Up, Up, and Away

Marjorie assisted in registration for Young Eagles (EAA Chapter 27) at the Delaware Air Show and also at the sales table for our chapter.

Janie and Woody have done some local flying and helped at the Delaware Municipal Airport.

Paula R. and Hal spent two weeks in Namibia in southern Africa on a camping “safari.” They had wonderful experiences and saw beautiful scenery and fascinating and exciting wildlife (including lions!). After returning to Ohio for rest (!), they flew locally in N9514L for the $100 cup of coffee at Mt. Victory.

Jann went again to Illinois to watch her granddaughter. Her plane is now a familiar visitor at CPS (St. Louis Downtown Airport).

Lori had all sorts of aviation adventures in Alaska as part of the International Conference. First, a cruise from Vancouver with stops in Ketchikan (first floatplane ride), Juneau (first helicopter ride onto a glacier), Skagway, and Sitka. Then from Anchorage in a Navaho with 9 other 99s to see Denali from 12,500 feet! Wildlife seen were bears, moose, caribou, whales, sea otters, sea lions, and eagles. And then her commercial flight back from Anchorage was delayed four days due to a volcanic ash cloud that got in the way of the flight path. All in all, quite an adventure.

Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Jann Bowne.

Attendance: Marjorie Anderson, Myra Jamison, Constance Copeland, Joan Mace, Gail Dean, Janie McIntire, Paula Rumbaugh, Jann Bowne, Paula Hook, Lori Robishaw.

Minutes of Previous Meeting: Amy Yersavich had trouble with the September meeting notice and August minutes on her computer so some members weren’t able to get them. A printed copy was passed around and the minutes were accepted as printed.

Treasurer’s Report:   Paula Hook gave the treasurer’s report.

Report of Standing Committees: 

• Scholarship:
  Paula Rumbaugh is the new chair for the committee and reported that she was still waiting to hear from Carol Countiss as to the status of our new scholarship proposal in memory of her late husband, Chad. Carol had indicated an interest in having a little more info about Chad in the materials, and Paula was going to draft something for Carol to consider. There was discussion about providing additional information about Alice Jackson in the materials for the scholarship in her name as well. Members were uncertain if Alice was the first female balloon pilot in Ohio and didn’t know if she had any family left in the area with whom we could check. Connie Copeland thought she had met her husband, who worked at Chemical Abstracts, while she was learning to fly a balloon and that they had gotten married in a balloon.

Old Business:  

• Janie McIntire reported further on the Delaware Air Show and noted that an estimated 3-3,500 people were in attendance over the weekend. The city was very happy with the event and the EAA Chapter 27 that hosted it got a nice proclamation from the city council. The chapter also flew 99 Young Eagles.
• Fall Section Meeting, October 10-12 in Newark, Ohio.
  • All information and registration materials were in the “Waypoint” online; it was noted that the early registration deadline had passed.
  • Paula H. is staying for the weekend and looking for a roommate for Friday and Saturday nights. We asked for a table to sell our mugs and aprons at the Fly Mart, and members are needed to work at the table and help sell. Anyone going should let her know.
  • Marjorie Anderson has a beautiful AOPA leather satchel to raffle off, and a man from the Delaware Air Show will donate a model airplane for us to raffle. We will need a sign for the raffle items.
• Paula H. passed around a newspaper from Ft. Wayne that had an article about Margaret Ringenberg’s passing away at Oshkosh. The story told how she was carried in an antique hearse during her funeral procession and passed Smith Field where she flew and a Cessna 172 fly-over was flown in tribute to her.

New Business:

• Gail Dean said she had talked to Marilynn Miller who said hello and encouraged anyone coming down to the Blue Ash fly-in to stop by. Gail also gave details on the October tower tour.
• Gail also said that Warren Field would like information on us for the Bolton newsletter and Lori Robishaw said she’d do it if Gail could find out the deadline and word limit.

Announcements:

• Marilynn’s new address and phone number were given out.
• Janie noted that there was a good article in the latest issue of AOPA Pilot magazine about the new ELTs, which is a significant and expensive issue for all airplane owners.

Adjournment:  Meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Lori Robishaw, Secretary

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