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Membership Meetings Second Thursday of the month. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (meal and hangar flying) Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Members, Prospective Members, and Guests Welcome IMC Club Meetings Third

1 Membership Meetings Second Thursday of the month. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (meal and hangar flying) Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Members, Prospective Members, and Guests Welcome IMC Club Meetings Third Tuesday of the Month 6:30 pm Location: EAA Aviation Center All Chapter Members Welcome Board Meetings Fourth Thursday of every month Save the Date: Spring Pancake Breakfast and Young Eagle Rally Saturday, April 8 Thursday, April 13 Dinner at 6:30 TIG Welding Program at 7:00 Thursday, April 27 Board Meeting 6:00 pm at the chapter hangar Thursday, May 11 Dinner at 6:00 Go to Basler Turbo for Tour at 6:00 p.m. Location: November - March: EAA Leadership Classroom April - October: Chapter Hangar Thursday, Mary25 Board Meeting 6:00 pm at the chapter hangar Members Welcome at board meetings. Page 1

to update your reading glasses. Second, you have to have a steady hand. Beyond that, anyone could do it with enough practice. It is skill that can be developed to an acceptable level of proficiency.

2 to update your reading glasses. Second, you have to have a steady hand. Beyond that, anyone could do it with enough practice. It is skill that can be developed to an acceptable level of proficiency. President's Message by Charlie Becker Welding - Is It Time You Learned? Have you ever thought about learning to weld? If you can weld, it opens up lots of creative options. Most importantly for me, it has allowed the construction of an aircraft fuselage for much, much less than if I bought it. It has also allowed me to make a DIY lift to move my disabled wife in and out of the bathtub. I've welded up an extension for a dog gate, made coat racks and even a chandelier. So you see, it does not have to used just for aviation stuff; although I would argue that is the highest and best use for welding!. By being a welder, you can unlock your creative side. For many, they think welding is something that they could "never" learn. I believe anyone can learn to weld. There are two physical requirements to welding that, without them, you will fail. First, you need to be able to see a small weld puddle. If you are over 40, that means you may need Our chapter has a unique opportunity coming up to provide our members with hands on TIG Welding training. EAA has recently received 12 brand new TIG welders from Lincoln Electric. These are the latest, state of the art machines designed for the hobbyist market. EAA will be using them for upcoming SportAir Workshops but those are not scheduled until the Fall. In the interim, I volunteered the chapter to assemble all the machines and "test" them. So we have a few months to use the machines for chapter purposes. We already have one in service for welding the Buster fuselage. At our upcoming chapter meeting, I will present the basics of TIG Welding 4130 Aircraft Tubing. For those who would like to take the next step and learn to weld, we will hold follow up training sessions to teach you the basics of how to TIG weld. At the meeting, I'll pass around a sign up sheet for those interested. If you already know how to TIG weld and are willing to assist with the training, please let me know as I'll need helpers. I find welding one of the most enjoyable things to do. It takes my full concentration so, like flying, I'm completely focused on the welding. There is something primal about joining two pieces of metal together. Don't let this wonderful opportunity pass you by! Tailwinds, Charlie Page 2

3 Chapter Officers & Board of Directors President Charlie Becker 3975 Sharratt Drive Oshkosh, WI Vice President/Newsletter Carrie Forster N1103 Fox River Road Kaukauna, WI Secretary Kurt Weina 868 Whispering Way Omro, WI Treasurer Fred Stadler 1742 Hunters Glen Dr. Oshkosh, WI Young Eagles Eric Abraham 5218 Tulane Ct. Omro, WI Chapter Historian & Board Member Jim Casper 99 Johnson Ave. Oshkosh, WI C jiminoshkosh@gmail.com Board Member Wayne Daniels 3778 Red Oak Ct Oshkosh, WI wedan444@sbcglobal.net Board Member Randy Novak 641 Bowen St. Oshkosh, WI classicair.novak@gmail.com Hangar Manager Jim Kress jim.kress@att.net, Membership - Doug Milius 1305 Maricopa Dr Oshkosh, WI drmilius@sbcglobal.net Chapter 252 Resource List, 2015 Chapter member advisors (aviation professionals, or experienced & EAA recognized) who are active as mentors and support Chapter programs/events. Joe Norris EAA Tech Counselor EAA Flight Advisor pilotjoe@ntd.net Lyle Forsgren EAA Tech Counselor lands@northnet.net Tim Hoversten EAA Tech Counselor thoversten@eaa.org 608/ Chad Jensen EAA Tech Counselor EAA Flight Advisor chasen0877@gmail.com Jim Kress, CFII jim.kress@att.net, 920/ John T. Monnett, Jr. EAA Flight Advisor john@sonexaircraft.com 920/ Randy Novak A&P, IA, EAA Tech Counselor classicair.novak@gmail.com 920/ Owen Russel CFI, EAA Flight Advisor owenrusel@gmail.com 920/ Andy Miller, CFII Chapter 252 IMC Club Leader andym@squadrontech.com 920/ cell Page 3

Welcome to New Members... submitted by Doug Milius, membership chair Donovan Halajian-Donovan joined our chapter and the IMC club recently. He has his private/instrument rating for SEL.

Sam has been a representative/missionary pilot for Wings as Eagles Mission Air Service since 2006. He has been flying in Cameroon West Africa since 2009.

4 Welcome to New Members... submitted by Doug Milius, membership chair Donovan Halajian-Donovan joined our chapter and the IMC club recently. He has his private/instrument rating for SEL. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Appleton. Welcome to Chapter 252! Sam Sanderlin-Sam is an active pilot with a SEL/instrument/commercial rating with a tail wheel endorsement. Sam has been a representative/missionary pilot for Wings as Eagles Mission Air Service since He has been flying in Cameroon West Africa since He is presently enrolled in FVTC's A&P program. He's hoping to return to Cameroon in Sam started his interest in flying when a teenager flying flight simulators. He got a job at Elliot Aviation in Moline IL. He received his private license in He is presently flying a Glastar when in Cameroon. Sam also enjoys Cubs baseball, playing baseball, basketball and softball. He also likes reading history books and spending time with family. Welcome to Chapter 252! Page 4

5 Membership Meeting: Thursday, April 13 TIG Welding Brats and Burgers at 6:30. Feel free to bring a side dish or dessert. Business meeting at 7:00, followed by our TIG Welding presentation. Guests are always welcome. Page 5

Wittman Airport - Oshkosh Aircraft on Display! -S.J. Wittman Birthday Celebration- Pancake Breakfast April 08, 2017 7:30 11:00 A.M.

00* Children under 10, $3.00 * Free for pilots of homebuilt aircraft who fly in. FREE AIRPLANE RIDES!

6 Wittman Airport - Oshkosh Aircraft on Display! -S.J. Wittman Birthday Celebration- Pancake Breakfast April 08, :30 11:00 A.M. Wittman Airport Terminal 20 th Ave. Oshkosh, WI Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Milk, Juice, Coffee, and all you can eat Pancakes! Adults $7.00* Children under 10, $3.00 * Free for pilots of homebuilt aircraft who fly in. FREE AIRPLANE RIDES! (EAA Young Eagles) For kids ages 8 17 with parent permission. 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. Weather permitting Hosted by EAA Chapter 252and Wittman Regional Airport Visit our web site at: or contact us through at: EAA252@gmail.com Page 6

7 Chapter members may view the EAA chapter video magazines online by following the link: Page 7

8 EAA Ch. 252 March Board Mtg. Thursday, March 23, 2017 Meeting Minutes Members Present: Carrie Forster (Vice President), Kurt Weina (Secretary), Fred Stadler (Treasurer), Doug Milius(Membership) Jim Casper (Board Member, Historian), Wayne Daniels(Board Member), Dennis Mohen(Past President), John Schram(Board Member), Eric Abraham, John Forster, Dan Johnson Old Business: Upcoming Meeting Topics/Presenters: April topic VMC Club TIG Welding presentation Topic has been changed to Tig Welding. Meal Brats and Burgers, Dennis to prepare May topic Basler Turbo Conversions tour Doug has spoken to them Dinner to start at 6pm Proceed to Basler facility for tour at 7pm June topic Open House Get on Flyin Hamburger Social schedule in June Discuss further at April board meeting Hangar Expansion Committee Update No Update Page 8

9 Other Old Business: Membership Updates (Doug) Rack cards have been received and distributed April 1 st there will be an up to date list posted on Groupspace was sent to prior members who have not paid 2017 dues. Road signage for hanger Chapter Merchandise Sales Still looking for volunteer to manage? Tig Welding Training update Will be presented at April meeting. April Pancake Breakfast and Young Eagle Rally Update 9 planes scheduled to be there for Young Eagles Inventory was reviewed, need to purchase paper plates, butter, coffee, and foil pans. Fred will pick up at Sams Club Memorial Wall Carrie to make a flyer for possible rain date Civil Air Patrol will have a table there Bill Brennand presentation, Jim will work on. Health permit good through 6/30/2017, Wayne has it. Submission needs to be in by end of March Page 9

members a chance to try them out. We had a great turn out for the meeting.

10 March 9 Builder's Buffet Thank you to Bruce Botterman and Dennis Moehn for demonstrating a variety of building and maintence techniques and for giving members a chance to try them out. We had a great turn out for the meeting. Members enjoyed a chili dinner and time to do a little hangar flying as well. Page 10

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controllers Dena Dyni and Brian Vanlankveldt.

12 March 18 Tower Tour Thanks to Fred Stadler for arranging a tour of the OSH tower. Two groups of members and guests visited the tour and asked questions to controllers Dena Dyni and Brian Vanlankveldt. Although ceilings were a bit low, it was a great view and a wonderful opportunity to see from the controller's point of view. Page 12

- Shop Talk - With Ramblin s Mixed In by Randy Novak 2nd Time Around The Re-build of a Taylorcraft Part 14 Repairs As We Go Putting Fabric On - Knots!- Continued from Part 13.

The Taylorcraft factory used external knots, and so will we for our project. The stitch spacing required on the earlier built up style wing ribs is detailed in Taylorcraft S.B.'s 22 & 30.

13 - Shop Talk - With Ramblin s Mixed In by Randy Novak 2nd Time Around The Re-build of a Taylorcraft Part 14 Repairs As We Go Putting Fabric On - Knots!- Continued from Part 13.- Back in A&P school our teacher had indicated that some IA's might not approve a cover job, unless the knots were visible on the exterior - so, a prudent A&P would check with the approving IA first. The Taylorcraft factory used external knots, and so will we for our project. The stitch spacing required on the earlier built up style wing ribs is detailed in Taylorcraft S.B.'s 22 & 30. The tail surface spacing does not seem to have been well documented. Our aircrafts previous cover job used 3.125, then 3.25" thereafter from the rear edge for the horizontal stabilizers, and 2.5 then 4" thereafter from the front edge for the rudder and elevators. We will retain the same stitch spacing. Alternative methods of attaching fabric - An STC fabric process, such as Polyfiber, is for the installation of their fabric (glued or sewn seams) and coatings - and typically not how the fabric is mechanically attached to the structure. That type of structural detail falls under the rule of maintaining the aircraft to it's original factory condition. The Polyfiber STC is clear and points this out as well. If we wanted to use some other means than what the factory used, it would be a major alteration that would need to be documented by the approving IA. Most often that type of approval is accomplished by FAA "Field Approval", and is not difficult to obtain, it's just part of the process. It's very likely someone else has already done it - which you can than reference as acceptable data. Type clubs are usually a good source of information for this type of thing. Putting Fabric On - Surface Tapes! Amongst Tcrafters there is some debate on whether the factory used continuous surface tape or individual patches over the empennage stitches. I suspect the factory practice varied over the years, and either is acceptable from an airworthiness perspective. Taping and older aircraft - The Polyfiber manual, and AC B provide quite a bit of information as guidance regarding application of surface tapes - which is usually conservative. If the factory documentation for fabric installation is available (not so with Taylorcraft), then that information can be used to advantage during recover. For example, Stinson had detailed blueprints which showed placement of fabric seams, surface tapes, and patches. This might be important for someone wishing to maintain originality. The exception would be the surface tapes dictated by the fabric STC which cover the structural fabric seams. Putting Fabric On - Fabric Seams! If we were covering the plane with cotton or linen, the permissible fabric seams, whether glued or sewn, would be governed by AC B. Since we are using Polyfiber, an STC'd process, the seam requirements are dictated by the STC. Either glued or sewn seams or a combination of the two are approved, and for our project we'll use what works best for what we are trying to accomplish. Today, many people just use glued seams. Years ago sewing was, I think, much more common than it is today. It was not unusual to find a sewing machine in a shop that maintained fabric covered aircraft. Particularly if the shop maintained a number of aircraft of the same type (like a duster operation), once you had a pattern - fabric envelopes could be turned out in good time. Sewing avoided the need for all the glued seams, saving time. Performance of various sewn seams. About 20 years ago we performed some testing for the FAA. The objective was to evaluate the strength difference between the various approved sewn seams, when using approved polyester fabric. In summary, the fabric seams yielded easily. The only seam that came close to achieving the strength of the fabric was the Folded French Fell seam - and even that one yielded (slipped) quite a bit before failing. All the other seams would permit the fabric threads to simply pull off the edge of the fabric at values well below the fabric strength. NOTE - we were primarily testing for comparative sewn seam strengths in the bare, base fabric only. Glued seams would appear to have an advantage over sewn seams in consideration of the slippage/yielding we observed. We also performed tests with the sewn seams, the base fabric treated with a coat of dope (poly brush), and the required 2" surface tape applied over the top - as it would be installed on an aircraft. With any of those samples the original fabric strength could be achieved. So, it could be interpreted that sewn seams primarily hold the fabric pieces together during the covering process, and the surface tape provides a significant portion of the joint strength when all is completed. Sewn seams, thread twist types. If you do use sewn seams, you are now entering the world of commercial/industrial sewing, and those heavier type of commercial threads come in both left and right hand twist. What is twist? Look at any piece of string and you'll see the cord has a twist to it. If, when held between thumb and forefinger of each hand, it tightens up when twisted to the left - it's a left hand twist. Commercial sewing thread is no different. - Continued in Part 15 - Randy Novak (EAA 57117), A&P/IA of 40 yrs, Homebuilder, EAA Tech Cnslr, Private Pilot, with a 37 yr engineering career - Manager in Product Development & Engineering at Mercury Marine. Page 13

14 Bill Brennand Photo courtesy of Jim Koepnick Page 14

15 Bill's Obituary reprinted from Oshkosh Northwestern: Brennand, William William F. "Bill" Brennand, age 92, of Oshkosh, died Tuesday morning, March 14, 2017 at Brookdale Senior Living. He was born on August 20, 1924, the son of Roy and Susan (Murray) Brennand. Bill grew up on a farm that is now the south end of Wittman Regional Airport. As a boy working in the fields, he would watch in fascination as famed air race pilot Steve Wittman would practice racing, zooming around trees for race pylons, never imagining that he would become Wittman's protégé and go on to become a champion air racer himself. Brennand won the National Air Races several times as well as many others, then went on to become an airshow performer with Wittman. After a stint as a corporate pilot flying for a local paper company, Bill opened his own airport near Neenah, which lives on and still bears his name. Bill also spent many happy summers flying to Canada where he loved to fish. As EAA grew in the 1970s Paul Poberezny asked if they could use Bill's private property on Lake Winnebago as a seaplane base. Bill managed the operation for over two decades, and the base continues as one of the busiest seaplane bases in the world during convention week. In the summer of 1970 Bill and some friends embarked on a project that seemed nearly impossible: bring back the wrecked remnants of a Stinson TriMotor from Alaska and restore it to flight. The effort took over a decade, but when completed Bill and his team flew the airplane around the country for years, giving rides to thousands. The airplane is now part of the collection of Kermit Weeks at Fantasy of Flight in Florida. As the decades passed, Bill sold off his airport and aviation interests and spent more time relaxing. As he put it, he never retired, just slowed down a little bit at a time. A longtime member of the EAA Chapter 252 in Oshkosh, Bill's last aviation project was advising fellow chapter members on the configuration and construction of a replica of Buster, the airplane he flew to fame in the National Air Races, for the EAA Aviation Museum. The original Buster is in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Bill is survived by his sister-in-law, Kathaleen (George) Brennand; four nieces, Joanne Pederson Anhalt, Mary Brennand Wegener, Carol (Mike) Pederson Riemer and Eileen Brennand; five nephews, Robert (Carol), Donald (Sandy) and Thomas Pederson, Michael (Teri) and Patrick Brennand; other relatives; special friend Marybeth Jackson, and many dear friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Norbert and George; a sister, Mary Pederson; a brother-in-law, Russell Pederson; a niece, Kathaleen Brennand Zimmerman; and two nephews, Philip Anhalt and Thomas Brennand. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 11 am at the Fiss & Bills Funeral Home at 865 S. Westhaven Drive. Oshkosh, WI Father William Van De Kreeke will officiate. Visitation will be held at funeral home on Tuesday from 9 am until 11 am. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund will be established in Bill's honor. The family wishes to thank the staff at Brookdale Senior Living for their compassionate care of Bill during the last year of his life. Page 15

16 Brat Barn Fundraiser 2017 Mark your calendars for this year's Brat Barn events! Friday May 26th, Friday June 16th, and Saturday August 5th. Page 16

17 TIG Welding Class Sign Up At our next chapter meeting on TIG Welding, we will have a sign up sheet for members that are interested in taking TIG welding training. If you want to sign up but will not be at the meeting, Charlie Becker directly to sign up. 25th Anniversary of Young Eagles Our own Doug Milius is one of a select few Young Eagles pilots who have flown at least one YE per year for each of the 25 years of the program. Congratulations, Doug, and thank you for continuing to ignite the spark of aviation in young people. Page 17

18 The Pylon is the monthly newsletter of EAA Ch. 252 and is published monthly by the newsletter editor. Digital copies are ed to each chapter member. Hardcopies are mailed upont request to those without access. Current and past copies can be accessed from the chapter website at If you have submissions for the newsletter, please send to editor Carrie Forster no later than the 20th of each month at Submissions received after the 20th will be included at the editor's discretion in the next month or held for a future publication. Suggestions for submission include (but are not limited to): -updates on build projects -flight milestones -technical articles -items of interest to the general -membership Submission in either word or PDF format, and photos in.jpg format are appreciated. Questions/Comments/Concerns about the newsletter may be directed to Carrie Forster at forster@new.rr.com. Annual Membership (Calendar Year) Dues are $20 ($10 for partial year, July - December). Student Memberships are $10. Dues in the amount of $20 can be given to Doug Milius or mailed to him at: Doug Milius 1305 Maricopa Dr. Oshkosh, WI Thank you for your continued support of our chapter! Page 18

Save the Date: Membership Meetings. IMC Club Meetings Third Tuesday of the Month 6:30 pm. Board Meetings

Save the Date: Membership Meetings. IMC Club Meetings Third Tuesday of the Month 6:30 pm. Board Meetings Membership Meetings Second Thursday of the month. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (meal and hangar flying) Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Members, Prospective Members, and Guests Welcome IMC Club Meetings Third Tuesday