Recent News & Events: 2005
December 14, 2005, Wes Whitley was our speaker. He 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 was a great success
Saturday, December 3, 2005
Photograph and Post Graphics by Roger Scruggs, www.tvphotog.com
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the Chapter elected the officers for 2006.
Vice President Steve Bussey
Secretary Charlie Fleming
Treasurer John Soukup
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.
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EAA National, November 9, 2005
The lucky winner was Bill Harris
October 29, 2005 in the Sebastian Communications hanger.
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from Merritt Island
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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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Chapter 724 tours the Shuttle Landing Facility
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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.
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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
Photo by Catherine Hall
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March 9th. 2005.
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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.
(click on the photo to enlarge)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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