Page 4 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1976 Powell airplane not toy model By CAROL MEYER Dr. Charles Powell, Director of Student Affairs, follows instructions from a kit while building his airplane; however, it’s not a toy model stuck together with glue, but a plane that will carry two people. Powell said he has put 500 hours of work into his KR2 airplane and fig ures a total cost of $2,300 when finished. The plane has a simple form, with a single engine and two wings. But the method of construction is a little unusual. The basic framework is wood, while the rest is made of foam, which can be sculptured, Powell said. “I can make compound curves and shape it to a very pretty airplane, whereas the other types of planes have a boxy shape,” he said. “It has been a lot of fun building, but before you invest money, you must consider three things,” Powell said. “You have to be able to afford it, have the skills to put it together, and have the determination that you can do it. “Most people get part way through and decide to quit,” he said. “Five thousand copies of plane draw ings have been sold and only 100 will be flying. “One of the hardest things in building a plane is finding the parts, ” he said. “You either order the them or go to larger cities and buy them.” For example, Powell ordered his Fifth physician to join staff at Health Center A new physician will be added to the staff of the University Health Center, said Dr. Claude Goswick, director of the center. Dr. James Martin is coming to Texas A&M University from Long Beach, California where he has been practicing medicine for the past ten years. Dr. Martin attended Southwest ern Medical School in Dallas and graduate school at Tulane in New Orleans. Dr. Goswick said that there was “a crying need for general practition ers” at the center but that there was no money to pay anyone hired. With the addition of Dr. Martin, there will be five doctors on the staff . Dr. Martin will serve as a general practitioner. ■HLWtlN WEDNESDAY Benefit Rodeo to raise money for Cathy Wagner’s medical expenses will be at 8 p.m. in the Bryan High School Rodeo Arena. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Final Exams Return Refrigerators to Student Government, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Spe cial Services Building. Book Mart, 137, MSG, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. THURSDAY Book Mart, 137, MSG, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Final Exams Return Refrigerators to Student Government, 12 p.m.-4 p.m.. Spe cial Services Building. Hong Kong Club will present a film from mainland China. The color presentation is a revolution opera, Peking style, that will be shown in Rudder Tower, 301, at 8 p.m. Ad mission is free; everybody is wel- FRIDAY Book Mart 137, MSG, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Final Exams End Return Refrigerators to Student Government, 9a.m.- 1 p.m.. Special Services Building. Jvpfnam&a Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega '74 Greg Price nmnitt If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It “Mexican Food Supreme." Dallas location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 wood from an Illinois organ com pany. Most of the material came from Ken Rend in California, who drew up the plans for the KR2. Since the wings will be detacha ble, he can tow the plane on a trailer and doesn’t have to pay a $20 rental fee. “It has a very small engine which uses one-third to one-half the amount of gasoline a commercially built plane would use, ” Powell said. When Powell was a sixteen-year- old, he swept hangars in Denison, Tx. He earned $8 daily,which paid for flying lessons. He later flew in the Air Force. but entertainment; it’s not for com mercial use,” Powell said. Powell didn’t build the plane completely on his own. His help came from the ten-member Bryan/College Station chapter of the national Experimental Aircraft As sociation (EAA). The members go to local “fly-ins” together and the na tional fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where there is an enormous field with row after row of thousands of home-built planes Powell said. Some of the members will be going to an air show and fly-in at Hearne in a few weeks. boat because it is made of wood and fiberglass,” Powell said. “Mine will run off and leave their planes and theirs will do a lot of ac robatic work,” he said. “I want a re sponsive, quick airplane.” Powell expects to cruise at 160- 180 miles per hour on a 70 horse power engine. An equivalent com mercial plane would reach 110-130 mph with a 150 horsepower engine, he said. Powell has two purposes in build ing his plane. One is play and the other is to be able to make short trips within 500 miles. Powell hopes to finish his plane by the end of this summer. There are certain Federal Avia tion Administration (FAA) rules governing home built planes. One must send duplicate plans for the plane to the FAA first and then build according to aircraft specifications. FAA officials come to inspect every step of production until com pletion, including a final inspection. One must fly 100 hours within the local area before the home-built plane can be certified to fly cross country. “You can’t use it for anything else Two members of the chapter, Jerry Shannon and Dr. Gene Buth, helped Powell a great deal. Shan non, trained aeronautical mechanic and glass blower, helped with the engine and has already built a plane. Buth, an engineer, did the welding and is in the process of building a plane. 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