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Q Valdez, AK: Valdez May Day Fly-In & Air Show, Valdez Pioneer Field, (907) 835-8244, www.valdezflyin.com. Q Temple, TX: Central Texas Airshow, Draughon-Miller Airport, www.centraltexasairshow.com. Q Manassas, VA: Manassas Regional Open House & Airshow, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Manassas Regional Airport, manassasairshow.com, (571) 220-3086. Q Paso Robles, CA: Estrella Warbirds, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wings & Wheels, Paso Robles Municipal Airport, www.ewarbirds.org. Q Tavares, FL: Tavares Seaplane Fly-In, 9 a.m., Wooton Park, Lake Dora, (352) 742-6402, www.tavares.org. Q San Carlos, CA: Hiller Museum Biggest Little Air Show, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., San Carlos Airport, www.hiller.org, (650) 654-0200. Q Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Frazier Lake Airpark, free, (831) 637-9822, www.frazierlake.com. Q Fort Lauderdale, FL: Lauderdale Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., fortlauderdaleairshow.com, (321) 395-3110. Q Lincoln, NE: Guardians of Freedom Air Show, Lincoln Airpark, www.lincolnairshow.com. Q Cape Girardeau, MO: Cape Girardeau Air Festival, gates 3 p.m., Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, www.capegirardeauairfestival.com. Q Reedley, CA: West Coast Taylorcraft Rendezvous, Reedley Airport, (209) 536-9415 or (559) 259-0876. Q Peachtree City, GA: Customer Appreciation Day, Aircraft Spruce East, www.aircraftspruce.com. Q Atlanta, GA: Good Neighbor Day PDK Airshow & Open House, noon to 5 p.m., De-Kalb-Peachtree Airport, www.pdkairshow.com. Q Redlands, CA: Hangar 24 Air Fest & 8th Anniversary Celebration, gates noon, Redlands Municipal Airport, www.hangar24airfest.com. Q San Martin, CA: Wings of History Air Museum & San Martin Airport Open House & Fly-In, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., San Martin Airport, (408) 6832290, www.wingsofhistory.org. Q St. Louis, MO: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, (314) 529-1963, spirit-airshow.com. Q Wrightstown, NJ: “Power in the Pines” Open House & Air Show, gates 9 a.m., McGuire AFB, (609) 754-2104, www.jointbasemdl.af.mil. Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Montgomery Field Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Gibbs Montgomery Executive Airport, (619) 301-2530. Q Virginia Beach, VA: Warbirds over the Beach, Virginia Beach Airport, www.militaryaviationmuseum.org. Q Seattle, WA: American Heroes Air Show, The Museum of Flight, www.heroes-airshow.com. Q Elyria, OH: Discover Aviation Day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lorain Country Regional Airport, discoveraviationcenter.org. Q Fort Worth, TX: Fort Worth Aviation Museum Hops and Props, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Aviation Museum, (855) 733-8627. Q Everett, WA: Paine Field Aviation Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snohomish County Airport, (425) 388-5125, www.painefield.com. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q El Cajon, CA: Warbirds West Air Museum Open House & Pancake Breakfast, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Gillespie Field, (858) 414-6258, www.wwam.org. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Petaluma, CA: Historic Airplane Appreciation Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404. Q Addison, TX: Cavanaugh Flight Museum Warbirds over Addison, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Addison Airport, (972) 380-8800, www.cavflight.org. Q Lynchburg, VA: Lynchburg Airshow, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lynchburg Regional Airport, www.lynchburgairshow.com. Q Sumter, SC: Shaw Air Expo “Thunder over the Midlands, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Shaw AFB, www.shaw.af.mil. Q Latrobe, PA: Westmoreland County Int’l. Air Show, gates 8 a.m., Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, www.palmerairport.com. Q Madera, CA: Central Valley Air Show, Madera Municipal Airport, joe@centralvalleyairshow.org. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Climb Aboard Weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, (707) 944-9236. Q Annapolis, MD: USNA Air Show, U.S. Naval Academy. Q New York, NY: Fleet Week New York, various times/events, www.fleetweeknewyork.com.
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More about photojournalist Kenneth Strohm. This month’s cover photo is by Kenneth Strohm. He has been taking pictures since he was a kid with his Brownie Hawkeye. He is an aviation photographer, was raised around aircraft and aviation all his life. He has been fortunate to shoot shuttle launches, airshows, meet and photograph living legends and their aircraft. But in recent years, he has expanded more in landscapes, nature, wildlife, and people. He tries to preserve history through his photos as well as capture the beauty of the world around us. Sometimes the most beautiful and interesting things are those that are around us everyday, but we often overlook and take those things for granted. See more of his work at http://photos.kesha.us and prints are available through the website in a variety of sizes and printing options or the TF-51 “Crazy Horse” photo Never Forget through the Stallion 51 store in an 11x17 metal print at http://www.p51store.com.
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NEWS NATA Announces Industry Excellence Awards ..........................8 NAFT Announces Scholarship Recipients ..................................9 National Aviation HOF’s Call for Entries ....................................11 Continental Motos, Aviall Sign Agreements ..............................20 Sun ‘n Fun Innovation Preview Debuts ......................................26 Red Bull Air Race Demo Wows S ‘n F Crowds ..........................27 Behind The Scenes Aviation Guardian Supports S ‘n F Pilots 28 “Oscar Night of Aviation” to Celebrate Gene Cernan ..............35 AirVenture: Largest Flying Water Bomber Will Be There ..........36 Parkland Offers Students Faster Route To Airline Jobs ..........37 Navy and Army Teams Headline Syracuse Air Show................41 Schweiss Doors Hydraulic Door Opens to Floatplane ............43 NASA’s “Spaceport of the Future” Reaches Milestone ............44 Truckee Tahoe Air Show Slated for July 9..................................46
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Editorial: The “Flying Season” and Safety By Ed Downs ..................................................................6
Flying Into Writing: Coliseum Route
Illustrator Mort Kuntsler: The Art of Adventure By Mark Rhodes ............................................................10 Flying In A B-17 By Ed Wischmeyer ........................................................12
Flying Into Egypt’s Future By Donia Moore ............................................................32 Airman Swims Into University’s Hall of Fame By Samuel King, Jr., Eglin Air Force Base ........................39
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kay, not an exciting title, but give it chance. There really is a “Flying Season.” Logically, it takes place between May and October, obviously due to improved weather vacation travel. Generally, up to 70 percent of the flying hours flown during a year occur during these months, and the same percentage applies to revenues earned by aviation- related businesses. Regrettably, the NTSB and FAA also have to gear up, as accident rates increase with activity. No magic to those stats, more planes, more pilots, more accidents. So let’s see if there are any lessons from the past or new programs that might reduce this predictable trend. The FAA came to an interesting conclusion early in this century. New technology airplanes were hitting the market, advanced GPS-based navigation systems came into play, and auto-flight control systems became increasingly sophisticated. This trend has accelerated. Many students learning to fly today begin their experience in planes like the Cirrus and new Cessna, which are fully decked out with advanced, integrated auto-flight and navigation systems. It was the general opinion of safety experts that this technology would lead to dramatic increases in flight safety. However, expectations did not come true. The FAA concluded that airplanes were safer than ever, so the problem must lay with the pilots. In other words, the problem was a “loose nut behind the wheel.” The solution seemed to be in the development of a training strategy that stressed the psychological side of flying, in other words, “thinking” safety into existence as opposed to the classic “improve stick and rudder skills” approach. The good folks in FAA land went to the universities, contracted experts in the fields of behavioral studies (shrinks), and developed a program that has been added to all training and testing scenarios. Called Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM), this psychological approach to flying has now become a major part of all training and testing philosophies, with an entire chapter on the subject contained in the FAA bible of aeronautical knowledge, aptly titled “The Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.” This book is actually a great read and should be in every pilot’s aeronautical library. The principles of ADM are considered so important that a major part of the 16
hours of training a CFI must undergo every two years to maintain certification contains ADM topics. Let’s take a look at the official definition of ADM: ADM is a systematic approach in the mental process used by pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in respect to a given set of circumstances. I am sure every reader will instantly remember that definition and understand what it means… okay… perhaps I am being a bit sarcastic. Clearly, a committee of psychology professionals, not pilots, wrote this definition, and it foretells the major problem with ADM. The ADM process is divided into many different topics related to safety, each having a definition similar to that you just read, followed by several complicated, and in some cases, convoluted acronyms, that are supposed to help ADM students understand and apply the principles of ADM. Let me be clear, the intent of ADM is very good, and much of the content is actually little more than common sense. But with at least 10 major subdivision and perhaps twice as many acronyms touting steps to remember as a means of increasing safety, one is compelled to ask the reader, how many of these formal acronyms can you quickly bring to mind? If it is more than five, stop reading, you are better at ADM than I am. Even though this writer teaches ADM on a regular basis, many of the acronyms, definitions, and “buzz words” associated with ADM come to my mind only when using a lesson plan. All of this would be harmless if it were not for the fact that since replacing “stick and rudder” safety training with “psychological” safety training, a new classification of accident now claims the honor of being first place in fatalities, which is Loss of Control. We seem to have created pilots who completely understand their relationship with their mother, but can’t fly worth a hoot. Now, having criticized the stress being place upon the mental wellness versus basic stick and rudder skills, let me highlight one ADM model that is, in the opinion of this writer, top notch. If taught in a common sense manner, this model can be applied to every flight. Let’s look at the acronym D E C I D E. Now, that isn’t hard to remember, is it! D = Detect that something has changed. In other words, when planning Continued on Page 21
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Q Wantagh, NY: Bethpage Air Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jones Beach State Park, bethpagepairshow.com. Q Clovis, NM: Cannon AFB Open House & Air Show “Air Commandos on the High Plains,” www.cannon.af.mil. Q Columbia, MO: Salute to Veterans Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Columbia Regional Airport, www.salute.org. Q Oklahoma City, OK: Discover Aviation Airshow Spectacular, gates 9:30 a.m., Sundance Airport, sundanceairshow.com. Q Colorado Springs, CO: USAFA Graduation-Thunderbirds Display, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Falcon Stadium, (719) 333-7731. Q Paris, France: France Air Expo, Pontose-Cormeilles LlFPT. Q Salt Lake City, UT: Skypark Aviation Festival & Expo, Fri. 1 to 6 p.m./ Sat. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skypark Airport-Wood Cross, wwwskyparkutah.com. Q Reading, PA: Mid-Atlantic Air Museum World War II Weekend, gates 8:30 a.m., Reading Regional Airport, www.maam.org. Q Hemet, CA: Hemet-Ryan Air Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ryan Field, www.hrairshow.com. Q Greenwood, MS: Greenwood Airshow, gates 10 a.m., GreenwoodLeFlore Airport, www.airnav.com. Q Manitoba, Canada: Manitoba Air Show, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Southport Airport, Portage la Prairie, (204) 428-6030. Q Smyrna, TN: The Great Tennessee Air Show, gates 8 a.m., Smyrna Airport, (615) 459-2651, www.greattennesseeairshow.com. Q Bolingbrook, IL: Cavalcade of Planes, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Chow Int’l. Airport, www.cavalcadeofplanes.com. Q Albuquerque, NM: Open House & Air Show, Kirtland AFB, (505) 8537500, www.kirtland.af.mil. Q Blaine, MN: Discover Aviation Days, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Anoka County Airport (Jane’s Field), (763) 568-6072, www.discoveraviationdays.org. Q Hendersonville, NC: “Just Plane Fun!” Air Fair & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., WNC Air Museum, (828) 606-1252, www.westernnorthcarolinaairmuseum.com. Q Hollister, CA: Antique Aircraft Display & Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Frazier Lake Airpark, free, (831) 637-9822, www.frazierlake.com. Q Daytona Beach, FL: Aviation Logistics & Supply Chain Management Course, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Campus, proed.erau.edu. Q Salem, OR: Warbirds over the West Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., McNary Field, (503) 654-6491. Q Virginia Beach, VA: Military Aviation Museum Flying Proms Symphony Air Show, gates 3 p.m., Virginia Beach Airport, (757) 721-7767. Q Dillon, CO: Highest Show on Earth, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dillon Marina, (970) 468-2403. Q Claremore, OK: Claremore Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Claremore Regional Airport, (918) 341-8688. Q Norwich, NY: Chenango County Airport Day, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lt. Warren E. Eaton Airport, (607) 334-9430. Q Columbus, IN: Aviation Day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Columbus Municipal Airport, (812) 376-2519. Q Mt. Vernon, OH: Knox County D-Day Event, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Knox County Regional Airport, (740) 397-9647. Q Urbana, OH: Military Appreciation Day, gates 9 a.m., Grimes Field, (937) 652-4319. Q Cozad, NE: Nebraska State Fly-In & Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cozad Municipal Airport, www.nebraskaaviationcouncil.org. Q Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Int’l. Airport Airshow, gates 9 a.m., Syracuse Hancock Int’l. Airport, www.syracuseairshow.com. Q N. Kingstown, RI: Rhode Island National Guard Open House & Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Quonset State Airport, www.riairshow.org. Q Ontario, Canada: Borden Canadian Armed Forces Days & Air Show, CFB Borden. Inquiries: events@100yearsoffreedom.ca. Q Dayton, OH: USAF National Museum’s 4th Building Grand Opening, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wright Field (Gate 28B), Wright-Paterson AFB, www.national museum.af.mil. Q Mt. Comfort, IN: Indiana Wing CAF Warbird Expo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Indianapolis Regional Airport, www.warbirdexpo.com. Q Boulder, CO: Airport Day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Boulder Municipal Airport, bouldercolorado.gov. Q Denton, TX: Denton Airshow, gates 9 a.m., Denton Municipal Airport, denton.schultzairshows.com. Q Everett, WA: FHC Famous Fighters/Father’s Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snohomish County Airport, (877) FHC-3404, www.flyingheritage.com. Q Lee’s Summit, MO: Airport Open House, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport, (816) 969-1800. Q Pekin, IL: Wings & Wheels Fly-In/Cruise-In, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pekin Municipal Airport, (309) 348-3692, pekinmunicipalairport.com. Q Lakeview Terrace (L.A.), CA: American Heroes Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hansen Dam Recreation Area, www.heroes-airshow.com. Q Rexburg, ID: Legacy Flight Museum Air Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Rexburg Municipal Airport, (208) 359-5905, rexburg.org. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641.
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Finding a fix for TFRs Just about anyone who has planned a flight in or near a major metro area has had to worry about temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) at one time or another. Scrolling through dozens, even hundreds, of NOTAMs to identify TFRs that are relevant to your flight can be daunting. The sheer number can make it easy to miss something. But when you have access to good graphics, you can instantly see if a TFR will affect your flight. Unfortunately, graphics aren’t available for every TFR. And when graphics are unavailable or are inaccurate, the number of violations goes way up. That’s why AOPA will be helping to lead an effort to improve TFR graphics, from how the information is delivered to how it is depicted. Back in 2015, we started asking questions about the scope and extent of problems we were seeing with TFRs that either had no graphics or, maybe worse, showed incorrect graphics. After uncovering recurring issues, we asked the FAA to provide an authoritative online source of TFR information, provide TFR information in a consistent format so that automated systems used by third-party vendors can translate it into accurate graphics, and work to make the text of TFR NOTAMs more user friendly for pilots. This April, the FAA responded by formally tasking the RTCA Tactical Operations Committee to address the issues we raised and report back with recommendations within six months. AOPA will co-chair that effort. In the meantime, many companies that provide graphical TFR information like Lockheed Martin and ForeFlight have found ways to identify and correct problems with TFR graphics, and we’re collaborating with them to make sure the information gets back to the FAA immediately. But their efforts have been time consuming and labor intensive, and now we’re on the path to finding better solutions that will work for everyone. TFRs can have a profound effect on the way we fly. Getting it right is vitally important to our members, and the safety of everyone concerned. That’s why we’re committed to working with government and the aviation community to make sure pilots have access to accurate, reliable TFR graphics every time they take off.
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t the risk of repeating myself, let me say I’m a big fan of flying clubs. In my mind, there’s just no better way to fly affordably and enjoy a community of like-minded aviators. At AOPA, we want to help new clubs get on their feet. That’s why this year we’ll be giving away a Reimagined C150 to one lucky startup club. If you’ve been to an AOPA Fly-In or visited with us at an airshow recently, you’ve probably seen the bright yellow C150s and C152s flown by AOPA Ambassadors. These Reimagined Aircraft are older airplanes that have been updated from tip to tail. They’re fun to fly, easy to
own, and affordable to operate – a perfect starter airplane for a new club. Entering the giveaway is easy. Your club must meet some eligibility requirements and then fill out the online application. To be eligible, your club must have at least four members, a named set of club officers, a set of bylaws, and be listed as a “club in formation” on AOPA’s Flying Club Finder, along with a couple of other requirements. All the details and the application form are available at www.aopa.org/flyingclubgiveaway. If you’re ready to start a club, or join one, AOPA is ready to help – in fact our AOPA Ambassadors helped launch 10 new clubs in 2015 and connected nearly 700 clubs through the AOPA Flying Club Network. The network is free to join and
it comes with great benefits whether you’re just getting started or your club is a going constant. For startup clubs, joining the network gives you access to a resource library that will take you through the steps and decisions you’ll need to make to get your club off the ground, along with all the other benefits of network membership like free scheduling and invoicing software, the help and support of AOPA’s flying club experts, and a premium entry in AOPA’s Flying Club Finder. AOPA’s Ambassadors are also available to offer direct, in-person support to clubs at all stages of development. For pilots, club membership offers the very best elements of aircraft ownership at a much lower cost. As part of a club, you’ll
have access to airplanes in a way that renters don’t. At many clubs, scheduling an airplane for a weekend trip is no problem. And as a club member, you’ll become familiar with the airplanes and comfortable with the way they’re maintained and used. Many clubs also offer the kind of social experiences that get the whole family involved, whether or not they’re pilots. Fly-outs, hangar parties, and more can be part of the experience for sociallyminded clubs, giving members reasons to come out to the airport and go for a flight. Some of my very best aviation experiences have been with flying clubs, and I’d like you to have the same opportunity. Give a club a try or start your own – and who knows, you might win an airplane to get your club off to a great start.
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) recently announced the recipients of its Industry Excellence Awards given annually to individuals, offices, and organizations that have helped improve the general aviation community: The ATP/NATA General Aviation Service Technician Award (sponsored by Aircraft Technical Publishers) acknowledges the exceptional performance of a licensed airframe and powerplant mechanic or radio repairman who has practiced his or her craft for a period of 20 or more years. NATA will present this year’s award to Mark E. Jensen, Director of Maintenance and Managing Partner at Bakersfield Jet Center by Loyd's Aviation, for his 47 years of providing the highest quality of general aviation maintenance service. Trusted by his customers and a mentor to new hires – Jensen is known for finding simple solutions to complicated problems. Mark R. Davidson, A.A.E., Airport Director at Smith Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem, N.C. is the recipient of the NATA Airport Executive Partnership Award. This award recognizes an airport manager for his or her efforts to foster relationships between aviation businesses and
airport operators. Davidson’s leadership promotes true “partnership” with airport tenants and businesses. He strives to understand and improve the day-to-day operations of the FBOs, MROs, and other aviation businesses at Smith Reynolds. His advancement of relations between the airport’s businesses and the Airport Commission of Forsyth County returned Smith Reynolds Airport to profitability – in turn, making the facility a key contributor to the Winston-Salem aviation industry and local community. The recipient of NATA’s Excellence In Pilot Training Award is Ben Gabriel, Director of Training at ATP Flight School. This award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding contributions in safety, professionalism, leadership, and excellence in the field of pilot training. Gabriel currently leads a training department with more than 260 aircraft and a staff of 230 flight instructors. In 2015 alone, Gabriel oversaw 160,000 accidentfree hours of flight training and the issuance of more than 4,400 pilot certificates and ratings. He also manages the very program that began his career in 1999, the ATP Airline Career Pilot Program, and is responsible for more than
550 students enrolled in the program. Gabriel is dedicated to ensuring ATP Flight School provides a safe, efficient, and effective training program. NATA's FAA Service Excellence Award goes to the Phoenix TRACON as an FAA facility that demonstrates the highest degree of professionalism to aviation businesses. In 2015, the Phoenix TRACON successfully managed flights during Super Bowl 49, an event that featured increased traffic to the Phoenix metro area in a period also challenged by unusual weather. Recognizing the need to implement an air traffic management system during the busy weekend, the facility combined efforts with local industry stakeholders and customers to streamline the influx of 1,200 additional aircraft in the area – executing arrivals and departures without any delays. Ratu Tuuhetoka, Lead Operations Specialist at Alliance Aviation Services, will receive the second annual Safety 1st Certified Line Service Professional Award. This award recognizes the achievements of certified line service professionals demonstrating their positive impact on safety, service, and business success. Tuuhetoka is highly
involved with all areas of training at Alliance Aviation Services, including aircraft towing, marshalling, fueling, and inclement weather. He leads by example through his understanding and demonstration of the importance of safety and customer service. He is well respected by his line service team, management and customers – often taking the initiative to mentor new hires and cross-train customer service representatives. “So many talented and dedicated individuals and teams have contributed to the success of NATA and the industry over the 75-year history of the association. This year’s honorees exemplify the wide range of aviation business professionals worthy of recognition and celebration in our anniversary year,” said NATA President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks. All awards will be presented during a luncheon on June 9 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The association will hold the luncheon in conjunction with its Aviation Business Conference. Contact Karissa Uko at kuko @nata.aero or Kim Blankenship at kblankenship@nata.aero for more information on NATA's Industry Excellence Awards Presentation Luncheon and to secure tickets.
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world-class events, inspiring and educating people of all ages.” All ACE Maker Raffle proceeds will go to support the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE). Located on the Sun ‘n Fun Expo Campus at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, ACE is nationally recognized and honored for its STEM
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The National Air Transportation Foundation (NATF) has announced the winners of the Dan L. Meisinger Sr. Memorial Learn to Fly Scholarship and Pioneers of Flight Scholarship. NATF annually awards academic and flight training scholarships to assist outstanding candidates in the pursuit of careers in aviation service businesses. Matthew Bettmeng, a student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz., is the recipient of the 2015 Dan L. Meisinger Sr. Memorial Learn to Fly Scholarship. Matthew aspires to be a pilot who serves others by flying in the field of medical transport services. Matthew has already dedicated many hours volunteering in his hometown and abroad, assisting those who are disabled or handicapped. Brett Bentley, a student at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, is one of two recipients of the 2015 Pioneers of Flight Scholarship. Brett’s aviation goals include becoming a flight instructor and continuing his flying career as an Alaskan bush pilot. Brett is
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currently an instrument rated private pilot studying to complete his commercial license in the spring of 2016. Johnathon Hagen, a student at Kansas State University in Salina, Kan., is the other recipient of the 2015 Pioneers of Flight Scholarship. Johnathon’s longterm plan is to start his own flight school or charter company. In the meantime, he will continue his education to receive his commercial pilot’s license. He will intern with Textron Aviation in the summer of 2016 and hopes to stay with the company to become a test pilot. “NATA is proud to provide opportunities to help students reach their aviation career paths through the NATF scholarships and student membership programs. This year’s scholarship recipients demonstrate strong potential as our next leaders in the fields of business and general aviation,” stated NATA President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks. For more information, visit www.nata.aero, www.twitter.com/nata aero
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GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR, MORT KUNTSLER, GOT HIS DUE IN LONG ISLAND MUSEUM'S EXHIBIT
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MORT KUNTSLER: THE ART OF ADVENTURE
By Mark Rhodes
he Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages (longisland museum.org) in Stony Brook, New York’s current exhibition Mort Kuntsler: The Art of Adventure is an always fascinating, sometimes dazzling retrospective of one of the most prolific, versatile, and criminally underrated illustrators of the 20th (and 21st) centuries. Mr. Kuntsler, a Long Island native, does not have the pure name recognition of other great American illustrators like NC Wyeth, Howard Pyle, or Norman Rockwell (the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts has sponsored this exhibit). What this exhibit mainly showcases, however, is his decades long prolific output, fluidity of style, and dazzling versatility. The exhibit spans all of Mr. Kuntsler’s life (Mr. Kuntsler is 88) with works he drew as a very young boy as well as works done as recently as a year ago (“Respect of the Army” – a depiction of General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox). Mr. Kuntstler is perhaps best known for his historical paintings (particularly ones depicting the Civil War). However, this exhibit depicts a mind blowing artistic agility, again spanning decades. Among the eclectic works on exhibit here are illustrations from scenes taken from Mario Puzzo’s 1969 novel The Godfather, which were used to promote the book in various magazines (the exhibition text mentions that the depiction of Don Corleone by Mr. Kuntsler inspired Brando’s physical interpretation of the character in the film version). Mr. Kunstler had other brushes with Hollywood with regard to his output illustrating the Film Posters for (among others) The Poseidon Adventure, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. A fair amount of Mr. Kunstler’s output post-war was done for male oriented magazines with slightly lurid titles (Stag for instance) and the now defunct (and rather literally titled) tabloid Male. These illustrations are particularly intriguing, as they combine realism, humor, tension, and cinematic angles in a stylized package that creates a kind of pulpy universe
Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia, April 12 1981, 7:00:10 EST, 1981 Illustration for Rockwell International, Oil on canvas, Collection of the artist.
“Mr. President, Red China Has Orbited a Cobalt Bomb,” 1964, Story illustration Mr. President, Red China Has Orbited a Cobalt Bomb, by W. J Saber, Stag, Gouache on board, Collection of the artist.
that reflects and recalls film noir of roughly the same time period as well as anticipating the visual style of more current fair such as Pulp Fiction. Mr. Kunstler also illustrated a good number of magazine pieces, fiction and nonfiction, involving the military and/or military aviation. It is no surprise that he rendered aircraft with a great deal of expertise and accuracy with his usual eye for the cinematic and dramatic. Among his more memorable works in this vein is a 1964 illustration from Stag Magazine for a story titled Mr. President, Red China has Orbited a Cobalt Bomb. The image here depicts a helicopter lifting dramatically into flight over the Capital Building where there appears to be a great deal of Continued on Page 18
NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES “CALL FOR ENTRIES” FOR 14TH ANNUAL COMBS GATES AWARD May 2016
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$20,000 Juried Prize to be Presented at 2016 NBAA Convention in Orlando
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has officially announced its nationwide “call for entries” for the 14th Annual Combs Gates Award. The prestigious $20,000 cash award is presented each year to an individual or group for a submitted project judged to be exemplary in the promotion and preservation of America’s air and space heritage. The subject of submitted projects ideally spotlights one or more of the 229 men and women aviation pioneers that have been inducted, to date, into the Congressionally chartered, nonprofit NAHF. The 2016 award ceremony will take place during a special session of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual meeting and convention. The NBAA convention is the largest civil aviation event in the world and this year takes place on Nov. 1-3 in Orlando, Fla. Officials from the NAHF and NBAA will present the award, joined by several previous enshrinees of the NAHF. Among projects eligible for the Combs Gates Award are books, film/video, public exhibits, photography, and artwork. The deadline for 2016 submissions is June
13. Full details of the guidelines are posted on the Awards Presentations page of www.nationalaviation.org. A blue ribbon panel of five judges independently reviews each submission based upon criteria such as historical accuracy, creativity, potential for longterm impact, and value to the Hall of Fame mission of honoring America’s outstanding air and space pioneers. Applicants will be notified of the winner by Aug. 29, 2016. The prestigious Combs Award, its original title, grew out of a donation to the NAHF by the late Harry Combs, a 1996 enshrinee of the Hall of Fame. As part of his generous $1.3 million gift for the creation of a NAHF research center, Combs stipulated that the Combs Award be established to encourage and support relevant aviation history research and preservation efforts. Combs was instrumental to the growth and development of business aviation. Consequently the NAHF partnered with the NBAA to host the award presentation at its annual meeting and convention, the largest purely civil aviation
event in the world. The inaugural award was presented at the Opening General Session of the NBAA Meeting and Convention in 2003, the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight. John Gates and his sister, Diane G.
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In Flight USA Celebrating 30 Years
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Pulling the props through to get oil out of the bottom cylinders to avoid hydraulic lock. Who needs a gym membership? (Ed Wischmeyer)
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y dad flew in B-17s right after the war. As I sat at the radio operator’s position in Texas Raiders, a B-17G, I wondered if that’s where he sat when he was in Florida helping develop radar bombsights. Texas Raiders is based in Houston. Part of the Commemorative Air Force, it is one of 19 bombers operated by the CAF and one of 11 B-17s still flying. The CAF takes their historic preservation role seriously, reaching back to those few remaining WWII pilots and reaching out to millennials who are easily bored with video simulations but can be fascinated with genuine hardware. Very few Boeing-built B-17s survive because Boeing did not corrosion-proof their planes. This one was actually a Douglas B-17 with Studebaker engines. Maintaining these old birds can be quite expensive. When Texas Raiders needed new pieces for the wing spars, the only way they could get the pieces was to pay the machinist’s liability insurance, well into six figures. Depending upon how many parts they need in a year, the cost per flight hour is between three and five grand. Ouch! A walk around before flight included a very thick horizontal stabilizer and a smallish tail gunner station accessed by crawling through the tail cone and over the tailwheel once the B-17 was over the English Channel. My guide had never been back there himself but said that sixfooters had made it back there to try out the semi-kneeling and apparently quite uncomfortable position. No thanks, I think. This was a revenue ride, but there were three of us journalists eyeballing the two unsold seats. Being number one on
Nose Art. The CAF was advised not to recreate any specific B-17. (Ed Wischmeyer)
the list and hoping to ride up front in first class (either the bombardier or navigator seat, substantially more expensive than the seats in back) I was full of anticipation as the ground crew pulled the eight blades through by hand on each engine (the propellers have three blades, so one “blade” is a third of a propeller revolution). Pulling the propeller blades through seemed an obvious new category for cross fit. Just as the pre-flight passenger briefing was starting, a bystander walked up and asked about rides and how much they cost. He promptly bought the last front seat, bouncing me to the back of the plane and the other journalist to the sidelines. My seat was like an undersized 1940s desk chair, swiveling, with a wide military style seat belt that would have done nothing to keep my head from bonking the Signal Corps radio on the desk ahead of me in case of mishap. The “loadmistress,” as she referred to herself (née flight attendant), made sure that we were all buckled in as sounds of a checklist being read came from the flight deck and whiney mechanical noises from somewhere else. The airplane shuddered, and then it was obvious that Continued on Page 13
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1978 CESSNA P-210 Flying the B-17 is a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Note the color GPS overhead. In WWII, GPS was black and white. (Ed Wischmeyer) Continued from Page 12 an engine on the other side had started with no starter motor sound. Then the other distant one started, then the two on my side, the left side, turning through 10 blades before starting up in a well-controlled cloud of oil smoke. On my side of the radio compartment, overhead, were three fat cables going to the tail and three thin ones with the same plus an extra cable or two on the other side. We were admonished in the pre-flight briefing not to grab on to those lest we “assist” the pilots in flying the airplane. Forward was the bomb bay with a few dummy bombs in place. There was no door, and I can only imagine the extra chill when the bomb bay doors opened at altitude to drop the bombs. The run up was performed in place on the ramp but only after the engines had warmed up. With earplugs, the run up was about as loud as a Cessna without earplugs. Later on in flight, the noise seemed to lessen. That wonderful radial engine smell of oil-rich exhaust wafted in as the Brazilian couple across the aisle and I took pictures for each other. Overhead was a big opening that was well advertised for removing caps in flight. I fastened the back strap of my cap around the lamp on the desk before me. Taxiing out, the brakes were grabby, and the ride was bouncy. No complaints, this was history being relived. The winds were 10G18 as we took the runway with a Cessna turning final, almost in formation, but we soon left him behind as the engines slowly increased in power, the tail slowly came up, and we slowly left the ground. Very soon after takeoff, the “loadmistress” invited us to get out of our seats and to walk around. I walked carefully across the bomb bay catwalk, up two
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View from the radio room where I rode. Note the vents near the wing trailing edge. (Ed Wischmeyer)
steps, and stood behind the two pilots. The instrument panel was mostly vintage, with but a single set of flight instruments in the center of the panel. There were two late model GPS-comms in the overhead, a bit far aft for ease of use, but hey, so what? With gestures and approval from the pilot, I put two fingers on the control wheel to log 0.001 hours of B-17 time. Removing his headset, he told me that the plane was very light in pitch and very heavy on the ailerons, just the opposite of what the books specify for good handling qualities. (At a previous air show, somebody saw a GPS unit on a B-17 panel and asked if they had GPS in WWII. The answer was yes, but back then the GPS were only black and white. The most recent dumb question was somebody asking how they got the plane to the airshow. On a truck?) With the minor up and down drafts, an occasional bit of yaw and some roll wiggles, it felt strange walking around, but there were lots of handholds that did not appear to be original equipment. The upper turret, right behind the pilots, made Continued on Page 14
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Continued from Page 13 lots of wind noise sounds, but there was little sound or breeze from the absent roof panel or at the waist gunner positions. I walked back to the waist gunner positions and enjoyed the view of the area around Lakeland, built up in a variety of ways with industry, old homesteads, and new subdivisions filling the dry land between the ponds, lakes, and waterways. Seldom do you walk around in an airplane in flight beside an opening measured in feet. Back in my seat, I marveled at the wide chord of the wing, the many rivets, and the rare flush rivets on the leading edges of the wing and cowlings. When the split flaps are retracted, the very trailing edge is visible as a red stripe at the back of the wing. That stripe had disappeared, indicating that the flaps were down, and the ground was getting closer and faster, so landing must be at hand. The runway appeared, the power came back, the nose came up, two loud squeals came from the main gear followed shortly by a lesser squeal from the tailwheel, and we rolled way down the runway, the engines back in that loping idle so characteristic of radial engines. The outside engine on my side came up in power to help us around a turn, there was more of that uneven braking, another squeal as the bomb bay doors
opened, then silence as the engines were shut off and the propellers coasted through an improbably high number of blades before they finally came to a stop. I had regretted not riding up front, and those folks probably had a great ride. But clambering all around the back of the plane in flight, I doubt that they had a better ride. Would I recommend a flight? Absolutely. But first read up on B-17s and high altitude bombing, so that you can get a feel for what it was like back then, even if you only experience the benign environment of a low altitude, 25minute flight. My late friend, Neal, was a B-17 pilot in Europe and came home without a scratch. That anti-aircraft shell that went through the airplane just ahead of the rudder pedals never exploded, nor did the German fighter’s cannon shell that was found stuck in a self-sealing gas tank. After our flight, three elderly WWII B-17 pilots – the youngest B-17 pilots must be 90 by now – were lined up for the next flight, one of them frail but still feisty. Those who flew those planes in combat over Europe against flak and fighters and the combined cold of altitude and winter were, let me tell you, real men. For more information, visit http://www.b17texasraiders.org
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recent flight took my son, Mike, who was visiting from Boston, and me across Los Angeles’ Class Bravo airspace northwest-bound via the Coliseum Route at 8,500 feet. We flew out of McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ) to the beach then north along the coast. I had checked in with SoCal Approach to get flight following for our VFR flight to the Central Valley and was told Camp Pendleton’s Restricted Area was “hot,” so we flew a little further out to sea than normal to remain clear, returning over land and our chosen route, V23, at the DANAH intersection over Dana Point. The Coliseum Route is an accommodation for VFR traffic through the Class Bravo airspace that covers much of the western LA Basin. It is a predefined route that begins, from the south, on V23 (SLI 120 radial) south of the Seal Beach VOR (SLI) and proceeds direct from SLI to Van Nuys VOR (VNY). As with all Class Bravo airspace – with the exception of the Los Angeles Special Flight Rules Area – you must get ATC clearance prior to entering. If you don’t hear “Cleared into the Class Bravo airspace…” turn away! Climbing to 8,500 feet out of Palomar for the Coliseum Route takes you comfortably above John Wayne Airport’s (KSNA) Class Charlie airspace and prior to reaching the Seal Beach VOR, we were handed off a couple of times as we passed through various controllers’ sectors. My son noticed that the controllers always provided a local altimeter setting and that I would adjust our altimeter to match. Mike’s not a pilot (yet), so he asked why they do this; I explained that the controllers are responsible for separating traffic (I know, VFR flights are required to “see and avoid” at all times…), and one concern that they have as they vector aircraft around, is that everyone is using the same altimeter setting, and therefore, within a small margin of error, at the approximate altitude they say they are. Why is it that important, he wanted to know. Well, wouldn’t you know, within five minutes we had established ourselves on the Coliseum Route and experienced a real, live demonstration of just why that’s important: LA Center: Skyhawk 99,700, traffic 12 o’clock., five miles, opposite direction, a Cirrus at 9,000. Hmmm…this could get interesting Me: Skyhawk 99,700, looking for the traffic. At five miles, the Cirrus would be
very difficult to see against the LA haze. LA Center: Cirrus XX1Charlie Alpha, traffic 12 o’clock, 5 miles, opposite direction, a Skyhawk at 8,500. Cirrus: Cirrus 1 Charlie Alpha looking. A few moments later: LA Center: Skyhawk 99,700 traffic 12 o’clock, three miles, opposite direction, 9,000. Me: Skyhawk 700 looking. LA Center: Cirrus XX1Charlie Alpha, traffic 12 o’clock, now two miles, 8,500. Cirrus: Looking, no contact. A moment later, I spotted our bogey about a mile away. Me: LA Center, Skyhawk 700 has the traffic. I’m sure there was a sigh of relief as the controller watched our targets converge, and I announced that I had the traffic in sight. I had plenty of time and could easily have maneuvered away had I needed to, but I sincerely doubt that the Cirrus pilot ever saw us; he passed directly over us at 400 feet. From his elevated position, he wouldn’t have been able to see us over the cowling unless he saw us from further away, and he hadn’t seen us at two miles. The Coliseum Route is available for VFR traffic at either 8,500 feet northwestbound, or 9,500 feet southeast-bound. These are VFR altitudes appropriate for their direction of flight (hemispheric rule); 9,000 feet is an IFR altitude. There’s no reason an IFR flight shouldn’t fly at 9,000 feet on a route from VNY to SLI, and it was “severe clear” VFR conditions (meaning all – VFR and IFR – aircraft have a responsibility to “see and avoid” other traffic), but I would have expected that one or the other of us would have been vectored 10 or 15 degrees “off course” so that our targets didn’t converge on the controllers’ radarscope. At any rate, there you have it Mike – that’s why the controllers provide an altimeter setting when entering their sectors. Our route of flight took us through the Tejon Pass at the Gorman VOR (GMN). Since we heard other traffic in the area and VORs tend to be “airplane magnets,” we opted to fly a mile or so east of the VOR to avoid any potential conflicts. The mountains in that area at this time of year are spectacular: the California Poppies are apoppin’ and look like patches of spilled orange and yellow paint on the velvety emerald green hillsides; purple wildflowers also add contrast. Continued on Page 18
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SPRING COMES TO A SOD FIELD
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e were sick of winter. It seemed almost impossible that the months of gray drabness had passed so slowly and that April had taken so long to arrive. We were tired of the cold dampness that permeated everything and tired of wearing the bulky insulated overalls that made us feel like Ralphie in The Christmas Story that flying the Cub and the Champ in winter demanded. We were weary of numb fingered pre-flights and of coaxing recalcitrant engines to start when the oil was as thick as molasses. But most of all, we were sick of the mud. It’s one thing to fly from a private sod strip in winter, when its only use is from a few flights a month by private aircraft owners, but operating a thriving flight school in such an environment is entirely different. What started as unbroken sod in December was by February a sea of mud. Dozens of takeoffs and landings each day have found the low spots of the runway and churned them into bogs. Mud sprays the underside of the wings on takeoff and landing, and paints the side of the fuselage a crusty shade of brown. The airplanes take on a battle-weary appearance, and someone has written, “wash me” with his or her finger on the side of the Cub. The 172, firmly immobile in mud like a dinosaur trapped in tar, is pushed by the strut by a straining student while I apply full throttle until it finally moves. Then there is the snow. While West Virginia isn’t Maine, it does snow here, and that shuts us down when it reaches more than a few inches, since it is difficult to plow a sod field without damaging it. Fortunately, most snow melts in a few days but not always. During one particularly brutal winter, the snow came and remained for more than a month and as I sat by the kerosene heater in the office and slowly starved, desperation brought me a thought. Skis! They used them in the North as a matter of course, why wouldn’t they work here? I found a set of Federal 1500s adver-
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snow, the Cub leapt into the cold air, and I was snowbound no more. The skis worked, and students swarmed to the field to experience ski flying. I felt ever so smug. I recall one new student who soloed during the ski era, never having flown on wheels. But hard times just like good times, eventually end, and April arrived finally and at last, we find ourselves once again on the threshold of spring. The mud slowly dries, and dandelions begin to sprinkle the runway like bright yellow splashes of paint on a green canvas. Students not seen since Christmas appear like hibernating bears awakening from their winter nap, and the pace of life at the field spools up. Family picnics begin on
weekends and cross-country flights are planned. Private aircraft that have idled since December are rolled out into spring sunshine, and the dust of winter is washed off. Life at the airport stirs and gathers itself for the good times of summer ahead. I read in the paper that in the isolated mountain town of Pickens, they have scheduled the annual Festival of the Ramp for mid month, and on an impulse, I decide to fly down and hop passengers from the tiny airstrip there. To explain, the ramp is a wild growing and very pungent member of the leek family, held in high regard as a spring tonic by Mountaineers and celebrated in Appalachia during spring festivals. They are served fried, boiled, and raw, usually with ham, beans, and cornbread, and to find the festival, you only have to follow your nose. These are joyous occasions, usually with music and dancing, as a hardy people celebrate not only the ramp but their own survival of another winter. I fly the Super Cruiser into the little runway in the middle of the village and give sightseeing rides all through the afternoon, the wide rear seat enabling me to take two of all but the biggest folks to see their home from the air. In the evening, I attend the supper, and later, the very spirited dance. My mind captures a moment, the mental snapshot we sometimes get of important occasions, late in the evening when I stood on the porch of the community hall. The warm air was redolent with spring, and the music and light spilled out from within. I had the thought that this was a special moment in my life. I knew that I had found my home in flying and that on this beautiful evening I was on the cusp of my life in aviation and all the good things it would bring. Life at that instant seemed so incredibly precious to me.
Los Angeles sectional and terminal area charts on June 23 and on the Los Angeles helicopter route chart June 26. The two airspace areas—to be depicted with a blue circle, subdued terrain colors, and notes describing vertical dimensions—are categorized as “special
security notice permanent continuous flight restriction areas.” “AOPA, and many others, have requested the charting of these TFRs to increase pilots’ awareness of them,” said Rune Duke, AOPA director of airspace Continued on Page 22
(Photos courtesy of Steve Weaver) tised in TradeAPlane and bought them over the phone. I paid as I recall, $175, and they arrived a few days later via bus. I laid them on the hangar floor beside the Cub and puzzled out their mounting. I had never before seen skis on an airplane and had never paid particular attention to the pictures of airplanes with skis mounted that I had seen, so I had no idea how they attached. Ah-hah, the wheels come off, and they mount on the axel! How clever. The skis in place and rigged, I duck walked the Cub out of the hangar and onto the snow-covered ramp, and caged a prop from a student who was watching the proceedings with a mixture of interest and foreboding. In a blast of swirling
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Continued from Page 16 As we droned north up the west side of the Central Valley, several other potential traffic conflicts were called out to us, a couple overtaking us from behind: Bakersfield Approach: Skyhawk 99,700, traffic six o’clock, five miles, same altitude, a Cirrus, will be overtaking you. Me: Roger, we’re looking. I checked to make sure our strobe and nav lights were on. Once again, an aircraft five miles
away in the light haze of the early afternoon would be difficult enough to spot, but add in trying to turn around in the confines of a small cockpit, a hazy rear window, and the aircraft’s empennage, and the degree of difficulty climbs significantly. We could not see the Cirrus. We received a couple more traffic callouts as the Cirrus gained on us, but still could not locate the traffic. Similarly, the Cirrus had not been able to locate our Skyhawk despite the repeated traffic call-
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outs from ATC. At the one-mile mark, I contacted ATC: Me: Bakersfield Approach, Skyhawk 99,700, negative contact, we’re going to turn right 15 degrees until the traffic passes. Bakersfield Approach: Skyhawk 99,700, 15 degrees left would probably work better. Me: Skyhawk 99,700 turning 15 degrees left. A few moments later:
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Bakersfield Approach: Skyhawk 99,700, traffic no factor, resume own navigation. We never did see that aircraft or the other one that overtook us from the rear. Overall, I’d say we saw about 75 percent of the aircraft identified as potential traffic, including several sailplanes in the Panoche Valley and south of that in the hills west of Avenal VOR (AVE). It’s been a while since I’ve flown a sailplane, but I don’t remember them having a transponder on board. When the traffic was called out, we were told “…squawk indicates a sailplane…” Our return flight brought us further west through the California Valley and its massive photovoltaic solar fields near Soda Lake. We passed over the Fellows VOR (FLW) and climbed to clear the coastal mountains reaching to over 7,500 feet. At this point, just past Fellows, ATC advised us of “rising terrain ahead” and asked us to confirm that we had the terrain in sight. Yes sir, we had it in sight alright – it’s pretty hard to miss, as long as you’re not in IMC… then it would be way to easy to hit! As we cleared the coastal range, ATC called again to inquire about our plans to transition the Class Bravo airspace. I told him we planned to use the Coastal Route at 5,500 feet and laid out our planned route from our current position: OHIGH (intersection), Fillmore VOR (FIM), CHATY (intersection), Coastal Route, Direct Palomar. The Coastal Route is another VFR Transition Route through the LAX Class Bravo airspace. Southbound, you are to Continued on Page 19
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Continued from Page 10 chaos ensuing below. The image prefigures the recent tendency of Hollywood blockbuster to use iconic national monuments as a backdrop for a threat to national security such as Independence Day, Olympus Has Fallen, and Deep Impact. One of Mr. Kuntsler’s more recent works is one of the highlights of the exhibit. Its title is “Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia, April 12 1981, 7:00:10 EST.” This work, commissioned by NASA and painted in 1981 has a poetic grandeur and simplicity that goes interestingly against the grain of some of his earlier works and perhaps indicates a kind of evolution in his artistic direction towards his active interest in historical painting that has continued to the present. Mort Kuntsler: The Art of Adventure runs until May 30, 2016.
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Continued from Page 18 be established on the LAX 323 Radial abeam the Sepulveda Pass; the intersection CHATY is defined by LAX 323R and the VNY 269R and is about 10 miles north of the Sepulveda Pass, giving us plenty of time to get established on the LAX 323R. The route proceeds past the departure end of Santa Monica Airport’s Runway 21 (KSMO), over Marina Del Rey to the LAX VOR located off the departure end of LAX’s Runways 25 Left and Right; passing LAX, a slight easterly turn onto LAX 123R takes you to Long Beach Harbor. It’s always quite the sight to pass directly over a major airport like LAX–– there’s always so much activity, and it’s amazing to see how carefully the controllers choreograph the arrivals, departures, and ground movements––and there is no better place to see it than from above! The air traffic controllers are very accommodating, especially if you sound like you know what you’re doing! So plan carefully and, again, remember: penetrating Class Bravo airspace requires clearance from ATC.
Civil Air Patrol
Last month, I mentioned that I flew a Cessna 182 with a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit. I did that during a training mission with Civil Air Patrol. We train regularly to maintain our skills and proficiencies, whether individually or in various exercises. SAREX’s (Search and Rescue Exercises) and DREX’s (Disaster Relief Exercises) are the most common, but there are other readiness activities we participate in. In March, I participated in the Group 8 Basic Exercise, essentially a scaled-down SAREX, held at Gillespie Field (KSEE) in San Diego. The mission I flew simulated searching for an aircraft that went missing on a flight in the vicinity of Mt. Palomar in northern San Diego County. CAP uses a variety specific search patterns to maximize effectiveness and crew safety. A search area is divided into quadrants and search flights are care-
fully coordinated to ensure no conflicts among search aircraft, i.e. you won’t find CAP aircraft in adjacent quadrants. In our case, we were assigned grid 278B, highlighted below, on the western slopes of Mt. Palomar. A very experienced and competent instructor and check pilot accompanied me in the right seat (Mission Observer), and a retired Air Force Colonel, former B-1 pilot, instruc-
tor and 7th Bomb Wing Vice Commander was in the back seat working on his Mission Scanner rating, the most basic of aircrew ratings – everybody starts at the bottom! (I told you it was intimidating flying with these guys)! My co-pilot worked the radios and set up the G1000 to navigate us to our search quadrant. We had briefed our flight and proposed search pattern before
19 departure. Being familiar with the area, and reviewing the terrain on our sectional charts, we determined this would be a contour search, meaning we would begin at the highest elevation in our search area, traverse the terrain, and work our way down the side of the mountain. First, we would fly the four corners of our quadrant at a respectable altitude to visually Continued on Page 20
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Continued from Page 11 partner with Combs in several aviation businesses, including the Combs Gates FBO chain and Gates Learjet. In 2006, the award name was changed to reflect the Gates Frontiers Fund’s support, paying homage to Gates’ belief in the benefit of historic preservation and study, and to Combs’ own research efforts behind his acclaimed 1979 book, Kill Devil Hill: Discovering the Secrets of the Wright Brothers. Combs was inspired to write the book after close friend and fellow NAHF enshrinee, Neil Armstrong, presented him a bound collection of the Wright Brothers’ personal papers. Combs died in Dec. 2003 at age 90. During the inaugural award ceremony at the NBAA convention held a month
before his passing, Combs remarked, “Just as Neil’s gift inspired me to discover the secrets of the Wrights, I want to motivate a new generation of historians, researchers, and preservationists to continue the process of clarifying and preserving our nation’s amazing air and space history for generations to come.” Last year’s recipient was filmmaker, Kim Furst, for her documentary, “Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project.” NAHF Director of Enshrinement and Outreach, Ron Kaplan, said, “The Combs Gates Award is the pinnacle honor for those dedicated historians who research and produce great content, often in obscurity, so that the rest of us can learn and be inspired by the legacies of our nation’s air and space pioneers.”
Flying Into Writing Contnued from Page 19 establish its boundaries and make note of anything that might limit our search. In our case, a good portion of our search area included an established neighborhood – we decide not to include that portion in our search for several reasons: 1. We want to be good neighbors; an aircraft circling overhead at 1,000 feet might not be well received. 2. If an aircraft had landed in a neighborhood, they probably wouldn’t need CAP to find it! 3. This was a training mission and as such, we were to train on the more challenging aspects of Search and Rescue operations. Under the watchful eye of my instructor, I flew the C-182 at 1,000 AGL and close-in to the mountain’s slope to
maximize the Mission Scanner’s chances of seeing a target. We made several passes as we descended the mountainside, ending our “search” when we reached the limits of our designated search area. Again, this was a practice run for us, so there wasn’t anything to be seen, but we prosecuted our mission as if it were real. At several points, I took direction from the Mission Scanner as he requested turns to look more closely at objects spotted on the ground. Crew coordination is a big part of what we practice. This was a fairly typical exercise for us – nothing glamorous but necessary training nonetheless. I hope to provide additional insight into Civil Air Patrol in the future. Until then, fly safe!
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Editorial: The “Flying Season”
Continued from Page 6 a flight (you do plan, right?), you develop a set of expectations as to how the flight will go. You expect your plane to perform in a certain manner, the route of flight to like the chart (or moving map), the weather to turn out as forecasted, turbulence to be as anticipated… and so on. Your plan and the actual flight should stay in sync. However, what if it does not? What if the weather deteriorates, maybe the fuel flow seems a bit high, perhaps the oil pressure a bit low, maybe your passenger become airsick. Is your head out of your tooshy, and do you have good situational awareness? The twin to “detect” is “accept.” This means if you detect that something has changed, accept that it is true. Human behavior tends to defend the psyche by simply denying a bad thing is happening. You need to avoid the defensive mechanism of thinking “this simply cannot be happening to me” and accept the reality that you really do have a bear trying to get into your tent. E = Estimate the need to react to what you have detected. In the case of the bear at my tent door, this writer decided that running away at a speed just slightly faster than the next guy, screaming like a little girl, will make the other guy look (and sound) like a much better snack. I do not think this strategy works in airplanes. In some cases, no action may be needed, but you log the event in your mind and keep an eye on it. In other cases, action will be needed. The main point here is; do not delay the process of deciding you have to do something. You need to make a positive, actionable decision, even if that action is to continue. At least you are now in the process of evaluating and estimating what comes next. C = Choose an outcome for the action you take. This is where most pilots make a mistake, often fatal. In the case of my bear scenario, my outcome is to have the bear more interested in the other guy than me, enabling me to escape to the safety of my car. My “choice” ends up with a successful ending for me. But, here is what happens with a lot of pilots. Perhaps they see worsening weather and decide not to continue the flight. They decide to make a 180-degree turn and head the other way. This seems like a good choice, right? No, that’s a bad choice. A 180-degree turn is just a maneuver; it does not end up with the plane being safely on the ground. If you are making that turn to go to an alternate or perhaps return to home base, you have chosen an outcome, not just a maneuver. There is only one safe place for the occu-
pants of an airplane in flight… and that is on the ground. The outcome you chose must insure the safety of you and your passengers, even if that means a precautionary landing on a rural road. Pilots experiencing a progressive engine failure have often just headed for the nearest airport, simply hoping the rumbling critter up front will keep going, when an immediate off airport landing would have been the best choice. Do you know how to pick an emergency landing point? Get some training. I = Identify what you must do to achieve the outcome you have chosen. Have a plan and then execute it. In the case of my bear, I identified the need to both run faster than the other guy and scream in the most annoying way possible, all while heading for a safe haven. Maybe not the best plan, but it is still a plan. When things start going wrong in flight, do not just flail around. If you are going to head for the nearest airport, have a heading in mind. Use cockpit resources (maybe passenger) to look up airport data. Call ATC, maybe squawk 7,700. If it looks like an emergency off-field landing may be best, manually activate the ELT. The few seconds it takes to develop a plan can eliminate those last-minute decisions needed to save your life when total confusion or panic sets in. Consider that good planning before take off might have had you close to highways and airports throughout the entire flight, or do you just hit the “direct to” button after engine start and consider that good preflight planning? D = Do the steps you identified. The best plan in the world is useless if you don’t take a shot at implementing it. Do not allow denial to re-enter the picture, causing you to hold your plan in abeyance until “it is really needed.” I would not stay in my tent with a bear at the door “hoping he can’t figure out how to get in.” Implementing my plan immediately and aggressively might be my only hope of running faster than the next guy. I (and you) need a head start on what may become a crisis. E = Evaluate how the plan is working out. Another principle of ADM is the sin of “continuation bias.” This principle might be what got you into trouble to begin with. We aviators tend to be “type A” characters. Our definition of success is setting a goal and achieving that goal. Nothing will stand in our way. Well, that attitude results in a behavior that will not let you admit that something is wrong. Now that you have a plan to deal with the problem you detected in step one of the Continued on Page 22
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Continued from Page 21 Decide model, constantly evaluate that plan to make sure that it is working. Given the wide variety of things that can enter the world of flight, keep an open mind and if need be, go back to the beginning of the DECIDE model and run another iteration. This writer remembers events that ended up with my plane having an inexcusably low amount of fuel remaining during an IFR flight. Having declared an emergency and taking vectors to the closest airport (chosen plan), I was still 15 minutes from the alternate destination when I suddenly broke into
VFR conditions with an unknown airport immediately below me. I changed my plan and immediately chopped power and landing at that unknown airport. I was embarrassed, ATC was upset, but my plane, and passengers were on the ground and safe. I got over it, and ATC just scolded me… well deserved. However, the outcome is the goal. So, there you are, a rant about ADM and then a discussion of an ADM model that works very well. Come to think of it, there are a couple of other good ADM models that I can remember. Maybe a review of the ADM process is in order.
Disney TFRS to be Charted Continued from Page 17 and air traffic. He added that after the areas appear on charts, pilots should continue to make frequent and meticulous checks of notices to airmen before flight operations in the areas. The FAA issued the TFRs at the Disney facilities in 2003 at the direction of Congress—among several airspace restrictions established following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, AOPA has strongly advocated for publishing congressionally mandated TFRs as an essential resource for operator awareness in the affected areas. Other charted TFRs that, despite their temporary designation are permanent in nature, include the Washington, D.C. Special Flight Rules Area and Flight Restricted Zone; and airspace around and overlying the prohibited area at Camp
David in Maryland and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Additional efforts to improve TFR graphics are being studied in an industry committee convened by the FAA in response to AOPA’s concerns about inconsistencies and errors in TFR depictions. “For example, another area of focus is sporting event TFRs, where providing graphics and more information on the locations impacted would be helpful,” Duke said. AOPA also is co-leading an RTCA TFR task group and is continuing to advocate for a TFR overhaul to make them easier to understand. “TFRs affect all pilots, and adding them to charts makes them more conspicuous, heightening awareness. No longer will pilots have to draw the circle for these TFRs on their sectionals,” Duke said.
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It’s spring, and for many people, that means warmer days and a time of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection, and regrowth. But for me, spring means the start of airshow season! Whether it’s in a small town, on a military base, or the
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granddaddy of all airshows, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, all air shows have one thing in common – airplanes. If the airshow you plan to attend is on an active-duty or reserve military base, there may be restrictions on articles that are allowed onto the facility, such as ice chests, glass containers, folding
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chairs, etc. You may also have to park at a remote site and take base-provided transportation onto the show site, which may limit your ability to take bulky objects with you like long lenses and tripods. Even an airshow on a civilian facility will have security concerns, and it’s always a good idea to check for restricted items ahead of time. Folding chairs, small umbrellas for shade (if allowed), and plenty of sunscreen will make what can be a long day more pleasant. Most airshows tend to offer free admission to the airshow grounds, although premium viewing areas and formal seating may be available for purchase, and there are usually plenty of vendors selling food, beverages, and souvenirs. If you’re attending an airshow with the express idea of trying to make some great photos, sitting in the bleachers with a bunch of other folks is not the place you want to be.
Typically, airshows offer vast expanses of tarmac (taxiways and aircraft parking areas adjacent to the show area) from which to view the show, but there are three areas to keep in mind when deciding where to set up for photo opportunities: the show line, the crowd line, and the “show center.” The show line is the line of flight that will be used by most of the performers most of the time, and typically will be parallel to a runway so as to provide the aerial performers with a ready visual reference to the minimum safe distance Continued on Page 49
This month, Denver will realize a 20-year vision in the making. Denver International Airport (DEN) will join the 20 plus other cities in the country to have a rail line that connects the heart of downtown to the airport directly. Of those cities, only a handful claim to be able to carry travelers to the airport from downtown in less than 40 minutes. DEN now serves more than 20 international cities in nine countries and 173 cities overall. With more than 54 million passengers traveling through the airport each year, DEN is one of the busiest airline hubs in the world’s largest aviation market. At the same time, Colorado’s expanding employment base, high quality of life, and increasing presence in the global business community is expected to continue to attract new residents and businesses to the state. This is the final phase in the plan that will not only help serve Denver’s growing population but will also give Denver an edge over other cities. Smart Growth America reported that the smart
growth features that come with well-connected transit systems and strong local economies can give businesses a competitive edge in recruiting and retaining well-educated, well-trained workers. Properties near transit are also reported to be in high demand, experiencing faster absorption and higher occupancy rates. Real estate and economic development near the airport are gaining momentum already. In addition to Westin International Airport hotel and conference center that opened in Nov. 2015, a new Panasonic Enterprise Solutions technology center, to be located at the last stop before DEN, is bringing more than 300 jobs to the city, as it develops a smart city development. Denver beat out 21 other cities to win the new facility. The 1,500room Gaylord Rockies Hotel, which will be located near the airport, is well underway. In total, Denver is expecting nearly 40,000 new jobs through new and expanding businesses and $2.6 billion in economic impact expected over the next three decades along the east corridor.
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t only takes six and a half hours to drive to Lakeland from my home in Georgia, so that’s clearly the option of choice. Getting there Monday evening before the show, I met Mike and Scott at the campground and dined on burgers, brats, and beer. It being early in the year, before the heat, humidity, and skeeters, looking over the “bob wire” fence (that’s how it’s pronounced, that’s how it’s spelled) at the idyllic pasture and pond and trees next door… it doesn’t get much better than that. The next morning, Sun ‘N Fun officially started for me with a press briefing, but this one was different. Flying in from Houston non-stop in six and a half hours, the same as my driving time, was the B17 “Texas Raiders,” after its eight years, $600,000 restoration. This press briefing was the prerequisite to a possible flight. Then it was on to the flight line for a whirlwind (but not tornadic) tour of the vendor displays. Velocity reports that four of their twin-engine aircraft are flying, and that kit #10 is in their shop. A single engine Velocity will be built in Aspen, Colo., in a high school program. Not homebuilt but just as tidy was a Piper Aztec with a new instrument panel, loaded up with Aspen and Bendix/King technology by Sarasota Avionics. Lots of amazing goodies, but these old eyes would need reading glasses to interpret all the information crammed onto those displays. The old three-inch steam gauges are huge and uncluttered by comparison, if much less information-rich. Just around the corner, Rotec Aerosport was selling liquid cooled cylinder heads for Jabiru engines. If you have a six-cylinder engine and a radiator, $3,500 will get you an electric water pump and everything else you need. Four-cylinder kits are also available. Also in the Rotec booth was a ¾size replica of the Pitts “Samson” biplane. It had a 150 HP Rotect radial engine, huge wheel pants, and was as cute as a bug. Steve Wolf is building two. I’ve always thought that the single seat Starduster was good looking, but this one… wow. On the other side of their booth was an RV-8 with that same radial engine, giving it a unique look like an old Navy fighter. The two exhaust stacks had drip cans to catch the oil that radial engines use to mark their territory. At the end of the row was the Commuter craft, a three-surface homebuilt still in flight test. It has 28 hours of
Steve Wolf's scaled-down Sampson biplane, more or less a Pitts S-1 with a Rotec engine. Cute as a bug. (Ed Wischmeyer)
No it's not a piston-powered HondaJet, it's a Softex Aero V-24 from the Ukraine.. (Ed Wischmeyer)
The Wing Derringer – fast, cute, rare, two seats, and desirable. (Ed Wischmeyer) flight test so far at its base south of Atlanta, with a cruise speed of 160 knots using a 180 HP Titan O-340 engine, even though the two- seat cockpit must be at least 1,105 feet wide. I had a great conversation with Richard Hogan, the designer. Somehow we managed not to talk about the road ability that is men-
The Skywriter HUD, driven entirely by GPS. Fits on your dashboard. (Ed Wischmeyer) tioned on their website. At the end of the next row was Europa, the most under appreciated homebuilt on the market. Swift Aircraft in the UK recently bought Europa and is developing a new composite, low-wing two seater with an elliptical wing and a cruciform tail. They were also showing AirMaster electric con-
stant speed propellers from New Zealand, which can Ed use blades from Wischmeyer Warp Drive, Sensenich, or Whirlwind, among others. Some props are feathering, some give reverse pitch like you’d want on a seaplane. Nearby was the low-wing Saberwing with a Corvair engine. They have a custom thrust bearing and nose piece that they put onto the crankshaft with differential heating and cooling and a 20-ton press. It ain’t coming loose! They use an AeroCarb to avoid the carburetor ice that some other conversions may be prone to. For a free lunch, like a zillion other journalists, I went to the Piper Aircraft announcement that they’d just sold 80 Archers and 20 Seminoles to the University of North Dakota. No knock against Cessna, their present supplier, but Piper made a better offer. The transition is not just the airplanes, it’s also training materials, maintenance, all kinds of things. They refresh their fleet every eight years, and this time, they went back to Piper. Back at the other end of the ramp, I visited with the SeaRey folks, purveyor of that amazingly fine LSA amphibian. They’ve shipped 54 of their LSA model, all but three with the turbocharged Rotax 914. An Australian flew his SeaRey around the world, and with full fuel, well above normal gross weight, he had 25 hours of endurance. Or at least, the engine did. Search for “SouthernSun” and “SeaRey” and read all about it. Meanwhile, designer, Kerry Richter, is closing in on 10,000 hours in SeaReys. I wonder if anybody else has that much time in experimentals, or in one make of experimentals… They’ve got a new folding wing design that lets one person fold the wings in a half hour, fine for transporting the plane on a trailer but slow for hangaring. Softex Aero had a novel low-wing four seater with the Rotax pusher engines mounted above each wing, sort of like a HondaJet. The plane has been certificated in the Ukraine (please, don’t say Russia, even if some of the labels are in the Cyrillic alphabet). A new version will have 160 HP Lycomings. Back indoors, I spent an hour learning about seats and seat backs from Michael Dennis of Oregon Aero. He has also been working on ways to prevent bedsores for veterans, and has amazing Continued on Page 26
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SUN 'N FUN 2016 INNOVATION PREVIEW DEBUTS!
Surprising and Impressive Line-Up Speaks Well For Today's Innovative Aero-Mindset
By Sun ‘n Fun and ANN Staff
Better than we hoped for... that’s the best way to describe the results of our first Sun ‘n Fun Innovation preview... over an hour of aero-innovative disruption at its best. And as a lead-in for the next rendition of the highly successful Oshkosh/ AirVenture Innovation Preview, we couldn’t be more excited for the future of this programming concept... especially since it is about to become the standard bearer for an event/program that’s been long-awaited and is now ready for action. Ok... enough of the tease... as we’ll have concrete announcements after we
finish a few meetings at Lakeland – and we promise some exciting stuff indeed. Suffice it to say, though, that the newsdrought that used to typify Lakeland and other events is apparently over, and the very strong evidence of aggressive new innovation is too great to ignore. That said; the staff of the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In and the Aero-News Network are pleased to announce that we are now releasing, the latest in a novel AeroTV/Airborne program designed to draw attention to the most innovative and aggressively oriented companies in the aviation universe – and most particularly, those with real news to impart. For more information visit, http://www.aeronews.net/
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Continued from Page 25 stories to tell. One interesting statistic is that if you have a bad airplane seat, your blood oxygen saturation numbers will collapse after four hours. Nearby was an Elite Simulator with three large monitors for the outside view, and I managed to fly a Seminole around the pattern and land it successfully. Those simulators are getting cooler and cooler all the time but still don’t have all the fidelity I’d like, particularly in force feedback on the control wheel. Then again, even my brief flight demonstrated that this simulator would do a fine job of helping keep your instrument skills polished. Superior has made no progress on their two-crankshaft diesel engine due to
Florida farmland across the fence from a camping area, just inside where folks turn right base for the east runway. Gorgeous. (Ed Wischmeyer)
other funding priorities, doggone it.
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The next morning was spent on the B-17 ride and then back to the show. There was a rare Wing Derringer parked in the grass, still sleek after all these years, but with ancient Collins radios. It’s on my (long) list of airplanes I’d love to own, but I don’t know what you do for spare parts except make your own. Skywriter had a portable HUD, driven entirely by GPS. It had no optics to project the symbology forward of the screen, and was pricey but still cool. One customer sitting in a booth had on his shirt an N-number I thought that I recognized, and sure enough, he had bought his Navion from an old friend in California. The Navion now has lots of new glass avionics, but the airframe is still as clean and polished as ever. Engineers may have trouble with names, but when it comes to numbers… One of the more intriguing devices is from iStartair.com. Basically, it is a fuel injection system controller for starting your engine. Throttle cracked, mixture lean, wait for the flashing light from iStart, and turn the key. After engine starts and the light starts flashing again, move the mixture to rich, and the iStart shuts off. They have a great video on Youtube of their system on an RV-10. It’s also certificated for the Bellanca Viking. Way cool, but I still have carburetors. Over in the Garmin booth, I asked what was new about the Aera 660. It has
ANN and SnF joined together to present the “Sun ‘n Fun Innovation Preview,” (“SFIP” for short), to highlight the incredibly innovative and news-making products that provide the ‘BUZZ factor’ at Sun ‘n Fun 2016. The SFIP has allowed dozens of innovators to work with us over the past few weeks to produce informational video presentations with our media staff. As a result, you’ll see a comprehensive program containing nearly 20 short, three- to four-minute, online media presentations that will give you a glimpse of what is really new and innovative at Sun ‘n Fun. The video presentations are carefully managed to provide useful informa-
a bigger screen and is brighter, but the new functionality is that it can show approach plates. At some point, the electric attitude indicator in the RV-8 will likely be replaced by a Garmin G5 display, and I found out that you can use that display without pitot or static inputs, and it will display GPS speed and altitude. (The GPS antenna is in the instrument bezel!) I’d do this because if the static system peters out, I don’t want to lose all my capabilities. That’s why I have a Dynon D2 as the backup in the RV-9A. One of the more interesting conversations of the show was with Mark Korin, whose badge says, “AOA Wizard.” An apt name for sure, and he was the first vendor to tell me how to compensate AOA for gusts on approach. The short answer is that you make sure that the AOA never shows any red segments. Depending on the airfoil, flap deflection and gear extension may change the correct AOA settings, and their system can accept configuration inputs. By the way, new Cessna 172s have an AOA indicator above the instrument panel. In the icom booth, the A220 VHF transceiver now has abundant stored frequency capability, including five sets of 10 frequencies that you can name, like, for the airports you fly into most frequently. It can also get frequencies from an external GPS database, but you have to ask the dealer for details. Lastly, it has a voice-actuated intercom built in. It has a great deal of functionality, but as with any of the new avionics, you have to learn the user interface.
tion about groundbreaking products that go beyond normal sales hype. The roster is a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of aviation innovators... nearly 20, in all... Aeromarine LSA, Airtime Aircraft Inc., Avilution, Best Tugs, CloudAhoy, Guardian Avionics, Lancair Int’l, LightSpeed Aviation, Piper Aircraft, PS Engineering, SAFE Toolkit, Sonex Aircraft, MGL Avionics, TruTrak, Wipaire – and much more! ANN CEO, Jim Campbell, provides just a few opening remarks... and from there, the program races along from news-maker to news-maker. For aviation to shine, you have to put a light on it… Continued on Page 27
The inside of a B-17 wheel well. Lots of cables, lots of plumbing, lots of history. (Ed Wischmeyer)
The end of the day was with Canadian friends at the International Dinner that had a variety of unique food trucks. I tried Venezuelan arepas, which were helped by a pickle relish with cilantro. Dinner conversation was not helped by ‘60s music at near disco levels, and I don’t think that any of the announcements were completely intelligible. Walking back to the car, I detoured by the ultralight field and watched the Just SuperSTOL demo, so incredible that you hardly tire of it, and I also watched a Stearman and a Stinson Gull Wing easily take off from the short grass field. The plan was to come back for a few more hours on Thursday morning, but rain was heading in, so I headed out. So what will I do differently next year? Spend more time with friends at the campground. Reserve a room earlier. Avoid hotels.com, avoid Motel 6, and avoid Red Lobster. Lastly, I would spend a few more days there. After all, I am retired, at least officially.
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There were more than just vintage planes filling the sky in Florida this April, as the Red Bull Air Race Demo took flight for the first time ever at one of the largest airshows in North America, Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo in Lakeland, Fla. More than 150,000 aviation enthusiasts at Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo were immersed in a demo of the global motorsport phenomenon that is the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Fans were treated to the first ever demonstration of the ultimate motorsport series in the sky with a brand new track design, which saw two of the title contenders from the Master Class, Americans Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian, showcase the epitome of the high-speed, low-altitude action. The pilots raced through the unique 80-foot (25m) pylons, while thousands of aviation fans cheered from the crowd lines. Nick Fellows, the iconic voice of the sport and the upcoming first-ever American Challenger Class pilot, Kevin Coleman, commentated and educated the new fans whilst the flying action took place. Designed to educate and inspire, Sun ‘n Fun is the second-largest event of its kind in the world, and the attendees had the chance to meet the race pilots in person, watch as they show how to fly the track correctly and incorrectly, learn
Name You’ve The The Company You’ve Relied on for on overfor 25 22 Years Relied Years Now has a New Name (Chris Garrison and Jose Ramos) about scoring, rules and timing, and check out the latest look in race planes. Once they had a taste of the real action, fans were encouraged to become a race pilot themselves with the opportunity try a virtual reality simulator and discover just how exhilarating flight at 230 mph (370 kmh) with 10Gs can be. Jim DiMatteo, Race Director for the Red Bull Air Race, added, “The aviation community here at Sun ‘n Fun love anything to do with flying and planes. And today we were honored to demonstrate to the crowd what we do in our sport. We have a fast-growing fan base in the U.S., and our American pilots certainly showed what our World Championship can do.” Don’t miss out on seeing the Red Bull Air Race debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oct. 1–2) and the big season finale in Las Vegas (Oct. 15–16). And throughout the season, for the latest news and tickets to all the races, visit www.redbullairrace.com
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AVIATION SUMMER CAMPS AT SUN ‘N FUN MAKE STEM EDUCATION FUN
Sun ‘n Fun’s Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) will once again be offering their annual day and residential aviation summer camps for kids ages 7 – 18 on the Sun ‘n Fun Expo Campus, 4175 Medulla Rd., Lakeland, Fla. Destination Aviation is for ages 1118, and provides real-world learning experience and applications. They will have the opportunity to experience flights and become familiar with cockpit instruments, aerodynamics, and flight simulators. This year, students participating in Destination Aviation will be given the opportunity to take flight in a Piper Cherokee with two to three other students while piloting a cross-country course over the east coast of Florida. Flight Safety International pilots will supervise them, enabling them to log approximately 20 minutes of flight-time each. The flight will include taking off and
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landing an aircraft. This will allow students to have hands-on experience charting a flight course and following airplane instrumentation while being in total control in the air. “This is truly the best value in summer camps in the State of Florida, if not the United States. Students are taught by certified teachers and flight instructors,” said Robb Williams, Executive Director, ACE. During a graduation ceremony at the conclusion of each week’s camp, the students will present the criteria and daily situations professional pilots encounter such as weather, technology, maintenance, flight planning, and aeronautical decision-making. Destination Aviation is $300 for the day camp or $675 for the residential (overnight) option. The dates are as follows:
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STEMtastic camp is for ages 7-12. This camp is a day camp costing $150 for a five-day experience. The dates are as follows: Camp 1 2 3
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STEMtastic offers daily themes incorporating science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) learning techniques. Topics include robotics,
airplanes, rocketry, waveforms, and nature. STEMtastic summer camp will enable students to get first-hand experience with the world of aviation and learn about the bright future it can offer. STEMtastic will challenge kids in a new and exciting way by exploring the different resources found in Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum, the Buehler Aerospace Skills Center, Piedmont Aerospace Lab, and the Piedmont Aerospace Experience, a fully functioning Boeing 727. For more information about aviation summer camps or other educational programs, please contact John Iskra at 863/904-4073 or email jiskra@sun-nfun.org. Or visit http://www.sun-nfun.org/educational-programs/.
SCENES AVIATION GUARDIAN CONTINUES PILOT COMMUNITY AT SUN ‘N FUN
Sun ‘n Fun, one of the largest airshows in the country, brings together a distinctive group of passionate aviators, which includes unique pilots such as Ramona Cox, also known as SkyChick, one of the most respected female backcountry adventure pilots and lecturers at SunNFun. SkyChick is well recognized for her solo air-camping explorations into remote wilderness areas for months at a time. Recently, SkyChick partnered with Honda Power Equipment and was surprised to find out just how much they quietly support the aviation community. “Few know that it was Honda that helped provide emergency power after the 2011 Tornado hit the field. They supplied generators for various uses, including getting Sun ‘n Fun radio station back up and running within eight minutes of power loss.” “I’ve always known that Honda had a great reputation for quality products, but I was surprised to find out how much Honda does behind the scenes to support the general aviation community and nonpilot attendees. One important void they fill is the opportunity for all attendees to charge their cell phones through Honda’s portable charging stations sprinkled throughout the airshow grounds and at the Honda Generator Display (LD-001).
Ramona Cox, also known as SkyChick.
Considering that many cell phones won’t last an entire day, it’s a life-saver for those who need to stay in touch with work or family.” Other benefactors of Honda’s generosity include the Flying Musicians, Cessna and Mooney Pilots Associations, and the Recreational Aviation Foundation for whom Honda supplies portable generators at various airshow events to power their instruments, projectors, speakers, cooking, and other equipment, which in turn, provides entertainment for the pilots and the general public. “As a longtime air-camping lecturer, I was excited when Honda approached me to partner with them after attending one of my lectures. I was touting the
virtues of a generator over solar power for air-camping,” said Ramona Cox. “Air-camping is an incredibly unique form of camping, with no access to power, electricity, or phone service.
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Having partnered with Honda Power Equipment, Honda Generators SkyChick will be spending time at the Honda Generator Power Equipment Display (LD-001) across from the Sunset Grill. Most impressive is their sponsorship of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, a crowd favorite, who performs at dozens of airshows throughout the country. Since approaching SkyChick, Honda has provided a space at EAA AirVenture where she parks her airplane and shares a real-life air-camping display, showcasing the latest in gear for air-camping, which has size and weight constrains based on the aircraft size. “It’s all about safety, and Honda Power Equipment greatly helps me spread the word.” A behind-the-scenes aviation hero for many in the pilot community, Honda continues to promote aviation and education through their widespread support of pilots like SkyChick who gave two PowerPoint presentations at the SunNFun airshow. For more information on the Sun ‘n Fun airshow, visit: www.sun-n-fun.org. For more information on SkyChick, visit www.skychick.com or email ramona@skychick.com
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wish I had met William Campbell and Charlie Miller. Not exactly household names, but if I tell you that they were pals of Buffalo Bill, hopefully, that might perk your interest. William Campbell, born in 1841, was among the first riders when the Pony Express, a predecessor of FedEx started up in 1860. At age 16, he was slightly older than some of his colleagues. Later, Campbell became a Nebraska state senator. Later, he moved to Stockton, Calif. where he died in 1934, a year after I was born. Although he is often reputed to have been the last surviving rider, I’ve read about others, including Charlie Miller, born Julius Mortimer in 1850. Charlie was a mere 11 years old when he first mounted a Pony Express horse. He made an unsuccessful attempt to join the army at age 92 and died at the age of 105 in 1955. Buffalo Bill, by the way, the most famous (and older) Pony Express rider, (he joined at age 15), died in 1917. The Pony Express route extended from St. Joseph, Mo. to Sacramento, Calif., a distance of approximately 1,900 miles. Were I to fly that route, and all of my electronic equipment went on strike (my GPS, VORs, even my ADF, which for years, has been on life support), what would I do? It’s been more than 65 years since I flew my first cross-country. I cruised at low altitudes from one city to another with the assistance of Wisconsin roads, towns, lakes, and rivers. I was never very good at it. Today, should I be called upon to fly the Pony Express route by the seat-of-the-pants, I would follow I-70 and I-80 across the Great Plains, then over the Rockies, the Great Basin, and finally over the Sierra Nevada Range. If these Interstates were obliterated, I’d be in huge trouble. Campbell and Miller, barely of age to qualify for a driver’s license, let alone a pilot’s license, made the trip often in the dark of night, and frequently chased by Native Americans who did not take kindly to intrusion on their land. Occasionally, a herd of buffalo that did not recognize the rules of the roads, such as they were, asserted the right-of-way. It’s always a good idea to yield to the herd. Imagine––Miller’s mother allowed an 11year-old to have this adventure. Today, she would be reported to Child Protective
Farm on the Prairie Services for child endangerment. Many mothers of today won’t allow their 11year-olds to walk to school alone. Of course, these riders could not even imagine that President Eisenhower’s Federal Interstate Highway Act of 1956 would result in covering their hoof prints 100 years later. Nor could they imagine that machines would fly like birds. But Charlie lived to see both. The Great, Historical Platte River The Central Platte River Valley is part of the Central Flyway, one of the primary migration flyways followed by waterfowl and shorebirds on their annual trek back and forth from winter habitats to northern breeding grounds. Many species engage in this annual migration. Several species fly from the Arctic Circle to South America. Some of these, including the sand hill crane, stop off in the valley during their annual spring migration. Others using the same flyway (hopefully, without “flyway-rage”) include trumpeter swans, tundra swans, Canadian geese, canvasback ducks, bald eagles, American White Pelicans, whooping cranes, and herons.
Nebraska is an Outdoor Paradise
For those who love the wide-open spaces, Nebraska offers as much, if not more, than any state in the country. For example, farming and ranching are ubiq-
(Courtesy Nebraska Tourism) uitous. I frequently spend days roaming through farm country or flying over it at low altitudes. I love to pause and talk to farmers about growing corn, raising cattle, running dairy operations, and just about any subject that has to do with the raising of our food. I have fond memories of landing on crop duster strips and engaging in hangar talk with crop duster pilots. I grew up at a time and in a community where the farmer delivered chicken and eggs to our home. For the evening’s vegetable course, my mother would travel a half-mile or so, stop at a farm stand, and purchase justharvested green beans, asparagus, tomatoes, or onions. I think it is sad that so many families of today purchase only processed food and rarely, if ever, stop at a roadside stand to purchase fresh produce. For these reasons, I have deep admiration for our nation’s food producers. During a recent trip to Nebraska, I expanded my knowledge of such subjects as crop rotation, animal husbandry, pivot irrigation, water tables, and soil preservation. Major crops include corn (primarily for feed), wheat, soybeans, livestock (beef and pork), dairy products, grain sorghum, sugar beets, and potatoes. The state is also a major producer of soy biodiesel and American Ethanol. I marveled at the huge, more than one-story high pivot sprinkler systems where watering pipes are mounted on wheeled towers, and the sprinkler machines move in a circular pattern and irrigate an entire field.
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Bird Watching
I’ve been mildly involved in bird watching since I took a college course in the field of ornithology. So it was with considerable excitement when our group of journalists gathered one cold Nebraska morning (about six degrees Fahrenheit) in a huge blind and observed the mating behavior of prairie chickens. The males gather in “pick-up” joints called “leks,” strut around, puff out their big orange sacks, and attempt to mate with a hen. Generally, a few dominant males chase the weaker males from the lek and end up with the entire flock. Even more exciting were our early morning observations of hundreds of thousands of sand hill cranes as they awakened from their snooze on the flats of the Platte River and took off to the sky in huge squadrons. Watching the sand hill Continued on Page 30
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The Western Migration
Birds are not the only migrants who pass through Nebraska. Gothenburg and other places along the Platte River were along the path of the 19th-century pio-
neers as they headed west. It was also the route for the Pony Express. The Platte was one of the most important corridors for settlement of the west. The Oregon Trail, which settlers first crossed in the 1840s, ran from the banks of the Missouri River and the Platte River to what is now the state of Oregon. Beginning in 1847, the Mormons headed to Utah along the trail. Prospectors destined for the Gold
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Rush in 1849 also joined the route. The river itself was not navigable, but hundreds of wagons passed along its banks. The settlers traveled east to west, and the birds migrate north to south (and south to north). Their perpendicular routes intersected at the Platte River Valley. Humans have been migrating for about 150 years. Many of the bird species have been migrating for thousands, per-
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Why I Love Nebraska
A visit to a destination like Nebraska opens the floodgates of inspiration, reflection, and excitement for me. Thoughts and emotions about America’s expansion overwhelm me. Although I have no ancestors who settled Nebraska (mine all arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1900s), I profoundly embrace our American heritage and strongly identify with the folks who moved west across our Great Plains. I am intrigued with the development and expansion of our country. True, I am not proud of how we stole land from Native Americans, nor am I proud of our decimation of wild life. Nevertheless, I view folks like Lewis and Clarke, the Pony Express riders, and the 49ers as men and women of grit, fortitude, curiosity, and vision. Without folks like these, we would not have our expansive country. I also marvel how, in less than a century, we leaped from primitive travel to autos, trains, and airplanes – more in one century than the previous 20 centuries. Another reason I enjoy trips that are steeped in history is that I love to ruminate about my own small journey and place through history and juxtapose it with the same period of the Pony Express riders. When I was 11 years old (in 1944), the time span between the Pony Express was about the same as the period from 1944 to the present. Yet, as a child, 1860 seemed like centuries away. To me, 1944 seems like yesterday. But imagine how 1944 must seem to a kid of 11 today. Continued on Page 31
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As a kid, I occasionally came across an obituary of a Civil War veteran. Boy, did their photos look like old guys. Today, an obituary of a WWII veteran often carries a photo of a real old guy. But that guy was just an 18-year-old kid when he fought in the war.
Memorable Restaurants
As a culinary journalist, I consume my share of restaurant cuisine. Many of my dining experiences are extraordinary, others I wish I could have avoided. Over the course of a year, a few stand out and are memorable. These standouts often pervade my thoughts as I yearn to return for an encore. Some are expensive restaurants, but most arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so pricey. They are memorable because the ingredients, preparation, dedication, and presentation are over the top. I encountered two examples in Nebraska. Alley Rose, 2013 Central Ave, Kearney, NE 68847, 308/234-1261, www.alleyrose.com. For one of the best hunks of prime rib, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth a trip to Nebraska just to visit this restaurant. Beef ranching is a major industry in Nebraska. Most of the cattle, Certified Black Angus, are raised and fed properly. The meat is aged to perfection. The result is a great steak or roast. Except for au jus, I deplore the use any sauce â&#x20AC;&#x201C; great beef, judiciously prepared, stands on its own. Alley Rose serves a one or two pound slice that is virtually fork tender. They also deliver an impressive pork osso bucco or chicken schnitzel, lightly breaded with a lemon caper buerre blanc â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all with superb sides such as mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, or wild mushroom risotto. Service is efficient and congenial. Chances R, 124 W. 5th, York, NE 68467, 402/362-7755, www.chancesr york.com. I love small town joints that have been operated by the same family for generations, especially where the succeeding generation doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mess with the
success of its predecessors. When I walked into Chances R, I immediately knew I was in the right place. The room was packed with locals. The gravelvoiced waitresses were jolly and hospitable. They made me feel like a regular. This place serves a hearty breakfast, great burgers, and homemade desserts, but the winner is the fried chicken with real mashed potatoes and country gravy. Of course, the chicken fried steak is right up there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been over a month since my visit, but I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get these two places out of my mind.
Airports
McCook Regional Airport (KMCK) has two major runways. R12/30 is 6,450 feet long and has an ILS approach. Runway 4/22 is 4,000 feet long. The field also has RNAV and VOR approaches. Red Willow Aviation can be reached at 866/926-6904. Gothenburg has one airport, Quinn Field (KGTE) with runway 3/21 which is 2,599 feet long and 14/32, which is 3,300 feet long. Contact Gothenburg Aviation at 308/557-2384 for more information. Kearney Regional Airport has two runways. R18/36 is 7,094 feet long. R13/31 is 4,498 feet long. Contact Kearney Aviation Center, 308/233-5800. Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island has two runways. R17/35 is 7,002 feet long. R13/31 is 6,608 feet long. Contact Trego-Dugan Aviation at 800/652-0018 for more information.
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The question Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asked most frequently is â&#x20AC;&#x153;where is your favorite destination?â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to 101 countries. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stayed in â&#x20AC;&#x153;fancy-schmancyâ&#x20AC;? hotels where folks unwittingly treated me as if I were the richest guy in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or put up their noses and regarded me as if I were the poorest guy intruding on their opulent surroundings. In places like Nebraska, there are few, if any luxurious hotels. But I know of no luxurious hotel lobby or lofty building that can compare with the splendor of the Nebraska prairie, the expansive farmland, the rivers, the sand hills, the historic sites and the open skies of the American Great Plains. In Nebraska, I could be sitting in an old coffee shop. One man sits to my right â&#x20AC;&#x201C; another to my left. Both are wearing tattered overalls. Both have country gravy dripping down their chin. One is a farm hand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the other owns a 5,000-acre farm. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell the farm hand from the farm owner. But nobody cares. Not even those two guys. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I love about Nebraska.
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Hangar Talk, Egyptian Style
Our hot air balloon drifted over the Valley of the Kings in the dawn flight on a recent trip to Egypt. The pilot was a graduate of the prestigious Egyptian Aviation Academy’s Misr Flying School in Giza, Egypt. Being a pilot myself, we indulged in a little hangar flying, Egyptian aviation style. Several young men along for the ride were recent graduate pilots who found themselves part of Egypt’s vast unemployed pilots club. While waiting for a rare job in aviation to open up, they were learning the ins and outs of operating a hot air balloon for the tourist trade. They were enthusiastic about talking to an American pilot, especially a woman. Women aviators are pretty much unknown in Egypt, where even women drivers are still very rare. One of the things I discovered was that all Egyptian students at the Academy must be fluent in English, as all study and teaching occurs in English. Their flight training is in Cessna 152s and Cessna 172 Skyhawks. Civil aviation as American pilots know it is very different in Egypt. The Academy first opened its doors to flight students in 1932. It wasn’t until 1971 that the National Civil Aviation Training Organization (NCATO) was established to supervise and organize all aviationtraining activities. Due to the rapid expansion of aviation training needs to provide civil aviation entities with young graduates, specialized institutes and colleges were established in NCATO. The three colleges that make up the Egyptian Aviation Academy include Misr Flying College, Air Traffic Control College, and Aviation Management College. The academy was the first to achieve the recognition and the approval of the Ministry of Civil Aviation Organization for all its colleges as a Regional Training Center in Africa and in the Middle East. The inclusion and certification of an Aviation Medicine division made it the first state-adopted specialization outside of a military aviation institute. Training programs are carried out according to international standards.
Misr Flying College
This college is the core of the Aviation Academy, offering training to both Egyptian and non-Egyptian students, although the college does not offer assistance or visas to non-Egyptians. Medical examinations must be undertak-
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Career Management.
Unemployed Pilots
Student pilot at simulator.
(Donia Moore)
Despite a high level of training for Egypt’s pilots, the economic woes of this area have devastated them. While up to 70 new pilots graduate each year from the Academy alone, the numbers of available aviation jobs have dropped significantly, with most open jobs going to former military pilots. The Aviation Syndicate, an organization developed to try to help unemployed pilots find jobs in other regions, has protested lengthy duty days of 14 hours and up, and has even tried to move pilots to Indonesia. One of the problems is that Indonesia is notoriously risky in airplane crashes, though they have a huge shortage of pilots. Anther challenge is that recently Indonesia tightened its restrictions on hiring pilots with less than 250 hours in the cockpit. Although Egyptian pilots have found some positions there, Indonesian pilots receive priority, whether or not they have the required number of hours.
Is Relief on the Way?
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en in Egypt in the examining medical center under the authority of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in order to be accredited. Accredited faculty members, experienced in the aviation world in general, teach the aviation training courses at the College. International Aviation ECAA officially approves the College. It is also very expensive by American standards. In a country where a monthly living wage hovers between EGP 1,000 and 2,000 (approximately USD112.00–225.00), a pilot’s license can set a would-be Egyptian student aviator back approximately USD 60,000.00 for a one-year course with instrument rating. But according to my new friends, that can often make the difference between being recruited by Egypt Air for further commercial training and a well-paying appointment or not. With tourism and trade being so highly esteemed in Egypt, flying for Egypt Air is viewed as the pinnacle of success for these newly minted pilots. Pilots graduate with Private Pilot License PPL, Instrument Rating IR, Commercial Pilot License CPL, and Air Transport Pilot License.
Air Traffic Control College
The College of Air Traffic Control was established in 1991 and is the first
Egyptian Aviation Academy students. (Donia Moore)
college in Africa and the Middle East to graduate fully accredited, qualified Air Traffic Controllers. It is one of three colleges in Egypt that grants a university degree on an international level. Graduates work as air traffic controllers according to the National Air Navigation Services requirements, approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The three-part course work includes Air Traffic Communications Operations and Air Transport studies, as well as the Air Traffic Control training. A Bachelor of Science university degree is required for enrollment at this college.
Civil Aviation Management College (CAMTC)
This is the newest member of the Aviation Academy. The not-for-profit college was established in 2006 to serve the aviation community. Its purpose is to develop knowledge of the aeronautical business through training and research. Faculty members work with aviation companies around the world to update the latest figures and trends in the industry. CAMTC consists of the School of Aviation Medicine, School of Aviation Management, and the School of Aviation
According to ISAQ Aviation Egypt Chairperson, Ali Baiyoumi, ISAQ Aviation UK intends to open a branch in Egypt this year for flight training. The branch aims to train approximately 200 people annually through seven aviation companies in Europe and Asia contracting with ISAQ UK. According to Baiyoumi, the flight training costs $55,000 for each pilot and will range between eight months to two years. The training will cover accommodation and transportation outside Egypt. ISAQ provides 500 flight hours training per person to enable them to work for international aviation companies, since the flight time requirement for these pilots is at least 500 to 1,000 flight hours. The company vows to provide jobs for its trainees at international aviation companies contracting with them. “ISAQ is obliged to provide these jobs and in case it fails to meet this condition, it will refund the cost of training,” Baiyoumi said. ISAQ technical consultant pilot, Hani Bishay, said the cost of flight training at ISAQ is lower than other flight trainings in Egypt. This increases the competitiveness of the company to attract new trainees and introduce them to the labor market in the Middle East, which has been witnessing significant growth in expansion rates of planes during the last period. Egypt’s second largest industry is Continued on Page 34
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Jeanne Rau-Flattery of Millennium International is Member of the Year Gogo Business Aviation is Associate Member of the Year • Robert Duncan receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Three prestigious industry awards were presented during the opening session of the 59th annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show in Kissimmee (Orlando), Fla., on Wednesday, April 27. Jeanne Rau-Flattery of Millennium International in Lee’s Summit, Mo., was named the 2016 AEA Member of the Year, while Gogo Business Aviation was honored as the AEA Associate Member of the Year. In addition, Robert Duncan was presented with the AEA Lifetime Achievement Award.
2016 AEA Member of the Year: Jeanne Rau-Flattery
In 1997, Jeanne Rau-Flattery became the majority owner and current CEO of Millennium International, an FAA/EASA repair station specializing in the repair and support of next generation and legacy avionics. In March 1993, she also became the current president of Aero Express Inc.,
which specializes in buying, selling, renting, leasing, or trading aviation ramp and bench test equipment. She is also part owner/founder of Express Calibration Services, which was formed in 2008 and specializes in the repair and calibration of aviation test equipment. All three companies are AEA members. Millennium International became an AEA member in 1997, and Rau-Flattery was elected to serve on the AEA board of directors for nine years and served as treasurer for six years. She also chaired the AEA Finance Committee and served on the AEA’s Strategic Planning Committee and Industry Outlook Committee.
2016 AEAAssociate Member of the Year: Gogo Business Aviation
The recipient of the 2016 AEA Associate Member of the Year Award is Gogo Business Aviation, one of the industry’s leading providers in-flight connectivity equipment. Interestingly enough, the company started as a sketch on a napkin – and it
took off from there. More than 20 years ago, Jimmy Ray founded a company called Aircell, with a visionary idea to bring affordable communications to every business and private aircraft in America. It was a groundbreaking concept, one that required years of dedication and innovation to realize. Today, with nearly 17,000 systems shipped worldwide, Aircell is known globally as Gogo: a leading provider of inflight Internet and entertainment for both commercial and business aviation fleets. A Collier Trophy nominee and the recipient of several dozen awards for innovation, Gogo Business Aviation is widely credited with many of the industry’s most influential historical achievements, beginning with the groundbreaking airborne cellular concept that launched the company in 1991. From in-flight Internet and Wi-Fi, to email, voice, texting, entertainment, cockpit data, and safety services, the company has come a long way since its original cellular voice service. Gogo Business Aviation serves a
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475th Fighter Group Reunion Saturday, May 21, 10 am - Noon Planes of Fame honors the veterans of the famous 475th fighter group and features the P-38 Lightnings they flew and maintained. Veterans of the group will present the history and their stories of courage and sacrifice. A discussion panel of veterans and aviation historians will be followed by a question and answer period and flight demonstration, featuring the P-38 Lightning.
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Alpha Systems AOA announced new and universally available updates to their existing fleet of Angle of Attack systems. Mark Korin, President, said, “We can update any aircraft with an AOA display for safer flying, including AOA installations for pressurized aircraft.” In other words, if your airplane already has an AOA system that gives you limited information or has an inadequate display, you can now use the superior Alpha Systems standalone AOA indexer display. Enhancements now cover flaps, gear advisory, four-point calibration, and streaming RS232 AOA data for any PFD integration. Korin explained at the Alpha Systems Forum at this month’s Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In: “We can now give you our industry-leading HUD (“Valkyrie”) adapter for both our top-selling displays, the Eagle and Falcon display.” Alpha Systems AOA has more good news: the FAA has just approved their angle of attack system for use under an
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While waiting for an aviation job, many Egyptian pilots work in the hot air balloon trade. (Donia Moore)
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2016 Award Winners Continued from Page 33 University in 1965, and at age 26, Robert was named president of the company. Duncan Aviation is an aircraft service provider supporting the aviation needs of government and business operators and other service providers. He was instrumental in taking Duncan Aviation from a small, salesfocused business to an organization offering a diverse array of services in maintenance, modifications, avionics, accessories, and instrumental repairs. Robert turned over day-to-day management of the company to his son, D. Todd Duncan, in 2007, and serves on its
board as chairman emeritus. Robert and his wife, Karen, are passionate about aviation and flight. Robert’s awards include the Living Legends of Aviation Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award in 2012, the Master Pilot Award in 2009, and National Business Aviation Association’s John P. “Jack” Doswell Award in 2002. Robert has been named to the Nebraska Aviation Hall of Fame and the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame. Duncan Aviation has AEA memberships at 18 different locations, and the facility in Lincoln, Neb., has been an AEA member since 1970.
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UPWIND SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ANNOUNCES THE CLASS OF 2016
The Upwind Foundation is pleased to announce the Upwind Summer Scholarship Program Class of 2016 for the following San Francisco, Calif. Bay Area high school juniors: Travis Bender of Redwood City, Kyle Caverly of San Mateo, Leon Lam of San Jose, Michael Salazar of San Bruno, and Patrick Shea of San Carlos. These five aspiring young aviators have been awarded a complete primary flight training program, four for airplanes and one for helicopter, which begins with ground school in April and continues with flight training over the summer. Upwind Board Co-Chair, Anita Kriek, shares, “There is no more fulfilling endeavor than to share your passion with a young adult who’s eager to learn. The Board Members and I are excited to welcome these five well deserving 2016 Scholarship recipients to the aviation community.”
About The Upwind Summer Scholarship Program
The Upwind Foundation is a nonprofit organization that sponsors the Upwind Summer Scholarship Program. Upwind was created by Bay Area pilots to promote piloting and general aviation and to cultivate interest in aviation-related careers. Each year, Upwind selects one or more high school students and
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Upwind Summer Scholarship Program Class of 2016 (L to R) Michael Salazar, Leon Lam, Patrick Shea, Travis Bender, and Kyle Caverly. (Michael Mainiero) provides them with everything they need to earn their Private Pilot certificate. This includes private pilot ground school, flight training with expert instructors, the requisite books, charts, and basic flight planning tools. Throughout the program, the scholarship recipients will receive mentorship from other pilots, and enjoy many other social and flying activities as new members of the aviation community. For more information, please visit www.upwindscholarship.com or info@upwindscholarship.com.
Meet the Upwind Class of 2016
Travis Bender is a junior at Sequoia High School and the son of Jenny and Michael Bender. He often listened in on
air traffic control when lifting off on flights “pretending I was someone in the captain’s seat of a massive airliner, heading to a far-away place.” His school’s aviation club charged his passion with a short flight to Santa Rosa where the pilot gave him the controls. Kyle Caverly is a junior at Army and Navy Academy and the grandson of Jim Granucci and Kibbie Ruth. Helicopter is in his blood and his friends nicknamed him “Kyle Copter” since he can tell you which helicopter it is by its sound. Kyle worked to receive his glider license at the age of 16. He hopes to major in aviation in college and fly helicopters to save lives. “Helicopters seemed able to do anything.” Leon Lam is a junior at Independence High School and the son of
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Raymond and Tien Lam. The plastic wings he received from a pilot at the age of four are still souvenirs. “You have to love flying… you must have the heart and the desire to maintain focus…” Leon wants to serve his community as a volunteer search and rescue mission pilot for the Civil Air Patrol and work towards becoming a commercial pilot to safely unite people from around the world. Michael Salazar is a junior at Capuchino High School and the son of Michael and Sandra Salazar. Museums, airshows, WWII history channel shows, and flight simulator games all spurred the interest in Michael for flying. But, it was Michael’s dad who inspired him to pursue a career in aerospace engineering. “Having a license allows me to have first hand experience in planes that I one day hope to design to be more safe and environmentally aware.” Patrick Shea is a junior at Carlmont High School and the son of Tom and Ellen Shea. To channel his passion, he collected things such as boarding passes and luggage tags and even made a cockpit for a school ceramics project. His interest in aviation led him to volunteer extensively at the Hiller Aviation Museum and to start the Young Aviators Weekend (YAW) program at San Carlos Flight Center. “I’ve learned that once you express interest in aviation, many others can relate and assist with your passion.”
GENE CERNAN, LAST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON, TO RECEIVE 2016 NEIL ARMSTRONG OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME “OSCAR NIGHT OF AVIATION” 54th Annual NAHF Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony Takes Place Oct. 1 in Dayton
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has announced that retired Navy Captain and NASA astronaut, Eugene “Gene” Cernan, will receive its 2016 Neil Armstrong Outstanding Achievement Award on Oct. 1. Capt. Cernan, who commanded the Apollo 17 mission in Dec. 1972, is one of only 12 humans to have stepped foot on the moon and the last man to do so. Capt. Cernan was a U.S. Navy attack fighter pilot when he was selected to apply for the astronaut corps, ultimately serving as a pilot or commander on three record-breaking space missions: Gemini 9A, Apollo 9, and Apollo 17. A 2000 enshrinee of the NAHF, Capt. Cernan has devoted much of his post-NASA career publicly advo-
cating for personal empowerment and development, especially among youth, as well as for the revival of U.S. manned space exploration. The NAHF Neil Armstrong Outstanding Achievement Award was established in 2015, named after the first man to walk on the lunar surface and a 1979 enshrinee of the Hall of Fame. The award was established by the NAHF to annually recognize an exceptional one-time aviation performance of national or international significance, or an enduring series of events that demonstrates life-long dedication to leadership in promoting aviation and values of citizenship, dignity, integrity, and service. A committee of five NAHF Board members determine the recipient of
the Armstrong Award. Capt. Cernan will personally accept the award during the NAHF 54th Annual Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. Widely known as the “Oscar Night of Aviation,” the blacktie event takes place at the NAHF Learning Center and adjacent National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The ceremony features the induction of the Enshrinee Class of 2016: Former test-pilot and astronaut Robert L. Crippen, USN (Ret); the late fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient, Col. George “Bud” Day, USAF (Ret); NASA’s first Flight Director, Christopher “Chris” Kraft; and former EAA President, Chairman and CEO, Tom Poberezny.
Neil Armstrong was a native of Wapakoneta, Ohio, a former Naval aviator, and a record-setting test pilot. After joining the astronaut program in 1962, he served as Command Pilot for Gemini 8 in 1966. As Spacecraft Commander on Apollo 11, he made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man to walk on the moon. Armstrong was inducted into the NAHF in 1979, and passed away in 2012. The 54th Annual NAHF Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony is open to the public by advance registration only, and sponsor tables featuring premium seating remain available. A capacity crowd is expected to attend. To make reservations or for more information, visit www.nationalaviation.org or call 937/256-0944 ext.19.
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EAA AirVenture OshKosh Preview In Flight USA Celebrating 31 Years
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The gigantic Martin Mars aircraft, the world’s largest flying water bomber and the last of its kind, will make its first trip to Wisconsin to participate at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, the 64th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention, will be July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc. During the event, the massive airplane will be parked near the EAA Seaplane Base on Lake Winnebago, just a few miles east of the main fly-in grounds. It will also fly several demonstrations throughout the week during the daily afternoon air shows. The Martin Mars is the largest flying boat ever flown operationally, with a height of 38 feet, a length of 120 feet, and a wingspan of 200 feet (approximately
the wingspan of a Boeing 747). Only six of the massive aircraft were built, with Coulson Flying Tankers of Port Alberni, British Columbia, owning the two remaining examples since 2007 and using them as water bombers on forest fires throughout the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. “There aren’t many airplanes that have never been to Oshkosh, but this is one of them, so this is both literally and figuratively a huge addition to this year’s lineup,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs who coordinate features and attractions at AirVenture. “Among flying boats, only the legendary Spruce Goose is bigger, but the Martin Mars is the largest ever to be operational on a regular basis.” The Martin Mars was originally
built as a long-range U.S. Navy troop and freight transport to fly between the continental U.S. and Hawaii, and first flew in 1942. The conversion to water bombers gave the aircraft the ability to carry as much as 7,200 gallons of water, enough to cover four acres of land in a single pass. When picking up water, the Mars can ingest more than a ton of water per second as it skims across a waterway. “This is the last flying Mars in the world and the largest warbird ever built,” said Wayne Coulson, chief executive officer of Coulson Flying Tankers. “There isn’t a better aviators venue than EAA AirVenture, so it’s an honor to be part of this world-class event. We’re very excited to bring the Hawaii Mars to Oshkosh as we look for new opportunities and host potential clients, as well as
showcase this magnificent airplane’s capabilities.” As the Martin Mars is a true flying boat, it cannot land at Wittman Regional Airport and will instead land on Lake Winnebago. The exact arrival and air show demonstration dates will be announced as they are finalized.
BIPLANES AND TRIPLANES TO FILL SKY DURING WORLD WAR I AVIATION CENTENNIAL AT AIRVENTURE 2016 Flying Demonstrations, Displays, and Historical Presentations Part of Commemoration
Airplanes reaching back to the earliest days of military aircraft will be in the air and on the ground this summer, as the centennial of World War I aviation is a major part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the 64th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention, will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc. The airplanes participating at the centennial celebration in Oshkosh will come from museums and collections throughout the U.S., and include vintage aircraft and replicas from such legendary
names as Sopwith, Fokker, and Spad from the 1914-1918 era. Activities will include four flying demonstrations: Early mornings on Wednesday, July 27 and Saturday, July 30, and following the daily afternoon air show on Monday, July 25, and Thursday, July 28. The aircraft will also be on static display throughout the week near the Vintage Aircraft Association “Red Barn” headquarters. “There are several outstanding museums and facilities throughout America that have some of these magnificent aircraft and full-size replicas that fly regularly, but it takes an event such as AirVenture to bring them together,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of
communities and member programs, who coordinates features and attractions at AirVenture. “These activities are just another reason for aviation and history buffs to make the trip to Oshkosh this year for an unforgettable experience.” Among the collections represented at Oshkosh will be the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome of Rhinebeck, New York, and Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Penn. Other collections are expected to add aircraft to the displays, which will be highlighted daily in the vintage aircraft area on the AirVenture grounds. A special addition is a rare 1909 Curtiss Pusher aircraft from the Collings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts,
which has just been completed from a two-year restoration by Century Aviation in East Wenatchee, Wash. Along with the aircraft display, there will be giant-scale radio-controlled aircraft flights, a “living history” area with historical re-enactors, and forums and presentations throughout the week. “Our goal is to create an event that will allow those at Oshkosh to see more than antique airplanes on the ground,” Larsen said. “We want people to feel and better understand the technology, dangers, and romance of the era that brought us such legendary aviation figures as Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron.”
The National Aviation Hall of Fame is seeking entries for the 30th annual A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award, which includes a $5,000 cash stipend. Founded by famed research test pilot, Scott Crossfield, in 1986, the award is a juried competition open to current
classroom teachers in grades K through 12. Nominations will be examined by a review committee of aerospace industry and education professionals for documentation of a teacher’s effectiveness, creativity, and ability to maintain high standards for their students and themselves with aerospace being the core sub-
ject matter or their curricula. The Crossfield Aerospace Educator of the Year will receive their award on stage at the NAHF 54th Annual Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Dayton, Ohio. The winning teacher receives an allexpense paid trip for two to receive the
award as part of the ceremony, widely known as the “Oscar Night of Aviation,” which is held in the NAHF Learning Center and the adjacent National Museum of the United States Air Force. A capacity crowd of 650 guests is expected to attend. Continued on Page 38
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NEW COLLECTIVE-ACTIVATED HOUR METER REDUCES OPERATING COSTS FOR R22 BETA II
Robinson Helicopter Company Inc. announced recently that a collective-activated hour meter along with an updated hub and redesigned main rotor spindles are standard on all new R22 Beta II helicopters. Previously, the R22 used an oilpressure-activated meter, which records all engine run time. The new collective activated meter records collective up
(flight) time and does not include engine warm up and cool down time. The new meter and redesigned spindles benefit R22 buyers because the collective-activated meter can extend component lives by up to 12 percent and the redesigned spindles are not subject to repetitive dye-penetrant inspections. To upgrade existing R22s to include the col-
lective-activated hour meter, see Robinson R22 Service Letter SL-67 available at www.robinsonheli.com. Founded in 1973, Robinson Helicopter Company is the world’s leading manufacturer of civil helicopters.
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced recently it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Fairway Holdings for a Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. This is the first Bell 505 signed for in Sri Lanka. The aircraft will be used for private travel and tourism across multiple destinations around the island. The agreement was signed with Fairway Holdings in Sri Lanka: “With a vision to further enhance the link between tourism and domestic aviation in Sri Lanka, Fairway Holdings is paving the way for enhanced domestic aviation operations in the country,” said Mr. Hemaka de Alwis, Chairman of Fairway Holdings. “The Bell 505 combines proven technology with the latest advancements, and we are confident the aircraft will bring added customer satisfaction and endless travel possibilities to our clients.” Fairway Group is a multifaceted cor-
porate entity involved in real estate management and property development, renewable energy projects, manufacturing and trading operations, provisioning of financial services, pharmaceuticals and most recently the travel and leisure industry. The Fairway Group stands as one of Sri Lanka’s leading and fastest growing, dynamic emerging corporations. “The Bell 505 is ideally suited for travel and tourism, and we are proud that customers around the world continue to recognize its unique qualifications and performance capabilities that bring added value to their operations,” said Sameer A. Rehman, Bell Helicopter’s managing director of Asia Pacific. “It is an important achievement for Bell Helicopter, as Sri Lanka is emerging as a top travel destination for pristine beaches, world-class resorts and cuisine, and the Bell 505 will provide efficient transportation for dis-
cerning travelers. Bell Helicopter is proud to be a part of the growth of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry.” With a cruise speed of 125 knots (232 km/h), range of 360 nautical miles (667 km) and useful load of 1,500 pounds (608 kg), the Bell 505 is designed to be safe and easy to fly while providing significant value to the operator. The customer-driven design of the aircraft places safety, performance, and affordability at the forefront, blending proven systems with advanced technology and a sleek, modern design. The Garmin G1000H Integrated Avionics Suite provides pilots critical flight information at a glance to maximize situational awareness. The Turbomeca Arrius 2R engine with dual channel Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) further reduces pilot workload. “We are delighted to sign with Fairway Holdings for the first Bell 505 in
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Sri Lanka and look forward to building our relationship into the future,” added Rehman. Every Bell Helicopter is backed by the largest support network in the industry with more than one hundred Authorized Customer Service Facilities located around the world. Ranked number one by customers for 22 consecutive years in the Helicopter Product Support Survey from Professional Pilot Magazine, Bell Helicopter has also earned top honors in Vertical Magazine’s first-ever comprehensive helicopter manufacturer’s survey. Bell Helicopter is committed to having resources where customers operate to speed up delivery of service and support, and give customers access to service professionals that are easy to reach, know the operating environment and understand their needs.
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Airlines Seek Qualified Pilots; Parkland Saves Students Money and Time
Air carriers need well-trained pilots, and Parkland College Institute of Aviation has stepped up with an enhanced program to prepare students for their first job with air carriers. Through this program, both students and the airlines win. For someone to be eligible to serve as a first officer aboard a Part 121 Air Carrier operation, FAA now requires each pilot to possess an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP). Previously, first officer applicants had to produce a Commercial Pilot certificate with a minimum of 250 hours documented. In July 2013, after completing its investigation of the 2009 Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 crash, FAA released
upgraded standards for pilot certification and qualification for air carrier operations. The altered regulation is commonly referred to as the “1,500-hour rule.” However, the agency’s 2013 rule also created the Restricted ATP (R-ATP) qualification, allowing a pilot to serve as an airline first officer before reaching the necessary 1,500 hours for a full, unrestricted ATP. An R-ATP certificate requires that the pilot be 21 years of age and successfully complete a checkride. However, in lieu of the minimum hours, it offers credit for specified education and training. This part of the newer regulation acknowledges that specialized, quality training can be an effective substi-
tute for total experience. One of the options for R-ATP minimum experience requires 1,250 hours for graduates holding an associate degree with an aviation major from an approved school. “Our students who earn the Associate of Science degree, have earned 30 approved aviation credit hours of coursework,” said Sybil Phillips, Director of the Institute of Aviation. “They receive their instrument and commercial training through our Part 141 curriculum and can receive the R-ATP certificate with 1,250 total hours instead of 1,500 total hours.” “This allows these students to more quickly gain work for a Part 121 air carrier and at reduced cost,” added Phillips.
Parkland’s Institute of Aviation is prepared and qualified to deliver this experience to students in a shorter time and at considerably less expense, providing a major benefit for both students and the airlines for which they may eventually work. The Institute of Aviation’s reputation of producing outstanding alumni dates back to its founding in 1946. Institute alumni fly for all major U.S. airlines and for military, corporate, cargo, and charter organizations worldwide. More than 3,000 Institute of Aviation graduates have gone on to train other pilots as instructors.
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THE 2016 FMA SOLO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED In Flight USA Celebrating 31 Years
The Flying Musicians Association has selected the 2016 FMA Solo Program Scholarship winner. The selection process was very difficult due to the abundance of so many high-quality nominees. Five finalists, from Tennessee (2), California, Michigan, and Wisconsin were selected from nominations received from band directors across the country. “The caliber of all the nominees continue to impress us, making the selection that much tougher. The level of academic and musical accomplishment, as well as leadership and enthusiasm, is enormous,” said John Zapp, co-founder and President of the Flying Musicians Association. FMA has identified the student population with the highest propensity and academic skill set to succeed at becoming a pilot, and has created a program designed to increase the pilot population. FMA will nurture and assist youth to grow through music and aviation. The winner of the 2015 FMA Solo Program Scholarship is Sarah Coffelt of
Tullahoma, Tenn., who will be entering her senior year of high school as a member of the Tullahoma Band, under the direction of Martin D. McFarlane. Sarah plays French horn and was a field commander her junior year. “Sarah’s leadership skills go well beyond her years, and her peers hold her in the highest respect. Her musical skills have been proven throughout her school career by making numerous superior rankings at solo and ensemble festivals,” said Martin D. McFarlane. A huge thank you to sponsors of this year’s scholarship! The scholarship is fully funded by Sky-Tec, the makers of the Flyweight Starter. Learn to Fly Courses were donated by Sporty’s Pilot Shop. A Flight Bag PLC Pro will be provided by MYGOFLIGHT. Promotion and advertising were provided by Aviators Hot Line and Trade-A-Plane. About FMA Solo Program: The FMA Solo Program is a scholarship that will assist the recipient(s) on their journey towards becoming an aviator, reim-
bursing the scholarship winner’s flight training through successful solo. “We have found that, perhaps more than any other teachers, band directors get to know their students’ dreams. With these scholarships, they can help select students achieve them,” said Tim Kern, CAM, B.Mus, MBA, founding member of FMA, and aviation journalist. You may follow the winner and lend your comments and support at the FMA Solo blog site FMAsolo.org. To learn how you can support this program, please email us at Education@FlyingMusicians.org. About the Flying Musicians Association, Inc.: The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) is a nonprofit organization for pilots who are also musicians and welcomes all proficiency levels and musical genres. The goal is to share our passions to inspire, educate, and encourage through presentations, performances, and scholarships. “Pilot musicians sharing their passion while encouraging and educating youth (and adults) in the science and art of aeronautics and music.”
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The winner of the 2015 FMA Solo Program Scholarship, Sarah Coffelt of Tullahoma, Tenn.
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AIR ELITE NETWORK WELCOMES 52ND LOCATION
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World Fuel Services announced that the Air Elite Network has officially welcomed its 52nd Diamond Service FBO to the network, Skylink Services, located at Larnaka International Airport (LCLK) in Larnaka, Cyprus. Operating as the only FBO facility at Larnaka Airport, Skylink Services (www.skylink.com.cy) has provided professional ground-handling services to business and general aviation customers in Cyprus for more than 18 years. With years of experience, professionalism, and personalized service, the 24/7 FBO has built a strong reputation as the FBO of choice for VIPs, celebrities, and business travelers alike. The 17,000-square-foot facility is managed by a dedicated, multilingual staff whose main goal is to provide visiting passengers and crew exceptional service with an emphasis on discretion. As a result of the FBO’s reputation,
the Republic of Cyprus selected Skylink Services as the company to build, manage, and operate Larnaka Airport’s Heads of State Lounge facility, reserved for all Heads of State and other visiting foreign dignitaries. “Our business is built on the tenets of professionalism, discretion, and experienced VIP aircraft and passenger handling services,” explained George Mavros, Managing Director of Skylink Services LTD. “From the moment passengers and crews arrive on our ramp, to the moment we part ways, our staff strives to provide a stress-free and enjoyable experience at our facility. We are honored to be joining the caliber of the current Air Elite Network members and proud to partner with our friends at World Fuel Services. We know our affiliation with Air Elite will bring new customer service insights while providing added
Teacher of the Year Award Continued from Page 36 The 2015 Crossfield Teacher of the Year Award recipient was Mike McHugh, the Aviation Instructor at the Bismarck Career Academy in Bismarck, N. Dak. Scott Crossfield (1921-2006) was
inducted into the NAHF in 1983 in recognition of his contributions as a naval aviator, aerospace engineer, and test pilot. He was the first man to successfully fly at speeds above Mach 2 and Mach 3; the first man to fly the X-15; and contributed
value to discerning travelers visiting Cyprus.” “Skylink’s extraordinary ability to grow their business and build their excellent reputation has established them as the premier FBO in Cyprus. We are excited to welcome Skylink Services to the Air Elite Network, and we look forward to working closely with the Skylink team to help them achieve their business’s goals and to grow the network in their region and around the globe,” said John Rau, World Fuel Services’ Executive Vice President, Global Aviation and Marine. The Air Elite Network encompasses 52 uniquely exceptional diamond service FBOs worldwide and has been growing steadily since it was established in 2011. Each FBO member must meet a number of airport, facility, and service quality standards to qualify for membership.
to the safety of manned spaceflight, among many other achievements. The deadline for nominations is Friday, July 1, 2016. The winner must be able to attend the NAHF Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, Oct.
1, 2016. For award criteria, downloadable application forms, and more information please visit www.nationalaviation.org.
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AIRMAN SWIMS
By Samuel King Jr.
Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs
(This feature is part of the “Through Airmen's Eyes” series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.)
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or one 96th Test Wing Airman, the wild blue yonder isn't overhead but below and in front of his gaze as he stands on the starting block waiting for his signal. Upon the alert, he blasts off and pierces his calm blue horizon to begin a competitive swim. Senior Airman Francisco Perez Castillo, a 96th Maintenance Group administrator, has been swimming since age four. He joined his first swim team a year after that. About 20 years later, Perez Castillo was inducted into the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico’s sports hall of fame in Dec. 2015 for his swimming accomplishments. “It is a real honor, and I am blessed that God gave me the talent to be successful in the sport I've loved and trained in so long,” he said. Perez Castillo, 26, grew up in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he began swimming in his hometown YMCA with his older brother, Jose. He and his brother grew into the sport quickly and began training to compete. “Growing up and getting better, we got more into the sport,” Perez Castillo said. “The time we spent in the water increased as did the distances we swam.” Only two years after joining a swim team, he reached a national swimming event.
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“It didn't go well, but it gave me the experience and desire to get better and come back the next year to win,” Perez Castillo said. At age nine, he returned to nationals and earned a silver medal. “With that medal, I realized I had an opportunity to succeed in the sport,” the 5-foot-9-inch Airman said. “After my first medal, I wanted more, so I started to train more.” The training paid off. Perez Castillo made the Puerto Rican National Team at age 12 and was selected for the next 11 years in a row. “I was blessed to have that amazing opportunity to represent the country,” he said of the feat that took him to competitions all over Central and South America and to the U.S. Through those competitions, Perez Castillo racked up the medals and even broke a few records in his preferred swimming technique, the breaststroke. He said he knew by age 13 the breaststroke was his strongest technique, and if he focused on it, he could reach the top levels. Because of his abilities, he was selected for specialized sports during high school where he trained before and after his daily classes and eventually earned a full scholarship to the Catholic University. Both he and his brother, who continued to swim and train together as they grew up, were part of the university's swim team. There, his focus was the 50, 100, and 200-meter breaststroke and the team relay events where he broke records and earned more than 30 medals. He was also selected as team captain. “I believe breaststroke swimmers are
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born, not made. It takes a kind of physicality few people have,” said Ralph Ramirez, his university swimming coach. “What made him excel at it was the amount of dedication and training he put in.” According to Ramirez, Perez Castillo didn't need much coaching, but the coach provided him help with staying focused and concentrating on his goals. Throughout his swimming career, his training was extensive. During his high school and college years, he could be in the pool three to five hours per day, six days a week. That effort and dedication to swimming was recognized when he and his brother were both inducted in their university's sports hall of fame. Perez Castillo left Puerto Rico for the Air Force in 2013, but he did not leave swimming. He kept up his swim regimen through training and at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, his first duty station. As an airman first class, he was selected for the 2014 Air Force Swim Team. He was the only enlisted member on the team. At the annual competition in Germany, he earned second place in the 200-meter breaststroke and first place in the team relay event. With his help, the team won that year's competition for the first time in 10 years. “It was stressful at first,” Perez Castillo said about being a young, new Airman on a team of officers. “I didn't know what to expect, but they actually made it more informal, so we could be a team. That made it easier. It was just like being back in college again.” Even though he doesn't compete regularly, he can't give up that fitness routine he's had for three-fourths of his life.
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Senior Airman Francisco Perez Castillo It's now a part of him. He slowed down a bit to three to four days a week for an hour and a half. He still completes breaststroke laps and swims at a competitive pace. More than two and a half years into his enlistment, Perez Castillo compared his military life to that of a student athlete. “As a student, you have to balance your school and athletic responsibilities to be successful at both ends,” he said. “In the Air Force, you are responsible for so many things from training, school, fitness and its being able to balance each one that allows us to accomplish the mission.” Although Perez Castillo's Air Force future is yet to be determined, one of his long-term goals is certain. He hopes to get more involved in coaching the sport he's devoted so much of his life to. “I used to give swimming techniques and lessons to kids growing into the sport,” Perez Castillo said. “I really loved giving back what I was taught. I wanted to help them be successful not only as athletes, but in their lives as well. I would like to be able to do that again someday.”
FLIGHTSTAR ANNOUNCES FAA APPROVAL ON OPTION TWO LEARJET 40/45 ADS-B STC
Flightstar Corporation announced this month the completion of a second option for their ADS-B OUT Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), ST04064CH. This option for the Learjet 40 and 45 covers GPS pairing with UNS-1Ew installations. With the completion of this amended STC, Flightstar now offers two different options for “GPS position pairing.” Compliance is accomplished by
updating existing select Honeywell components along with one of the following options: Option one utilizes a Honeywell KGS-200 stand-alone GPS unit. This ADS-B STC allows for compliance without the upgrade of an existing Flight Management System (FMS). Option two covers Universal Avionics UNS-1Ew aircraft, with either a single or
dual UNS-1Ew FMS systems. Flightstar’s WAAS STC (ST04061CH) with a UNS1Ew and LPV monitor can be used to upgrade aircraft with a single FMS. “These variations give different price points to achieve compliance, allowing more operators to financially remain in their current aircraft,” stated Flightstar Avionics Manager, Greg Vail. “We are proud to be able to offer solu-
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May 2016
It has been said that the only voluntary act in aviation is the decision to take-off. Every action after take-off involves the skillful management of risk, the enjoyment of flight and a continuous stream of decisions that result in a safe landing. In 1974, NASA created the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) to allow aviation professionals to share experiences in a frank, non-punitive manner. The ASRS structure allows pilots and other aviation professionals to file an anonymous report of an incident, error or occurrence that the contributor feels might be of value to others. These reports are gathered, analyzed and data based by NASA experts and made available to all interested parties as a tool for creating proactive aviation safety programs. Additionally, NASA distributes an electronic publication, CALLBACK, which contains selected, de-identified, reports on a free subscription basis. In Flight USA is proud to reprint selected reports, exerpted from CALLBACK, for our readers to read, study, occasionally laugh at, and always learn from. Visit http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/ to learn how you can participate in the ASRS program.
SAFETY DEPENDS
On April 16, 2016, the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) celebrated its 40th year of continuous operation in service to aviation safety. The longevity and success of the ASRS program are remarkable examples of how aviation system users can contribute their “lessons learned” to a safety program that collects and analyzes this information to resolve issues associated with our modern aviation system.
The Origin of ASRS
On Dec. 1, 1974, TWA Flight 514 was inbound through cloudy and turbulent skies to Dulles Airport in Virginia. The flight crew misunderstood an ATC clearance and descended to 1,800 feet before reaching the approach segment to which that minimum altitude applied. The aircraft collided with a mountaintop, killing all aboard. A disturbing finding emerged from the ensuing NTSB accident investigation. Six weeks prior to the TWA accident, a United Airlines flight crew had experienced an identical clearance misunderstanding and narrowly missed hitting the same Virginia mountaintop. The United crew discovered their close call after landing and reported the incident to their company. A cautionary notice was issued to all United pilots. Tragically, there existed no method of sharing the United pilots’ knowledge with TWA and other airlines. Following the TWA accident, it was determined that safety information must be shared with the entire aviation community. Thus was born the idea of a national aviation incident reporting program that would be non-punitive, voluntary, and confidential. On a snowy morning in ‘Seventy Four A plane crashed near D.C. The weather was bad, but there was more, According to the NTSB. Human factors played a role in the tragedy, That could‘ve been prevented, So the FAA worked hard on a remedy, And the ASRS was “invented.”
The FAA and NASA Collaborate
The first step in establishing a national aviation incident reporting program was
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to design a system in which the aviation community could place a high degree of trust. The FAA Administrator recognized that the regulatory and enforcement roles of the FAA would discourage the aviation community from using a new safety program that depended on voluntary sharing of safety events. The FAA therefore assumed a sponsorship role for the new program, but turned to a neutral and highly respected third part – NASA – to collect, process, and analyze the voluntarily submitted reports. Under a Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies in August 1975, the blueprint for operating the newly designated Aviation Safety Reporting System was set in place: the FAA would fund the program and provide for its immunity provisions, while NASA would set program policy and administer operations. The ASRS program began day-to-day operation in April 1976. Safety reporting wasn’t something new; It just needed amplification, With a more inclusive, systemic view, And NASA’s collaboration. It would have to be confidential and voluntary, The researchers concluded, And lest flight crews, techs and others be wary, Limited immunity was included.
The ASRS Concept is Proven
The ASRS program has continually demonstrated the value of “safety lessons learned.” If a system’s users are encouraged to report the safety problems they encounter to a program they can trust, safety goals will be reached much sooner than if we never hear the stories of those lessons learned. With a growing cache of valuable lessons learned, Program success was assured, And since reports covered many safety concerns, It was time to get out the word.
ASRS Safety Products Benefit the Aviation Community
The ASRS concept embodies a circle of information feedback that begins
with pilots, controllers, maintenance technicians, flight attendants, dispatchers, and others who voluntarily report their safety experiences to the program. During its 40-year history, the ASRS has processed over 1.3 million reports and returned valuable information to the aviation community through a wealth of safety products. • More than 6,200 Safety Alert Messages have been provided to government and aviation industry decision makers. Alert Messages highlight critical matters, And include information, On parts, procedures and emerging patterns, That need amelioration. Examples include RNAV STAR confusion, And similar fix names, The growing issue of UAV intrusions, And flammable battery claims. Also glare from a solar power array, And automation dependency, Problems with fusion radar display, And approach chart complexity. Teleconferences address Alert observations, In substantial detail, Exploring everything from dangerous operations, to aircraft parts that fail. • There have been 7,100 database Search Requests to support aviation community efforts, research studies, publications, safety promotion activities, accident investigations, and more. Search Requests are custom compilations, Of ASRS reports, For targeted research, investigations, And training support. • 435 issues of ASRS’s award-winning monthly safety bulletin, CALLBACK, have been produced. CALLBACK is now electronically delivered to more than 30,000 individuals and viewed by more than 35,000 readers on the ASRS website every month. Back in ‘Seventy Eight CALLBACK was proposed, In a monthly format, To share valuable lessons learned by some of those, Who’ve “been there; done that.” CALLBACK’s status became monumental, According to the editor, By staying relevant and non-judgmental, With no real competitor. • More than 60 topical Research Studies have been published, including
completion of more than 124 Quick Response efforts examining all aspects of human and system performance. Special Studies take a closer look at an issue, Such as wake turbulence, To identify the factors involved and to review, The related incidents. • The Database Online (DBOL) was developed in response to popular demand for access to the ASRS Database to retrieve incident reports for use in research, safety promotion, and task force efforts. Use of the Database Online or DBOL, Available since Two Thousand Six, Confirms that it’s working very well, For researchers and academics. • Public access to program information, publications, immunity policies, database report sets, reporting forms, and more can be found on the ASRS website at: http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov.
ASRS Future Developments
As the ASRS moves into its fifth decade of service, it will continue to prevail as the premier industry-wide safety reporting program. ASRS has collected, analyzed, and responded to voluntarily submitted reports from all corners of the National Aviation System. The program has undoubtedly strengthened the foundation of human factors safety research, as well as identified deficiencies and discrepancies in training, equipment, and procedures that may otherwise have led to aviation accidents. Ever increasing report volumes from individuals who work in ever changing operating environments will require more of the ASRS in the future. To remain relevant to these demands, ASRS seeks ways to integrate its information in a complementary manner with Safety Management Systems (SMS) and other aviation data sources, and also to produce an increasing number of safety information products. The key to what ASRS does, and will always do, is that it only works because of reports from you.
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Military presence will be stronger than ever at the Syracuse International Air Show! Celebrating their 70th Anniversary, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration exhibits choreographed refinements of skills possessed by all naval aviators. You will see the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the fourjet Diamond Formation, in concert with the thrilling fast-paced, high-performance maneuvers of two Solo pilots. The team illustrates the pinnacle of precision flying, performing maneuvers locked as a unit in the renowned six-jet Delta Formation. The Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team at Shaw AFB, S.C., performs precision aerial
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maneuvers to demonstrate the unique capabilities by one of the Air Force’s premier multi-role fighters, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The team also works with the Air Force Heritage flight and will fly with a P-51 Mustang, exhibiting the professional qualities the Air Force develops in the people who fly, maintain, and support these aircraft The U.S. Army Golden Knight Parachute Teams have conducted more than 16,000 shows in 50 states and 48 countries, reaching an average of 60,000 people per show. The team has earned the U.S. Army 2,148 gold, 1,117 silver, and 693 bronze medals in national and international competition. Team members have also broken 348 world records. The
demonstration teams perform at more than 100 events per year. Included in the flying schedule are also renowned civilian air show performers, including The Geico Skytypers Demonstration Team, Air Show Hall of Famer Gene Soucy with wing walker Teresa Stokes, Kent Pietsch with the Jelly Belly Interstate Cadet, Scott Yoak will put his P-51D Quick Silver through its paces, the B-25 “Panchito,” and you’ll see one of the aircraft race against an electric motorcycle. There is also a great line-up of statics to look at, with more to come, including the A-37 Dragonfly, the C-17 Globemaster, T-6A Texan, MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Civil Air Patrol
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CYBERPATRIOT VIII
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Two teams, one Cyber All American representing CAP in national finals
A pair of familiar names represented the Civil Air Patrol in the finals of the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. The Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron team reached the national stage for the sixth straight year, and the Iowa Wing’s Cedar Rapids Composite Squadron team made a second consecutive trip to the title round. The CyberPatriot VIII national finals took place April 10-14 at the Baltimore (Md.) Hyatt Regency. Thirteen All Service Division (including the two CAP teams), 12 Open Division, and three Middle School Division teams competed for the overall title in their respective classification. One veteran competitor from CAP was singled out for special recognition. Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Victor Griswold, Colorado Springs team captain, was honored with the inaugural Cyber All American award, presented to the one national competitor who had participated in the national-level event for the entire four years of high school. Griswold plans to attend Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. to study computer foren-
sics with the goal of working as a forensics specialist with law enforcement. Starting in October, a record 3,379 teams in three CyberPatriot divisions competed at the state and region levels in a series of increasingly difficult online rounds in which participants were given a set of virtual images that represented operating systems and were tasked with finding vulnerabilities and hardening the system while maintaining critical services. On April 12, the teams competed face-to-face to defend virtual networks and mobile devices from a professional aggressor team. The finalists will also face off in three additional competition components––the Cisco Networking Challenge, the Leidos Digital Forensics Challenge, and a Facebook-hosted cyber security event––that will factor into the teams' cumulative scores. Along with Griswold, the Colorado Springs team––coached by Maj. Bill Blatchley––consists of: • Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Noah Bowe • Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Isaac Stone • Cadet 1st Lt. Zachary Cramer • Cadet 1st Lt. Taylor Coffey
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All but Griswold are competing in the national finals for the second year. Senior Member Marshall Barker is coach of the Cedar Rapids team: • Cadet Lt. Col. Daniel Holt • Cadet 2nd Lt. Josiah Stearns • Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Charity Barker • Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Szewc Barker and Szewc competed in the finals on last year’s team. Holt and Stearns are first-time team members. Stearns belongs to the Des Moines Composite Squadron. Colorado Springs’ 2012 team placed first in CyberPatriot IV. The previous year, a team of cadets from three Florida Wing squadrons took the national title, giving CAP its first CyberPatriot crown. In 2014, the California Wing’s Beach Cities Cadet Squadron 107 team won the inaugural middle school competition. Last year, the South Dakota Wing’s Big Sioux Composite Squadron team, which was competing in its fourth straight national finals, finished as national runnerup in the All Service Division. Along with CAP, the division consists of teams from the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Marine Junior ROTC programs and Naval Sea Cadet Corps. The Open Division, meanwhile, is made up of high school teams. Middle School Division
teams come from schools or units like CAP or Junior ROTC squadrons. Once again this year, CAP accounted for the most All Service Division entrants, with 50 wings generating 522 teams – 40.7 percent of the division’s 1,281 total teams. The previous year, 433 CAP teams entered, translating into a 20.7 percent increase in participation. The 3,379 teams competing in all divisions in CyberPatriot VIII represent a 55 percent increase over the more than 2,100 teams involved last year. This year’s entrants represented all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, and Department of Defense Dependent schools in Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Supporters of CyberPatriot include Northrop Grumman Foundation, the competition’s presenting sponsor, as well as AT&T Federal and the AT&T Foundation, Cisco, Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Facebook, Riverside Research, Splunk, Symantec, Air Force Reserve, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Leidos, University of Maryland University College, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC. TAKES 112-AIRCRAFT TRAINER ORDER FROM UND
Piper Aircraft, Inc. has taken a 112-aircraft order from the UND Aerospace Foundation, which provides training and aircraft to the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. Deliveries begin in the fourth quarter of 2016 and stretch out over eight years. “This is an important order for the UND,” said Bruce Smith, dean of the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota. “We see Piper as an essential partner in producing the next generation of pilots. Its aircraft enables our students to become familiar with the most advanced systems in aviation trainers, which will prepare them well to fill the growing demand for high-quality pilots.” The order is designed to replace the institution’s current fleet of existing single-engine aircraft with the Archer TX
and its multi-engine Seminole fleet with new Seminoles. “We have designed the Archer TX and Seminole to give students the technical abilities and modern proficiencies they will need in today’s aviation workforce,” said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott. “For nearly 30 years, UND has been ordering Aircraft from Piper. UND’s continued commitment to Piper confirms our belief that Piper trainers offer a cost-effective means of both Continued on Page 43
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Lured by a love of fishing and hunting, Steve and Ellen Riggins purchased a cottage north of Dryden, Ontario in 2003 and made the permanent move in 2007. Another hobby––flying––led the Illinois natives to build a hangar for a Cessna 185 floatplane, complete with a hydraulic door from Schweiss Doors. “We’re now permanent residents in Canada,” Steve Riggins says, “but I still have the farming operation in Illinois and go back there for planting and harvesting seasons. My wife and I are both outdoors people and have fished in Canada for years. Canada just seemed like a good choice for us to go where we have unlimited fishing and hunting opportunities. There’s almost as much water as there is land, and there are moose up here, something we didn’t have in Illinois. Alaska was our other choice; we would have looked at it further if it hadn’t been so far away.” When he first arrived in Ontario, Riggins hangared his plane at Dryden Regional Airport. When the family made the move to Inorwic Lake, he worked on plans for his own hangar. His experience with hangars and with his farm buildings provided some knowledge of bifold doors.
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Continued from Page 42 developing and replacing aircraft at training organizations.” As with all Piper Aircraft, both the Archer and Seminoles are equipped with Garmin G1000 avionics, an all-glass cockpit, and the perfect mixture of low workload and high technology. Each Piper trainer interior is designed for maximum comfort. Piper’s specially created flight school interior, designed to withstand the rigors of flight training, is standard equipment. Ergonomic seating keeps students and instructors relaxed, increasing their ability to focus on flight operations. The seats and sidewalls are hand crafted and fitted with heavy-duty vinyl and wearresistant leather to maximize durability. They are also equipped with an autopilot. While neither party is announcing the value of the contract, a standard equipped Piper Seminole starts at $697,000 while the Archer TX starts at $345,000.
Steve Riggins can conveniently taxi his 185 Cessna on Aerocet floats to his new hangar located on Inorwic Lake. He has the hangar set up with two remote controls, one for the Schweiss hydraulic door and the other for rail systems off the lake to bring the plane and his Lund boat into the hangar. “I never had a hydraulic door before; I wanted to try one,” he said. “Headroom was the main factor in my choosing a hydraulic door. I had a hangar in Dryden with bifolds
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NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch to Mars and other deep-space destinations. The agency recently wrapped up a comprehensive and successful review of plans for the facilities and ground support systems that will process the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “NASA is developing and modernizing the ground systems at Kennedy to safely integrate Orion with SLS, move the vehicle to the pad, and successfully launch it into space,” said Bill Hill, deputy associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Division at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. “Modernizing the ground systems for our journey to Mars also ensures long-term sustainability and affordability to meet future needs of the multi-use spaceport.” Over the course of a few months,
engineers and experts across the agency reviewed hundreds of documents as part of a comprehensive assessment. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program (GSDO), responsible for processing SLS and Orion for flight and ensuring all systems and facilities are ready, completed its critical design review (CDR) of the facilities and ground support systems plans in Dec. 2015. This was followed in January by the completion of an independent assessment by a Standing Review Board, a team of aerospace experts that assessed program readiness and confirmed the program is on track to complete the engineering design and development process on budget and on schedule. In the final step before actual fabrication, installation, and testing of Kennedy’s ground systems, the GSDO program and review board briefed the results of their assessments to NASA’s Agency Program Management Council, led by Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot. Engineers are transforming Ken-
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many other elements. For the spacecraft’s first mission on the SLS rocket, ESA (European Space Agency) is providing Orion’s service module, which powers, propels, cools, and provides consumables like air and water in space. Results from ESA’s service module design review, which began this month, will be assessed and incorporated into Orion development and integration plans later this summer. Systems unique to the first crewed flight will be addressed at a review in the fall of 2017. Progress continues on Orion at NASA facilities across the country. The underlying structure of the crew module arrived at Kennedy in early February for outfitting, which is currently underway. Over the next 18 months, thousands of Orion components will arrive and be installed. Meanwhile, a structural representation of the service module is being tested at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, where engineers conducted a successful solar array wing deployment test on Feb. 29 and are preparing for a variety of tests to confirm it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch. For more information on GSDO, visit: www.nasa.gov/groundsystems For more information on Orion, visit: www.nasa.gov/orion
A visit to www.kitfoxaircraft.com will not be a few casual minutes of looking at pretty pictures. Kitfox LLC, a 32-year leader in both the kit plane world and affordable S-LSA aircraft, has revised their website to offer visitors a lot more than just sales hype. According to Kitfox President, John McBean, “We want to give our potential customers and existing customer base a website that can be used as both a decisionmaking tool and support site. Those evaluating either the S-7 Kitfox Super Sport kit or the ready-to-fly Kitfox Light Sport version of the S-7 need to see more than great photos. Visitors can now look at the entire assembly manual and flip through the pages, learning more about both the kit and ready-to-fly versions of the S-7. We have also included detailed listings of options, our Parts Catalog, and Kitfox Brochure, all of which allow folks to just flip the pages, as if reading hard copy. There is no need to remember complex links and menus.” However, have no doubt, the photos of the Super Sport kit and S-LSA Kitfox
are spectacular and detailed in terms of showing the wide variety of options available. Web visitors will get the feel of seeing these great airplanes first hand, many of which are examples of customer-built planes. Mr. McBean added, “In addition to getting a detailed look at the Kitfox line, we include all the pricing information needed to determine just how much the readers’ Kitfox is going to cost, including the customized features that allow each Kitfox owner to truly personalize their Kitfox. The only price surprise facing a Kitfox fan is that it is lower than virtually all of the competing designs. And, we want every potential customer to review the new Owners Support section of our SLSA tab, a very important consideration for anyone thinking about buying any SLSA airplane.” Those planning to buy a kit airplane or ready-to-fly S-LSA need to spend some time at www.kitfoxaircraft .com, as it sets an example for information presentation that is amongst the best in the industry.
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s we prepare for the new season, let’s – organizationally – look at RARA and what it means for the races going forward. It was Mike Crowell’s first year at the helm of RARA, the governing body for the National Championship Air Races. He joined RARA as President and CEO in Feb. of 2015. His extensive executive experience in sales, marketing, and operations with the Coca-Cola Company brings a level of leadership and business acumen we haven’t seen in years. “The National Championship Air Races is not only the fastest motor sport in the world and an event that is followed by aviation enthusiasts from around the world, but it’s a treasure for our community,” said Crowell. “Our goal for this year was to look at this event like a business and operate in such a way that would ensure it is around for many years to come. We had to make some tough decisions to get our costs in line, but with the support of our board, staff, event chairs, and dedicated volunteers, we were able to turn a budgeted $630,000 loss for the year into a $100,000 projected profit, which is exactly what we needed to do.” Preparation for the 2016 Reno Air Races is on schedule. John Agather, Chairman of the Reno Air Races Board, shared this with us. Last year was survival. This year is stabilization. Next year is growth. We have the best fans in the world. I’ve never seen a more dedicated, knowledgeable, and loyal fan base. I think we have the largest major, motorized sports event in the world that’s manned almost exclusively by volunteers. Where else but in this great country would you find that? Actually, this should be a great year, with RARA making a profit last year. For the first time in many years, they were in the black. That is great for their survival and for setting up for the future. The Blue Angels will be returning in 2016. This means the crowds will be even better. While more than 150,000 attended last year’s event, we should see this grow significantly. We just heard that the Wings of Blue will be part of the Opening Ceremonies this year. They are the U.S. Air Force Skydiving Team and are quite impressive to watch. More on the Air Show attractions in the future.
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One of the many beautiful antiques displayed each year at NAHI (Tim Adams Photography)
Voodoo awaiting the start of the race.
NBC Sports Special
How many of you were able to catch the Reno Air Races one-hour Special on NBC Sports? Truthfully, it was a great way to get a little more exposure for our sport. NBC did a nice job showing the highlights – of course, there is always room for improvement. I would like to see them lengthening the show and covering the other classes – but it definitely whets the appetites of speed lovers who were able to catch the show. I hope they replay it over and over to get as much coverage as possible.
Air Race 1
Air Race 1 World Cup has been organizing additional races for the International Formula 1 Class. They had a successful racing series in 2015 and had planned four additional races in 2016. Unfortunately, they are suspending their schedule for 2016. We will give more information as it becomes available.
National Aviation Heritage Invitational
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational (NAHI) has also decided to suspend their plans for 2016. The Invitational is all about recognizing the excellent preservation and restoration of vintage aircraft – all in airworthy condition. This event has been taking place on the east side of the ramp, near the Jet Class Pit Area. Fans would come in and view the beautiful antiques and vote on their favorites. Later in the week, a grand trophy would be presented to the winner. It is a bit of a trek from the Pits but a great addition to the races.
(Tim Adams Photography)
NAHI sent out a press release saying they will be suspending their event this year at the National Championships Air Races (NCAR) and did not give a specific reason. RARA was surprised to hear this since they felt they were still in negotiations. It seems with the Blue Angels on the ramp this year; last time they flew out of Naval Air Station Fallon, space is quite limited. RARA sent out their press release
asking NAHI to reconsider. Let’s hope they can work this out. It’s a great addition to the show, and many of the fans enjoy the displays.
Conclusion
Many more exciting things are coming. We will be covering everything leading up to the Races in September. But this year will be worth attending. See you there!
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In what promises to be one of the biggest and best of the annual airshows hosted by the Salute to Veterans Memorial Day Corporation, the 2016 event will feature planes ranging from the historical WWI Curtiss Jenny to the modern U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt. The 2016 theme “Honoring Those Who Risk All – To Protect All” reflects the mission of the organization and what it has represented since its inception in 1989. The airshow’s purpose is to serve as an opportunity to honor and remember those who have served or who are currently serving in our military and our allies.
This year’s show will feature two parachute jump teams, the U.S. Army Golden Knights and the Canadian Armed Forces SkyHawks, joining together for breathtaking aerial maneuvers as they jump into the sky at extreme heights and free fall together before opening their parachutes in a dazzling display of skill and guts. The organization is also proud to announce that the show is hosting both the Canadian Hornet and the U.S. Navy Super Hornet Tac-Demo teams this year in what promises to be a showcase of some of the best modern aerial maneuvers possible. Hailing as the world’s first single-engine
jet fighter, the British de Havilland Vampire from WWII will also headline the Salute to Veterans Airshow this year flying its very first U.S. airshow! Many other planes and military assets will be on static display, open for tours, or flying at the two-day show this year, on May 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Columbia Regional Airport. Admission and parking are free and open to all. Shuttle buses are also available. To close airshow weekend, the organization hosts an annual parade in downtown Columbia on Memorial Day at 10 a.m. The parade ends with a jump
into the Columbia College Athletic Field by the parachute teams, which also serves as a kick-off to a speech from one of the 2016 military honored guests. For more information and the latest updates, please visit salute.org.
The free Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival (TTAS&FF) on Saturday, July 9, 2016, has one of the most spectacular airshow backdrops compared to any other show around. Truckee Tahoe features soaring pines and majestic mountains with worldrenowned aerobatic performers swirling and twirling in the crystal clear blue sky.
Performer highlights include Danny Sorenson who designed and built his biplane called Unfinished Business. Construction alone took more than 6,000 hours, and the plane is a one-off. His performance is reminiscent of the days of the Golden Age of Aviation. The Smoke-nThunder Jet Car driven by Bill Braack will leave a deafening roar and clouds of
smoke while reaching speeds of 400 miles per hour. Also set to appear is Bill Cornick, in Big Bad Green, a Pitts S-2C; The Red Star Formation Team, along with the OV10B-Bronco and the Grumman F6F Hellcat from the Commemorative Air Force SoCal Wing. The entire airshow line-up can be viewed at TruckeeTahoeAirShow.com. Attendees won’t want to miss the Berlin Candy Bomber. During the Berlin Airlift, pilots tossed to children on the ground candy and raisins that were attached to little parachutes. The bomber being brought to Truckee was built in Santa Monica by the Douglas Corporation in 1944 as a U.S. Army Air Corps C-54. The free TTAS&FF theme is Space, Science, and Beyond – an exploration into STEM featuring a STEM Expo, former NASA astronaut Karol “Bo” Bobko, speaker forums, VIP Hospitality Tent (discount tickets can be purchased online), vendors, food court, free flights for kids on Sunday, July 10, and a funfilled Family Festival on the green with puppet shows, arts and crafts, bounce houses, music, and more. For a fee, take a ride in one of the Commemorative Air Force SoCal Wing warbirds, and a percentage of that ride
goes back to local youth. The Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival is a gift to the community and is put on by volunteers from three nonprofit organizations. They are the Experimental Aircraft Association local Chapter 1073, Truckee Optimist Club, and the KidZone Museum. All proceeds from sponsorships, T-shirt sales, the sale of VIP Hospitality Tent passes, and miscellaneous items goes back to the Truckee North Lake Tahoe youth. Gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 9 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport just off Interstate 80 on Highway 267. Admission and parking are free. For the safety of all pets and their paws, no dogs are allowed. For more information, please visit www.TruckeeTahoeAirShow.com Or “like” us on Facebook!
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The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released a new video aimed at helping pilots prepare for engine failure. Engine Out! From Trouble to Touchdown reviews how to tackle an engine failure in a single-engine aircraft. “Flying is a safe and rewarding activity, and an engine failure is very rare, but pilots should be prepared nonethe-
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FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS SELECTED TO EQUIP LSA FLEET WITH CERTIFIED ADS-B SOLUTIONS
NextGen avionics leader, FreeFlight Systems, announced this month that the company has secured a letter of authorization to equip the existing Flight Design USA fleet with the company’s certified RANGR ADS-B system. FreeFlight Systems and Flight Design USA worked together to design an installation package that will provide complete ADS-B compliance for the 400 plus Flight Design USA aircraft that are currently flying in the U.S. “We chose the FreeFlight RANGR, as it is a complete line of capable and affordable options for owners of Flight Design’s existing aircraft,” said John Hurst, CT avionics expert. “Aircraft owners will have peace of mind flying with FreeFlight’s RANGR, as the company is the pioneer in ADS- B solutions.” The installation package includes FreeFlight Systems’ certified RANGR Transmitter Lite (pictured above) ADS-B Out system, and will include all the necessary components required for installation. For those customers who want to fly with the benefits of ADS-B In, FreeFlight’s
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Shooting an Airshow Like Sun ‘n Fun Continued from Page 24 from the crowd and spectator area. The crowd line is the barrier that contains and restricts the audience from approaching the show line, and is typically at least 500 feet from, and generally parallel to, the show line for some distance. “Show Center” designates the center of the flying display area and serves as a reference point for the aerial performers. Typically, announcers/media and stands for spectators (if provided) will be located at/or near show center on the crowd line. While horizontal flight typically will traverse the length of the show line, vertical maneuvers usually are performed at or near show center. Special effects such as pyrotechnics will often be set to go off in this area as well. From a photographer’s standpoint, the most important consideration is to be somewhere on the crowd line – literally, be at the actual barrier. While some aerial demonstrations take place high enough that you can shoot them from somewhere in the crowd, low-level portions of the performances and aircraft and other subjects of interest on the runway/taxiway require a clear field of view right to the ground. As a media photographer, my airshow experience differs from that of the normal person attending. I travel around the airshow circuit, not to watch the show, but rather to document the events and hopefully catch that one shot that no one else captured. “Working” an airshow can give you access to aircraft and people that others do not get. For me, it means starting my day at 8 a.m. with a briefing at the media center about the day’s events, interviews, and photo opportunities. Next, I get my daily assignments from my editor and complete them before the 1 p.m. copy deadline. After that is completed, I can start shooting targets of opportunity and airshow performance shots. I typically carry two camera bodies and three or four lenses around. The end goal is to have my photos published and hopefully to capture that elusive cover shot! It’s a lot of work, but I can’t think of any other way I’d want to go to an airshow. Each year I return and see many of the same people year after year. It’s like going to a family reunion because many of these people become like family after spending quality time together
Left: Taylor Avery, 18, after his ride the Stallion 51 Flight Operations TF-51 Crazy Horse. Taylor is a senior at Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) and won the ride for his “hard work and high standards in his academic career.” (Kenneth Strohm) Below Left: The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team inbound at Sun ‘n Fun 2016. (Kenneth Strohm) Below Right: CAF B17-G Texas Raiders returning to the ramp as seen from the new FAA control tower at Lakeland, FL. (Kenneth Strohm)
Right: USAF F-22 Raptor and the Raptor Demo Team. (Kenneth Strohm) Below Left: Kodiak 100 arriving at Sun ‘n Fun 2016. (Kenneth Strohm) Below Right: Greg Connell and his GCA Wolfpitts, a Steve Wolf designed, custom-built biplane using the latest technology, and “state of the art” materials and construction methods. (Kenneth Strohm)
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