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leet week in San Francisco… some would argue it doesn’t get any better than this! Last month offered picture-perfect blue skies for the Blue Angels, the Patriots Jet Team, Oracle aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker, a U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor, the Coast Guard and a United Airlines Boeing 747 all to strut their airborne stuff against the grand background of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. City officials estimated 1 million people came to watch!

Fleet Week kicked off on Wednesday, Oct. 3 when the USS Makin Island sailed into the Bay. By Thursday, the Blue Angels started their practices, circling above the Bay and City. On Friday, crowds began to gather for Pier 80 ship tours and a weapons display at Alameda Naval Station where tours of the USS Hornet were in full swing. The US Navy Band played in the East Bay, at Oakland’s Jack London Square. The USMC 1st Division Band was also on hand paying tribute to fallen military men and women. Along with the Fleet Week

Air Show on Saturday and Sunday, crowds enjoyed a Parade of Ships sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge to their piers. Ship tours and band concerts continued throughout the weekend, all built around the Fleet Week Air Shows, where aerobatics were highlighted and Blue Angels did their famous unison fly-bys, only to have one of the Blues come from behind to shock crowds preoccupied by the cluster formation of Angels flying only inches apart.

On a more serious note, since 2010 San Francisco Fleet Week has been the venue for Bay Area First Responders and the U.S. Military to meet, train together and discuss the latest lessons learned from recent Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response operations. All of these activities help raise awareness and better equip the Bay area to cope with future disasters.

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NEWS Grant A Wish This Veteran’s Day ..................................................7 EAA’s President/CEO Hightower Resigns ..................................8

FEATURES

COLUMNS

Editorial: Leadership

By Ed Downs ................................................................6

Contrails: Escape From Plenty

Flying with the Blue Angels

By Russ Albertson ........................................................10

New Data Credits EAA E-AB Safety Program..............................8

Golden Age Race Winner

By Alan Smlith ..............................................................14 F-35: Newest Fighter More Than Stealthy

By By Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Wetzel ..........................20

AOPA Unveils New Center to Advance Pilots............................11 Hawker Beech to Emerge From Chapter 11 ..............................14 Remos’ Combs Completes 50-State Journey............................16

Earhart Memorial to Buy Electra 10E

By Herb Foreman ..........................................................24 Destination: Home for Thanksgiving

By Stuart Faber.............................................................29 Life Long Dream: Check

By Jarod Flohr ..............................................................44

AOPA Creates Flying Club Network ..........................................19 Special Section: NBAA in Progress ..........................................40 Happy Birthday U.S. Navy ..........................................................42 Special Feature: AOPA Summit Wrap-Up ..................................49

by Steve Weaver ......................17 Aviation Ancestry: From Gusto to Oxcart

by Scott Schwartz ....................26 What’s Up?!: Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

by Larry Shapiro ......................28 Safe Landings: When Autopilots Go Bad ..................30 From Skies to Stars: The Big Bang

by Ed Downs ..........................43 Homebuilder’s Workshop: Breaking News and More

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Editorial

November 2012

By Ed Downs

LEADERSHIP

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ovember, 2012, is a good time to think about leadership. By the time most readers have viewed these opinions, we will have had a national election with the potential for many changes. Re-election of our present leadership will probably include changes to the Cabinet, new congressional members and a mandate from voters to “get things going again.” A new guy in the “Top Job” will mean sweeping changes coupled with expectations of “keep your promises.” No matter what the outcome, most Americans will agree that we need a vastly revised version of “leadership” inside the Beltway.

Just moments before this writer sat down to key in some thoughts about leadership, the aviation community saw a sudden and unexpected change take place, also associated with leadership.

Our industry’s many alphabet groups, such as AOPA, EAA, NBAA, GAMA and LAMA (plus many more) are the

voice of pilots and manufacturers in this country’s complex legislative world.

Some, Like AOPA, represent that vast and varied part of flying known as “General Aviation.” The folks at NBAA specialize in business aviation, while GAMA and LAMA support aviation manufacturers.

The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) crosses many lines. While having a core of interest centered on amateur built, experimental aircraft and the talented individuals who design and build them, the EAA has expanded through the years to include many classic production airplanes, warbirds, antiques and the unique kit-plane industry. EAA was a primary promoter of the LSA/Sport Pilot movement and continues to support ultralight enthusiasts. In general, we think of the EAA as the “go-to” alphabet group for recreational flying.

Under the long-time leadership of its founder, Paul Poberezny, the EAA grew

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into a national organization, with hundreds of local chapters, all dedicated to the “grass roots” enjoyment of flying.

Paul eventually stepped down from active leadership and his son, Tom Poberezny, stepped up to the task of growing EAA and the famed EAA AirVenture fly-in into the greatest flying event in America, if not the world. The staff of EAA, when combined with the talent of hundreds of volunteers, has worked tirelessly through the years to improve AirVenture and initiate programs designed to promote recreational flying to folks who might not have ever even considered building an airplane.

The EAA’s efforts to promote the excitement of flying has been so successful that the majority of its members have never even flown an experimental plane and many are not even active pilots, but simply enjoy being involved with the excitement of those who are at the core of the EAA mission.

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As with any large organization, there have been differences of opinion through the years as to the direction being taken

by EAA. Many have felt that including and promoting aircraft that are not “experimentals” somehow diminishes EAA’s focus. Others welcomed inclusion of a wide variety of participants. It is this writer’s opinion that both Paul and Tom skillfully negotiated these differences to help create a unique and fun organization. They are both superior leaders. But, about two years ago, it was decided that new leadership was warranted. A long process followed which saw profound differences in the EAA’s mission statement develop within the Board of Directors. The search for a new President of EAA was undertaken and Rod Hightower took the reins.

Durring the last two years, “old timers,” like this writer, saw sweeping changes take place in both the look and Continued on Page 8

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USO AND PARTNERS INVITE AMERICANS TO GRANT A WISH FOR OUR HEROES VETERANS DAY 2012 Americans can support the men and women of our nation’s armed forces who have exemplified service, sacrifice and strength for our country at uso.org/grant-a-wish.

The USO and partners will recognize Veterans Day with Grant a Wish for Our Heroes, an initiative that will give Americans opportunities to thank those who serve in the Armed Forces by granting wishes for our troops and their families by supporting them in a variety of ways. Through Grant a Wish for Our Heroes, Americans can take part in supporting the unique programs and services most requested by our troops and families by supporting the USO and its many partners at uso.org/grant-a-wish.

“Grant a Wish for Our Heroes is a call to action for anyone who wants to take a moment and give back to our troops and military families in the ways they’ve told us helps the most. USO offers concrete ways, big and small, to show our troops that Americans appreciate their service and sacrifice,” said Sloan Gibson, president and CEO of the USO. ‘We value our partners’ commitment to help USO grant these wishes, delivering what’s needed to our men and women in uniform at home and abroad on Veterans Day and every day.”

For years, troops and families have been telling the USO what programs and services they need the most through a comprehensive annual survey, “Tell USO,” and the USO has responded. Our programs help ease the stress of deployment for both troops and their loved ones.

Others provide the comprehensive support our servicemen and women need when they return home. And many help our wounded, ill and injured troops as they recover and re-enter their new lives as veterans.

This Veterans Day, the USO asks Americans to help support these USO programs and initiatives that our troops have requested most: • Holiday Boxes for Deployed Troops- Many deployed troops spend holidays away from their families. The USO helps bring a touch of home to troops with boxes containing decorations games, snacks, movies and themed items. All designed to bring holiday cheer those serving in the most remote corners of the world.

• Connecting Troops to Families Back Home- Missing the birth of your child may seem hard to imagine, but it’s a reality for many of our troops overseas.

The USO has made it possible for some of our military dads to witness the birth of their child, via Skype. This November, we’ll also be helping those dads send some special items home to their newborn and mom- so they can be a part of those first precious weeks of their child’s life.

• Support Child Heroes- Help the USO provide the book Little CHAMPS (Child Heroes Attached to Military Personnel) to military families in order to ease their challenges and fears of deployment, relocation and injury of a loved one. Author Debbie Fink provides a book that tells the story of five child heroes and their military lifestyles and raises awareness of military connected challenges.

• Education, Employment and Community Reintegration for our Wounded Warriors- USO Warrior and Family Care provides Hire Heroes USA/USO Workshops and Careers Opportunity Days for wounded, ill and injured service men and women, their spouses and caregivers. The workshops focus on resume writing, mock interviews, professional work practices and translating prior military experience into a civilian career. Career Opportunity Days are in collaboration with Hire Heroes USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and offer our healing heroes, spouses and caregivers a non-traditional career fair where employers connect on a personal level based on interest and background. Employers conduct mock interviews and provide feedback, providing an additional level of support for transitioning troops to meet with employers offering jobs.

• USO Warrior & Family Center at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda- On November 7th, the USO will break ground on its second 20,000 square-foot building that will support our healing heroes and their families battling invisible wounds like traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress. The first center at Fort Belvoir is scheduled to open in 2013 and will support our healing heroes recovering from physical wounds. The two centers will include movie theaters, classrooms, sports lounges, business centers, healing gardens and more.

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WE HAVE WINNERS

By Craig L. Fuller President and CEO AOPA

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f you’re a pilot, you owe a debt of gratitude to at least one flight instructor. For some of us, the list of instructors and mentors is long. But whether your flying experience includes one instructor or dozens, you know that you could not have learned to fly without some expert guidance.

But for all our personal gratitude for the flight instructors and schools who coach us from tentative beginner to confident pilot, there is very little public recognition for these hardworking professionals.

We’re changing that. At AOPA’s Aviation Summit a few weeks back, I had the chance to recognize some exception-

al flight schools and CFIs, the winners of the very first AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards.

We received nearly 2,500 nominations for the awards. And the stories that emerged from the nomination process were impressive and inspirational.

Among our winners are instructors who use social media to keep their students engaged; schools that take students on international fly-outs; and training programs that use simulators to save students time and money. At some schools, students can fly both the newest technically advanced aircraft and open-cockpit planes from a bygone era.

There’s no easy way to choose winners, but our awards committee did manage to narrow it down. Ultimately, we selected seven flight schools and three

HIGHTOWER RESIGNS The Board of Directors accepted the resignation of President and CEO Rod Hightower on Oct. 22. Hightower will be returning to St. Louis to reunite with his family.

“Maura and I have five children ranging in age from pre-school to college freshman,” Hightower said. “When I accepted the position two years ago I believed that we could as a family relocate to the Oshkosh area. But our family and school involvement have increased as our children advance in the schools they, and we as their parents, love. It would simply

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be too great a hardship on my family to move them to the Oshkosh area.”

Jack Pelton, recently retired Chairman, president and CEO of Cessna Aircraft, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of EAA. In his role as EAA Chair, Pelton will guide the organization through the leadership transition.

“I will be working closely with the EAA Board of Directors to ensure a seamless transition to a new leader,” Pelton said. “The directors of EAA and I thank Rod for his service. We understand how difficult it is to relocate a family of

flight instructors as our first award winners. It’s our hope that the winners will serve as models and offer inspiration to other training programs and CFIs. I know there are many more schools and instructors that are creating great training environments for students. And we want to hear about them. Soon we’ll begin accepting nominations for the 2013 Flight Training Excellence Awards at flighttraining.aopa.org/awards. I hope you’ll nominate a CFI or flight school that has made a difference in your aviation journey.

2012 AOPA Flight Training Excellence Award Winners

East Hill Flying Club, Ithaca, New York Rochester Aviation, Rochester, New Hampshire Summit Aviation, Belgrade, Montana The Flight School, Cypress, Texas Flight Instructor Awards Kevin Bradford, Dubuque, Iowa Timothy Miller, West Jordan, Utah Devan Shepherd, Shoreview, Minnesota Student’s Choice Award Aviation Adventures, Leesburg, Virginia President’s Awards Redbird Skyport, San Marcos, Texas Tailwheels, Etc., Lakeland, Florida

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EAA PRESIDENT/CEO school-age children.”

“EAA, as does all of aviation, faces many challenges with the continuing economic slump and the decrease in personal aviation participation. As an association, Rod and the senior team have put the organization on a solid path to our future, while honoring our legacy and focusing on the mission our founder, Paul H. Poberezny, established 60 years ago. The EAA mission is to welcome all members no matter what they fly, celebrate our volunteers and enjoy the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” Pelton added.

Rod Hightower resigns at EAA president and CEO (EAA PHOTO by Jason Toney)

Editorial: Leadership Continued from Page 6 feel of the EAA. From the “look” standpoint, publications were changed, with some being completely closed down.

Content was altered, moving more into the realm of standard production aircraft and avionics. Less was said about individual experiences in amateur building and chapter activates. From the “feel” standpoint, faces changed. This writer had worked for years with a talented and enthusiastic staff, many of who have moved on to other opportunities. My friends were gone. To be sure, this writer

is an “outsider” and does not know much about the current workings of the EAA, but changes under the new leadership were apparent.

Then the unexpected happened. Rod Hightower submitted his resignation, which was immediately accepted by the Board of Directors. Personal reason were given, which this writer will accept on face value. But one cannot help but wonder if perhaps new leadership was needed.

Along with the announcement of Mr Hightower’s resignation came the news that Jack Pelton, former Cessna CEO, was

to lead a restructuring of the leadership within the EAA. Wow! What happened?

Speculation would be unfair and unwarranted. To be sure, the leadership of most corporations and “alphabet” organizations has been challenged by the deep economic problems faced by our country. Let’s simply say hard times equal hard choices with resulting changes in leadership being inevitable. The staff of In Flight USA has worked with the Cessna organization in the past and come to know Jack Pelton. Mr. Pelton has known leadership qualities and a com-

mitment to General Aviation and recreational flying that is second to none. He is a straightforward guy who speaks his mind and leads from a position of knowledge and skill. We are confident Mr. Pelton will redefine the importance of the EAA’s core mission, and use that core to generate the dreams and excitement that the EAA has fostered in the past. The bottom line is that this writer would fly Jack’s wing anytime, and we all wish him and the EAA the best possible outcome as new leadership takes the left seat.

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The team was established just after WWII as the U.S. Navy saw its budget diminishing. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Chester Nimitz, directed his staff to find a way to promote Naval Aviation and keep the public aware of the need for a strong military. The Navy Flight Exhibition Team was born in 1946.

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Voris, a Navy Ace in WWII, was selected as the first flight leader and the team acquired the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Angelsâ&#x20AC;? when one of the first pilots on the team saw a reference to the Blue Angel Nightclub in a magazine.

The team, led by Lt.Cdr. Voris, chose the best pilots he could find to fly the Grumman F-6F five-piston engine Navy carrier fighter. The F-6Fs were painted dark blue with gold trim, which was changed to dark blue and yellow as the team transitioned to the F-8F Bearcat in August, 1946. The team started with four aircraft flying the signature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diamondâ&#x20AC;? formation and later added two â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soloâ&#x20AC;? aircraft. The team has flown 10 different aircraft and received their first jet, the Grumman F-9F Panther, in 1949, and today the team flies the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet.

The Hornets are at the end of their carrier arrestment service life. The Hornets are modified by the team with an inverted fuel pump to ensure uninterrupted fuel flow for extended up-side down flying. Other modifications include the removal of the nose cannon, the addition of a fluid smoke system, stop watch, and

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(Russ Albertson) an adjustable tension spring to the control stick, and of course that beautiful Blue and Gold paint scheme.

The secret to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success is a tradition of excellence that dates back to the very beginning. Being chosen for a spot on the team has always been considered a great honor and this attracts the very best Naval and Marine aviators, maintenance and support personnel.

These service men and women represent the finest qualities of our nation and the Blue Angels set a very high goal for our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young people. The team attracts the very best and then chooses the most experienced and motivated people they can find. The new applicants are subjected to extensive interviews to make sure they can fit in to the grueling training and show schedule. These folks must be very skilled in the job they are seeking on the team and, just as important, they have to Continued on Page 12

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“The decline in the pilot population didn’t happen overnight and reversing the downward trend requires a long-term commitment,” said AOPA CEO Craig Fuller. “The Center’s first few initiatives are just the beginning of what will become a much more robust and widereaching program that builds a community in which more people earn pilot certificates, pilots are more active, and the flying lifetime of pilots is extended.”

The first major initiative of the Center to Advance the Pilot Community will be to support the development of a network of flying clubs. Extensive research has shown that flying clubs are a valuable part of the aviation landscape and that the most effective ones help keep aviation affordable and accessible. They also create a supportive community that keeps pilots active and engaged.

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The Center will also continue the work that AOPA began a couple of years ago with the Flight Training Student Retention Initiative. AOPA’s detailed research found that as many as 80 percent of student pilots drop out of training without earning a certificate. Reducing the number of dropouts by as little as 10 percent could see thousands of new pilots entering the general aviation community each year.

The Center will now oversee projects including the Flight Training Excellence Awards, created to recognize flight schools and certificated flight instructors that provide top-notch training experiences. Through these awards, AOPA has identified the best CFIs and flight schools in the country.

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New team members are sent to NAF El Centro, Calif., located in Imperial County just east of San Diego. Here, in the clear desert skies, the team is able to practice two flights a day, six days a week. The team will have completed 120 training missions when they are finally ready for the show season to start in March.

I was able to see first-hand the result of all the practice and team work by the Blue Angels on a trip to El Centro last March just before the start of their show season. NAF El Centro, located south of the Salton Sea, is the perfect training ground for many Navy squadrons.

Bombing ranges and wide-open airspace for air-to-air combat are just a short flight away from the base. Lieutenant Colonel Bob St. Austin accompanied me on this trip for additional photography.

As we drove up to the Blue Angel Administration building, I could see the team’s blue and yellow Hornets being readied for the second practice flight demonstration of the day. Across the ramp was the team’s Lockheed Martin C130T Hercules in standard gray Marine camouflage nick-named Ernie. Ernie

Inside the cockpit of the C-130. was enlisted to help out the team while the beautiful blue and yellow Hercules referred to as Fat Albert was in for scheduled heavy maintenance. After meeting with the Blue’s public relations team, we walked out to Ernie for a flight in the practice airshow routine that precedes the Hornets at every show. We met Captain Benjamin Blanton, USMC pilot, and his crew on the C-130. Capt. Blanton

(Russ Albertson) explained the flight would be a “normal” airshow routine and how the flight showcases the tremendous performance capabilities of the C-130. All the maneuvers performed are flown by all Marine pilots on missions in the Hercules as they support troops in combat, or other missions.

The first C-130 Hercules used by the Blue Angels arrived in 1970, and is an essential part of the team. The aircraft is

powered by four Allison T-56-A-16 turboprop engines producing 4,500 shaft horsepower. The aircraft was in production at Lockheed for 50 years, in more than 40 variants from troop carrier, gunship, air refueling, reconnaissance, and medical evacuation. It has been equipped with skis for flights to both poles and is a work horse for the team carrying essential parts and personnel to airshow sites across the country. An all-Marine crew mans the Hercules consisting of two pilots, a flight engineer, one loadmaster and four flight mechanics. It can carry 45,000 pounds of Blue Angel personnel and equipment and definitely gets a workout during an airshow season.

After the pre-flight was completed, Capt. Blanton assembled his crew at the aft end of the C-130 and went through a very thorough briefing on our flight. Lt. Col. St. Austin and I were directed to troop seats in the aft cargo compartment that faced inward along both sides of the compartment. We were given another safety briefing on the exits and told to “hang on!” At first I didn’t take them seriously, but I buckled in tight just as they advised; and strapped my camera bag in the seat next to me. The cargo ramp was open at the aft end of the fuselage, not far Continued on Page 13

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The Blue Angels Continued from Page 12 from us, and soon we heard the engines start. The load master stood next to me by the aft side door exit and wore a headset to stay in communication with the flight crew as we started our taxi roll. Two other crew members stood next to an extended metal folding ladder strapped to the cargo bay floor. I remembered what Capt.

Blanton had said about our initial takeoff; that it would be a max effort climb up to about 800 feet with a zero-G push over and I was excited to experience the very show I had watched so many times from the bleachers.

I shot a few pictures out the back of the plane as we turned and could see the Blue Angel Hornets sitting in a line framed by the C-130 open ramp. As we turned onto the runway the loadmaster closed the rear cargo ramp and door and we stopped briefly as the flight crew ran up the engines to full power before releasing the brakes. The lightly loaded Hercules lurched forward and I tried to brace myself sitting sideways. I looked over at Bob and he was doing the same.

The load master and two crew members were hanging on too. After a very short takeoff roll, Capt. Blanton pulled the big Hercules up to 45 degrees nose up at 200 mph to simulate a short field takeoff and climb over an obstacle. After a few moments, he pushed the nose down to level flight and now I was glad I took the advice to “hang on.” We all went weightless for a few seconds and I saw the two crew members float past the horizontal as they held on to the ladder….I was floating completely off my seat, held only by the seat belt, and I couldn’t get a good picture of them. Lt. Col. St. Austin was in the same situation across from me and I wondered if he had ever done this to his crew in the USAF during his long career flying the Lockheed C-141 jet transport.

Next Capt. Blanton returned for a Parade Pass; a curving turn out in front of the crowd. This shows off the beautiful blue and yellow Blue Angel painted scheme on the big Hercules along with the roar of its four turboprop engines. Next we did a high-speed flat pass followed by a

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Capt. Blanton later told me that all these maneuvers “displayed the tactical characteristics of the Lockheed C-130 and are based on actual techniques we would use in a combat environment. We flew up to 60 degrees of bank; pulled 2 Gs and hit 400 miles per hour.”

Our last maneuver was a push over to a landing with a maximum effort stop.

He explained that this landing technique would be used in combat to land on a short runway in a hostile environment.

He slowed the big Hercules to 100 mph, with the landing gear and flaps down, and pushed over to a steep, 25-degree, nosedown descent path. He said, “that’s about eight times what you normally experience in a commercial passenger airplane!”

After touchdown, Capt. Blanton selected the propellers to full reverse thrust and stopped the aircraft in only 1,000 feet! The deceleration to a stop was very impressive but the flight demonstration wasn’t over yet! As the loadmaster opened the aft ramp, I saw and felt us start to backup and turn as Capt. Blanton kept the props in reverse thrust and backed up to the edge of the runway before selecting forward thrust and moving on to the taxiway. The C-130 may have been painted in standard Marine colors but there was no denying that we were flying with the Blue Angels!

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s air racing’s Golden Age of the 1930s went on, the design of new racers continued to lead advancement in both military and civil aviation. In 1935, Benny Howard’s high wing monoplane Mister Mulligan was a classic example of this. With Gordon Israel as co-pilot, Howard won the cross country Bendix from the West coast to Cleveland and then with Harold Neumann as pilot, Mulligan went on to win the Thompson Trophy. The Bendix trophy was won partly because Howard and Israel used on-board oxygen for the first time and stayed above the weather.

The oxygen system was another racing innovation passed on to other designers in the military and civil aviation world.

1935 was really Benny Howard’s year of triumph. Not only did Mulligan win both the Bendix and the Thompson, but Neumann also won the Greve Trophy in Howard’s little Mike racer.

Mister Mulligan was Howard’s model DGA-6 and evolved into a series of aircraft numbered up to DGA-15 that saw military use as personnel transports. It was used throughout the second world war and was built as a popular civilian aircraft well into the 1950s. They are still around and have been used as bush planes in Canada and Alaska. Howard explained that DGA stood for Damn Good Airplanes. No one argued with that.

The 1936 Bendix was an East to West race and proved to be the end of Mr. Mulligan. The Nationals were in Los Angeles again because more upgrading of the Cleveland airport was in progress.

With his wife Maxine as copilot, Howard left the East, made a refueling stop in Wichita and continued on.

Benny Howard’s Mister Mulligan, 1935 winner of both Bendix and Thompson trophies.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum) Near Crown Point New Mexico, Mister Mulligan threw a blade off its propeller. The resulting vibration damaged the airplane, possibly tearing the engine awry in its mounts. Out of control, Mister Mulligan crashed on an Indian reservation. The engine smashed into the cockpit, trapping Benny and Maxine.

Hours passed before they were discovered, released from the wreck and hospitalized. They received expert medical attention and, after some surgical repairs, were on the road to a long recovery. Howard lost his right foot, but was able to return to aviation and continued to build “Damn Good Airplanes.”

This writer has flown two DGA-15s.

They are very stable and have a powerful rate of climb after takeoff. One thing to watch is the long travel and rebound in the landing gear struts’ oleo shock absorbers. Crosswind landings on the upwind wheel could lead to some interesting bounces. The rebound in the upwind oleo landing gear strut could throw the airplane over onto the other strut. That oleo would also rebound and throw the airplane back again. A smooth touchdown helps, plus keeping the airplane nailed into a crosswind on roll-out.

HAWKER BEECHCRAFT ANNOUNCES INTENT TO EMERGE FROM CHAPTER 11 AS STANDALONE COMPANY Hawker Beechcraft, Inc. (Hawker Beechcraft) has announced that it intends to emerge from Chapter 11 protection as a standalone company. Hawker Beechcraft also announced that it is no longer pursuing a transaction with Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd. (Superior) because the parties could not reach agreement on the terms of a Plan Sponsorship Agreement.

Robert S. “Steve” Miller, CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, Inc., said, “We made the decision to proceed with the standalone Plan of Reorganization after determining that, despite our best efforts, the proposed transaction with Superior could not be completed on terms acceptable to the company. We are disappointed that the transaction did not come to fruition, Continued on Page 18

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COMBS COMPLETES 50 STATE JOURNEY IN A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT

Michael Combs shares an emotional moment with his REMOS aircraft named Hope One as he quietly reflects on the completion of his epic 40,000 mile, 50 state journey.

When Michael Combs landed his aircraft at the Kaneohe Bay Airshow on Sept. 30 it marked the completion of an ambitious mission to touch down in all 50 states in a Light Sport Aircraft. The event was celebrated by a record attendance crowd while Michael performed in the airshow. “You are witnessing history today folks” stated the announcer as the wheels of the REMOS aircraft gently touched down in front of the main grandstand area.

Afterward, Michael jubilantly stepped out and was greeted by a crowd of well-wishers who posed for photos and received autographed collector cards.

“This has been an incredible experience,” said Michael as he stood by his aircraft named, Hope One. “I feel excited beyond belief that we have successfully completed this mission, but also am looking forward to more of the adventures that we are already planning. This is a huge accomplishment in the world of aviation and really proves beyond a doubt just what a Light Sport Aircraft can do. It also has demonstrated that there are truly no limits to the potential of the Sport Pilot’s License.”

Michael took off from Salina, Kan. on April 8, 2010 and flew into 49 states including Alaska and British Columbia, Canada in just five and a half months. The elusive 50th state of Hawaii has been the challenge that offered the most difficulty to achieve. “We really thought that Hawaii would be simpler than this,” explained Combs, “but the costs of shipping were crazy and as time went on, all of the doors just kept opening up to our participation in this military airshow. We’ve known about it for a year and a half and I’m very thank-

ful for how it has come about. It was a tremendously perfect way to end this historic aviation endeavor.”

Throughout his journey, Michael has flown more than 40,000 miles and landed at over 200 airports. His primary goal was to reach more than 20 million people with the message that it is never, ever too late to follow your dreams. The Flight for the Human Spirit has also inspired others to fly as well as endeavor to fulfill their own dreams and aspirations outside of aviation. Fans of the flight have reported that they have been successful in opening restaurants, mending relationships, and even beginning new careers. “It’s incredible to think of what one person can do when they just never give up,” stated Combs.

The historical significance of this flight in aviation is that the REMOS is the first Light Sport Aircraft to fly in all 50 states; it also makes Combs the first Sport Pilot to fly the same aircraft in all of the 50 states. He currently holds five world records in aviation and is already planning other record setting flights in the Caribbean, Australia, and another attempt to fly Hope One on a Transcontinental Flight next spring setting a world record under FAI and NAA rules.

The Hawaii flights were tracked by more than 100,000 website visitors and fans from around the world followed Hope One’s performances and test flights with live satellite tracking and were updated on each progressive step via Facebook and Twitter. “Originally, I thought that flying in all 50 states would mark the end of The Flight for the Human Spirit, but due to the influence of Continued to Page 18

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by Steve Weaver

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utumn has worked its way down the slopes of the Appalachians and colored the leaves in the foothills of West Virginia, the place where I was born and where I now spend the six warm months each year. Looking down the bank outside my window into the slow drifting waters of the Buckhannon River I can see flotillas of gaily colored leaves making their way downstream to the place they will come to rest and slowly turn to soil.

It’s said that autumn is a time to reflect and I think that must be so, because I find I do most of my deep (deep being a relative word here) thinking about life in general, and my life in particular, during this time of year.

A few days ago in such a state, I started pondering how the business of selling airplanes has changed in the last dozen years or so and about how completely my life has changed during the same period.

The dot com crash was the beginning of what would turn out to be one of the biggest downturns in the aviation business since the post war bubble burst in 1947. The fallen dot coms were then followed by 9-11, the Wall Street debacle and then the recession, and our business was changed forever. Aircraft prices plummeted after 20 years of steady appreciation and the premise that if a dealer paid too much for an airplane, not to worry it would be worth it the next time the Blue Book came out, seemed almost laughable now. Dealers, including me, maybe especially me, rethought owning inventory and it was hard to know what to pay for an airplane. A ‘no brainer’ wholesale buy could turn out to be more than the aircraft would bring on the retail market.

As a stocking dealer, I normally had (“had” being a euphemism for “titled to me, owned by the bank”) 10 to 15 airplanes in stock at any one time, and the noise of their munching on interest and insurance costs at three in the morning often interrupted my sleep during the downturn.

As I slowly found new owners for these airplanes, I began to concentrate more on brokerage and I became a whole lot more particular about any aircraft that I bought. I substituted “some brains required” for the “no brainer” buys and as time went by, the aircraft that I marketed became more brokered than owned.

Eventually it dawned on me that it was possible to sell brokered aircraft from anywhere, and that I was no longer tied to a desk at an airport. When you own aircraft inventory, there is forever something to be done and issues to be seen to and there is always an aircraft that has be taken somewhere for some reason. So just like the old-time cowboy, you can’t be far from where the herd is grazing.

About the time I was exploring this new found freedom, other changes were also at work in my life. Whether it was an age or a stage I don’t know, but I began to feel as if my possessions owned me instead of the way it should be, and as my enjoyment of them waned, then finally disappeared, I began to wish for a simpler life.

Soon the wish became a yearning. I had so much ‘stuff’ it was controlling my life. No, more than that, it had become my life. For example one day I tried to count all the internal combustion engines that lived with me in the form of lawn equipment, generators, water pumps and chainsaws, and of course boats and vehicles. I quit counting at 23. I needed a full time mechanic.

Also I still had Bodacious, the Cessna Skymaster that I’d used for airshow flying. Even though I no longer did the shows, the airplane still sat in the hangar, often not flown from annual to annual, for what can you do with an airplane painted like a calliope? I owned a huge house in which I pretty much used three rooms and often wasn’t in the others for months at a time. I felt smothered and hamstrung and I decided to do something about it.

And so I started selling my stuff. I sold the motorcycles, the boats and the wave runner; I sold my sport car, countless small combustion engine devices and I sold Bodacious to a buyer in Spain. The stuff I couldn’t sell I gave away and what I couldn’t give away I took to the dump.

Finally in 2006, I sold my house and bought a beautiful 37 foot fifth wheel RV and a Ford one ton diesel to pull it. I found a perfect parking spot in the idyllic little West Virginia town where I started my first flying business more than 40 years ago and I happily began spending summers here, parked so close to the river that I could literally fish out my front door. I felt light and happy and as if I’d come home and a huge circle had been completed. I felt free.

That fall I began what has become my annual regimen of six month in West Virginia and six months on the road that I continue to the present. Summer and fall is spent here in the cool and comfortable climate, and then when the trees give up their leaves in late October, I hook the Ford to the front of the RV and with my Yellow Lab Austin smiling over my shoulder, I hit the road for warmer climes.

Looking back, I realize the stars had to be in perfect alignment for a life change of this magnitude. Not only did I become free to travel and was finally done with owning things, but at about the same time technology had developed to the point that I could work from anywhere. A cell phone and a wireless connection for the laptop and even a wireless fax made the office in the fifth wheel just as efficient as any brick and mortar edifice.

As I write this, the geese on the river have been making their practice flights each day, their honking V’s sweeping overhead as they prepare for migration. I feel a kinship with their instincts and I sometimes whisper to them that I’ll be along shortly as well.

This year as last, I plan to make my way as far west as I can go, to the stunning Morro Bay area of California, where the temperatures are as near perfect as anywhere I’ve found. Last year I went the northern route, by way of the Black Hills and Yellowstone and sort of dawdled along, seeing the sights and taking a whole month for the journey. When I’m traveling, I usually spend a half day in the office and a half day driving, putting around 200 miles or so behind us, more just drifting along than making serious travel. This year I plan to go by way of Texas, arriving in Austin in time for a family Thanksgiving gathering there, and where Lab Austin will be reunited with his litter mate Daisy, and then taking the southern route West to the coast.

I find casting off on these trips to be a bit like the airshow flying that I did. I approach it with some trepidation, but once things start moving I become immersed in the moment and I get a huge enjoyment from it. I love the sight of the road unrolling beneath us and the adventure of finding what lies beyond our front bumper. I feel a connection with the eon old cycle of seasonal migration and privileged to have learned what the geese have known for millennia. I find it almost mag-

Autumn in West Virginia. (Steve Weaver)

The 37-foot fifth wheel RV parked near the bank of the river.

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My new simplified office space.

(Steve Weaver) ical to have the comfort of always being at home while having the view out my living room window always changing.

On the wall of my office is a sign that my daughter got for me when I first expressed my unhappiness with the clutter in my life. It reads “Simplify, Simplify, Simplify”. The whole quote by Thoreau is; “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.” I consider it some of the best advice I ever took.

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Combs Completes 50 State Journey Continued from Page 16 our fans, they have made it very clear that they want me to continue flying onward…I guess they just want to see how far we can go, and how many lives we can ultimately touch. From a social media viewpoint, this has been an incredible success. Our original goal was to reach more than 20 million people with a message of encouragement and hope… now our current numbers show a total of more than 28 million around the world

with no end in sight as our fan base continues to grow.”

Since Hope One actually performed in the airshow, it was transported onboard an Air Force C-5 aircraft along with other show aircraft flown by Kirby Chambliss, Jacquie B, and the Flash Fire Jet truck driven by Neal Darnell. Other performers in the show included The Blue Angels, Clint Churchill, and the Navy Seal Leap Frogs. “Seeing Hope One in that huge aircraft was really quite a sight to

behold,” exclaimed Combs. “It was an honor to be included among such a prestigious list of performers, and the Hope One flight really was inspirational to the attendees who were full of hugs and even shared some tears of gratitude for what we are doing out here in the world.”

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Combs is currently writing a book about his adventure which will be released in 2013. He has two other books ready for publishing and will release his next music album entitled Through the Veil late this fall.

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Continued from Page 14 but we protected ourselves by obtaining a $50 million deposit from Superior that is now fully non-refundable and property of the company. The go-forward business plan we have developed with our creditors ensures that we will emerge from this process in a strong operational and financial position, with an enhanced ability to compete well into the future.”

Business Plan Upon its emergence from Chapter 11, the company intends to rename itself Beechcraft Corporation and will implement a business plan that focuses on its turboprop, piston, special mission and trainer/attack aircraft – the company’s most profitable products – and on its high margin parts, maintenance, repairs and refurbishment businesses, all of which have high-growth potential.

Bill Boisture, Chairman of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, said, “Beechcraft Corporation will emerge as the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of turboprop, piston and trainer/attack aircraft with the largest global customer support network in the industry. Our business strategy will focus on growing our key existing product lines: high performance single and twin engine piston and turboprop aircraft, uniquely missionized variants for the global special mission market, and multi-role light attack and trainer aircraft systems, as well as the product development opportunities within these segments.”

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OPA will create a national network of flying clubs as part of a longterm initiative to facilitate flying club growth, the association told attendees at AOPA Aviation Summit Oct. 12.

As the aviation industry seeks to reverse rising costs and diminishing pilot numbers, flying clubs offer a piece of the puzzle: The organizations offer affordability, community, quality instruction, an entry (or re-entry) point to aviation, and a viable business model. The flying club initiative, built on extensive research, also promotes flying clubs and helps new clubs get started, with a goal of increasing the number of clubs nationwide from 661 to 1,000 in five years.

Flying clubs will be a big part of AOPA’s new Center to Advance the Pilot Community, which was created to help build the pilot population, said Adam Smith, senior vice president of the center, in the seminar, “Special Interest Education: AOPA Flying Club Network.”

“It’s a very healthy part of the aviation ecosystem,” he said, and AOPA wants to nurture and grow it.

Organizing a network of the clubs will allow them to share information and resources, Smith said. “Right now, I see wonderful work going on in local flying clubs in their individual communities, but it’s all in that local silo,” he added. AOPA will invite all existing clubs to join the network; members will agree to a statement of values, but there will be no cost to participate.

Near-term steps in the initiative include the offering of a Webinar Nov. 14 for people interested in starting a club, a monthly e-newsletter starting in December, and the hiring of a program manager for the project. The association

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Mark Benson of the renowned opinion research consultants APCO Insight presented the findings from extensive research into the flying club experience that led to the flying club initiative. Those findings will be available online. For more information visit www.aopa.org.

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The F-35, which features three variants to be used by the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy, is a single-seat aircraft capable of stealthy operations, equipped with an enhanced computer technology system. The Marine Corps B variant is also capable of performing short takeoffs and vertical-landings while maintaining the conventional operations of other airplanes.

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program started in 1997. The program includes plans to replace the Air Force’s aging F-16 Fighting Falcon and A-10 Thunderbolt II, the Marine Corps’ short takeoff, vertical landing AV-8B Harrier and dogfighting and air-toground attacking F/A-18 Hornet and the Navy’s stock of legacy Hornets.

"The F-35 is a fifth-generation fighter; but it’s more than just a stealthy airplane," said Marine Corps Col. Art Tomassetti, a pilot who has been with the JSF program since 1998. "It goes beyond stealth and low observable capability. It brings together everything that today’s computer and digital age can bring to how the airplane flies and how it’s maintained."

The F-35 is an ideal combination of stealth, sensor fusion and a robust digital flight control system making it, not only easy for a pilot to fly, but easy to identify and engage targets in the battlespace.

Along with ease of flight, the F-35 also allows pilots greater situational awareness.

"When you look at the F-35, you can’t look at it as a single airplane against another single airplane," Tomassetti said.

"You have to look at a group of F-35s working together, then you really get to take advantage of what the F-35 brings to the battle space. The ability of the airplanes to use a variety of sensors to gather information and share the information they gather between planes is truly incredible."

With the F-35, pilots can access information about possible targets and threats from supporting F-35 aircraft via data links, which allows them to see more and identify more of what is happening in the battle space, Tomassetti said.

F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter crew chief Staff Sgt. Darron Cothran (left) and a Lockheed Maintainer from the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., pull the wheel chalks on the jet before taking off for a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock) Currently, the military is only training seasoned pilots on the new airplane at Eglin Air Force Base.

When new pilots are allowed into the program, they will find themselves in a unique training environment along with enlisted aircraft maintainers and mechanics from all three branches of service and also coalition partners from several foreign nations.

These service members will learn how to operate and maintain the F-35 through a digital training environment.

This kinetic learning system allows the learning to occur through touching and doing, rather than seeing and hearing.

"The fact that we’re starting with the same airframe, same formations, same weapons capabilities, I think that already puts us at a better starting point when we show up to a combat theater together," said Lt. Col. Lee Kloos, squadron commander for the 58th Fighter Squadron, of the integration of forces with the F-35.

Kloos, who has more than 2,100 hours flying the F-16, said having the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy field the same airframe allows a common frame of reference for pilots regardless of service.

The aircraft is also a joy to fly, Kloos said. Despite the advanced technology and complexity of the aircraft, it’s a very easy aircraft to fly, and basic pilot actions remain the same as in any fighter aircraft.

"Pull back on the stick and the trees get smaller, push forward and the trees get bigger," Kloos said. It is a stable and well-balanced plane designed for today’s generation who grew up playing video games, he said.

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F-35A COMPLETES FIRST IN-FLIGHT JDAM An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft completed the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a 5th Generation fighter, Oct. 16.

The flight was conducted by U.S. Air Force Maj. Eric â&#x20AC;&#x153;Docâ&#x20AC;? Schultz. The aircraft, known as AF-1, jettisoned an instrumented GBU-31 over the China Lake test range from the left internal weapons bay.

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F-35 Continued from Page 20 F-35 has two touch screens with interfaces similar to a tablet computer.

For the maintainers, things are a little tougher.

"I was working on the F-15 C and D models," said Staff Sgt. Matthew Reed, F-35 A maintainer. "The F-35 is a completely different aircraft. The technology is challenging at times."

Since the F-35 is still in operational testing, the maintainers and pilots work through all the bugs together. On a continuous basis, personnel are testing the aircraft in new maneuvers and capabilities. Once these are monitored and assessed, the pilots are cleared to perform them in their daily flight operations.

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basics of takeoff, landing, navigation and basic formation as we wait for the flight clearance to expand and allow us to train specific mission sets," Tomassetti said.

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Hawker Beechcraft Continued from Page 18 As part of this plan, the company, in consultation with its key creditor constituents, is evaluating its strategic alternatives for the Hawker product lines, which could include a sale of some or all of those product lines, or a closure of the entire jet business if no satisfactory bids are received.

Plan of Reorganization Hawker Beechcraft will soon file an amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (POR) with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Nov. 15, 2012.

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Seventy-five years have gone by and the search still continues.

The Seattle Museum of Flight’s Board of Trustees has become interested in securing a Lockheed 10E that will just about duplicate the aircraft Amelia flew on her last flight. A couple in Northern California now own the one Linda Finch flew around the world in 1997, with Venture Capitalist Reid Dennis following her in his beautifully restored Grumman Albatross.

The purchase price of $1.2 million would be used by the sellers to establish an endowment encouraging women to become pilots (through Women Have Wings). Any proposal encouraging young people to become involved in aviation has to be worthwhile. The cost of acquisition, fuel, insurance, etc., has escalated in the past few years and the pilot pool seems to be shrinking.

It is my understanding that there are only two Lockheed 10Es still flying. It was a beautiful plane in 1937 and is still quite impressive today. I remember Erol McBoyle, a wealthy fruit farmer who owned the airport that is now the Nevada County Airport possessed one. I saw it after a landing accident that damaged the landing gear at the old Nevada City Airport that is now closed. It was still beautiful even with the crumpled gear.

The Museum has already raised nearly half of the $1.2 million asking price. The trustees would like to see the project as a tribute to women pilots.

However, both men and women are encouraged to donate to this worthy cause with the thought that men might contribute in the name of an important female pilot in his life.

The co-chairs of the project are Patti

Amelia Earhart in front of her Electra 10-E.

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(Herb Foreman) Payne, Anne Simpson and Nancy Auth.

Sandra Dolese, Senior Advancement Officer, would be happy to accept your donation. Her telephone number is 206/768-7199. Her email address is sdolese@museumofflight.org.

Any contribution will be happily accepted. The Trustees have set up a contribution form with eight categories and suggested amounts to each one. There is the Wasp, Twin Rudder, Aileron, Landing Gear, Leading Edge, Elevator, Yoke and Instruments. Donations may be made by check or credit card. (I’m sure cash would be accepted, too!) Call or write to Sandy Dolese for the schedule. She reports that Wells Fargo has already contributed $100,000 to the project.

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• Built-in Encoder Simplifies installations and lowers cost.

• Three Timer Functions Elapsed Flight Time, Up Timer, Down Timer • Pressure Altitude Display See what altitude your transponder is reporting to Center • Optional OAT Probe Input Displays Outside Air Temp.,Density Altitude, Icing Alert • Small and Light Weight 7.4" behind the panel depth, 1.3 lbs.

• Low Current Requirements Ideal for LSA Glider - UAV Operations

Garmin Aviation Portables Rebate Offer Just in time for the upcoming holiday season, you can save $50 on the purchase of the popular aera 500; $100 on an aera 510, 550, 560, GPSMAP 696/695; and $200 off the aera 796/795. The aera 796 features 3D Vision, advanced electronic flight bag capabilities, XM/WX or ADS-B Datalink Weather capabilities and much more. All of the units listed in this rebate are compatible with our new GDL 39 ADSB portable receiver.

With this limited time rebate, there has never been a better time for you to upgrade to a new GPS! Rebate savings continue through Dec. 31, 2012.

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The KMD 250 is intended for piston singles. The new MFD offers most of the advantages of the KMD550 and 850 displays but without the radar and terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) interfaces. The KMD 250 is slightly smaller than the 550 or the 850. The software and remaining capabilities on the KMD 250 are nearly identical to those on the KMD 550. Bendix/King offers two versions of the KMD 250, one that gets it’s GPS data from a separate GPS navigator and one that has a built-in GPS. The model with the built-in GPS can be used as a standalone VFR unit, or it can be interfaced with a separate GPS, such as Bendix/King’s KLN 94 color IFR-approved moving map GPS. TSO Certified.

Honeywell’s new Data Link Weather Receiver, KDR 610, brings high speed textual and graphical weather to your cockpit.

This new receiver interfaces to the Bendix/King KMD 250.

Available weather products include Composite NEXRAD radar, Graphical METARs, AIRMETS and SIGMETS, as well as, Textual METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs and SIGMETs. The active flight plan can be overlaid on all graphical weather images. Additionally, the system allows you to pan, zoom and interrogate areas of interest.

Units are factory new surplus. Six month Vista Aviation Inc. warranty applies. Limited to supplies on hand !!

KMD-250 W/O INTERNAL GPS & KDR-610 XM WEATHER RECEIVER $1,500 KMD-250 WITH INTERNAL GPS & KDR-610 XM WEATHER RECEIVER $1,800 Both systems include mounting racks & install kits.

Antennas available at additional cost.

VoiceFlight Systems VFS101

Vo i c e F l i g h t Systems visited our shop and demonstrated their revolutionary VFS101. This device fixes the two major problems with the Garmin GNS430/530 GPS units tedious waypoint entry with the concentric knobs, and the lack of Victor Airway support.

As we witnessed in our shop the VFS101 expands Victor airways for you.Visit www.voiceflight.com for a video demonstration. You will be surprised just how quickly you can put in a long flightplan using this system.

Vista is an authorized VoiceFlight Systems dealer. Call us today to learn about installing a VFS101 in your airplane!

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Aviation Ancestry

FROM “GUSTO”

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ith 20 months in which to get an A-12 airborne for the first time, the Skunk Works team had several challenges ahead of them. The first of these was the fact that techniques used in building a conventional airplane could not be used on the A-12; like using aluminum in its construction, for example.

The friction caused by Mach 3 flight would generate enormous temperatures.

Aluminum begins to weaken at 300 degrees Fahrenheit; the “coolest” part of the A-12 at Mach 3 would be the windshield at 600 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature at the engine nacelles would be 1,200 degrees. Obviously, something stronger was needed.

Stainless steel was briefly considered, but, of course, that would have resulted in an extremely heavy aircraft.

One engineer suggested the use of titanium, which was 50 percent lighter but just as strong as stainless steel. But, the use of titanium posed its own challenges.

For one thing, the only American company producing titanium at the time, produced sheets of it, with quality that

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was inconsistent. Plus, the drill bits that worked fine on aluminum came apart when used on titanium.

Lockheed engineer Ben Rich proposed a solution to the problem. He suggested the use of a softer grade of Titanium – albeit a grade that lost its strength at a mere 550 degrees Fahrenheit. To compensate for this weakness Rich suggested painting the entire airplane black, which would cause more heat to radiate away from the aircraft than would be absorbed.

Since weight was a big concern, it should come as no surprise that Kelly Johnson balked at this idea. In fact, he flat-out rejected the idea at first, in the belief that the added weight (approximately 100 lbs.) would negate any benefits. That is, until Johnson and Rich met again at the next planning meeting.

Apparently Johnson had done his own research, because he immediately approached Rich and admitted that he’d been wrong about the paint.

Of course, there was still the problem of obtaining enough titanium – since the

supplier that Lockheed was using could supply only small quantities of it. After searching the world over, the CIA settled on buying titanium from a country that was a leader in exporting titanium at the time.

Through the use of dummy corporations and intermediaries, the Agency was able to buy Titanium from the Soviet Union!

Well, settling on titanium for the airframe structure solved only one of the problems posed by the high temperatures that the aircraft would be exposed to.

Most of the aircraft’s other components would have to be tougher than average, as well. Through the years, the Skunk Works had become adept at scavenging parts from other Lockheed airplane designs – namely engines, avionics, and flight control systems. That would not work in this case.

Wiring would have to be gold- plated in order to withstand the heat (indeed, wind tunnel testing demonstrated that the airframe would actually stretch three inches at Mach 3). Hydraulic lines would have to be made of stainless steel, for the same reason. Not to mention the fact that the Skunk Works would have to make its own titanium rivets.

Because the fuel to be carried by the A-12 (13,000 gallons of it, by the way) would reach a scorching 350 degrees Fahrenheit during supersonic flight, the Shell Oil Company had to develop a fuel (known as JP-7) with a flash-point high enough to keep it from igniting at that temperature. In fact, a lit match thrown into a puddle of spilled JP-7 (of which there were many, since the aircraft leaked fuel constantly, when parked on the ground) would not ignite it. JP-7 also contained additives that reduced the visible shock waves that emanated from the engine’s tail pipes-making the aircraft less visible from the ground. As it turned out, the JP-7 would do more than feed the A-12’s engines. It also acted as a coolant, absorbing the heat that was generated inside the aircraft through the incorporation of heat-exchangers. And, if this wasn’t enough, the Skunk Works team developed a special valve that was able to sense variations in temperature. The valve routed the hottest fuel to the engines while keeping the cooler fuel available for cooling the retracted landing gear and the avionics.

Lubricating oil for the engines was just another in the series of challenges posed by the hostile environment in which the A-12 was expected to operate.

Initially, Kelly Johnson had located

The radar signature of a full-scale A-12 model is tested at a certain secret base in Nevada. Production A-12's were painted black- mainly to reflect heat and cool down the aircraft.

(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Government)

A Pratt & Whitney JP-58 engine; this engine was originally designed for a neverproduced Navy fighter/attack aircraft.

Lockheed modified the engine for use in the A-12. This example rests at the March Field Air Museum.

(Scott Schwartz)

A closer look at the J-58 engine.

(Scott Schwartz) someone in Texas, who claimed to have created a type of oil that could tolerate operating temperatures in the neighborhood of 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Johnson, of course, was ecstatic. That was, until he received a sample of the “oil.” The sample arrived in the form of a canvass bag that was filled with powder crystals – crystals that did not become an oily lubricant until they were heated to 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Since heating a powder to nearly 1,000 degrees before it could be put into the aircraft was….impractical, Lockheed referred the problem to the petroleum research department at Penn State University. Penn State was eventualContinued on Page 36

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NEW DATA CREDITS EAA WITH HELPING INCREASE E-AB SAFETY There was encouraging news for homebuilt aviation in the safety data contained in AOPA’s annual Nall Report on GA safety, which was released early in October. The 52-page report contains comprehensive statistics on accidents in all facets of GA during calendar year 2010, the most recent year for which there is sufficient data. (Download the report at www.aopa.org/asf/publications/11nall.pdf) EAA was credited for its role in increasing amateur-built aircraft safety with its many educational initiatives in recent years. The report found a 28 percent reduction in the experimental amateur-built (E-AB) fatal accident rate over 2009, and a nine percent drop in the over-

all E-AB accident rate over that period.

The raw number of E-AB and experimental light-sport (E-LSA) fatal accidents was down by one-third, making 2010 the safest year for the two categories since 2004 (also the year that the light-sport rule was introduced).

E-AB and E-LSA aircraft continue to account for a disproportionate percentage of the non-commercial accidents versus the amount of hours flown by the segment, although this is in part due to the uneven distribution of aircraft uses across the GA fleet. For example, the vast majority of flight training - statistically among the safest of GA activities - occurs in type-certificated aircraft.

The per-hour accident rate is also a

difficult statistic to compare across the GA spectrum. For example, an E-AB or E-LSA pilot flying for recreation might be expected to make more “short hops” than a pilot flying a type-certificated aircraft for personal transportation. An hour of “short hops” contains more time in higher-risk phases of flight such as takeoff, approach, and landing than an hour of cross-country flying.

According to the data, a higher proportion of accidents are caused by mechanical failure in the E-AB and ELSA segments as compared to the overall GA fleet. As EAA has previously stated, a significant percentage of these E-AB accidents occur in the first several hours of flight testing.

“EAA continues to develop new and innovative safety programs to help amateur-built aircraft builders and aviators,” said Tom Charpentier, EAA government advocacy specialist. “Aided by the expert guidance of the EAA Homebuilders Advisory Council, we have been continuously adding to and improving our existing safety curriculum including the Technical Counselor and Flight Advisor programs, webinars, SportAir Workshops, and AirVenture forums.

Safety education is a key component of EAA and we strive to improve both ground and flight safety of the experimental community.”

USO and Partners Invite Americans to Grant a Wish Continued from Page 7 Corporations, media partners and a variety of community organizations have signed on to the USO’s “Grant a Wish for Our Heroes” this Veterans Day include: • American Airlines: American Airlines is proud to be the official airline of the USO, Honoring those who serve, Veterans Day 2012. aa.com/military • American Crew: American Crew has teamed up with the USO to honor our troops with the 2012 Military Limited Edition product line. americancrew.com/ militaryedition/ • AOL: The USO will be featured as the Cause of the Day this Veterans Day on aol.com and will take over AOL’s mail sign-in page for one day in November.

• Bass Pro Shops: Stop by a Bass Pro Shop and check out how Reelin’ It In For the Troops is supporting Operation USO Care Package. basspro.com/

• Cheerios: For every code entered from specially marked Cheerios®, Honey Nut Cheerios® or MultiGrain Cheerios® at Walmart, General Mill’s will donate $1.00 to the USO (up to $50,000). Additionally, consumers can send messages of support to troops and their families through the digital USO Thanks from Everywhere platform. cheerios.com/uso • CVS: CVS/pharmacy will once again hold a USO donation campaign as part of its flu shot program during the week of Veterans Day. cvs.com • ESPN: This Veterans Day, ESPN partners with the USO to help lift the spirits of America’s troops and their families. Using its broad portfolio of multimedia assets, ESPN is driving awareness and action from Nov. 4-11 by inviting its viewers and consumers to give a gift to our heroes through USO Wishbook – an

alternative giving catalog benefiting troops and their families. You can visit uso.org/espn beginning Nov 4th to select a gift and learn more.

• Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin will donate $1 to the USO for every new “Like” of their facebook page, up to $25,000. facebook.com/lockheedmartin • My Coke Rewards: Let our troops know they are not forgotten. Donate your My Coke Rewards points to the USO and help support America’s troops and their families. mycokerewards.com • NFL: The NFL will support the USO with its annual Salute to Service campaign during the month of November through a fundraiser during games in Weeks 9 - 11 of the season. Fans can also help support this campaign through an online auction at nfl.com/salute starting November 1, 2012.

• Old Navy: Old Navy salutes military families this Veterans Day and is proud to partner with the USO on “Operation Donation”. To support our troops and their families, we are collecting donations in all U.S. Old Navy stores between Nov. 8 and 12.

• Wells Fargo: Nov. 1 through Dec. 13, Wells Fargo customers will have the opportunity to make a donation of up to $249.99 when using their Wells Fargo card at their local ATM’s. U.S. states except Arkansas, Missouri, and the District of Columbia. wellsfargo.com To learn more about Grant a Wish for Our Heroes, visit uso.org/grant-awish which highlights our USO corporate partners, USO best-in-class program partners and our USO locations and events that are granting wishes this Veterans Day.

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I’d like to ask you to help me complete this story, just like the heated scenes in movies, the ones when the screen goes dark and the director lets you complete the scene in your own mind. So, I’m asking those of you with pets to do the same – I’d like you to complete the scene and give your pets a squeeze for me and my family, and thanks.

This is so irritating. . .

And dangerous too Common traffic frequencies exist and are called that for a reason. They are our safety net and traffic control at uncontrolled airports.

Recently I was doing a little coaching with a new pilot at a well-known SoCal airport to be named at a later date.

The traffic pattern was busy as usual, plus several planes on the ground awaiting departure. Upon turning base for runway 25, I heard, “Mooney - - - Whiskey, that’s sure is a nice looking plane. Where did you find that at?” Another pilot briefly intervened asking for traffic advisories.

No advisory was able to be given because another pilot responded with, “thanks, its truly a dream, I got it… “(as they continued this hangar flying conversation on air for a few more minutes).

At that point we attempted to talk through the chatter to announce our turn to final. Another plane was just beginning to enter the runway area and taxi to the centerline. We released the transmit button only to hear the two pilots still continuing their discussion about the fore mentioned airplane! Of course the plane on the runway had enough time to depart, however this could have posed a very dangerous situation especially at a nontowered airport with so many types of aircraft, different experience-leveled pilots and many different accents and dialects.

We have aircraft-to-aircraft frequencies for a reason, and this is one of them.

If you don’t know them, learn them, but save the “chit-chat” for the snack bar.

Legacy Electrical Issues Hey! Here’s something I learned the other day and I hope it will be news for a few of you as well. This is an actual fact and it’s in print in a number of maintenance and FAA publications. First, the definition of a Legacy aircraft: An older

Larry Shapiro Cessna or Piper; from birth to the late 70s. They were, and still are, equipped with the standard electrical goodies they were born with. However, as time went on, they added to their panel inventory more electrical goodies and the original power supplies weren’t ready for that.

Some made adjustments and some didn’t and now some of those Legacy beauties are finding alternator failure issues; loss of electrical power when running everything requiring more watts and volts.

This writer suggests you talk with your mechanic about this issue and make sure you are up to snuff to meet your power demands. As much as I like to cruise with my lights on, unless you’ve progressed to the amazing LED type, you might want to consider turning them off now and then.

Common Sense, here we go again . . .

Short, quick and to the point: 100hour pilots need to slow down and build more time before the big leap to major horsepower from a “trainer class airplane.” 300 hp airplanes are not trainers and they will not only bite you, but also there is a good chance you’ll ruin a perfectly good engine because of your lack of experience and time. I had the painful duty of saying “no” to not one, but three buyers in one month because they were not ready to make the jump. Comments?

I’m Just Saying . . .

I am still fighting the painful subject of when to hang up your airplane keys. I once again state that I know how difficult this is, but I can’t turn my back on this subject. I am blessed with knowing members of the UFOs, and if you don’t know what that is this doesn’t apply to you.

But, if you are a member in good standing of this organization, well then, I salute you. With that said, I made this suggestion to one of your members that maybe you should take on the responsibility of protecting and counseling your members on when to retire their ticket.

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Flying With Faber

THANKSGIVING WITH FABER

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’m a nomad. I make no apologies for my condition. Just about any time of the year and at a moment’s notice, I will drop whatever I am doing, hop in my airplane (or one operated by an airline), and travel to some distant, or even nearby place. As much as I love my home, after a few days in the hangar, or at the most, a week or so, my airplane and I become inflicted with a severe case of cabin feveror hangar fever. There is no cure for this disease. The only way to palliate the symptoms is to go somewhere.

That being said, rarely, if ever do I stray beyond my front yard on Thanksgiving. I won’t even go to a restaurant for Thanksgiving. After all, the Pilgrims cooked Thanksgiving dinner at home.

I do recall one occasion in the late ‘60s when my then girlfriend and I hopped an airliner and headed to Stowe, Vt. I thought it would be a romantic adventure to cook a Thanksgiving dinner in a New England log cabin. We prepared a fabulous meal. As the trip came to a conclusion, we still had over half a turkey and all the trimmings. I am obsessed with wasting food, so we packed everything and took it on the flight home – in those years, there was no preflight security. We ended up serving the turkey and trimmings to most of the passengers and some of the crew.

I love to cook a Thanksgiving dinner. It is a festive, fun and colorful time of year. Guests scream with delight as they circle our huge dining room table which we convert into a buffet. Even before they enter the house, we can observe the smiles on their faces as they pull to the curb and feel the holiday fragrances greet their noses. Generally, we invite a busload of friends. Some folks who have little, if anything to do with me for most of the year begin calling me around midOctober – they’ve heard about my Thanksgiving culinary festivals. We often invite a few folks whom we don’t even like that much. I refer to them as Thanksgiving orphans. You know, those obnoxious or grumpy types that everyone avoids. But at Thanksgiving, they are welcome at our table.

I love everything about this holidaygoing to the market, selecting just the right turkey, planning the menu, making the breads, watching the dough as it rises, baking the pies and making certain that

each component of the buffet comes to life at the same time and is presented in an inviting and festive display.

The following recipes are excerpts from a cookbook I have just written and which will be published early next year.

The title: Cookbook for People Who Hate Lawyers. In case you didn’t know, when I’m not flying an airplane or puttering in my kitchen, I’m usually wearing my trial lawyer hat and hanging out in a courtroom. Over the years, I’ve encountered many folks who seem to hate lawyers.

But I’ve never encountered a person who disliked me after sampling some of my culinary treats. I would rather be loved than hated so I wrote the cookbook. For this article, I would love to share my Thanksgiving gastronomic treasures with my InFlightUSA readers.

Roast Turkey Contrary to popular belief, roasting a turkey is one of the easiest cooking exercises. Perhaps the size of the bird is intimidating. But I learned from flying airplanes. The bigger ones are easier to fly. Follow these few simple steps and a gorgeous bird with a sumptuous skin and moist interior will soon emerge from the oven. The debate over brining a turkey will never be resolved. I have made brined and non-brined turkeys and, to me, the difference is barely perceptible.

Mire Poix (A fancy term for chopped vegetables).

2 medium onions, chopped 3 carrots, chopped 3 stalks celery, chopped Turkey 1 fresh turkey, 14 to 17 pounds 1 stick butter, softened 2 tablespoons each dried sage, rosemary, thyme Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons paprika 6 cups chicken or turkey stock, preferably homemade Remove turkey from refrigerator 1 hour before cooking. Mix the butter, herbs, 1/2 tablespoon each salt and pepper and paprika until well combined.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Remove all giblets, neck and gizzard

from cavity. Season cavity with salt and pepper. Put a handful of the mire poix in the cavity. Sprinkle the remaining mire poix on the bottom of the roasting pan.

This will serve as the rack and will also add sumptuous flavor to the gravy.

Rub the entire surface of the turkey with a thin layer of the butter mixture.

For an extra flavor and moisture step, place your hand between the skin and the breast and place some butter mixture between the skin and the meat.

Heat the chicken stock in a saucepan. If desired, place neck and giblets in roasting pan. Discard liver.

Place the turkey on top of the mire poix and roast for about 45 minutes. The upper surface should be getting golden brown.

Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue to roast for another 1 1/4 to 2 hours, depending on the size of the bird. Baste the turkey every 15 minutes with the chicken stock and the drippings. After 1 1/4 hour, check frequently with an instant thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh without touching the bone. The thermometer should register 170 degrees. Any juices that run should be clear, not pink. The temperature should read 160 degrees.

Remove the turkey and place on a carving board. Cut up neck meat and giblets and set aside. Cover the turkey loosely with foil and let rest at least 30 minutes before carving.

Turkey Gravy Last year, a friend of Cheryl’s asked if she could help me and perhaps learn a few culinary secrets. I agreed. When she told me she used store-bought gravy, I almost expelled her from class. She couldn’t believe how easy it was to make this delicious gravy.

Pan drippings 3 cups chicken or turkey stock 1/4 cup milk or cream 1/4 cup flour Pour the turkey or chicken pan drippings into a 2 cup measuring cup and skim off the fat.

Put about 1/4 cup of the fat into a saucepan and stir in the flour. Over low heat, keep stirring the flour and fat until it is well mixed and light brown. Add the stock and bring to a boil, stirring con-

Stuart J. Faber and Aunt Bea stantly. It will start to bubble and thicken.

Cook for 1 minute more, stirring constantly. Add salt, pepper and sage to taste.

For a richer gravy, add milk or better yet, cream and a few pats of butter. Stir well.

You can thicken more by simmering for a few extra minutes or you can thin by adding more stock.

Whole Orange Ginger Cranberries This cranberry dish takes only about 30 minutes to make. Don’t even think about purchasing those canned cranberries. You can prepare these cranberries about 2 days before Thanksgiving.

24 ounces fresh cranberries (2 packs) 3 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups fresh orange juice 1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest (scrape orange peel from orange – not the white part) 1 1/2 tablespoon finely minced fresh ginger Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Cook over medium heat until berries pop open, about 10-15 minutes.

Toward the end of the cooking, skim off and discard foam that rises to top. Cool, then place in a covered dish and place in refrigerator.

Cornbread and Sausage Dressing If you take the extra time to make this stuffing and your own cornbread, you will never buy those boxes of stuffing again.

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It has been said that the only voluntary act in aviation is the decision to take-off. Every action after take-off involves the skillful management of risk, the enjoyment of flight and a continuous stream of decisions that result in a safe landing.

In 1974, NASA created the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) to allow aviation professionals to share experiences in a frank, non-punitive manner. The ASRS structure allows pilots and other aviation professionals to file an anonymous report of an incident, error or occurrence that the contributor feels might be of value to others. These reports are gathered, analyzed and data based by NASA experts and made available to all interested parties as a tool for creating pro-active aviation safety programs. Additionally, NASA distributes an electronic publication, CALLBACK, which contains selected, de-identified, reports on a free subscription basis. In Flight USA is proud to reprint selected reports, exerted from CALLBACK, for our readers to read, study, occasionally laugh at, and always learn from. Visit http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/ to learn how you can participate in the ASRS program.

The three “loss of aircraft control” events in this Callback share a common factor – an autopilot malfunction.

Thankfully, they also share a common result in that the pilots involved were able to recover from the resulting loss of control.

According to the FAA, loss of control (LOC) has accounted for more than 1,100 GA accidents in the last decade.

That statistic alone should be incentive to heed the “lessons learned” in the following reports.

“A Serious Attitude Issue” Having experienced a similar autopilot failure in another aircraft, this Mooney M20 pilot quickly recognized the problem, but still had a “struggle” to regain control.

• There was no ground reference because the layer below was around 4,000 feet and no sky reference because of a high layer... I was looking out the pilot window inspecting for ice when I noticed a slight change in the engine speed. The engine instruments read normal, then I noticed a precession on the [horizon indicator]. Just as I noticed this, the autopilot kicked off and the plane shot up hard and fast... I instantly knew what had happened because I’ve owned another Mooney that had an autopilot failure and runaway trim. The plane was in a climbing, unusual attitude. Center called me inquiring about my altitude…and asked if I needed help... I decided that I needed to ignore Center for now and concentrate on recovering the plane, which was now in a dive. I neutralized the trim, then referenced the directional gyro and stopped the turn and finally pulled gently out of the dive. When the plane was recovered, I could see a few house lights straight down… so I descended to VMC to organize myself. Just at that time someone called my tail number and asked my position and altitude. I responded that I was at 1,500 feet, but said nothing about my position because I hadn’t reset my GPS or looked at my position. The relay

WHEN AUTOPILOTS GO BAD pilot called again and said that Center was concerned about my low altitude and wanted me to climb up to 2,400 feet.

When I climbed I went IMC and I could tell I had a serious case of vertigo, which felt unsafe so I descended again to VMC. Several more calls were made from Center through relay pilots and then Center made it to my frequency asking that I climb again. I felt frustrated that I was repeatedly asked to do this, but I made a decision that I was going to stay visual because I had decent forward visibility, ground reference, and I was safe.

Having ground reference also made my vertigo subside... [Ed note: The reporter was able to continue on to the original destination (but then had to contend with an emergency gear extension procedure) and concluded the report with the following remarks about unusual attitude recovery.] Something that probably helped with the runaway trim and unusual attitude was recent training for a tailwheel endorsement that included slow flight and unusual attitude recovery training. After this event I’m quite sure I’m going to keep a routine of going out under the hood with an instructor and practicing recovery techniques. That’s very inexpensive insurance.

Experimental Excitement This loss of control event, presented from an Air Traffic Controller’s perspective, highlights the team effort that helped to ensure a successful outcome for the pilot of an Experimental/Homebuilt.

• I accepted a hand-off from South Departure, a VFR Experimental at 10,500 feet. Since the aircraft was close to my boundary and about 18 miles from the next sector’s boundary, I initiated a hand-off to the next sector. After a few minutes, I heard the South Departure Controller trying to contact the Experimental. I looked at the tag and noticed that it was no longer displaying an altitude read out... The tag was still being tracked because I had it in hand-off status. I took the hand-off back to see if it

was a radar tracking issue... The South Departure Controller tried to get a nearby Air Carrier to reach the pilot with no luck. I used Guard frequency to try to raise him. A few seconds later we saw the 7700 code pop up and the emergency sound from the STARS (Standard Terminal Automated Replacement System) display alert. I attempted again to reach the pilot on Guard and had him “ident.” After seeing the “ident,” I had him switch to my frequency. I tried to reach him with no luck and also asked a near by VFR aircraft if he was able to hear him respond. The pilot could not hear him. I tried again and this time got a response from the pilot. He, with very heavy breathing, said that he had an emergency and, “Everything is okay now.” I asked his altitude and he replied 4,200 feet. After a few more routine questions I gave him a squawk and asked if he was squawking altitude. He replied that there may have been some damage to other equipment. I asked what kind of damage he had experienced and what caused the damage (bird strike or something else). He replied that it was an autopilot issue with a slipped trim wheel.

I asked his intentions. He replied that he wanted to go to ZZZ... As he was about to leave my airspace, I noticed that he was almost twenty degrees off course. I corrected his heading and gave a briefing to the Class B Tower Controller regarding his situation... I was informed that the pilot landed safely and that the autopilot was giving him trouble so he disabled it only to find that the trim wheel had slipped and pushed the aircraft into a nose dive. He was experiencing negative and positive G’s that were making it difficult for the pilot and his passenger to regain control. He finally did at around 4,000 feet. He had hit his head on the canopy and broke his headset and some other equipment. He also noticed that one of the latches to the canopy was bent so he was holding it shut during the flight... Team work was the key here. The use of Guard, other pilots, and situational awareness helped in determining the

location of the aircraft and the correct method of getting the pilot calm and under control.

“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” The pilot of an unidentified Experimental aircraft had his hands full when a new, integrated autopilot malfunctioned. As Dave learned with the Hal 90002, it is best to cut off all power to a system that starts to develop “a mind of its own.”

• A stand-alone autopilot had been removed and replaced with the new fully integrated unit. Everything had been bench tested and checked out... I was returning to [home base]. Weather was VMC, however I filed IFR to expedite leaving the [busy metropolitan] area. The autopilot functioned okay upon leveling at 10,000 feet, however it was “hunting for heading.” As I started my descent, the autopilot developed a mind of its own, [and] was searching for the altitude that I had pre-set in the EFIS (Electronic Flight Information System), which was driving the new autopilot. The servos were “pulsating” the control stick and I could not stop it. I slowed my descent and airspeed to try to diagnose the problem. I decided to divert to [a nearby airport] as I knew there were facilities there in the event I developed further problems. I contacted Approach and they cleared me to 7,000 feet on a heading to the airport.

The autopilot would not level at 7,000 and deviated about 500 feet low as I fought the stick to stop the oscillations.

Then it zoomed up to about 7,300 feet.

The stick was fighting me and during the button pushing while trying to control the autopilot, I somehow lost contact with Approach Control…. I finally managed to get the autopilot off, called Approach again and they cleared me for the visual.

Once the EFIS shut the autopilot off, everything returned pretty much to normal. The remaining approach and landing were uneventful except that my body was shaking...In retrospect, when the first Continued on Page 33

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Flying With Faber Continued from Page 29 1/2 pound sliced mushrooms Basic Cornbread (recipe follows) 3 slices stale white or whole wheat bread, torn into 1/2-inch pieces, crusts removed 1/2 cup chopped green onions 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme 1 teaspoon each sage and oregano 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoon cayenne 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans 2 large eggs, beaten in 1/4 cup milk 1 to 2 cups chicken or turkey stock, as needed Melted butter as needed Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter a 13 by 9-inch baking dish and set aside.

In a large skillet, cook the sausage until brown and the fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Add onions, celery, bell peppers, and garlic, and cook for 2 minutes.

Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl to cool.

Add the corn bread, white bread, green onions, pecans, parsley, and thyme to the bowl with the sautéed vegetables.

Mix well with your hands. Add the salt, pepper, cayenne, and eggs, and mix again. Add enough broth, 1/2 cup at a time, to moisten the dressing, being careful not to make it mushy.

Transfer to the prepared dish and cover with aluminum foil. Bake until heated through, about 25 minutes.

Uncover and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes more.

Basic Cornbread: Make 2 days ahead. You can use this recipe or the one on the box of Alber’s Cornmeal.

1 tablespoon plus 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1 cup buttermilk 1 egg Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Pour 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil into a 9-inch baking pan or heavy cast iron skillet. Place the pan into the oven as it preheats, allowing it to heat for at least 10 minutes.

Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, and cayenne in a large mixing bowl and stir with a wooden spoon. Add the buttermilk and egg to the mixture, and stir well to blend. Pour the cornmeal batter into the preheated pan and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or

until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool before serving or using in the dressing. Cut the cornbread into one-inch squares.

Yield: 8 servings. Double the recipe for 16 servings. Will fill 1 16 lb turkey and 1- 13x9 pan.

Sweet Potato Casserole Once again, please avoid canned sweet potatoes.

5 large sweet potatoes or yams 2/3 cups brown sugar 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 teaspoon orange zest 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon 4 tablespoons butter, melted 1/4 cup pure maple syrup Peel sweet potatoes or yams. Cut into 1-inch chunks. Fill a pot with water and bring to a boil. Place potatoes in boiling water and cook until just tender, about 12 minutes. (You can substitute 2 cans of sweet potatoes and skip the boiling step). Drain the potatoes and transfer to a large bowl. Add the other ingredients and mix well. Place the mixture in a 13x9 baking dish. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 35 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped pecans or mini-marshmallows and bake an additional 5 minutes.

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Heat 6 tablespoons butter in large skillet. Toss in 1 1/2 cups fresh or storebought bread crumbs. Season with salt and pepper and toss until lightly browned. Set aside and reheat before serving. Just before serving vegetables,

Continued from Page 31 don’t have a steamer, place vegetables in a pot of salted boiling water for about 2 minutes. Remove vegetables and plunge into ice bath (a large bowl of water with a few handfuls of ice cubes).

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Ask me how much I love November . . . never mind, I’ll tell you. I love Thanksgiving. I always celebrate my birthday on Thanksgiving. I don’t like Turkey until it’s a day or two older after resting in the Fridge, as in “leftovers and cold.” The pluses and minuses about turkey is that it contains “tryptophan,” and that puts you to sleep. So after the big dinner, don’t be in a hurry after indulging in that bird to jump back into the friendly skies – ask your Mom if you can sleep over.

By now you know that holiday time is when I ask you to seek out some military folks in your area without their families and offer them a seat at your table.

Trust me when I say you will feel great about doing that. I’m happy to help you find some because no one, especially our military, should be alone on a family event such as Thanksgiving. My family and I send you our best wishes for a fulfilling holiday season.

Until next time . . .

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EAA HONORS FIVE AVIATORS WITH HALL OF FAME INDUCTION The Experimental Aircraft Association will recognize the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators on Thursday, Nov. 15, as it inducts them into the EAA Hall of Fame during a banquet at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The five aviators represent the spectrum of aviation within the EAA community and have achieved notable successes within their particular realm of flight: EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame: Wes Schmid of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Warbirds of America Hall of Fame: Preston (Pete) Parish of Kalamazoo, Michigan International Aerobatic Club Hall of Fame: Giles Henderson of Charleston, Illinois Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame: Clyde Smith Jr. of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania EAA Ultralight Hall of Fame: Taras Kiceniuk Jr. of Santa Paula, California

“Each of these five individuals has made a unique contribution to the world of flight that has benefited all of us,” said Chad Jensen, EAA’s communities manager. “These inductees serve as an example for everyone involved in flying and represent the best that recreational aviation has to offer. We recognize their commitment and passion for flying and are honored to welcome them into the EAA Halls of Fame.”

In addition, Tom Shepeck of Oshkosh will receive the Henry Kimberly Spirit of Leadership Award for his efforts on behalf of EAA and the local community. Shepeck has long been involved as a volunteer in AirVenture activities, including as a liaison between the region’s government officials and the event.

A limited number of tickets remain for the dinner and program, which begins with a 6 p.m. reception. To purchase tickets, priced at $50 each, or for more information, visit www.eaa.org/halloffame or call 800/236-1025.

Hawker Beechcraft Continued from Page 22 will be repaid fully in cash. In addition, the company will enter into a new financing package that will go into effect upon its emergence from Chapter 11.

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Flying With Faber Continued on Page 32 Combine pumpkin, brown sugar, orange juice and spices. Mix ice cream into pumpkin mixture and keep mixing until there are no longer any streaks of pumpkin. Pour into cooled crust. Freeze until ready to serve. If desired, whip some heavy cream and spread over the filling. Then, sprinkle reserved crumbs

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AOPA DISPUTES AIRPORT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION REPORT The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) believes that federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants for general aviation (GA) airports should be preserved because of the important role these airports play within the national air transportation system.

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A scaled down (80 percent) version of the JT9 engine that was used in the XB-70, the J-58 – in its “stock” form – generated 26,000 pounds of thrust. But, as we’ll see, the engine would hardly be an “offthe-shelf” item, once Lockheed engineers were through modifying it.

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ICAS CONVENTION SET FOR DEC. 10 - 13, This year, the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) Convention will be held Dec. 10 - 13 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. ICAS expects between 1,500 and 1,600 airshow professionals to attend the 2012 convention.

ICAS held its first convention in 1967. Since then, the airshow community has gathered every year to exchange ideas, conduct business and begin the process of planning the upcoming air show season.

ICAS is a non-profit trade association composed of professionals working in the air show community. About 40 percent of the organization’s members are airshow event organizers from the United States, Canada and the rest of the world.

Another 40 percent of the organization’s members are individuals or organizations that perform at airshows. And the remaining 20 percent are support service providers who offer ancillary services (concessions, insurance, photography, etc.) to the air show community.

ICAS is designed to help airshow organizers and performs maintain safety.

It’s goals are to serve as an information resource on airshow issues for those within and outside the industry and to provide for the training and continuing education needs of ICAS members and airshow professionals generally; as well as to promote the airshow industry to the media, corporate North America and the general public.

ICAS supports these ambitious goals by: • Establishing and maintaining strict guidelines for airshow safety in cooperation with associated regulatory agencies; • Serving as the understood go-to resource for anyone working in the air show industry; • Providing dynamic educational opportunities that allow air show professionals to acquire knowledge in core subjects such as safety, professionalism, showmanship, and overall business management; and • Building recognition and appreciation of the airshow industry among the general public, the media, and corporations.

Changes Planned for the 2012 ICAS Convention ICAS will be using Monday/ Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule.

Exhibitor set-up and the Welcome Reception will be on Monday; Opening General Session and Jet Team Schedule

announcements on Tuesday; Marketing Awards Luncheon on Wednesday; and the Chairman’s Banquet on Thursday. On Monday Dec, 10, ICAS will once again host the performer safety debrief directed specifically at discussing and understanding recent safety issues and risk mitigation techniques for airshow performers.

For more new events and details, see the sidebar story and visit the ICAS website at www.airshows.aero.

Keynote Address Former Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 ICAS Convention on Tuesday, Dec. 11.

Best known as a member of the 1970s Steelers team that won four Super Bowls in six years, Bleier is also a veteran of the Vietnam War. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame and playing his rookie year with the Steelers in 1968, Bleier was drafted into the U.S. Army in December of 1968. In August of 1969, after his legs were seriously injured in battle, he was told that he would never play football again.

ICAS organizers say Bleier’s story of overcoming obstacles and challenges to reach the highest levels of athletic achievement will serve as an inspiring and motivational kick-off to this year’s convention. The opening general session begins at 8:30 a.m.

Exhibit Hall For most airshow professionals, the ICAS exhibit hall is one giant 60,000square-foot classroom. At any given point during the ICAS Convention, it will contain – virtually – every airshow expert in North America; more than 1,500 subject matter experts: All in one place, all at the same time, all willing and able to share that expertise with attendees.

Year in and year out, convention delegates report that the exhibit sessions are the single most important part of the convention. That’s why ICAS administrators focus much of the organization’s attention on making it the best possible tool for introducing airshow performers and support service providers to the event organizers who organize and conduct airshows.

And, to ensure that the activity on the exhibit hall floor gets the full attention of all the convention delegates, ICAS does not schedule any other educational sessions, meetings or events while the exhibit hall is open.

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NEW EVENTS AT ICAS THIS YEAR

Education Sessions

As part of its continuing effort to respond to member feedback and make the ICAS Convention a more useful and productive event for airshow professionals, ICAS will be introducing several changes to this year’s big event.

On Monday, Dec. 10, ICAS will conduct a three-hour workshop entitled “Beginner’s Guide to Social Media: Understanding and Using the Marketing Power of the Internet.”

Conducted by a social media consultant, this introductory-level course will provide an overview of social media and why it works, as well as detailed discussions and explanations of all the major social media tools, from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to LinkedIn, Flickr and Mobile smart phone apps. The social media workshop will be offered free of charge to convention delegates.

Also on Monday, Dec. 10, ICAS will host two separate four-hour sessions on how to apply Safety Management System (SMS) philosophy to the challenges of maintaining safety in the air show environment. These two courses (one for performers in the morning; one for event organizers in the afternoon) will also be offered free of charge to ICAS Convention delegates.

For many organizations, filling out the FAA Form 7711-2 and the DD Form 2535 is a frustrating struggle with few resources for making the process simpler or clearer. At the request of members responding to post-convention evaluation surveys, ICAS will offer a 75-minute session on Monday, Dec. 10 and it will focus exclusively on completing these two very important forms for U.S. air show event organizers. This session will be offered to all convention delegates at no additional cost.

Also on the afternoon of Dec 10, ICAS will host a one-hour panel discussion featuring the event coordinator’s from North America’s three military jet teams: the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds, and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Organized and conducted as a hands-on opportunity to get specific answers to your most pressing and difficult challenges, this new Continued on Page 39

ICAS will offer nearly 70 different educational sessions during the 2012 convention. The topics and the format of this extensive education program have been fine-tuned during the 40-plus years that ICAS has been running this important education event. In fact, long before the ICAS Convention included a trade show and exhibit hall, ICAS members were attending this annual business meeting to meet, discuss and learn from one another.

Educational programming includes everything from a pre-convention, daylong, information packed introductory workshop on airshow air/ground operations to a series of 70 hour-long break-out sessions conducted throughout the convention.

The education program for the 2012 ICAS Convention will include some of the perennially most popular sessions, as well as a large number of new programs designed to help attendees look at the airshow industry from a somewhat different perspective.

Stand-alone seminars scheduled for the 2012 ICAS Convention include the Air Force Open House Workshop on Sunday, Dec. 9, Air Shows 101: Air/Ground Operations Training and Sponsorship for Events Workshop on Monday, Dec. 10, and Air Boss 201: Advanced Air Boss Workshop on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

Registration Information Registration information for the 2012 ICAS Convention is available on the ICAS website: www.airshows.aero, under the ICAS Convention tab, to registration. Complete package tickets run about $550 and single day tickets run between $210 and $310, depending upon the day. There are early registration discounts available through Nov. 21. To call for registration information, dial (703) 779-8510 (est.).

Location The Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino will be the host hotel for the ICAS Convention in 2012. Located on The Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard), the Paris Las Vegas Hotel is decorated with numerous fountains and statuary as well as replicas of Parisian landmarks (including a onehalf scale Eiffel Tower), conveying the grace and elegance of its namesake.

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22ND JOSEPH T. NALL REPORT The newest edition of general aviation’s most comprehensive annual safety analysis was released in October. This, the most current Nall Report is based on 2010 accident data – the last year for which enough accident data are available to be statistically valid and give a complete safety picture.

Slightly fewer accidents despite a modest increase in flight time reduced the accident rate for non-commercial fixed-wing flights from 6.60 per 100,000 hours in 2009 to 6.30 in 2010, a decrease of almost five percent.

The non-commercial helicopter accident rate dropped nearly 30 percent thanks to a 22 percent reduction in the

number of accidents and a seven percent increase in flight time. Both their total rate of 5.29 accidents per 100,000 hours and their fatal rate of 1.07 fell below the comparable fixed-wing rates for the first time.

Accident rates on commercial flights, both rotorcraft and fixed-wing, remained almost unchanged. However, the safety record of amateur-built and experimental light sport aircraft improved dramatically, with one-third fewer fatal accidents and 20 fewer accidents of all kinds than the year before.

Download the complete report at www.aopa.org/asf/publications/11nall.pdf

ICAS Convention Continued from Page 38 The rooms at Paris Las Vegas Hotel are decorated in classic European style and craftsmanship. The hotel has 20 different restaurants, numerous clubs and bars, and a wide variety of upscale shops.

The hotel’s meeting space is ideally suited for the ICAS Convention.

Large, open meeting space concentrated in a small corner of the hotel will ensure that ICAS Convention delegates will be able to conduct their business comfortably, easily and with a comparative minimum of walking.

ICAS negotiated with the Paris Las Vegas Hotel to offer sleeping rooms to

ICAS Convention delegates at the heavily discounted rate of $99 through Nov. 14, 2012. The Paris Las Vegas Hotel has set up a special website for ICAS members to reserve a sleeping room during the convention. Go to the ICAS website, www.airshows.aero, or call ICAS headerquarters, (703) 779-8510, to make your reservation or call the Paris Hotel’s toll free number at 888-266-5687. Be sure to identify yourself with Group Code SPCIS2. ICAS administrators warn that there are some scam hotel offers being associated with the event. If you have any doubts, call the hotel or ICAS headquarters directly.

New Events Continued from Page 38 program is your chance to get into the weeds on issues related to hosting a jet team.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 11, ICAS will host a two-part, two-hour session on how performers can best market their services to prospective airshow customers. Developed specifically in response to performer requests for this kind of session, the program will begin with a one-hour introductory session and then roll right into a second hour of more advanced concepts, tactics and suggestions on airshow performer marketing.

This free session will offered as part of the break-out session portion of the ICAS education program.

This year’s education program will also include an increased emphasis on sessions and topics more suitable to veteran airshow professionals. Sessions will include the challenges of developing a strong Board, important considerations in airshow ticket pricing, developing and

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ICAS has also added a new social event. Immediately following the annual Chairman’s Banquet on the evening of Thursday, Dec, 13, ICAS will host a new “after party” which will include dessert and a cash bar. The event will be your opportunity to recognize and congratulate this year’s ICAS award winners, and will also serve as your last chance to make contact with new and old airshow friends and colleagues before departing for home.

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NBAA 2012 NBAA Recognizes 2012 Flying Safety Award Recipients Association Resources Help Promote Safety Culture for Members The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recognized four member companies for outstanding safe flying achievement during its 65th Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2012) in Orlando, Fla., as well as hundreds more companies that have collectively compiled thousands of hours of safe flying during the past year.

In 2012, NBAA recognized two companies for reaching the safety milestone of flying 60 years or more without an accident – NiSource Inc. and The Procter & Gamble Co. – and two other companies for flying 50 years or more without an accident: Hormel Foods Corporation and Muscatine Corporation. The awards are based on each company’s safety record compiled as of Dec. 31, 2011.

Aside from these safe flying achievement milestones, NBAA has separately notified many additional Members of awards in the following categories: • Corporate Business Flying Safety Award – 269 companies have compiled 11,014,708 safe hours • Commercial Business Flying Safety Award – 39 companies have compiled 1,297,120 safe hours

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• Pilot Safety Award – 605 pilots have flown 4,693,404 safe hours • Aviation Maintenance Department Safety Award – 87 companies have qualified for this award • Maintenance/Avionics Technician Safety Award – 456 technicians have qualified for this award • Aviation Support Services Safety Award – 497 support services personnel have qualified for this award “For nearly five decades since the awards program was launched, business aviation has compiled an exemplary flight safety record on par with that of the commercial airlines, thanks to the dedication and efforts of individuals and companies like yours,” wrote NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen in a message to this year’s award recipients. “By following safety best practices and achieving accident-free operations, your company has proven to be a safety leader.”

The NBAA Board of Directors established its Flying Safety Awards program in 1953, and has since recognized thousands of Member Companies and individuals for their aviation safety records. A total of 77 companies have received Safe Flying Achievement Awards since the founding of this award category in 1998.

NBAA and its Member Companies are committed to making business avia-

tion as safe as possible, as evidenced by the list of 2012 NBAA Flying Safety Award winners. The Association offers a wide range of resources to help promote a culture of safety in business aviation operations, including safety management system resources and support of safety events at the national and regional levels.

Additionally, NBAA’s Safety Committee comprises more than two dozen distinguished individuals who are committed to enhancing all aspects of business aviation safety by providing materials, advice and guidance on matters relating to the safe operation of aircraft.

NBAA2012 is the world’s premier annual business aviation event, and was held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Orlando.

The Convention featured exhibits covering a million square feet of floor space at the Orange County Convention Center, an on-site outdoor light business airplane static display adjacent to the convention center and a static display of aircraft on Orlando Executive Airport. NBAA2012 featured more than 100 education sessions and hosted thousands of business aviation professionals who are interested in seeing and learning about all that is new in the world of business aviation.

Learn more about the NBAA Flying Safety Awards and review the full list of 2012 award recipients at www.nbaa.org/ safetyawards.

FedEx Express Receives NBAA’s Ueltschi Humanitarian Award at 2012 Convention The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) awarded FedEx Express, a division of FedEx Corp., and its founder, Frederick W. Smith, the 2012 Al Ueltschi Humanitarian Award, which recognizes the use of aviation for humanitarian purposes. For more than 30 years, FedEx Corp. has been the leading aviation sponsor of the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, which brings together dedicated eye care professionals and aviators to give the gift of sight to people in developing countries around the world.

“FedEx and Fred Smith have steadfastly supported aviation and many important humanitarian endeavors through the years,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “NBAA has been proud to have FedEx as a member company since 1983, because the company has continually represented the values and professionalism NBAA has promoted since its inception.”

The Ueltschi Humanitarian Award was presented at the Opening General Session of the NBAA’s 65th Annual Meeting & Convention on Oct. 30, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Accepting the Ueltschi Humanitarian Award was James R. Parker, executive vice president of Air Operations at FedEx Express and a member of the board of directors at ORBIS. Parker spoke to the ongoing commitment the company has demonstrated to ORBIS in announcing last year a fiveyear, multimillion-dollar investment, saying, “We’re taking our work together to the next level by creating the next generation Flying Eye Hospital, which will significantly improve the lives of millions of people around the world who otherwise would have been blind, but now will experience the gift of sight.”

The new Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only airplane with a state-of-theart eye hospital on board, is being outfitted on an MD-10-30 freighter aircraft donated by FedEx, and features a modular design concept to advance both the requirements for aviation and medical certification. In addition, FedEx pilots volunteer to fly the current ORBIS DC10 aircraft to medical programs around the world, train other volunteer pilots, provide volunteer maintenance and mechanical services and a variety of other volunteer assignments with internaContinued on Page 41

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NBAA 2012 Continued from Page 40 tional ORBIS teams.

Parker explained that the humanitarian work FedEx delivers working with ORBIS is one of the company’s longestrunning non-profit partnerships, and reflects Fred Smith’s devotion to aviation as well as his and the company’s commitment to charitable community service.

Smith learned to fly as a teenager, is a member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and has served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Air Transport Association. Smith also has received numerous honors for his business, civil and humanitarian activities, including as recipient of the Global Leadership Award from the U.S.-India Business Council, the George C. Marshall Foundation Award; and the Circle of Honor Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.

“ORBIS’s work would not be possible without the steadfast support of FedEx,” said director of ORBIS’s MD-10 Project, Jack McHale. “We are grateful for the lasting commitment of FedEx to our mission of saving sight worldwide.

Thanks to FedEx, we look forward to ORBIS’s next generation flying eye hospital, an MD-10, taking flight in 2013 to help continue ORBIS’s sight saving work,” said McHale.

NBAA’s Ueltschi Humanitarian Award was established in 2006 in honor of Al Ueltschi, whose lifetime of dedication to philanthropic causes set a high bar for giving back to communities. The award is given by NBAA in recognition of the use of airplanes in support of humanitarian activities in the U.S. and around the world.

Past recipients of the award include the Cessna Citation Special Olympics Airlift, the Corporate Angel Network and the Veterans Airlift Command. Last year’s recipient was Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for his use of airplanes to provide life-saving medical services in the U.S., Africa, Haiti and other parts of the world.

Steve Nielsen to Receive John Winant Award for LongStanding Service to Industry Steve Nielsen, an accomplished airman, business aviation advocate and former National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) director, is the 2012 recipient of NBAA’s prestigious John H. Winant Award.

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The award was presented as part of NBAA’s 65th Annual Meeting & Convention.

“Steve Nielsen has been a devoted advocate for business aviation throughout his long and distinguished career,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “He honors the tradition of lifelong service to the industry that is John Winant’s legacy, and we are delighted to acknowledge Steve’s contributions with this award.”

The Winant Award recognizes former NBAA directors whose service to business aviation has continued well beyond their tenure on NBAA’s Board. Winant’s association with NBAA extended over five decades. Elected to the Association’s Board of Directors in 1957, he served in all of NBAA’s volunteer-elected officer positions, and remained on the Board until his appointment as chief staff executive in 1971. Winant served as NBAA President from 1971 until 1986.

Even in retirement, Winant remained active in his support for NBAA and business aviation. In 1989, he authored Keep Business Flying, which covered the development of business aviation and NBAA from 1947 to 1986. He later co-authored NBAA Works, which catalogued the spirit and achievement of NBAA from 1986 to 2002.

Nielsen’s service to the business aviation community spans nearly 45 years and includes a variety of noteworthy industry accomplishments. In addition to his service on NBAA’s Board of Directors, he participated on the planning committee for NBAA’s 2009 Light Business Airplane Conference. He was instrumental in founding what is today known as the Southern California Aviation Association (SCAA), and currently serves as its president. In that position, he has spearheaded efforts to grow the SCAA’s membership, promote aviation safety best practices, encourage the pursuit of careers in business aviation and highlight the industry’s importance to local communities.

Nielsen is also vice president of operations for Baldwin Aviation Safety and Compliance and director of aviation for Avalon Capital, which operates a Bombardier Global XRS, and a Eurocopter EC-145 helicopter. Before joining Avalon Capital Group, he was senior director of aviation at Yum! Brands, where he was responsible for the daily operations of a large flight department. He has also held various operations management positions at Enron, Storage

Technology and Johns-Manville, and has served on an advisory board for NetJets, the fractional aircraft ownership company.

Nielsen attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, focusing on aviation management. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1966 to 1970, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.

NBAA Honors Contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen at 2012 Convention ‘Red Tails’ Producer George Lucas to Participate in Award Ceremony The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has bestowed the organization’s highest award to a legendary group of aviators who successfully battled discrimination and adversity as they defended their country in World War II. Members of the Tuskegee Airmen squadron received NBAA’s 2012 Meritorious Service to Aviation Award on Wednesday, Oct. 31 during a general session at the Association’s 65th Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2012) in Orlando, Fla. “We are honored to present this award to these storied aviators, who in a time of great peril defended the United States and its principles, even as they faced intolerance at home,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen.

Named for the Alabama home of their training base, the Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces, flying more than 1,500 combat missions from June 1943 through April 1945.

The squadron operated a wide variety of aircraft, most notably the P-51 Mustang. The livery chosen for the group’s aircraft earned the Tuskegee Airmen the appreciative nickname “Red Tails” from the bomber crews who relied on them for protection.

“The Tuskegee Airmen battled prejudice and segregation as effectively as they fought against the Axis forces over Europe, becoming one of the most highly decorated and respected fighter groups of World War II,” Bolen continued. “They serve as an inspiration for anyone faced with adversity to overcome forces that limit their potential.”

Scheduled to accept the award on behalf of the Tuskegee Airmen were Lieutenant Colonel Leo R. Gray, USAF, and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson, USAF. Gray began his combat flight training in 1943, ultimately flying 15 missions over Italy before leaving active duty in 1946. He remained active in

the U.S. Air Force Reserves until his retirement in 1984.

Forced to bail out on his 18th mission over Germany in August 1944, Jefferson was held as a prisoner of war until the end of hostilities in Europe. He later served as an instructor at Tuskegee Army Airfield.

Following his retirement from the Air Force Reserves in 1969, Jefferson became a teacher and assistant principal in the Detroit public school system.

Joining the Tuskegee Airmen was acclaimed filmmaker George Lucas, producer of the 2012 film Red Tails, which recounts the group’s history. Lucas, who personally funded production for the movie, was also expected to join a discussion at NBAA2012 featuring a panel of African American aviators, including Lloyd “Fig” Newton, a retired four-star general with the U.S. Air Force, and a member of NBAA’s Board of Directors.

In conjunction with the award presentation, NBAAfeatured on the Static Display of Light Business Airplanes and Helicopters outside the Orange County Convention Center a period-correct North American T-6 Texan training aircraft, painted in authentic Tuskegee squadron markings, as well as a “Rise Above” Traveling Exhibit. The exhibit’s mobile theater was on hand Wednesday, Oct. 31, and Thursday, Nov. 1, where NBAA2012 Attendees could view a video presentation celebrating the group’s accomplishments and impact on aviation today. Also, NBAA’s Static Display of Aircraft at Orlando Executive Airport featured a P-51 Mustang operated by the squadron.

The NBAA Meritorious Service to Aviation Award is NBAA’s most distinguished honor, in recognition of extraordinary lifelong professional contributions to all facets of the aviation industry. For decades, Meritorious Service to Aviation Award winners have celebrated, through perseverance and technological innovation, the miracle of flight and what may be achieved through it.

NBAA Honors Bob Breiling With Doswell Award Aviation accident statistician and former NBAA Director Robert E. Breiling received the 2012 NBAA John P. “Jack” Doswell Award.

Breiling received his award during NBAA’s 65th Annual Meeting & Convention.

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AIR FORCE LEADERS SALUTE NAVY Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy saluted the Navy on its 237th birthday Oct. 13.

Donley wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Navy stating: “Congratulations as you celebrate the 237th birthday of the United States Navy. Our Nation depends upon the men and women of the United States Navy, whose selfless service builds on your

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“The men and women of the United States Air Force are honored to serve alongside you and your Sailors as part of the Joint team. We wish you the very best on the Navy's 237th birthday.”

Welsh wrote a letter to the Chief of Naval Operations stating: “Congratulations to the men and women of the United States Navy as you celebrate 237 years of service to our great

Nation. Since 1775, the men and women of the Navy have placed service above self in faithfully executing their mission to maintain freedom of the seas.

“On behalf of the men and women of the United States Air Force, I salute you and your Sailors, and wish you the very best on the Navy's birthday.”

Roy wrote a letter to the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy stating: “I'm writing this to extend sincere wishes for a Happy 237th Birthday to the

United States Navy. Since the birth of our Navy in 1775, Sailors have served as the shield of the Republic. From the historic sailing vessels of the late 18th century to today's most advanced sea-based weapons systems, Americans have come to rely on their United States Navy to keep the Nation safe.

“On behalf of Airmen everywhere, I wish you all the best as you celebrate. We look forward to serving alongside you for many years to follow.”

the business aviation community.

Upon hearing that he would receive the award, Breiling said, “I am certainly proud to receive this prestigious NBAA award. I would like to think that my work over the years in analyzing business turbine-aircraft accidents has created awareness as to their causes and helped reduce accidents.”

Breiling’s data also was instrumental in obtaining an industry-wide FAA alternative that allows the use of advanced simulators for some pilot recurrency requirements (instead of in-aircraft experience), and helped support the development of FAR Part 91K, regulations gov-

erning fractional operators.

An airplane enthusiast from his early years, in 1951, Breiling joined the U.S. Navy, where he became a pilot and eventually flew a McDonnell Banshee F2H-3 and an F9F Panther, Grumman’s first jet fighter and one of the Navy’s first carrier-based jet fighters. He flew from the U.S.S. Hornet aircraft carrier while stationed in the Pacific, and served 24 years in the Navy Reserve, ending his military service as the commander of a Lockheed P-2V squadron.

From 1973 to 1980, Breiling served on the NBAA Board of Directors alongside Doswell.

Today, through Robert E. Breiling Associates, Inc., he analyzes business aviation accident rates and provides reports for NBAA publications and the industry.

He also is the provider of global data on business aircraft accidents for the International Business Aviation Council.

Additionally, he produces annual reports on specific aircraft models, as well as the Helicopter Review, Single Turboprop Review, Turbine Accident Review and Fractional Review, all of which provide comparative accident data.

NBAA 2012 Continued from Page 41 business aviation community,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “Through his devoted research and analysis of aviation accident data, as well as his work with NBAA, Bob has helped promote standards that have led to improvements in aviation safety and better training.”

Established in 1987, the Doswell Award is granted for lifelong individual achievement on behalf of and in support of the aims, goals and objectives of business aviation. It is named in honor of Jack Doswell, a remarkable man whose gifts inspired a high standard of involvement in

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By Ed Downs

THE “BIG BANG”

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ust how cool is the “Big Bang” theory?! For centuries, scientists and contemporary religions were at war.

This dispute reached a deadly level in 1662 when Galileo Galilee published a book that disputed the then accepted fact that the earth was stationary, with everything in the universe circling the Earth.

After all, we are very important on a galactic scale. Galileo’s book confirmed the work of Nicolaus Copernicus (circa 1543), a Polish astronomer, that had hypothesized that the earth was, in fact, a small part of part of a much larger story, and that our home planet circled the sun.

Church bureaucracy of the time was quite upset with Galileo’s claims and not impressed with his use of a new-fangled device, called a telescope. Actually, the telescope used by Galileo was of such poor quality that today’s amateur astronomer would simply give up and throw it away. The Church approached the dispute in the traditional manner of the time, dragging Galileo into a rather unpleasant “Inquisitors” trial.

To save his life, Galileo recanted his claims, but as he was being dragged away, it is said that he muttered “yet it moves,” referring to the fact that the Earth does orbit the Sun. It is hard to keep a good Italian quiet! As time moved on, a further rift between faith and science

developed as science settled upon a theory that the universe “had always been and would always be,” versus faith held beliefs that the universe was instantaneously “created.”

But time moved on, new discoveries were made and a guy by the name of Edwin Hubble showed up as an observer at the newly constructed Hooker Telescope in 1917, located on top of Mount Wilson in Southern California.

By 1924, Dr. Hubble’s work led to the discovery that our galaxy was not the only show in town, but that the universe consisted of billions of galaxies. Space had a lot more “space” than previously thought. A Belgian Astronomer (Georges Lemaitre) added to Dr. Hubble’s work in 1927 by proposing that the “the universe has always been here” theory was wrong.

Dr. Lemaitre hypothesized that the universe had been created at a moment in time and was still expanding. This became the “Big Bang” theory, although that term was originally used by opponents to the theory, said as a joke. By 1949, “Big Bang” theory was grudgingly accepted. Indeed, there was a moment of creation. Did I mention that Dr. Lemaitre was also a Catholic priest? It seems as though science and faith had found common ground.

So, how does this writer, an amateur

astronomer and pilot, come to know this stuff? Simple, I use the terrific web-based educational programs offered by Tuskegee University (www.tuskegee. edu). As a part of the “Red Tails” outreach in the area of science, Tuskegee University offers on-line lectures to all who wish to expand their minds. The lecture attended by this writer was held on Oct. 24, with the speaker being none other than Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John C. Mather.

Dr. Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist and Senior Project Scientist for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, due to be launched later in this decade. Final funding is still an issue in determining the definitive schedule. The 6.5 meter primary mirror (yes, this is a very sophisticated reflector telescope, not dissimilar from this writer’s telescope) will result in the Webb Telescope being the premier observatory for years to come. In short, it will replace the aging Hubble Observatory. It will study every phase in the history of our universe, ranging from first luminous glows after the “Big Bang,” to the formation of solar systems, like ours. By using both near and mid-range infrared imaging, along with advanced spectrographic sensing, the Webb Telescope will far exceed the capabilities of the human eye.

Interestingly enough, much of this tech-

nology is now becoming available to amateur astronomers.

Dr. Mather’s lecture included remarkable descriptions as to how stars are formed and discovery of the fact that our universe is expanding, driven by mysterious forces, such as dark energy and dark matter. By following the microwave echo of the Big Bang, still detectable as cosmic radiation, science can now determine the age of existence, the time of creation and the cosmic steps that took place to make the physical world we live in today.

To be sure, this is not the type of lecture one wants to attend if you feel that all of life revolves around your needs and desires. The universe is a big place, filled with imaginable wonders that completely defy understanding. As an amateur astronomer, this writer looks at these wonders on a regular basis. But, just when this writer was about to be overcome by all this scientific information, Dr. Mather tried to start a video embedded in his presentation. Sure enough, he could not get it to start. Neither could attending professors and astrophysicists.

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LIFE LONG DREAM: ACCOMPLISHED

By Jerod Flohr

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he Midland CAF Airsho 2012 was a huge hit as always. Finally, as far as everyone who knows me and watched me pursue my dream understands, mission accomplished! I spent 18 of my 25 years on the spectator side of the fence at my hometown airshow in Midland, Texas. This year I was listed as one of the few acro-performers for the show, as it is mostly a beautiful display of vintage warbirds and reenactments. I had always dreamt of being an airshow pilot since seeing Jan Collmer for the first time fly his Fina sponsored Extra 300L at the Midland Airsho when I was three-years old. This couldn’t have been more perfect; let me sum it up for you: I was listed as a performer in the Midland Airsho, in an Extra 300L, following Mr. Jan Collmer himself in his Fina Extra 300L, with all of my family and friends attending! I couldn’t have dreamt it would turn out that way at any point during my pursuit. Even now, a week later, I’m still shaking my head in wonder. This meant the world to me.

If you read my article in last month’s issue of In Flight USA, you got a play by play, probably too much detail, on the weeks leading up to my very first air-

show in Watsonville. I will try to be briefer in this article but sometimes I get carried away and want to share the entire adventure! Let’s start by talking about the 1,100 nautical mile journey to west Texas in the Extra. Everyone asks this question so I will just put the answer in this article: It took me about six hours to get from San Jose, Calif. to Big Spring, Texas with two stops. The Extra I fly has long range fuel tanks. On the way out, I stopped in Blythe, Calif. and again in Las Cruces, N.Mex. and averaged 200 knots across the ground. It took me about seven hours to get back, with stops in Coolidge, Ariz. and Bakersfield, Calif. averaging 165 knots across the ground.

A funny detail in the little cross country is that my passenger, Chris (crew and also future father-in-law), had a broken leg which was in a nice big white cast. How did he break his leg? He went skydiving with me out of a twin otter from 13,000 ft. He did great for the first 12,999 feet and 11 inches, but that last inch bit him pretty hard – bad landing on uneven ground and broke his fibula in two. Sad thing is, he did five more jumps on it that day and walked on it for seven weeks before going to the doctor, who couldn’t even believe he walked in after seeing the x-rays. We left his crutches at

the hangar in San Jose with the promise from my parents to have another pair for him at the other end of the trip in Big Spring, Tex. That’s right, almost seven hours sitting in the Extra, flying half way across the country and he couldn’t get out of the plane! That deserves some recognition! Not to mention he did the same act on the way back into a slight headwind. All in all, it went great for him and besides, sitting in the front seat of the Extra is like sitting in a recliner!

Midland is a three-day show. I arrived with the Extra on Thursday to make sure I had everything straight and ready to go for the weekend ahead.

Friday is reserved to be a private show for special needs people and not available to the general public. It was an awesome experience to perform for them! It was quite a workout though due to the wind and lower than desirable ceiling. Friday and Saturday we had a 40 knot off-crowd wind, which means the wind was blowing directly away from the crowd. This made handling the 20 knot on-crowd wind on Sunday a breeze, pun intended.

Then again, if the wind is calm in west Texas, find shelter because you are in the eye of the storm!

The lineup was great. We had Jan Collmer, Matt Younkin, Julie Clark, and

Jerod Flohr with his Extra 300L. (Provided by Jerod Flohr) more warbirds than you could ever dream of, including Fifi, the world’s only flying B-29! I was very proud to be included in this lineup, what an honor. I got to sit in between Aunt Julie (Julie Clark) and the A10 demo pilot in the pilot briefings which was pretty cool. It amazes me how big of an airshow fan military demo pilots are. He was as excited to talk to Julie as I was! It was also quite an honor to be lead

by Ralph Royce, legendary Air Boss, and Larry Strain, legendary narrator, who are absolutely awesome professionals and mentors.

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BREAKING

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reaking news on Oct. 22 was the departure of EAA President Rod Hightower. Let me put it this way – I don’t think anyone leaves a job voluntarily with no notice right after a nighttime telephone board meeting and gives family obligations as the reason. I’m told that the situation at EAA had reached the point of becoming ineffective, in many respects, but there are confidences to respect. ‘Nuff said.

Well, maybe one more sentence: According to numerous insiders, some of Hightower’s hires are unlikely to survive the change of administration.

Now begins the real work of rebuilding EAA. One source says it may take years to undo the fundamental changes made by the Hightower management team. I hope it can be done much more quickly, but it will be done by many volunteers working to rebuild, or as some say “reclaim,” their organization.

••••• Most of the test pilots at work, at least all of the ones I’ve met, are ex-military – no surprise. Having flown a number of homebuilts with, ahem, interesting flight characteristics, I asked one exNavy pilot what plane he’d flown with the most challenging handling characteristics. He replied, “None.” Interesting.

••••• Two observations on flight safety: First, some in government have wondered why experimental, amateur built aircraft have such a high accident rate. The best numbers I’ve seen indicate that on a per airplane basis, homebuilts have an accident rate maybe 15 percent higher than factory built planes. But, on a per flight hour basis, the rate is maybe five times as high.

One plausible reason is that homebuilts are flown on shorter flights, and have proportionately more takeoffs and landings. But I think the real reason is one of false expectations by those expecting similar accident rates. Factory built airplanes comply with FAR 43, have type certificates and production certificates, have standardized systems from airplane to airplane, have aircraft flight manuals, are maintained by A&P mechanics, and get annual inspections from AIs with factory checklists. Shouldn’t all this effort and expense result in a safety record, say, five times better?

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dent rate may not be all that much improvable. Some accidents happened because of lack of skill or knowledge, and those accidents are perhaps reducible. But some accidents happen because the pilot has interests other than safety, and I doubt that any amount of regulation or training would do much there.

Speaking of F-22s, at the local airport the other day, there was a Piper Sport Cruiser and I hitched a ride around the pattern in it (overly light in pitch is the short version). Turns out that the 400hour CFI was the one (of 120) applicant selected to fly the F-22 in the above-mentioned Air Guard squadron. He’s probably starting Air Force OCS about now.

For whatever reason, F-22 pilots don’t necessarily like to have their names mentioned, so we’ll Ed congratulate these Wischmeyer two anonymously, but no less sincerely.

••••• The Cessna got a new attitude indicator last weekend, the second in three years (ahem).

But what’s neat about this one is that the horizon bars are orange, as is the roll pointer at the top (or maybe it’s a sky pointer…) This makes those parts of the instrument pop out, visually, and should make the plane that much easier to fly on instruments.

The old instrument was black over drab, and the new one is blue sky over atrocious brown. Unkind thoughts sent to whatever Fed. foisted that color scheme off on us.

••••• After 15 months in Georgia in a small but adequate (just) house, I’m now in a much larger house. Houses in this part of the country have only two car garages, but this garage is much bigger than the one at the other house, and some of the stuff that was in the old garage is now indoors.

Time to find another project.

••••• The nephew is now at F-22 school, learning to fly and to fight with that airplane. Way cool for him!

For five weeks, the Virginia Air Guard F-22 squadron was based at Savannah while their main runway was being resurfaced. How cool to watch them in the traffic pattern! And when the F-22 flies, it looks truly ominous, much more so than any other fighter.

One of their pilots spoke at the local EAA chapter and told us why F-22s typically do not take off in afterburner. One is that they don’t need to because they have so much thrust. Second, the afterburner has a coating that wears off when afterburner is used. Third, and this is kind of hard to believe, is that if an F-22 takes off in afterburner and the pilot isn’t careful, within a mile of the departure end of the runway, the F-22 will be supersonic.

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Continued from Page 44 as much to me if I hadn’t had my family and friends there. It was the first time many of my family members had actually seen me fly something other than a Cessna 150, and yes, they were a little shocked by the difference. Since Jan Collmer usually opens the show in his Extra, I got to sit with my family and watch. I had to figure out the best way to answer the question, “You’re not going to do that are you?” The answer was “yes, of course I am,” to everything, except of course the three snaps on takeoff and the loop to landing! I decided to just smile and say “oh don’t worry, he has 33 more years doing airshows than I do!” All of them in the end got to see my entire show; most of them came both days! A huge thanks goes out to Gena Linebarger for affording me the means to have all of my family and close friends in one place during the show.

Now that I have accomplished the dream, I intend to keep on keeping on, in the words of great philosopher Joe Dirt. I hope to influence many to pursue their dreams, aviation or otherwise. I plan on flying several West coast shows next year, even some in Texas if I can round them up! I will be, as always, looking for sponsors to help me along the way. My

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NEW FLIGHT SCHOOL EARNS AOPA HONOR ROLL RECOGNITION Just seven months after opening its doors to the public, San Carlos Flight Center was awarded first mention on the AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards Honor Roll. The awards recognize flight schools that exhibit the highest levels of success by implementing practices that contribute to an optimal flight training experience. Those practices focus on edu-

cational quality, customer focus, community, and information sharing.

“We are honored to be nominated by our members and recognized by AOPA,” says Dan Dyer, owner of San Carlos Flight Center. “Everything we do is guided by our core values of safety, community, and adventure. Being honored by the leader in general aviation

really affirms we’re on the right track and motivates us to continue offering the highest quality flight training and experiences.”

San Carlos Flight Center has innovated a policy of Developmental Currency. Based on the belief that a good pilot is always learning, this policy encourages people to work toward a goal every six months – such as training for a new rating or certificate, getting checked out in a new aircraft, or doing flight or simulator training to refine existing skills.

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The EAA Young Eagles program is designed to give children between the ages of 8 to 17 an opportunity to experience flight in a general aviation airplane while educating them about aviation.

Launched in 1992, the program has flown more than 1.5 million children in 90 countries. The 2012 Falcon Field Young Eagles Rally is offered free of charge courtesy of donations and volunteers. Aircraft Spruce, a long-time supporter of the EAA Young Eagles program is promoting the program to the aviation community throughout the southeast.

“Aircraft Spruce has been a major supporter of the EAA Young Eagles Program from the beginning and we continue to support the program today.” said

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2012 marks the second year that Aircraft Spruce has supported the Young Eagles’ flights in Peachtree City, Ga. Flights will be coordinated by Williamson-based EAA Chapter 468.

While pre-registration is not required, interested pilots or potential Young Eagles may contact Rich Woodcock, 770/6053818 or Eaa468president@gmail.com.

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‘A real dog’: Total surprise for Husky winner

By Dave Hirschman for AOPA The trap had been carefully baited and set.

The AOPA 2012 Sweepstakes Tougher Than A Tornado Husky was about to be awarded to its winner, AOPA member Richard Zahn, CEO of a Florida construction company. As usual, an elaborate ruse had been put in place to surprise the winner, and this one took place at the Sheltair facility at Pompano Beach Airpark in southeast Florida.

Zahn believed he was going to the airport to take a close look at a King Air that a friend planned to purchase. But instead, a stand-in Husky (the real Tougher Than A Tornado Husky was already in California for AOPA Aviation Summit) decorated with balloons and draped with a “Congratulations Richard Zahn!” banner awaited him in the closed Pro Aircraft Interiors hangar.

As Zahn, 44, came through the lobby with wife Michelle (a co-conspirator in the giveaway surprise), Sheltair General Manager Daniel Pooler slipped in a Husky double-entendre when he told Zahn to keep his expectations low.

“That airplane you’re going to see,” Pooler said shaking his head. “It’s a real dog.”

Zahn walked across the ramp to the hangar, and when he got there, AOPA President Craig Fuller greeted him with the almost unbelievable news. He had won the Tornado Husky, a brand-new airplane that had been battered by the 2011 Sun ‘n Fun twister and repaired by the craftsmen at Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyo., to perfect condition. The airplane with less than 200 hours total time on the airframe and 180-horsepower Lycoming engine had recently undergone an annual inspection at the Aviat factory, and it was waiting for him to pick up at Summit in Palm Springs.

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AOPA AVIATION SUMMIT WRAP-UP an offer on a used one when he learned that the Tornado Husky was his.

“I was this close to making an offer on an airplane in Texas, and I just wanted to take this weekend and think about it a little more,” he said. “This is amazing.”

Tim Clifford, owner of the stand-in Husky, and a Recreational Aviation Foundation board member, presented Zahn with three items designed to ease the transition to Husky ownership: flight training toward a tailwheel endorsement; a hangar at Bob White Field Airport in Zellwood, Fla., for 90 days, and a mountain flying checkout from Jeanne McPherson, a renowned instructor in Helena, Mont.

“You’re about to find out that you’ve just joined a fantastic community of aviators,” said Clifford, a veteran Husky pilot who has flown the specialized airplanes throughout the United States and Europe. “The people who own and support these airplanes are some of the most knowledgeable, outgoing, and interesting people you could find anywhere.”

Michelle played a central role in carrying out the ruse. She communicated frequently with AOPA Editor in Chief Tom Haines during the week leading up to the giveaway, helped formulate the bogus story for getting him to the airport, and brought him there on cue.

“I’m usually not much good at keeping secrets–but I kept this one,” she said.

“It’s wasn’t easy, but seeing the surprise on Richard’s face made it all worth (it).”

Beech Debonair Unveiled as New AOPA Sweepstakes Aircraft

“Our goal is to upgrade it with the latest systems and capabilities while maintaining the classic feel expected from a Beechcraft.

“This Debonair is one of Beechcraft’s earlier versions, which has been a very popular choice over the years because of its clean lines, modest power–225-hp–yet 150-knot cruise speed. Many pilots fondly call it the ‘Baby Bonanza.’ Be sure to follow the restoration process through AOPA’s magazines, websites, email newsletters, and video channels,” said Horne.

The four-seat aircraft has just been fitted with 20-gallon tip tanks, and new windows and a windshield at D’Shannon Aviation in Buffalo, Minn. The Debonair will then go to Santa Fe Aero Services to have its wiring and avionics replaced with a brand-new Aspen Avionics threescreen suite, plus a center stack built around Garmin’s new GTN 750 GPS/Nav/Comm/transponder with ADSB in capability. This will be supported by a JP Instruments engine analyzer and a PS Engineering audio system–plus much more.

After approximately two months, the Debonair will go back to D’Shannon Aviation to have a new nose bowl and three-blade Hartzell scimitar propeller installed. The aircraft will then go to Air Mod in Batavia, Ohio, for a new modern, leather interior. The last step of the restoration will be a new paint job.

Look for the airplane at major aviation shows as the project progresses from 50-year-old airplane to 21st century sophisticate, all the while maintaining that Debonair cool of the early 1960s.

There is no purchase necessary to enter or win the AOPA Debonair sweepstakes. Visit www.aopa.org/sweeps/ for more information and complete rules.

The Debonair sweepstakes is scheduled to begin in December 2012.

Jay White honored for aviation advocacy in California

By Benét Wilson for AOPA

By Benet J. Wilson for AOPA A 1963 B33 Beech Debonair will be the next AOPA sweepstakes plane. In addition to the Debonair, members will have the chance to win another 74 prizes along with new ways to win.

AOPA Pilot Editor at Large Tom Horne will marshal the Debonair until it is awarded to a lucky winner at the 2014 AOPAAviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif. “We chose the classic Beechcraft Debonair for its good performance and suave sophistication–so representative of general aviation in 1963,” said Horne.

Jay White, former president and current general counsel of the California Pilots Association (CPA) was named the winner of AOPA’s Joseph R. Crotti award Oct. 12. White was lauded for his efforts in the past 30 years to protect California’s general aviation airports and fight for pilots’ flight privileges.

In 1974, White, a commercial airline pilot, singlehandedly saved the organization, then known as the California Aviation Council, when no one came for-

ward to assume leadership.

As the new leader, White worked tirelessly on GA matters within the state, subsequently developing an excellent working relationship with the California Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics. This valuable relationship is still in place. He also applied his law degree to better understand state aviation regulations, and deal with some of the state’s airport sponsors who rejected the aeronautic division’s handbook on appropriate land usage around their airports.

The Crotti Award for GA advocacy in California is named in honor of the late Joe Crotti, longtime AOPA regional representative and former chief of the state’s Division of Aeronautics. The award was presented during AOPAAviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif.

Luminaries Celebrate ‘Night for Flight’

By Thomas B. Haines for AOPA Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Harrison Ford, Dave Coulier, Flying Wild Alaska pilots, Bob Hoover, Clay Lacy, and a host of other notables, showed up to fete the AOPA Foundation at its annual Night for Flight fundraising dinner. The living celebrities and the Palm Springs associated musical legends drew a record 400 attendees, selling out the ballroom at the Riviera Palm Springs Hotel.

AOPA Foundation President Bruce Landsberg handed out the first ever Aviation Achievement awards to four aviators. The awards ceremony was led

by Hat in the Ring Society co-chairman Dave Coulier, a comedian and active pilot. The Marilyn Monroe lookalike vamped with Landsberg, providing an entertaining segment for the crowd.

Meanwhile, Ford, national spokesman for the GA Serves America campaign, told AOPA President Craig Fuller that general aviation underpins the fabric of American culture. Ford related his experience in flying light airplanes at low altitude all the across the nation, visiting small airports and hearing the compelling stories of pilots and business owners coast to coast. Ford thanked the attendees for their support of the Foundation, which allows AOPA and other entities to support the future of general aviation.

The foundation has been hosting an online auction for weeks. Among the items for auction is a flight, lunch, and hangar tour with Ford that had been bid Continued on Page 50

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Continued from Page 49 up to $20,200 weeks ago. At the dinner, Landsberg announced that a dinner guest had committed to raising the bid to $70,000. In previous years, the most the Ford experience had been sold for was $50,000.

In addition, Alan Schrader of the Lightspeed Foundation presented the AOPA Foundation with a $10,000 check.

AOPA honors Sen. John Thune with Hartranft award

By Benet J. Wilson for AOPA South Dakota Sen. John Thune, ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee’s aviation subcommittee, was tapped as the 2012 recipient of AOPA’s Joseph B. “Doc” Hartranft Jr. Award Oct. 12 for his tireless work on behalf of general aviation in Congress. The Hartranft Award, one of AOPA’s two highest honors, is presented annually to an elected or appointed government official who has made significant contributions to the advancement of GA. “As a member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus, Senator Thune has gone on the record twice opposing user

fees,” said AOPA President Craig Fuller.

“He also joined 25 other senators in signing a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressing concern regarding the Block Aircraft Registration Request. All of us who use general aviation appreciate his strong support on Capitol Hill.”

Thune also spearheaded a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and the FAA signed by 26 other senators urging the agencies not to use the rulemaking process to force the elimination of lead from aviation fuel before a suitable replacement is found. The letter also asked both agencies to work with the GA community to find an alternative to leaded avgas.

The senator joined 32 others in sending a letter to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission asking the commission to rescind wireless network operator LightSquared’s approval to expand until the company can demonstrate that its technology would not interfere with GPS reception. Thune was also an original co-sponsor of the Senate Pilot’s Bill of Rights, which became law in August.

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UFO Sighting: Don Newman

Pilot, City Commissioner Honored with Let’s Go Flying Award

UFO – that’s United Flying Octogenarian – Don Newman attended AOPA Aviation Summit with his wife, Ginger.

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By Benet J. Wilson for AOPA Jamie Beckett of Winter Haven, Fla., is the recipient of AOPA’s 2012 Let’s Go Flying Award for his efforts in promoting and defending general aviation. The award was presented Oct. 11 during AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif.

Beckett’s love of aviation began early as the son of a U. S. Air Force pilot who flew F-86s before becoming a Pan Am captain. After a “youthful flirtation” with the music industry, at age 30, Beckett decided to switch careers.

Beckett originally intended to be an airline pilot and got his first job as flight instructor in Winter Haven in 1991. He also began writing about aviation issues for US Aviator. He earned his A&P certificate in 1998.

Beckett has held jobs including a stint at Tim Reilly’s Warbird Museum in Kissimmee, Fla., where he helped rebuild the B-17 that toured the country as the Liberty Belle. He also did marketing and restoration work for Fantasy of Flight.

And he has just completed his third year as an elected city commissioner, a position he uses regularly to advocate for GA and Gilbert Field.

Beckett blazed a trail in aviation advocacy by founding and serving as chairman of the Polk Aviation Alliance.

The alliance was created to bring together the management of Polk County’s municipally owned airports, as well as that of Sun ‘n Fun, Fantasy of Flight, the Seaplane Pilots Association, the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, Polk State College, and various government agencies. He writes about the joys and benefits of the industry in General Aviation News and uses that publication, along with his website, JamieBeckett.com, to encourage others to become GA advocates.

The Let’s Go Flying Award honors the individual or organization that best demonstrates the passion and commit-

Astute attendees of AOPA Aviation Summit may have noticed a number of UFOs among the taildraggers, turboprops, and other familiar airframes around the Palm Springs, Calif., convention center.

These UFOs are rare, indeed–but they’re not unidentified. They’re the United Flying Octogenarians, a group of about 1,250 men and women who have flown as pilot in command at age 80 and above.

“It’s kind of an exclusive group,” said UFO President Don Newman, 89, who attended Summit with his wife, Ginger. The organization held its annual meeting in conjunction with Summit, and Newman said the Oct. 11 luncheon drew 71, about a third of whom were spouses.

Newman was a B-17 pilot and instructor in the U.S. Army Air Corps and today flies a V-tail Bonanza. He has logged 1,000 hours in the B-17 and 7,000 total hours, racking up certificates and ratings for airplane single-engine land and sea, airplane multiengine land, and instrument airplane, as well as CFI and CFII. He has owned aircraft ranging from his first, a radial-engine Howard DGA15P, to a pressurized Cessna 414. The energetic octogenarian recently won a spot landing contest at a Florida meeting of the group.

The Florida pilot, the former undersecretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan and U.S. minister to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) under President George H.W. Bush, recalled seeing AOPA President Craig Fuller in cabinet meetings during Fuller’s time working in the White House. He didn’t know Fuller was also a pilot until later, he said. The two pilots ran into one another again in the Learning Pavilion at the exhibit hall, where Ginger pointed out other UFOs who had made their way to Palm Springs for Summit.

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THOMAS WATHEN HONORED WITH MASTER PILOT AWARD Thomas Wathen joined two other living legacies at Historic Flabob Airport when he received the FAA’s prestigious “Master Pilot” award. Ray Stits and Tom Garcia had both received the rare award earlier. It is the highest form of recognition the FAA can bestow on a civilian pilot who has utilized various aircraft in safe operations for five decades. It is unusual to have three recipients at the same airport, especially one as small as Flabob.

The award was presented by Nick Reyes, the manager of the Flight Standards Division of the FAA in Los Angeles. In recounting Wathen’s history, Reyes noted that the distinguished senior pilot had clearly demonstrated high standards in observing safe procedures in handling and flying a wide range of aircraft. Reyes also presented Wathen with the Division Manager’s Coin Award for a meritorious career in aviation.

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Tom Wathen, flanked by his wife, Carol, received the prestigious “Master Pilot” award from FAA Regional Manager Nick Reyes at Flabob Airport. logged more than 5,000 hours as a private pilot, single engine, multi engine, land, in both VFR and IFR conditions. These days, Tom devotes much of his time to developing educational activities at Flabob Airport, which is operated by the Tom Wathen Center.

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U.S. SPORT AVIATION EXPO GEARING UP FOR JANUARY EVENT Patty Wagstaff and Team RV to Perform on Friday and Saturday Evenings The ninth annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo kicks off on January 1720, 2013, at the Sebring (Florida) Regional Airport with several changes offering an enhanced experience for both exhibitors and visitors, including twilight airshows on Friday and Saturday evenings headlined by Patty Wagstaff and Team RV. Expo Director Jana Filip said, “We’re excited to add these evening airshows to our schedule, providing an extended experience for our visitors. Patty plans to fly an aerobatic routine in a light-sport aircraft and Team RV will perform their amazing twilight show flying their 12-ship formations with lights and smoke.”

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A crowd pleasing demonstration pass by the Aeroshell Team.

(Joe Gonzalez) Great flying on the part of this Val dive bomber pilot.

(Joe Gonzalez)

Bobby Younkin does amazing performances with his Beech 18. (Joe Gonzalez)

Named as one of the best airshow performers, Julie Clark.

(Joe Gonzalez)

The Curtis SB2C, AKA The Big Tailed Beast, (Joe Gonzalez)

With school bus transportation like this, you won't be late for class. (Joe Gonzalez)

By Joe Gonzalez

flame (yes, I did mean outhouse): The Indy Boys thrilled the crowd with 350plus mph school bus runs (the school bus is powered by a Phantom J-79 jet engine) and the outhouse is a unique jet powered sight and attraction.

The living history re-enactors displayed their skills and authentic military hardware and vehicles during the show.

The Saturday show was followed by an evening show – the jet powered school bus lit up the sky to the delight of the crowd.

In 1957, some former military pilots realized that many aircraft types flown in the USA disappeared into large blocks of aluminum. This prompted the thought, and efforts to acquire, preserve and create flight displays for future generations.

Originally known as the Confederate Air Force, the CAF changed it’s name from Confederate to Commemorative to be more in step with today’s world.

The CAF currently owns 159 aircraft – most are airworthy, some are in restoration, some in storage. One of the visions of the CAF founder, Lloyd P. Nolen was to honor Americans whose service in the air, during armed conflict, brings outstanding pride and respect. Each year the American Combat Airman Hall of Fame inducts (living and in loving memory) individuals and a unit for their superoutstanding service to our nation.

ter pilot of the Vietnam war. Completing more than 900 combat missions, outstanding actions (22 missions) at the battle for the Ia Drang Valley, enduring very heavy enemy gunfire, and retrieving many wounded troops, Col. Crandell earned our nation’s highest military medal. This Congressional Medal of Honor recipient deserves a huge thank you and salute from a grateful nation.

2. Major General Marion E. Carl.

Surviving the Battle of Midway, gaining much experience in aerial combat, Maj. Gen. Carl became the first ace in the history of US Marine Corps Aviation. While stationed at Guadalcanal, he sent 16.5 enemy aircraft to the deep six. The campaign for the Solomon Islands brought an additional two victories. Carl finished the war as the seventh highest scoring ace in the Marine Corps. Additional accomplishments including being the first marine to fly a helicopter, becoming the lead for the first squadron of marine jets, and setting an unofficial world altitude record.

3. Lieutenant Colonel Burt E., Ballentine. Flying some 208 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom II during the Vietnam War, with a total 1,800 hours, Lt.Col. Ballentine’s skill is magnificent.

On several occasions he was selected to escort U-2s returning from North Vietnam. After Vietnam he was deployed to the United Kingdom as part of the nuclear deterrent to prevent soviet aggression in Europe.

4. Lieutenant Colonel Myron R.

Dodd. Flying in a B-24 Liberator, including the famous raids of Ploesti, Munich, Friedricshafen, Lt.Col. Dodd did his nation proud. Returning from Southern Germany, his B-24 was struck by cannon fire and unguided rockets. Some 40 German fighters tore through his formation and seven aircraft were lost, with most of the crews paying the ultimate price. Lt.Col. Dodd’s efforts saved several of his crew. Captured after the crash, he was held until wars end in Stalag Luft 3.

5. The 509th Composite Group.

Created during WWII for the specific mission of delivering to the enemy the first nuclear weapon(s) used in warfare. This unit was commanded by then Colonel Paul W. Tibbetts (later promoted to General Tibbetts). The 509th continued to participate in testing of nuclear weapons for use by the Strategic Air Command headed by General Curtis LeMay. While this year’s CAF Airsho 2012 was affected by the nations slow economy, aircraft that were down for mechanical repairs, and units with other commitments that constrained the number of participating aircraft at the show, the CAF does provide the very best warbird show in America. Be sure to put this great event on your calendar for 2013. We, the people of the United States of America, owe a great debt of gratitude and thanks to the many who have served our nation. To all the brave men and women lost in harms way, you were remembered then, now, and will be forever.

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he 49th Annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airsho was held Oct. 13 and 14. Following some early Saturday morning sprinkles of rain, the weather was great at showtime. The show was well attended on Saturday with somewhat less of a crowd on Sunday.

The vendors for food and liquid refreshment, plus hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, Tshirts, dog tags (like the WWII military style), model aircraft (both plastic and beautiful carved wood), and military surplus type items had many people looking and purchasing a large variety of goods.

The CAF has been blessed to have some 30 years of outstanding service by show-announcer Larry Strain, who is now completing his tour of service to the CAF. The adoring crowds and members of the CAF – including regular members, general staff, headquarters staff, show performers plus the special invited quests salute you in honor sir!

The crowd-pleasing Tora Tora Tora displayed their outstanding flying skills with fast paced action, including many explosions for extra punch and realism.

The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team – despite some windy conditions on Saturday – put on an impressive in tight formation display. Recognized as one of the premier performers, Julie Clark in her spectacular T-34 Mentor, dazzled the crowd with her tribute to America. Need some fast-action school bus and outhouse speed, noise and

The inductees for 2012 are: 1. Colonel Bruce P. Crandell. Col. Crandell is the most well known helicop-

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