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St. Louis Flying Club Newsletter - 24 December 2012 |
From The President - By Pic
Dear Members,
Thanks to Charley and Andrea for hosting the Holiday party at their lovely home! It was great to see so many members and to get to meet your wives.
The finishing touches are being made to the hangar office over the holidays (flooring and electrical). Thanks to all the members who have helped on the project; Paul, John, Mike, Steve, Phil, and Charley (sorry if I left anyone out). It's great that so many contributed their time and expertise.
Per Mike and Kip's request, I have familiarized and approved another CFI to perform the initial member check-outs in the both the Arrow and C-172. His name is Dave Pogorzelski and he goes by Pogo. Pogo is an ATP and CFII with lots of time in Arrow IVs. He recently retired from Boeing and is actively applying for an airline job. John has already added him to the members page as a check-out pilot.
Shiv had donated a pair of noise canceling headsets to the club a while back. They have been stored in the back seat of the Arrow and recently I became aware that they were damaged (mic plugs bent). Charley did the leg work to get estimates for repairing them. One (Lightspeed) offered to repair theirs for free while there will be a charge to repair the Bose, which I approved. When they come back from getting repaired, the officers agreed to the following process for their use:
- We will keep them in the office so they can be used by any member, for either plane.
- We will have a sign-out sheet so we can keep track of how often they are used and by whom
- I will add documentation to the Members Handbook describing headset use and care (battery duration/replacement, who is responsible for replacement/recharging)
- Damage to headsets is responsibility of the member using them at the time.
I wish you and your families a Happy New Year!
Happy Landings,
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Treasurer's Report - by Mike McBride
Fuel rates at TACAir declined by over $0.30 per gallon this month, resulting in reductions to our flight rates; the Arrow rate for the month is $104 per hour, and the Cessna rate is $79 per hour. Flight time was 12.5 hours for the Arrow, and 5.6 hours for the Cessna for the month. All expenses for the month were within expected levels. Treasury and Adjusted Treasury funds remain strong.
This month's final financial position establishes the upgrade price for limited members. The delta between full and limited share values stands at $3,908.51 as of the closing balance on this statement; that is the upgrade cost for the remaining two limited members. Effective with the next monthly statement, all member dues will be at the "full" member rate (I expect those to be in the $120 to $125 range for all members); outstanding upgrade balances will be charged to upgrading members in 12 installments.
Mike
Engine Heater App for your phone/IPAD - by John
There is a new free app available for turning on and off the aircraft engine heaters. The App is called "IRIS by Lowe's" and once you load it and enter the Username and password once, you don't have to enter it again . When you click on the app, it goes directly to the panel shown on the left where you can press the button for the applicable aircraft. The IRIS by Lowe's app is also available for android users and can be downloaded from Google Play.
Maintenance - by John 
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The following Cessna maintenance actions were taken this month:
- Battery - We had a few squawks about the engine being very slow to rotate during starting so we did a battery capacity check on 8 December. The battery did not pass the capacity check (battery should last 48 minutes with 18 amp load without going below 10v but during the test, it only lasted 26 minutes) as shown below. A new sealed Concorde RG-25XC battery was ordered and installed on 16 December.
- LORD Shimmy Damper - With the continued shimmy reports, the club voted to install a new LORD shimmy damper. The LORD Damper, part number SE1051-2, S/N LK07656, was installed on 12/1/2012
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- Attitude Indicator - Charlie Royce reported that the Attitude indicator failed to become erect on his 19 Dec flight. The attitude indicator worked on subsequent flights so it may have been an isolated case due to the cold. If you see any issues with the AI, please let me know.
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