Logbook October 2005 - Prairie Aviation Museum

Annual Fly-In/Drive-In
Chili and Soup Lunch
Volume 9, Issue 9
October 2005
When:
Where:
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Challenger Learning Center at
Prairie Aviation Museum
Located at Former Airport Terminal
Central Illinois Regional Airport
11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
$6 Adults
$4 Children (under 12)
Soup or Chili, Drink, and Dessert
(Hot Dogs and Chips will also be available)
The Logbook
PRIARIE AVIATION MUSEUM
Time:
Cost:
Includes:
Special Event – Open Cockpits
From 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Donations for F-14 Tomcat Welcome
This is a Fund Raiser for the Prairie Aviation Museum
With a Challenger Learning Center
DC-3 Rides Available
First Annual Garage Sale
When:
Where:
Friday, November 4 — 12:00 noon—6 p.m.
Saturday, November 5 — 8 a.m.—2 p.m.
Challenger Learning Center
Members, if you have “things” to bring for the garage sale,
please have them to the Challenger Learning Center by November 1. Call 661-1621 to set a time for drop off. With
your help this will be a great fund raiser.
For more information or if you would like to volunteer call 661-1621
or 663-7632
Inside this issue:
President’s Message
2
Challenger Learning Center
3
Museum Notes
4
Aircraft Restoration
5
Wings of Flight Aviation Camp
6
PAM Remembered
7
Prairie Air Show Recap
8-9
Upcoming Events
11
Aviation Briefs
12
President’s Column — Norm Wingler
If you have limited
reading time when
you first pick up
this newsletter, I
urge you to go to
one of the back
pages and read a
short article titled,
“Lessons On
President
Teamwork From
Norm Wingler
The Geese” by
Marcella McGee,
Ph.D. It is a great summary of principles for people to practice as
demonstrated by geese. Do what,
you ask? Try it, it works as proven
by the Challenger Learning Center
programs.
The first half of September, fortunately, was very busy for the DC-3.
On-going expenses, including recovery from last years engine fire
and a reduced show schedule, has
not produced the net result that we
have experienced in the past. Our
Museum Monthly Attendance Report shows that in 2004 we had DC3 rides and tours of 8,000 people.
So far through August 2005, the
total is 2,000 people.
On September 2, the DC-3 traveled
to Middlesboro, KY (on the Virginia
border) for the weekend. This is
the home of the flying P-38, Glacier
Girl, that was recovered from inside
ice of the far north when a World
War II formation made forced landings. From September 6-9, it was
in position at Galesburg, IL during
the annual Stearman Fly-In Convention. The evening of September
9, saw the airplane fly to Racine, WI
and return to Bloomington on Sunday evening September 11. During
these 3 stops, 761 people toured
and 24 scenic flights were flown
with 238 passengers for a total of
999 visitors.
Filling duty stations for Middlesboro
was Bob Davis, Craig O’Mara, Michelle Buchenot, Paul Heintz, Bob
Elliot, and Paul Rogers. Serving at
Galesburg was Jim Rosater, Paul
Rabourn, Paul Heintz, Steve
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McDaniel, John Gherna, and Diane
Schwelle. This same crew took the
airplane to Racine where Diane’s
daughter, Kim even served some
volunteer hours and Paul Rogers
was working advanced promotions.
Again, a reminder to all who volunteer, please record your volunteer
hours when working the Museum,
CLC, or DC-3. Forms are present
in all three locations. Or, if you prefer, take a form with you (2 and use
1 as a copy master) and record
your hours as you go and drop it off
or mail it to us. This is especially
convenient for those who live away
from the area. Your effort is important and a total report of hours is
needed by Fran Romine as she
completes a grant request question
as to “how much time do your volunteers invest in your programs.”
Your donation could perhaps be
converted to financial support
through a grant.
Check the enclosed calendar. DC3 rides will next be offered on October 8 at the Challenger Learning
Center ramp before, during, and
after the chili/soup lunch that day.
Due to costs of fuel and insurance,
we are no longer able to give members a 20% discount as we do souvenirs. $50 for a 10-15 minute ride
into history is still a bargain. We
need your help to keep the DC-3
flying.
Yours Sincerely
Norm Wingler
President and
Founder
Prairie Aviation Museum
P. O. Box 856
Bloomington, IL 61702
2929 East Empire
Phone (309) 663-7632
Fax (309) 663-8411
E-mail pamdc3@verizon.net
Web
www.prairieaviationmuseum.org
Challenger Learning Center
Phone (309) 661-1621
President:
Vice-President:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Norm Wingler
Fran Romine
Ron Blue
Diane Schwelle
Directors At Large:
Ben Clawson Robert Wysong
Earl Kingman Gary Taylor
Janet Hood
Cathy Bissoondial
Director Emeritus — John Percy
Janet Moore, CLC Flight Director
Stacey Shrewsbury, CLC Asst.
Flight Director
Melanie Scott-Dockery, Office Asst.
Fran Romine & Sally McMullen
Volunteer Coordinators
Bob Davis
Director of Flight Operations
Dennis Beard
DC-3 Crew Chief
Loren Winkleman
Chief — Aircraft Maintenance
Pat Riccolo
President, Soaring Cobras
Ron Blue
Logbook Editor
Frank Thompson
Museum Curator
John Ohler
Restoration Coordinator
Joanne Ohler
Membership Chair
Robert Wysong
Tour Director
Brenda Koehler
Media/Public Relations Specialist
Brad Zipprich & Pete Moore
Webmasters
THE LOGBOOK
Challenger Learning Center — Janet Moore
Illinois State University, in cooperation with the Challenger Learning
Centers at Prairie Aviation Museum
and Northwest Indiana, have received a $50,000 IDEAS grant from
the Space Telescope Science Institute to create curriculum materials
to be distributed to 50+ CLC's in the
United States, Canada, and Great
Britain. Currently only minimal curriculum materials are provided by
the Challenger Center for Space
Science Education to go along with
their $750,000 space station/ mission control simulators housed in
million-dollar science centers. The
proposed curricula will be geared
toward enhancing the learning/
teaching of 5th - 8th grade students
as they prepare for CLC missions
dealing with astronomy and space
flight.
The development team will prepare
curricula for two CLC mission scenarios: Rendezvous with a Comet,
and Voyage to Mars. The curricula
will be aligned with and linked to
National Science Education Standards and similar standards, and
will be inquiry-based and constructivist in approach. Team members
will create integrated curricula in
which not only topics in science,
technology, engineering, and
mathematics are addressed, but
also language arts, social science,
health, and fine arts. One team
member will create Webquests that
will make direct use of missionbased NASA content.
Curricula, once field-tested with five
in-service teachers and classes
containing disadvantaged students,
will be distributed throughout the
CLC network using the Curriculum
Sharing Project supported with a
grant from The Boeing Company.
The curriculum guides will be available to more than 15,000 elementary school teachers each year as
they prepare some 350,000 400,000 students to attend missions at CLC's nationwide.
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Heading up this team as CoPrincipal Investigators are Carl
Wenning (Educator and Project Director), Illinois State University and
Advisory Board Member of our local
Challenger Learning Center and
Shaukat Goderya Astronomer/Space Scientist), Tarleton
State University. In addition to
these two are the other team members Janet Moore, Flight Director,
CLC of Central Illinois, Stacey
Shrewsbury, Assistant Flight Director, CLC of Central Illinois, Rebecca
Manis, Director, CLC of Northwest
Indiana, and Cathy Bissoondial, 5th
grade teacher, Glenn Elementary
School.
fairs, officer. The second day finished with time in the famous
Space Camp simulators: the MultiAxis Trainer, the Moon Gravity
Chair, the Manned Mobility Unit,
and the 5 Degrees of Freedom
Chair.
Space Camp — Huntsville, AL
Commander Janet and Commander
Stacey took on new roles at the
beginning of September when they
participated in a 3-day Space Camp
program in Huntsville, Alabama.
After attending the Challenger Center Annual Flight Directors Conference in Birmingham, Alabama,
Janet and Stacey drove to Huntsville to continue their professional
development and to get new ideas
for the Challenger Learning Center.
The first day of Space Camp consisted of a briefing session to learn
all about the history and operations
of the Space Shuttle and training for
the first space mission. The second
day began with a mission, in which
Janet took on the role of Space
Shuttle Pilot and Stacey became
the Mission Control CAPCOM officer. Then, later in the day, the second mission featured Stacey as a
Mission Specialist in charge of repairing the Hubble Telescope and
Janet as the CATO, or public af-
On the final day of Space Camp,
Stacey and Janet put their Challenger Learning Center knowledge
to use as their team faced off with
another Space Camp team in a
Space Bowl trivia challenge, leading their team to victory.
In all, Stacey and Janet were able
to bring back lots of good ideas
from the Challenger Center Annual
Conference and the Space Camp
program.
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Museum Notes — Frank Thompson
This past winter, the Prairie Aviation Museum received a special
donation of a Willys military jeep
built in the mid-1950’s and registered in 1951. Eugene M. Cummings of Lake Forest, IL, donated
this jeep. In procuring this particular vehicle, the process was initiated by Museum member Ryan
Mercure of Schaumburg, IL. The
Museum thanks both of these gentlemen for their efforts on behalf of
the Museum.
Some particulars of this jeep show
what a special gift this donation is
to our Military collection. First of all,
it is painted in traditional olive green
and has the markings of the United
States Army on the hood. The actual body style is a M-38 1/4 ton
4x4 utility truck powered by a “Go
Devil 134” engine. Other accessories include a side mounted shovel
and axe, folding top braces and
cover, concealed driving lights,
spare gas can, and spare tire.
Additionally, other equipment that
make this a very interesting donation are the Mars brand siren, yellow revolving warning beacon, command radio. And insignia on the
front identifying that this jeep belongs to a two star Major General
as his staff vehicle.
The history of this model of jeep is
such that in 1950, the U. S. Military
became involved in a police action
that ultimately would be called the
Korean War. It was soon discovered that the armed forces were in
short supply of Willys Jeeps. In the
sales of military vehicles in 1951,
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Willys Jeep was up 168% over
those sold in 1950. It was evident
that the military now found this type
of vehicle essential to the war effort.
Without a doubt, this Willys Jeep is
in outstanding condition and displays great attention to detail in its
restoration and is certainly a great
addition to the Museum’s collection.
Hopefully, it will be displayed at
various Museum activities, be it a
chili supper or a parade to honor
those men and women who served
our country in our military at some
point in their life.
Special thanks go to Dennis Beard
and Jason Winkleman for transporting our Willys to the Museum and
their efforts readying it for this
year’s Air Show.
Financial Summary
Treasurer’s Report
Profit and Loss through August
2005
Ordinary Income/Expenses
Total Income
$ 220,915.50
Total Expenses $ 169,125.95
Net Income
$ 51,789.55
Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2005
Assets
Total Current Assets $ 110,239.98
Total Fixed Assets $ 156,230.00
Total Other Assets $ 1,230,525.43
Total Assets
$ 1,496,995.41
Liabilities and Equity
Total Liabilities
$ 994,280.19
Total Equity
$ 502,715.22
Total Liabilities &
Equity
$ 1,496,995.41
THE LOGBOOK
Let’s Talk Restoration — John Ohler
At our Steak & Jazz outing, we put
donation canisters on all the tables
in hopes to further support our F-14
project. We wish to thank all who
donated, and we collected $38.00
during that event. Canisters are
now being placed at locations
throughout Bloomington-Normal. If
you see one, please support the
effort to get the F-14.
The week before the Air Show, we
were asked to be part of the fundraising program at the courthouse
in downtown Peoria. We moved the
Huey on Monday, August 1st to
Peoria and placed it on the grassy
area where the new WW I & WW II
memorial will be built. A large
crowd plus the media were there
for the arrival and placement of our
aircraft. Once unloaded, we readied our Huey for the visiting public
and we had many who came.
Huey transport service
The Prairie Aviation Museum
wishes to thank the following
people for their contribution in
assisting us make this mission
successful and the fine hospitality extended to all of us.
•
Steve Sonnemaker
County Auditor in charge
•
Jenny Zinkel
Director of Strategic Communication, Peoria
•
Peoria County Police Department
•
Peoria Police Department
•
Scott Bishop
Courthouse Facilities Mgr.
•
Rick Kolowski and Joe Cornell
Ground Crew
•
Ralph Hafley and crew
•
Altorfer Rentals for night lighting and telehandler
•
Tom Ditmer
5 to 9 PM monitoring
•
Roger Lancaster & son Kevin
5 to 9 PM monitoring
•
Gary (Rambo) Heymer & son
5 to 9 PM monitoring
•
Gene Pratt
6 to 9 AM monitoring
•
Jr. League of Peoria
Thanks also to the restoration
crew that served at the courthouse, Air Show or both with the
Helicopter display
•
Frank Thompson
•
Paul Heintz
•
Steve McDainel
•
Mike Miller
•
Don Gault
•
Dale Marten
•
Brad Zipprich
This was another great experience
for all of us from PAM, people in
Peoria and surrounding area in
Peoria County. This mission was
just another opportunity for our Museum to teach and educate our
visiting public about our nation’s
aviation history. Furthermore, this
mission was to help our military
veterans to reflect and share with
us about their service to our country and defending our freedom, to
them we salute and you have our
gratitude. We hope that this experience was rewarding for these men
and women.
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Wings of Flight Space and Aviation Camp — Diane Schwelle
The 2005 “Wings of Flight” Space
and Aviation Camp began by building homemade model rockets under
the supervision of Jo Crow and
Cathy Bissoondial, two Illinois
Teachers of The Year. The intended plan was to launch rockets
on the second day of camp. However, wet muddy fields made the
launch impossible. In lieu of the
launch, campers built catapults,
launched “film canister rockets” and
put the finishing touches on their
homemade rockets.
are airfoils, like wings on an airplane. Vince Bobrosky showed
video of sport kite flying competition
as well as samples of complex kites
he has built. Campers then built
and test flew their own versions of a
simple sled kite.
Mike Sallee shows parts of a
helicopter
Ray Coker with Campers
The next camp day was all about
“ground school,” an essential preview of the topics a pilot would study
as part of aviation training. Al LaRochelle gave the campers a great
introduction to aviation using the
EAA facilities and a Crosswinds Flying Club airplane, while Ray Coker
used his Stearman to teach about lift
and the forces that affect flight.
The next session was about hot air
balloons, their place in aviation history, licensing requirements, construction, costs, structure, equipment competitive flying and pilot
training in an evening class, the
ideal time to fly a hot air balloon.
Mike Sallee kicked off the second
week of camp in a session about
vertical flight. Campers learned
about helicopters and helicopter history and made paper ones. The
highlight of this session was the exploration of the Cobra and the Huey
in the PAM airpark.
Everyone enjoys kites and campers
learned that kites fly because they
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Always a popular activity is the trip
to the S.I.R.S. airstrip in Covell
where the campers were treated to
hands on flying lessons using radio
controlled model airplanes. The
campers saw a variety of model aircraft including a helicopter and
watched some expert stunt flying
before trying their hands on the controls.
Cassie, Evan and Adam in the Huey
The last session of the camp was
“aircraft exploration” and involved
learning about and touring a variety
of EAA member owned and operated aircraft, PAM’s DC-3 and a military C-130 Hercules from the 182nd
Airlift Wing of the Illinois Air National
Guard in Peoria. The “Wings of
Flight” campers were joined by the
CLC campers and the CIRA firemen
who also wanted to tour the C-130! It
seems that even the “big kids” like big
airplanes! The firemen then gave all
the onlookers an impromptu demonstration of the spraying power of the
CIRA fire truck. Thanks to Major Dennis Baker of the 182nd for arranging
the appearance of the Hercules; EAA
members Tom Swearingen and Keith
Walljasper for spotlighting the Sea
Wind and RV-6; and to PAM members Frank Thompson, John Ohler,
Don Gault, Steve McDaniel, Mike
Miller and Pete Troesch for providing
security on the ramp.
In closing I want to add that I had two
special assistants this year! Holly
Lower, a senior at Normal Community
West High School and Tim Watson, a
junior at Normal Community High
School. Tim was a camper for two
years and an assistant last year as
well. The help from Holly and Tim is
invaluable to me and they both provided helpful assistance to the campers. I appreciate all their efforts in
making this camp a successful educational venture.
Campers in the C-130 Hercules
We are also very fortunate to have
good cooperation within the aviation
community and excellent educational
resources available for this activity.
Special thanks to Heartland Community College for arranging publicity,
registration of participants and classroom space for the fourth year of
“Wings of Flight!”
THE LOGBOOK
PAM Remembered — Frank Thompson
1985
Final results of the first hangar
dance at the first Day at the Airport
came in at the September Museum
meeting. It was reported that
$1,000 was cleared and another
$500 in donations were collected.
Plans are being made to do another
dance next year.
After much coordinating with Ozark
officials by Museum members Bill
Leff, George Carpenter, and Pete
Sherwin, an official request was
received from Ozark to have our
plane painted in Ozark colors of the
1950’s. So, on September 16th, the
DC-3 flew down to St. Louis and by
September 27th, the air craft was
ready for display to the general
public at the Ozark 35th year Open
House. It certainly was the “hit of
the show”, and viewed by thousands of people who admired it.
cated that all went well each day of
the show. Charlie Wahl indicated
that there were nearly 200 people
taking airplane rides during the two
days of the Air Show. Jim Oberman
was a big help at the PAM tent as
he visited with various public officials such as councilmen and airport authority members. This certainly was a plus for public relations. And, finally, Tom Kuhn gave
a special “thanks” to everyone for a
job well done at the Air Show this
year.
At the October meeting, Norm
Wingler reported that the Bazaar
did indeed do well, and $500 was
collected for the Museum’s coffers.
He also reviewed several bills that
had to be paid, one of which was
the aircraft insurance...ready for
this…$3,500! Wouldn’t that be wonderful in this day and age.
2000
Before and after pictures of the
DC-3 when it was painted in 1985
1990
Karen Milton discussed the annual
Bazaar to be held at Eastland
Shopping Mall at the September 10
meeting. Additionally, she discussed the success of the food tent
at this year’s Air Show. Bruce Hill
reported that the flight line went “AOK” this year, and Dave Keim indiVOLUME 9, ISSUE 9
At the September meeting, it was
reported that the Prairie Aviation
Museum will be one of four sites in
the State of Illinois featured on
“Illinois Adventures” TV program
hosted by Jim Wihelm late in September and early October.
The DC-3 will be flying to the
Springfield Air Rendezvous late this
month, as well as showing the aircraft at the Greenville Air Show in
early October.
Finally, the Soaring Cobras are
planning a wiener roast October 7th
at the Lilly Ministries near Danvers.
Games and fun for all ending with
marshmallows and stories around
the campfire at the end.
That made me hungry, so I’m off for
a snack. Until next time as always
….up, up and AWAY!
A special thanks to the following
individuals for donating items to the
Museum. Without your help we
could not preserve and display the
history of air travel.
C. Merle Parry — Chenoa — Early
aviation clippings.
Chuck Schumacher — Normal —
Miniature aircraft from Matchbox
and other companies. Numerous
aviation items to include books,
booklets, newspaper clippings, photos, etc.
Fred Lauher — Bloomington —
Photographs of Blue Angels.
Mike Sallee — Bloomington —
Volunteer T-shirts from a number of
Air Shows.
Steve Schmidt — Bloomington —
Reference materials to include
“Aircraft of the World,” and other
vereran’s material from the 1930’s
and 40’s.
Paul Talbott — Peachtree City, GA
— Booklet about the history of
Western Airlines.
Marshall Stone — Normal — Balsa
wood model of a B-247 from the
1930’s.
Charles M. Lamlein — Normal —
Ozark T-shirt and an American Airlines booklet and sign.
Jet-Air — Ozark memorabilia to
include bar of soap, children’s flight
wings, Swallow buttons, and two
red on black swallow patches.
If you have anything to donate to
the Museum, please feel free to call
(309– 663-7632) or bring it out. We
don’t want to lose our history.
Can you Help?
The Air Park is in need of a riding
lawnmower. This lawnmower does
not need to be able to mow, as it
will be used to pull the equipment to
level the gravel in the Air Park. If
you have one to donate, contact the
Museum at (309) 663-7632. We will
pick up the item if you need.
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Another Year, Another Great Air Show — Christy Craig
The Greater Peoria Airport Authority and the Prairie Air Show, Inc.
once again presented Central Illinois with Eagle Radio Prairie Air
Show. This years show was
themed “Pride on the Prairie,” honoring the veterans of today, tomorrow and yesterday, while celebrating the end of the Viet Nam conflict.
It took place on August 5th through
8th. The main attraction was the
Army Aviation Demonstration
Team, who did a stunning recreation of a landing zone in Viet Nam,
complete with pyrotechnics.
The festivities kicked off on Friday
night with a night show featuring
performances by Dan Buchanan,
Eric Beard, and the Black Daggers.
A concert by The Boat Drunks followed.
This year’s show was packed with
wonderful activities for the entire
family. The performances included
acts from Dan Buchanan, John
Mohr, Super Shockwave, Clyde
Zellars, Skip Stewart, Eric Beard,
Scott Shockley, Bob Davis, Greg
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Bird, the Black
Daggers, the Viper
East F-16 Demo
Team, the U.S.
Navy F-18 Hornet
East Demo Team,
and demonstrations
from local military
in a C-130 Hercules flown by the
182nd Airlift Wing
from Peoria, a UH60 Black Hawk
flown by the 106th
Army Aviation from
Decatur and a CH47 Chinook Demo
flown by the 106th
AAMF from Peoria.
All of these performers were won-
derful and wowed the crowds with
their unique maneuvers.
Tanner’s Orchards, once again,
provided the show with passenger
trams to help spectators navigate
the large show site. The air show
welcomed the Junior League of
Peoria, who set up a “Passport”
activity for all the children.
Dillon, Sgt. Major Basil Plumley,
Bruce “Snake” Crandall and Major
General (ret) Morris Brady. All of
these men, with the exception of
Fritz, were featured in the book “We
Were Soldiers Once ... and Young”
written by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore
and Joseph L. Galloway, which was
later released as the movie “We
Were Soldiers” starring Mel Gibson.
These were gracious enough to sit
through a viewing of the movie “We
Were Soldiers” at the Pier Marquette on Saturday night.
The air show continues to be a
strong community event for all of us
to be proud, and many local organizations have hard working people
help staff the air show. Proceeds
continue to support the Challenger
Center for Space Science Education and several Peoria area notfor-profit organizations. The goal of
the Learning Center is “[t]hrough
scheduled team missions; the Challenger Learning Center promotes
leadership, communications, problem-solving and critical thinking
skills while supporting our country's
goals of improving science, math
and technology education.” To
learn more about the programs offered at the Learning Center,
please visit
www.challengercentralillinois.org.
Prairie Air Show has already
started making plans for next year.
Keep up to date by visiting the website at www.prairieair.com.
In conjunction with this
year’s theme, the air
show invited several
men to be very special
and honored guests.
They were Hal Fritz, a
local resident who is a
Medal of Honor recipient, Ed “Too Tall” Freeman, also a Medal of
Honor recipient; Matt
THE LOGBOOK
Prairie Aviation Museum with a
Challenger Learning Center
Annual Christmas Party
When:
December 5, 2005
Social
5:30 p.m.
Buffet Dinner
6:30 p.m.
Entertainment immediately following dinner
Where:
Challenger Learning Center
Cost:
No charge – This is a Member/Volunteer Appreciation
Event
Mail Reservations to: Fran Romine
Prairie Aviation Museum
P.O. Box 856
Name(s)______________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________
Telephone #____________________
# Attending____________________
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Lessons on Teamwork From the Geese — Marcella McGee, Ph.D.
When you see geese heading back
north for the summer flying along in
"V" formation, you might reflect on
what scientists have discovered
about why they fly
that way.
As each bird flaps its
wings, it creates an
uplift for the bird immediately following.
By flying in "V" formation, the whole
flock adds at least
71 percent greater
flying range than if
each bird flew on its
own.
tance of trying to go it alone and
quickly gets back into formation to
take advantage of the lifting power
of the bird immediately in front.
Teamwork Principle: It pays to
take turns doing hard jobs-with
people or with geese flying north.
The geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up
their speed.
Teamwork Principle: Those who
exercise leadership need to be
remembered with our active support and praise.
Painting “New Arrivals” by Martin Ridley
Teamwork Principle: People
sharing a common direction and
sense of community can get
where they are going more
quickly and easily because they
travel on the thrust of one another.
If a goose falls out of formation, it
suddenly feels the drag and resis-
Teamwork Principle: There is
strength, power and safety in
numbers when traveling in the
same direction as others with
whom we share a common goal.
When the lead goose gets tired, it
rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.
Finally, if a goose gets sick or is
wounded by gunshot and falls out,
two geese fall out of formation and
follow him down to help and protect
him. They stay until he is either able
to fly or until he is dead. Then they
launch out on their own or join with
another formation to catch up with
their group.
Teamwork Principle: We must
stand by those among us in their
times of need.
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Volunteers are the backbone of the Museum. I
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Please Enroll Me As A Member In The Following
Classification
Individual Member
$30
Sustaining
$50
Benefactor
$100
Regular Life
$500
Patron Life
$1000
Youth (under age 18)
(One-Half of Above Fee Schedule)
THE LOGBOOK
Soaring Cobras —
Upcoming Events
October
2005
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Fran Romine
Fly-In/Drive-In Chili & Soup Lunch — CLC
— 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. — $6/adult &
$4/child (under 12)
Open Cockpit Day — 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. DC-3 Rides available
November 4-5
2005
December
2005
4
5
PAM Garage Sale — Challenger Learning
Center — Save your items to donate for this
sale — Friday 12:00 noon –6:00 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Christmas Open House — PAM
Purchase crafts and foods for Christmas —
noon to 4:00 p.m.
Annual Christmas Party — Challenger
Learning Center — 5:30 p.m. Social Hour,
6:30 Dinner
January
2006
28-29 20th Anniversary — Challenger Space
Shuttle Memorial Tribute — Challenger
Learning Center
February
2006
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Gala Charity Fund-Raiser
In Memoriam—Charlie Waugh
Norm Wingler
growth as he became a Charter
Life Member of the Museum.
You, who were with me in 1981,
will remember the BloomingtonNormal Airport Manager, Charlie
Waugh. He was the person I
spoke with about “saving a DC-3”.
He invited me to attend an Airport
Authority Board meeting with my
proposal. He had a positive vision
for our plan to present aviation history to the public and offered his
support and recommended the
Board do the same.
Charlie retired to St. Joseph, MO
in 1987. We received word that
he passed away on September 9,
2005. We offer our sympathy to
the family and my appreciation for
having met and known Charlie
Waugh.
As most of you know by now, the Soaring Cobras meet on the 4th Sunday of
the month at the Museum. On August
28, 15 members of the group were
given a program on how airplanes fly
by Bill Conway, who is one of the Youth
Group advisors. Bill also showed the
kids some of his rocketry. We will be
getting together again soon to build
rockets under Bill’s supervision and
then find a place to fire them up. Anyone have a large space available for
this event?
Our meeting in September will be at the
Learning Center where Janet will present a sneak preview of our Family Science Night to be held on September
29. This is a great opportunity for them
and for Janet to have a practice session before the big event.
A special thanks to Chris Peterson and
MacKenzie for helping count fliers for
our Family Science Night. The Cobras
are a great bunch of kids and we are
proud to have them as an IMPORTANT
part of the Museum.
There is an important need to replace
ourselves as we get older and planting
the seed with our Youth Group is one
way to do it. As I mentioned in an earlier article, many of these Cobras have
already gone on to aviation careers.
Welcome to Our New
Members — Joanne Ohler
He was also helpful when we expanded our thinking to create a
museum beyond one airplane. I
remember a “Day At The Airport”,
an early public event, when water
behind our new building was creating a mini-lake. Charlie was there
with his trenching shovel helping
divert the water away from our display area. Charlie’s assistance
was instrumental in our early
Please welcome our newest member to
the Museum:
Robert Humenick
Hudson, IL 61748
Janet Moore on the Lunar Excursion Module at Space Camp
in Huntsville, AL
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Remember, new members are the lifeblood of our organization. Encourage all
your friends to join and become a part of
all the fun.
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Aviation News Briefs
Flying Boat Carries Hopes and Dreams For Children
Circling the Statue of Liberty, then touching down majestically on the Hudson River, a vintage seaplane arrives in
New York City to pay tribute to an aviation pioneer, inspire young people and raise funds for UNICEF.
On August 27, 1931, German aircraft entrepreneur
Claude Dornier landed on the Hudson with a 12-engine,
all-metal flying boat, Dornier Do-X. At that time the vessel was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful aircraft
in the world.
“We are not flying around the world just for fun; we want
to do something better. What we are doing here is to
assist UNICEF and to raise funds for UNICEF. I believe
UNICEF - specifically in the Philippines - is doing an
excellent job, and we want to assist them as much as
possible.”
Piloting the restored seaplane Dornier 24-ATT on a
global tour, Captain Iren Dornier is not only carrying on
his grandfather’s legacy, but is also on a long-dreamt-of
mission to bring a better life to the children of the Philippines.
“The Hudson River landing is very historically important
for our family,” said Captain Iren Dornier. “My grandfather, Claude Dornier, who built the Do-X, landed on Hudson River in 1931. So it’s a great thing for our family and
tradition.”
Piloting the restored seaplane Dornier 24-ATT on a
global tour, Captain Iren Dornier lands in New York City
on 27 August.