EAA Chapter 1025

I miss it. During its 10-year residency at 9A1, I can’t tell you how many times I crossed the tarmac to say hello, to touch it, or to tell it how I would like to see it flying. I walked over to its’ old spot yesterday, thinking how elated I am that it is flying again, and what an incredible  feat Clive Edwards and his crew accomplished in just 6.5 weeks. Delighted that it is in the air again. But – yep, I miss it.

The photo on the left was taken May29, 2010.  The center photo was taken July 27, 2010 at 9A1. The right photo was taken by Jeff Reuschle at Oshkosh on July 29th, 2010.   Wow.

Flight records are starting to show up on FlightAware.com. For those who would like to track this beautiful old gal while in the US, go to FlightAware.com and key in her tail number (N74589).

Attendance was a little light at our May Pancake Breakfast, but it was an enjoyable morning. We had several visitors and visiting aircraft.

Kip Laurie dropped in with his Kolb FireStar. Kip completed the aircraft in 2000 and has been flying it for ten years. He is also building a Sonerai, but says he’s keeping the FireStar. Additional photos in Kip’s Gallery.

Patrick Horvath flew his beautiful Citabria. Patrick is a former Navy and current professional pilot and will be the subject of our next Member Profile. Additional photos in Patrick’s Gallery.

No doubt, Billy Waters has spent more time helping our other builders than building his own plane. Here, Billy installs his prop in preparation for his soon-to-be first flight. More photos in Billy’s  Gallery.

The next project to take flight may well be Dick Seiders’ RV-12.  Dick reports that the wings will be mounted this week, and canopy work is under way. More photos in Dick’s Gallery.

Our Chapter has FOUR projects that are within weeks of flying — Dick Seider’s RV12, Bill Bailey’s RV-7A, Billy Water’s RV-4, and Chris Metzger’s Metzger Special. Stay tuned for first-flight announcements and photos!

Any Chapter members not visiting the airport in the past few days missed a lot of activity.  Dick Seiders’ RV12A quickly outgrew his home shop and is now being completed at the airport. This is Dick’s second build, and he may well be close to a record build time for the RV-12.

And just today, two builds received their wings within minutes of each other. Ron Brown’s RV-9a got its wings first. Ron moved his project to the airport a few weeks ago.

 Just moments later, Bill Bailey’s RV7A received its wings. This task occurred under the watchful eye of Steve Newcomer, who can be seen working hard in the lower right photo.

Congratulations to Dick, Ron and Bill on achieving these very significant milestones! Additional photos of these and other member’s projects and aircraft can be seen in the Project Gallery.

The crowd was a little thin at our monthly Pancake Breakfast this morning. Rumor has it that quite a few of our regulars were down South at Sun ‘N Fun.    Dave Henderson of Lawrenceville, Ga. dropped by with his beautiful, newly painted RV-7.

OK, RV experts. First one to correctly identify the purpose of the pod under Dave’s right wing will win a coupon for a $5 breakfast next month.

More photos of Dave’s RV7 can be found in the Photo Gallery.

Also, John Martino of Peachtree City dropped by with his awesome Mustang II. John has put 560 hours on his Mustang since completing the build nine years ago.  This bird, with its 200 HP IO-360 hits 215+ MPH in level flight. Many, many thanks to John for my (Emory’s) first ride in a Mustang. It motivated me to get back to work on mine.

Once again, Mayor Kim Carter called for the city to manage the airport and terminate its contract with the current airport manager, Dixie Jet Service.

And once again, the council delayed making a decision on the future of the airport’s operation.

Discussion of early termination was not on the agenda but was brought up during Monday’s work session. The council was considering an agenda item about a new airport operation proposal from Dixie Jet owner Bob Riddell.

See complete Covington News article here —>  http://www.covnews.com/news/article/11838/

We had a very good turnout for our March Pancake Breakfast and Meeting. Several visiting aircraft dropped in and several member aircraft were flown in as well. Weather was perfect!

Photos by Billy Waters

Our next Pancake Breakfast / Meeting will be held Saturday, April 17th. Breakfast starts at 8:30AM.

Saturday, February 20th, 2010, 12:26PM. Steve Newcomer’s RV-7, N661SN breaks ground after a 7-year build.Visit Steve’s Photo Gallery> to see over 100 pictures of the aircraft.

The flight took place from Spring Valley Airpark with Steve’s wife, daughter, and a contingent of friends and fellow pilots observing.

 For a small Chapter, we have a lot of aircraft under construction ! Continue Reading →

There are no Chapter Fly-Outs currently scheduled. Please check back often.

At our February Meeting, we showed a video about the P-51 Mustang “February” and it’s World War II pilot Jim Brooks. We also held a drawing for two copies of the video. The copies were won by Eric Ashman and Brad Williams.

For those who missed the video, it can be viewed by clicking here.

Thanks to Sam Wooten for forwarding this link.