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THANKYOU
An undertaking like this cannot succeed without the help of others throughout the
community. Central Kitsap Junior High School Project SchoolFlight would like to
thank the following individuals, companies, and groups for their support of our
project.
- The BRS Corporation - The Ballistic Recovery System Corporation manufacturers parachutes that are installed in aircraft and in the event of a dangerous situation, may be used to lower the aircraft and its passengers safely to the ground. BRS, Inc. has generously donated a parachute unit to our project to be installed in our CH-701. This is a very large donation, a vote of confidence in our organization and aims, and a giant step towards real safety when we get the 701 in the air.
Here are some photos of our installation.
- Bendix-King The
Bendix King corporation has generously donated a KT76A
transponder, antennnas, and a mounting kit. A transponder is the
box that reports an airplane's location to airborne traffic
controllers. They are not required to fly in all airspace but near
large airports they are a requirement. This donation will
allow us to operate our CH-701 within the B and C class airspace
surrounding Seattle. It completes the list of necessary avionics that we need to get
airborne.
- Garmin The
Garmin corporation has generously donated a GPSMAP
195. We have already used it to find the location of the shop
and walked around the school watching as our lat/long changed. This
tool will make our goal of showcasing our plane at Oshkosh even more real
because we'll actually be able to find Oshkosh.
- EAA Chapter 406 - The 77 members of EAA Chapter 406 have provided $500 for tools to be
used in the construction of our aircraft. More importantly, 15 members of the
chapter have provided over 2500 hours of help, instruction, and encouragement as
mentors. Profiles of these invaluable individuals may be found on our Profiles page.
The members of Chapter 406 have also allocated $1500 to pay for one half of
the first ten hours of flight time for six of our student builders. This flight time
program started in the summer of 1998.
- The Paul Linder Educational Foundation for Central Kitsap Schools - The Linder Foundation
provided $1000 for our project. This money purchased tools and sent Mr. Smith to the
Zenith Factory for a two day training session. In 2000, the Linder Foundation granted us an additional $592 to purchase a three-blade, ground adjustable Warp Drive propeller.
- LightSpeed Inc. - The LightSpeed Corporation has donated two pair of supremely comfortable and very effective active-noise-reduction headsets for use in our CH-701. Check out their
tutorial on active noise reduction in airplane communications!
- Fiberlay -
Fiberlay of Seattle was kind enough to offer us discounts and access
to returned but perfectly serviceable resin and molding materials so that we
could make our cowling plugs, molds, and peices.
- Mr. Charlie Bernert - Mr. Bernert has graciously offered the use of one of his hangars to house the CH-701. This will give us a place to work on it as we install controls, instruments, and eventually an engine. It will also provide a base of operations when it flies.
Mr. Burnert has also generously provided his facilities and the services of
Jeremiah to upholster our CH-701 seats.
- Oregon Aero, Inc. - Oregon Aero, the industry's preeminent manufacturer of aftermarket seats, headset pads, earcups, and other flying comfort items gave three of our students instructions in seat design and construction. They then
gave them the run of the factory and watched as the students created two of the finest seats ever to grace a CH-701. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Tony Erickson have our thanks and gratitude.
- The Northern Life Insurance Company otherwise known as ING Northern Annuity, has provided a grant of $2000 through its Education's Unsung Heroes Awards program. This grant will allow us to continue the construction of the CH-601XL during the 2001-2002 school year. It will help us train a new class of aeromanufacturers and take us to the next phase of our project wherein we develop curriculum and export our manner of technical education to other schools.
- Zenith Aircraft Company.
Since the beginning of our project in 1997, Zenithair and the Heintz family
have been staunch supporters of what we have tried to accomplish. They
have discounted and donated supplies, vouched for our project with other
suppliers, encouraged, and informed us. We could not have come this far
without them.
- The Flightcom Team of Flightcom
Corporation.
The Flightcom team, makers of headsets, in-flight intercoms, cool accessories,
and Digital Voice Recorders for the panel, has donated a 300i DVR for use in
our 701. It will allow us to record checklists, play back transmissions,
and keep time.
- The Kitsap Community
Foundation. Our local foundation looked at the goals, aims, and
accomplishments of our project and granted $500 toward the purchase of
instruments for our CH-701. They appreciate the emphasis on technical
education of our community youth.
- The Silverdale Rotary. Prior to our third year of construction
the Silverdale Rotary Club conferred a grant of $1,000 on our project.
This group of business owners, community leaders, and concerned citizens
showed their support for innovative education and enabled the project to
continue.
- Flight Grip, LLC. Ed Chesnut, owner of Flight Grip and
manufacturer of excellent stick-mounted grips has provided us with a pilot
side stick grip with a button for radio transmitting and a trigger switch for
pitch trim actuation.
- The West Sound Technical Skill Center in Bremerton, WA, painted our aircraft. Kelly Sample and the students in his Automotive Collision Repair Technology class took on the job of putting several coats of paint on our CH-701. In June, 2001, the students applied primer, base coat, and several coats of school-bus-yellow Imron. They delivered the project on time and looking great.
- Lockheed Corporation - Through Mr. Downes, one of our mentors, the Lockheed Corporation
has provided $500 to be used in the furtherance of our project.
- The Naval Activities of Keyport and Submarine Base Bangor - The Navy’s P.E.C.E
(Partners for Excellence in Community Education) program provides active duty sailors and
civilian workers to the local schools to increase community involvement and improve local
education. Two of our mentors come from this program.
- The David Clark Company - David Clark has supplied us with a panel mount Isocom system so that the two occupants of the aircraft may talk to each other
- Douglas Seward (LCDR, USNR-ret) a Northwest Airlines 747 pilot
and RV-4 builder has donated a compass, altimeter, and airspeed
indicator to our CH-701 project.
- Hank Tingler (CDR, USNR-ret) made a cash donation and attempted
to open
the door to Boeing's matching donation program. This program
doubles the size of any donation made to the project by a Boeing
employee. Sadly we are not within the necessary geographic
area to participate in this program. Even though Kitsap county had
many Boeing employees and we are teaching students the skills they would
need to work in the aviation industry, Boeing has declined to
participate. Still, we thank Mr. Tingler for his
support.
- Metal Shorts - A metal supply company located on
West Marginal Way in West Seattle, has
provided us with samples, advice and discounts on aluminum for our airplane.
- King Schools, Inc. - Mr. John King has donated a set of private pilot written
examination video tapes to our project. These tapes will be used by student builders
who are taking flight instruction toward their private pilot's license.
- Finally, the Central Kitsap School District - We would like to thank the administration
and the entire district for having the foresight, willingness, and courage to
enthusiastically support this project.
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