Welcome!
EAA Chapter 187, Dec 2022
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.
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 SunBill Fluhr's Volksplane pictures and website 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.
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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. [Full minutes are posted in the Members Area.]
We flew 13 youngsters at our March 2 YE Rally!
Our 3 technical counselors presented an hour-long program. Deene Ogden spoke about paint and painting, William Bennett talked 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, any holes, and 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
Chapter Meeting & Zoom Talk on the
"Perfect Landing"
Sat, Feb 10, 2024
Pres Justin Jones led the meeting at 10:00 am, attended by 18 folks, including 3 new members, 2 visitors, and the remote 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 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 titled "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.
Mike sent us a worksheet that he used, linked here:
Traffic Pattern Gates Worksheet
We have 2 new YE videos from Feb 3 by Bill Elliott & Johnny Sublett with "ML" and "TK"! We took 13 youngsters up that day!! See the Videos link at the top of the page to view it.
See our Google Calendar on this website at "Events Calendar." Attend the Car & Plane Show at GTU on Feb 24 (EAA 187 will have a booth). Our next Young Eagle Rally is on March 2, next meeting is March 9!
EAA 187 Minutes, Annual Banquet, 2024-01-13
by Bill Elliott, Secretary, Jan 24, 2024
We met for the annual banquet at Pok-E-Jo’s Smokehouse in Georgetown at about 6 pm. Outgoing Pres Ken Matthews (new VP) and incoming Pres Justin Jones (former VP), presided. We had 43 in attendance, although 49 had said they were coming. But the room was full!
Everyone went through the new serving line and paid cash for a 3% discount. Pok-E-Jo’s now has more side dishes, and everyone got exactly what they wanted. The food was great.
Bill Elliott ran a video slideshow while we ate, a 51-min review of our 2023 activities. Photos by Gayle Unruh, Bill Elliott, and David Hayek, and the video review are available on our Dropbox site
Chapter Service Awards (EAA certificates) were presented to Pres Ken Matthews, Vice Pres Justin Jones, Treasurer Scott Fish, Secretary William R (Bill) Elliott, and Bill Elliott as News Letter Editor. Michael Garel was absent but received the Young Eagle Coordinator Service Award.
Five of our Young Eagle Pilots received snappy navy Young Eagle Pilot caps with Chapter 187 stitched on the side (see photo of David Hayek). They were Jimmy Cox, David Hayek, Patrick O'Malley, Tom Paxson, and Haruko Reese. The other six YE pilots will receive their caps at the next YE rally on Feb 3: Justin Blackburn, Herman Dierks, Michael Garel, Gary Hamilton, Johnny Sublett, and Shane Torgerson. Thanks for your service folks!
Raffle tickets were given out to the crowd, and two gift cards for Sporty’s Pilot Shop were given to Sandra Kilchek and Mark Petrosky. Two Amazon cards were given to Rob Reese and John “Beej” Nunn.
Chapter members are reminded to pay their annual chapter dues for 2024. If you send $35 to Treasurer Scott Fish at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. via PayPal on our website, or by check in the mail, please also notify Secretary Bill Elliott at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you do not renew by the Jan 31 deadline you will be dropped from the email list and the website member registration. Thanks.