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The chapter website is being updated with Bill Elliott working hard to get a new home page at EAA national functioning. The chapter needs to start preparing for officer elections for next year. The vacancies are President, Vice President, and Treasurer. Anyone interested should contact Justin for nominations. Scott Fish will be moving out of state so the Treasurer position will be vacant next year. The EAA Monthly Chapter Video was shown. Here is the link at EAA:   Sept 2025 Chapter Video    The speaker for this meeting was Dick Gossen. He made a presentation on his trip to Oshkosh. He did not make it to Oshkosh. He had to return to Georgetown due to engine issues. One cylinder on his plane was consuming oil, and he discussed his trouble shooting work to resolve the issue. A video of his presentation will be available on the chapter website.   Sarah Wendt made a presentation on an event being sponsored by the Austin-Hill County Ninety-Nines. The event will be a Hallo-Wing event for Halloween trunk-or-treat at Georgetown Airport. She is seeking donors, volunteers, and display aircraft for October 11, 2025 date between 4 PM to 7 PM. See details in the poster below.   Ryan Gromfin alerted all to the Texas Capital Air Show to be held at the San Marcos airport on November 1 and 2. This event will benefit Wings for Warriors. Check out the link    texascapitalairshow.com    The meeting adjourned at 11:00 AM.     EAA Chapter 187 Meeting Reminder, Saturday September 13th   This is a reminder that we will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting, September 13th at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628.    We are planning on having a presentation from our chapter member, Dick Gossen, who had planned to fly his plane to Airventure this year in Oshkosh Wisconsin but didn't make it all the way to Oshkosh and had to return home.    Looking forward to seeing everyone!   Thanks,   Justin Jones Chapter 187 President    Meeting on August 9, 2025 Twenty-two people attended the meeting, led by Justin Jones, our President. The program was given by 3 speakers who attended Airventure 2025 at Oshkosh, WI: Jeff Greinert, Ken Matthews, and Paul Thayer. They camped with others in the EAA 187 reserved campground. Bill Elliott shot a video of the talks, 1:32 in length, edited down to 1:04. See the video at our Dropbox video folder.   Jeff Greinert showed us wonderful photos made with his new Sony A7R4  camera with 150-400 mm telephoto lens.    Our website home page went down on August 6... but it was restored by our web server people at HostPapa on August 8, then went down again. Now it's back up on August 11 and updated a bit. Sorry if we confused you!  EAA Chapter 187 Meeting Reminder, Saturday August 9th   This is a reminder that we will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting, August 9th at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628.  We are planning on having presentations from our chapter members who went to Airventure this year in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Some topics to be covered are a discussion of the new MOSAIC (Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification) rule which overhauls the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) category and Sport Pilot privileges. We will also be talking about workshops, forums and activities our chapter members participated in.  Looking forward to seeing everyone! Thanks, Justin Jones Chapter 187 President       "Spirit of the WASP" – The (Still) Untold Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII    On July 12, 2025 Lucky Lindy Segall from Fredericksburg and EAA Chapter 1088 presented a slide talk about the WASPs in WWII. In the above photo, Lindy is pointing out his mother, Mimi Lindstrom, who flew planes for the WASPs. She, like the others, was a civilian contractor, not in the military. Eighteen folks were present at our meeting. This interesting presentation, 1:04 in length, was recorded and edited by Bill Elliott. See it on our Dropbox folder at: Spirit of the Wasp video And it is on our EAA 187 website, https://eaa187.org/index.php/home and YouTube soon.     EAA Chapter 187 Meeting, July 12th, with speaker!   This is a reminder that we will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting, July 12th at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628.    We are planning on having a presentation from Lindy Segall titled "Spirit of the WASP, the still untold story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII" in honor of his late mother and her fly-girl sisters.    Looking forward to seeing everyone!   Thanks,   Justin Jones Chapter 187 President   Devil Dog, June 14, 2025! The Devil Dog Squadron had a flying event with their B-25J-30-NC (or PBJ Patrol Bomber, J) at Georgetown Executive Airport. They sold rides for Father’s Day, and also presented  a talk to EAA 187. Speakers were Scott Maul, David Hayek, and Tom Paxson. See the video at our Videos page on this website, or click on this link to play it: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sjvp5f9kl2mqdo6q38kbu/Devil-Dog-2025.mp4?rlkey=76z3enjsk2awx4wkm1ez1dm0w&st=jsrlquzr&dl=0  Below are some of Bill Elliott's photos of the event. Plus, here is a link to a brief article in the Williamson County Sun, June 18, 2025.         Also, Brad Bellamy showed some of his project’s wires, which are labeled with a heat-shrink labeler. Very neatly done. One can do something similar by printing small labels, then enclosing them in clear heat shrink over the wire.  Minutes of the EAA Chapter 187 Monthly Meeting June 14, 2025 Georgetown Airport Terminal Building   The meeting was called to order by Justin Jones at 10:05 AM. There were 20 in attendance. 19 members and one guest: Ken Matthew’s father.   The monthly EAA video was shown. This is the link to view the video if interested. https://eaa.brightcovegallery.com/chapters/detail/Chapter%20Video%20Magazine%20June%202025?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAGbGE4txSWhwvcBlHpP-6bEEVuI-FDr8zMF1dRc_CHs4Hs7AZn_vxw5SrzD-YDlFYzJRhV1kBUbi2UBb1vuTCTCuKeNE2ULP1zlkSnqw22rXGKqPE4    Young Eagles: there was nothing to report on the YE program. The chapter is still looking for a coordinator. Justin suggested the chapter target a rally sometime in September. That will remain as new business.   Air Venture Update: Ken Matthews has reserved three campsites at Oshkosh. The reservation is Sunday July 20 thru Sunday July 27. There will be plenty of room for tents. Contact Ken on 512-653-7919 for information on the use of the site and for those attending Air Venture, you can call him to get location information and visit the site.   Dick Gossen discussed the fly-in arrival procedures to Air Venture and warned all who are planning on flying in to get very familiar with the NOTAM and routes to get into the airport. These are high risk operations for arrivals.   Scott Maul, Development Officer for the Devil Dog Squadron, made a presentation on the aircraft and the squadron operations. Thank you, Scott, for the short notice to present. [Bill Elliott shot a video of the talk, and it is on our website.]   Brad Bellamy made a presentation on printed shrink wrap labels that can be made with print on the wrap as a label. Give Brad a call for more details on these wraps.   The latest membership count for the Chapter is 76 paid members [as of July 1]. Eight previous members have opted out of rejoining this year.   The next monthly meeting is July 12 at 10:00 AM at the Georgetown Airport Terminal building.   Meeting was adjourned at 10:55 AM.   David Hayek, Secretary       EAA Chapter 187 Meeting Reminder, Saturday June 14th   This is a reminder that we will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting, June 14th at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628.    We are planning on having a representative from the Devil Dog Squadron to discuss flying, maintaining and preserving the World War 2 era B-25 bomber, the Devil Dog. The Devil Dog Squadron will be holding their Fathers Day event outside the Georgetown airport terminal on June 14th and offering rides every hour from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. Check out their website at Devil Dog Squadron to find out more information on how to reserve a flight for the event. Looking forward to seeing everyone!   Thanks,   Justin Jones Chapter 187 President    EAA Chapter 187 Monthly Meeting Minutes 5/10/2025 Justin Jones called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM. This meeting followed a morning pancake breakfast prepared by Justin Jones and Ken Matthews. A special thank you to Haruko Reese for tutoring the novice pancake cookers on the use of the equipment and the method of cooking some great pancakes. Plenty of volunteers helped with set up, cooking, preparing food, and clean up. All the members present enjoyed the pancakes, sausage, eggs, and fruit. The weather was perfect for the outdoor activity. The meeting was started in the meeting room. Unfortunately, the EAA internet was down so the monthly EAA communication meeting was not shown. There were 21 in attendance; this includes three guests, who are new to the area and will be joining the Chapter: Daniel Kelly, Colin Murphey, and Aditya Anne (who joined, see his photo below). William Bennett gave a presentation on the use of shrink wrap on small gage wire connectors. The wrap replaces the wire splice connectors, which do not work well on the small gage wiring.  Ken Matthews updated the group on the Oshkosh camp site reserved for the Chapter. If interested, contact Ken. Other news. There will be a Commemorative Air Force War Bird Expo Ride Day on June 14 with three aircraft participating in the event: The Georgetown B-25 Devil Dog, the Gulf Coast Wing T-6 Trainer, and JRB-6 Navy Transport. For information on the event visit the https://gulfcoastwing.org/ website. The next monthly meeting will be June 14, 2025, at the Georgetown airport terminal. The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 AM. David Hayek Chapter 187 Secretary Aditya Anne, new member Photos of Pancake Breakfast and EAA 187 Meeting, May 10, 2025 By Bill Elliott Here are some snapshots of the two dozen or so folks who came for the great pancake breakfast under the live oaks at Georgetown Executive Airport on May 10. I believe we had 20 people at the meeting inside later, including 4 new guests. Thanks to our cooks and thanks for coming out! Photos of Pancake Breakfast and EAA 187 Meeting, May 10, 2025 By Bill Elliott Here are some snapshots of the two dozen or so folks who came for the great pancake breakfast under the live oaks at Georgetown Executive Airport on May 10. I believe we had 20 people at the meeting inside later, including 4 new guests. Thanks to our cooks and thanks for coming out!                                                               Notes on Rockdale Fly-out by Scott Fish EAA187 traveled to Rockdale on April 12, 2025, to get an updated tour of the Rockdale Tiger Flight operation run by member Jimmy Cox at Coffield Regional Airport (KRCK).  Tiger Flight provides youth and mentors with experience refurbishing and rebuilding donated aircraft of a variety of types, and assists the students with EAA Young Eagle flights and time in the cockpit.  It’s a wonderful operation enabled by untold hours contributed by Jimmy and other volunteers who care about youth education and aviation restoration.   The visit included four pilots flying in from KGTU and KT74, plus a few members driving out to Rockdale, which is 43 miles east of Round Rock on US79.   Rockdale’s Domino’s Pizza manager was on hand, and provided pizza for the group, as Jimmy described the volunteer program, and showed the various types of restoration activities students are involved in.  He also gave a tour of both flying and project aircraft in their nice-sized hangar. Thanks to Jimmy and Justin Jones for helping set this up and providing a wonderful experience in our Chapter’s extended aviation community. Photos by Justin Jones                                              EAA Chapter 187 Monthly Meeting Minutes March 8, 2025 President Justin Jones called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM There were 25 members and 13 guests in attendance. Announcements: 1.     The chapter had a tent set up at the Nichols Car Show on March 1. Jimmy Cox was also there promoting the Rockdale Tiger Flight program. We had 10 youth interested in the Young Eagle flights and they left contact information. 2.     There is an air show next Saturday, March15, Burnet airport. 3.     Jimmy Cox is the new owner of James Aircraft in Rockdale. 4.     The chapter is sponsoring a “Fly Out” to Rockdale after the April 8 monthly meeting. Contact Tom Paxson for details. 5.     We planned a Young Eagle rally after the meeting, but the weather did not look good. 6.     Today we have Owen Pike presenting information on his June 2024 trip to EAA Air Academy. 7.     Today we are having an award presentation for Deene Ogden. Owen Pike, a Young Eagles Scholar, gave a presentation on his June 2024 trip to Oshkosh and attendance at a one-week EAA Air Academy. His trip was funded by the Chapter after a selection process was completed early in 2024. Owen did an excellent presentation on his activities for the week, and he thanked the Chapter for the opportunity to attend. Ryan Newman, the FAAST Program Manager Operations from the San Antonio FSDO office was present. Ryan presented Deene with a complete copy of the FAA records for Deene’s 50 years as a pilot. Ryan presented the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award to our chapter members, tech counselor, and flight advisor, Deene Ogden. The award is to recognize individuals who have exhibited exemplary aviation expertise, distinguished professionalism, and steadfast commitment for at least 50 years of piloting experience. This award is the most prestigious award the FAA issued to pilots. To be eligible for the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, nominees must meet the following criteria: Hold a U.S. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot certificate. Have 50 or more years of civil and military piloting experience or 50 or more years combined experience in both piloting and aircraft operations. Up to 20 years of the required 50 years may be U.S. military experience. The effective start date for the 50 years is the date of the nominee’s first solo flight or military equivalent. The 50 years may be computed consecutively or non-consecutively. Be a U.S. citizen. Have NOT had any airman certificate revoked.    Congratulations Deene   Members can view the two presentations in the Videos link of our website at https://eaa187.org/index.php/videos The next chapter meeting will be April 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM. David Hayek, Chapter 187 Secretary   EAA Chapter 187   Monthly Meeting Minutes February 8, 2025 February 8, 2025   President Justin Jones opened the meeting at 10:00 AM. There were 34 in attendance. There were 26 chapter members present. We welcomed six members of the Civil Air Patrol Apollo Composite Squadron based at Georgetown airport. Lt Colonel Lee Saage, Lt Colonel Sue Kristoffersen, and squadron members Denise White, Jeff Beaulieu, Alexander Hertzler and Christianna White. Justin also recognized two guests: Adrian Amado and Declan Herbert. Announcements 1.      The first Young Eagle Day for 2025 will be March 1 at Georgetown. 2.      The chapter will have a spot with table, tents, and information about EAA at the Nichols Car and Airplane show on February 22 at the Georgetown airport. 3.      There are plans to have a fly out after the April monthly meeting with the location yet to be defined. Could go to Rockdale to see the Tiger Flight location with a meal available. More information to come on this. Check your emails. Members are encouraged to participate in these activities. The monthly EAA Chapter News video was shown. Each EAA member should have received an email from EAA Chapter News at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  Members check your email to view this interesting news video. Justin introduced Lt Colonel Saage. He gave an interesting presentation on the Civil Air Patrol. Lt. Col. Kristofferson introduced the officers and cadets. A video of the presentation may be posted on the EAA187.org website after the CAP reviews it. The two CAP cadets in attendance, White and Hertzler, presented their experience with the CAP organization. Recognition awards for chapter support for 2024 were presented to Tech Counselors, Brian Decker and William Bennett, and Membership Support, Tom Paxson. They were not able to attend the January banquet. There was discussion on the Chapter getting a group camp site at this year’s AirVenture. Contact Ken Matthews if interested in participating. Time is short on scheduling this. David Hayek  Chapter187 Secretary     Young Eagles Rally Postponed This had to be moved because the car & plane show has been moved to March 1, and there will be too much activity and traffic at GTU. See below.    Next Meeting and YE Rally, March 8, 2025 This is a reminder that we will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting Saturday, March 8th at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628.    Light refreshments will be provided. Looking forward to seeing everyone!   We will hold our YE Rally after the March 8 meeting, but we need volunteers!! Please contact Michelle G., our YE Coordinator [see roster]. Michelle G. says, "It's better to move the Young Eagles day from 3/1 to either Sat. 3/8 12 - 4  after the chapter meeting or Sat. 3/15 8 - 12 depending on the availability of the volunteers. I'll update in the coming days." Thanks, Chapter 187          The car & plane show has moved to March 1. YOU MAY REGISTER ONLY AT (or you will be scammed)   StephaniesGtownAirportCarShow.eventbrite.com If you have questions on the show email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.           EAA 187 Minutes, Annual Banquet, 2025-01-13 David Hayek, Secretary  The 2025 Annual Banquet for Chapter 187 was held at Smokey Mo’s BBQ, Georgetown, on January 10, 2025. President Justin Jones welcomed the 25 members and 9 guests in attendance. Photos of the banquet are posted on Dropbox: Banquet Photos on Dropbox Justin recognized members for their support of the chapter in 2024: Dick Gossen was recognized as the MVP, the Most Valuable Presenter for his entertaining presentations during the monthly meetings. Four of Dick’s videos were posted on our website and on YouTube in the “EAA 187 Videos” subscription. Fidot Fomichev was recognized for his Web Designer support. Brian Decker, William Bennett, and Deene Ogden were recognized as Technical Counselors for the Chapter. Tom Paxson was recognized for his work as the new Membership Coordinator. Michael Garel was recognized for his work as the Young Eagle coordinator for the last three years. Five of our Young Eagle Pilots received snappy navy Young Eagle Pilot caps with Chapter 187 stitched on the side. They were Jimmy Cox, David Hayek, Patrick O'Malley, Tom Paxson, and Haruko Reese. James Cox was recognized for his work at the Rockdale Tiger Flight program, supporting the Scholarship Coordinator role, and his work as a Young Eagles Coordinator with 36 Young Eagle flights from Rockdale. Bill Elliott was recognized for being our Newsletter Editor, Web Editor, Videographer (recording YE flights and presentations), and his work as the Chapter Secretary.  Scott Fish was recognized for his work as the Chapter Treasurer. Ken Mathews was recognized for his work as the Vice President and securing speakers for the monthly meetings. Justin Jones was recognized for his work as a first-time President of the Chapter. We also recognized a First Flight for a new build. The Tangoflight aircraft, an RV-12, N413TF went airborne for the first time on March 1, 2024, with Gary Hamilton at the controls. The aircraft was delivered to its owner, Tony Hahn of Houston on April 25, 2024. The banquet concluded with a raffle for many door prizes! One particular table all got prizes. Soon after the banquet our new YE Coordinator was announced: Michelle Guardabascio, pictured below, who joined our chapter a few months ago. She is working on getting current on her certificate after not flying for some years. Members also can see her picture in our Members Area/EAA 187 Member Photos of the website (you must login). Congratulations Michelle!  Michelle Guardabascio photo   See you all at the regular meeting on Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 10 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport Terminal meeting room. The Civil Air Patrol will present at our meeting!  2025 Banquet Photos       EAA 187 Minutes, 14 Dec 2024 William R. (Bill) Elliott, Secretary The meeting began at 10 am, Justin Jones presiding. There were 27 present, including 5 visitors. Justin introduced the visitors. There was an update on Tango Flight, which is building an RV-12 over at the Future Ready Complex, part of Georgetown School District. Alex Bartlett was recruited by Justin to speak for our chapter, by invitation, at the Santa Rita Middle School all day in Feb. He is interested in Young Eagles! He is a new member of EAA 187 this year, and a CFI at Pilot's Choice at GTU. He joined us back in March after the airport event.  David Hayek is checking with a member couple to possibly serve as YE Coordinators. We watched the monthly EAA Chapter Video by Charlie Becker, 8 mins. Then we had our speaker. Ryan Gromfin presented a talk, “Overcoming Builder Fatigue: My RV-10 Project”. This was a lively slide show of how he solved a number of building challenges, including loss of momentum. One must weigh everything in your life against the cost in time and money. But the end result will be a beautiful plane in which he can take his family to wonderful places. The 51-min. talk was shot and edited by Bill Elliott, and is now posted on our website, and will soon be on YouTube in Bill’s “EAA 187 videos” channel. Bill has posted 14 videos there, and some have gotten large numbers of viewers, especially Dick Gossen’s talks.   Ryan Gromfin talks about his RV-10 project We concluded the meeting at 11:23 am, and met outside near the ramp to pose for a group photo with our banner. We last did this two years ago. See the new photo at the top of the Home page. Thanks everyone!!  Don't forget our annual banquet on Fri Jan 10, 2025, 7-9 pm, at Smokey Mo's BBQ at Wolf Ranch, Hwy 29 at I35, Georgetown, Texas. Each member pays for his own and his guest's meal. Please notify Pres. Justin Jones of how many in your party.  Merry Christmas!!    EAA 187 Minutes, 9 Nov 2024 William R. (Bill) Elliott, Secretary The meeting began at 10 am, Justin Jones presiding. There were 20 members and 1 visitor present. Short Presentations William Bennett gave a short talk about firesleeves, and how to make them. They can protect fuel lines, wires, and anything that might be damaged in an engine fire. He showed some nifty little stainless steel clamps that can be applied to the sleeves. Talk to William for details.   Dick Gossen showed slides and told his story about recently flying out to California. He clocked 148 mph TAS in “the fastest RV-12 in the world.” A year ago he installed a 130 hp UL 350 engine, a 4 cylinder boxer. It weighs the same as a Rotax 912. He improved the plane’s aerodynamics by making slick leg fairings, and got a 3 mph improvement. He had a minor problem on one fuel stop, while the oil dipstick was placed temporarily on the wing. He got a phone call, which distracted him from replacing the stick. On the climb-out he noticed a little oil on the windscreen. He returned to the airport to find the dipstick, but it was gone. He plugged the access with something improvised and went home with a 30 mph tailwind at 8000 ft. agl. Later the airport staff found the dipstick on the ramp. Dick turned 80 today! Officers’ Annual Reports Bill Elliott is retiring soon as Secretary, and he thanked everyone for their support. His job evolved over 2 years, from a position that was basically unattended to one who communicates with the chapter, takes minutes and attendance, types them up and posts them via our Googlegroups email system, and posts them on our website with photos and videos. He manages our email system and our member registration online. He co-edits the website with Justin Jones and Ken Matthews. Bill expanded his role as communications central and as volunteer videographer. Now it is time for someone to take over the traditional job of communications, records, minutes, rosters (with the Treasurer), while Bill continues as a volunteer in website editing and videography. He provided a document on all this to Pres Justin Jones. We have 70 current paid members, 2  honorary members, including 11 new in 2024. 12 dropped out in 2024. We got at least 3 new YE members since the March event at GTU, but we have not used them yet.  Ken Matthews (pictured below looking good) finished one year as VP, after 6 years as President. In reviewing our programs, we have had a large variety of speakers on many subjects, and people enjoy seeing the videos on our website. Ken and Bill will work on putting some of our videos on YouTube. One of Dick Gossen’s videos on the perils of flying to Oshkosh has been seen by FAA in the aftermath of a fatal accident at Airventure this year. Dick was able to provide follow-up notes and recommendations to FAA. Brian Decker may give a talk on oil analysis, and we will have more short presentations like today. Justin Jones, President (below), is building an RV-12. Chapter 187 started back in the 1970s, and was promoted greatly by Tony Bingelis. Deene Ogden and Brad Bellamy talked about Tony. Look for “Chapter Officers” and “Chapter Bylaws” in the Chapter 187 box on our home page. In 2011 we worked to get into compliance with IRS and the State of Texas, and we are in good compliance today. Our history is on our website in the form of minutes and old newsletters at the bottom of the Members Area: EAA 187 Archives: Newsletters since 1990. Hangar Tales, Tale Winds (Tailwinds), minutes & news. We need to elect a new Secretary and a board member to replace outgoing Bill Elliott and Gary Hamilton. We need to find a new YE Coordinator. Scott Fish, our Treasurer, was working out west in the desert today, but he sent his annual report. We are doing well financially, down a bit since last year. But this year we had more expenses: we sponsored 2 Young Eagles to attend YE Camp in Oshkosh. Elections David Hayek offered to serve as Secretary for two years, and he was approved unanimously. Jeff Greinert was voted in as a new board member, in place of Gary Hamilton for 2 years. The Secretary assumes that this includes operating the chapter’s tool collection in the storage unit next to Gary’s hangar, but this needs to be confirmed. Announcements Brian Decker mentioned member Marc Alexander’s Fly, Walk, Eat and Nav Monster. Tom Paxson mentioned selling rides on the B-15, Devil Dog, on Nov 10-12, for Veterans’ Day. We concluded the meeting about 11:30 am. Congratulations to the new officers, and thanks to those who are retiring as of the Jan 2025 banquet!  Next Meeting December 14, 2024 This is a reminder that we will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting next Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628. We really need a new YE Coordinator! Volunteers? As we continue to grow and inspire the aviation community, we need enthusiastic members like you to step into leadership roles within our chapter. We're grateful for everyone who has served and is still willing to serve. The volunteer efforts of everyone, not just the leadership, make our chapter vibrant and exemplary. These 2-year term roles will be determined in next Saturday’s meeting, either by vote or in-person nominations. How to Apply If you’re interested in stepping up for one of these roles or would like to learn more about the responsibilities, please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Thank you, Justin Jones President, Chapter 187     EAA 187 Minutes & News, 12 Oct 2024 William R. (Bill) Elliott, Secretary The meeting began at 10 am, Justin Jones presiding. There were 19 present, 12 paid members and 7 visitors, including our 2 speakers. Announcements: Bill Fluhr (absent) sent a flyer for the Cedar Park/Breakaway Park Airport/Whippoorwill Fall Picnic on Oct 19, 11am–2pm. Flyer below. Jimmy Cox (absent) says Rockdale Tiger Flight has room for more youth at the free Saturday program for youth from 9:30 am till 4 pm. They also welcome anyone who wants to help. They are currently fabric covering a wing and working on a Zenith 601 HDS.  They have stalled on their panel, as the people working on it have been busy elsewhere. They are also finishing up the annual on our Clipper and J-3, so they should be flying soon. And they have 8 other projects they can work on when these are done. They meet just about every Sat to work on a plane project and take Young Eagles up. Tango Flight in Georgetown is building an RV-12 at the Future Ready Complex (high school) just up Airport Road from the airport. Rob and Haruko Reese and Greg Stearman are working with the school. This is their sixth plane.  Deene Ogden gave a show-and-tell about parts for an RV-12. The voltage regulator runs hot, and when it fails is kind of pricey to replace. But one can build a ventilation cover for it in metal, or make it with a 3D printer. The best result was 3D-printed in carbon fiber. The meeting was over at 11:30. Check the photos in this link:  Meeting photos 10-12-2024 Deene Ogden, in green shirt,  showed us two 3D-printed covers for a voltage regulator. The black one is of carbon fiber, and quite heat-resistant. The covers are ventilated to extend the part’s life span. David Meiners, 13, is one of our YE scholars.  He gave an 11-min. slide talk about his trip to Oshkosh to attend a Young Eagle Air Academy Summer Camp. The video is on our website under Videos. Way to go David! Our main speaker was Lt. Game Warden Dwayne Havis, here with wife Celeste Lunceford. He told the harrowing story about his controlled crash into Lady Bird Lake, Austin, caused by a turbo fire in his Cessna 206, on a test flight after annual inspection by Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Dwayne is a skilled survivor! See his talk in Videos.     Rockdale Tiger Flight Meetings We have room for more youth at our free Saturday program in Rockdale for youth.   We also welcome anyone who want to help.  We are currently fabric covering a wing and working on our Zenith 601 HDS.  We have stalled out on our panel and the people working on it have been busy elsewhere.  We are also finishing up the annual on our Clipper and J-3 so they should be flying soon.  And we have 8 other projects we can work on when these are done. If you know any youth who would like to get involved in aviation have them look at our FaceBook page  Rockdale Tiger Flight.   We meet every Saturday from 9:30 am till 4 pm. And we can do Young Eagle flights most Saturdays. Thanks Jimmy Cox Tom Paxson's 1968 Piper PA-28R-180, or Cherokee Arrow, is a four-seat, low-wing aircraft with retractable landing gear and a 180-hp engine. Tom's was in the shop at MC Aircraft, Devine, TX, since March after some hail damage on September 29, 2023. The interior will be updated by the end of October. Congratulations Tom! See photos: Tom's Piper Arrow  Sept 14 meeting at Smoky Mo's BBQ  By Bill Elliott, Secretary We missed having an August meeting because the GTU terminal meeting room was being used as temporary office space by Cutter during reconstruction of their offices. Members may read the full minutes in the Members Area of this website. President Justin Jones began the Sept meeting at 10 am. We had 23 folks attending at Smoky Mo’s BBQ, Wolf Ranch Town Center, in Georgetown. We got the meeting room for free, and many of us stayed to have lunch, which the manager appreciated.  There were 3 visitors, and 2 joined the chapter: Rudy Albachten and Mark Conway. Rudy was our chapter’s Treasurer about 20 years ago; he has an RV6A project. Welcome back! Rob Reese said that Tango Flight, our group who works with youth building an RV, has moved into the new Future Ready Complex [high school] near Georgetown Airport. The aerospace teacher may look into allowing EAA 187 to hold our meetings there. Michael Garel has resigned as YE Coordinator, and we may not hold the Oct 5 YE rally unless we get a coordinator. It is a volunteer position. At the Nov business meeting we will elect a new Secretary to replace Bill Elliott. His two-year term as Secretary is up, but he will continue as the volunteer web editor, librarian, and videographer. Gary Hamilton’s term as a board member also is up, so a new person will be elected. Please let Justin Jones know if you are interested in these jobs, or if you have a suggestion. We viewed the EAA Chapter Video Magazine by Charlie Becker. New YE software was in beta testing, and became available a few days after our meeting. It will make YE and chapter record-keeping better. Dick Gossen went to Airventure at Oshkosh. Sadly, a pilot crashed and died 1 mi. from the airport on his way in for a landing, just as Dick predicted would happen when he gave his talk to us on July 13, “The Perils of Endeavor Bridge!” This video is on our website for anyone to see. Dick presented that talk at OSH, and discussed remedies to the crowding of aircraft of different speeds coming into OSH, but there are political and legal issues. This will take time, and probably more accidents, to sort out. David Hayek reviewed our recent survey of our members by email. Only 25% of the members replied to the survey about what we want to do as a chapter. We may explore the idea of doing a fly-out soon. Our next meeting will be back at GTU, and our speaker will be Dwayne Havis, who made an emergency landing in Lady Bird Lake, Austin, a couple of years ago. We adjourned for lunch about 11 am.   Ken Matthews showed us some of his photos from Oshkosh, and discussed Burt Rutan's talk.   Ken Matthews showed us his Oshkosh slides   Next meeting Sept. 14 at Smokey Mo's BBQ!!  We will hold an in-person EAA Chapter 187 Meeting Saturday, Sept. 14th at 10:00 am at Smokey Mo's BBQ, at 1013 W University Ave Suite 310, Georgetown, TX 78628. We will meet in the private back room at Smokey Mo's in the Wolf Ranch shopping center at the inter-section of Hwy 29 (W University Ave) and IH35. It's in the SE quarter of the area, near the SE entrance from the southbound access road. Our regular meeting room at the GTU Terminal building is still not available. We expect it to be ready next month.  We are soliciting EAA 187 Chapter members to give reports from Oshkosh AirVenture 2024. If you are interested in giving a report about AirVenture, please prepare up to 5 pictures and discuss up to 5 things you learned by attending AirVenture. Please bring images on a USB stick so we can quickly show and copy them.   Please let Ken, Justin, and Bill know if you would like to present so that we can plan accordingly. We are open to focused project reports as well. Tom Paxson may discuss our recent survey of members about a possible fly-out event.    Light refreshments will be served at the meeting. If you're able, consider staying for lunch after the meeting as a "Thank You" to Smokey Mo's for hosting us. They make good bbq!   It's been 2 months since we've met! We look forward to seeing everyone!   We are in need of a new YE Coordinator--please contact Pres. Justin Jones.    Buz Landry Obituary January 31, 1937 - July 9, 2024, age 87 Buz (not "Buzz") was known around town by many as "Mr. Georgetown". Many remember seeing Buz with his ever-present cowboy hat at the Saturday morning coffee group at the Georgetown Airport terminal. He had a long history with the airport and aviation.  See his obituary for more details. Buz will be missed. Buz Landry obituary     Buz Landry obit in Sunday Sun  Bill Fluhr's Volksplane pictures and website at   https://vp2.fluhrhotel.net/   Bill has been working on restoring this homebuilt plane with his sons, Eric, shown here, and Ken. They are fitting it with a nicely rebuilt VW engine.      Picked up in Midland, TX on a very cold day in January, 2017 and trailered to its new home in Cedar Park, TX.         Here's the updated engine and Sensenich prop, 60 x 32.        The long block completed.     The sturdy motor mount, TIG-welded by son Ken.     See Bill's project at https://www.eaa187.org/index.php/current-projects and at https://vp2.fluhrhotel.net/      Article about local Young Eagles  (August 2024 Cedar Park City Lifestyle) Click to read about Young Eagles in the magazine  Cover photo: Johnny Sublett and Trevor at YE rally       LAST MEETING  EAA Chapter 187 Minutes and News   Bill Elliott, Secretary, July 13, 2024 Justin Jones opened the meeting at 10 am. We had 29 folks attending, including these 8 visitors: Marc Alexander, James Alwin,  Chris Hamrick, Chris Handwerk, Marvin Hulshizer, Henry Koenig, Kirsten Swain, Ailer Swain, and Lenny Tropiano . Lenny Tropiano and Marc Alexander joined the chapter after the meeting; they also are members of EAA Chapter 1607, Lake Travis, TX, Rusty Allen Airport, Lago Vista. Justin showed us the nice Chapter 187 sign made by William & Dyan Bennett for this year’s Airventure at Oshkosh. Members signed the back of the sign. Greg Stearman, chapter member who also is with Tango Flight, said they will soon move their RV project from Eastview High School to the new Future Ready Center just up Airport Road from GTU. We can contact Peter Dittmer, the technical teacher they are working with, about our chapter participating in aviation events at the school.   Dick Gossen gave a 32-minute presentation, “The Perils of Endeavor Bridge” about flying safely to Oshkosh. Endeavor Bridge is a waypoint and convergence point for planes going into OSH. Bill Elliott and Justin Jones made a video of his talk, and Bill edited and posted it on our website at https://www.eaa187.org/index.php/videos Dick has some good stories about near collisions in the crowded queue arriving at OSH, and recommendations to avoid problems. Don’t arrive on Sunday afternoon! Marc Alexander spoke for a few minutes about his “Fly, Walk, Eat” website. One can get discounts at some airports on the way to Oshkosh. Check it out at https://www.flywalkeat.com/ We then watched the monthly EAA Chapter video, given by President Jack Pelton. We adjourned about 11:00 am.  Members may read the longer, official minutes in the Members Area of this website.     EAA   Chapter 187, Minutes & News GTU, June 8, 2024     Dan Nicoson spoke about his BD-4C project. There was joviality.   Pres. Justin Jones started the meeting at 10:01 am. Sec. Bill Elliott made these notes. Justin called for guest introductions. 25 people attended including 5 visitors. Young Eagles events for 4/6, 5/4, and 6/1 were cancelled due to weather. We will resume YE operations on October 5. Keep an eye on the Georgetown Future Ready Learning Center, a large, attractive school ½ mi. N from GTU up Airport Road. We hope to get involved in educational events there. They are finishing the interior now. The Devil Dog B-25 will be doing flights on Father’s Day weekend, June 16, at GTU. We viewed the EAA chapter video by Charlie Becker. Tom Paxson talked about going to Oshkosh/Airventure in July. Members told some funny Oshkosh stories. Dan Nicoson spoke about his BD-4C project, a fast, 4-seater plane. The 38-min. video was recorded by Bill Elliott and Justin Jones, then edited and posted by Bill on our website under Videos. Comments and questions from the back of the room were difficult to record and hear because of the room’s excessive echo, plus cross-talk from the coffee crowd in the hall. However, Dan’s voice came through fine with the use of a bluetooth lapel mic. Bill Fluhr was ready to speak, but the meeting ran a little long, so he volunteered to speak next time. Thanks for your patience, Bill. See you next time! Bill Elliott, 6/12/24     EAA Chapter 187 Meeting 5/11/24 Pres. Justin Jones started the meeting at 10:00 am and made these notes. Sec. Bill Elliott was on a trip.  Justin called for guest introductions, but no new guests were present or wanted to introduce themselves. 17 people attended. Young Eagles announcements: YE events on 4/6 and 5/4 were both cancelled due to weather but were able to do tower tours. Also did a pre-flight of an airplane for all kids who were present. Tango Flight news: Tango Flight has shut down this month for the summer, will start again in September, possibly at the new Georgetown school district facility across the street from the airport. Tango Flight has started the empennage for the next RV-12. Mike Montefusco Presentation by Mike Montefusco titled Gyrocopters: Letting Air Do The Work! He has an AutoGyro GmbH Calidus. Mike spoke about 1:40. Our amateur video setup could not capture the whole thing, but we hope to get Mike’s pdf about his talk. You can see a 4 min. YouTube of Mike's autogyro Calidus at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR35yedyruE  Henry Koenig (14 years old) attended the meeting with his mother. He is an EAA member but wants to sign up as a chapter member. He has been to previous chapter meetings.  Edited by Bill Elliott   April 13th Meeting President Justin Jones presided at our EAA Chapter 187 Meeting on Saturday, April 13th at 10:00 am at the Georgetown Executive Airport, located at 500 Terminal Dr., Georgetown, TX 78628. 29 people attended, including 3 visitors! Chapter member, Dick Gossen gave a 57-min. presentation called “Unbelievable Compressions!…and two short stories”.  That video was edited by Bill Elliott and posted in our Videos menu. Look for Gossen-Compressions.mp4 in our Dropbox folder. Thanks to Justin Jones for running the Sony mic, and Dick Gossen for all his help and expertise!  The April 6 YE rally did not happen because of weather. We look forward to the May 4 rally at Georgetown Airport. The official, detailed minutes are posted in the Members Area.  Ken Matthews recently acquired a partially built Long-EZ kit and moved it to Lago Vista Airport on March 30, 2024, with the help of EAA 187 Chapter members. See this link for photos:   Long-EZ Project EAA Chapter 187, Minutes & News, GTU, March 9, 2024 President Justin Jones started the meeting at 10:00 am. 27 people attended including one visitor and one new member: We flew 13 youngsters at our March 2 YE rally! Our 3 technical counselors presented an hour-long program. Our 3 technical counselors presented an hour-long program. Deene Ogden spoke about paint and painting, William Bennett spoke about nut plates, and Brian Decker gave a thorough examination of carbon monoxide: its effects on the pilot, how to detect it, and how to find all the places it comes into your cockpit from the exhaust system. You would be surprised at where it gets in. Since the cockpit is usually at slight negative pressure, any leakage from the exhaust system can get entrained from gaps in the cowling into, air intakes, even at the rudder area! Brian recommended small portable CO detectors, and forget the cheap indicator cards that expire after a short time and don’t tell you ppm anyway. Bill Elliott recorded a video, while Ken Matthews and Justin Jones assisted with mics. The 57-min. video, titled “Three Technical Counselor Talks” is now posted on our website under the Videos link. Thanks to our speakers for an interesting program!    Deene Ogden, Paint       William Bennett, Nut Plates Brian Decker, CO (Carbon Monoxide)    Calendar   Next Young Eagle Rally is April 6, 2024, at GTU (Georgetown Airport). Next meeting is April 13 at GTU. Bill Elliott, Secretary and Newsletter Editor, March 13, 2024 EAA 187 Minutes and News Chapter Meeting & Zoom Talk on the "Perfect Landing", 2024-02-10 by Bill Elliott, Secretary, Feb 28, 2024 Pres Justin Jones led the meeting at 10:00 am, attended by 18 folks, including 3 new or renewed members, 2 visitors, and the speaker. About 7 viewed the Zoom talk from home. Due to the weather conditions forecasted for Saturday morning, Mike Montefusco was not able to attend the meeting in person to give his presentation on Gyrocopters, but he spoke via Zoom. He will come in his gyro sometime and do that in person! VP Ken Matthews set up a laptop with the TV for Mike to give a good remote presentation on Zoom entitled "Perfect Landing—The result of Practice and Precision." The viewing and sound were good on the big TV, and we were able to ask questions and interact for over 1 hr. and 25 min. I did not get a recording of the talk, but Mike took lots of questions. He said that one should use the concept of gates in the airport pattern, and map out exactly what you need at each gate. He recommends saying out loud, “landing assured” on final, and don’t pull full flaps until you are assured that you can make it. He personally wants 1000 ft. AGL, not 800 ft. for the typical traffic pattern, or 100 ft. more than recommended at Gate 3 (base to final turn). That way you have more height to spend if needed in an emergency, like a go-around or anything.  Mike sent us a worksheet that he used, linked here:  Traffic Pattern Gates Worksheet Gary Hamilton said that Tango Flight meets on MWF. Dan Nicoson invited members to come to his place in Round Rock after the meeting to see his BD-4 project.  We have 2 new YE videos from Feb 3 by Bill Elliott & Johnny Sublett with Young Eagles "ML" and "TK"! Our YE pilots took 13 youngsters up that day!! See the Videos link at the top of our website home page to view it. EAA 187 website: https://www.eaa187.org/ See our Google Calendar on this website at "Events Calendar." Our next Young Eagle Rally is on March 2, next meeting is March 9! Georgetown Car & Plane Show We had a booth on the taxiway during the Georgetown Car & Plane Show on Sat, 2-24-24. We were flanked by Johnny Sublett’s Citabria and Fidot’s Marquart MA-5 Charger biplane, with the B-25 Devil Dog across the taxiway. Young Eagle rallies for March 2 and April 6 are already full with 13 each. We signed up 9 families for YE flights on May 4 and June 1. And we met three pilots who want to help us fly YE! See below. Welcome to New Members and YE Pilots! Alex Bartlett, Round Rock, CFI at Pilot's Choice/GTU, joined EAA 187. EAA #1579987. Desiree Staffeldt, Austin,  from Fredericksburg, Chap 1099, EAA #1480416. Took YE training & background check. Spencer Wilt, Georgetown, CFI at Aeroguard/GTU, will join us soon. His daughter will fly on May 4. Comings and Goings Stan Schmidt recently moved from Georgetown to Boerne, where he is still working on his  Zenith CH-750 project (see photo). “Hi Bill, Miss you Guys. Things are going good! Plane should be flying soon. Probably should take me off the email list. Thanks, Stanley Schmidt” But you can call or write him: 970-846-3350   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sad News: Pok-E-Jo’s Closed Gayle and I tried to go to Pok-E-Jo’s Smokehouse in Georgetown on Feb 28, but it is “Permanently Closed” according to their website. We had 3 EAA 187 banquets there! They weren’t getting a lot of customers, unfortunately, maybe because the parking lot is usually clogged by folks going to the gym next door. Who knows? I thought it was a great bbq place.  Review-2024.pdf Review-2023.pdf Review-2022.pdf