Minutes of Chapter Meeting

Minutes of 09-13-05 Meeting:

Lowell Dowler opened the meeting with a reminder of the fall season activities and a welcome to a new season. He encouraged everyone to follow the link to the http://www.pama.org site and review the new SAE affiliation. 

Also, Mr. Kevin Karam was recognized and awarded the latest $500 student scholarship. Congratulations! 

And, all you folks with AIRNET--We missed you! Thank you for all your past support and participation. 

Presentation:

The presentation, by Mr. Rob Robson, with Goodyear, was a refreshing review of the unique differences between automotive and aircraft tires. He started with a history of Goodyear, including the Blimps, and discussed tire design: Bias, Radial and Belted.

Other differences included inflation characteristics, heat, deflection, speed, acceleration and load differences.

Also, Rob made a fine presentation on why radial tires are not in wide use on aircraft, including re-treading, cost and other. It will be the chapter's pleasure to have Goodyear back to future meetings.

The Golf Outing Friday, September 16, 2005 at The Landings, Rickenbacker Golf Course. 

First, we would like to thank The Landings at Rickenbacker Golf Club for helping to make the outing a success!

The scholarship golf outing was a success this year with a total income of $12,522.67 from sponsorship and players and $970.00 from the raffle. Expenses were $5,856.73 with a net of $6,665.94. Your industry support was exceptional!

Following is a list of Hole Sponsors. We need to give special recognition, thanks and support to those who help make all this possible.

Here is the listing for the hole sponsors, closest-to-pin, and longest drive:

Hole

Company Name

1

Aviall

2

Midcoast Aviation

3

Lane Aviation Corp.

4

Nationwide

5

Raytheon Aircraft Services

6

Tritex Corporation

7

Honeywell

8

Bizjet International

9

Airnet Systems

9

Spirit Avionics

10

CAE Simuflite

11

Multi Service

12

Garrett Aviation Services

13

Elliot Aviation

14

Flight Safety International

15

Gulfstream

16

Turbine Engine Specialist

17

Duncan Aviation

18

Dallas Airmotive

 For a view of pictures taken at the outing, select the links from the front page of the web-site.

Web-page update: Finally, we are going to make an effort to streamline the web-page for easier access to information. Please check it out and let us know what you would like to see. 

Remember, the next meeting will be at Lane Aviation, 5:30pm, sponsored and presented by 

Concorde Battery and Mr. Bob Burkel.

Looking forward to seeing you in October, and make a note, plan to attend the December, Holiday Meeting. Test Pilot, Ed Gillespie will be our guest speaker. 

  Yours in professional aircraft maintenance, Cliff Kelling, Secretary
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