Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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N e w s Fr o m H Q Grunloh, Severen Join EAA Ultralight & Light-Sport Aircraft Council EAA has welcomed two new members to the EAA Ultralight & Light-Sport Aircraft Council—Dan Grunloh, EAA 173888, of Loda, Illinois, and Scott Severen, EAA 181476, of Oak Point, Texas. Grunloh, a retired scientist from the University of Illinois, attended his first EAA Oshkosh convention in 1981 and made his first solo flight in a hang glider in 1982. He has served as a weeklong volunteer in the Ultralight/Light Plane area at AirVenture for close to 30 years. In 1986 he completed a plans-built wood-and-fabric Sky Pup ultralight and began publishing the Sky Pup News builder newsletter. After transitioning to weight-shift trikes in 1998, Grunloh won the 2002 and 2004 U.S. National Microlight Championships. He also flew in the 2003 (England) and 2005 (France) FAI World Microlight Championships and became one of only three U.S. pilots to earn a Gold Colibri for cross-country navigation. Grunloh has logged 1,500 hours in ultralights and light-sport aircraft (LSA) and currently writes a monthly column for EAA's Experimenter online magazine. Severen began flying hang gliders in 1973. He founded the Lone Star Airpark in Texas and has served as president of several organizations including the Airpark Owners and Operators Association, Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, TEAM Aircraft, and the United Dan Grunloh Scott Severen States Ultralight Association (USUA). Severen was also a USUA director. He was a charter member of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee that created the sport pilot/light-sport aircraft regulations. Severen also is a member of ASTM International Committee F37 on Light-Sport Aircraft (F37.20) and has more than 2,000 hours in powered and nonpowered GA and LSA vehicles. Severen was a key player in the evolution and certification of the Thorpedo special light-sport aircraft (SLSA) and served as an LSA flight conformance and test pilot. Severen is a past USUA advanced flight instructor examiner and seminar presenter. He works at US Aviation as director of business development and lives with his family near Dallas, Texas. Strong Rally Congress Response to Help Build GA Caucuses More than 500 EAA members have accessed Rally Congress since it was launched in early February, prompting about 135 of those members to send more than 350 letters to their elected representatives in Washington, D.C., and urge them to join the General Aviation Caucuses. Thanks to those who have already acted, and we urge all members to take action and help grow the GA Caucuses. The Senate and House caucuses have been instrumental in helping 6 Vol.2 No.3 / March 2013 defeat user fee proposals and preserve aeronautical GPS signals, as well as in passing important legislation such as the Pilot's Bill of Rights and residential through-the-fence agreement language. Through a series of retirements and changes in party, there are approximately 40 members of the two caucuses who have not returned to Washington this year. That means new representatives need to be encouraged to join the caucuses, which helps spread the word on issues of importance to sport and recreational aviation, as well as general aviation as a whole. To take immediate action, visit www.EAA.org/rallycongress and click on the "Take Action" button. EAA has provided a letter that can be sent as-is with a single click, but members can also edit the letter as they wish, or draft and submit an original piece. Phone calls are also an effective, personal way to reach a representative.