancies. If the squawk list consists of only a few

minor items, the airworthiness certificate may be issued on the promise that the items will be taken care of before

flight. Either way the DAR will expect payment at this

time. Remember, you are paying for the inspection, not

the certificate. Upon the issuance of the airworthiness certificate, your long-term project becomes an

AIRPLANE.

Next month we will go into some details about how to get the registration correct the first time and how and

when to apply for the repairman’s certificate.

Movie Review

By Marvin Brott and John Phillips

Just before Christmas we received the recently released "One Six Right: The Romance of Flying" DVD. John

has generously supplied a copy to our 168 library, so

check it out. Brian Terwilliger produced and directed this

73 minute documentary which covers three major themes. First, this is a film about the love of flight with its beauty,

magic, romance and passion. Next, it is a history of Van

Nuys Airport, which is the world's busiest general aviation airport and hence the film’s name comes from

VNY’s longest runway. And finally, it is sort of an

infomercial in its enthusiastic pitch for saving general aviation airports.

To us the love-of-flight portion of the film was a

positive and emotional perspective on flying. Certainly

the yearning to fly today is not what it was so many years ago, yet the average person out there has never

experienced that Mr. or Mrs. Incredible super natural

feeling of looking down on the world, or playing with the distance and time domains. Flying in an aluminum tube

is not flying. In support of this message was a wide

range of sharp-looking aircraft from biplanes to corporate jets all backed up with a fantastical musical back-drop.

These 20 minutes of the film explains our addiction for

flight.

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The film traces the history of Van Nuys Airport from

when it opened in 1928 as the Los Angeles Metropolitan

Airport up to the present day. It is now the largest

employer in the San Fernando Valley. I found this portion of the film to be very interesting as VNY is

certainly rich with history (from Amelia Earhart to

Marilyn Monroe). If you love documentary films, you will love this film.

Finally the pitch to save general aviation airports and

promote general aviation was really good. Let’s face it, most people think of airports as DFW with long security

lines and airline hassles. Their airport is only a means to

an end. They do not think of a local airport like Addison.

This film could open their eyes to the world next door and provide a whole new concept of what they are seeing

when a plane flies over. Not helping this situation, our

many general aviation airports have become less than inviting as a place to hang out. Do you remember as a

kid riding your bike, or getting your mother to take you,

to the airport to watch airplanes take off and land? The

film shows what Van Nuys airport did to revive this past time. They put a major children’s play area (see picture)

and viewing area right next to the taxiway and runway.

Yet general aviation is losing one private airport a week to urban sprawl and this film shows the unique success

that VNY has had in an urban area. The Chicago Meigs

Field closure will bring tears to your eyes. I would think

that the McKinney airport manager would be carrying around a copy of this film all the time.

Well as you might

expect, we give it two thumbs up. This film

should be timeless and

watched for years to come. We would think

that AOPA and EAA

would be all over this

film with respect to promoting aviation.

Everyone in Chapter

168 will love this film because we are in the

choir, yet we need to

get our non-aviation

friends to see this film. Terwilliger is seeking

distribution for the film. Look for it soon and it is hoped

that it might end up on IMAX screens. This documentary is truly worthy of theatrical release. More information

can be found at onesixright.com.

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Sport Aviation on CD-Rom By Michael Stephan

Recently I was able to

get my hands on a copy of Sport Aviation on CD

ROM, which is all issues

dating back to the 50’s on a set of computer disks.

So, I thought I would give

it a spin and pass on my

experience to the rest of the Chapter.

I am one of those people

who save my issues of aviation magazines, because not only are they gold, but

they are full of neat pictures and interesting articles that I

am sure I will want to reread in the future, or sometimes

read the ones I skipped over the first time. So I have boxes and boxes of old magazines. Thankfully, my

interest in building airplanes goes back to the mid 90’s,

and I have only about 10 years of boxes. If there were a way to shrink those boxes down to a set of CD’s, it would

be worth a look.

When you open the nice faux leather case you see that to get the entire archive on disk it requires 31 disks. I

found the installation disk and popped it into my Mac

computer. After about 30 minutes of frustration, I ejected

the disk and popped it into my Windows machine. The program is not Mac compatible. I guess I should have

read the instructions. With the install disk in the machine

it started installing itself. I was a little shocked to see that it was going to require 850 MB of disk space, but space is

cheap these days, and my 320 GB drive would barely

notice. The reason for the disk space is to store the huge index of nearly 50 years of articles, which is one of the

great features of the product. You can search all 51

years’ worth of issues. Very handy. I don’t know how

many hours I have spent looking through my 10 years of issues trying to find that interesting article on an airplane

I was writing an article on. Usually the trip through

issues had a few detours as cover pictures led me to browse through their issues. So, and index is invaluable.

Once installed the program is very simple. It is web

page driven and all the issues are pdf files. Which means

the interface is like web pages and runs in a browser window, and all the issues open up in Acrobat Reader,

which is on most every computer and there is even a copy

on the install disk. So, the program looks familiar and will not clutter your windows registry with application

overhead.

I typed in a few searches and was pleased with the indexes ability to take me to the most pertinent stuff.

Once you find the article you are looking for, you can

click on the “view article” button and go straight to it.

Well almost straight to it. It prompts you to stick in one of the 31 disks. So, I grab the disk and stick it in. The

article then quickly pops open. I was a bit under

whelmed with the resolution. The articles are scanned pages just as they were in the magazine, ads and all, and

very low resolution scans at that. That is probably

required to get that much information on so few disks. It is not as nice as the original magazine publication. But

the text is selectable, and can be cut and paste into a text

editor to get a cleaner read of the article, which is what I

do.

So, would I recommend Sport Aviation on CD ROM?

Yes, if you are one that wants to re-live or research a past

article, the huge index is a real time saver. Well worth the cost of $159. I also have 50 years worth of articles

and information instead of just 10, and all that for the

price of about 4 years national membership dues. So

there is value there. Yearly updates cost $20 and are available in the following spring.

Am I going to toss out my collection of Sport Aviation

magazines? No, the CD-ROM cannot duplicate the beautiful photography in Sport Aviation, so I keeping

those back issues. Besides, there is nothing more

relaxing than sitting in a recliner and thumbing through an issue of Sport Aviation.

HANGAR ECHOES For Sale Services, Parts, Other

February 2006 Volume 37. Issue 2 Page 11

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7544

Wanted: Ellison EFS-2 throttle body

email Billy Brock n440sx@yahoo.com

Wanted: Someone to finish the plumbing and wiring of the

rebuild of the Rockford Craftsmanship Award (Grand

Champion) winning Midget Mustang. Wiring, plumbing, and

panel to be done. New 0-200 on mount. Lewis Shaw. Addison

Airport. 972.628.7474

email- shaw@jacksonshaw.com

Wanted: RV6: Prefer 180 hp, CS prop, well equipped panel.

Will also consider an RV7. David W. Jackson 214-244-4424

cell, david@jacksoncompany.net.

To place an ad: Submit requests for aviation related For Sale or Want ads to the newsletter Editors. Ads are free to Chapter 168 members. Ads from nonmembers will be run on a space available basis. Ads will be run at the newsletter Editors discretion.

EAA CHAPTER 168 OFFICERS

President Sam Cooper

president@eaa168.org 972-242-1544 Vice President Ron Bonnette vicepresident@eaa168.org 972-495-5845 Secretary Patricia Johnson secretary@eaa168.org Treasurer Michael Stephan treasurer@eaa168.org 972-857-3327

Flight Advisors Mel Asberry metro 972-784-7544 n168tx@ev1.net Mike Hoye 972-771-8162 Gene Spaulding 972-661-9229 genebs@wtd.net

Technical Counselors Mel Asberry metro 972-784-7544 n168tx@ev1.net Owen Bruce 972-231-3946 Don Christiansen 972-298-6531

Advertising

Sam Cooper sam.cooper@comcast.net 972-242-1544

Board of Directors

Mel Asberry Ken Bruggers David Cheek Don Christiansen Bruce Fuller John Phillips Jim Quinn Brad Roberts

Associate Newsletter Editors

Sam Cooper 972-242-1544 sam.cooper@comcast.net Marvin Brott 214-726-9117 pmbrott@sbcglobal.net Michael Stephan 972-857-3327 mstephan@shr.net

Data Processing Michael Stephan 972-857-3327 mstephan@shr.net

Librarian

Michael Stephan 972-857-3327 mstephan@shr.net

Tool Custodian

Brad Roberts 214-351-0475 Meeting Refreshments

“Volunteer needed” Safety Officer

Mel Asberry metro 972-784-7544 n168tx@ev1.net

Web site Editors Michael Stephan 972-857-3327 Clay Romeiser

Young Eagles Coordinator Jim Quinn 972-788-2593 Jquinn3@gmail.com

Membership Michael Stephan 972-857-3327 mstephan@shr.net Clay Romeiser

Web site Address: www.eaa168.org We would like to make you aware that as always, in past, present, and future, any communications issued by Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 168, Inc., regardless of the form, format,

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includes Oshkosh). Bottom line, we are responsible for nothing. Please read, listen, enjoy, and be careful out there.

DALLAS CHAPTER 168 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL FORM

New Member ❏Renewal ❏Info Change ❏

Membership dues for EAA DallasChapter 168 are $20.00 for one year.

Make checks payable to:EAA Dallas Chapter 168

Mail Application to:EAA Dallas Chapter 168P.O. Box 168Addison, TX 75001-0168

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