EAA Ch. 66 

President: Scott Blixt (sblixt@bevcomm.net) (507)744-2613 

Treasurer: Bob Powell (ultralightbob@frontiernet.net)(952) 469-2789 

Newsletter: Mike Schweim (weedhopr@myclearwave.net)(507)245-3390 

website: http://www.1rl.com/liteflyers 
Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EAAUL66 

Jan 13 Lite Flyers meeting. 2pm, Faribault airport 

December Meeting notes: 

We had 10 members in attendance at the December meeting. Bob Powell reported that he 
got his Light Sport airworthiness certificates issued to both of his planes. He has a 
Quicksilver Sprint II, and a Quicksilver GT400. He said the inspection went well. The only issues were 
that he had to change the N numbers on one of the planes. Due to the single surface fabric on the 
rudder, the numbers were unreadable if light showed thru, as he had the numbers located at the 
same location on both sides. 
Craig Skunberg reported that he was almost ready for inspection on his Quicksilver 
II, and 2 Mariners. 
There was also some discussion about ski installation practices. Tim Bjork was 
preparing toinstall skis on his Kolb. 

The New Year Is Here: 

It’s now the beginning of a new year. As such, it’s renewal time for your 2008 membership. 
Timely renewal is important to meet the club expenses such as EAA national dues and 
insurance. Please bring your renewal to the January meeting, or mail it to Bob Powell 
at the address listed at the top of this newsletter. 

April 14 Lite Flyers meeting. 1pm, Faribault airport (note time change!) back to 2pm 

March Meeting notes: 

We had 9 members in attendance at the meeting. Scott Blixt reported on the Wisconsin 
safety seminar. Jewell Ness came home with several door prizes that were given away 
at the seminar, including a color GPS and a set of ultralight skis. Scott also 
reported that there is a safety seminar coming up April 5, in Wisconsin, across the 
river from Redwing, MN that he’s planning to attend. Larry Olson passed around some 
photos of his plane and a set of skis he made for it. Ray Seifert also passed around 
a couple photos showing the progress on his CH601. Del Voegele passed around a photo 
showing his wife taxiing his 404 biplane. 

April meeting: 

I received a phone call from Dick Schultz, air boss for the Faribault Air 
Fest/Balloon Rally. He wants us to participate in the event to help promote our club. 
He’s asked for our input as far as what capacity we’d like to participate. (ex. 
Static display, flying demonstrations, etc.) I explained to him that the best weather 
for ultralight flying is early morning and late afternoon. He seemed open to allowing 
us to fly for an hour or so in the morning, after the balloons take off, and in the 
evening, after the balloons take off. He said the air will be busy most of the time, 
so he didn’t think it would work out well to have us flying all day. Saturday morning 
is the fly in breakfast, which results in heavy traffic if the weather is good. Also 
there will be glider, helicopter, and biplane rides going on all day, as well as an 
air show on Saturday afternoon, during which time, the airport will be closed. The 
CAF will also have their B-25 WWII bomber on display, and will be putting on flight 
demonstrations with it as well. He will call me again in a couple weeks for an update 
on the club’s participation. He needs to get authorization and waivers lined up with 
the FAA for the event soon. 

I was also asked by Scott Blixt that we discuss our meeting time. His work schedule 
won’t allow him to make our meetings the next couple months with the current 1pm 
starting time. He’s working 6am - 2pm the next 3 months. He noticed the airport 
directory shows the FBO open later, starting in May, so maybe we can return to 2 - 4 
pm from May thru the summer. 

Meet the FAA: 

I have been in contact with the local FAA office about the possibility of having an 
FAA representative attend one of our meetings for a “Meet the FAA” session, in which 
we can ask any questions concerning ultralights and light sport aircraft. There have 
been questions in the past concerning “what if?”, “What equipment do I need?”, “Do I 
need a transponder?”, etc. I thought if the FAA could attend for such a session, it 
would be a good subject for a meeting, and attract more people to the meetings. I 
received an e-mail reply from Michael Legler, Aviation Safety Inspector. He said he 
would be able to attend our May meeting. He also said that the FAASTeam is planning 
to hold a Light Sport Aircraft seminar in the twin cities area sometime this summer. 
He will let me know more info, when it’s available. Let’s plan ahead for next month, 
to have a very informative meeting! 

Meeting subjects: 

If anyone has any ideas they’d like to see for future meeting subjects, let Scott of 
I know, and we’ll see what we can do….Or take the reigns yourself, and arrange 
something of interest for a meeting, and let me know ahead of time, so it can be 
included in the newsletter. Also, “show and tell” is always appreciated at the 
meetings. If you have any photos, helpful hints, etc. bring them to the meetings. 

Pennzoil 2 cycle oil: 

Scott reported that he heard on UltraFlight Radio, that Pennzoil has been bought out 
by Shell Oil Company. The Pennzoil 4130 oil for air cooled engines will no longer be 
produced. When the current supply is exhausted, there won’t be any more. He called 
Como Oil and Lube in Hugo and was told all they have is the 8 oz. bottles, and they 
can’t get anymore. If you use this oil in your ultralight, you better stock up if you 
can find some, or find an alternative oil. 

Hi all, 
I received an e-mail today, confirming that Michael Legler, FAA Aviation Safety 
Inspector will attend our May 11 meeting. 2pm - 4pm a the Faribault airport 
conference room. He is planning to answer any questions people have concerning 
ultralight and Light Sport Aircraft. Lets have a good turnout, and be prepared with 
lots of questions. 

See you there, 
Mike Schweim 

May 11 Lite Flyers meeting. 2pm, Faribault airport 

May 24 Gary Ries fly in. Chicken dinner. 7965 East 190 TH St. Hastings, MN GPS: 44 
40.409 N 
92 56.474 W 

April Meeting notes: 

We had 9 members and 2 guests in attendance at the meeting. Richard Schulz, and Brad 
Frago were in attendance. Richard is the Faribault Airfest Board Chairman, and Brad 
is in charge of the educational event with the area school kids at the event. Richard 
talked to the members about our involvement with the Faribault Airfest, coming up in 
September. He wants to officially “reintroduce” ultralight aircraft into the event, 
as he feels the event should represent all forms of aviation activity. We discussed 
the possibility of allowing ultralight flight demonstrations. Due to the mix of other 
aircraft activity, it won’t work to have ultralights flying the pattern all day like 
in years past. He did think it would work to allow flights Friday and Saturday 
evening, after the balloons launched, and Saturday morning, after the balloon launch, 
before the fly in breakfast traffic. 
 
 

Meet the FAA: 

I received an e-mail from Michael Legler, from the FAA, confirming that he will be in 
attendance at our May meeting. It will be a “Meet The FAA” session. Members and 
visitors will have the opportunity to ask questions concerning ultralight and Light 
Sport aircraft, and have them answered. Pass the word around, and lets have a well 
attended, informative meeting. 

Meeting subjects: 

If anyone has any ideas they’d like to see for future meeting subjects, let Scott or 
I know, and we’ll see what we can do….Or take the reigns yourself, and arrange 
something of interest for a meeting, and let me know ahead of time, so it can be 
included in the newsletter. Also, “show and tell” is always appreciated at the 
meetings. If you have any photos, helpful hints, etc. bring them to the meetings. 

Hy-Vee Display: 

A couple weeks ago, Richard Schulz contacted me, asking if we’d consider setting up a 
display promoting the Airfest, our club, and ultralight aircraft at the Faribault 
Hy-Vee store on May 3,4. Hy-Vee is one of the sponsors of Airfest. I sent out e-mails 
to the members. Del Voegele trailered his Fisher FP404 biplane to the store, and set 
it up inside the store, in front of the bakery department. We also set up a table 
with handouts on the club, EAA information, etc. I also prepared several DVD’s with 
ultralight related videos, and past balloon rallys, that were played on a TV. The 
Faribault Daily News interviewed Del and Richard and printed a good story in Saturday’s 
paper, promoting ultralights, Airfest, and the club. Del and I manned the display 
Friday afternoon, and Saturday morning and early afternoon.

June 8 Lite Flyers meeting. 2pm, Faribault airport 

July 6 Ray Seifert fly in/ drive in picnic…see below 

July 28-Aug 3 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 

August 23 UL92 Brat and Sweet Corn Fly-In Glencoe Airport 

August 31 Jewell Ness fly in 

Sept. 12,13 Faribault Airfest - Balloon Rally 
 

May Meeting notes: 

We had an informative meeting. Michael Legler, FAA Safety inspector attended our  
meeting to answer questions concerning ultralights and light sport aircraft.  
Unfortunately, we had a pretty low turnout, with only 6 members present. He reported  
that FAA headquarters in Oklahoma City doesn’t keep the local officials informed on  
what’s going on. I think he learned a lot from our members. He said your biggest  
enemy is your neighbors. The FAA office doesn’t have the manpower to go around  
searching for illegal aircraft operations. However, if someone calls the FAA with a  
complaint, they are required to investigate. Avoid flying over houses, pastures,  
barns, etc, and there’s a good chance you won’t have an unpleasant visit with the  
FAA. 

Meeting subjects: 

If anyone has any ideas they’d like to see for future meeting subjects, let Scott of  
I know, and we’ll see what we can do….Or take the reigns yourself, and arrange  
something of interest for a meeting, and let me know ahead of time, so it can be  
included in the newsletter. Also, “show and tell” is always appreciated at the  
meetings. If you have any photos, helpful hints, etc. bring them to the meetings. 

Also, if anyone has anything they’d like to share in the newsletter, send it to me,  
and I’ll include it. 

Ray Seifert fly in / drive in picnic; 

Ray Seifert announced at the May meeting that he’s planning to hold a picnic, fly in  
/ drive in at his home, west of New Ulm, MN on Sunday, July 6. He held a fly in,  
picnic at his home a couple years ago, and it was a good time, although it was too  
windy for many to fly. Hopefully we’ll have good weather this year. 1400 ft. grass  
strip, E/W. 4 miles Southwest of the New Ulm airport. 

5 miles West of New Ulm on Hwy 14 to Co. Rd 11. Left on 11. Continue 1 mile past 4  
way stop. Left on 225th st. Right on 205th Ave.. Left on 220th St. ¾ mile to Ray’s  
farm. 

GPS N44° 16.725’ W 94°34.114’ . 
 

August 9 Lite Flyers membership meeting, 2-4pm, Faribault airport. 

August 23 UL92 Brat and Sweet Corn Fly-In Glencoe Airport 

This Saturday, Aug 23, is the EAA UL92 chapter Brat-n-corn feed at the Glencoe, MN 
airport, 10am - 2pm. 
Adults - $6 
Children - $3 
PIC free 
Last I heard, the weather is supposed to be good. 
Fly over and enjoy a good meal of grilled brats, fresh sweet corn, and all the 
fixin's...also, lots of desserts to fatten you up for the trip home. 
44° 45.4' lat    94° 04.9' long. 
Unicom 122.8 
3300x75 ft. hard surface runway, 13-31

Sept. 12,13 Faribault Airfest - Balloon Rally 
 

July Meeting notes: 

We had a wonderful time at Ray’s picnic, with beautiful weather. Threats of area 
storms kept many from flying to the event though. There were 3 aircraft a the event, 
and plenty of food to go around. The rain/storms held off till the drive home. 

Meeting subjects: 

If anyone has any ideas they’d like to see for future meeting subjects, let Scott of 
I know, and we’ll see what we can do….Or take the reigns yourself, and arrange 
something of interest for a meeting, and let me know ahead of time, so it can be 
included in the newsletter. Also, “show and tell” is always appreciated at the 
meetings. If you have any photos, helpful hints, ideas to increase meeting attendance 
etc. bring them to the meetings. 

Also, if anyone has anything they’d like to share in the newsletter, send it to me, 
and I’ll include it. 

Faribault Airfest: 

September 12, 13 is the Faribault airfest. The latest information I received sounded 
like we’ll be permitted to have ultralight flight demonstrations Friday evening, 
Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, after the balloon launches. I received 
information and magazine samples to pass out from EAA and ASC. Lets have a good 
turnout from club members at this year’s event to promote our club. 

Sept. 12, 13 Faribault Airfest….see below 

Sept. 13 Lite Flyer’s meeting….NOTE CHANGE IN MEETING DATE! 

August Meeting notes: 

We had 9 members in attendance at our August meeting. Conversations revolved around  
Jewel’s upcoming Cherry Grove fly in, and the Faribault Airfest, and several member’s visits to Airventure 08. 

Cherry Grove Fly in: 

Sunday afternoon, August 31 was Jewel Ness’s annual fly in/ drive in picnic. The wind  
kept a lot of aircraft away, but there was still a good turnout of people, antique cars, and  
several planes, including a 2 seat Quicksilver who braved the winds, providing introductory flights  
to many people. Tim Bjork flew in with his beautiful Kolb. He arrived before the high winds,  
and spent the day, hoping for the winds to die down before flying back home again. 

Faribault Airfest: 

September 12, 13 is the Faribault airfest. We will be permitted to have ultralight  
flight demonstrations Friday evening, Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, to cooincide  
with the balloon launches. I received information and magazine samples to pass out from EAA and ASC, and am planning to have a table set up with the display. I’m planning to have my Weedhopper displayed in the grass, along the crowd line, near the grass runway, where it can get exposure to the public, while being protected from people. As the Airfest is the same weekend as  
our normally scheduled meeting, There WILL NOT be a meeting on Sunday. We will plan to  
meet at Airfest on Saturday instead, at the ultralight display. It has been requested that anyone planning to fly their ultralights to the event arrive early in the morning, to avoid congestion. Saturday morning, from 7am till noon is the FAPA fly in pancake breakfast. PIC’s eat free. The  
daytime hours are expected to be busy. There will be GA rides, helicopter rides, glider rides, biplane rides going on all day, as well as flights by the CAF’s B-25 WWII bomber.  
Also, there will  be aerobatic airplane demonstrations at noon and 3pm Saturday. I will be there all day Friday and  
Saturday. Friday morning, at 8am is the kids education day, with 2 groups of area 6th graders  
visiting the airport to meet the pilots. If you’d like to have your aircraft available for the  
kids to see, you’re welcome to attend and help out. The first group arrives at 8:20am, the second group  
is scheduled to arrive at 9:20am. Airfest officially starts at 5pm Friday, with a balloon launch  
scheduled for 5:30. The band “Mr. Peabody” will be performing in the main hangar from 7 till 11pm.  
Admission to Airfest is $7/person, parking is free. The Airfest website is at:  
www.faribaultairfest.com , with more information, and schedule of events. Lets have a good turnout from club members  
at this year’s event to promote our club. 

EMEMBER, HAVE FUN, AND FLY SAFE!

Oct 12 Lite Flyers meeting 

September Meeting notes: 

We didn’t have our normal meeting in September. We had planned to meet at the 
Faribault Airfest, Saturday afternoon instead. There were 5 members in attendance at the 
Airfest on Saturday. The weather didn’t cooperate for flying events on Saturday. It ranged from 
a light mist to heavy rains all day long, with overcast skys varying from 300 ft. to 700 ft. 

Faribault Airfest: 

September 12, 13 was the 24th annual Faribault Area Airfest, airshow and balloon 
rally. I arrived for the event around 7am Friday to set up my Weedhopper for the kid’s education day. 
There were around 150 students from the Faribault middle school 6th grade classes that visited the airport to learn about the various forms of aviation activities taking place at the Airfest. Displays consisted of RC aircraft, balloons, gliders, ultralight, and antique aircraft. During the talks to the second group of kids, their attention was diverted away from the planned talks,as the St. Paul CAF’s B-25 bomber made a fly by, landed, and parked on the ramp. Friday had beautiful weather all day, with clear skys, and light breeze. The airport was closed from noon till 4pm for aerobatic practice flights, and media displays. The event officially opened at 5pm, with a mass balloon launch of 17 balloons at 5:30. Del Voegele, and Scott Blixt flew in late Friday afternoon to watch the balloon launch..Because there was an FAA waiver for the airshow, the FAA was in attendance, with 4 or 5 people. 
One of them checked out Del’s Fisher biplane ultralight in the form of a ramp check. Fortunately, the FAA inspector determined that it is an ultralight, and no further action resulted. 
After the balloons launched, Del flew home, and Scott flew the ultralight pattern for the spectators, before chasing balloons and heading for home. I took off in my Weedhopper and followed the balloons about 5 miles downwind, circled the balloons, and returned to fly the pattern for about ½ hr. I camped on the airport next to one of the hangars. Saturday morning, I woke up to heavy fog, with visibility of only a couple hundred feet. No flying took place on Saturday due to low clouds, and rain. (there was no wind though) I was interviewed in the main hangar about ultralights, and our club for the event’s “speaker’s forum” for about 20 minutes. Around 4pm, I went in the office to check the radar. As I was walking out, the wind suddenly came up to 10 kts, gusting to 15. The wind blew my Weedhopper up on the prop and 1 wingtip. Luckily, there was no major damage, just a scuffed prop tip, and a small hole in the wingtip fabric. Scott was there at the ultralight display, and helped me tie it down, and disassemble it. Other than the bad weather on Saturday, it was a successful event, and Dick Schulz thanked us for participating. He also asked us to participate again next year. He said that next year, members who attend the event will be provided free admission passes. 

The following is an e-mail I received from Dick after the event: 

Hi Mike, 

Thanks for being such a good participant in Airfest 2008. I know things could've been a lot better without the inclement weather. I do think our interview on stage went fairly well and would like to do it again next year. I would also like to have the Ultra-Light guys put together a presentation that we could present to folks on stage. I'm sorry for the guys from the Club who came to help and got rained out. Next year, any club members who want to help with the displays or presentation will be able to get a pass to come in for free. 
Finally, thanks again for the photos attached to your last email. I see if I can't work them into the mix somehow. I look forward to working with you again next year. 

Cheers, 

Dick 

REMEMBER, HAVE FUN, AND FLY SAFE!

Dec. 14 Lite Flyers meeting

Jan 19 Aviation Safety Seminar, Thunderbird Aviation Hangar, Flying Cloud Airport
SAFETY SEMINAR:

January 19, 2009, 7:00 pm. The Pilot and the Chart Maker, VFR Charts from the Expert, 
Don't Miss this Program!
Thunderbird Aviation Flying Cloud Airport. Registration and additional information 
available at faasafety.gov

This dynamic, entertaining and educational program is presented by the premiere 
cartographer himself, Richard Neher, from the Aeronautical Charting Office in Washington, D.C. Whether you 
use paper charts, GPS, MFD or EFB after this program you will look down at the earth in a whole new 
way.

The seminar is good for 1 credit in the FAA Wings program.

November Meeting notes:

We had 5 members in attendance for our November meeting. I showed those in attendance 
a photo of Scott Blixt’s prop hub. During a preflight inspection, he found 1 half of 
his UltraProp hub was cracked.

HI Gang:

Its EAA club renewal time as well as our own club dues renewal. Its 
also a time for decideing the future of the club. 

We origanlly became an EAA chapter for the Insurance so we could meet 
out at Mark Bauers farm. It was a bit less expensive then. The cost 
of our EAA dues has gotten quite high, just to be an EAA chapter. It 
would save us quite a bit of money to drop the affliation. This is 
something you guys can talk about at the DEC meeting. It has to be 
decided at this meeting though as the renewal papers have to be in 
the mail soon after the meeting. 

If you do decide to stay with EAA, then we will need everyones 
current EAA member number and exp date. Its on your EAA membership 
card. Bob needs this for the club renewal app 

Also, please pay your dues for 2009 at the next meeting or thru the 
mail to Bob Powell. 

Unless of course you all decide you dont want the club anymore. 
Attendance has been quite small now for many months. I know guys are 
busy, plus quite a few of you live a distance away. But its our club 
and it will carry on if you all want it too. Its only as good as we 
all make it. Please come to meetings with your stories and ideas. And 
anything you want to show off or share with the group. Mike and I 
cant do it all. 

Ive been looking at my work sked for 2009 and I see Im gonna be 
working quite a few sundays this next year. Its not fair to Mike or 
the group to carry on as club president if I cant be there on a 
regular basis. Im willing to stay on as pres, but someone would have 
to carry the meetings in my absense. Otherwise, im willing to step 
aside and let Mike or anyone else to carry on in 2009 and beyond. I 
try and trade my shifts at work to get weekends off, but that doesnt 
always work out. 

So, what do you all think? Do we keep the club going? Do we stay with 
EAA? Will someone take over as President? SHow up at the Dec meeting 
and figure it out 

And due to work, I wont be able to attend. The future is in your 
hands. And would someone please let me know how it went ;-) 

Fly safe, fly often 

Scott Blixt 
EAA UL Chapter 66 president