CHAPTER OFFICERS:

PRESIDENT: Bob Mohr, 103 North 12th Street, Wausau, WI 54403 (715) 842-9823 flymohr@dwave.net

VICE PRESIDENT: Wyatt Chmiel, 511 Kent Street, Wausau, WI 54403 (715) 848-2815 flyingchmiel@gmail.com

SECRETARY / TREASURER / NEWSLETTER EDITOR / LIBRARIAN: SYD COHEN, 705 KENT STREET, WAUSAU, WI 54403 (715) 842-7814 sydlois@charter.net EAGLE FLIGHT COORDINATOR: SYD COHEN, 705 KENT STREET, WAUSAU, WI 54403 (715) 842-7814 sydlois@charter.net YOUNG EAGLES COORDINATOR: DAN NORWOOD, 8802 SCENIC DRIVE, WESTON, WI 54476 (715) 581-6690 dlnorwood@g2a.net TECHNICAL COUNSELOR: DAVE CONRAD, 1711 KICKBUSH STREET, WAUSAU, WI 54403 (715) 845-7545 dtconrad@frontier.net

TECHNICAL COUNSELOR: JOE NORRIS, 264 OLD OREGON ROAD, OSHKOSH, WI 54902 (910) 688-2977 tailwheelpilont@hughes.net

WEBMASTER: ROGER GRAHL, 1730 EAST TURNER LAKE ROAD, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WI 54538 (715) 588-7655 roger@mossylog.net

Volume XXVII, Number 2 February, 2013

Our chapter website address: http://www.640.eaachapter.org/

Our 34th

Year!

This Month’s Meeting: We will have NO meeting this month, but

we invite all of you to attend the presentation by Jessica

Cox, the world’s first armless pilot, in the big heated

hangar at the Wausau Downtown Airport. Please enter

through the front FBO door and go down the hallway to

get to the hangar. Doors open at 6:30 pm, Monday,

Feb. 18. Jessica’s presentation will be at 7. (See details

below.) Admission? One or more non-perishable food

items.

Last month’s meeting minutes: EAA CHAPTER 640, HAYMEADOW FLYERS

Wausau Downtown Airport conference room

Meeting: We gathered in the Conference Room at the Wausau Downtown airport for our meeting at 1:30 after the Wausau Chili Fun Day which was hosted by Bob. A record 48 airplanes and many, many people showed up for Bob’s great chili lunch. The weather was almost perfect,

except there wasn’t enough snow for ski-planes to land, so all the planes that came in were on wheels. Seventeen members of Chapter 640 attended the meeting. First on the agenda was a very interesting presentation by Tom Thomas of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame on the

history of Wisconsin Air National Guard. The chapter meeting was then called to order by our new president, Bob Mohr at 2:35 pm. Keith Mathews made a motion to approve the December 2012 Treasurer’s report, published in the January issue of the Haymeadow Flyer, and Rick Coe seconded the motion, which passed. There were no Minutes published from the December 2012 meeting, since no real business was conducted. New Members present included John Spangler, Megan Meier and Rachel Rhyner. More information about John and Rachel is below. Bob gave out Chapter Officer Service Awards to last

year’s officers. Keith Mathews received the President’s Award, Bob Wylie, who was not present received the Vice President’s Award, Syd received the Secretary, Treasurer’s and Newsletter Editor’s Award, Dave Conrad and Joe Norris (who was also not present) received Technical Counselor’s Awards, Roger Grahl (not present) received the Web Editor’s Award and Dan Norwood (not present) received the Young Eagle Coordinator Award. Congratulations to all. Those who were not present may pick up their awards from Syd. Monthly Meeting and Activity Schedule:

March Chapter meeting – Syd said he would host the March meeting in his hangar. Dave Conrad is in the process of bringing Chad Jensen, EAA’s Homebuilders Community Manager to the meeting to do a presentation. Date to be announced later. April Chapter meeting – Rick Coe said he would host the April meeting in his hangar. Date to be announced later. April Spot Landing Contest – A Spot Landing Contest will be held at the Wausau Downtown Airport all the month of April. Rules will be published in the March Haymeadow Flyer and at the March Chapter meeting.

May Chapter meeting – This will be held at Don and Katy Winch’s grass strip west of Rudolph on Sunday, May 12. Chapter 640 Air Rally – Dave Conrad described his ideas about an air rally which will increase activity and interest in the chapter and in aviation in general. He proposed a route from Wausau to Antigo to Merrill and back to Wausau on the same weekend as the Balloon Rally. Each pilot would estimate his/her time enroute for the flight, and then fly the route. The actual time would be compared with the estimated time. Planes would not compete with each other. If a plane flies the route faster than the estimate, that plane’s time would be recorded on one list, and the planes that come in equal to or slower than their estimate would be recorded on another list. Awards would be given to the pilots that fly closest to or slower than their estimate. Another award would be given to the fastest plane and to the slowest plane. We would have our July Chapter meeting on the Friday evening of the Balloon Rally in Bob Mohr’s hangar, and members and guests could walk over to the Balloon Rally to buy their dinner. Flying O July Picnic – Terry Oestreich has invited all of us to his Flying O airfield for a summer picnic. This would probably be July 20. Camping on the field will be available. August Chapter meeting – We will again hold our August meeting at the Bob Payzer Memorial Boulder Junction Airport on Musky Day. Jessica Cox – Syd encouraged everyone to come to Jessica’s presentation on Feb. 18 in the big heated hangar at the Wausau Downtown Airport. Syd explained that Jessica has to be barefoot for her presentation, so Bob Mohr suggested that our chapter donate $100 to Wausau Flying Service to help pay for the extra heat for Jessica’s presentation. Rick Coe made a motion to donate $100, seconded by John Spangler. The motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 2:55 pm, with a motion by Rick Coe, seconded by Keith Mathews.

LATE BREAKING NEWS! Our March chapter meeting with EAA’s Chad Jensen will be Monday evening, March 18, 7 pm in Syd’s hangar. Dinner will be provided.

Please Note – 2013 dues are now due. Still only $8/year.

Treasurer's Report for January, 2013: Beginning balance..................................................................... $245.89 Plus dues & donations received............................................. 150.00 Plus checking account interest................................................... 0.05 Minus Wisconsin Non-Stock Corporation fee ………………………10.00 Minus postage .............................................................................. 13.86

Minus copies ................................................................................. 21.83 Ending balance........................................................................... $350.25 which is.........................................................................................$285.49 in checking plus................................................................................................ $64.76 in cash

Payzer Gift Fund Report for January, 2013 Beginning balance 1/1/2013……………………………….…………………………..$101,196.27 Plus estimated interest 1/1/2013 to 1/31/2013 ……....…………….……………22.77

Estimated Balance 1/31/2013…………………………………………….…………..$101,219.04

Harold Straw Young Eagles Fund Report for January, 2013 Beginning balance................................................................... $672.85 Plus interest……………………………………………….………..……………………..… 0.08 Ending balance.......................................................................... $672.93

MORE NEW EAA CHAPTER 640 MEMBERS!

Please welcome Jim Hannemann to our chapter. Jim and his wife Kathy live in Mercer, WI. Jim has flown F-4 Phantoms, T-34’s TA-4 Skyhawks, UH-1 Hueys, US-2B Trackers, UH-60 Blackhawks, Cessnas, Pipers, Beechcraft, gliders and floatplanes. He currently flies his 150 hp. Luscombe 8E on wheels and floats, and is working on restoring a Waco UPF-7. Jim has about 6500 hours flying time, is an ATP, CFI ASEL, AMEL, glider CFII, rotorcraft helicopter, instrument helicopter and an A & P with his Inspection Authorization. He will do IA services

to antique aircraft only. Also welcome John Spangler to our chapter. John lives in Mosinee, is a Student Pilot and has flown a Cessna 150. His total time to date is 35 hours.

Another new member is Rachel Rhyner. Rachel lives in Wausau and is now attending UW River Falls and is interested in airplanes. We now have 122 members in our chapter. Be sure to wear your

name tag at the meetings. Syd will bring a box of name tags to each

meeting.

You are invitedYou are invitedYou are invitedYou are invited to a special event!to a special event!to a special event!to a special event!

Jessica Cox to speak in WausauJessica Cox to speak in WausauJessica Cox to speak in WausauJessica Cox to speak in Wausau

Feb. 18 at 7 pmFeb. 18 at 7 pmFeb. 18 at 7 pmFeb. 18 at 7 pm

Jessica Cox, the world’s first armless pilot, will speak to the public in the big hangar at the Wausau Downtown airport. Keith Kocourek, of Kocourek Automotive is funding Jessica’s visit to the Wausau area Feb. 18 and 19, where she will speak to the students of Wausau East High School, Newman Catholic High School, Wausau West High School and Mosinee High School. She has consented to do a presentation to the public as well. Jessica, (born 1983 in Arizona) is the world’s first armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association (she now has two black belts in Taekwondo.) She was born without arms due to a rare birth defect. She earned her Sport Pilot license on October 10, 2008, after three years of training, through an Able Flight scholarship. Jessica now flies a rented Ercoupe. She has not used prosthetic arms since she turned 14. Using her feet as most people use their hands, she is able, among other things, to drive a

car (she has an unrestricted license and drives a car without modifications), to type on a keyboard (25 words per minute) to pump her own gas, and to put in and remove her contact lenses. She is also a certified SCUBA diver. Cox holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Arizona and works as a motivational speaker and has

spoken in 17 different countries. Jessica will be speaking in the large heated hangar just west of the Wausau Downtown Airport Terminal building. Admission price for her presentation? – one or more non-perishable food items, or $1, which will be donated to the Neighbor’s Place in Wausau. To see an Internet video of

Jessica please copy the following into your web

browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TSYhOQnYxk&feature=yout

u.be. While you are watching it, you will notice a link at the top of the screen to see another video of Jessica. Click this link also. I’m sure you will be impressed.

Volunteers needed for Jessica’s

presentation!

As stated above, we will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Neighbor’s Place. We will have a table set up inside the door of the big hangar for this purpose. We need at least one volunteer to sit at this table, collect the food items and hand out programs. We will have another table set up nearby with a sign that says “JOIN EAA AND EAA CHAPTER 640 HERE.” We need at least one volunteer to sit at this table and hand out application forms. Please call or email Syd if you are willing to do this. Thank you in advance.

CHAPTER 640 T-SHIRTS If you have not yet ordered yours, but want to have one, please use the handy order blank below, or contact Syd with your preferences.

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Please circle your choices:

Size: SMALL MEDIUM LARGE XL XXL (ADD $3)

Shirt color: WHITE ($13.60) GRAY ($17) LT. BLUE ($17.19) YELLOW ($25.20)

Prices include shipping.

(In order to get the above price deals, I have to have orders of 3 or more shirts at a time. If you order a shirt you may have to wait a while until other orders come in.)

UPCOMING EVENTS

(All distances measured from Wausau in statute miles)

Feb. 14, 2013 EAA Chapter 252 Feb. Membership Meeting Oshkosh, WI 83 miles Feb. 15, 2013 Derwin Hammond: A Pro Shares His Wisdom and Experiences About Operating To, From, and Within Alaska Winona, MN 118 miles Feb 16, 2013 Young Eagles on the Lake Centerville, MN 163 miles Feb. 16, 2013 EAA Chapter 25 Young Eagle kids airplane rides Lakeville, MN 179 miles Feb. 16, 2013 EAA Chapter 992 Ski Plane Fly In & Chili Feed Marshfield, WI 35 miles Feb 16, 2013 Aviation Beginners Sheet Metal WorkShop Princeton, MN 198 miles Feb 16, 2013 EAA Chapter 444 Annual Ski-Plane Fly-In Royalton, WI 54 miles Feb. 16, 2013 Valentines Dance Sheboygan Falls, WI 122 miles Feb. 16, 2013 Investigation and Analysis of Three Local GA Crashes St. Paul, MN 169 miles Mar. 2, 2013 Regular Meeting Red Wing, MN 146 miles Mar. 2, 2013 Takeoffs & Landings: Preventing an Accident St. Paul, MN 173 miles Mar. 2, 2013 EAA Chapter 1158 Pancake Breakfast West Bend, WI 128 miles Mar. 2 – 3, 2013 EAA Family Flightfest Oshkosh, WI 80 miles Mar. 9, 2013 Hops & Props Oshkosh, WI 80 miles Mar. 9, 2013 Aircraft Structure Safety Seminar Princeton, MN 198 miles Mar. 16, 2013 EAA Chapter 1221 Birthday Party, Fly-In, Drive –In Cloquet, MN 185 miles Mar. 16, 2013 Chili Feed Fly-In Rushford, MN 131 miles Mar. 24-25, 2013 ELSA Repairman Inspection Powered Parachute Oshkosh, WI 80 miles April 5, 2013 Depart Wausau for Sun N Fun 1260 miles Jul 29, - Aug 4, 2013

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Oshkosh 83 miles

DEPRESSED BECAUSE WINTER IS ALMOST HERE, RUINING THE EVENINGS? WELL, SMILE AGAIN! WE ARE HOLDING

FLYING MOVIE NIGHT

EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6:30 PM IN THE TERMINAL AT THE WAUSAU AIRPORT.

THE FEBRUARY 12 MOVIE WILL BE

FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER STARRING DANNY GLOVER

WILLEM DEFOE & BRAD JOHNSON (1991)

FREE ADMISSION, FREE POPCORN, FREE SODA, FREE HOT CHOCOLATE AND FREE HOT APPLE CIDER WILL BE SERVED

Donations support the Menominee Range Historical Society Invasion Glider Restoration Project in Iron Mountain, MI

Upcoming Movies: FEB. 19, 2013 – The Aviator (1985) Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette & Jack Warden

FEB. 26, 2012 – Sands of the Kalahari (1965) Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker & Susannah York

MARCH 5, 2013 – Hijack’d (2002) Craig Sheffer, Rachel Hayward & Winston Rekert

MARCH 12, 2013 – Firefox (1982) Clint Eastwood, Reddy Jones & David Huffman

MARCH 19, 2013 – Iron Eagle (1985) Louis Gossett, Jr., Jason Gedrick & David Suchet

Looking for a new adventure?

Thinking about going to Sun N' Fun?

Why not fly in as a group?

Make your plans now!

I'm planning to leave Wausau, WI on the morning of Friday, April 5.

Joe Mapes will fly with me in my Ercoupe, Dave Carlson will fly his Cessna Cardinal and Al Woldt will fly his

Cessna 152.

We will make a fuel stop in DeKalb, IL, fuel & lunch stop Robinson, IL, and overnight in Murfreesboro, TN,

weather permitting.

We leave Murfreesboro Saturday morning, April 6 and stop for fuel in Newnan, GA,

stop for lunch in Perry Foley, FL, stop for dinner at Cedar Key, FL and arrive in Zephyrhills, FL for overnight.

Sunday we'll then fly to Sun N' Fun as a group!

If we land together we can park together.

We plan to stop at Spruce Creek, FL on the way back and at Kitty Hawk and also at the USAF Museum at

Dayton, OH for a tour.

Interested? Call Syd at 715-573-7063

Want Ads (send me a list of anything you want to sell or buy)

FOR SALE -- 1990 Kolb Firestar, 503 Rotax $4,500. David Breger 920-410-4671.

FOR SALE – KX-99 handheld radio. Contact Dick Mork 715-891-2157 or lamplite29@gmail.com

FOR SALE – 1947 LUSCOMBE 8A – HALF INTEREST, $8,000. QUALIFIES LIGHT SPORT s/n 5689, N2962K, Continental A-65-8, 65 hp, Aluminum/blue exterior, Cleveland brakes, skis, Sporty’s A300 tranceiver, external antenna, push-to-talk, intercom, airframe TT 3164 hours, engine 787 SMOH, autogas STC, current annual, due in June 2011, hangared in Stevens Point. Charley White, 715-3454-5646

FOR SALE – Acrosport biplane. Bill Knutson, eyepilotwausau@gmail.com or 715-842-7573.

FOR SALE – Garmin GPSMap 96C, with external antenna. Asking $200. Syd Cohen, 715-573-7063.

FOR SALE – 1964 Piper Short Wing, needs paint and interior work. Asking $8,500 ($10,000 invested). Have all logs. Rob Pichelman, 715-536-1386.

FOR SALE -- LYC. 290 D2 ENGINE. Contact Dick Mork 715-891-2157 or lamplite29@gmail.com

Chapter Library -- You are invited to borrow aviation-related books and videotapes from the Chapter Library, which is located in Syd Cohen's hangar. Look them over at the next meeting or call Syd at 842-7814 and the hangar will be opened for you. They are all available for free loan.

Email -- If you prefer to receive the Chapter newsletter by postal mail and now are receiving it by email, please email me at sydlois@charter.net and indicate such. Please bear in mind that postal mail is more expensive, though. If you are receiving the Chapter newsletter by postal mail, but do have email capability, please email me and I'll send it to you by email from now on.

Dues reminder: Check your mailing labels if you’re receiving the newsletter by postal mail. It will tell

you if your dues are paid for 2013 or not. Dues are $8.00. If you can't make it to the meeting please mail it to Syd's address, which is at the top of the first page of the newsletter. Checks should be made out

to “EAA Chapter 640.” Those of you receiving the newsletter by email will receive an email reminder.

No one is listening until you fart.

The Haymeadow Flyer Newsletter of EAA Chapter 640 Syd Cohen, Newsletter Editor 705 Kent Street Wausau, WI 54403-6933