'59
Is Turning 50
On
April 1st 2009 EAA Chapter 59 will be 50 years old.
Hello,
Welcome to our EAA Chapter 59 web site. I hope you will find
your visit interesting and enjoyable.
This web site
is dedicated to the sport of aviation, flying and building airplanes,
and being around other people who enjoy these same types of
interests. "EAA Chapters mean flying, friendship, and fun! Get
involved."
Pilots are reminded that during the month of May the State
of Texas will be very active for TFR occurrences. Please be
aware, check your NOTAM's before you fly.
==> ATTENTION PILOTS <==
WACO TFR GOES INTO EFFECT EARLIER ON SUNDAY
AOPA is sending this message to advise pilots in and near Waco
and
Crawford, Texas, that President Bush has moved up his departure
time
by four hours. The 30-nautical-mile temporary flight restriction
(TFR)
over Waco will now be in effect from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Sunday,
May 11. See AOPA Online for the new notam
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/7041 ).
Because TFR airspace frequently changes,
AOPA strongly encourages
pilots to obtain a briefing and CHECK NOTAMS before every flight.
TFR violators will be intercepted and forced to land.
==> ATTENTION PILOTS <==
FAA TO ESTABLISH LARGE TFRs OVER WACO, CRAWFORD
AOPA is sending this message to advise pilots in and near Waco
and
Crawford, Texas, that the FAA has issued notams restricting
flight
in those areas from Thursday, May 8, through Sunday, May 11,
for
President Bush's visit to his ranch. See AOPA Online for a graphical
depiction of the temporary flight restrictions (TFRs)
( http://download.aopa.org/images/epilot/080228crawford-waco.jpg
).
==> TFR DETAILS <==
**** CRAWFORD TFR ****
SIZE:
30-nm-radius TFR with inner 10-nm-radius GA no-fly zone
Surface up to 17,999 feet msl
CUTOUT:
4-nm-radius cutout to allow operations over Skylark Field (ILE)
LOCATION:
Centered on the ACT VOR's 241-degree radial at 14.4 nm
EFFECTIVE TIMES:
10:30 a.m. local Thursday, May 8, until 4:30 p.m. local Sunday,
May 11
View the notam and AOPA's plain-language explanation
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/6426 ).
**** WACO ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TFRs ****
SIZE:
30-nm-radius TFR with an inner 10-nm-radius GA no-fly zone
Surface up to 17,999 feet msl
LOCATION:
Centered on the ACT VOR's 089-degree radial at 10.1 nm
EFFECTIVE TIMES:
10:05 a.m. until 11:10 a.m. local Thursday, May 8
3:50 p.m. until 5 p.m. local Sunday, May 11
View the notams and AOPA's plain-language explanation.
Thursday, May 8 ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/6436
)
Sunday, May 11 ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/6429
)
**** IMPACTED AIRPORTS IN WACO AND CRAWFORD AREAS ****
Flying Nd Ranch (22TS), Valley Mills Municipal (9F1), Scott
(31TX),
Wildcat Canyon (3T8), McGregor Executive (PWG), Clifton
Municipal/Isenhower Field (7F7), Waco Regional (ACT), Tigerbird
Field (2TS3), Gatesville Municipal (GOP), Womack Farm (75TE),
Parrish Airstrip (TX52), Heathrow (TE17), Lake Whitney State
Park (F50), Sheriff Department Heliport (TA04), Flying Heart
Ranch (70TE), Square K (40TS), Tstc Waco (CNW), Draughon-Miller
Central Texas Regional (TPL), Wings for Christ International
Flight Academy (73F), Hood AAF (HLR), Barnstormer (TE99),
Marlin (T15), Hillsboro Municipal (INJ), and Mexia-Limestone
County (LXY).
Because TFR airspace frequently changes, AOPA strongly encourages
pilots to obtain a briefing and CHECK NOTAMS before every flight.
TFR violators will be intercepted and forced to land.
Welcome to the new home of EAA Chapter 59.
Over the next few weeks and months we will be
moving our web site to a new hosting system. You may have already
noticed that we are also changing the Internet URL address.
While our old url of waco-tx-eaa.org has served us very well
for over seven years, it just didn't fall into the excepted
naming structure of all the other EAA chapters. Most of the
other chapters of the EAA have followed the convention of naming
their web url simply after their chapter numbers, so we have
decided to follow suit. Our new Internet url is now EAA59.org.
Simple huh!?
No more trying to remember what the syntax or how to spell it
or having to type in that long Internet address, now it should
be easy, just remember it's EAA59.org.
OK, Now that all that boring stuff has been taken
care of, it's time for me to go to work and get this thing moved.
Hopefully I'll be able to clean up some old un-used stuff, and
maybe even clean up the looks of this old site in the process.
But during our transition you will find several things that
may link back to the old site. Since that web site will still
be active until we get everything recreated and done. Don't
be surprised to find that if you click on a link someplace and
find yourself back there on our old web site. Don't worry, we'll
try to keep everything up and running as smooth as possible.
In the meantime if we are missing something here on the new
site, our old site still right here. http://www.waco-tx-eaa.org.
Ya-all come visit us ya hear.
Now you can take an FAA Safety review right here on our EAA
Chapter 59 web site. Click here
for more info and get your skills back up to par.
Monty's "Between The
Vines for Feb 2008
A good use of
our Training Facility
By Mr. Emmette Craver
UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHTS MAY HAVE TO BE SCRAPPED
For those 2,000 to 3,000 two-place ultralights whose owners
have not bothered to convert to the Experimental Light Sport
category, the end is near. If two-place ultralights are not
registered and certificated by Jan. 31 as experimental light
sport aircraft, or placed in the Amateur-Built or the Experimental
Exhibition categories, they cannot be legally flown again until
certificated. Scrapping them may be the only solution if such
certification is not completed. The paperwork must be in the
FAA system, not simply postmarked, by Jan. 31. In other words,
you need to submit it immediately. See AOPA
Online.
A Return of the General meetings
On Tuesday Oct 30th, 2007 The Board of Directors of EAA Chapter
59 voted to change the dates and times of the BOD meetings to
the 3rd Tuesday of each month and to include a chapter 59 members
general meeting to be held directly after the BOD meetings.
This is a return to the form and style of the meetings that
we held back before we built the hanger, like it was back at
Joe Nemmers.
The 3rd Tuesday schedule was selected to prevent any conflicts
with our very important Thursday Lunch Bunch and also the 1st
Saturday Pancake Breakfast activities that have become so vital
to the support of our facility.
We hope that this will provide a must greater opportunity for
chapter membership to attend and get involved in chapter activities.
This new BOD and General meeting schedule will begin in December
when the Chapter 59 Christmas party has been scheduled for the
3rd Tuesday of December.
For more information refer to the EVENTS
page.
PROPOSAL FOR CHAPTER PROJECT
We have a proposal being developed for the chapter to build
an aircraft.
This could be a very important step for Chapter 59.
For information and details take a look at the web site Kenny
Grisham has posted on Google interactive Doc & Spreadsheets,
here.
This is an active web page where you can enter your comments
and thoughts.
Please join in, this is YOUR chapter, get involved.
Here's
a look at what the project might be.
Up Coming Events
As with any organization that depends on a volunteer membership
EAA Chapter 59 is always looking for ways to improve and offer
more of what brings its members together.
Kenny Grisham has created a web page where anyone can access
and even enter their own ideas about what they (that's you)
would like to see within our chapter.
Just click on the link here
and read what others have entered so far.
You'll have to join the group to enter but it's free.
Confused about Metric conversions like temperature
and air speed?
Here's a little chart and conversion
table to help you figure things out.
Dec. 22nd, 2005 Hanger update.....New
photos and information you wont want to miss.
More
Oct 21st, 2005 Hanger Update.... Sheetrock, electrical,
ceiling trusses installed.
More
EAA Chapter members receive more well
earned awards at Oshkosh
2005.
EAA Chapter 59 members receive
awards and well earned recognition
More
Having trouble trying to figure out how to read all those METAR codes?
Check here for an explanation and description.
http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm
