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Wes Whitley talked about
the Light Sport, Highlander, from Cornell Aero Works. This was
a very interesting presentation since Wes is part of a growing
group of aviators that are purchasing Light Sport aircraft and
enclosed trailers to transport them.
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Toys For Tots 2005 was
a great success
We
collected 331 toys and $215.00 cash.
All the toys
go to Brevard county residents.
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Steve Bussey was
our speaker November 9, 2005
Steve produced a great
presentation about
Angle Of Attack Indicators
Today's popular
sport aircraft fly faster, higher, further, and with
larger payloads. As a result, the stall speed, the approach speed,
and
other performance speeds can no longer be assumed to be constant.
They
actually never were.
Optimum approach
to landing speeds vary with weight, bank angle, CG and
even relative humidity. With the Angle Of Attack (AOA) instrument,
we
can now do precision approaches just like Navy aircraft carrier
and
airline pilots eliminating the requirement to compute performance
speeds. AOA indication tells you where the airspeed is going
to be,
unlike the airspeed indicator that tells you where it was. Your
aircraft stalls at the same AOA regardless of weight, temperature,
altitude, or center of gravity and bank angle. Your stall indicated
airspeed varies significantly with all the above.
For any given airfoil,
other performance parameters such as best lift
to drag, best glide, maximum endurance and maximum maneuvering
performance also occur at known AOAs.
By Steve Bussey
Irv Bubeck passed away on Saturday
at home. There was a memorial
service Saturday, October 29 2005 in the hangar at Sebastian
Communications at 2 PM. All friends were invited.
CBS
News, Washington Post Writer and Spaceflightnow.com
contributor, William
Harwood was
our speaker, October 19th
2005, he brought us
up-to-date on space news.
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More Larry Show and Tell
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September
3, 2005
Chapter 724 tours the Shuttle Landing
Facility
Dodging a
line of thunderstorms, Denny Funnemark flew in a Tango II,
from Williston, for the May 11, 2005 meeting. He
told us about the new
Team Tango, how the airplane
is built, their build center program, and
performance.
They are currently testing the second Foxtrot 4, and have
three airplanes under construction.
Click here
to go to the Team Tango Web Site
Denny launching after the meeting; returning to
Williston.
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Larry and
Sherry Sietsma who flew their Beechcraft Baron 58 around the
world,
beginning and ending at Melbourne in 90
days were our speakers, April 13, 2005.
Visit their web site at:
www.lsietsma.com
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We
had a great time at the Kennedy Space Center All American
Picnic and Return to Flight Rally, KARS Park, April
9th. 2005
And, this is Roger Scruggs's post
production version of the parade with Catherine as Grand Marshall!
Bobbi and Ric in the background
Catherine and Space Man do the Space Shuffle as Ric
and Bobbi look on.
Catherine and the Astronauts
Roger and Bobbi
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Dr.
Lehton from Servant Air Ministries
was our speaker, March 9th. 2005.
Visit their web site: http://www.servantairministries.com/
Photo By Dick Todd
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CBS News,
Washington Post Writer and Spaceflightnow.com contributor, William Harwood was our speaker, February 18, 2005. We heard what
it was like to witness SpaceShipOne rocketing into history. Additionally,
Bill brought us up-to-date on local space news.
Bill Brown (left), William Harwood,
John Murphy, Lou and Don in the background.
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Larry Olson
shares more from his project.
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Our speaker January
12, 2005 was F-117 pilot, Bryan "BK" Knight.
We found out what really happened
when he punched-out of the Stealth Fighter that crashed at the
Baltimore air show and what it's like to eject from a 50 million
dollar airplane.
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Our
speaker December 8, 2004 was Peter McKenzie, local CFII.
While in the United Kingdom this summer, Pete did
some flying.
The rules and cost of flying are
quite different in the UK and Europe.
Pete told
us about these differences.
It makes you glad
that you fly in the USA.
Peter's presentation
was a real eye opener; flying in the USA is cheap,
compared
to the UK.
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