"St Louis Flying Club Newsletter"

The radios are the main issue regarding the airplane currently. Per previous e-mails, Randy will be removing the #1 radio and sending it back to the manufacturer for repair (if economically feasible). He will be replacing it with the extra radio. When the #1 radio gets returned, Randy will send the #2 radio to get it's transmitter repaired. Jeff Schubert wrote me that he has had an issue with the PTT switch being touchy (...Oftentimes, you need to push it "just right" to transmit). Has anyone else having an issue with it?

Thanks for submitting your votes on prioritizing aircraft improvements to John. He has summarized the results (see his worksheet in the newsletter). The top priority is touching up the paint, #2 is purchase of the 4 person installed intercom, and #3 is the addition of an avionics cooling fan. The radios, of course, take priority over these issues since they are maintenance items and not improvements. I need to get the touch up paint from the paint shop, but, I will arrange to have the aircraft's paint touched up as soon as I verify with Marlin that the treasury is sufficient. I will continue down the list of improvements as money allows.

Thanks to everyone for submitting their priorities on aircraft improvements. The improvement priorities with number of first priority votes in parenthesis are as follows:

Priority	Improvement	Average Points	Top priority Votes
1	Paint	2.00	3
2	Intercom	3.14	2
3	Avionics Fan	3.71	1
4	ELT	4.00	1
5	Interior	4.43	0
6	Seat Covers	4.86	0
7	IFR GPS	5.43	0
8	Fire Extinguisher	5.57	0
9	VFR GPS	5.86	0

For detailed results of the voting, download the voting results file.

St Louis County Fair and Airshow

The St Louis County Fair and Airshow will be held from Friday, August 31st to Monday, September 3rd. Due to the airshows and airshow practices, Spirit airport will be closed during the following times:

Date Time Purpose

August 31 1445-1745 Practice

September 1 1145-1345 Airshow

September 1 1615-1815 Airshow

September 2 1145-1345 Airshow

September 2 1615-1815 Airshow

September 3 1145-1345 Airshow

September 3 1615-1815 Airshow

Airshows during the fair will include the following aircraft: B-17 Flying Fortress, B-25 Mitchell, P-47D Thunderbolt, F-4U Corsair, P-51 Mustang, AH-1 Cobra, UH-1H Huey, OH-6 Loach, OV-1B Mohawk, CV-2 Caribou, L-19 Bird Dog, Bud Light Sukhoi , Bud Light MicroJet, US Navy Leapfrogs Parachute Team w/C130, AV-8B Harrier, A-10 Warthog (includes Heritage Flight w/P-47D Thunderbolt), F-14 Tomcat (includes Legacy Flight w/F-4U Corsair), F-15 Eagle (includes Heritage Flight w/P-51 Mustang), and the F-18 Hornet (includes Legacy Flight w/F-4U Corsair). The following aircraft will make flyby's: B-1B Lancer Bomber, B-2 Bomber, F-117 Stealth Fighter, C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 and the P-3 Orion. For more information on the airshow, see the St Louis Co. Fair and Air Show Website

Treasurer's Report - by Marlin Sipe

Nothing new to report this month. The Billing statement should be on-line this weekend.

Medical/BFR Status - by Todd Michal

There are no bi-annual exams or medicals due in September. The next due date will be in December.

Maintenance - by John Heilmann

Other than the radio plans discussed in the "Presidents Section", there were no other maintenance problems to report. I have flown since Jeff's problem with the touchy push-to-talk swith but did not have any problem with it during my flight. Will check it out in more detail when replacing the number 1 radio.

FAA Private and Instrument Test Questions

See how much you remember from your FAA Private Pilot and Instrument Rating Written Test by taking a quick 10 question test. Submit your answers and you will receive the correct answers and your score. (Don't worry, only you see the test results and your score.) This is a quick and easy way to keep familiar with the FARs. Use the links below and try to get a 100%:

The links above take you to Kip's FAA written Test Preparation Site. This site can be found directly at: http://w3.one.net/~kip/faatest.html

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