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Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-7576. Q Chino, CA: Living History Flying Day, 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org. Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q Upland, CA: Cable Air Fair. CANCELED. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Climb Aboard Weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. Q Sebring, FL: US. Sport Aviation Expo, Sebring Airport, (863) 3141313, www.sportaviationexpo.com.
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Q Chino, CA: Living History Flying Day, 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org. Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-7576. Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q Laredo, TX: WBCA Stars & Stripes Air Show, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Laredo Int’l. Airport, (956) 722-0589, www.wbcalaredo.org. Q Costa Mesa, CA: American Aviation Historical Society Annual Meeting, www.aahs-online.org. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Climb Aboard Weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. Q Chino, CA: Hangar Dance & Warbird Party, 7 p.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org. Q San Pedro, CA: The Great Los Angeles Air Raid, 3 to 8 p.m., Fort MacArthur Museum, San Pedro Airport, (310) 539-3640, www.theairraid.com.
Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-7576. Q El Centro, CA: NAF El Centro Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., (760) 3392673, elcentro.navylifesw.com. Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q Phoenix, AZ: Luke Days Open House & Air Show, Luke AFB, (623) 856-6011, www.luke.af.mil. Q Yuma, AZ: 2018 Yuma Airshow, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., MCAS Yuma, (928) 269-3327, www.yumaairshow.com. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Melbourne, FL: Melbourne Air & Space Show, gates 9 a.m., Melbourne Int’l. Airport, (321) 395-3110, airandspaceshow.com. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, (707) 944-9236. Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. Q Riverside, CA: Airshow 2018, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Riverside Airport, (951) 826-5311, www.riversideairshow.com. Q Lancaster, CA: Los Angeles County Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., William J. Fox Airfield, (661) 917-2871, lacountyairshow.com. Q Kingsville, TX: Wings over South Texas Air Show, NAS Kingsville, www.wingsoversouthtexas.com.
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COVER STORY Building Your Own Plane
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For many pilots and aviation enthusiasts, building a kit aircraft is the most attractive path to aircraft ownership. Not only are there many benefits associated with owning a homebuilt aircraft, flying in an aircraft you have built and customized is truly a unique and rewarding experience. The kit aircraft industry is where you will find the most innovative light aircraft designs offered anywhere, at prices that make owning and operating your own new aircraft a reality. Ongoing advances in light aircraft design and manufacturing technology have contributed to making light aircraft both easier and quicker to build.
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While building and flying one’s own airplane used to be for the daring test pilot and skilled craftsman, the world of homebuilt aircraft is the fastest growing segment of new aircraft in the United States. Advances in manufacturing, such as CNC routers, make modern aircraft kits simpler and easier to build than ever before, making them a viable option for even the inex-
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perienced builder. Amateur-built aircraft are built by individuals and certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as “experimental amateur-built” (E-AB). As the builder and owner of a kit aircraft, you have the ultimate freedom to build the airplane that meets your requirements and
desires. The project becomes a reflection of you as you custom build your own airplane with the equipment and features that you choose such as avionics (instrument panel), engine, paint job, etc. You have access to the latest technology in aircraft engines and avionics, while you can also choose to
Once complete, you will have a brand new custom-built aircraft, with the freedom to do your own maintenance and inspections (potentially saving you thousands of dollars every year). Every newly completed kit aircraft is inspected by the FAA or by an FAA-designated inspector (DAR) before being issued a certificate of airworthiness. For recreational pilots, learning to fly (and continuing to fly) is now much easier with the Sport Pilot license. The minimum required training time is just 20 hours, and no medical certificate is required. The FAA’s BasicMed promises to keep existing pilots flying longer with fewer restrictions, making it easier for all pilots, and especially older private pilots, to keep flying light airplanes (with fewer restrictions than Sport Pilot).
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NEWS EAA AirVenture Aircraft Anniversaries to be Celebrated..................8 2018 Aviation Design Challenge Fills in Record Time ......................9 Red Bull Challenger Class has ‘Standout Challengers’ ..................10 AF Selects Next Two Air National Guard F-35 Bases ......................12 EAA’s Pelton Receives NAA, FAA Awards ........................................20 B-29 Doc Making Another House Call at Oshkosh ..........................22 Textron Unveils New Turboprop, the Cessna Skycourier ................24 CubCrafters Unveils New Carbon Cub ..............................................26 Bell V-280 Valor Achieves First Flight ................................................27 Workhorse Receives FAA Certification for SureFly Electric Helicopter 28 Mooney Ends Big Year With First Ovation Ultra Delivery................30 GE Aviation Announces First Run of Advance Turboprop Engine39 AOPA: Pace of Aviation Innovation Picks Up....................................41 One Week Wonder Project Returns to AirVenture ............................43 Yankee Stadium Upgrades Include Five Schweiss Bi-Fold Doors 45 Zenith Brining Two-Day Kit Building Workshop to Expo ................46 Upwind Scholarships Open to Applicants ........................................47
COLUMNS FEATURES Editorial: In Flight USA Hereby Resolves… By Ed Downs ..................................................................6 Double Take: AF Brother’s Bond Extends Beyond Twinship By Susan A. Romano, AF Tech. Appl. Center Public Affairs ..16 Overcoming the Fear of Flying, Part II By Annamarie Buonocore ..............................................32 Drone Update: Reports, Restrictions and Competitions ..............................................................................34-35 Review: NBAA-BACE 2017 Las Vegas Convention By Johnny Coldwater and Bob Martinez ..........................38 Airborne Near-Death Experience and the “$100 Hamburger” By Bert Botta ................................................................43
Flying Into Writing: Some Things Have Changed By Eric McCarthy ............................................................17 Flying With Faber: Healthy Delicious Cuisine With Waterfall Alaska Fish By Stuart J. Faber ............................................................29 Safe Landings: Weather: Small Odds and Interesting Ends ......................................................................40 Homebuilder’s Workshop: Cognitive Dissonance By Ed Wischmeyer ..........................................................42
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ep, it is time for those New Year’s resolutions. We all make them, sometimes we even remember them, but the tone turned a bit more serious for the Team at In Flight USA this year. To be sure, our annual “what’s up for the new year” roundtable started off with the usual resolution thoughts, lose 10 pounds, get more exercise, eat healthier food, and be kind to needy flight instructors, but then we got down to business. And 2018 has a lot of business to deal with. We would like to share our thoughts for 2018, as they will possibly affect all of our readers. First, In Flight USA commits to maintaining a format that is more like a monthly aviation newspaper than a slick newsstand magazine. The vast majority of aviation publications have article and news cutoff dates that are as much as 90 days before distribution date. This means such publications are fine for reading about past events but do not carry timely news. In Flight USA typically has an editorial cutoff date that is within five days of distribution, meaning what you read in our pages is happening now! We encourage our advertisers, aviation event planners, and those pursuing newsworthy activities to contact In Flight USA by phone or email to let us know what they have going on, so we can help promote your event at no cost. Our staff monitors aviation press releases daily and stays in tune with news from the Washington “swamp,” so you will be kept up to date. Sure, this means we go through a process every month that looks something like Lois Lane turning in that last-minute report about Superman to her somewhat erasable editor, Perry White, at the Daily Planet (yeah, we are nerds), but it is worth it. Fortunately, our editors are not erasable (depending upon who you ask). So, our tradition of timely ads and news remains, but we have spotted some areas for improvement and expansion. Our website, www.inflightusa.com, has seen a lot of improvements over the years. Most recently we have added a virtual magazine, meaning you can launch the current issue of In Flight USA electronically and “flip through the pages.” Everything that you would see in hard copy is in the virtual magazine, meaning our advertisers now get double coverage, both in print and on the web. More than 30,000 fans follow the virtual version of In Flight USA every month, and that number is growing. We were one of the first to get a shiny new website back in the ‘90s, and we are working actively each year to keep up
with new ways to bring you news online. While we have offered banner advertising in the past, 2018 will see that potential greatly improved, with enhanced imagery and links to advertiser’s sites. We even plan to offer special, low, banner ad rates to those who would like to join us in this expanding effort to let readers learn about products and services. Oh yes, ad rates are not going up in 2018 and those rates are already the best value in the industry. For those wishing to learn more about banner or display ads, just call the headquarters at 650/3589908 or our sales office at 918/873-0280. In Flight USA has always been involved in national events that affect our readers with editorial comment and important announcements form various government agencies. But 2018 will be a special challenge, with a new FAA Administrator to be named, personnel changes in the FAA taking place to reflect Trump policies, implementation of Next Gen with the upcoming implementation of mandated ADS-B, and the specter of privatization of the ATC system. These are all huge issues, far beyond our capability to influence without help. Sure, we will continue with strong editorial comment, written by aviation experts who check their facts and offer opinions based upon years of actual flight experience in all aspects of aviation. There will be no “fake news” in the pages of In Flight USA. But our main strength, both as a magazine and as individuals, lies in working with the organizations that represent us in D.C. Regrettably, those we elect to office know virtually nothing about aviation and are subject to pressures from a variety of directions that can (and do) lead them astray. But general and business aviation has its own voice and some powerful guns to fight the swamp rats such as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA), Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), International Council of Airshows (ICAS), and many other industry “alphabet” groups that represent private and business aviation. While often referred to as “special interest groups” by politicians trying to pass bad laws that seek to cripple the freedom of flight enjoyed in America, these groups are often our last hope for democratic representation. The activities of these organizations far exceed just the support, or opposition, of proposed legislation. Virtually all government bureaucracies seek to expand their authorities Continued on Page 7
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Continued from Page 6 through issuance of advisory circulars, notices, orders, and other internal manifestations that bypass the public regulatory process. Our alphabet groups painstakingly track the details of such activities and head off a lot of problems the average pilot never even knows about. In Flight USA is increasing our support and promotion of these pro-aviation organizations, both with special advertising rates and free column space for them to use to keep you, our readers, informed. And then we have an entirely new form of aviation emerging. Did you notice the introduction of our dedicated section covering news and events in the world of Unmanned Aerial Systems, better known as drones? A contemporary pilot might wonder what drones have to do with “real” flying machines. The answer is “a great deal,” as drones, being used commercially and privately (hobby flying), plus the sUAS Pilot Certificate, are the fastest growing sector within American aviation. Drones have become an active part of the National Airspace System, and the growth of their use will continue to expand exponentially. One of our staff, an experienced contemporary pilot, obtained his sUAS Pilot Certificate when it first became available in Aug. of 2017, thinking it was “just another certificate in his pocket.” That same member of our editorial staff is now teaching sUAS classes throughout the Midwest and becoming a skilled drone operator. Lily Camera, producers of the highly advanced Lily Next Gen Camera Drone (www.lily.camera.), have sent In Flight USA their Next Gen Drone for evaluation, and a full pilot report will appear in the February issue. Of interest to our “company drone pilot” is the experience that several of his drone students have, following the drone class. They asked about continuing onto Private or
Sport Pilot training. Could drones become a “gateway” experience that leads one to take up “people” flying? In Flight USA will be leading the contemporary aviation press with ongoing articles and stories involving drone flying, either for recreation or business. Just as Piper and Cessna pilots must learn more about drones and their potential for sharing airspace, drone manufactures must recognize that they have become a part of a much larger enterprise, known as the National Airspace System. Drone flying will most certainly be affected with the onset of proposed privatization. We invite drone product and service providers to consider submitting articles and advertising that will get their side of the story out to both aviators and regulatory agencies. We look forward to 2018 being the year that our entire editorial staff obtains sUAS certificates and manages to hover without knocking objects off the desk. We hope our readers will have as much fun as we are in helping open this new world of flying. New Year’s resolutions can become addictive. So many things to plan for and just one short year to get them done! But let’s stop here and shift the challenge. You see what our plans include, how about yours? Is a flight review coming up? Maybe this time you will get some hard dual and not just a short ride? Maybe go to www.faasafety.com and sign up for some wings classes? How about finally obtaining that instrument rating? Of course, your plane would probably appreciate that 10-pound weight loss, so don’t give up on old school resolutions. How about giving us a clue as to what you think would be important aviation-related resolutions for 2018? We can be contacted at staff@inflightusa.com. We look forward to hearing from you. For more information, visit www.inflightusa.com and be sure to “like” us on Facebook at www.facebook .com/inflightusa.
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The 7-inch touch screen aviation GPS has been reborn. The iFly 740b is loaded with digital copies of FAA sectionals, IFR Low Enroute charts, airport diagrams, approach plates, and more. In fact, everything from planning to flying is designed around image-enhanced maps from the FAA. Sweep your finger across the screen to scroll through the map, quick-tap to switch to another sectional, drag a route line to avoid a TFR, tap an airport to get detailed information, etc, etc. It's easy, intuitive, and fast.
Medical Reform Going Global More than twenty-five thousand pilots in the United States are now flying under BasicMed since its implementation on May 1, 2017, and other countries are taking notice. Australia is the latest country to follow suit in adopting new simplified medical qualifications, while the Bahamas agreed to allow BasicMed pilots in their airspace. AOPA worked hard for years on behalf of its members to bring about third class medical reform that the FAA now refers to as BasicMed. AOPA has developed a suite of online resources for pilots and physicians, what we’re calling our “Fit to Fly” resources, to help you make the most of the reforms and enjoy your freedom to fly. The burdensome medical requirements and red tape associated with medical certification have contributed to a decline in the pilot population. However, BasicMed is keeping pilots flying and allowing others to return to the skies. Seeing the impact of BasicMed ripple across the globe is exciting. BasicMed’s success has also been echoed throughout the industry, from certificated flight instructors and Civil Air Patrol volunteers to Rusty Pilots. AOPA staff has talked to thousands of pilots throughout the year at events and fly-ins across the country. Pilots everywhere are enthusiastic about BasicMed. And we’re confident that the numbers will continue to climb, especially as it becomes more mainstream in the aviation sector and as physicians gain more experience with it. If you still have questions regarding BasicMed, you can reach the AOPA Pilot Information Center at 888-462-3976, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern. See our Fit to Fly resources online at aopa.org/fittofly.
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AOPA has been hard at work collecting feedback from members regarding their experiences with fees and pricing at FBOs across the country. Working to ensure the affordability of flying is one of AOPA’s core missions, and we believe that reasonable airport access is crucial to protecting general aviation. While most FBOs are doing a great job, a handful are imposing unreasonable fees and engaging in pricing practices that restrict access. When airports accept federal funding through the Airport Improvement Program, they also agree to comply with certain grant obligations.
Some of those obligations include requiring that lease-holding FBOs charge reasonable and nondiscriminatory pricing for each aeronautical service rendered. This requirement is necessary to protect that airport for public use. At the request of airport sponsors seeking to make their facilities more welcoming to general aviation pilots, AOPA in recent months developed guidelines that will ensure pricing transparency, competitiveness, and reasonable fees at FBOs; filed three FAR Part 13 complaints to the FAA to address the most egregious airports we’ve found; and shed more light on the issue through our reporting. We’ve seen significant progress at a number of airports already. But through-
out this effort, it also became clear that there’s an enormous lack of transparency at certain FBOs. In the digital age of technology and apps, we can access the cost of goods and services with a few keystrokes on our phone. So why doesn’t this exist for general aviation? AOPA took this lack of transparency as an opportunity to raise the bar and expand the information provided to pilots through our updated online Airport Directory (www.aopa.org/airports), which will be released in the coming months. The FAA has also recently weighed in on the debate when it issued official guidance further supporting our initiative for more transparent and reasonable fees.
The agency reminded airport sponsors that receive federal funds that they “have a responsibility to ensure that FBO services and pricing practices are reasonable and applied in a non-unjustly, discriminatory manner.” We will use the guidance and recommendations to ensure airport sponsors understand their responsibilities and pilots know their rights, and this begins with transparency. The FAA’s guidance specifically states, “to confirm whether airport fees are reasonable and not unjust[ly] discriminatory, the fees, rates, and charges should be disclosed and made publicly available.” We agree.
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the Independent Fixed Base Operators Association (IFBOA) announced the distribution of approximately $3 million in good experience returns to workers compensation insurance program participants, bringing the total to over $10 million since 2011. “We are pleased to offer two competitive workers compensation insurance
programs that feature substantial financial returns to participants. The success of these programs depends in part on NATA’s safety training programs and events that help drive these good experience returns, creating additional value for members,” stated NATA Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Tim Obitts. “The success of these programs is predicated on the participants
continuing to place safety first within their business culture.” “Both programs were developed to reward safety performance with substantial year-end savings. Historically, program participants have received returns equal to or often greater than their annual membership dues,” added Jake Legere, IFBOA Manager of Membership. “With over 750 combined partici-
pants, the programs continue to grow. Contributing to this growth is the strategic alliance between NATA and IFBOA. This member benefit is once again the industry leader in rewarding our members’ safe operating results,” added Obitts. Learn more at www.nata.aero/wcip or www.ifboa.aero/workerscomp.cfm.
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INITIAL EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2018 AIRCRAFT ANNIVERSARIES ANNOUNCED
With another year come and gone, another crop of historic aircraft types will be celebrated in accordance with their significant anniversaries at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018. AirVenture 2018 will take place from July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc. The wide-ranging types of aircraft celebrated at aviation’s family reunion range across the spectrum, and surely include something for just about everyone who will be in attendance at Oshkosh. If you’re bringing one of the celebrated aircraft to AirVenture, register
for a gathering today! • T-6, SNJ, and Harvard (80 years) • Hatz Biplane (50 years) • Bede BD-4 (50 years) • Evans VP-1 Volksplane (50 years) • Quicksilver (40 years) • Quad City Challenger II (35 years) • Legal Eagle (20 years)
EAA will once again welcome aircraft groups celebrating milestone anniversaries. (Jack Tyson JGT/courtesy EAA)
Vintage, and others, will be announced in the near future. For updated information throughout the months, visit the EAA webstie at eaa.org.
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) last month announced registration for its 2018 Aviation Design Challenge has filled in record time, and that GAMA member company Click Bond, Inc. will be the owner of the Glasair Sportsman the winning high school team will help build as its prize. “This will be our largest competition since we started the Aviation Design Challenge in 2013,” said GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce. “We have 130 schools from 34 states registered to enter the competition next year, and 105 of them have never participated in the program before. With the addition of our member company, Click Bond, Inc., as the builder of record the winning team will help build, this will be our most exciting Aviation Design Challenge yet.” Next year marks the sixth annual year for the GAMA-hosted competition, created to teach U.S. high schools students Science, Technology, Engineering ,and Mathematics skills (STEM) through aviation, in the hopes of helping bridge the skills gap and spur interest in aviation industry careers. Since the competition’s inception in 2013, GAMA has reached nearly 400 high schools in 43 states and Washington, DC. “The fact that registration for the 2018 competition filled in record time – under two months – shows how highly U.S. educators value STEM skills and the excitement they have to teach those skills through aviation,” continued Bunce. “I’m so proud of this program’s growth and the success we have had in educating the nation’s young, bright minds about aviation and career options in the industry.” The prize for the winning team of the Challenge is to experience general aviation manufacturing firsthand. The prize has been held at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, where the students and their teacher help build a Glasair Sportsman over the course of two weeks alongside the Glasair crew and plane’s owner. GAMA member companies sponsor the competition to finance the team’s travel expenses for the prize, and this year a member company has purchased the plane the team
will help build. “Click Bond is a company founded by aviators and we deeply appreciate the benefits that general aviation brings to our business and to our nation. Sponsoring the GAMA Aviation Design Challenge aircraft is a natural fit with our mission to advance awareness of this important sector of the industry,” said Click Bond President and CEO Karl Hutter. “We look forward to working alongside the winning team’s students and Glasair’s professionals during the aircraft build. When it’s done, we will utilize this aircraft as an ambassador of the general aviation industry to attract, educate, and inspire the next generation of aerospace leaders, exposing them to great career opportunities and encouraging them to experience flight firsthand.” Click Bond, Inc. creates innovative mechanical hardware solutions, delivered through world-class manufacturing and customer support. Click Bond, Inc. is headquartered in Carson City, Nevada, with manufacturing facilities in Watertown, Conn., and Saltney, Wales, U.K. “Glasair is once again honored to be part of the Aviation Design Challenge. Everyone at Glasair is looking forward to hosting the winning students next June,” said Nigel Mott, President of Glasair Aviation USA, LLC. “This year we have the further privilege of working with the Click Bond team. We will be able to use Click Bond’s innovative products while building their Sportsman 2+2 and then incorporate them into our design as we move toward Part 23 Certification of the Sportsman 2+2 aircraft.” Glasair Aviation USA, LLC produces the Sportsman 2+2 aircraft kit and the Merlin Light Sport aircraft. Glasair’s manufacturing facilities are located in Arlington, Wash., where its team also assists builders with completion of their aircraft in Glasair’s Two Weeks to Taxi program. More information about the competition organizers and partners can be found on gama.aero, clickbond.com, glasairaviation.com, flytolearn.com and xplane.com.
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Italy’s Dario Costa and South Africa’s Patrick Davidson will make Red Bull Air Race history in 2018, as they become the first pilots from their countries to fly in the Challenger Class. They’ll be joining an international lineup that’s packed with standouts, including the only two-time Challenger Cup winner in the sport. The 2018 Challenger Class will be one of the biggest with 10 pilots from nine nations. Germany’s Florian Bergér will be looking to claim an unprecedented hat-trick of three Challenger Cup championships in a row, a tall order following the most closely contested season so far. Returning also are the pilots who joined Bergér on the overall podium in October, Daniel Ryfa of Sweden and Luke Czepiela of Poland, as well as names like Kenny Chiang and Mélanie Astles – the first Chinese pilot and first woman pilot in the sport – who captured their inaugural race wins in 2017. The addition of Davidson and Costa will add to the excitement. Coming from a family with deep roots in aviation, Davidson has extensive experience as a display pilot of modern and rare vintage aircraft, and as an aerobatic competitor the South African has won multiple national titles, as well as both team and individual medals at the world level. Also a national championship-winning aerobatic pilot, Costa didn’t come from a flying heritage but learned aviation inside and out with roles such as Italy’s youngest professional aerobatics instructor, contest director for the World Aerobatic Championships, and member of The Flying Bulls display team. “It’s going to be super competitive out there, with many experienced Challenger pilots fighting for the same result, and tons to learn as a newcomer,” Costa states. “It won’t be easy to aim for a
win in my first season, but for sure I will not be fully satisfied with anything but first place. However, every flight gives you the chance to develop skills and knowledge in order to be the fastest. I want to be the best I possibly can, and it means a lot personally to be the first to fly for Italy.” A breeding ground for the growth of the sport, the Challenger Class was introduced in 2014 to help outstanding pilots build their skills to the elite level necessary to potentially race in the World Championship. Flying in race conditions is an important part of the Challengers’ progression, and so far, seven former Challenger pilots have advanced to the Master Class ranks. New Challenger Davidson said, “I wanted a chance, and now that it’s been given, I will fly the South African flag high. Perseverance with the right support and guidance is bound to result in dreams fulfilled.” Both the Challenger Class and the Master Class will kick off the eight-stop 2018 calendar at the Red Bull Air Race season opener in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 2-3 . Ticketing for the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship is underway Find out more at http://airrace.redbull.com/en_US/tickets.
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Abu Dhabi: Feb. 2-3, 2018 Season Opener – 2018 will see Abu Dhabi play host to the Red Bull Air Race for the 11th time! It will once again set the scene as the action-packed season opener for a brand new World Championship. The Red Bull Air Race will kick off in style, offering fans the perfect racing destination with plenty to see, do, and experience away from the racetrack. The race will take place over the Arabian Gulf's stunning blue waters, and fans will be able to witness all the action from the purpose-built race village on the Corniche breakwater. With unrivalled views of the race and the UAE capital's impressive skyline, the arena will be an entertainment focal point for all the family. When the high speed, low altitude racing is over for the day, Abu Dhabi still has plenty to offer – from Yas Island, home to the iconic Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Arabia's award-winning mega waterpark, Yas Waterworld, to authentic desert experiences, majestic pearl journeys, championship golf courses and unrivalled shopping destinations. For those wanting to get up close to the action, Abu Dhabi's Corniche boasts eight kilometres of pristine beachfront, giving fans a front row seat in
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he Air Force has selected Truax Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin and Dannelly Field, Alabama as the preferred locations for the next two Air National Guard F-35A bases. “Selecting Truax Field and Dannelly Field will increase Air National Guard F35A units providing 5th Generation airpower around the world,” said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. “As F35As arrive at these locations, we will use the existing aircraft at these fields to replace the aging F-16s at other Air National Guard units.” F-35As will eventually replace many of the fourth generation Air Force aircraft. However, the Air Force will continue to fly a mix of fifth and fourth generation fighters into the 2040s, in order to maintain enough fighters to meet combatant commander requirements, provide required training and allow a reasonable deployment tempo for the force.
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At this time, the Air Force expects the F-35As to begin arriving at Truax Field in early 2023 and at Dannelly Field later that year. These locations remain preferred alternatives until the secretary of the Air Force makes the final basing decisions after the requisite environmental analysis is complete. The Air Force also evaluated Gowen Field ANGB, Idaho, Selfridge ANGB, Mich. and Jacksonville Air Guard Station, Flo. in this round of decisions. Those bases were reasonable alternatives but not preferred. Previously, the secretary of the Air Force selected three active duty operational locations and one Air National Guard location – Hill AFB, Utah, RAF Lakenheath, England, Eielson AFB, Alaska and Burlington AGS, Vermont. Additionally, the Air Force announced Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas as the preferred alternative for the first Air Force Reserve base.
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People across the country and around the world can now use their mobile phones to see moments that made air and space history with the new VR Hangar from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The VR Hangar brings some of the museum’s most important milestone artifacts to life using real 3-D-scan data in immersive virtual-reality vignettes. The app is optimized for use with Google Cardboard and similar devices and is available free of charge in the iOS and Android app stores. Users will discover three of the museum’s most popular air- and spacecraft, each with three immersive scenes: • 1903 Wright Flyer: The 1903 Wright Flyer was the product of a sophisticated four-year program of research and development conducted by Wilbur and Orville Wright beginning in 1899. After building and testing three full-sized gliders, the Wrights’ first powered airplane flew at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Dec. 17, 1903, making a 12second flight, traveling 120 feet. Users can: • See the workshop where Wilbur and Orville built the Flyer • Watch their first unsuccessful attempt at Kitty Hawk • Witness the inauguration of the aerial age with the Wright’s first flight • Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis: On Oct. 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 700 miles per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 43,000 feet. Yeager named the airplane Glamorous Glennis in tribute to his wife. Users can: • See the experimental X-1 in develop-
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DOUBLE TAKE: BROTHERS’ BOND EXTENDS FAR BEYOND TWIN UPBRINGING In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years
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It is well known that twins share a unique bond that transcends other sibling relationships. It’s common for twins to live, work and recreate within close proximity to each other throughout their lives. But for one pair of Air Force twins, they’ve taken that commonality several steps further. Staff Sgt. Jordan Peterson and his two-minute-older brother, Jarrod, are assigned to the Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. They are both web developers for AFTAC’s Cyber Capabilities Squadron and share the same Air Force Specialty Code – 3D0X4. Not only are they in the same center, squadron, and flight, they also sit within feet of each other behind the secure walls of CYCS’s help desk. And while the Petersons are fraternal twins by birth, their physical traits are so similar that most people think they’re identical. “One day, I was talking to Jordan
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about a complicated work order and we had a pretty in-depth conversation about how we could resolve the customer’s problem,” said Staff Sgt. Anthony Gerspacher, AFTAC web designer. “Then the next day I went back to ask him a question about what he had dis-
cussed, and he just stared at me like he had no idea what I was talking about. That’s when I realized I was talking to Jarrod!” The Jacksonville natives joined the Air Force in 2012 after discussing career options with their parents. “My dad
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thought it would be a good idea, and my mother thought it was a great idea,” said Jarrod. “My mom’s father and two brothers all served in the military, and I figured I’d gain a lot of valuable experience in a real-world, structured environment.” “We signed up together and had the same recruiter,” continued Jordan, “but we ended up a month apart in basic training. I remember the first time I saw him at Lackland (AFB). I was marching with my flight, just a silly trainee still in civilian clothes, and I saw this random group of trainees in uniform. One of them seemed to be staring me down, and there’s Jarrod, just standing there with this smug grin on his face while my flight trudged on by. I tried to signal him with a slight head-nod to acknowledge that I’d seen him – you know, in a real cool, nonchalant kind of way, but I ended up doing this hard whole-body move. Thank goodness my MTI (military training instructor) missed that!” “Yeah, that was hysterical!” said Jarrod. “When his MTI first saw me, he did a double-take and gave me this confused look as if he were thinking to himContinued on Page 19
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hh…it seems like only yesterday! My long cross-country as a student pilot… I was speaking with one of my CAP squadron-mates the other day and asked how close he was to finishing his Private Pilot license. He said he had just a couple of items left, including his solo long cross-country. Since he was training at a Part 141 flight school, his cross-country merely had to cover at least 100nm. As I look at the FARs today, it appears that the requirements may have been relaxed from when I did my long cross-country years ago. As I recall, my flight had to have three legs of at least 100nm each. At the time I was training at Turners Falls (0B5), a remote, picturesque airport located at a sharp bend in the Connecticut River in north central Massachusetts. The airport has a 3,200-foot runway that sits on a plateau about 50 feet above the river, which to me as a young aviator provided an exhilarating view when approaching runway 16 over the river. I had planned my flight under the supervision of my instructor and just needed the weather and aircraft availability to cooperate. That day arrived in July, 1980. I had graduated from UMass that May, and had been making the 100 mile trek from my home in eastern Massachusetts to complete my training at 0B5 since then, but that was getting tedious – especially since I lived under the traffic pattern of Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD). This would end up being my last flight from Turners Falls. My flight would take me from Turners Falls to Portland International (KPWM); from there to Martha’s Vineyard (KMVY); and then back to Turners Falls; total distance: about 360nm. It would take me almost five hours’ flight time to complete in the club’s Cessna 152, N49394. It was a beautiful CAVU day as I flew northeast to Portland, reaching the coast after a little more than an hour. I contacted Portland Tower, announcing that I was a student pilot, and they cleared me to land on runway 36 – “Got that Convair at your 11:00? Follow him in…cleared to land runway 36.” I made what I considered to be a pretty good landing, but then heard a loud “thump, thump, thump…” and the airplane pulled hard to the right. What the heck…? I immediately suspected something was wrong with the landing gear, but I couldn’t see it from the left seat. I had never heard anything like that before,
so I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t know what! Aviate, Navigate, Communicate – it works on the ground too! I got the plane slowed down, cleared the runway at taxiway G and called Ground. Me: “Portland Ground, Cessna 49394, clear of the active - is there a Cessna dealer here?” Ground: “Yes, there’s one to your right…wait – standby! You’re not going anywhere – you’ve got a flat tire! Park over to your right; I’ll call the FBO and get them to tow you…” Well, that would account for the horrendous thumping and hard pull to the right! I maneuvered slowly through the taxi lights and shut down on a section of unused tarmac. I hopped out to inspect the damage (thankfully, there was none) and sure enough, the right main tire was flat! A few minutes later a truck backed to the front of the Cessna and a helpful gentleman hooked the nose gear to the truck and slowly towed it to the FBO, Maine Aviation. It was a Saturday morning, and they had had to call a mechanic in to affect the repair. I was impressed as he clocked-in, washed his hands, put on his overalls and gloves and got to work removing the tire. He showed me where the inner tube had slipped inside the tire and cut the stem, causing the flat. He was very meticulous as he cleaned the wheel surface and installed a new tube, then the tire itself and then pumped it up to precisely the correct tire pressure. He checked and pumped up the other tires as well – wow, what great service! Then, off came the gloves and overalls, another washing of the hands, and finally clocking out. An hour and a half later, and $73.50, and I was ready to go! It wasn’t until then that I understood that he had been “on the clock” throughout the process… (The club paid for the repair, which worked out to be exactly what aircraft rental for the day was – a total of 4.9 hours at $15/hour!) While he worked, I found a phone booth (remember those?), closed my flight plan, and called my instructor to inform him of my progress and situation. “No problem, get it fixed, call when you get to Martha’s Vineyard…” Now well behind my planned schedule, I departed Portland on Runway 29 and turned south toward Boston. My plan was to climb to clear the Boston TCA (Terminal Control Area – now Class Bravo airspace) which extended up to 10,000-feet (the Class B now extends
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only to 7,000-feet) rather than diverting around the airspace. Climbing to 10,500feet in a Cessna 152 is a challenge, but I was lighter then, and I didn’t have a passenger on board, so I went for it. I’d have a good 65 miles to reach altitude, so I wasn’t too concerned. I did not want to spend more time over the ocean than necessary, so rather
than fly directly to Martha’s Vineyard, which would have put me 10-15 miles out to sea for way too much of the time, I planned to fly to the Lawrence VOR (LWM), then direct to the Martha’s Vineyard VOR (MVY) located on the field at KMVY. This route took me directly over a couple of airports I Continued on Page 18
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Continued from Page 17 thought might be interesting: Pease Air Force Base (KPSM) and Boston’s Logan Airport (KBOS). Pease is now a joint use airport, a public use airport that also hosts the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157 Air Refueling Wing, but at the time it was an active Air Force Base. So I was hopeful I’d see something interesting as I flew over – maybe an F-15 Eagle or an F16 Fighting Falcon, both were still fairly new and exotic back then – at least to a young aviation enthusiast like me.
I was not disappointed! As I passed over, I did a double-take! I could not believe what I was seeing from my lofty 5,000-foot altitude! An SR-71 Blackbird on the ramp! Mind you, the SR-71 was still very much in active duty at that time, flying top-secret missions throughout the world, but rarely, if ever, seen in the Northeast! I was stunned; it’s unique, but beautiful form was unmistakable, surrounded by security and support vehicles. After briefly considering circling overhead and deciding against it – fearful I
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might draw some unwanted attention – I continued my slow climb toward Boston and Martha’s Vineyard. Light westerly’s at Logan Airport meant the dance of airline arrivals and departures silently played out beneath me as I slowly made my way over Winthrop and Deer Island two miles overhead. The skyscrapers of downtown Boston looked laughably small off my right wing. Arrivals from the west flew their exaggerated downwinds well north of the field and merged gracefully with other aircraft
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arriving from the south over Massachusetts Bay for their final approaches to runways 27 and 33L, while departing aircraft charged down runways 4L and 4R, launching skyward long before reaching the end of either. As a student pilot, it was a thing of beauty to see this carefully choreographed sequence of events play out in real time. As I passed over Boston Harbor the entirety of Cape Cod became visible, from Provincetown at the tip all the way around to the Cape Cod Canal, a 13-mile long canal that essentially makes Cape Cod an Island. Two large, identical arch bridges, the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges, as well as the Cape Cod Railroad Bridge, a vertical lift bridge with a span of more than 500 feet, connect the Cape to the mainland; these too, became visible as I droned south over the cranberry bogs of Plymouth and Carver, Mass. I began my descent as I flew over Buzzards Bay, then Woods Hole, stately sailboats plying the waters below. Vineyard Sound slipped by as I announced my presence to the tower then joined the airport traffic on a long final for runway 24. I touched down smoothly and cleared the runway; no flat this time – I was really getting the hang of this! I refueled and found someone to sign my logbook. It was getting late and I still had another hundred miles to go, so I saddled up and departed for Turners Falls. It was an uneventful flight, ending in a nice late afternoon landing. The repair in Maine had meant that I had interfered with another club-member’s flight. He was waiting patiently when I arrived, having been forewarned of my delay, and readily accepted my apology, understanding that some events were beyond my control. I left on my long journey home that evening exhausted from the mental exertion of the day-long flight but giddy with the sense of accomplishment. I hope that my friend at CAP has a similar reaction to his cross-country flight. Like my first solo, it’s something I’ll never forget! Until next time, fly safe!
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Double Take: Brothers’ Bond
Continued from Page 16 self, ‘Hey, I know that kid’ but he kept on going. I laughed to myself when I saw Jordan’s in-cadence body nod!” For now, there is one indicator that makes it easy for the untrained eye to tell them apart. Jordan sewed on his E-5 stripes in Feb. 2016, while Jarrod is patiently waiting for his line number to arrive so he can sew on his hard-earned staff sergeant rank. “I’m older, I’m taller, and I went to basic training a month ahead of him, but he outranks me by mere months,” Jarrod joked. “Actually, when he made staff, our leadership gave me more of a hard time about it than anyone, and they were pretty relentless with the ribbing. So much so that Jordan didn’t get to have as much fun with it. I felt kind of bad that his shining moment was kind of taken away from him.” The brothers have long been rivals since childhood, but genuinely care about each other’s success as well as individuality. “We have a lot of similarities and likes, but as we’ve grown older, we seem to have settled into our own individual roles and don’t seem to benefit from the constant twin comparison,” said Jordan. “We’re both married with our own families and lives, but we still carve out offduty time to hang out, watch TV, or game together.” Still, the duo’s similarities are eerily ever-present. “We often finish things at the same time with very similar results,” Jarrod said. “Just recently we took what’s called
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a Sec+ exam for IT security certification, and we both scored a 790.” With a combined 10 years of service, the Airmen are still deciding whether or not the Air Force will be a full 20-year career for them. “I’m still on the fence if I’m going to go the full distance to retirement,” said Jordan. “Some days I look forward to starting a commercial career, while oth-
ers I look at the sense of belonging and camaraderie I have in the Air Force, which pushes me towards staying in. Either way, I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished so far.” Jarrod echoed his brother’s sentiment. “I’m on the fence as well. My future with the Air Force truly depends on how much personal growth I see throughout
19 my experiences in the military. If the writing is on the wall to stay in, I will. But if I think I’ll progress more on the outside, I’ll go that route.” He added, “I think Jordan and I have had our twin moment for now, so I can’t ask for more than that. But if the future holds another assignment in the same location with my brother, I’d like to be surprised!”
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Jack J. Pelton, CEO and chairman of the board for the Experimental Aircraft Association, has received multiple honors over the past few weeks from the National Aeronautic Association, Federal Aviation Administration, and the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame. Pelton was named one of six 2017 recipients of NAA’s Wesley McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award. The award recognizes “outstanding living Americans who, by their efforts over an extended period of years, have made contributions of significant value to aeronautics, and have reflected credit upon America and themselves.” Pelton received that award during NAA’s annual fall awards program on Nov. 29 in Arlington, Va. On Nov. 28, Pelton received the Friend of Safety Award from the FAA’s Aviation Safety organization. It honored Pelton’s leadership in developing lowcost, safety-enhancing equipment for general aviation cockpits. EAA partnered with small, innovative companies that typically were not part of the certified equipment marketplace. Those awards followed Pelton’s Nov. 11 induction into the Kansas Aviation Hall
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Jack Pelton (center) with the NAA’s McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award after the presentation on November 29. With him is (left) U.S. Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas and (right) Bob Stangarone, who worked with Pelton for many years at Cessna Aircraft. (Peter Cutt/Courtesy EAA)
of Fame, which recognizes citizens of Kansas who have made contributions to aviation of statewide or national significance. Along with his leadership of EAA, Pelton was recognized for his long, successful tenure as president, CEO, and chairman of Cessna Aircraft Company. Pelton first headed EAA in Oct. 2012, serving in a volunteer role as chairman of the board and providing transition leadership for a three-year period. The EAA board then named him CEO/chairman, a full-time position, in November 2015.
MUNICH AIRPORT IS AWARDED A LONG-TERM CONSULTING CONTRACT FROM TURKISH AIRLINES
Turkish Airlines (TK) and Munich Airport signed a long-term consulting service contract. As of now, Munich Airport will support the flag carrier of the Republic of Turkey and the hub carrier of the current Istanbul Ataturk Airport in preparing a smooth relocation of its operations to the Istanbul New Airport, scheduled to open on Oct. 29, 2018. Istanbul New Airport is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Turkey. At present, a private consortium of five Turkish construction companies (IGA) is building Istanbul New Airport on the Block Sea Coast, with an investment worth $10.3 billion, and the airport will be constructed over an area of 82 million square feet to the north of Istanbul along the Black Sea Coast, in 21 mile distance to the city center as a bird’s-eye view. Also it will be the world’s largest airport as “built from scratch” and will be built as a modern, disability-friendly “green” airport with high recycling and rainwater utilization capacity. The construction will be carried out
in four phases. The first phase is scheduled to be finalized in 2018 with the opening of two runways and a terminal for 90 million passengers. Once complete, the new airport will host flying to more than 350 destinations with an annual passenger capacity up to 200 million. With 300 international destinations in 120 countries and a fleet size of 328 aircraft, Turkish Airlines, flies to more countries and international destinations than any other airline in the world. It currently operates the world’s third largest route network. By 2023, TK is planning a fleet expansion up to 500 aircraft (including cargo aircraft as well), counting 170 aircraft on order, and the aircraft whose rental periods are due to come to end by the end of 2023. Turkish Airlines currently operates 75 percent of all international flights at the existing Ataturk Airport. Relocating such a big hub carrier requires comprehensive strategic planning and close Continued from Page 20
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Doc’s Friends are bringing Doc back to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this summer. (Courtesy EAA)
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The STOL CH 750 Super Duty is the latest model in the Zenith high-wing line developed by aeronautical engineer, Chris Heintz. The STOL CH 750 “Super Duty” (SD) is quite literally an expansion on the popular two-seat STOL CH 750 light-sport aircraft, with increased load (and corresponding increased gross weight), the addition of a “jump seat” in the large rear cabin area, and new engine choices for maximum short take-off and landing (STOL) performance. Immediately apparent upon entering the prototype airplane is the fact that the traditional instrumental panel is nowhere to be found: it has been completely replaced with a single extra-large, freestanding 17-inch display: The Avilution Unpanel integrated avionics display. Offered as a kit option to Zenith customers, the Unpanel display replaces the
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traditional collection of instruments, controls, and smaller displays with a single massive 17-inch display. By removing the traditional instrument panel bulkhead from the cabin area of the already-roomy CH 750 fuselage, the forward half of the cabin feels more like a helicopter, including helicopter-like visibility. The cabin itself is 42 feet wide (and up to 50 feet at the shoulders thanks to the standard bubble doors) and includes adjustable front seats. The huge rear cabin area is fitted with a rear jump seat and can easily carry up to 200 pounds, ideal for a passenger or all your camping and hiking gear. For more information, contact Zenith Aircraft Company: www.zenithair .com, Tel. 573/581-9000 or email info@zenithair.com
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FILE PHOTO Pictures coming soon on our website. NDR. Economical and comfortable classic flyer at the price of an old Cherokee. High cruise speed 165 mph and stall at 48 mph. Bendix King KA 134 TSO Audio Panel, Remote 3-light Marker Beacon, Bendix King KT 76A Transponder w/ Mode C Bendix King KLX 135A Com/GPS, and more. An oldie but goodie...
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TEXTRON AVIATION UNVEILS NEW LARGE-UTILITY TURBOPROP, THE CESSNA SKYCOURIER
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Fedex Express Signs As Launch Customer for Up to 100 Aircraft
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, recently announced its new twin-engine, high-wing, large-utility turboprop – the Cessna SkyCourier 408. FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and longtime Textron Aviation customer, has signed on as the launch customer for up to 100 aircraft, with an initial fleet order of 50 cargo aircraft and options for 50 more. Entry into service for the cleansheet design Cessna SkyCourier is planned for 2020. “With our depth of expertise and proven success in new product development, we were eager to work directly with a world-class company like FedEx Express to jointly develop the Cessna SkyCourier,” said Scott Ernest, president and CEO of Textron Aviation. “The aircraft will fulfill a gap in this market segment with its superior performance and low operating costs in combination with the cabin flexibility, payload capability and efficiency only a clean-sheet design can offer.”
About the Cessna SkyCourier
Built for high utilization operations, the Cessna SkyCourier 408 will be offered in cargo and passenger variants. The cargo variant will feature a large cargo door and a flat floor cabin that is sized to handle up to three LD3 shipping containers with an impressive 6,000 pounds of maximum payload capability. The aircraft will also afford a maximum cruise speed of up to 200 ktas and a 900 nautical-mile maximum range. The efficient 19-passenger variant will include crew and passenger doors for smooth boarding, as well as large cabin windows for great natural light and
Textron recently introduced its new twinengine, high-wing, large-utility turbo. (Courtesy Textron)
views. Both configurations will offer single-point pressure refueling to enable faster turnarounds. The Cessna Caravan platform has set the standard in the single-engine utility category for decades. The Cessna SkyCourier will build on that proven success in the large-utility category, offering even greater capability and mission flexibility.
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Textron Aviation has built a strong relationship with FedEx Express, which has utilized the Cessna Caravan platform in its feeder aircraft fleet for over 30 years. “FedEx Express has had a great relationship with Textron Aviation over the years, and this new, advanced aircraft will play a key role in our feeder aircraft modernization strategy,” said David L. Cunningham, president and CEO of FedEx Express. “The Cessna SkyCourier 408 offers a number of significant features that will enhance our long-term feeder strategy.” For more information, visit www.txtav.com or the Cessna website at http://cessna.txtav.com/.
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CubCrafters is introducing two new variants of the company’s hugely successful Carbon Cub model, the Carbon Cub EX-3 and FX-3. The Carbon Cub EX-3 is an experimental amateur built (E-AB) kit, and the Carbon Cub FX-3 is the company’s FX (Factory eXperimental) builder assist version. Both feature CubCrafters’ new, more powerful, fuel-injected engine, constant-speed propeller, and higher 2,000 pound gross weight limit. “With more than 500 Carbon Cubs flying, we are pleased to announce another meaningful step in the evolution of this aircraft,” said Randy Lervold, president of CubCrafters. “The Carbon Cub has a well-earned reputation as the performance leader among adventure aircraft, and now, with the introduction of the new EX-3 and FX-3 models, we are raising the performance bar even higher.” The new airframes are quite similar in appearance and dimension to existing Carbon Cubs, but the new fuselage and wings are designed and tested for increased gross weight (2,000 pound), and higher speed (130+ mph cruise). The EX3 and FX-3 sport a composite Trailblazer constant-speed prop and spinner from Hartzell, plus the aerodynamic carbon cowl from CubCrafters’ flagship, the XCub. Hidden beneath the cowl’s distinctive cooling fins turns an entirely new fuelinjected power plant created by the combined design resources at Superior Air Parts, Aero Sport Power, and CubCrafters. Together, these upgrades define a Carbon Cub that fills a logical position between the existing Carbon Cub EX-2/FX-2 models and the XCub.
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Hartzell Trailblazer Composite Constant-Speed Propeller
Like CubCrafters’ top-of-the line XCub, the Carbon Cub EX-3 and FX-3 are fitted with Hartzell’s lightweight Trailblazer constant-speed prop. The company offers an 80-inch Trailblazer as standard, and an 83-inch is available as an optional upgrade. Compared to the fixed-pitch prop available on current Carbon Cubs, the Trailblazer yields appreciably higher thrust for takeoff and climb, higher speed, and greater range for the EX-3/FX-3.
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Providing power for the EX-3 and FX-3 is the new CC363i power plant. Developed in partnership with Superior Air Parts and Aero Sport Power, the CC363i is a lightweight four-cylinder engine with fuel injection from Precision Airmotive and electronic ignition by Lightspeed Engineering. Unique to the CC363i is CubCrafters’ ultra-lightweight cold air induction system. The company’s engineering group employed com-
The construction of the Carbon Cub EX-3/FX-3 allows an increased useful load of up to 977 pounds, which is greater than any previous Carbon Cub. The new fuselage and wings feature even more robust design and execution compared to previous Carbon Cub models. The new 3×3 landing gear was originally designed for the XCub and features strengthened fuselage attach points. The wings’ rear spar and attachments have been bolstered, the leading edge uses thicker aluminum, and the new struts resemble those from the XCub. Despite Continued on Page 28
BELL V-280 VALOR ACHIEVES FIRST FLIGHT
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The V-280 Valor, which made its first flight last month, is a next-generation tiltrotor designed to provide agility, speed, range and payload capabilities at an affordable cost. (Ashley Moore/Courtesy Textron) Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, on Dec. 18 announced that its V280 Valor has achieved first flight. The V-280 Valor is a next-generation tiltrotor that is designed to provide unmatched agility, speed, range and payload capabilities at an affordable cost. This milestone represents exceptional progress on the V280 development program and brings Bell Helicopter one step closer to creating the next generation of vertical lift aircraft for the U.S. military. “This is an exciting time for Bell Helicopter, and I could not be more proud of the progress we have made with first flight of the Bell V-280,” says Mitch Snyder, President & CEO for Bell Helicopter. “First flight demonstrates our commitment to supporting Department of Defense leadership’s modernization priorities and acquisition reform initiatives. The Valor is designed to revolutionize vertical lift for the U.S. Army and represents a transformational aircraft for all the challenging missions our armed forces are asked to undertake. “We are thrilled to share in this success of the V-280 first flight with Team Valor,” added Snyder. “The V-280 intends to completely transform what is possible for the military when it comes to battle planning and forward operations.” The Bell V-280 Valor program is part of the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) initiative. The JMR-TD program is the science and technology precursor to the Department of Defense’s Future Vertical Lift program. The V-280 program brings together the engineering resources and industrial capabilities of Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, GE, Moog, IAI, TRU Simulation & Training, Astronics, Eaton, GKN Aerospace, Lord, Meggitt and Spirit AeroSystems – collectively referred to as Team Valor. The Bell V-280 Valor is postured to
provide the U.S. Army with the highest levels of maturity and technical readiness. The aircraft is designed to provide the best value in procurement, operations and support, and force structure, while delivering desired leap-ahead performance capabilities with increased maintainability, reliability and affordability to the DoD. With twice the speed and range of conventional helicopters, the Valor is designed to offer maneuver commanders unmatched operational agility to self-deploy and perform a multitude of vertical lift missions currently unachievable in one aircraft. The Bell V-280 is a combat force multiplier with superior performance, payload, survivability, and reliability to give the warfighter the decisive advantage.
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Workhorse Group Inc. an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric mobility solutions to the commercial transportation sector, on Jan. 3 announced it has received an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will allow the company to conduct test flights of its SureFly electric hybrid helicopter. The first test flight is scheduled for 12 p.m. local time in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2018, prior to the start of the 2018 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). On Dec. 27, 2017, Workhorse announced that it intends to spin off its SureFly business into a separate publicly traded company called SureFly, Inc. SureFly, the world’s first electric hybrid helicopter, features a drone-like octocopter design, a two-person, 400pound payload capacity and a range of approximately 70 miles. SureFly was first unveiled at the Paris Air Show in June 2017, and will be on display at the Workhorse CES exhibit, located on the Central Plaza at Booth #31, near the main entrance of the show. The company is currently accepting SureFly pre-orders at www.workhorse.com. SureFly re-invents the helicopter, making it safer, easier to fly and much more affordable than a conventional helicopter. Its design includes four propeller arms, with two fixed contra-rotating propellers on each arm; a hybrid propulsion system combining gasoline and electric power; and a backup lithium battery pack to drive the electric motors in the event of engine failure. In addition to its redundant safety features, SureFly includes a ballistic parachute that is designed to safely return the aircraft to the ground in emergency situations.
Carbon Cub
Continued from Page 26 the Experimental certification basis for the EX-3/FX-3, the entire airframe has endured structural, systems, and flighttesting that is similar to that of the company’s FAA Part 23 certified aircraft. As suggested above, the new Carbon Cub EX-3 and FX-3 share a number of design advancements developed for the company’s top model, the XCub. CubCrafters’ exclusive G-Series ailerons and flaps, aerodynamic carbon composite cowl with cooling louvers, and composite engine cooling baffles are all included on the new variants. Particularly welcome is
January 2018
The SureFly electric hybrid helicopter has received an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA that will allow the company to conduct test flights beginning this month. (Courtesy SureFly/Workhorse)
SureFly’s hybrid design leverages Workhorse’s battery pack, management systems and controls utilized in its currently commercialized range-extended battery electric trucks. SureFly’s gasoline combustion engine generates electricity and a parallel battery pack offers a backup power source, eliminating the need for larger batteries or long battery charging periods between flights. Pilots who have inspected SureFly are attracted to its easyto-pilot design – the aircraft is piloted by joystick in a similar fashion to flying a drone. The SureFly is expected to be capable of carrying a pilot and passenger or cargo up to 70 miles. After a quick refueling, SureFly will be ready for the next hop. Early models will be pilot-operated. Future models are intended to be capable of autonomous flight. Anticipated markets for the SureFly are precision agriculture, surveillance, aerial inspection, emergency response tasks, urban commuting and various military applications. The company is working toward full FAA certification of the helicopter in late 2019. The expected price of the SureFly is approximately $200,000. For additional information visit www.workhorse.com. the adaptation of the XCub control stick with improved positioning and multifunction grip, and a high-output triple-zone cabin heater with windshield defrost. “Pilots who have flown the new prototype universally report that it climbs aggressively, handles beautifully, and is even more refined than the current models,” says Lervold. “In fact, the thrust generated by the new aircraft is 20% higher than any previous Carbon Cub!” Carbon Cub EX-3 kits and FX-3 aircraft are already being delivered to customers. For more information about the new airplanes, visit cubcrafters .com/carboncub.
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HEALTY DELICIOUS CUISINE PREPARED WITH WATERFALL ALASKA FISH
ow that the holidays have passed, it’s time to activate those New Year’s resolutions. It’s safe to say that most of us have resolved to shed the extra pounds we put on over the holidays. Not only are weight losses generally considered a contribution to better health and a longer life, the less you weigh, the more stuff you can pack into your airplane without being over-grossed. Most physicians and dietitians agree that eating fish can extend your life. I make frequent trips to the supermarket in search of fresh fish. I’m often disappointed. Much of the product carries a label, “previously frozen.” Fresh or frozen, the prices are usually high. I prefer to catch my own. That way, I’m sure of what I’m getting. Plus, I can think of fewer pastimes more fun than fishing.
Salmon Cakes
Salmon Patty in Lettuce Wrap. (Stuart J. Faber)
If you are cutting down on your intake of red meat, what better alternative than a salmon patty? Cardiologists insist that we should consume salmon at least once a week. This recipe not only makes delicious burgers, you can fool yourself into believing you’re enjoying a hamburger. Plus, it will impress the doctor when he/she examines you for your pilot’s medical. • 4 tablespoons plus 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs • 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise • 4 teaspoons lemon juice • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce • 1 scallion, sliced thin • 1 small shallot, minced • 1/4 cup red onion, diced small • 1/4 cup celery, diced small • 1/2 cup each red & green bell pepper, diced small • 2 tablespoons capers
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1/2 jalapeno pepper, diced small 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon pepper Pinch cayenne pepper 1 (1 1/4 pound) skinless salmon fillet, cut into 1-inch pieces • 1/2 cup vegetable oil or olive oil
Combine 3 tablespoons panko, parsley, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, scallion, shallot, mustard, salt, pepper, and cayenne in bowl. Set aside. Working in 3 batches, pulse salmon in food processor until coarsely chopped into 1/4-inch pieces, about 2 pulses, transferring each batch to the bowl with the mixture you have just made. Do not over-pulse. Gently mix the salmon with the mixture until uniformly combined. Before shaping patties, pinch off a small amount and cook it in skillet. If it tastes great, continue to make patties. If not, add more seasonings to taste. Place remaining 3/4 cup panko in pie plate. Using a 1/3-cup measure, scoop level amount of salmon mixture and transfer to baking sheet. Repeat to make about 9 cakes. Carefully coat each cake in bread crumbs, gently patting into disk measuring 2-3/4 inches in diameter and 1 inch high. Return coated cakes to baking sheet. Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Place ½ of the salmon cakes in skillet and cook without moving until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Carefully flip cakes and cook until second side is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat with remaining cakes. Transfer cakes to paper towellined plate to drain 1 minute. Makes about 9 cakes. Serve over bed of romaine lettuce or wrap a cake in a lettuce leaf.
Halibut in Tomato Sauce. (Stuart J. Faber) • • • • • • • • • • •
1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 2 large shallots or 1/2 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 3 tablespoons drained capers 2 tablespoons chopped olives 1/4 teaspoon dried basil 1/4 teaspoon thyme 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1 (14.5-oz.) can petite diced tomatoes 1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
Pat fish dry on both sides. Season fish with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil over medium-high heat in large, heavy skillet. Sauté fish 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes with a fork and is opaque throughout. Do not over cook! Transfer fish to a plate and keep warm. Add shallot or onion to skillet, and sauté 1 to 2 minutes or until opaque and tender. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Do not brown. Add capers, olives, basil, thyme and oregano, and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt; cook 1 minute. Reduce heat to low, add tomatoes, and cook, stirring occasionally until sauce is hot. Sprinkle with parsley. Check for seasonings. Place fish on top of sauce. Scoop some sauce over fish. Serve over steamed rice.
Blackened Salmon and Lentils
Sautéed Halibut or Cod in Tomato Sauce
Halibut is a very popular fish – not only with its colleagues in the ocean, but on restaurant menus. If you over-cook halibut, it will be tough. I suggest filets no more than 3/4-inch thick and cooked in a very hot pan for just 2-3 minutes per side.
Blackened Salmon with Lentils. (Stuart J. Faber)
• 4 (6-oz.) halibut or cod fillets,1/2-inch thick (2 filets, about 1 lb. for 2 people) • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Lentils, a member of the legume family, are surprisingly easy to prepare. They are packed with protein, dietary
Stuart J. Faber and Aunt Bea fiber and Vitamin B1. Salmon, full of omega fatty acids is one of the world’s leading fish for good health. Meals like this will not only keep you away from lawyers who practice disability law, they will keep you away from doctors, as well. Lentils • 1 cup dry lentils (preferably Lentils du Puy) • 1 medium onion, chopped • 2 stalks celery, chopped • 4 garlic cloves, chopped • 2 carrots, chopped • 2 cups chicken stock • 2 cups water • 1-14 ounce can diced tomatoes, juice included • 1 6-ounce can tomato paste • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or 1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme • 1/4 teaspoon each paprika, oregano, granulated garlic, sugar • pinch red pepper flakes • 1 bay leaf • 1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley flakes • 4 (4 to 6 ounce) salmon filets Rinse lentils and set aside. In a large, heavy skillet over medium heat, cook onion and celery in 1 tablespoon of olive oil for about 5 minutes until soft. Do not brown. Add garlic and carrots and stir for 1 minute. Add lentils, chicken stock, water, tomatoes, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, paprika, granulated, garlic, sugar. red pepper flakes and bay leaf. Stir ingredients together and bring to a boil. Turn heat down to medium low, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until lentils are tender but not mushy. They should be slightly al dente. Remove bay leaf. Add parsley flakes Salmon Blackening the salmon produces a Continued on Page 30
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Mooney International recently completed the much-anticipated delivery of its first production M20U Ovation Ultra at the company’s headquarters in Kerrville, Texas. Just like its sister aircraft, the turbo-charged M20V Acclaim Ultra, the Ovation Ultra boasts classleading speed and versatility. The aircraft is outfitted with a normally-aspirated Continental IO-550 engine and achieves a top speed of 197 KTAS and a max range of 1,450 nm. The Ovation Ultra also features a beautifully redesigned leather interior, a pilot side door, wider cabin access, larger windows and the latest Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite. “Our base model is a fully loaded airplane,” said Lance Phillips, Marketing Director at Mooney. “Rather than upcharging customers for every single option, we want the majority of safety and modern features to be standard – as should be expected with any world-class product.” However, one popular option available on new Ovation and Acclaim Ultras is a TKS anti-icing system, manufactured by long-time Mooney supplier CAV Ice Protection. This option was selected for this first production Ovation Ultra aircraft and is therefore certified for flight into known icing (FIKI) conditions.
Significant Investment in Facility Continues
In other news, 2017 saw substantial improvements and advancements across the Mooney production facility. The factory is clean, well-organized and the latest in CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) equipment and other capital investments can also be seen. “It is one of our goals that whenever someone visits the factory, they notice something different,” said Robert Dutton, Vice President of Production Operations. “We are constantly looking to add and incorporate new technologies and upgrades where they make sense.” Examples of recent capital investments include a high-speed Gerber CNC singleply static table cutter and a large composite curing oven. Composite work has increasingly become a focus for the company.
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Following type certification in March, the assembly line was re-configured into a lean eight position “pull-to-demand” process. It is fed by a combination of inhouse fabricated parts (sheet metal, machined, welded, composite, plastic etc.), minor sub-assemblies, purchased parts, plus major sub-assemblies such as the fuse-
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Continued from Page 29 crispy surface and a moist, juicy interior. While lentils are cooking, place a heavy 12-inch skillet over medium high heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and heat for 5 minutes. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. A highly heated pan is the secret to beautifully seared salmon that does not stick to the pan. Rub extra virgin olive oil over both sides of the salmon and season generously with coarse salt, dill weed and freshly ground pepper. Lightly sprinkle with light brown sugar. Do not remove the bottom skin. Place filets in the skillet and sear for 3 minutes. Do not move the filets for this period. Flip the filets and place the skillet in the oven and cook for 5-8 minutes until the filets are medium rare. Spoon a generous mound of lentils on the plate and place a salmon filet over the mound.
Fabe’s Fish Tacos
I know some folks who travel to Mexico just to savor a great fish taco.
Fish Tacos with Guacamole. (Stuart J. Faber)
Save yourself a trip and try my version. The guacamole is also great. • 2 white fish filets, about 1 pound total: cod, red snapper or sea bass • pinch kosher salt • pinch black pepper • pinch sugar • 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter • 6 corn tortillas • 1/2 head green cabbage or lettuce • 1 ripe tomato, chopped • 4 tablespoons lime juice • 1/2 cup mayo • 1/2 red onion, chopped • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
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lage, tailcone, wing and empennage. Depending on which model is needed, these major sub-assemblies can be converted to either the Ovation or Acclaim within four hours. Once they are pulled into Position 1, they are joined together accordingly and the aircraft then starts its flow through the following eight positions, ending with a Certificate of Airworthiness in Position 8. The speed at which the aircraft is assembled through these positions can be adjusted to whatever the desired production rate. “We can and will build to whatever the demand is,” said Dutton. “However, as with any new product coming off an assembly line, our immediate focus is on the safety and quality of the product – quality before quantity.” It is currently expected Mooney will produce 24 airplanes in 2018. This total equates to an airplane coming off the assembly line every 10 business days. 2017 was also a year of growth for the newly formed “Mooney Manufacturing” segment. A lesserknown fact is Mooney International is a first-class supplier and service provider to several outside aerospace businesses – companies without their own fabrication and assembly capabilities. Today, a lot of aircraft manufacturers do not have this capability (or capac-
Shred the cabbage or lettuce. Drizzle with lime juice. Let stand in refrigerator. Combine mayo, lime juice, onion and cilantro. Lightly salt, pepper and sugar. Let rest in refrigerator Season the fish filets with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour and shake off excess. In a heavy skillet, heat oil until hot. Then, add butter and just melt. Place filets in skillet. Cook on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Cool filets for about 3 minutes, then cut into large chunks or strips. While fish is cooling, heat tortillas in oven or brown in a dry heavy pan over high heat until slightly browned. Mix lettuce or cabbage with aioli sauce. Assemble tacos with fish, sauce, lettuce and tomatoes. Add shredded cheese, if desired. These could also be made with wild caught Alaskan shrimp. Guacamole • 3 Hass Avocados
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ity). Continued growth of “Mooney Manufacturing” is expected in 2018.
Closing 2017 with a Bang!
On Dec. 19, 2017, the FAA provided Mooney International with Production Certificate 19SW to allow production and certification of the M20 Ultra models. Though Mooney has been delivering new M20 Ultras since July this year, the FAA has been directly involved in certifying each aircraft. Now, Mooney now has the authority to certify the aircraft without serial number-specific involvement by the FAA. As a result, a much-anticipated boost in production rates is expected. We owe this accomplishment to the hard work of our engineering, production and quality teams. To learn more about Mooney, its aircraft and operations, visit the company website at www.mooney .com.
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1/4 teaspoon cumin 2 limes, juiced 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 red onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/4 cup chopped cilantro 1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped • 1 Roma tomato, chopped • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Chop and smash avocado and mix all ingredients well. I highly recommend a trip to Waterfall resort. The accommodations are warm and comfortable, the fishing is fantastic and the staff is unparalleled in skill, efficiency and friendliness. They will pack your fish, send them on to the airline and you can pick them up in baggage claim when you arrive home. For more information on Waterfall Resort in Alaska, visit www.waterfallresort.com, or call 800/544-5125.
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In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years
An Interview with Fear of Flying Clinic Director, Jeanne McElhatton Editor’s Note: Jeanne McElhatton recently granted In Flight USA and interview regarding The Fear of Flying Clinic and tools to overcome the fear. Part 1 appeared in the December 2017 Edition, available online at www.inflightusa.com. The interview continues here.
Touring inside Operations at SFO. (Fear of Flying Clinic San Mateo)
Plane ready for flight. (Fear of Flying Clinic San Mateo)
Looking at the airfield. (Fear of Flying Clinic San Mateo)
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IF USA: Most people come to you with fear about mainstream commercial jets, but have you ever taken somebody up in a small plane? JM: I used to. In the beginning when the clinic was smaller and not as costly, I used to offer this. One client took me up on it. When we got out there, she said, “I don’t think I want to fly. I just want to taxi around.” The tower must have thought I was nuts. I just kept driving around the taxiway. We just went back and forth and forth and back. And finally she said, “Ok, let’s go up.” And she did. She flew up with me, and we just flew around the airport. When we landed, she said, “Wow!” She was delighted. This is not offered anymore due to costs. IF USA: Have any of your clients ever surpassed expectations and gotten involved in the industry? JM: One of the guys was into real estate, and he sold big pieces of land. He said, “You know, if I could fly, I could fly prospective clients over the area.” I don’t know if he ever got his license, but he went with an instructor and flew his clients over a piece of land. He was so thrilled with himself that he called to tell us when he did this. IF USA: How many of you work at the clinic? We have our office manager, Fran, and myself. We have a new board of directors. I have retired as chairman of the board, but we have new, younger people who are very much involved in all the electronics. They’re getting us up to date. Most of our board members are former clients. They want to give back and come and help. We also have a behavioral counselor on staff. This person is salaried, but most of us are not because we are a nonprofit. We believe that you don’t have to go back to potty training to figure out why you are afraid to fly. We focus on the here and now, and that is what our behavioral counselor helps our clients do. She helps them find out why – what’s wrong with the thinking – when there are hundreds of thousands of people who fly everyday. We are all about safety. That is an important direction that we take. IF USA: Is this only offered in San Mateo County? Do you ever go out of town to offer clinics? JM: We used to offer workshops out of town, but it’s just so hard to get the staff to participate. And we have to pay for our hotels and meals and everything. It’s just not feasible anymore. But we
have been to Monterey and Sacramento. We have had to change our fees and whatnot and restructure things. IF USA: Do you feel there is a lot of anxiety before the flight? JM: Not a lot, but there is some. There is more anxiety when they first get to the airport. IF USA: Are you a mental health professional or do you have any other mental health professionals on board? JM: I have been asked many times if I am a psychiatrist or a psychologist, but I am not. Our behavioral counselor is the only person on staff with a mental health background. My only background is that I love to fly, and it distresses me when I am around people who don’t like to. My goal is to take care of that. My favorite is helping children. I have had some people up in Sonoma who did not want to be in a class, so I helped them privately, counseling them and giving them flights. If they are too extreme for me to handle, our behavioral counselor comes with me, and we team up. She comes with us on every flight. We also have a moderator who manages the clinic and keeps things moving time wise. The moderator comes with us on every flight. We all become acquainted, and we answer every question that they ask. Sometimes they ask about accidents, and our pilots answer everything. There are so many accidents being covered nowadays, and I tell them that there is a button called “off.” Just turn it off. Our maintenance people tell them that many of the reports are false. Our guy, Tony, who is a good talker, brought to their attention that there was a false report that mentioned the wrong equipment. This helped them to see how the media can be wrong sometimes. IF USA: There are many people who are nervous before a flight. When would you say it becomes a problem? JM: It becomes a problem when you are so nervous that you can’t even go to the airport. Some can’t even sleep the night before. We always tell them to make sure they eat a good breakfast before they come. Then some have to get off the plane before it goes up. Sometimes they’ll ask if the door is closed, fearful of being closed in. This is rare because they have one another. They talk to one another and form friendships. We had a conference of fear of flying clinics from around the world. One of the men from Germany said, “You pamper your people too much.” IF USA: So are there many fear of flying clinics in the world? JM: There are quite a few Fear of
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Flying Clinics around the world, but we have lasted the longest. Most of them come and go. Even the airlines have tried to start clinics or sell videos, but they have not been successful due to staffing and location issues. IF USA: What are some effective strategies you would recommend for overcoming this fear? JM: Well, that is where our behavioral counselor comes in. Abdominal relaxation is one of the very necessary things you have to do. You have to have proper, deep breathing. The other thing of course is education. We educate people to the highest degree. We tell them that they’re going to get all this information. “You may not need some of it, but listen and pay attention, and there might be something that will just click with you.” Some of them don’t even know why they’re afraid. They ask some imaginative questions because their minds are going crazy, so we try to correct whatever that thinking is. Our presenters are very understanding. We had a pilot who saw our signs around the airport. He came in and asked what went on in our clinic. We invited him to sit in. Afterwards, he said he did not understand, and he left abruptly. I said, “He would never be on our staff!” You have to have compassion and understanding. You have to educate people about the industry. Sometimes I recommend that people buy a children’t book because there is so much information that they can’t take it all in. Nowadays, they can just go on Google. I tell them to use the Internet to their advantage. Weather and turbulence as well as strange noises are among some of the biggest fears, and it’s just a lack of education. For example, if you’ve ever been to John Wayne Airport in Southern California, when you land, you hear the engines get quiet. Some people think the engines have been turned off, but the plane is just leveling. It’s nothing to be afraid of. Some are afraid of heights; some pilots are afraid of heights too, but once you get up there, it’s a whole different perspective. Flying across this country is beautiful, but flying in California is the best. We have everything: oceans, flat lands, cities, mountains. IF USA: Are many of your clients claustrophobic or afraid of other things, like bridges? JM: Yes, many of them are generally claustrophobic. Many of them are also afraid of elevators or bridges. I knew some that would go clear down and around the Bay to avoid the bridge. We tell them. “The bridge is there. It’s not going to fall Continued on Page 36
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RESEARCHERS RELEASE REPORT
A research team from the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) recently released a report that concludes drones that collide with large manned aircraft can cause more structural damage than birds of the same weight for a given impact speed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will use the research results to help develop operational and collision risk mitigation requirements for drones. ASSURE conducted its research with two different types of drones on two types of aircraft through computer modeling and physical validation testing.
Unlike the soft mass and tissue of birds, most drones are made of more rigid materials. The testing showed that the stiffest components of the drone – such as the motor, battery and payload – can cause the most damage. Concentrating those masses on the drone can also cause greater damage, the researchers found. The research team evaluated the potential impacts of a 2.7-pound quadcopter and 4 pound quadcopter; and a 4pound and 8-pound fixed wing drone on a single-aisle commercial transport jet and a business jet. They examined impacts to the wing leading edge, the
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) chartered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in June has submitted its report and recommendations to the agency on technologies available to identify and track drones in flight and other associated issues. The ARC’s 74 members represented a diverse array of stakeholders that included the aviation community and industry member organizations, law enforcement agencies and public safety organizations, manufacturers, researchers, and standards entities involved with UAS. Overall, the ARC provided the FAA with a substantial amount of useful data, including very detailed technology evaluations and a comprehensive list of law enforcement needs and preferences. The ARC’s recommendations and suggestions, which are fully detailed in the report, cover issues related to existing
At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over seven Department of Energy (DOE) facilities. The FAA and DOE have agreed to restrict drone flights up to 400 feet within the lateral boundaries of these sites: • Hanford Site, Franklin County, WA
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windshield, and the vertical and horizontal stabilizers. The windshields generally sustained the least damage and the horizontal stabilizers suffered the most serious damage. The structural damage severity levels ranged from no damage to failure of the primary structure and penetration of the drone into the airframe. However, the research specifically did not explore the risk to flight imposed by that damage. The researchers concluded that unmanned aircraft system manufacturers should adopt “detect and avoid” or “geofencing” capabilities to reduce the probability of collisions with other aircraft.
The team conducted a preliminary computer simulation to evaluate the potential damage to engine components if a drone is ingested into an aircraft engine, including damage to fan blades, the nacelle and the nosecone. They plan future additional research on engine ingestion in collaboration with engine manufacturers, as well as additional airborne collision studies with helicopters and general aviation aircraft. In 2014 Congress directed the FAA to establish a UAS Center of Excellence. The FAA selected ASSURE, led by Mississippi State University, in May 2015.
and emerging technologies, law enforcement and security, and implementation of remote identification and tracking. Although some recommendations were not unanimous, the group reached general agreement on most. Highlights of the recommendations include: • The FAA should consider two methods for remote ID and tracking of drones: direct broadcast (transmitting data in one direction only with no specific destination or recipient) and (2) network publishing (transmitting data to an internet service or group of services). Both methods would send the data to an FAA-approved internet-based database. • The data collected must include a unique identifier for unmanned aircraft, tracking information, and drone owner and remote pilot identification. • The FAA should promote fasttracked development of industry standards while a final remote ID and tracking rule is developed, potentially offering incentives for early adoption and relying
on educational initiatives to pave the way to the implementation of the rule. • The FAA should implement a rule in three stages, with an ultimate goal that all drones manufactured or sold within the United States that comply with the rule must be so labeled. The agency should allow a reasonable grace period to retrofit drones manufactured or sold before the final rule is effective. • The FAA should coordinate any ID and tracking system with the existing air traffic control system and ensure it does not substantially increase workloads. • The FAA should exempt drones operating under air traffic control or those operating under the agency’s discretion (public aircraft operations, security or defense operations, or with a waiver). • The FAA must review privacy considerations, in consultation with privacy experts and other Federal agencies, including developing a secure system that allows for segmented access to the
ID and tracking information. Within the system, only persons authorized by the FAA (e.g., law enforcement officials, airspace management officials, etc.) would be able to access personally identifiable information. While the ARC reached consensus on most issues, there were dissenting opinions, primarily over to which drones the ID and tracking requirements should apply. Many of these dissenting opinions expressed concerns that exempting model aircraft operating under Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 would undermine the value of an ID and tracking requirement. Other dissenting opinions touched upon issues such as privacy and a lack of detail or consideration for ATC involvement. The FAA will use the data and recommendations in the ARC report in crafting a proposed rule for public comment. To see the entire report, visit the FAA website at www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=894 04.
• Pantex Site, Panhandle, TX • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM • Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID • Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC • Y-12 National Security Site, Oak Ridge, TN • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN The airspace restrictions are shown in an FAA Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
and the details about where drone flights are restricted are here. These UAS National Security restrictions became effective on Dec. 29, 2017. There are only a few exceptions that permit drone flights within these restrictions, and they must be coordinated with the individual facility and/or the FAA. To ensure the public is aware of these restricted locations, the FAA has created an interactive map online. The link to these restrictions is also included in the FAA’s B4UFLYmobile app. The
app will be updated within 60 days to reflect these airspace restrictions. Additional information, including frequently asked questions, is available on the FAA’s UAS website. Operators who violate the airspace restrictions may be subject to enforcement action, including potential civil penalties and criminal charges. This is the first time the agency has placed specific airspace restrictions for unmanned aircraft, or “drones,” over Continued on Page 35
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EAA announced last month that it is working with the Academy of Model Aeronautics to inspire young aviators through AMA’s UAS4STEM competitions, which bring affordable drone kits to teams of young people that they can build and enter in AMA-sponsored competitions across the country. The UAS4STEM regional competitions are held all over the country, which the AMA hopes will ensure most teams will have a manageable drive to the nearest contest. EAA Partnership Development Manager Kyle Ludwick said the UAS4STEM competitions are another way EAA members can participate in introducing aviation to people who don’t
have much experience with it. “This is a call-out for members, and chapters, to go reach out to young audiences in schools and youth programs to try to promote the AMA’s UAS4STEM teams,” Kyle said. Kyle explained that EAA and AMA both play an important role in bringing more young people into the world of flight, something both organizations realize is vital to the future of aviation. “EAA’s relationship with the AMA is important because of the role that the AMA and model aviation has on many aviators’ upbringing into aviation,” Kyle said. “By promoting AMA’s UAS4 STEM program, EAA is promoting youth to learn transferable skills through
By David McNally
Research Laboratory. The video details how researchers first envisioned ondemand printing with a suite of tools that would allow for Soldiers to enter mission parameters and then get a 3-D printed aviation asset within 24 hours. Researchers then reached out to the U.S. Marine Corps and started working with them to provide a software catalog that Marines would use to select and print an unmanned aircraft system for a specific mission. Additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing is maturing as a viable means to produce mission-essential parts or equipment at the point of need, said ARL engineer Larry (LJ) R. Holmes Jr. “We have interacted with Marines who have never touched an unmanned system before to Marines who are experts in unmanned aerial flight,” Holmes said. “Across the board they all seemed to be very interested in the topic of being able to manufacture a tool that they can use that was mission specific and has a turn around.” Holmes said the Marines
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a great project and competition format that they can one day take to the fullscale aviation world.” While the EAA chapters themselves won’t be entering the competitions, their members can serve as technical advisors on the build projects for the teams, which are made up of four to 10 children between the ages of 11 and 19, and AMA team leaders. The UAS4STEM challenge comes with everything needed to assemble and fly a Quadzilla quadcopter, aside from a laptop, including the UAS4STEM Online Ground School, an autopilot, an RC system, and an onboard camera. Kyle said the UAS4STEM competitions are, in a way, similar to working on
a homebuilding project that could compete for an award at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh or in IAC competition. “The idea behind it is they build their Quadzilla giving them hands-on experience on how to build, program, and problem solve,” he said. “Then they are ready to go compete in regional and national competitions.” For more information, including registration, visit http://uas4stem.org/.
ARMY PARTNERS WITH MARINE CORPS ON 3-D PRINTED DRONES
Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs Specialist
Army researchers are working with the Marines to develop 3-D printed drones as materials science, aviation technology and software development merge to deliver new capabilities. “Several years ago when we were collaborating with our academic partner, Georgia Tech, we had this project where we were focusing on design engineering of small unmanned aircraft systems,” said Eric Spero, a team lead within the laboratory’s Vehicle Technology Directorate. Spero and his team brought their idea to fruition at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s annual event at Fort Benning, Georgia in 2016. The Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment or AEWE puts new technologies in the hands of Soldiers. This is the theme of a new YouTube documentary released by the U.S. Army
FAA Restricts Drone Operations
Continued from Page 34 DOE sites. The FAA has placed similar airspace restrictions over military bases that currently remain in place, as well as more recently issued UAS flight restrictions over 10 Department of Interior facilities, including several large dams and iconic landmarks. The FAA is considering additional requests from other federal security agencies for restrictions using the FAA’s §
99.7 authority to support national security and defense, as they are received. For more information, visit the FAA webstie at faa.gov. The text of the NOTAM is as follows: FDC 7/6429 FDC SECURITY SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) OPERATIONS FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE. THIS NOTAM
expected the turn around to be days or weeks and they showed them that the turnaround time can be anywhere from minutes to hours. Researchers said they plan to streamline their processes based on feedback received from the Marines in order to enable unprecedented situational awareness. “Things like additive manufacturing with materials, artificial intelligence and machine learning, unmanned systems technologies, these will enable us to bring together the capabilities that will allow the future Soldiers and Marines the decisive edge that they need in the battlefield,” said Elias Rigas, a division chief in ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate. The capability to print something from a spool of plastic that flies off on a military mission is something that captures the imagination, Holmes said. “I think a lot of folks are interested in additive manufacturing because we’ve seen on sci-fi shows...just walking up to a user interface and saying, ‘cheeseburger,’ and there’s
my cheeseburger,” he said. "I think that as additive manufacturing continues to grow and the technologies continue to evolve that we’re going to get to a point eventually where we will be making things in a similar fashion where you will walk up to your user interface and say, ‘unmanned aerial system,’ and it will make it for you.” The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to ensure decisive overmatch for unified land operations to empower the Army, the joint warfighter and our nation. RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
SUPPLEMENTS THE UAS-SPECIFIC SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS DEFINED BY FDC 7/7282 AND IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT 14 C.F.R. 99.7 AND HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO AIRSPACE OVER ADDITIONAL NATIONAL SECURITY SENSITIVE FACILITIES. THE UPDATED LIST OF AFFECTED AIRSPACE AND ASSOCIATED PROTECTED LOCATIONS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED AT
THE FOLLOWING FAA WEBSITE: HTTP://UAS.FAA.OPENDATA.ARCGIS.C OM. SEE FDC 7/7282 FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THESE SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS. 1712290001-1902012359
Editor’s Note: To see the video produced by Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs Specialist David McNally, visit: https://youtu.be/0erL9bTHvi4.
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Overcoming Fear of Flying, Continued Continued from Page 32 because you’re on it.” Many of them feel that the plane is going to crash because they’re on it – that they’ll be the unlucky ones. My response to this is, “Do you think you have that much control over the universe?” It’s all about control for them. IF USA: Did you ever suffer from fear of flying at any point in your life? JM: No, I always wanted to fly so very much. I have never had any accidents either, but I have had some incidents. I once had a wheel-retraction problem. I once had a situation where the gear would not lock. I told my husband once, “If this gear does not lock, it will be the most expensive landing we’ve ever had.” IF USA: What do you enjoy most about flying? JM: The freedom. I enjoyed flying my own planes, and when I fly commercial, it’s just the convenience of getting from point A to point B. I just think that’s amazing and wonderful. IF USA: What words would you give to somebody who is afraid to fly? JM: Cope. And learn and educate yourself. Their misconceptions are way off base and not true to the industry. IF USA: What do you think of the statement, “It’s safer to fly than it is to drive in your car?”
JM: I think it’s very true. The problem is the fearful flyer sees statistics, but those are just numbers. They say, “I have control in my car.” And I ask them, “Do you have control of the car in front of you or behind you?” They mention that they can pull over, but they can’t if there is traffic on either side. They just get caught up in the control, and it’s not true. IF USA: What planes have you flown and which one would you say is the safest? JM: They’re all safe if they’re flown properly. I had a Twin and have flown about 15 different planes. The best advice is to always leave yourself an out. Our Aztec Twin was good because it accommodated our two sons and daughter. We were also doing some flying at night, and we felt that that gave us a little bit more security. My concern was always my children, of course. The kids loved to fly. When I got my instrument rating, I went up with my children a short time afterwards, and they had never flown in instrument weather before. So we sat down and had a long discussion before we took off. I said, “You are going to find a whole new flight concept here. You won’t be able to see out because of the clouds and fog. Don’t worry about that, but you have to be very quiet because I
have to concentrate. Just know that we’re going to get out of this.” As we went through it, all three of them got so quiet that I couldn’t believe they were still with me. When we popped out into sunshine, I heard them cheering, “Yay, mama!” IF USA: In total, how many have gone through the program? JM: Probably about two or three thousand. We had one gentleman who was an engineer out of Lawrence Laboratory in Livermore. We give each of our clients a binder at the beginning of the clinic so that they can write their feelings down while up in the air. This man would write extensive letters to us each time he took a flight, and on the last flight he took, he wrote and said that he left his binder at home. He was so confident that he did not need it anymore. IF USA: Do you think this fear affects any demographic group in particular? JM: It is common among new parents who have separation anxiety. Sometimes they will fly without their kids. This way, their kids will not see them get scared and will grow into flying on their own. Some insist on flying with their kids, thinking that if the plane goes down, they will all go down together. We always tell them that if they have a fear, they should not hide it from their kids. They should talk to them about it. You
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can tell them, “You don’t have to have this fear. This is what daddy or mommy has. You can’t have it unless you have those same experiences.” I just tell them that it is a mode of transportation to get fromAto B. That’s all it is. It’s nothing scary or crazy. Thousands and thousands of people fly everyday safely. IF USA: How much does it cost to go through your program? JM: The four days of class and the graduation flight comes to a total of $995. A one-day workshop is $250. This is subject to change. IF USA: When is the next clinic? JM: The next workshop is on Dec. 8, 2017 at SFO from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The next clinics are Feb. 24-25 and March 34. More clinics will be offered later in 2018. Check www.fofc.com for dates and more information. IF USA: Thank you! In conclusion, Jeanne is an inspiring woman in aviation. At the age of 92, she still shares her passion for aviation through the Fear of Flying Clinic. Her hope for the future is that the clinic continues because, “I’m not getting any younger,” she said. All in all, we can conclude that flying is very safe. If you are still not convinced, consider enrolling at the Fear of Flying Clinic. Visit them on the web at www.fofc.com or call 650/341-1595.
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o you have just purchased your first corporate aircraft for business use. You’re not quite sure what the next step is to obtain a fuel contract, flight crew, maintenance and redesigning the interior. The annual NBAA-BACE conference is a good place to start. Last year’s 2017 three-day NBAA-BACE conference and exhibition was in October at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Henderson Executive Airport and featured 1,100 exhibitors and more than 70 aircraft on display providing 27,000 aviation enthusiasts, businessmen and women a wide spectrum of information. With dozens of professional instructors and seminars focused on conducting aviation business the NBAA-BACE is a must. The convention also provides a pathway for high school and college students to explore the opportunities of becoming involved in business aviation. They will be the next generation of business aviation leaders. The NBAA-BACE is the sixth largest ‘trade show’ in the U.S. and the largest civil aviation business convention in the world. There is little doubt with 1,100 exhibitors you can find almost everything you need, includ-
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A 1946 Douglas DC-3d on static display at Henderson Executive Airport. (Bob Martinez)
Acrylic cutout view showing inside of a Pratt&Whitney Turbine Engine in Exhibit Hall at Las Vegas Convention Center. (Bob Martinez)
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New Honda Business Jet on Static Display at Henderson Executive Airport. (Bob Martinez) EXPO. The convention encompasses from the inception of NBBA in 1947 to
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the distant future in business aviation or as the FAA calls it Part 125 and 135 Operations. 1947 the NBAA was conceived with the compass set to promote business successfulness. It was shortly after the Wright Brothers mustered controlled flight that business aviation started to appear. Probably not a lot of hanger talk about business aviation, but that is what it was. The business of doing aeroplane business to succeed in flying and earth bound businesses. Last year’s NBAA-BACE provided an exciting look at what is new and what has been the past. A DC 3 executive transport sits alongside the latest in corporate intercontinental jets. Inside the voluminous convention center packed with energy and exhibitors sits the latest in jet propulsion. Also on display was a cut away of a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp. Attending the 2017 convention and exposition were two aviation legends, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenburger and Capt. Jim Lovell. Also attending was motivational and inspirational speaker and pilot, founder of Dream Soar Shaesta Waiz, a pilot literally on the move. She recently Continued on Page 42
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GE AVIATION ANNOUNCES FIRST RUN OF THE ADVANCED TURBOPROP ENGINE
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Milestone Accomplished on Schedule; Certification Begins in 2018
GE Aviation’s Advanced Turboprop engine, the first clean-sheet turboprop engine to hit the Business and General Aviation (BGA) market in more than 30 years, successfully completed its first engine test run at GE Aviation’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec. 22. “Running the Advanced Turboprop engine this year was our biggest and most important goal,” said Brad Mottier, vice president and general manager of GE Aviation’s BGA and Integrated Systems organization. “This milestone comes as a result of two years of tremendous effort by a worldwide team. We’re developing a real catalyst for the BGA market and we’re executing on plan. The integration of proven technologies has expedited the design, development and certification cycle of the engine.” The Advanced Turboprop engine will begin certification testing in 2018. The engine will power Textron Aviation’s new Cessna Denali, which is expected to fly in late 2018. By the time the Denali enters into service, the engine will have completed more than 2000 hours of testing. “The continued testing will generate valuable data from the engine and validate the aerodynamics, mechanics, and aerothermal systems,” said Paul Corkery, general manager for GE Aviation Turboprops. “With the engine run and most of the individual component testing completed, early indications show that we will meet or exceed all the performance numbers we have quoted for the engine.” The new 1,240 SHP-rated Advanced Turboprop engine is in the family of turboprop engines aimed at BGA aircraft in the 1,000-1,600 SHP range. With 79 new technologies introduced, the engine offers a portfolio of advanced technology, as well as unparalleled performance and efficiency. The Advanced Turboprop engine features an industry-best 16:1 overall pressure ratio, enabling the engine to achieve as much as 20 percent lower fuel burn and 10 percent higher cruise power compared to competitor offerings in the same size class. At 4,000 hours, it offers 33 percent more time between overhaul than its leading competitor. When installed on the Denali, these engine efficiencies allow for a larger cabin experience with a comfortable 6000-foot cabin altitude at a 30,000-foot cruising altitude, as well as class-leading, low cost of operation compared to smaller aircraft in the category. The Advanced Turboprop engine’s proven technology developed from GE’s large commercial and regional engines has reduced engine development risk and
timing. It is the first turboprop engine in its class to introduce two stages of variable stator vanes and cooled high-pressure turbine blades, proven technologies developed by GE in its large commercial engines and flown more than 1.3 billion flight hours. With the use of advanced 3dimensional aerodynamics, improved materials, and cooled turbine technologies, the Advanced Turboprop engine will deliver significantly higher efficiency, as well as greater performance and durability than other engines in its class. The Advanced Turboprop engine
includes more printed components than any production engine in aviation history with 35 percent of the turboprop’s parts built via additive manufacturing. A total of 855 conventionally manufactured parts has been reduced to 12 additive parts, including sumps, bearing housings, frames, exhaust case, combustor liner, heat exchangers and stationary flow path components. Additive components reduce the ATP’s weight by 5 percent while contributing a 1 percent improvement in specific fuel consumption (SFC). Since Mottier unveiled the Advanced Turboprop engine at the
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National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention in November of 2015, GE Aviation has committed more than $400 million in development costs for the engine. GE also finalized an agreement with the Czech government to build its new turboprop headquarters for development, test and engine-production in the Czech Republic. When complete and at full production rate, this new facility is expected to have 500 additional employees. GE Aviation Czech has already added around 180 jobs, with another 80 expected in 2018.
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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 proactive 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, exerpted 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.
NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) is a voluntary, confidential, and non-punitive reporting system for aviation safety that has served the aviation community since 1976. It is a successful and trusted program, forged from a cooperative effort between the FAA, NASA, and the aviation community. ASRS receives, processes, and analyzes voluntarily submitted reports from pilots, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, maintenance personnel, dispatchers, ground personnel, and others regarding actual or potential hazards to safe aviation operations. The program’s output currently includes aviation safety alert messages issued to appropriate agencies, research studies and special papers on various subjects, a searchable database with direct access to de-identified reports, and CALLBACK. The latter four are publicly available on the ASRS website.1 Value added to aviation safety stems from two important protections that the ASRS program offers to reporters. Confidentiality and limited immunity from FAA enforcement actions are afforded. Naturally, participation has consistently grown, and the result is the richness found in greater breadth and depth of reported incidents, lessons learned, and aviation wisdom. ASRS’s intake is robust, currently averaging 261 reports per calendar day, and reports exceeded 95,000 in 2017. With intake of that magnitude, ASRS receives reports on every conceivable topic related to aviation operations. This month we have reserved a few of the more unusual and light-hearted, but still important, incidents to share. Enjoy these “Odds and Ends” as we conclude another successful year.
Now You See it, Now You Don’t
A Bonanza Pilot became distracted and confused when he perceived the runway edge and centerline lights cycling on and off while ATC assured him that they were on steady. • I was transiting the final approach path of… Runway 16R and observed the runway edge and center line lights cycle on
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and off… at a rate of approximately one per second. It was very similar to the rate of a blinking traffic light at a four-way vehicle stop. The [three-blade] propeller speed was 2,400 RPM. This was observed through the entire front windscreen and at least part of the pilot side window. I queried ATC about the reason for the runway lights blinking and was told that they were not blinking. It was not immediately obvious what was causing this, but I did later speculate that it may have been caused by looking through the propeller arc. The next day [during] IFR training while on the VOR DME Runway 16R approach, we observed the runway edge and center line lights cycle on and off… at a rate slightly faster than one per second. The propeller speed was 2,500 RPM. I then varied the propeller speed and found that at 2,700 RPM, the lights were observed strobing at a fairly high rate, and at 2,000 RPM the blinking rate slowed to less than once per second. This was observed through the entire approach that terminated at the Missed Approach Point (MAP). The flight instructor was also surprised and mentioned that he had not seen this before, but he also doesn’t spend much time behind a three-blade propeller arc. I would speculate that the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) dimming system of the LED runway lights was phasing with my propeller, causing the observed effect. I would also speculate that the effect would… significantly differ at other LED dimming settings… and behind a two-blade propeller. I found the effect to be entirely confusing and distracting and would not want to make a landing in such conditions.
Snakes on a Plane
A Large Transport Captain receiving a line check experienced a peculiar problem during the pre-departure phase of flight. He may have speculated whether the rest of the flight would be as “snake bitten” as the idiom implies. • Well within hearing distance of the passengers, the Gate Agent said,
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“Captain, I am required to inform you that while cleaning the cockpit, the cleaning crew saw a snake under the Captain’s pedals. The snake got away and they have not been able to find it. I am required to tell you this.” At this time the [international predeparture] inspection was complete, and I was allowed on the aircraft. I found two mechanics in the flight deck. I was informed that they had not been able to find the snake and they were not able to say with certainty what species of snake it was. The logbook had not been annotated with a write up, so I placed a write up in the logbook. I was also getting a line check on this flight. The Check Airman told me that his father was deathly afraid of snakes and suggested that some passengers on the flight may suffer with the same condition. I contacted Dispatch and discussed with them that I was uncomfortable taking the aircraft with an unknown reptile condition… The possibility [existed] that a snake could expose itself in flight, or worse on the approach, come out from under the rudder pedals. Dispatch agreed with my position. The Gate Agent then asked to board the aircraft. I said, “No,” as we might be changing aircraft. I then contacted the Chief Pilot. I explained the situation and told him I was uncomfortable flying the aircraft without determining what the condition of the snake was. I had specifically asked if the cleaning crew had really seen a snake. I was informed yes, that they had tried to vacuum it up, and it had slithered away. The Chief Pilot agreed with me and told me he would have a new aircraft for us in five minutes. We were assigned the aircraft at the gate next door. …When I returned [to the airport], I asked a Gate Agent what had happened to the “snake airplane.” I was told that the aircraft was left in service, and the next Captain had been asked to sign some type of form stating he was informed that the snake had not been found.
Up, Close, and Personal
While attempting to mitigate a known, visible hazard, an Air Taxi
Captain took special care to clear his wingtips while taxiing for takeoff. A surprise loomed ahead just as he thought that the threat had subsided. • Taxiing out for the first flight out of ZZZ, weed whacking was taking place on the south side of the taxiway. Watching to make sure my wing cleared two men mowing [around] a taxi light, I looked forward to continue the taxi. An instant later, I heard a “thump.” I then pulled off the taxiway onto the inner ramp area and shut down, assuming I’d hit one of the dogs that run around the airport grounds on a regular basis. I was shocked to find a man, face down, on the side of the taxiway. His coworkers surrounded him and helped him to his feet. He was standing erect and steady. He knew his name and the date. Apparently [he was] not injured badly. I attended to my two revenue passengers and returned the aircraft to the main ramp. I secured the aircraft and called [the Operations Center]. An ambulance was summoned for the injured worker. Our ramp agent was a non-revenue passenger on the flight and took pictures of the scene. He stated that none of the workers was wearing a high visibility vest, which I also observed. They seldom have in the past. This has been a recurring problem at ZZZ since I first came here. The operation is never [published in the] NOTAMs [for] an uncontrolled airfield. The pilots just have to see and avoid people and animals at all times. I don’t think the person that collided with my wingtip was one of the men I was watching. I think he must have been stooped down in the grass. The only option to [improve the] safety of the situation would be to stop completely until, hopefully, the workers moved well clear of the taxiway. This is one of… many operational deficiencies that we, the pilots, have to deal with at ZZZ on a daily basis.
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AOPA: PACE OF AVIATION INNOVATION PICKS UP
By AOPA ePublishing Staff
New and modern avionics reaching the affordable end of the general aviation fleet was not the only trend of 2017 that stands to reshape aviation in 2018 and beyond. Significant strides were made toward development of practical electric aircraft, not all of which will require wings. Also in the year that was, a hightech glider set a new altitude record, new technology sped up search and rescue, and competing quests to return civilians to supersonic speed continued. The FAA’s reform of Part 23 aircraft certification regulation took effect Aug. 30, a development that promises to bring significant changes to the GA fleet in the form of safer, more advanced, and more affordable aircraft designs in the years to come. The regulatory overhaul was part of a larger shift in the approach to regulating aircraft and components to performance-based, consensus standards that is already bearing fruit. AOPA Pilot Editor Ian Twombly took a deeper look in December at the fruits of the new regulatory approach, a fast-growing array of
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stress influenced his situational awareness and decision-making during the takeoff. • I was cleared to depart on Runway 27L from [midfield at] intersection C. However, I lined up and departed from Runway 9R… No traffic control conflict occurred. I turned on course and coordinated with ATC immediately while airborne. I had delayed my departure due to weather [that was] five miles east… and just north of the airport on my route.… Information Juliet was: “340/04 10SM 9,500 OVC 23/22 29.99, Departing Runway 27L, Runways 9L/27R closed, Runways 5/23 closed.” My mind clued in on [Runway] 09 for departure. In fact, I even set my heading bug to 090. Somehow while worried mostly about the weather, I mentally pictured departing Runway 9R at [taxiway] C. I am not sure how I made that mistake, as the only 9 listed was the closed runway. My focus was not on the runway as it should have been but mostly on the weather. Contributing factors were: 1.Weather. 2. No other airport traffic before my departure. (I was looking as I arrived at the airport and completed my preflight and final weather checks). 3. Airport construction. For a
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autopilots, instruments, and other devices that are entering service in certified aircraft at an increasing pace. The proliferation of lower-cost avionics included Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers, annunciator panels like the FlexAlert Multifunction Annunciator, and an external data module for GA that looks quite a bit like a bomb and provides a potentially lifesaving source of attitude, position, angle of attack, and other data. These and many other new products benefited from the new approach taken by regulators to speed the approval of safety-enhancing equipment. The cost of equipment that will meet the coming mandate to equip aircraft with ADS-B Out capability for flight in airspace where a Mode C transponder is currently required after Jan. 1, 2020, also edged down, with new options arriving from Garmin and others. The increasing proximity of that ADS-B deadline may have contributed to an uptick in installations reported by the Aircraft Electronics Association. The application of existing technology in new ways also bore fruit in 2017,
such as the Civil Air Patrol’s National Radar Analysis Team, which helped facilitate speedy rescues of pilots and passengers from downed aircraft in remote and snowy terrain early in 2017. NASA made significant strides toward the planned first flight of its allelectric X-plane in 2018, completing in December successful testing of the electric power system that includes protection against thermal runaway by isolating damaged cells. The research promises to contribute to a broader effort that includes big-name manufacturers seeking to produce practical electric aircraft in sizes ranging from single seaters to commuter airlines. The shape of aircraft poised to take flight in 2018 and beyond is also changing. George Bye, developer of the allelectric Sun Flyer, joined XTI Aircraft Co. in the development of the TriFan prototype, a six-seat, vertical-takeoff-andlanding concept that promises airplane speeds and 1,200-mile cruise range. The company brought a mockup to the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, and reported in
October that a 60-percent scale prototype would fly in 2018. Hybrid-electric propulsion also may prove the key to astounding speed, with at least one of several efforts to return civilians to supersonic flight in business jets and small airliners relying on such a powerplant. Another technologically advanced aircraft, the Perlan 2 glider, reached nearstratospheric height in September, setting a new glider altitude record without benefit of any powerplant at all. Flying higher still, Blue Origin won the Collier Trophy with its $1 billion civilian spaceflight program, and went on to be a hit with the crowds at EAAAirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in July. Virgin Galactic, meanwhile, continued to make progress toward launching the age of space tourism, announcing that a space test flight (albeit unmanned) was within reach for 2018. Scaled Composites, one of the companies working with billionaire Richard Branson on that program, also celebrated the first flight of the V-tail Model 401, a single-engine experimental jet created in part to test and demonstrate advanced, low-cost Continued on Page 43
Runway 27 departure, typical taxi routing would alleviate any confusion. 4. ATIS listing the closed runway with 9 listed first.
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COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
Homebuilder’s Workshop Cognitive dissonance is a fancy term meaning that your perceptions don’t match up with your knowledge. Way back when, I was a young pilot and, 45 years later, I still think I am. I consider myself healthy but I hope I’ll be back to normal energy when recovered from recent abdominal surgery. I consider myself strong, and aside from the effects of three spinal surgeries that limit me to 2 Gs and minimal lifting, I am. Cognitive dissonance. So what does a not very bold pilot do from here? One common goal at this stage of a career is to pass along knowledge, and I would very much like to do that. A big part of passing along knowledge is having a big stage, i.e., a large following, and I don’t have that, for a variety or reasons, many of which are attributable to fate. Just having good insights worth sharing isn’t enough for a following, and I’m immodest enough to think that I still have much to share. I’ve been blessed in my flying career – I’ve read a lot, heard a lot, seen a lot, done a lot, thought a whole lot, asked some good questions along the way, have flown many, many different kinds of airplanes in many different areas of the country, and have had good people invest in my aeronautical career. I’ve written a bunch, done several major research projects, and taught grad school. I’ve been blessed. And goodness knows, this background is relevant! There are plenty of
aeronautical instruction false balloons needing to be burst. One such balloon goes by the moniker “loss of control,” a vague generalization whose main value is in unnecessarily inflating safety pontificators. And in our society, the old reliable remedies to any situation are always regulation or gadgets, relevant lessons never learned. What’s needed is teaching pilots to really know their airplanes, but as the young pilots (like me) who were taught all those things fade away, those skills have become devalued. Current thinking is that it’s better to have newly minted ATPs have a few token hours in a Level D simulator than to be proficient in basic aircraft control. Another, similar balloon well worth the popping is stall awareness and training. Seems to me that there are better ways to train student pilots that to treat them as apprentice aeronautical engineers. One writer with keen insight pointed out that exceeding the wing’s angle of attack doesn’t cause the stall, it is the stall. But let’s go beyond that… An airfoil section stalls at a critical angle of attack in a wind tunnel, but real world wings are usually designed to have progressive stalls so that the entire wing doesn’t stall at once. And when time comes to discuss spins, the key idea is that one wing is stalled and the other isn’t. This means that instead of talking about “the” wing stalling, dialogs should be about the left and the right wings stalling. A very smart CFI (MIT Ph.D. and
engineering professor) years ago said that for teaching beginning student pilots, non-technical phrases like “the wing is the thing” were more likely to be absorbed. I might not go that far, but I might teach that a pair of wings can only do so much. At higher speeds, the wings go past more air molecules and have more to push against, and so can push harder, but at slow speeds, the wings can’t do as much because they don’t go past as many air molecules to push against. That’s what’s meaningful to pilots, with angle of attack being a technical side note. Sure, I’d mention AoA, but I wouldn’t get carried away and talk about, say, Reynolds numbers. I’d also show videos of regular stalls, wings with tufts showing the stalled condition, high speed stalls, and a video of what happens at the top of a loop when you stall inverted. And I’d show videos of high-powered cars drifting, to clearly demonstrate that you don’t always go where you’re pointed. There’s lots of room for improvement here. Then there is the recent fad of continuous turns to final, an approach lionized by ex-military pilots who have not paid sufficient general aviation dues. I did manage to get a rebuttal in the letters to the editor section of a current magazine. But on a personal note, what do I do to avoid aeronautical Darwinism? It’s long been my practice flying experimentals to consider how many factors there
NBAA 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada Continued from Page 38 completed a 28-stop global journey solo in her Bonanza sharing information about her mission, to educate about STEM research. There is so much more to Shaesta’s life story which is worth checking out on the web, Dream Soar.org/ On the first evening of the convention, held at Wynn Las Vegas was the live and silent action in support of Fund and Angel Foundation. This nonprofit organization assists in providing funds in support of critical cancer patients. A list of silent and live action items can be found on the NBAA-BACE 2017 convention web site. During the open door hours of a convention there is usually a fast pace.
A beautiful Waco UPH-7 airplane, rare aircraft. Look at everything, attend these seminars, shake hands, exchange business
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cards and make an attempt to filter and sort information. Although the NBBA-
are in the gray area, and Ed to cancel a flight when Wischmeyer there are too many gray factors. Some years ago, a friend said that he quit flying IFR when he turned 70, and I’ll take that under serious consideration. Sometimes, though, IFR cross-country is easier that VFR because you have more altitudes available when you don’t have to worry about cloud clearance. But somehow, both of my planes really require real currency. The RV-9A has an all-singing, all-dancing glass cockpit with two-axis autopilot, with bells and whistles than beyond the manual’s narratives. The airplane itself is easy to fly, it’s the avionics that require currency lest you slip back down that steep learning curve. And the RV-8 taildragger requires skill to land well, both because it’s a taildragger and because the gear is bouncy. Plus, flying the RV-8 cross country is a challenge because I no longer use paper charts with a line drawn on them. A small GPS screen in that airplane makes cross country… interesting. And that raises another interesting point. How do you teach dead reckoning if the charts are all electronic with the airplane symbol overlaid? Way back when, I wondered why some of the old pilots were gruff and opinionated. There’s little danger of gruffness becoming dominant in my personality. And I’m not opinionated, I’m experienced. And wise. Just ask me. Cognitive dissonance?
BACE is such an event, it is after the convention period that can be the true value of participating. Taking a break at home or at your business, rewinding the information you obtained, people you meant and processing it to achieve your goals for attending. This year at the 2017 NBAA-BACE Conference/Expo award winning aviation photographer Bob Martinez captured the feel and excitement of this event. He is on the web with hundreds of photos, sort of like being there again, with numerous exhibitors and aircraft being documented. If you didn’t make it find Martinez’s website, www.fireaviationphoto.com, to get a good overview of aircraft, services and products.
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AN AIRBORNE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE HAVE TO WITH YOUR NEXT “$100 HAMBURGER” FLIGHT?
oing back in time a few years, actually quite a few years, I remember my first solo crosscountry flight as a newbie private pilot. I spent hours checking the weather and making sure the forecast for at least the next 100 years was good, my route was carefully plotted out with my trusty E6B computer (obviously pre-GPS days), and I had enough fuel on board before I launched off from the San Carlos Airport to Columbia, Calif. in my C-150. Columbia is nestled snugly up against the western slope of the Sierra Nevada foothills. The big draw for pilots was, and still is, the horse and buggy ride into town that the Columbia Hotel sends out to pick up pilots who land at the local airport. Pilots are transported downtown in the stagecoach, have lunch, without alcohol of course, then after walking around the quaint little Gold Rush town, take the nostalgic ride back to the airport and fly home. That was the plan. The only thing I didn’t plan on was getting lost, trying to find that tiny airstrip in the foothills. I ended up over-flying the airport and found myself plummeting uncontrollably downward toward the solid granite western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Since my flight plan was to land at the Columbia airport and not to become intimate with the cliff faces of the Sierra Nevada range, I had failed to take into account the prevailing westerly winds that were now shoving me steadily downward toward the rising terrain of the foothills. No matter what kind of a nose-high attitude I maintained or how hard I pulled back on the yoke, I was being sucked
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down toward the earth faster than a runaway old Kirby vacuum cleaner snatches the loose hair off the family cat. At 900feet per minute (fpm) downward, that granite wall had my name on it! My demise was imminent unless I did something and quick. But with the ink still wet in my logbook on my massive 20 hours of flight time, I was frozen in fear. I was caught in a powerful downdraft and, had I continued forward, I would have become just another NTSB, “pilot error” statistic! My 20-hour pilot brain slowly figured out what was happening, and I managed to make a 180-degree turn. As the descent rate slowed from 900 down to a more leisurely 500 and then back to zero, I relaxed my death grip on the tiny Cessna yoke. I had succeeded in escaping the clutches of that treacherous downdraft and would live another day to invariably screw something else up over my next 18,000 hours of flight time! Just as I finished hyperventilating, I looked down and there was the Columbia Airport right below me! I had flown right over it enroute to my near-death experience!
Fly Away to Another Unique “$100 hamburger” Destination
If you’re like me, you look for any excuse to fire up the family bird and fly loose formation (we’re not talking Blue Angels here) with our buddies to some
unexplored destination; a place where we can land, raise a glass or two, eat, celebrate our heroic deed of cheating death once again, and RON until the next day when we fly triumphantly back to our home nest. The kind of low-time misadventure I describe above will never happen to you should you seek out your next “$100 hamburger” adventure in the city of Petaluma on the southern edge of the world famous Sonoma County wine country.
The Real Cost of the $100 Hamburger!
Forget the “good ole days” of the “$100 hamburger;” it’s gone the way of two dollars a gallon 100LL. It’s now the “$200 hamburger,” minimum; this amount reflects the increased price of fuel, airport tie-down fees, and any and all other expenses that us weekend warriors indulge ourselves in. The only two requirements for the newly inflated “$200 hamburger flyaways” are (1) the destination needs to have an airport fairly close to a unique town, usually a quaint little place with a special draw that you can navigate easily to and from your hotel and that (2) serves good food, offers interesting things to do, and good, inexpensive overnight lodging. In the case of Petaluma, Hotel Petaluma checks all the boxes. (Did you know that Petaluma was
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What’s Not to Like About a River Town That Was Known as “The Egg Basket of the World!”
Petaluma survived the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake miraculously unscathed and its Spanish Colonial, Queen Anne, Victorian, Neoclassical, Gothic-revival, and Italianate architecture are beautifully preserved. You will see examples all over town of the hard work that Petalumans have done to protect their city’s history. They won their right from the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to implement an aggressive program of preserving older homes, commercial buildings, and the Historic Riverfront. In 1995, the Victorian Historic Downtown earned the recognition as one of the best preserved Historic Downtown areas and was added to the National Register Of Historic Places.
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Continued from Page 43 For nearly two decades, Petaluma chickens laid more than eggs; their farmers laid down more money on deposit in Petaluma banks, per capita, than in any other town’s bank in history! All that money eventually led to the need to accommodate people who now saw something more than a sleepy little town on the river. So Hotel Petaluma, a four-story hotel was built in 1923. But over the next century, it slowly dissipated into relative obscurity until a couple of years ago, in 2015 when the new owners had a vision to make this sad but solid sister into something befitting it’s legendary location on the river and at the southern end of what would become one of the most famous and productive wine-producing regions in the world. If you’ve seen the movie American Graffitti – and what red-blooded American pilot, hot rodder hasn’t – much of it was shot in downtown Petaluma. Remember the scene in the movie where the old black and white cop car had its rear end yanked out onto the street after the kids tied a rope around it? The town even parades the cop car out every year for the annual Butter and Egg Festival, obviously with the rear end intact! Many other movies have been shot here also, including Peggy Sue Got Married, Inventing the Abbots, Pleasantville, and Mumford. Directors have used Petaluma’s historic downtown streets, shops, residential homes, and unique collection of architecture and landscapes as movie locations
The Two-Niner Diner
Depending on what direction you come in from and what runway is in use – 29R or 11L – you might come in over the hill from the northeast above Infineon Raceway (What the heck is an “Infineon?” It sounds like the name for a new galaxy! I liked it better when it was called Sears Point Raceway)! Or you might come in from the Peninsula, from the south and live dangerously, getting flight following directly overflying SFO, looking down underneath you on all those big guys departing off of the 28s. Whatever direction you fly in from, Petaluma is one of the most scenic, diversely enjoyable places in the world to traverse in an airplane enroute to the wine country. Once you land at KO69, park the brakes, tie the airplane down, and put the chocks in place. Now it’s time to explore; after all, aviation is supposed to be an adventure! If you had a long flight or you just can’t wait to cut the dust with a cold one at the hotel, saunter over to the Two-
Niner Diner right on the field for some great food and hopefully, truth be told, your first cool one of the day.
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(Courtesy Hotel Petaluma) “It’s a cool old hotel in the heart of Petaluma with comfy rooms, walking distance to everywhere. We love the oldworld historical features. The old style elevator is a fun feature! Room was comfortable, clean, and in a fantastic downtown location! We would stay again!” said one guest. The four-story hotel was built in 1923, has 90 rooms, furnished with pillowtop bedding, Keurig coffeemakers, flatpanel LED TVs, and free Wi-Fi. Some of the rooms have river and/or downtown views, and for an extra fee, if you have a flying pet, or I should say a pet that flies with you, you can also bring them along. When you walk into the beautifully restored, immediately friendly lobby, you’ll think you’re back in the hotel’s heyday with fireside lounging, on-site wine and cheese tastings, and a beautiful art display at Barber Cellars (grab a flyer for 50 percent off wine tasting). If you’re up for just about every kind of Pacific or Atlantic oysters, or some delicious clam chowder, you’ve got to drop into the Shuckery, off the lobby; say hello to Jasmine and try the Calamari Relleno (outrageous)! The ladies will like another neat little shop, the Truck and Barter, also conveniently off the lobby, owned by Julia. With all these choices within feet of you, you may never make it downtown! If you or your companions are up for some seriously discounted shopping, you’re only a two-mile drive away from the Petaluma Factory Outlets on North Petaluma Boulevard. After shopping if you didn’t make a stop at the Two Niner-Diner, you’re probably pretty thirsty about now. Continued on Page 47
YANKEE STADIUM ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE FIVE BIFOLD DOORS FROM SCHWEISS DOORS
January 2018
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The famous old Yankee Stadium was nicknamed “The House That Ruth Built,” acknowledging Babe Ruth, the legendary baseball icon whose prime years coincided with the stadium’s opening and a great run of World Series teams in the 1920s and 1930s. In 2006, construction started on a new $2.3 billion stadium adjacent to the historic Bronx ballpark, which closed in 2008, giving way to the new stadium at the start of the 2009 season. Any of the Yankees legends, including Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Roger Maris, or Mickey Mantle, would be thrilled to step into the batter’s box at the new park, which underwent numerous enhancements during the months leading up to the 2017 season. Among the retrofit improvements are five bifold liftstrap designer doors from Schweiss Doors. The largest of the custom doors measures 27 feet, five inches wide and 11 feet, four inches tall. Two more doors are 23 feet, four inches by nine feet, two inches, and two more measure 21 feet, 10
nine level on the leftfield line. The AT&T door is clad in wood and tile on the outside and when it’s closed, you can’t tell it’s an operational door. Two additional concession/bar areas, with two doors each set at right angles, are located in the right-center field and left-center field areas on the Triple Zero level. Hunters Roberts Construction Group of New York, was awarded the off-season enhancement project. The company also performed design/build services to construct three 5,000-space parking garages at the new stadium facility. Hunter Roberts has led some of the most complex projects on the East Coast. Paul Wassenbergh, senior project manager and director of interiors preconstruction for Hunter Roberts, was part of the Construction Management team that procured and managed the installation of the doors. The actual installation work was performed by AJ Garage Door & Service of Oakdale, N.Y. Exterior cladding was applied to the doors by Continued on Page 46
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This open air location at Frank’s RedHot Terrace offers a view of the game from the outfield, as well as a unique look at the action in the bullpens. After the game, the doors are closed to keep content secure. (Courtesy Schweiss Doors)
inches by nine feet, two inches. All five doors are fitted with electric photo eye sensors, black liftstraps, manual latches, and alike-keyed opening and closing switches. Four doors are clad in a high-
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Zenith Aircraft’s two-day hands-on workshop is an excellent way to learn all about building your own kit aircraft, and to learn about the many advantages of owning and flying an airplane that you’ve built yourself. Kit aircraft is a segment of aviation that continues to grow thanks to the many benefits of building and flying your own amateur-built kit airplane. For many pilots, building an aircraft (from a kit) is a very rewarding experience, and today’s modern kits make it easier and quicker to build than even before. Zenith Aircraft’s rudder workshops have become popular with sport aviation enthusiasts who have considered building their own aircraft, but were not sure if they
had the required skills, workspace and tools. During the two-day workshop, participants actually construct a Zenith Aircraft rudder assembly from a standard kit. Zenith Aircraft Company is a pioneer in the kit and light-sport aircraft industries, and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The company produces award-winning easy-to-build all-metal light aircraft designs using advanced CNC manufacturing, offering state-ofthe-art final hole size match drilled parts for easy assembly with simple hand tools. The parts are fastened together using simple blind (pulled) rivets. The fee-based workshop will be offered twice: Wednesday to Thursday, and Friday to Saturday during U.S. Sport
Aviation Expo at the Zenith Aircraft workshop tent. A demo flight in a Zenith will be included with the workshop experience. Plan now to attend the Zenith Aircraft hands-on workshop at the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo to learn all about building and flying your own airplane! Prior registration is required, and workshop space is limited. Participating at the workshop at U.S. Sport Aviation Expo makes an en excellent getaway for you and your spouse or a friend. Spend a couple productive days learning to build your own airplane, meet with fellow aviation enthusiasts, and visit the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo in sunny Florida! For more information, including
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AWARD-WINNING AOPA APP REACHES 10,000 USERS New Release Features Enhanced Event Search Capability
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) app has been downloaded more than 10,000 times and was recently honored with a Silver Award at the Thirteenth Annual Davey Awards in the Mobile Apps/Sites-Lifestyle category. Web, app, and mobile developer Ascedia, headquartered in Wisconsin, worked with AOPA to develop the app, which launched in July. The app allows pilots to connect with AOPA, watch videos, listen to podcasts, read the latest news, get alerts on temporary flight
restrictions and other important events, and more. “AOPA worked closely with Ascedia to create a visually appealing, user-friendly app so that members could interact easily with the aviation community right from their smartphone or tablet,” said Jiri Marousek, AOPA senior vice president of marketing. “We’re honored that the app received high acclaim from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.” The latest release of the app adds
automatic display of related articles, event filters to refine search results, the ability to pull to refresh content in addition to various bug fixes and improvements. “We will continue to enhance the app and regularly add new features to ensure that we deliver a positive experience for app users,” Marousek said. “AOPA is a part of nearly every pilot” s life, and this app is designed to make it even easier to connect with us and enjoy the AOPA pilot lifestyle.” If you don’t already have the app,
Yankee Stadium Enhancements Continued from Page 45 Barrett Inc. of Danbury, Conn. “The Yankees were looking for a bifold door, Schweiss wasn’t in the specs, but I did put the name forward as an equivalent,” said Wassenbergh. “We recommended Schweiss to the architectural and design team and they accepted it.” After scouting a few other door companies, Wassenbergh decided the simplicity of design, along with the liftstraps, was a part of why Schweiss Doors was chosen. Bifold doors were also chosen because they didn’t have room for other components such as a hydraulic pump or counter weights. The compact fit of the Schweiss door was the deciding factor. “The bifold doors are heavy duty, very solid, and functional,” Wassenbergh said. “They will be a long-lasting solid piece of equipment that I don’t ever see failing. I like how easy they are to use.” Anthony Rosalia, owner of AJ Garage Door, has installed both the
The largest of the Schweiss Doors bifold liftstrap doors at Yankee Stadium measures 27 feet, 5 inches by 11 feet, 4 inches at the AT&T Sports Lounge on the mezzanine level on the left field line. (Courtesy Schweiss Doors) hydraulic and bifold doors from Schweiss. He believes the price and functionality of the doors played a big part in choosing Schweiss for the Yankee Stadium projects. “I’m very familiar with the larger doors,” Rosalia said. “I like the Schweiss
doors a lot. They are very unique and user-friendly once installed. Everywhere I’ve ever installed these doors, they have become the focal point of the entire property, they really do. There were 30 trades on the Yankee Stadium job, and when we had those doors working, it basically
download it via iTunes or Google Play. Use the contact features in the app to let us know what you like about the app and ways we can improve. To learn more, visit www.aopa.org. came to a standstill. There are some particulars of the Schweiss doors that are very favorable to some people.” Fans attending Yankees games will now experience a more fan-friendly atmosphere with such features as an expanded Batter’s Eye Deck, bullpen landings, sports lounge, and party decks. The new Sunrun Kids Clubhouse is outfitted with a variety of interactive and engaging activities for the Yankees’ youngest fans, and these young fans are the future of Yankees baseball. Schweiss Doors is the premier manufacturer of hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors. Doors are custom made to any size for any type of new or existing building for architects and builders determined to do amazing things with their buildings, including the doors. Schweiss also offers a cable to liftstrap conversion package. For more information, visit www.bifold.com.
UPWIND SCHOLARSHIP CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS
January 2018
The Upwind Foundation (Upwind), now in its sixth year of operation, has released the 2018 scholarship applications and program dates. Upwind provides a scholarship that includes flight and ground training for a high school student to prepare them to obtain their Private Pilot certificate during the summer between their junior and senior year. Upwind was created to provide scholarships for aspiring young pilots to obtain their pilot’s certificate as a way to promote general aviation and to cultivate their interest in aviation as a career. Upwind awarded 17 scholarships to high school students between 2013 and 2017, including the first ever helicopter scholarship in 2016. For 2018, Upwind is seeking high school students to apply for the airplane scholarship. Upwind selects high school students and awards them a scholarship for an intensive, nine-week flight and ground training program provided by expert instructors. Additionally, the scholarship
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recipient(s) will receive mentorship and guidance from other pilots, and enjoy many other social and flying activities. The 2018 program winner(s) will be selected in March and will begin ground training in April with flight training beginning in June.
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Applications are now being accepted and the deadline to apply is Feb. 23, 2018. To apply, download the application at www.upwindscholarship.com/ applications/. The successful candidate must be a U.S. citizen and a high school student who will be 17 years of age before program completion on Aug. 10, 2018. For more information about the Upwind Summer Scholarship Program, please visit www.upwindscholarship .com or email info@upwindscholar ship.com
“$100 Hamburger” Flight
Continued from Page 44 If it’s the kind of thirst that longs for a great micro-brew, you’re close to the headquarters of one of the most worldrenowned breweries, the Lagunitas Brewing Company. The place is so popular with tourists from all over the world that they just keep extending the parking lot to the south! (Believe me, a visit here is worth the trip)! Or if it’s time for a glass of wine before dinner, you’re 10 miles up the road from Kastania Vineyards. The hotel is a half hour drive from the Point Reyes National Seashore. If you’ve ever flown the Point Reyes Three Arrival into SFO, you’ll recognize the name. If you have the kids along, or if you’re a Snoopy fan, and what pilot isn’t, don’t miss the Charles M. Schulz Museum where Snoopy, Lucy, Charley, Linus, and all the other Schulz characters live. It is north up Highway 101 about 20 minutes from Petaluma. But before you get carried away and have to see everything, hang out at the hotel for a while and treat yourself to the friendly ambiance in the beautifully renovated lobby. A five-minute walk away is the beautiful, serene Petaluma River where you can sit and watch the dazzling white herons standing stone still, waiting for their catch of the day to surface. Or you can catch a glimpse of the occasional otter, back
(Courtesy Hotel Petaluma) stroking up river, or just before dusk, you will see a flock of hundreds of small white herons flying upriver back to their sleeping quarters in the trees alongside the river. You’re also just steps away from some of the best dining in Petaluma. Places like the Cucina Paradiso, Della Fattoria, Dempsey’s Bar and Grill, a great all-you-eat sushi place in the Grocery Outlet shopping center, and of course, a Starbucks five doors down Petaluma’s main street from the Hotel Petaluma. These are just a few of the many reasons why you should consider the Petaluma Airport and Hotel Petaluma for your next “$100, or…$200 hamburger” run before the cost goes up!” Check out the hotel on Facebook /www.facebook.com/HotelPetaluma or the hotel website: www.hotelpetaluma .com/ Bert Botta, Aviation Writer, Copywriter, Professional Pilot Services Email: botajet@gmail.com Website: www.bottacopy writing.com
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FLYING CLUBS West Valley Flying Club, San Francisco Bay Area. Palo Alto (650) 856-2030, San Carlos (650) 595-5912, www.wvfc.org.4/16 Charter Members Wanted for New Flying Club Bring back the thrill of flying in a Cherokee 180 or a Cessna 182 Whether you’re an aircraft owner, seasoned pilot, flight instructor, student, or just want an affordable way to get back into the sky, join our new Inland Empire Flying Club — we make flying fun again in well-equipped, clean aircraft. Membership includes maintenance, insurance, servicing or other costs involved in individual ownership. Contact Richard: (562) 208-5280 or ryardusa.com INLAND EMPIRE FLYING CLUB Corona, Chino and Riverside, CA 151100:TFN
Tabooma Flyers. Nonprofit flying club on historic Pearson Field, Vancouver, WA, www.taboomaflyers.org. 4/16
Unique Merv Corning Print (atmospheric and nostalgic). "Ancient Warrior," signed and numbered, $400. rosemarypreissler@sbcglobal.net. 171202:1
Specializing in aviation photography. www.horizontalrain.com. 1/15
Denise Rae Donegan Photography. donnyraeproductions.blogspot.com, xome1111@gmail.com. 10/17 Last Man Club DVD, an all-American adventure featuring WWII Gulf Coast CAF B-17 Warbird. Available at www.thelastmanclub.com or www.amazon.com. 11/17
PUBLICATIONS Avionics Checklists & Quick Reference gudes. Available in book, card & new iPad editions. www.Qref.com or from your favorite supply shop. 8/14
The World Beneath Their Wings, A New Millennium of Female Aviators" by Julie Jervis. Dealer inquiries invited. Call (650) 358-9908. 51108:TFN
Things My Flight Instructor Never Told Me & other lessons for aviators of all levels. (561) 752-3261, www.tmfintm. com. 11/07
HELP WANTED IN FLIGHT USA, the leading source of general aviation news, seeks writers and photographers to cover all aspects of aviation. Send an SASE for writer’s guidelines to: In Flight USA, P.O. Box 5402, San Mateo, CA 94402. TFN Ad Sales Rep needed for Ranching USA. Knowledge of the agri-livestock industry helpful. Willing to work on commission. Large ad database provided. Visit issuu.com to view the online version. Contact In Flight Publishing at 650-358-9908. 1/18
MUSEUMS Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, CA (909) 597-3722 www.planesoffame.org Pacific Coast Air Museum (707) 575-7900 www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org
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Ghosts 2018 - A Time Remembered Celebrating the Thirty Eigth Edition of the Ultimate WWII Avation Calendar
The only existing airworthy Curtiss P-36C “Hawk,” S/N 38-210. The plane was photographed over Duxford, England on September 13, 2016. This aircraft is owned by The Fighter Collection which is based at the Imperial War Museum’s, Duxford Aerodrome. It was flown by TFC’s Chief Pilot, Peter Kynsey. This image appears in the Ghosts – A Time Remembered 2018 calendar, available at www.ghosts.com
Anna Walker, the legendary British aviatrix. Walker was the pilot of the T-6 photo plane for this flight.
The North American AT-6 “Texan” (“Harvard”) that was the photo plane for this flight. This T-6 belongs to the The Fighter Collection, at the Imperial War Museum
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January 2018
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T.J.’s Aircraft Sales..........23
Pac. Coast Dream Machines ..33
Tiffin Aire ........................43
Corona Aircraft Engines 27
Pacific Coast Avionics ....10
Eagle Aircraft ..................22
Pacific Oil Cooler..............9
Hartwig ..............................3
Planes of Fame ..........20, 37
Airtronics ........................31
Ghost Calendar ................12
American Aircraft Sales..47
Hiller Museum ............2, 37
QREF Media....................18
J.T. Evans ..........................4
R&M Steel ......................14
Alliance Int’l Aviation (AIA)..6
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HME Watches..................21
Arizona Type Ratings......33
Jorgenson Lawrence........50
Arizona Soaring,..............41 Attitude Aviation ............51
Aviation Ins. Resources ..22 Aviation Oxygen..............36
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Last Man Club ..........37, 38
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Petaluma Hotel ................24
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Sky Dancer ......................44 Stallion 51..................28, 37 Sterling Air ......................13
Threshold Aviation ..........17
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