Next video/movie night

is Saturday, Feb. 13th, 2016

5pm - 7pm Videos and EAA HQ videos

7pm - 9pm MAIN FEATURE Movie

Take a moment and return to the golden days of the theater on the big screen. Come and enjoy choosing from some great movie choices along with plenty of aviation related videos to watch be-fore hand. We also show EAAs monthly videos at this time. If you would like to bring a lawn chair to relax in you may. If you would like to bring an some food or beverages you may certainly do so. If you just want to enjoy a movie without bringing anything thats fine as well.

January:

Jan. 25th - EAA 237s Fir st Chapter Meet-

ing of the year with new Officers. Starts at

6PM for social hour & food, 7PM Meeting followed by a

presentation at 8PM by Mark German.

Jan. 25th - B-25 Work party at 7PM

Jan. 25th - B-25 Work party at 1PM

February:

Feb. 1st - EAA 237 Board Meeting at 7pm

Feb. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd - Standing B-25 Work party at 7PM

Feb. 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th - Standing B-25 Work party at 1PM

Feb. 6th - Oshkosh Skiplane Fly-in at EAA HQs Pioneer

Airport

Feb. 20th - EAA 237 Fly-in / Drive-in Cowboy Breakfast

Social at the chapter hangar. Kick off our monthly event

starting at 7:30am. Volunteers will be needed! Setup

starts at 6:30am

Feb. 22nd - EAA 237 Chapter Meeting 6PM Social and

7PM meeting. With a presentation by Chris Henry,

EAAs own resident aircraft expert.

THE PRESIDENTS THE PRESIDENTS THE PRESIDENTS THE PRESIDENTS

FLIGHT DECKFLIGHT DECKFLIGHT DECKFLIGHT DECK

The success of teamwork: Coming to-

gether is a beginning. Keeping to-

gether is progress. Working together is success. Hen-

ry Ford

Truer words have never been spoken, and the accomplish-ments EAA Chapter 237 has achieved the past two years is a testament to that fact. Team was the one four letter word our previous president, Bob Heavirland, stressed and

used constantlyfor good reason!

Working effectively as part of a team is incredibly im-portant for project success, morale, and retention. It forces chapter members to spread knowledge and to do things in a way that other people on the team can pick up if necessary. Teamwork enables us to accomplish tasks faster and more

efficiently. Cooperating together on various tasks reduces

workloads for all members by enabling them to share re-

sponsibilities or ideas. Teamwork is important because it provides chapter members with an opportunity to bond with one another, which improves relations among us. Co-operating on a project is an opportunity for new members to learn from more experienced members. We have mem-bers who differ from one another in terms of skills or tal-ents. Working together is a great opportunity to acquire

skills that some of us never had beforehand.

I know that Bob will agree with me that the success of EAA Chapter 237 is a direct result of YOU, our member-ship. We have the most talented, knowledgeable, dedicat-ed, hardworking, and best team of aviation aficionados anywhere! We are not a team just because we joined the chapter. We are a team (all 100+ of us) because we re-spect, trust, and care for each other. Most of all, we have

fun together!

Every one of you is an invaluable team member of Chap-

ter 237!

BLUE SKIES AND TAILWINDS

Kirk E. Fjetland, USN (Ret.)

President - EAA Chapter 237 (ANE)

Please consider submitting an article for next month. To do so please contact, your newsletter editor, Josh and Lyle at newsletter@eaachapter237.org

CHAPTER MEETING - 6 PM

Monday, January 25th 2016

Located at:

8891 Airport Rd NE

Blaine, MN 55449

We hope to see you there!

Letter from the Editor

I would first like to thank Becky and Randy for

producing a wonderful newsletter the last several

years. That last newsletter was unbelievable and

took a great deal of effort. Their talent and ability

will be greatly missed. You can see from the pic-

tures on the right, Becky received an award for

her work on the newsletter. Randy proudly

showed off their work on the last newsletter with

chapter members. Finally a picture of Becky and

Randy enjoying the fine dinner. Thanks to both of

you, I hope to live up to the great work you have

done.

I would like to thank the board for allowing me to

be the newsletter editor. There are plenty of

chapter members who would do well as editor,

thank you for the opportunity. I hope you all find

these future newsletters enjoyable and informa-

tive.

I am still learning all about producing a newslet-

ter and all that goes with it. Thanks to all those

who provided pictures and stories. It makes my

job easier. Please know that this makes this letter

a true TEAM effort. All chapter members

should feel free to offer any articles any/every

month, I will do my best to get them in.

I am hoping to change things around a little bit.

As I learn more about the technology that is used

to produce this newsletter, I will add some stand-

ing articles. I would like to have an area where

chapter members can offer items for sale. I hope

that we can recover some printing costs by offer-

ing space for business to offer products and ser-

vices. Finally I would like to add a section on

member profiles so that we can learn more about

our members interests and where to find help on

our projects. I would also like to know your ideas

about how to make this newsletter better. Please

feel free to reach me at jwel-

ter@welterbuilding.com or text or send photos to

612-600-5874

Lastly I would like to thank the chapter members

for electing me to Vice-President. I am truly hon-

ored to be able to serve this chapter. Thank you

all for this wonderful opportunity.

Fly High,

Josh Welter

Pancake Pancake Pancake Pancake

Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

FlyFlyFlyFly----inininin We had three aircraft and 9 guests fly in from Ames, Iowa. It was their first time in Class B airspace, so good practice. They belong to the Flying Cy-clones club at college. The head

winds were strong and ground speeds from 72 MMPH83 MPH. They said they had semis going faster on the free-way. The temp was 18 wind chill when they landed. This cold did not keep folks away. We had a great turn

out of 60 for a great breakfast and wonder-ful conversation. Thank you to the setup and cooking crew.

Editors note: From this wanna be pilot, I bet those Cylcones, had a tail wind with them on the return trip and really flew.

Xmas Holiday Party

Lots of great food and conversation was present at our annual holiday party. Bob lead the fes-tivities while handing over the leadership duties to new officers.

The new officers pictured to the right from right to left are Mark German (Board Member) Kirk Fjetland (President), Josh Welter (Vice-President), Mark Huele (Treasurer) and Dave Peterson (Board Member). Jerry Sadowski was the winner of flight training in Alaska. Look at that smile, are you surprised he has it al-ready scheduled?

Chapter Awards

The Chapter awards were handed out as part of the holi-day party. Dave Peterson and Kirk Fjetland share the Wally Swanson volunteer award. Several other awards were pre-sented to the previous officers and members whose contribu-tions have been valuable to the chapter. It is not often that we get to have members on the cover of Sport Aviation. Special Awards were presented to Jack Smith and Al Eke. Jack for starring as the pilot of the Little Dipper. Al for his accomplish-ment of building two aircraft.

The staff that helps take care of us, never gets

enough credit. It is so wonderful to work and

then have nice meals prepared for us. These

fine people are there for us every time.

We all work hard, but manage to find a

way to get in some pilot training too.

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Then end of the day reward with access

to the museum.

Thanks to Dave Peterson for the photos

OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4THTHTHTH

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Our next scheduled work party will be coming up the first weekend in March. The Weeks hangar crew is

still desperate for our help!! The B-17, B-25, and Ford Tri-Motor still need work, and many other projects are on-

going. As last time, most volunteers will depart for OSH on Thursday (3rd) and some on Friday (4th). We will

work Friday & Saturday with Sunday a free day to explore EAA, Oshkosh, and/or head home.

EAAs Hops & Props premier beer-tasting event is back for the 12th year in a row and is being held at the

AirVenture Museum that Saturday evening 7-10 p.m.! Wet your whistle with some of the finest beers in the

world as you enjoy delicious food and live music that will keep you on your feet all night long. Spend an evening

sampling more than 300 extraordinary beverages from around the world while the master brewers you love are on

hand to answer any and all questions you have about their craft. For those that are interested: $75 General Admis-

sion ($65 EAA Members) | $125 VIP Dining Experience ($115 EAA Members). You can purchase tickets online

at: http://www.eaa.org/en/eaa-museum/eaa-museum-events/eaa-hops-and-props-beer-festival-2016 EAA recom-

mends getting them in advance as the event has sold out in the past.

Please let me know, at your earliest convenience, if you're interested in volunteering with this March work par-

ty. Other EAA MN chapter members are also invited. You will have until February 21st to make your deci-

sion. EAA will need to be notified of the numbers by then so preparations can be made. There will be plenty of

work to do and no experience is necessary. Women are also encouraged to provide their efforts and a separate

housing facility will be available. EAA supplies us with free lodging and prepared meals at the Air Academy

Lodge!

Kirk E. Fjetland, USN (Ret.)

President - EAA Chapter 237 (ANE)

fjetfamily@msn.com Discover Aviation Days (ANE) Board Member EAA #867374, AOPA #03396989

CORSAIR - The Most Popular Powerball Plane

Unfortunately, none of us won the $1.6 billion Powerball, but it was fun to dream a little! I received many re-sponses to my email Whats Your Powerball Plane?, and there were many varied choices, and extremely few duplicates. It was interesting that nearly all kinds and types were represented. It only goes to prove that

we love anything/everything that flies!!

The VOUGHT F4U WHISTLING DEATH CORSAIR was the most popular plane, but the most popular re-

sponse was, What, only one! I had to limit it to choice because Im sure wed all have our own mini Air

Force if we could afford it. The CONSOLIDATED PBY was a distant second. Below were some of the other

picks. Can you name them?

Kirk E. Fjetland, USN (Ret.)

President - EAA Chapter 237 (ANE)

Mark Twain

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