On Wednesday Feb 8 I was allowed to strap my flight camera to the head of a helicopter pilot while he received safety instruction from Lon Wimberley, a 25000 plus hour helicopter pilot/safety consultant. The maneuver is an autorotation performed in conjunction with a simulated engine failure! Turn the volume up to hear the discussion!  George

At last months meeting, the completion of the hangar wall was discussed and a number of members volunteered for the project. George was making arrangements for the sheetrock and insulation to be delivered to the hangar. He drove by Joe Provenza’s, “Little Joe’s” , hangar and noticed a group of guys were hanging sheetrock! George inquired and Joe gave us a great deal on the 8 sheets of sheetrock and the sheetrock crew showed up at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, 2/2/2012 and sheetrocked our wall for us! It was a tremendous effort that we could not have done without the support of Joe Provenza! We owe him a big “THANK YOU”!

p.s. Ralph Forrester said he will tape and float the wall and then, we will need our crew of volunteers for the trim work which to me is fun! Thx! GC

Thanks to Bill Carroll for the great photos.

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Here is member Steve R explaining the history of The Spirit of Haughton which was donated to the chapter by Henry Haughton many years ago.

Thanks to Len Krenzler from www.actionart.ca for the great video work. And thanks to Steve R for all his work with the Spirit.

Tentative date for Our annual Airport event is April 14th 2012
See Julys minutes here:
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See Mays minutes here:

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That is the number of Young Eagles flights given on Saturday. We had some great aircraft stop in for food and fun and the airport ran out of parking places at one time. I will post more information as soon as I receive it. Anyone with photos to share please send them to me and I will post them to a gallery. I want to thank Derek Groves Photography for some fantastic photos and you can see them in their own gallery under the gallery tab, aviation day 2011. We owe a big thanks to Gerald McKinney of the Downtown Airport and Rachel from A Stone’s Throw Cafe, Millen Air, and everyone who participated. There is another set of photos we want to thank Jack Lamb for under the tab aviation day gallery 2.

A new tab has been added dedicated to Marion Cole.

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