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NEWSLETTER OF EAA CHAPTER 268, MARIETTA GEORGIA

MAR 2003 JOIN EAA

THE PREZ SEZ:

I'm just back from this year's version of Sun 'n Fun. The new Wednesday through Tuesday format seems to work just fine, helping to reduce the first day crowds and spread them over the rest of the week. The best parts of my trip were running into several of our chapter members (Many thanks to Scott Barland for helping me tie down the RV on arrival), plus seeing a number of people I know from the RV community and other outposts in the sport aviation community. One new thing for me was the night airshow. It was spectacular. With the poor weather in South Georgia over the last 4 days of SnF, I was lucky to pick a good weather window for my return. As they say, it is better to be lucky than good!

On the EAA 268 calendar, our next meeting is 7:00 PM on April 17 at the Hansen Aero hangar at McCollum. Beyond that, we have a "service day" planned for Saturday, April 26. Please go ahead and plan on helping out

that morning. We're going to meet at Hansen Aero first thing, and have three different projects we need to complete. The first one is to keep up our "Adopt a Mile" area near McCollum. The second will be a general clean and repair effort around the Hansen hangar. The third effort will be to rebuild several of our folding tables, which are in dire need of new tops. I imagine there will be plenty of work to keep quite a few people busy Saturday morning, but it would be nice if the group was able to go to lunch together after our airport chores are finished.

Another upcoming event I want to plug is Wings Weekend, which is a 3 day Friday, May 2, and consists of seminars for pilots and spouses, plus dinners, free flight instruction, and a number of other activities. If

you'd like to participate, you can go through their website: www.wingsweekend.com, their e-mail: info@wingsweekend.com, or you can call Sue Adams directly at 770 613-9501. You must pre-register to receive all of the perks (i.e. door prizes) and dinners. Our Chuckwagon will be there on Saturday (for lunch, I believe).

Something we touched on late last year was the issue of chapter owned tools. If you are interested in this subject, I would like to take the time at the next meeting (4/17) to talk about this idea in some detail.

Also, if you have a show and tell item you'd like to bring to the meeting, touch base with me either before or at the meeting and we'll make a point of reserving time to look and listen...

NEXT MEETING:

DATE: APRIL 17^th

TIME: 7:00 PM

LOCATION: HANSON AERO, MCCOLLUM FIELD, KENNESAW GEORGIA

FOR SALE, WANTED, TRADE, SERVICES WANTED, ETC.:

Got something you want to sell, trade, buy, borrow, or just get rid of?? Why not place an ad here? Hey it’s free!

The Chapter still has a number of Golf shirts with the Chapter’s logo embroidered on the front. Price: $28.00 each. See Charles Spegele to order yours. Contact Charles via e-mail at charlessgspeg@juno.com and your order will be delivered at the next chapter meeting.

FOR SALE:

Nomex Flight Suits O.D. (Very Good to Excellent Condition, nor rips or tears) 1-Size 40R, 2-Size 44R  $25 each

Winter Weight Nomex Flight Jacket (O.D.), Nearly New, Size Large (42-44) $75

Flight Suits Ltd. O.D. WEP Flight Jacket, Very Good Condition, Size Large $25

USAF O.D. Winter Flying Coveralls, NEW!! Size Large-Short $50

Contact: Dave Shaw, 678-445-9547, email: lshaw@mindspring.com

CHAPTER OFFICER CONTACTS:

PREZ: Kyle Boatright  770 607-6413 Kyle.Boatright@adelphia.net

VP: Jack Wrighter 770 587-0265 jnjwrtr@aol.com

SEC: Dave Estapa 770 926-0245 davestapa@juno.com

TREAS: Steve Wallin  770 977-5576 steve.r.wallin@lmco.com

NLE: Dave Shaw 678 445-9547 airmutt00@yahoo.com

YOUNG EAGLES COORD: Kerry Bedsworth  770 52-9023 kerrybedsworth@mindspring.com

Others:

Program Coordinator:  Roger Doyle

Equipment Coordinator:  Jim Wauford

Website:  Bret Smith

Chuckwagon Caretaker: Jim Raybon

Tech Counselors:  Kyle Boatright

CALENDAR OF LOCAL AVIATION EVENTS:

4May 2-4: LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA- Wings Over Georgia Aviation Program @ LZU.

4May 10: CHESNEE, SOUTH CAROLINA- Annual Spring fly-in @ State Line Ultraport. ebyars@carolina.rr.com

4June 13-15: URBANA, ILLINOIS- Sport Aviation Association Fly-in @ Frasca Field. www.sportaviation.org (Highly recommended group to join – ed.)

4July 29-Aug 4: OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003. www.airventure.org

4October 3-5: Evergreen, Alabama- EAA Southeast Regional Fly-in @ Middleton Field. www.serfi.org