New and Improved

EAA 143 has changed its meeting time from the fourth tuesday to the fourth Saturday at 9:30 a.m. This will hopefully accommodate member schedules better, especially since many of the members are already here for the glider project work day that occurs every week from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Yesterday was the first such meeting, and I took the liberty of taking a picture of the attending members, minus myself--someone had to click the shutter :-)

Also, Irene came to the meeting (the hurricane), so numerous members didn't attend because they were battening down their hatches.

These are the attending members of EAA 143, minus the photographer :-)

A rib, is a rib, is a rib--or is it?

Problem: we didn't have a drawing for one of the ribs, the rib just inboard the aileron.  Joe Miller has a CD with lots of drawings on it, so he spent this past week looking at ribs.  Guess what, he found the missing drawing.  The photo above shows the necessary details, albeit a bit too small.  So, his next task is to send it out for enlargement.  

On a broader note: I hope you survived the hurricane with minimal inconvenience, and no damage to family or property.  Take care, and see you next week.