The Pea Patch Post
NAME
THAT
PlaNE
EAA CHAPTER 172
AUGUSTA, GA
CLUB OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
SID BROWN
1447 Paradise Rd.
Wrens, GA 30833-4313
762-245-8103
EMAIL: [email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENT
JOE BRITT
1154 Thornwood Dr.
North Augusta, SC 29860-8019
803-279-3593
EMAIL: [email protected]
SECRETARY
JOHN MAGNAN
1616 Mosley Chapel Rd.
Wrens, GA 30833-3905
706-547-3607
EMAIL: [email protected]
TREASURER
DON BUSH
3076 Old Waynesboro Rd.
Hephzibah, GA 30815-6791
706-554-5618
EMAIL: [email protected]
CLUB DIVISION LEADERS
TECH COUNSELORS
Aldine Patton
706-738-2228
Eddie Booth
April, 2015
PREZ SEZ
Happy Easter! I hope you get to spend some time with your family
celebrating a Risen Savior!
Our meeting this month will be on the third Saturday, April 18, instead
of the second because of the Masters golf tournament. We will be
meeting on April 18th. Please come at 10:00 am to help us Clean the
Club House. We will sweep and mop the club house and do some
general clean up outside as well. We will have a ‘Cold Cuts’ lunch as
soon as we clean up and get the club house set back up. Most likely it
will be at our normal 12:30 pm time.
Next month will be the annual O. B. Brown Fly-In at Wrens. It will
also be on the third Saturday of the month, May 16. We will not be having
the ‘Bring your own steak’ meal on the Friday night before the fly-in. We
will have our club meal on Saturday during the Fly-In.
We had a great turn out last month. We had 67 folks and 8 planes.
Greg Connell spoke on his aerobatic endeavors and his Pitts airplanes.
He showed off his new Wolf Pitts. What a great airplane and pilot.
Thanks Greg!
Also a big Thanks to our fish-fry chefs Steve Thompson, Gary
Harden, and Michael Nodorft. Thanks guys for your hard work. Also,
I’m sorry about the shortage of fish. I underestimated how much this
crowd can eat! That was on me and not Steve and company.
Now get those planes out and get them ready for the fly-in next
month! Hope to see you all at our local events!
803-232-0088
EMAIL: [email protected]
Keep 'em flying!
FLIGHT ADVISORS
Pierre Smith
478-625-7453
EMAIL: [email protected]
Aldine Patton
706-738-2228
YOUNG EAGLES COORDINATOR
Nandi Shetty
706-414-1340
EMAIL: [email protected]
LIBRARIAN
Joe Miles
706-733-8376
EAA 172 DOUBLE ACE
Lt. Col. Philip Eddy Colman
December 1, 1921 - April 28, 2011
PEA PATCH & CLUBHOUSE
61GA
122.7 mhz
4511 Boulineau Rd.
Blythe, GA 30805-3605
EAA172, Inc. WEBSITE:
EAA172.jcmservices.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Sid Brown
Sid
Minutes of the Meeting for EAA Chapter 172
Fish Fry Fly-in
March 21, 2015
The weather started out overcast with the temperature in the mid-60s. By 1:00 PM we had blue skies with some clouds
and the temperature in the 70s. Before the meeting 67 members, their families, and many
visitors enjoyed a delicious meal of fish, fries, and onion rings prepared
by our masterful chefs Steve Thompson, Gary Harden, and Michael
Nodorft. Eight aircraft were on the field for the meeting including two
Pitts: Freeman Newman’s S-1C and Greg Connell’s Wolf Pitts. Also
visitors Rob Mathis and his daughter Libby came in Rob’s 1965
Champion Citabria. Visitor Mike Crymble flew in his “unusual” Wilga
2000. Pierre Smith came in his RV-10. Ed Booth came in his RV-7. Don
Gay brought in his Cardinal 177. Billy Couch came in his Cessna 185.
The black-eyed peas, cole slaw, potato salad and a plethora of other
sidedishes as well as delicious desserts were brought in by many club
members. The Aerospouses set out the side dishes. At 12:35 PM club president Sid Brown Chefs Gary Harden, Michael
gave the invocation and everyone ate. As mentioned at the February 14th meeting, the meal Nodorft, and Steve Thompson
donation was $7 rather than the usual $5 because of the cost of the fish.
Program: Member aerobatic pilot
Greg Connell presented an excellent
program about his Wolf Pitts.
While he talked, his assistants
manipulated a computer connected
to a video projector showing
various aspects of the Pitts
construction. He said there are only
three Wolf Pitts in existence. While
Greg talked, videos of aerobatics taken by a GoPro camera mounted inside
his Pitts Model 12 were shown. Greg did say he likes the Pitts 12 better than
the Wolf Pitts even though the Wolf Pitts can do some maneuvers better than
the Pitts 12. Greg gave a short history of his flying activities. He started flying aerobatics in 2005 under the tutelage of
Charlie Davis. Greg said that he flies in the Boshears SkyFest Airshow in Charlie’s honor.
The short business meeting started at 1:52 PM. Club president Sid Brown welcomed
the guests including the visiting pilots and Pat Arthur, a friend of Charlie and Sheila
Connell. Sid also welcomed Amy Christian and Murphy, her Pekingese. He thanked
those who prepared the fish, fries, and onion rings and brought the side dishes and
desserts. He also thanked all those who beautified the clubhouse with the St.
Patrick’s day décor.
Old Business: Richard Fender moved for the approval of the minutes of the February
14th meeting. Joe Britt seconded the motion and it was approved by the members.
Mike Crymble’s Wilga 2000
New Business: President Brown said that the next meeting on Saturday, April 18,
will be our clubhouse "spruce up" day. He said that members should be at the Pea
Patch clubhouse around 10:00 AM to help clean up the floors, bathrooms, shelves
etc. We will have a meal of cold cuts after we finish the clean up, perhaps between
12:00 noon and 12:30 PM. He also reminded the members that the Boshears SkyFest
will now be October 17 & 18. Our O.B. Brown fly-in will be May 16.
Part of the flightline at the fly-in.
Sheila Connell said that the social eat-out for Thursday, March 26th, would be at
Abel Brown Southern Kitchen / Oyster Bar, Surrey Center, on Highland Avenue in
Augusta, Georgia.
Don Bush moved to adjourn the meeting. Pierre Smith seconded the motion and those present approved the motion
unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 2:01 PM.
EAA 172 Work Meeting
10:00 AM, meal at 12:30 PM
April 18, 2015
Pea Patch Aerodrome (61GA), Blythe, Georgia
EAA 172
O.B. Brown Memorial Fly-in
May 16, 2015
BBQ meal 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Wrens Memorial Airport (65J), Wrens, Georgia
Brian
Robert
Aaron
Jean
Kenneth
Shane
MULHERIN
KNIGHT
RAMSEY
HILDEBRANT
MOORE
NOTHDURFT
Bobby & Mary Ann
Sidney & Cathy
Alfred & Bunny
Don & Virginia
04-07
04-11
04-11
04-16
04-27
04-30
Cindy
ZGOL
04-10
BRASWELL 04-12
BROWN
04-15
NEWMAN 04-15
BUSH
04-17
EAA 172 Night Out
Thursday, April 23: EAA 172 monthly "get-together" -- Social Meeting 6:30 PM -- This is a monthly non-business
social gathering held on the fourth Thursday. This month it is at Sheehan's Irish Pub, 2571 Central Ave, Augusta,
GA 30904, near the corner of Central Ave. & Monte Sano Ave. Phone number: 706-364-1234. For a map and
directions, click on: Sheehan's Irish Pub. For questions contact Virginia Bush 706-554-5618 e-mail:
[email protected].
NEW AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PEA PATCH
In March of this year member Steve Amster took an excellent high definition aerial photo of the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
We will put this in the Pea Patch (61GA) AirNav entry to replace an old photo taken in July, 1998.
Click photo for a larger graphic.
AVIATION QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Answer to last month’s question: If you see this seldom-used symbol
paper type or on your sophisticated moving-map display such as
on your VFR sectional, either on the classic
ForeFlight's, what does it mean?
According to AOPA, the FAA, and the U.S. Army: Think Star Wars and its Death Star if the Empire had a VFR sectional
showing its super weapon. The symbol is a High Energy Radiation Area symbol such as the site of laser-based atmospheric
research. AOPA did have an example of one near Bartlett, New Hampshire, but it was a short-lived one and no longer exists.
The U.S. Army does have the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) located on White Sands Missile Range in
southern New Mexico, but the charts don't have that symbol in that area, perhaps because GA or commercial aircraft are not
supposed to be flying over that restricted area anyway. According to the army this area "is the ideal choice to host exploration of
future laser technologies. Appointed the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (SMDC) 'Directed Energy Center for
Test and Evaluation,' HELSTF boasts a unique infrastructure with extensive capabilities for ground-based directed energy
testing and evaluation. HELSTF has access to 3,200 square miles of controlled land and 7,000
square miles of controlled air space in which to conduct live fire, lethality, and vulnerability
testing, as well as laser/material interactions." We suggest you don’t fly over that restricted area
– the U.S. Army’s Death Star base -- otherwise you may become an interesting Wikipedia entry
when you end up as a puff of smoke. Does that make the U.S. or the earth the new Death Star?
This Month’s Question: When reading TAFs (Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts / Terminal Area Forecasts) in the summer
months you know you'll see the term "VCTS" more than you'd like. That means thunderstorms in the vicinity. How is "vicinity"
defined by the FAA?
ADS-B OUT DOES WORK WELL, AND IS USED – IN EUROPE
Aircraft in the U.S. have an FAA imposed 2020 deadline to have installed ADS-B Out (Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast) equipment. It reports your aircraft’s position, velocity and altitude once per second. The
installation is only needed if the aircraft is flown in Class A, B, and C airspace, plus Class E airspace above 10,000 feet
but not below 2,500 feet. Many aircraft owners have balked at the installation because of the expense. So some are
waiting until the price goes down. And then some pilot-owners are asking “Why is ADS-B needed?” However, a few
have complained that the deadline should be sooner, not later, especially to obtain information about aircraft crashes.
In an article by AOPA's “Mac” – J. Mac McClellan, he writes (about the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash in the Alps)
that “It’s the first major accident I can think of where such flight path detail was immediately available to everybody and
it’s all thanks to ADS-B.” The various news media were doing a lot of speculation and bemoaning the immediate absence
of the flight data recorder (It was found later). But those with some knowledge and access to the Internet could
immediately track the flight of the Airbus from takeoff to a final position report that ended very near where the airplane
hit the mountains. The plot showed altitude, groundspeed, vertical speed and track in detail. The example given of this
tracking was this:
Mac writes “... with ADS-B installed in most airplanes in a few years we can know much more about what happened in
an accident, even though, as in the case of the A320, we can’t immediately know why it happened.”
In Europe compliance is mandated by January 2015 for new build and by December 2017 for retrofit, with special
provisions (including exemptions) for State aircraft. This is required for aircraft with “maximum Take-Off Mass greater
than 5700 kg (12,566 lbs.) or maximum cruising True Air Speed greater than 250 kts.”
( Information adapted from AOPA – Mac's Blog 03/26/15, skybrary.aero , BBC re Airbus crash, FAA ADS-B )
FOR SALE:
Members' Items for Sale
FOR SALE: iFly 720 GPS for Aviation
EAA 172 member Don Bush has obtained a more advanced GPS unit and wishes to sell this one. The 720 when
last available was $699. Some few "re-certified" (refurbs) are $599.
Includes all accessories (DC plug, AC power supply, remote control, suction mount) plus 1" Ram ball-mount and
screen protector, all in great shape.
ONLY $500 cash or a USPS postal money order
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT DON BUSH
Or EMAIL AT [email protected]
706-554-5618
The iFly 720 GPS Info
•Sunlight Readability
•Simple Wi-Fi Updating
•iFly Streets is Optional
•Faster Processor
•and much more...
Club Member Aaron Ramsey still has this aircraft for sale.
Quicksilver MX Sprint
Single place – high wing – Single Engine
Wing Span 18'- 1”
Empty Weight 250 lbs. (true ultralight!)
Gross Weight 525 lbs.
Useful load: 275 lbs.
Engine: Rotax 447
Fuel capacity: 5 U.S. gallons
Takeoff distance 50' obstacle: 200 feet
Rate of climb: 900 ft/min
Landing distance: 200 feet
Maximum level speed: 54 mph
Also included with sale is a Rotax 503 engine that needs servicing/rebuilding.
Located at a private airstrip near Blythe, Georgia in a covered hangar.
For the full version of this ad with much more information click on: For Sale: Quicksilver MX Sprint
ASKING: $4,500 OBO
This ad was NEW 01/27/14
Contact Aaron Ramsey
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone number: Cell: 803-292-2235
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EAA 172 MEMBER KEITH ROBBINS STILL HAS THIS ENGINE FOR SALE:
Continental O-300-D engine with Airflow Performance injection.
Engine log included. TT 2274. SMOH 1135. Cylinders replaced STOH 62.4
•Custom Full flow intake manifolds.
•Injectors and log manifolds installed and tested by Airflow Performance in South Carolina.
•Engine stored in shipping box, turned, and cylinders blown with oil.
•Engine attached to a custom mount.
•New plugs and wires.
Continental O-300-D lower side
Continental O-300-D bottom & frame
Contact Keith Robbins by e-mail: [email protected]
For the full version of this ad, with enlargements, click on: For Sale: Continental 0-300-D engine
That's what the EAA 172 Website has become for both the Calendar and the Newsletter & Meeting Minutes. Besides
having the current calendar of events as well as the current meeting minutes and newsletter, it has the past calendar as
well as the minutes for nearly the past two decades. No other EAA Website has this!
In the Calendar section of the Website there are links for July, 1998, to May, 2015. For example, in the Calendar for
September, 1998, there is a link to the September 25-27 Boshears Airshow and Fly-in which was much larger than the
current Boshears SkyFest for the past few years. It included a reenactment of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and
featured both Japanese and American vintage war planes as well as actual tremendous explosions which filled the sky.
During the three days of the Show (September 25-27) at least 30,000 people attended. Well over 100 general aviation
fly-in aircraft were present. By Saturday afternoon there were four rows of GA aircraft covering the space from the auto
parking down to the Warbirds area. Dennis Allen was the EAA 172 president at that time.
In the Newsletter & Meeting Minutes section of the Website there are narrations about events from
January, 1996, to April, 2015. It shows and describes the 71 aircraft at the 1998 Spring Wrens Fly-in
(currently known as the O.B. Brown Memorial Fly-in) and then the description and photos of the 68
aircraft at the 1999 Spring Wrens Fly-in. The highlights of that fly-in were the ultralights that flew in
from Florida and Alabama. Also, as shown here, Charlie Davis performed some aerobatics in his Pitts.
Explore your EAA 172 Website, especially the extended Calendar and Minutes and settle those arguments about what
happened when and which planes and people were at the events.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Listings on the “Upcoming Events” pages are often revised. Check the Calendar on the EAA 172 Website for any changes.
April 2015
Sunday, April 5: EASTER --- (PASSOVER: sundown April 3 to sundown April 11)
Sunday, April 12: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Palmetto Air Plantation (private) Manning, South
Carolina (SC41) UNICOM: 122.8 ZIPcode 29102. Elev: 105'; GPS: N33° 39.967' W80° 14.633'; Sod runway:
16/34: 3700' x 150'; UNICOM: 122.8. A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying! Arrival:
7:30 - 9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Questions: Contact Anne
Hawkins (803) 432-9595. Click http://www.airnav.com/airport/SC41 for airport info. Click HERE for the
Mapquest directions. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook.
Weblink: www.palmettoairplantation.com.
Wednesday - Sunday, April 15 - 19: Sunstate Wing and Rotor Club Bensen Days Rotorcraft Fly-In: Wauchula,
Florida at the Wauchula Airport (KCHN). Website: Bensen Days or Bensen Days UNICOM/CTAF 122.9 mhz.
ZIP code 33873. GPS: 27º 30.82'N / 81º 52.84'W; RUNWAY: 18/35 4000' x 75' asphalt. Airport attended
continuously. Fuel: 100LL Wauchula, Florida. For airport info see: http://www.airnav.com/airport/KCHN For
driving directions click on Wauchula Airport .
Saturday, April 18: Monthly meeting of the EAA 172 Members This will be a special work meeting for those who
want to come as early as 10:00 AM so we can do the annual sprucing up of the clubhouse. There will be a cold cuts
lunch between 12:00 and 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome (61GA); runway 01/19: 2500' x 150' sod -- good
--; GPS: 33° 18.08' N / 82° 10.46' W; Elevation 434' , 4511 Boulineau Rd., Blythe, Georgia, 30805. UNICOM
122.7 mhz. For more information contact Sid Brown 762-245-8103 eMail: [email protected] or e-mail
[email protected]. Click HERE for directions (both land and air). Click HERE for the Mapquest
directions. Click http://www.airnav.com/airport/61GA for airport info. For the meeting agenda click HERE.
Saturday - Sunday, April 18 - April 19: World War II Heritage Days: Falcon Field in Peachtree City. This will be a
special recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II and hosted by the Commemorative Air Force Dixie
Wing, based in Peachtree City, Ga. More than 200 volunteers from 25 organizations throughout the southeast will join
forces with the CAF Dixie Wing to create the annual WWII Heritage Days. The event is family friendly. Admission is
free, although contributions are welcome. The recommended donation is $5 per person and children under 5 are welcome
without a contribution. All proceeds defray the cost of the weekend and are used for restoration and maintenance of the
Dixie Wing aircraft.
Read the full press release HERE. Falcon Field (KFFC) Peachtree City, Georgia -- the Peachtree-Dekalb Airport.
Tuesday-Sunday, April 21 - April 26: Sun 'n Fun® 2015 Fly-In: Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland Linder Regional
Airport (KLAL) UNICOM 122.95; CTAF 124.5 mhz. ZIP code 33811. The 41st Annual SUN ’n FUN
International Fly-In & Expo See http://www.sun-n-fun.org/ for details. See http://www.airnav.com/airport/KLAL
for airport info. For driving directions click on Linder Regional Airport
Thursday, April 23: EAA 172 monthly "get-together" -- Social Meeting 6:30 PM -- This is a monthly nonbusiness social gathering held on the fourth Thursday. This month it is at Sheehan's Irish Pub, 2571 Central Ave,
Augusta, GA 30904, near the corner of Central Ave. & Monte Sano Ave. Phone number: 706-364-1234. For a
map and directions, click on: Sheehan's Irish Pub. For questions contact Virginia Bush 706-554-5618 e-mail:
[email protected].
Sunday, April 26: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Broxton-Bridge Plantation Airport, Ehrhardt,
South Carolina (SC55)(pvt.). UNICOM: 122.9. Turf runway. ZIPcode: 29081. Arrival: 7:30 - 9:00 AM.
Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Questions: Contact Anne Hawkins (803) 4329595. Click http://www.airnav.com/airport/SC55 for airport info. For driving directions click on Broxton-Bridge.
SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook.
May 2015
Sunday, May 3: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Myrtle Beach Hardee Airpark, Loris, South
Carolina (SC21). CTAF/UNICOM: 123.7 ZIPcode 29569. A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship
and flying! Arrival: 7:30 - 9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM.
Questions: Contact Anne Hawkins (803) 432-9595. Click http://www.airnav.com/airport/SC21 for airport
info. For driving directions click on M.B. Hardee Airport. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook.
Sunday, May 10: Mother's Day
Saturday, May 16 :
Twelfth Annual EAA 172 Wrens O.B. Brown Memorial Fly-in
At the Wrens, Georgia, Airport (65J):
CTAF/UNICOM 122.7 mhz. GPS coordinates: 33° 13.36' N / 82° 23.02' W; elevation 450'; runways: 11L/29R
3000' x 50' asphalt -- good; 11R/29L 1300' x 100' sod -- good. Airport attended 24 hours during the Fly-In. Starts
around 9:00 AM and lasts until late afternoon. Delicious barbecue meal with all the trimmings available 11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM. All aircraft welcome: Conventional, warbirds, experimental, light planes, ultralight, gyroplanes,
trikes, powered parachutes, PPGs. No landing or tie-down fees. You may stay overnight Saturday to Sunday, May
17th. Air conditioned lounge with refrigerator, microwave, couches, two restrooms and hot shower. Motorhomes
welcome. Five restaurants and a motel next to the airport at the end of runway 29. Click Local Businesses for their
locations and phone numbers. For more details contact Sid Brown at 762-245-8103 email: [email protected]
or e-mail [email protected]. Click Wrens Memorial (65J) for airport info. For an aerial photo of the Wrens
Airport click on Wrens Airport. For driving directions click on Wrens Memorial.
Saturday, May 16: Thunder Over Augusta -- Armed Forces Day: Evans Towne Center Park, 7016 Evans Town
Center Blvd., Evans, GA 30809 Event Info: Free Admission, Starts 12:00 pm. Thunder Over Augusta will be held
from Noon – 10:00 pm, May 16th at Evans Towne Center Park in Columbia County. If you have questions about
the event please contact them at [email protected] or call Columbia County Recreation & Events at
706-650-5005. Many Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day annually on the third Saturday of May. It is a day to
pay tribute to men and women who serve the United States’ armed forces. Armed Forces Day is also part of
Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May.
Armed Forces Day is a national observance in the United States on the third Saturday of May each year.
Website for Thunder Over Augusta. Website for Armed Forces Day.
Sunday, May 17: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB White Plains Plantation airfield, Lexington, South
Carolina (SC99)(pvt.). UNICOM: 122.9. ZIPcode 29054. A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship
and flying! Arrival: 7:30 - 9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM.
Questions: Contact Anne Hawkins (803) 432-9595. Click http://www.airnav.com/airport/SC99 for airport info.
For driving directions click on White Plains Airport. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook.
Sunday, May 31: SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB Holly Hill airport, Holly Hill, South Carolina (5J5).
ZIPcode 29059. CTAF/UNICOM: 122.9. A home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying! Arrival:
7:30 - 9:00 AM. Breakfast: Between 9:00 & 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Departure: 11:30 AM. Questions: Contact Anne
Hawkins (803) 432-9595. Click http://www.airnav.com/airport/5J5 for airport info. For driving directions click on
Holly Hill airport. SCBC Website. SCBC on Facebook.
The EAA 172 Calendar has been modified several times in the last two months so here's a fresh, updated calendar.
EAA 172 CALENDAR for 2015
( version 03/21/15 )
(This calendar is Dynamic – it will occasionally change. Don't just print it out and forget it. Check the calendar link often for changes!)
January 10 - Saturday: Chili Cook-off at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
February 14 - Saturday: Winter Soup Party at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
March 21 - Saturday: EAA 172 Fish Fry Fly-in. Food at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: April 5: Easter. (Passover is sundown April 3 to sundown April 11.)
NOTE: April 15 - 19: Bensen Days Rotorcraft Fly-in 2015 - Wauchula, Florida
April 18 - Saturday: Club Work Meeting 10:00 AM. Food at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: April 21 - 26: Sun 'n Fun7 2015 Fly-In - Lakeland, Florida
NOTE: May 10: Mother’s Day.
May 16 - Saturday: EAA 172 O.B. Brown Memorial Fly-in, Wrens airport.
BBQ lunch 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
June 13 - Saturday: Club Meeting. Food at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: June 21: Father’s Day.
July 11 - Saturday: EAA 172 Barbecue Fly-In. Food at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: July 20 – July 26: Monday-Sunday: EAA Oshkosh Airventure7 2015. Oshkosh, WI.
NOTE: July 28 - August 1: PRA Rotorcraft International Convention. Mentone, Indiana
August 8 - EAA 172 Breakfast Fly-in 9:00-10:00 AM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: September 2 - 6: Wednesday-Sunday: Triple Tree Fly-in. Woodruff, SC.
September 12 - Saturday: Cold Cuts Fly-in. Food at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: September 13: Sunday: Bob Rhodes Barbecue Fly-in.
NOTE: tentative October 1 - 4: VAA 3 Fall Vintage Fly-In Woodward Field, Camden, SC.
NOTE: October 3 - 4: Wings Over North Georgia Air Show, Rome, Georgia
NOTE: October 17 - 18: Saturday-Sunday: Boshears Skyfest Fly-in. Daniel Field, Augusta, GA.
October 23 - 24: Friday, Saturday: EAA 172 Wrens Fall Fly-In at the Wrens airport.
October 24: Saturday: BBQ lunch 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at the Wrens airport.
NOTE: October 31 - November 1: Great Georgia Airshow, Peachtree City, Georgia
November 14 - Saturday: EAA 172 Election meeting. Food at 12:30 PM at the Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: November 26: Thanksgiving
December 12: Saturday: EAA 172 Christmas Party 12:30 PM. Pea Patch Aerodrome.
NOTE: December 25: Christmas
NAME THAT PLANE
Heath Parasol
Some of you recall building Heathkits – electronic devices built using parts and plans purchased from the Heath Company in
Benton Harbor, Michigan. The founder of the company, Edward Heath, did not start his company to sell electronic kits but to
provide kit airplanes to those who could not afford a factory built plane. After building a couple of “Parasols”starting in 1926, in
1928 he developed a practical, simple, economical airplane kit the average individual could build and fly. Heath introduced the
kit concept for packaging of materials needed to build an aircraft. You could buy a completed Parasol in Chicago for $975. If you
couldn't afford that, you could buy it, less the engine, for $399. Still too much? You could buy it in kit form. The kit came in
eleven groups. The first group cost $16.00. The total cost of the eleven groups, less the engine, was $399! Still too much? Well,
you could buy the blueprints for $5 and get your own materials. These were the first Heathkits. Actually the kits were closer to
what nowadays we call a quick-build kit since the wings and some other sub-assemblies were put together at the factory. The
fuselage is built of welded steel tube and is fabric covered. “The wings consist of two solid spruce spars, built up wooden ribs,
compression struts and internal bracing. The Parasol's empennage is built of wood, the tailplane being externally braced. Two five
gallon fuel tanks are installed at the root end of each wing, the fuel being gravity fed. The only tools necessary to assemble one of
the Parasol kits were a pair of small pliers, screwdriver, hacksaw (with plenty of blades), hammer, small hand drill, chisel, center
punch, file and drill.” Heath sold nearly 1,000 kits on an installment basis. Fewer than 50 were factory built, but several hundred
were completed and flown by homebuilders during the Depression. Heath died on February 1, 1931 in Cook County, Illinois. He
was in an aircraft accident while testing a new low-wing aircraft design. Heath's company was eventually purchased and after
WW II, changed its product to kit electronics. Heathkit filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2012.
( Data and information from Heath Company, Edward Bayard Heath, 1928 Heath Parasol, Aviation Heritage Inc. Heath Parasols, Aero-Web Heath
Parasol, Mid-Atlantic Air Museum Heath LNA-40 “Parasol”, New England Air Museum, Masthead Photo: Parasol N7123 )
1928 Heath Parasol
General characteristics
(varied according to model and engine)
Crew: One pilot
Length: 17 ft. 3 in.
Height: 6 ft. 0 in.
Wing Span: (Standard Wing): 37 ft. 6 in.
Wing Span: (High Alt. Wing): 31 ft. 3 in.
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Heath Parasol instrument panel
1932 Model LNB-4 Parasol
Wing area: 169 ft
Empty weight: 260 lb.
Gross weight: 700 lb.
Fuel (two 4.5 gal tanks) 9 gal.
Powerplant: Continental A-40 Flat 4-Cylinder Engine - 37 HP
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Performance
Maximum speed: 80 mph
Cruise speed: 68 mph
Landing Speed: 32 mph
Rate of climb: 500 ft/min
Range: 200 miles
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Popular Mechanics 1930
The deadline date is April 30 for any articles for the May issue of the Pea Patch Post.
EAA 172 monthly "get-together" – Social Meeting Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 PM:
This month's location is the Sheehan's Irish Pub, 2571 Central Ave, Augusta, Georgia 30904
SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB
Sunday, April 12: Palmetto Air Plantation, Manning, South Carolina (SC41)
Sunday, April 26: Broxton Bridge Plantation, Ehrhardt, South Carolina (SC55)
Sunday, May 3: Myrtle Beach Hardee Airpark, Loris, South Carolina (SC21)
Sunday, May 17: White Plains Plantation airfield, Lexington, South Carolina (SC99)(pvt.)
Sunday, May 31: Holly Hill airport, Holly Hill, South Carolina (5J5)
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