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Note: Calendar includes only information available by our press date, Friday, Feb. 3.Confirm the status before attending.
4 Chino, CA: Hangar Talk/Flying Demo, 10:30 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org.
Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Frazier Lake Airpark, (408) 835-1694, frazierlake.com.
9 Troy, OH:Aviation Lecture Series, doors 6:30 p.m., WACO Historical Society, (937) 335-9226, wacoairmuseum.org.
10to May 7 Palm Springs, CA:“Snoopy and the Red Baron,” 10 a.m., Palm Springs Air Museum, (760) 778-6262.
14– 15 Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hollister Municipal Airport, (408) 804-3591, markstar@garlic.com.
17—19 Buckeye, AZ:Buckeye Air Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Buckeye Municipal Airport, (623) 349-6000, buckeyeaz.gov.
18 Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, flabob.org.
Hayward, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hayward Executive Airport, (510) 280-4111.
Palm Springs, CA:Air Museum Gala, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Palm Springs Air Museum, (760) 778-6262.
Burlington, WA:Safety Seminar, 10 a.m. to noon, Skagit Regional Airport, (360) 370-8067, dybergaviation.com.
18—19 Santa Rosa, CA:Open Cockpit Weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900.
19 San Diego, CA:Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., MontgomeryGibbs Field, (619) 301-2530.
26 Laredo, TX:Stars & Stripes Air Show Spectacular, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Laredo Int’l. Airport, (956) 722-0589, wbcalaredo.org.
28 Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, Riverside Municipal Airport, (951) 312-4832.
4 Chino, CA: Hangar Talk/Flying Demo, 10:30 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org.
Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Frazier Lake Airpark, (408) 835-1694, frazierlake.com.
5 Oakland, CA:Open Cockpit Day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oakland Aviation Museum, (510) 638-7100, oaklandaviationmuseum.org.
6—9 Atlanta, GA:HAI Heli-Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, heliexpo.com.
11 El Centro, CA:NAF El Centro Air Show, gates 8:30 a.m., elcentroairshow.com.
Yuma, AZ:MCAS Yuma Air Show, gates 9 a.m., yumaairshow.com.
11 — 12 Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hollister Municipal Airport, (408) 804-3591, markstar@garlic.com.
18 Burnet, TX:Bluebonnet Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Burnet Municipal Airport, (512) 756-2226, bluebonnetairshow.com.
Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, flabob.org.
Hayward, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hayward Executive Airport, (510) 280-4111.
Petaluma, CA:Petaluma Display Days, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404.
Burlington, WA:Safety Seminar, 10 a.m. to noon, Skagit Regional Airport, (360) 370-8067, dybergaviation.com.
Santa Rosa, CA:Open Cockpit Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900.
18—19 Palmdale, CA:Los Angeles Air Show. CANCELED
Pt. Mugu, CA:Naval Base Ventura County Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., lemooreairshow.com.
19 San Diego, CA:Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., MontgomeryGibbs Field, (619) 301-2530.
25 Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, Riverside Municipal Airport, (951) 312-4832.
25—26 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA:Defenders of Liberty Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Barksdale AFB, (318) 456-1015, defendersoflibertyairshow.com.
Tucson, AZ:Thunder & Lightning over Arizona, gates 9 a.m., DavisMonthan AFB, dmfss.com.
28 — Apr. 2 Lakeland, FL: Sun ’n Fun, Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport, flysnf.org.
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1 Bullhead City, AZ:Laughlin-Bullhead Air Show, Laughlin/Bullhead Int’l. Airport, laughlinbullheadairshow.com.
Chico, CA:Chico Air Museum “Run the Runway” Run, 9 a.m., Chico Regional Airport, (530) 345-6468, chicoairmuseum.org.
Hereat InFlightUSA,wearewell awareofthepilotshortagesand theconcernsforthefutureof generalandcommercialaviation.While wesawsomereliefduringthepandemic, thepilotshortagecameroaringbackwith avengeance,andwemustaskourselves howwecangetmoretalentedyouthinto aviation.Someofthereasonspeopleopt outofaviationcareersincludeexpense barriers,fears,orideasthataviationisa “good‘olboysclub.”Whilethereisnothingwrongwithbeingagood‘olboy,we areallawarethataviationhasexpanded tounderservedgroupsandneedstocontinuetodoso.Ourfuturedependsonit.It isimportantthatwegetmorewomen, peopleofcolor,andLGBTQ+individualsflying.OnecolonelinGeorgiais workingwithalocalhighschooldistrict andtheirROTCprogramtomakethis happen.
OnarecenttripfromArizonato Georgia,ourcolleagueJaimeJohnstonof theDigitalDesignLLC.metwithColonel RaymondKing,originallyfrom Leavenworth,Kansas,andtouredthe simulatorcenterthathehassetupfor theseinspiringyoungpeopletolearnhow tofly.Jaimetravelsallovertheworldand buildswarbirdreplicasforinstitutions, schools,andmuseums.Hewas impressedwiththecolonel’sworkand reportedto InFlightUSA thatthisstory hadtobetold.“Isurewishthishadbeen aroundwhenIwasakid…I’dajumped inwithbothfeet,”saidJaime.So,we calledthecoloneltogethisexcitingstory.
Thestorybeganlikemany,witha dream.“Iwantedtoprovideagoodprogramforthekidssothattheydidn’thave tostepinalotofthepotholesandexperiencethesameprejudicesinflyingthatI hadtogothrough,”saidKing.The colonelhimselfisaBlackmanwhocame
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StudentsatMorrowHighSchool’sJROTCprogramhaveaccesstoasimulatorlaboratory. (CourtesyCol.RaymondKing)
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fromadisadvantagedbackground.He wasfascinatedwithflyingfromthetime hewasyoung.Afterservinginthemilitary,heexcelledinhiscareeranddid well.Heknowsfirsthandhowgreata careerinaviationcanbe.Hegotbackto hisrootsandbeganworkingwiththe Georgiapublichighschools.Thefirst schoolonboardwasMorrowHigh SchoolinEllenwood.
“Wehave16kidsinourprogram. TheyareallpartofJROTC.Itisavery rigorousprogramthatincludesground school,flightinstructiononasimulator andaCessna172,andadditionaleducationinSTEMfields(science,technology, engineering,andmathematics).Thanks toapartnershipwiththeBrock FoundationanditsfounderOmarBrock, thestudentshaveaccesstoalabfullof simulatorsandflighttrainingdevicesas wellasCessna172s.Whilemanyofthe studentsaspiretohavemilitarycareers, thatiscertainlynottheonlyoption.“This isbynomeansamilitaryrecruitingprogram.Wewanttohelpthesekidshave aviationandSTEMcareers.Moreimportantly,wewantthemtoenjoyflyingfor therestoftheirlives.”Theprogramhas notonlyhelpedyouthstayontrackbut hashelpedtheirfamiliesaswellwith careerandcollegeguidance.Itisrather empoweringthattheprogramisnotonly helpingyouthintheireducationand bringingthemintoaviationbutkeeping themonagoodtracktoliveahealthy lifestyleaswell.
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ThestudentsatMorrowHighSchool’s JROTCprogramgainflightinstruction onsimulatorsandaCessna172. (CourtesyCol.RaymondKing)
StudentsgainSTEMknowledgein MorrowHighSchool’sJROTCprogram, whichincludesinstructioninaCessna 172.(CourtesyCol.RaymondKing)
Onflightsimulators,studentsarelearningimportantproblems-solvingandcritical thinkingskillsthatwillhelptheminanyaviationcareerorcareerpaththeychoose. (CourtesyCol.RaymondKing)
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Whenaskedwherethecolonelsees theprograminacoupleofyears,hehappilyresponded,“Ihopewe’rearoundfor 50-plusyears!”Inadditiontotraditional flighttraining,theprogramalsooffers droneandaircraftmechanictraining,and weallknowwhatasignificantneedwe haveforthelatter.Studentsarelearning importantproblem-solvingandcritical thinkingskillsthatwillhelptheminany careerpaththeychoose.Thatisthehuge giftinthisprogram,thechoices.Of course,thecolonelhopestoexpandthe programthroughoutthestateofGeorgia andintootherstatesaswell.
Rightnow,theprogramissonewthat theydon’tevenhaveawebsiteup,butstudentsinGeorgiacanlearnmoreaboutit throughtheirlocalJROTCprogram. Perhapsoneofthemostinspiringpartsof educationisseeingamodelthatmakes
onedreambig.Ifyouhaveevervisitedthe StatueofLibertyortheLincolnMemorial inWashingtonDC,youknowthefeeling oflookinguptosomethingbiggerthan yourselfandfeelinginspiredandmotivatedtoliveuptothevalueofwhateverthe monumentrepresents.Thatiswhyitisso importanttohavestatuesandmonuments ofaircraft.StatuesofwarbirdsliketheP51Mustanghelpusrememberourhistory andheritageandinspireustokeepflying anddoingitwell.TheP-51Mustangrepresentsthe“LegacyoftheBlackPioneers” ofaviationthatmadeitpossibleforusto fly.Thegoalofourstudentsistocontinue thatjourney.ThatiswhereJaimeJohnson comesinatDigitalDesignLLC.Heis workingwitheducationalorganizations likethisandtheUSNavalAcademyto buildaviationwondersandinspiremore people.Moreinformationcanbefoundat www.digitaldesignllc.com.
IntheJanuary2023editionof InFlightUSA,wepublishedastoryaboutShinyJets, featuringcompanyownerBrettBerry.Wemistakenlypublishedhisnameinthe headlineofthestoryincorrectly.Weregrettheerror.Mr.Berryownsandoperates ShinyJetsoutofSanDiego,Calif.Itisanaircraftdetailingcompanythatalso includesaneducationalprogramaboutmaintainingthecosmeticsofaircraft.Read thefullstoryonlineatwww.inflightusa.comorvisitShinyJet’swebsiteat www.shinyjets.com.
You’llseeinthismonth’sissueof AOPA’sPilot magazine(seeit onlineatwww.aopa.org)that we’refocusingondestinations–thewonderfulplacesyourpilot’scertificategives youthelicensetovisitandenjoy.There’s nothingliketravelingacrossthisgreat countrybyair,givingusfreedomand accesstocitiesandtowns,largeand small,mountainsandlakes,andeverythinginbetween.
Ofcourse,we’reallplanners,and flyingtothosedestinations–nearandfar –ismuchmorethanhoppingintothecar, turningthekey(orpushingthebutton thesedays),andyou’reoff.Weplanand checkeverything,makingsureallisin properorderbeforewerotate.
Checklists,weather,notams,regulations,performancecharts–thereisso muchmoretoaviationthanmeetstheeye ofmostobservers.
Thefirstthingmanyofusdo(I knowIdo!)istocheckthefuel.Dowe haveenoughtogettoourdestination withtheproperreserves?Isthefuelfree ofwaterandcontaminants?Doweknow
ouroptionsontheotherend?Theseare questionsweaskourselvesbeforeevery singleflight.
Somequestionsthatarebecoming morecommon–onesI’mhearingalot–arequitetroubling:Willtherebefuelat mydestination?Morespecifically,will therebefuelthat’ssafeformyairplane?
Foryears,we’vetakenfuelforgranted.We’rejustatruckawayfrombeing toppedoff.It’snotathoughtorworry–a phonecalltotheFBOoratriptoselfserve,andwe’regoodtogo.Reallynodifferentthanfuelingupourcar.
Butimagineascenarioinwhichit’s notthateasy.Ascenarioinwhichthereis arealworryaboutgettingthatfuel. Imagineatimewhenwhatweneedtofly safelyissimplynotthere.
Unfortunately,thatstoryisbeing movedoutofthefictionsection,inareas suchasSantaClaraCountyinCalifornia. You’veallseentheheadline:“100LL BannedatReid-Hillview.”Othercitiesare tryingtotakesimilar–andequallyshortsighted–action.Aircraftgrounded,pilots turnedawayandneedingtoflyelsewhere fortheirfuel,andmaybeflirtingwithjust abittoolittlefueltomakeitthere.It’snot justanightmarescenario,it’sfact.
Whileflyingaroundthisgreatcountry andseeingourmemberswheretheylive andfly,thatisstillthequestionIhearmost: “WillIbeabletogetfuel,asIhearairports arebanningwhatIneed?”Membersreadin ourpagesandonourwebsitethatsomeairportsponsorsareplayingpoliticsbybanning100LLbeforewe’reabletosafelyand smartlytransitiontotheunleadedsolution thatworksfortheentireGApistonfleet–morethan200,000aircraft.
Thegoodnewsisthatthistransition ishappening.We’remakingreal progress.Wehaveonefuel,GAMI’s G100UL,thathasreceivedsupplemental typecertificateapprovalforthevast majorityofthepistonfleet,anotherfrom SwiftthatisexpectedtogainSTC approvalthisyear,andtwothatareprogressingwellintheFAA’sPAFI(Piston AviationFuelInitiative)program,all withakeenwatchfuleyefromthe EliminateAviationGasolineLead Emissions(EAGLE)initiative,forwhich Iserveasco-chair.
Wedon’tbackjustonespecificfuel, butwe’llbackanymanufacturerthatcan helpusreachourgoal.Andthemorethe better.Morefuelsonthemarketmeans morecompetition,whichmeansbetter
pricingforpilots.
Withthatprogress,someotherquestionshavebeenasked:“Haven’twesolved this?Don’twehavethefuelnow?”
Theansweris,sortof.Yes,wehave anFAA-approvedhigher-octaneunleadedfuelforthevastmajorityofthepiston fleet,butitisnowincumbentupon GAMI,oranyfutureFAAapproved100octaneunleadedfuelmanufacturer,to commercializeitsfuelwithenginemanufacturers,refiners,distributors,FBOs, andallthatentails.Thisincludesproducingtoscale,havingitefficientlyandsafelytransportedtoairportsacrossthecountry,andstoringitatairports.That’salot ofwork,buteffortsareunderway.
Ihaveoftensaidthatthisisthemost importantissuewe’vefacedinmytime leadingAOPA.WhatIcanpledgetoyouis thatweareworkingeverydaytocut throughthebureaucracyandredtapetoget thisdonesafelyandasquicklyaspossible.
Tobehonest,thishastakenlonger thananyonecouldhaveanticipated,but AOPAwillnotrestuntilthereisan unleadedfuelwaitingforyouatyour homeairportandalongyourwayto America’samazingdestinations.Blue skies!
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AOPAandotherstakeholderscited severalinaccuraciesinSanta ClaraCounty’smotiontodismiss,orresolveintheCaliforniacounty’s favor,aPart16complaintsubmittedin Octoberthatwarnsofunsafepracticesat Reid-HillviewAirport.
Intheinitialcomplaint,AOPAand co-complainantsassertedthatSanta ClaraCountyisviolatinggrantassurances,riskingsafety,andimposingundue hardshipsonaircraftowners,operators, andbusinessownersatReid-Hillview andSanMartinairportswiththebanof thesaleof100LLfuelbeforeafleetwide 100-octaneunleadedfuelsolutionis identifiedandcommercialized.
Inresponse,SantaClaraCounty filedamotiontodismissthecomplaint, claiming,amongotherthings,thatAOPA
andothercomplainantsdidnotmakeany attemptstonegotiatewiththecounty. Alternatively,thecountyofferedargumentsastowhythecomplaintshouldbe resolvedinitsfavor,suchasthecounty havingnoobligationtomakefuelavailableforeveryaircraftthatmightlandat itsairports.Thecountyalsoaddedthat thedecisiontobanthesaleof100LLwas notsolelybasedonapublichealthconcern,butalsoonmarketdemand.
Currently,thereisnocommercially availableandviableunleadedfueloption foraircraftthatrequire100-octanefuel.
Inresponse,AOPAanditsco-complainantscitedmultipleexamplesof attemptstonegotiatewiththecountyto informallyresolvethisissuethatreceived littletonoresponse.Further,AOPAand fellowaviationadvocatesallegedthe countywasviolatingitsgrantassurances, citingarecentFAAstatementthat“aban orrestrictiononthesaleof100LLata
federallyobligatedairportisinconsistent withGrantAssurance22.”
Intheoriginalcomplaint,AOPA shareditsconcernregardingunsafeoperationsthatcouldariseasadirectresultof thebanningofthesaleof100LLbefore 100-octaneunleadedaviationfuelis widelyavailable,andreiteratedthisconcerninthemostrecentresponsetothe county’smotion.Thistime,AOPA includedanaffidavitfromReid-Hillview AirportbusinessownerNiknam Nickravesh,whoconfirmedthatmisfuellingoccurredatReid-Hillview,and indicatedthatthelackof100LLavailabilitycontributedtoanaircraftaccident. AOPAcontactedtheFAAinspectorparticipatingintheaccidentinvestigation, andawaitsaresponse.
AccordingtoNickravesh,theaccidentaircraft,aPiperPA–32,cametohim foranextensiveannualandhadabout15 gallonsoffuelineachtank.Historically,
(CourtesyThe111thGroupInc.andAOPA)
thisaircraftwouldarriveinneedofrefuelingbeforeitsannualandthepilot wouldfueltheaircraftatReid-Hillview beforedeparting.Nickraveshandhis teamworkedontheaircraftforapproximatelyfourmonths.Whentheaircraft wascomplete,Nickraveshsaidthathe personallyobservedtheaircrafthadlittle tonofuelremaininginthelefttankasa
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Chino, CA: Hangar Talk/Flying Demo, 10:30 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org.
1 Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Frazier Lake Airpark, (408) 835-1694, frazierlake.com.
1—2 Homestead. FL:Wings over Homestead ARB. Details TBA.
8—9 Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hollister Municipal Airport, (408) 804-3591, markstar@garlic.com.
15 Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, flabob.org.
Hayward, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hayward Executive Airport, (510) 280-4111.
Petaluma, CA:Petaluma Display Days, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404.
Burlington, WA:Safety Seminar, 10 a.m. to noon, Skagit Regional Airport, (360) 370-8067, dybergaviation.com.
Santa Rosa, CA:Open Cockpit Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900.
15—16 Cocoa Beach, FL:Cocoa Beach Air Show, gates 9 a.m., tickets (321) 328-8686, cocoabeachairshow.com.
16 San Diego, CA:Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., MontgomeryGibbs Field, (619) 301-2530.
22 Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, Riverside Municipal Airport, (951) 312-4832.
Abilene, TX: Big Country Airfest, doors 8 a.m., Dyess AFB, dyess.af.mil.
Clovis, NM: Wings over Cannon, Cannon AFB. Details TBA.
22 — 23 Beaufort, SC: MCAS Beaufort Air Show, gates TBA, beaufortairshow.com.
29 — 30 Biloxi, MS: Thunder over the Sound, Keesler AFB. Details TBA. Fort Lauderdale, FL:Fort Lauderdale Air Show, (954) 241-7937, fortlauderdaleairshow.com.
30 Half Moon Bay, CA:Pacific Coast Dream Machines, 10 a.m., Half Moon Bay Airport, dreammachines.miramarevents.com.
5—7 Monroe, LA:Red White & Blue Airshow, gates Fri. & Sat. 4 p.m./Sun. 11a.m., Monroe Regional Airport, redwhiteandblueairshow.com.
6 Chico, CA:Chico Air Museum Spring Fly-In, 8 a.m., Chico Regional Airport, (530) 345-6468, chicoairmuseum.org.
Chino, CA: Hangar Talk/Flying Demo, 10:30 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org.
Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Frazier Lake Airpark, (408) 835-1694, frazierlake.com.
6—7 Hampton, VA:AirPower over Hampton Roads, JB Langley-Eustis, (757)764-5701, jble.af.mil.
Corpus Christi, TX:Wings over South Texas, noon, NAS Corpus Christi, wingsoversouthtexas.com.
13 Paso Robles, CA:EstrellaWarbirds Wings & Wheels, Paso Robles Municipal Airport, (805) 238-9317, ewarbirds.org.
13—14 Belleville, IL: Scott AFB Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., scott.af.mil.
Westfield, MA:Westfield Int’l. Air Show, Barnes ANGB, westfieldairshow.org. Passes required for general and VIP parking.
Augusta, GA: Augusta Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Augusta Regional Airport, augustaairshow.com.
Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hollister Municipal Airport, (408) 804-3591, markstar@garlic.com.
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Hayward, CA:Hayward Air Rally, Fri. noon/Sat. 7 a.m., Hayward Executive Airport, (530) 621-1049, hwdairrally.org. Register by May 15
Peru, IL:TBM Avenger Reunion & Salute to Veterans, Illinois Valley Regional Airport, tbmreunion.org. Details TBA.
19—21 Lake Charles, LA:Chennault Int’l. Airshow, gates Fri. 5 p.m./Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m., Chennault Int’l. Airport, chennaultairshow.com.
Hillsboro, OR: Oregon Int’l. Air Show, gates Fri. 6 p.m./Sat. & Sun. 9 a.m., Hillsboro Airport, oregonairshow.com.
20 Riverside, CA:Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, flabob.org.
Hayward, CA:Aircraft Display Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hayward Executive Airport, (510) 280-4111.
Petaluma, CA:Petaluma Display Days, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404.
Burlington, WA:Safety Seminar, 10 a.m. to noon, Skagit Regional Airport, (360) 370-8067, dybergaviation.com.
Santa Rosa, CA:Open Cockpit Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900.
20 — 21 Yuba City, CA: Beale AFB Air & Space Expo. CANCELED
Goldsboro, NC: Wings over Wayne, gates 8 a.m., Seymour Johnson AFB, wingsoverwayneairshow.com.
Wrightstown, NJ: Power in the Pines Open House & Air Show, McGuire AFB, jbmdl.jb.mil.
21 San Diego, CA:Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., MontgomeryGibbs Field, (619) 301-2530.
Thefree,industry-wideNATASafety1stGeneralAviation MisfuelingPreventionProgramgetsaRefresh
OnJan.10,theNationalAir TransportationAssociation(NATA) releasedanupdatetoitsindustry-wide Safety1stGeneralAviationMisfueling PreventionProgram–afree,onlinetrainingresourceforpilots,lineserviceprofessionals,andotheraircraftrefueling stakeholders.
“Thenewtrainingrefreshestheoriginalcontentandaddressesnewmisfueling risksassociatedwithunleadedavgasand theintroductionofanadditionalgradeof fuelatairports,”saidNATA’sManaging DirectorofSafetyandTrainingSteve Berry.“Weencourageeveryindividual involvedthroughouttheaircraftrefueling
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resultoftheenginerunups.
Nickraveshsaid,“Itismyunderstandingthattheoperatoroftheaircraft wasawareoftheAircraft’sfuelstatusbut wasnotabletoobtain100LLfuelat RHV”andthatthepilotplannedtoflyto neighboringSanJoseInternational Airporttoobtain100LL.“Asaresult,the AircraftdepartedRHVwithlittletono fuelremaining.”Afterthecrash, Nickraveshsays,hewastoldbyan NTSBaccidentinvestigatorthattheaircrafthadrunoutoffuel.
NATAisinvestinginandproviding resourcestoeducateandtrainallstakeholdersonthesimplebutcriticalelementsrequiredtopreventaircraftmisfuelings. (CourtesyNATA)
processtocompletetheupdatedtraining, eventhosewhohavealreadyparticipated intheoriginalprogram.”
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mitfromtheCountyfor100LLasI understandthattheywouldrefusesucha request.Countystaffhascommunicated tomequiteclearlythat100LLfuelwill notbepermittedontheairport.”
Thecountyclaimstoofferowners andoperatorstheoptiontoapplyfora self-fuelingoremergencyself-fueling permit,whichwouldallowpilotsto potentiallyusefuelobtainedfromthe sourceoftheirpreferencewithnoassistancefromthecounty.HarryFreites,a civilengineerandthecounty’sdirectorof roadsandairports,statedinadeclaration totheFAAthat“noComplainanthas appliedtotheCountyforgeneralaviation self-fuelingpermit.”Thecountyalso claimstoofferacommercialself-fueling permit,butasAOPAanditsco-complainantspointedout,thispermitrequires thefueltobepurchasedfromthecounty, whichdoesnotsell100LL.
AOPAcitedanaffidavitfromSan MartinAirporttenantandaircraftowner PaulMarshallthatstatedheappliedfora self-fuelingpermitfor100ULandafter threemonthsofnoresponseandwithno viable100ULoptionavailable,abandonedhisapplication.Marshallsaid,“I haveneverrequestedaself-fuelingper-
AsourcethatwishedtoremainanonymousconfirmedtoAOPAthathewasasked toassistwithfuelingtwoaircraftontwo separateoccasionsthathadarrivedatReidHillviewAirportbelowfuelminimumsand inneedof100LL.Onbothoccasionsthe sourceusedhispersonalpropertytopurchaseandtransportfuelfromnearbyPalo AltoairporttoReid-Hillviewtoassistthese maroonedaircraft.AOPAverifiedthis accountwiththeleaderofaSanJoseaviationnonprofitorganization.
AOPAexplainedthattheprovisions oftheself-fuelingpermitmakeitanunrealisticandunaffordableoption. Permitteesmustpaythecountyaselffuelingflowagefeeandmustpurchase specificequipmentlikeaminimum20gallontank.Permitteesmustalsofind somewhereoffairporttoparktheirfuel transportvehicle,complywithallfederal, state,andlocallawsconcerningtransport,storage,anddispensingofflammableliquids,andobtainexpensiveinsurancenamingthecountyasadditional insured.Theserequirementsareespeciallyburdensomewiththeanticipated switchto100ULonceitbecomescommerciallyavailable.
AOPAwillcontinuetoworkwith theFAAandpublic-useairportsuntila safeandviabletransitiontoanunleaded fueloptionisavailable.Learnmoreat www.aopa.org.
Acoalitionofsevenaviationstakeholderorganizationslastmonthformally submittedcommentstotheU.S. EnvironmentalProtectionAgency’s (EPA)proposedendangermentfindingof leadinaviationgasoline(avgas).The coalitionreaffirmeditssupportfor removingleadfromavgasthroughasafe andsmarttransition.
Initscomments,thecoalition emphasizedthatitisinthepublicinterest toeliminateleadfromavgasandoutlined industry’scontinuedworkonanunlead-
edreplacementthatmeetsthesafetyperformanceneedsoftheU.S.fleetofpiston aircraftaswellasFAAregulatory requirements.Ongoingdevelopmentand deploymentofpotentialsafeandmarketviablehigh-octaneunleadedreplacement fuelsaremakingheadwayandarestronglysupportedbyacollaborativeindustrygovernmentinitiative.
Thecommentshighlightthe progressofthefourcurrentdevelopers workingtowardpossiblehigh-octane replacementfuels,whichincludeonethat hasreceivedasupplementaltypecertificate(STC)foritsunleadedfuel.The commentsalsounderscorethataviation safetydependsonanorderly,nationally synchronizedtransitiontounleaded avgas,whileemphasizinghowtheprematureremovalofanessentialfuelthat manyaircraftrequireforsafeoperation wouldcompromisethesafety,efficiency, andeconomicviabilityoftheU.S.generalaviationindustryandtransportation infrastructure.
ThecoalitionurgestheEPA,incoor-
dinationwiththeFAA,toensurethatany finalfindingandfollow-onregulatory actionsalignwiththedevelopmentand deploymentofaviableunleadedavgas alternative.
Additionally,thecoalitionsupports
thecommentssubmittedbytheEliminate AviationGasolineLeadEmissions (EAGLE)initiative,anindustry-governmentpartnershipworkingtofacilitatethe successfultransitiontolead-freeavgasfor
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Noon to 4 p.m.
Open Cockpit iswhenthemuseum’s visitors can view our famous aircraft including A-3 Skywarrior, A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair, Harrier jump-Jet T-39 Saberliner, Mustang P-51 ¾ scale, Cessna 0-2 and a Mig-15.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a rule that requires charter, commuter and air tour operators, and aircraft manufacturers to implement a critical safety approach that has helped create the safest era in aviation history.
The program, Safety Management System (SMS), is a set of policies and procedures where companies identify, monitor and address potential operational hazards early on, before they become serious problems. U.S. airlines have been required to have SMS since 2018.
“Expanding Safety Management Systems to other players in the aviation industry will reduce accidents and incidents and save lives,” said Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen. “As safe and efficient as our system is today, we must always strive to achieve the next level of safety.”
The rule would support the FAA’s preventive approach that detects and corrects potential safety issues before they result in accidents or incidents.
The FAA has strongly encouraged aviation industry members other than scheduled airlines to voluntarily implement SMS. Boeing, Bell, GE, P&W and Sikorsky all have approved SMS programs.
The proposed rule goes beyond the requirements of the Aircraft Certification, Safety and Accountability Act of 2020, which directed the FAA to mandate SMS only for aircraft manufacturers. The rule also addresses recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board and independent review panels. Compliance times would vary between one and two years after the rule took effect, depending on the operation.
The public comment period on the proposed rule will run for 60 days from the published date, to March 13.
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piston aircraft by the end of 2030 without compromising the safe and efficient operation of the general aviation fleet.
The aviation stakeholder organizations within the coalition include the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Helicopter Association International
(HAI), National Air Transportation Association (NATA), National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and American Petroleum Institute (API).
See the formal document and comments at the GAMA website, gama.aero or directly at https://gama.aero/wp-content/uploads/GA-AssociationComments-EPA-EndangermentFinding-20230117.pdf .
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NATA recognized the need for an industry-wide misfueling prevention resource in 2015, developing the initial program to conform with standards from the Energy Institute and NATA’s Safety 1st Operational Best Practices. Today, more than 13,000 stakeholders worldwide have received a certificate for successful completion of the first generation of training.
“Putting the wrong grade of fuel into an aircraft is proven to have tragic consequences. As the airport landscape evolves, NATA is proud to invest in and provide dynamic resources that continu-
ously educate and train all stakeholders on the simple but critical elements required to prevent aircraft misfuelings,” said NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna.
The free NATA Safety 1st General Aviation Misfueling Prevention Program ¬– along with videos, alerts, fact sheets, templates, operational best practices, and other valuable resources – are available at www.preventmisfueling.com. Visit today to learn the latest in general aviation misfueling prevention and earn the latest certificate. Learn more at the NATA website: nata.aero.
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By Jason SahlAs more passengers are finding alternatives to commercial aviation, the FBO landscape is changing with a flood of mergers and acquisitions. While the names on the buildings may be different, the expectations remain largely the same. And with more and more passengers using FBOs, many are asking: What makes a good FBO? Several factors combine to make a good FBO, but most of those will support two basic principles: Anticipation and consistency.
Anticipation comes in many forms. In the short term, if a transient aircraft arrives late at night, the FBO should anticipate that the passengers and crew will need overnight accommodations and transportation. In the long term, good FBOs should anticipate seasonal weather changes and be prepared with all the salt spreaders, windshield scrapers, and deicing fluid long before the temperatures start to drop.
For a first-time customer, an FBO should be responsive to any pre-arranged services, and should be able to anticipate the aircraft’s basic requirements. A larger aircraft like a Challenger or a Gulfstream will have wildly different requirements than that of a small piston aircraft. Whether or not the FBO has all the capabilities, they should be ready to answer questions about hangar space, dish and linen services, potable water, ground power, and many other standards of ground servicing.
Consistency reflects the FBO’s training and internal communication. One great service experience is a product of many moving pieces, and should be repeatable. For repeat customers, the FBO should remember names and preferences for the passengers and crew. Good FBOs have strong internal communication methods to transmit this customer information across different departments, different shifts, and in the case of FBO chains, geographically separate locations. Not every employee will be a veteran with decades of experience, but the best FBOs will find ways to take the knowledge from the vets they do have and transfer it to each team member.
Unfortunately, even the best FBOs make mistakes. What separates good FBOs
from the rest is not their lack of mistakes, but their ability to quickly respond to these events with compassion and solutions. Good FBOs empower all their employees to correct service issues instead of waiting to get the manager’s approval. Good FBOs welcome feedback and have the mechanisms to capture and act on this feedback.
Many FBOs are now implementing Safety Management Systems, presenting an organization-wide approach to manage risks and measure the effectiveness of their controls. This approach to safety not only applies to the FBO as a workplace; the implementation of safe practices is passed on to the safe handling of aircraft and protecting the personal safety of aircrew and passengers. This SMS can be validated through a third party and registered under the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH).
A recent survey from a large fleet operator revealed that their passengers’ most important concerns are baggage handling, the quality of the FBO’s restroom, and vehicle access and parking. None of these should be a surprise. Most facilities will allow personal vehicles planeside, although some airports may not allow this practice. While this decision may be out of the FBO’s hands, they must make every effort to ensure the passenger’s vehicles are conveniently accessible.
Lastly, many of the best FBOs are known for their employee-centric company culture. It is no secret that happy employees will create happy customers. Although it may be hard to measure with Glassdoor reviews or local “Best Places to Work” awards, this aspect is critical in today’s fluid workforce environment. The best FBOs can recruit and retain the top talent required to tend to passenger’s needs and handle an ever-evolving fleet of aircraft.
The sum of a good FBO’s efforts should be a seamless service experience, no matter the time of day or time of year.
About the Author: Jason Sahl: Jason Sahl is the Director of Safety for Million Air Interlink FBOs, with 20 years of FBO experience around the United States, serving in several operational leadership roles at FBOs large and small.
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EAA, organized with three dozen Milwaukee-area aviation enthusiasts on Jan. 26, 1953, is celebrating its 70th anniversary with more than 270,000 members (the most ever) and 900 local chapters focused on growing participation in aviation by sharing The Spirit of Aviation.
“EAA’s founder, the late Paul Poberezny, often said that he never expected this little Milwaukee airplane club to grow into what it has become, but it tapped into a basic aspiration –the freedom to fly,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA’s
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In late October, the FAA changed its standard on electrocardiogram (ECG) findings for medical applicants, decreasing the types of results that would lead to a medical deferral. While Class II and III medical holders are not subject to routine ECG testing, the FAA also mirrored the change in its protocol for heart arrhythmias, which all airmen are required to note if diagnosed.
al attacks on Dr. Northrup, a career public servant and U.S. Air Force veteran, are inexcusable. Given the criticism, often warranted, that aeromedical certification is too difficult in the United States, it is ironic that a change that removed a medically unnecessary barrier to easy certification has garnered controversy.
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Dr. Stephen Leonard, EAA Aeromedical Advisory Council chairman, explained, “rather than requiring AMEs to defer the exams of pilots showing those changes, and requiring the pilot to schedule consultation with a cardiologist and a few thousand dollars’ worth of testing, FAA authorizes us as physician examiners to question the pilot, verify that there are no associated symptoms or other conditions that might indicate a clinically significant cardiac issue, and go ahead and issue the medical certificate.”
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This fits a pattern of recent reforms at the FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine, currently under the leadership of Federal Air Surgeon Dr. Susan Northrup, that is gradually making the application process easier for airmen. While EAA continues to work aggressively to reduce barriers to medical certification, Dr. Northrup – a GA and warbird pilot herself – and her team have been very receptive to change and community input.
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Unfortunately, there have been recent allegations that the ECG change was due to an ulterior, political motive. This is absolutely false, and the associated person-
Other recent FAA reforms include a new policy on situational depression and mild post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), two very positive steps as the FAA looks to overhaul its mental health policies. There is much more work to be done, but EAA looks forward to accomplishing it together with Dr. Northrup and the Office of Aerospace Medicine in the coming years.
Follow EAA on updates and information on these medical matters, eaa.org.
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will be joined by the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, as co-headliners for the 2023 Point Mugu Air Show March 18-19, at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Point Mugu.
“We are excited to bring air shows back to Point Mugu,” said Robert “Barr” Kimnach III, commanding officer, NBVC. “This family friendly event will offer a historic and unique opportunity to showcase two of our military’s top demonstration teams together, the Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds.”
For 77 years, the Blue Angels have showcased the teamwork and professionalism of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through flight demonstrations and community outreach while inspiring a culture of excellence and service to country for
nearly 500 million fans. The Blues showcase the mainstay of modern Naval air power operating off U.S. aircraft carriers, the combat-proven F/A-18 Super Hornet, along with the Marine Corps’ premiere logistics support aircraft, the C-130J.
The Thunderbirds perform for people all around the world to display the pride, precision, and professionalism the U.S. Air Force represents. Through air shows and flyovers, they aim to excite and inspire. In addition to showcasing the elite skills all pilots must possess, the Thunderbirds demonstrate the incredible capabilities of the Air Force’s premier multi-role fighter jet, the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
The Point Mugu Air Show will be the third time America’s premiere demonstration squadrons have performed at the same public event, and the first time at Point Mugu. They have in the
past, executed co-winter training on multiple occasions.
The Point Mugu Air Show, Ventura County’s largest public event, is open to the public, and offering two show dates, March 18, 19, 2023. Gates open at 8 a.m. daily. Parking, admission, and blanket seating are free. Upgraded preferred seating options will be available.
NBVC is a strategically located Navy installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2D Hawkeyes, three warfare centers and 80 tenants.
To learn more about the air show which will attract more than 100,000 people, visit https://cnrsw.cnic.navy .mil/Installations/NAVBASE-VenturaCounty/Air-Show .
An overnight failure of the FAA system that distributes notices to air missions snarled air travel on Jan. 11, and left pilots unable to access critical information before flight. A national ground stop was lifted just after 9 a.m. Eastern time, about 8 hours after the incident began.
The outage quickly became the top national news of the moment, with at least one television host among the throngs of passengers boarded and waiting to depart on early morning flights. The FAA posted regular updates on social media, announcing just after 8:15 a.m. that progress was being made restoring the system: “Departures are resuming at [Newark Liberty International Airport] and
[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport] due to air traffic congestion in those areas. We expect departures to resume at other airports at 9 a.m. ET.”
The agency posted notice at 9:07 a.m. that the ground stop had been lifted. Not long after the notam system was restored, the agency advised stakeholders that the FAA had removed notams posted after 1:05 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 10, and any such notams would need to be re-issued. “Outreach to all registered NOTAM submitter users continues to be in progress,” the agency advised. “NOTAM submitters are encouraged to re-issue all applicable NOTAMs for their facility and to review all NOTAMs issued in the last 24 hours to ensure NOTAM data accuracy.”
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CEO and Chairman of the Board. “For seven decades, EAA has allowed people to passionately pursue that dream with imagination and innovation, as they found kindred spirits that created an aviation movement that has no equal in the history of manned flight. It is an anniversary that we celebrate EAA as an achievement of the individual as part of a greater group that supports those efforts.”
While the original founding group consisted primarily of those who built, restored, and modified their own aircraft,
the organization soon encompassed people across all aviation interests – as Poberezny put it, “welcoming all who wished to participate.” Over its 70 years, EAA enthusiastically welcomed those involved in flying, building, restoring, or simply enjoying flight on all levels.
Today, EAA provides programming to engage people of all ages with aviation, whether it is through resources from its headquarters in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, or from a local EAA chapter. In addition, the organization works to break down barriers to flight, whether those hurdles come from
Traffic, and Security Jim McClay said industry stakeholders received status updates from the FAA as the restoration progressed on Jan. 11, though it was not immediately clear what caused the problem. The vulnerability of the aging computer system that distributes notams has been known for some time, and whatever the cause of the incident proves to be, the situation will renew discussion of the need to modernize that digital infrastructure. Other critical systems, including air traffic control and navigation, were not affected.
While air traffic was impacted by halting hundreds of airline departures at airports across the country, many operations continued. FlightAware reported 9,286 active flights at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, including 6,615 commercial airline flights, and more than 2,000 general avi-
Airline flights were disrupted Jan. 11 by an outage of the FAA computer system that distributes notams.
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ation flights –including flights that FlightAware classifies as “business aviation” American Airlines and United Airlines both issued statements announcing delays, and that they continued to assess the situation.
regulations or access to aviation.
EAA is also known worldwide for its annual fly-in convention, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which attracts more than 10,000 aircraft and a total attendance surpassing 600,000 to Oshkosh in late July each year. That event is the world’s largest fly-in convention, with more than 5,000 volunteers welcoming visitors from more than 90 nations.
“While there are many associations one can join, EAA is among that unique set where members are significantly engaged and encouraged to participate,
where aviation can grow on a local level,” Pelton said. “That member-helping-member mindset has fueled the growth of the association throughout its history, and we’re very excited about where the dreams of flight can take us in the future.”
For more on EAA’s 70th anniversary, read the feature story “70 Years and Counting” in the January 2023 issue of EAA Sport Aviation or visit EAA’s website at www.eaa.org . There is also a video available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT w1tHNdzow .
By Eric Blinderman AOPA
While considerable progress has been made with industry acceptance of the Know Before You Go program, developed to assist pilots in their preflight planning by providing online transparency of all FBO fees and prices, AOPA continues to hear from pilots about fees and prices at some locations. Therefore, AOPA submitted comments On Feb. 12 requesting the
Department of Transportation expand the scope of the proposed rule by including FBO fee and pricing transparency in its notice of proposed rulemaking.
In the NPRM, the Transportation Department proposes to require airline companies and ticket agents to clearly disclose specific baggage, change, and cancellation fees to consumers whenever fare and schedule information is provided to consumers for flights in the United States.
In the comments, AOPA stated, “We applaud the efforts of the Biden
Administration to enhance transparency in the aviation industry and we strongly request that the proposed rule be expanded to include transparency of all general aviation parking fees and location of parking aprons at airports. Pilots of the 211,000 general aviation… aircraft in the United States have a right to know the true price of the parking fees they will be charged at chain FBOs when they arrive. They also have a right to know what aircraft parking options exist at these airports.”
AOPA is calling for the Department of Transportation to expand the scope of a proposed rule by including FBO fee and pricing transparency in its notice of proposed rulemaking.
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The two largest chain FBO companies, Atlantic Aviation and Signature Aviation, are fully compliant with making their fees and prices for all aircraft types accessible and online for pilots. However, several other chain FBOs have not fully embraced the idea of making their fees transparent.
“For pilots, this is all about doing the right thing and helping create competition at our airports where it is needed. Pricing transparency should be required for every consumer good, and we are appreciative of those in the FBO industry that have voluntarily complied with making their fees and prices transparent for pilots, but unfortunately, several chain FBOs continue not to do so. Hopefully, this proposed rulemaking can help address this important issue,” said AOPA President Mark Baker.
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In an ongoing effort to improve price transparency at fixed-base operators, AOPA submitted comments on Jan. 19 to the Federal Trade Commission supporting a proposal now before the commission to curb deceptive practices and enhance price transparency at all chain FBOs serving general aviation.
In the comments of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) AOPA wrote, “Pilots and users of the estimated 204,000 GA aircraft actively operating in the United States have a right to know the true price and terms associated with all chain FBO services in advance of arriving at an airport or engaging for the provision of such services.” This is particularly the case when an airport is serviced by a single chainowned FBO, or when a chain FBO is the exclusive provider of a necessary aeronautical service. A chain FBO is defined as one that has three or more locations.
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The people and aircraft that participated in the Vietnam War will be remembered 50 years after the end of direct hostilities during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023, which will be held July 24-30 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
The 70th edition of EAA’s fly-in con-
vention will include specific programs and activities that involve the aircraft of that period, from all branches of service that were engaged during that period.
“The Vietnam era was a remarkable time for aviation innovation and
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The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced on Jan. 27 that the Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race is being postponed from May 2023 to a later date yet to be determined.
The Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race was introduced at the 15th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium as a 1000 nautical mile cross-country air race for zero-emission electric propulsion aircraft of all types including fixed wing airplanes, rotorcraft and innovative multirotor aircraft designs emerging from the Advanced Air Mobility sector. The race is intended as a resumption of the Pulitzer air races first held by the NAA in the early 1920s as the highlight of the popular National Air Races of that time.
“The NAA remains fully committed to holding the Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race as an exciting venue for the advancement of practical electric propulsion aircraft,” stated NAA President and CEO Greg Principato. He went on to say, “The NAA intends to host a world class race event for this new class of aircraft. However, economic conditions and a strong priority by the aircraft manufacturers on product development and certification hampered our ability to secure the necessary sponsorships in time for a race
in 2023.” Director of the Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race, Scott Neumann, explained that there has been an encouraging response from industry to the NAA’s electric air race initiative to promote the environmental benefits, sustainability, and technical readiness of electric aviation. “We had a great response from potential competitors in the Pulitzer race during our pre-registration last December, and are confident that likeminded partners will join us for the race going forward and make the Pulitzer Trophy the standard of excellence in electric aviation.”
For more information on the Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race project please visit www.PulitzerAirRace.org
The National Aeronautic Association is a non-profit membership organization devoted to fostering opportunities to participate fully in aviation activities and to promoting public understanding of the importance of aviation and space flight to the United States. NAA is the caretaker of some of the most important aviation awards in the world and certifies all national aviation records set in the United States. For information, visit www.naa.aero.
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AOPA’s efforts to encourage FBOs to publicly list all of their fees, such as parking tiedown fees, security fees, maintenance fees, and others, began in 2018 with the Know Before You Go campaign. This campaign was met with industrywide support, with hundreds of organizations wanting FBO pricing and fee transparency, so pilots have the information they need to make informed preflight planning decisions.
The FTC has the authority to review these fees under Section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits “unfair or deceptive acts or practices.” The FTC follows the same rulemaking process as the FAA and other federal agencies, so the advance notice may be followed by a formal rulemaking proposal.
Learn more about AOPA’s actions toward FBO fee transparency at www.aopa.org.
1965 Cessna 172 Skyhawk
$58,500
1973 Cessna 172M Skyhawk
$94,500
1957 Piper PA-22-150 Conversion
$29,500
1997 Lancair 320
1997 Lancair 320 PROJECT $29,500
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) continues to review a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to extend requirements for implementing a new safety management system (SMS) beyond Part 121 airline operators to other commercial aviation entities, including many business aircraft operations.
The NPRM, issued Jan. 10 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), would update and expand 14 CFR Part 5 SMS requirements to certain Part 21 certificate holders, Part 135 air charter operations and companies holding a letter of authorization to conduct air tour operations under Part 91.147.
SMS can assist operators in proactively identifying potential hazards and ensuring that a process is put in place to effectively manage them. The FAA has required U.S. airlines to implement SMS since 2018, with Congress calling on the agency in 2020 to extend those requirements to other commercial aviation operations.
“Safety is a core value for the business aviation community, and for nearly two decades, NBAA has been strongly supportive of the benefits that stem from the adoption of SMS,” noted association Director, Safety and Flight Operations Mark Larsen,
CAM. “Further, NBAA’s participation on the FAA’s SMS Aviation Rulemaking Committee in 2010, and our contributions to that panel’s final report, helped to shape current SMS requirements.”
An effective, structured SMS is also at the core of the International Standards for Business Aviation Operations, or ISBAO. Established by the International Business Aviation Council and its member associations, IS-BAO is a recommended code of best practices designed to help flight departments worldwide achieve high levels of safety and professionalism.
“We’ve seen how SMS directly benefits the safety of business aviation stakeholders that have adopted such programs voluntarily,” Larsen continued. “Their experiences also highlight that, for any SMS to be a truly effective solution, it must be tailored to the size and complexity of the operation. Our review of the FAA’s NPRM will closely examine if such scalability would be possible under the changes proposed by the agency.”
Citing the extensive scope of operations affected by the proposal, Larsen further called on the FAA to extend the public comment period for the NPRM past the current March 13, 2023, deadline.
“We believe industry has a crucial role
The FAA states, the essential idea of any SMS –be it a product/service provider's SMS or the SMS of the regulator responsible for safety oversight –is to provide for a systematic approach to achieving acceptable levels of safety risk. SMS is comprised of four functional components, including an intangible, but always critical, aspect called safety culture. (Courtesy FAA)
to play in helping make SMS a workable solution for the broad array of operations that would be affected by this proposal,” he said. “Additional time will be needed to fully evaluate the proposed additions for Part 5 and their impact on affected stakeholders.”
Learn more about NBAA and the SMS rulemaking at nbaa.org. Review the FAA’s SMS NPRM at https://www.faa .gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2120-AL60SMS_NPRM_Final.pdf .
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President and CEO, Pete Bunce, issued the following statement regarding the FAA issuing the Safety Management System (SMS) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM):
“For years, GAMA has been a strong supporter for the development of safety management system (SMS) standards for aviation manufacturers and maintenance organizations. We participated in the SMS Aviation Rulemaking Committee which submitted its recommendations in 2014 and then in the subsequent years developed SMS standards and best practices that have been voluntarily adopted by manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, including EASA’s SMS rules for manufacturers that will become applicable in March of this year,” said Bunce.
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The highly anticipated RV-15 will be different from the engineering test aircraft unveiled at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, Van’s Aircraft officials said.
During a recent Experimental Aircraft Association webinar, Van’s officials said that the Oregon company’s first high-wing kit aircraft designed for offairport operations will have:
•Two seats.
•At least 200 pounds of baggage in a voluminous cargo area.
•At least 900 pounds of useful load.
•A top speed in level flight of 140 knots or more.
•The capacity to carry 60 gallons of fuel in two wing tanks.
Changes incorporated into the production kits include:
•The flap handle will be placed on the floor.
•The wing will be moved slightly aft.
•The fuselage will be slightly longer.
•The landing gear will be taller.
•The engine will move one inch forward and one inch down.
•The slope of the windshield will increase for better aesthetics.
•The wing strut will be tapered to reduce drag.
The company showed video of the RV-15 test aircraft powered by a 210horsepower Lycoming IO-390 engine and a Hartzell constant-speed propeller taking off with a five-second, 230-foot ground roll while carrying a moderate load in calm winds near sea level. It climbed out at about 2,000 feet per minute at 65 KIAS and a 20-degree noseup pitch attitude, then landed with a ground roll of about 150 feet.
Van’s wouldn’t say, however, when RV-15 kits will be available or how much they’ll cost.
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development,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions. “It was a bridge from the early jet age to the aircraft that are still a foundational part of our armed forces. More important, this is an opportunity to recognize those who served, many of whom did not receive a grateful welcome when they returned from their service.”
The aircraft involved in the individual programs will be announced as their presence is finalized. However, the lineup will include land- and carrier-based aircraft, as well as rotorcraft that are examples of those that saw service in
Vietnam. Special activities will encompass the AirVenture air shows, evening programs, Boeing Plaza and Warbirds area displays, and areas such as the FlyIn Theater, Theater in the Woods, and the EAA Aviation Museum.
In addition, the annual Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight is scheduled to return to the schedule on Friday, July 28, focusing on Vietnam veterans departing Oshkosh for a day trip to visit memorials in Washington, D.C., prior to returning at the end of that day’s air show.
Additional highlights are currently in development and will be announced in the coming weeks. Visit EAA’s website for more information, eaa.org .
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“SMS improves safety and fosters a robust safety oversight culture that permeates from top to bottom and across lines of business which positively impacts a company’s management,
employees, products and services,” Bunce added. “We strongly endorse appropriate implementation of SMS standards and look forward to reviewing and commenting on the FAA’s proposed SMS rule.”
Everybody in Fort Smith loved Bob Gauchie, a delightful fellow who sometimes, like everybody else in the Arctic in winter, had a little trouble finding his way around, especially over the tundra. He was about ten years older than me, and was one of my colleagues in Fort Smith, NWT. He’d started his own company, Northern Mountain, and flew CF-IOL, a Beaver on skis or floats depending on the season. I was flying for Gateway Aviation, from the docks next to his on the Slave River.
Naturally, the local pilots told many stories about him and all the other pilots they knew, but it was always kindly, with humour. The first story I heard in Fort Smith was about a flight in the Arctic during the winter, when Bob reportedly got lost in the dark and had to make an emergency landing on skis in the tundra after running low on fuel. All pilots get lost in winter: the sun barely scrapes the horizon, the sky and the ground are dark grey, there is little visibility because of the ice crystals in the air, and the total lack of shadows on the ground make it impossible to determine the relief and differentiate frozen lakes hidden under the snow from the tundra. In the absence of any landmarks, reading the map is a serious challenge. To add to this trial, pilots have no way of telling which way they are flying because the magnetic compass doesn’t work so close to the magnetic pole, and the gyroscopic compass needs to be reset every half an hour or so on a landmark, but they are very few and far between. However, most of the time, pilots end up finding their way after perhaps half an hour, upon reaching a river with steeper and therefore more visible banks, or some small cliffs that help the pilot recognize the edge of a lake. Pilots thus eventually find out where they are for a while, and then get lost again, but not to worry: another landmark will hopefully show up sometime.
In Fort Smith, pilots were saying that Bob had landed on the snow in the tundra after running low on fuel and, with his passengers, and was sitting there, waiting. After a few days, Bob apparently saw a DC-4 flying high in the winter sky. He made a call using the high-frequency radio to announce his precise location as “exactly below a DC-4.” Someone far away, perhaps in Alaska, intercepted the message and relayed it to the Canadian Department of Transport, which in turn contacted the airlines flying in the North to ask if they had a DC-4 operating on that day, and where it had
been at that time. This is how Bob and his passengers were apparently found. I was never able to get confirmation of whether or not there was anything behind this story but, at the time, it sounded perfectly plausible to folks used to flying in the North. I did exactly the same one day, on a flight to Great Bear Lake. I ended up stuck by weather, not too sure where, and, the next day, called a Twin Otter passing overhead to report that I was fine, please tell the world where I was (the Twin-Otter pilot knew, I didn’t), and would take off soon.
What one of my own passengers told me one day, is that he had been on a flight with Bob in winter out of the small Inuit community of Holman, on the West side of Victoria Island. As always in winter, the sky was overcast and dark, visibility was reduced, the lakes and low hills were frozen and covered with grey snow without any shadow to mark the relief, and the magnetic compass was useless so far North. Under such conditions, navigation is virtually impossible, which doesn’t mitigate the impatience of the passengers who demand to get airborne without further ado. After a while, according to my passenger, Bob pulled out a small flask from his back pocket and had a sip of something, maybe tea. This obviously made him feel a little more relaxed after a minute or two, and he started laughing.
“What’s so funny?” asked my passenger.
“I have no idea where we are!” answered Bob. “That’s not funny at all,” replied my passenger. “Oh yes, it is,” answered Bob:
“I do not know where we are, and I have absolutely no idea of which way we are going.”
Having flown many times under similar conditions, I appreciate the stress
that this places on the pilot, who knows neither where he is nor which way he is going, and who worries about hitting a hill without having seen it. The funny part is that I had exactly the same experience myself in the same area North and East of Holman, with an Otter on skis in the cold and in the dark, without shadows to help recognize the terrain and under limited visibility. One day, I followed what I thought was the shoreline but turned out to be a long crack in the ice cap: I ended flying many kilometres over the Arctic Ocean before the crack stopped and I felt like a fool. A few days later, on a flight further North of Holman, I spent most of my time not knowing exactly where we were nor which way we were going. I had an Inuit with me who couldn’t recognize anything either. In five hours of flying, we never found the abandoned camp we were looking for, although we must have flown close to it because, at one spot, my Inuit guide shouted that he could recognize an outcrop of rocks and a small cliff near the camp. We had a very hard time finding our way back to Holman Island, and landed at night between two rows of houses with their porch lights on.
Later on, that winter, and also with an Otter on skis, I flew a long time in search of a helicopter, East of Holman, with the pilot who had gotten lost and had run out of fuel somewhere in the tundra. He had stood there for a while with his thumb up, hoping to bum a ride back to town, and was indeed picked up by an Inuit who happened to pass by with his dog team. We eventually found his helicopter some 20 km from the community in the middle of nowhere, landed on the snow and refuelled his plane, after which
he followed me to Holman Island.
Another winter, two helicopters were based near Holman but never flew anywhere because they had no way of finding their way around. Eventually, the boss got mad and pushed one of the pilots to fly. Ten minutes later, in the dark and in poor visibility, the helicopter had hit a hill without seeing it. Ron Sheardown, a 30-year-old pilot-mechanic working for a mining company in the Hope Lake area, flew his turbo-Beaver on skis up from Yellowknife where he was for a meeting, to Hope Lake, a hub of frantic copper rush at the time not far from the Arctic coast, and on to Victoria Island and the community of Holman to look for the pilot and the prospector. Within 24 hours, he had found the two and rescued them.
Anyhow, Bob obviously found out where they were on Victoria Island after a while because they eventually did come back to Holman without any problem, which is usually the way things turn out.
Bob’s world fame occurred when he was found totally by accident and rescued after two months in the tundra in winter. In late March 1967, the same Ron Sheardown was flying his turbo-Beaver on skis up from Yellowknife to Hope Lake; upon reaching Samandré Lake, 150 km east of Great Bear Lake, with the sun to his left and low on the horizon in the late afternoon, Glen Stevens, his copilot-mechanic seated to his right, let his gaze wander across the snow-covered tundra stretching as far as the eye could see, which is not terribly far in winter towards the night side of the sky. He suddenly jumped and shook Ron’s arm. “Over there, on the snow: I saw a flash of light.” This was absolutely amazing because nothing ever shines in the tundra, especially not in winter, but Ron had an
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inquisitivemindsoherolledhisBeaver totherighttogoinvestigate.Theylooked forthesourceoftheflashoflightfora while,butcouldn’tseeanything.
Eventually,ablackspotappearedon alake,notfarfromshore.Astheygot closer,theydiscoveredaplane:ayellow andgreenBeaveronskis.Amancame runningoutofitacrossthesnow,waving hisarms–hemusthavebeenscreaming atthetopofhislungs.Asmallredflare shotupintotheskyandburst,andanotherone,andyetanotherone.“Itlooked likethenationalholidayonthe1stof July,”Ronlaterrecalled.ItwasBob Gauchie,whowassoonseenwalking backtohisplanetopickuphisthingsand thenstoodwaitingbesidehisBeaver withasmallsuitcaseinhishand.Ron landednexttohim.“Itwaslikehewas waitingforthebus,”Ronsaiduponhis returnwithBobtoYellowknife.
Intwomonths,waitingtobefound, Bobhadlost25kg,andwasratherweak: heneededhelpgettingintoRon’splane.A longbeardsummeduphisadventure, whichhetoldhisrescuers.OnFeb.1,Bob hadflownfivepassengersfrom YellowknifetoCambridgeBay,ontheEast sideofVictoriaIsland,inhisBeaveron skis.Duringthefourorfive-hourflight, theyhadgottentemporarilylost,ashap-
pensonalltripsinthisareawithbush planesinwinter,foundtheirwayagain uponreachingtheArcticcoast,andeventuallylandedinCambridgeBayinthedark. ForthereturnflighttoYellowknife,his passengersmadeabookingonamore comfortableregularDC-3flightwith NWTAir,andaskedBobtotaketheir sleepingbagswithhimbacktotown.Since hewasflyingempty,Bobdecidedtobring backaloadoffrozenchartohiswife.
Afteracoupleofhoursonhisway South,Bobgotcaughtinasnowstormthat forcedhimtolandinthetundrawithout reallyknowingwherehewas.Hespenta firstnightonafrozenlake.Thenextday, theweatherhadimprovedandBobtook offagain.However,withoutanylandmarksinthedullgreyimmensityofwinter,withoutamagneticcompasstogive himadirection,withoutauseablegyrocompasssinceithadstoppedspinningand hadnotmaintaineditsbearingafterlanding,andfarfromanyradiobeacons,Bob hadnoideaofwhichwaywaswhich.He contactedYellowknifeusingthehigh-frequencyradiotoannouncethathewas headingfortheedgeoftheforest,roughly tothesouthwest,guidedbythediffuse lightofthesunthroughtheclouds,and thenreportedthathewascrossingalarge riverwithoutrecognizingitasthe Coppermine.Twohourslater,hecalled
again:“I’moutoffuelandlanding.”
Aloneinthetundrainwinter,men normallydiewithinafewdays.NotBob, though.Forthreeweeks,dozensof planessearchedforhimacrossa1,000by-400-kmstripbetweenYellowknife andCambridgeBay.Eventually,the searchwascalledoff.Thesearcharea stopped15kmfromBobwho,forseveraldays,sawtheplanesexploringthetundraalittletoofartotheeast.Hespent twomonthsinhisBeaver.Hesurvived becausehewascarrying20kgoffrozen fishbackwithhimand,inadditiontohis ownsleepingbag,thefivesleepingbags thatthepassengershadleftwithhimin CambridgeBay.
Drawnbythesmelloffish,wolves wouldoccasionallyprowlinthesnow aroundtheplane,butBobfeltnoreason toshootthem.Theysometimesplayed withthelongradioantennalying unwoundinthesnow,helaterrecalled. Thetwoemergencytransmittershehad onboardhadfrozensolidlongago. AirplanesflyingfromYellowknifeto CoppermineorHopeLakewouldfly overhimfromtimetotime,butnoone spottedhisBeaver.Bob’sfatesuddenly changedwhenarayofthesettingsun reflectedoffthewindshieldofhisplane andcaughttheeyeofRonSheardown’s co-pilotjustashelookedexactlyinthe
L.toR.GlenStevens,BobGauchie,Ron
rightdirectionbypurechance.Still,Bob didlosefivetoesonthisadventure.
Afewyearslater,Iwaspassing throughFortSmithandaskedmyfellow pilotsatthedocksforthelatestgossip. Theytoldmethatadistressbeaconhad reportedlybeenactivatedthedaybefore inthearea,andasearchpartyhadbeen
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TheAircraftElectronicsAssociation announcedonJan.24thatithasadded anotherworkforcedevelopmenttooltothe aerospaceindustry’sbeltbylaunching AeroCareers.net.Thewebsitewas designedasaone-stopshoptohelprecruit andretainthenextgenerationoftalent. BuiltbyindustryprofessionalsandpoweredbytheAEA,thenewsiteoffersa spotlightoncareerpathsinaviationand includeslinkstojobs,scholarships,aviationschools,veterans’resources,informationforeducators,salarydataandmore.
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TheAircraftElectronicsAssociation addedaworkforcedevelopmenttoolto theaerospaceindustry’sbeltbylaunchingAeroCareers.netonJan.24.
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tunitiesinaerospaceandmakethepathto successeasiertonavigate.Itisaresource foranyoneinterestedinaviationand somethingtheentireindustrycanuse whenpromotingcareers.”
AeroCareers.netwillinform,edu-
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dispatched.“ItmustbeBob,”apilottold me.“Heleftyesterdaybutstillhasn’t returned.”Laterthatday,Bobwasreportedlyfound“inhisswimshorts,sittingon topofafirtreewithhisflyinggoggles andhisscarf,thewheelstillinhishands andthedebrisfromhisplanescattered aroundthefootofthetree.”Inevermanagedtofindoutifmycolleagueswere jokingamongthemselvesoriftheywere justtakingmeforaride.Pilotshavesuch animaginationandtellsomanylies!
BoblaterstartedBuffaloAirways, basedinHayRiverandYellowknife, whicheventuallywastakenoverby anothercolleaguefromFortSmith,Joe McBryan,andbecamethelargestoperatorintheworldofDC-3andDC-4airplanes.
Editor’sNote: AuthorDominiquePrinet obtainedhisCanadiancommercial licensesin1965,andhisATRin1970. HeflewforayearalongtheB.C.coast, andthenforGatewayAviation,in Yellowknife(NWT),from1966to1971, withBeavers,OttersandBeech18s,on floats,wheelsandskis.Betweenflights, heobtainedanengineeringdegreefrom UBCandanMBAfromMcGill.
DominiquebecameVPofNordair (Montreal)inthe1970s,andjoined CanadianAirlines(Vancouver)asVP
WolftracksinfrontofBobGauchie's Beaver,April1967(PhotoCPWire)
Marketingin1987.Hethenspentfive yearsinAfrica,turning-aroundandmanagingthenationalairlineAirTanzania. Heobtainedhishelicopterlicenseat70. In2021,hepublished FlyingtoExtremes (HancockHouse),describinghisadventuresasabushpilotintheArcticduring thelate1960s.ThisBobGauchiestoryis nottakenfromthebook Flyingto Extremes.ThisisapreviouslyunpublishedstorybyDominiquePrinetand doesnotappearinthebook.
Pilotsfromthe437thAirliftWingtaxiC-17GlobemasterIIIsbeforeamissiongenerationexerciseatJointBaseCharleston,S.C.,Jan.5,2023.Afterconductingaflyover,the 24C-17ssplitintofoursmallergroups,eachrehearsingdifferentaspectsofagilecombatemployment. (U.S.AirForcephotobyStaffSgt.DawnM.Weber)
JointBaseCharlestonlaunched24C17GlobemasterIIIstoconductamission generationexercisethatintegratedAir Force,Army,andMarineCorpsforces acrossfiveoperatinglocations,Jan.5.
TheexercisemarkedthelargestC17launcheverfromasinglebaseand demonstratedthewing’sabilitytorapidlygenerateandprojectoverwhelming airpoweralongsidejointpartners.
“AirMobilityCommandisthemeaningfulmaneuverforthejointforce,and ourasymmetricadvantageisouradaptable,talentedAirmen,”saidMaj.Gen. CoreyMartin,18thAirForcecommander. “Everyday,wearelearningnewlessons thatwewanttoapplyincombat,sothis mission-generationexerciseisachanceto testourcapabilitiesatatempoandscale thatapproximatescombatoperations.”
TheC-17skickedofftheexercise withashow-of-forceflightoverthe RavenelBridgeinCharlestonHarborand thendispersedtosharpenfourcorecapabilities:command-and-control,navigation,tempo,andlogisticsunderfire.
Morethan20red-andblue-airF-16 FightingFalconsfromShawAirForce
F-16FightingFalconsassignedtothe157th FighterSquadronatMcEntireJoint NationalGuardBase,S.C.,flyoverthe ArthurRavenelJr.Bridgeaspartofamissiongenerationexercise,Charleston,S.C., Jan.5,2023.Theexercisemarkedthe largestC-17launcheverfromasinglebase anddemonstratedthewing’sabilitytorapidlygenerateandprojectoverwhelmingairpoweralongsidejointpartners.
(U.S.AirForcephotobyTech.Sgt. ChristopherRuano)
BaseandMcEntireAirNationalGuard Base,foughtforairsuperioritywhilethe jointforcesleveragedrapidmobilityto establishasimulatedmissiledefensesystem.
“Wehavetofighttogettothefight,”
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Occupying17,000squarefeetof restaurantspace,thenewadditionswill elevatebelovedlocalHoustonbrands andensurenationalfavoritesarealso offeredwithLaTrelle’ssignatureblendof eliteservice,quality,andconsistency. FeaturebrandsLaTrelle’sisproudto operatethroughfranchiseorlicense agreementsatHobbyAirportwillinclude CommonBond,TheRustic,VelvetTaco, DishSociety,PinksPizza,andFatCat Creamery,aswellasPeet’sCoffee, JerseyMike’s,Wendy’s,andDunkin’.
Constructionwilltakeapproximatelytwoyearstocomplete.Foodandbeverageservicewillbeuninterruptedatthe airportasrenovationsarecarriedoutin phases,ensuringtravelershavemyriad dependablediningoptionseverystepof theway.
FoundedbyW.A.JamesSr., LaTrelle’sdebutedinHoustonalmost40 yearsago.Asabakeryintheheartof HobbyAirport,LaTrelle’sofHouston becameaninstantgo-tofortravelers thankstodeliciousbakedgoodsrelying onJamesfamilyrecipes,aswellastreats fromotherhometownvendors.
LaTrelle’ssoonaddedthefirstairport Wendy’sandSubwayinthecountrytoits HobbyAirportportfolio.Currentlyoperatingmorethan30restaurantsininternationalairportsthroughouttheU.S., LaTrelle’shasearnedareputationfor excellenceandhonestyamongrestaurant operators,thecountry’sbusiestairports, andotherindustryleaders.
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FoundedbyW.A.JamesSr.,LaTrelle’s debutedinHoustonalmost40yearsago. AsabakeryintheheartofHobby Airport,LaTrelle’sofHoustonbecame aninstantgo-tofortravelers.
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Spain,ofcourse,isoneofthemost popularcountriesforAmerican tourists.Nevertheless,IwasastonishedtodiscoverfrommostoftheseasonedtouristswithwhomIspokethat theyhadnevervisitedMallorca.Even fewerknewwhereitwas.Mallorcaisan islandintheBalearicIslandarchipelago. WherearetheBalearicIslands?
TheBalearicIslands,anarchipelago intheBalearicSea,isapproximately140 nauticalmilesfromtheeasterncoastof theIberianPeninsula.Ifyoutakeoffin yourairplanefromValencia,Spainand establishedaheadingofapproximately 090,youwouldeventuallyreachthe coastlinesoftheBalearicIslands. AlthoughtheislandsareusuallyconsideredwithintheMediterraneanSea,the areabetweentheSpanishmainlandand theislandsiscalledtheBalearicSea.
Thearchipelago,aprovinceof Spain,isanautonomouscommunity.The islands’cultureandcuisinearesimilarto thoseofmainlandSpainbuthavetheir owndistinctivefeatures.Thefourlargest islandsareMallorca,Menorca,Ibiza,and Formentera.WithitsmildMediterranean climate,theregionisapopulartourist destination.Ibiza,forexample,isa famousinternationalpartyvenue.Many oftheworld’smostsought-afterDJs workinthenightclubs.
Mallorca,anislandofapproximately 1,400squaremiles,isslightlylargerthan thestateofRhodeIsland,whichisaround 1,200squaremiles.Thiscompactislandis easytonavigatebycar.Anonstoptrip aroundtheentireislandwouldtakeabout sixhours.Theislandisknownforbeach resorts,shelteredcoves,limestonemountainsandRomanandMoorishremains. ThecityofPalmaisknownfornightlife, theMoorishAlmudainaroyalpalaceand 13th-centurySantaMaríaCathedral. Stone-builtvillagesincludePollença,with itsartgalleriesandmusicfestival,andhillsideFornalutx,surroundedbycitrusplantations.
Mallorcaisoverflowingwithhistory.Alargenumberofancientsites,historicalbuildingsandspectacularartcanbe exploredaroundtheisland.Almostevery village,townandcityhasamajestic churchasitscenterpiece.Manychurches haverootsintheMiddleAges.Palma’s
Gothiccathedral,themostfamoushistoricallandmarkontheisland,shoulddefinitelybeonyourlist.
Theisland’scastlesareimposing. Somehavebeentransformedintohotels. Othershaveenduredasprominenthistoricalmonuments.BellverandCapdepera castles,preservedintheiroriginalstate, aretwoofthemostfamous.TheRoyal PalaceofLaAlmudainaisofficiallya royalresidenceeventoday.Mostofthe year,thegardensareopentovisitors.
Therearenumerousancientruinson theisland.Themostfamousarethoseof theRomancityofPollentia,whichhas beenpreservedforalmost2000years. Stonebuildings,courtyardsandcobbled pathsareallidentifiable.BronzeAgesettlementsliketheimpressiveSesPaisses canalsobevisited.
ThereisasuperbrangeofartgalleriesandmuseumsinMallorca;displayedareworksbyJoanMiró,Salvador Dalíandmanyothertop-tierartists.Other exhibitionstellthehistoryofMallorca throughtothetraditionofMallorcanpotteryorantiquetoys.
BeachesinMallorcarangefrom longwhitesandystretchestoisolated rockycoves.Thesandyvarietycanbe foundonallcoastsexceptforthewest, whichisdominatedbycliffsandrocky coves.Forhiddencoveswithsparkling seas,headtotheeastcoast.Thesouthwestandnorthernpartsoftheislandhost themaintouristhotspotsandhavesome ofthemoststylishoceanclubs.Many beacheshaveshorelineresorts.They offerawiderangeoffacilitiesforfamiliesandchildren.PlayadePalma,Portde Pollença,Portd’Alcudia,Magalufand CalaMilloraresomeofthemostwellknown.
Visitorscantakeaboattripforaday orhalfday.Awideselectionofvendors offerscatamarans,speedboats,jetskis, bananaboatsormotorboats.Daytrips includelunchandastop-offatoneofthe moreremotebeacheswhereyoucan enjoyswimming,snorkeling,standup paddleboardingorkayaking.
Forwater-sportenthusiasts,numerousvendorsofferequipmentforhire, plusinstructioninsailing,scubadiving, wakeboardingandkitesurfing.
Mallorcaisgainingareputationfor itsfirstclassrestaurants,Michelin-starred eateriesandlocalgastronomy.Many localchefstrainedoverseasandthen
returnedtotheislandtosetuptheirown restaurants.
Mallorcaisalsobuildingareputationforfinewines.Sincethe1990s,local winemakersareproducingaward-winningwines.NativegrapesincludeCallet, MantoNegroandMol.Oftentheseare blendedwithimportedgrapevarietiesto producefullbodiedreds,freshrosésand thirstquenchingwhites.Manyvineyards areopenfortoursandtastings.
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Duringmy40yearsasatraveljournalist,I’vevisitedmanyuniqueandeleganthotels.ItisnowarareeventwhenI falltomykneesinaweandmarvelata hoteldesign.ThePalmaRiadinMallorca broughttomyeyesahoteldesignand conceptthelikesofwhichI’vehardly everseen.Intheheartofthecity,this adults-onlysanctuarywillimpressthe mostseasonedtraveler.
Openedin2022,thisincomparable hotel,carvedoutofanoldfamilyresidence,islocatedinPalma’szerozone andjustafewstepsfromtheprimary shopping,diningandentertainmentvenues.Withonlyelevensuites,thisartisticallycraftedhotelisarchitecturally,one ofthemoststunninghotelsIhaveever encountered.Theinteriordesignofevery roomisadestinationofitsown.Mostof theroomshavefireplace.Thedevelopers werecarefultoretainmanyoftheoriginalelementsofthehousefromwhichit wasevolved.
Thishotelisfortravelerswhoseek theauthentictouchofPalmaRiadlife. Youwillfeelthehistoryandtheatmospherewitheverystepthroughoutthe hotel.
Theexcitementbeginswiththe entrytoaninteriorcourtyard.Thestructureincorporatesdesignsandmoods fromtheisland’smedievalArabichistory.Thishotelpresentsaresidenceand ambiancefromwhichyouwon’twantto depart.Eachsuitedesignisdistinctive. Originalelementsofthisoldbuilding includecofferedceilings,doorsandwindows,tiledbathrooms,customdesigned wallpaperandMoroccanhammams. Roomsandpublicspacesdisplaycollectionsofartandantiques.Manyrooms includefireplaces,terraces,giantbathtubsanddoubleshowers.Allaccommo-
dationshaveheavysoundproofwalls. Thecommodiousrangeinsizefrom 350-to750-square-feet.TheMaster Suiteisperhapsthemostimpressive. This750-squarefootcompoundisconsideredthejewelofthehotel.Thereisa
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saidCol.RobertLankford,437thAirlift Wingcommander.“Thisexercisetests ourabilitytoaccomplishthemission, whilegeographicallydispersedandwith limitedcommunications.”
low-onoperations.
AtMarineCorpsAirStationCherry Point,N.C.,C-17aircrewslanded,quicklyuploadedHIMARSrocketlaunchers, flewtoPopeAAF,andthenperformeda HIMARSrapidinfiltration,orHIRAIN. TheC-17sthatlandedatMarineCorps AirStationBeaufort,executedanintegratedcombatturntoquicklyrefuelU.S. ArmyAH-64Apachehelicopters.
Tobetterdefineandexpandonagile combatemploymentconcepts,aircrews practicedflexibledeterrentandresponse options,liketheabilitytolandinaustere environmentsandquicklyaccomplish themissionateachlocation.
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AtHunterArmyAirfield,Georgia, aircrewsfocusedonlogisticsunderfire. Aircrewsleveragedmulti-capableconceptstomaneuvercargo,exercisingskills outsideoftheirprimarydutiestoaccomplishthemission.
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Nearly60aircraft,includinganE-3 SentryandKC-135Stratotankers,were intheair,synchronizingcapabilitiesto maximizelethality.Airmenalsoexperimentedwithcommand-and-control equipmentthatprovidedinformationfor aircrewstoincreasetheirbattlespace awarenessinacontestedenvironment.
“Thisisahistoricexerciseforus becauseweneedtobeabletofight tonight,”Barrysaid.“Weneedtobe readytoanswerthecallnomatterwhat.”
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separatemainbedroomandlivingroom. Thesuiteboastsaspecialmeasured-toorderhugebed,amaxi-barandafireplace.
TheHammamSuiteisgracedwitha magnificentbathroomwithitsownfireplace,plusanextra-largebathtubinhigh flooring.Thebalconyaffordsstreet views.
ThePersianSuiteisadornedwith genuinePersiancarpets.Thespecially designedheadboardonthebedhasno equal.Afireplaceinthemainbedroom,a hugebathroomandapatiowithstreet viewsmakethisanidealplacetorelax.
Therearetwopenthousesuites.Both haveacentralfireplacewithinacharminglivingroom.Thetwosmallersuites, 350-and450-square-feetrespectively, haveelegantfurnishings,extra-large bathtubsandupholsteredfitted wardrobes.
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checkrideprep.Thereisnointerestin doingthat,unfortunately.
ImetaCFIapplicantfromHawaii whoishereinSavannahtogetCFI andMEI(herparentslivehere).We wentflyingintheRV-9Aanddidsomeof theExpandedEnvelopeExercises®, whichwerepredictablyeyeopening.On subsequentflights,Iflewfourapproachesandaholdingpatterntowardsthesix requiredforinstrumentcurrency–my instrumentcurrencywasrunningout,and shegottospendtimeinCFImode.
ThebignewsishowdifferentgeneralaviationisinHawaii.Manyairports don’thavefueloranyfacilities,andfacilitiesareoftenonthenextislandover,like testingcentersforknowledge(written) exams.
Andinthewholestate,thereare onlytwoDPEs(DesignatedPilot Examiners),thefolkswhocanissuea license.Theybothhavedayjobsandare bookedupatleastthreemonthsin advance.
YoucanflymostdaysinHawaiiif you’reearlyenough–the30-knottrade windsstartabout10a.m.And,ofcourse, there’slotsofcrosswinds.
Onourlastflight,wedidsomefun things:astallatlessthan1g,anacceleratedstallfromstraightandlevelflight, and(I’venotdonethesebefore)anoselowstallanda(deliberate)secondary stall.AndsheflewaPARapproachatthe militaryairfieldnextdoor.
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Ifoundoutwhynobodytellsjokes inHawaii.Why?Nobodylaughsout loud,themostyoueverhearisalow “ha!”
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Amutualfriendputmeintouchwith aCFIwhodoesspintrainingforabig CFIschoolfaraway.Wediscussedthe ExpandedEnvelopeExercises®and waystogetnewgraduatestohaveatleast atouchofairmanshipbeyondtheACS. Herelates:
“IhaveattemptedtoexpandthePart 141school’scurriculumbeyondFAA
“Ican’tblamethem.Thereareno financialincentivestodothat–itincreasescostsandtheairlinesdon’tgiveany extracreditorconsiderationtocivilian pilotswhohaveconductedsimilar enrichmenttraining.
“Soherewearewithpilotswhodo notreallyknowhowtovisuallyflythe airplane.Inmyexperienceflyingwith certificatedpilots,over80percentof themrelypredominantlyoninstruments toflysteepturns,stalls,chandelles,lazy eights,etc.Learningtoflyinglasspanel aircraftexacerbatesthat.
“Ikeeptryinginmyownway.For example,whenIteachspintrainingsto 141schoolCFIcandidates,Itrytoplug thoseholes.But,Ispendalimited amountoftimewiththem.And,inapart 141school,everyhourischoreographed. Thereisno“freeflying”ofanysort,and thereforethereisnoopportunityforthem topracticeexercisesafterwards.They finishtheprogramwithaCFIandCFII, andthenspendanother1,200flying hourssittingintherightseatinstructing andbarelytouchingthecontrols.Atthat time,theyhitthe1,500hoursandoffthey gototheairlines.Theknowledgehole remains,becausethereisnothinginthe ATPcurriculumthatisdesignedtogive youa“feel”oftheaircraft.Onthecontrary,whenIdomy61.57recurrenttraining,theinstructorsconstantlychideme forhandflying.Whyincreasetheloadon thepilotinacheckride?Allthatis requiredinthehandflyingdepartmentis toflyanapproachfromtheFAF.”
Ouch.Butthisisafamiliarstory.
Ididsendhimmyalmostcomplete CFIGuidetoE3.
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I’vegotanewstrategyforfittingin withthejettrafficatSavannahintheRV9A.Insteadofflyingatmynormaleight gallonsperhour,Inowflyat24feetx 2,400RPMforanextra20knots.Of course,onetimeIwasat120knotsand toldapproachIcouldgivethem20knots moreorless.Naturally,theyaskedfor 100knots.
Soononeapproach,justasIwas abouttointercepttheILS,Igotaheading,speedchange,altituderestrictiontill
thefinalapproachfix,clearedforthe approach,contacttower,allatonce,and repeatallthat.Iwashandflyingandit gotbusy.Ialreadyhadtowertunedinthe standbyfrequencybutstill,thosetwo secondstolookatandpushthecomm radioflip-flopweremoredistractionthan Iwanted.Onmynextplane,ifIhave one,Iwillhavearadioflip-flopbuttonon thestick.
I’vegotlotsoflessonslearned,butit issohardtochangewiringintheRV-9A thatmanyideasgounimplemented.
Ideally,whatbuttonswouldIhave onthestick?Pushtotalk,elevatortrim, pushforGarminIntellivoxvoicecommand(whichIdon’thavebutwouldlove toplaywith),and,ofcourse,commfrequencyflip-flop.OntheRV-8,Iwould havehadflapdumponlanding,butdon’t seetheneedforitontheRV-9A.
I’venotyetplayedwithControl WheelSteeringontheRV-9A–that mightbemynextflighttestproject.
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Don’tbelieveeverythingyoureadin theairplanesforsale.There’saGlasair advertisedthatsupposedlywasbuiltfor FredAstairebyhiswife.Well…sortof true.Kindof.Hiswifelearnedtoflyafter hediedandsheboughttheGlasair alreadyflying.LookupRobynAstaire. Heraccomplishmentsputyouandme andanythreeofourfriendstogetherto shame.
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Sincethismostrecentinstrument currencywasachievedwithapproaches andnotwithanInstrumentProficiency Check,keepingtrackofproficiencyis nowmorethanjustlookinguptheIPC dateinthelogbook.Inowkeeptrackof approachesflownontheiPhone.Ialso keepdatesofCFIrenewal,TSA/CFI requirements,BasicMedtestanddoctor examinationdate,andairplane(annual) conditioninspectiondate.Veryhandy, especiallyifIremembertolookatit.
Ialsohaveallthoserenewalsonthe iPhonecalendarwithappropriatelead times,like,twomonthsfortheannual.
Atleastit’snotthreemonthsfora DPEappointment.Aloha.
FiveReasonstoVisitPearl HarborAviationMuseumin theNewYear
Whatbetterwaytokickoffthe newyearthantoplanyourvacations! Treatyourselftoayearfullofadventureandtravel,andchooseHawaiias yourtopdestination.Hawaiiisso muchmorethanwhitesandbeaches andbeautifulhikes–itisapartof Americanhistory.Takeadaytowalk thehallowedgroundsofAmerica’s WorldWarIIaviationbattlefieldat PearlHarborAviationMuseum. Whetheryouareahistorybuff,aviationenthusiast,orsomeonewholoves agoodmuseum,itoffersvisitorsa chancetoexperiencehistoryfirsthand andgainadeeperunderstandingofthe eventsthathappenedhereatPearl Harborthatshapedtheworldwelive intoday.Discoverfivereasonsto includethePearlHarborAviation Museuminyour2023travels.
1.GetUpClosetoaPieceofthe USSArizona
AnextremelypoignantandpowerfulexhibitatthePearlHarbor AviationMuseumisthesectionofthe USSArizona,thebattleshipthatwas heavilydamagedandpermanently entombed1,177NavyservicemenduringtheattackonPearlHarbor.This relicservesasanimportantreminderof thesacrificemadebytheservicemen wholosttheirlivesonthatfatefulday. Themuseum’ssectionofthebattleship comesfromtheship’smaindeckframingremovedfromthegalleyporthole compartmentsandframingportionof thegalley’svegetablelockerontheport sideoftheship.
2.TopoftheTowerTour Forthefirsttimeindecades,the
“Thebignewsishow differentgeneralaviationisinHawaii.”
TheNationalAviationHallofFame (NAHF)ishonoredtosharethatEmbraer FoundationhasawardedtheNAHFwith agranttosupporttheireducationand workforcedevelopmentprograms.
NAHFInterimPresidentandCEO AimeeMaruyamasaid,“Thiscommitmentof$20,000fromEmbraerwillhavea substantialimpactonourworktoensure thatyoungwomen,peopleofcolor,and otherunderrepresentedgroupswillhave exposuretotheamazingworldofaviation andaerospace.Webelievethatincluding theintentionalengagementoftheseunderrepresentedgroupsinthedesignofour educationprogramstoignitecuriosityisa criticalpartoftheanswertobuildingthe aviationworkforceoftomorrow.”
ThegrantprovidedbyEmbraerwill providethefundingtosupporttheNAHF’s 2023WingsofWomen(WOW)eventand anewseriesofquarterlyworkforcedevelopmentwebinarsforyoungpeopleages817thataimtoopenthedoorsofopportuni-
tyforcareersinaviation.
Thementorshipprogramsseekto providehands-onactivities,career inquiry,andcreativitythroughformal andinformalfunandengaginginteractions.Theprogramsaimtoprovidestudentsfromunderrepresentedgroupsthe opportunitytomeetandinteractwith
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FordIslandControlTowerisnowopento thepublic!ThenewlyopenedTopofthe TowerTourallowsgueststoascend168feetupinavintageelevatorandaregreetedwitha360-degreeviewfromtheobservationdeck.Theguidedtourpaintsthe pictureofthePearlHarborattack;highlightingtheflightpathoftheJapaneseaircraft,sharingthestoriesofourheroes,and allowingforamomentofreflectionand appreciationtothosewhohavemadethe ultimatesacrifice.
Fromthetop,guestcanseestunning viewsofthesurroundingarea,including the USSArizona Memorial,theUSS Missouri,andtherestofPearlHarbor. TheuniqueviewprovidesagreaterperspectiveofwhathadhappenedonDec.7, 1941.
LocatedonHistoricFordIsland, wheresomeofthenation’slargestships weremooredoffshoreinDecember 1941,themuseum’simmersivecampus includestwohistoricWWIIhangarsthat survivedthatfatefulday.Thehangars themselveshelptotellthestoryof America’sWWIIaviationbattlefield–oneofthemoststrikingartifactsatthe museumarethebulletholesinthewindowsofourhangar,causedbythestrafingoftheJapaneseplanesduringtheday oftheattack.Thebulletholesareanemotionalreminderofthedevastation wroughtbythesurpriseattack,andvisitorscanseethemupcloseandpersonal. Whenviewingthebulletholes,visitors willnoticethatsomeofthewindow panesonthehangarareblueandothers areclear.Thebluepanesaretheoriginal 1941glassdatingbacktowhenthe hangarwasbuilt.Theclearpaneswere
womenacrossthespectrumoffieldsin theaviationandaerospaceindustry.We wanteveryparticipanttowalkawaywith theinspirationtoseethemselvesinthe aviationandaerospacefieldsandwiththe resourcestoachievesuchdreams.
“AtEmbraer,weusedesign,imaginativeengineering,andtechnologyasthe
WarII.Theseriesrunsonaquarterlybasis andislocatedinthemuseumtheater.
Duringtheseeventsourmoderator, LtGenDan“Fig”Leaf,USAF(Ret), hostsdiscussionswithspecialguestswith tiestoaviationorthemuseum.Hangar Talksareexcellentopportunitiestomeet withaviationexpertsandaskquestions thatyoumayhave.PastHangarTalks welcomedauthor,MarcWortman;Medal ofHonorRecipients,MajorGeneral PatrickHenryBrady;JoeKentz,475th documentarian,BoardofDirectors475th FGHistoricalFoundation;BradBall, PearlHarborAviationMuseumBoardof Directors,President475thFGHistorical Foundation.
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principaltoolstocreatenewperspectives andarriveatsolutionsthatbringexcellence andperformancetoourclientsandpartners,”saidMonicaNewmanMcCluney, HeadofCorporateSocialResponsibility andtheEmbraerFoundation.“Thisaffords ustheabilitytopartnerwithorganizations thatalignwithourvalues,liketheNAHF. Together,wewillinspireyouththroughprogramsthatnotonlysharethewondersof aviationbutalsohelpdevelopahigh-performinganddiversetalentpipeline.”
“Wearebeyondgratefultothe Foundation,”saidMaruyama.“Withthe generoussupportoftheEmbraer Foundation,theNAHFcancontinueto inspire,educate,andempowerthenext generationofaerospaceinnovatorsand legends.”
LearnmoreabouttheEmbraer Foundationatembraerfoundation.org. MoreinformationabouttheNational AviationHallofFamecanbefoundat https://nationalaviation.org.
islandservedasamajortraining,staging, andsupplybasefortheentireregionduringthewar.TensofthousandsofservicemenstoppedinMauiforextensivetraining beforegoingtofightinthePacificTheater, duetothesimilarityinenvironment.This exhibitionhousesamazingartifactsand storiesthathelpsharetheseinterestingties totheHawaiianisland,Maui.
AnotheranticipatedexhibitioncomingtoPearlHarborAviationMuseumis theirownWASP-WACS-WAVESexhibit. Thisexhibitionwillhighlightthewomen ofWWIIandtheirhistoricalcontribution andeffortstotheircommunitiesduring thiscriticaltimeinneedforAmerica.
addedinthepreservationprocessofthe hangartoprotectthishistoricsite.
4.HangarTalkSeries
Asanaddedbenefittothemuseum, guestscanenjoyaspecialHangarTalk series,opentoallages,andhelpsprovide adeeperunderstandingofthehistoryof aviationandthePacificTheaterofWorld
streamedonthemuseum’sFacebookfor thosenotabletoattendinperson.
5.NewExhibitsandPrograms
Throughout2023,PearlHarbor AviationMuseumwillbeopeningnewly createdexhibitionstotheMuseum.
ThisFebruarytheirnewestexhibition locatedinsideHangar37willopen.Inthis upcomingexhibitwedivedeepintothe role,significance,andcontributionthatthe island,Maui,playedduringWorldWarII forAmerica’smilitary.ThisHawaiian
Anexcitingneweducationalprogram soontobeofferedattheMuseumis SketchingintheHangar.Inthis1.5hour class,studentsofalllevelswillhavethe opportunitytositwithmultiplehistoric aircraft,andcreatetheirownartworkwith theguidanceofthemuseum’steaching artists.Theclassisfreewiththepurchase ofadmission,withborrowedmaterials.To receiveanexclusivein-housedesigned sketchbookandmaterialsstudentsmay upgradetheirexperienceforonly$25.
Guestsareinvitedtoseethese upcomingexhibitsandprograms,andare encouragedtovisitthemuseumwebsite atwww.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org forfutureeventsandplanningyourvisit.
Beforeyouhitthebeachonyour Hawaiivacationthisyear,stopbyPearl HarborAviationMuseumtopayhomage tothefallenheroesandlearnabout America’sWWIIhistory.
Whiletheworkisfarfromover,significantprogresshasbeenmadeinensuringanaircraft’sradaraltimetercanfunctionproperlyas5GC-Banddeployment continuesthroughouttheNational AirspaceSystem(NAS),FAAofficials saidinarecentindustrybriefing.
Inthelastyear,theFAAhasdemonstratedaviationand5GC-Bandservices cancoexistsafely,andtheagencyhas workedcloselywithprovidersVerizon andAT&Ttoironoutconcernsrelatedto altimeterinterferenceandotherconcerns. Most5Gbasestationtowersremain
active,andaretrofitplanhasbeendevelopedtoenhancetheperformanceofsome radioaltimeters.
It’sbeenaconstantyearofprogression,accordingtotheagency,butthe workisfarfromover,astheFAAcontinuestoengagewithVerizon,AT&T,and
TheFAAistakingstepstoensureanaircraft’sradaraltimetercanfunctionproperlyas5GC-Banddeploymentcontinues throughouttheNationalAirspaceSystem (NAS). (CourtesyNBAA)
othertelecomproviders.Officialsreport thatanoperatingframeworkexistsnow thatwasn’tavailableayearago,paving thewayfor19additionallicensees expectedtobeginimplementingtheir networks.
TheFAAsaidtherearetensofthousandsoftowersnowinusewithinthe NAS,impactingabout3,000airports. Theagencycontinuestoreceivereports ofpossible5Gdisruptionstoaviation operations,butthevolumeofthose reportshasbeengreatlyreduced;ofthe 586reportsfiledsincelastJanuary,90 percenthavebeenclosedafterbeing investigatedandfoundnottobeassociatedwith5Ginterference.
Theagencyalsosaiditcontinuesto issuealternativemethodsofcompliance (AMOCs)forthecommercialfleet,with updatedairportlistsdetailinginformation relatedto5Gconsiderations.TheFAA’s AMOCsalsoarebeingissuedforgeneralaviationaircraft,andNBAAstrongly suggestsoperatorsconnectwiththeir OEMstofindoutthestatusoftheirradar altimeterupgradeiftheiroperationsare impacted.
“Aspartofanindustrycoalition, NBAAhasbeeninvolvedsincethe beginninginmitigatingthisissueto ensuretheFAAhasnotignoredthe impactongeneralaviation,”saidNBAA SeniorDirector,AirTrafficServicesand InfrastructureHeidiWilliams.
“Operatorswhohaveinvested resourcestoutilizeRNPARandother operationaltechnologiesareeagertotake advantageofthosecapabilities,andwe needthesameemphasisplacedonensuringthereareradaraltimeterupgrades availableforthegeneralaviationcommunity.”Learnmoreatnbaa.org.
TheDefenseDepartmentunveiled itsnewestbomberaircraft,theB21Raider,onDec.2inPalmdale, Calif.Asthefirststrategicbomberin morethanthreedecades,theAirForce’s B-21willserveasthebackboneof America’sbomberforce,Secretaryof DefenseLloydJ.AustinIIIsaid.
TheB-21Raiderisexpectedtoserve withinalargerfamilyofsystemsforconventionallong-rangestrike,including intelligence,surveillanceandreconnaissance;electronicattack;communication; andothercapabilities.Itisnuclearcapableanddesignedtoaccommodate mannedorunmannedoperations. Additionally,itwillbeabletoemploya broadmixofstand-offanddirect-attack munitions.
AtthehangarofaircraftmanufacturerNorthropGrumman,theB-21was unveiledamidstdramaticmusicand lightingeffects.Thenewbomberhasa silhouettesimilartothatoftheB-2Spirit bomber.
“TheB-21looksimposing,”Austin said.“Butwhat’sundertheframeandthe space-agecoatingsisevenmoreimpressive.”
TherangeoftheB-21,Austinsaid,is unmatchedbyanyotherbomber.
“Itwon’tneedtobebasedin-theater, itwon’tneedlogisticalsupporttohold anytargetatrisk,”thesecretarysaid.
LiketheB-2Spirit,theB-21Raider isastealthaircraft.Itwillbehardfor adversariestoseethatit’scoming,Austin said.
“Fiftyyearsofadvancesinlowobservabletechnologyhavegoneinto thisaircraft,”hesaid.“Eventhemost sophisticatedair-defensesystemswill
AustinalsosaidtheB-21Raideris designedtobeeasilymaintainable,which willhelpensurethattheaircraftisalways readytogowhenitsneeded.
“Wedon’treallyhaveacapability unlesswecanmaintainit,”hesaid.“The B-21iscarefullydesignedtobethemost maintainablebombereverbuilt.”
Asadual-capablepenetratingstrike stealthbomber,theB-21Raideriscapableofdeliveringbothconventionaland nuclearmunitions.Itwillbeabletosupportjointandcoalitionforcesacrossthe fullspectrumofoperations,Austinsaid, andisalsodesignedtobeflexibleenough tomeettheevolvingthreatenvironment. “TheRaiderwasbuiltwithopen-system architecture,whichmakesithighly adaptable,”Austinsaid.“AstheUnited Statescontinuestoinnovate,thisbomber willbeabletodefendourcountrywith newweaponsthathaven’tevenbeen inventedyet.AndtheB-21ismulti-functional.Itcanhandleanythingfromgatheringintel,tobattlemanagement,tointegratingwithouralliesandpartners.And itwillworkseamlesslyacrossdomains, andtheaters,andacrossthejointforce.”
TheB-21Raiderwasbuiltby NorthropGrummanandwasdeveloped throughdeeppartnershipwithstakeholdersintheU.S.military,Austinsaid.
“TheB-21istheresultofdeepteamworkatthisplant,”hesaid.“OurAir Forcepilots,maintainersandDODcivilianshaveworkedshoulder-to-shoulder withtheirindustrycounterparts.Infact, they’vebeenontheproductionlinehere inPalmdaletoassist.TheB-21isatestamenttothebestofAmerica’svibrantand diverseindustrialbase.Thissortof advancethatmakesusgreat,andthissort ofadvancedoesn’tjusthappen.Ittakes investment.Ittakescooperation.Andit
takespartnership.”
Thesecretarysaidheandthe DefenseDepartmentarecommittedto continuingwiththatkindofcooperation withthedefenseindustrialbasetoensure thatthebesttechnologyAmericacan offerwillbeavailabletocontributetothe nation’sdefense.
“TheDepartmentisgoingtocontinuetoinvestintech,”hesaid.“We’re goingtobringnewcompaniesintoour supplierbase,andwe’regoingtokeep honingouracquisitionsprocesstogetthe rightcapabilitiesbeforeweneedthem.”
DevelopmentontheB-21Raider beganin2015whentheAirForceawardedtheengineeringandmanufacturing developmentcontract.TheAirForce expectstoacquireaminimumof100of theaircraft.
The“B-21”designation,according totheAirForce,waschosenbecausethe aircraftisthefirstnewbomberofthe21st century,whilethename“Raider”was chosentorepresenttheDoolittleRaiders, whoflewasurpriseattackduringWorld WarII.
“Eightyyearsago,onacoldand rainyAprilmorning,fourmonthsafter PearlHarbor,16U.S.Armybomber planestookofffromanaircraftcarrierin thePacific,”Austinexplained.“Then-Lt. Col.JimmyDoolittleembarkedonadaringmission.Athighcost,heandhisteam ofaviatorsflewmorethan650milesto strikedistantenemytargets.Andthe DoolittleRaiders,astheycametobe known,showedthestrengthandthe reachofAmericanairpower.”
LiketheDoolittleRaidersdefended AmericaduringWWII,theB-21Raider isexpectedtodothesamenowandinto thefuture,Austinsaid.
“Thisisn’tjustanotherairplane.It’s notjustanotheracquisition,”Austinsaid.
AB-21RaiderisunveiledatNorthrop Grumman'smanufacturingfacilityatAir ForcePlant42inPalmdale,Calif.,Dec. 2,2022.TheB-21willbealong-range, highlysurvivable,penetratingstrike stealthbombercapableofdelivering bothconventionalandnuclearmunitions. (CourtesyDOD)
TheB-21Raiderwasunveiledduringa ceremonyinPalmdale,Calif.,Dec.2, 2022.Designedtooperateintomorrow's high-endthreatenvironment,theB-21 willplayacriticalroleinensuring America'senduringairpowercapability.
(CourtesyDOD)
“It’stheembodimentofAmerica’sdeterminationtodefendtherepublicthatwe love.It’satestamenttoourstrategyof deterrence–withthecapabilitiestoback itup,everytimeandeverywhere.That’s whatAmericadoes.”
Learnmore,andviewavideo,atthe DepartmentofDefensewebsite, www.defense.gov.
Whirly-GirlsScholarshipFundInc., anon-profit,educational,andcharitable organizationdedicatedtoadvancing womeninthehelicopteraviationindustry,hasannouncedtherecipientsofthe 2023Whirly-GirlsScholarshipAwards. ThescholarshipswillbeawardedMarch 5attheWhirly-GirlsAnnualAwards
BanquetduringHAIHELI-EXPOin
Atlanta,Georgia.Thankstothesupport ofaviationleaders,32scholarshipswere bestowedupondeservingfemaleaviators,thelargestscholarshipprogramin thehelicopterindustry.
Recipientsofthe2023WhirlyGirlsscholarshipsare:
AdvancedMountainFlightTraining
GraceWagner–GrandCanyon,Arizona
AirbusInadvertentIIMCTraining
MariaLoken-Kim–Kona,Hawaii
BristowGroupInitialHelicopter
FlightTraining
KatherineCowley–Squamish,BC,Canada
Erickson&VoloMissionVertical
Reference/ExternalLoadTraining
JessicaMeiris–ColoradoSprings, Colorado
FlightSafetyInternational
Bell206/Bell407FlightTraining
MunanieMbatha–OrmondBeach, Florida
GarminGTN&FlightDisplay
PilotTrainingCourse
AllisonAbellaneda-Lakeville,Minnesota
BridgetColby-Camden,NSW,Australia
AmoryHarris–Truckee,California
GarminAviationOnline
TrainingCourse
MichelleLambert–Bend,Oregon
ElizabethLeidenheimer–Jackson,New Jersey
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The“UltralightAircraftMarketBy Technology,ByPropulsion,ByTakeoff, ByEndUse:GlobalOpportunity AnalysisandIndustryForecast,20212031”reporthasbeenaddedto ResearchAndMarkets.com’soffering.
Accordingtothisreport,theultralightaircraftmarketwasvaluedat$5.6 billionin2021,andisestimatedtoreach $9.7billionby2031,growingataCAGR ofsixpercentfrom2022to2031.
Ultralightaircrafthavedeveloped intospeciallydesignedaircraftofvery lowweightandpowerbutwithflying characteristicssimilartoconventional lightaircraft.Originally,ultralightswere simplyhangglidersmodifiedforpower byinstallationofsmallenginessimilarto thoseusedinchainsaws.
Althoughupgradedvariantsarecurrentlyutilizedfortraining,policepatrol, andotheractivities,includingaplanned useinconflict,theyarestillprimarily designedforrecreationalflight. Ultralightscanbepoweredorunpowered.Theyshouldweighnomorethan 155poundswhenunpowered.Ifpowered,theyhaveanemptyweightofno morethan254pounds,afuelcapacityof nomorethanfiveU.S.gallons,atop speedinlevelflightofnomorethan55 knots,andapower-offstallspeedofno morethan24knots.
Growthoftheultralightaircraftmarketisdrivenbyfactorssuchaslowcostof acquisitionandmaintenance,andabsence ofregulatorynormslimitingciviliansto flyanultralightaircraftincertainregions.
Placementofultralightaircraftinrecreationalandsportsactivitiesarebackedby increasingexpendituretrendsbycivilians acrosstheglobetosupportbusiness opportunitieswithintheregion.
Riseindisposableincomeacrossthe globeandincreasingdelaysindeliveryof conventionalaircraftisexpectedto impactultralightaircraftinapositive mannertoacertainextent.Riseinsports, tourism,andrecreationalactivitiespost COVID-19issupportingbusinessopportunitieswithinthesegment.InQ12022, therewereanexpected117millionforeignvisitors,upfrom41millioninQ1 2021,anincreaseof182percentyear overyear.About47millionoftheadditional76millionoverseasarrivalswere countedinMarch2022.
Theultralightaircraftmarketissegmentedonthebasisoftechnology, propulsion,takeoff,enduse,andregion. Bytechnology,itiscategorizedinto mannedandunmanned.Thepropulsion segmentisfurthersubdividedintoconventionalpropulsionandelectricand hybridpropulsion.Dependingontakeoff, themarketisfragmentedintocommercialtakeoffandlanding(CTOL)andverticaltakeoffandlanding(VTOL).The endusesegmentisbifurcatedintocivil andcommercialandmilitary.Region wise,themarketisanalyzedacrossNorth America,Europe,Asia-Pacific,and LAMEA.
Companieshaveadoptedproduct developmentandproductlaunchastheir keydevelopmentstrategiesintheultra-
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LeadingEdgeFlightAcademy& CentralOregonCommunityCollege
HelicopterInstrumentRating
KellyeEvans–Phoenix,Arizona
LeonardoHelicoptersAW139Flight TrainingCourse
AdeleDobler–Edmonton,Alberta, Canada
ElizabethVavashe–Bulawayo,Zimbabwe
LeonardoHelicoptersAW139Flight TrainingCourse
JenettaRutherford–Calgary,Alberta, Canada
MDHelicoptersMD500FlightTraining
MichelleBenke–Maricopa,Arizona
OregonAeroCRM/AMRM
InstructorTraining
AllisonAbellaneda–Lakeville,Minnesota
AdeleDobler-AmoryHarris–Truckee,
California
HeidiMcBride–SiloamSprings,Arkansas
LeahMurphy–Salisbury,Maryland
PalmBeachHelicopters
CFI/CFIIRating
AmyEhn–Kona,Hawaii
PHIAviationBell407Scholarship
MichelleAstergard–Kungsbacka,Sweden
SageO’Loughlin–Yamhill,Oregon
RobinsonHelicoptersR22/R44
SafetyCourse
MariaRomeroAbella–Okotoks, Alberta,Canada
RobinsonHelicoptersR66
SafetyCourse
LeahMurphy-Salisbury,Maryland
SouthernUtahUniversity(SUU)
CareerFlightTraining
IsabellaBlair–Grenada,Mississippi
SurvivalSystemsUSA
lightaircraftindustry.Moreover,collaborationsandacquisitionsareexpectedto enableleadingplayerstoenhancetheir productportfoliosandexpandintodifferentregions.Thekeyplayersthatoperate intheUltralightaircraftmarket AutoGyro,PilatusAircraftLtd,Pipistrel, TextronInc,VOLOCOPTERGMBH, CirrusAircraft,Vulcanair,PiperAircraft, NevaAerospace,andBoeing.
Thisstudypresentstheanalytical depictionoftheglobalultralightaircraft marketanalysisalongwiththecurrent trendsandfutureestimationstodepict imminentinvestmentpockets.
Theoverallultralightaircraftmarket opportunityisdeterminedbyunderstandingprofitabletrendstogainastronger foothold.
Thereportpresentsinformationrelatedtothekeydrivers,restraints,andopportunitiesoftheglobalultralightaircraft marketwithadetailedimpactanalysis.
Thecurrentultralightaircraftmarketis quantitativelyanalyzedfrom2021to2031 tobenchmarkthefinancialcompetency.
Porter’sfiveforcesanalysisillustratesthepotencyofthebuyersandsuppliersintheindustry.
Formoreinformationaboutthis report,includingpurchasingofthefull report,visithttps://www.researchand markets.com/r/pkgnek
Frombasicopen-framedesignsatone endofthespectrumtofullyenclosed cockpitsandstreamlineddesignsatthe other,thisimageisapoweredfixed-wing ultralight. (CourtesyEAA)
ResearchAndMarkets.comisthe world’sleadingsourceforinternational marketresearchreportsandmarketdata. Theyprovidethelatestdataoninternationalandregionalmarkets,keyindustries,thetopcompanies,newproducts andthelatesttrends.Learnmoreat reasearchandmarkets.com.
AviationSurvival&EgressTraining
DianaArias–LeagueCity,Texas
SamanthaHansen–Hilo,Hawaii
EdwardMThurnMemorial FlightTraining
HaleyFollman–Creede,Colorado
LoraTroutMemorialFlightTraining
LeahSeitz–Larkspur,California
Whirly-GirlsJeanTinsley
MemorialHeli-Expo
VanessaMendoza–Boise,Idaho
Whirly-GirlsInitial/Add-on FlightTraining
GenieMulari–Corona,California
“The2023Scholarshipofferinghas beenrecord-breaking,andweare immenselygratefultoourSponsorsfor theirgenerosityandsupport.Thecostof flighttrainingcanbeprohibitiveforany
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Ithasbeensaidthattheonlyvoluntaryactinaviationisthedecisiontotake-off.Everyactionaftertake-offinvolvestheskillfulmanagementof risk,theenjoymentofflightandacontinuousstreamofdecisionsthatresultinasafelanding.
In1974,NASAcreatedtheAviationSafetyReportingSystem(ASRS)toallowaviationprofessionalstoshareexperiencesinafrank,non-punitivemanner.TheASRSstructureallowspilotsandotheraviationprofessionalstofileananonymousreportofanincident,errororoccurrencethatthecontributorfeelsmightbeofvaluetoothers.These reportsaregathered,analyzedanddatabasedbyNASAexpertsandmadeavailabletoallinterestedpartiesasatoolforcreatingproactiveaviationsafetyprograms.Additionally,NASAdistributes anelectronicpublication, CALLBACK,whichcontainsselected,de-identified,reportsonafreesubscriptionbasis. InFlightUSA isproudtoreprintselectedreports,exerptedfrom CALLBACK,for ourreaderstoread,study,occasionallylaughat,andalwayslearnfrom.Visithttp://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/tolearnhowyoucanparticipateintheASRSprogram.
Aircrafticingcanbeamajorthreat toallaircraftandaviatorsoperatinginicingconditions.Icingconditionsarelooselydescribedasoccurring onthegroundwhentheoutsideairtemperatureis10oC(50oF)orbelowwithvisiblemoisturepresent,andsimilarlyin flight,whentotalairtemperatureis10oC orbelowwithvisiblemoisturepresent.
Hazardscanbeofseveraltypes. Weight,aerodynamiclift,drag,andcontrollabilitycanbeadverselyaffected,as canenginesorcockpitvisibility.Systems issuescouldmultiplytheeffectsoficing andmayrenderasituationworse.
Thismonth,Callbackhaschosento lookatreportedincidentsfromcorporate, airtaxi,fractional,andFBOoperations thatarecausedorinfluencedbyaircraft icingoricingconditions.Weinviteyou todiscusstheissuesandconsiderappropriatelessonsforyourspecificoperation.
Thiscorporatemediumtransport crewdescribedanunwelcomeconsequenceoftheirdecisiontoland,which wasmade,inpart,witherroneousfield conditionstheyreceived.
FromtheFirstOfficer’sreport:
• ApproachingZZZontheNDB approach,wemadevisualcontactwith thefieldandthelandingrunway.Based offoftheconditions,weobservedthatthe runwayappearedtohaveabitofcompactedsnowtothesideedges,however, themiddlewasobservedtobeclear.We requestedthevisualapproachandflewit downtotouchdown.Upontouchdown, welandedperfectlycentered.Asthemain gearmadegroundcontact,thespeed brakeswereextended.Asthenosemade groundcontact,thethrustreverserswere deployedandverifiedtobeextended.At about60to70knots,thebrakeswere appliedatthesametimethattheright maingearappearedtorunovercompactedsnow.Atthatpoint,theaircraft begantoveertotheleft.…Corrective inputwasmade,andsimultaneously,the leftgearappearedtorunovercompacted snow.Atthatpoint,theaircraftveeredto
theleftandexitedtherunwayabout20 feetbeforecomingtoafullstop.Noone washurt,norwastheaircraftdamaged.
BasedoffoftheNOTAMsandcurrentMETAR,whichindicateddrysnow alongwithbrakingactiontobe3/3/3 (medium)andtheobservedvisualconditionsoftherunway,wehadconcluded thatwecouldperformasafelanding. However,afterweexitedtheaircraft,we personallyobservedtherunwayandtaxiwaystobenil.Hadweknownthesurface conditionsoftherunwayandtaxiways priortolanding,wewouldhaveflownto ourfiledalternateairport.
FromtheCaptain’sreport:
• [Fieldconditions(FICON)] showedbrakingactiontobemedium (3/3/3)withdrysnow.METARshowed VFRconditions,temperatureabove freezing,10statutemilesvisibility,light rain(norainobservedduringpattern andlanding),winds180at16gust21, withincrosswindcomponent.Astable descentandapproach[weremade].
AnFBOC172instructorandstudent alikereceivedapracticalreminderofthe possibleconsequencesofcarburetor icingduringthisshort,pre-solotraining flight.
• MystudentandIdecidedtogoout andpracticeVFRlandings…beforelow ceilingsarrivedlaterthatevening.The temperaturewasaround40degreesF andthedewpointspreadabout4degrees C[7.2degreesF].Wetaxiedoutto [Runway]XXLandflewtworightVFR patterns,eachlandingon[Runway] XXR.Iflewthefirstpatterntodemonstrate,andthestudentflewthesecond pattern.Aswecameinonfinalforthe secondpattern,theengineRPMdropped, andthepropellercametoastopatthe endofthegroundrollofthesecondlanding.Wequicklyusedthemomentumto exitXXRontoRunwayXYandholdshort ofXXL.IstatedtoTowerthatmyengine justquit,andtheTowerControllerconfirmedobservingthisovertheTowerfrequency.MystudentandIwereimmedi-
atelyabletogettheenginestartedon RunwayXYtotaxibacktotheramp.
Inhindsight,Irealizewhatlikely occurred,butitisspeculation.Asmystudentperformedtherun-upbeforeItook offofXXL,Irecallnoticinga200RPM dropwhenthestudenttestedthecarburetorheat.Havingflownafuelinjected C172acoupletimesbeforethisflight,I wasnotinthehabitofturningthecarb heaton.…Ididforgettoturnthecarb heatonduringmyfirstpatternandmentionedthisoutloudtothestudentwhile onfinalforXXRduringmydemonstration.Thestudenttookthecontrolsforthe secondpatternwhileonupwindforXXR. Duringthestudent’spattern,ourdownwindwasextendedforlandingtraffic, andhealsoforgottoturnthecarbheat onasheconfiguredforlanding.Inoticed this,butwiththisflightbeingapre-solo evaluation,Idecidedtomakeanoteof thisforlateranddidnotcorrectitimmediately.Whileonfinalforhislanding,he pulledthethrottletoidlefortheentirety offinalapproach.Aswecontinuedthe groundrollafterhislanding,theprop stoppedturningabouthalfwaydownthe runway.Idonotrecallhearingthe enginequit,justthattheRPMbeganto getprettylow.Withtheweatherconditions,Istronglysuspectcarbicing.The enginedidn’thavetimetowarmup, either,aftertwopatternsintheseconditions.Topreventfurtheroccurrence,I willbemorediligentwhenswitching betweenaircraftwithdifferentsystems andidentifydifferencesbeforebeginning aflight.Ialsoneedtoemphasizethe landingchecklistwhileondownwindfor myselfandmystudents.I…amfully awareoftheconsequencesofnotturning onthecarbheatinconditionswherecarb icingisprevalent.
Thisairtaxitransportpilotwassurprisedbyanunexpectedobstacleand forcedtochoosebetweentworeal threats.
• Iwasonaninstrument approach…talkingwith…Centerand
pickingupice.Centeraskedmetocancel IFRclearanceasearlyaspossible becausea(Company)planewaslanding behindme.IchangedtotheCTAFfrequencyandmadea10-mileout announcement.Ibrokeoutaround2,000 feetMSL(1,200feetAGL)andchanged backto…CenterandcanceledmyIFR clearancewithATC.Iswitchedthe[frequency]backtoCTAFandcontinuedthe approach.However,thebuttonpush failedtochange[thefrequency]toCTAF andtheradiostayedon…Center,andI missedthat.Duringtheapproach,Iwas stunnedtoseeavehiclepulloutontothe approachendoftherunwayandstopat theveryendjustbeyondtherunwayend lighting.Iwasstill…1to1½milesout.I hadtomakeadecisiontolandorgoback upintotheicing.Astherunwaywas 8,000feetlong,Ielectedtoextendand landinthesecondhalfoftherunwayas opposedtoriskpickingupexcessiveice andendangeringmyaircraft.
AnairtaxitwinCessnapilotexperiencedamechanicalswitchfailurethat occurredsimultaneouslywithicingconditionsandhadsignificantconsequences fortheflight.
• WetookofffromZZZintowhatI knewwouldbeconsistenticingtoour destination.Frommypre-flightweather brief,Iknewtheicingwasatallaltitudes. AfterdepartingZZZ,weactuallygotinto theclearatabout5,000feetwithverylittleice.About15minutesintotheflight, weagainenteredthecloudsandstarted pickinguplighttomoderateice.My windshieldbeganpickingitup,soIwent toturnontheelectricwindshield[heat]. WhenIdid,theswitchbrokeoffinmy handandtheelectricwindshield[heat switch]wasstuckintheoffposition.I decidedtoturnaroundimmediately becauseIknewthatitwasclearbehind meat8,000feet.Ikneweverywhere aroundmewasovercastwithanicing layerbelowme,soIdecidedtoreturnto ZZZ.InotifiedATCbecauseIknewIwas
NewrecordsweresetinNovemberas askingvaluesreachednewall-timehighs acrosstheusedpistonsingle,turboprop, andjetaircraftcategoriesinSandhills Globalmarketplaces.Sandhills’newest aviationindustrymarketreportsindicate askingvaluesforusedturbopropaircraft wereup36.65percentfromNovember 2021,whileusedjetaskingvalues increased24.71percentyearoveryearand usedpistonsingleaircraftwereup14.85 percentYOY.Theaskingvalueincreases occurredevenaspre-ownedaircraftinventorylevelsexhibitedanongoingrecovery.
Sandhills’aviationproductsinclude Controller,ControllerEMEA,Executive Controller,CharterHub,AviationTrader, AircraftCostCalculator,and AircraftEvaluator. AircraftEvaluator is Sandhills’proprietaryassetvaluationtool foralltypesofaircraft,builtusingthesame technologybehind FleetEvaluator.Widely usedandtrustedacrossequipment,truck, andtrailerindustries, FleetEvaluator identifiesassetvalueswithunparalleledaccuracy.
Thekeymetricusedinallof Sandhills’marketreportsistheSandhills EquipmentValueIndex(EVI).Buyersand sellerscanusetheinformationinSandhills EVItomonitorequipmentmarketsand maximizereturnsonacquisition,liquidation,andrelatedbusinessdecisions.
Thisreportincludesdetailedanalysisofaskingvaluesandinventorytrends inusedaircraftmarketsalongwithcharts thathelpreadersvisualizethedata.It describesandquantifiesimportanttrends inthebuyingandsellingofusedpiston single,turboprop,jet,andRobinsonpistonhelicopteraircraft.
U.S.andCanadaUsedPiston
•Inventorylevelsamongusedpiston singleaircrafthavereboundedsincethe beginningof2022,gaining6.5percent fromOctobertoNovemberfollowing monthsofconsecutiveincreases. Inventorylevelsinthiscategorywereup 64.66percentYOY.
•Usedpistonsingleaircraftasking valuescontinuedtotrendupin November,althoughtherateofincrease hasslowedinrecentmonths.
•Askingvalueswereup0.8percent
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pilot,andwiththecontinuedhelpand involvementofoursponsors,weareable toprovidecrucialtrainingopportunities andmentorshiptoanewgenerationof femalehelicopterpilots”saidJoanna Forrester,Whirly-GirlsInternational
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goingtohavetodescendthroughiceand maygetsomeonthewindshield.Iwantedtospendaslittletimeinitaspossible. WelandedatZZZwithnofurtherincident.Weonlypickedupasmallamount ofice,butIwasabletoseejustfineto land.Theplasticswitchbroke,andI couldnotgetthewindshieldheaton.
AfractionalCitation750First Officerexperienceddualerroneousairspeedreadoutsandhintedatanicing cause.Relatedwerethedeiceandanti-
ScholarshipDirector.
“Onlysixpercentofhelicopterpilots arewomen,andbyraisingawarenessin thecommunityandprovidingastrong scholarshipprogram,oneofourgoalsis tohelpwidenthetalentpoolandbringa broaderrangeofexperience,skillsand
monthtomonthinNovemberand14.85 percentYOY.
•AlthoughNovember’susedinventorylevelswere12.35percentlowerthanin November2021,recenttrendsshowthat usedturbopropaircraftcontinuetorecoverfromthehistoriclowsseeninearly 2022.Inventorylevelsincreased14.6 percentfromOctobertoNovember.
•Askingvaluesforusedturboprop reachedall-timehighsinNovember, gaining5.9percentM/M.Usedturbopropaircraftalsodisplayedthelargest YOYaskingvalueincrease,up36.65 percent,amongallaviationcategories.
•Novembermarkedthe10thconsecutivemonthofusedjetinventoryincreases.Inventorylevelswereup8.19percent M/Mand86.89percentYOY.
backgroundtotheaviationindustry.”
TheWhirly-GirlsScholarshipFund, Inc.(“WGSF”)wasincorporatedtooverseeandadministerthescholarshipfunds raisedbytheWhirly-Girlsandtheir Associates.Initiatedin1968,thescholarshipprogramhasgrownfromasingle
•Totalinventoryforthiscategoryis nearlydoublethatofNovember2021.
• Askingvaluesforusedjetaircraft reachedanall-timehighinNovemberwhen askingvaluesgained4.09percentM/M. Askingvalueswereup24.71percentYOY.
• TrendsinusedRobinsonpistonhelicopterdeviatedfromotheraircraftinSandhills marketplaces.Forexample,inventorylevels remainedsteadyinNovember,decreasing1.3 percentonbothaM/MandYOYbasis.
•Askingvaluesforthiscategory decreased7.5percentM/Mandwereup 1.9percentYOY.
Formoreinformation,ortoreceive detailedanalysisfromSandhillsGlobal,contactthematmarketreports@sandhills.com. Visittheirwebsiteatwww.sandhills.com.
$500scholarshiptoawiderangeoftraininganddevelopmentscholarshipsvalued todaymorethan$500,000.Formore informationonWhirly-GirlsScholarship Fund,Inc.,visitwww.whirlygirls.org.
icingprocedures,andadiscussiononthe meritsofthoseprocedureswasprovided.
• Thiseventhadtodowithbothprimaryflightdisplayairspeedindications givingcrewerrorreadouts.Theaircraft hadbeensittingoutsideduringthesnowstormwehadintheNortheast.Wefolloweddeiceandanti-iceproceduresper theColdWeatherOperationsChecklist. Passingthrough210knots,bothIASindicationsturnedred,indicatingwewerein anoverspeedindication.Bothlanding gearandflaps/slatswereverifiedupby checklistusageandvisuallyfromthe cabin.Withourresources,weverified IASswerecorrecteventhoughtheywere
indicatinginthered.Weranappropriate checklistsandverifiedaircraftperformancecharacteristicsutilizingallaircraft instrumentation.WeadvisedMaintenance(coordinatingwithCessna)and agreedthatcontinuingontodestination wouldbetherightdecisionwithoursituation.Bothofusagreedwiththesolution andagreedweweresafetocontinue.… SlowingintoZZZat210knots,bothprimaryflightdisplayIASindications returnedtogreennormalcolor.Welandedwithallnormalindications.
WithmyXXyearsofcommercial aviationexperience,Idon’tagreewith theColdWeatherChecklist.Ittellsusto
extendflapsto35forde-iceand0 degreesforanti-ice.Myexperiencehas alwayskeptflapsupduringbothofthese procedurestopreventfluidgettingonfull flapareathatsitsunderthewingwhen retracted.Selectingflapsoncenearing therunwaytopreventsnowandslush fromgettingonfullflapareawouldbea betterpractice,whileprotectingamajor portionofflapareafromicingconditions waitingtotakeoff.Suggestlookingat howweperformde/anti-icingprocedures.
Thereusedtobefourmethodsof supportingaclaimforanexemption.The firsttwowereunderaclassification knownasthe“principalusetest.”They werea90-daytestandaone-halfofthe firstsix-monthtest.Thesetwoformsof testperiodshavebeensuspended.There isnowonlyonetestperiodfortheprincipalusetest.Itisfor12monthsimmediatelyfollowingthepossessiondate.
Ifyouareusingtheprincipaluse test,thenyoumustdothefollowing:
1.Takepossessionofanaircraft, vessel,orvehicleoutsideoftheStateof California
2.Makefirstfunctionaluseofthat aircraft,vessel,orvehicleoutsidethe StateofCaliforniabeforeitentersour stateforthefirsttime
3.ItmustremainoutsidetheStateof Californiaforatleast12monthsbeforeit entersthestateforthefirsttime,itwould beexemptfromtax.
Althoughthatmayseemonerous enough,thereisactuallymoretoit.
1.Youmustbeabletoprovewithout ashadowofadoubtwheretheaircraft waslocatedwhenthetitlewastransferred.
2.Thedefinitionoffirstfunctional usedependsonwhattypeofaircraftyou purchase.
3.Theburdenofproofofproviding documentationthatsupportstheaircraft “never”landedinsideCaliforniaeven onceduringthe12monthsrestsentirely onthetaxpayer.Forexample,providing hangarreceiptsthattheaircraftowner paidforahangarinMedford,Oregon doesnotprovetheaircraftwasinthe hangar.
4.Thedocumentationwillhaveto supportthattheaircraftwasusedandnot juststoredduringtheentireyear.Ifthere isalongperiodinthelastpartofthetest periodwherethepropertyismerely storedandnotflown,theauditorcan attempttothrowoutthestoragetimeas “storageforshipmenttoCalifornia.”If theauditorisabletothrowoutthelastsix weeksofyourtestperiodandtheaircraft entersCaliforniainthe13thmonth,it willbeassessedtax.
Additionally,therearetwoseparate waysthenewregulationwillbeenforced. Thetypeofenforcementdependson whetherornotthetaxpayerisaresidentof California.Thetestperioddescribedabove isforCaliforniaresidents.Iftheownerof
theaircraftisanon-Californiaresident,the testperiodisbasedontheaircraftbeing storedandusedoutsideCaliforniaformore thanhalfofthefirstyear.
Beforeanewaircraftbuyerrunsout tocreateanout-of-stateLLCorcorporationtobeabletocuttherequirementto sixmonths,hereissomeadditionaldata. IftheCaliforniaDepartmentofTaxand FeeAdministration(CDTFA)discovers theownersorshareholdersofanout-ofstatecompanyareCaliforniaresidents, theycandecidetoapplythe12-month requirement.Thetaxpayerisnottheone whogetstodecidewhetherheorsheis anout-of-stateresident.
Thefollowingisintendedtogive youanideaofhowthestatedetermines thatacompanyorpersonwasa Californiaresident.Itallstartswith wordingfromtheregulation.
Resident
“Resident”meansanypersonwho manifestsintenttoliveorbelocatedin thisstateonmorethanatemporaryor transientbasis.
Thefollowingisevidenceofresidencyforpurposesofvehicleregistration:
–(a)Addresswhereregisteredtovote;
–(b)Locationofemploymentorplace ofbusiness;
–(c)Paymentofresidenttuitionata publicinstitutionofhigher education;
–(d)Attendanceofdependentsataprimaryorsecondaryschool;
–(e)Filingahomeowner’sproperty taxexemption;
–(f)Rentingorleasingahomeforuse asaresidence;
–(g)Declarationofresidencytoobtain alicenseoranyotherprivilegeorbenefit notordinarilyextendedtoanonresident;
–(h)PossessionofaCaliforniadriver’s license;
–(i)Otheracts,occurrences,orevents thatindicatepresenceinthestateismore thantemporaryortransient.
Itellallmyprospectiveclients,“It doesnotmatterthatyouarearesidentof Ohio,takepossessionofyouraircraftin FloridaandregisteritinaDelaware Corporation.Iftheaircraftentersthe StateofCaliforniaanytimewithinthe first90days,thestatehastherightto assessthetaxonyourpurchaseandyou havetheburdenofprooftosupporta claimforanexemption.IftheCDTFA
contactsyouandyouignorethem becauseyouthinkyouareanout-of-state resident,theCDTFAwillultimatelylien youraircraftorworse-raidyourbank account.
Thegoodnewsisthatthereisan exemptionthatallowsyoutobringyour aircraftintotheStateofCaliforniaandit canbestoredinsideCaliforniaandstill supportaclaimforanexemption.Itis knownasthe“commercialinterstate flighthourstest.”
Therestrictionsthatapplytothe principalusetestdonotapplytothecommercialinterstateflighthourstest(such asCaliforniaownership,propertytaxes, etc.).Therearethreethingsyoumustdo andtheymustbedoneinthefollowing order:
1.Thepurchasermustbeableto documentthathetooktitletotheaircraft outsidetheStateofCalifornia.
2.ThepropertymustfirstbefunctionallyusedoutsidetheStateof CaliforniabeforeitentersCaliforniafor thefirsttimeaftertheout-of-statepossessionoccurs.(Aswasexplainedabove, thisdependsonthetypeofaircraft.) Typicallyforthisformofexemptionan interstateflightforabusinesspurpose withpassengeronboardwhoisnotpart oftheflightcrewisrequired.
3.Itmustbeflownininterstatecommerceformorethanhalfoftheflight hoursaccumulatedafterthedateoffirst entryintoCalifornia.Ourfirmraisesthe standardto60percent.
Thismeansthatifthepurchaserhas anybusinessthatrequireshimtoflyoutsidetheStateofCalifornia,heiseligible toconsiderthisformofexemption.
Thetestperiodisbasedonflight hoursonlyanddoesnotincludetheflight hourspriortoenteringCaliforniathefirst time.Theflighthourscommencingfrom theout-of-statepossessionpointtothe newdestinationforabusinesspurpose, thenonintoCalifornia,arenotpartofthe testperiodbutarerequiredinordertoget intothetestperiod.
Forexample,wewillcreateascenariotoexplainhowitworks:DanJones isinthemanufacturingbusiness,anditis locatedinCalifornia.Hepurchasesanew Citationaircraftandtakespossessionofit inKansas.Mr.Jonesisapassengeronthe jetandhistwopilotsflyhimfrom WichitatoDenver,Coloradotomeet withaclientwhobuysboltsfromMr.
Jones’manufacturingcompany.Afterthe meetinginDenver,Mr.Jonesisflownto VanNuys,Californiaaboardhisnew Citation.
Theabovestepsareexamplesof out-of-statepossession,firstfunctional use,anddateoffirstentryintoCalifornia. Thetestperiodhasbeenproperlystarted, butnohourshavebeencalculatedyet. Thosehoursstartwiththefirstflightafter thedateoffirstentry.
Iftheaircraftentersthestateon March15,2005,thetestperiodwillend sixmonthslateronSeptember14,2005. Iftheaircraftisflown100hoursduring thesixmonths,theregulationrequiresat leasthalfofthetotalhoursareflownin interstatecommerce.Ourfirmalways insistsonatleast60percenttocreatea marginoferror.
Obviously,thismeansthat40percentofthehourscanbeacombinationof personalorintrastateuse.Whatmaybe lessobviousisexactlyhowtofigureout whichhoursareonthe“goodside”ofthe testandwhichareonthe“badside.”
DefinitionofCommercial
Theflighthoursmustbeforbusinesspurposes.Theycanbe100percent Part91hoursoracombinationofPart91 andPart135.
Definitionofintrastatevs.interstate Oneneedsabasicunderstandingof thedefinitionofinterstateandintrastate tostartwith.Aninterstateflightisone whichcommencesinonestate(orcountry)andendsinanother.Forexample, flyingfromVanNuys,CaliforniatoLas Vegas,Nevadaisaninterstateflight.A flightfromVanNuystoCaboSanLucas, Baja,Mexicoalsoqualifiesasaninterstateflight.
Anintrastateflightisonewhich commencesandterminatesinthesame state.Anexampleofanintrastateflight wouldbeaflightfromVanNuystoSan Francisco.Similarly,aflightfromReno, NevadatoLasVegas,Nevadaisan intrastateflight.Forthepurposeofthis testperiod,allintrastateflightscounton the“badside”ofthetest.
Whatmaynotbesoobviousisthat therearethreetypesofflights-notjust two.Allintrastateflightscountonthebad side.Allinterstateflightsforbusiness purposescountonthe“goodside.”Those aretheeasyonestounderstand. However,thereexistsathirdtypeand theyallfallonthebadsideofthetest.
AuburnisasmalltownintheSierra FoothillsoffofHighway80thatmany passthroughontheirwaytoRenoor Tahoe.It’sjustnorthoftheSacramento MetropolitanArea,andmanyknowitfor itsfamousIkeda’sPieShop,butdidyou knowthatAuburnishometoarather largegeneralaviationairport?Itturnsout it’sagreatplacetofly!
Likeothergeneralaviationairports, ithasacomfypilot’slounge,hangarsand availabletie-downspace,avgas,and,of course,flightschools.ThresholdAviation ofChinoalsohasapresencethere.Ofthe manygreatbusinessesatAuburn,this month,wewouldliketofocusonMach5 Aviation.Mach5hasbeenaninstitution
atAuburnformanyyears.Theyoffer first-classflighttrainingwithexperiencedinstructors,butsomethingvery specialishappeningatMach5goinginto 2023.
Rentersandstudentscannowrent andflytheDiamondStarDA40G1000. SeeimageonPage43of InFlightUSA Dec.2022andPage2 InFlightUSA Jan. 2023.Thisaircraftoffers21stcentury technologyintrainingandcross-country aircraftandoffersanexperiencelikeno other.Thisisawonderfulopportunityfor anyflightstudentlookingtotaketheir trainingtothenextlevel.Justimagine rentingyourownplaneonyourown time.
Mach5alsohasaCessna182Turbo availablethatyoucanusetoflyyourself forvacationorbusiness!IthasG1000, autopilot,airconditioning,oxygen,and lotsofpayload.YoucangettoLos Angelesinundertwohours.Overnight tripsarealsowelcome.Thepriceis $275/hour.
Inthead,youcanseethesleekaircraftflyingovertheSierraMountain range.Whatareyouwaitingfor?Geta smoother,faster,andhighertechexperiencewhenyoucallMach5Aviationin Auburn.Theycanbereachedat530-8892000andcanbeemailedat info@mach5aviation.com.Mentionthat yousawitin InFlightUSA withcode
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Anyinterstateflightthatisnotsupported withdocumentsthatestablishabusiness purposefortheflightcountsonthe“bad side.”Anexamplewouldbeaflightfrom VanNuys,CaliforniatoAspen,Colorado forskiing.Additionally,aninterstate flightwherethetaxpayerfailstoprovide documentationtosupportthebusiness purposealsomovesthoseflighthoursto the“badside.”
Flighthoursarenotcalculatedby airspace.Forexample,duringtheprincipalusetestifanaircraftflewfromSan DiegotoMedford,Oregonandtheflight tookthreehours,twohoursandforty-five minuteswerecalculatedasbeinginthe airspaceofCaliforniaandfifteenminuteswasconsideredtobeout-of-state.
Whentheaircraftissupportingaclaim foranexemptionusingthecommercial interstateflighthourstest,thesamethreehourflightfromSanDiegotoMedford
countsonthe“goodside”ofthetest.This wouldalsoincludethethree-hourreturn partoftheroundtrip.Aslongastheaircraftownercanprovidedocumentation fromathirdpartythataffirmstherewasa businessreasonforhisflighttoMedford, alltheflighttimecountsasaninterstate flightforabusinesspurpose.
Theprincipalusetestisbasedprimarilyonlocationandstorage.Itmatters little“where”anaircraftisflownduring theprincipalusetestaslongastheflights occuroutsideofCalifornia.Obviously, inordertocompletethe90-dayormore thanone-halfof6monthstest,itisbased ontime.Duringthattimethetaxpayer mustprimarilyprovewheretheaircraft waslocatedeveryoneofthe90days. Aircraftspendmostoftheirlives“onthe ground.”Therefore,storagedocumenta-
tionbecomesveryimportant.Thetaxpayermustprovewheretheaircraftis locatedeveryminuteitisontheground aswellasintheair.
Thecommercialinterstateflight hourstestisbasedsolelyonthetotal flighthoursduringthesix-monthtest period.Therefore,thistestisbasedprimarilyonflighthourswhereastheprincipalusetestisbasedprimarilyonstorage.
Oneoftheperksofthecommercial interstateflighthourstestisthattheaircraftcouldbehangaredinsideCalifornia everynightofthetestperiodattheairport closesttotheowner’shomeandstillbe exemptfromtax.Forexample:Returning toDanJonesandhisnewCitationpurchase.PresumingthatMr.Jonesarrived atVanNuysonMarch15,2005(the beginningofthesix-monthtestperiod) thetestperiodwillendonSeptember14, 2005.Duringthattime,Mr.Jonestraveledexclusivelybetweenthehomeoffice ofhiscompanyandtheregionalofficein Seattle,Washington.HeleavesVanNuys everyMondaymorningandreturnson
DiamondStarDA40G1000isnowavail-
5inAuburn,Calif.Thisaircraftoffersan experiencelikenoother.
(CourtesyMach5)
M5DA40foraspecialdiscountonthis once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity.
MondayeveningtoVanNuys.Forthe purposeofthisexample,nootherflights aremade,otherthantheweeklyflightsto Seattle.Thiswouldmean100percentof theflighthourswereforbusinesspurposes.(Thisexceedsour60percentrequirement.)Italsomeanstheaircraftwason thegroundatVanNuyseverynightofthe testperiodfortheentiresixmonths.With properdocumentation,thisaircraftwill supportaclaimforanexemption.
Ifoneweretolookatthesameuseof thisaircraftfromthepointofviewofthe principalusetest,whichisbasedprimarily onstorage,itwouldbetaxable.Therefore, ifyoucansupportthebusinessuseofan aircraft,thistestisperfectforyou.
Ifyouwouldliketolearnmoreon thistopic,pleasejoinusforourcomplimentarywebinaronhowtoeliminatethe salestaxonyouraircraftpurchase.This willbeheldonFeb.21,2023at10a.m. Calif.time.Ifyouwouldliketoregister, pleasevisithttps://events.aeromarinetax pros.com/eliminate-sales-tax-b5orcall usat916-691-9192.
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Somepeoplegolf,somepeoplefish orfindotherwaystospendtheirleisure time.Alotofpilotslookforwardtogettingtotheirhangarandtakingtothesky intheirownpersonalplanes.Suchisthe casewithNickCwian,apilotwith AmericanAirlines.
Cwianhasbeenflyingprofessionallyfor34yearsand40yearsoverall.He managedaglideroperationforasummer priortoairlineflyingin1987andisnow captainona737basedoutofMiamithat takeshimoninternationalroutestothe CaribbeanIslandsandLatinAmerica.
Flyingisafamilyaffair.Nick’swife, Michelle,isworkingonherlicense;one oftheirfivechildrenisfullylicensed;and twoothersarelininguptodoitnow.
“Oneoftheinterestingthingsabout thishangar,isMichellehasbeenvery instrumentalinthewholeproject,”Nick Cwiansays.“She’sjustaboutplayedthe roleofgeneralcontractor.Itwasherwho helpedmedesignitandshecameupwith Schweiss(Doors)asaresource,working withMikeSchweissthewholetime,gettingthemeasurements.She’soneofthe best.Strongwomenareentertaining.”
TheCwiansliveattheWilliamsport AirparknearEasley,S.C.,12mileswest ofGreenville,whiciisknownforhosting theannualBigLeagueWorldSeries since2001.
Theyrecentlycompletedanew60footby70-footconcretehangarwitha50footby16-footSchweissbifolddoor.The liftstrapdoor,locatedona20-foot-tall hangarsidewall,isequippedwithautomaticlatches.Storedinsidethehangarare twooftheiraircraft,anAeroncaChamp andanAeroncaChief.Thebacksideofthe hangarishalfinground,showingonlynine feetofthewall.
“I’mgoingtobuildaloftinitsowe candriveourutilityvehiclesinonthetop andhavestorageandanoutdoorgroup kitchen,”NickCwiansays.“Underneath willbeafullshop,about60feetby18 feet,bythetimeI’mdonewithit.It’sa deluxemancavemadeforsocializing, chilicook-offsandwhateverelsewe wanttodo.”
MichelleCwianadds,“Weseekout Schweissdoorsacrossthenationandin ourinternationaltravels.Sofar,thesentimentsareunanimous:‘It’sthebestinthe industry.’Weagree.Iwillsaythe Schweissdooristheproductwelovethe most,otherthanthebuildingitself.Itisa greatpieceofessentialhardware.We
TheCwiansusedalullforklifttoraisethe 6-by-6/4-by-4freestandingheader wherethedoorwillbeattached.
(CourtesySchweissDoors)
Whenthelightweightclearpolycarbonateskinisattachedtotheoutsideofthe bifolddoor,itwillgivethemaniceview ofthelandingstripandallowsthemaximumamountofdaylightintothehangar.
(CourtesySchweissDoors)
won’teverchooseanythingbutSchweiss fortheseprojectdesigns.”
Nicksaystheychoseabifolddoor overahydraulicdoormainlybecauseof theirproximitytotherunway.
“I’vealwaysenjoyedthebifold,a hydraulicdoorwouldbesweet,nodoubt aboutit,”hesays.“Ilikethebifold becauseIcanjustpartiallyopenit.Wego toOshkoshregularlyandsawMikethere andsawtheautomaticlatchsystem.Iprettymuchinstalledthedoormyself.Itwent
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FurtheringAOPAinitiativesthat promoteandprotectgeneralaviation, AOPAmembersandtheGAcommunity rosetothechallengein2022,raising morethan$3.1millionandunlockingan additionalmatchof$2.5millionfromthe RayFoundation.
BetweentheYouCanFlyChallenge windowofJune1andDec.31,morethan 3,200uniquedonorsgavegenerouslyto theAOPAFoundationinsupportofthe AOPAYouCanFlyprogram.Alldonationswerematched,dollarfordollarup
to$2.5million,bytheRayFoundation.
Whendonationsandthematchare combined,morethan$5.6millionwas raisedtoget–andkeep–morepilotsflying.
“Iamneversurprised,butnevertake forgranted,theappreciationandsupport thatourmembersprovide,”said ElizabethTennyson,seniorvicepresident oftheAOPAFoundationandYouCan Fly.“Theyrecognizetheimportanceof ourYouCanFlyprogramingrowingthe pilotpopulationandkeepingpilotssafely intheskies.Abigthankyoutoeveryone whosteppeduptokeepourGAcommunityvibrantandgrowing.”
ThelateJamesC.RaywasaWorld
WarIIveteranandamemberofthe AOPAPresident’sCouncilwho “believedthatlifeskillsarelearned throughaviation.”
TheAOPAFoundation’sYouCan Flyprogramcomprisesfourimportant initiatives:HighSchoolAviationSTEM Curriculum,FlightTraining,Flying Clubs,andRustyPilots.
Whilethe2022YouCanFly Challengeisbehindus,theneedtosupportimportantAOPAprogramsthat memberduesdonotcovergoeson. Learnaboutmorewaysyoucandonateto theAOPAFoundation,foundation.aopa.org.
DonorsupportenablestheAOPAYou CanFlyprogramtomaintainfourkey initiatives:HighSchoolAviationSTEM Curriculum,FlightTraining,Flying Clubs,andRustyPilots.
(ChrisRose,courtesyAOPA)PartsBaseannouncesPBEXPO2023 –InnovatingAviationwillbeThursday, March9andFriday,March10,2023,in Miami,Florida.PBEXPOistheworld’s largesttechnologytradeshowfortheaviationandaerospaceindustriesandconnects keydecisionmakersfromsomeofthe biggestnames–allunderoneroof.
ThemissionofPBEXPO2023–InnovatingAviationistodrivechange andpromoteprogresswithinbusinesses andcommunities,unitetheforwardthinkers,doers,anddreamers–toinspire, toconnect,andtoinnovate.
PBEXPOincludes:
•75-plusspeakers–withtopicssuch asdigitalinnovationsintheglobalsupply chain,urbanairmobilitygrowth,resilient logisticsinaviation,andmore.
•5,225attendees–airlines,suppliers/partsdistributors,MaintenanceRepairandOverhaul(MRO),FixedBase Operator(FBO),businesssolutions,militaryandgovernment,airtransport,and somuchmore.
•1,925companies
•72percentC-levelattendees
Pastparticipantsinclude:
•Delta
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•AmericanAirlines
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PBEXPO2023includesanall-new AirlinePavilion,anexclusiveopportuni-
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verywell,therewasnothingIhadtodo over.Wehadalull(forklift)heretoputthe 6-by-6/4-by-4headeracrossthetop.”
Nicksayshegrewupwitha Schweissmanuallatchcablebifolddoor thatwasonaMortonBuildinghangar.
Schweissisoneofthebignamesin doors,”hesays.“It’sanicelyengineered
doorandsynonymouswithquality.We walkedaroundandlookedatotherdoor manufacturersatOshkosh,butwewere convincedweweregoingtogowitha bifoldandwelikedthestrapsystemand newautomaticlock.It’sasolid,wellbuiltdoor.Idon’thavetoworryabout wind.Ilikethetracksthatholdthe wheelsinandthetracksthatholdthe
tyconnectingsupplierswithpurchasers fromsomeoftheworld’smostrecognizableairlines,includingDelta,Air Canada,Jazz,MESAAirlines,andmore!
ThePBEXPO2023aviationtrade showisfreetoattend,andonlineregistrationisopennow.Sponsorandexhibit opportunitiesarestillavailable.
TofindoutmoreaboutPBEXPO visithttps://www.pbexpo.org.
AboutPartsBase:
PartsBaseistheworld’smostcomprehensivenetworkofaviationpartsand services.Featuringcutting-edgetechnologiesforstreamlinedworkflows,the PartsBasedatabasehostsover15B+aviationpartswitha99percentsearchsuc-
doorupagainstthestructuralsupportand allphasesofthedoor–fullopen,midwayorfullclosed.Ourtrussesareactuallyrestingontheheaderofthedoor,so thatneededtobestrong.That’swhywe wentwithSchweiss.”
“It’saveryattractivedooranditperfectlyfitsoutneeds.Springiscoming andit’stimetofly.”
cessrate.Today,PartsBaseisthelargest onlinecommunityofaviationandaerospacebusinessesandprofessionalsacross 200-pluscountriesandterritories. Trustedbycompaniesincluding Gulfstream,Lufthansa,Lockheed Martin,CollinsAerospace,andDelta, you’reingoodcompany.Learnmoreat partsbase.com.
SchweissDoorsisthepremiermanufacturerofhydraulicandbifoldliftstrap doors.Doorsarecustommadetoanysize foranytypeofneworexistingbuildingfor architectsandbuildersdeterminedtodo amazingthingswiththeirbuildings, includingthedoors.Schweissalsooffersa cabletoliftstrapconversionpackage.For moreinformation,visitwww.bifold.com.
Oneofthetrulygreatthingsaboutbeinganaviationbuffisthenumberof“GoodiesandGadgets”availabletoplay with.Here InFlightUSA hascollectedafewnewonesworthyofyourconsideration.
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AircraftSpruce,withtheirextensive pilot-supplyinventory,hassomethingfor everypilotorfansofaviation.Theteam hasanswersforeveryaviationneedand want,withmanyitemsonsalethroughoutthemonth.Visittheirwebsite, stockedfullofmorethan100,000items atwww.aircraftspruce.com.Also,check outtheironlineuser-friendlycatalogor askforaprintversion.Withanodtothe headlineabove,checkouttheMilwaukee M12RivetGunKitfeaturedthismonth!
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TheAeroxBoomulaisanintegrated conserving-cannula,replacingtheubiquitous“mustache”cannulawithaheadsetmountedcannula.Theconservingpendant featureisattachedtotheAeroxBoomula,
movingitoutof thewayofthe user’sface.
TheAerox Boomulahasa uniquehardmountingfeatureforthe Bose®A20 headset–withanincludedmountthat screwsintotheheadset,replacingthe coveroppositethemicrophonemount, foreasyaccessandremoval.Auniversal, stick-onmountisincludedalso.
InlinewiththeirreputationofprovidingtheEasiesttoUseOxygenSystemsfor Pilots,theAeroxBoomulasimplyconnectstoanyexistingflowmeter/needle valveforuniversaluseonnearlyallaircraft.Noproprietaryconserverisrequired. TheAeroxBoomulasimplyflipsupwhen notinuseandwon’tinterferewiththeearto-cupsealonANRheadsets.
Aeroxhasbeenpromotingtheuseof supplementaloxygenataltitudesaslow as8,000-feetsinceblood-oxygenratios canreachimpairment-inducinglevelsat thataltitude.TheAeroxBoomula encouragesoxygenusebybeingconvenient,good-looking,andeasytouse.
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Designedby pilotsforpilots, theASAFlight Timerisaoneofa kindchronometer thatfillsagapin theinstructionand pilotaidcategory. Includes2AAAalkalinebatteries.
Ergonomicallydesignedandengineeredforreliability,easeandconvenience,theASAFlightTimershouldbeconsideredessentialequipmentforallaviators.
TheASAFlightTimerhasbeencreatedwithpilotfunctionalityinmind,featuring:
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IntegratedUserInterface:SkyView HDXexpandstheSkyViewphilosophy ofcombiningfullphysicalcontrolswith atouchscreen.SkyViewHDX’sangled controlpanelallowsfornaturalhand positioning,reducingfatigue.Thewide, sculptedledgeallowsyoutoanchoryour handforprecisecontrolinturbulence. Newknobshavepositiveandcrisp movement,andallcontrolsarenow fully-backlitfornightflight.
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ImprovedTouchInterface:SkyView HDXfeaturesicon-driventouchcontrols andsimplifiedscreennavigationfor reducedworkload.Thenewenginemonitorinstrumentbandalongthebottomof thescreenaffordsanidealinstrument scan.Theexpansiveglassdisplayfeaturesedge-to-edgetouchabilitywithno bezelintheway.
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TALK ABOUT RIVETING,AIRCRAFT SPRUCEHAS EVERYTHING ANY PILOT NEEDSTO S TAY “ENGROSSEDAND FASCINATED”
Takingyourfirstflightisalmost alwaysanexhilaratingexperience,and withtoday’spilotshortage,firstflights makeforverygoodnews.Justrecently, InFlightUSA hadthepleasureofwatchingayoungsingerandayoungactress, KyraPesebreofOahu,Hawaiitakeher firstflightatMagniGyroatthe CamarilloAirportinSouthernCalifornia.
Mostkidstaketheirfirstflightina CessnaorPiper,butthiswasnoordinary firstflight.Pesebre,aneight-year-old childprodigy,wasintowntovisit Disneylandanddosometelevisioninterviewswhenafriendofthefamily involvedinaviationpointedthemto MagniGyros.Therethefamilymet ownerandU.S.dealer,MikeTrudell. AftershowingKyrathebrightyellowaircraft,hetookherforashortflightover thehillsofSouthernCaliforniaandSanta Barbara.Ahistorythatwilltrulybean inspirationtomany.
MagniGyroisanItaliangyrocopter manufacturer.Agyrocopterisahybrid betweenahelicopterandagyroplane. Magniproducesasleekaircraftthatcomes inbrightyellow,orange,orred.Itcomesin acoveredoruncoveredversionandisa two-seataircraft. InFlightUSA initially metTrudellatEAAOshkoshin2019.Prior togivingPesebreherfirstflight,Trudell appearedonthenetworktelevisionshow, “LivingYourBestLifewithRosalyn Kahn”afterhostRosalynKahntooka flightintheaircraft.“It’sanamazingflight experience.Thevisibilityisamazing,andit ridesassmoothasajet,”saidKahn.
Kyrawassoexcitedandonceshegot inthesky,everyonewasamazedasshe wasanaturalpilot.“Shehadagentleway withthethrottlethatwouldmakeforvery goodpilotinginthefuture,”saidTrudell.
KyraPesebreisayounggirlwith multitudeoftalents.Shehaswonpageants andholdsmanytitles.Sheplayspiano,
drums,violinandguitar.She’salsoa sopranosinger,asong-writerattheageof six,aTahitiandancer,anactressandwas awardedasthenation’sOverallTopChild Model.ShewasalsotheveryfirstChild Awardeeforthe“20thAnnualGawad AmerikaAwards”heldattheCelebrity Centre,InternationalHollywoodonNov. 20,2021.Kyrawasawardedtwiceasone ofthe“Top50MostInspiringandMost InfluentialYoungLeaders.”SheisanAstudentwholovesGod,hercountryandits people.Sherecentlyreceivedthe President’sVolunteerGoldServiceAward bytheAmeriCorpsinrecognitionand appreciationforhercommitmentto strengthenthenationandcommunities throughhervolunteerservice.Herparents, ShielaandErnie,couldnotbemoreproud ofhermanyaspirations,flighttrainingis nowonherlist.
FormoreinformationaboutKyra, visitherYoutubechannelat https://www.youtube.com/@itskyraslife7 676andonInstagramandFacebook,“It’s Kyra’sLife”
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AircraftSpruceisgearingupfor somefunatupcomingaviationevents. Findthematthefollowing:
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•2002Deliveryof1,000thGrand Caravan208B
•2005Deliveryof1,500thproductionCessna208
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•20223,000thCaravan,aGrand
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