Our next meeting will be

Wednesday Feb, 13th. 

We will meet at the Old Pueblo Grill at 6:00 PM

 

ATTENDEES: 

 

Frank Manning, Jeff Jepson, Matthew Angiulo, David Hahs, Dustin Grissom, Kathy Grissom, Amy Rice.

 

 

 

TREASURER REPORT:

           

not much news

Income: Kids’ Club tuitions

Paid: some reimbursement

Other: no Reno expenses because of weather

Credit on Southwest Airlines

--in prep for congressional meetings 2-16 fly in/fly out use SW credit

 

 

 

KIDS CLUB:

 

Matt please forward email from Sara (also CVD)

 

 

SPEAKER EVENTS:

 

Thursday Feb 21 at 6 p.m.

L Scott Miller at PASM in front of SR71

Matt to send announcement

There will be a bar!

 

In response to student requests:

March 6 John Pervis- accident investigations

tentatively 6:30-7:30

behind the scenes with example of aircraft failures

 

Jon Anderson- extended trip out of the country available, but willing for early next year

 

Interaction with Phoenix

            still desirable, but nothing planned yet

            experimental aircraft show in Casa Grande?

 

 

 

POSSIBLE OTHER EVENTS:

 

Tour of Pima/DM -Contact Brian

Brian getting contacts for gunnery range event

 

 

ENGINEERS WEEK:

·    

Saturday event at Foothills Mall

Doug did it two years running, wants help

student section may help support flight simulator (on a laptop)

E Banquet- new AIAA associate fellow we could honor

      we could buy a table or two and offer seats to our membership

      invite Laura McGill (last year's honoree) again

      When is banquet?  When is RSVP?

 

 

PASM MUSEUM NEWS:

 

No update

 

 

STUDENT SECTION NEWS:

·    

DBF slow but steady

wings laser cut before break look great

fuselage problematic-- expecting parts

P Haley available for consultation Matt please call

01 plane still at PMAM (and was lightest in competition!)

 

Report due March 4 to Wichita, draft target Feb 15 must include flight test results

      could fly 01 as prototype?

      panel to review report

 

David emailing AME faculty concerning paper submission event at ASU. 

 

ACTION ITEMS MATT: Find out about extra incentives; Discuss funding with Brian Perry; Supply list of funding contingencies

 

 

AERIAL ROBOTICS:

 

Next week presentation to ECE senior design class—which hopefully will

            encourage new group—topics of presentation will include:

     

      1) small hovering craft that does internal search and sends back video to ground station

      2) prototype explanation/show-and-tell

 

Matt will come up with draft of requirements for possible new student section for purpose of paper competition.

 

 

WEBSITE:

 

Kid's club application updated

 

 

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS:

 

Happy hour?

Another soaring event?

      contact info from Tucson soaring club website

      Soaring club in Marana-- possible Phx involvement

 

 

NEWSLETTER:

 

Doug and Sara submitted items

Matt will send something soon

in order to be competitive we need minimum number out (2?) per year

 

 

OTHER

 

Google X-Prize moving along.  Lots of Tucson involvement: Raytheon, UA LPL,

            etc.

Event is just prior to Apollo 11 anniversary, near Apollo 11 site, with lots of TV.