EAA Chapter 972

Today, 11:25 AM MEST Hans Georg Schmid died a few miles after taking of from Basel/CH direct to Oshkosh. He planed to cross the Atlantic with his shortly finished experimental plane. He buildt this plane himself for the special pupose of some future extrem long range records.
His plane was filled with 450 USgal fuel and had a special allowance for this overload. He crashed into the roof of a 3-story house and died at once. Six other peoples suffered light injuries.
Hans Georg Schmid, 59, was a retired Airline Pilot from the Swiss-Air, he logged 16′ooo flight hours and hold ’several’ flight records. Excatly he won 162 worldrecords! Most related for speed and extrem long range.
For more information, a lot of pictures and technical datas about the man, his vita, attitude and his intensions for the future, as his plane, including the building history: click here .

The 2007 Great Texas Balloon Race, scheduled for July 13 – 15, has been cancelled due to a major weather issue.

“This decision was made in conjunction with the East Texas Regional Airport staff, County and City personnel,” said Tammy Skinner, 2007 Chair of the event.

Due to the heavy rainfall, this has become a safety issue as well as an issue for airport property. Lots of deliberation has gone into making this very difficult decision, including the possibility of moving the event to other locations within the City of Longview.

It takes the organizers of this event a week to week and a half to set up, without 5 – 7 full days of solid sunshine this cannot happen. The saturation has been the main factor with the forecasted weather not improving. We have received historic amounts of rain. In the 29 years of this event, we have never had to cancel the event due to weather conditions.

“This event would not be possible without the work from the volunteers, sponsors, City of Longview and Gregg County. With your continued support the 2008 Great Texas Balloon Race will be bigger and better,” said Skinner.

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July 6, 2007 - Edwin E. “Ed” Marquart, a prominent figure of the early homebuilt movement and EAA Chapter One, died peacefully of natural causes early Wednesday morning, July 4, at the age of 85. Ed worked at historic Flabob Airport, Riverside, California, from 1955 until two weeks ago. Nearly 500 plan sets of his most popular design, the MA-5 Charger biplane, were sold. Ed was EAA Member #198
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Here is the TOC of Jerry’s June-NL:

• Roger That, by Roger Wieting
• Just a Reminder, No more Newsletter?
• June 14th Runway Gumbo Lunch and Young Eagle Rally
• Civilian Planes during the Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941
• Need a Chapter Shirt or Cap
• Going to AirVenture Oshkosh this Year?
• You may be a redneck pilot if…

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