• Round of applause for everyone for a very successful event. A whole lot of people contributed to make it the success it was!

• Secretary’s minutes – accepted as printed in newsletter

• Treasurer’s report – $319.52 income and $248.14 expenses. Balance $2,879.28. Doesn’t include Open House transactions.

• Young Eagles – 17 kids expected Saturday; currently 3 pilots and one ground volunteer

• Oct speaker - Bob Mallard – Airport Solutions Group, engineers for design and building of airports

• New members and guests Butch Crook

• In the mailbox

o Homebuilders report from EAA; Pamphlets handed out to interested attendees; Sept. 19 – Myricks fly-in; Oct. 2 – Wings & Wheels at Fitchburg

• News from around 9B1

o Don LaCouture Sr. was awarded the rank of Honorary Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol; North Andover Flight Academy will be operating branch at Marlboro Airport offering helicopter training

• I learned about flying from that

Rich Olsen-Flying to DC, refueled at night on grass area with a slant and departed next day. Did normal fuel check before take off. Noticed fuel gauge was low and landed at Southbridge. One tank was dry, the second had 4 gallons. Learned that you should always heed any warnings of low fuel; Doug Stone – Flying through Franconia Notch-forgot to check restrictions of an MOA. Landed in Concord. Difficult to find phone number to contact controlling agency. Noted to also be careful flying to Fitchburg-near the restricted area at Devens – Boston approach has info. Area is cold = okay to fly – Hot = active; Butch Crook- Flying in Robinson 44 to Fitchburg. Looked down for a few seconds to view a construction area only to look up and find 2 trikes at the same altitude. They did not show up on radar. Also spoke about the difficulty to reach Pease tower for jump approval.

Business

• Upcoming events

Also on Sept. 19 – Simsbury fly-in; Sunday, Oct. 10 – Columbus Day cookout.

Reminder: chapter membership dues of $20 are due by Nov. 1. Anyone who wants to get it out of the way now, see Richard Dupée.

Next meeting: officer elections; Running again: President – Christine Pulliam, Vice President – Dudley Darling. Open positions: Secretary, Treasurer. Description, plus 6 chapter meeting per year requirement; Also looking for Board members. Running again: Kevin Norby, Bob Cooper. Not continuing: Beverly Lieberman, Deb Cahill. Basically contribute ideas & advice to officers. 1-2 Board meetings per year. Must attend 6 chapter meetings per year; Continuing on a volunteer basis (unelected positions): Membership coordinator – Richard Dupée, Webmaster – Ken Sherman, Young Eagles coordinator – Bob Hanlon, Newsletter editor – Christine Pulliam. Anyone wanting to run in the election, please let Dudley or me know.

Program: Review of “A Day at Marlboro Airport”

Raffles: People would have liked to win a helicopter or biplane ride that day, rather than having to return later; Some people said they would be afraid to ride in a light plane, so the grand prize wasn’t too appealing to them; Suggestion of lowering price to $2 each or 3 for $5 was a good one; Kids’ raffle – attendees would have preferred to be able to buy stuff rather than entering a raffle. Cheap, low-priced stuff could have sold briskly. Toys, balsa gliders, etc. Mini windsocks were very popular; Silent Auction -- Not much participation. But then, not many pilots there. Additional reminder announcements might have helped. Concessions/Food/Water: Needed plenty of water for volunteers. Thanks again to Sandy!Sold out of water. Sodas not so much, especially the Coke, surprisingly; Displays: Dudley’s chart and photos were a big hit; Chapter table could have used something more to draw attention, such as the poster Dudley suggested listing all the uses of general aviation; More than 50 people signed up for a free newsletter. Hopefully some will be interested enough to attend an event, maybe even join the chapter; Learn to Fly only needed one instructor at a time; they could have split the shifts; Airplanes: Richard had minor “damage” due to all the kids in his cockpit. General agreement that it’s tough to keep kids from fiddling with things once they’re in the plane. Also that there must be a person supervising (as we did); Overall, a safe event with plenty of people keeping watch. It helped that most planes were roped off! Activities: All were very successful. Butch Crook’s parachute jump was a real highlight. Deb did a great job piloting; Overall Logistics: Announcements were tough to hear down the flightline due to crowd noise plus helicopter/plane activity; Parking was the biggest issue we faced. CAP needed someone with more experience guiding cars at Trombetta’s so that people wouldn’t get boxed in as some were; Police detail was a great help. All of the DPW contributions were really important and useful for safety;

Meeting 50/50 winner - Butch Crook $5.00

Adjourned at 8:30