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EAA Chapter 168 Dallas, Texas Badlands Fly-In, Hot Springs, S.D. By Mel Asberry

Most of you know Larry Vetterman as the "Exhaust

King". If you've ever seen an RV aircraft, it most likely

had an exhaust system built by Larry Vetterman under the

cowling. Exhaust systems are not Larry's only expertise.

As many of you know, he was a major organizer of the

annual RV fly-in for this part of the country. He and Red

Marron organized the "Land of Enchantment", or LOE,

fly-in in Las Cruses, NM. That fly-in moved to Santa

Theresa, NM, and later to Weatherford, OK.

Well he's done it again. For the last three years, Larry

has held the Badlands fly-in in his home town of Hot

Springs, South Dakota. The first two years Ann & I had

conflicts and were not able to attend. This year, the stars

aligned and the weather Gods cooperated and we were

able to go. Just to cover all bases, Michael Stephen in-

sisted we take his Garmin 496. He alluded to the fact he

was paying for the weather whether it was sitting in his

hangar or flying in our RV. The 496 snapped right into

our 495 dock, set the XM weather antenna on the glare

shield, and we were off. Fortunately we had no weather

to show.

On the flight up, Thursday, we crossed through Oklaho-

ma City Class "C" airspace because our fuel stop was just

on the north edge. When we hit that airspace, the 496 lit

up with TIS traffic. There were airplanes everywhere.

OK City approach did a fantastic job of threading us

through traffic and into our fuel stop. About 2/3 of the

flight up was smooth as silk. The last 1/3, not so much.

As we approached and reported in on Hot Springs Uni-

com, Larry was on the frequency. As soon as he heard

our call sign, he alerted everyone to "Clear the Area!"

We got parked, cleaned the airplane, tied down and head-

ed for the hotel in one of the weekend transportation bus-

es. Larry had dinner already planned at the restaurant

across the road from the Hotel. We had a great Mexican

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November 5th Chapter Fly In

Mike Hoye has graciously agreed to host the chapter

again at his hangar on the field at Airpark East

(1F7) at 11am. It seems like just yesterday we were

there, but we never turn down an invite!

We will have hot dogs, a few desserts, some drinks, and

maybe even a few tables and chairs. Mike’s hangar faces

northeast (away from runway) in the row furthest from

the runway.

Mike has a truly unique flying airplane in his hangar that

you have to check out if you’ve never seen it. His Pober

Pixie II is a beautiful work of art!

November 19th Social Gathering Notice the “newsletter folding” title has been dropped

completely since we haven’t folded a newsletter as a

chapter in months. We still would like to keep a monthly

get together on the chapter calendar, but it will depend on

the options from month to month. The goal is to get to-

gether to talk about all things flying. That could be a

house with a project, a hangar, or a house with avid avia-

tion fans. If you’d like to volunteer to host a month,

please get in touch with Michael Stephan.

This month we head north to Aero Country (T31) and the

hangar of David and Alina Buono. There will be at least

one RV-7A (mine) and maybe a second along with what-

ever else I can round up that may be interesting to mem-

bers.

Meet-up time is 11am and lunch (hot dogs and/or brats)

will be served.

See page 9 of this newsletter for an airport map and direc-

tions to the hangar along with parking and contact infor-

mation.

Hope to see you there!

November 15th Board Meeting

The BOD meeting will be held on Tuesday November

15th (this is the 3rd Tuesday of the month, which is one

week later than normal) at the Farmers Branch Library at

7:00 PM. The minutes from the October BOD meeting

recorded by Frank Prokop are as follows:

Directors In Attendance: Bruce Fuller, Frank Prokop,

Ann Asberry, Mel Asberry, Sam Cooper, John Peyton,

John Phillips, Michael Stephan, Norm Biron, and Pete

Miller

Notes:

The board discussed future fly-in locations, meeting

speakers, and newsletter folding hosts

No events planned at this time. Norm will coordinate

flying the individuals that signed up for a Young Ea-

gles flight at the library last June with Jim Quinn

The BOD has decided not to migrate the chapter’s

web site to the EAA Chapter website for chapters.

Norm will populate the EAA website with the generic

information and coordinate the link with Pete to our

current website.

Officers for the next year were selected at the October

general membership meeting. See page 11 for new

officers.

Frank Prokop has agreed to pick up the chapter chairs

that are currently stored in Mel’s hangar. The chairs

went fast as several chapter members gobbled them

up at the October meeting, the rest went to a local

church.

The Chapter now has a “rotisserie” jig to cook your

airplane while you build it. It came from a Lancair

project and will be available to our members

November 1st Chapter Meeting

The November Chapter

meeting will be on

Tuesday Novem-

ber 1st. It will be

held at the Farmers

Branch Library, lo-

cated on the north-

west corner of Webb

Chapel and Golfing

Green Drive. The

meeting will be held in

the auditorium and will

begin at 6:30 p.m. and finish

by 9:00 p.m.

Our speaker this month is astronaut Tom Henricks, who

was the pilot/commander of 4 successful shuttle missions.

You can check out his full bio on page 4 of this newslet-

ter.

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buffet and social gathering with other people who had

flown in.

Friday morning, we all boarded two yellow "school" bus-

es for a road trip to see the latest progress on the Crazy

Horse Monument and to Mt. Rushmore. I'm still trying to

figure out how they knew which mountain they needed to

dig into to find those faces. It's a mystery. We left Mt.

Rushmore and visited the small "burg" of Keystone

where we had lunch and shopped a little. We enjoyed a

nice trip through the mountains back to Hot Springs and

the planned "pulled pork" and fixings supper at Larry's

hangar.

Saturday morning, after a flight briefing, we took off on a

rally that took us around Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse,

Spearfish Valley, west to Devils Tower (remember the

movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?), back east

to Wall, SD to see what must be the world’s largest Drug

Badlands (Continued from page 1)

store. We were welcomed on the ramp by the

mayor who gave everybody a "goody bag" of

stuff. After lunch and "marveling" at every

trinket imaginable in Wall Drug, it was across

the Badlands back to Hot Springs and to the

hotel to get cleaned up for the big Steak dinner

at Allen Ranch. Great food and many adult

beverages were consumed.

Sunday morning, we headed for home. After

our first fuel stop we aimed for Oklahoma City.

On the way home only the first 1/3 of the trip

was smooth. The other 2/3 beat us up. Conver-

sation with the other pilots was somewhat dom-

inated by Larry Geiger who claimed to have a

grasshopper riding on his wing at cruise. Of

course everyone had to chide him about the RV

-12 speeds. Later investigation showed it to be

1/2 of a dead grasshopper stuck to the wing.

As we neared Oklahoma City, Ann commented

that, "I can make it to Sherman where gas is cheaper and

we're closer to home", so we maintained altitude and

looked down on the Ok City traffic.

Got home safely and had a great time. Unfortunately

while cleaning up the airplane at home, I found small

cracks in my Catto prop leading edge. I sent pictures to

Craig, and he is taking care of me. He thinks that the

cause is that my prop is a very early one and has no car-

bon fiber. He thinks without the carbon, the prop flexes

too much for the nickel leading edge. He's sending me a

new one with carbon fiber.

The total count was 43 RV's in attendance from all over,

AZ, WI, NM, IN, OK, NE, CA, MI, TX, AR, SD, IL, CO

and there is promise for a bigger and better gathering next

year.

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Tom Henricks Bio (November Meeting Speaker) (courtesy of NASA web site)

Colonel, USAF, Retired

NASA Astronaut, For-

mer

PERSONAL DATA:

Born July 5, 1952, in

Bryan, Ohio, but consid-

ers Woodville, Ohio, to

be his hometown. Mar-

ried to the former Rebec-

ca Grantham of Mar-

shall, Texas. Three chil-

dren.

EDUCATION: Gradu-

ated from Woodmore High School in 1970; received

a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from

the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy in 1974,

and a masters degree in public administration from Gold-

en Gate University in 1982.

SPECIAL HONORS: The Distinguished Flying

Cross, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the

Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense Merito-

rious Service Medal, two Air Force Meritorious Ser-

vice Medals, two Air Force Commendation Medals, four

NASA Space Flight Medals, Honorary Doctor of Science

degree from the Defiance College (1993), F-4 Fighter

Weapons School Outstanding Flying Award. Named

Pilot Training Distinguished Graduate and F-16 Con-

version

Course Top Gun. Inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of

Fame.

EXPERIENCE: Henricks completed pilot training at

Craig Air Force Base (AFB) in Selma, Alabama, and

F-4 conversion training at Homestead AFB in Miami,

Florida. He then flew the F-4 in fighter squadrons in

England and Iceland. In 1980, he was reassigned to

Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada. After attending the

USAF Test Pilot School in 1983, he remained at

Edwards AFB, California, as an F-16C test pilot and

Chief of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing Operating Loca-

tion until his NASA selection. He has 749 parachute

jumps and a Master Parachutist rating. He has flown 30

different types of aircraft, has logged over 6,000 hours

flying time, and holds an FAA commercial pilot rating.

NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in June

1985, Henricks became an astronaut in July 1986.

His technical assignments to date include: re-

evaluating Shuttle landing sites world wide; Assistant

Manager for Engineering Integration in the Shuttle Pro-

gram Office; Lead Astronaut of the Shuttle Avionics Inte-

gration Laboratory at Johnson Space Center, and of Vehi-

cle Test and Checkout at the Kennedy Space Center;

Chief of the Astronaut Office Operations Development

Branch. He also served as the Assistant for Shuttle to the

Chief of the Astronaut Office, directing crew involvement

in the development and operation of the Shuttle. A com-

mander of two Space Shuttle missions and pilot of two

others, Henricks became the first person to log over

1,000 hours as a Space Shuttle pilot/commander. Tom

Henricks left government service in November 1997

to pursue a career in business.

SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-44 Atlantis

launched the night of November 24, 1991. The primary

mission objective was the deployment of a Defense Sup-

port Program (DSP) satellite with an Inertial Upper Stage

(IUS) rocket booster. The mission was concluded after

110 orbits of the Earth returning to a landing on the

lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on De-

cember 1, 1991.

STS-55, the German D-2 Spacelab mission, was launched

on April 26, 1993, aboard Columbia, and landed 10-days

later on May 6, 1993, at Edwards AFB California. During

the ambitious mission 89 experiments were performed in

many disciplines such as materials processing, life scienc-

es, robotics, technology, astronomy, and Earth mapping.

STS-70 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Flori-

da, on July 13, 1995, and returned there July 22, 1995.

During 142 orbits of the Earth, the crew performed a vari-

ety of experiments in addition to deploying the sixth and

final NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. STS-70,

with an "all-Ohio" crew, was the first mission controlled

from the new combined control center.

STS-78 launched June 20, 1996 and landed July 7, 1996

becoming the longest Space Shuttle mission to date. The

16-day mission included studies sponsored by ten nations

and five space agencies, and was the first mission to

combine both a full microgravity studies agenda and

a comprehensive life science investigation. The Life

and Microgravity Spacelab mission served as a model

for future studies on board the International Space Sta-

tion.

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Chapter 168 Visits Southwest Airlines By Frank Prokop

About 15 of us arrived at the SWA hangar at 11 am, on

the north side of Love Field. Pete Miller escorted us

through security and to the upstairs conference room. We

met two more tour guides there who defined their roles as

supervisors. As Pete is a quality control inspector, he

demonstrated two portable fault-detector devices that dis-

cover cracks in materials. One is more of a visible sur-

face crack detector, as those emanating from a rivet; the

second device could detect internal faults hidden to the

naked eye, on the other side of several layers of alumi-

num.

From there we went to the main supervisor room which

houses the paper work for all the planes being worked on.

There are three main supervisors with each plane having

its own vertical column of paper folder holders on the

wall behind them. As the work on each plane progresses,

its folder moves down a slot until the job and all sign-offs

are complete. There are at least 6 sets of eyes that re-

check the paperwork before that plane is ok'd for line du-

ty.

The main hangar can house two planes, totally inside.

The first plane we visited was a 737 that was on its last

legs. Its maintenance required a complete teardown as

shown in some of the pictures; no flooring, and the cock-

pit resembled some our homebuilts before we actually put

in the instruments (actually, I think our planes look pretti-

er even at that stage). It all has to do with the way SWA

counts “cycles” of usage. This plane will actually have 5-

6 more years of useful flying before they chop it up and

convert it into beer cans or some other useful recyclable

aluminum products. We went aboard, 2 at a time, to peek

into the fuselage and cockpit. Remember, it had no floor-

ing so there were only a few planks of wood to step on.

The engines, with thrust reversers, were gutted and being

repaired.

We proceeded to an attached hangar to observe other

planes requiring less severe maintenance. The whole

shop works 24/7 with various manning levels as the situa-

tions dictate. To lessen paperwork, each mechanic has

his own portable, rolling workstation each with a comput-

er and printer; the Boeing company maintains all the cur-

rent documentation for every serialized aircraft, and they

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download this info to each mechanic. However, the su-

pervisors like to keep some hard copies of this documen-

tation in their office so there's always a backup to be

found.

We then went to the composite work room. We knew it

was the correct room as the air had that intoxicating aro-

ma of resins and fiberglass. They do winglet repairs here;

most of the fiberglass is pre-preg and kept in freezers in

the room. On the other side of the room is their large ov-

en to cure the final parts. There were also rolls of non-

frozen glass, carbon fiber, and other coverings. Since I'm

working on a composite plane I sure hated to leave that

room.

After the tour finished up, a small group gathered at a

local hamburger joint to… what else??? Talk about air-

planes!

The chapter would like to thank Pete Miller for organiz-

ing a great chapter outing. With a little luck, this will

become an annual chapter event! Thanks again Pete!

SWA Visit (Continued from page 5) Say Cheese! By David Buono

A few months back, I stumbled upon a Texas Monthly

magazine and flipped through it to find a list of festivals

in Texas and neighboring states. A few of them caught

my eye, so I recorded them on a calendar. The stars final-

ly aligned for us to make one, and it happened to be the

World Cheese Dip Championship in Little Rock, AR.

We had friends coming into town that same night, but

that’s not a problem with an RV in the hangar. 1.5 hrs

after take off and we were landing at KLIT. 15 minutes

later, we were arriving at War Memorial Field via crew

car and ready to dip our first chip!

About 40 competitors took part, and for $10, you can

sample as many as you’d like. We sampled them all then

voted for our 3 favorites. About 2 hours after casting our

votes, we were back at T31.

The festival goes all day with bands playing on the field

and the Arkansas football game on the jumbo-tron. Next

year we plan on staying longer and taking our time enjoy-

ing the cheese. You can find more info at

www.cheesedip.net

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Splashing In for 2011 By Michael Stephan

I have camped out at the last four Splash In events at Ce-

dar Mills, and every year has had terrific weather. This

year was another great weekend. The weather was per-

fect, the planes plentiful, and the food was delicious.

Combine that with friends to share it with, and you have a

recipe for a very successful fly-in.

The Fullers and I drove our recreational vehicles and

started camping on Thursday evening. Planes started ar-

riving on Friday afternoon to set up their tents. Lucky,

from Air Salvage of Dallas, prepared a Cajun dinner Fri-

day night and, as usual, it was excellent.

Don Christiansen camped out Friday night. Charlie and

Donna Kearns spent two nights camping with their Cess-

na 180. Jay Pratt and Carol flew in Saturday and visited

for a while, as did Bill Bracken, who flew his Glastar in

and attended a few of the FAA seminars that were held in

the Lodge.

Saturday was a real nice time walking the flight line and

looking at the variety of planes that attend. Aircraft lined

both sides of the runway from the top of the hill all the

way down to the lake. This year there were three Lake

Amphibians along with several amphibious floatplanes,

and we had no shortage of Bonanzas. There were three

Bearhawks on the field, which almost outnumbered the

RVs that were there. The Antique Association’s fly-in

was hosted in Gainesville that same weekend, so several

of those planes came by on Saturday afternoon for a visit.

The culmination of the weekend is the banquet on Satur-

day night at the restaurant. After the meal, a presentation

was made on the history of Lady Be Good, a B-24 that

crashed in the Libyan dessert.

Those that stayed till Sunday morning were treated to a

pancake breakfast courtesy of EAA Chapter 323 from

Sherman/Denison. Some flew in Sunday morning just for

the pancake breakfast. Chapter 323 hosts the weekend

along with Cedar Mills Marina and the FAA. They do a

terrific job putting all the events together. It is one of my

favorite fly-ins of the year. I am already looking forward

to next year. I hope to see you there.

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Christmas Party Update

It’s not too late to reserve a spot for this year’s par-

ty. Tickets are on sale now. The earlier you buy

them, the less risk the chapter takes on. Knowing how

many people are coming really helps the organizers plan

for food, place settings, tables, and chairs. Tickets are

$17 per person, and that includes a wonderful catered

dinner including beef tips and Tuscan stuffed chicken.

Please have your reservation made by Thursday Dec 1.

We tried a new venue last year, and the feedback from the

attendees was overwhelmingly positive. So this year, we

return to the Richardson Woman’s Club (http://

www.richardsonwomansclub.com) located in Rich-

ardson close to the intersection of Campbell Road

and Jupiter Road. The location is easy to get to from ei-

ther US75 or the George Bush Tollway. Plan on arriving

around 6pm with dinner shortly there after.

The chapter Christmas party gets better every year,

and this year is sure to be no different. Come out and

mingle with fellow chapter members. Kids and signifi-

cant others are welcomed and encouraged.

You can buy tickets with a check or cash at the November

chapter meeting. But if you can’t make it to the meeting,

please call Brad or Ann if you plan to come. You can

pay at the door, but getting your reservation in is the most

important thing at this point.

Brad Roberts - 214-912-0329

Ann Asberry - 972-784-7544

If you know you’re coming to the party, and you’d like to

pay later, that’s fine too. Email Brad Roberts

(ber0101@swbell.net) and let him know you’re com-

ing and how many people to expect. Then you will owe

the chapter the money. The most important thing is to get

an accurate head count. We can collect the money

later. Thank you for your cooperation!

Look for a detailed parking map in next month’s newslet-

ter.

GPM’s New Terminal By Michael Stephan

On November 15th, Grand Prairie will celebrate the open-

ing of it new terminal building. The festivities start at 4

PM.

The terminal is open now. You can visit during the week-

days, but for now it is closed on the weekends. It has a

few finishing touches that are still to come.

I like the style of the new building. It is a very open de-

sign with windows on the front and back that go from

foundation to the roof. That makes it very easy to sit on

the couches and watch the airplane traffic on the field.

The south wing of the building will house the flight

school, which is a nice upgrade from their current build-

ing.

The lobby area will include some sort of a kitchen that

will be capable of serving food. At this time it is unfin-

ished. The city said they will operate it, but I don’t know

what that will be.

There is also a real nice pilot lounge area that comes with

its own television. You might find me napping in there

on a hot day. It will be a nice place to sit and read or

catch up on some hangar flying with other pilots.

For those of us at Grand Prairie, we are excited about the

new terminal. Now that it is finished, the next airport

project is the new control tower.

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New Officers Elected

At the October chapter meeting, we elected a new slate of

officers for 2012. The following is the list of chapter

168’s newest officers:

President: Michael Stephan

Vice President: Norm Biron

Secretary: Frank Prokop

Treasurer: Brad Roberts

We thank the officers that have served this past year, es-

pecially Bruce Fuller who did an outstanding job as Presi-

dent the past three years.

We encourage anyone who wishes to get involved in run-

ning the chapter to talk to one of the board members or

officers. An EAA chapter does not run itself. There are

volunteers that put time and energy into making sure Dal-

las area aviation enthusiasts have a great EAA chapter.

The more people that volunteer, the better the chapter can

be!

Directions To Buono Hangar (November social event location)

Getting to my hangar is pretty simple, especially if you‘ve

been to Marvin Brott‘s before. These driving directions

assume you already know how to get to Aero Country

airport.

Turn North onto Aero Country road from Virginia Park-

way. At this point, keep your eye out for airplanes,

because you are driving on shared roads/taxiways. The

road turns 90 degrees right heading East, then 90 degrees

left turning back to the North. A few hundred feet North

of that, you have to veer right, and now you‘re on the tax-

iway heading North.

The hangars will be on your left and the grass runway

will be on your right. Make the 3rd left, which is

Phantom Lane. My hangar is blue, and it‘s the second-to-

last hangar on the left side. It comes just after a field with

a Bonanza parked in it and just before another North/

South road. The address is 10065 Phantom Lane, and

if the weather is nice, I will have the door open.

PARKING: Parking is always a challenge at Aero Coun-

try. Whether you drive in or fly in, we‘ll find a spot for

you. If you drive or taxi down Phantom Lane towards my

hangar somebody will guide you to a spot. I will have a

radio and my cell (214-986-4497) if you need directions.

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Classifieds

For Sale: Sensenich fixed pitch aluminum prop setup for

a O-360 (76" dia 65" pitch, spacer and 12" dia. spinner)

Less than 60hrs since installed new. $2750

Bill Bracken 817-925-4699

For Sale: Slick Mags removed from O-360 Lycoming,

#4371 Impulse (366 hrs), #4370 Non-Impulse (zero hrs),

includes spacer and harness, will need drive gear for

4370. 4371 $300 - 4370 $750 OBF Marvin Brott

pmbrott@sbcglobal.net 214-726-9117

For Sale: David Clark headset TSO $100. Hydraulic

Wing jack for RV aircraft (RV Easy Lift System). New

condition – used once. $140. Tail dragger dragger for RV

or other tail wheel aircraft. $125. Tools: Pneumatic and

hand. Just about enough to build an RV or other sheet

metal aircraft. 35 items, mostly from Avery Tools and all

ready to work. New price for these tools is more than

$1850. Sell for $700. Aircraft parts, 20-50% of cost: New

UMA suction gauge , electric boost pump, tachometer,

rod end bearings, aluminum tubing, Call or email for list

and prices. George Kilishek (972) 250 2906 or

s_kilishek@yahoo.com.

To place an ad: Submit requests for aviation related For Sale or Want ads to the newsletter Editors. Ads are free to Chapter 168 members. Ads from nonmembers will be run on a space available basis. Ads will be run at the newsletter Editors discretion.

EAA CHAPTER 168 OFFICERS

President Michael Stephan

president@eaa168.org 214-232-2405

Vice President Norm Biron

vicepresident@eaa168.org 469-964-6801

Secretary Frank Prokop

secretary@eaa168.org 972-396-1168

Treasurer Brad Roberts

treasurer@eaa168.org 214-912-0329

Flight Advisors

Mel Asberry metro

n168tx@flytx.net 972-784-7544

Michael Hoye 972-771-8162

sailntss@sbcglobal.net

Technical Counselors

Mel Asberry metro

n168tx@flytx.net 972-784-7544

Don Christiansen 214-729-6187

Marvin Brott

pmbrott@sbcglobal.net 214-726-9117

Michael Stephan 214-232-2405

Board of Directors

Pete Miller Glenn Snyder

John Phillips Ann Asberry

John Peyton Sam Cooper

Michael Stephan Mel Asberry

David Buono

Associate Newsletter Editors

Michael Stephan

mstephan@shr.net 214-232-2405

David Buono

david.buono@yahoo.com 214-986-4497

Data Processing

Michael Stephan

mstephan@shr.net 214-232-2405

Advertising

Michael Stephan

mstephan@shr.net 214-232-2405

Young Eagles Coordinator

Jim Quinn

Jquinn3@gmail.com 972-788-2593

Tool Custodian

Brad Roberts 214-351-0475

Meeting Refreshments

****** VOLUNTEER NEEDED ******

Safety Officer

Mel Asberry metro

n168tx@flytx.net 972-784-7544

Web Site Editors

Michael Stephan 214-232-2405

Clay Romeiser

Membership

Michael Stephan

mstephan@shr.net 214-232-2405

Clay Romeiser

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For Sale: Granbury Texas Airpark Home/Hanger For

Sale $269,900 - 3509 Nassau Ct., 76049 (Nassau Bay)

Beautiful home with large hanger on Nassau Bay Airpark.

Two story home with enclosed upstairs patio, two sepa-

rate living areas, iron/brick fenced, covered RV parking.

Hanger is 50x34 and has 2 electric automatic doors with

direct access to hanger from house. Well maintained and

move in ready. Website with pictures: http://

mysite.verizon.net/resy4wnc/index.html Owner:

bob_myrick@me.com or 214-729-2260 Realtor: Pam

Knieper at 817-243-8345 / pam@knieperteam.com

For Sale: Sensenich fixed pitch aluminum prop setup for

a O 360 (76” dia 65” pitch, spacer and 12” dia. spinner).

Less than 60hrs since installed new. $2750 - Bill Bracken

817-925-4699

For Sale: 6 pieces of 6061-T6 aluminum. They are all

4’x12’. 5 of them are .025 and I have one .032 sheet. I’m

asking $50/sheet for the .025 and $55 for the .032. Con-

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Experimental Aircraft Association

Dallas Chapter 168

PO Box 168

Addison, TX 75001-168

DALLAS CHAPTER 168 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL FORM

New Member

Renewal

Info Change

Membership dues for EAA Dallas

Chapter 168 are $20/year.

Make checks payable to EAA

Chapter 168

Mail application to:

EAA Dallas Chapter 168

PO Box 168

Addison, TX 75001-0168

National EAA offices:

Experimental Aircraft Association

EAA Aviation Center

PO Box 3086

Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086

http://www.eaa.org

National EAA Membership:

1-800-JOIN-EAA (564-6322)

Phone (920) 426-4800

Fax: (920) 426-6761

http://www.eaa.org/membership/

Name: __________________________________________________________

Copilot (spouse, friend, other): _______________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________

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City: _______________________________ State: _____ Zip: ____________

Phone (Home): _____________________ (Work): ______________________

Email Address: ___________________________________________________

EAA#: _____________________________ Exp Date: ___________________ (Chapter 168 membership requires national EAA membership)

Pilot/A&P Ratings: ________________________________________________

I am interested in helping with:

Plane, Projects (% complete), and other interests:

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