Once again Dick Martin has agreed to be our Seminar Lead and introduce our speakers and keep things moving and on time. Thanks Dick!
This picture of Dick comes from the Reynold's Museum which was one of the outings at Red Deer (AYA'09) this last summer. They offered these period
photos as part of your admission. It took some doing but Luann finally got Dick dressed and in front of the camera.
| Finding the 1910 Wright's Hangar Thursday July 15, 11-12 am |
Did you know that the location of the 1910 Wright's Hangar on Huffman Prairie was found using thermal and visual cameras in a Grumman Traveler? Come and hear this tale of searching by Dr. Jason McCollough who flew the mission and designed the processing algorithms to locate this piece of history. BTW, this is why we get to have our dinner in the Air Force Museum! |
| TrueFlight Tigers Wednesday July 14, 10-11 am |
Kevin Lancaster will tell us all that he is doing to bring new planes into the fold. Yes, he is making spare parts for the fleet as well. |
| Ask The Experts Friday July 16, 9-11:30 am |
The ever popular seminar, so bring your tough maintainence and plane questions and try and stump the panel. This year we are having the chance to examine a Tiger that has not seen a Grumman specific shop for 14 years. The results of this inspection will be discussed. This is open to all Grumman A&Ps. <2 hours>. |
| Basic Maintainence for Women and Men Thursday July 15, 4-5:30 pm |
This should be a fun seminar held at the airport as it was requested by many women at Red Deer. Want to know what all that stuff forward of the firewall does? David Fletcher will be giving his basic flight instructor checkout presentation and it is informative for pilots and experts. <90 minutes>. |
| Men's Air Racing Thursday July 15, 2-3 pm |
Phil Wadsworth and Stu Morse will talk about racing their Tigers. Phil raced in Europe and won the prestigious Schneider Trophy! Stu's wins are not too shabby either. |
| Women's Air Racing Thursday July 15, 3-4 pm |
Racing for women by the women of the AYA who do race. Ruth Maestre will be helping with this one. There are events open only to women pilots and this will cover those. |
| How To Be A Convention Chair Friday July 16, 2-3 pm |
So you think you might want to chair a convention? A panel of previous chairs will take your questions and lay out the task of organizing and planning one of these great events. | John Sjaardema's Broken Parts Thursday July 15, 9 - 11 am |
John has confirmed that he and his 4 tables of interesting broken parts will be at Dayton. John has a 90 minute seminar slot scheduled. He will also mention his 501C Mercy Flight operation. | Troubleshooting Your Electrical System Wednesday July 14, 11 - 12 am |
Quit scratching your head and come hear Les Staples explain how easy it is to troubleshoot your electrical system to isolate the problem. | Lycomings SB338C and Engine Health Wednesday July 16, 2-3 pm |
Bill Scott will talk about the importance of the Valve Wobble Test and also show us how it should be done.. |
Seminar Information
If you have a seminar idea, please send us the information on the seminar and who we should contact to present it. The planning committee will review this information at our next meeting.
Thanks!