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Antique Attic

July 2013

by Gilles Auliard

Warbirds Over the Beach: bigger and better

With the sequestration, the military choices for airplane entertainment have been thinning out on Armed Forces Day. Luckily, the Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach have been stepping in to fill the gap, and the fifth edition of their “Warbirds over the Beach” show was a winner, even marred by appalling weather at times.

rain moved in, and by early morning, buckets of water had already fallen on the field. By 9 am, the rain let down, leaving a dark sky in its trail. With the winds in the reasonable range, the flight displays could take place starting at the planned 1 pm, while everybody kept an eye open for incoming severe weather.

Taking place from May 17th to the 20th, the event raised the excitement in the little warbird community to levels not seen for a long time.

Reason enough was the first official US display of a DeHavilland DH98 “Mosquito” for many years. The last time anybody could witness such event was August 1990, when Kermit Weeks delivered his wooden wonder to Oshkosh for static display with the EAA Museum. The airplane has since, been going downhill, as is in need of a complete re-skinning.

The Dragon Rapide opened the show, followed by an impressive line up of trainers consisting of De Havilland “Chipmunk”, Stearman PT-17, Ryan PT-22, DeHavilland “Tiger Moth” and Fairchild PT-19. Strangely enough, the MAM Fieseler “Storch” joined in the group, as the airplane could fly in any weather conditions, and can turn on a dime.

The show usually features most of the airplanes of the Museum’s collection, with this year’s added attraction of the Old Dominum Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Ryan PT-22 “Recruit” based at nearby Franklin Municipal Airport, the West Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Curtiss SB2C “Helldiver”, only flying example of the type, the C-46 “Tinker Belle” as well as the Canadian Warplane Heritage (CWH) DC-3 “Canuck Unlimited” and its Avro Lancaster As it was the previous year -and the year before-, the weather gods were not on Jerry Yagen’s side. Friday dawned cloudy, clearing up just in time for the museum’s opening. Temperatures rose to the low 80's by mid afternoon, without a cloud in sight until sundown.

As for the flying, some of the most exciting airplanes presented a little display, with a special mention of the CWH’s Lancaster, making a low pass over the field at treetop level.

The spectators present to the pre-show activity were treated with a flight from the long awaited DeHavilland Mosquito FB.26 KA114, the Focke-Wulf 190A8 (which did not fly last year), the Museum’s P-51 “Double Trouble Too”, as well as the DeHavilland “Dragon Rapide”, both flown

by Jerry Yagen, the Lancaster already mentioned, as well as the arrival of the Tinker Bell and the CWH’s DC-3 and the CAF Helldiver. In all, it was the best of the three days of the show.

I have been awaiting the moment to see the Focke-Wulf FW-44 “Stieglitz” in flight, and was satisfied to see it close the noria of the trainer types. It is not often that authentic German types are displayed at warbirds show.

Unfortunately, one of my personal favorite stayed on the ground: the MAM’s Polikarpov Po-2. It was the first time I laid eyes on the legendary airplane and realized that it actually is one of the ugliest biplanes ever produced -and I have a known weakness for this type of airplane- and looked very rough. I guess one could say that this is one of the most authentic example of the type, as, it obviously is not a showplane. The more reason to like it...

On the multi-engine side of the display, the main attraction was, one more time, the CWH Avro Lancaster, in a much tamer demonstration than Friday. With some concerns with the possibility of being stuck in the soggy ground the following day, the crew elected to spend the night at nearby Norfolk International Airport. It was followed in this decision by the museum’s DC-3.

With the flying display cut short, it was decided to fire up some of the airplanes for the crowds. This included the Merlins of the Mosquito, which was rolled out of the hangar, and ran for the people not deterred by the bad weather. The roar of two engines in synch could only be topped by the four fitted on the Lancaster.

Expect for the rain, the Sunday show was a repeat of Saturday, with fewer airplanes taking to the skies. Special note however to the few brave souls who jumped from the C-46 “Commando” and drifted away from their intended landing spot and ended up un in the trees bordering the runway. Thanks to the intervention of the firemen and their ladders, everything ended well, except for some bruised egos.

With more unique airplanes and a few improvements in the running of the show, the fifth edition of “Warbird Over the Beach” was better than the previous one. An event on the rise is a rarity nowadays, and everybody with even a mild interest in airplanes should add “Warbirds Over the Beach” to their list.

Contrary to previous years, the trainers/spotters were displayed in a racetrack with the main runway far edge as the crowd line, making for a much visible and lively display. Did the FAA finally cave in?

While everybody was sleeping, clouds and

see the MAM’s Wildcat flying, as well as Jerry’s P-51 “Double Trouble Two”.

After a break for incoming possibly damaging weather, the show went on with an abbreviated version of the navy flight. A pity the CAF Helldiver did not join in after three engine starts and a couple taxi attempts. However, it was treat to

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The Power of Bureaucracy We all remember civics lessons when we were taught that the government has three branches— the executive, legislative, and judicial. But today it seems there’s a fourth branch of government emerging—the administrative.

Federal agencies are nothing new. Neither are the career bureaucrats who keep the wheels of government turning despite the vagaries of party politics and election cycles. What is new is just how much power these agencies have.

In fact, the Supreme Court recently determined that federal agencies have authority to establish their own jurisdiction (Arlington v.

FCC). That’s a power that some believe has been, and should be, left to Congress.

Congress may make the laws, but very often the bureaucrats make the rules. And those rules create the environment in which the general aviation community operates.

According to an article written by law professor Jonathan Turley for the Washington Post, if you go back to 2007 when we have all the statistics, Congress enacted 138 public laws. But federal agencies finalized 2,926 rules that same year. And while membership in the General Aviation Caucus in the House of Representatives and the Senate grows week after week, there

is no counterpart among government agencies that affect our flying, including the FAA, TSA, DOT, and DHS. Why do we care? Because many federal agencies operate with minimal accountability and little oversight with the result that they charge ahead with new rules that can have a significant negative impact on the user community. You may remember the decision to stop aircraft operators from blocking their N-numbers to prevent their movements from being tracked by the public in real time. We fought to overturn this rule and ultimately succeeded, but a more reasoned approach to decision making would have saved everyone time, trouble, and money.

At AOPA we have a team of government affairs experts who stay in close contact with regulatory agencies that affect our flying. These experts actively participate in dozens of working groups, councils, and committees, where they advocate for the needs of general aviation on issues like unleaded fuel, protecting ELTs, reform of aircraft certification rules, and the third class medical waiver.

We’ll keep working to ensure that the regulators understand and account for the needs of GA pilots and owners, and you can count on us to keep you informed about the actions of the “administrative branch” of government.

Of course, we’re just as concerned about what doesn’t happen. Long delays, administrative inaction, and the choice to simply ignore the concerns of pilots and aviation consumers are equally disturbing.

There is a notion among regulators that change means risk. Yet, the world around us is changing rapidly, and increasingly it is the resistance to change that brings real risks. When new technologies can make flying safer, why are regulators often so reluctant to accept the evidence and support their use?

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July 2013

The Big Sky

by Ken Kula

The American Bonanza Society (ABS) convened its Spring 2013 Fly-In in the historic and elegant city of Savannah Georgia during the long weekend of May 16th through the 19th.

The more than 200 registered participants (pilots, spouses, friends and family) attended both social activities and training sessions designed around owning and flying the Beechcraft, and/ or enjoying the charm found in old Savannah.

While I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, that V-tailed Bonanza design was an easy type to commit to memory while I self-taught myself aircraft recognition. While I travelled to the Georgia coast to learn a bit about the iconic Vtailed single and the Society that supports its' ownership, I found that there's much more to this story than I had thought.

To begin with, the name "American Bonanza Society" doesn't speak of the entirety of the organization's supported types. You can trace the lineage of the Beechcraft Debonair, Travelair, Baron, and some modern variants of the Bonanza back to the original V-tailed Model 35 Bonanza design. These aircraft and their owners and pilots are supported by, and welcomed in the ABS too. Here's a look at some Bonanza history and its' extended family tree, plus some notes from the Spring Fly-In. The prototype Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza first flew in December 1945, shortly after World War II ended. It was designed as a fast personal transport, manufactured mainly of metal but with some fabric covered control surfaces. The easily recognized V tail was chosen partly for weight reduction, and for streamlining qualities too. Retractable landing gear and room for four people and baggage put this aircraft in competition with the likes of the Cessna 195 and North American Navion. Shortly after production began in 1947 all-metal control surfaces were adopted. In 1959, the Model 33 Debonair was introduced, which was a Model 35 Bonanza variant with a conventional tail.

In 1968 the Model 36 Bonanza was rolled out; this was a slightly longer version of the original Bonanza, but again it carried a conventional tail. The Beechcraft Model 45/T-34 Mentor was designed as a military trainer derived from the Bonanza's basic design, but reduced to a twinseat design with a conventional tail. The ABS doesn't include the T-34/Model 45 airframe in their organization, nor does it include another military variant of the Bonanza... the QU-22

American Bonanza Society Flies Into Savanah, GA single pilot resource management techniques, business aircraft risk assessment , understanding the pilot-controller relationship, and several maintenance related subjects. BPPP Instructor pilot and retired air traffic controller John Foster likened these sessions to "continuing education" for the Beechcraft owner. John presented a pair of sessions dealing with pilot-controller interaction to about 100 pilots who attended the forums.

manned/unmanned reconnaissance version of the Model 36 used during the Vietnam War. A twin-engined civilian transport that incorporated many Bonanza and Mentor design features was the Model 95 Travelair, which first flew in 1956. In 1960, a redesign of this twin gave rise of the Model 95-55 Baron and its military counterpart, the T-42 Cochise. In 1967, a turbocharged Baron, known as the Model 9556 was introduced for a short four years. The larger Model 58 Baron was introduced in 1969, and a pressurized Model 58P followed in 1975.

Based upon design changes - some slight and some very noticeable - variants of the basic design have number or letter-specific designations.

A change in the aircraft's engine version often resulted in a changed variant. For example, after the original Model 35 Bonanza, there are some 21 subsequent variations such as the C-35, the S-35, and the V-35B. Designations such as the V-35B-TC denote engine turbo charging.

More than 17,000 Bonanzas of all models and variants have been built, including more than 10,000 V-tailed airframes. Although the original Model 35 went out of production in 1982 and the Model 33 in 1973, the G36 version of the Bonanza is still in production today. More than 700 Travelair Model 95s were produced between 1958 and 1968. Almost 3700 Model 55/56 Barons were delivered before production ended in 1984 too. More than 3000 Model 58 Barons have been built to date, and the top of the line G58 is still in production. Needless to say, most of the Beechcraft Bonanza-derived designs have fared well against their competitors.

The first two days of the Fly-In centered around Sheltair Aviation, the host FBO at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, and the Hilton DeSoto hotel in downtown Savannah. A total of 74 Bonanza-derived aircraft, including a dozen twins (Barons and a Travelair) graced the FBO's ramp on Thursday; 78 Beechcraft would ultimately attend. The final day focused on social events, including the Saturday night Awards Banquet highlighted by aviation humorist Ralph Hood.

Inside the hotel, the ABS Air Safety Foundation and AIG Insurance sponsored a series of Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program (BPPP) classroom sessions which were spread over two half days, covering wide-ranging topics like "avoiding gear up and gear collapse mishaps",

A main goal of these BPPP sessions is embodied in the ABS Aviator Program. As explained in ABS literature, "Although... members are very familiar and comfortable with the concept of lifelong learning in their professional lives, the beneficial philosophy of continuing education is not normally encouraged in personal aviation. Professional pilots are required to complete recurrent training frequently. There is ample evidence that the vastly better safety record of commercial aviation (when compared to personal flying) is a direct result of this “lifelong learning” requirement".

The goal of the Aviator Program, which began in 2005, "is to make you a safer, more knowledgeable and more confident pilot. We hope that by identifying the wide variety of learning opportunities available, and by recognizing members who have gone far beyond the minimum requirements for maintaining proficiency, you will be encouraged to map out your own “lifelong learning” strategy and become even safer operating Beech airplanes". The classroom sessions earned each participant a number of points towards the Aviator's goal of 100 annual points.

I learned a lot during my short time at the FlyIn at Savannah... that the American Bonanza Society supports a number of Beechcraft models, all of which have the original Model 35 Bonanza as the basis of their design. All Bonanzas don't have the iconic V-tail either. The ABS is committed to safety and continuing education as much as any organization I've seen. And there were a lot of owners and pilots eager to learn about their responsibility of operating their Beechcraft safely.

Special thanks to ABS Executive Director Whit Hickman, BPPP Instructor John Foster, and Gary Gutkowski, Brandon Coleman and Bill Garghill of Sheltair Aviation for their time and knowledge they shared with me while I was at the Fly-In.

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FAA Sounds Welcome Call for Candidate Fuels to Substitute for Avgas

As all aviators know, the industry has long acknowledged that an unleaded substitute for avgas (100 low lead) is desirable, and efforts to find a workable replacement for 100LL have repeatedly been met with support from people and companies in the aviation community. That said, it’s equally clear that finding a suitable replacement has proven difficult.

So, it was welcome news when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced its intention to formally request sample unleaded fuels for testing as possible replacements to 100LL. The FAA’s move stems from the completion, in 2012, of a “Fuel Development Roadmap” – a plan that brings structure to the search for a viable replacement to 100LL. The roadmap was the product of extensive and effective work conducted by an industry-government committee, called the Unleaded Avgas Transition Aviation Rulemaking Committee (UAT ARC).

Among the recommendations that came out of the committee’s work was the establishment of an FAA Fuels Program Office, which will lead up the work to produce fuel-property and performance data, which will in turn be used by fuelindustry and regulatory agencies to evaluate the worthiness of the fuel-alternative samples that are submitted in the agency’s testing process for eventual fleet-wide deployment.

terms of impact upon the existing fleet, production and distribution infrastructure, environment and toxicology, and economic considerations.

The General Aviation Avgas Coalition, to which NBAA belongs, called the FAA’s request for the fuel samples a significant step; at NBAA, we also noted that the move is an appropriate step, because it takes the kind of deliberative, science-based approach to exploring aviationfuel alternatives that prioritizes the preservation of safety, cost-effectiveness and feasibility of use for any new fuel.

In the meantime, NBAA, in conjunction with the General Aviation Avgas Coalition, is committed to pursuing the best and safest alternative to 100 low lead fuel that supports the mobility and growth of general aviation. I encourage the Atlantic Flyer readers to learn more about this issue on NBAA’s website, at http://www.nbaa. org/ops/environment/avgas/.

With specific regard to feasibility, the FAA’s approach to alternate-fuels research appears recognize that any replacement fuel will not be a “drop-in” solution, which might require the recertification of the entire fleet of existing aircraft. Instead, and preferably, the FAA program will assess the viability of candidate fuels in

The FAA’s fiscal year 2014 budget includes $5.6 million in funding to centralize avgas alternative assessment and testing, and we look forward to learning more about the findings resulting from the agency’s research.

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July 2013

SAL’S LAW: Your Legal Eagle RL @ Email We have read much press lately about the FAA Medical division attempting to make the medical certification process more reasonable. Are we getting any closer to elimination of the third class medical?

Sal’s Law: RL, virtually everywhere I speak, this question comes up in some form.

There are numerous proposals before the FAA about changing or eliminating the third class medical. Indeed, we now have a great deal of data available to support a major change. For the past eight years, the Sport Pilot License has survived, using only a driver’s license, instead of a medical, as proof of fitness to fly. In all that time, not one accident has been caused by pilot incapacitation, yet in that same period there have been several of these incidents for First Class medical holders. Sounds like a better way to save money and improve safety than closing towers.

The FAA has certainly put these proposals on the back burner and we still await their action.

One ray of hope is actually in the Pilot’s Bill of Rights, which requires that the FAA and several alphabet groups, are to revamp the way the medical procedures and forms now work. They have a year to complete the process.

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MS @ POU: I recently flew into an airport that was using Land and Hold Short Procedures.

While my plane should easily be able to stop in the allotted distance I was given, I worry about what would happen if I balloon on the landing and violate the procedure.

Sal’s Law: LAHSO or Land and Hold Short Operations, are often used at airports with intersecting runways, when traffic is high. It allows two aircraft to land at or near the same time, as long as one does not cross the intersection where the runways meet.

Often the LAHSO Distance will be given on the automated weather broadcast as you approach the airport. For example, “LAHSO Distance on Runway 16 is 4,500 feet LAHSO Distance on Runway 11 is 2,500 feet.”

It is up to the pilot in command to accept or reject the clearance as you wish. Student Pilots or pilots who are not familiar with the procedure should not participate. A LAHSO clearance does not preclude your right to reject the landing and perform a go around. If you need to reject the landing, you are expected to safely separate yourself from the other aircraft and promptly notify the air traffic controller. [AIM 4-3-11].

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Also, be sure that your aircraft is eligible for a LAHSO clearance. Aircraft are categorized as far as weight and landing distance required.

Sometimes a controller will not realize the proper category (don’t all high wings look alike), and issue a LAHSO where the landing distance does not legally allow for one.

For example, flying my Cessna Cardinal RG, I am a Category 2 aircraft for the purposes of LAHSO. That means a minimum of 3000 feet of landing distance is required. A Cessna 172 is a Category 1 and requires 2500 feet for LAHSO operation. These are not POH landing distances, they are LAHSO required landing distances which have a small margin added. I sometimes get asked to conduct a LAHSO landing on a runway segment that is 2500 feet long, which is not allowed.

You can find the category of your aircraft in FAA Guide 7110.65T, and if given the improper clearance just advise the tower that you are “not eligible”. Remember also that you are to land and exit at the first convenient taxiway before the intersection or hold short point, unless otherwise directed [AIM 4-3-11(6)]. Visibility must be at least 3 miles and Ceiling of at least 1000 feet for LAHSO to be used.

Now let’s work on those landings.

Blue Skies all!

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The Simulation Age Pilots of today's modern age are blessed with technology. I'm not talking about GPS, I'm talking about route awareness. When I step in that airplane for a cross country, I've already flown the route 15 times, from my basement, in my pajamas.

When I started cross country flight training, which at the time was in a Robinson R22, I struggled to correlate what I was seeing on the ground versus what my sectional was telling me. Struggling with a cross country in a helicopter isn't cheap, nor is it in any aircraft, So I searched for a way to prepare myself better than I could previously.

I had always been a big fan of flight simulators, even before I actually started flying. I also knew the maps in the simulators were generated from real life sectionals, AF/D's and satellite imagery. I'm not claiming the simulator's flight physics necessarily resemble real life (they don't) but hey, that's not the point. I booted up Microsoft Flight Simulator, sectional in hand and tried it. After flying to and from my destination airport several times, observing my checkpoints, tuning in to VORS for cross radials, practicing pattern entry's. I called up my flight instructor and scheduled it for real. At this point I elected to become proficient In fixed wing navigation before scheduling a 275$ an

hour Helicopter cross country. The point is, flying there in real life was so familiar to me, down to the pattern entry and taxiing at the airport. I was confident in my self, and more importantly, He(being my flight instructor) was confident and sent me there solo a few days later.

Come to my second to last dual cross country before my long 3 stop solo, I was told to expect a diversion. Well, I knew it was going to be one of 3 airports, but not exactly which one, I was also not sure what was going to be the cause of the diversion as he was testing my ability to think on the fly. (Pun intended). So once again I flew countless flights diverting to these three airports due to weather, engine failures, bird strikes, control failures. I did this enough times that when my instructor pulled the throttle, I barely had to look at my chart.

Flight simulators are an amazing tool that many elect not to try.

Microsoft Flight simulator has a massive online community with multiplayer servers that have active control towers manned by extremely skilled controllers. Many of which are real life pilots who are expanding their own radio technique. The first time I had to make cold contact with an Approach controller, I was completely familiar with the procedure and didn't

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break a sweat. To sum it up, simulators are great tools for navigation. They replicate closely what you'll see from the actual cockpit.

Written by Robert Pinkett BIO: Robert Pinksten is a student pilot in both helicopters and airplanes and will be taking both of his checkrides during the weekend of his 17th birthday, July 2nd. He's been in love other aviation his entire life and has flown a wide range of aircraft varying from Bell Turbine helicopters to Boeing Stearmans.

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“Air To Ground” by Rose Marie Kern

July 2013

Filing and Activating IFR Pop-ups

Last week a pilot called Flight Service wanting to take off VFR from a small airport called Elizabethtown (EYF) and pick up an IFR clearance over the top of another, larger airport – Fayetteville, (FAY). As he filed the flight plan he wanted to show the identifier of the larger airport as his “departure point” on the flight plan. Unfortunately, if he had done so he may not have received the service he wanted.

the same as the location of the airport reference the VORTAC, the computer will recognize that the location is not on the ground at the airport.

A Radial/DME causes the computer to assume the identifier refers to the NAVAID rather than the airport. We used the FAY078010. The proposal for the flight plan was routed to the correct Approach Control position awaiting activation.

To comprehend the problem requires an understanding of how the Air Route Traffic Control Center computers think. Center computers are programmed to hold your flight plan as a proposal in the main computer bank until half an hour prior to flight time. At that point, the proposal “pops up” at the sector or tower it expects you to contact for clearance. It does not generate any other data at any other station until after the flight plan is activated.

There are other tricks to filing IFR pop-ups. Using the identifiers of small airports that do not have towers will send the flight plan to the correct ARTCC sector, so will using NAVAIDS, latitude/longitudes, or intersections.

If the specialist had entered FAY as his departure point, the computer would send his proposal to only one place – the clearance delivery position at Fayetteville Tower. Since he planned to be above FL090 as he crossed over the airport, FAY Approach Control would have been the location that needed the proposal.

The pilot thought that filing the departure as FAY instead of KFAY would take care of that problem – but it does not. The “K” indicates an airport instead of a navaid to pilots and controllers, the computer does not recognize the difference. This is one of the reasons why the FAA has been systematically changing the identifiers of VORTACs and other NAVAIDs located near major airports…ie: RNO, Reno Nevada’s VORTAC was changed to FMG, Mustang.

To remedy the pilot’s situation was simple, choose a radial/DME off of the FAY VOR as his departure point. Even if the Radial/DME is just

When you file an IFR Pop-up using DUATS or any other flight plan vendor, be sure to put IFR PU in the remarks of the flight plan, and always tell your briefer to add those remarks when filing with Flight Service.

Another possibility for misunderstanding comes when you plan to make practice approaches at several airports enroute. This is not really a problem for low flying aircraft – if your altitudes are within Approach airspace, the Center computer will generate notification to Approach that you are transiting their airspace, and adding the contraction PLAS (Practice Low Approachs) and the name of the airport in remarks cues the controllers to your intent. (Example: PLAS BWG ) However, if you filed an altitude above the level of any approach control or tower airspace enroute, the controllers at the approach control will not be expecting you, and the Center will not know you need a clearance to descend. For example, ABQ Approach monitors the airspace within a 30 nautical mile radius, surface to 17,000 feet. If you have filed IFR at FL180 or above and want to do a practice approach at ABQ and go on to your destination, ABQ will not be waiting for you and the Center will not know you plan to descend until you tell them so.

The most practical method of handling the situation is to file multiple flight plans. This is not hard to do, once the first one has been filed, all you or your briefer needs to do is change a few items. The Center computer recognizes where you need to take off and land, so it sends the flight plan inbound and proposal to the right place, the Center controllers recognize your need to descend and will work you into their traffic pattern, and the towers at those airports will be expecting you. Again, be sure to put PLAS in remarks on the flight plan and on initial call up tell the approach controller if you do not intend to land, because you will need to be given the clearance to your next stop as you are lining up for the approach.

If there is no approach control your next leg will begin at that airport, so as you contact the Tower inbound, tell the Tower controller how many approaches you would like to make, and that when you are done you would like your clearance on to the next airport. When the controller gives you the next clearance, you will receive a new squawk code. The first flight plan is closed by the computer as you land, and the next one is activated as the computer picks up the new squawk.

A note about flight plans. IFR flight plans are automatically closed if you land at a towered airport. If your destination does not have a tower – you must either close the flight plan with ATC airborne or call flight service immediately upon landing.

No matter how advanced computers are, they still require you to tell them what you want them to do in detail. Filing IFR Pop-ups is much easier for everyone when done in a way that the computer understands.

Rose Marie Kern has worked in ATC for over 25 years. If you’d like to ask Rose a question send her an email at author@rosemariekern.com.

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Congressional Gold Medal Sought For Doolittle Tokyo Raiders December 7, 1941, the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese.

Our Pacific Fleet was decimated and America was thrust into war. Island by island, country by country, Japan proceeded to invade and conquer Southeast Asia. They appeared to be unstoppable.

America was losing the war it had just entered.

to ensure freedom.

Now known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, this past April 18th marked the 71st anniversary of that raid. This was the last of such reunions. Of the 80 men who took part in the raid, only four remain and only three are well enough to travel.

In the first joint operation by the Army Air Force and U.S. Navy, April 18, 1942, sixteen B25B Mitchell bombers hurled into the sky from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The fleet had been spotted by a Japanese radio-equipped fishing vessel and assuming their position had been reported, the decision was made to launch 200 nautical miles earlier than planned which would make landing safely in China questionable.

Led by then Lt.Col. James “Jimmy” Doolittle, eighty men flew on to bomb the Japanese mainland. While doing very little actual damage, the raid was extremely successful in that it gave the American people a much needed morale boost and it forced Japan to rethink its plans and reposition its forces to defend their homeland.

All of the men who took part in that raid were volunteers. They were told that at best they would have a fifty-fifty chance of surviving a dangerous mission and still they volunteered.

Each one exemplified the best that is an American, the willingness to put their lives on the line

The four remaining Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: •Lt. Col. Richard Cole, co-pilot crew # 1, piloted by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle. Following the Raid, Cole stayed in China flying the Hump and became part of the First Air Commandos.

Cole was born in Dayton, OH and lives in Comfort, TX. •Lt. Col. Robert Hite, co-pilot crew # 16. Hite spent 44 harrowing months as a POW in Japan.

Hite was born in Odell, TX and lives in Nashville, TN.

•Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, engineer crew # 15.

Just days before the Raiders took off from the USS Hornet, Saylor was called upon to tear down and repair his plane’s engine. Saylor was born in Brusett, MT and lives in Puyallup, WA. •S.Sgt. David Thatcher, engineer-gunner on crew # 7, was featured in the movie “30 Seconds Over Tokyo”. Although injured following the crash landing on the China coast, Thatcher gave critical first aid to his gravely injured fellow crew members, saving their lives. Thatcher was born in Bridger, MT and lives in Missoula, MT. Currently, efforts are underway to obtain the Congressional Gold Medal for these brave veterans. This effort is much more involved than you would think reported Brian Anderson who is spearheading the project. Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio initiated Senate Bill S.381 and Congressman Pete Olson from Texas initiated H.R.1209 from the House. Each requires two-thirds of its respective members become cosponsors in order to bring it to the floor for a vote.

For more information on the Raiders and the raid please visit www.doolittleraider.com. This site will also give you information on how you can help to get your Senators and Congressmen to sign on as co-sponsors.

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July 2013

Hot Air, Wings and Flying Things by Jim Ellis Northeast Pioneer Aeronauts Reunion Reunites Old Hot Air Balloonists Approximately 100 senior balloon pilots and crew were on hand for the second ever Northeast Pioneer Aeronauts Reunion (NEPAR), held at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Fishkill, NY on May 10-12. Bill Hughes and Tom Smith, both from nearby Poughkeepsie, were responsible for organizing the event. Veteran balloonists primarily came from New England and the Northeast states, but also came from North and South Carolina, Colorado, California and Florida (many of them having originally lived in and flown balloons in New England and the Northeast). These were largely the pioneer hot air balloonists who began ballooning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when modern hot air ballooning was still in its infancy.

On Friday, May 10, the late afternoon/early evening was spent mainly socializing and renewing old friendships in the Memorabilia Room.

There were numerous ballooning scrapbooks on the tables from the 1970s and the early 1980s.

This was the period when ballooning started in New England and the Northeast. Ballooning started with flap inflations and standing inside balloons with weed burners, usually burning and damaging the balloon on each flight. These pioneer aeronauts developed the use of inflator fans, which meant that balloons are now nearly never damaged during inflation. This was also a period in which the early balloonists were such a novelty that some of them even flew in New York City.

Dr. Thomas’ Awards Among the balloonists in attendance Friday evening were Ralph Hall and his daughter Sue Hall, Aaron Brody, Paul Stumpf, Tom Stodolski, Tom and Arlene Osborne, Kathy Wadsworth Delano, Chris Mooney, Greg Livadas, Ron Fuller, and others. Kathy Wadsworth Delano’s draft book project dedicated to now deceased balloonists was also on display, with inputs and corrections requested.

A look at the history of some of these balloonists: Bob Waligunda: First flew in 1965 ( t h e modern hot air balloon invented by Ed Yost first flew in October 1960.) In the 1970s flew over the Golden Gate Bridge and was the first to cross the Grand Canyon in a hot air balloon.

Taught Dr. Clayton Thomas to fly. Organized an early balloon rally over New York City.

Ralph Hall: One of Dr. Clayton Thomas first students. Lost a balloon in the Bermuda Triangle during the shooting of a uniquely bad movie in the Bahamas when it ran out of fuel over water, was left floating, and had disappeared when he got back with a larger boat to recover it. During the filming he also flew off the deck of an ocean liner near Miami and flew back to shore. Led the American contingent to the Bicentennial of Manned Flight in Annonay, France in 1983 (I was his crew chief and got to fly his balloon as a student pilot in France). Ran a classy balloon ride operation from Lexington, MA with a fancy mechanized “Balloon Kakoon” chase trailer, and crystal stemware glasses for the post-flight champagne toasts.

Kathy Wadsworth Delano: Flew adventure flights over Angel Falls in Venezuela in 1982.

Made more Venezuelan adventure flights before returning home to establish Kat Balloons in her home state of Connecticut. Set a world record for small AX-1 balloons.

Bill Costen: A professional photographer and photojournalist, Costen started flying balloons in Connecticut in 1975, where he still runs a balloon ride business, Sky Endeavors. Impressively large in stature, he was once a defensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills. He was the first African American commercial balloon pilot in the U.S. Bill Hughes: A Bob Waligunda trained balloonist, Hughes is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a former helicopter test pilot. He has been flying balloons since 1970. He has been the balloonmeister for the Adirondack Balloon Festival in Glens Falls, NY, the largest balloon rally in the Northeast, for more than 25 years. He operates Blue Sky Balloons in the Hudson River valley, and runs the Liberty Balloon School balloon ground school.

Paul Stumpf: Operator of one of the top-rated balloon repair shops in the Northeast for more than 25 years (the president of one of the major balloon companies once admitted that Stumpf’s work was as good as his factory’s). In his younger days as a balloon homebuilder, he built the first balloon basket with a clear plastic floor.

Chris Mooney: A big red-headed man with an Irish background, he has been a full time professional balloonist (a rarity in New England and the Northeast) for 34 years. The last 27 years he has been the lead pilot for ReMax balloons in New England. Most of his flights are tether flights for ReMax, and he has given nearly 100,000 passengers their first balloon flight on a tether flight in the ReMax balloon.

Bob Waligunda Tom Stodolski: His first two balloons were ancient Piccards, which he named “Atlantis Seeker” and “Atlantis Found”. The Piccards had the burners mounted on a square metal plate which was attached to the cables from the envelope to the basket, not a rigid supports like modern balloons. Inflations manipulating the metal plate were a challenge, and if you came down for a hard landing you needed helmets as the burner plate would drop down and it you in the head when the cables went slack.

On the morning of Saturday May 11, a bus left the hotel brim-full of about 36 balloon pilots for a half hour ride up commercial Route 9 to Poughkeepsie to the “Walkway Over the Hudson”. The Walkway is a one and one-half mile long former two-track Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge, renovated and converted with state and local money. Forecast rains held off, allowing for a good long walk over the whole bridge and back.

There was a social hour in the ballroom at the Ramada from 5 pm to about 6:30 pm. It was a good time to talk to old ballooning friends.

There were more people in attendance on Saturday than there had been on Friday evening.

There was free beer and wine available at the bar. The Memorabilia Room was open throughout the social hour. A buffet dinner was served in the ballroom following the extended social hour. Tom Smith, one of the key organizers of the event, opened after dinner comments by not-

Ralph Hall and Susan Sparks

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ing that Tom Stodolski was one of the balloonists who had initiated this event. Smith joked that registration had closed a month and a half before the event, but said that it had not stopped veteran Vermont balloonist Rick Pollack from deciding to come two days prior to the event.

The evening was devoted to a tribute and awards presentation to Dr. Clayton L. Thomas, who will be 91 years old this year. Rudy Schwenker described Dr. Thomas’ long and distinguished ballooning career. Schwenker began by introducing the Thomas family, all of whom were in attendance. There was Dr. Thomas’ wife Peggy, and his four children, Gwen, Robert, Clayton, and Wendy. Amazingly enough, all four of his children had themselves become balloonists. Wendy ran a balloon repair station at the family home in Brimfield, CT, and Robert today is the manager of New Market Airport in Middleburg, VA where he runs a balloon ride business and has a balloon repair station. Schwenker praised Dr. Thomas positive attitude, sense of humor, and dedication to ballooning safety. Dr. Thomas was the preeminent hot air balloon Designated Flight Examiner in New England from 1971-2011. His dedication to safe flying, passed on to everyone who took a lesson or a test with him, is in large measure responsible for New England never having had an inflight balloon fatality. (Although his sense of humor was evident in his statement he would make to pilot candidates that “If you don’t kill me, you have a pretty good chance of passing.”)

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Dr. Thomas learned from Bob Waligunda (who was at the event and still looked surprisingly young). He took his first balloon flying lesson on June 29, 1969. Earlier, he had told the story of his lessons: “In the olden days of ballooning you had 8 hours of instruction for a balloon license.” Most of it, all except for about and hour and 20 minutes, was on tether! He said his cross-country flying consisted of 20 minutes of free flying with Waligunda, followed by an hour solo. He landed in a dense fog after making three attempts to land, including a landing over power lines. (As a Designated Examiner, he expected balloon Private candidates to have 20 hours of free flying, twice what was required by the FAA.) He also told about a wild early flight at a Waligunda-organized early balloon rally. He took off from Long Island and flew across the Bronx and ended up with a landing near Central Park on Manhattan. He took gas balloon lessons from Ed Yost, inventor of the modern hot air balloon and builder of Transatlantic gas balloons. He has over 2400 hours as PIC of hot air balloons. He founded the Balloon School at Dingley Dell, where he trained over 100 balloonists.

He was the balloonmeister for the balloon flyover of the opening ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY, flown in challenging conditions. Many of the approximately two dozen balloonists who flew there were at the reunion, including Russ Barber, Dave Ste-

ven, Ralph and Sue Hall, Tom Stodolski, Aaron Brody, and Kathy Wadsworth. He flew at the ballooning Nationals at Indianola, Iowa from 1973 to 1975, and won the Montgolfiere Trophy in 1983 in France, a 6-month long competition open to all world balloonists on year of the Bicentennial of Manned Flight. He received the Aero Club of New England Massachusetts State Award in 2003.

Following his introduction at the reunion dinner, Dr. Thomas received the Ed Yost Master Pilot Award for 40 years of safe ballooning. Dr Thomas was inducted into the Balloon Federation Hall of Fame by Mick Murphy, the BFA Northeast Regional Director.

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July 2013

Renegade Open House Crowds gathered at Renegade's new facility. Kids and adult kids enjoyed good food and spacious surroundings with several airplanes to examine and a full motion simulator to try.

Several Florida airports have been active during the recession in their efforts to pull new clients. We reported earlier such projects but went to visit one of these over the last weekend. Renegade Light Sport Aircraft had an open house staged in their gargantuan 71,000 square foot hangar and offices on the Fort Pierce airport.

Perhaps 200 attended and enjoyed proprietor Doc' Bailey's expertise with the barbecue grill.

Certainly the facility is mighty impressive as a base of operations. Besides vast square footage, climate controlled work areas are available as is a paint booth and drying kiln. Renegade will be some time filling this large space but Doc' reported a very special price offer with owner financing that compelled him to move from rented facilities in Missouri. Meanwhile we reviewed projects for the Lil' Rascal carbon fiber version of the Pitts S1 to plans for the first all-American-built Falcon. Several crates with Lycoming O-233 engines were no surprise as that's been a focus of this ambitious outfit. Best of luck in their hefty new quarters to Renegade.

As we flew to Fort Pierce (south of Vero Beach, home to Piper ... a fact made obvious by a giant "Piper" logo atop the large hangar), we also flew by Melborne, Florida. This location is home to PhoenixAir USA and boss Jim Lee. He was pleased to report to us that his sleek motorglider "won the Sun n Fun Best Commercial LSA award this year." Jim also said his steady sales "have continued post-show, with three sales coming from folks we flew with at Sun 'n Fun!" Along with many others who exhibited or operated in the upgraded location, Jim added, "The Paradise City area was great, and the ability to fly during the show was invaluable." At Sun 'n Fun and again at Aero, I heard from many manufacturers or sellers that business in 2013 is already better than in all of 2012. Many attribute this to a rising stock market and home prices on the increase. Everyone was cautious about his trend continuing but when buyers' assets are growing a willingness to invest in new airplanes appears to follow.

Light Aircraft Flight Over the North Pole Matevz Lenarcic is in the air again. Lenarcic is the daring pilot who has already flown around the world ... twice! Some pilots simply don’t know when to rest on their earlier achievements.

Indeed, today Matevz embarked on a solo flight

over the North Pole in his specially configured light aircraft. His mission (besides an audacious long distance flight): recording black carbon readings over the Arctic. He’ll cross much of Europe, pass over the North Pole, continue to Canada and return to Europe crossing the North Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland flying parallel to Lindberg’s record flight from New York to Paris. He will capture the Arctic with aerial images and if you’d like to vicariously join his adventure, you can follow Matevz’s North Pole flight.

Matevz is again flying a Pipistrel Virus SW. A biologist and photographer, Matevz is again flying a Pipistrel Virus SW that has won NASA’s efficiency competition; the company pocketed prizes of more than one million dollars. With 4,000 hours in his logbook, Lenarcic has proved his abilities with two globe-girdling flights, one with a Pipistrel Virus SW in 2004 and one with a Sinus in 2012. “Legendary expeditions ... led to discovery of new trade routes that brought strategic and capital benefits,” Lenarcic observed in a news release from Pipistrel. Modern expeditions benefit from improved research and technical instrumentation. Devices which weighed hundreds of pounds just a few years ago can now fit into fuel efficient, low cost, and naturefriendly light aircraft.

Lenarcic expressed that the Arctic is an important generator of weather. Changes in polar ice can have a decisive impact on the speed and direction of ocean currents, which events can trigger globally-felt effects. Arctic expeditions are frequent; the North Polar region has been crossed on foot, on skis, with icebreakers, submarines, and aircraft. However, Matevz noted, “Light and Ultralight planes are still extremely rare in this part of the world. Despite the development of high performance ultralights no one has overflown the North Pole from one continent to another.” Assuming his flight progresses as well as his prior circumnavigating attempts, he will bring light aircraft to the northern Arctic.

On his flight Matevz will attempt to burn the smallest amount of fuel per distance flown. The project will attempt to show how light aircraft can be used to collect significant scientific climate data. His Pipistrel aircraft will carry a device developed by the company Aerosol, which measures the concentration of atmospheric black carbon (soot) in the air over the North Pole. Matevz reported that this has not been done before.

To fulfill requirements of the North Pole flight, Pipistrel specially modified a Virus SW able to

operate safely at low polar temperatures and high altitudes. Fuel consumption must remain at very low levels because some legs of the flight cover several thousand kilometers. This Virus SW can fly up to 160 knots yet slow to 43 knots.

It was fitted with a wide range of avionics, navigation equipment, IFR systems, an auto-pilot, radios plus a second generator for redundancy.

Bon voyage, Matevz!

Visiting Rotax and Pipistrel We paid two memorable visits after Aero ended and I’ll tell you a little about each one ... but first ... While I was at Pipistrel in the office of boss Ivo Boscarol, he received word that Matevz Lenarcic had reached the North Pole on his flight reported earlier. Congratulations on this achievement; a long flight across the North Atlantic remains. Godspeed!... The two visits were to Rotax Aircraft Engines and to Pipistrel. These two are not geographically far apart and work closely. Each spoke highly of the other and both companies are highly impressive places to visit.

BRP-Powertrain is the parent behind Rotax Aircraft Engines. Though occupying a sizeable amount of real estate in the immense BRP-Powertrain factory, the aircraft engines are the “hand built” portion of the production. Fast-paced, largely-automated, robot-assisted assembly lines manufacture many thousands of engines each year for such products as SeaDoo, BMW motorcycles, and other well-known brands.

Diverse as the two manufacturing systems are, they share many aspects and chief among them is an intensity over quality control. A tour of the entire factory with executive Christian Mundigler became sensory overload. It was obvious that the light aircraft industry benefits enormously from this large Austrian company. Rotax powers an estimated 75-80% of the light aircraft fleet in the USA and even higher in many countries.

One of several BRP-Powertrain assembly lines.

The name Rotax stems from “rotary axle,” a simple bicycle part dating to early in the twentieth century. From such a humble beginning, the company has grown to be one of the largest enterprises supplying the aviation industry.

Other than Boeing and Airbus, BRP-Powertrain can match metrics with the biggest and best of them. In the factory, a tremendous effort of efficiency is visible in every step of activity. I was impressed with the respect paid to suggestions from the newest employee to the daily manufacturing floor involvement of high level managers.

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TV documentary producers would love many great visuals from smoothly and continuously running assembly lines to the blurred-motion speed of robots inserting critical engine components 24 hours a day. The facility literally hums with activity through three back-to-back shifts.

A few hours drive down the motorway in the neighboring country of Slovenia is Pipistrel, the 25-year-old company that produces LSA’s broadest line of all-composite aircraft. It was our first visit to the country formerly known as Yugoslavia and we came away impressed enough to spend an extra day touring the gorgeous countryside. Pipistrel has more than 1,000 aircraft flying in 60 countries. Already well known in the USA, it is poised to move steadily up our market share chart; it would already be in the list but several models are registered as LSA gliders which Jan Fridrich and I have struggled to count accurately for a variety of reasons connected to the FAA database. Along with other

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undercounted categories as we reported earlier, LSA gliders — as the Pipistrel Sinus motorglider and Virus are often categorized — are an integral part of the Light-Sport Aircraft space and we’re going to dig deeper to report these more fully. Meanwhile, Pipistrel is delivering Alphas as SLSA airplanes and for this they’ve acquired space on an airport in Italy, mere minutes away.

One great pleasure while visiting Pipistrel was getting to fly the Taurus self-launched motorglider and the speedy Virus SW. I’ve already flown the Sinus and Virus but missed the Taurus. This roomy first-of-its kind side-by-side microlight motorglider achieves a 40:1 glide engine off yet launches willingly with push from a Rotax 503 two stroke that neatly folds down into the aft fuselage once aloft. Dual main gear makes Taurus stable in taxi and retract for cleanliness during soaring flight. As my wife Randee and I are both soaring pilots it was wonderful of talented factory pilot Nate to get us both aloft

near the tall mountains surrounding the factory.

We shared the lift with some paragliders and another sailplane from a club based on the same field as Pipistrel.

I plan more complete reports on both Rotax and Pipistrel as their highly competent facilities deserve more than you just read. I am so pleased

The shapely wings of Taurus allow soaring flight with 40:1 gliding power. Towering nearby mountains supplied the lift for our visit. both are working in the LSA space. Their professionalism contributes greatly to the advancement of light aviation.

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WHAT SEQUESTRATION ?????? “WARBIRDS OVER THE BEACH” I know! It’s kind of like withdrawal pains. No more military air shows of any kind this year!

You can’t even get a military flyover at the Annapolis Graduation. It’s a real bummer for plane chasers. Many of the major air shows have been cancelled in the US this summer because many of them happened at Air Force Bases or Naval Air Stations and even ANG Bases. And many private shows were cancelled because their featured acts were either the “Blues” or the “Thunderbirds” or interspersed between the stunt flyers were to be the USAF or USN Demo Teams with their F-16 Vipers, F/A-18F Super-Hornets or the venerable A-10 “Hogs”. Or even a flyover of a B-1 “Bone” or a B-2 Stealth Bomber, always a 5-star act at shows, were all cancelled.

Recent AP press reports have revealed that as many as 64 shows were cancelled by mid-May. “The figure could go as high as 100” said John Cudahy, the Executive Director of the International Council of Air Shows, per the AP. It’s all the result of the “Sequestration” federal budget cutting legislation, meant to start to reduce the growing US Budget Deficit, and passed by the Congress in 2011 and never really meant to actually be enacted. Congress and the Executive Branch thought the resulting harsh effects of the law, such as the elimination of all military air shows, would force Congress to seek a budget “Grand Plan” solution that would have allowed military air shows to have continued as planned for 2013. But guess what happened? Washington waited too long and the “Sequestration” budget cuts automatically by law took effect and killed many air shows this summer.

The economic effect is severe. It means lost income for performers, air show announcers, food, portable toilet and gift concessionaires, car and golf cart renters, hotels for air crews and visitors, providers of aviation fuel, and even the local bars and restaurants outside of the Main Gate who depend on air shows for income from the millions of spectators and sponsors who generate added financial rewards. Air Show Announcer Rob Reider, per the AP, lost half his season, which is his primary source of income.

He said “Am I angry? Yes, because it is hurting me. If something doesn’t brighten up by the end of this year, I’ll be looking to do other things and air shows will become a back burner business”. The cancellations also mean disappointed fans, fewer events for “Air Show Junkies” that celebrate aviation and inspire youngsters and lost Military Aviation recruiting opportunities.

“This is as American as apple pie,” said Sean Tucker, per AP, a top aerobatics pilot from Salinas, Calif. “It’s the Indianapolis 500, the Fourth of July and ‘TOP GUN’ rolled into one.” The AP stated air shows “pump about $1.5 billion into the economy and draw nearly three times more spectators than NASCAR events, according to the International Council of Air Shows.

Patty Wagstaff, another top air show performer, said recently, “The whole thing is just sad. I really believe that air shows are good for aviation.

They expose kids to aviation, and it’s the only

place where you can go and touch an airplane, sit in the cockpit and talk to the pilots.”

But wait Kids! There is still hope! There are solutions! You don’t have to lock yourself in your room and play with your I-Pads all weekend! Yes, kids, there are some really great AIR SHOWS still out there this summer and a really cool one in a really cool part of the country was the recent “Warbirds Over Tthe Beach” air show held at the Virginia Beach Airport, about 6 miles south of the Virginia Beach hotel beachfront area on Friday through Sunday, May 17 – 19, 2013.

“Warbirds Over The Beach” displays and brings to the air many of the WW2 airplanes actually owned by a single successful local businessman, Mr. Jerry Yagen, President of the Military Aviation Museum, located at the VB Airport. The show is Mr. Yagen’s way of saying “Thank You” to the veterans and the community. But also it is Jerry’s way of especially saying thank you to the surviving WW2 veterans and the current military, many of whom came to the show, some quite elderly, some in wheelchairs and some even selling their book biographies.

Jerry founded the MAM museum in 2005 and he and his team have traveled the world locating and restoring WW2 and WW1 aircraft, all to actual flying condition, for a collection that numbers well over 75 aircraft now. Jerry is a skilled warbird and general aviation pilot and I hear his favorite bird lately his P-51D Mustang “Double Trouble Two”. He loves coming in low off the deck at max speed almost like the famous “Snort” Snodgrass. He certainly got disappointed when he could not get his heavier birds up in the air on Saturday, including his Mustang, due to rainy soft conditions on the soft grass runway. But Jerry was not in isolation that day. He walked over to many of the elderly WW2 veterans to talk and even apologized to them and some of the people at the crowd line for a showery Saturday morning that prevented him and his flight crews from getting all of his planes up in the air that day as intended. Yes, Jerry is quite a caring person and a lover of aviation preservation. His Military Aviation Museum, and the many historical structures he has built on his own at the MAM are his celebration to not only historic aircraft preservation but also to keeping his 75+ aircraft all in top flying condition. Here is my tribute to Mr. Yagen: “Well Done Jerry!”

The Virginia Beach Airport, where the MAM is located, is a 5,500-foot east-west stabilized grass strip 7 miles south of the Beach. It also has a 2,500-foot north-south grass cross-wind run-

way. It is in a semi-rural area and is unpretentious in its architecture and blends in well with the local community. As you make the turn from Princess Anne Road, you know you are in “Warbird Country” when you see the yellow sign saying “Low Flying Warbirds” and you see a classic red telephone booth from London in WW2 at the Main Gate. We can talk planes in a second, but the Hangar Buildings at the MAM are very historically noteworthy. You first see the new Main Hangar Building on the left as you drive in. It is similar to the Hangar complexes that were a part of the USAAF bases from WW2 – two large tan arched Hangars connected by a large flat roof structure in the middle with a large US single star national insignia at each Hangar. All WW2 planes are located here. Nearby is a large open area where Jerry may build additional display Hangars. There is also a large red and white checkerboard colored water tower here imported from a USAF Base. Further down the road is a cluster of historic aviation buildings.

There is a large tan WW2 type arched Hangar building called “The Fighter Factory”, which was actually the original name of the museum 5 years ago. The Fighter Factory Hangar is where all maintenance and restoration work is done on-site. Jerry also has a restoration Hangar at Suffolk Airport, 30 miles to the west, where his restored Messerschmitt Me-262 German jet fighter is based. Next door is a new Hangar made to look like a British WW1 brown wood triple A-Frame Hangar where Jerry keeps his 25 plane WW1 collection – again, they all fly!

The inside has is built of three laminated wood A-Frame trusses, all reinforced to withstand a Cat-3 Hurricane with 125 MPH winds. Adjacent is the German “Cottbus Hangar”, a large silver metal arched WW2 Hangar, dismantled, refurbished and recently relocated from the town of “Cottbus” in Germany. The German Army in WW2 built many of these Hangars that surprisingly were designed to be easily dismantled and relocated to other German Luftwaffe Air Bases as needed. It’s nice that this one ended up in Virginia Beach! Across are three large new storage buildings in a hip-roof design done in camouflage colors similar to the “Euro-1” camo colors on USAF Cold War aircraft. Finally, the

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MAM just started reconstructing a relocated WW2 British Control Tower. It is the 1941 Coxhill Aerodrome Control Tower from the ex-RAF Bomber Command Base in the UK. It is a 2-story brick building with a runway balcony and an upper Control Tower above the roof. The museum painstakingly relocated every single brick from the original RAF Base, crated them, and brought them here to the Museum. It is now being rebuilt and will have authentic RAF WW2 furnishings and Control Tower equipment. Its public opening is planned for 2014.

Now back to the Air Show! But there was another Air Show that I saw up the street on Oceana Boulevard as I was heading south for the Warbirds Show. This “Show” was watching the F/A-18 E and F Super Hornets landing at the NAS Oceana E-W runway final approach. If the wind is from the west, the Hornets will be inbound from the east over the hotels; you can get quite a low and loud air show with the F/A-18’s at 50 feet on top of your heads. When I was there the operational tempo was quite intense. There was certainly no “Sequestration” at Oceana that day. What a way to start a Warbirds Weekend!

Friday – “Practice Day” – was a bright sunny day, a “Montana Big Sky” day, a perfect day for practice flights and positioning aircraft and getting the Military Re-Enactors Encampments all set up. Friday had arrivals from three visitors from the Canadian Warplane Museum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; the Avro MK-X Lancaster 4-engined heavy bomber from RCAF 419 Squadron (the only flyable Lancaster in North America – the other one being in the UK); the RCAF C-47 “Canucks Unlimited” Support Plane (really a DC-3); and a light RAF DH-1C “Chipmunk” trainer. Also landing today was the USAAF C-46F Commando “The Tinker Belle”, named after Tinker Air Force Base, from Charlotte (but actually owned by the City of Monroe, NC, Tourism Bureau). Additional arrivals were six T-6 / SNJ trainers – always good for loud supersonic prop noise. On Friday Jerry Yagen had fun taking up numerous times his P-51D Mustang “Double Trouble Two”, clearly his favorite, and the 1935 “DeHavilland Dragon Raptide” a twin-prop glossy red and blue luxury passenger plane. Later, the North American B-25J “Mitchell” Bomber “Wild Cargo” tested the circuit. But Friday had two Highlights: first, the Museums recently restored 1945 DeHavilland DH-98 FB Mk VI “Mosquito” twin-prop fighter/bomber, a mostly wood aircraft, went up with a helicopter photo chase plane with a BBC television crew shooting take offs and landings for a BBC-TV Special and second, there were 5 models in WW2 “special uniforms” posing for a photo-shoot for a Warbirds Calendar in front of some of the planes.

Dawn on Saturday was hard to find with heavy downpours that lasted until 1030. I was glad I was in my nice dry Motel-6 room and not getting totally soaked like those poor Military ReEnactors who camped out overnight in their wet tents near the planes. The airstrip for the show is a compacted grass 5,500-foot runway. The original intent was to get all aircraft up in the air for the duration of the 6-hour flying show with

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well over 50 aircraft, but the heavy morning rain softened up the runway to the extent that only about 7 of the lighter Bi-Planes got up before 1200. However, the 6 Texans took off later with no problems. The blue and yellow open cockpit PT-19A sold rides all day. The Fire and Crash units were provided by a NAS Oceana Foam Truck and a Virginia Beach Engine. The ReEnactors included USAAF, USN, UK and German Units with the best uniforms being those of the Generals. There were few vehicles, but there was a German AA gun that really jolted people when it was shot off. The best Unit was the German Paratrooper Unit (SS Fallschirmjager Battalion 600) that took over the German Cottabus Hangar. They showed methods of German Parachute Jump Ground School Training Exercises, including actual jumping from a high platform belly first into a stretched canvas absorber while screaming orders in German! Later the CAF Curtis SB2C “Hell Diver” did some taxi runs; the Messerschmitt Me-262, the worlds first operational jet fighter, flew in from Suffolk with some loud low passes over the short runway and the Grumman FM-2 “Wildcat” went up. The Museum’s German Tri-Motor Junkers JU-52 passenger-cargo plane was able to get up but had to cancel a planned jump with the SS Parachute 600 Battalion. This actual plane was really a CASA-352 built in Spain after the War in 1949. It served in the Spanish Air Force until 1976 when it was sold to the CAF. As a German parachute jump plane, it had the reputation for numerous crashes on WW2 jump runs. The final flying “Finale” on Friday was the early “Precautionary Departures” of the Canadian Lancaster and C-47 to Norfolk Airport. Their crews were concerned that more rain that night would prevent them from taking off at all due to possible softer runway conditions on Sunday.

With limited flying on Saturday, the big event was simply walking the flightline and seeing the Warbirds up close. There were over 60 Warbirds but there were some “Super Stars”. “Best of Show” was of course the recently restored wooden 1945 DeHavilland DH-98 “Mosquito”.

There were even a few visitors from the UK and Europe from an Ian Allen Aviation Tour who came to see the only flying “Mosquito” in the world! The red and blue DeHavilland DH-89 “Dragon Rapide” twin-prop 1944 private passenger plane was a beauty with gloss paint, luxurious red leather seats, deep red carpeting and even a lacquered wood serving cabinet. It was also a special visit for the Canadian RCAF Lancaster Bomber, which is not seen much in the US anymore. The Museum’s PBY-5 Catalina painted in its original blue, white and grey warpaint scheme, was very popular as was the 1944 B-17G Flying Fortress “Chuckie” with its bright yellow tail with the large squadron “W”. Other flightline notables included: the Focke-Wulf FW-190-A8 German Fighter; the Focke-Wulf FW44J open cockpit trainer; the 1941 Curtiss P-40E “Kittykawk” with a shark nose; the 1945 Goodyear (Grumman) FG-1D gull-wing “Corsair”; the 1944 FM-2 “Wildcat”; the 1932 P-26D “Peashooter” – the original US monoplane pursuit fighter done in bright red and blue; the RAF bi-plane Hawker-Fury MK-1; the

YAK-3 Soviet Fighter; the 1945 Grumman TBM “Avenger”; the very large 1949 Douglas AD-4 “Skyraider” that continued to soldier on well into the Vietnam War; a Ryan PT-22 “Recruit” trainer; a rare 1943 Navy North American SNJ4; a 1949 AT-28D Trojan; a 1956 Beech T-34A “Mentor”; a DeHavilland DH-82A “Tigermoth” trainer; a 1952 DHC-1 “Chipmunk”; a 1936 Soviet Polikarpov PO-2 “Mule” Bi-Plane and the 1947 Fieseler FI-156 Storch “Stork” STOL aircraft painted up now to represent the (DL+AW) aircraft flown by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in his North African Campaign – WOW! The “Fighter Factory” Hangar had the new star, the 1945 RAF DH-98 “Mosquito” fighter/bomber parked in the center. Flanking both sides were the 1943 RAF Supermarine Spitfire MK-1XE (“GZ-?”) and the 1943 RAF Hawker Hurricane MKXII-B (”DZ-0”). The German “Cottbus Hangar” had three German Classics: the 1940 Bucker BU- 133C “Jungmeister” white open cockpit trainer; the Fucke-Wulf F-190D “Dora” fighter and the Messerschmitt “Taifun” liaison plane, this being an enclosed 4-seater that was in the movie classic “The Great Escape”.

Finally, Jerry Yagen did a terrific job on the Entertainment for Saturday Night. Between the Re-Enactors WW2 uniforms, the civilian 1940’s outfits and the 1940’s Big Band music, it was 1942 all over again! I attended the early Steak Dinner in the USAAF Hangar and sat with a retired ex-Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot from Oceana, who served as a CAG on the Carrier “USS America” who retired in 1997 and still lives in Virginia Beach. He was originally Squadron CO of VF-33. He told me the “Top Gun” bar in his day was the “White Heron”. Now it’s the “Tap Room” on Laskin Road – always good Intel to know. In the afternoon, the “Hampton Roads Metro Band” did some great WW2 marching music. Later the entertainment began with the kids from the “Performing Arts High School” in VB doing a perfect rendition of a 1940’s Radio Program, with sound effects and all. Then the “Victory Belles”, three young ladies in red, white and blue military “jackets” sang a 30 minute show of patriotic music in a Broadway format. Then “Frank Sinatra” sang some of his hits – really Mr. Frank Cubillo. Next was Theresa Eamon singing some of the great jazz vocals of the 1940’s. Finally the Hangar Dance really took off with the “Mark Michielsen Big Band” looking and sounding like the Glen Miller Army Air Force Band of 1943, with 25 members all dressed in USAAF uniforms. What really impressed me however, with this Hangar Dance in particular, was the amount of younger couples dressed in 1940’s clothing and really doing exceptional dancing with the “Jitter Bug, Swing, Triple Lindee”, and the “Fast Fox Trot” andreally having fun doing it. The Hangar Dance lasted until 9 PM . Everyone had a great time at the “Warbirds Over The Beach” Air Show, and no one, absolutely no one, was worried about “SEQUESTRATION”.

Story by Bill Sarama Photos by Bob Finch

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2013 Airshows Please be sure to check for up to date information about the airshow of your interest by checking their website.

Many last minute changes are possible. Shows with lines through them have been cancelled.

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AFMC Freedom’s Call Tattoo 2013 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH www.wpafb.af.mil/tattoo/ Great Lakes Intern’l Airshow CYQS St Thomas, ON www.greatlakesinternationalairshow.ca/ National Cherry Festival Airshow TVC Traverse City, MI http://visit.cherryfestival.org/air-show RI National Guard Airshow OQU North Kingstown, RI www.riairshow.org/ Cape Girardeau Reg. Air Festival CGI Cape Girardeau, MO http://capegirardeauairfestival.com/ Stars & Stripes Air Show 0BZ Warren, VT www.jimparkerairshows.com/ Fair St Louis Airshow CPS St Louis, MO http://fairsaintlouis.org/fair-saint-louis/air-show/ Dubuque Air Show & Fireworks DBQ Dubuque, IA http://dubuquejaycees.org/events/fireworks/ Battle Creek Airshow & Balloon Fest BTL Battle Creek, MI www.bcballoons.com/ Tacoma Freedom Fair Air Show Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA www.freedomfair.com/ Fair Saint Louis : Air Show St. Louis, MO http://fairsaintlouis.org/fair-saint-louis/air-show/ Evansville Freedom Festival EVV Evansville, IN www.hadishrinersfest.com/ Thunder over Cedar Creek Lake TYR Tyler, TX http://tocclairshow.com/ Truckee Tahoe AirFair

TRK Truckee, CA www.truckeetahoeairfair.com/ Gary’s South Shore Air Show GYY Gary, IN www.garyairshow.com/ Geneseo Air Show D52 Geneseo, NY www.1941hag.org/index.html Pensacola Beach Air Show Pensacola Beach, FL www.visitpensacolabeach.com/what/airshow.php AirExpo 2013 FCM Eden Prairie, MN www.airexpo-mn.org/ Airdrie Regional Air Show Airdie, Alberta, Canada www.airdrieairshow.com/ WingNuts Flying Circus K57 Tarkio, MO www.wingnutsflyingcircus.com/ St Cloud Air Show STC St Cloud, MN www.stcloudairshow.com/ Alberta Intern’l Air Show Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada http://albertaairshow.ca/ Frontier Days Airshow CYS Cheyenne, WY www.cfdrodeo.com/ Rocky Mountain House Airshow Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada www.rockymtnhouseairshow.com/ Tri-City Water Follies PSC Kennewick, Pasco, WA www.waterfollies.com/ Oregon International Air Show HIO Hillsboro, OR www.oregonairshow.com Fort St. John Air Show Fort St John, British Columbia, Canada www.fsjairshow.com/ Thunder Over Delta Country ESC Escanaba, MI www.upairshow.com/main.php EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 OSH Oshkosh, WI www.airventure.org/ Seafair Boeing Airshow BFI Seattle, WA www.seafair.com Milwaukee Air & Water Show Milwaukee, WI www.milwaukeeairshow.com/ Abbotsford International Airshow YXX Abbotsford, BC www.abbotsfordairshow.com/ Greater Binghamton Air Show BGM Johnson City, NY Olympic Air Show OLM Olympia , WA www.olympicflightmuseum.com/airshow.php Fargo Airshow FAR Fargo, ND http://fargoairsho.com Wings Over Vermont BTV Burlington, VT www.wingsoververmont.org/ CAF Bluebonnet Airsho BMQ Burnet, TX www.bluebonnetairshow.com Greenwood Lake Air Show 4N1 West Milford, NJ www.greenwoodlakeairshow.com/ Rocky Mountain Airshow BJC Broomfield, CO www.cosportaviation.org Armed Forces Day / Airshow CYQQ CFB Comox, BC www.comoxairshow.ark.com Park County Wings & Wheels Powell, WY www.pcwingsnwheels.com/ City of Chicago Air & Water Show GYY Chicago, IL www.explorechicago.org/city/en/supporting_narrative/ events___special_events/special_events/mose/chicago_air_and_water.html 8/17-18 Wings Over Wine Country Air Show STS Santa Rosa, CA www.wingsoverwinecountry.org/ 8/17-18 Chilliwack Flight Fest Chilliwack, BC Canada http://chilliwackairshow.ca/ 8/17-18 Wings Over Camarillo CMA Camarillo, CA www.wingsovercamarillo.com/ 8/17-18 Lancaster Community Days Airshow LNS Lititz, PA www.lancasterairport.com/Common/EventsPromotions/Com

munityDays/tabid/77/Default.aspx 8/17-18 New Garden Festival of Flight N57 Toughkenamon, PA www.newgardenflyingfield.com/ 8/23-24 The Airshow of the Cascades S33 Madras, OR www.cascadeairshow.com/ 8/23-25 Dover AFB Open House KDOV Dover AFB, DE www.dover.af.mil/ 8/24 Defenders of Freedom Open House OFF Offutt AFB, Bellevue, NE www.offuttairshow.com/ 8/24 Airshow 13 MTO Mattoon, IL www.colescountyairport.com/

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8/24 Fly Iowa 2013 PRO Perry, IA www.flyiowa.org/fly_iowa.shtml 8/24-25 KC Aviation Expo MKC Kansas City, MO www.kcairshow.com/ 8/24-25 Thunder Over the Valley Santa Maria, CA www.smmof.org/airshowinformation.aspx 8/24-25 Festival of Flight Air & Car Show N57 Toughkenamon, PA www.newgardenflyingfield.com/ 8/24-25 Wings Over Waukesha Air Show UES Waughkesha, WI www.wingsoverwaukesha.com/ 8/24-25 Defenders of Freedom Airshow Offutt AFB Belevue,NE www.offuttairshow.com/ 8/25 Oakland County Intern’l Open House PTK Waterford, MI www.ociaopenhouse.org/ 8/28 Milwaukee Airshow Milwaukee, WI www.milwaukeeairshow.com/ 8/28 Rotary Brantford Charity Air Show Brantford, Ontario, Canada www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary-Brantford-Charity-Air Show/111992042168784 8/30-9/1 Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show WVI Watsonville, CA www.watsonvilleairshow.org/ 8/31-9/1 NAS Patuxent River Air Expo NHK Patuxent River, MD 8/31-9/1 Rockford AirFest 2013 RFD Rockford, IL www.flyrfd.com/airfest.html 8/31-9/2 Cleveland National Air Show BKL Cleveland, OH www.clevelandairshow.com/ 8/31-9/2 Canadian International Air Show YYZ & YT Toronto, ON www.cias.org/ 9/6-8 SkyRaid Over South Jersey Medford, NJ www.facebook.com/SkyraidOverSouthJersey 9/7 Fort Scott Airport Day FSK Fort Scott, KS http://fortscott.com/september.php 9/7 Wings Over Waukegan UGN Waukegan, IL www.waukeganairshow.com 9/7 Vail Wheels & Wings Show EGE Gypsum, CO www.vailautoshow.com/wheels-and-wings 9/7-8 Catalina Air Show and Festival AVX Avalon, CA www.catalinaairshow.com/ 9/7-8 Restigouche County Air Show CYCL Charlo, NB http://villagecharlo.com/ 9/7-8 Chippewa Valley Airshow EAU Eau Claire, WI www.chippewavalleyairshow.com/ 9/7-8 Wings of Freedom Air Show SDY Sidney, MT www.sidneymt.com/events/airshow.asp 9/8 Cape Air Kirksville Air Fest IRK Kirksville, MO www.kvairfest.com/ 9/13-15 WACO Fly-in & Homecoming 1WF Troy, OH www.wacoairmuseum.org/ 9/13-16 National Championship Air Races RTS Reno, NV www.airrace.org/eventOverview.php 9/14 Lycoming County Balloonfest & Air Show Hughesville, PA www.lcrotary.com/ 9/14-15 Great State of Maine Air Show BXM Brunswick, ME www.greatstateofmaineairshow.us/ 9/14-15 Owensboro Air Show OWB Owensboro, KY www.owensboro.org 9/14-15 Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa Gatineau, Quebec, Canada http://envol.vintagewings.ca/ 9/15 Roar at the Shore Airshow Ocean City, NJ http://oceancity.schultzairshows.com/ 9/19-21 NAS Oceana Air Show NTU Virginia Beach, VA www.oceanaairshow.com/ 9/21 Wings & Wheels at Wendover ENV Wendover Airfield, UT www.wendoverairbase.com 9/21 Lake of the Ozarks Air Show H21 Camdenton, MO www.lakeoftheozarksairshow.com/ 9/21-22 Winston-Salem Air Show INT Winston-Salem, NC www.wsairshow.com 9/21-22 California International Airshow SNS Salinas, CA www.salinasairshow.com/ 9/21-22 Neosho Sound of Madness Airshow EOS Neosho MO http://neoshoairshow.com/ 9/22 Hagerstown Wings & Wheels Expo HGR Hagerstown, MD www.wingsandwheelsexpo.com/ 9/28 Millville Aviation Celebration MIV Millville, NJ www.millvilleairshow.com/ 9/28-29 NAS Pt Mugu Airshow NAS Pt Mugu, CA www.cnic.navy.mil/Ventura/index.htm 9/28-29 Chennault Intern’l Gulf Coast Air Show CWF Lake Charles, LA www.facebook.com/pages/Chennault-International-

Airshow/429611537094790 9/28-29 Memphis Airshow NQA Millington, TN www.facebook.com/pages/Memphis-Airshow/162138703834434 9/28-29 Wichita Flight Festival AAO Wichita, KS www.wichitaflightfestival.com 10/4-6 MCAS Miramar Air Show NKX San Diego, CA www.miramarairshow.com/ 10/5 Livermore Airport Air Show LVK Livermore, CA www.cityoflivermore.net/citygov/pw/airport/openhouse/default.asp 10/5 Warbirds Over Paso Paso Robles, CA www.ewarbirds.org/airshow/ 10/5 Wings & Wheels - Georgetown GED Georgetown, DE www.wings-wheels.com/ 10/5-6 California Capital Air Show MHR Sacramento, CA www.californiacapitalairshow.com/ 10/5-6 Vero Beach Air Show 2013 VRB Vero Beach, FL http://veroairshow.com/ 10/5-6 Salute America Air Show 2013 PUJ Dallas, GA www.pauldingairshow.net/

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Accomplishments FIRST SOLO North Central Flight Center, RI D. J. Young Kevin DiLorenzo CFII Mike Auber Kevin DiLorenzo CFII Premier Flight Center, CT Frank Dworak Tim Chase CFII Josh Meyers Terry Keller Jr. CFII Marty Marola

Tim Chase CFII LIGHT SPORT PILOT KING Aviation Mansfield, MA John Joyce

Dave Lawrence CFI Premier Flight Center, CT Josh Zisa

John Lampson CFII

Litchfield Hills Aero Club The Litchfield Hills Aero Club is based at Whelan Farms Airport, CT01 in Bethlehem CT. We have an active membership that includes professional, private pilots, retrieve crews and social members. Over the years the club has organized many flying and social events and looking to expand our membership base and introduce more people to the wonderful world of ballooning.

Getting involved in Ballooning

The Litchfield Hills Aero Club welcomes anyone with an interest in ballooning to join the club. There are two levels of membership available depending on your involvement in the club.

Social Membership is the basic membership for those who do not wish to use the Club balloon.

Each member receives a copy of our monthly newsletter the Q-Vent full of news, stories and details of ballooning events around the country and abroad.

Many people see balloons flying and it seems like an unreachable activity. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even for a pilot it is not really any more expensive than any other hobby but you can get into ballooning at virtually no cost by crewing.

We also offer a Flying Membership with equity ownership in the club balloon for an additional fee which includes, 10 hours of flight instruction with one of the clubs flight instructors.

The flying membership allows members to learn how to fly and earn their private pilot’s license.

Once you earned your pilot certificate you are able schedule time and fly the club balloon.

Pilots always need a team of enthusiastic crew of almost any age. Regular crew can be sure of being offered opportunities to fly in the balloon and it is a sport that can take you all over the world. Make it known at a meeting that you are interested in crewing and you will be fighting off the offers! Ballooning is an extremely sociable activity as crews typically involve three or four people and morning flights often end up in the local “greasy spoon” for breakfast.

New Member Meeting: Sunday 28, 2013 at 10:00 AM Whelan Farms Airport in (Hanger 3) 249 Hard Hill Road N Bethlehem, CT 06751 RSVP: Mick Murphy 203-910-4955 or e-mail info@aerblarney.com

Learn To Fly Locations Connecticut Action Multi Rating 155 Tower Avenue Groton, CT 06340 860-449-9555 www.mward42.tripod.com Connecticut Flight Academy 20 Lindbergh Dr Hartford CT. 06114 869-722-9667 www.ctflightacademy.com

239-430-9220 Shawn@eaa-fly.com www.eaa-fly.com Maine Southern Maine Aviation Sanford Regional Airport (KSFM) 199 Airport Road - Main terminal Sanford, ME 207-324-8919 wwwsouthernmaineaviation.com

978-774-7755 www.beverlyflightcenter.com Eagle East Aviation 492 Sutton Street North Andover, MA 01845 www.eagle-east.com

Westfield Flight Academy-BAF 111 Airport Road Westfield, MA 01085 Twitchell’s Airport & Seaplane Base 413-568-5800 (3B5) - 40 Airport Road www.fivestarflight.com Future Flyers of CT Turner, ME 04282 New Hampshire 94 Wolcott Rd Contact: Dawn or Dale Twitchell Concord Aviation Services Simsbury, CT 06070 www.twitchells3B5.com 71 Airport Road 860-819-3717 Concord, NH 03301 Massachusetts http://futureflyersct.com/ 603-228-2267 Alpha One Flight School Premier Flight Center - HFD 246 South Meadow Road www.mv.com/ipusers/confbo Hartford-Brainard Airport Plymouth, MA 02360 Green River Flight Center 58 Lindbergh Drive 508-747-1494 11 Aviation Drive Hartford, CT 06114 Keene, NH 03431 Berkshire Aviation Enterprises,llc Contact: Gary Ciriello 603-352-2599 (GBR) - 70 Egremont Plain Rd. www.PremierFlightCt.com Great Barrington, MA 01230-0179 Florida Hampton Airfield GreatBarringtonAirport.com Europe-American Aviation Tail Wheel Instruction Diamond Brilliance Flight Center Beverly Flight Center 9 A Lafayette Road 200 Aviation Drive N, Suite # 6 West Side North Hampton, NH 03862 Danvers MA 01923 Naples, FL 34104 603 397-0367

Monadnock Aviation 80 Airport Road Keene, NH 03431 603-357-7600 Rochester Aviation 238 Rochester Hill Rd Rochester, NH 03867 603-479-6845 www.flyskyhaven.com Signal Aviation Services 58 Airport Road West Lebanon, NH 03484 603-298-6555 New Jersey Andover Flight Academy PO Box 239 Andover, NJ 07821 973-786-6554 www.andoverflight.com/ New York Randall Airport P O Box 3062, 100 Airport Rd. Middletown, NY 10940 845-343-5965

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The Fourth Annual National Biplane Fly In Freeman Field, Junction City, Kansas May 30-June 2, 2013 How many of us have ever flown north of the Arctic Circle? How ‘bout north of the Arctic Circle in an open-cockpit Waco UPF-7? Not a big deal if you happen to live somewhere up in Alaska, but Lenny Ohlsson lives down “yonder” in the land of snakes and gators. Lenny, at a very spry “seventy-something,” represents an unstoppable force when he lifts off at Spruce Creek, Daytona Beach, Florida.

ered, flown in by Ken Horwitz. His Seattle to Junction City flight was spread over a few days with some bronco-buster turbulence to be endured over the Rockies. After years of producing open-cockpit airplanes, it is easy to see why the Weaver Aircraft Company decided to produce cabin airplanes….and all with heaters.

Jeanne Allen, also from Colorado. They had taken off with a 28 knot crosswind at Kelly Air Park, just south of Denver, knowing they could never land there with that wind. They enjoyed a rare tailwind in their 1930 Waco ASO to arrive in record time. Dave’s impeccable craftsmanship defies description, and he has a “mystery ship” in the works for next year.

The National Biplane Fly In centerpiece is, naturally, Jim Clark’s orange and black Waco EGC-8 with it’s 350 hp supercharged Wright engine. You’ve seen it at Oshkosh and Lakeland as well as Blakesburg. Raven Aero Service, on Freeman Field, has produced a very rare and elegant example of the CAA transport of the thirties. Marvin Hornbostel, owner and winner of the 2012 National Aviation Maintenance Technician Award, has a treasure chest of surprises in the back rooms of his hangar. But…that’s another story yet to be told.

He has taken his UPF-7 to all but one of the 48 States, every province in Canada, and to a bush strip somewhere 200 miles north of the “Circle” in Alaska….and all that with no heater.

Neither Lenny nor his trusty Waco are what you would call “prima donnas”, they are the real thing, somewhat crusty perhaps, but the real essence of the bond between an aviator and his steed. His quick sense of humor is displayed on each lower wing tip where a 1930’s vintage roller skate is attached…just for any possible “ground-o-batics” that might occur. Cessna 172 drivers don’t understand. It was an immense pleasure to meet Lenny at this, the fourth, Junction City National Biplane fly In.

From the “Inland Empire” at Riverside, California, came Mark Lightsey in a beautiful Hatz CB-1, serial number 279. It’s silver wings with a deep dark green fuselage were a proper display of Mark’s exceptional craftsmanship. His company, AeroCraftsman Restorations and Replicas, is responsible for transforming a number of vintage relics into flying works of art. You may recall the red DH88 Comet twin-engine replica and Bronze Lindy winner at Oshkosh, or the blue Caudron C.460 replica racer which is now at Le Bourget, Paris. Mark and his Hatz will be seen at Blakesburg this year.

Another award-winning Hatz was flown in from Longmont, Colorado, by J.D. Gleitz. The airplane has won many awards and was picked as the Best Experimental Airplane. The owner, Jim Douglass, was unable to be present to receive the award.

Blessed by beautiful weather on Thursday and Friday, Freeman Field was an oasis in the midst of some of the most violent thunderstorm and tornado activity to plague the Midwest. The normal gaggle of biplanes was being pinned down in Oklahoma and Missouri. Almost thirty called in with regrets, and Jim Clark, host of the event, told them not to take any chances. There were still plenty of airplanes to make for a great fly in event.

Long distance arrivals included a beautiful 1937 Waco YKS-7 Cabin biplane, Jacobs pow-

The “Oldest Pilot” award went to Lenny Ohlsson, who beat Dan Murray by only one month. Dan didn’t mind that so much because his 1928 Travel Air 4000 won the “Best Antique Open Cockpit” award. Dan also flew in from Longmont, Colorado. His red and silver Travel Air is a recent restoration with some interesting details. The logo on each side of the fuselage is labeled, “Norant and Pid Flying Service”. Just below the rear cockpit is the name, “Iggy”. Under the front cockpit is “Stu”. Get it?

The Judges Choice award went to Dave and

The warm weather gave way to cooler temperatures and a mild northwest wind on Saturday. The Junction City folks came out to see the excitement. Elderly folks to babies in arms were there to ride the horse-drawn carts and enjoy the day. There was a helicopter offering rides for a mere $35 per person. It was a good day for barnstorming. Norman Rockwell would have felt right at home.

Jim Clark and his family, and all the hardworking volunteers who made it happen are just gathering steam. This National Biplane Fly In promises to be one of the major aviation events in the Midwest, with a real Americana Spirit you will enjoy. Mark your calendar now…the first weekend in June, 2014. I hope to see you there too.

Story and photos by Richard Hawley

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“The Solar Chef” a different kind of cookbook!

There are hundreds of cookbooks in the world, which require grills, stoves, microwaves, or campfires. The Solar Ranch out of Arabela, New Mexico presents a cookbook full of recipes that use a different source of heat - the sun.

"The Solar Chef" is a southwestern recipe book full of recipes and instructions for cooking delicious meals using only sunlight and a solar box cooker. The author, Rose Marie Kern, a longtime member of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association, has collected recipes from Texas to Arizona.

“Using a solar cooker brings a bright new element to food preparation,” says Ms. Kern.

“Unlike conventional ovens, the cookers retain moisture – so roasts and casseroles do not dry out. They can be used to bake, roast, or slow-cook.” The cooker and recipes can be used when camping, fly-ins, anywhere there is a need for cooking without conventional power source.

Proponents of solar cooking say that foods cooked in sunlight have a fuller flavor than most cooked conventionally. Kern’s book is written in a casual style, as though she is speaking to a friend. She shows a new way of blending culinary art with sustainable living attitudes.

The book contains more than 75 recipes which extend from quiche to dessert, including: Suntan Chicken, Apple Beef Brisket, Hiker’s Stew, Riboletta, Sephardic Matza Ball Soup, Lamb with Sage and Chili Dressing, Cheesy Bear Bread, Sweet Potato Bisque, Garden Stuffed Potatoes, Green Chili Chicken Corn Chowder, Carrot Casserole, Chicken Mole, Artichoke Leek Soup, British Beef Stew, Grandma’s Banana Bread, Ha-Cha Nachos, Southwestern Venison Stew, Pinto Bean Soup, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Curried Beef, Solar Pizza, Spicy Beef Jerky, and Snickerdoodles!

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"Nose Art" is alive and well at "DXR"

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Style and individuality... it gives the plane a personality. That's what most of us are looking for in our aircraft. Whether it's the paint job; the panel; or the interior....nothing gives a plane more of a personality than "nose art". The "Memphis Belle" the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress of WWII...the "Crazy Horse" P-51 Mustang still flying today...or the "Enola Gay" named after Tibbets' mother... a plane, and a mission, that changed the world. We all love to see "Nose Art".

Tom Beck, the owner of a Cessna 320, yes a 320 not a 310, felt he wanted more of "his" personality in, and on, his plane. The 1965 white over blue "Skynight" was individual enough on the east coast, as most 320's with a 25,000' ceiling and turbos on each engine make it an excellent aircraft for west coast "mountain" flying.

Tom's "Blue Buzzard II" has an interesting history. Tom's a "car guy" who grew up in the mid 60's, when muscle cars ruled the streets. Big power engines with "coffee can" sized pistons ruled the streets...so it's only natural his plane of choice would be the '65 Skynight. One of his "Street Thumpers" back in the day was a blue and white '64 Corvette and...you guessed it...it was named the "Blue Buzzard".

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"The "vette" had the name (The Blue Buzzard) and everyone in town knew it for its powerful reputation, but I never thought of actually painting a buzzard on the side", says Beck. "I was just a kid with a hot car and no money". Beck tells his story like this, "I had bought the 320 back in 2001 and always wanted to name it "Blue Buzzard II" after the vette, but couldn't come up with the buzzard design. Then one summer, I think in '06, I was walking the "Super Sunday" motorcycle extravaganza held at Marcus Dairy in Danbury, CT and I saw this "Biker Dude"...Mike...painting this wild looking bald eagle on a bike tank and I asked him if he would sketch my "Blue Buzzard". He said, "You mean like a buzzard that...swoops down at lightning speed and scrapes the road kill of life from the streets! That kind of buzzard?" "Yah", I said. His reply..."You got it, man". That was the start.

He drew the original sketch, in color, and nailed it! Just like I envisioned it. I asked him if he would paint it on the plane and he said, "As soon as I get back from Sturgis" (The big motorcycle outing held in Sturgis, South Dakota every summer)...never heard from Mike again. For all I know, he's probably still biking thru the black hills of South Dakota...So I took the sketch to a local sign/decal shop and they scanned the sketch and produced the decal.

Beck owns a manufacturing company in Connecticut and the product he manufactures is paint booths. Mostly used in the auto body industry, a paint booth is a metal room the body shop puts your car in when it's painted after an accident. "As I use the plane to visit prospective clients in and around New England, I thought it would be good advertizing to put my company logo on the tail...It works for Jet Blue and United...why not my company?"

Beck concludes, "Everyone knew the "Blue Buzzard vette" for its unyielding power... everyone knows the "Blue Buzzard II" for its individual style and appearance... and I'm fine with that"!

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“Virginia Seaplane Pilots Association” Takes Flight Richmond, Virginia becomes the first state to establish its own seaplane pilots association according to the Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA). The Virginia Seaplane Pilots Association (VSPA) takes wing during the Lake Anna Splash-In (May 23 & 24, 2013).

Those attending the seaplane splash-in at Lake Anna voted unanimously to establish the Virginia Seaplane Pilots Association and elected Bill Fosdick as its first President. Edgar “ET” Tello, the regional representative from the SPA was in attendance and provided valuable guidance to the group. The Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) Director, Randy Burdette and the DOAV Director of Flight Operations and Safety, Steve Harris were there in support of creating the association. The new President of the VSPA, Bill Fosdick said, “Virginia is considered a seaplane friendly state and with a concerted effort by the 209 seaplane pilots already in Virginia we can make the business and sport of flying seaplanes in Virginia much safer for the pilots and citizens of this great commonwealth through education and preservation and cooperation.”

The goal of the Virginia Seaplane Pilots Association is to educate, promote and preserve seaplane operations throughout the common-

wealth. Education of public officials, decision makers, other waterway users and the general public about seaplanes and their operations is key to continued acceptance on commonwealth waterways. Promotion of seaplanes in a public safety and service role provides value to the local community. Education and promotion will result in the preservation of seaplane operators’ rights to share the commonwealth’s natural resources with other groups. One objective of the VSPA is to document in the Virginia Airport

Directory and SPA Directory information on landing waterways in the commonwealth and contact information for those who have oversight responsibilities for those waterways. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Virginia Seaplane Pilots Association contact Bill Fosdick at 540-872-6744.

The Virginia Department of Aviation’s (DOAV) vision is to become the standard of excellence among state aviation agencies and make the Virginia aviation system the model air transportation system providing Virginia communities economic development opportunities and convenient access to the national air transportation system. DOAV’s mission is to cultivate an advanced aviation system that is safe, secure and provides for economic development; promote aviation education and awareness; and provide the safest and most efficient flight services for the commonwealth leadership and state agencies.

Jessica Cowardin Public Relations Specialist Virginia Department of Aviation 5702 Gulfstream Rd. Richmond, VA 23250 804-236-3631 jessica.cowardin@doav.virginia.gov

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July 2013

Wednesday, July 31 * Annual Membership Meeting, Theater in the Woods, 8:30 a.m. * Warbirds in Review: P-40, B-25 & A6M2Model 21 Zero, Warbird Alley, 10 a.m. * Warbirds in Review: P-51s Old Crow & Swamp Fox with Col. Bud Anderson, Jack Roush, and Will Foard, Warbird Alley, 1 p.m. * Afternoon Air Show, presented by Rockwell Collins, 2 p.m. * Rockwell Collins Night Air Show, followed by fireworks and "Wall of Fire," 8:30 p.m. * Fly-In Theater: Skyfall (2012, PG-13), 9:30 pm

More than 10,000 aircraft of all shapes and sizes, daily air shows featuring the world’s best aerobatic performers, nightly entertainment, hundreds of forums and hands-on workshops, and the latest aviation innovations are just a few reasons why you won’t want to miss The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration. Notable features announced so far include: Mass Arrivals * Cherokees: Friday, July 26, 1 p.m. * Bonanzas: Saturday, July 27, 1 p.m. * Cessnas: Saturday, July 27, 2:30 p.m. * Mooneys: Saturday, July 27, 4 p.m. *AirVenture Cup Racers: Sun., July 28, 3 p.m.

Sunday, July 28 (Special pre-event programming) * Fly-In Theater: Octopussy (1983, PG-13), 8:30 p.m.

Monday, July 29 – Opening Day! * Warbirds in Review: C-53 & D-Day Invasion, Warbirds Living History Group, 10 am * Warbirds in Review: "Best of the Best" Warbird Past Champions, Warbird Alley, 1 p.m. * Afternoon Air Show, 2 p.m. * Opening Night Concert: Chicago, Phillips 66 Plaza, 6:30 p.m. * Fly-In Theater: Iron Man 2 (2010, PG-13), 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 30 * Warbirds in Review: Corsair, TBM & L-5, Warbird Alley, 10 a.m. * Afternoon Air Show, presented by Rockwell Collins, 2 p.m. * Yves "Jetman" Rossy, world's first jet-powered man * Warbirds in Review: WASP Stearman, Warbird Alley, 1 p.m. * Fly-In Theater: Special presentation to be announced, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 1 * Warbirds in Review: PV-2 Harpoon, Warbird Alley, 10 a.m. * Warbirds in Review: Bob Hoover & F-86, Warbird Alley, 1 p.m. * Afternoon Air Show, presented by Rockwell Collins, 2 p.m. * Yves "Jetman" Rossy, world's first jet-powered man * Gathering of Eagles, presented by Cessna Aircraft Company, Eagle Hangar, 5:30 p.m. * Fly-In Theater: The Avengers (2012, PG13), 8:30 p.m.

Friday, August 2 – Salute to Veterans Day * Warbirds in Review: 75th Anniversary of the T-6, Warbird Alley, 10 a.m. * Warbirds in Review: Restoring the Wildcat, Warbird Alley, 1 p.m. * Afternoon Air Show, presented by Rockwell Collins, 2 p.m. (an expanded "Warbird Spectacular" featuring warbirds from various eras) * Tora! Tora! Tora!, aerial reenactment of Pearl Harbor, presented by the Commemorative Air Force * Old Glory Honor Flight welcome home ceremony, Phillips 66 Plaza, 6 p.m. * Concert: Gary Sinise & Lt. Dan Band, presented by Disabled American Veterans and EAA Warbirds of America, Phillips 66 Plaza, 6:30 pm * Fly-In Theater: Special Preview Screening!

Disney's Planes (2013, Not Yet Rated), 8:30 p.m. (presented by director Klay Hall) Saturday, August 3 – Super Saturday! * Mass hot air balloon launch, Ultralight Area, 6 a.m. (weather permitting) * Runway 5K run/walk, North 40, 7 a.m. * Warbirds in Review: C-7 Caribou with Ron Alexander and Gen. John Borling, Warbird Alley, 10 a.m. * Warbirds in Review: Huey Helicopter with Medal of Honor recipient Gen. Patrick Brady, Warbird Alley, 1 p.m. * Afternoon Air Show, presented by Rockwell Collins, 2 p.m. (an expanded "Warbird Spectacular" featuring warbirds from various eras) * Yves "Jetman" Rossy, world's first jet-powered man * Tora! Tora! Tora!, aerial reenactment of Pearl Harbor, presented by the Commemorative Air Force * Rockwell Collins Night Air Show, followed by fireworks and "Wall of Fire," 8:30 p.m. * Fly-In Theater: Those Magnificent Men in

Their Flying Machines (1965, G), 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 4 – Family Day (Students ages 6-18 admitted FREE when accompanied by an adult) * Warbirds in Review: Yak-52 & CJ-6A, Warbird Alley, 10 a.m. * Afternoon Air Show, presented by Rockwell Collins, 2 p.m. * Yves "Jetman" Rossy, world's first jet-powered man

DUSTY, STAR OF ‘DISNEY’S PLANES,’ TO APPEAR AT EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2013 Dusty Crophopper will be on display and fly throughout week at Oshkosh The summer release of “Disney’s Planes,” the animated comedy adventure from above the world of the popular 2006 film “Cars,” has the entire aviation community buzzing. “Disney’s Planes” captures all of the thrill and excitement that that flying has to offer—plus a lot of heart and humor.

For thousands of air-show attendees, the movie will jump to life with Dusty’s flying performance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 29-August 4 and other select air shows across the country. Dusty will show off his talents, communicate with the crowd and be accompanied by an exclusive and uplifting Disney musical score during his flying demonstrations on July 29, July 31, and August 2.

In addition, the movie will come to life with a colorful interactive display at Oshkosh that will be loaded with activities. The display, which is a great attraction for children and adults alike, will be located just north of the AirVenture control tower and feature stickers, tattoos, coloring sheets and more featuring all of the characters from “Disney’s Planes.”

The owner and pilot of the aircraft tapped to play the role of Dusty in the air show performances is Texas-based aerial applicator Rusty Lindeman, who customized one of his own Air Tractor AT-301 airplanes to match Dusty’s paint scheme and features. Manufactured in Olney, Texas, Air Tractor aircraft are used for agricultural spraying, seeding and fertilizing, plus forestry protection, fire fighting and more in the U.S. and more than 30 countries around the world. “We’re happy to help bring Dusty to life for the performances and hope that the audience will have fun and learn a bit more about the importance of aerial application in modern agriculture,” said Air Tractor’s Kristin Edwards.

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BIRD? PLANE? IT’S JETMAN AT EAA AIRVENTURE 2013!

First public U.S. flights will be in Oshkosh Yves “Jetman” Rossy, the world’s first jetpowered man, will make his first public U.S. flights this summer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, showcasing the cutting edge of human flight at The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration on July 29-August 4.

The U.S. flights are supported by Jetman’s sponsor, the luxury Swiss watch manufacturer Breitling. Complete details on the AirVenture flight schedule will be announced as it is finalized. Along with the appearance at Oshkosh, Jetman will fly in the U.S. at the Reno Air Races in September.

“We have eagerly followed and supported Jetman’s progress and success for several years,” said Jim DiMatteo, EAA’s vice president of AirVenture features and attractions. “He has already been featured as our cover story in EAA Sport Aviation magazine (March 2011), so to welcome him here this summer is an exciting first and part of the unique flying world you’ll see only at Oshkosh.”

The American tour follows Jetman’s successful private flight over the Grand Canyon in 2011 and numerous demonstrations in Europe. EAA assisted Rossy with the paperwork to make the U.S. flights possible.

“I am excited to share my project with fellow enthusiasts and be a part of aviation’s biggest gathering in the world,” Rossy said from his home in Switzerland. “EAA helped me secure the experimental exhibition special airworthiness certificate for my jetwing. It will be a privilege to attend Oshkosh and demonstrate how experimental projects can push forward the boundaries of flight.”

Using a carbon-Kevlar jetwing with four engines, each of which capable of a 22-kilogram thrust, the Swiss aviator is able to propel himself through the sky at upward of 150 mph, controlled by a simple throttle in his hand. The rest of the controls are left to the human fuselage - Rossy himself - who simply uses his shoulders, body, and legs to steer, pitch, and descend.

This forward-thinking technology has allowed Rossy to achieve many outstanding feats since 2008, including soaring above Rio de Janeiro, completing aerobatics from the Breitling Orbiter balloon, crossing the English Channel and

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flying in formation with various Breitling jets, warbirds and passenger aircraft.

For Breitling, a watch brand synonymous with aviation, both the Oshkosh and Reno events are a natural fit to celebrate the past, present, and future world of flight. The watch manufacturer joined Jetman as his main sponsor in 2010 and allowed him to achieve many aviation firsts.

“Breitling is honored to bring Jetman back to the United States,” said Breitling U.S.A. President Thierry Prissert. “His aerobatic feats exemplify the spirit of aviation, and his never-ending dedication to air exploration enhances each event in which he performs. Jetman in flight is truly incredible and something everyone should see for themselves.”

TOP AIR SHOW PERFORMERS COMMIT TO EAA AIRVENTURE 2013 Some of the world’s top air show performers have made their commitments to flying at EAA AirVenture 2013 – The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration – as part of the afternoon and night air show lineups.

Those performers include national aerobatic champions and longtime Oshkosh favorites.

They will add to the one-of-a-kind aircraft and performances that are part of the popular daily flying programs.

“We’re getting greater diversity and more pilots involved in the Oshkosh air shows than ever before,” said Jim DiMatteo, EAA vice president of AirVenture features and attractions. “Air show performers know that adding ‘Oshkosh’ to their resume establishes them as one of the best of the best, as they’re flying in front of the most knowledgeable audiences in all of aviation with tens of thousands of pilots each day.”

Among those pilots and aircraft already committed to Oshkosh in 2013: AeroShell Aerobatic Team (T-6s) Kirby Chambliss (Edge 540 and RBAF) Matt Chapman (Eagle 580) Kevin Coleman (Extra 300SHP) Mike Goulian (Extra 330SC) Rob Holland (MX-2) Nicolas Ivanoff (Edge 540) David Martin (CAP 232) Steve Oliver (Super Chipmunk) Rex & Melissa Pemberton (Edge 540 & Wingsuit) Kent Pietsch (Interstate Cadet) Gene Soucy (Showcat) Bill Stein (Edge 540) Sean D. Tucker (Oracle Challenger III) Matt Younkin (Twin Beech)

“This is a very partial list, with many more exciting performers yet to be announced,” DiMatteo added.

“Look for more names, some not-seen-anywhere else performers and aircraft, and other air show additions that you’ll see only at Oshkosh.”

VIETNAM VETS HONORED WITH YELLOW-RIBBON HONOR FLIGHT As a part of EAA’s AirVenture 2013’s Salute to Veterans activities, Old Glory Honor Flight, Inc., in partnership with American Airlines and Oshkosh Corporation, will provide a special one-time only event for Vietnam War veterans on Friday, Aug. 2. Vietnam veterans will embark on a rewarding journey from the AirVenture grounds to Washington, D.C. They will spend the day visiting the powerful Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall that was built in honor of their sacrifices, the Smithsonian American History Museum, and the Arlington National Cemetery — at no cost.

Old Glory Honor Flight Inc. has operated 17 flights for Northeast Wisconsin World War II veterans to our nation’s capitol. Three of those flights have departed from AirVenture and for the first time this year’s flight to will be for Vietnam veterans to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the hostilities in that conflict.

“We are so pleased to once again partner with EAA and American Airlines to operate an Old Glory Honor Flight mission out of AirVenture in Oshkosh, and we are especially excited to have the opportunity to pay our respects and show our gratitude to another set of extremely deserving veterans,” said Drew MacDonald, President of the Northeast Wisconsin Old Glory Honor Flight organization.

“As a nation, we never properly thanked the Vietnam veterans, and as a result these veterans never received the recognition and respect that they so richly deserved for the incredible sacrifices they made for this great country. Old Glory Honor Flight's motto is that ‘it's never too late to say thank you’, and we are excited to turn those words into action for this very special group of heroes during this one-time only event.”

The American Airlines yellow-ribbon Boeing 737, Flagship Liberty, will fly approximately 100 veterans from the AirVenture grounds to Washington, D.C. as part of the Salute to Veterans activities on Friday, Aug. 2.

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July 2013

The 2013 New York Jones Beach Air Show Traditionally for the past several years, the Memorial Day weekend on Long Island means the start of the summer and the Jones Beach Air Show. This year, there were a number of obstacles that had to be overcome for this show to go forward.

The most significant obstacle was the US budget crisis or sequestration, in which there were major budget cuts spread across different US agency, including the armed services. Among the deepest cut felt was in the area of recruitment in which aerial teams such as the Blue Angels F-18 and the Thunderbirds F-16 aircraft would perform during the spring and summer season in air shows across the United States.

After Congress was not able to change the terms of the sequestration in late March, both the US Navy and the US Air Force announced that the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, along with other demonstration teams, would not be able to perform at any of the air shows in the United States this year.

The impact of this decision was major and many of the air show sponsors throughout the United States had to cancel planned shows.

This was felt especially in smaller population areas such as West Virginia, other southern and western states in which these teams were the headliner act. As a result, over 45 air shows had to be cancelled for the 2013 season.

Beautifully restored Yankee Lady B-17 comes in for a landing at the airport. (Photo by Ken Neubeck) The Jones Beach Air Show in Long Island, New York which is held during Memorial Day was scheduled to have the Air Force Thunderbirds in 2013, after having the Blue Angels for the 2012 show. This show has in the past have had other military demonstration teams perform at the show, along with many civilian performers and the appearance of vintage WWII aircraft. The main staging area for these aircraft has been Republic Airport in Farmingdale, NY, which was the former home of the Fairchild Republic Company, the manufacturer of famous military aircraft such as the P-47 Thunderbolt, the F-84 Thunderjets, the F-105 Thunderchief, and the A-10 Warthog. After the company closed in 1987, various federal and state agency developed the airfield there for general aviation use.and it is the third busiest airport in New York State.

Stunt pilot David Windmiller is practicing in his Bethpage Waterfiller aircraft. Two weeks prior to the air show, David had engine trouble with his other aircraft during a practice run and had to make an emergency landing on one of the busy roads in the areas. (Photo by Ken Neubeck) Despite the cancellation of the Thunderbirds and the F-18 Demo team appearance this year, the show’s primary sponsors, Bethpage Federal Credit Union and the American Airpower Museum made the courageous decision to go ahead with presenting an air show using civilian performers, vintage WWII aircraft and the Canadian CF-18 demonstration team. It was understood that this show would not have the attendance of previous years but there would still be a lot of interest for this show.

One great aspect of this show is the fact that in previous years, most of the aircraft that were participating would be flying from Republic Airport. On occasion some aircraft such as the F-22 Raptor would fly from nearby MacArthur Airport in Islip and if the Thunderbirds had appeared this year, they would have flown out of Islip as well. For 2013, all of the aircraft that were used in the airshow would be based at Republic Airport, which was a major boost for aircraft aficionados to be able to concentrate their photographic efforts by viewing participating aircraft at the airport as opposed to the beach.

Beach attendance can be high during the holiday weekend, which can impact the ability to take good photos and the airport has in the past been a good place to view these aircraft during the days of the show as well as during practice runs on other days.

I myself am fortunate to work only two miles away from Republic Airport and over the years, I have gained a very good working knowledge of the four landing/takeoff approach of the airport’s runways. This knowledge becomes very important when taking photos as when aircraft are in the process of landing, it is usually the best time to take good airborne aircraft photos.

This knowledge worked out very well for me when performing aircraft first arrived as well as throughout the show itself. I was fortunate to catch two performers by luck as they first arrived prior to the air show such as one of the CF-18 aircraft and a restored PBY Catalina.

Weather in New York during the month of May can be unpredictable and 2013 was no exception to this fact. The rain and low cloud cover led to the cancellation of air show activity over Jones Beach on Saturday May 25, which was the first time in several years that such a cancellation occurred. Sunday, May 26, had no rain and the skies were excellent, however, there was a severe wind throughout the entire day.

While the aircraft flew as scheduled, some acts were cancelled such as parachuting performers.

In addition, attendance at the beach was significantly reduced due to the cold winds that were whipping through.

However, viewing at Republic Airport was fantastic and most of the aircraft took off and landed on the same runway (14/32) leading to a mass of people viewing landing on the south entrance of the runway throughout the day. Less wind was present on Memorial Day, May 27, and sunny conditions were present throughout the whole day. Even though the holiday itself was not officially an air show day, many aircraft flew out of the American Airpower Museum throughout the day in commemoration of the holiday. The following are photos of some of the aircraft that participated during the event and taken by me, Ken Neubeck, (from May 21 through May 27).

A restored PBY Catalina is coming in for a landing at Republic Airport during very windy conditions. (Photo by Ken Neubeck) Practice during Friday was limited due to bad weather, however, this CF-18 aircraft is preparing for takeoff with afterburners in full blast.

(Photo by Ken Neubeck)

Story and photos by Ken Neubeck

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LACONIA AIRPORT OPEN HOUSE ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS Heavy downpours threatened to create a repeat of last year’s open house at Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, NH, but as if on cue the rain stopped and the clouds parted just as the doors opened to this year’s Wings, Water & Wheels open house held on June 8th. An estimated 3,000 visitors that were treated to a vast array of things to see, do, and experience attended the event.

Airport Manager Diane Terrill was out among the crowd, and as she looked across the airport at the people filing into the airport, she said, “I thought the weather wasn’t going to cooperate, but the rain stopped and the event is going on as planned. We hold the open house each year so that the public can see what we do and what general aviation is all about. It’s also a way to educate people on how the airport benefits the community.”

One weather delayed arrival was Dave DeVries, president of the NH Pilots Association. The association is an organization 200 members strong that supports general aviation and looks for opportunities to share it with the public.

Devries arrived in his fully restored 1946 Grumman Widgeon after waiting out the weather in Nashua, NH. Not wanting to miss the event, he flew to Laconia Airport as soon as the weather allowed and immediately put the aircraft on display. It turned out to be a big crowd-pleaser.

“I wanted to be here to support Diane and the event here at the airport, as well as support the promotion of general aviation,” he said. “As president of the state’s pilots association, I will always assist and encourage events that introduce the public to general aviation.”

Dozens of families with young children could be seen waiting in line for a chance to look inside the airplanes that were on display, which included local favorites, Phil DiVirgilio with his Waco Classic biplane and Dave French with his amphibious Cessna 206.

Both fixed base operators at the airport had aircraft on display. Dave Emerson of Emerson Aviation had two of his airplanes open to the public, a twin-engine Piper Navajo and a Cessna Skyhawk. Lee Avery of Skybright had a Piper Warrior on static display. All three airplanes had long lines of young children waiting for a turn to sit in the pilot’s seat and chat with flight instructors.

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with a Robinson R-44 helicopter and with the improving weather, was able to offer rides.

They, too, had scores of people waiting in line for a turn for a ride in a helicopter and a chance to view the Lakes Region from the air.

The event offered more than just static aircraft displays. Numerous cars from all eras were parked on the field for public viewing. One of the oldest on display was a 1930 Ford Model A, owned by Peter Ellis of Stone Gate Vineyards in Gilford. AutoServ, Cantin Chevrolet, and Granite State Harley Davidson had new cars and motorcycles on hand for attendees to test drive.

For those looking for a different type of wheels, Gilford’s Gunstock Mountain Resort brought along some of their Segways, and offered the public demonstrations and rides.

A youth-based aviation organization, WinnAero, based at Laconia Airport, was busy selling raffle tickets for the many prizes that had been donated by Lakes Region businesses such as Lakes Biplane Inc., Lakes Region Seaplane Services, the Inn at Mill Falls, Sawyer’s Diary Bar, and Mame’s Restaurant. By the end of the event, through the generosity of the event’s sponsors as well as raffle donations, nearly $3,000 was raised for WinnAero’s ACE scholarship fund.

Colin McIver, manager of Plymouth Municipal Airport in nearby Plymouth stopped by to donate a certificate for a glider flight to WinnAero’s raffle. His airport will be hosting a similar event in the next few weeks, and he was interested in seeing how the open house at Laconia Airport was organized. “I wanted to see this event, and I have to say that I’m very impressed – there are a lot of people here!” he said.

Outside the airport terminal, numerous booths with Made in NH products were packed with

Dave Emerson, of Emerson Aviation located at Laconia Municipal Airport, greets visitors as they wait in line for a tour of his company’s Piper Navajo on display during the open house.

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A Grumman Widgeon awaits the thousands of visitors that came out to enjoy Laconia Municipal Airport’s “Wings, Water & Wheels” open house, held on June 8th on the grounds of the airport in Gilford, NH. Families and aviation enthusiasts from all around the state flocked to the event that was held to promote general aviation and community airports. customers. Civil Air Patrol, Sea Plane Pilots Association, NH Boat Museum, NH Aviation Museum, and Marine Patrol also had booths and members that were kept busy answering questions and promoting their organizations. Inside the terminal a popular display attracted the attention of many of the youngsters. Winnipesaukee Radio Controllers had a large display of radio controlled (RC) aircraft and offered visitors a chance to try their hand at a virtual flight of a RC airplane.

The open house saw a nice blend of people, from families to flight instructors and pilots to individuals who had never been around a general aviation airport. The event met its goal and that was to bring the benefits of general aviation and community airports to the public.

Terrill was both overwhelmed and inspired by the commitment and generosity of the community. “I want to thank the sponsors and exhibitors that stuck with us despite the early morning rain so that the approximately 3,000 visitors had plenty to see and do. I sincerely thank the many volunteers and the community for making this year’s Wings, Water & Wheels so successful,” she said.

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Skip Stewart to Receive 2013 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship World Airshow News has announced that Skip Stewart is the 2013 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Skip joins a growing list of honorees that reads like an airshow hall of fame.

The Bill Barber Award for Showmanship began in 1986, and is awarded to airshow performers or teams that have demonstrated great skill and showmanship. World Airshow News (www. airshowmag.com) and the friends and family of the late Bill Barber present the award annually.

Skip is known worldwide for his innovative high-energy airshow performances in his highly modified Pitts biplane. He is a master at grabbing the audience’s attention with his spinetingling tumbles, ribbon cuts, and knife-edge passes. Skip has also been an innovator with multi-dimensional theme acts like Tinstix and flying under a jumping motorcycle.

Tentative plans call for the award to be presented during EAA AirVenture 2013 at EAA’s Theater in the Woods.

Past Bill Barber Award winners include:

Skip has been infatuated with airplanes as long as he can remember, and built remote-controlled models as a kid. But it was the flying of the great Leo Loudenslager, another Barber Award winner, which inspired Skip to set his goals high and eventually pursue airshow flying.

He learned to fly while in college and almost immediately began to learn aerobatics. He began his aviation career with a variety of jobs with commuter airlines and corporate flight departments, and eventually saved up enough to buy his first aerobatic airplane, a Pitts S2A.

Skip Stewart (photo by Eric Coeckelberghs).

As many do, Skip started out in competition aerobatics before moving into airshows. After taking an airline job with a major overnight freight carrier, Skip was able to sell the S2A and buy a stock Pitts S2S. Over the years and through numerous modifications, the S2S has morphed into Prometheus, his 400-horspowermuscle biplane.

Today, in addition to an extensive schedule of North American airshows, Skip is one of a handful of performers who flies worldwide, with shows in the United Arab Emirates, Australia, the Caribbean, and Latin America to his credit. He now has two Prometheus biplanes to help facilitate his wide-ranging schedule and has a new, custom-designed all-composite biplane under construction.

Skip cuts the ribbon in “Prometheus” (photo

by Jim Froneberger).

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First Pax Blues It’s an unusually hot November afternoon in 1995 Torrance, California. I hover taxi us to the spot and kick right rudder turning the helicopter away from the runway, forming us up smartly with the other Robinson R-22s on the flight line. I then lower it gingerly until we’re light on the landing skids. Once I confirm good ground contact, I lower the collective all the way to the stops. And we’re down. I pull the mixture to idle cut-off, and while the blades wind down I run the shutdown checklist.

There’s nary a square inch of my shirt left not sweated upon.

The main rotors chunk to a stop, one dead center above our windscreen.

“Shutdown checklist complete,” I manage in my least wavering Chuck Yeager imitation.

“You know that’s good luck when the rotor stops that way… right, private pilot?” deadpans my FAA designated examiner, extending his right hand.

The elation I feel goes way beyond my toothy smile or the loud thank-you or the hard, pumping handshake I give him. Friends I’ve made at the flight school can tell mine was a successful checkride. They make a big show of it out on the KTOA tarmac, a whooping and hollering choral soundtrack for my joy.

The examiner and I retreat to the flight school classroom where we commence paperwork completion. Inside, the cold, conditioned air turns my hot, sweaty shirt into a cold, clammy fabric. I spy four other newly certificated pilots loudly opining about why their wife or girlfriend has to be their first official passenger.

“She’s going to love the view.”

“I know with this first flight, it’ll convince her to let me buy one.”

“My skill will so impress her that she will no longer be mad at me for all the money I’ve spent on my ticket.”

While handing me a pen with which to make my ticket legal, the examiner asks, “What about you, Victor? Will you take your wife up on your first, official, passenger-carrying flight?”

His question triggers in me a sudden flashback to another uncomfortable time in this very classroom--a hot night the previous July… …Thirty-three student pilots, low-time R-22 private pilots and I were there involuntarily.

We were packed in tight, standing room only.

We had to be there in that room on that night to take the then new, mandatory, Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 73 training for flyers of Robinson helicopters.

“The Robinson R-22 helicopter is a fantastic little flying machine but it’s got one flaw—low main rotor inertia,” gravely intoned the instructor from the podium. “Below a certain rotor RPM, or in a specific low G condition, mast bumping occurs. That’s a situation when the main rotor makes contact with its mast and creates an unrecoverable condition. And that’s

when Robinsons fall out of the sky.” Pause.

“Not a small thing.”

Nervous laughter tracked across the room.

He continued. “It’s the pilot’s job to monitor the RPM gauge and advance the R-22’s twist throttle on the collective when needed…Except pilots sometimes get distracted. And when pilots get distracted, bad things happen. When enough bad things happen, then in steps the FAA to try to make things right.”

More nervous tittering. With that he rolled the videotape.

“This is Scotland.”

We’re treated to a vision of one part of that nation on a cloudless day. Hills and dales and oh look, a helicopter hovering in the distant sky. Apparently some bloke over there saw fit to videotape the beauty of his homeland on his personal camcorder when a wee helicopter caught his eye.

Blown up and projected onto the classroom wall, the footage appeared grainier than regular, over-the-air TV. That only increased the sense of foreboding cloaking the room.

“Hey who shot this? That guy Zapruder?!” stage whispered a disembodied voice.

Excessively loud laughter exploded through the room. Whoever made the joke was right.

We already knew something really bad was about to happen. The grainy footage made for an unnecessary addition to an already gripping situation.

Back on the video, the helicopter appeared to be hovering about 500 feet above a junkyard.

I think we were all trying to discern the landmark because as if on cue, the Scottish-accented shooter/narrator confirmed that it indeed was a junkyard. Even more nervous laughter.

At first, the pilot seemed to be on his game because his hover looked rock solid. It was like the helo was on rails or something. No movement at all save for those spinning blades.

Then, without warning, it bucked once, and the helicopter fell straight out of the sky!

Straight down into the junkyard below. It happened so fast it actually plummeted out of camera frame. Gasps from the camera guy. Gasps from the classroom crowd.

We heard a curse on the tape and saw the camera take off running. The footage quickly jumped from smooth to herky-jerky and just as quickly jump cut to rapidly advancing to the crash site.

Sudden stop. In front of the helicopter, the camera framed in a tight shot, shaky and out of focus, slowly tilted from the broken main mast at the top of the wreck downward toward the landing skids in front of the mangled fuselage.

Halfway down--just about at seat level—I recall the image achieved crystal clear focus—on a pair of woman’s legs. They were crossed comfortably at the knee--as if she’d been sitting at home, in her favorite chair reading the London Times. The calves were visible, feminine-yet-

muscular; the ankles—dainty; both feet adorned in fashionable, slenderizing, heeled pumps.

Strangely, no blood, no evidence of trauma to those lovely crossed legs wearing lovely shoes formerly owned by a once lovely woman who had been excited to go helicoptering with a man she evidently had trusted with her life.

The camera pulled out wide enough to capture the entire cockpit area. It lingered there and I felt everyone in the room also lingering, right on the edge of captivation and nausea.

And what of the rest of her? Who knew? The rest of her was lost amidst the twisted wreckage of the engine, the transmission, the main rotor mast. Heavy, metal chaos balanced atop the eerie serenity of that woman’s crossed legs.

As for the man—the pilot—the impact force ejected him through the windscreen and out into the junkyard debris. No eyes were on him. All eyes and the camera were on those incongruously unscathed, woman’s crossed legs… …Over which our SFAR instructor spoke.

“Cause of crash was determined to be pilot error. Pilot failed to maintain proper RPM, which induced a mast bump moment, which resulted in this fatal crash. The dead pilot had gotten his helicopter private ticket about a week before the crash. The helicopter was his own. He was flying over land he owned, including the junkyard business into which he crashed. The woman’s legs belonged to his wife. He had intended to show off their wealth to her, from above. This was their first flight together—his first, official passenger carrying flight.”

The video faded to black. The lights winked on to a classroom of blanched-faced, chastened pilots.

“What do you think?” It’s my designated examiner. “Victor, what do you think?!” I shiver myself back into the present. Pen still in hand, still dangling over my still unsigned temp license. Sweat droplets from my shirt cuff bloop bloop onto the paper, wrinkling it ever so slightly.

“Sir?” “Whaddaya think. Gonna take your wife up first, like all the other guys?”

“Yeah. No. No. Not me.”

“Really? Why not?”

“SFAR 73 video. Have you seen it?”

He nods somberly.

“I love my wife.”

“So did he.”

“Yeah. Well…”

“Pilots make mistakes, Victor. “ “Yeah. That’s why if I do, it won’t be with my wife onboard.”

“And when they do, we learn from them,” he persists.

“I copy all. But no, sir. Not going to be my wife!”

“Then who, Victor? Who is going to be your first passenger?”

I pause to consider this.

“My brother-in-law. I can’t stand that son of a gun.”

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Email Sandy@aflyer.com New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) June 30: Westerly, RI Westerly Airport. The Westerly Airport Association will hold a “Summer Pancake Breakfast,” at Dooney Aviation, 63 Tom Harvey Road, Road B, Westerly, Rhode Island, (South side of Westerly Airport,) 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Blueberry, Strawberry or Plain Pancakes (with real Maple Syrup, flown in from Vermont!) bacon, sausage, coffee and juice will be served. Gluten free pancakes as well. Airplane shaped pancakes for children will be featured. Adults $7; Children under 12 years, $4. Benefits the Westerly Airport Association’s Humphrey J. Amedeo, Jr. Memorial Aviation Scholarship Fund. Tickets available from WAA Members or at the Hangar Entrance.

July 4-13: Sandersons Field, Greenland, NH Yankee Ultralight Fly In. 21st yearly Fly In Camp In.2000 ft grass runway with camping in the field and around our pond.Hot showers and Porta Potties.Food on site for the first weekend.Close to beaches and many other scenic N.H. attractions.

Check our website for more details and videos of past years. Contact: Bill Beauvais Phone: 603 303 4049 http://www.yankeeultralights.com/ July 13: Lawrence Municipal Airport. No. Andover, MA – FREE – 2013 NorthEast RV & Canard Fly-in (lots of homebuilt planes to view) with many free seminars throughout the day. Seminars for pilots (such as Flight Medical and more) as well as for seminars about building your own aircraft (such as a hands-on basic Metal workshop, Composites, DAR inspection, Electrical, and more). Note: EAA Chpt 106 hangar is behind GATE 4 (off Holt Rd) on the north ramp side of the Lawrence Municipal Airport. Check www.106.EAAchapter.org for event web page with seminars, schedule, maps, info for pilots flying in, etc. Rain date: July 14 July 14: Skylark Airpark (7B6) East Windsor, CT - French Toast Breakfast 8:30 - 11:00 AM Sponsored by EAA Chapter 1310. Enjoy our hot French Toast with real maple syrup or strawberries and whipped cream, along with scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit cup, plus coffee, juice and milk. All you can eat for a $6.00 donation. Contact: Lindsey Pell 860-281-1310.

July 14th: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, EAA Chapter 141 annual Spurwink Farm Fly-In Pancake Breakfast, 0800-100; 1700 ft pvt turf strip under PWM’s outer class C airspace For more info contact Bunk Chase 207-229-1077, email: bunkndiana@gmail.com.

July 20: Pittsfield Municipal Airport 2B7, Pittsfield, Maine, The Great Anything That Flies Fly In, sponsored by EAA Chpt 736, 7 am till 4 PM. General Fly In with various aircraft on display. Maine’s largest gathering of Young Eagles with free rides for youngsters between 8 and 17 years of age. Pancake breakfast, lunch and vendor displays all on site. Ben@blbflight.com July 20: Lebanon, NH. Young Eagles Flight Rally Chapter 740. 10:00 - 15:00 Weather permitting there will be a Young Eagle Flight Rally for kids from 8-17 on Saturday July 20th from 10:00 to 3:00. Please contact Braxton Freeman to pre-register for this exciting event! See you at the airport! Contact: Braxton Freeman. 802738-6539 Aug 6: Wiscasset Municipal Airport, Wiscasset, ME Wings Over Wiscassett: Voices of Freesom 9 am - all day. All day FREE event. Food, music, static displays, antique cars, kids and family activities and entertainment. AIRSHOW with the Texas Flying Legends Museum and fireworks. Fundraiser for non-profits including Maine Aeronautics Association which support youth aviation programs and local Veterans programs, as well as community support to other non-profits.http://voicesoffreedom.org Contact: Dennis St Pierre Phone: 207-514-3885 Aug 11: Skylark Airpark (7B6) East Windsor, CT - Corn Roast Cookout Fly-In 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 1310.

We get the freshest, sweetest corn available.

Picked that morning. Also burgers and hot dogs off the grill, along with chips and soda. Check your weight balance before you leave since it’s all you can eat for a $7.00 donation. Contact: Lindsey Pell 860-281-1310.

Aug 17: Lawrence Municipal Airport, North Andover, MA EAA106 flies YOUNG EAGLES (free flight experiences ages 8-17) 09:00 am - 12:00 pm EAA Chapter 106 will be offering FREE Young Eagle flight experiences at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. The number of youth who can be flown is limited by the number of EAA pilots available. Registration 9-Noon. The flight is for youth only, but a parent/ guardian must be present and sign the registration form. http://www.106.eaachapter.org/ eaa106youngeagles.htm Contact: Pres Penny.

508-284-5592 Eastern (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV) Third Saturday May - September: Cooperstown NY (K23) Old Aeroplane Fly In Pancake Breakfast, 7am -11:30 all you can eat, great food, real Maple Syrup, great coffee. Lots of grass, no fences. Voted one of the best breakfast in the NE. info 607-547-2526.

May thru October: White Birch Field (NK68) Deposit Flying Club, Deposit, NY ~ ($6) breakfast every Sunday 8am - 1pm consisting of coffee/tea, juice, pancakes, eggs, homefries, sausage and toast. For info call: 607-637-5429 June 27-30: Elmira Corning Airport (KELM) Elmira, NY - Ford Tri-Motor Weekend EAA Airventure Museum’s Ford Tri-Motor Tour visits the Elmira/Corning Regional AirportELM at Horseheads, NY. Featured during the weekend will be rides aboard the Ford Tri-motor 9am

– 5pm, as well as static displays, vintage cars, and good food. For more information contact John Flanagan, 607-734-0469, or click the EAA Chapter 533 website www.EAA533.org Contact: John Flanagan 607-734-0469.

July 4: Penn Yan, NY , Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast. Come experience one of the largest 2,500+ fly-in breakfasts anywhere in the heart of the stunning Finger Lakes wine country. Breakfast is served 06301130, and the event offers scenic rides, displays, music, and more. Adults $8, children $4. Contact: Harvey Greenberg 607-292-6485.

July 7: B16 Whitfords Airport Weedsport, New York Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Fly in or drive in and enjoy a country breakfast of Eggs, Pancakes, Sausage and Doughnuts served with Coffee, Juice or Milk. Tiedowns and 100LL available.Contact: John Whitford Whitford@twcny.rr.com. 315-834-9950 July 7: ELM Elmira/Corning Regional Airport Elmira Corning, New York. Fly-In Pancake Breakfast 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. EAA 533 HostsS a Fly-in/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast at the EAA Hangar. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange drink, and coffee will be served from 8:00am – 11:00am at $6.00 per person. Please check our website for details. Fly-in/Drive-In Pancake Breakfasts are open to the public.Contact: John Flanagan jflanaga@stny.rr.com, 607734-0469. http://www.eaa533.org July 13-14: KBTP Butler County Airport/K W Scholter Field Butler, PA Maga Car Cruise and Fly-In 10:00 AM - 9:00 PMFor the past 10 years Butler County Airport and the Penn Twp Volunteer Fire Dept. have hosted a Mega Car Cruise 800 plus cars show up each year for this event (on airport). 2013 we will be adding a flyin along with the car show. Fixed wing and helicopters welcome. Lots to do and see. All kinds of food and activities. Lots of cool cars and aircraft. We will be adding a second day for the helicopter folks into Sunday at the Butler Farm Show Airport 3G9. For the Helicopter folks we have several off airport landing sites for Brekfast, lunch and dinner. Contact: Steve Setnar ssetnar@gmail.com 724-712-9468 July 13: 3NJ9 Allen Airstrip Vincentown, NJ Fly-in Pancake Breakfast 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pancakes,eggs,sauage,juice and coffee,Adult $6 Child $3 Benefit Jack Allen Museum. Stearman rides 75.00 donation Contact: Rick and Sharon Allen, rallen231@comcast.net, 609 267 8382 July 13: N03 Cortland County Airport-Chase Field Cortland, NY Cortland AirFest 2013 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Featuring B-25 “Misshap”, Vintage Aircraft, Hot Rod & Custom Car Show, Fly-in / Drive-in Breakfast FAA ‘Wings’ Seminars 9 AM – NOON, BBQ Lunch NOON – 4 PM, Airplane & Helicopter Rides 9 AM – 3 PM. www.ccaviators.org or (607) 745-2104 for more info. Contact: Robert Buerkle, rbuerkle@cortland-co.org, 607-745-2104 www.ccaviators.org July 13: New Garden Flying Field (N57) Toughkenamon, PA - EAA 240 Pancake Breakfast, Fly-in and Young Eagles Join us for one of the best Regional breakfasts, freshly cooked right in front of you, pancakes, sausage, eggs, coffee, OJ, All-You-Can-Eat, and just $6! Fly-

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in, drive-in. 8:00 a.m. to noon. Young Eagles rides beginning at 9 a.m. Breakfasts are cooked and served at EAA240’s Membership Hangar at the unique and friendly New Garden Flying Field N57 airport, on the PA/DE border, close to Longwood Gardens. Come for the breakfast, see the airplanes, and visit the region! Contact: Harv Martens. Secretary@eaa240.org July 21: B16 Whitfords Airport Weedsport, NY Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Fly in or drive in and enjoy a country breakfast of Eggs, Pancakes, Sausage and Doughnuts served with Coffee, Juice or Milk. Tiedowns and 100LL available. Contact: John Whitford | Whitford@twcny.rr.com, 315-834-9950 July 27: Reading, PA - Reading Air’s Annual South Pacific Fly-in Clam Bake! The North Ramp at Reading Regional Airport (KRDG) It’s so easy to remember! The LAST Saturday in July every year, Reading Air hosts the most unique aviation event on the East Coast. Live music, craft beer, incredible food, and the very best time around! This year’s events include: Island-style Clambake B.B.Q., Raw Oyster Clam Bar, Full Service Tiki Lounge w/ Saucony Creek Brewing, Air Acrobatic Shows 3-6pm, Polka-dot Bikini Plane Wash, DJ Live Band, Flight School Tours, Woody Wagons Antique Aircraft and much more!! www.thenorthramp. com Contact: Dave Weidler 610.914.9718.

Aug 4: ELM Elmira/Corning Regional Airport Elmira Corning, New York. Fly-In Pancake Breakfast 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. EAA 533 HostsS a Fly-in/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast at the EAA Hangar. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange drink, and coffee will be served from 8:00am – 11:00am at $6.00 per person. Please check our website for details. Fly-in/Drive-In Pancake Breakfasts are open to the public.Contact: John Flanagan jflanaga@stny.rr.com, 607734-0469. http://www.eaa533.org Aug 10: 3NJ9 Allen Airstrip Vincentown, NJ Fly-in Pancake Breakfast 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pancakes,eggs,sauage,juice and coffee,Adult $6 Child $3 Benefit Jack Allen Museum. Stearman rides 75.00 donation Contact: Rick and Sharon Allen, rallen231@comcast.net, 609 267 8382 Aug 10: Smoketown, PA. Smoketown Airport (S37). Smoketown Fun Fly-in. 8am-3pm.

Breakfast and Lunch, Pilot Seminars, Flour Bomb and Spot Landing Contests., Antique/ Warbird Special Parking, Door Prizes, Free T-Shirt to Pilots, Sun 8/11 Rain Date. Contact John Fuehrer, fuehrer@ptd.net, 717-575-2488. www.smoketownairport.com.

Aug 17: KPSB Mid-State Airport Philipsburg, PA. Mid-State Airport Fly-in Breakfast (rain date 8/18/13) 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Flyin to honor 60th anniversary of Korean War with two M.A.S.H. helicopters, Korean War era military vehicles & infantry weapons plus other aircraft;1:00 AM: Veterans Flag Ceremony with guest speakers. Young Eagle Rides by Clearfield EAA & State College EAA. Pancake & Sausage Breakfast 8:00 - 11:30 AM (to benefit local Civil Air Patrol). Lunch from 12:00 to 4:00. [Visit www.midstateairport.com for airport details/ slide show scenes of C-123 landing in 2012. Contact: M.A. Williams or Shawn Kirk

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gmawilliams@pennswoods.net, 814-342-6296 or 814-345-5023 Aug 24-25: New Garden Flying Field (N57) Toughkenamon, PA - EAA 240 Pancake Breakfast and New Garden Air Show. Join us for one of the best Regional breakfasts, freshly cooked right in front of you, pancakes, sausage, eggs, coffee, OJ, All-You-Can-Eat, and just $6! Flyin, drive-in. 8:00 a.m. to noon. New Garden Air Show on both days. Entry fee required. See newgardenflyingfield.com for further Air Show information. Breakfasts are cooked and served at EAA240’s Membership Hangar at the unique and friendly New Garden Flying Field N57 airport, on the PA/DE border, close to Longwood Gardens. Come for the breakfast, see the airplanes, and visit the region! Contact: Harv Martens. Secretary@eaa240.org Sept 1: KDSV Dansville Municipal Airport Dansville, NY. Fly In Breakfast 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Fly in pancake breakfast, 8:00 AM- noon. Dansville NY KDSV. Pancakes,Sausage,Eggs,drinks.Necessary flight crew of pre-1946 aircraft get free breakfast.

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Contact: Dansville Aero 585-204-4013 Sept 1: ELM Elmira/Corning Regional Airport Elmira Corning, New York. Fly-In Pancake Breakfast 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. EAA 533 HostsS a Fly-in/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast at the EAA Hangar. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange drink, and coffee will be served from 8:00am – 11:00am at $6.00 per person. Please check our website for details. Fly-in/Drive-In Pancake Breakfasts are open to the public.Contact: John Flanagan jflanaga@stny.rr.com, 607734-0469. http://www.eaa533.org Sept 8: D52 Geneseo Airport Geneseo, NY Fly-In Chicken BBQ and Corn Roast 1:00 PM - 11:59 PM Stern’s Chicken, corn, salt potatoes, garden vegetables, rolls, desserts and beverages Contact: Austin Wadsworth, office@1941hag. org. 585-243-2100. http://1941hag.org Sept 14: Kline Kill Airport, Ghent, NY FlyIn Pancake Breakfast, 8am - 12noon pancakes, eggs, sausage, OJ & coffee, all for only $6.

Plenty of parking for aircraft and cars at one of the most picturesque grass airfields in the Northeast. Prizes for furthest flown and furthest driven. For more info visit www.eaa146.org Please note: fuel is NOT AVAILABLE at Kline Kill Airport (NY1), fuel is available at Columbia County Airport (1B1), 5 NM SW. http:// www.eaa146.org/ Contact: Eric Beebe Phone: 518-598-3832 Sept 14: Seamans Airport, Factoryville, PA Young Eagles Ralley 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. A Young Eagles Rally will be held at Seamans Airport with Free Airplane Rides for children under 12. Contact: Seamans Airport 570-945-5125 Sept 14: 3NJ9 Allen Airstrip Vincentown, NJ Fly-in Pancake Breakfast 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pancakes,eggs,sauage,juice and coffee,Adult $6 Child $3 Benefit Jack Allen Museum. Stearman rides 75.00 donation Contact: Rick and Sharon Allen, rallen231@comcast.net, 609 267 8382 Sept 15: B16 Whitfords Airport Weedsport, NY Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Fly in or drive in and enjoy a country break-

fast of Eggs, Pancakes, Sausage and Doughnuts served with Coffee, Juice or Milk. Tiedowns and 100LL available. Contact: John Whitford | Whitford@twcny.rr.com, 315-834-9950 Sept 21: Baltimore, MD. Essex Sky Park annual Wings Wheels fly-in - Essex Sky Park (W48) Essex Skypark w48. Essex Sky Park Annual Wings Wheels fly-in. Start time 9 AM. FlyIn or Drive In Free Tee shirt for all pilots that fly in. Fly-bys Vintage Aircraft-Experimental Aircraft-Light Sport aircraft- Fuel on field- Aviation safety Seminar We are outside the ADIZ- Grass Roots aviation at it best. Check our web site for pilot fly in information. Custom Cars-Vintage cars-Hot Rods - Contact: Brian Dolan 443 831 7609, Email: essexskypark@hotmail.com Sept 28: W05 Gettysburg Regional Airport Gettysburg, PA Wings, Wheels, & Pancakes Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EAA Chapter 1041, The Gettysburg Barnstormers, will hold their breakfast event both days.

Join us for the best breakfast around, great food, wonderful atmosphere, and surrounded by history! This is the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Contact: Henry Hartman keystonesnowmobiler@comcast.net 717-465-5952. www.1041.eaachapter.org/ Southern (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN) July 6: Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC. Young Eagles Day. Free introductory flights for youth age 8 through 17. Check-in is 9:00am.

If you are bringing a group, contact us so we may plan appropriately. Contact: Al Bormuth.

Phone: 828-403-4745 July 20: FFC Peachtree City Airport-Falcon Field Atlanta, GA Canards over Georgia Lunch Fly-In 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Hosted by ERacer Aircraft , a free lunch and conversation . Park around hanger T-4. See map and information at www.eraceraircraft.com Additional attractions are AC Spruce East and the Commemorative Air Force Museum located at KFFC. Contact: Rock LaRocca, roch.larocca@gmail.com, 770-2985001. http://eraceraircraft.com Aug 24: KEXX Davidson County Airport Lexington, NC. Big Toy Day Fly-In 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Communities in Schools and Fly High Lexington are pleased to announce the third annual Big Toy Day Fly-In. Come out and see Airplanes, cars, boats motorcyles and more. Call for more info. Contact: Fly High Lexington, info@ flyhighlexington.com, 336-956-7774. http://flyhighlexington.com/news/events/ Sept 4-8: Triple Tree Aerodrome (SC00) Woodruf, SC - Triple Tree Aerodrome FlyIn.Triple Tree Arodrome is a jewel, from it’s 7000X400 bermuda grass runway sitting on over 400 acres of lush manicured grass. To it’s camp under the wing style camping areas. This is a world class event that is in it’s seventh year.

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58 Lindbergh Drive, Brainard Airport (HFD), Hartford, CT 06114

“Always #1 for Takeoff.”

• Conveniently located off I-95 between NY City and Philadelphia, PA • 6,006’ x 150’ Primary Runway/4800 ‘ x 150’ Crosswind Runway • ILS, VOR, and NDB, GPS Approaches with HIRL/MALSR • Air Traffic Control Tower • ADS-B On Site • 24-hour Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting • 24-hour Armed Security • Full Service FBO Avgas/lOOLL (available 24-hours) • Convenient to Local Restaurants • Outside of New York and Philadelphia Class ‘Bravo’ Airspace • Prime Aviation and Non-Aviation Building Sites Available • Scheduled Flights to Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, New Orleans, Ft. Myers, Orlando, Raleigh Durham, and Tampa

Space Available for Corporate and Private use.

Call Airport Manager Melinda Montgomery, to discuss your specific needs.

609-882-1601 Ext 101 E-mail: flyttn@mercercounty.org