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• Memo to Members, December 23, 2004 -- Initial "Memo to Members" after 12/7/2004 crash

• Memo #1, January 3, 2005

• Memo #2, January 10, 2005

• Memo #3, January 17, 2005

• Memo #4, January 20, 2005

• Memo #5, January 24, 2005

• Memo #6, February 3, 2005 -- Covers T-34 Association members meeting in Champaign IL

• Memo #7, February 10, 2005 -- Private meeting between FAA and T-34 Association representatives

• Memo #8, February 18, 2005 -- Review of FAA/T-34 Owner meeting in Kansas City on 2/15 - 2/16/05

• Memo #9, February 28, 2005 -- Surface eddy-current inspection, finite element model, Weibull analysis

• Memo #10, March 7, 2005 -- Test flights requested, Weibull analysis complete

• Memo #11, March 7, 2005 -- SAIB has been released

• Memo #12, March 14, 2005 -- Challenging week, Julie's T-34 at GAMI, AOPA support

• Memo #13, March 21, 2005 -- Request for contributions

• Memo #14, March 22, 2005 -- Julie Clark's airplane is crack free!

• Memo #15, March 30, 2005 -- Request to fly with restrictions, Detailed Aircraft History Questionnaire

• Memo #16, April 4, 2005 -- Two "roadmaps"

• Memo #17, April 11, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC

• Memo #18, April 13, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC approved with changes

• Memo #19, April 19, 2005 -- Surprise #3, "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC issued

• Memo #20, April 25, 2005 -- Next steps for "Get'em Flyin!" and "Keep'em Flyin!" AMOCs

• Memo #21, May 2, 2005 -- GAMI flight tests, shops prepare for inspections

• Memo #22, May 9, 2005 -- Bolt-hole test to clear up questionable "hits" during surface eddy current inspection of center section

• Memo #23, May 16, 2005 -- Bolt-hole test still not approved, revised crack growth model

• Memo #24, May 25, 2005 -- Tail cracks found, inspection parties, 141SW update

• Memo #25, June 13, 2005 -- Tail cracks update, meetings and memos moved to bi-weekly

• Memo #26, June 13, 2005 -- Violations of AMOCs, center section cracks found, Menominee update, contributions & expenditures, what happens next

• Memo #27, June 27, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin" AMOC extended to 240 hours with re-inspection at 120 hours, N666 update, OSH 2005

• Memo #28, July 18, 2005 -- Waiting for extension to 240 hours, prep for Oshkosh meetings.

• Memo #29, July 18, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC extended to 240 hour with re-inspect at 120 hours. Eddy current approved (or will soon be approved) as AMOC for 1962 tail AD.

• Memo #30, August 5, 2005 -- Report on Annual Meeting at Oshkosh, update on "Get'em Flyin!" and "Keep'em Flyin!" AMOCs, AMOC holder presentations (Aviadesign and GAMI).

• Memo #31, August 29, 2005 -- Draft of flight test data submitted, how to get paperwork for revised 120/240 AMOC.

• Memo #32, September 12, 2005 -- FAA reviewing test flight data.

• Memo #33, September 27, 2005 -- FAA still reviewing test flight data, Julie Clark AMOC, membership renewals.

• Memo #34, October 19, 2005 -- T-34 Assn position regarding AMOCs, progress with flight test data, long term plan, Parks Industries solution in the works, Aviadesign status, "lost knots", and more.

• Memo #35, November 10, 2005 -- Request to extend "Get'em Flyin" AMOC to 480 hours again, face-to-face meeting with FAA planned on 11/14.

• Memo #36, November 16, 2005 -- 11/14 meeting with FAA, expanding current AMOC to 480 hours, the scope of the AD, long term plan.

• Memo #37, December 9, 2005 -- New objective, change in FAA team, lawsuit, maintenance seminar.

• Memo #38, February 3, 2006 -- Working with the FAA, BG-243 Update, 120/480 AMOC Extension, Julie Clark's Options, Aging Aircraft Conference, FAA and Air Combat Operators, FAA visit to GAMI, AOPA Support, new T-34 Association FAST Administrator, Maintenance Seminar Update, Parks Industries "H-beam", Fly-Ins.

• Memo #39, February 6, 2006 -- Good news on BG-243 center section.

• Memo #40, March 6, 2006 -- Extending the Current 120/240 AMOC, Recent Inspections, Status of Various Long Term AMOCs, “Lead the Fleet” Proposal and FAA Responses, Aging Aircraft Conference reminder, Jud Nogle at NWOC.

• Memo #41, March 20, 2006 -- NIAR (National Institute for Aviation Research) has released report on 141SW, T-34 Assn withdraws from speakers list at Aging Aircraft Conference

• Memo #42, April 3, 2006 -- Extending 120/240 AMOC, Status of other Center Section AMOCs, Aging Aircraft Conference, More on T-6, lawsuit update, financial update 

• Memo #43, April 12, 2006 -- Submission of 600 hour AMOC delayed, Request for Nominations, FAA Airworthiness Concern Sheet on tail AD. 

• Memo #44, May 1, 2006 -- 600 hour AMOC imminent, FAA ACS re horizontal stabilizer, 501(c)(3) reinstated, financial situation.

• Memo #45, August 8, 2006 -- Update on the three "termination action" AMOCs, FAA NPRM on horizontal tail inspection.

• Memo #46, September 27, 2006 -- Comment on revised tail AD, status of  center section AMOCs.

• Memo #47, January 22, 2007 -- Status of AMOCs, repeat inspection authorization, initial inspection authorization, revised horizontal stabilizer AD, association financial situation, fly-in season.

• Memo #48, March 13, 2007 -- A new airworthiness directive on inspection of the horizontal tail has been published.

• Memo #49, March 24, 2007 -- Cracks found in new location.

• Memo #50, May 2, 2007 -- Update on spar cracks, STC and AMOC granted to Earle Parks, T-34 Spar Corp ALEC and Station 66 AMOCs, two new ADs, new director, changes in board election process, financial situation, Mentor Monitor changes.

• Memo #51, May 13, 2007 -- FAA Airworthiness Concern Sheet regarding front spar root upper fitting cracks.

• Memo #52, August 9, 2007 -- Menominee and Oshkosh, AMOC update, what you can do if your center section has cracks.

• Memo #53, November 16, 2007 -- Parks H-Beam, Station 66, and ALEC updates -- good news on all fronts. Search for Mentor Monitor editor.

• Memo #54, January 31, 2008 -- Updates on Parks H-Beam, Station 66 and ALEC, and Victor Juarez, T-34 Homecoming at Beech Heritage Museum, Pinal Airpark Fly-In, and Mentor Monitor. 

• Memo #55, April 25, 2008 -- T-34 Spar Corp's Station 66 AMOC Approved. Update on ALEC.

• Memo #56, May 8, 2008 -- Monitor deadline, BOD nominations, webmaster search, Pinal/AMARC Fly-In success, T-34 Homecoming news, WOA request for stock T-34 at AirVenture 2008.

Other Documents

• Get'Em Flying AMOC Inspection Results -- List of T-34s that have had center section and tails (if required) inspected.

• Get'em Flying AMOC FAQ -- Frequently asked questions about the Get'em Flying AMOC.

• Mike Pangia resume -- Attorney hired by T-34 Association

• Letter to FAA's Marv Nuss, January, 10, 2005 -- Requesting meeting with Mr. Nuss' office and the T-34 Association prior to public meeting

• Dave Weber resume -- Weibull expert hired by T-34 Association

• FAA Advisory Circular 91-60 (Interim) -- This document is referenced in Memo to Members #36. It is a draft of a revision of an advisory circular, "The Continued Airworthiness of Older Airplanes", first published in 1983.

• Contributions -- If you have not yet made a contribution, we are requesting a contribution of $500 per airplane, and/or any amount you are willing to give. Please send your check, made out to the T-34 Association, Inc., c/o Jud Nogle, Nogle & Black, Inc., 800 North County Road 900 East, Tuscola, IL 61953.