Polaris Composite Squadron Meeting Notes  
April 8, 2008 

• Ed Kornfield with the Wing glider program has issued a notice of a pre-season glider and tow pilot refresher to be held April 18-20 at the Birchwood Squadron. Any qualified CAP members who are interested in participating in the program are also invited. We need Glider Flight Instructors, Glider Orientation Pilots, Towplane Pilots, and Ground Personnel. If you have an interest in working in the glider program in any capacity, please contact Ed Kornfield at 227-2525 or ekornfield@gci.net <mailto:ekornfield@gci.net>.

   

• Skip will be acting commander while Kevin is out of town April 14-18. Kevin can still be reached by email if necessary.

   

• We have plenty of time on all aircraft. Available are 2 C-206 and a Beaver.

   

• The SAREX was not able to launch any flights due to the weather. So we are rescheduling flights for this weekend. A sign up sheet will be posted downstairs after the meeting. Mel will be the flight release for Saturday and Kevin will be the flight release for Sunday.

   

• The hanger bi-fold door has re-experienced the problem of last year where the brake will not release when the door is activated. This causes the motor to work against the brake, which in a few seconds will overload the electrical circuit and pop the breaker. If this happens to you, release the button when you hear the bad sound, try to go the other direction, and go back and forth to see if the brake will release. If you pop the breaker, the electrical panel is in the furnace room.

   

• The airport released a notice about the airplane wash reopening for the season. This wash rack is located at the base of the rotating beacon across the street from Northern Lights Avionics. This wash area has a sand and oil separator to treat the water before it is discharged into the storm sewer. The regular MRI storm sewer inlets flow to Chester Creek. If you are washing your plane, please be environmentally friendly.

   

• Marc Stella presented the safety spiel. His message is the eyes have it. We use our eyes from preflight and all throughout the flight phase. Glare will aggregate eye problems, although Marc does not advocate the use of sun glasses. In 1968 Marc suffered an eye injury due to muzzle blast. Eye exercises restored his vision, and he advocates the usefulness of this therapy.