Ed Hicks Photo Shoot

Ed Hicks Photo Shoot
By Marvin Brott and Michael Stephan
Photos by Ed HIcks
have become familiar with his work via his pictures on
Van's Calendars. His work has also been featured on the
covers of both Sport Aviation and Kitplanes.
Each of the participants got about 15 absolutely
excellent air-to-air photos of their airplanes. The
weather was great on both days with a great set of
clouds at about 6500 feet, which provided a super
backdrop. This event was so well organized that if
you did not feel comfortable with formation flying,
they had designated formation pilots that would fly
with you.
For those of you who have only a hard copy of this
newsletter, go to the Chapter 168 (www.eaa168.org)
and check out the photos in color. Also go to
(http://www.metronet.com/~dreeves/rv_photo_galler
y.htm) for a complete series of photos for Dick
Flunker and Barry Ward.
Continued on page 9
World-renowned photographer Ed Hicks from Bristol,
UK made a visit to Texas in late March to shoot
air-to-air photos of local aircraft. He spent a
Saturday and Sunday at Pecan Plantation where
he shot about 30 planes. All of this was done out
of a Cessna 180 with the door off and at a cost of
$50 dollars to each participant. Needless to say,
this was an opportunity of a lifetime. Five of our
members were able to take advantage of this
opportunity.
Ed, who has always had a love for photography,
combined this interest several years ago with
airplanes. Several years ago he also started
building an RV in England. Therefore, this lead
him during the last couple of years to Van’s
Aircraft Homecoming, where most of the RV'ers
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Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 1
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June 5 Chapter Meeting
June 12 Director’s Meeting
Our
June
5th
Monthly
Chapter
Meeting will be held
at
the
Farmers
Branch
Library,
located
on
the
northwest corner of
Webb Chapel and
Golfing Green Dr.
The meeting will be
held
in
the
auditorium and will
begin at 6:30 p.m.
and finish by 9:00.
The June 12th BOD meeting will be held on the 16th at
the Farmers Branch Library meeting room starting at 7:00
p.m. The minutes from the May 8th BOD meeting
(recorded by Steve Genote) are as follows:
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Our speaker this month is Bill
Morrow, owner of Tomlinson
Avionics. He will speak on GPS
systems
and
other
avionics.
Tomlinson Avionics sells a variety
of avionics, so if you have any
questions or need something to fill
that panel, come and ask Bill.
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June 9 Chapter Fly In
This month our fly-in is going back to Kezer. Last
month the fly-in was the victim of inclement weather.
Since Kezer is such an interesting place, we decided to try
it again. We will have lunch at the Wild Onion, which is
near the airstrip, at around 11 am. Kezer Air Ranch
Airport (61F) is located a few miles west of the north end
of Eagle Mountain Lake.
As it gets hotter, the summer Fly-Ins will be earlier in
the morning for breakfast. That should reduce some of the
hot turbulent summer flying.
Upcoming Local Events
• June 2: Mid-Way Pancake breakfast.
• June 2: 16th Annual RV fly-in, Waco, TX.
• June 8-11: Chapter 168 trip to Naval Aviation Museum,
Pensacola, FL.
• June 8-10: Antique Airplane Assoc. 40th Annual fly-in,
Gainesville Airport.
• June 16: Chapter 1246 Poker Run, McKinney, TX.
• June 21-25: Ercoupe National Convention, Terrell, TX.
• July 14: Chapter 323 Pancake breakfast, 8 AM, Sherman
Municipal Airport.
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Attendees: Sam Cooper, Monroe McDonald, Jerry
Mrazek, Michael Stephan, David Cheek, Steve Genotte,
Jim Quinn, Jeff Anderson, Don Christiansen, Scott
Christensen, Steve Palstring, John B. Peyton, Bill Barrett.
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The June 5 Chapter meeting will feature Bill Morrow
from Tomlinson Avionics. His topic will be “The
Next Step Beyond GPS”.
The next Board meeting will be at 7 p.m., June 12, in
the Farmers Branch Public Library.
The June fly-in is June 9 at Kezer Air Ranch Airport
(61F), Springtown, TX. Point of interest is the nearby
Wild Onion restaurant.
The July newsletter assembly will be at Mel and Ann
Asberry’s home on June 27.
Discussion was held on ways to increase Chapter
exposure to local aviation enthusiasts. Having an
information booth at Young Eagles events and other
North Dallas flight related gatherings was agreed to be
an excellent start.
Creating a secondary level of Chapter membership,
one not requiring membership in EAA National, was
brought up.
SWRFI: A search is on for a Chief Judge for the
show.
Debate was held on ways to better service current
members and attract new members through variations
in the Chapter monthly meeting format.
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June 26 Newsletter Assembly
The July issue of Hangar Echoes will be assembled at
the home of Ann and Mel Asberry on June 26th starting at
7:00 PM. The address is 2464 CR655, Farmersville, TX.
For directions call Ann or Mel at 972-784-7544.
Mel and Ann have a grass airstrip (“Shortstop” on the
charts). If you are interested in flying in and need more
details on landing there, call them at the number listed
above.
Upcoming National Events
• July 24 – 30: AirVenture 2001, Okhkosh, WI.
• Sept. 21-22: Southwest Regional Fly-in (SWRFI), Abilene,
TX.
• Sept. 21-22: 15th Annual Biplane Expo, Bartlesville, OK.
Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 2
A Message from the President:
Sam Cooper
Sometimes it is just easier to roll with the flow, and
enjoy the surprises that come your way. This past month
of May seems to fit that description. First, our planned
speaker for the Chapter Meeting cancelled at the last
minute. Originally, he was flying in from out of town,
but since he sold his aircraft wood related business, he
no longer needed to make the trip. Fortunately, we were
able to fit in Alvin Devane, the Addison tower chief,
instead. Alvin provided us with an interesting
presentation on communications, from a controller’s and
pilot’s perspective. Second, the weather for our May flyin at Kezer was IFR. So, we will try again for the June
fly-in at Kezer.
Periodically I have been asked why the Chapter does not do project visits. I usually end up explaining that we often do
informal project visits as part of the ‘newsletter assembly’ at the end of every month. This usually surprises the questioner. It
is obvious that many of them have seen the title ‘newsletter assembly’, and considered our month end gathering to be a
working session for finishing the monthly Chapter newsletter.
While it really was a working session a number of years ago, it has slowly evolved into a lot less work, and a lot more fun.
At this past month’s newsletter assembly, Judy Cobb recalled when at the newsletter assembly she would be typing Dick
Cavin’s hand written articles onto mimeograph forms so they could finish the layout of the newsletter. They would have then
printed the pages individually on the mimeograph machine. Later, as technology advanced, Monroe McDonald will tell you
that he made a point during his Chapter presidency to get the chapter out of the printing business by selling the mimeograph
machine. In the early ‘90s the newsletter editors made the transition to desktop publishing and photocopy printing. As
recently as about four years ago, we still had to collate the newsletter from piles of separately printed pages. I recall evenings
where several of us made multiple loops around a table, or past a counter, assembling the individual newsletters. Now, the
hardcopy ‘assembly’ work is handled by the printer. We receive the newsletters already collated and stapled. All the chapter
does is fold, tape, address and stamp the newsletters at the ‘newsletter assembly’. As a matter of fact, about a dozen of us did
the fold – stamp work in about 20 minutes at our most recent ‘newsletter assembly’ held at the Cobb’s house. We spent the
rest of the evening enjoying Mack’s Van’s RV-9A and Ford Model T projects, and socializing.
See Michael Stephan’s article in this issue for a more detailed description of what we are doing today during a ‘newsletter
assembly’. If you have not attended one, I would recommend you consider it.
Of course, we have also started a transition to the next phase of ‘newsletter assembly’. For those members who are
receiving Hangar Echoes electronically, there is no hard copy to assembly. We just e-mail you the link to the PDF view file.
For a number of years I have also had an interest in owner built high performance sports, or specialty, cars. Several weeks
ago I made my first visit to what the industry press regards as their big annual show as part of the Import, Kit/Replicar (IKR)
Nationals in Carlisle, PA. I found some interesting similarities and differences when compared to the large sport aviation
events (i.e. Sun ‘n Fun) that I am used to. First, the event was much smaller than our major sport aviation shows. My guess is
30-40K people over three days. Second, while Oshkosh and Sun ‘n Fun feature all aspects of sport aviation (antiques,
homebuilts, war birds, etc.), the IKR show is a niche event focusing on imported cars, and kit/replicars. The rest of the
automotive niches (antiques, rods/customs, musclecars, etc.) are handled at separate shows. Third, while many of the vendors
came a long way to exhibit, most of the show cars were from the mid-Atlantic area of the USA. This contrasts with some of
the very long distances that show planes are taken to get to an event. It can be a lot easier, and faster, to fly to an event than it
is to drive. The show planes probably stay a lot cleaner during the trip. Fourth, many of the kits available are replicars.
Original car designs are a lot rarer. By contrast, I think the majority of kit aircraft are original designs. Finally, many of the
suppliers in both industries are small companies working hard to provide a quality product at a reasonable price with limited
resources. It is not always easy for them to do that well.
Let’s keep building, restoring and using our flying machines.
June 2001
Sam Cooper
Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 3
Newsletter Assemblies
By Michael Stephan
The Chapter promotes many activities for the aviation
and homebuilding enthusiast. But, it has come to my
attention that one of these has gone somewhat unnoticed.
This event happens every month, but gets very little print.
So, I am going to change that.
online, we would have to think up another excuse to get
together every month.
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Aviation Medical Examiner
Every month after the newsletter is finished, several
members get together to assemble the newsletter.
“This sounds like work not like fun.”
Let me explain what happens. The newsletter is already
printed and stapled together, thanks to Bird’s Copies in
Arlington. I bring the newsletter to the “assembly” and all
we do is fold, label, and stamp them.
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“That sounds like work.”
Think again. It takes the group about 15 minutes to do
all that. The rest of the time is spent socializing and
munching on refreshments. The whole affair lasts a few
hours, so how much time is spent on work and how much
time is spent on the fun stuff?
We also try to pick places that have projects under
construction. That way we can “oooh” and “aaah” at the
project. I learned a lot about homebuilding from these
informal sessions. This newsletter was assembled at the
Genote’s who are building a Europa. We’ve visited
several interesting projects. At the Culwell Hangar in
Addison, we saw their DeHaviland Beaver and their MG.
Mel and Ann always have a project in the workshop and
the munchies are always excellent. Last month we looked
over Mack Cobb’s RV-9A. Marvin used to have a project
in his garage. A few month’s ago we looked over Tom
Davies’ Tube and fabric project.
We are always looking for new places and new projects.
Mel Asberry and Owen Bruce are regulars at these
gatherings, and you can get good advice for your project
from two of our Technical Counselors. It is also a good
way to get your project in the newsletter. If you want to
host an assembly just let someone on the Board of
Directors know and we will schedule you in.
I look forward to the Hangar Echoes assemblies. And
not because that means the newsletter is finished for
another month. Rather, these are excellent social events,
and every once in a while you learn a few things studying
what others have done.
Look for more coverage of these gatherings in future
Hangar Echoes issues. Marvin Brott joked that if the
online newsletter was successful and everyone received it
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One of my favorite Ed Hicks pictures is of Don Christiansen’s
RV-8
Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 4
The Chapter 168 Library
By Michael Stephan
Being a member of the chapter has many benefits.
Flight Advisers, Tech Counselors, a DAR (Mel Asberry),
to name a few. But we also have a tool library, where you
can borrow some of the tools the chapter owns, and a book
and video library. A few years ago we split the two and
now Vern Williams cares for the tool library and I
(Michael Stephan) take care of the Books and videos of
the library.
One of the things to look for in the near future is a
detailed listing in the newsletter and on the website of the
resources currently in the libraries.
Recently , the library
received
several
new
donations. First, the National
Organization donated to our
Chapter a copy of Poberezny
The Story Begins…,which
gives an in–depth look into
the private lives of EAA
founder, Paul Poberezny, his
wife, Audrey, and the early
years of the Experimental
Aircraft Association. Told in
their own words. The book
contains over 300 photos and
drawings. Second, was a donation from Paul Kepner, one
of our Chapter members, of several books he no longer
needed. In that group of books are several on construction
techniques including fabric finishing, composite
construction, and Bingelis’ Sportplane Construction
Techniques. There are a few airmanship manuals, a few
books on aerodynamics and design theory, and a few
Pazmany PL4A construction manuals. We thank Paul for
his generosity.
Currently, the library contains a variety of books on
construction techniques, and a video on oxy-acetylene
welding, which I have already watched. It also contains a
couple of Tony Bingelis’ books.
The Library also has a historical section. We have
several VHS tapes of various chapter events. We also
have several handbooks on flying. Some of them go way
back. But since gravity is still the same as it was then, the
information is still accurate. Since I am a youngster to
flying, most of the books (artifacts I call them) are pretty
interesting.
If you have a video or a book that you no longer need,
think about giving it to the Chapter. We’re looking for
books on construction techniques and videos on
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construction as well as those promotional kit videos. I
have a few of those myself. This would help the
beginning builder make a decision on which type of
aircraft to build, as well as if they want to plans build, or
go the kit route.
If you are interested in checking out something from the
library, feel free to contact me. The numbers are listed on
page 11 in the “Chapter Officers” section.
A Book Sale
By Michael Stephan
EAA National is selling books and videos out of their
catalog at a substantial 50% discount to EAA members.
They are doing this through the Chapters. What that
means is the Chapter places one order to the folks at
Oshkosh. So, if you are interested, we will do what we did
last year. Come to the June Chapter meeting with your
checkbook and place your order with Ted Fontelieu (the
Treasurer) and he will write one check to accompany the
order to EAA National. The catalog will be at the June
meeting. One note: this sale is for a limited time only and
the June meeting is the only chance you have to get in on
this great deal. I will see you at the June meeting.
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Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 5
First Flight Thoughts
By Marvin Brott
For what it’s worth the following are a collection of
thoughts on making the first flight. Once all the
inspections have been made and after satisfying yourself
that everything with the aircraft is okay, then it’s time to
think about the first flight. The big question to ask is, am
I ready to make this first flight, or should alternative plans
be made? To answer this question and many others, seek
advice from an
EAA
Fight
Advisor (see page
11). In the picture,
Gene Spaulding, a
Flight Advisor, is
spending
some
time with Dean
Fellows in preparation for his first
flight. Just a note,
Dean
has
completed all of
his inspections on
his
outstanding
RV-6 and is now
ready
to
fly.
Having a Flight
Advisor briefing
will help with your
insurance rates and
since the program was started several years ago, the
number of incidents has dropped significantly. In addition
to getting ready for the first flight, Gene was helping put
together a plan for the 25 hours of flight-testing.
I feel the greatest risk for any pilot flying a new type for
the first time is the unfamiliarity coupled with some kind
of emergency. I know we all want to fly our bird for the
first time. But, if we are uncomfortable there is a lot to be
said for getting someone you are comfortable with who is
willing and is currently flying the same type regularly, to
do the first flight. This way you can clear all the snags,
there will be some, and do any adjustments necessary
before you go for the first time. This way the only thing
on your mind will be flying the aircraft.
Seems like the questions should be, am I qualified and
current? Do I have recent time in something equivalent?
Am I relaxed enough to handle an emergency? If I have
satisfied these requirements, I would pick a day with good
weather conditions and no wind, so I could land either
way on the runway in case of a problem. In my case the
Sonerai made its first flight with Keith Winship because I
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was not ready to fly that airplane. You might remember, I
ran if off the runway on my second flight. As it turns out I
was probably ready for the RV-4, but I let Rod Johannsen
do the first flight. Still a wise decision because if there
had been an emergency (I had one at 80 hours) Rod could
have handled the situation much better than me. It’s a
case of the builder wanting to save the airplane and
forgetting about himself. I made the first flight in the RV8, but I will have to admit that I was somewhat along for
the ride. I was too caught in the experience and the whole
new look and feel to have
been able to really handle
a serious emergency.
Yet my first take off and
landing are still by bestto-date and my insurance
company had enough
confidence in me to
make the flight. Other
than for the ego thing and
the thrill of doing it
yourself, having someone
else is not a bad idea.
Another trend that really
works for me is to go
along on the first flight
with someone qualified.
As Barry Ward indicated
to me the other day, that
way you have two people
to watch over the
instruments and flying.
The following are other questions that always come up.
With a new, or overhauled, engine you don’t have the
opportunity to do a lot of ground-handling checkout
without the risk of glazing the cylinders. Just the same I
feel you need to make sure it runs straight on the ground
before launching. I am a believer in waiting for the best
weather and keeping the crowds to an absolute minimum.
Have a sufficient support staff, but don’t put yourself
under the pressure of disappointing the crowd by not
flying. With respect to airports and first flight, we would
all like to have Grayson County in Sherman. Do the best
you can and plan for the airport situation.
Please don’t think I’m telling you how to make your first
flight, because there are many variables in the equation.
I’m sure you’ll make the right decision. Call a Flight
Advisor. Lets face it, first flight problems are rare
(insurance companies cover us now) and most of the new
homebuilts are fairly proven designs. In any case you will
be launching into one of the greatest experiences of your
life.
Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 6
Mark Steffensen’s RV-8A Got Color
Unbelievable Flight Hours
By Marvin Brott
By Marvin Brott
During the last month Mark Steffensen’s RV-8A got its
paint job via Billy Carter at Aero Country. As you can see
from the photograph, it turned out just great. It is
incredible how a good paint job can transform a plane
from not being noticed to, lets-go-take-a-look at this.
Mark made his first flight on July 29, 2000 and as of now
has over 100 hours in the air.
When it comes to a lot of flight hours, Leon Rausch,
Don Christiansen and Red Marron all come to mind since
they each have over 1000 hours in their respective
airplanes. For Don it was 1000 hours in his RV-4. Now
he is working on 1000 hours in the RV-8.
Now, a 1000 hours is pretty respectable when comparied
to someone like myself, but it has taken a few years for
each of these three to accumulate. Cliff Carpenter has
held the unofficial first year RV record for a long time.
He nailed it down with 500 hours, but now “Turbo” Eddie
Darcy, of Stewart, Florida flew his RV-6A for 637 hours
in the first year. Six hundred hours plus in the first year!
Some people don’t have 637 hours in ten years.
Can anyone top “Turbo” Eddie? Last summer at
Oshkosh I met the young couple Paul and Virginia
Rosales from Lancaster, California who were burning up
the hours. The Rosales have been flying their award
winning RV-6A for just over six months. Actually, they
must have been doing little else, because in 180 days they
had recorded 371 hours in the air. In other words they are
on a pace for a 740 hour first year! Do the math. The
average hours per day is just incredible.
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June 2001
By Michael Stephan
We have a few events upcoming that deserve
mentioning.
Ann Asberry is organizing a trip to the Naval Aviation
Museum in Pensacola Florida from June 8th – 11th. That
includes the travel days. She has some contacts on places
to stay. So, if you are interested give Ann a call at 972784-7544. It is a neat museum and worth the trip.
The Sherman Chapter 323 is having a pancake breakfast
Saturday July 14th from 8:00am to 11:00am at the
Sherman Municipal Airport (SWI). They will be serving
pancakes, bacon, sausage, juice and coffee. They say it is
free, but I am sure donations will be accepted. They still
have one of the cheapest prices around for 100LL. So fill
your stomach and your tanks in Sherman July 14th.
The McKinney 1246 Chapter just held it annual Fish fry,
and in June will host a Poker Run. There is more
information on page 9.
Jan Collmer
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Dallas, TX 75244
(972) 233-1589
Fax (972) 233-0481
With summer coming quickly it is the fly-in season. So
get out your calendar and fill your weekends with fun and
flying. You can just about find an event every weekend.
Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 7
Ken’s Nordman’s Project
Addison Airport meeting
By Michael Stephan
By Michael Stephan
You have seen one of Ken Nordman’s airplanes in this
issue, but you haven’t seen his other one. It is an RV-6
under construction. While visiting him last week he
showed it to me. Ken has the skins drilled to the fuselage
and now is deburring and dimpling all those holes in
preparation to riveting them on. The RV is being built on
the second floor of his office building, and I asked him
how he is going to get his project back to ground level.
He pointed to the wall and said it is going out that way.
I’d love to see that day when his building gives birth to an
airplane.
Last month at the Chapter Meeting the Addison Tower
Chief, the speaker that night, announced that the Addison
airport was having a cookout at the Cavanaugh Museum
to facilitate communication between the users of the
airport, the controllers, and the airport managers. Did
someone say cookout?
His work looks good and I can’t wait to see it in the air.
The pictures are of the RV-6 in the fuselage jig waiting for
some skins.
Then the next week at the board meeting several Board
members thought that might be a good place to recruit
new members to join the Chapter. We had about eight
Chapter members there. Alvin Devane, the tower chief,
gave us a little space to set up a table and show others
what EAA is about. Sam Cooper spoke to the crowd for a
few moments and afterward we gave out a few brochures,
while Don Christiansen had pictures on display.
It turned out to be a very pleasant evening. The hot
dogs, sodas and cookies were good too.
Sam Cooper talking airplanes at the EAA 168 booth.
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Ed Hicks Photography continued
McKinney Chapter June Poker Run
Come and join us in continuing the fun of EAA Chapter
1246 at McKinney Texas (TKI) with fun, food, and flying.
You will have chances to win some great prizes, prizes for
top three Poker hands and the worst Poker hand. Each
hand will cost $5.00.
Registration at McKinney Airport (TKI, Twr 118.825)
hangar 319 (between South Hangers) from 9:00am to
10:00am. At that time, you will select the deck(s) and
draw your first card(s). The cards will be stapled to your
play sheet and can not be removed from the play sheet.
You will then fly to four other airports and return to
McKinney (TKI) by 2:00pm and present your completed
play sheet to the judges. Winning prizes will be awarded
at 2:30pm. You will find a friendly Chapter 1246 Dealer
at each of the outlying airports from whom to pick your
next card. Please do not taxi and park between the south
hangers until you return from the Poker Run.
There will be an open lunch (hamburger, chips and
drinks) at (TKI) hangar 319 (between South Hangers)
from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
You may play more than one hand for yourself or
others. So, if you know someone who cannot fly that day,
you may play for them. Just fill out the play sheet in their
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Volume 32. Issue 6 Page 9
I’m not sure how Ed Hick’s got these guys to line up so well. I’m
sure he needed a quick finger on that shutter button. They are Alex
DeDominicis, Martin Sutter, Jim Erskine, Don Christiansen and
finally Jim Freeman on the top. This looks like a real calendar
quality photo.
The
GLASS GOOSE
Live With Your Plane
At Beautiful
Hidden Valley Airpark
By Quikkit
Office:
9002 Summer Glen
Dallas, TX 75243
214 - 349 – 0462 (phone & Fax)
www.glassgoose.com
E-Mail: quikkit@glassgoose.com
Tom Scott
President
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Plant: Lakeview Airport
Lake Dallas, TX 75065
300-Acre Residential Airpark near Lewisville Lake
101 Homesites, 62 with homes/hangars on paved roads
2,600 foot paved runway with sod 700’ overrun (5TX0)
25-acre horse pasture, private entrance road and lake
30 minutes from Dallas or Fort Worth, 5 minutes to mall
For info on lots and homes, call (940) 321-5758
June 2001
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Classifieds
Aviation ads (For Sale, Wanted, Etc.) can be placed by Chapter 168 members free of charge.
Send to: Chapter 168 Newsletter, 1317 Seminole Drive, Richardson Texas 75080 or brott@mindspring.com
For Sale
Services, Parts and Other:
Christen Eagle: N22KL 180 hp/Lycoming with C/S prop, built by
“our” Ken Larsen, currently based at Addison, will consider a trade.
❂Call
Jim Taylor 972 239-0229 or
Jan Collmer 972 733-1700
King KX-175B TSO nav-com radio
$875.
Spark plugs 4 ea. RHM40E, 4 ea. REM37BY All used, cleaned,
serviceable, $4 each
❂Call Monroe McDonald 214-352-1564.
ENGINES and parts: Rotax 503 didc elect, Rotax 532 w/gearbox,
Subaru 81, spring Alum gear for light exp. Mini-Max plans, misc parts
and hardware, fuel tanks
❂Call Bill Price 214 369 6713 e-mail 2billp@airmail.net (4)
Flightcom II Voice Activated Intercom 2 Place (Pilot-CoPilot)
Portable - just plug it in. New in box. $75.00 OBO
❂Call Jim Quinly
972 233-3263
(2) King KY-97A 720 Channel TSO 14V radios brand new in
original packaging complete with trays ready to be wired up. $1,000
each new, will take $750 each or best offer.
Landing Gear: Cherokee 140 complete landing gear assy’s and
control yokes (1-1/8 In O.D. ) best offer.
❂Call Jon Staehling 972 205-4657
VW Type 1641cc Engine, new Hegy 54x30 prop, new Hummel Bird
canopy, new BD 5 nose gear and much more. No junk. Must sell.
Also have unused KR1 plans with proof of purchase - FREE.
❂Call Raymond Bullock (817) 237-6841
HANGAR ECHOES
New Web Site Address:
President
Sam Cooper
scooper9@flash.net
972-424-6930
Vice President
Dave Cheek
dcheek@nortelnetworks.com
972-272-5332
Secretary
Steve Genotte
gopack@sprintmail.com
972-245-4160
Treasurer
Ted Fontelieu
buildaplane@home.com
972-329-3940
Flight Advisors
Mel Asberry m-asberry@ti.com metro 972-784-7544
Mike Hoye
972-771-8162
Gene Spaulding genebs@wtd.net 972-661-9229
Technical Counselors
Mel Asberry m-asberry@ti.com metro 972-784-7544
Owen Bruce
972-231-3946
Don Christiansen
972-298-6531
Steve Marchand
972-475-0571
Brownie Seals
972-248-4335
Skybolt parts: complete airframe tubing kit from Starfire Aviation.
Includes preformed tail group, all hardware, many issues of the
Skybolt newletter. Call or email for complete list. Original cost >
$3200, asking $1800. woodman@pdq.net.
Long-Eze plans: complete original plans from RAF. Includes many
issues of the Canard Pusher. Asking $250.
❂Call Dan Williams (H): 281-373-3903 (W) 713-339-2626
Spark Plugs-two new REM 38S Iridium Fine Wire spark plugs.
Aircraft Spruce sent the wrong plugs, but won't take them back
because of being opened. My cost $46.00 each. I'll take $25.00 each.
❂Call Haden Cowdrey, home phone (214) 528-4587, work
(972) 534-3200, email haden.cowdrey@flightsafety.com
Headset Echelon ARN 150-(With electronic noise control) about one
year old. Cost $300, sell for $150. Also Headset Pilot Avionics P51
about 1 ½ year old cost $100, sell for $50
❂Contact S.Z. Winski (szwinski@hotmail.com)
New Slick magneto (Lycoming 320 or 360), P/N 4370, $311
❂Call Darrel Watson 316 218 0655
Apollo SL40 Comm radio. Works great. Used for 260 hours in my
RV-6A. Many features including the ability to monitor the standby
frequency, memory frequencies, etc. $999.
❂Call Dick Flunker (972) 396-0018
1959 SuperCub. Selling 1/2. ADS based. Restored in 1994. 100
hours SMOH and Restor. CD/AM/FM, King Radio and in great
shape.
❂Call Doug Wall (214)-707-9255 or
doug.wall@ubspainewebber.com
EAA CHAPTER 168 OFFICERS
http://www.eaa168.org
Board of Directors
972-230-1186
Jeff Anderson
Bill Barrett
972-910-0427
Don Christiansen
972-298-6531
Scott Christensen
972-527-5890
Monroe McDonald
214-352-1564
Jerry Mrazek mrazek@flash.net
817-265-0834
Stephen Palstring
972-562-3077
John Peyton
214-691-6643
Jim Quinn jquinn2@swbell.net
972-788-2593
Michael Stephan mstephan@shr.net 972-857-3327
John Williams
214-368-6816
Hangar Echoes Editors
Marvin Brott brott@mindspring.com 972-235-5552
Michael Stephan mstephan@shr.net 972-857-3327
Advertising
Bo Bauereis bauereis@swbell.net 972-529-2844
Data Processing
Jerry Mrazek mrazek@flash.net metro 817 265-0834
Librarian
Michael Stephan mstephan@shr.net 972-857-3327
Tool Custodian
972-484-7741
Vern Williams
Fly-In Ground Control
972-644-8748
Chuck Farry
Meeting Refreshments
972-246-4160
Eileen Genotte
Pat Johnson
214-321-6590
Safety Officer
Mel Asberry m-asberry@ti.com metro 972-784-7544
Website Editors
972-788-2593
Jim & Jane Quinn
jquinn2@swbell.net
Young Eagles Coordinator
Jim Quinn
jquinn2@swbell.net
972-788-2593
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June 2001
Volume 32, Issue 6
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