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Pancake Breakfast and Meeting
August 14, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Fly-In Preparations by Dave Smith, and
CAD/CAM by Jimmy De La Garza
Greetings 983! Hope everyone is staying cool and well.
We will start the day with our usual pancake breakfast this Saturday. Volunteers will need to be in place and ready to serve sausage and pancakes from 8 to 9:30. Any questions should be directed to Dick Keyt.
This week’s meeting will be Fly-in Informative and we’ll be finalizing committees for each “area of need” to pull off a successful event. We will need all hands on deck for set up prior to the event, and a lead to coordinate setup, so mark your calendars for the week leading up to Saturday, September 25. We are still in need of trailers, tow vehicles, and drivers. Dave Smith has been working hard to make this the most organized and successful Fly In we’ve ever had. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and sign up–we really need to have these positions filled prior to the event so that we can staff appropriately and evenly, and everyone gets a chance to enjoy the weekend.
This week’s presentation will be by our own Jimmy De La Garza. Jimmy and his partner Eric moved to Pecan around 11 years ago and first became interested in aviation about four years ago after riding with Dick in the Ryan. Jimmy had a previously acquired passion for CAD/CAM, designing architectural plans, renderings, and proposals since the days of Windows 3.1, and extended that knowledge to working with 3D printers and CNC for the past 10 years.
He has now partnered with Dick and designs new tools for Ryan Machine. He’s also combined his two great interests of aviation and manufacturing to design and produce various aviation components, such as entire panels and various 3D printed owner-provided parts.
There are many ways for CNC tools to assist in the design and manufacturing of components for homebuilt and certified aircraft, and he is looking forward to demonstrating a few of them that he has at his disposal. He plans on giving an overview of how each works, some of the limitations each of them have, and how they’ve personally used them both in the rebuild of their Musketeer and to assist others with their projects as well.
It should be an interesting and productive meeting. See you all Saturday!
AnnElise Bennett and
Richard Keyt
Ryan Machine, LLC
9608 Taxiway Dr
Granbury, TX 76049
Telephone (817) 573-2786
http://ryanaircrafttools.com
Breakfast Volunteers – Please let Tom Thibault know if you can help set up and serve starting at 7:00am.
COVID Notice – This will be an in-person meeting with food service. Please consider your personal immunity and risk status before deciding whether to attend. And as always, be respectful of other members and guests.
Park at Plane View Park and walk up to the second hangar to the east
If visiting from outside Pecan Plantation, please let the gate attendant know you are going to the regular EAA Chapter 983 monthly meeting. If possible, please call a Chapter Officer in advance, and they will be glad to help guide you in.
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