The Businessmen's Flying Club held its monthly meeting, which also was our second work night for this year, on Tuesday, May 1, 2001 at the Naper Aero clubhouse. The meeting was called to order by Mike Pastore at 7:33 PM The following members attended the meeting:
 

Bryan		Barus
Ken		Best
Tom		Braid
Mark		Clements
Nick		Davis
Mike		Goin
Ray		Kvietkus
Mike		Leavy
Jack		Lindquist
Diane		Milmont
Marc		Olson
Mike		Pastore
Don		Patterson
Carl		Price
Marty		Scheckel
Bert		Toppel
Brian		Totten
Ed		Vogler
Reza		Zarafshar
Guests
Rich	Milmont
Angie	McHale
Pat	McHale
Rick	Patelski

A motion was made and seconded to accept the newsletter as the minutes of the last meeting.

N739TU: At the time of the meeting, 9TU was 1.1 hours away from an oil change. We reminded anyone volunteering for ferry duties to take along a bottle of the additive. Since we purchase this in bulk it saves a lot of money if we provide this to Lumanair.

The POH was missing from this plane, so Mike put a replacement in after the meeting. Remember, any airplane without a POH on board is not legal to fly.

Someone mentioned that the seatbelt holder was cracked and loose. Bert suggested that pilots just leave the shoulder belt hooked up. It doesn’t look as pretty, but it will prevent further damage to the retaining sleeve.

We now feel that electrical arcing from a stripped GPS wire was causing all of the radio problems that have plagued us over the last 18 months. Now that the GPS is repaired we have seen no more problems.

The fuel drain is not longer leaking on the pilot side. When we fixed the fuel tank in April we got a brand new drain installed.

N388ES: The annual for 8ES was not done as previously published. It is actually due in August. We did have extensive maintenance performed last month including an oil change, taxi light replacement and a new alternator. The wheel pants are back on and we’ve had the front fairing painted. The total cost was $114 for the part, $700 for paint and $90 for installation. The front strut had to be replaced with a rebuilt unit for $120 after breaking the seal. The GPS Nav switch that we thought was a loaner may have been a rebuilt unit we purchased. Ray Kvietkus mentioned we had received a bill from JA for $407 to cover its cost.

Mike Leavy reported problems with the altitude hold function of the autopilot. Apparently, it turns itself off randomly.

The GPS is to be sent in to Honeywell/Allied Signal during May for a major upgrade. Both this unit and 5RC’s were to be sent out at the same time during the week of May 7th. Even with a 10 day turnaround, the units won’t be available for use for 2-3 weeks. The display that we’ve been having problems with will be replaced, the software upgraded and a diode fixed. Honeywell is covering the cost of this upgrade as a warranty repair. All we have to do is pay freight cost.

The right main tire was reported to be a little bald. Try to use the grass when weather and daylight permit.

A comment was made later in the meeting that we needed to obtain a pair of cowl plugs for 8ES. Our other two aircraft already have a set.

The abbreviated manual/checklist for this plane is missing. We think that someone may have inadvertently thrown the spiral bound cardboard checklist in their flight bag. Please look in your stuff and help us keep this in the plane.

415 RC: We’ve renewed our GPS subscription for $610 and the unit will be sent to Honeywell for an upgrade during the week of May 7^th.

Don Patterson reported that he was having problems with altitude drift on the autopilot of 5RC as well. Don reported that the plane could drift up or down 25 feet/min without correction. Several pilots thought that there may be wax build up in the static port that was allowing such large pressure differential build ups.

Mike Pastore had the latest version of the by-laws ready for review by the membership at the meeting. The comment was made that it should be the secretary’s job to keep these updated with any changes proposed by the membership. They will reside on the web but Mike thought that we should also do a mailing for all the members without e-mail access.

Nick Davis says that he disavows any credit for these new by-laws and the Mike did all of the work. We are all grateful that Mike was willing to put so much time and effort into this first revision of our old by-laws for a number of years.

Mark Clements has just completed the purchase of Northwest Aviation Flight School populated by 13 aircraft at Schuamburg airport. This third job will leave Mark unable to perform the duties of the presidency of the BFC. Mark resigned from office at the meeting but will remain on the board as a past-president. Mike Pastore has agreed to accept an appointment to fill Mark’s remaining term as President and Ed Vogler will take over Mike’s job in Operations. Mark commented that he is confident that Mike will keep the forward momentum of our new aircraft program and keep our vision strong as the most outstanding flying club in the country. Bryan Barus is Plane Captain for the 182.

SAFETY

Operations reports from Ed Vogler included the warning that we’ve experienced very windy conditions this spring and we all need to keep the plane doors closed when the plane in on the ground. These doors are actually quite thin but they perform well as sails. Unfortunately, the hinge pins are not strong enough to withstand the violent forces that could be encountered even if left open for only a minute at the pumps.

On another issue, we agreed that pilots need to keep themselves current in every make and model of club aircraft. There are significant differences between the older and newer C172 on such basic issues as weight and balance.

MEMBERSHIP

Craig Matteson resigned effective at the May meeting opening up a spot for Brian Totten on the membership roles. Brian and his wife were present at the meeting and were thrilled that their long wait had come to an end. Unfortunately, the McHales and Rich Patelski are still waiting with bated breath.

Brian has an instrument rating after starting flight training for the first time in 1996 in South Carolina. He and his wife live in downtown Chicago but Bob Betyoumaran has demonstrated that that is not to great a distance to drive to enjoy the benefits of the BFC.

WHAT'S UP WITH WHO'S UP

We received the following e-mail communication from Matt Kenner updating us on his professional flight training:

Update 2 - Well, I thought I would wait until something worthy of another update happened (like a new rating). It took a while.

We finally started flying the 172 after a couple of weeks in town. Most of the flying was cross-country work under the hood. My training partner and I swapped legs. We flew all over the place (San Diego, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Yuma, AZ, Palm Springs, Thermal, which is -114 MSL, etc ). I did a lot of flying from the right seat. It took me quite some time to figure out what a straight nose was supposed to look like on landing. Some of my efforts were quite humorous, to say the least!

Early in May we finally got to fly a twin. I went to take the multi-engine private ride with 5 hours in twins. The ride was going OK until the very end when, on the 2nd to last task I had a brain failure and messed up. Busted the ride. A whopping 12 days later I got to fly the re-check which consisted of one lap around the pattern to correct my lapse. I now have my first new rating since getting here.

We have been hitting the skies after our delay, and I now have about 13 hours in twins and have topped 450 hours total time. Progress. It is fun to fly a twin, but on light twins those engines really cut down on visibility! You can’t see anything to the sides and down.

The next task is the instrument add-on for MEL. That should happen in the next couple of weeks. Then my training partner and I head off for 60 hours of cross-country in the Seminole.

Matt

Mark Clements is the proud owner of a flight school at Scahumburg airport. He will operate 13 aircraft for a range of training missions. If you need a commercial rating, see Mark. We wish you luck with your entrepreneurial venture.

Congratulations to Larry and Pat Bothe who were married in Seymour Indiana on May 9^th.

My own life is in for some major changes. The good news is that I’ve been given my third promotion in a year at National Semiconductor. The bad news is that my new job will be Compaq Global Account Manager based in Houston, Texas. Nancy and I have purchased a new home in the Woodlands and I start work in Houston next week. We hope to have our house on the market here soon so that we can be in Texas for school to start on August 13^th. I don’t want to leave the club until the last possible second as I hope to be able to do some flying on weekends but I must step down as club secretary. This will be my last newsletter. If any of you know of any flying clubs in the Houston area, please let me know! We’ve loved being in Naperville and I will miss seeing all of you. – Jim Williams

The BFC refreshment list was created as another way of recognizing special aeronautical achievements. Criteria for membership vary with the length of the list. The person scheduled for refreshments should bring beverages and desert to the club meeting. If unable to attend, he or she should arrange to trade meeting dates with someone else on the list.

Ed Vogler June 2001
Ray Kvietkus August 2001
Ed Vogler September 2001
Ray Kvietkus October 2001
Hubert Elsen November 2001
Tom Lechner January 2002
Bryan Barus February 2002
Ray Kvietkus March 2002

Work Night Credits

Tom Braid 2
Bryan Barus 1
Mark Clements 1
Hubert Elsen 1
Ray Kvietkus 2
Mike Leavy 2
Tom Lechner 1
Jack Lindquist 2
Munesh Makhija 1
Anthony Marchesi (guest) 1
Rich Milmont (guest) 1
Marc Olson 1
Mike Pastore 4
Don Patterson 1
Carl Price 1
Saeed Razfar 1
Bert Toppel 2
Ed Vogler 1
Pat Wager (guest) 1

The Businessmen's Flying Club will hold its next business meeting on Tuesday, June 5, 2001 at the Naper Aero clubhouse, at 7:30pm. Preceding the meeting will be our third work night. Please try to make it early. We need all the help we can get.

APRIL TREASURER’S REPORT
 

RECEIPTS
Equity	$1,084.80
Dues & Flying	$5,891.95
INT MBNA	$125.06
TOTAL Receipts	$7,101.81
CREDITS TO MEMBERS
Fuel Away		$762.30
Treasurer		$50.00
Copy Costs		$32.50
Postage		$33.00
Total		$877.80
PAYMENTS
Answer System	Ameritech	$83.29
Equity Refund	Jurek	$3,659.00
9TU Carb Heat	Selig	$80.00
9TU Oil AD Compl.	Luman	$259.19
5RC Oil Change	Luman	$205.55
8ES Oil Change	Luman	$147.56
Fuel	Naper	$1,582.41
Hangar&Tie-down	Naper	$438.50
SubTotal		$6,455.50
Aircraft Loan	Harris	$3,885.65
Total Payments		$10,341.15
AIRCRAFT	LOAN BALANCE
	Interest Paid	$885.65
	Principal Paid	$3,000.00
	Aircraft Loan	$118.000
CASH
	MBNA	$24,792.04
	Security Bank	$6,786.93
	Total Cash	$31,578.97
RESERVES
	388ES Engine	$4,704.00
	739TU Engine	$3,982.50
	415RC Engine	$5,452.00
	Insurance	$2,500.00
	Annuals	$3,000.00
	LL10 Dues	($350.00)
	Inactive	$4,977.00
	Loan Reserve	$5,000.00
TOTAL RESERVES		$29,965.50
RESERVE SURPLUS		$1,613.47