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Volume 25 No. 10

REFLECTIONS

Ed Chenevey

DO YOU GUYS WANT AN EAA CHAPTER OR NOT? IF SO, WE MUST 1) REDUCE EXPENSES AND 2)INCREASE INCOME. WE NEED SOME MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AT THIS MEETING.

The cold hard facts are these. We have 20 members who have paid their dues this year; Barton, Chenevey, Folger, Harmon, Josenhans, Kroll, Mitchell, Palmer, Perkins, Petry, Pote, Sager, Shelby, Simpson, Stoddard, Storm, Richter, Valand, Watkinson, and Wertz. At $15 each, that gives us an income of $300. I had thought that we could make a few dollars with the calendars last year but instead we lost $4. (sold 8 @ $10 = $80, bought 12 for $84). The EAA wanted $130 for membership and insurance, postage for the Hawk comes to $102 for the year, we've only paid Art Valand $15 for refreshments so far while the real cost is about $5 a meeting, and Millburn Recreation charged us $240 for our meeting place. This comes to $487.

Our expenses are $500 for the year while our income is $300. WE ARE BANKRUPT!!! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

Ed

Cygnet Chatter

Alvin Sager

My Cygnet has now passed 11 years mostly sitting and flying occasionally. I have had few problems and there is little I would have changed if I had it to do over. I did have to remake the exhaust since the combination of our climate and infrequent use turned the mild steel into red dust. Stainless is definitely the way to go. I added a second ignition system when I freshened up the paint a couple of years ago. Even though the engine only has 250 hours on it, it was reassuring to look inside and see the Brazillian, Japanese, German and American parts getting along.

A couple of weeks ago, when we last flew, I noticed something that I should have noticed ten years ago, unless something just changed. I was playing with the carb heat, and noticed that when I pull the control about a third of the way out, power increases and egt goes down. Has it been running lean all this time? I will bring a similar Solex carb to the meeting to see if I went about enriching the mixture properly years ago.

I hope we can come up with a plan to keep 238 in operation. We have a tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience that is priceless, and should be put to good use.