January Meeting Minutes
Respectfully Submitted by Jeff Dinius, Secretary

Mike Bond called the meeting to order.

Treasurer's Report:Treasure’s report was given by Ernie Stevens. Details were given but many people gave Ernie their dues so his number was off. Details are available from Ernie.

Young Eagles Report:There was not a Young Eagles report this month.

Announcements

• Mike passed out name tags to all the people that signed up for a badge at the December meeting. Mike has some for people that were not present.
  
  
• Rod Woodard is an old member that is renewing his membership. Rod is finishing a Midget Mustang. He placed the engine and cowl and is hoping for a first flight this summer.

Old Business

•  Name Tags: Distributed.
  
  
• Tools: Dale Matuska was busy and did not get any of the tools purchased
  

New Business: EAA National has asked for our roster to be updated. Mike went through the list and the group provided information on members that had not been present in some time. Ernie provided information on members that had paid their dues last year. Mike used a combination of information to update the list and will send it back.

Program

Dale Matuska provided a program on formation flying. He is working toward his certification and gave many examples of his journey to become a formation pilot. Dale provided a nice visual presentations with many photographs taken from members of the Yak Pak in northern Colorado.

Dale concluded with an invitation to take anyone for a ride in the Yak as long as they were adults and promised not to touch anything in the cockpit. Back seat controls over ride the front seat and he did not want to be riding along with someone lacking currency in a Yak 52 at the controls.

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Strobe Lights for Sale
Submitted by Jeff Dinius

What's available:	9 double strobes
	3 single strobes
Company's website:	www.KEstrobes.com
Contact:	Dave Baehr
	dfb25@hotmail.com
	970 669-0094

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Be Careful Powering Up Strobes
Submitted by Glenn Hetchler

Whether you buy strobes, or own strobes that have not been operated for a while (maybe 6 months, certainly 1 year), you should be cautious when they are powered up. As I remember Whelen telling me- you need to bring them up on a variable voltage power supply. Start them at the lowest voltage they will flash at- probably 10V. Then you slowly increase the voltage (I don't remember exactly, perhaps it is an increase of 1/2 V every 10 min or so- check the manufacturer's web site or call them for the exact rate), until you get to 12.5 V or so. This allows the capacitors to reform. If you just hook them up to a fully charged car or aircraft battery straight from the start, you run a serious chance of overheating the capacitors, and doing permanent damage.

Same thing applies to those new ones you've got in the box or on your homebuilt that you are finishing. Hook them up for a few minutes a couple times a year, and they should stay in good shape (in this case you can use full voltage). Same thing applies to the big flash you have for your old 35mm camera that you have in the closet (if you want it to be good in the future).

The specific numbers I gave are probably wrong. But I believe that the concept is right.

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A Snapshot in EAA History
Brenda Anderson, EAA #650581
Chapter Administrator

Paul Poberezny has passed along an article that he thought would be an interesting reflection on the path that we as EAA have traveled since some of our early years. Click the link to view the article.

This article is from 1964 and was in reaction to the plans to build an EAA Air Museum. It is interesting to see how the first sparks the visions of Paul and the first EAA members have ultimately led the association to having such a world class museum, headquarters, aviation learning center and convention facility.

It is a snapshot in our history and illustrates that by following our dreams we can accomplish many things. As a Chapter, these same thoughts hold true. While it can be hard to envision that your Chapter may one day have the Chapter hangar or clubhouse you wish for, or the financial abilities to have a scholarship program for young people, through determination, teamwork and a little inspiration your Chapter can realize its dreams.

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New Addition to Links Page
Submitted by Jeff Dinius

Check out the Airbus cockpit.

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Editor's Note

Nels Renerfelt passed away Friday 11 January 2008

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