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St. Louis Flying Club Newsletter - 31 October 2019

From The President - By Steve

Dear Members:

It was great to see everyone at our meeting last week. We accomplished a lot in a couple of hours. John Housley opened with some thoughts on safety that included how to approach flight reviews, instrument scans and decision making. TJ reviewed the financial statements and hourly rates and while I am not an accountant I can appreciate the effort and planning that goes into this. John Heilmann reviewed the status of the airplanes and the scheduled maintenance and upgrades. Thanks to Larry Wehrman for volunteering his time to find a tug for the Cessna. It will be great not having to use the winch! Thanks to Damian for washing/waxing the RV after his trip to Florida and thanks to Kip for replacing a bad system component and getting the Club Internet working again. The club elections were held and all the officers will serve in their current roles for another year. The meeting ended with a great lunch courtesy of John Waddell.

We would like to do a Christmas party this year so please respond to Geoff's email with availability.

John Housley has gathered a lot of information on our RV from Vans and his contacts in the aerobatic community. His presentation at the meeting included his description of flying the RV through various combinations of loops and rolls without exceeding g loads of +3/0. It is the officers position that anyone wishing to fly aerobatic maneuvers in the RV obtain proper training in a Decathalon type airplane and limit their maneuvers and g loads as noted above.

Congratulations to Dale Hiltner for completing his checkout with John Housley in the RV.

I want to thank all the members that volunteered their time and effort to the club. I mentioned some already but there are plenty of others doing things behind the scenes that make the club what it is. Because of their work we can easily schedule and fly great airplanes out of a nice facility. It is also the reason interest in the club remains high. We currently have 7 viable applicants and 2 more being processed.

Fall is here but it feels like Winter as I write this. Make sure you preheat the airplanes if you plan on flying in the cold weather.

Safe flying,

Steve

Treasurer's Report - by T.J

Fellow Members,

Attached below are our 10/15/19 financial schedules; don’t hesitate to call with questions.

Blue Skies

TJ

Billing Statement

BALANCE SHEET

Notable Items:

• No activity other than the standard collection of amounts from members and payments of recurring bills (i.e. hangars).

RATE PER HOUR and DUES

• As a reminder to the membership, we reimburse ourselves for our club as follows:
  • Improvements - Monthly/Annual Fixed charges – non-aircraft expense = Dues and Assessments
  • Aircraft Operation and Maintenance = Rate per Hour
• We updated the rates as of 9/15/19 and don’t anticipate making any changes until 3/15/20.

   Maintenance - by John

N202CR RV-7A

• GNS-430W COM - The tower reported that transmissions using our GNS-430W COM were "Garbled and unreadable". We checked verified the issue on the ground and installed a loaner GNS-430W until we get our GNS-430W repaired at Garmin.
• Alternator - On 15 October, there was a squawk that the Alternator was not charging the system and there were indications of a discharge on the ammeter and low volts on the volt meter. Larry troubleshot the electrical system and found that there was a slight oily film on the alternator connector pins that may be causing the issue. He cleaned the pins with contact cleaner and then sealed the connector back shell to minimize oil getting on the pins in the future. Ground and flight tests showed the system is working correctly. Thanks to Larry for finding this and avoiding the typically more expensive solution of replacing the alternator.

N20843 Cessna 172M

• No Maintenance required this month

N2242N Piper Arrow IV

• Loose Step Bolts - While Damien was washing/waxing the Arrow, he noticed that the bolts holding the entry step on the Arrow were a little loose. Two of the bolts use platenuts and can be tightened from the outside. The other two bolts have regular nuts and have to be tightened from the inside of the plane. The bolts were tightened and will be checked again on a regular basis.

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