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Memos
and Updates to Membership from Board of Directors
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Memo to Members,
December 23, 2004 -- Initial "Memo to Members"
after 12/7/2004 crash
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Memo #1,
January 3, 2005
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Memo #2,
January 10, 2005
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Memo #3,
January 17, 2005
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Memo #4,
January 20, 2005
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Memo #5,
January 24, 2005
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Memo #6,
February 3, 2005 -- Covers T-34 Association members
meeting in Champaign IL
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Memo #7,
February 10, 2005 -- Private meeting between FAA and
T-34 Association representatives
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Memo #8,
February 18, 2005 -- Review of FAA/T-34 Owner meeting
in Kansas City on 2/15 - 2/16/05
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Memo #9, February 28, 2005 -- Surface eddy-current inspection,
finite element model, Weibull analysis
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Memo #10, March 7, 2005 -- Test flights requested, Weibull
analysis complete
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Memo #11, March 7, 2005 -- SAIB has been released
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Memo #12, March 14, 2005 -- Challenging week, Julie's T-34 at
GAMI, AOPA support
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Memo #13, March 21, 2005 -- Request for contributions
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Memo #14, March 22, 2005 -- Julie Clark's airplane is crack
free!
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Memo #15, March 30, 2005 -- Request to fly with restrictions,
Detailed Aircraft History Questionnaire
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Memo #16, April 4, 2005 -- Two "roadmaps"
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Memo #17, April 11, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC
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Memo #18, April 13, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC approved with
changes
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Memo #19, April 19, 2005 -- Surprise #3, "Get'em Flyin!" AMOC
issued
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Memo #20, April 25, 2005 -- Next steps for "Get'em Flyin!" and
"Keep'em Flyin!" AMOCs
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Memo #21, May 2, 2005 -- GAMI flight tests, shops prepare for
inspections
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Memo #22, May 9, 2005 -- Bolt-hole test to clear up questionable
"hits" during surface eddy current inspection of center section
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Memo #23, May 16, 2005 -- Bolt-hole test still not approved,
revised crack growth model
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Memo #24, May 25, 2005 -- Tail cracks found, inspection parties,
141SW update
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Memo #25, June 13, 2005 -- Tail cracks update, meetings and
memos moved to bi-weekly
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Memo #26, June 13, 2005 -- Violations of AMOCs, center section
cracks found, Menominee update, contributions & expenditures, what
happens next
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Memo #27, June 27, 2005 -- "Get'em Flyin" AMOC extended to 240
hours with re-inspection at 120 hours, N666 update, OSH 2005
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Memo #28, July 18, 2005 -- Waiting for extension to 240 hours,
prep for Oshkosh meetings.
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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.
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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).
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Memo #31,
August 29, 2005 -- Draft of flight test data submitted, how to
get paperwork for revised 120/240 AMOC.
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Memo #32,
September 12, 2005 -- FAA reviewing test flight data.
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Memo #33,
September 27, 2005 -- FAA still reviewing test flight data,
Julie Clark AMOC, membership renewals.
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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.
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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.
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Memo #36,
November 16, 2005 --
11/14 meeting with FAA, expanding current AMOC to 480 hours, the
scope of the AD, long term plan.
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Memo #37,
December 9, 2005 --
New objective, change in FAA team, lawsuit, maintenance seminar.
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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.
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Memo #39,
February 6, 2006 -- Good news on BG-243 center section.
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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.
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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
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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
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Memo #43,
April 12, 2006 -- Submission of 600 hour AMOC delayed, Request
for Nominations, FAA Airworthiness Concern Sheet on tail AD.
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Memo #44,
May 1, 2006 -- 600 hour AMOC imminent, FAA ACS re horizontal
stabilizer, 501(c)(3) reinstated, financial situation.
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Memo #45,
August 8, 2006 -- Update on the three "termination action"
AMOCs, FAA NPRM on horizontal tail inspection.
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Memo #46,
September 27, 2006 -- Comment on revised tail AD, status
of center section AMOCs.
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Memo #47,
January 22, 2007 -- Status of AMOCs, repeat inspection
authorization, initial inspection authorization, revised horizontal
stabilizer AD, association financial situation, fly-in season.
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Memo #48,
March 13, 2007 -- A new airworthiness directive on inspection of
the horizontal tail has been published.
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Memo #49,
March 24, 2007 -- Cracks found in new location.
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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.
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Memo #51, May
13, 2007 -- FAA Airworthiness Concern Sheet regarding front spar
root upper fitting cracks.
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Memo #52,
August 9, 2007 -- Menominee and Oshkosh, AMOC update, what you can do if your
center section has cracks.
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Memo #53,
November 16, 2007 -- Parks H-Beam, Station 66, and ALEC updates --
good news on all fronts. Search for Mentor Monitor editor.
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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.
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Memo #55,
April 25, 2008 -- T-34 Spar Corp's Station 66 AMOC Approved. Update
on ALEC.
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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.
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Memo #57,
July 23, 2008 -- Menominee & Oshkosh details, Annual Members Meeting
via the web, webmaster wanted, membership renewal time, FAA
Airworthiness Circular, Wing Station 66 AMOC, T-34 Homecoming
update.
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Memo #58,
September 10, 2008 -- AMOC summary, T-34 Homecoming update.
Other
Documents
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Get'Em Flying AMOC Inspection Results -- List of T-34s that have
had center section and tails (if required) inspected.
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Get'em Flying AMOC
FAQ -- Frequently asked questions about the Get'em Flying AMOC.
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Mike Pangia
resume -- Attorney hired by T-34 Association
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Letter to
FAA's Marv Nuss, January, 10, 2005 -- Requesting meeting with
Mr. Nuss' office and the T-34 Association prior to public meeting
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Dave Weber
resume -- Weibull expert hired by T-34 Association
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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.
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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.
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