On Sunday, December 9, 2012 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm we will have our annual Chapter 25 Christmas Party. This year’s Party will be at Pat and Mary Hoyt’s home in Eagan. Come join your fellow chapter members and spouses for food, beverage, and fellowship. If you can bring a dish, salad, beverage or dessert to share, to add to what Pat and Mary are preparing, please feel free. Pat and Mary’s address is: 1620 Blackhawk Lake Drive, Eagan, MN 55122. Their home phone is: 651-688-7747.
We moved the date of our November Chapter meeting from the usual 3rd Wednesday of the month to the 2nd Wednesday this month (11/14/2012) because the 3rd Wednesday of November is Thanksgiving Eve and members and their families will be busy with Thanksgiving preparations and perhaps travel. Please mark your calendars accordingly. Our meeting speaker will be Gary Stinar, who will discuss his MIA search and recovery trips to New Guinea.
Sunday, October 7, 2012 – Dr. Robin Crandall gave an excellent presentation of the 1949 Hawker Sea Fury FB 11 (Sawbones) he owns. Sawbones won 4th place in Gold in the Reno Air Races at a speed exceeding 400 MPH this year! Thank you, Pat Halligan, for arranging this exciting presentation. A number of members are planning a group trip to the Reno Air Races next year!
Bob Tesmar won the first prize of $500 in the 2012 raffle ticket drawing. Jerry Farrell won the 2nd prize check for $250 and the 3rd prize glider lesson went to Sheri Johnston. Chapter 25 earned $462 in the silent auction, with gift items donated by and bid on by Chapter 25 banquet attendees. We netted $2,500 from the raffle. So, we earned approximately $3,000 from your fundraising efforts this year.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 – Amy Lauria of the Commemorative Air Force at South St. Paul Fleming Field will show us a screening of the first episode of “The Restorers”, a video series being produced about the restoration of antique airplanes at our October 17th Chapter meeting. The CAF is looking for people who might be interested in investing in the series as well as learning more about the museum and how they can get involved. Here is another opportunity to get involved in aviation. In November, our own Gary Stinar will discuss his MIA search and recovery trips to New Guinea.
Saturday, October 20, 2012 This will be the Young Eagle “third Saturday of the month” flying day.
At the Chapter 25 meeting on the 19th this month, Darrell Bolduc of Bolduc Aviation Specialized Services, Inc. which specializes in engine rebuilding and repair, will use the Pietenpol Project’s Continental A-65 engine to demonstrate and discuss engine rebuilding and maintenance.
Saturday, August 18, 2012 – The Young Eagles event this month will be on August 18th. Contact Bill Brown if you can provide rides or work on the ground crew. Several of our members are regular contributors. Without them it would be difficult to keep up with the number of kids who come each month. We would like to encourage more of you to consider serving as a pilot. If more of you would be willing to come and serve on the ground, some of the regular ground crew may be able to fly kids for a change. We need ground crew to assist the pilots and provide ground school class to kids while they are waiting their turn.
Monday, August 27th, 2012 – EAA Ch. 237 will be hosting Jeff Skiles’ Pilot’s Grassroots Tour at their hangar at Anoka County – Blaine Airport. EAA leadership team members, Jeff Skiles, EAA Vice President, Chapters and Youth Education, Rod Hightower, EAA President/CEO and Mac McClellan, EAA Director of Publications will be featured guests at this free event open to all pilots and their friends and families. It promises to be a fun, informative evening where these speakers will be on hand to discuss leading aviation issues and what EAA is doing to grow participation in aviation and inspire the next generation of aviators. Social hour begins at 6:00 pm followed by a program at 7:00 pm.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 – At the Chapter meeting on the 15th his month, Ron Sekenski and his hangar partner, Paul Erickson, will discuss and show their Christen Eagle and RV7A projects. We will have our regular BBQ and pot luck supper starting at 6:00 pm followed by a short business meeting at 7 pm. Then Ron and Paul will provide an overview of their projects and walk us to their hangar a few lanes west of BSAEC.