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Quest Aircraft has named Muncie Aviation in Muncie, Indiana, the exclusive dealer for the KODIAK in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

QuestAircraft.com, MuncieAviation.com Piper has unveiled its M-Class Linkage Program, which gives Mirage and Meridian owners the opportunity to apply a financial credit toward a factory-new M500 or M600 aircraft. The step-up program offers a credit of $100,000 to $150,000 toward the M500 and M600.

Aircraft eligible for this ascending incentive program are the Meridian, the M350, or the M500.

Piper.com Horizon Avionics, based at Knoxville’s McGhee-Tyson Airport (KTYS), has entered into an agreement with Greenville Jet Center at Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) in South Carolina to perform avionics work by appointment.

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zation’s new executive director. Moyle, of Waxahachie, Texas, has more than 13,000 flight hours and holds an ATP certificate with type ratings for a Boeing 727 and Cessna Citation 500 series. He has served as a captain, first officer, instructor and check airman for two airlines and is a flight and ground instructor and a long-time member of the FAA’s FAASTeam.

More recently, he was FlightSafety International’s program manager for the Cessna CE500 Citation series and served as an examiner and instructor.

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Zenith Aircraft has selected Superior Air Parts’ XP-320 engine as a builder option on its STOL CH750 and CH750 Cruiser kit aircraft (pictured).

According to Sebastian Heintz, Zenith Aircraft president, one of the reasons the company chose the XP-320 engine as an option is that customers can go to the Superior Air Parts factory and assemble their own engine under the supervision of company representatives.

The engines, which are available in 160 and 165 horsepower, run on either 100LL avgas or 91/98 octane auto fuel, according to Superior Air Parts officials.

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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has purchased the Independent Fixed Base Operators Association (IFBOA).

NATA.aero After a very hot, dry summer, officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation report they have reopened Ryan Field (2MT1) at West Glacier, Montana. “Even though we have had rain and cooler temperatures, please use extreme caution in the area, and still no campfires,” they warn.

If you are planning to visit Ryan Field, RAF officials ask that you request a 2015 safety briefing.

TheRAF.org Sheltair has begun the initial land clearing on what will soon become a new multimillion-dollar FBO terminal and aircraft hangar complex at New York’s Republic Airport (FRG), located some 35 miles east of Manhattan.

The $1 million project calls for as much

as 210,000 square feet of new hangar space with door heights a minimum of 28 feet to accommodate the latest corporate jets.

SheltairAviation.com One year after four fuels were selected for testing as potential replacements for leaded avgas, progress remains steady, according to officials with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. They report that the first phase of testing should be completed later this year. Testing now is concentrated on material compatibility and rig testing, with the second phase of testing — in engines and aircraft — slated to begin in early 2016, according to the report.

“The FAA has said it hopes to have an unleaded replacement for avgas certified by 2018, and the program is on target to reach that goal,” AOPA officials note.

AOPA.org The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has selected veteran aviation educator Bill Moyle as the organi-

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The National Association of Flight Instructors has honored NAFI founder Jack Eggspuehler with its newly created Lifetime Achievement Award. Eggspuehler helped found NAFI in 1967 and served as its president for 30 years. An Ohio native, he began his flying career in the U.S. Air Force, and served a long tenure as a flight instructor and professor of aviation at Ohio State University before retiring in 1980.

NAFInet.org Terri Watson has been named executive director of LightHawk, a non-profit that uses volunteer pilots to help conservation organizations.

Watson has a long history with LightHawk beginning as a volunteer pilot in 1997, and later becoming a board member.

She served a previous term as executive director from 2000-2003. Most recently, the 11,000-hour pilot was executive director of the Pearl Harbor Institute of Pacific Historic Parks in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Al Smith of AB Enterprises has developed a firewall-forward solution for those who want to use the ULPower 260-series engine in their Van’s Aircraft RV-12.

Smith, a retired Army Warrant officer who also built an RV-6 (and whose wife is now building a Zenith CH750 STOL with the 160-hp ULPower engine), explained, “I came up with this firewall-forward solution because the ULPower is an excellent engine, and it’s a good marriage to this airframe.”

Exact weight comparisons with the stock design are difficult, due to the fact that every airplane is a little different, but Smith notes that his RV-12, without fuel but with oil and full options (including carpeting and seat cushions), weighs 752 pounds.

Mounting to the same hard points as the original Rotax engine means the airframe

design remains uncompromised, he noted.

The kit comes with all hardware, the cowl, ductwork and baffles, flex tubes, cabin heat valve, cable, hoses, master relay, spinner, Sensenich carbon-adjustable prop (Whirlwind and Warp Drive are also available), and a powder-coated mount in your choice of colors. The standard kit is configured for a single ECU and electric fuel pump. Options include a second fuel pump, an oil heat exchanger, and an additional ECU. (The exhaust system supplied with the engine is integrated into the design.)

Smith has been flying his own RV-12/ ULPower machine all summer, and has made detail improvements, all of which are incorporated into the latest kits, which are now available for $5,200.

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Scanlon Aviation will host a safety awareness weekend at Gnoss Field in Novato, Calif., Oct. 22-25. Headlining the event is Master Instructor Rich Stowell, the 2014 National FAASTeam Rep of the Year and 2006 National CFI of the Year.

The program offers several activities, including a free FAA Wings seminar, stall/ spin training sessions, simulator training sessions, and a flying community BBQ. ScanlonAviation.com

including California, Florida, Texas, Nevada, Virginia, and Washington. The flight schools offer ground school and flight instruction, while the college provides the aviation and general education courses so students can earn a college degree.

CharterCollegeAviation.com The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation has awarded its 2015 Giving Back grants to Build a Plane, Hope Flight Foundation, and Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth. Each will receive a $10,000 grant. Build a Plane will use the funds for a gang intervention program in Riverside, California. Over a 12-month period, participants will rebuild and refurbish an Aeronca Champ. Hope Flight Foundation will use the grant to provide life-saving flights for seriously ill children in California, Nevada, and Oregon. Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth will use its grant to allow more than 30 low-income students from New York middle schools to attend a week-long aviation and space camp at the New York City Center for Space Science Education.

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The Alaska Airmen Association has awarded the winning bid for its 2016 raffle plane to Above Alaska Aviation of Talkeetna, Alaska. The company will refurbish a PA-18 Piper Super Cub, which will be auctioned off at the 2016 Alaska Airmen Association Great Alaskan Aviation Gathering May 1, 2016.

Raffle tickets are available for purchase by calling 907-733-4808 or 907-245-1251.

Ticket price is $60 each or $275 for five.

AboveAlaska.com The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) has scheduled free monthly tours of the Wright Company factory buildings in Dayton, Ohio, through the end of 2015.

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ULPower now available for Van’s RV-12

Tours of the two historic buildings will take place on the third Thursday of each month — Oct. 15, Nov. 19 and Dec. 17.

Each tour will begin at 10 a.m. except Dec. 17, when it will begin at 2 p.m. A tour typically takes about an hour.

The Wright factory is the first American factory built for the purpose of manufacturing airplanes. The two structures are the oldest airplane manufacturing buildings still standing in the world and the only buildings still in Dayton where the Wright brothers worked on airplanes.

AviationHeritageArea.org The former manager of the Ralph M. Hall Municipal Airport in Rockwall, Texas, has moved his repair operations to the Terrell Municipal Airport in Texas. Eddie Walkowicz’s new firm is called Terrell Aircraft Services.

TerrellAirport.com NBC Sports is slated to air a one-hour special on this year’s Reno Air Races in February. The one-hour special is being produced by JM Associates. (See photos from this year’s races on pages A20-21).

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OpenAirplane reached a milestone recently as it topped more than 10,000 pilots signed up to fly with the airplane rental service.

More than 58% of those pilots’ home airports are now less than 25 miles from the nearest participating airplane, compared to just 22% when the service launched in mid-2013, according to officials. Hours flown using OpenAirplane have more than doubled year over year.

“We’re thrilled to see our community of pilots grow,” said Rod Rakic, co-founder.

“More pilots are stepping up to get more value out of flying. Together we can make private aviation more valuable, safer, and more fun for everyone.”

Pilots who sign up to fly with OpenAirplane now have access to more than 320 aircraft at 90 locations across the United

States, from coast to coast, including Alaska and Hawaii, he added.

OpenAirplane offers pilots the opportunity to complete a Universal Pilot Checkout that’s specific to the make and model of aircraft they typically fly, which enables them to access airplanes across the Open­ Airplane network.

Normally pilots are faced with having to waste half a day and hundreds of dollars to get checked out to fly at each new location they rent from, OpenAirplane officials note.

Pilots find available planes by checking OpenAirplane on their smartphones, tablets, or any desktop computer with Internet access. They see what aircraft are available, details about how they are equipped, rental rates, and how the planes have been rated by other pilots who have flown that

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particular aircraft. Pilots can then request a reservation — all without needing to pick

up a phone, company officials said.

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Polls show voters overwhelmingly oppose privatizing ATC By a nearly two-to-one margin, voters oppose privatizing the air traffic control system, according to a new poll.

A recent telephone survey conducted by Global Strategy Group of 801 registered voters found that a majority (55%) oppose privatizing ATC, while 29% support it.

Generally, voters support privatizing government functions or services, the pollsters said, adding that when asked in this poll, 51% said they support privatization, while 34% oppose it. This question was asked immediately before the question on privatizing the ATC functions of the FAA.

Opposition to privatization may be, in part, due to the fact that voters think the FAA does a good job managing the ATC system. Fully 67% of voters give the FAA a positive job rating overall, while only 16% say it does a not so good or poor job.

When asked more specifically to rate the

job the FAA does operating ATC, 80% say the FAA does an excellent or good job and only 14% rate the FAA negatively.

“Voters are very clearly expressing an ‘if-it-ain’t-broke’ attitude about the FAA and privatization,” officials with the polling company concluded.

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Withdrawing from the luck bucket Ivy McIver

“I’m OK! Are you OK?” As I hung upside down, shoulder harnesses digging into my collarbones, I tried to make sense of the broken glass, bent metal and wet sand that surrounded me.

Just 60 seconds prior, I had been rolling down a beautiful grass strip in the Cascades. I watched the airspeed build and felt the tail come up as I advanced the throttle and worked the rudders through the takeoff. Then came the sickening sound of the prop digging into the turf.

The ground was firm. It was September and it had been a long, dry summer with little rain. Tieton State Airport (4S6) is beautifully situated at the end of Rimrock Lake under the shadow of Mt. Rainier in Washington state. The runway pitches slightly uphill from the water’s edge towards the surrounding mountains and the approach to the airport is over the lake, offering a clear and wide path to the runway.

As I overflew the airport that day, everything was as expected and just as the airport manager had described when I called to check on runway conditions a few hours before departing Seattle.

I was afforded epic views of soaring jagged cliffs, skyscraper-tall evergreens, and crystal blue water, and noticed the lake’s water level was low, exposing a muddy lakebed dotted with tree stumps at the end of the runway. Despite being a sunny Ivy McIver is an ATP rated pilot with over 3,500 hours, a seaplane rating, and a love for tailwheel flying. She is the SR product line manager for Cirrus Aircraft based in Duluth, Minn., and the proud owner of an American Champion Citabria 7GCBC. Ivy can be contacted through her Facebook page: facebook.com/adventureflyer.

Saturday afternoon, there were no other aircraft around, a subtle sign that another summer had drawn to a close.

I touched down on the grass uneventfully, and taxied up the runway to the end to turn around. I paused for a moment to run through a quick pre-takeoff checklist and take a deep breath before taking off again.

I eased off the brakes, did one last check of the flap position, and drove the airplane down the runway, mindful of the slightly downward slope and uneven ground.

As the tail lifted off the ground, the aircraft rolled over a bump in the runway, a puff of wind caught the wing and we were airborne. Having not quite enough airspeed to fly, I let the plane settle back down to the ground, but the tail hit first.

What started as a subtle porpoise between tail and mains quickly turned into a full-blown oscillation as each correction input I introduced increased the amplitude.

It was as if my brain was disconnected from my body and I was watching the scene unfold from outside the airplane. Despite my brain screaming “you are making it worse,” my body refused to listen and I continued to chase the see-sawing plane with over-corrective stick movements.

The nauseating crunch of the prop meeting the ground and the subsequent whine of the engine reunited my body with my brain as the runway disappeared below and behind me. Trees, rocks, cliffs, mud, water, tree stumps — I had no good options in front of me and knew that turning back towards the airport could prove fatal due to my low altitude and anemic climb rate.

I scanned the landscape for a solution and determined that a sandbar exposed due to the low water level of the lake was the best of my limited options. I set the mains on the driest looking sand, hoping

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it would be firm enough to bear the weight of the aircraft, and weaved through the tree stumps and rocks, intent on stopping before the water’s edge on the other side.

As the plane slowed, a stump caught the right main gear and sent the spinner into the sand. In slow motion, the tail drifted over the badly bent prop and the plane somersaulted onto its back, shattering the windshield.

The silence surrounding us as we hung from our seatbelts was deafening. We crawled, uninjured, through the window of the crumpled plane and I stared in disbelief at the wreckage. How could I have let this happen? I was angry, upset, and deter-

mined to figure out what went wrong and how I had failed.

The next few weeks were a blur of conversations with the insurance company, the forest service, the salvage company, the NTSB, the FAA, and a multitude of flight instructors and tailwheel pilots. I was fortunate to be supported by an amazing community of pilots who helped me not only navigate the FAA and come to terms with what had happened, but who were determined not to let me give up on tailwheel flying.

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Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 gains momentum Bill of Rights, and this second edition will continue to improve and streamline the antiquated regulatory system faced by GA pilots and industry alike.”

The Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2: • Reforms FAA’s overly burdensome medical certification process by expanding an existing medical standard to include more qualified, trained pilots.

• Extends the due process rights preserved in the first PBOR to individual FAA certificate holders, and enhances those rights by ensuring certificate holders have the right to appeal an FAA decision through a new, merit-based trial in Federal Court.

• Increases transparency for all FAA certificate holders subject to an investigation or enforcement action by holding the FAA accountable for communicating with certificate holders. The FAA is required to articulate a specific description of the incident or incidents under investigation to pilots involved in the investigation, and provide specific documentation relevant to its investigation.

• Expedites updates to the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Improvement Program required in the first Pilot’s Bill of Rights and directs the FAA to include the effective duration of temporary flight restrictions. This ensures the most relevant

and important information reaches the pilot. The legislation also mandates that FAA certify the accuracy of posted NOTAMs. • Ensures the accessibility of flight data, such as air traffic communication tapes and radar information produced by contract towers, flight service stations and controller training programs, giving pilots the ability to use this information to defend themselves during an enforcement action proceeding.

• Extends liability protection to individuals designated by the FAA, such as aviation medical examiners, pilot examiners or designated airworthiness representatives. This provision provides the protections enjoyed by federal employees to individuals performing a uniquely federal function, ensuring everyone has access to medical professionals and designees to sign off on check rides and the flightworthiness of experimental aircraft, Inhofe explained.

• Acts as a Good Samaritan Law for volunteer pilots, protecting them from liability as long as they are following appropriate procedures. This is an important consideration for non-profit organizations dependent on volunteers that provide non-cost transportation for the public benefit, Inhofe noted.

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The evolution of Flight Service Joseph (Jeb) Burnside Pilot Related

Even though little remains of the FAA’s Flight Service function, some of us still remember the old-fashioned ways.

Up front, I’ll admit I’m old school, but only to an extent. I prefer steam to glass, and a stick to an automatic transmission, for example, but I’d rather use metric than SAE. Go figure.

One of the things I have fond memories for is the network of FAA Flight Service Stations (FSS) throughout the U.S. I took my private written at one and, on numerous occasions “back in the day,” obtained an in-person pre-flight briefing at an FSS. (I also remember the rhythmic clacking of teletype machines, and a briefingroom wall lined by clipboards filled with uppercase type on cheap yellow paper, but don’t tell anyone.)

An exact peak number of FSS is elusive, but one FAA document notes, “By the early 1960s, the agency operated 297 flight service stations.”

It also says the “FAA commissioned its first automated flight service station (AFSS) at Denver in November 1982. By the end of fiscal year 1995, FAA had consolidated its flight service stations into 61 AFSSs, 31 auxiliary stations (primarily in Alaska), and one remaining conventional station.”

Gone were the days of in-person briefings for most of us.

And today, the idea of one is ludicrous.

The flight service function — for the most part — has been contracted out to Lockheed Martin, and is accessible via telephone and the Internet. The closest one can come these days to getting an old-fashioned in-person briefing is in Alaska.

Gone with the in-person briefing is any local knowledge a grizzled Flight Service specialist might have and would willingly share with a pilot trying to go somewhere.

In fact, local knowledge — along with the network of direction-finding (DF) facilities used to help orient lost pilots — was an oft-cited factor in resisting FSS consolidation.

Once everything became automated and there was no one left to impart any of that local knowledge, it’s debatable whether accidents resulted. Some probably did, but we’ll never know. Certainly, DF capabilities disappeared.

Aviation writer/editor and Uncontrolled Airspace podcast co-founder Jeb Burnside is a 3,100-hour instrument-rated commercial pilot with SEL/SES/MEL ratings. He owns a Beechcraft Debonair.

After some teething pains, meanwhile, LockMart appears to be doing its job. And the DUATS online service, now provided solely by Computer Science Corporation, also seems to be working well. Improved communication technologies and greater productivity demands over the years enabled these consolidations, and no one wants to go back to the old ways.

Even as the number of FSS was whittled

down over the years, the in-flight services available actually got better.

Remote communications outlets proliferated, along with automated observing equipment. Depending on altitude, there often is a discrete FSS frequency within range, or even 122.2 MHz, making the kludgy “listen on the VOR and transmit on 121.1” a relic.

If all else fails, we can still call the 800 number to get a clearance, sometimes from the run-up pad with the engine running.

(And if there’s no cell service, and we can’t maintain VFR from the runway to an altitude high enough to call FSS on a radio, maybe we shouldn’t be trying to fly today, anyway.)

Flight Watch, also known as the En Route Flight Advisory Service or EFAS, always struck me as a solution to a problem

that really didn’t exist. Yes, 122.2 could get very busy at times, and setting aside 122.0 for weather alone — no flight plans or clearances — made some sense. Maybe other solutions weren’t available. So I’m not sure how I feel about the FAA shutting down Flight Watch.

As of Sept. 24, dedicated Flight Watch positions are decommissioned, and we’ll need to use the other published frequencies to contact Flight Service via radio.

For six months beyond the cut-off date, Flight Service will monitor the 122.0 EFAS frequency and provide pilots a different one to use for en route weather and advisories.

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Salem airspace do-over Ben Sclair Touch & Go

The FAA posted a notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) regarding Salem, Ore­gon’s McNary Field (KSLE) Class D and E airspace to the Federal Register on May 1, 2015. On Aug. 20, the proposed rule became final. No one noticed.

This happens all too often. I’d hazard a guess that most of the time, it isn’t even a problem. Or at least not a major problem. In this case, the proposed-now-final rule had a significant impact to the area’s airspace. But no one noticed.

No comments were made. Because no one noticed.

Upon learning the damage, the Oregon Pilots Association (OPA) took action. Congressmen were contacted. The Oregon Department of Aviation was contacted.

The KSLE tower was contacted. The FAA was contacted … a lot. So much noise was made, the KSLE airspace re-design has officially entered a do-over phase.

Step One: Since the prior rule is now Ben Sclair is Publisher. He can be reached at ben@generalaviationnews.com.

final, the OPA reports “a Letter of Agreement that frees up the Independence airspace” is in effect until a new rule can be made final.

“The white section is still Delta, but you do not have to talk to the tower if it’s VFR on the SLE ATIS,” reports the OPA. (See top photo).

Step Two: The FAA, on Sept. 21, submitted a new NPRM to the Federal Register regarding KSLE airspace. The initial view of the airspace appears to be much more functional.

From the NPRM summary: “This action proposes to modify Class D airspace, Class E surface area airspace, and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at McNary Field, Salem, OR. After further review, the FAA found some airspace unnecessary for Standard Instrument Approach Procedures for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.” (See bottom photo).

Care to comment? You can until Nov. 5, 2015. Go to Regulations.gov and search for FAA-2015-3751.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE DANGEROUS PASSENGER

Re: Steven Long’s story, “The Dangerous Passenger” in the Sept. 20 issue: Great story and a good reminder for us all no matter how long we’ve been flying or how many hours under our belts. That dangerous passenger can be found flying with any of us. Thanks for sharing your story.

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Before you fly again, you need to get rid of that passenger. He infects you like a cancer and one day will be your undoing.

In 50 years of aviating and 48 years of instructing, I have seen many pilots that allow that particular passenger on board.

They have all paid the ultimate price and, unfortunately, so have other passengers.

JOHN WESLEY via GeneralAviationNews.com There are various endeavors in life that we deal with. Some require serious thinking, however, if you read aircraft accident reports, there is a common thread which is never present — the desire to stay alive and minimize risk. Where logic is not used, death is next. Luck is not reliable, staying alive is the bottom line.

At about age 8, I started reading the Grampaw Pettibone articles in Naval Aviation News. I learned a lot about how to think aviation style.

After getting my B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Ill­inois, I became a flight test engineer at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. (Now called the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Center).

Flight safety requires logical and accurate thinking: Life, aircraft, and accurate data. Accurate data will save the lives of future flight crews, also.

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DIP STICKS

Re: Paul McBride’s Ask Paul column, “What’s the best way to read a dip stick?” in the Sept. 5 issue: We find that on many engines a full indication on the oil dipstick constitutes a waste of money. The engine will just toss it out the breather line. But, there is a “sweet spot” for adding oil and once that is determined you do not waste so much oil.

On my engine the dip stick is reading full at 8 quarts. It will run just fine at 5 and 1/4 quarts and burn very little oil, but we

check all the time and watch temperature and pressure. One thing I do know is that when operating over airplane-unfriendly terrain, I want the dip stick reading full!

With homebuilt aircraft, dipstick reliability is questionable because the tilt of the engine, etc., might change due to a different mount, etc.

Err on the side of caution!

GARTH ELLIOT via GeneralAviationNews.com I chuckled when reading this, because as a former owner of a 1947 Beech Bonanza, checking the oil is a procedure that is dif-

ferent from most. The early model Bonanzas were fitted with Continental E series engines. This means that the engine did not “store” the oil in a normal fashion. The engine used an external oil tank with a cam type dipstick.

The result of this is that when checking the dipstick with a cold engine, it would read close to 0. After running the engine for a short period of time, the oil in the tank would begin to rise. After a flight, the oil would very gradually leave the tank to go back into the engine.

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There’s an opening in the public sector Jamie Beckett Politics for Pilots

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, only a couple months from now, local elections will be held across the continent. These races will result in new faces and old faces being sworn in to sit on city commissions, county commissions, state boards, and to fill a slew of mayoral seats.

These are the people who will be tasked with setting your property tax rates, as well as the cost of water and sewer services. They’ll determine whether garbage gets picked up once a week, or more often.

These are the folks who will plan for snow removal this winter, and struggle with the budget if it falls short this year in an attempt to make sure the shortage doesn’t persist next year.

These office seekers are also the people who will decide if your local airport stays open or closes. It will be their call as to whether they’ll modernize the facilities or not. Virtually everything of importance that happens at your local airport will fall under the purview of these public officials.

Jamie Beckett is the AOPA Ambassador in Florida. A dedicated aviation advocate, you can reach him at: Jamie@GeneralAviationNews.com

LETTERS | From Page A10 The result of this was that the best time to check the dipstick was after the engine had been run, the oil was hot and the engine oil pressure had returned the oil to the tank.

Supposedly there was a check valve in the tank to prevent this “drainage” from happening, but they never worked. Every owner I know with this arrangement experienced the same phenomenon. The mechanics I used through the years all said the same thing — it’s normal, keep your eyes glued to the oil pressure gauge when starting up and for a visual, check the dipstick immediately after you have run the engine.

I wasn’t crazy about this, but got used to it. I always knew how much oil was in the engine, checked the oil level after a flight, and as the mechanics suggested, kept my eyes glued to the oil pressure gauge after start up.

Although I never had a problem, I’m

Have something to say?

I wonder what sort of shape GA might be in if no openly pro-aviation candidates run. I also wonder what might happen if some very pro-aviation candidates jump into those local races. Someone like you, for instance.

Some years ago I wrote an op ed for the local newspaper in which I criticized my city government for not managing our airport more effectively. That column led a handful of airport regulars to ask me if I would run for a seat on the city commission. After taking some time to think about it, I filed my paperwork, opened a campaign bank account, and set myself to the task of unseating an incumbent mayor.

That’s not an easy thing to do. And contrary to popular belief, simply putting your name on the ballot and speaking in a loud, clear voice does not make you a competitive candidate.

I set my financial sights low, my workload high, and did my best to build a small team of dedicated supporters who would back my campaign. In the end, we won, locking up 62% of the vote. The newspapers call that a victory. In my experience, it’s the start of a steep learning curve that includes a lot of reading, a lot of study, hours upon hours of talking to department glad that newer engines do not use the oil tank, which means an accurate read on the dipstick — hot or cold. It helps the peace of mind.

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ELECTRIC AIRPLANES

Re: Dan Johnson’s Splog column, “Electric aircraft...Going mainstream?” in the Sept. 5 issue: Electric aircraft may well save the entire light GA industry. I can’t wait!

With new graphene battery technology and practical Gen IV nuclear power plants, the sooner we get to an electric world, the better. New technology batteries will provide much higher power density — power stored vs. weight. Thorium nuclear will generate “walk away” safe, carbon-free, sustainable and affordable power.

All we have to do is get to the future.

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heads, rank and file workers in the trenches, members of the public, and even spending time speaking and listening to students who can’t vote.

As an elected official you represent the public, not just the members of the public who voted for you. The work is hard. The pay is lousy. The hours are long. But sometimes you get to be a part of doing something that matters. And that’s worth every bit of the annoyance the job carries with it.

In my case, I got to lead the charge to dissolve a government committee that had been meeting for nine years, yet had no purpose. Two dozen staffers would prepare for and attend these meetings. Yet the committee didn’t have the authority to enter into a contract, raise or spend money, hire employees, or actually do anything more than gather in a room and talk. Once the pointlessness of the committee became clear to me, I announced my intention to kill it and stop wasting the public’s money and the staff’s time. It took two years and the election of two new like-minded members, but we did it. That committee no longer exists.

One of my campaigning points was to make the airport a more valued part of our city’s economy. I lobbied to manage it more professionally, to market it more effectively, and to accept the general aviation community as an asset, not an irritant.

That process is still ongoing, but those points have made it into the newspaper, they’ve been discussed in public meetings, and for the first time since I’ve lived in town we’re actually making progress at the airport.

The city commission passed an ordi-

nance to create an airport advisory committee, and after leaving office I was appointed to that committee. I serve as its chairman, being voted into that position by my fellow board members.

An auspicious group, I suspect the city couldn’t afford us if we established ourselves as a consulting group. Yet we meet up on a regular basis, study the issues and advise the airport manager and the city administration as to how our airport could be run more effectively.

That committee, which includes tenants and business owners as well as members of the public, has significant input into what happens on our field. Thanks to the men and women who volunteer their time to sit in on those meetings and work through the issues that confront us, our airport is improving.

The process is slow. Sometimes, maddeningly so. But change comes to those who push for it, provided they act professionally, work collaboratively, and express themselves articulately. We don’t get personal with each other during meetings. We work the issue. There is no upside to insulting each other. The career politicians have certainly proved that to be true. Progress can be made, however. And that progress can leave a positive, lasting impression and fond memories for those involved.

I urge you to consider running to fill a seat this year. There is still time. Find your voice, craft your platform, build your team, and run. You would be amazed what a knowledgable individual can accomplish from the inside.

So run. Serve. Do general aviation proud. You’ll be glad you did.

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Link Service Provider. LockMart has advertised an electronic PIREP-submission service, but it doesn’t seem to have gotten off the ground.

Delivery methods have changed greatly — from the teletype machines and clipboards of the 1960s to today’s EFB apps.

Flight Service’s evolution may well mean it ceases to exist as a separate function, but once in-person briefings and DF facilities were abandoned, along with the local knowledge available from those staffing the old-style FSS, the days of Flight Service “as we knew it” were numbered anyway.

Today’s FSS is more virtual than physical. Since there was little concern or opposition to shutting down EFAS and HARS expressed among the usual suspects, most pilots apparently have accepted its evolution into something accessed via their favorite EFB app or 1-800-WX-BRIEF. That includes me, but I still miss the ability to chat in-person with a briefer, or fill out a flight-plan form and hand it to somebody.

Flight Service’s history tracks the ongoing telecommunications revolution quite closely, and covers a lot of territory. This old-school pilot got to see much of it, and I’m glad.

includes the Lake Reporting Service eastcoasters like me might use when crossing Lake Michigan to reach Oshkosh.

The FAA says the changes are designed “to eliminate unnecessary duplication of service and provide greater convenience for pilots.”

I suppose they were inevitable once the FAA’s Flight Information System-Broadcast (FIS-B, a component of ADS-B In) became operational. The free FIS-B service and proliferation of tablet computers running EFB software capable of displaying its data probably accelerated its demise, just as it seems to shorten what life remains in the idea of actually being able to speak with a human to obtain a pre-flight briefing or file a flight plan.

Most of the time while airborne, the typical GA pilot can do just fine with only the incoming text and imagery available via FIS-B. But it’s a one-way technology: Pilots can’t use it to file flight plans, request or obtain a clearance, or submit a pilot report.

Two-way data capabilities exist for airborne aircraft, but generally require an arrangement with an FAA-approved Data

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Name change at 68C honors aviation icon The Central County Flyers Association, which operates the privately owned, public access Central County Airport (68C) in Iola, Wis., northwest of Oshkosh, surprised one of their own local aviation icons during their infamous Friday fly-in lunch on Aug 14.

Paul Johns thought the group was just holding an “Appreciation Day” in his honor but, instead, got a very big surprise. Former Association President Bill Kinsman called the attendees together to retell Paul’s aviation history and then made the surprise announcement that the airport would be renamed Paul Johns Field.

In his usual affable way, soon to be 102-year-old Johns took it all in with style and a smile, noting, “I didn’t really do anything.”

The lunch crowd didn’t agree. He’d done much during his 66 active years aviating and they recognized the honor with a rousing ovation when a plaque was given to Johns.

His aviation memorabilia is already on display in the association’s new hangar, so renaming the airport after him was a natural additional honor, association officials noted.

He was also given the first hat with the new name of the airport embroidered on it.

Born in 1913 in Indiana, Johns first soloed a Waco glider at age 15 in 1929. He went on to solo a Curtis Jr. two years later and earned advanced pilot and mechanic ratings at Curtis Field in Glenview, Ill., later called NAS Glenview.

Photos courtesy Larry Stencel

By LARRY STENCEL

In 1939, Pan Am hired him to set up an instrument training program with Link trainers in Florida. He went on to realize his dream, flying the DC-3 as a line pilot to Caribbean and South American destinations. In 1944, he transferred to California to fly the PB2Y-3 “Coronado” and Boeing 314 “Clipper” flying boats, where he completed 220 crossings of the Pacific during the war as a Naval aviator.

He was also an experienced celestial navigator/instructor.

After the war, he flew as a corporate pilot in Wisconsin until his retirement at age 60.

At age 75, he built a Kitfox experimental airplane in 11 months and flew it until 1995 when he voluntarily grounded himself.

Paul Johns’ aviation memorabilia is on display in the new hangar at 68C. The Iola airport’s Friday lunches are a local phenomenon for aviators in Wisconsin and surrounding states. During the July 3 fly-in this year, 62 airplanes and 260 people were in attendance. This was the second highest total ever tallied.

Because of its infamous lunch destination reputation, the airport is nicknamed “The Busiest Little Airport in Wisconsin.”

Worth noting, the airport accepts no federal money and is totally self-sustaining owing to the Friday lunches and the many volunteers who put it all together.

Johns has been previously recognized by the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame and is

one of EAA’s “Timeless Voices.” Now, he has an airport named after him. He is truly an inspiration to all who know him.

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The Perlan 2 glider, an engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved its successful first flight Sept.

23 about 5,000 feet above Roberts Field, Redmond Municipal Airport (KRDM) in Oregon.

This was the first test flight of the aircraft, which next year will attempt to set a new world altitude record for any airplane.

The Perlan 2 glider was developed by The Perlan Project, a volunteer-run, nonprofit endeavor supported by Airbus Group and a group of other sponsors that includes Weather Extreme Ltd., United Technologies and BRS Aerospace.

“We’re extremely excited about the successful first flight of the Perlan 2 glider,” said Ed Warnock, CEO of the Perlan Project. “This marks a major breakthrough in aviation innovation, one that will allow winged exploration of the atmosphere at the edge of space and lead to new discoveries to unravel some of the continuing mysteries of weather, climate change and ozone depletion.”

Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock piloted the first flight of the pressurized sailplane, which is designed to ride air currents that, in certain mountainous regions near the north and south poles, can reach into the stratosphere.

Next year’s planned flights in Argentina

are expected to reach 90,000 feet, exceeding the altitudes achieved by the U-2 and the SR-71.

Despite having no engine, the glider’s true flight speed at that altitude will be more than 400 mph and the air density will be less than 2% of what it is at sea level.

The crew will breathe pure oxygen provided by a rebreather system, similar to what astronauts use in space.

In addition to its two-person crew, the aircraft carries scientific instruments to provide insights into climate change and the upper atmosphere, officials said.

Because it lacks an engine, Perlan 2 can explore the edge of space without polluting the atmosphere it will study, project officials noted. This, hopefully, will help increase human knowledge on several fronts, including: • Understanding weather: What happens at the highest levels of the stratosphere impacts weather around the globe, and Perlan 2 will be able to observe important atmospheric phenomena that previously have only been speculated about.

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• Diagnosing the Ozone Layer: Perlan 2 can take untainted air samples from the stratosphere to measure the levels of ozone-damaging chemicals and assess whether the ozone layer is replenishing or still depleting.

• Future of aviation: Many of the high-altitude weather phenomena Perlan 2 will encounter have implications for aircraft PURE ADVENTURE | From Page A6 versary of my accident. Though the sound of the prop hitting the grass and the visual of shattering glass mixing with sand still haunt me occasionally, I have come a long way.

In June, I bought another Citabria and flew it from Wyoming home to Minnesota.

I have studied and analyzed my accident ad nauseam. I have experienced tremendous joy flying my new “Little Starling” around and taking my friends up flying, but most importantly, I have started to forgive myself for crashing the airplane.

I have realized that despite careful planning and proper training, things do not go right 100% of the time. When things go

performance and safety, especially as commercial aviation strives to operate aircraft at higher altitudes.

• Future of space travel: Perlan 2 will operate in atmospheric conditions roughly similar to those on Mars, providing insight into how wingborne aircraft could operate above the Martian surface.

PerlanProject.org wrong, a combination of skill, luck, and perseverance are required.

I have since flown over Tieton State Airport a number of times. Each time I survey the scene, I realize how lucky I was to walk away from my accident without injury.

Skill played a part in the outcome, but so did luck. Had the water level of the lake been higher, there would have been no sandbar. Had there been no stump on the sandbar, I would not have stopped before the water’s edge. Had the plane not had 4-point shoulder harnesses, I would have taken the impact with my head and neck.

Fortunately, my luck bucket had a remaining balance from which I could withdraw and make a deposit in my experience bucket.

NBAA Concerned Over Proposals for Privatized ATC, Funded Through User Fees As the U.S. Congress continues a debate about legislation for reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), NBAA remains concerned over proposals under discussion for creating a privatized air traffic control (ATC) system, funded by user fees.

Proponents of ATC privatization have looked to FAA reauthorization with an eye toward transitioning the nation’s aviation system from the current one – in which Congress has an oversight role in aviation-policy decisionmaking – to a new system, in which authority over such decisions would be held by a new, stand-alone entity.

Such a notion should raise serious concerns for everyone in general aviation. After all, the nation’s system of airports and airspace serves the public, so it is appropriate that Congress – which represents the public – has a role in governance of the system.

Without Congressional oversight to ensure that our nation’s air traffic system serves the needs of the entire public – including the people and companies that rely on general aviation in small and mid-size towns – a group of unelected, self-interested parties could instead be allowed to make decisions about where and when general aviation pilots may fly, what type of payment could be demanded of operators (potentially including user fees) and which airports will, or won’t, have priority.

Similar to past instances when policy proposals have threatened the efficiency and flexibility provided through business aviation, NBAA has issued a Call to Action to inform our Members

about this matter, and to ensure that our opposition to a privatized ATC system funded by user fees is shared with congressional lawmakers.

NBAA Members have been very responsive, using the association’s Contact Congress resource to send e-mails to Congressional representatives in states across the country. The industry’s message has also been spread through social media: for example, on Twitter, hundreds of tweets with the hashtag #NoPrivatizedATC have spread the word to elected officials. Additionally, dozens of local and regional business aviation groups have signed letters, under their organizational letterhead, telling Congressional lawmakers in their states about the industry’s concern over the notion of a privatized ATC system funded by user fees.

Our shared aviation community cannot be silent or complacent against threats to the mobility provided through general aviation, including business aviation. Presenting a clear, powerful, and united voice from the aviation community is the most effective way to ensure our role in shaping the ultimate outcome of this issue.

With that in mind, I would like to ask readers of General Aviation News to also take time to share their thoughts, by using our Contact Congress resource, at nbaa.org/advocacy, to explain our industry’s concern over this matter. With your help, we will ensure that our voice is heard.

Ed Bolen, NBAA President and CEO

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A year of epic flights Dennis Parks

Prior to 1927, many well-informed people — as well as the general public — continued to think of aviation as a stunt to be marveled at or an amusement, but not something of concrete accomplishment.

These attitudes changed during 1927 with many epic flights that proved the capability of modern aircraft and powerplants — flights that saw distance and duration records broken on a regular basis.

Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris was the first epic flight to grip the attention of the public. His flight was soon followed by more Atlantic crossings, flights over the Pacific to Hawaii, and a tour around the world to Tokyo.

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The “Columbia” soon after departure from Roosevelt Field on Long Island.

New York to Germany

One of Lindbergh’s competitors for the Orteig Prize was Clarence Chamberlin. On June 4, Chamberlin, along with Charles Levine, owner of the “Columbia,” a Wright-Bellanca monoplane, departed Long Island for a flight to Europe. Chamberlin was a former Army pilot and barnstormer who had hoped to become the first to fly from New York to Paris. Levine was a scrap metal dealer from New York.

The Wright-Bellanca was a cabin monoplane designed by Bellanca for the Wright Company to be used as a test aircraft for the new Wright Whirlwind J-5 radial enDennis Parks is Curator Emeritus of Seattle’s Museum of Flight. He can be reached at dennis@generalaviationnews.com.

The Army flight to Hawaii used a Fokker tri-motor transport. These big machines, which weighed seven tons, were quite a contrast to the much smaller single-engine aircraft used in other epic flights.

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October 5, 2015 gine. Lindbergh had approached Levine about buying the plane for his Paris flight, but they couldn’t come to an agreement.

With Lindbergh having already successfully flown to Paris, the goal of Chamberlin’s flight to Europe was to set a new record for a non-stop fight. After departing New York June 4, that goal was accomplished on June 6 when Chamberlin and Levine landed at Eisleben, Germany, after flying 3,905 miles in 42 hours and 45 minutes. The next day the Columbia was flown to Berlin where a crowd of 150,000 people gave them a rousing reception.

www.GeneralAviationNews.com — facebook.com/ganews began in Detroit with a six-hour trip to New York. After preparing for the transAtlantic hop, the two men flew to Newfoundland, where they awaited improvements in the weather over the Atlantic. The flights across the ocean, over Europe and Asia to Japan were accomplished without mishap and created great interest as they flew around the world.

Many of the legs of the trip were made

without adequate maps. Brock reported to The New York Times that they were just “aerial hobos.”

Epic powerplant

All the aircraft for these epic flights used the new Wright Whirlwind engine, a nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engine.

It developed 220-hp and, for its day, was considered to be light and highly reliable.

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Another ocean

With the Atlantic having been crossed twice within two weeks, interest began to shift to the Pacific. Prizes of $25,000 and $10,000 were offered for the first and second flights from the mainland of the United States to Hawaii by James Dole of Honolulu. The Dole Prize drew many entrants, but before any of them got underway, the Army Air Corps achieved the feat first.

The Army flight began June 28 at Oakland, California, and was successfully completed on the morning of June 29, by Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger, after being in the air 25 hours and 50 minutes, and covering, in uninterrupted flight, 2,400 miles of open ocean.

The aircraft used was a large Army trimotored Fokker transport, “Bird of Paradise,” powered by three Wright J5 Whirlwind engines.

This remarkable flight not only set a record in uninterrupted ocean flight, but it demonstrated the value of the radio beacon “beam” for checking a flight course, a development of importance for commercial aviation. The splendid navigation displayed by these two pilots in finding the small island in the mid-Pacific at the end of a 2,400-mile flight won wide admiration.

Detroit to Tokyo

The series of American epochal flights of 1927 came to its apogee with the airplane tour of Edward S. Schlee, a Detroit business man, and his pilot, William Brock, who flew from Detroit to Tokyo. This flight differed from all other long-distance ventures of the air in its purpose and in its execution.

It was planned to demonstrate the practical possibilities of girdling the world in a single-engine airplane without the advance work of preparing landing fields or storing supplies. Schlee and Brock used steamship, train and airplane in establishing their record, which beat the previous world record of 28 days set by Edward Evans and Linton Wells in 1926.

The aircraft used for the flight was the first Stinson Detroiter cabin monoplane built. It had been flown by Eddie Stinson to a first place win in the 1927 Ford Air Tour. Known as the “Pride of Detroit,” it was then modified for long-distance flight, powered by a 200-hp Wright Whirlwind J5 engine.

The flight officially started from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Aug. 28, and ended at Tokyo on Sept. 14, a distance of 12,295 miles in 18 days. But in reality, the flight

The buzz about drones There’s a lot of talk about drones these days. And no wonder.

Every week we hear reports of drones getting too close to manned aircraft. In August, the FAA released a list of reports from pilots, air traffic controllers, and citizens about possible encounters with drones. The 765 reports covered Nov. 13, 2014 through Aug. 20, 2015. And those are just the ones reported to the FAA. When it announced the publication of the new list the FAA said it “wants to send a clear message that operating drones around airplanes and helicopters is dangerous and illegal.”

No one seems to be able to put a solid figure on drone sales, but the numbers are big and getting exponentially bigger, with some drone makers reporting sales tripling from 2013 to 2014. Last year retail giant Amazon even launched a drone store. International drone conventions held in cities like Las Vegas are attracting thousands. And corporate applications for FAA waivers to operate commercial drones are skyrocketing.

In other words, drones are here to stay.

There’s no doubt that this burgeoning technology will have ups and downs for general aviation. On the one hand, drone operations too close to manned aircraft pose a very serious safety threat. On the other, drones are introducing a whole new generation to the wonders of aviation, and some of those folks will make the leap to flying manned aircraft.

Regardless of how you feel about drones, you should know that AOPA is actively working on dronerelated issues every day. We want to protect your safety as pilots while welcoming this new segment into the aviation community and inviting them to learn more about GA and all it has to offer.

From helping to ensure that regulations for commercial drones will protect manned aircraft to working with drone and remote control associations and manufacturers to make certain drone pilots understand the rules and guidelines affecting their operations, AOPA is advocating for general aviation.

It’s AOPA’s mission to protect the freedom to fly. And that means making sure the skies are safe for pilots and their airplanes. Things are changing fast in the world of drones, with new technologies and uses emerging almost daily. But, no matter what comes next, you can count on AOPA to be there for you.

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Judges have been named for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Founder’s Innovation Prize.

The competition, which began accepting entries Oct. 1, is designed to get general aviation innovators, as well as EAA members and chapters, to come up the design and development of a low-cost solution that recognizes imminent loss of control (LOC) in aircraft and provides an innovative way of increasing situational awareness or automation to the pilot.

Entrants must focus on cost, ease of installation, simplicity, wide applicability, and effectiveness in reducing loss-of-control occurrences, EAA officials note.

The top five entries will be invited to a presentation at EAA AirVenture 2016,

where judges will review and critique the five innovations in a live, “Shark Tank”style program.

The best concept will receive a $25,000 cash prize, with second place receiving $10,000 and third $5,000.

Burt Rutan, designer of SpaceShipOne — which in 2004 became the world’s first successful civilian spacecraft — as well as the designer of dozens of other aircraft, has agreed to serve as chief judge.

Other judges are: Dick VanGrunsven: Designer of the Van’s RV series of aircraft kits, which are the world’s most popular kit design with more than 9,000 completed aircraft now flying worldwide.

Charlie Precourt: Former NASA as-

tronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including twice as shuttle commander. He is currently general manager of Orbital ATK’s Propulsion Systems Division and also chairs EAA’s safety committee.

Rod Machado: Best recognized as a renowned aviation safety speaker, he also has more than 10,000 hours of flight instruction time and is recognized as the voice of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator software.

Dave Morss: One of the country’s preeminent civilian test pilots and air racers, Dave has tested hundreds of aircraft designs and also appeared on the TV series “Mythbusters” as an expert on aircraft design and safety.

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Safety training for RPA flyers now available Reports of remotely piloted aircraft — also called unmanned aerial vehicles or drones — near airports and public gatherings are raising concerns. That has led to a new online course in small RPA safety, offered with a special discount for General Aviation News readers.

“Safe and responsible sharing of the skies is what our training is all about,”

noted Dave Hook, president of Planehook Aviation Services. “There’s a misunderstanding that people flying drones are operating in the Wild West. Nothing could be further from the truth. Like every other flying activity here in the United States, there are rules and regulations that apply.”

Online training provider Opango teamed with Planehook to make the safety cours-

es available online. “Aeronautical Decision Making for sUAS Operators” is the first courses available. It teaches the same kind of risk-based approach to making good aeronautical decisions that pilots of manned aircraft learn, according to Hook.

“The goal is to encourage responsible UAV owners and flyers to use similar flying safety and risk analysis thought processes

already being used by manned aviation,” said Hook. “The U.S. National Airspace must be shared safely.”

Hook added that readers who send an email to planehook@hotmail.com and put in the subject line “SUAV Safety Course” will get a reply with a unique 50% discount code off the course price of $17.

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What’s causing high oil consumption?

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We have a 1981 Cessna 182 with the Lycoming O540 L3C5D engine, which has the Cessna-installed turbo system. Lately, we’ve been experiencing some pretty high oil consumption with quite a bit of oil on the belly. A compression check shows high compressions with the exception of #6, which has gone from 75/80 to 60 in the last 16 months. It has gone from 64 to 60 in the last three months.

We’ve had the plane for around three years. It was using about a quart every 10 hours up until about the last six months. It is currently consuming around four quarts per hour.

Our A&P says we should put in some additive and watch it for another 25 hours.

He also said he detected no leakage around the values of the #6 cylinder. Another A&P suggested it’s probably a valve guide.

We wonder if we should just swap the cylinder now or keep trying to figure out what’s going on with the compression and higher oil consumption.

The engine was overhauled by Lycoming in 1997. It has been based in Denver and Utah since. It currently has around 1,350 hours on the overhaul.

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M y first inclination is to suspect the main problem is the #6 cylinder from the information you provided. It would indicate to me that we have a ring problem for some reason. This is somewhat confirmed by your mention of seeing quite a bit of oil on the belly of the aircraft. Typically if the piston rings are worn out, the result is blow-by past the rings, causing the crankcase to be pressurized. The result is oil blowing out the breather tube on the belly of the aircraft.

Since the compression checks on all of the other cylinders are good, I don’t think using any type of additive would help and may, in fact, make the situation worse.

I think you may (I hope) have made a typo when saying the oil consumption went from one quart in 10 hours to four quarts in one hour. I’d rather believe it went from one quart in 10 hours to one quart in four hours and this may have been the result of possibly excessive ring wear Paul McBride, an expert on engines, retired after almost 40 years with Lycoming.

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or a broken piston ring. The ring wear may be a result of excessive heat at that cylinder location due to a poor engine baffle. If this were the case, I believe doing a hot differential compression may answer this question.

If there is any problem with the piston rings, we would expect to hear the air being bypassed coming out the oil filler tube when the dipstick is removed or at the breather tube exit. If the piston rings are seating properly, we would not hear any air being bypassed at those locations. Your A&P may just have overlooked listening at the oil filler tube or at the engine breather for possible air being blown past the piston rings.

You didn’t mention if the oil and filter had been changed recently since the problem began. I would do that, and closely inspect the oil filter element and oil suction screen in the bottom of the oil sump for any signs of contamination. These findings will dictate what further action may be required.

However, at this point, my suggestion would be to remove the #6 cylinder for further investigation. Once the cylinder is removed I’m certain you will find the cause of your high oil consumption. You may, depending on what you learn, be able to repair the cylinder using new replacement parts, honing the cylinder (providing there are no score marks from any broken piston rings) and returning the cylinder to service.

Since this cylinder was removed and/or replaced, we must revert to the standard engine break-in procedure set forth in Lycoming Service Instruction 1427B or its latest revision. Since this is a turbocharged engine, you will use an ashless dispersant oil for break-in as mentioned in Lycoming Service Instruction 1014M or its latest revision.

When returning the aircraft to service I want you to be certain that all of the engine baffling is in good condition and installed in its proper location. Poor baffling or improperly installed baffles can cause serious cylinder problems, which could be the root of your problem.

Question: Was the engine baffling replaced at the time this engine was installed in the aircraft?

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Scenes from Reno The 52nd Annual National Championship Air Races came to a close Sept. 20 with Robert “Hoot” Gibson as the winner of the Unlimited Gold Race with a speed of 488.983mph in “Strega.”

Stewart Dawson flying “Rare Bear” was second (471.957) and Dennis Sanders in “Dreadnought” was third (420.361).

Steve Hinton, flying “Voodoo,” and who had won the Unlimited Gold Race the last six years in a row, did not finish the race.

In other news from this year’s races, Tom Aberle broke the speed record in his plane, “Phantom,” in the Biplane class in a qualifying race on Sept. 14, with a speed of 284.454 mph. The previous record, set in 2014, was 274.091.

For a full run-down of other winners in this year’s races, go to AirRace.org.

Photographer Larry Moore was at the races for us and captured hundreds of photos. Here are just a handful.

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Four LSA under $96,000 Dan Johnson Splog

“Light-Sport Aircraft are too expensive.

I thought they were going to be affordable.” Statements like these are too common, but not particularly accurate.

Some superbly appointed LSA are rather expensive at $150,000 to $200,000. However, many carbon fiber LSA are half the price of a new Skyhawk 172, although they can fly faster using 50% less fuel while providing 10 inches more width inside. Does that make them pricey or simply more than some want to spend?

Fortunately, affordable choices are available. Let’s look at four relatively affordable alternatives.

Aerotrek’s A220 and A240

Rob Rollison’s Aerotrek company imports the A240 and A220 models from Europe. More than 100 are flying in America and more than that overseas.

At less than $90,000, Aerotrek is one of the price value leaders in the LSA space, yet they come equipped with the 100-hp Rotax 912 that burns only four gallons an hour at a reasonable cruise, plus comm radio, intercom, transponder-encoder, and basic instrumentation. Many options are available, but for most buyers the basic model will provide all you need.

Aerotrek may be a bargain-priced airplane, but close examination will show the producer has a high quality manufacturing process. The cockpit is simply but nicely appointed, seats are comfortable and, with its bubbled-out doors, overhead skylight, and turtle deck window, you get visibility to rival a helicopter.

Handling has been steadily improved and current models exhibit crisp, but not touchy, handling and excellent stall characteristics. The A220 offers taildragger handsomeness for those that love the look and the A240 offers a nosewheel for pilots who prefer that configuration. The wings fold up quickly and easily for trailering or to take up less room in an airport hangar.

Price: $88,950 (check with the importer for current prices).

wing, tail, and fuselage covering that adds no weight penalty from paint. The color is in the fabric.

BushCat is available as a fully-built LSA, Experimental LSA or an Experimental Amateur Built, each of which allows importer AeroSport to offer some of the best prices you’ll find anywhere. The starting model of ready-to-fly machines is just over $60,000 and kits start at only $20,000.

More than just an affordably priced airplane, BushCat adds value through its versatility. Available in tailwheel or nosewheel, the design offers a roomy cabin that is 47.5-inches wide (8 inches wider than a Cessna 172), and boasts a useful load of 670 pounds, resulting in a generous 520-pound payload with full fuel (24.8 gallons, enough for six hours).

BushCat features dual controls and unique dual throttles at the end of each outside armrest that folds up out of your way for entry. AeroSport also offers the amphibian BushCat that continues the low purchase price theme.

Kitfox’s Super Sport

All-American Kitfox is one of the world’s best-selling LSAs with more than 5,000 delivered, a feat matched by very few companies. And no other builder passes Kitfox Aircraft in light aircraft production. The design is flown in numerous countries around the world.

This well-known brand name is admired for crisp handling, excellent performance, easily folded wings, and quality construction. Kitfox offers models in taildragger or tricycle gear. Lightweight welded steel airframes are covered in painted fabric.

Thanks to offering both kits and fully-built models, the company can offer multiple powerplant choices, from the newest Rotax 912iS to the turbocharged Rotax 914, as well as the Lycoming O-233.

Kitfox is a strong bird that can do bush flying duty and another kind of flying that can be even more stressful to an airframe: Flight instruction.

More than 5,000 customers aren’t likely to be wrong about their purchase of a Kitfox, but neither did the acquisition break the bank.

Price: $95,995 (Check with the manufacturer for current prices).

Aeroprakt’s A-22

Fabricated in the Ukraine and assembled in Poland, Aeroprakt has more than 500 aircraft flying. Aeroprakt’s popular A-22 uses an all-metal airframe with conventional fabric covering.

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SkyReach’s BushCat

BushCat is a distinctive LSA within reach of many budgets. Manufactured by SkyReach in South Africa, this design is fun and capable. BushCat uses a very tough and light Dacron-Trilam material for Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on LSA. For more on Sport Pilot/LSA, go to ByDanJohnson.com.

Aeroprakt’s A-22 offers more conventional controls with dual yokes, although you can choose a center joystick if you prefer. It has a roomy cabin with perhaps the best visibility of any fixed-wing aircraft.

Indeed, some call this the “see-through” airplane. Inside, thanks to bubble doors that also add shoulder and elbow room, you can see directly down and a tapered instrument panel gives an open forward view.

Like so many builders in this space, Aeroprakt uses the Rotax 912 with 100 horsepower and it makes the design quite a performer. A-22 can leave the runway in 300 feet (with average loading and a mild headwind), climb at better than 800 fpm, and cruise around 100 knots.

Price: $88,500 (Check with the importer for current prices).

These are just four choices below the $100,000 mark. More are also available, largely debunking the myth about “expensive” LSA. A few other companies offering affordable prices include Rans, X-Air, Quicksilver, Aero Adventure, North Wing, Evolution, Aeromarine-LSA, Jabiru, and Just Aircraft.

Yet if you think $65,000-$95,000 is still too much, I can identify several aircraft that sell brand-new, ready-to-fly for less than $49,000, but that will be an article for another time …

The point is the LSA industry has indeed provided many new choices for pilots and that is a great reason to celebrate this newest aviation sector.

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This sparkling 1939 Spartan Executive 7W, owned by Jim Savage of Gibsonia, Pa., received the Classic 1936 to 1941 Sweepstakes award. In the background is a 1943 Howard DGA-15P, which is owned by Jerry Lutgen of Leslie, Mich., which won the Joe Hecker Memorial award for Longest Distance in a Howard.

Keeping the antiques flying Sunny Iowa skies, homemade pies, oneof-a-kind airplanes, and colorful aviators all mixed together this past Labor Day to create the special type of ambiance for which Antique Airfield is known.

Known by most as just Blakesburg, it’s the kind of fly-in where pilots don’t need radios. Red and green flags control the air traffic, and neatly-mowed grass cushions each and every landing.

And even if your ear isn’t attuned to the different types of radial engines, you’ll soon learn that there’s no mistaking the sound of a six-cylinder Challenger engine laboring to keep a 1929 Curtiss Robin cabin monoplane aloft, or the roar of a 600-hp Pratt & Whitney radial as the replica “Mister” Mulligan zooms by!

Though numerous aircraft were flying multiple times a day — buddy rides are popular at this event — it seemed as though Dan Wilkins’ 1941 Waco UPF-7 and Ed Lachendro’s Cub were continually airborne.

Additionally, John Ricciotti’s very rare 1934 Waco Model S3HD and Justin Niemyjski’s 1946 Beech D18S were flying frequently throughout the days, joined

by Russell William’s 1938 Ryan SCW and many other aircraft in the early evenings.

These fliers provided photographers with ample opportunities to record living history.

The Antique Airplane Association/Airpower Museum’s (AAA/APM) Invitational Fly-In allows its members to come together annually and enjoy the camaraderie of grassroots aviation. While it was “old home” week for hundreds of folks who went “Back to Blakesburg,” there were numerous first-timers who were welcomed into the fold as well. Visitors may join AAA upon arrival at the grass field.

The old timers noticed many improvements to the AAA/APM building and grounds this year. Thanks to staff and volunteer laborers, new hangar doors and a new sheet metal façade were installed on the main museum hangar, and a new roof was installed on the annex. The exterior

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Russell Williams of Bellevue, Washington, prepares to take the author up for a flight in his 1938 Ryan SCW. wall of Powell Hall was rebuilt; the Library of Flight’s porch and various signs were freshly painted; and 100 yards of mulch that was donated by B&B Bedding of Oskaloosa was spread on the high foottraffic areas. New gravel was spread on the driveways/roads, and a newly-constructed BTB Airlines “Gate #1” was recently installed, in addition to various landscaping beautifications. Much of the work was facilitated by generous donations to the 2015 APM Capital Improvement Fund.

The fly-in theme for 2015 was “Record Breakers — Featuring Curtiss Robin and Stinson 108 Aircraft,” and two Curtiss Robins and 17 Stinson 108s flew into Antique Airfield.

The grand total of airplanes sparkling under the late summer sun this year was

365, which more than doubled last year’s rain-soaked 152. The delectable range of aircraft included: a Mister Mulligan replica, a Mullicoupe, three open-cockpit Meyers OTWs, a Fairchild 71, Rose Parrakeets, Howard DGAs, Stearmans, Taylorcrafts, as well as Aeronca Chiefs and Champs, and various Piper, Luscombe, and Waco models.

Legacy and modern homebuilt aircraft were also on the flight line, including a Bentzen Sport, Wittman Tailwinds, a Cabin Ace SJ, a Pober Pixie, and seven Hatz biplanes.

Morning coffee was served with a smile by members of the Michigan AAA Chapter at Dave Warren’s Coffee House onsite, and the Blakesburg Historical Society offered sumptuous homemade blackberry, apple,

gooseberry, peach, strawberry-rhubarb, blueberry, and cherry pies, along with homemade vanilla ice cream.

Classic Aviation of Pella, Iowa, kept its fuel truck busy pumping fuel, and the Hy-Vee did its usual fine job of providing meals at the 24th Fighter Squadron Mess Hall. The APM Fly Market offered its eclectic array of aircraft parts for sale, while vendors were selling items including commemorative fly-in T-shirts and caps, books, sunglasses, aeronautical treasures, and historical magazines.

Refreshing libations were available at the Pilot’s Pub to quench aviators’ thirst after days filled with buddy rides and hangar flying, and the Runway Cinema screened classic aviation movies in the evenings.

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Fred Dexter’s 1929 Curtiss Wright C-2 Robin, powered by a Continental W670-6A, looks right at home at Antique Airfield.

His son Brent Taylor, who was elected as AAA president in January and has been working to ensure a smooth transition of leadership for the organization, kept a watchful eye to make sure that runway and fly-in operations were handled safely and efficiently.

The 2015 “Record Breakers” fly-in was a resounding success, and attendee’s memories have no doubt been happily recorded in their collective “logbook of life.”

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gers Ladies Choice award went to Harve and Carolyn Applegate of Queen City, Missouri, for their 1947 Franklin-powered Stinson 108-1. Carolyn and her daughters, Shalyn Applegate and Taryn Pemberton, each fly the Stinson, which also received the Neo Classic 1946 to 1956 Grand Champion award.

AAA members enjoyed visiting with 91-year-young AAA Founder and Chairman Emeritus Bob Taylor throughout the fly-in as he circulated through the crowds.

A 1990 Pietenpol Air Camper, registered to Daniel Luke of Burlington, Wis., makes a fly-by pass.

This 1948 Aeronca 15AC Sedan is owned by Light Winds Aviation of Bay City, Mich.

Jim Younkin’s replica Howard DGA-6 “Mister” Mulligan announces its speedy arrival at Antique Airfield with the roaring voice of its 600 hp Pratt & Whitney.

NC11497 is a gorgeous 1930 Waco QCF.

A 1931 Davis D-1K owned by Terry Wallace of Bedford, Texas.

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The Bonanza Man Perseverance pays off in any business, but George Johnson may hold the record when it comes to aircraft sales.

Having outlived and outlasted many of his competitors, the 59-year-old owner of Carolina Aircraft in Greensboro, N.C., recently sold a Beechcraft Baron to a customer he’s been courting for 38 years.

That long-term sales prospect dated from when Johnson first started selling new Beechcraft airplanes in 1977 at age 21.

Back in the 1970s, the aircraft market was very different from today. U.S. manufacturers were cranking out 20,000 new general aviation planes a year. Currently, that number is less than 2,000.

“Today the challenge is to find good ‘pre-flown’ inventory,” says Johnson, who is known as “The Bonanza Man.” Carolina Aircraft has earned a good reputation and many repeat customers over the years.

“We are the #1 seller of pre-owned Beechcraft Bonanzas and Barons,” he added. “We’ve sold and delivered more than 120 airplanes in the past two years and we could sell more if we could get the right inventory.”

Johnson’s father, an avid pilot and Beechcraft salesman for Piedmont Aviation in Winston-Salem, N.C., introduced him to aviation and helped him land his first aviation job in Piedmont’s engine rebuild department. “Working in the engine teardown area was the dirtiest job in the shop,” remembers Johnson.

He needed the job to pay tuition after he forfeited a college football scholarship to focus on academics. After being a grease monkey, he learned about sales and perseverance through door-to-door marketing of Cutco Cutlery, where he ended up training and managing a group of sales people.

Selling for Cutco and running a dealer sales organization taught Johnson the fundamentals of sales and customer service.

His first aircraft sale in 1977 was to Rick Steelman (later the founder of Atlanta Jet) who, at the time, was Johnson’s district manager at Cutco.

Johnson went into aircraft sales immediately after graduation, when he joined Air Service, the Beechcraft dealer in Greensboro, N.C. Piedmont would not hire him in the aircraft sales department because his father worked there.

Even though Johnson was assigned a

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very small sales territory — only the eastern third of North Carolina — his enthusiasm for aviation and Beechcraft products led him to soon become one of the company’s top salesmen. In fact, he sold three airplanes before he was officially employed and a total of 25 in his first year.

Selling the most new Beechcraft airplanes in 1984 earned him nationwide recognition as “Beechcraft Salesman of the Year” and in 1986 he was recognized for selling the most new Bonanzas. In 1987, Johnson received the Olive Ann Beech Award for selling the most new Beechcraft King Airs. Other honors included the Professional Beechcraft Bonanza Salesman Award, the Beechcraft Legion of Honor Award, several Million Dollar Sales Awards, and the Beechcraft Executive Salesman Award. Johnson was also recognized as a Beechcraft “Blue Chip” Salesman for 10 consecutive years.

“In 1991, after over 14 years with Air Service, the market changed drastically in my small territory and it became very difficult to make a living selling new airplanes,” remembers Johnson. “The impact of Desert Storm and commission changes when the company was acquired by U.S. Airways, plus other factors, led me to start my own business specializing in used aircraft sales.”

Despite Johnson’s offer to pay his longtime employer a commission on all sales in his old territory for the first two years, plus bring them his maintenance business and rent office space, the response was not good. “They showed me the door and said they were going to put me out of business,” recalls Johnson.

Needing cash to support his fledgling endeavor, he approached nine banks with a detailed business plan before finally getting one to say yes to a small credit line.

It looked like Johnson’s new business was off to a great start when he and an investor bought a used King Air 300 at a bargain price. The turbine twin represented a handsome profit potential until the inves-

tor decided to keep it for his personal use.

So, instead of pocketing his share of a nice mark-up, Johnson was only paid a modest commission for buying the plane wholesale.

For the next two years, Johnson moonlighted to support his family by delivering Dominos pizzas, but today his pizza delivery days are firmly in the past and a drawing of that King Air 300 is part of his corporate logo.

In 2002, after selling both Beechcraft piston and turbine aircraft for many years, Johnson split his company so he could focus on his “special love” for Beechcraft Bonanzas and Barons.

Carolina Corporate Jets was established to specialize in all brands of pre-owned turbine and jet aircraft. Tony Ryan, who first joined Carolina Aircraft in the early 1990s, became its president and Johnson’s partner. Johnson remains involved as vice president and majority stockholder.

Johnson is president of a sister company, NexGA Aircraft, formerly known as Columbia Resale, which focuses on preowned Columbia, Corvallis, Cirrus, Piper, Mooney, Diamond, Liberty and late model Cessna aircraft.

In addition to advertising heavily in print and on the web, Carolina Aircraft pioneered the production of detailed YouTube videos, which are an important part of the marketing campaign for each aircraft.

“Through YouTube, we’re able to give a personal sales presentation on each airplane that can be accessed on the internet at any time,” says Johnson.

Johnson’s son, Adam, shoots and edits the videos, which have proven to cut the typical aircraft sales cycle in half.

As a way to encourage aircraft owners to consign their planes to his Greensboro headquarters, Johnson offers free hangar space and detailing services, plus the fuel and expert pilots necessary for demo flights. In addition, to save the owner even more while the plane is marketed, Carolina Aircraft adds customer-owned aircraft to

its dealership insurance policy.

Another unique sales offering is free customer flight training with every sale, the cost of which comes out of Carolina Aircraft’s commission. “Safety is our number one priority and we want our customers to know their airplanes well,” says Johnson.

“Although we own a flight school on the field that offers basic flight instruction, the Bonanza and Baron training offered with each sale is conducted by another select group of professional pilots who have thousands of hours of Beechcraft experience,” he adds.

Triad Aviation Academy (TAA), the flight school operated by Johnson’s partner, Bruce McCall, was recognized in 2014 as having the best aviation summer camp for aspiring pilots age 12 to 16.

Johnson credits a unique compensation plan for much of Carolina Aircraft’s longterm success.

“We are a team and our company’s longevity is due to our love for aviation and our customers,” he says. “To foster teamwork and motivate everyone to take care of every customer, no matter who actually books an aircraft sale, everyone in the organization gets some commission.”

“It has been a privilege to get to know, work with and serve all the wonderful people and customers involved in aviation and to still be in this game I love so long,” Johnson concludes. “I’m so lucky to be able to get up every morning excited about a new day and a new opportunity in aviation. How blessed we are to have the freedom to fly.”

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ECSU Professor Orestes Gooden and student assistant Aaron Bechiom.

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Here’s an aviation job that might be the best of the lot: Becoming a college professor in a field you already love.

At this stage of the career game, you get to sleep in your own bed, and spend long holidays with your kids. You may look forward to the kind of job security that comes with a tenured faculty position and an office with your name on the door.

In many colleges and universities, unlike other academic disciplines, you may not be required to publish or perish, though writing academic papers can enhance your resume. You’ll be surrounded by people who share your passion for flying.

Most particularly, you will enjoy a special kind of pride, when your students go out into the world, successfully armed with the self-confidence and both practical and theoDr. Tim Brady retical knowledge you helped instill.

That’s the good news. On the other hand, these plum jobs aren’t going begging.

There’s a lot of competition for each slot, maybe 50 to 100 applicants for each of the scores of openings each year around the country. To get your foot in almost any academic door, you need to have a lot of real-world experience — airlines, military, technical expertise.

The broader and deeper your aviation skills, naturally, the more attractive your application will be. Most universities require a degree in the relevant field, at least a Master’s degree, ideally in aviation sciences, and preferably, working on a PhD. You may be expected to help “pay your own salary” through grantsmanship.

And then, maybe most important of all, the people doing the hiring are looking for that vital passion for teaching, for interacting with the students, for mentoring, boosting, and badgering, if necessary, to ensure that each student achieves his potential.

There are more than a hundred universities, colleges, and technical or community colleges offering accredited aviation programs, ranging from a two-year technical certificate with FAA license-eligibility, through bachelor’s degrees in various aviation specialties, to degrees all the way to PhDs and post-doctoral fellowships. They run the gamut from large established and prestigious programs with a thousand or more students and world-wide name recognition, to start-up programs at small state university branches and community colleges with a handful of faculty members who regard their small student bodies as close-knit family, and take a personal interest in interacting with each one.

The various academic programs vary with each institution. Most include, of

course, the professional pilot course of study, where students earn flight ratings, private pilot, commercial, instrument, multiengine, and instructor tickets, expecting to spend several years as flight instructors, often at their alma mater, to amass the hours they need for the ATP rating, and that first job as first officer for a regional air carrier.

Other students seek technical certification as aerospace engineers, human factors and physiology researchers, mechanics, unmanned aircraft experts, air traffic control specialists, and airport operations managers, dispatchers and business management people.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alone offers 60 or 70 different major fields of study, all of them aviation-oriented.

At Embry-Riddle, Dr. Tim Brady loves his job as Interim Chancellor. He’s a former military pilot who prepared for his retirement by entering a doctoral program in education while still in the Air Force.

“You get to stay close to the airplane,” he says. “That’s important, once the flying bug has bitten.”

His program’s professional regard is as high as the school’s tuition, and, says Brady, all of the students are focused and motivated.

“I’ve taught at two other universities, and those universities had a broader application,” he says. “About half of the students had no thought as to what they wanted to do.”

The advantage of the 6,000 students at the aviation-focused university, he points out, is that the faculty members don’t have to spend a lot of time helping them figure out what they want to do with their training. Most are already sure of that.

Ken Polovitz, Assistant Dean for Student Services at the University of North Dakota, says his aerospace faculty members come from many different former careers before they wind up in front of a class. Some were airline pilots, more came up through GA as flight instructors or corporate pilots, earning an advanced degree or two along the way, and some are ex-military pilots.

“All are teaching what they were doing in the industry,” he notes.

Part of the job in academia is to help prepare students for the real world of aviation, Polovitz explains, and to “facilitate openings in the job market, working with industry for placements for our graduates.”

While replacing CFIs who have been pirated by the regional air carriers can be a challenge, Polovitz is quick to assure that “we’ve never said ‘please don’t come steal all our flight instructors.’”

That just comes with the territory.

At the other end of the collegiate spectrum are the small college programs, a number of them new to aviation programs.

One such school is Elizabeth City State University, a historically-black institution in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

ECSU’s aviation sciences program was established to lure promising students to

An Embry-Riddle student on the flightline with his instructor.

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The view from the other side of the desk

Akyah Atkinson (left) and Alanna Johnson (center) direct simulated traffic at ECSU’s ATC laboratory under the supervision of Professor Orestes Gooden. this beautiful, but economically depressed part of the state, and to prepare them for jobs in growing technical fields. Thanks to a Golden Leaf Grant, the school boasts million-dollar classrooms with sophisticated air-traffic control training equipment and RedBird flight simulators, as well as a small fleet of training aircraft.

A subset of the UNC branch campus’s Department of Technology, the flight training program takes students through all of the pilot certificates. The university also offers degrees to students with concentrations in avionics, aviation management, COLLEGE | See Page B9

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Accident Reports These October 2013 accident reports are provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, they are intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.

Malfunctioning fuel pump causes Pitts crash

The pilot flew the Pitts S1S for about 30 minutes and then returned to the airport in Wellington, Kansas, for landing. As the plane approached the airport, the engine lost power, and the pilot made a forced landing short of the runway.

Testing of the engine’s fuel pump revealed that the fuel pressure oscillated due to a malfunctioning relief valve.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as the loss of engine power due to a malfunctioning fuel pump.

Fan’s impetuous flight to Nashville ends fatally

The non-instrument-rated pilot rented the airplane in Canada and filed a VFR flight plan for a cross-country flight to a destination in Canada. The flight was not approved to leave Canada. The flight plan was subsequently closed and investigators could not determine the flight’s last departure point and time. The wreckage of the Cessna 172 was found on a runway at an airport in Nashville, Tennessee, the following afternoon during an airfield inspection.

The pilot was killed in the crash.

A review of airport radar data indicated the airplane entered the Nashville area at night almost nine hours after its initial departure time and circled the airport for about two hours before it crashed on the approach end of the runway. Instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions, which included horizontal visibility of 1/4 statute mile and vertical visibility of 100 feet above ground level, existed about the time of the airplane’s arrival until it crashed.

A review of the pilot’s health records, which included a mental health report provided by the pilot’s parole officer, revealed he had a history of repeated convictions for criminal activity and that he had developed a significant interest in a celebrity who lived in Nashville. Although the medical records did not include a specific psychiatric diagnosis, the prior criminal actions and impulsive behavior are consistent with antisocial personality disorder, which likely led to his impetuous decision to fly to Nashville. It is likely that, because of his impetuous decision, the pilot was unaware of the IFR conditions in Nashville until he arrived in the area and that, because he was not instrument rated, he was unable to safely land the airplane with no visual contact with the runway.

Toxicological testing of the pilot’s blood revealed significantly elevated levels of ethanol, indicating that he drank alcohol before the accident. The alcohol likely further impaired the pilot’s judgment and

his ability to fly the airplane safely in IFR conditions.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as the pilot’s continued visual flight into night IFR conditions, which resulted in a collision with the runway during an attempted approach to land. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s mental state, his impairment due to alcohol, and his decision to operate the airplane from Canada to the United States without the owner’s permission and without proper clearances for the flight.

Fire forces forced landing

The pilot reported he smelled “electrical” smoke during a cross-country flight in his RV-4. He decided to land immediately. He diverted the airplane but, when he realized it was not going to be able to reach the diversion airpark, he executed a precautionary landing to a pasture in New Waverly, Texas.

The airplane was intact when it came to rest. After the pilot exited the airplane, he saw smoke and flames coming from the tunnel located at the firewall between the rudder pedals that housed the forward stick assembly, fuel filter, fuel selector valve, electric fuel boost pump, and a conduit for wires from the back of the airplane. The stainless steel firewall remained intact, however the wires and controls that ran through the fittings were burned.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as an in-flight fire for reasons that could not be determined because the wreckage was consumed by fire.

Bird strike dents Cessna 172

The CFI stated that, while in cruise flight at an altitude of 2,500 feet near Christmas, Florida, he observed two large birds directly ahead of the plane. He assumed control of the Cessna 172P from the student pilot and attempted to maneuver around them, but one of the birds hit the left wing, resulting in substantial damage.

After observing no flight control anomalies, the CFI continued to the destination airport, where he landed without incident.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as an inflight collision with a bird during cruise flight.

Low flight over rice field catches Champion

The pilot was flying low over a rice field in Willows, Calif., when the Champion’s wheels caught in the vegetation. He tried to pull up, but the plane was pulled down into the rice field. After touch down, it nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the engine mounts, wings and empennage.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as the pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient altitude while flying low over a field, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and collision with terrain.

Plane hits deer

The pilot was landing at a non-towered airport in Oneway, Mich., at night to drop off a passenger. During the landing flare just prior to touchdown, he saw three deer run onto the runway. One of the deer was hit by the Cessna 310R’s left main landing gear. The collision folded the left main gear aft and the left wing hit the runway as the plane touched down. It slid down the runway and veered off the left side of before coming to rest. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing and aileron.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as an inadvertent collision with a deer during landing.

Balloon hits power lines

cause a post-accident engine examination and test run revealed no anomalies.

Distracted ag pilot crashes

The Air Tractor 402B pilot reported he was reading a map in an effort to identify the correct field to spray while maneuvering at low altitude in dark night conditions near Wellton, Ariz. While maneuvering in a turn he didn’t realize the plane was descending and it subsequently collided with terrain. The wings and fuselage were substantially damaged.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as the pilot’s distracted attention and failure to maintain sufficient altitude to clear terrain while maneuvering in dark night conditions.

The pilot and passenger departed on a balloon flight and had been airborne for a little over an hour before making three attempts to land near Rio Rancho, N.M. The wind was too strong on the first attempt.

On the next attempt, they found themselves over a residential subdivision that prevented them from landing. The pilot then saw an open area on the other side of a street with power lines running along it. His intent was to get over the power lines and then drop the balloon down to the ground.

They were over the road and a couple of feet over the power lines when the balloon dropped and hit the power lines. The pilot engaged the burner and the basket slid off the first two wires, but when it touched the third wire there was an electrical short and then an explosion. The pilot reported the explosion was the last thing he remembered until he found himself on the ground.

Both he and the passenger were seriously injured.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as the pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from power lines on approach to land, resulting in a collision with the wires, a spark, and a subsequent explosion and on-board fire.

Jammed rudder brings down Zenith CH701

Plane hits parked car

Witnesses at a gun club in Paulden, Ariz., reported observing the Cessna 340A make a high-speed, low pass from north to south over the club’s buildings and then maneuver around for another low pass from east to west. During the second low pass, the plane hit a radio tower that was about 50 feet tall, and the right wing sheared off about 10 feet of the tower’s top. All four people aboard the airplane were killed.

One witness reported that, about three to four years before the accident, the pilot, who was a client of the gun club, had “buzzed” over the club and had been told to never do so again.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as the pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient altitude to clear a radio tower while maneuvering at low altitude and his decision to make a high-speed, low pass over the gun club.

The pilot reported that about 20 minutes into the banner tow flight near Gainesville, Florida, he noticed the Cessna 172 had descended about 100 feet from its established altitude. He responded by increasing engine power and enriching the mixture while observing that the oil temperature gauge was indicating “hotter than normal.”

The plane continued to descend, the oil temperature continued to rise into the red arc, and the engine subsequently experienced a total loss of power. The pilot released the banner and then unsuccessfully attempted to restart the engine. He made a forced landing to a nearby field. The plane hit a parked car, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as a total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined be-

The pilot reported that during a test flight the Zenith CH701 encountered moderate turbulence so he decided to return to the airport in Snohomish, Wash. While turning to the crosswind leg in the pattern, the plane suddenly banked sharply and descended uncontrollably. He was able to regain control about 500 feet above ground level, and managed to turn the plane to the downwind leg, but he continued to have difficulty maintaining control. He then decided to make an emergency off-airport landing to a field. During the landing roll, the plane hit obstructions and nosed over.

The wings and fuselage were substantially damaged and the pilot sustained minor injuries. After the accident, the pilot reported that the loss of control was due to a jammed rudder for undetermined reasons.

The NTSB determined the probable cause as a jammed rudder control for reasons that could not be determined. No follow-up examination was conducted due to a lapse in agency funding and subsequent government shutdown.

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New Products Powered Parachute textbook published

Newly published is Roy’s Powered Parachute Book, a textbook by Roy Beisswenger that covers all aspects of powered parachute flight.

The 472-page book is organized into 26 chapters and two appendices, including the FAA’s practical test standards for sport pilots.

The book offers a “curated collection” of all of regulations a sport pilot is responsible for knowing and also includes regulations on aircraft maintenance that aren’t found in a typical FAR/AIM book, according to Beisswenger.

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A new way to train pilots on the ground

Flight simulation developer one-G simulation has unveiled its new instructor operating station, the 1G-IOS. one-G simulation’s Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATD) are full-scale enclosures similar to the cockpits of specific general aviation models, such as the Cessna 172, the Beechcraft Bonanza, and the Socata TBM. The 1G-IOS integrates with these training devices and allows the instructor to create scenario-based training situations, such as mechanical failures, geographic positioning, and different weather patterns.

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Flight Outfitters introduces pilot bags for the tablet age

Flight Outfitters has introduced its third flight bag, the Flight Level Bag, which is designed specifically for professional pilots. The bag is for pilots flying with tablets instead of large chart binders, company officials noted.

The bag is all black, without any markings that uniform policies may not approve of. It features a molded bottom and a steelreinforced carrying handle. Patent-pending hideaway pockets give pilots the flexibility and room they need to organize everything to suit every flight.

The inside of the bag has the signature Flight Outfitters orange, making it easy to find gear in a dark cockpit. There are three interior zip pockets for organizing cables, chargers and other smaller items. It also features expanding file folders, tablet

storage and a pass through pocket on the back to slide over rolling luggage handles.

Price: $129.95.

FlightOutfitters.com

Seattle Avionics releases V2 of FlyQ EFB

Seattle Avionics Software has released version 2.0 of its FlyQ EFB for the iPad. Version 2.0 puts the emphasis on maps and plates rather than tab bars, button bars, and other non-essential elements, according to company officials.

FlyQ EFB 2.0 also has a new 2D mapping system that is up to 300% faster than the previous system, producing more fluid map movements, company officials said.

FlyQ EFB 2.0 can be downloaded from the Apple App Store. All pilots can use the app and all VFR and IFR features for 30 days for free. VFR annual subscriptions are $69 and IFR + VFR subscriptions are $119. FlyQ EFB supports more than 15 ADS-B receivers and transceivers including virtually all portable, certified, and experimental systems.

If you’d like to try FlyQ again, Seattle Avionics has cleared records of previous 30-day trials, company officials note.

SeattleAvionics.com

New time, weather app from Butler Watch Co.

Butler Watch Co. has released a mobile application called Time Flies.

The main display of the aviation and travel app shows three time zones at once — device time, GMT or UTC, and a user selected time zone based on a world airport location.

See the weather — normal format, METAR and TAF — by touching the weather icon.

Using ICAO, IATA, or airport name in the search feature will find selected airports. Chosen airports can also be part of a “recents” or “favorites” list. A “near me” icon on the Change Airport page finds the nearest airports.

The weather page displays current weather conditions and also shows graphical hourly and five-day forecast display. In addition, a map is provided on the weather page for quick orientation. Users can move to either current location or airport location on the map via touch of an icon.

The app is available for download now on Apple’s App Store for 99 cents. The Android version will be available soon on Google Play.

ButlerWatch.com

Sporty’s creates Flight Gear Bag especially for CFIs

New from Sporty’s is a flight gear bag designed just for CFIs. “Big bags are great for longer crosscountry flights, but short training hops don’t require every chart east of the Mississippi,” says Sporty’s Vice President John Zimmerman. “This bag is great for instructors and frequent flyers as well.”

The CFI Flight Gear Bag has a padded external transceiver pocket with Sporty’s patented split flap. Another padded external pocket is designed to hold a water bottle. The bag also has an internal padded ADS-B receiver pocket, and a quick-access iPad pocket. A headset fits in a wide-mouth center compartment, and a front organizer section has room for small items such as fuel testers, flashlights, pens and more.

Price: $39.95.

Sportys.com

Garmin offers online weather course

Garmin now offers a Weather Radar Operations eLearning Course, which introduces pilots to basic and intermediate weather radar operations. It goes beyond the Pilot’s Guide to ensure pilots utilize the benefits provided by on-board weather radar, according to Garmin officials.

The course also covers radar interpretation and analytical techniques, which aid in the decision-making process and help pilots make better in-flight weather-related decisions, officials noted.

Training topics include: Understanding weather radar fundamentals; increasing situational awareness through a combined use of airborne weather radar and NEXRAD; weather avoidance decision-making and utilizing risk management practices; operational weather radar techniques with an emphasis on tilt and range management; and more.

The course is available as a 180-day subscription for $149.

FlyGarmin.com

Auxiliary Tank travel cups fuel pilots

While proper fueling of an aircraft is important, so is proper fueling of the pilot.

That’s why ASA offers the Auxiliary Tank

travel cups. This double-wall insulated ceramic cup is emblazoned on one side with the “Standard” logo found on ASA logbooks for decades. On the opposite side is a list of checkboxes for proper beverage labeling.

The Auxiliary Tank will keep up to 16 ounces of hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. The silicone spill-proof lid seals in place to help insulate and prevent the contents from escaping, and the cup and lid are both microwave and dishwasher safe.

Price: $9.95.

ASA2Fly.com

iEVAC products now at Aircraft Spruce

Aircraft Spruce now carries the iEVAC line of products, including the iEVAC Smoke/Fire Hood, which provides protection against carbon monoxide, the number one cause of injury or death in a fire.

The iEVAC product line offers alternate storage items for staying organized, including the iEVAC wall mount racks, cabinets for smoke hoods, or the belt pouch for keeping the smoke/fire hoods within reach.

The iEVAC cabinet system provides the option for purchasing with or without an alarm. The cabinet system holds up to 12 smoke hoods at a time. If you are looking for smaller storage, the wall mount holds one smoke hood per frame.

AircraftSpruce.com

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Oct. 24, 2015, Casa Grande, AZ. Copperstate Fly-In, 602-478-5519 Oct. 24, 2015, Cottonwood, AZ. Verde Valley Flyers Saturday Coffee & Doughnuts, 928-567-5322 Oct. 24, 2015, Vacaville, CA. Legends of Flight Pancake Breakfast, 425-442-0963 Oct. 24, 2015, Novato, CA. Young Eagles Day and Airport Open House, 415-378-8504 Oct. 24, 2015, Redlands, CA. Stuff A Plane With Toys For Tots, 909-499-1777 Oct. 24, 2015, Sacramento, CA. CalPilots presents "A Capital Idea," 916-276-5216 Oct. 24, 2015, Albany, OR. Hot dogs and Burgers, 541-730-3345 Oct. 24, 2015, Newport, OR. Barb-que, 541-867-7422 Oct. 24-25, 2015, Riverside, CA. Flabob Airport Ray Stits Memorial Fly-In, 951-243-4618 Oct. 24, 2015, Novato, CA. Gnoss Field Safety Awareness Weekend Flying Community BBQ, 415-897-9787 Oct. 25, 2015, Novato, CA. Gnoss Field Safety Awareness Weekend Flight Training, 415-897-9787 Oct. 26-27, 2015, Everett, WA. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Oct. 27, 2015, Los Gatos, CA. Los Gatos Hangar Flyers, 408-209-3067 Oct. 28, 2015, Concord, CA. EAA Chapter 393 General Meeting, 925-813-5172 Oct. 28, 2015, Portland, OR. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Oct. 28, 2015, Van Nuys, CA. Free Aviation Social Night, Rotor FX, 818-462-3333 Oct. 29, 2015, Mountain View, CA. Hangar Flying and Coffee Drinking Oct. 29, 2015, Eugene, OR. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Oct. 31, 2015, Cottonwood, AZ. Verde Valley Flyers Saturday Coffee & Doughnuts, 928-567-5322 Oct. 31, 2015, Newport, OR. Barb-que, 541-867-7422 Nov. 02, 2015, Van Nuys, CA. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 03, 2015, Los Gatos, CA. Los Gatos Hangar Flyers, 408-209-3067 Nov. 03, 2015, Ontario, CA. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 04, 2015, Carson City, NV. Carson City Flight Civil Air Patrol Meeting, 775-546-9805 Nov. 04, 2015, Truckee, CA. Tahoe Flying Club Monthly Meeting, 530-378-4832 Nov. 04, 2015, Long Beach, CA. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 04, 2015, Van Nuys, CA. Free Aviation Social Night, Rotor FX, 818-462-3333 Nov. 05, 2015, Mountain View, CA. Hangar Flying and Coffee Drinking Nov. 05, 2015, San Diego, CA. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 07, 2015, Albuquerque, NM. EAA 179 Young Eagle Flights, 505-266-1491 Nov. 07, 2015, San Diego, CA. AOPA Air Safety Institute Flight Instructor Refresher Course, 800-638-3101 Nov. 07, 2015, Coolidge, AZ. Coolidge Fly-in Breakfast, 520-723-5354 Nov. 07, 2015, Cottonwood, AZ. Verde Valley Flyers Saturday Coffee & Doughnuts, 928-567-5322

Oct. 24, 2015, Rockdale, TX. Rockdale Tiger Flight: Kids and adults building airplanes. Also,Young Eagles.

Oct. 24, 2015, Bonham, TX. Bonham Festival of Flight Oct. 24-25, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX. AOPA Air Safety Institute Flight Instructor Refresher Course, 800-638-3101 Oct. 24-25, 2015, Lake Charles, LA. Chennault International Airshow, 337-515-3269 Oct. 24, 2015, Saint Louis, MO. Gateway Eagles at the St. Louis Science Center Oct. 24, 2015, Covington, LA. Wings and Wheels Fly-In, 504-458-1927 Oct. 24, 2015, North Little Rock, AR. EAA Chapter 165 monthly lunch cookout, 501 758-1668 Oct. 27, 2015, Salina, KS. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) weekly squadron meeting, 785-201-7006 Oct. 30, 2015, Gainesville, TX. Gainesville: The Sky's The Limit Balloon Spectacular, 940-612-8463 Oct. 31, 2015, Rockdale, TX. Rockdale Tiger Flight: Kids and adults building airplanes. Also, Young Eagles.

Oct. 31, 2015, Houston, TX. Wings and Wheels Halloween Fly-In/Airliners Collectibles, 713-454-1940 Nov. 03, 2015, Salina, KS. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) weekly squadron meeting, 785-201-7006 Nov. 07, 2015, Rockdale, TX. Rockdale Tiger Flight: Kids and adults building airplanes. Also, Young Eagles.

Nov. 07, 2015, Pineville, LA. First Saturday Pancake Breakfast, 318-452-0919 Nov. 07, 2015, Kingsbury, TX. Fall Air Fair, 512-636-5020

Oct. 24, 2015, Portsmouth, NH. Atlas Inspection Authorization Renewal Course, 603-501-7709 Oct. 25, 2015, Lumberton, NJ. Pancake Breakfast at the Flying W Airport, 609-267-7673 Oct. 25, 2015, Bayport, NY. Bayport Aerodrome Society Weekly Open House, 917-273-9973 Oct. 26, 2015, Cincinnati, OH. Civil Air Patrol Lunken Cadet Squadron 078 Meeting Oct. 27, 2015, Columbus, OH. Civil Air Patrol's Columbus Composite Squadron Meeting, 614-638-9698 Nov. 01, 2015, Wilmington, DE. DellPenn flyers Club new member drive Nov. 02, 2015, Cleveland, OH. Civil Air Patrol’s Cleveland Lakefront Thunderbirds Squadron meeting, 216-236-8892 Nov. 02, 2015, Cincinnati, OH. Civil Air Patrol Lunken Cadet Squadron 078 Meeting Nov. 03, 2015, Toms River, NJ. EAA898 Nov. 03, 2015, Palmyra, PA. Monthly Scenario Discussion, 717-304-4187 Nov. 03, 2015, Columbus, OH. Civil Air Patrol’s Columbus Composite Squadron Meeting, 614-638-9698 Nov. 04, 2015, Albany, NY. Upper 15 Flying Club Monthly Meeting, 518-378-0720 Nov. 05, 2015, Richmond, VA. Chesterfield Pilots Association Meeting Nov. 05, 2015, Portland, ME. Hangar Flying Nov. 07, 2015, Morehead, KY. FlyIn Drive-In Pancake Breakfast Nov. 07, 2015, South Hill, VA. Pancake Breakfast (AVC) Nov. 07, 2015, Cleveland, OH. Annual Pancake Breakfast and Book Sale at Burke Airport, 216-623-1111 Nov. 07, 2015, Chesapeake, VA. Horizon Flight Center Hot Dog Saturdays, 757-421-9000

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Oct. 24, 2015, Neenah, WI. Fly-In Donut Days, 920-235-6298 Oct. 24, 2015, White Bear Town, MN. Pancake Breakfast Fly-in, Benson's Airport (6MN9), White Bear Lake, 763-503-0161 Oct. 24, 2015, Havana, IL. WWII Drone Presentation and Cookout, 217-725-0628 Oct. 27, 2015, Minneapolis, MN. Twin Cities Chapter IMC Clubs meeting Oct. 30, 2015, Hot Springs, SD. Coffee, 605-745-3135 Nov. 01, 2015, Flushing, MI. Michigan Ultralight & Light Sport Association (MULA) Nov. 04, 2015, Brookings, SD. Pot Luck Hangar Dinner Nov. 05, 2015, Superior, WI. Civil Air Patrol Nov. 05, 2015, Sellersburg, IN. Aircraft Specialists, Inc. Seminar with Garmin, 812-246-4696 Nov. 05, 2015, Ray, MI. EAA Chapter 13 Monthly Meeting, 586-918-3838 Nov. 05, 2015, Two Harbors, MN. EAA Chapter 1128 Monthly Meeting, 218-830-0185 Nov. 06, 2015, Hot Springs, SD. Coffee, 605-745-3135 Nov. 07, 2015, York, NE. Breakfast Nov. 07, 2015, Peoria, IL. EAA 563 Breakfast, 309-696-1428

North Eastern United States

Oct. 24, 2015, Franklin, VA. Fly-In Pancake Breakfast, 757-576-3382 Oct. 24, 2015, Port Clinton, OH. Annual Apple Butter Day, 419-734-6297 Oct. 24, 2015, Urbana, OH. Young Eagle Rally, 614-557-1170

Oct. 24-25, 2015, Greenville, SC. Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour, 864-270-6660 Oct. 24-25, 2015, Lakeland, FL. Aerospace Discovery Weekend 2015, 863-904-4073 Oct. 24-25, 2015, Evergreen, AL. SERFI, 251-578-1707 Oct. 24, 2015, Shelbyville, TN. EAA 1326 Fly-In Breakfast Oct. 24, 2015, Lexington, NC. Barbecue Festival & Fly-in 2015, 336-956-7774 Oct. 24, 2015, Tampa, FL. EAA Chapter 175 Breakfast/Meeting, 813-770-9372 Oct. 24, 2015, Warner Robins, GA. EAA Chapter 38 Breakfast Fly-In Oct. 24, 2015, Columbia, SC. Earl Yerrick Memorial Aircraft Static Display, 803-771-7915 Oct. 24, 2015, Bartow, FL. Grasshoppers Fly for Breast Cancer, 305-674-0495 Oct. 24, 2015, Columbia, SC. Second Annual 40's Style Dinner and Dance Fundraiser, 803-731-3254 Oct. 25, 2015, Sumter, SC. South Carolina Breakfast Club (KSMS), 803-446-0214 Oct. 27, 2015, Charlotte, NC. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Oct. 28, 2015, Greensboro, NC. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Oct. 29, 2015, Raleigh/Durham, NC. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Oct. 30-Nov. 01, 2015, Aberdeen/Amory, MS. Stinson and Friends Fly-In, 662-364-1095 Oct. 30, 2015, Lumberton, NC. Final Friday Fly-In, 910-739-6480 Oct. 31, 2015, Bushnell, FL. Flying FOOLZ EAA Chapter 1489 An-

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nual Halloween Breakfast Fly-In Oct. 31, 2015, Groveland, FL. 50 year Fly-In, 352-250-4545 Oct. 31, 2015, Knoxville, TN. Knoxville EAA 17 Banquet & Speaker, 865-789-0899 Nov. 01, 2015, Orangeburg, SC. South Carolina Breakfast Club (KOGB), 803-446-0214 Nov. 01, 2015, Fort Myers, FL. Pancake Breakfast Nov. 02, 2015, Jacksonville, FL. Cross Country Challenge, 800-638-3101 Nov. 03, 2015, Atlanta, GA. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 04, 2015, Birmingham, AL. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 05-06, 2015, Fort Pierce, FL. Bahamas Flying Adventure, 912-964-1022 Nov. 05, 2015, Bladenboro, NC. EAA 1118 Chapter Meeting, 910-872-3285 Nov. 05, 2015, Pensacola, FL. Cross Country Challenge Safety Seminar, 800-638-3101 Nov. 06, 2015, Lakeland, FL. Hangar Door Canteen Nov. 07, 2015, Burgaw, NC. EAA 297 Chapter Meeting, 910-880-5669 Nov. 07, 2015, Lakeland, FL. When Pigs Fly South Nov. 07, 2015, Atlanta, GA. AOPA Air Safety Institute Flight Instructor Refresher Course, 800-638-3101 Nov. 07, 2015, Lawrenceville, GA. EAA 690 Pancake Breakfast, 770-394-5466

International

Oct. 24, 2015, Sankt Augustin, NRW. Flugzeugwerft Moller Seminar with Garmin Oct. 25, 2015, Lacombe, AB. Open House Coffee, 403-302-4057 Oct. 25-Oct. 26, 2015, Dubai, Dubai. The Aviation Festival MENA 2015, 97144402535

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COLLEGE | From Page B5 and air traffic control.

The newest program trains students in the design and operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, better known as drones, a field that Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, department chairman, thinks is going to be the next big thing in aerospace engineering.

It’s the only four-year program of its kind in the state of North Carolina, according to ECSU Assistant Professor and former Navy pilot Orestes Gooden, and is one of only two in the country to offer a collaboration on a direct commissioning and flight training program with the U.S. Coast Guard.

The faculty and students are on a firstname basis, and professors give out their

personal cell phone numbers to the students on the first day of class.

“It feels like family,” says Air Traffic Control lecturer Robin Mangham, of her aviation students. “I’m like their mom.”

She pushes them when they need it, cheers when things go well, and is as proud as their own mom when they go out in the world and distinguish themselves.

Not all students, points out Liberty University Dean James Molloy, are on campus. His college, in addition to its Lynchburg, Virginia, flight training program, has a thriving distance learning program.

Many students are employed fulltime elsewhere, and are completing their coursework online or by tele-conferencing.

It’s an increasingly popular option for pilots seeking a career change at some future

time, one that can be pursued while on a military deployment, or living far from the university’s brick-and-mortar school.

Embry-Riddle’s faculty teach not only at the school’s campuses in Arizona and Florida, and online, but in the university’s world-wide campus, with course offerings and students in 130 other locations in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

The popularity of off-campus education has naturally created an increasing demand for faculty.

The job openings are posted on hiring boards, by published advertising, and most particularly, by word of mouth. It helps to know somebody who knows somebody.

One good way to become known in academia is to hire on with one of the universities as a flight instructor or a flight manager. The turnover in the flight schools is substantial as regional carriers raid the ranks for pilots as soon as they’ve built up enough hours for their ATP ratings, and becoming an airport manager or corporate flight department executive requires dem-

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onstrated administrative experience. After all, you have to start somewhere. Both jobs also may afford enough unscheduled time to work on an advanced degree, to gain teaching experience as an adjunct instructor, and to become an expert in subspecialties that will eventually prove valuable to a prospective academic employer.

The take-away is that while all aviation jobs require preparation, not all of them involve jockeying a regional jet between two snowy northeastern cities on Christmas Eve, while waiting for a call from the legacy carriers. Some of the best jobs are situated on beautiful campuses, with superb equipment, motivated students, and offer three paid weeks off at Christmas.

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MONTANA, WINDSOCK SKYPARK. The Last Best Place! Only 20-lots left for sale. 1-acre or larger, on Shores of Beautiful Fort Peck Lake in NE MT. City water, sewer, nat-gas, underground utilities installed, paved streets, taxiway to 37S public airport. Lanny Hanson Visit: www.windsockskypark.com 406-526-3535, 406263-1154. Don’t miss the opportunity to Live in a beautiful hunting and fishing recreational paradise! LOTS NOW SELLING $60,000.

BEAUTIFUL 5-ACRE lot on Flathead Lake Skyranch OUTSTANDING PANORAMIC VIEWS in all directions.

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LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! AeroVillas, West Houston Airport: 10,000 sqft lots--you design your perfect hangar home. 4000’ runway, AWOS, full service amenities. Jet A/100LL fuel will be delivered to your hangar door. Full service Maintenance & Avionics Shops located on field. www.aerovillas.com to see what AeroVillas has to offer, woody@westhoustonairport,com, stacy@westhoustonairport.com 49 HIDDEN VALLEY AIRPARK, Denton TX. Beautiful 2story features over an acre, pool, access to stables for horses and accessible to build hangar. 214-505-9277, http://hiddenvalleyairpark.org/httpdocs/index.html Publishers Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limited or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living w/parents or legal custodian, pregnant women & people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are avail on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free 800-669-9777. Toll-free for the hearing impaired: 800-927-9277.

SAN JUAN AVIATION ESTATES BLAKELY ISLAND, WA. Premier Recreational Airpark.

Paved lighted runway. Exceptional marina. Owner access to 3000ac forest preserve w/2 - 70ac lakes: fish/swim/boat.

SAN JUAN AVIATION ESTATES: Marine View Airpark Lot: $179,000. Finely Finished Runway Home: $495,000.

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QUALITY BUILT 2bd/2.5ba home, includes large hangar w/office and separate bdrm. Adjacent to 1850’ paved runway, very near Chelan WA 509-630-0045.