B-17 Visit : The B-17 Aluminum Overcast will be here next month and John Kiethly at Santa Theresa was talked to to make sure that this event doesn ' t take away from their B-17 event the next week . National EAA will be mentioning both of our sites in their advertising at the same time . Anticipated arrival will be January 9th subject to weather and mechanical problems .
Press day and media flight January 12th 2:00 PM ., `1:30 PM . Arrival time for participants . All are welcome to come out for that but no help should be needed . Flight schedule , Friday and Saturday January 13th and 14th flights will be scheduled ant 10 , 11 12 and 1 . On Sunday , flights will be scheduled at 12 and 1 .
Chris Campbell brought up the question of whether Hotel Incanto was sponsoring their visit . He believes that they can be persuaded to sponsor them thus reducing or eliminating their hotel stay visit cost . Thank you Chris .
The level of support needed for this event is not high . We need two people to run a concession stand and two more to help with moving people around during the event . Volunteers were asked for . Carol and Wes Baker will volunteer , as will John Hotovec . Wes made the point that this would be a good time to recruit for Young Eagles and even a time to offer “ free ” rides to those interested in our aircraft . It would be kind of cool to be in the pattern with a B-17 !
A proposal was made and passed to sell a chance for a ride in the B-17 as a raffle . Tickets will be on sale for $ 10 a chance for a ride . These will be available at the December and January Breakfasts . Others who want to ride who are EAA members can purchase a ticket at $ 400 instead of the $ 449 price .
Dan Allison , retired from FAA , is getting his DAR certification . This will be good because he can inspect airplanes being built without us having to ask someone down from Albuquerque . He is also very active in several car clubs and he has all the car clubs coming out that Sunday . So we will have a car club show going on that same Sunday . We should get more people out that way and get more people into the airplane . The ground tour schedule should be Friday and Saturday following the last flight of the day and Sunday 8 to 11 . Hal of Southwest Aviation will be offering a fuel discount and probably Francis Aviation also . The airplane will be parked down by Southwest Aviation .
Young Eagles : Chris Campbell has taken over the Young Eagles effort . ( Thank you Chris ).
Waiex Project : Engine parts are in . Wiring is progressing thanks to Mel . Battery is installed . Cowling fitting is underway . We need an SAE-1 prop hub and are looking for one . We bought a fancy intake manifold but it won ' t work with the other engine configuration , so Fritz will buy it back and we will use a standard intake manifold . The canopy is completed thanks to Mark . An appraisal needs to be done so that we can come up with a fair price for selling the plane . Also , a club needs to be formed for plane ownership . Discussion is ongoing . ….
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