April 2016 Join us for our next monthly meeting on Wednesday, May

Celebrating
our 39th year
April 2016
Capital Crosswinds
A publication of the Springfield Chapter of the Illinois Pilots’ Association
President Brian Borecky 217.787.4815 [email protected]
Secretary/Newsletter Kimberly Bush 217.691.3747 [email protected]
IPA State Annual Meeting will be held at UIN on May 7, 2016.
Additional details are available at www.illinoispilots.com
Join us for our next monthly meeting on Wednesday,
May 4, 2016 6:00 p.m. at Mario’s on Clearlake
LOCAL NEWS
The April meeting of IPA-SPI was held April 6 at Mario’s on Clearlake.
What: ADS-B Ins and Outs
When: Saturday, April 23, 2016
Time: Donuts and coffee at 8:30, speakers begin at 9:00
Where: Hangar One, Horizon Aviation
Who is invited: All interested pilots, whether member or non-member
RSVP: By April 20 to Ed Buckles 217 364 5562
If less than one dozen persons RSVP, event will be cancelled.
Jim Stevens is still working out details of the Jerry Coleman Memorial Pancake Breakfast to benefit the
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight program on August 27, 2016. The Route 66 Cruisers plan to attend and show
their classic cars. Sec’t Bush advised that one or more antique planes may be visiting this summer and the
group may wish to piggyback onto one of those events. KSPI Runway Safety Action Team will meet on
April 28, 2016, 9:30 a.m. at the Knotts Conference Room in the terminal. Meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m .
NEWS FROM THE
SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT AUTHORITY
GA income for February 2016 was $81,399.
GA income as a percent of total revenue was 37.3%.
Air
Carrier
41
Air
Carrier
38
February 2016 Traffic
Itinerant
Local
Air
General Military Civil Military
Total
Taxi Aviation
Operations
367
803
96
311
83
1701
January 2016 Traffic
Itinerant
Local
Air
General Military Civil Military
Total
Taxi Aviation
Operations
395
768
164
384
223
1942
Next meeting of the SAA to be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
in the Knotts Board Room at the Terminal. More info available at
www.flyspi.com/Doing-Business/AirportAuthority.aspx
STATE NEWS
The April IPA State Board of Directors Meeting was held at UIN on April 9, 2016. Tristan Samuel Dillard of
Mt. Carmel is our 2016 Scholarship winner. With all present working together, the mobile optimized view
for the website is now functioning properly. Additional and new Board Directors will be selected by ballot
at the Annual Meeting. Chuck Midyett of Springfield is the 2016 Safety Competition winner, with 518.5
total points. All members are invited to participate in this event.
USPA NEWS
The United States Pilots Association will be holding their Annual Meeting and election of officers during
their Annual Meeting at Branson May 19-22, 2016. Additional details can be found at
http://www.uspilots.org/future.htm#Branson
If you haven’t recently had the opportunity to check out the status of PBR2, I suggest you look here:
https://www.govtrack.us/
I don’t know what you have been hearing, but I have heard comments about military pilots and commercial
aviation pilots required to have semi-annual physicals. If you haven’t read the legislation, it is for the smallest
planes with the least passengers (above LSA class), doesn’t apply to for-hire operations, and includes a provision
that those flying for charitable purposes have Good Sam laws applied. (This would limit liability for legal and
insurance purposes) NOW is the best time to get this passed, if only because FAA Administrator Huerta has
himself attained PPL status (hopefully at his own cost) and is the one person in that position who might best
understand the rationale behind our forcefulness on this issue.
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Congratulations Andy Dow, Master Aviation Educator
The Springfield Chapter of the Illinois Pilots Association takes great pride in announcing a significant aviation
accomplishment on the part of Andrew “Andy” Donovan Dow, assistant professor of aviation at Quincy
University , resident of Quincy, Illinois, and member of our Chapter since 2013.
Recently, Andy was accredited as a Master Aviation Educator (MAE) by Master Instructors LLC, the
international accrediting authority for the Master Instructor designation as well as the FAA-recognized and
approved Master Instructor Continuing Education Program (MICEP). He is one of only 14 aviation educators
worldwide to achieve the MAE credential.
Master Aviation Educator accreditation recognizes those individuals who work as professional teachers of
aviation in industry and / or government but who do not necessarily hold FAA instructor certification. Fewer
than 800 aviation educators worldwide have achieved one or more of the Master accreditations thus far.
Twenty-two (22) of the last National Flight Instructors of the Year, National FAASTeam Representatives of the
Year, or National AMTs of the Year were Masters while Andy is one of only 15 Illinois teachers of aviation to
earn this prestigious “Master” title.
In the words of former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, “The Master Instructor accreditation singles out the
best that the right seat has to offer.”
The Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation recognized by the FAA. Designees are recognized
as outstanding aviation educators for not only their excellence in teaching, but for their engagement in the
continuous process of learning — both their own, and their students’. The designation must be renewed
biennially and significantly surpasses the FAA requirements for renewal of the candidate’s flight instructor
certificate.
After 50 Missions, They Got to Come Home
Colonel Loren E. Jenne
September 5, 1917-January 19, 2016
Diary entry: Monday, 4-26-43 A very disastrous day. 35 ships [B-25’s] went up over Suliman and
encountered heavy and accurate ack-ack fire. All but one (Davis) returned, but some badly damaged. Two
collided in middle of the field. Fortunately no one hurt. One ship was cut in half just behind the armor
door. Pete made a beautiful belly landing. One ship had rudder riddled and partly shot away. No one hurt
in that ship. Poduska was hit badly in face and neck. Snow saved his life. Latest word is that Poduska
had 50-50 chance of saving his eye. Davis, Durrance, and Huppert have not been found yet on Wed. Many
other ships were badly hit. 8 of 27 came back OK. [Charles Huppert mentioned here was loosely portrayed
by James Coburn in the movie “The Great Escape”]
Even to a 25 year old college graduate from Illinois, these events from WWII were ‘disastrous’. He would have
studied about The World War and believed his government that something like that could never happen again.
His government had been wrong. Loren Jenne got drafted into this mess and would do what all farm kids do:
his very best under less than ideal circumstances. He didn’t do it for the hardware: European Theater Medal
with 3 Bronze Stars, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters. He didn’t do
it for the certifications he received: Ground Instructor, Advanced Ground Instructor, Instrument Ground
Instructor, and Certified Flight Instructor for single, multi-engine, and instrument aircraft. He did it for the
same reason so many American boys went to war: so that the enemy wouldn’t bring the fight to our home
fields.
Loren already had a BS in Education from Eastern Illinois University and was planning his wedding to Hazel
Jane Carnes when he was drafted. He already had a job, teaching in Alvin, IL. He already had a purpose in life
and a reason to celebrate it.
But what came after that in a life that spanned nearly a century?
Planes he would have never flown, and people he would have never met, and places he would have never had
any reason to travel to otherwise. Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” could have been written about
Colonel Jenne’s life.
Navion, Cessna, Cherokee, Bellanca, Fairchild, Stearman open cockpit bi-plane, Mooney. His logbook reads
like a menu of popular planes.
GIF, ATL, 27LL, CGX, ORD, MDW, ESC. If you are unfamiliar with all these airport codes, look them up.
A few of the persons he knew and/or flight instructed were Phil Bisch of Bisch Airways, Joe Angermeier of
KSPI, Colonel Duckworth of the Army Reserves, Warren Thompson, and Lindell Loveless (founder of the
Kretchmar Ham Company) and his son Stephen while Steve was stationed at Ft. Riley, KS.
Talk to Steve and he will offer you a cornucopia of documentation of his Dad’s life. Life after WWII included
Hazel and him having Steve and his sister Lynette, returning to teaching, and retiring from the military after
34 years.
His government service was not confined to the military. Loren also served as Treasurer of Moultrie County, IL.
He was a principal at public schools. He was a co-founder of the Flying 20 Club (based at KSPI).
Colonel Loren Jenne and family, THANK YOU for your service! Your presence will be sorely missed.
2/3/1943
Graduated
high school
Sullivan, IL
BS in Education
Eastern Illinois
University
Drafted into
US Army WWII
Personal war diary began
10/26/1943
50th Mission Flown
1935
1940
6/1941
12/29/1943
1944
1947
1953
1958
1958
1964
1970
1977
2012
Returned to Sullivan, IL
Married Hazel J Carnes
Resumed
Teaching Career
Joined American Legion
Post 0068
National Guard Unit to
Korea
MS Education
EIU
Promoted to Major
Officer Reserves
Promoted to
Lt. Colonel
Appointed
Fiscal Procurement
Officer
State of Illinois
Selective Service System
Springfield office
Promoted to Colonel
Relocated to
Chicago office
Military
retirement
Honor Flight
With
son Stephen
Memorial Service
Friday, April 22, 2016
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Bisch Funeral Home
2931 South Koke Mill Road
Springfield, IL 62711
(217) 544-5424
Graveside Service
Friday, April 22, 2016
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Camp Butler National Cemetery
Springfield, IL
At least three times per year, the Illinois Pilots Association State Board of Directors
meets at BMI. CJ’s restaurant is right on the field for lunch. The Prairie Aviation
Museum has a conference room that we use for free. These photos are two of the
many, ever changing static displays at PAM. More information can be found at:
prairieaviationmuseum.org
At one recent meeting, the museum staff mentioned that they had a surplus of
postcards they needed to pass on. Sec’t Bush picked them up for Member Midyett to
deliver to American Flight Museum at Forbes Field, Topeka, KS for the Spooky crews to
sell at airshows this year.
THANKS, PAM!
JOIN THE ILLINOIS PILOTS ASSOCIATION!
State IPA Dues are $25.00 per full year which include all family members residing at
the same address. Note that dues for the first year of membership are pro-rated
depending when you become a member in the year. Membership year is July - June.
Note: There is a $3.00 reduction in the yearly State IPA dues from $25.00 to $22.00 to receive
the State IPA newsletter electronically instead of by U.S. mail (hardcopy).
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Women in Aviation International (WAI)
St. Louis Women with Wings Chapter Annual Meeting
Monday, April 25, 2016
6:00 p.m.
18757 Eatherton Road, Wildwood, MO
Chapter Contact:
[email protected]
Allison Sutter
Phone: 707-628-1425
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Women-With-Wings/417311841639214
About the Meeting:
We look forward to another big event, where we will talk about last year's
events, scholarship information, notes from the Women in Aviation
Conference, upcoming events for this year, and finally we will vote on new
members of the Board.
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2016 Illinois Aviation Conference
http://www.illinoisaviation.org/iac.html
Illinois' aviation community comes together every May to showcase the significance general aviation brings to
this State's economy and the lives of thousands of workers in the industry. This year's conference will be held
May 4-5, 2016 at the TEC Center on the airport campus of SIU. The Illinois Aviation Trades Association
and the Illinois Department of Transportation/Aero Division are truly excited to host this industry wide
event in an academic environment, where future aviation leaders are being taught. Illinois Aviation Hall of
Fame presentations take place here on Thursday, May 5. Follow the link for more info.
PURPOSES: The purposes of the Corporation as stated in its Certificate of Incorporation are:
for the educational and scientific purposes of encouraging the development of aviation in the State of Illinois
through the promotion of educational scientific, civic, recreational, social and patriotic activities for its
members and others by:
1. Cooperating with federal, state and municipal officers and agencies in encouraging the development of
aviation in Illinois.
2. Promoting a fraternal feeling and fellowship among the pilots of the State of Illinois: and cooperation among
them in a continuing effort to promote the purposes of the Illinois Pilots Association.
3. Protecting the rights and privileges of Pilots in the State of Illinois.
4. Encouraging the use of airplanes for business and pleasure among the people of the State of Illinois.
5. Promoting suitable programs in Illinois for the development of adequate landing facilities for aircraft.
6. Encouraging safety in aviation in the State of Illinois by education and training of pilots and others
connected with aviation.
7. Making available to the people of Illinois the services of this Association and its members in time of
emergency; and
8. Maintaining a continuous program in aviation by means of scientific research in the realm of flight
IPA Springfield Chapter
Kimberly A Bush, Editor
PO Box 9294
Springfield, IL 62791