EAA326 January 2015 Meeting notes

EAA326 January 2015 Meeting

Tonight’s program was by Daryl Hickman of cubflying.com

Visitors:

Bret Kvo - Helping out with TeenFlight, working on Phd in Bird Flight

xxxx - LongEze

Mark Langay - Visiting from Olympia, Building a scratch Volksplane

Treasurer report $3891.30, Savings $393.45

Dues are due for 2016. $25 in cash to Norm, or go to the website and pay with paypal.

Thanks to Tom Brown and Steve Myron for hosting the Christmas party in their hangar. It was a great time for the group that attended!

Dec 20th TeenFlight flew their first RV12. They have about 10 hours on it thus far. TF3 is well underway and targeting completion later this year. If any of you are interested in helping out they could use more mentors.

North West Aviation Conference, February 20th, 21st. Setup is Friday afternoon and we are looking for people to help. Teardown is after the show at 4pm on Sunday. If you have a project you would like to show in the booth contact Ken Finney.

AOPA flyin will be happening this year August 20th in Bremerton

Project updates

Bruce Finney recently installed the NAVworks ADSB IN/OUT box in his Thorp and got it all working. If anyone is interested in it drop him a note for more details.

Steve Myron, and Tom have a new Foreflight and Stratus setup in their 206. They are getting good coverage of traffic data now. They have had good luck using cell phone data for weather data on the same system.

Flying Washington’s Back Country - Daryl Hickman

Daryl gave a great presentation about a number of our State run airports. These are "back country" airports, that really don't require too much airplane to use. They range from paved with open approaches, to sand on a beach, to grass and rocks in the mountains. Some of his favorites are listed below.

Personal Minimums

Are you healthy?

What is your experience level? 1000hrs or 1hr x 1000 times?

Are you current? Really? Full control, Forward Slips, Shorts & Softs?

Reduced power takeoffs? Backside of the power curve?

Aircraft

Owned or Rental? Check closely if rental about allowed strips.

Condition? Annual recently? Engine Tired? Any issues? Tires?

What’s your stall speed with flaps

Fuel - do you have the right amount?

Tool Kit - repairs on the road

Environment

Landing Surface - Grass, Gravel, Paved, Rocks

Weather - Temp, Ceiling, Winds (surface & aloft)

External Pressures

Stress

Anxious

Easton State (ESW)

Open June 1 - Sept 30

Elevation 2226

Runway 2640x100 grass

1/2 mile walk to Parkside cafe

Bandera State (4W0)

Open June 1 - Sept 30

Elevation 1636

Runway 2344x100 grass

Tieton State (4S6)

Best most scenic strip in Washington

Open June 1 - Sept 30

Elevation 2964

Runway 2509x100 Grass

Right next to Rimrock lake

Landing downhill on runway 20 is preferred.

Ranger Creek (21W)

Open June 1 - Sept 30

Elevation 2650

Runway 2875x30 Paved

Located in a deep valley

Stehekin (6S9)

“if you like your airplane, don’t go”

Very rough surface

Open June 1 - Sept 30

Elevation 1230 (but has density altitude issues)

Runway 2630x100 rock surface

Lake Wenatchee State (27W)

Elevation 1939

Runway 2473x100 Grass

Copalis Beach State (S16)

Elevation 1

Runway 3560x150 Sand

watch for both soft and wet sand, land in the middle

Packwood (55S)

Nice runway, flying to the backcountry without really going to it

Elevation 1057

Runway 2356x38 paved