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Q Seattle, WA: Seafair Boeing Air Show, Lake Washington, (206) 7280123, seafair.com. Q Minot, ND: Northern Neighbors Day, Minot AFB, minot.af.mil. Q Menomonie, WI: Airfest & Autorama, gates 7 a.m., Menomonie Municipal Airport, (715) 215-1649, menomonieairfest.com. Q Heber City, UT: CAF Planes & Horsepower Car Show, gates 8 a.m., Heber City Municipal Airport, cafutahwing.org. Q Chino, CA: Living History Flying Day, 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org. Q Owlshead, ME: Wings & Wheels, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Owls Head Museum, owlshead.org. Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-7576. Q Abbotsford, BC: Abbotsford Int’l. Airshow, abbotsfordairshow.com. Q Bellevue, NE: Defenders of Freedom Air Show, Offutt AFB, offutt.af.mil. Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q Plymouth, MA: Plymouth Air Show, gates 10 a.m., Plymouth Municipal Airport, plymouthairshow.com. Q Halls, TN: Wings over Halls, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Town of Halls, (731) 836-7400. Q Waterford, MI: OCIA Air Show & Open House, 10 a.m. to 4 pm., Oakland County Int’l. Airport, (248) 666-3900, oakgov.com. Q Conneaut, OH: D-Day Conneaut/WWII Reenactment, various times/ events, Conneaut Township Park, ddayohio.us. Q Grinnell, IA: Fly Iowa 2018, breakfast 6 a.m., Grinnell Regional Airport, (515) 360-5235, flyiowa.org. Q Powell, WY: Wings ’n Wheels Fly-In/Car Show, breakfast 7 a.m., Powell Municipal Airport, www.pcwingsnwheels.com. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Petaluma, CA: Historic Airplane Appreciation Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404. Q Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Terre Haute Regional Airport, (812) 877-2524, terrehauteairshow.com. Q Chicago, IL: Chicago Air & Water Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lake Michigan Lakefront, cityofchicago.org. Q Akron, OH: Props & Piston Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Akron-Fulton Int’l. Airport, flyohio.wixsite.com. Q Camarillo, CA: Wings over Camarillo Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Camarillo Airport, (805) 419-3530, wingsovercamarillo.com. Q Toughkenamon, PA: Festival of Flight Air & Car Show, gates 9 a.m., New Garden Flying Field, newgardenflyingfield.com. Q Edmonton, Can.: Edmonton Airshow, Villeneuve Airport, edmontonairshow.com. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, (707) 944-9236. Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. Q Atlantic City, NJ: Thunder over the Boardwalk Air Show, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Beachfront, airshow.acchamber.com. Q San Carlos, CA: Industry Insider Conference, GA SPARK, Hiller Aviation Museum, (650) 946-1700, ga-spark.org. Q Madras, OR: Airsow of the Cascades, gates Fri. 2 p.m./Sat. 9 a.m., Madras Municipal Airport, (541) 475-0155, cascadeairshow.com. Q Ottumwa, IA: Fly Ottumwa, gates Fri. 6 p.m./Sat. & Sun. 8 a.m., Ottumwa Regional Arport, (641) 680-4083, flyottumwa.com. Q Mattoon, IL: Wings over Mattoon, gates 11 a.m., Coles County Airport, (217) 234-7120, colescountyairport.com. Q Everett, WA: FHC European Theater Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Paine Field, (206) 342-4242, flyingheritage.org. Q Flagstaff, AZ: Thunder over Flagstaff, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Flagstaff Airport, (928) 213-2932, eaachapter856.org. Q St. Joseph, MO: Sound of Speed Airshow, gates 8 a.m., Rosecrans ANGB, (816) 271-4886, stjairshow.com. Q Ypsilanti, MI: Thunder over Michigan, gates TBA, Willow Run Airport, (734) 483-4030, yankeeairmuseum.org. Q Prince Edward Island, Can.: Atlantic Canada Int’l. Air Show, Summerside Airport, (855) 465-2725, airshowatlantic.ca.
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NEWS Coalition Calls For Actions On Airport Access ..................................8 FAA Warns Avoid Drone Registration Schemes ................................8 EAA Flying Start Program Launched at AirVenture ........................10 Inhofe, Duckworth Introduce Bill to Support Future of Aviation....11 Textron Debuts Danali Mockkup at EAA AirVenture........................37 Hartzell Introduces Talon High Performance Prop ..........................40 2018 Lindy Award Winners Announced at AirVenture ....................40 EAA AirVenture 2018 Facts and Figures............................................41 EAA Flying Club Initiative Creating Flight Pathways ......................41 Lancair’s Barracuda Debuts at EAA AirVenture ..............................42 Student Pilots Crossing Borders Win Scholarships ........................44 ICON Aircraft Re-imagines Flight Training Experience....................46 Alsim to Produce Flight Training Devices in U.S. ............................47
COLUMNS FEATURES Living The Dreams(s): 2015 AOPA Scholarships Winner By Dan Namowitz, AOPA..................................................6 Interview: Veteran So Cal Flight Instructor is Seminar Guru By Annamarie Buonocore ..............................................12 McClellan MAFFS Exercise 2018 By Bob Martinez ............................................................14 Learning, Flying and Seeing Van Nuys By Annamarie Buonocore ..............................................16 The Stranger on the Plane By Louise Brown ..........................................................20 Formula 1 Air Racing Event Debuts in Ely, Nev. By Joe Gonzalez ..........................................................21 From High-Risk Youth to National Award Winner By Lori A. Bultman, 25th Air Aorce ..................................24
Flying into Writing: Valuable Experience By Eric McCarthy ............................................................17 From Skies to Stars: The Galactic Fly-In By Ed Downs ..................................................................28 Flying With Faber: Time for More Pies By Stuart J. Faber ............................................................29 Homebuilder’s Workshop: Short Takes By Ed Wischmeyer ..........................................................39 The Pylon Place: Ready for Reno 2018 By Marilyn Dash ..............................................................45
DEPARTMENTS Calendar of Events ..........................................................3 Classifieds ......................................................................48 Index of Advertisers ......................................................50
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NASA brought its submarine hunting Lockheed S-3 Viking to EAA AirVenture last month to show it off and celebrate its 40th birthday. It’s the last S3 ever built and the U.S. Navy accepted delivery of it on July 25, 1978. Lockheed built 188 examples of the type and this is the only one still flying. It’s now operated by NASA’s Glenn Research Center. “It was designed originally to takeoff from a carrier, do a short dash, get up to 450 knots, get overhead, and loiter for long periods of time – that is how you hunt submarines,” said Jim Demers, Glenn Research Center chief pilot. “That is really a nice capability for NASA. We can get the speeds, we can get the altitudes … we can slow this plane down to 110, 120 knots easily.” Acquired from the Navy in 2003, NASA took a couple of years to get the S3 into a research configuration. “When we first got the aircraft we did our best to remove any of the military centric avionics and equipment because that stuff is expensive,” Jim said. “When you look at [general aviation suppliers], I can get a box that does about everything I need to fly in the national airspace structure for $10,000 to $20,000. Some of the [military] boxes of the component technology in her cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and they have unique software. We tried to do our best to gut as much of that as we could. We lost about 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of just equipment so we are flying this plane as light as it has ever been.” Jim and team like the plane for a number of reasons, but its performance is key. “I can take 12,000 to 14,000 pounds of equipment and go flying,” he said. “There is so much excess electrical power, I can power about anything that we’ve ever been thrown.” Communications is one of Glenn Research Center’s key areas. A current long-running project for the airplane is testing hardware targeted at establishing communications standards for unmanned aerial systems. Flights starting next week will test a fifth generation of the project’s radio hardware. “You have to be innovative,” Jim said of keeping the only example of a type in the air. “We are not the only ones at NASA that do that. But there still is the question of parts. There are a lot of these in the desert we can go get parts
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The Lockheed S-3 Viking celebrated its 40th birthday at AirVenture. (All photos courtesy EAA AirVenture) from, but it is getting harder and harder to do.” Jim added that the aircraft came free to NASA. “A lot of our aircraft are acquired from the military,” he said. “They have some life left — not a whole lot — but NASA can do something with that remaining life and save the taxpayers a whole lot of money. I think it cost us a tank of gas to get this.” Originally, NASA planned to operate the S-3 until 2015. Although that date has passed, Jim and the Glenn team are more certain that early in 2020 all of the flight test work will transition to the center’s Twin Otter and T-34Cs. And with that, the last S-3 will retire.
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Q Nampa, ID: Warhawk Air Museum Warbird Roundup, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nampa Municipal Airport, (208) 465-6446, warhawkairmuseum.org. Q Los Angeles, CA: LA Fleet Week, Waterfront, (310) 971-4461, lafleetweek.com.
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Q Chino, CA: Living History Flying Day, 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org. Q Marion, IN: Fly-In Cruise-In, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Marion Municipal Airport, (765) 664-2588, flyincruisein.com. Q Steamboat Springs, CO: Wild West Air Fest, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Steamboat Airport, (970) 879-0880, steamboatchamber.com. Q Cleveland, OH: Cleveland National Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Burke Lakefront Airport, (216) 781-0747, www.clevelandairshow.com. Q Greenville, ME: Int’l. Seaplane Fly-In, various events/times, Moosehead Lake, (207) 695-6121, seaplanefly-in.org. Q London, Ont.: Airshow London, London Int’l. Airport, (519) 433-0200, airshowlondon.com. Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q Englewood, CO: Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Centennial Airport, (303) 75802130, morganadamsconcours.org. Q Waukegan, IL: Northern Illinois Airshow, gates 9:30 a.m., Waukegan Regional Airport, (847) 244-0055, northernillinoisairshow.com. Q Montgomery, AL: Red Tails over Montgomery Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Montgomery ANGB, redtailairshow.com. Q Liberal, KS: Liberal Air Fair, gates 10 a.m., Liberal Mid-American Regional Airport, (620) 624-1646, liberalkansasairfair.org. Q Osceola, WI: Osceola Wheels & Wings, gates 7 a.m., L.O. Simenstad Municipal Airport, wheelswings.com. Q Burnet, TX: Bluebonnet Air Show, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Burnet Municipal Airport, (214) 796-3509, texastcart.com. Q Hagerstown, MD: Wings & Wheels Expo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hagerstown Regional Airport, (301) 733-8717, wingsandwheelsexpo.com. Q Gypsum, CO: Wheels & Wings Festival, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Vail Valley Jet Center, (970) 524-7700, vailautomotiveclassic.com. Q San Jose, CA: Reid-Hillview Airport Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p..m., ReidHillview Airport, (408) 615-1454, hotsanjosenights.com. Q Wichita, KS: Air Show & Open House, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., McConnell AFB, frontiersinflight.com. Q Greenfield, IN: Indy Air Expo, gates 9 a.m., Indianapolis Regional Airport, indyairexpo.org. Q Hood River, OR: WAAAM Hood River Fly-In, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ken Jernstedt Airfield, (514) 308-1600, waaamuseum.org. Q Beverly, MA: Beverly Regional Airport Airshow, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., (857) 888-2592, flight4cf.com. Q Oakland, CA: Open Cockpit Day, noon to 4 p.m., (510) 638-7100, oaklandaviationmuseum.org. Q Reno, NV: Reno National Championship Air Races, Reno Stead Airport, (775) 972-6663, airrace.org. Q Santa Fe, NM: AOPA 2018 Fly-In “Gateway for Exploration,” Santa Fe Municipal Airport, aopa.org. Q Owensboro, KY: Owensboro Air Show, Fri. 4 p.m., Airport/Sat. & Sun. 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Downtown Riverfront, owensboroairshow.com. Q Troy, OH: WACO Fly-In & Homecoming, Waco Field Airport, time TBA, wacoairmuseum.org. Q Gatineau, Quebec: Aero Gatineau Ottawa Airshow, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gatineau Airport, aerogatineauottawa.com. Q Ocean City, NJ: Ocean City Airport Festival, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ocean City Municipal Airport, (609) 399-6111, oceancityvacation.com. Q Hughesville, PA: Lycoming County Balloonfest & Air Show, balloon launch 5:30 a.m./gates 10 a.m., Lycoming Fairgrounds, lcrotary.com. Q Dulles, VA: Dulles Day Festival & Plane Pull, Washington Dulles Int’l. Airport, (703) 359-4301, planepull.com. Q Union City, TN: Great American Airshow, 5 p.m., Discovery Park of America, (731) 885-5455, discoveryparkofamerica.com. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Petaluma, CA: Historic Airplane Appreciation Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404. Q Hammondsport, NY: Wings & Wheels-Seaplane Homecoming, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Curtiss Museum, (607) 569-2160, www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, (707) 944-9236.
FLYING HIGHER UNDER NEW FAA RULE One of the many ways AOPA works hard to protect the freedom to fly is by advocating for regulations that will ease the financial burden on students and certified pilots. A recent update by the FAA is a major victory for GA and will have a huge impact on how we fly. Last month, the FAA published a final rule that will allow for broader use of technology to reduce the cost of flight training and maintaining proficiency without compromising safety. Since the beginning, AOPA has sought and supported these regulatory changes that are expected to save the general aviation community more than $113 million in the next five years. The new rule includes many changes, mostly to Part 61 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The overhaul will take effect in two phases, starting on July 27, and all changes are set to be implemented by Dec. 24. The updates will reduce costs for pilots by leveraging advances in avionics, aircraft equipment, flight simulators, and aviation training devices. The most significant savings will come from allowing the nation’s more than 300,000 instrument-rated pilots to use advanced aviation training devices to satisfy flight requirements and enjoy six months of currency rather than two. AOPA knows the cost of flying matters to our members, and we’re going to keep advocating for changes like this that make a real difference. Other efforts and initiatives like BasicMed and You Can Fly are just some of the other ways AOPA is working to keep prices lower for pilots and make aviation accessible for everyone. For a complete update on the changes, please visit www.aopa.org/advocacy.
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eing able to hop in my airplane at a moment’s notice and fly wherever I choose is just one of the many joys of being a pilot. I’ll never get tired of traveling to new destinations, meeting fellow pilots and aviation enthusiasts, and sharing stories from our trips along the way. But, like every pilot, I have to be sure I’m always maintaining and improving my skills, so I can do all these things that I enjoy. If we don’t fly often enough, our skills can atrophy – and no matter how long we’ve been flying, all of us can ben-
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efit from training and education to stay sharp. For more than 60 years, the AOPA Air Safety Institute (ASI) has been the industry leader in providing comprehensive resources to help pilots do just that. And as the way we get our information changes and technology evolves, ASI is working to provide innovative safety resources to the pilot community. Not to toot our own horn, but GA has never been safer – and it’s clear ASI is making an impact. The accident rate has declined by 90 percent since 1950, and ASI content consumption is up to more than 3.5 million views a year. One of ASI’s newest tools to help us sustain that positive trend is the Focused
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Flight Review Program. A flight review is a great time to work with a CFI to polish basic skills, but you can also use it as an opportunity to expand your knowledge base. Another way AOPA is helping make our members the safest pilots out there is by organizing more in-person workshops where you can hone your skills. For example, this month at our second regional fly-in of the year, in Santa Fe, New Mexico (September 14 and 15), world-class aerobatic instructor and designated pilot examiner Catherine Cavagnaro will help pilots to better understand unusual attitudes, spins, stalls, and the conditions that cause upsets. ASI’s ‘There I Was…’ podcast invites
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listeners into the cockpit as pilots share personal stories about their most challenging situations and skills they’ve used to avoid a worst-case scenario. This is a great way to hear first-hand how pilots flew themselves to safety – so you can, too. As a community, we’re getting safer. But we’re still losing too many of our friends in GA accidents—a loss I know too well, having lost four friends in three accidents this year. Let’s commit to doing all we can to keep ourselves and our fellow pilots safe. We can use the great resources from ASI to build up our own safety knowledge, so we can continue enjoying the freedom to fly – safely – for years to come.
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Groups Join AOPA Demanding FAA Action to Address Fees
diverse coalition of 12 general aviation groups issued a joint statement calling on the FAA to take action against “egregious, hidden fees and denial of affordable access to airport ramps.” The groups said on July 24 that they want profitable and healthy fixed-base operators, but there must be a balance that gives pilots reasonable access to publicly funded airports. Among the ways to provide that balance is for the FAA to chart transient ramp areas on airport diagrams, giving pilots an option to park in areas not controlled by the FBO; facilitate FBO competition where practicable; ensure federally funded airports and FBOs on those fields only impose reasonable fees that are posted online; and stop FBOs from forcing pilots to pay for services that are neither requested nor needed.
“Egregious, hidden fees drive down traffic and cut off access to important communities,” the groups said in the joint letter. “It’s time for the FAA to ensure pilots have a right to reasonable access to federally funded airports.” AOPA President Mark Baker said the coalition will continue to grow and work together to pressure the FAA to take action at problem locations. “Grant assurances exist for a reason, and while the majority of the FBO industry is doing a great job, there are a number of exceptions at key locations that the FAA has been ignoring. The organizations that have joined us in taking a stand deserve a lot of credit for their leadership, and we look forward to working with them and other groups to make sure the FAA gets the message,” said Baker. Airports that receive federal tax dollars from the Airport Improvement Program are bound by grant assurances, which dictate that airports and FBO fees must be reasonable and non-discriminatory.
AOPA has investigated the effect of FBO fees on airport access for a year and a half, and found that aircraft operations have declined faster at locations where the most complaints have been lodged, compared to national averages. AOPA has also filed three Part 13 complaints with the FAA, released an Airport Access Watch List, and worked with a number of self-help airports taking steps to improve access. In addition to AOPA, the following organizations co-signed the joint statement: American Bonanza Society, Cardinal Flyers Online, FNL Pilots Association, Glasair Aircraft Owners Association, Lancair Owners and Builders Organization, Malibu/Mirage Owners & Pilots Association, Maine Aeronautics Association, The Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association, North American Trainer Association, Washington Pilots Association, and Women in Aviation International. On July 23, the first day of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, hun-
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to warn drone owners – especially hobbyists—about people offering to “help” register their drones with the agency. The FAA Drone Zone is all you need – and it costs only $5. There are a number of entities that offer to help drone owners and operators
file an application for a registration number. Some attempt to mimic the look of the FAA’s website with similar graphic design and even the FAA logo, or suggest they are somehow “approved” by the agency. They aren’t – and you could be wasting your money. The FAA neither regulates these entitites nor will speculate on their legiti-
macy. However, the agency has recently received reports of vendors charging exorbitant fees up to $150 for this service. The actual FAA registration fee is $5. For that charge, hobbyists receive one identification number for all the drones they own. All others pay the registration fee for each drone they intend to operate. FAA strongly advises you to avoid
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A coalition of aviation groups joined AOPA calling for FAA action to improve access to airport ramps. (Courtesy AOPA, file photo) dreds of pilots signed a large petition calling on the FAA to pay more attention to this important issue that affects pilots of all types. Other organizations interested in joining the coalition are asked to email AOPA staff, and pilots can submit reports about egregious FBO fees to AOPA, linking from the AOPA website at www.aopa.org or by email directly to Joe Kildea at joe.kildea@aopa.org. Editor’s Note: Joe Kildea is AOPA’s Senior Director of Communications
FAA WARNS AVOID DRONE REGISTRATION SCHEMES
registering your unmanned aircraft anywhere but at the FAA Drone Zone (https://faadronezone.faa.gov/#/). It’s the only way to make sure your drone is legally registered and that you’ve gotten your money’s worth.
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hen AOPA looked in on Zachary Huffman of Muncie, Indiana, recently, we wanted to know how things were going for the 2015 recipient of the AOPA Foundation’s Richard Santori Memorial Scholarship. Last we had heard, he was working on his private pilot certificate while studying journalism and management at Ball State College, his sights set on a media career. It took a while to connect, but the news he had to share was worth the wait. Huffman graduated from Ball State in the spring of 2016, and by August, he had knocked out his private pilot ticket. Next it was off to Central Michigan University, where while earning a Master of Arts in Media Management degree, he also acquired drone-flying credentials, taught an undergrad news production course as a graduate assistant, and picked up credentials as a state-registered airport administrator. Huffman also was part of a carefully planned marriage proposal for his close friends that involved him flying them to Mackinac Island, the Lake Huron vacation spot, in a Cessna 172. In June, he attended their wedding. Which brings us to the present moment, and an answer to the question: Which field did Huffman choose for his career: aviation, business, or communications? The answer is all three. “I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for your scholarship,” he said in a note to the AOPA Foundation. Anyone who has dreamed of combining their avocation and vocation “as my two eyes make one in sight,” as the poet Robert Frost wrote, should take cues from Huffman, whose irons in the fires of aviation, business, and communications have made a fine A-B-C for how to live more than one dream. It starts by putting yourself in opportunity’s path, where good things happen. An assignment to prepare a sales presentation for a grad-school class took him to Michigan’s Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport. The experience resulted in an offer of part-time employment. Mount Pleasant Municipal is a general aviation airport with a paved 5,000foot runway with RNAV approaches, a smaller turf runway, and about two dozen based aircraft.
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It’s a pretty interesting place to work, according to Huffman. There’s a casino nearby that brings interesting aircraft and personalities to the field, and that has produced some memorable moments for him including going aboard G–4 and Challenger jets and a Cirrus single, as well as “getting chicken sandwiches for Chris Rock.” As a media-savvy airport rep, Huffman has given public airport tours, worked with Experimental Aircraft Association volunteers to give introductory flights under the Young Eagles program, and joined in to tackle maintenance tasks. “We’re currently in the process of completing a tree-abatement project for pilots’ safety, adding PAPI’s to Runway 9, and replacing taxiway lights,” he said. A media management entrepreneurship class gave Huffman a chance to tackle an assignment to develop a business idea to help a media-industry player. He seized on an opportunity he knew existed to meet a need to train news media personnel in the rapidly expanding commercial use of drones. With professorial encouragement, his project team entered the drone program in a competition, reaching the final cut of the original 280 entries. “It reaffirmed what we are doing has traction in the industry, and we need to keep doing it,” he said in a phone interview. A big break came when entering a new venture competition on campus. After going through three rounds of – Huffman won the project a generous startup-fund award and provided a giant leap toward making the enterprise a “one stop shop” for news media who are bringing drones into their operations to produce superior news coverage. These days the busy graduate/airport official/entrepreneur gets to fly about once a month, and still gets a new pilot’s pleasContinued on Page 10
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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) introduced its new Flying Start program, which welcomes and encourages new aviation enthusiasts to the fun, freedom, and accessibility of personal aviation, during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018. The Flying Start program is a new tool for EAA chapters to use to offer a local pathway for interested adults into the world of flight. The program consists of an EAA-prepared PowerPoint presentation and video that provides information about learning to fly, with topics ranging from what is involved in flight training and which certificate would be best suited for each individual, to how much it will cost in both time and money. The hosting chapter can customize this experience with information about their local chapter and flight training options. “EAA chapters throughout the country supply a natural support system for those adults pursuing their dreams of flight,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs. “The Flying Start program gives those local chapters the tools to welcome and encourage those who are eager to discover aviation, but may not know how to take the next step.” Flying Start participants will also
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have direct access to EAA’s Eagle Flights program through the hosting chapter, allowing them to experience aviation for themselves with a free introductory flight and informal mentorship from an EAA volunteer pilot. After the flight, participants will receive a free six-month membership to EAA and the local chapter. While the primary goal of the Flying Start program is to provide a pathway for adults into the world of flight, the program also allows EAA chapters to engage their current members and recruit new aviation enthusiasts to help build stronger organizations that support and promote aviation on a local level. The Flying Start program fulfills EAA’s mission to grow participation in aviation by promoting “The Spirit of Aviation” through its network of nearly 900 local chapters. Chapters that are interested in hosting a Flying Start event can see the program requirements, register, and receive the materials needed to help plan, promote, and host a successful Flying Start event at www.EAA.org/FlyingStart. For more information on EAA and its programs, call 800-JOIN-EAA (800564-6322) or go to www.eaa.org. For continual news updates, connect with www.twitter.com/EAA.
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AOPA Flight Training Scholarships are made possible by generous charitable contributions to the AOPA Foundation. The program launched in 2011 and focuses on facilitating a positive flight training experience that will encourage student pilots to achieve their goals. By helping to produce new pilots, the scholarship program also strives to ensure GA’s future, with scholarship recipients serving as ambassadors for GA and flight training on a grassroots level.
Huffman’s scholarship, The Richard Santori Memorial Flight Training Scholarship, was created by Dr. Gina Santori in memory of her late husband. When asked about her inspiration for funding flight training scholarships, she said, “I created the Richard Santori Memorial scholarship to honor my late husband who was an Air Force reserve pilot and loved flying his Bonanza. I want to encourage and support young people to pursue recreational aviation as well as aviation careers. A life lived helping others is rewarding and the joy felt when the scholarship recipients earn their private pilot certificate is worth it all!” For more information about AOPA and scholarships offered through the organization, visit their website at www.aopa.org.
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INHOFE, DUCKWORTH INTRODUCE BILL August 2018
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the Securing and Revitalizing Aviation (SARA) Act of 2018 on July 25, 2018. This bipartisan legislation would empower and support the next generation of pilots and the general aviation community. “Across the aviation industry, we are facing an unfortunate reality – too few young Americans are starting careers in the field,” Inhofe said. “This bill will empower the next generation of needed pilots by giving young Americans access to quality aviation curriculum such as ground school–a critical first step for most careers in aviation. It further embraces needed reforms to address the substantial delays recreational and commercial pilots face in scheduling check rides, impacting their ability to obtain and maintain necessary qualifications. “After I successfully passed legislation to enact third class medical reforms, the number of active pilots grew by over 25,000. Enacting this legislation will continue this positive trend and grow the general aviation community.” “The SARA Act includes a number of common-sense solutions to address many of the critical challenges facing the
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Details of S. 3270, The SARA Act: • Creates the Aircraft Pilot Education Program to support the education of aircraft pilots and the aviation pilot workforce by encouraging the creation and delivery of aviation curriculum to high school students. • Cuts through the red tape by reviewing and rewriting existing regulations that limit the availability of pilot examiners. The lack of pilot examiners impair recreational and commercial pilots from obtaining recurring qualifications, as well as preventing flight schools from graduating students on time. • Embraces needed reforms to ensure new and experienced pilots have consistent access to designated pilot examiners to accommodate their recurring skills training requirements. • Enhances protections for the avi-
ation community including giving NTSB the authority to review the denial of an airman medial certificate by the FAA; extending to FAA designees the existing due process protections enjoyed by pilots; and providing that an airman may voluntarily surrender an airmen medical certificate and may reapply for a certificate without an unnecessary wait period. • Supports proactive conservationminded efforts by seaplane pilots to miti-
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ere at In Flight USA, our pilot readers and aviation enthusiasts have taught us many things ––among them the lesson that knowledge is power. The better informed pilots are about loss of control, weather, and other flight-related issues, the more they can enjoy the art and sport of flight. This makes it more fun for passengers and more intriguing for future generations. Unfortunately, like drivers, those who fly become complacent. Everybody needs a brush-up course once in a while, and this month, In Flight USA had the pleasure of talking to Richard Mend of Mend Aviation in Van Nuys, Calif. Mend is a veteran flight instructor and pilot who has been in aviation longer than a certain writer has been alive. He understands the industry and those who work in it. In his interview, he offers advice to young pilots as well as to the industry on how general aviation can be grown by way of seminars and other educational activities. In Flight USA: How long have you been around and what made you get started in this flight school business? Richard Mend: I always wanted to fly, even when I was real little. I used to hang around the airport in Santa Monica, and when I got out of high school, I started flight training. With a little help from my family and a lineman job at the airport, I learned how to fly in 1966. I then got my flight instructor rating. I really enjoyed this. At first I tried to get on with the airlines, but this allowed me to stay close to home and my family. I just decided to be an instructor, and I have been instructing since 1970. IF USA: Did you start your school right away or work for another school? RM: I started the school in 1970, right after I got my instructor ratings. I had all of my ratings, so I got started here at Van Nuys Airport. Then I went to Compton Airport, but that closed, so I ended up back at Van Nuys. IF USA: What schools did you attend to get your certificates and ratings? RM: I first went to Santa Monica Flyers, the old Santa Monica Flyers, not the current one. Then I got my instructor ratings at Rose Aviation at Hawthorne. I went to university to become an aircraft mechanic. I did not have the tempera-
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ment to be a mechanic, so I never got the ticket. I just don’t have the patience for it. It’s very tedious. But it’s on my bucket list to go get the ticket. IF USA: Are you from Santa Monica? RM: No, I grew up in the LA area. Santa Monica was the closest airport. IF USA: How do you feel about what is happening at Santa Monica now? RM: It’s really sad. The whole thing is political. The city government has its hands in the pockets of the developers. I told everybody the best way to win back Santa Monica was to give the government more money than the developers, but that won’t work because those developers have a lot of money. And the people who live around there think they’re unhappy now, but when they close that airport, it’s going to create even more traffic. Right now the traffic is bad, and it’s going to be even worse. We’re doing all we can to fight the closure of Santa Monica. We’ve had 50 airports in the area already close, and that’s not a good thing. IF USA: Going back to what you do, what services do you offer through Mend Aviation? RM: I specialize in ground school and flight training. The seminars are done all volunteer. The venues are offered by volunteers, the instructors are volunteers, and my time is voluntary too. We do not get any financial assistance at all. But we enjoy doing it, so that’s why we do it. IF USA: Do you offer simulator training or training after ground school? RM: No, I don’t have a simulator. People who hire me to instruct them either rent an aircraft or have their own aircraft. Then they hire me to provide the training. IF USA: Is it just you or do you have other instructors on staff? RM: No, I am a one-man operation. It has always been that way, and when it comes to the seminars, I have a small team doing these. We take turns among the three of us. We do about 13 seminars a month. Not only do I teach them but I attend them as well because I cannot be a good instructor if I am not a good student. In this business, things are changing all the time, and you have to keep up with it. IF USA: What are your goals in teaching these seminars? What do you hope people will walk away with? Continued on Page 13
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Continued from Page 12 RM: Well, the thing is, we are contributing to the advancement of general aviation. Between the airlines and the military, general aviation has the most action. The airlines and military have mandatory trainings, but we don’t have that, so we’re trying to fill in the gaps. With these seminars, we are attacking trouble areas where pilots need to pay attention. Like this weekend, we did one on air traffic control. We’re trying to get more flight instructors to attend because if they attend, they’re students will attend. We have trouble getting certain people in the business to come. If they’re not required to do it, they won’t do it. Once in a while, we get someone who is willing to go the extra mile. These seminars are on a two-hour basis. They see something they’re not real good at, and then they sharpen up on it. That’s what we’re trying to do. IF USA: Does anybody every have to pay to attend a seminar? RM: All of them are free. Some places do charge, but the reason we don’t charge is that we want people to come to them. If we charge them to get in, we give them one more reason not to come. We’re all volunteers, but we’re not like the Civil Air Patrol where volunteers have to pay dues to help out. IF USA: What kind of students do you hope will come to the seminars? Who does it cater to the most? RM: We cater to everybody. People who are not even pilots, who are simply interested, they’re welcome here too. And we would like people who are advanced pilots. These seminars start off on the basic level, and we go into the advanced. We try not to be over the average person’s head. Some people who have been in the business a long time and who are very experienced get this attitude that they have “been there done that.” And that’s not a good thing. We’re trying to get them to recognize areas they need
to sharpen up on. We have a wide range of people who come here. The only requirement is that they’re interested. There are no other prerequisites. IF USA: Where do you think the future of general aviation is headed? RM: One good thing I see is that the airlines are going to be hiring big time. And that’s a good thing. A bad thing that I see is that the government wants to privatize, and by doing that, that could kill general aviation. In Europe, it is very expensive to fly. Only the very privileged can afford it. Here in the United States, we’re the last frontier. Average people can scrape a little together and get into flight training. That’s how I did it. But it’s still very expensive. IF USA: What can the industry do to encourage more young people to get involved in general aviation? RM: One thing is, the airlines can offer entry-level pilots more money. A long time ago, pilots who got on with a little airline got paid so little that five or six pilots had to share a residence. They also need to offer better pensions. I know someone who worked for United Airlines, and he lost his pension. Now he works as an instructor because he could not afford to retire. With better pay and pensions, more people will go into aviation. IF USA: Do you have anything else you would like to add? RM: I wish we could find a way to get flight instructors, air traffic controllers, and aircraft mechanics to come to these seminars. If they came, things would get a lot better because these are people in high places who can make a difference. The more people come to these seminars, the better off we all are. I learned to fly by going to seminars, and I’m still going. I’m a firm believer in seminars because knowledge is a good thing, and what you don’t know can hurt you. IF USA: Thank you! For more information, visit www.mendaviation.com
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he annual training and recertification for the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) C130 crews was held this year at Sacramento McClellan Airport on April 23-27, 2018. Participating Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units included the 153rd Airlift Wing from Cheyenne, Wyoming; the 152nd Airlift Wing from Reno, Nevada; the 302nd Airlift Wing from Colorado Springs, Colorado; and 146th Airlift Wing from Port Hueneme, California MAFFS is a joint Department of Defense and U.S. Forest Service program designed to provide additional aerial firefighting resources when commercial and private airtankers are no longer able to meet the needs of the forest service. The USDA Forest Service owns the MAFFS equipment and supplies the fire retardant, while the DoD provides the C130 H and J model aircraft, flight crews, and maintenance and support personnel to fly the missions. The MAFFS is capable of dropping up to 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant. The system slides into the back of
Aircraft from the Department of Defense help the USDA Forest Service when needed on missions. (Courtesy Bob Martinez) Air Force Reserve units participated in the annual training and recertification for the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS). (Courtesy Bob Martinez) the aircraft and water or retardant is released through a nozzle located on the rear left side of the plane. Approximately 300 civilian and military personnel gathered at McClellan Airtanker Base for this training, which was being hosted by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), CAL
Inhofe, Duckworth Introduce Bill Continued from Page 11 Full text of the bill can be found at www.inhofe.senate.gov.
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The bill has gained support from across the aviation industry. “Senator Inhofe is a steadfast proponent of general aviation, and we thank him for introducing the SARA Act,” said Mark Baker, president and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. “This legislation will help rebuild the pilot workforce by introducing more young people to aviation curriculum in high school classrooms, provide pilots who volunteer their time and resources with reasonable good
Samaritan protections, helps address issues the pilot community is facing with a depleted Designated Pilot Examiner workforce, addresses good environmental stewardship for seaplane pilots to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species in our nation’s lakes and rivers, and other positive provisions that will move general aviation forward. AOPA and hundreds of thousands of pilots across America support the SARA Act and urge the Senate to include this bill in the pending FAA Reauthorization.” “We greatly appreciate Sen. Inhofe bringing this legislation forward and Congress for recognizing the urgency of maintaining America’s leadership in the aviation through this bill,” said Jack J.
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FIRE, and the Tahoe and Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
Right: The USDA Forest Service owns the MAFFS equipment and supplies the fire retardant, while the DoD provides the C-130 H and J model aircraft. (Courtesy Bob Martinez)
Pelton, CEO and chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association. “As EAA uses its own programs to inspire and encourage the next generation of pilots, the support of our congressional leadership will help focus on the needs and opportunities in the aviation world.” “Senator Inhofe has always been a stalwart defender of general aviation and this bill exemplifies his continued commitment and leadership on behalf of all pilots,” said Matt Zucarro, president of Helicopter Association International. “In particular, the Securing and Revitalizing Aviation Act would enable more young people to consider a career in aviation, while embracing reforms so all general aviation pilots can depend on timely
access to designed pilot examiners for needed recertification and skills training.” “On behalf of NBAA, we'd like to commend Senator Jim Inhofe and Senator Tammy Duckworth on sponsoring this important legislation, the Securing and Revitalizing Aviation Act which will greatly benefit the entire aviation community,” said Ed Bolen, president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association. “We look forward to working with them and the other cosponsors of this bill in gaining prompt Senate passage.” “We appreciate Senator Inhofe’s strong and continued commitment to advancing the general aviation community,” said Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
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In Flight USA’s Associate Publisher Visits Southern California
Southern California is a flying paradise. With great weather almost every day of the year and plenty of airports, every pilot and aviation enthusiast should visit this aviation mecca at least once. While on my last visit at the end of April for my cousin’s graduation from Pepperdine University, I had the pleasure of meeting with In Flight USA Associate Editor, Paul T. Glessner, for some editorial and aviation business advice and for a day of exciting activities that I am proud to share with our readers. The day began at an educational and eye-opening seminar, and it ended at a well-known pilot hangout that served one hell of a patty melt. Here at In Flight, we hope your reading and flying bring you to Southern California soon.
Mend Aviation Seminar at Whiteman Airport KWHP
As covered by the same writer on page 12, knowledge is power, and this special power is packed into a few hours and PowerPoint slides in a Mend Aviation seminar. I was fortunate enough to attend one of these seminars on the last
Pilots and aviation enthusiasts gather for a Mend Aviation Seminar at Vista. ( Courtesy of Paul T. Glessner)
Sunday in April at Whiteman Airport KWHP. This seminar began at 9 a.m. at the office of Vista Aviation. The impressive two-story office building has a large conference room where instructors, Richard Mend and Ron Berinstein, conducted a seminar on weather and safety. By 9 a.m., the room was nearly full of pilots and other aviation enthusiasts who were ready to learn all about weather and apply the safety tips to their own flying. The engaging and dynamic instructors showed colorful slides and graphics that explained weather patterns throughout the United States. They explained
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how some areas have low pressure while others have high pressure and how these types of pressure make for everyday weather patterns. They taught attendees about the Coriolis Effect and gave us thoughtful tips on what to do in the event of poor weather conditions that are not conducive to flying. The instructors brought a dash of humor and fun to the table and made the time interactive by allowing attendees to answer questions and ask questions of their own. All in all, I left with a more in-depth knowledge of weather and climate and will certainly apply these tips when I become a pilot myself. It’s too bad that Paul and I had to leave the seminar two minutes early to visit a hangar where a flying car is being prepared for a series of flights. For information on Mend Aviation seminars, visit www.mendaviation.com.
Dezsö Molnar and the Flying Car
Dezsö Molnar’s flying car shop around the corner from the impressive Vista office is a hangar unlike any other at any airport. Inside these four seeming-
Inventor, Dezsö, shows off his flying car. ( Annamarie Buonocore)
ly ordinary walls works an inventor who can’t stand the sight of the status quo. He goes by the name of Dezsö and has long hair and colorful attire. He invited us into the EAA workspace and showed us his flying car. That’s right, a flying car. It was first flown in 2005 and a patent was issued in 2010, so not as far into the future as one would think. It is a long black single-seat motorContinued on Page 18
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Flying into Writing By Eric McCarthy
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any of my aerial photography (spyglassaerials.com) assignments take me through or into Class Bravo airspace in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and even San Francisco areas. I fly out of Palomar Airport (KCRQ) in Carlsbad, Calif.; some of my flights are relatively local, while others are 3-400mile cross-countries – in a Cessna 172, that’s a long flight! It occurred to me during one such long flight with a newly minted private pilot, that this was a really beneficial experience for him - experience I wish I had had as a new pilot. Much, if not practically all, of the training most aspiring aviators receive is, justifiably, focused on flight maneuvers, take-offs and landings, pattern work, navigation, regulations, radio work, weather, etc. I don’t mean to minimize the importance of these training regiments – there’s a lot to learn and basic airmanship is clearly more important at that point than learning how to fly in complex airspace. Some might even argue that it would be a detriment to a student pilot’s training to expose them these environments. After all, some pilots flying in remote rural areas might never even have to contact ATC… But, for reasons of efficiency and cost-containment, a lot of the time is spent bouncing around local-area airports (see what I did there? CFIs will get it…at least mine would!), with maybe a few longer-legged flights to demonstrate navigation and satisfy training requirements. Truly long-distance cross-country flights are just too time consuming and costly to undertake in the training environment. But once you’ve mastered the basics and earned your Private Pilot certificate, I think it probably takes some time for the new pilot to expand their horizons and travel beyond their local area comfort zone – I know it did for me, both because it’s costly and because, well, it’s a little scary. I mean, we’ll be traveling through airspace we’ve never been before, dealing with controllers we’ve never talked to before, and seeing sights we’re just plain unfamiliar with. What if I get lost or blunder into some special-use airspace? And let’s face it: if you’re going to leave Southern California for points north, you’re going to have to deal with the LA
Basin and all of its complex airspace. It’s a little intimidating for a new pilot. I’ve traversed the LAX Class Bravo a couple dozen times now, often enough that I know about where we’re going to hear the magic words “Cleared into the Class Bravo…” so I can anticipate when that’s going to happen. I’m also familiar with some of the visual cues that make it easier to navigate: “See that long, straight road directly over the nose that’s running away from us? That will take us directly to the Seal Beach VOR, where we need to enter the Coliseum Route…” And I’ve got a couple of my “standard” routes memorized for quick recitation when asked for by ATC – or my copilot as he tries to enter it into ForeFlight. KPRB – Fellows (FLW) – OHIGH – Fillmore (FIM) – CHATY – LAX – FERMY – KCRQ. I know what altitudes I need to be at on various segments of the flight. Familiarity with the route, and the ability to thoroughly brief it, breeds confidence to a new pilot in the right seat in an unfamiliar area. It shows them that it’s not as difficult or overwhelming as it might at first seem. And hopefully gives them the confidence to do it themselves. There’s nothing difficult about long cross-countries – you basically just string together shorter segments. Oh, there’s more involved in planning, with weather, terrain, and airspace considerations playing a more significant role than on a short hop – not to mention fuel planning. Here in Southern California, we deal with LAX and San Diego Class Bravos, several Class Charlies, numerous Restricted Areas and MOAs around military playgrounds, a permanent TFR around Disneyland and others that pop up around sporting events, and mountainous terrain dividing coastal areas from desert areas, often with very different weather on either side. Late spring brings “May Gray” and “June Gloom” along the coast – a marine layer that creeps onshore overnight; it usually burns off by late morning, but it’s handy to know that it can usually be topped by 2,000 feet or that you could depart inland and find sparkling clear skies just a few miles east. Of course, just a few miles east you’ll also find those aforementioned moun-
tains – this is where careful planning comes into play. It’s also there on a long cross-country that one gets to work “in the system” with ATC, even if you’re just using Flight Following as I do. You’ll learn that, while they’re busy, the controllers are also very helpful, quite accommodating, and usually patient. On one of my recent flights, we came through the Coliseum Route northbound at 8,500 feet headed for the Mojave area. The Coliseum Route connects the Seal Beach VOR (SLI) with the Van Nuys VOR (VNY); turning toward Mojave (KMHV) at Van Nuys requires a 60-degree turn to the north. The controller recognized this and offered to let us proceed direct from our position just south of Los Angeles, taking us off the Coliseum Route and through the wilds of the Class Bravo (it was a quiet morning…). My new co-pilot was flying at the time and couldn’t quite grasp what the controller was offering; it took several transmissions before he got it – a testament to the controller’s patience. I think and hope it was a valuable experience for him. Talking about working with ATC and actually doing it are two different things. Getting used to hearing your call sign among the cacophony of radio calls is an acquired skill. Operating in complex airspace, while initially intimidating, is really just a matter of doing what you’re told, or in the case of VFR corridors, what’s expected of you. It’s really pretty simple, but it can be a lot easier to accept and understand if you go with someone who’s done it before.
Traffic No Factor
You really gain an appreciation for the need to maintain an assigned altitude when you’re navigating a defined route such as the Coliseum or Coastal VFR corridors through the Los Angeles Class Bravo, or approaching a busy VOR with traffic converging from the opposite direction such as at the Carmel VOR (CMK) just north of the New York Class Bravo. Carmel VOR can be a very congested area with Westchester County Airport (KHPN) just to the southwest, as
well as all of the greater New York City airports just a bit further southwest. It serves (or it used to) as a gateway for aircraft flying into the NY metro area from the northeast and as a departure point for aircraft headed to New England. One time flying in the New York area, I was returning to my home base at Lawrence (KLWM) about 20 miles north of Boston, navigating around the Class Bravo and approaching the Carmel VOR while using Flight Following to help locate and avoid traffic. This was long before GPS, and my rental PA-28R Arrow (N2818R) wasn’t equipped with RNAV, so VOR navigation was it for me! It was later in the afternoon when I had the sun directly behind me as I approached the VOR northeast-bound. ATC had been calling traffic alerts rapidfire since I contacted them departing Morristown (KMMU), but this call-out really caught my attention: ATC: “November 2818Romeo traffic ahead, 12:00, 8 miles, opposite direction, a Gulfstream descending out of 6,000. Let me know when you’ve got him.” We were VFR at 5,500 feet, and as I said, we had the sun at our back – there was no way the Gulfstream was going to be able to see us… Me: “18Romeo looking for the traffic…” ATC went on to call us out to the Gulfstream, then back to us: ATC: “18Romeo, Gulfstream traffic now 3 miles, opposite direction, 5,000.” Me: “18Romeo negative contact – oh, wait, traffic in sight.” I had spotted his landing lights ahead and slightly to the left of our course, slightly lower than us. Within what seemed like seconds, the big jet cruised by just a few hundred feet beneath me, close enough that I could easily see the pilot squinting and attempting to locate us in the solar glare. I think he might have caught a glimpse of us as we passed overhead… Seconds later: ATC: “Traffic no factor.” But it sure was for a few anxious seconds!That’s all for this month. Until next time: fly safe!
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Continued from Page 16 bike combined with a gyroplane. Having a background in motorcycles, Dezsö wanted his “Gyrocycle” to be similar to operating a motorbike with the versatility of a gyroplane that can still drive on regular roads. When asked if he drives it regularly, his reply was, “Yes, I take it out all the time. People think I’m Batman at night.” Anybody with a driver’s license can drive it, but be careful because this actionpacked Bat-mobile can go up – way up! And it is one hundred percent legal.
When I asked, “What if someone who is not a pilot gets crazy and decides to take it up?” His response was, “You own scissors, right? But you need a license to cut hair. What if you got crazy one day and cut somebody’s hair?” Yes, it is on the honor system, and perhaps a great option for pilots who also have to drive to work everyday. Why not have all your transportation needs in one? When asked if it was also a boat, he said that it is possible, and was described as such in the now-expired patent.
His goal is not to put these on the market but to share the proven technology and ignite a racing series to drive development and improvements. Dezsö is also making great progress toward a new winged electric flying car that will shock the masses and make life easier and more fun for many. Paul was introduced and recommended by the airport’s EAA president when Dezsö was looking for an aerodynamicist to assist on the project; Paul is also a noted aerodynamicist. Paul and Dezsö are looking for
a Solid Works expert to help out with the new design. Here at In Flight, we look forward to sharing more as that invention develops. For more information, visit www.FlyingCarRacing.com. The patent number is 7,815,144, et. al. Oct. 19, 2010. [Bloomberg’s “Hello World” visited Dezsö’s hangar: http://www.bloomberg .com/features/2016-hello-world-mojavedesert/ ]
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94th Aero Squadron Restaurant: The 94th Aero Squadron restaurant allows guests to sit out-side and watch pilots take off from Van Nuys Airport while enjoying a delicious brunch. ( Annamarie Buonocore)
Van Nuys Airport KVNY and 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant
After some mind-boggling questions, Paul dragged me away so that Dezsö could get back to work on his invention in peace. The only problem was that we had a bit of time before our next meeting at Van Nuys KVNY. So, Paul decided to take me to a historic location that will teach one everything one needs to know about warbirds. The 94th Aero Squadron is a buffet-style restaurant with images of WWI planes and heroes all over the walls. Each booth is named after a hero, plane, or significant battle during WWI or WWII. Staff members dress the part, and half of the building has a hole in it to make it look like it was the victim of war. There is a room dedicated to famous Clay Lacy. One comfortable booth was just for the Condor Squadron within the dedicated Clay Lacy Room. We did not have enough time to engage in the delicious buffet, as the visit was strictly for educational purposes. We walked the floor, looked at the pictures, and watched planes take off from Van Nuys on the restaurant’s back patio. On my next visit, I will be sure to try some of Continued on Page 19
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Continued from Page 18 their delicious sushi, seafood, and other brunch items. Meanwhile, this establishment has rave reviews, and we highly recommend a visit for both brunch and educational purposes. For more information, visit www.94thvannuys.com.
The office of simulator and flight training school, Active Pilot, at Van Nuys Airport. ( Annamarie Buonocore)
Active Pilot
With still a tad more time to kill, before the big event of the day, we walked over to an up-and-coming flight school at Van Nuys called Active Pilot. After a friendly greeting from partner, Ari Hovnanyan, we sat down and took in the immaculate and impressive school that brings an interesting educational model to the general aviation table. Active Pilot offers simulator training and ground school at a fraction of the cost of other local schools. They allow students to do more of the work on simulators, and it is truly a grown-up pilot’s version of an arcade. Students can work at their own pace and come in as needed to use the simulators and hone their skills. Ari made the process look so easy that it made me think long and hard about my flying future. If only the main office was closer. Here at In Flight, we look forward to bringing you more news and information about this up-and-coming school that is sure to educate a whole new generation of pilots. For more information, visit www.activepilot.com.
The Condor Squadron
After an exciting meeting at Active Pilot, we worked our way around the airport and met the pilots of the Condor Squadron, a formation of three AT-6 planes. Here, I was offered a once-in-alifetime opportunity to fly over the ocean in one of these historic aircraft in a for-
mation of three AT-6 planes. But the ride was off to a bumpy start. Getting into a AT-6 is not like getting into any other plane, general or commercial. Passengers have to step on the wing and then climb into the backseat. This was not easy for me, so thankfully Paul went and found a ladder. I finally stumbled in, and then came the nerves. I had never been in anything that small or that old, but my pilot, Chris Rushing, assured me everything would be just great. Chris
was the 2016 Reno Air Races’ AT-6 Gold Winner, so I knew I was in good hands. I took his word for it as Paul got into the second plane, and a local pilot and prominent aviation business owner climbed into the third. Within minutes, we were flying over the ocean and Pepperdine University where I had been just a day earlier. The views of Malibu were spectacular, and Chris was a great pilot and tour guide. When I felt the plane landing, I was
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hile trying to get to my seat in the crowded plane, I see two handsome cowboys in aisle E with an empty middle seat. They smile and I smile back, I would love to sit in that middle seat next to those two handsome cowboys. Unfortunately I’m in aisle G. There’s a 17-year-old teenager with headphones on and dancing to his music. I squeeze into my seat – the extra pounds I put on over the years is making me uncomfortable in this very small seat. A tough looking guy with a black leather vest, muscular arms covered in tattoos, is looking for his seat. “Please don’t sit next to me, I’m telling myself.” He sits next to me squeezing into the aisle seat. There’s no room to move now. This young boy is still dancing and I’m like a sardine in a can now that this biker has the aisle seat. This tough burly looking guy turns to me: “Hi, I’m Frank and you are?” “Edith, everyone calls me, Eddie.” “Cute,” referring to my nickname, he says. He asks if that young boy is annoying me. Just a little; he’s young and probably uncomfortable. Frank reaches over grabs the boy’s jacket and tells him to stop dancing in his seat. The young boy takes off his headphones and covers himself with his jacket and goes to sleep. I chuckle to myself. Frank asks, “What are your plans when you get to Texas.” “I’m going to my nephew’s high school graduation.” “You don’t seem too happy about this visit.” I start telling him about my family, surprised at how much information I’m giving this stranger. My sister Beth is beautiful, long black hair, dark brown eyes with a gorgeous figure and she knows it. I swear her middle name is Bitch. Her husband, Danny, is an alcoholic – don’t think I’ve seen him sober since their wedding. Their two sons Daniel and Robert are out of control teenage boys. They spent a week with me last summer and it took me a month to recuperate. Frank laughs. “I know what you mean. I’m going to see my ex-wife and my 17-year-old daughter who has the same middle name as your sister. Carla comes to see me for a month in the sum-
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mer and it takes me two months to recuperate.” We both have a good laugh. This tough guy is funny. I’m uncomfortable in my seat. Frank tells me to get up and walk to the back of the plane to stretch my legs. He helps me to get up. I laugh again to myself – good manners, too. We’re only an hour into the flight. How will I fill up the next three hours? I’m still nervous about this long flight and the visit to see my family. Frank helps me with the first hour. I return to my seat and Frank orders two sodas, I really could’ve used more than a soda. I take out my bag of snacks and offer to share them with Frank. He thanks me and we finish the nut mix and some crackers that I have in my bag. “Is your family picking you up?” he asks. “No, I’m renting a car.” “Good I’m taking you to dinner. We’ll both need it before our visit.” I like that idea. What am I doing? I don’t know this person and now I’m going to have dinner with him. Two hours into the flight. Now what’s next, our life stories, of course. Frank volunteers first. Divorced parents, single mom raising five boys in St. Albans, Queens. Tough neighborhood. “I was in a gang by the time I was 13. Started getting into trouble. My brothers were all honor students. I was the black sheep of the family. Mom saved me with her patience and strong will. Kept me from a life of crime. At 18, I joined a motorcycle club. The greatest guys and gals; they have become my extended family. I partnered up with two of my buddies and we bought a motorcycle shop and still own it. It’s a very good business. “What about you, Eddie, you still seem nervous and uncomfortable. Is it me or the flight?” I assure him it’s not him. “You’re helping me get through this long flight.” Okay, my turn. “Grew up with wonderful church-going parents. Education was very important to them. My sister and I both went to college and graduated with honors. I became a lawyer and work for a small law firm in Manhattan, continuing with my education and looking to work for a larger firm. My sister married and her only job is taking care of her looks. My parents moved to Texas to be with my sister and her family and died in a tragic car accident a week before 9/11. I dated a man for five years when he met a guy in another office and realized he was gay and I haven’t dated since then. Continued on Page 21
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he first ever Ely, Nevada Formula 1 Air Racing and show started on June 13 and ran through June 16, 2018. Mother Nature put strong crimps on this event with very hot temperatures and extremely windy conditions. Winds varied from 15-35 mph. Formula 1 racing at these wind speeds is very difficult and not for the faint of heart.
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Continued from Page 20 Took baking classes and do all the baking for my family and friends birthdays and special occasions. Love movies, eating out and long walks in Central Park. I must admit I’m a great baker.” “Sounds good to me. My birthday is September 25th and I’m putting my order in now. Love chocolate cake. My club would love you and your baking skills. Our scary looking guys and gals have bake sales and donate the money to St. Judes. Help neighborhood struggling families too.” He brought a tear to my eye. “Would love to help your club,” I say. The pilot announces a storm up ahead. “We’re going to get into some tough turbulence. Fasten your seat belts and remain calm. It shouldn’t last too long.” Within seconds the plane started swaying. Frank realizes that I’m scared and he puts his arm around me while our heads are down between our legs. He reaches over to the teenage boy. Tells him the plane is in trouble – poor kid is scared, too. How much longer, I’m crying. Frank comforts me. Is this how my life is going to end sitting in the middle seat on a plane falling for a stranger. We finally make it through the storm. Frank comforts the young boy, too. He looks pale and upset. He gets up from his seat and goes to the back of the plane and doesn’t return until we are ready to land. Frank gets a drink for us. I really need this. I drink mine and his. Frank laughed. It was a perfect landing thanks to the pilot and his flying skills. Frank helps me with my luggage and escorts me to the rental car office. We go to dinner, exchange phone numbers and he gives me a kiss goodbye and says “see you on the return flight.” A week later we’re back together again. Plenty of stories for the flight home. We did become friends and I did all the baking for his club. I also made our wedding cake with a bride and groom on a motorcycle sitting on the top. I’m thankful for that lucky middle seat and the love of my life.
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White Pine County was the major provider of funds for the event. White Pine County, Nevada, covers around 10,000 square miles in size. The resident population is 10,000 to 12,000 people. Continued on Page 22 Trophies for Formula 1, first, second, and third place. (Courtesy of Joseph Gonzalez.
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Formula 1 Air Racing Continued from Page 21 Ely, Nevada is the county seat, with 50 percent of the county population. The mining industry and tourism support this beautiful county. Plans for next June 12 through 15 are already underway. Expanding to more classes of racing is being looked at and considered. Crowdpleasing air show performers are being included in the 2019 event preparations. The Reno Air Race Association (RARA) is assisting with the 2019 event planning. One of the unique features of this year’s racing, included flying/racing in a clockwise rotation. The Gold Finals race held Saturday, the 16th, provided an ultra (don’t blink) close finish. The top three finishers are first place, Steve Senegal in Endeavor, coming in at 201.38 mph; second place, Lowell Slatter in Fraednaught, at 201.19 mph; and third place, Anders Trygg in Miss Eve at 196.29 mph. Considering this event from initial thought to taking place was accomplished in less than one year and even potholes in the bumpy road did not stop the committee! Hats off to everyone involved. Look for the 2019 event to have substantial growth and improvements. Being the event photographer for
The winning airplane #11, Endeavor, flown by Steven Sienegal." (Joseph Gonzalez) 2018 was an interesting challenge. The Commemorative Air Force (national headquarters) including the CAF Nevada Wing (I am the current Wing Leader) and the CAF Utah Wing helped provide some guidance and suggestions. The Commemorative Air Force including the national headquarters, Nevada Wing, High Sierra Squadron and the Utah Wing working together are moving forward with establishing a unit in White Pine County. The most likely locations are Yelland Field in Ely, Nevada or McGill, Nevada. Both communities are very interested in moving forward to make this happen! Editor’s Note: For more information, please contact writer Joe Gonzalez at (702) 241-4599 or by email at airphoto@cox.net.
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Wrap Up
After visiting a few more impressive hangars on site, we were pretty hungry, so we made our way over to the famous pilot hangout, Lulu’s. This restaurant hasgreat service, a large menu to choose from, and a delicious patty melt. I look forward to trying it again on my next visit to Van Nuys. Overall, it was a fun day, and the
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One Airman’s Inspirational Journey
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Maj. Michael Butler has many accomplishments, including five Air Force-level awards, and soon he will add recipient of the prestigious, national Arthur S. Flemming Award to the list. The annual Flemming award honors outstanding federal employees who made significant and extraordinary contributions to the federal government. Butler, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, won in the leadership and management category. Butler’s contributions came about while he was chief of the Space Situational Awareness Branch assigned to the Air Force Technical Applications Center, with duty to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Directorate for Science and Technology. There, he led a large joint sensor development and operations team with members from multiple national agencies. Together, he and the team rapidly fielded unique methods of intelligence collection to fill key intelligence community capability gaps, according to his nomination for the award. As a result of Butler’s work developing new algorithms and processing techniques, space objects that used to show up as “fuzzy blobs” when viewed from earth are now viewed in spectacular detail. He was able to improve images to the equivalent of what a large sensor with a dish diameter hundreds of meters wide would produce. Butler, who graduated from Penn State University, loves the work he does for the Air Force and his country, but things did not always come easy to him. “I overcame a high-risk upbringing – both parents had substance abuse issues,” Butler said. “That was a very toxic environment for a kid to grow up in.” His absentee father passed away from his addiction, and his mother did not get sober until he was 20 years old. He said the only positive role models in his life were his grandparents, who looked after him in his later teens. “I graduated high school in the bottom third of my class,” Butler said. “I was inspired by my grandparents and had the potential to do very well but, statistically, high-risk kids are lucky if they graduate high school.” One teacher even told him that he would never amount to anything in life, but he was determined to prove her wrong.
Maj. Michael Butler enlisted in the Navy at age of 18 and aced the Nuclear Field Qualification Test. He was later encouraged by his sister to apply to Penn State and enroll in its Air Force Reserve Training Corps program. (Courtesy U.S. Air Force)
“I knew I needed to move out of my grandparents’ house and do something with my life after high school. I felt my grandparents should be enjoying their retirement, not raising another teenager,” Butler said. At the age of 18, Butler enlisted in the Navy and aced the Nuclear Field Qualification Test. “That is a very elite career field; only three percent of the entire Navy fleet is nuclear trained,” he said. The job involved completing two years of technical school, which included operating a nuclear reactor. Unfortunately, Butler was disqualified from the career field after completing the training due to a color vision issue. “It was in the Navy that I developed the discipline, structure and study habits that I needed in my life,” he said. At that time, he transferred to the Naval Reserves as a Seabee and was mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. “While deployed, my sister, who was an Air Force veteran, told me she was thinking about applying to Penn State and enrolling in its (Air Force ROTC) program,” he said. “I thought this was a great idea, and I decided to do it too. I was not on an ROTC scholarship my freshman year due to my high school grades, and I was lucky to get accepted to Penn State at all because my high school grades were poor. My SAT scores were high and my admission letter detailing my struggles and how I overcame them convinced them to take a chance on me.” During his freshman year, Butler worked as a janitor through the university’s work study program to pay his outof-state tuition, which was double the normal tuition rate. Continued on Page 26
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Continued from Page 24 “During my freshman year, I was so broke trying to pay tuition that I used my janitor master key to do laundry at the campus gym at night when the gym was closed,” he said. “The cafeteria workers would leave me leftover food at night, instead of throwing it away like they were supposed to, because they knew that would be the only food I would eat that day.” Toward the end of his first semester is when he said he started believing God had a plan for him. “I was $1,500 short of paying that semester’s tuition bill, and I could not register for the following semester’s classes until the current semester was paid in full,” Butler said. “I did not know how I was going to come up with the $1,500, and I remember thinking at the time, ‘I gave it everything I got; maybe it is not meant to be.’ Then, right before the deadline to pay my tuition, I found out the Navy underpaid my per diem and allowances while I was deployed. This reimbursement helped pay my tuition and allowed me to enroll in classes for the following semester.” A month later, due to his high grades, he was awarded an AFROTC scholarship that began his sophomore year. Butler continued to do whatever it took to get through and graduate. While his classmates were out enjoying themselves after finishing a big test or project, he would routinely be at the library until 2 a.m. studying for the next test. His hard work paid off. He graduated in the top 20 percent of his class with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. “The night before my graduation and commissioning, I did not sleep… not even for a minute. I was so overcome with emotion and joy, reflecting on the obstacles and mountains I climbed,” Butler said. “My commissioning ceremony was very emotional. Everyone in the room had tears in their eyes as I detailed my struggles and expressed my deepest appreciation for everyone’s love and support in helping me overcome these struggles. My mother, along with my grandparents, pinned on my rank. I was hesitant to have my mother involved, but I
knew if I was going to be an effective leader, I needed to have compassion and forgiveness.” As Butler continued into his Air Force career, he made a point to inspire high-risk youth by sharing his experiences through various local and militarybase programs. At his last duty station, Butler tutored students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at one of the most underperforming and impoverished elementary schools in Florida. As a result of his hard work and dedication to the students, Butler was selected by the school’s vice principal to mentor 12 of the most troubled and underperforming youth. He tutored them through STEMrelated team building activities and helped them overcome their behavioral problems and lack of interest in academics. “These kids did not get the attention they needed at home, so they could not focus on learning. I knew that I had to make learning fun for them by creating problem-solving activities that also enabled them to build interpersonal relationships and self-esteem,” Butler said. “Everyone has obstacles and challenges to overcome, some more than others. You can let these experiences make or break you. To be able to overcome the obstacles that I had to overcome, I had to be committed every single day to give my very best in everything I did. Once I had built enough sweat equity, it rewired my DNA. I cannot quit or give less than my best, even if I wanted to. I have too much sweat equity invested.” Butler was recognized by the Arthur S. Flemming Award Commission June 4, 2018, in Washington, D.C. “I thank God everyday for the position he has put me in. So far, God’s plan has led me to a career that I absolutely love, and to my wife and three kids,” Butler said. “I did not have parents that were role models that I could build my own parenting skills off of, so probably my biggest achievement is that my kids already think I am a superhero. I think going through my upbringing has made me a better father and husband, because I do not take anything for granted.”
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THE GALACTIC FLY-IN
From Skies to Stars By Ed Downs
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s some readers may know, this writer is a great fan of amateur astronomy and astrophysics, occasionally penning a column titled “Skies to Stars.” The column’s theme is to relate astronomy with flying, as they have much in common. The purpose of an airplane is, after all, to enable travel. Aviation has opened the airman’s world to wonderful cross-countries and globe circling adventures. It is no wonder that this writer’s childhood desire to see far off places would result in an aviation career and lasting interest in astronomy and space travel. You see, astronomy offers the greatest cross-country adventure one can experience and still be earthbound. While the average aviator flies for hours to see different sights, the telescope traveler can overcome lightyears in a matter of minutes to see billions of years back in time, or perhaps just hover 700 miles above the Moon’s surface, admiring the mountains, valleys and lava “seas.” July was an exciting travel month for many atmospheric dependent aviators, with both the Arlington Fly-in and EAA AirVenture within just days of each other. The excitement, comradery and just plain fun of a fly-
in is hard to beat. This writer missed these two great shows but did attend a truly fun event, which brought aviation and astronomy even closer together, a “fly-in” experience that was unexpected and tremendously satisfying. Allow me to share. Enter my astronomy pal, John, and an invitation to accompany him to the Mid-States Region Astronomical League 2018 Convention. The main convention site was in Springdale, Ark., with a “star party” being held in the Hobbs State Park near Rogers Ark. and a main dinner event with featured speaker Dr, David H. Levy, utilizing facilities at the Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville (Walmart HQ). Yep, lots of travel and places to see, just like a fly-in. The Mid-States Regional Astronomical League represents astronomy clubs in a five-state area, with the local Sugar Creek Astronomical Society (much like an EAA chapter) providing coordination of the event. These groups, along with many local astronomy clubs throughout the U.S., provide a huge amount of support for public scientific educational programs. Facilities for the three-day gather-
ing were provided by a relative newcomer to the hardware end of astronomy (telescopes and other scientific equipment), Explore Scientific, now celebrating its 10th year in business and offering a remarkable variety of scopes for all levels of astronomy. This writer was reminded of many fly-ins sponsored by aircraft or accessory manufacturers who open their facilities to share the inside workings of fun flying. We arrived at the Explore Scientific base camp following an uneventful drive of just under three hours, punctuated by the melodic chant, “are you sure that GPS is right?” We quickly joined a group taking a tour of Explore Scientific, led by Founder and President, Scott Roberts. Scott’s enthusiasm for both astronomy and the products offered by his company was infectious, very much like days past when this writer conducted tours of an aircraft plant. Our crowd of science nerds soaked up the atmosphere of quality and perfection that personified Explore Scientific, supported by a loyal group of employees that saw to our every need. The Continued on Page 30
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f one must suffer from an addiction, I can suggest a few that are not only legal, they are arguably good for you. Flying airplanes is one healthy addiction I have not been able to shake since my first flight at age four aboard a Ford TriMotor and my first lesson at age 16 in a Taylorcraft BC12-D. My relentless urge to bake pies has also taken over my life. Some would argue that pies are not that good for you. The euphoria sparked from biting into an occasional slice shatters the arguments of the most strident nutritionists. Of course, you should always consult your physician on this subject. I bake pies frequently. I tote slices to the gym where the health and nutrition gurus swarm around me, begging for a morsel. I’ve observed no deterioration in their physical health. I have noticed substantial improvement in their mental health.
The Pie Crust.
Although pie crusts contain a mere four ingredients, it takes a few extra steps to achieve perfection. If you love to make pies, you can be an expert in no time. In a previous article, I provided comprehensive crust-making techniques. In this article, I’ll introduce several alternative crusts.
The White Lily Crust
Years ago, early in my baking career, I flew my plane to the Deep South and discovered White Lily flour. I knew little or nothing about the different kinds of flour. White Lily flour, available in southern supermarkets or online, is milled from soft red winter wheat. With less protein content than regular all-purpose flour, it produces the flakiest crust. My guests rave over this crust. One guy took two slices and just ate the crust. White Lily Pie Crusts Single Crust 1 1/2 cups flour 1 T. sugar 1 t. salt 1/2 cup Crisco 4-8 T. ice water 1 T. lemon juice Double Crust 2 cups flour 2 T. sugar 1 t. salt 2/3 cup Crisco
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5-10 T. ice water 1 T. lemon juice Big Double Crust 3 cups flour 1 T. sugar 2 t. salt 1 cup Crisco 6-10 T. ice water 1 T. lemon juice One cup flour equals 4.1 ounces or 120 grams if you measure by weight instead of volume. I suggest butter-flavored Crisco. For most pies, I prefer the big double crust. I’d rather have dough left over than not enough. I shape the extra dough into cookies, place them on the baking sheet along with the pie, and bake them for about 12 minutes. Freeze shortening for 30 minutes. Combine flour and salt in large bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry cutter, two knives or a large-prong fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. You can use a mixer with a paddle attachment, but the old fashion method produces a superior crust. Sprinkle one tablespoon ice-cold water or milk and one tablespoon lemon juice over the mixture. Toss gently with a fork. Repeat just until mixture is moistened and begins to stick together. (The dough should hold together when a small piece is pressed between the thumb and index finger. Add water in small increments. Too much water produces a tough, shrinking crust. Too little water and the dough won’t hold together. Between two sheets of wax paper, flatten the ball of dough into a disk, then cut in half. Handle the dough by cupping your hands around the wax paper. Heat and oils from bare hands toughens the dough. Wrap tightly with wax paper; refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight. Remove one disk of dough from refrigerator. Turn onto very lightly floured surface. (If the dough is too stiff, allow it to sit for five minutes to soften). Roll dough gently, use a back and forth motion from the center. Turn dough 45 degrees between each roll to keep it round. If dough sticks to surface, dust sparingly with flour. Roll to 12 inches in diameter for a nine-inch pie. Transfer dough to nine-inch pie plate. Now, let’s make a fresh peach-apricot pie. Just this week, I prepared this pie and delivered it to a fellow lawyer in return for a favor she had graciously done
for me. “My family swooned over this pie,” she rhapsodized. Although I had not heard the term, “swoon” in decades, such comments are one reason why I love to bake pies. Peach-Apricot Pie with Lattice Crust Filling 4 cups peeled sliced yellow peaches 2 cups apricots 1/2 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon salt, scant 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons butter Make the White Lily crust. Freeze the bottom dough and pie plate for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Select just-ripened fruit. Cut slices into about one-inch pieces. Filling: Place the sliced fruit in a large bowl. Drizzle with lemon juice. Combine the sugars, flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl and mix well. Pour half the mixture over the fruit and, with your hands, gently incorporate into the fruit. Add balance of the flour mixture and gently mix until the flour mixture is no longer visible. The fruit will begin to macerate, soften slightly and discharge a sugary liquid. Taste the liquid, but don’t drink it all. Adjust the sugar, lemon juice and spices. Rest filling for about 20 minutes, then drain through colander over a bowl to reserve the liquid. Assembly: Remove pie dish from freezer. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. With a slotted spoon, fill the dish with the fruit. Spread out and pat filling down so that there are no empty spaces between each piece of fruit. Drizzle the top of the filling with the reserved liquid-not too much – just enough to coat the fruit. Save about two tablespoons of liquid. Stir in a teaspoon of milk. Cut the butter into small chunks and distribute over the top of the filling. Remove the remaining crust disk from the refrigerator and roll out until disk is about 1/4-inch thick and 12 inch in diameter. With a fluted pizza wheel, cut 10 strips, each about 1-inch wide. Place one strip in the center of the pie. Place the
Stuart J. Faber and Aunt Bea second strip in the center perpendicular with the first strip. Place the next four one-inch from the edge. Place the remaining four strips between the center strips and the strips on the edges. Pinch the strips to the top edges of the bottom crust. Lightly brush the strips with the reserved juice-milk mixture. Then lightly sprinkle the strips with sugar. Place the pie plate on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for approximately one hour or until the crust is golden brown and the peach mixture begins to bubble. Halfway through the baking, rotate the baking sheet. When the crust reaches the desired color (about halfway through) cover the pie with foil to prevent burning. Remove the pie from the oven, place on a wire rack and cool completely, about two to three hours. Lemon Chiffon Pie with Meringue Crust This unique pie is always a hit. Most lemon meringue pies have a meringue topping. I turned things upside down and put the topping on the bottom-sort of like an upside-down cake. Crust 4 egg whites 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Filling 4 egg yolks 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt zest & juice from 1 large lemon (1/3 cup) 2 cups heavy cream, whipped For the Crust: Butter a nine-inch pie plate. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar on high speed until soft peaks form, about three to four minutes. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Do not over beat. Blend in lemon juice. Spoon meringue into pie pan. With a tablespoon, push mixture evenly around bottom and up sides of pie plate to form a pie shell. Bake at 200 degrees for two Continued on Page 30
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From Skies to Stars Continued from Page 28 tour ended in a place of great economic danger, the product show room, with a remarkable variety of telescopes, goodies and gadgets on sale, kind of like walking into Aircraft Spruce with a guilt free credit card in your pocket. There should have been a consumer warning sign on the door suggesting you eat your credit card, but noooo, just courteous employees who were only too happy to demonstrate the latest “must have” item. Explore Scientific is an international company, both manufacturing and importing a wide variety of telescopes (from beginner to highly advanced astrograph systems), including microscopes and science kits that are marketed under different brand names such as Discovery Channel and National Geographic. They even offer high-quality riflescopes for the sporting market. Their website, www.explorescientificusa.com, is certainly worth a visit.
Like many regional fly-ins, the threeday event offered seminars and presentations by the elite in astronomy. Programs included talks on extension education for children, scopes being made available through public libraries, and even programs to help keep America’s skies dark. One must remember that generations of city dwellers have never actually seen the vastness of the Milky Way galaxy, our home. Friday night included a “star party” at the Hobbs State Park, complete with dark skies and a breathtaking lodge. Star parties are great fun, with local astronomy club members setting up dozens of telescopes, each looking at different distant objects. Just think, planets, moons, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and billions of years of history, all in one place. Sort of like strolling down the flight line at EAA AirVenture. You meet and talk with folks from many states, unable to see any of them… remember… astronomers play at
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Continued from Page 29 hours. Turn oven off, open oven door slightly and allow to cool in oven for an additional hour. Crust should be hard and light brown. Cool completely. For the Filling: In a bain marie, beat egg yolks with sugar, lemon and zest until light in color and slightly thickened. Place bain marie over pot of simmering water. Do not allow bottom of bain marie to touch water. Stir constantly until mixture thickens to a point where it coats the back of a spoon-about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely. Fold in the one cup of whipped cream. Pour into crust and spread evenly. Refrigerate for two hours until set. For the Topping: Whip an additional cup of heavy cream. At desired consistency, add one tablespoon of powdered sugar and whip for 10 seconds until combined. Spread whipped cream over lemon filling. Fabe’s Strawberry Chiffon Pie
Graham cracker crusts are delicious and very easy to prepare. Avoid the storebought version! Crust: 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup granulated sugar 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted Filling: 1 package unflavored gelatin 1/4 cup cold water 1 1/2 cups strawberry purée, made from about 2 1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice + 1 tablespoon orange juice
2 egg whites 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup heavy cream Topping: 1 cup heavy cream, whipped Garnish: Assorted strawberries, halved About 1/4 cup red currant jelly or orange marmalade, melted For the Crust: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium-size bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add the melted butter and mix well. Reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture. Place the remaining mixture in a nine-inch pie pan and distribute along the bottom and up the sides. Pat the bottom with the bottom of a glass and build a nice even mound along the sides. Sprinkle the 1/4-reserved cup of crumbs on a cookie sheet. Place pie pan and cookie sheet in oven side-by-side. Bake for eight minutes until the crust sets. Watch the reserved crumbs closely, they may start to burn before eight minutes. When the reserved crumbs start to burn on the edges, remove immediately. Let the pie crust cool completely. Pour the reserved crumbs in a small bowl and reserve for the topping. For the Filling: Sprinkle the gelatin over the water and let soak for five minutes until it reaches the texture of wet sand. Place the mixture in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. While the gelatin is cooling, place the sliced strawberries in a blender. Add the juices so that the mixture blends easily. Blend until there are no lumps of strawberries. The mixture should resem-
night, the darker, the better. You see new gadgets, lie about how much your equipment cost (twice what I tell my spouse) and brag about seeing space aliens. Of note, was the local club’s use of party glow sticks around the bases of their equipment to keep others from tripping in the dark. Shucks, at our club we just grade face plants. Those Arkansas folks are smart! Nobody can really see each other, so you can even claim to be Sheriff Lamb (the cowboy hat guy on YouTube, ladies’ latest hotty) and get away with it, for a while! I met Scott Roberts once again upon arriving at the Saturday night dinner. Scott was delivering the grand door prize, donated by Explore Scientific, a specially dressed out 152mm “Comet Hunter” telescope. Given the dark night and large, unoccupied parking area, this writer offered to help carry some of the equipment in. For a moment, I envisioned myself taking my coveted prize home, as ble the consistency of a thick milkshake. When the gelatin reaches room temperature, stir the gelatin into the strawberries. Place the egg whites and 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar in a stand mixture. Beat the egg whites until frothy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Continue to beat until soft peaks form. Stir about one quarter of the egg whites into the strawberry gelatin mixture. Begin folding in the remaining egg whites but do not fold them in completely. Beat the cream until stiff peaks form. Fold it into the strawberry mixture until everything is smooth and incorporated. You should see no patches of white. Try a taste. Add small amounts of sugar if necessary. It should be sweet and tart, chances are you won’t need more sugar. Pour the mixture into the baked crust and spread evenly. Refrigerate until set, at least four hours. For the Topping: Best to apply the topping an hour before serving. Beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Spread the whipped cream over the top of the pieor make a circle around the edge. Sprinkle the reserved crumbs over the top of the entire pie. Place strawberry halves in a design of your choice over the top of pie. Melt the jelly or marmalade in a small saucepan over low heat and brush each strawberry. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Bumbleberry Crumble I won’t engage the reader in the esoteric distinction between a crisp, crumble, cobbler, and a buckle. Whatever name you give to this dish, it’s absolutely fabulous. Filling:
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10 cups mixed berries (blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry) 2 cups Granny Smith apples, sliced 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 1/2 cups sugar (to taste) 3/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg Topping: 2/3 cups flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt 10 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts For the Filling: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine the apples and berries and sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix dry ingredients. Add to the fruit mixture, toss to coat, and place the filling in a 13-inch x nine-inch buttered glass baking dish. For the Topping: Combine dry ingredients except nuts. Cut butter into ¼-inch chunks and mix into the dry ingredients. Do not over-mix or the crumbly topping will become a sticky mess. Add the nuts and gently combine. Assemblage and Baking: Sprinkle the crumble (streusel) over the fruit mixture. Bake 30 minutes, then increase oven to 400 degrees and bake an additional 10 minutes. Fruit mixture should be bubbling and topping should be a deep golden brown. Cool 30 minutes before serving. You can cut this recipe in half, make a bottom crust and a nine-inch pie. By the way, bumbleberry is my doctor’s favorite pie.
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new study using data from NASA’s NuSTAR space telescope suggests that Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 lightyears, is accelerating particles to high energies – some of which may reach Earth as cosmic rays. “We know the blast waves of exploded stars can accelerate cosmic ray particles to speeds comparable to that of light, an incredible energy boost,” said Kenji Hamaguchi, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and the lead author of the study. “Similar processes must occur in other extreme environments. Our analysis indicates Eta Carinae is one of them.” Astronomers know that cosmic rays with energies greater than one billion electron volts (eV) come to us from beyond our solar system. But because these particles – electrons, protons and atomic nuclei – all carry an electrical charge, they veer off course whenever they encounter magnetic fields. This scrambles their paths and masks their origins.
Eta Carinae, located about 7,500 lightyears away in the southern constellation of Carina, is famous for a 19th century outburst that briefly made it the second-brightest star in the sky. This event also ejected a massive hourglass-shaped nebula, but the cause of the eruption remains poorly understood. The system contains a pair of massive stars whose eccentric orbits bring them unusually close every 5.5 years. The stars contain 90 and 30 times the mass of our Sun and pass 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) apart at their closest approach – about the average
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Top Left: Eta Carinae's great eruption in the 1840s created the billowing Homunculus Nebula, imaged here by Hubble. Now about a light-year long, the expanding cloud contains enough material to make at least 10 copies of our Sun. Astronomers cannot yet explain what caused this eruption. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team) Bottom Left: Eta Carinae shines in X-rays in this image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The colors indicate different energies. Red spans 300 to 1,000 electron volts (eV), green ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 eV and blue covers 3,000 to 10,000 eV. For comparison, the energy of visible light is about two to three eV. NuSTAR observations (green contours) reveal a source of X-rays with energies some three times higher than Chandra detects. X-rays seen from the central point source arise from the binary’s stellar wind collision. The NuSTAR detection shows that shock waves in the wind collision zone accelerate charged particles like electrons and protons to near the speed of light. Some of these may reach Earth, where they will be detected as cosmic ray particles. X-rays scattered by debris ejected in Eta Carinae's famous 1840 eruption may produce the broader red emission. (NASA/CXC and NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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Continued from Page 32 during the orbital cycle, which produces a periodic signal in low-energy X-rays we’ve been tracking for more than two decades.” NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope also observes a change in gamma rays – light packing far more energy than Xrays – from a source in the direction of Eta Carinae. But Fermi’s vision isn’t as sharp as X-ray telescopes, so astronomers couldn’t confirm the connection. To bridge the gap between low-energy X-ray monitoring and Fermi observations, Hamaguchi and his colleagues turned to NuSTAR. Launched in 2012, NuSTAR can focus X-rays of much greater energy than any previous telescope. Using both newly taken and archival data, the team examined NuSTAR observations acquired between March 2014 and June 2016, along with lower-energy X-ray observations from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite over the same period. Eta Carinae’s low-energy, or soft, Xrays come from gas at the interface of the colliding stellar winds, where temperatures exceed 70 million degrees Fahrenheit (40 million degrees Celsius). But NuSTAR detects a source emitting X-rays above 30,000 eV, some three times higher than can be explained by shock waves in the colliding winds. For comparison, the energy of visible light ranges from about 2 to 3 eV. The team’s analysis, presented in a paper published on Monday, July 2, in Nature Astronomy, shows that these “hard” X-rays vary with the binary orbital period and show a similar pattern of energy output as the gamma rays observed by Fermi. The researchers say that the best
explanation for both the hard X-ray and the gamma-ray emission is electrons accelerated in violent shock waves along the boundary of the colliding stellar winds. The X-rays detected by NuSTAR and the gamma rays detected by Fermi arise from starlight given a huge energy boost by interactions with these electrons. Some of the superfast electrons, as well as other accelerated particles, must escape the system and perhaps some eventually wander to Earth, where they may be detected as cosmic rays. “We’ve known for some time that the region around Eta Carinae is the source of energetic emission in high-energy X-rays and gamma rays”, said Fiona Harrison, the principal investigator of NuSTAR and a professor of astronomy at Caltech in Pasadena, California. “But until NuSTAR was able to pinpoint the radiation, show it comes from the binary and study its properties in detail, the origin was mysterious.” NuSTAR is a Small Explorer mission led by Caltech and managed by JPL for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. NuSTAR was developed in partnership with the Danish Technical University and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The spacecraft was built by Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Virginia. NuSTAR’s mission operations center is at UC Berkeley, and the official data archive is at NASA’s High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center. ASI provides the mission’s ground station and a mirror archive. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. For more information on NuSTAR, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/nustar or http://www.nustar.caltech.edu. To visit the NASA website, go to www.nasa.gov.
From Skies to Stars Continued from Page 30 er was none other than Dr. David H. Levy, famed author, astronomer and comet hunter (http://www.jarnac.jarnac.org/). Dr. Levy’s talk was informative, creative and surprisingly funny. Yep, scientists do have a sense of humor, highlighted by Dr. Levy’s refusal to call the “planet” Pluto a “dwarf planet.” Go Doc! Oh yeah, about the grand prize drawing… it was won by a very deserving person… not me! Yes, three days of fun, typified by 16year-old Abigall Bollenbach, a home schooled high schooler who gave a learned talk on “Cassini-Huygens Legacy.” Her brilliance regarding this epic spacecraft voyage to Saturn convinced me that Ms. Bollenbach will grow up to be a true contributor to mankind’s understanding of our place in the universe. I thought back to my proudest moment at the age of 16, figuring
out how to hand prop an Aeronca Champ with no one in the cockpit, and live to tell the story. Yep, this writer ended up as a professional pilot … allowing me to skip the “growing up” part! The MSRAL Convention was a “fly-in” in every sense of the phrase. Truly smart people treated this old airman as an equal and everyone shared their excitement and knowledge about the hobby of star gazing, knowing that the amateur world of astronomy is quickly catching up to professional capabilities. Fly-ins do much the same, as homebuilders and store-bought airplane enthusiasts share their passion for flying with newcomers who ask questions about learning to fly and owning a plane. Learn more about local astronomy clubs and public astronomy activities by visiting www.astroleague.org.
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he 2018 Dayton Air Show marked the 25th anniversary since Sean D. Tucker made his first appearance at the Ohio show. In 2017, Tucker announced that he would be retiring from his solo act in 2018 to focus on forming a formation air show team. Tucker performed at his Dayton show in his one-ofa kind bi-plane the Oracle Challenger III. Dayton has been a one of the shows that Tucker credits for making him the top solo act on the air show circuit. U.S. Representative Mike Turner from Ohio presented Tucker with a Congressional Proclamation to honor his last solo flight at the Dayton Air Show. Tucker has flow more than 500 air show performances in front of more than 135 million fans during his career. Headlining the 2018 Dayton show was the United States Navy’s the Blue Angels. The Blue Angels last appearance at the Dayton show was 2004. They were scheduled in 2016 but the team had to cancel two weeks before the show due to a tragic accident. Dayton is one of 33 show sites the Blue Angels will perform at during the 2018 air show season. Major Paul “Loco” Lopez of the United States Air Force F-22 “Raptor” Demonstration Team showcased the capabilities of the F-22 at the show. Major Lopez explained what it meant to perform at the birthplace of aviation. “There is a lot of history here in Dayton from the Wright Brothers, who are essentially pioneers of aviation. Out in Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, I have been out to the memorial there and it’s a humbling place to be at. I mean just the emotions you feel while you are there.” This is the first of two years for Major Lopez as the demonstration pilot for the F-22 and he explained what was the most exciting for him so far. “The most exciting thing about being a part of the Raptor Demonstration team is that key word team. It’s not about me, it’s about the team. We wouldn’t be about to successfully promote the Air Force’s showcased American air power without our team. Our objectives are recruiting and retaining America’s finest as well as well as maintaining international and domestic relationships. Just being a part of the team and giving back to the community is just awesome.” Lopez also explained what the crowd would see in the F-22 demonstration. “They are going to see the F-22 ‘Raptor’
Sean D. Tucker cuts the first of three consecutive ribbon cuts at the 2018 Dayton OhioAir Show. (Mike Heilman)
Blue Angels number five pilot LT. Tyler Davis exits show center at the 44th annual Dayton, OH Air Show. (Mike Heilman)
The U.S. Air Force F-22 “Raptor” makes a pass in front of the large Dayton Air Show crowd. (Mike Heilman)
The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration Team made several jumps the 2018 Dayton, OH show. (Mike Heilman)
A Marine Corps. MV-22 “Osprey” from Marine Corps Air Station based at New River, NC was on static display at the Dayton show. (Mike Heilman)
execute maneuvers that no other airplane in the world is able to do. The ‘Raptor’ will do high angle of attack tight maneuvers. You see a tail slide where the plane is actually falling backwards, as well as a lot of afterburner. Each one of the engines kicks out about 35,000 pounds of thrust, so that is 70,000 pounds of raw power coming out of the back of the airplane. It has been a
couple of years since we have been able to showcase American airpower in the F-22 in here in Dayton Ohio.” The path to the be the demonstration pilot for Lopez was clear at an early age. “I grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which is near NAS Oceana, which is Master Jet Base and as a kid I would see F/A-18 ‘Hornet’ and the F-14 ‘Tomcat’
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fly over our house all the time. As a little kid I am like those airplanes look beautiful and that is amazing and I would like to experience that. I went off to college and set my goals to be a fighter pilot and just worked hard. I had a lot of people working hard behind the scenes to help me reach my goals.” Lopez started his Air Force career in the F-15C “Eagle” and he explains the difference of the two aircraft. “I flew the F-15C model for a couple of years and I have been flying the F-22 ‘Raptor’ for about seven years now. I would compare the two as that we have gone from air superiority in the F-15C to air dominance in the F-22 ‘Raptor.’ Both airplanes are premier air dominance fighters, a lot of the characteristics that the F-15 has, we have those in the ‘Raptor’ as well. The Raptor is fly-by wire where the stick is on the side and as in the F-15 the stick is in the center part of the airplane. On the F15C you have a canopy bow that is right above the HUD, where the ‘Raptor’ doesn’t have a canopy bow so you get unobstructed view looking out front. We also have thrust vectoring and stealth in the Raptor as well.” West Coast air show veteran Vicky Benzing made her debut appearance at the 2018 Dayton show. Benzing performed a high energy aerobatic routine in her Extra 300S. The California native also set the record at the Reno Air Races as the “Fastest Woman Racer” in an L-139 jet. Benzing also has more than 1,200 parachute jumps in her aviation career. United States Air Force veteran John Klatt flew C-130 and F-16 during his time in the service. Today Klatt performs on the air show circuit in a hybrid of a bi-plane and jet. Klatt performed at Dayton in the Jet WACO also known as the “Screamin Sasquatch.” The Jet WACO is a highly modified 1929 Taperwing WACO powered by a Pratt & Whitney Radial engine with a General Electric jet engine strapped on underneath the fuselage giving the WACO 4,500 pounds of thrust. Tora! Tora! Tora! Recreation group marked the 77th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The demonstration included eight modified aircraft to represent the Japanese attacking planes. The team includes the Japanese Zero fighters, Kate torpedo bombers and Val dive-bombers. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron P-51C Mustang named Tuskegee Airman flew a demonContinued on Page 37
TEXTRON AVIATION DEBUTS NEW FULL-SCALE CESSNA DENALI MOCKUP AT EAA AIRVENTURE August 2018
Textron Aviation Inc., unveiled its new full-scale Cessna Denali mockup at EAA AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin last month at Wittman Regional Airport. The mockup features a complete cockpit with functioning avionics, fully updated interior and the McCauley 105-inch diameter composite, five-blade, constant speed propeller. “We have made great strides in the design and development of the Denali,” said Rob Scholl, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing. “Since first introducing the aircraft at EAA AirVenture in 2015 – and unveiling the initial cabin concept in 2016 – we have fine-tuned the Denali’s characteristics based upon feedback gathered from our customer base and look forward to delivering a best in class experience for pilots and passengers alike.” The turboprop features the widest cabin cross-section in the segment, providing passengers with additional head and shoulder room – and more room for cargo and baggage. Taking cues from design elements found in Textron Aviation’s large-cabin business jets, Denali delivers a new standard of luxury to turboprop passengers. Features such as larger seats and windows, as well as a modular refreshment center and an aftlocated lavatory ensure passengers enjoy an enhanced level of comfort on board. During the show, demonstrations of the Denali’s highly adaptable cabin will highlight its abundant space and transform the cabin from an executive configuration to a combi layout – configured for both passengers and cargo. “The mockup presents the first opportunity for customers to experience the full power of the Denali cockpit – one that rev-
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olutionizes the single engine turboprop segment,” Scholl noted. “ The Catalyst engine, developed by GE Aviation, is the segment’s first powerplant with FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control), equipping pilots with a digitally optimized single-lever engine and propeller control for ease of handling in flight. The Garmin G3000 flight deck modernizes turboprop avionics and significantly reduces pilot workload with dual touchscreen controllers and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology, enabling pilots to easily perform common tasks and manage the flight deck. Not one detail has been overlooked and the new Denali mockup is a true representation of the aircraft we will deliver to customers.” The Cessna Denali program continues to progress on schedule. The company anticipates achieving the first wing mate and completion of the prototype airframes as the program nears first flight in early 2019.
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full feathering with reversible pitch and ice protection. Additionally, the engine design delivers an initial 4,000-hour time between overhaul and offers class-leading performance retention for an outstanding hot/high capability. The Denali features the Garmin G3000 intuitive touchscreen avionics suite and includes three large high-resolution displays with split-screen capability. The G3000 flight deck’s solid-state weather advanced Terrain radar, Awareness Warning Systems (TAWS) and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities ensure compliance with the FAA’s NexGen air traffic control requirements. Featuring the largest flat floor cabin in its segment, Denali’s design easily converts between passenger and cargo configurations. The executive The Cessna Denali (Courtesy Textron) seating configuration accommodates six individual reclining seats, clubAbout the Denali configuration tables and a refreshment unit while the commuter seating layout Engineered to achieve cruise speeds enables nine individual forward facing of 285 knots and full fuel payload of seats. Additionally, the aircraft boasts a 1,100 pounds, the Denali will have a digital pressurization system maintaining range of 1,600 nautical miles at higha class-leading 6,130-foot cabin altitude speed cruise with one pilot and four pasat a service ceiling of 31,000 feet. sengers and will be able to fly nonstop First in this class of aircraft, the from Los Angeles to Chicago, New York Denali equips customers with an optionto Miami or London to Moscow. al, externally serviceable belted lavatory A first for aircraft in this class, the with pocket door enclosure located in the FADEC-equipped, 1,240 shaft horseback of the cabin. Denali customers will power GE Catalyst engine will ease pilot also enjoy very large cabin windows, workload with its fully automated singleinterior LED lighting, a forward refreshment cabinet and an in-flight accessible lever power and propeller control. baggage compartment. Equipped with McCauley’s new 105-inch For more information, visit Textron diameter composite, 5-blade, constant at www.txtav.com. speed propeller, Denali’s engine features
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Continued from Page 36 stration and was on static display at the CAF’s “Rise Above” Theater and display at the Dayton show. The CAF display honors and tell the story of America’s first black military pilots. The Red Tailed P51C is restored to the unique plane the Tuskegee airmen flew during World War II. The ground display also included two Red Tail F-16s from the 187th Fighter Wing based at Montgomery AL, Air National Guard Base. In May, the National Museum of the United States Air Force located in Dayton, open an exhibit with the original restored B-17F Memphis Belle. The
Memphis Belle was the first B-17 to come back to the United States after completing 25 missions over the European theater. In 1990 Hollywood released the movie Memphis Belle and the B-17G that appeared in the movie flew at the 2018 Dayton show as a tribute to opening of the exhibit. The Army Golden Knights Parachute Team made several jumps at the two-day event, including starting each day of the show by jumping in with the American flag. Cincinnati based team Redline flew their two-ship aerobatic routine in their home built RV-8 single Lycoming engine low-wing plane. The
Redline team of Ken Rieder and Jon Thocker have been flying together for more than ten years. The static aircraft at the 2018 show had a large contingent of military aircraft, including a U.S. Air Force B-52 “Stratofortress” from the 2nd Bomb Wing based at Barksdale AFB Louisiana. The bomber had made its last appearance in 2010 at the Dayton show. A KC-10 “Extender” from the 6th Air Refueling Squadron based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., was also on static display at the show. The U.S. Air Force had several aircraft on display, including the C-17 Continued on Page 49
The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation “Sky Soldiers” were giving Dayton show spectators a chance to fly in an AH-1F Cobra for a fee. (Mike Heilman)
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For whatever reason, the FAA got rid of Flightwatch on 122.2. Since then, my success rate in giving pilot reports on the radio is about 1 in 4. Not good.
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A friend recently flew her Cessna 150 heavy from Savannah to Dayton, Ohio, IFR, using only VORs and victor airways. Back in the day, we all used to do things like that, but these days, it seems like quite an accomplishment.
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One of the aggravations of the RV9A is that there’s no back seat storage, and if you put things in the baggage area, you can’t reach them on the floor. The solution was to install a shelf. That’s not yet tested in flight, but the solution (1/4” plywood atop the longerons and seat back brace with a piece of U channel on the baggage compartment bulkhead) seems to work okay. It would be easier to access things if the shelf was a few inches lower, but this installation was by far the simplest. The vital statistics: five trips to Home Depot Aircraft Supply and one to
Walmart, plus one trip Ed to each to return sup- Wischmeyer plies that weren’t used. The Home Depot refund was, ahem, $82.10.
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Famed aerobatic and Red Bull Air Race Pilot Michael Goulian is Hartzell Propeller’s launch customer for the Talon, the next generation of enhanced aerodynamic prop manufactured with Hartzell’s patented ASC-II™ resin transfer carbon fiber process. The specially designed performance propeller will make its first public appearance when Mike Goulian and the Goulian Aerosports team perform with the three-blade prop installed on their Extra 330SC aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Goulian performed Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday during the world’s largest gathering of general aviation enthusiasts, July 23-29. “With its carbon fiber construction, Hartzell’s new Talon propeller has the
same proven reliability as the Claw, while delivering even higher performance. The world famous Claw has been the choice of aerobatic performers for decades. We expect the Talon to be the choice for decades to come” said Hartzell Propeller President Joe Brown. “Michael is the ideal launch customer as his precision flying and pursuit of the ultimate in performance is legendary.” “I have made a living flying Hartzell props in aerobatic shows and very competitive air races for years,” said Goulian. “My flights with Hartzell’s new Talon showed an increase in performance while also contributing to crisper execution of the aerobatic maneuvers that are the hallmark of my show. The smoothness and responsiveness of this new propeller is
second to none.” The Talon’s new and improved aerodynamic design utilizes Hartzell’s ASCII™ manufacturing process, which represents an evolution beyond the original Claw propeller. The first-generation Claw used a legacy composite compression mold with a combination of carbon and Kevlar, while the next generation Talon features a new enhanced aerodynamic design coupled with Hartzell’s state of the art ASC-II™ resin transfer carbon fiber process. Hartzell’s Talon kit for the Extra 330SC is now available broadly and includes the 3-blade propeller and a carbon composite spinner. Warranty coverage extends through the first overhaul interval, which is 6 years, 1,000 hours for
Every year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, hundreds of aircraft arrive to be entered into competition for the highly sought-after Lindy Awards. Named after legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, the Lindy Awards are given out to only the best of the best. Aircraft can be entered into one of six categories: Homebuilts, Warbirds, Vintage, Ultralights, Seaplanes, and Rotorcraft. Aircraft can only be entered in one category per year, and are not eligible for the same or lower tier awards if it has won in the past. Lindy Award judging takes into account how an aircraft looks, of course, but the degree of craftsmanship involved plays an important role as well. Awardwinning aircraft don’t just look pretty, they are carefully built, restored, and/or maintained by owners who take great pride in them. Congratulations to all of this year’s Lindy Award winners!
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2018 LINDY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Special Award Outstanding accomplishment for designing and building a 1/3 scale B-17G Jack Bally, Dixon, Illinois 2017 1/3-scale B-17G, N413ME Best Aerobatic - Plaque Cary Cumberland, Sykesville, Maryland 2018 Christen Eagle II, N46TZ Kit Outstanding Workmanship - Plaque Peter Meyer, Severna Park, Maryland 2015 Carbon Cub, N9PW Keith Ellis, Locust Grove, Georgia 2018 Van’s RV-7A, N859DF Edward Karnes, Siletz, Oregon 2015 FLS Microjet, N358BV Larry Eversmeyer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2018 Van’s RV-14, N71LE Bob Greenall, Lansford, Pennsylvania 2017 Van’s RV-7, N516RG Gordon Gilchrist, Cedar Springs, Michigan
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“A‘perfect’event may be unattainable, but AirVenture 2018 came about as close as one could imagine,” said EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. “The combination of outstanding programs, aircraft variety, a robust economy, and good weather combined to complement the efforts of our staff and 5,000 volunteers throughout the grounds. The week was upbeat, exciting, and filled with many ‘Only at Oshkosh’ moments.” Attendance: Approximately 601,000, nearly two percent above of 2017’s record total. Comment from Pelton: “EAA members and aviation enthusiasts attended in large numbers, even without the presence of a military jet team as we had in 2017. Our efforts to create unique attractions and aviation highlights across the grounds were incredibly successful. Attendance on opening day was the best in our history, as the vast majority of our guests came to Oshkosh early and stayed throughout the week.” Total aircraft: More than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin. At Wittman alone, there were 19,588 aircraft opera-
tions in the 11-day period from July 2030, which is an average of approximately 134 takeoffs/landings per hour. Total showplanes: 2,979 (second straight year over 2,900): 1,160 homebuilt aircraft (5 percent increase), 1,094 vintage airplanes, 377 warbirds (7 percent increase), 185 ultralights and light-sport aircraft, 75 seaplanes, 22 rotorcraft, 52 aerobatic aircraft, and 14 hot air balloons. Camping: More than 12,300 sites in aircraft and drive-in camping accounted for an estimated 40,000 visitors. Commercial exhibitors: 867. Forums, Workshops, and Presentations: A total of 1,500 sessions attended by more than 75,000 people. EAA aircraft flights: 2,800 people flew aboard EAA’s Ford Tri-Motors, while 3,032 people flew aboard EAA’s Bell 47 helicopters and 680 flew aboard EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast. Social Media, Internet and Mobile: More than 12 million people were reached by EAA’s social media channels during AirVenture, including 5.5 million via Facebook videos; EAA’s website had more than 1.7 million page
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views; EAA video clips during the event were viewed 2.2 million times;and EAA’s 2,400 photo uploads were viewed more than 12.4 million times. Additionally, EAA web streams were accessed nearly 800,000 times by viewers in more than 200 countries, who watched more than 170,000 hours of activities from the AirVenture grounds. The AirVenture app was downloaded and used by nearly 50,000 attendees. Guests registered at International Visitors Tent: A record 2,714 visitors registered from 87 nations, also a record total. (Actual counts may be higher since international visitor registration is voluntary.) Top countries represented by registered visitors: Canada (538 visitors), Australia (386), and South Africa (277). Media: 976 media representatives on-site, from six continents. Economic impact*: $170 million for the five counties in the Oshkosh region (Winnebago, Outagamie, Fond du Lac, Calumet, and Brown). * - based on 2017 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh economic impact study What’s ahead for EAA AirVenture
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Oshkosh 2019 (July 22-28, 2019)? Comment from Pelton: “We are celebrating our 50th consecutive year in Oshkosh during 2019, so we’ll be looking back on a half-century of unforgettable highlights at Wittman Regional Airport, and planning activities that involve EAA’s hometown and its unique place in aviation history. While 2018 is barely in the record books, we’re talking to many groups and individuals with intriguing new ideas for aircraft, innovations, exhibits, and events. We’re already planning for 2019 and are looking forward to announcing features and attractions very soon.”
EAA FLYING CLUB INITIATIVE CREATING LOCAL PATHWAYS TO GET PEOPLE FLYING! Program Assists EAA Chapter Members in Developing Local Flying Clubs
The mission of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) to growing participation in aviation took another step forward during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018, as the organization unveiled its Flying Club Initiative, which helps create local pathways to encourage and develop flying. The focus of the EAA initiative, announced during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is to assist local EAA members in developing separate non-profit flying clubs that engage people in discovering flying or help them fly more affordably. The program includes grants through matching or challenge funds to get local clubs start-
ed, as well as guidance on obtaining aircraft, establishing bylaws, and other necessary steps for a successful club. “Flying clubs are well-established ways to share the cost of flying and build a supportive community for those who want to participate,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs. “While EAA chapters cannot directly operate flying clubs, local EAA members now have a way to get people into the air in an affordable way and welcome those who have wanted to fly, but perhaps had cost and access barriers standing in their way.” EAA’s chapter office has additional
resources to assist local members with establishing a local flying club. A new website also offers essential tools for getting started, from sample documents, tax and insurance information, how to apply for grants to assist with aircraft purchase, maintenance, and student scholarships, and more valuable information. EAA is also accepting donations of suitable flying club aircraft, such as Cessna 172s, Piper Cherokees, Van’s RVs, Zeniths, and other models. Those aircraft will then be sold to groups in the EAA Flying Club Initiative on favorable terms to get a club started, with sale proceeds going back into the flying club
grant program. “The flying clubs eligible for the EAA grants and purchase of donated aircraft will be those who are doing their best to support EAA’s mission of growing participation in aviation and providing affordable access to flying,” Larsen said. “That include programs such as Young Eagles, Flying Start, flight training, and others that directly engage people in aviation.” More information about the EAA Flying Club Initiative is available via the Flying Club website at EAA.org/ FlyingClubs, or by calling 920-4265912.
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made it happen,” Jack said. “There are more than 5,000 volunteers who dedicated their time to make this possible. We have a lot of these volunteers put in more than 100 hours of work during the 10-day period that they are here.” With no major jet team – aside from a surprise visit from the Blue Angels on Wednesday – AirVenture still saw 586,568 attendees take in the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration this year.
More than 10,000 airplanes were present on the field, including nearly 3,000 showplanes. As of Sunday morning, the FAA air traffic controllers handled 15,999 operations since July 20, and between the FAA and the air show operations controllers, more than 18,000 total operations are anticipated by the time the last airplane departs Oshkosh. Despite some unfortunate weather that made arriving tricky early in the
week, Oshkosh saw its biggest Monday ever to kick off the show. More rain caused the Wednesday night air show to move to Thursday, which Pelton said was only possible thanks to the dedicated staff and volunteers. “I don’t think there’s many places that could just turn around and just say, ‘We’ll do it the next night,’” Jack said. “That’s really a testament to everybody Continued on Page 42
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EAA CEO and Chairman of the Board Jack J. Pelton began the last press conference of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 the same way he began his first of the week, by thanking the numerous volunteers who make the event possible. “I really want to note and compliment the teamwork on many levels that
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The latest innovation from Lancair is a new two-seat “little brother” to the groundbreaking Mako – the Barracuda. Establishing a new standard for value, Barracuda offers high performance, operational economy and Lancair’s trademark aerodynamic style in a cost-effective package for two. Featuring the fastest build time Lancair has ever offered, the Barracuda prototype made its debut at EAA AirVenture last month. “The Barracuda is a ‘2 / 2 / 2’ proposition – 2 seats and 200 knot cruise for only $200K! We’ve taken the best features of the Mako and created an entrylevel Lancair for the pilot who wants maximum performance with a minimum investment of build time and budget. We’re expecting to take a big bite of the 2-seater performance market,” stated Lancair President Conrad Huffstutler.
About the Barracuda
Providing exceptional value in a 2place composite aircraft, Barracuda’s sleek design is similar to the classic Lancair Legacy. It will incorporate numerous airframe improvements, one-
piece wing with greater span. The new wing makes aircraft handling more docile and significantly reduces build time. The innovative ‘auto-retracting’ nose gear from the Mako adds 10-12 knots to the aircraft’s cruise speed by ‘cleaning up’ the turbulent slipstream behind the propeller. The nose gear is operated by a fully automatic retraction/extension system that requires no action by the pilot. Numerous options are available to customize the aircraft to the owner’s budget and mission needs. Inside the cabin, the Barracuda offers a capable and affordable avionics package, typically based on the popular Garmin G3X Touch and GTN-750 components. Barracuda will feature a wide range of options, such as a Carbon build, EFII, Starflight mods and other engines. Other options include freon air conditioning, full de-ice protection and more. With the standard Lycoming O-390X 4-cylinder engine putting our 210 hp, Barracuda offers highly competitive performance and excellent handling throughout the flight envelope. Cruise speed of 200 knots and fuel consumption of 11 to 13 gph are expected, along with excellent
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and additionally this year saw more international visitors than ever arrive in Oshkosh. Nearly 1,000 members of the international press were present, along
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climb rate, range and useful load. Barracuda pricing starts at $200,000 for a complete kit, including airframe, engine, propeller and avionics. Kits will be available in component groups (subkits), allowing builders to obtain and complete each major section of the build before purchasing the next subkit. The first subkits will not deliver before 1Q19 and all kits will not be available before 3Q19. Positions for 2019 deliveries will be available at EAA AirVenture 2018 with a $1000 deposit. Lancair’s renowned Builder Assist Program is available to help buyers rapidly advance their aircraft to completion. Conducted at our Uvalde, TX factory, the program allows new owners to completely close out critical airframe structures, providing fixtures, supplies and one-onone training and support. Lancair International has been doing business for more than three decades, manufacturing advanced composite aircraft structures, and has established proprietary relationships with hand-selected vendors in the USA, Europe, Australia and South Africa. Lancair’s class-leading aircraft hold nearly 100 speed, endurance
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and altitude records around the world. Their innovative high-performance designs almost single-handedly spawned the “Sport Class” Race Division at the annual Reno Air Races, where Lancair models have won a record 45 times! Worldwide, Lancairs are owned and operated in 34 countries on five continents. There have been more than 2,200 Lancair kits sold around the world. More than a thousand owners are flying various Lancair airplane models, with tens of thousands of flight hours logged. Lancair continues to promote the highest standards of safety in the industry. To learn more about Lancair, visit their website at www.lancair.com.
One of the signature only-inOshkosh sights at AirVenture 2018 was the Bally Bomber, a one-third scale replica of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Jack said he believed the Bally Bomber’s presence could inspire more aviation innovation. “This is what EAA is about from an innovation standpoint,” Pelton said. “Young people are going to walk by and say, ‘Look at that innovation. I can do that too.’” Pelton said that all in all he considers EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 to have been a flawless week, thanks to the hard work put in by everyone involved. “Overall I rate it as a tremendous week – actually a perfect week,” Pelton said. “Due to the excellent planning by my team, who I cannot thank enough, we ensure that we have this stuff well organized before the volunteers get here. I’m very lucky to be surrounded by the best of the best.” Planning for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 is mere weeks away, and Jack said there will certainly be a focus on the convention’s 50th year in Oshkosh since it moved from Rockford, Illinois, in 1970. “That will be a big mark for us, and it’s going to be worth celebrating in a large way,” Pelton said.
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CAF SELECTS HENRY “HANK” COATES AS NEW PRESIDENT/CEO
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announced today that its General Staff (Board of Directors) has chosen Henry “Hank” Coates to serve as the new President/CEO of the organization, effective immediately. “We are very enthusiastic to bring on Hank as our new president,” said CAF Chief of Staff, Doug Rozendaal. “He will play a key role in our organization’s leadership and is coming to us at a great time – in a period of remarkable growth and with tremendous opportunities in front of us. We have thoughtfully spent the past few months seeking out the best person to lead, inspire, energize, and connect with all of the important people and businesses that make our organization work. We just knew he was our guy and are very confident that Hank will take our vision and strategy for the organization and move it forward.” Hank Coates has over thirty-four years of professional experience, nearly twenty-three of which were spent in the service as a member of the US Navy. Hank
attended officer candidate school and flight training in Pensacola, Florida. Upon earning his Wings of Gold, Hank spent his military career as a naval officer and aviator. He flew numerous aircraft throughout his tenure and spent two tours directing foreign military flight training. Hank also worked as a fixed wing flight instructor, as well as serving in the role of senior instructor for new flight instructors. He concluded his Navy career while serving as Executive Officer at NAS Meridian. Upon retiring from the Navy in 2008, he became the Director of Quality Assurance and Emergency Engineering Solutions at an industrial construction firm serving the Gulf Coast oil and gas industry. He led his staff to implement a superior quality management system and enhanced vocational training. In 2012, Hank returned to the field of aviation to become the President of Aerosim AFA, a multi-million-dollar flight training operation. There he built a team that delivered world-class flight training to those seekContinued on Page 46
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Sport Class
I have said many times; the Sport Class is the place to be. This is one of the classes where you will see amazing strides in speed and technology. Jeff Lavelle will be back and will be the man to beat. But who will give him the biggest competition? My guess would be either Bob Mills in another Super Glasair – Gary Mead’s old Race 47. Or, Andrew Findlay in the STIHL Lancair Super Legacy! Both racers are working hard during the off-season and can definitely bring the speed. Long shots could be Dave Sterling or Vicki Benzing – both in Super Legacys and both hunting for Speed. With John Parker out, the only two Thunder Mustangs are Swiss Thunder with Peter Balmer driving and Class Thunder with Mathais Haid in the seat. I would be happy to see them both in the Gold again. A fitting tribute to all of John’s work to succeed on the Thunder Mustang platform. So, the Sport Gold will likely be two Super Glasairs, two Thunder Mustangs and the rest Super Legacys. Sounds good to me!
Who can beat Jeff Lavelle?! (Rob “Phred� Miller)
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The Jet Class is still growing and working on a very competitive event this year. Last year’s winner, Rick Vandam in
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American Spirit will be taking on Zach McNeill in a Vampire, Dave Culler in another L39 and Scott Farnsworth in my favorite L-39 – Dash Force One (I wonder why I like it so much)? This all sounds good to me. The Jets will again offer close racing and a lot of fun!
International Formula 1
This Class is still booming with a full field expected in September. After a successful, yet small – race in Ely in June – the IF1 Class is ready for Reno. Among the cool things that are happening in IF1 is the Third Annual GripLockTies SlabWing Dash for Cash. Since they started the GripLockTies SlabWing Dash for Cash there has been a HUGE jump in SlabWing participation and it really creates a race within a race. – Awesome!
one’s game. However, the smart money is on Dreadnaught, the unflappable Buick who just keeps on going. If not Dread, possibly Miss America? Coming back after a short retirement to see if she can win it all in 2018. Or how about Mike Brown – yes that Mike Brown coming back in a P-51 Mustang called Goldfinger. The old Risky Business has had a facelift and put on a sparkly dress. Or, will it be Astronaut Curt Brown in Sawbones. All four of these racers have a very good chance of winning it all. While the fastest competitors aren’t going to be there, the competitiveness in the front will make this one unforgettable. Also, Graham Frew has already sent Full Noise on a Slow Boat to Reno from New Zealand. If he can make it, you can too!
The Show
Aviation Heritage Invitational reached an agreement with RARA. This was always a fan favorite – a place to go and see beautiful antiques and still be at the Air Races. Check them out on the EAST side of the field! The Patriot Jet Team will be back. The fans will once again enjoy their high energy show. John Klatt will be there with his Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Powered Waco! I bet he’ll be racing the Smoke -n-Thunder Jet car too! There will be several Military Aircraft on display – and the Air combat Command F-16 Viper Demo Team will provide us with some loud and exciting military-style Aerobatics. More next month until then... Fly Low, Fly Fast and Turn Left! See you at Stead.
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Swaid Rain - 2017's Fastest Slab Wing on the Planet (Tim Adams)
Last year, Swaid Rahn in Heat Stroke narrowly beat out Last Lap Player. This year, a modified Heat Stroke with a new pilot, Merce Marti, will likely battle Philip Goforth in Annie for the coveted title of “the GripLockTies' Fastest SlabWing on the Planet trophy� And who doesn’t want that trophy! In the Gold, we will likely see Lowell Slatter in Fraed Naught duking it out with Steve Senegal in Endeavor. What Airplane, Honey? Is a dark horse – but if she’s as fast as she was in Thailand last year – she could be a factor. This Class will be very exciting to watch this year. And – all you need to do is wake up early enough to be there at the start. You shouldn’t miss it!
Unlimited
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to improve the entire experience, including putting more emphasis on situational awareness and risk management across a variety of flight environments. The resulting curriculum has already been recognized in the AOPA annual Flight Training Experience Survey as being in the top four percent of flight schools. “Safety is a cornerstone of ICON's philosophy and is one of the most important reasons why we developed our own flight-training program,” said Hawkins. “The unique capabilities of the A5 make low-altitude flying particularly reward-
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rating, and TX-L for those who don't. These courses vary in length from twoto-five days based on pilot experience. Courses are offered at ICON Flight Centers in Vacaville, Calif. (ICON Aircraft headquarters) or in Tampa, Fla. (ICON Aircraft’s east coast sales and flight center). Training can also be accomplished through the ICON Flight Training Partner network, which is expanding across the U.S. with third-party partner schools and instructors. ICON is currently hiring Instructor Pilots and searching for additional ICON Flight Training Partners as it continues growing its network. If you are interested in becoming a training partner, contact trainingpartners@iconaircraft.com. If you are interested in joining the ICON team as a full-time or part-time flight instructor, visit www.iconaircraft.com/ company/careers. For more information about purchasing an A5 for domestic delivery as early as Q1 2019, visit www.iconaircraft .com/a5/own.
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Continued from Page 44 ing to become fully qualified, professional airline pilots. It was in this role that he became committed to attracting more people to the field of aviation. “World War II was an event that touched every person then,” Hank Coates recently declared, “and, in many ways, formed the world in which we live now. It was a great victory for America because so many men and women sacrificed, worked very hard, and stood up against those who threatened freedom. The CAF is unique in that it doesn’t stop at preserving history; it extends to honor the people who contributed to that history, and then goes even further to leverage the amazing aircraft and stories of that era, to inspire and motivate new generations. And what really impresses me about the CAF is how much passion you see from all the people involved. From employees, members, and donors – they all share a fierce commitment to the CAF’s mission, and I’m really excited to be a part of it.” For more information, visit www.commemorativeairforce.org.
ALSIM TO PRODUCE FLIGHT TRAINING DEVICES IN THE UNITED STATES August 2018
Due to continued growth and demand in North America, as well as Latin America, Alsim will begin producing many of its simulator products in the United States (U.S.) starting in mid-2019. Alsim’s new facility, to be based in the eastern U.S., will ensure quicker production and installation of its simulators with more American components. In addition to hardware assembly, the staff at the location will provide enhanced technical services and help develop software. The facility will also maintain a spare parts stockpile if needed. It’s been a year of growth for Alsim in the region. It opened an office in Austin, Texas in mid-2017. It began recruiting personnel to help promote their flight training devices to both current and prospective customers and provide high quality customer service. Alsim has added multiple new clients in Canada and the U.S. over the past 12 months including: Adventure Aviation, Cirrus Aviation, Journey Air, Kent State University, Select College, and Springbank Air Training College. In addition, many of their older clients have purchased additional devices like Montair Aviation that now own and operates three Alsim simulators. Alsim also sold, in April 2018, its first simulator into Latin America, an AL250 to Escuela de Aviacion in Columbia. During the same time period, the 24-
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year-old company has expanded their product range to include a type-specific Cessna 172 and their new Boeing 737/Airbus 320 hybrid, The Airliner, partnering with the U.S. company Aviation Performance Solutions (APS), headquartered in Arizona and leaders in Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) to help produce class leading training capabilities. A large number of these two simulators will be produced at the U.S. facility. Mike Tonkin, Alsim’s After Sales and Business Development Director, explains “We recruited Dr. Scott Firsing, our Americas Sales and Business Development Manager as the first person on the ground. We then quickly expanded the team to include a Marketing and Communications specialist, Ms. Elise Peterson, installers and technical support. Now with 20-plus clients in North and South America, new devices and partners like APS, supporting airline, flight school, university associations, and more announcements to come, the next logical step was to start producing in the U.S.” Alsim is currently recruiting more sales representatives for their Austin, TX office, and more personnel for their new production facility, with operations starting in the late spring/early summer 2019. For more information, visit Alsim at www.alsim.com.
AL172 SIMULATOR HEADED TO CIRRUS AVIATION IN FLORIDA
ALSIM announced on July 26 that its AL172 simulator on display at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 is going to Cirrus Aviation, a premiere flight training institution located in Sarasota, Fla. This is Cirrus’ second Alsim simulator, after purchasing the first AL250 in America and accepting it at EAA Airventure Oshkosh last year. The AL172, developed in 2017, is an exact replica of the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk NAVIII. It features real Garmin G1000 avionics and is equipped with the Alsim High Definition Visual System. “The setup of our AL250 after EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 was flawless and the Alsim team has been excellent to work with. They are professional and friendly, and we have a great relationship. The AL250, a certified FAA AATD, is now fully integrated into our 141 program and due to the visuals, stability, and
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The famous U.S. Navy Blues Angels Delta formation makes a final pass at the 2018 Dayton Air Show.
Major Paul “Loco” Lopez of the U.S. Air Force F-22 “Raptor” going vertical with the afterburners lit at the 2018 Dayton Air Show. (Mike Heilman) Continued from Page 37 “Globemaster III,” KC-135R “Stratotanker,” F-16 “Fighting Falcon,” A-10 “Thunderbolt” and F-15E “Strike Eagle.” U.S. Navy aircraft on display included E-2 “Hawkeye,” F/A-18E “Super Hornet,” SH60 “Seahawk” and C-2A “Greyhound.” A United States Marine Corps. MV-22 “Osprey” from VMM-266 based at New River Marine Corp Air Station, NC was on static display.
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Air show legend Sean D. Tuckers makes his final solo appearance at the 2018 Dayton Show. Tuckers first appeared at Dayton 25 years ago. (Mike Heilman)
An F-16D from the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing was on static display at the 2018 show. (Mike Heilman)
An C-2” Greyhound” from VAW-120 based at Naval Air Station Norfolk taxis in for static display at the 2018 Dayton Air Show. (Mike Heilman)
An Air Force KC-10 “Extender” from the 6th Air Refueling Wing based at Travis Air Force Base, CA was on static display at the 2018 Dayton Air Show. (Mike Heilman)
The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels six F/A-18C Hornets are lined up on the ramp at the 2018 Dayton, Ohio Air Show. (Mike Heilman)
An F/A-18E from VX-9 based at China Lake, CA was on static display at the 2018 Dayton Air Show. (Mike Heilman)
Two unique civilian aircraft were on static display at the Dayton show; an MD-10 Flying Eye Hospital known as “Orbis” and DC-8-72CF “Samaritan’s Purse.” Orbis is an airborne operating room with a worldwide mission to fight avoidable blindness. Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization providing aid around the world. In a press release, first year
Chairman of the U.S. Air & Trade Show Board of Trustees Scott Buchanan summed up the success of the 2018 show: “We can’t be more pleased with the outcome of this year’s show. The weather cooperated and spectators came out in big numbers. We are very thankful to our sponsors and volunteers who helped make this show a success.” Dayton has experienced some hard
luck with the scheduled show headliners in the last two years, but in 2018, that didn’t happen and the crowds returned. The 2018 show drew an estimated 62,000 people up from 44,000 people in 2017. The weather, the show lineup and Sean D. Tucker’s Dayton final solo performance help draw the large crowd. The 2019 show is scheduled for June 22-23, headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
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***SPECIAL for 2019*** – Special VIP Tour – see and climb aboard the C-47 “BUZZ BUGGY”after flying the “HUMP” in NOV 2016 - plus Donation of Artifacts for the NEW FLYNG TIGERS Museum - with heavy media coverage.*** You will walk upon the ground where General Chennault and his FLYING TIGERS once operated in WW II and enjoy a special tour of the new Flying Tigers Heritage Park & its 16,000 sq. ft. Flying Tigers Museum. You will explore the CAVE out of which General Chennault ran his operations at this old YangTang Airfield outside exotic Guilin. In Chongqing we will visit General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell’s WW II Museum and tour the nearby new Flying Tigers Museum & Gallery. Tour the largest AVIATION MUSEUM in all of Asia x Early climb of the Great Wall to avoid crowds – then tour Asia’s largest AVIATION MUSEUM x Tour Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, & Summer Palace x 8000 Terra Cotta Soldiers, ancient city wall, famous Tang Dynasty show – all in Xi’an x Bullet train to Chengdu to see Panda Breeding Center (baby Pandas) x 4-night Yangtze River Cruise of the Three Gorges with World’s Largest Dam on NEW 5-star ship x Li River mini-cruise plus Shennong Stream or Lesser Three Gorges experience x See Suzhou, the “Venice” of China and the Silk Capital of the world, and cruise its Grand Canal x ALL 5-star hotels plus new 5-star cruise ship (all cabins with private balcony). x And SO MUCH MORE ... Cities visited include Beijing, Wuhan, Yichang, Fengdu or Wanxian, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guilin, Yangshuo, Xi’an, Suzhou and Shanghai. Contrast the phenomenal OLD and the fabulous NEW of this amazing and complex country with its wonderful gracious people --- in the company of other aviation and World War II history buffs.
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