EAA Chapter 563
The Beacon
April, 2025
The next chapter meeting is this coming Saturday following breakfast in the hangar.
Both clubs meet this month on their usual dates. The VMC Club meets this Sunday at 6:30, and the IMC Club meets the following Sunday at 6:00.
The IMC Club invites chapter members to attend their meeting and listen to Dr Nick Reinhart discuss aviation medicals. He keeps an office here at 3MY.
A password manager used by a chapter member reported the password for the Members section of the previous chapter web site was exposed via a data leak. The current site uses the same password, so as a precaution the password has recently been changed. The new password is posted on the bulletin board of the chapter hangar, or you can contact the web site's editor.
HQ is requesting volunteers for the work parties to prepare the grounds for OSH.
Julian Sturm has started a Flight Club at his high school, Notre Dame. He's this year's Ray scholarship recipient and is working on the Cruzer build.
Due to weather, Julian had to postpone his check ride, and his next chance comes April 13th.
HQ has granted our chapter another Ray scholarship for 2025, and the search for new candidates has begun.
On the Zenith Cruzer project, the tailplane is complete although the gap seal on the leading corner of the fin needs to be redone. All antennas have been mounted, and the avionics shelf is finished. The factory cannot currently supply seat coverings, so a local upholstery shop is looking at the problem. Wiring the avionics and antennas is the next big task.
Tim Threw's engine rebuild has opened yet another chapter—more next month. Also, he's decided to rent a space in the chapter's heated hangar to be used in conjunction with his current hangar, sort of a winter home and summer home arrangement. His space might be available at times in the warmer months, so contact him if you need a temporary work spot.
A number of members have yet to send in their dues for 2025.
On Saturday March 8, Stephanie Williams spoke at the Women in Aviation event sponsored by the Fondulac Library:
I showed up and talked to several kids and their adults about being a mechanic and how cool airplanes are. We had a pretty good question and answer session. The kids got to make paper airplanes (and throw them around the library so they had fun with that), and they got specially made pins and an Amelia Earhart doll.
Al Jennings recently bought a quarter share in a straight tail Cessna 172 kept at 3MY. It's hangared a few doors north of the EAA hangar, facing the runway. It's the one in a 1950s paint scheme. Sadly, he soon discovered insuring someone his age in an airplane partnership was prohibitively expensive, and he is selling. His sheet:
FOR SALE
25% interest in STRAIGHT TAIL FLYERS, LLC
An Illinois CorporationThe aircraft is a CESSNA 172A hangared and kept at 3MY.
There are four members in the Corporation that share the flying and cost of the aircraft. It is an excellent flying and maintained plane.
$20,000
Contact
AL JENNINGS
309-370-4850
In late March, Dave Yeoman flew his gorgeous 1952 Cessna 195 from its home at DVN down to 3MY in order to visit a car dealership. The previous owner had in the 1990s brought this 195 up to its current standard, earning him a Lindy at Oshkosh. With its updates, his Jacobs is rated at 300 hp. Details include a burl veneer panel:
eaa563.org
Mt. Hawley Airport, Peoria, Illinois