Experimenter

July 2013

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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Hangar Debrief The Homebuilders Hall of Fame Process How we select the winners By Randy Hooper Each year an individual is selected from our homebuilding community to be celebrated and inducted into the Homebuilders Hall of Fame. EAA has several awards to recognize personal achievements as well as significant contributions. However, the Homebuilders Hall of Fame is reserved for the best of the best. The selection process begins by publishing requests for nominations in EAA Sport Aviation, EAA Experimenter, EAA e-Hotline, ChapterGram, and the like. Nominations remain open until March 1 each year. Compiling the list of new nominations and those remaining from past years, including persons living or deceased, the selection committee begins its study and research. The selection committee duties are cur- Attribute EAA AirVenture support Support of EAA regional and local events Years of homebuilder support Major recognition and awards Encourages support EAA support Innovation Builder support Local and national impact Published in mixed media Government impact National publicity Cross-talented B y using this list, a scoring matrix can be created and displayed as a spreadsheet. Using the spreadsheet, the committee can discuss each individual's contributions. An agreed-upon numeric value is given in each of the 13 categories, then totaled. The resulting totals are used to rank nominees. This can result in a clear choice or possibly the need for further discussion. We, the members of the Homebuilt Aircraft Council, put quite a bit of time and effort into this process. We look forward to the announcement of our selection for the 46 Vol.2 N o.7 / July 2013 rently fulfilled by the Homebuilt Aircraft Council. Looking at past Homebuilders Hall of Fame inductees (www.EAA. org/homebuilders/programs/ hof.asp), a list of attributes and performance was produced for the purpose of analyzing and then scoring potential inductees, recognizing their past contributions. Performance Active while attending Active while attending Number of active EAA years Aviation awards and recognition Homebuilder at individual level Active support of goals/purpose Aircraft design/construction techniques Tech counselor, flight advisor Known both locally and nationally Writings published in public media Active in government affairs at national/local level Written or reported in national aviation media Multitalented: designer, builder, writer, etc. Homebuilders Hall of Fame for 2013. The tradition of celebrating the elite within our community will continue as we enshrine the new member into the Homebuilders Hall of Fame this coming fall. Please, if you have someone who you feel is eligible, go to: http://www.eaa.org/homebuilders/programs/hof_ nomination.pdf Send in your nomination. The nomination deadline for the 2014 inductee is March 1, 2014.

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