Our April meeting will be on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at the ClubHouse

Our program will be a tour of the projects at the airport.

Dorin Daniels will bring refreshments.

Upcoming Events:

June 5, 2004: Burns Fly-In Breakfast, 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

July 7-11, 2004: Arlington, WA - 35th Annual NW EAA Regional Fly-In

July 17, 2004: LaGrande, OR - Family Fly-In, Safety Seminar, Full fun day

July 27-Aug. 2, 2004: Oshkosh

Minutes from the Last Meeting:
EAA 837 Minutes of March 17th, 2004, Meeting

Meeting called to order by President Steve Conant.

Minutes of the annual Banquet, February 21, 2004, were read and amended to include "the sugar was a gift from The Amalgamated Sugar Co., LLC. Courtesy of Mr. Nasser Shoae."

Guests: Kathi Zehr and Joe Trujillo and family.

Treasurer's Report by Cheryl Cruson: Checking account: $2,615.00

All bills from the banquet have been paid.

New Business:

Alan Daniels described the new airport sign including the note "from EAA 837".

From Bob Miller at Moses Lake: An air show with aerobatics to be held at Ephrata, Washington, in April.

Cheryl Cruson asked the whereabouts of the Chapter by-laws.

Cheryl displayed the 12 embroidered aprons donated by Helene Kyle.

The FAA and Alan Daniels, airport manager, have received complaints from a lady who lives under the flight path of runway 32. Alan explained the airport's noise abatement departure from runway 32. Aircraft are to maintain runway heading until 500 ft. AGL before making turns. Avoid gray two-story house.

Phil Boyer, President of AOPA, was at the meeting in Boise March 11th with 270 in attendance. His talk covered many topics interesting to our pilots including saving airports, backcountry flying and sport pilot/LSA rules. He said a study of accidents revealed that they cannot be attributed to health problems.

Alan Daniels stressed safety measures in relation to static electricity combined with gasoline or paint fumes. He recommended use of grounding and spraying with "Static Guard".

Program: Kathi Zehr of Just Aircraft located at 1904 E. Chicago Street, Caldwell, Idaho, told of the development and testing of their current product, the "Escapade". The plane is a two place (side-by-side), has a 44" cockpit, tail-dragger or tri-gear, quick wing fold, choice of engines 80 to 120 HP, short take-off and landing with large baggage capacity. The "Escapade" has been tested and meets UK's BCAR section S for Europe's microlight category and meets US experimental and proposed light sport aircraft rules.

Submitted by Dick Kyle, Secretary