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Skip Stewart to
Receive 2013 Bill
Barber Award
Showmanship began in 1986, and
is awarded to airshow performers
or teams that have demonstrated
great skill and showmanship. World
Airshow News (www.airshowmag.
com) and the friends and family of the
late Bill Barber present the award
annually.
Tentative plans call for the award to
be presented during EAA AirVenture
2013 at EAA’s Theater in the Woods.
Past Bill Barber Award winners
include:
2012 Matt Younkin
2011 Rich and Dee Gibson
2010 Steve Oliver and Suzanne
Asbury-Oliver
2009 Michael Goulian
EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, June
1, 2013 -- World Airshow News has
announced that Skip Stewart is the
2013 recipient of the Bill Barber
Award for Showmanship. Skip joins
a growing list of honorees that reads
like an airshow hall of fame.
Skip is known worldwide for his
innovative
high-energy
airshow
performances in his highly modified
Pitts biplane. He is a master at
grabbing the audience’s attention
with his spine-tingling tumbles,
ribbon cuts, and knife-edge passes.
Skip has also been an innovator with
multi-dimensional theme acts like
Tinstix and flying under a jumping
motorcycle.
Skip has been infatuated with
airplanes as long as he can remember,
and built remote-controlled models as
a kid. It was the flying of the great
Leo Loudenslager, another Barber
Award winner, which inspired Skip
to set his goals high and eventually
pursue airshow flying.
He learned to fly while in college and
almost immediately began to learn
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2008 Bud Granley
2007 Dacy Family Airshow Team
2006 Danny Clisham
2005 Pietsch Airshows
2004 Bobby Younkin
2003 Jim LeRoy
2002 AeroShell Aerobatic Team
2001 Northern Lights Aerobatic
Team
2000 John Mohr
1999 Dan Buchanan
1998 Patty Wagstaff
1997 Gene Soucy & Teresa Stokes
1996 Wayne Handley
1995 Bob Hoover
1994 Bob & Annette Hosking
1993 Red Baron Stearman Squadron
1992 Sean D. Tucker
1991 Julie Clark
1990 Leo Loudenslager
1989 Jimmy Franklin
aerobatics. He began his aviation
career with a variety of jobs with
commuter airlines, corporate flight
departments, and eventually saved
up enough to buy his first aerobatic
airplane, a Pitts S2A.
As many do, Skip started out in
competition aerobatics before moving
into airshows. After taking an airline
job with a major overnight freight
carrier, Skip was able to sell the
S2A and buy a stock Pitts S2S. Over
the years and through numerous
modifications, the S2S has morphed
into Prometheus, his 400-horspowermuscle biplane.
Today, in addition to an extensive
schedule
of
North
American
airshows, Skip is one of a handful of
performers who flies worldwide, with
shows in the United Arab Emirates,
Australia, the Caribbean, and Latin
America to his credit. He now has two
Prometheus biplanes to help facilitate
his wide-ranging schedule and has a
new, custom-designed all-composite
biplane under construction.
The
July 2013 • Happy 4th of July
Bill
Barber
Award
for
Let Freedom Ring •July 2013
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Throttle Forward...
Happy 4th of July
Turkey Mountain
Monthly Fly-In
July 6 – Ponca City, OK – Ponca
City Regional Airport (KPNC)
First Saturday breakfast. 7:00
– 10:00 AM Fantastic food; very
well attended long running event.
Suggested $6.00 donation (and well
worth it). Sponsored by PNC airport
booster club the first Saturday of
every month rain or shine
AIR SHOWS
AirVenture is here again. Oshkosh will be bustling with planes, people, and noise. As always, it
will be the last week of July. Over three hundred thousand people will make their way to the world’s
largest air event (with no jet teams). If you haven’t been to the event, it is a must. I have never seen
so many planes in one location before. If you don’t make it to Oshkosh, go to an air show close to you.
DESTINATION AIRPORT
by Maddie Mason of Missouri
We are pleased to have Leadville, Colorado, as our feature airport and city this month. The photo
opportunity and experience was awesome. Our staff enjoyed some fine “southern hospitality” from all
of Leadville. Leadville is to be commended on their new FBO and the welcome that pilots experience
when they arrive. When you land there, be sure and get a certificate (one is pictured in this issue)
to hang on your wall showing that you have landed at the highest airport on the North American continent. I received my first one, received in 1999,
hanging on my office wall.
EYES OUT OF THE COCKPIT
In our FYI column this issue, I was amazed at the number of accidents that occurred in the past thirty-days in which there was one or two instructors
in the plane. We printed only a few of them, all the while thinking that there seems to be some bit of “false” security when there is an instructor
aboard the flight. Yet, it seems that both the instructor and the passenger (student or not) seem to be more preoccupied with what is going on inside
the cockpit than out. One accident in particular was the mid-air collision of a Piper and Cessna. They were operating within the same airspace close
proximity. Unaware of the other plane, both made identical turns right in to the other plane. No one noticed from either plane. Four dead! It is
sad, but true. Read FYI this issue. There were about forty deaths in aviation last month… that is still better than the four thousand that died on
highways in the same period….
July 13 – Carlisle, AR – Carlisle
Municipal Airport (4M3) EAA
Chapter 122 UL will host a FREE
– FREE –FREE Fly-in / Drivein Breakfast 8:30 – 11:30 AM to
show off their new location. Come
to socialize and have a very good
meal for FREE!! For additional
information check: http://eaaul122.
org
July 21 - ** A Sunday Event
** Forest City, IA - Forest City
Municipal Airport (FXY) Annual
Flight Breakfast - the third Sunday
in July Time: 7 am - 11 am, (featuring
made to order omelets, muffins, coffee
& juice) Pilots in Command Eat
Free. More Info: Theresa Trimble:
[email protected] July 27 – Shell Knob, MO –
Turkey Mountain Airport (MO00)
Biscuits & Gravy breakfast fly-in 8:00
AM – Noon $5.00 per person. For
additional information call: Judy
at 417-858-6345; Cell 417-671-1832
http://www.turkeymountainairport.
com
*** Sometimes plans change and
it is advisable to check before you
go. ***
If you would like to be removed from,
or added to, this email distribution
list just send me an email.
Blue Skies,
Andy -- email: [email protected]
“Fly On In!”
SACRED COW
We are most fortunate that we live in a country with our Bill of Rights. That document is threatened daily from those who would like to “make it
more current” and up to date. I question any one who can go in that direction. Since December 15, 1791, they have served us quite well. By changing
the Bill of Rights, we will move from a democracy to who-knows-what? Our sovereign right to freedom (in the sky and on the ground) is in our
Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These
limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty
and property. They guarantee a number of personal
freedoms, limit the government’s power in judicial and
other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states
and the public. While originally the amendments applied
only to the federal government, most of their provisions
have since been held to apply to the states by way of the
Fourteenth Amendment. A copy of our Bill of Rights and
Amendments is published in this issue.
4th of July
This 4th of July we celebrate one more year of freedom.
The freedom of our sky is tied with our other American
freedoms. Let’s keep the USA free from what our
forefathers feared. I am reminded of the words of Patrick
Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Throttle Forward and have a great 4th
of July....
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The sun shined down on GoodOle’ Shell Knob (MO), as countless
bright and colorful planes buzzed
everywhere,
painting
invisible
pictures in the open sky, dancing with
the clouds. While these astounding
flying contraptions may cause jaws
to drop and children to cheer, it’s all
in the heart and passion of the pilot.
On Saturday the 25th, over 60 anxious
pilots from near and far had the
opportunity to not only do what they
love up in the air, but to make crowds
of over 200 people from around the
country go crazy. The part everyone
was waiting for came at last: the
flour bombing contest. The pilot and
passenger have to cooperate and time
perfectly so that a sack of flour in the
load is released to drop directly into
an inter-tube on the runway.
on the passenger (one who drops
the flower sack) or if you ask the
passenger who will laugh, point at
the pilot and argue the fault to them.
Overall, it was a beautiful day and
a fun-filled, eventful afternoon that
rose over $1,000 for the “Wounded
Warrior project”. Did you miss out on
all this excitement? Don’t worry! The
next “Fly In” is on Saturday June 29th
from 8:00 a.m. till noon (their ad with
fly-in schedules are in this issue). I
can already taste those hot, delicious
omelets that are being served for only
five dollars! Hope to see you there!
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve
seen its shadow from the sky.”
-Amelia Earhart
“The air up there in the clouds
is very pure and fine, bracing and
While it may sound simple, it’s delicious. What shouldn’t it be?- it is
really quite the opposite. It sounds the same the angels breathe.”
even more difficult if you ask the -Mark Twain
pilot, who will jokingly blame it
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Air Events
By Mail
Municipal Airport, September 14,
2013, 7:30 to 2:00. Pancake breakfast,
military and civilian aircraft on
display. Custom and antique cars
and tractors, too. Kid’s Club airplane
projects. All sorts of vendors. Fun for
all ages! Free admission to all. Ray
Law, [email protected], 806 W.
Airport Rd, Payson, AZ 85541
Sept 14 - Turkey Mountain Airport
in SW MO – Identifier is MO00, 11
Come and enjoy the flying, food and AM to 2 PM. MO00 Burger
$6. Great turf runway a perfect gitfellowship. Contact information; Rory
a-way.
www.turkeymountainairport.
Hicks 580-256-8286, 580-571-5583 or
Airport (FXY), Date: Sunday July 21,
com
[email protected]
2013
Time: 7 am - 11 am, (featuring made
to order omelets, muffins, coffee &
September 12 – 15 -- 23rd Annual Monthly Events
juice) Pilots in Command Eat Free
L-Bird Fly-In & Convention, Keokuk
Theresa Trimble, trimbler@wctatel.
Municipal Airport, Keokuk, Iowa, *Pine Bluff, AR KPBF FLY IN
net, 1842 - 330th Street, Forest City,
Formation flights, bomb drop and breakfast every 3rd Saturday of the
IA 50436
spot landing competitions, vintage month? PBF 0800 - 1100
July 4 - Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast,
Penn Yan, NY (KPEO). Come
experience one of the largest (2,500+)
fly-in breakfasts anywhere in the
heart of the stunning Finger Lakes
wine country. Breakfast is served
0630-1130, and the event offers
scenic rides, displays, music, and
more. Adults $8 - children $4. Harvey
Greenberg, hgreenberg@frontiernet.
net, 5367 Dutch St, Dundee, NY
14837
July 13 - THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
PILOTS
ASSOCIATION
WILL
HOLD IT’S ANNUAL FLY-IN
BREAKFAST AND AIRSHOW ON
SATURDAY JULY 13, 2013 AT
THE ALAMOSA AIRPORT WITH
BREAKFAST
SERVED
FROM
7:00 AM TO 10:00 AM . THE
FANTASTIC AIRSHOW PROGRAM
WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM AND
CONCLUDE AT NOON. LUNCH
WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE. THE
AIRSHOW
WILL
FEATURE
AEROBATIC DEMONSTRATIONS,
VINTAGE
WARBIRDS,
AND
FLYING DEMONSTRATIONS OF
VARIOUS AIRCRAFT, AS WELL
AS, AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A GREAT
SHOW, AND THE BEST PART IS
THAT ADMISSION IS FREE.
Jay Sarason
[email protected]
2024 West CR 6 North
Monte Vista, CO 81144
July 27 – Turkey Mountain Airport
in SW MO – Identifier is MO00 - 8
AM to Noon, Biscuits and Gravy,$5..
Great turf runway a perfect git-a-way.
www.turkeymountainairport.com
August 3 – Annual picnic -come
enjoy with other pilots and visit the
air and space museum, sponsored
by St.Louis chapter of the MPA at
St.Louis Downtown Airport located
in Cahokia Ill. {cps} Lunch at 11:30
August 3.2013
*Petaluma Airport Display Day
10 AM - 3 PM Third Saturday of
May, June, July, Sept
Free Admission Sponsored by
Petaluma Airport and Petaluma
Airport
Pilots
Assoc.
http://
papapetaluma.org/calendar/ --- Joe
Debnar,
[email protected],
1501 Baywood Dr, Petaluma, Ca
Sept 14 - Payson Aero Fair, Payson 94954
Let’s fly somewhere for breakfast or
lunch!
Check out these offerings!
A. Pelicans Landing Waterfront
Restaurant - Land on the beautiful
Cedar Mills Airfield’s grass strip
(3T0) and walk a short distance
to the restaurant and marina.
It’s located on Lake Texoma near
Gordonville, Texas. See http://www.
cedarmills.com/pelicansLanding.htm
B. Dallas Executive Airport.
KRBD, Good place for Sunday
breakfast. They open at 8:00. Tower
is friendly. C. The Beacon Cafe at Hicks Field
(T67) - the new Summer hours for
the Hicks Airport TX. (T67) “Beacon
Cafe” are 8 AM to 2 PM every day
Except Mondays..
D. Ardmore, OK. - Ardmore
Municipal Airport - KADM- Just
South of TowerJAKE’S JOINT Open Monday through Friday from
11am to 2 pm (closed 12/24 and
12/25) - see website for details
CLOSED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY (Open by reservations
only)
620 General Drive
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
Phone (580)389-5040
http://www.jakesjointrestaurant.
com/History.html
E. KLNC (Lancaster Airport,
Lancaster) - The Taxiway Cafe,
730 Ferris Rd, Ste 101, Lancaster,
TX 75146 Phone: 972-227-5721
Website: http://tx-lancaster.
F. KSEP (Clark Field, Stephenville)
- Hard 8 BBQ.
1091 Glen Rose Rd. Stephenville,
TX 76401
254-968-5552
M-Th 10:30 – 9pm
Fri-Sat 10:30 – 10pm
Sun: 10:30 – 8pm
Hard Eight BBQ is on the right at
the intersection of HWY 281S and
Hwy 67.
G. KTYR (Tyler-Pounds Regional,
Tyler) - Skyline Cafe.
http://www.skylinecafe.org/
This is a TSA airport so tell
the tower you want to go to the
restaurant, The tower will taxi you
to the locked gate directly under
the control tower and a restaurant
staff person will unlock the gate and
escort you in. If the restaurant staff
is busy they may not hear the tower
so Call the number printed on the
big yellow sign next to the gate. If
you taxi to Tyler jet will take you in
their golf cart to the restaurant.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER
USING ANY OTHER GATE. H. KSLR (Sulpher Springs Airport,
Sulpher Springs) - Red Barn (bring
cash). Across the highway from the
terminal.
Hours - Mon - Thurs. 7 am - 2 pm
Fri. - Sat. 7 am - 9 am
Sunday - 8 am - 2 pm.
I. KOUN (OU Airport, Norman,
OK) - Ozzie›s Diner.
J. The Blue Hangar Cafe at the
Northwest Regional Airport in
Roanoke, TX (52F). Come and enjoy a relaxing meal
while watching general aviation
aircraft take off and land right in
front of you! Breakfast or lunch. WATCH OUT FOR LOW FLYING
PLANES AS YOU MUST
August 11- 26th Annual Watermelon
& BBQ Fly-in at Applegate Airport. Come experience Grassroots Flying
at its finest! Queen City, MO. 1:00
P.M. until dark. Located 1 mile S.
of Queen City, MO Identifier: 15MO
Com: 122.90 Elevation: 997 Runways
16/34 2600 ft. turf PLEASE NOTE: For more information call Harve or
Carolyn at 660-766-2644.
Aug 24 - Turkey Mountain Airport
in SW MO – Identifier is MO00 8 AM
to Noon, In-the-Bag Omelet, $5, Great
turf runway a perfect git-a-way. www.
turkeymountainairport.com
September 2 – Come Join us on Labor
Day as Tri-State EAA Chapter 1115
will be hosting a Fly-Inn Breakfast
at the Gage Oklahoma Airport. Pilots
eat free. Come in the evening before
and party with the crew and enjoy
a free hamburger cookout. Camping
July 21 - Forest City Annual Flight is available on the field. Stay for the
Breakfast, Forest City Municipal BBQ lunch at noon on Labor day.
New 2500› X 70› asphalt runway.
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and restored aircraft on display.
Saturday
morning
Pancake
Breakfast – open to the public.
Flight Formation School provided
by JLFC. Contact: Donna Farrell,
Phone:
319-524-6203,
Email:
[email protected].
More
information and registration form on
our website: www.lindneraviation.
com
civicplus.com/index.aspx?NID=118
Fly-in or drive-in to Lancaster
Regional Airport for great food and
hospitality. Enjoy friends and food
while watch aircraft operations
from the patio.Also has both a
CAF museum and a Cold War Air
Museum on the field. I don’t think
either charge admission, you just
kind of wander around the hangers (I
think donations are welcome)
Send your event
information to
[email protected]
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FAA News
Air
to
Ground
[email protected]
By Rose Marie Kern
ICAO is a Comin’
The United States created many
of today’s rules for aviation, but as
flying became a global industry, it was
obvious that uniform regulations and
communications would benefit pilots
around the globe. The International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
is working to standardize the
practices used worldwide. The U.S.
is cooperating by changing things
to meet these codes by setting up
the computer systems to recognize
ICAO formats and by requiring any
U.S. pilot who plans to fly out of the
country to conform.
Nonetheless, more than a few pilots
were caught by surprise in March
when the FAA began requiring that
all IFR flight plans out of the country
had to be filed using the ICAO flight
plan form. Up until then you could
file to Mexico or Canada using the
domestic IFR flight plan – a much
simpler form. For those of you who
are planning to exit the country
sometime soon you will want to bone
up on the new style. The FAA has a
website that will allow you to become
more familiar with ICAO flight plans:
www.faa.gov/go/fpl2012
The site is not intuitive, so I
recommend you start by looking at the
column on the left and clicking Flight
Plan Filing and navigating from
there. You may want to print out the
tri-fold brochure that is labeled ICAO
2012 Quick Reference Brochure PDF.
Information concerning filing an
ICAO flight plan, also known as FAA
Form 7233-4, Flight Plan, is described
in the Airmen’s Information Manual
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(AIM) – Section 1, paragraph 5-1-9.
The biggest changes include the
requirement to include estimated
times that your aircraft will cross
boundary zones between countries
and other ATC sectors.
It is not
enough to file an airway or just
GPS direct between points, you
have to check a map and see where
the boundaries are, and figure how
long it will take to get to them after
departure.
Say you are leaving
Albuquerque to Chihuahua Mexico,
you have to put in the time it takes
to fly from ABQ to the U.S. border in
the appropriate block. Normally you
use latitude/longitude to identify the
crossing point. If you are traveling all
the way to Mexico City, there are also
a couple ATC boundaries that need to
be figured.
ICAO flight plans require that you
know exactly what kind of equipment
you have on board and the designators
for it. This is easy if you have your
own aircraft, but if you are renting an
aircraft you will need to make sure
you know the type of navigation and
communication equipment, plus what
types of survival gear are aboard.
Do you have desert, mountain or
maritime survival gear? How many
and what color dinghys and life
jackets? Do they have lights and
transponders?
As usual you can call Flight Service
to file an ICAO flight plan, but since
the specialists on duty do not know
what kind of aircraft or equipment
you have, you must be the one to give
them the data to fill in.
ICAO flight plans must also be
filed if you are departing or landing
at any U.S. airport that is under the
ATC control of another country. For
instance, there are several airports
in northwest Washington State and
some in the far northern reaches
of the east coast that fall under the
jurisdiction of Canadian Air Traffic.
Even if you are flying from somewhere
within the continental U.S. to these
American airports, you must file
an ICAO IFR flight to go into those
airports. Of course you also have to
file ICAO if you are traveling IFR out
of those airports.
remain over the land – traveling the
arc of the Texas coastline, they can
use the domestic flight plan.
The FAA is planning on conforming
with other ICAO requirements soon.
Come August all Notices to Airmen,
(NOTAMs) will be published using
the ICAO formats and contraction.
Those of you who frequently travel to
Canada will already be familiar with
this style of information.
Change is uncomfortable, but
inevitable. In a way, knowing ICAO
rules is like seeing an American
chain restaurant in a foreign country
At this time these rules apply to – a comforting familiarity where you
IFR aircraft only. Those who are know that the same rules will always
traveling VFR to Mexico or Canada apply regardless of where you fly.
can still use the domestic form as
long as they remain over land during
the trip, though that will change in Rose Marie Kern has worked in Air
the future as well. If an aircraft is Traffic for over 30 years. If you have
traveling across the Gulf of Mexico a question she can be reached at
from Louisiana to Mexico VFR they [email protected].
still have to file ICAO, but if they
Comment Period
Extended for Airman
Certification Standards At the request of the industryled Airman Testing Standards and
Training Working Group, which
developed the Airman Certification
Standards (ACS) approach and the
draft documents for the private pilot
certificate and the instrument rating,
the FAA has extended the comment
period until July 8, 2013. The draft
documents, as well as the Background
Information, are still available in
the same assigned docket (Docket
No FAA–2013–0316), which can be
accessed at the following link: http://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
D=FAA-2013-0316 . If the direct link
does not work, try entering the Docket
Number in the search menu when you
go to http://www.regulations.gov/ . The aim of the ACS documents is
to provide a more integrated and
systematic approach to airman
certification testing and training.
These documents specifically address
knowledge and flight proficiency
requirements for the private pilot
certificate and instrument rating.
They also support the FAA’s goal
of reducing fatal GA accidents by
incorporating
task-specific
risk
management considerations with
the flying skills outlined in existing
practical test standards. West
Coast “County Fair with Airplanes”
Takes Place July 11-13 The Arlington Fly-In, located in
Washington State, has grown to
become one of the west coast’s most
popular sport aviation events. Amid
the majestic vistas of the Pacific
Northwest, thousands of pilots,
vendors, and aviation enthusiasts
will gather July 11-13 at the
picturesque Arlington Municipal
Airport (KAWO) to enjoy forums,
workshops, air shows, and fly-bys.
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam)
will present safety seminars each day
and will host a booth where pilots can
get acquainted with the FAASTeam
safety programs. Called the “County Fair with
Airplanes,” the Arlington FlyIn is one of the friendliest fly-in
destinations in the country. During
the event, the grounds at KAWO
become host to hundreds of aircraft,
and offer ideal camping conditions
with a full schedule of activities.
Featured attractions include a
theme vintage area, “Camp Adams”
with over 100 military vehicles on
display, and several classic warbird
aircraft like the P-47 Thunderbolt
and P-51 Mustang. For daily schedule
information as well as pilot NOTAMS
for those flying in, go to http://www.
arlingtonflyin.org/ .
It’s Time to Get the
Lead Out
The FAA is diligently working to
find a safe unleaded alternative to
avgas, which is used by more than
167,000 aircraft in the United States.
Earlier this week, the agency issued a
request for proposals from the world’s
fuel producers for a lead-free fuel that
can work with most aircraft engines
without any modifications. To learn
more about the FAA’s avgas initiative,
see the article “Passing the Emissions
Test” on page 13 of the current issue
of FAA Safety Briefing at http://1.usa.
gov/FAA_ASB .
New Tire Safety Course
Available at FAASafety.gov Anyone who notices the long black
streaks at the approach end of a
runway can appreciate the brutal
forces aircraft tires endure during
the transition from being airborne
to earthbound, or vice versa.
Exposed to a regular mix of extreme
temperatures, pressure changes, and
powerful friction forces, aircraft tires
definitely require special attention.
With that in mind, the FAA Safety
Team (FAASTeam) and Michelin
North America have partnered to
create a new online course for tire
safety: ALC-269: The Impact of Tire
Maintenance on Aircraft Safety. The course focuses on two critical
threats to safe tire operation: tire
inflation pressure and foreign object
debris (FOD). To take the course, go
to http://www.faasafety.gov/ . More
information regarding aircraft tire
care and service is available at http://
www.airmichelin.com/ . Be sure to also
check out Michelin’s new tire safety
mobile app. The application provides
access to the Michelin Aircraft Tire
Care & Service Manual, a reference
guide that provides information on
how to effectively maintain aircraft
tires, maximize tire life, and reduce
total cost of ownership.
ICAO Flight Plans
Required for International
Travel Updated guidance from the FAA now
requires an ICAO format flight plan
Cont’d on page 11
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Steve Billʻs Air Shots
By Steve Bill Hanshew
The Bird’s Plight
together and usually in 3D. The
instructor hammers you. “You’ve got
to get the sight picture right.” What
is that, as if you’re bomb on target?
I’m not a missile. I’m a man. He then
tells me I’m more missile than man,
but may someday learn to kiss the
runway instead of assault it like an
oversexed gorilla. At age 18, these are
sage words I can comprehend. It only
takes time and practice is the mantra.
I wonder if a bird knows it’s flying,
probably not, much like a duck knows
it’s quacking. We call it a quack. As far
as the duck is concerned it’s making a
noise to attract other ducks. They say
cats only meow to get our attention
and oddly enough, they don’t meow to
one another. As for flying, to a bird it’s
just something they do, as reflexive as
drawing breath.
I remember when I got my pilot
solo certificate and lost my shirt tail
at age 18. I knew it was coming so I
took an old T-shirt and artistically
embellished it with a Grumman
American Trainer with my name
in fine script, knowing that soon it
would be cut off and tacked to the
office wall symbolic of my newfound
aerial freedom. I wanted it to look
better than the hastily scrawled rags
adorning the lounge. I wanted it to
mean something. After three takeoffs
and landings without benefit of a
crash truck or call to the insurance
agent, my instructor was taken aback
when I took off my work shirt to
reveal my handiwork. “Jeez, I guess
you really knew this was coming”.
Certainly I did. In my gut, I knew
I was ready even though I had the
sense to not let on as if brazen ego
might get the best of me. My Pap
taught me that a cautious man was a
wise man. Sorry Pap, I failed on both
counts. He carefully trimmed out the
artwork because modesty aside, I’m a
fair artist.
I wonder if young birds know when
the time is right; time to leave the
nest. The signed certificate I was
given was an age old one with a crude
cartoon graphic depicting a heartless
mother kicking her young chick out
of the nest. The look on the chick’s
face was one of astonishment, aghast
that Mom was actually giving him
the royal boot. I never saw this in
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the natural world. Birds just fell out
of the nest and either flew at some
point or found themselves brunch
for a cat. I didn’t feel that I wasn’t
ready nor did I feel I was fully ready.
I just wanted to get past this hurdle,
to make that inconceivable leap from
student to pilot.
Don’t get the wrong idea. When Old
Milstead had me stop the plane and
then slid back the canopy, I knew
this was it. He was going to cut me
loose and I could feel my throat
constrict to the diameter of a soda
straw. The single paved runway at
Dahio Airport was 2,900 feet with
a 30 foot telephone pole situated
squarely on final to runway 22, not
100 yards from the runway end. The
Grumman was a fast little groundhog
with match covers masquerading as
landing flaps. Known to land hot, you
had to have speed in the sweet spot to
affect any kind of decent flare. But I
had been working this runway day-in,
day-out.
and knew this runway better then the
hemline of my girlfriend’s mini skirt.
Instead of taking a meal on my lunch
break, I’d jump in the little yellow
Grumman and torture the pavement
while proving Goodyear faulty in
their tire life estimates. Unlike the
young bird in the natural world, I was
a clothed biped equipped with a brain
capable of conjuring up every reason
why a sane human should never leave
the ground, let alone be ejected from
the proverbial nest. It’s not natural
for us.
Flying, until 1903, was just not
something humans should desire
to do or were built to do. For some
unknown reason I was compelled to
prove that yes, I could do this and
moreover learn to love it in lieu of
fear it. Fear is instinctive with birds,
so much so that the mere shadow of
a bigger bird will drive them to the
trees. In humans fear is the same,
but we have an immense capacity to
rationalize it. We have an advanced
brain with a data storage unit as big
I was the line boy at Dahio Airport as the Congo. We put disparate things
After the first successful landing you
say, “How’d I do that?” After the third
successful landing you think, “OK,
just do that again – exactly the same
way.” Ten hours later, you’re telling
the newly enrolled student with a
case of the pre-solo jitters, “Now, on
the Grumman you gotta keep it right
on 85 turning base.” Where did this
fount of confidence come? Who knows,
but you have absolutely got to have it
or you’ll never solo an airplane. Yes,
it can breed unfounded arrogance
that can in turn create unmitigated
disaster.
Milstead always told me, “Experience
is what you learn just after you needed
it.” I have found this to be true. Yet, in
my mind’s eye I can see that whisker
bereft punk wearing a thread worn
Air Force surplus flight jacket with
a cheap set of knock-off Ray Bans,
all smiles, full of unbounded and
unfounded machismo, taxiing that
little Grumman back to the ramp,
with even the dour Milstead cracking
a smile, a Lucky Strike dangling from
his lips. At that moment I knew the
sorry plight of the forlorn bird.
Yes, he is a gifted flier with
unparalleled aerial agility, but a bird
could never feel that level of joy or
sense of accomplishment. That was
all man and that was I, September
26, 1975.
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The Left Seat
By Bob Worthington
[email protected]
VIETNAM VETS HONORED AT EAA AIRVENTURE 2013 WITH YELLOW-RIBBON HONOR FLIGHT
Costs Not Covered By Insurance?????
Last month I described the collapsing
of my nose gear and the insurance
coverage I had (which was excellent
I should add). However, I am finding
out that, in spite of total insurance
coverage, this incident will still cost
me $15,000 to $25,000 or more. How can that be if you are fully
insured you might ask? My airplane
has some 1109 hours on it since it was
rebuilt. That means the engine has
used up over half its life (2000 hour
TBO). Therefore, in just under eight
years, many parts are wearing out.
The insurance company is paying
$10,000 to have the engine torn down
and inspected. Right now the engine
is apart and cleaned. It is being
inspected by mechanics to determine
the condition of each part. In Birmingham, the maintenance
facility that has my plane found
several areas, after the engine was
removed, that needs attention. Both
muffler flame cones are worn out. This is not damage caused by the nose
gear incident but normal wearing
over time. This will have to be fixed. The engine mounts are also worn out
and replacement is recommended. The engine hoses are stiff and brittle;
again, replacement is suggested, not
mandatory. These are extra expenses
facing the owner (being me).
In less than eight years, I have put
over 1100 hours on the plane. Many
parts are wearing out. Replacing
these parts, in many instances, would
require quite a bit of labor just get
to them. With the labor cost being
borne by the insurance company, is it
not best to replace the worn out parts
now instead of waiting a few more
years and having to pay more money
then? This is a real financial issue to
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face. In some areas, worn out parts
may have to be repaired or replaced
to remain airworthy.
One example is the interior of my
crankcase. The crankshaft was
declared as okay. However, the thrust
face was heavily scored, requiring it
be fixed. A new crankcase could be
purchased for $17,000 or an exchange
bought for $4500. Alternatively, my
case could be repaired for $1300. This
was an easy decision, repair it. Still,
it will cost me $1300.
As I mentioned, I have no idea
yet what the mechanics will find
when the engine parts have been
examined. Maybe nothing or maybe
prop stoppage damage (covered by
insurance) or maybe more parts worn
by usage. But, there is another part
of this engine issue. Because 40%
of an engine replacement is already
paid for, would getting a zero time
replacement engine make financial
sense? A zero time overhauled engine
costs $25,000. My engine is over halfgone. Should I pay $15,000 and get a
new engine or save $15,000 and hope
I can get 6-8 more years out of the
engine I have? This decision has yet
to be made.
So far, I can see this incident as
costing me several thousands of
dollars, just to put my engine back in
the plane. I have not yet discussed
what the incident does to the value
of the plane, regardless of the repair
costs. The value of my plane would
be decrease by several thousands of
dollars because of the prop strike and
the resulting damage.
In this column in the past, I have
written about my desire to replace
my retractable 182 for a fixed gear
182. The reason for this is the
expected future cost of my insurance
premium. I am seventy-six and by
the time I reach 80, it is expected
the insurance premium for a high
performance, complex aircraft could
see a significant increase and perhaps
onerous requirements placed on me to
even get the coverage.
I do not perceive my health to be
an issue. I just passed my Class III
medical without any restrictions or
waivers. I expect to continue to do
this in the future.
I have an opportunity to trade my 182
(when repaired) for a 1976 fixed gear
182. It has a recently rebuilt engine
and a Garmin 430W GPS. I would
want an autopilot, a StormScope,
an engine analyzer, and a fuel flow
meter. Because I don’t know what
will be done to my plane yet, we have
not arrived at a trade plus cash swap. This would seem like a good time to
do this trade. Right now, though, we
have to see what the final say is on
what, if anything, needs to be done to
my engine.
The point of this article is to show,
that even with the best of insurance,
an incident could cost you quite a bit
of cash, just to get back to where you
were before the incident. In addition,
an incident could also decrease the
value of your plane, quite a bit. These
are issues I had never considered.
Once I had a plane totaled. I lost
the engine on climb out (faulty design
of the magnetos) and the plane was
destroyed on landing (but my wife
and I walked away). The engine
had just been rebuilt and therefore
increased the insurance to cover the
cost of the new engine. In this case, I
lost a plane but the insurance covered
every penny I had in the plane so I
had no financial loss.
It seems that in many cases, having
a plane partially damaged can be
more expensive to the owner than it
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As a part of EAA’s AirVenture 2013’s
Salute to Veterans activities, Old Glory
Honor Flight, Inc., in partnership
with American Airlines and Oshkosh
Corporation, will provide a special
one-time only event for Vietnam War
veterans on Friday, Aug. 2. Vietnam
veterans will embark on a rewarding
journey from the AirVenture grounds
to Washington, D.C. They will spend
the day visiting the powerful Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Wall that was
built in honor of their sacrifices,
the Smithsonian American History
Museum, and the Arlington National
Cemetery — at no cost.
Old Glory Honor Flight Inc. has
operated 17 flights for Northeast
Wisconsin World War II veterans to
our nation’s capitol. Three of those
flights have departed from AirVenture
and for the first time this year’s
flight will be for Vietnam veterans to
commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the end of the hostilities in that
conflict.
“We are so pleased to once again
partner with EAA and American
Airlines to operate an Old Glory Honor
Flight mission out of AirVenture
in Oshkosh, and we are especially
excited to have the opportunity to pay
our respects and show our gratitude
to another set of extremely deserving
veterans,” said Drew MacDonald,
President of the Northeast Wisconsin
Old Glory Honor Flight organization.
“As a nation, we never properly
thanked the Vietnam veterans, and as
a result these veterans never received
the recognition and respect that they
so richly deserved for the incredible
sacrifices they made for this great
country. Old Glory Honor Flight’s
motto is that “it’s never too late to
say thank you,” and we are excited to
turn those words into action for this
very special group of heroes during
this one-time only event.”
EAA AirVenture, “The World’s
Greatest
Aviation
Celebration”,
is July 29 - Aug. 4 at Wittman
Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The
American Airlines yellow-ribbon
Boeing 737, Flagship Liberty, will fly
approximately 100 veterans from the
AirVenture grounds to Washington,
D.C. as part of the Salute to Veterans
activities on Friday, Aug. 2.
“American Airlines has helped host
numerous Honor Flights carrying
WW II veterans to our nation’s
capital. On the 40th anniversary of
the end of hostilities in Vietnam, it
is an absolute honor for us to partner
with Old Glory Honor Flight on this
‘historic first’ to take 100 Vietnam
War veterans to Washington, D.C.,
to give them a proper welcome,” said
Capt. Jim Palmersheim, who leads
American’s Military and Veterans
Initiatives.
Those attending AirVenture that
day can welcome these veterans
home as they make their emotional
return as the final act of the day’s
air show. A special ceremony will be
held immediately after the veterans’
arrival and before an evening concert
by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band,
which ends the day-long tribute to
veterans. “EAA is proud to host the Old
Glory Honor Flight for the fourth
consecutive year in what has become
a vital part of our annual Salute to
Veterans at AirVenture,” said EAA
Chairman Jack Pelton. “We are
honored to play a key role in this
special Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight
for Vietnam veterans.”
Vietnam veterans who want to
experience this one-time Yellow
Ribbon Honor Flight should visit
www.airventure.org/honorflight
to complete the application. Veterans
will be selected by random drawing
and be notified no later than July 6.
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High Flight!
By Bill High
The Burden of Rules and Regulations
CFI CFII DPE FAASTeam Rep.,
I [email protected]
spent the majority of my
aviation
career
dealing
with
rules, regulations, and all types of
burdensome requirements. No other
transportation industry is so heavily
regulated as aviation. The automobile
industry is required to build their cars
to a certain standard, but the driver
is not subject to extreme training or
the burden of the federal government.
As my good friend Doctor Homer Ellis
once said; “without rules there would
be chaos.” Today our airline industry
struggles to make a profit. Granted
we have the best airline industry
and safest airlines in the world. My
question today is; do we need all the
rules and regulations governing every
aspect of the aviation industry?
One only has to own their aircraft for
a short time to find out that the cost
is exceedingly expensive. As a former
owner of at least twelve aircraft,
I experienced the burdensome
regulations required of general
aviation owners. As we know, there
are always ways around regulations
and many times most people get away
with this, but they only have to get
caught once to feel the wrath of the
FAA.
Anyone who has owned an aircraft is
familiar with the annual inspection;
this can be good and this can be
bad. There are aircraft owners who
follow all the rules and use reputable
mechanics. Mechanics who know your
aircraft and who follow the rules can
become very costly. We all know that
some of the owners and operators
know how to circumvent these rules.
There are those mechanics who
will sign off an aircraft with only a
minimum inspection. When the FAA
issues AD’s for aircraft, these AD’s
may or may not apply to your make
and model of aircraft. The mechanic
must research each Airworthiness
Directive (AD) and make sure that
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the aircraft has complied with ALL sued.
ADs before signing off the aircraft.
The FAA has so many rules governing
In many cases, the owner operator aircraft that they are not enforceable.
of an aircraft may fly that aircraft Many times rules are enforced after
only ten to twelve hours a year. the pilot or the mechanic has been
Why not require an inspection every involved in an incident or accident.
three years with an A&P looking The FAA (and insurance companies)
the aircraft over annually; or at 100 scrutinizes maintenance logbooks
hours of operations, the aircraft and the pilot’s logs, looking for any
inspected by, and signed off by an IA? rules or regulations which may have
Remember these are only suggestions been violated. This is like “closing the
and not absolutes.
gate after the cows have gotten out.”
By simplifying the rules pilots are
In the old days my father had most likely, but not always, going to
an expression for these shade tree comply. I’m not going to say we do not
mechanics, he called them “jack legs” need some rules and regulations, but
or an unprofessional or untrained we must make it LESS complicated.
mechanic. In most cases these I had a FAR book of regulations from
mechanics do the least amount of 1941. The book was so small (about
what is necessary in order to sign 1/8” thick and 5X7”) that you can
off the aircraft. Sometimes in this easily fit into your hip pocket. Today
industry we call these people “wing our FAR manual is about 1 1/2 inches
shakers;” they reach up and grab the thick and weighs about two pounds.
wing and shake it and if the wing That doesn’t even cover all the rules
doesn’t fall off it is considered safe to and regulations. Their other manuals
fly. Understand this, I am not saying and books of regulations that are
all mechanics are like this, but they even larger, but do not encompass the
are out there just like the pilot who Part 91 pilot.
flies through the clouds without an
instrument rating or ignores the rules Look at the rules and regulations
and regulations hoping they will not governing Part 135, “On-Demand
get caught. We all know these people Aircraft Operations”. If you’ve been
or of them.
around aviation for very long; no
doubt you have heard the expression;
What is the solution to this problem?
In my opinion, and remember this is
my opinion, the rules and regulations
should be simplified for anyone
operating an aircraft under part 91.
Maintenance should be an issue which
is addressed and simplified so that
the owner operator of the aircraft can
have some leeway and some say so in
the maintenance of his equipment. I
guarantee you that the rules are not
what govern people, but litigation is
most likely the motivator. Even if a
person follows the rules to the letter
of the law this does not stop someone
from being sued, I know I have been
“he operates his aircraft under part
134.5.” Which means the operator
is skirting the rules and taking
advantage of the gray areas in the
rule and regulation. Very few of these
people are caught. In order to become
a 135 operation, you literally have
to jump through hoop after hoop. In
most cases, this can take at least a
year or more and thousands of dollars
- just to comply. The pilot, who crosses
over into the gray area, providing
an aircraft and his services are for
hire, is circumventing the rules.
How does he get caught? In almost
every case they are not caught, that
is, unless someone complains or he
is ramp checked and the passengers
questioned about the circumstances
of that flight. Granted there are rules
that allow a pilot to provide services
on a very limited basis. The main rule
which governs commercial operations
is the rule of “holding out.” Defined:
Holding out simply means that a
person advertises his services and
aircraft to the public either by word
of mouth, business cards or any other
means of communication. Here is one
rule where I think there’s too much
gray and very little black and white.
The rule should be cut and dry.
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Gallery in Discovery Center. Outside, a steam engine, coal car, caboose, Pullman car, club car, and a
dining car will roll into the Train Depot to await the arrival of visitors later this fall! There is something
new and exciting going on everyday at Discovery Park!
Discovery Park will open to the public on November 1, 2013, in Union City, TN.
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If you haven’t been by Discovery Park of America lately, it is time to drive
by! We think you will be amazed at the progress! Discovery Center is almost
entirely covered with its skin now, and it looks fabulous! Inside the building,
literally hundreds of people are working diligently to prepare the gallery
areas for displays that are arriving daily.
Outside, Discovery Park is in bloom. Over 4,000 azaleas have created a
colorful landscape where work continues on The Settlement, Mill Ridge, The
Rotary Pavillion and Liberty Square. The Japanese, European, and American
I think that pilots who operate their
aircraft under Part 91 and the aircraft
is not used for commercial operations,
but for personal use, these pilots
would benefit from simplification of
rules and regulations. Because of all
these complicated rules the aviation
world is being smothered and the cost
of operations has pushed many people
out of the industry.
In the old days before September 11,
2001 the private pilot could operate a
four place aircraft single-engine fixed
gear, for about $45 per hour. After
that date the cost accelerated to about
$150 per hour. Is it any wonder that
fewer and fewer people are taking up
flying?
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Leadville, CO
America’s Highest
(and best kept secret)
Step Back In Time!
U
nique,
quaint,
remarkable,
beautiful, above all others, and
still have 1886 written all over it.
Where is it? Leadville, Colorado, a beautiful
town that boast the highest airport in the
North American Continent. Leadville is
our feature town and airport this month.
Our staff paid a visit to the Wild West
city of Leadville this month. We found
history abounds and has been preserved
and is dished out to the visitor at every
opportunity.
One of my favorite life and love stories is a true-life drama that played out
in the late 1800s and into today. The Legend of Baby Doe* (By John Burke)
is the book and should be shared with friends. This book is a history book
and a love story. The lives of Baby Doe and Horace Tabor are depicted in
great detail. The Tabor Opera House (see photos) still stands today waiting
for a face-lift. The current owners share the love of many who want to see it
continue to tell the story of Leadville’s finest hours…
Wikipedia gives much info on Baby Doe, Horace Tabor and Leadville. I do
recommend the book, however.
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by Ralph McCormick
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Hotel from 1886 to today. There
are several hotels in different
cities in Colorado that were built
in the 1880s and remain open as
a hotel today. The Delaware is
certainly one of the best. I will
give accolades to the owners that
have preserved the history for
younger generations.
The Delaware Mercantile at
The Delaware Hotel is Leadville’s
largest
and
most
unique
shopping experience. From
clothing to jewelry, souvenirs to
toys, antiques to artwork, The
Delaware Mercantile is open
year-round. A portion of the shop
is in the hotel lobby. So, guests
can literally shop around the
clock! Guest rooms at The Delaware
Hotel are furnished with antiques
and collectibles from around the
world. when the Elks Lodge
decided to sell the Tabor
Opera House in 1955,
this woman found a
way to purchase it and
its history. During the
summer
months
the
Tabor was the highlight
of Mrs. Furman’s life as
she shared the past with
visitors from all over the
world before tourism
was an important part of
Leadville. Then the author
in Evelyn appeared as she
wrote four books about
the infamous Tabors.
Tabor Opera House
The Tabor Opera House proudly
stands as one of Colorado’s premiere
historical locations in beautiful
Leadville. Restoration plans are
moving forward, and this historical
jewel will “sparkle” again soon. The
Tabor Opera House was acclaimed
“the largest and best, West of the
Mississippi!” Horace Austin Warner
Tabor, one of Colorado’s most well
known mining magnates, built
the Opera House in 1879. It was
one of the most costly and most
substantially built structures in
Colorado history. The construction
materials used to build the Tabor
Opera House were not available in
Leadville, so Tabor ordered that they
be brought up by wagons... a tedious
task. Nevertheless, the Tabor was
completed in only one-hundred days
from the date of ground-breaking
which was a record time.
The massive 3-story opera house
was constructed of stone, brick and
iron, and trimmed with Portland
cement. It’s solid brick walls stand
sixteen inches thick! The color
scheme used was red, gold, white and
sky-blue, with the blending beauty of
everything fully revealed by seventy-
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Safe Haven
two jets of brightly burning gaslights. This substantial construction has
weathered the test of time, and stands today as a proud monument to Colorado
history. Tours are available and their website is www.taboroperahouse.net.
Evelyn Furman, now deceased, and her family own and maintain the Tabor
Opera House.
Leadville was the safe
haven for many outlaws
and interesting “men of the west” including
the famous Doc Holliday. He moved to
Leadville shortly after the famous gunfight
at the O.K. Corral. I had the pleasure to
stay in the room which Holliday used during
his time in town. It had a view of Harrison
Street (photo above), the main street, from
both directions and as we were told by a
local historian, Linda Lamont (photo of her
above), that he could escape through his
door to the hallway window onto the roof of
the Delaware Hotel.
On August 19, 1884, Holliday shot exFurman’s interest in the Tabor family history grew through the years and Leadville policeman, Billy Allen, after Allen
threatened Holliday
for failing to pay
a $5 debt. Despite
overwhelming
evidence implicating
him, a jury found
Holliday not guilty
of the shooting or
attempted murder.
Holliday died in bed
at the Glenwood
Hotel at Glenwood
Springs, CO. on
November 8, 1887
(aged 36). He died
of tuberculosis.
Continued on page 21
Photo on right of the interior of The
Delaware Hotel lobby
Delaware
Hotel 1886
The
Delaware
Hotel
remains
open as a Hotel with shops and is a living
museum remnant of the days over a
hundred years ago. Employees dress in
the attire of the 1880s. The motel has only
had six owners since it was built in 1886.
The current owners are Gail Dunning
and Kit Williams, having owned it for
thirteen years. In 1886, there were sixty
rooms. The rooms are larger now and
total thirty-six. All containing the modern
conveniences we have come to expect. Over
twenty-five thousand square feet make up
the hotel. Our photos only touch on the
magnificent construction and the way the
current owners share the history of the
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Bill of Rights - Amendments to the Constitution
Leadville, North
America’s Highest
Cont’d from page 19
Callaway’s Restaurant, inside the
Delaware Hotel, offers daily and
catered food and beverage services. They are best known for our homesmoked meats and homemade soups
and salads. More
information
about
the
Delaware Hotel may be found at
www.delawarehotel.com. There are
many more exciting and interesting
places to visit in Leadville. We have
only scratched the surface. Take that
flight to the highest airport and stay
a while.
the second-highest mountain in the
contiguous United States (after Mount
Mount Elbert
Whitney in California), the highest
of the fourteeners in Colorado, the
Mount Elbert is the highest peak fourteenth-highest mountain in the
in the Rocky Mountains of North United States, and the highest point
America, at 14,440 feet (4,401 m), of the Sawatch Range. It is located in
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FBO and hanger at Leadville, CO.
Photo supplied by Andy @ LXV.
Lake County, approximately 10 miles
(16 km) southwest of Leadville. It lies
within the San Isabel National Forest
near Twin Lakes.
Leadville Airport
The highest Municipal Airport,
paved runway, operated daily is
Leadville-Lake
County
Airport
Cont’d on page 23
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([email protected]). The manager is Mike Huemann, a very aggressive
young man who had Leadville and aviation in his heart. He promotes
Leadville city and airport in every breath. The Identifier is KLXV, with 9934
feet above sea level at runway surface. Fuel available includes Jet A and 100
LL, parking tiedowns, and lots of good ol’ Colorado hospitality. A lot of military
aircraft come to Leadville for high altitude training and plane performance.
Forty percent of their traffic is made up of military planes. Aspen-Pitkin
County Airport and Central Colorado Regional Airport are both twenty-six
miles away. Eagle County Airport (Vail) is thirty-eight nautical northwest.
Rental cars are available. Believe it or not; the fuel price is lower than my
airport in AR, by a large amount. They make it easy to enjoy the beautiful
Colorado Rockies from the air. Got a question? Call Mike at 719-486-0307.
Past Verses Present
It wasn’t hard at all to imagine, as we walked down Harrison Street,
instead of cars passing, I closed my eyes and imagined them being horse
drawn carriages. Our visits with many Leadville locals proved they have
a passion like no other about their town and history. Brenda, a tour guide
at the Matchless Mine, told me a very touching story about her daughter at
the age of six, “She received a very serious head injury and would not be
with us today if she had not able to be transported in a pressurized plane to
Denver from the Leadville Airport.” Past verses present…. The importance
of having an airport near by meant life or death for that little girl.
I am very fascinated about what life would have been in Leadville in the late
1800s. I did get a very real sense of that walking down its streets. I very
much appreciate now being able to fly and live in the 21st Century.
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* The book, The Legend of Baby Doe by John Burke is available at Buckskin
Booksellers (970-325-4044).
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FUEL or NO FUEL
By Alex Kienlen
This is a follow up on last month’s do, other than recovering aircraft
mouse in the wing article came in via after incidents and storing them, is
Email and was too good not to share: participate in investigations of the
aircraft post-incident.
Dear Alex,
I read with interest the article in “Investigation,” in our business
June issue of Fly-low about Mice In means the airplane is put into a clean
Your Wing by Alex Kienlen.
space and gone through by various
people who want to know the “why” as
I have been involved in classic car to how the airplane became involved
and aircraft restorations and storage in an incident. These can be people
for the past 40 years; and would like from insurance companies, lawyers,
to pass along a way to keep mice out or, often as not, representatives
of your plane or car without killing or over government agencies who keep
trapping the mice.
records of such things. The NTSB
and FAA make frequent appearances
Simply buy some 6 inch wide roof for investigations as they have in the
flashing at the lumber yard (comes in preceding month. (As always, details
a coil-or also sold by the foot) and cut in this column will be somewhat loose
three lengths long enough to form a in order to maintain the privacy of the
circular coil around each tire on car aircraft owner.)
or airplane and place one around each
wheel when vehicle is parked. On cars
Federal investigators were on hand
it is often easier to put a coil around this month in two incidents involving
the entire car if it low to the ground. aircraft where the engine stopped
Make sure the ends of the circular running and the aircraft was forced
coil overlap and touch enough to keep to land in a field (where it was too
mice from entering the circle. I have damaged to fly out again, so we were
used this for years and learned it called to take it apart, load it on a
from another old timer who restored trailer and take it back to our place for
beautiful old cars. I asked him why storage -- it’s a living). It happened the
the mice couldn’t just jump over the interest in this month’s investigations
flashing as mice can jump higher was fuel contamination. That’s
than 6 inches especially field mice “Investigations,” plural, as in more
around airports; he said I guess they than one case of fuel contamination,
could but they won’t and don’t.
which is why fuel contamination is
the subject this month.
Have not had a single mouse in a car
or plane since using this cheap
It is, and I say this as someone who’s
and effective method—(about 35 cleaned out more than a few fuel
years now). Great magazine—keep up filters in his time, surprisingly easy
the
to get dirty fuel in your airplane.
good work.
I don’t have to explain to any aviator
Sincerely,
with more-than-no horse sense and
Richard Wecker
some experience how this can happen.
Riverton Wyoming
What’s interesting is how often it’s
the result of someone acting the same
Richard, what a great tip. Thanks!
way as all the other reasons aircraft
are involved in an incident: They take
On to this month’s column:
it for granted.
you don’t think about it, put it in the
tank and go. Or ol’ Joe’s fueled your
airplane many times over the years,
and has never accidently put jet fuel
in it yet, so why would this time be
any different? And yeah, we know
what happens next, dirt or water in
the fuel, somehow, the wrong type of
fuel put in, and you’re at 50 feet after
take off in a glider.
pilots?).
Years ago, I kept up a lot of
corporate jets. Corporate jets exist in
a hierarchy, speaking broadly, with
the new and more expensive jets flown
by the more experienced and senior
pilots. Striking then was watching a
later model jet one day being fueled,
and watching closely was its chief
pilot standing by the airplane and
also watching. It was raining and he,
unlike us, stood under an umbrella
outside, watching the fueling closely
from start to finish.
I’d suggest we’d all do well to model
our affairs after this experienced
pilot: Pay attention, even when it’s
annoying. It’s missing the details that
one time that has federal investigators
poking through your airplane.
When all was completed and he came
inside I expressed to him my surprise
that a senior hyper-experienced pilot
like him would stand in the rain to
supervise his boss’s airplane being
fueled (isn’t that why they make co-
He explained, “They pay me very
good money to fly this thing, and they
paid a lot of money for this airplane,
and a lot of money to keep it up, the
least I could do is make sure the right
fuel’s put in it.”
Fair enough.
Editor’s Note: Alex Kienlen is an A&P
with IA and over 40 years experience
maintaining and inspecting aircraft
(operating airports, and flying and
skydiving for fun). He is currently
the Salvage Manager for Dawson
Aircraft, and aircraft salvage,
recovery and repair company located
on the Clinton Municipal Airport, in
Clinton, Arkansas. He may be reached
at [email protected]
Los Angeles--Three-time national
aerobatic champion and International
Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty
Wagstaff will speak at Build A Plane’s
2013 Teachers’ Day event on Tuesday,
July 30th at EAA’s AirVenture in
Oshkosh, WI.
“We cannot tell you how excited we
are to have the first lady of aviation
come to our program and share her
experiences with teachers from all
across the United States,” Build A
Plane’s Executive Director, Katrina
Bradshaw said.
Wagstaff is a six-time member of
the US Aerobatic Team and the first
woman to ever become the national
aerobatics champion. Her airplane
now hangs in the Smithsonian
Museum in the Pioneers of Flight
Gallery.
amount of her time to charitable
endeavors, including travel to East
Africa to train pilots for the Kenya
Wildlife Service (KWS) who protect
Kenya’s elephants, rhino and other
natural resources from poachers. Now in its fifth year, Build A Plane’s
Teachers’ Day provides teachers with
ideas and insight to use aviation
as a way to motivate America’s
youth to learn subjects such as
science,
technology,
engineering
and math. Teachers will hear a
series of presentations and insight
from a variety of aviation alphabets,
including AOPA, EAA, GAMA, FAA
as well as from the National Air &
Space Museum, Honeywell, Aviation
Explorers and more.
can register at www.BuildAPlane.
org. By attending the event, teachers
get free admittance to AirVenture
compliments of EAA as well as a free
lunch and free parking. Attendees
participating in Teacher’s Day can
also receive 1 Graduate Credit from
Viterbo University. A special rate of
$220 has been provided. Additional
information can be obtained by
writing [email protected].”
Build A Plane is a non-profit
organization that gives kids a chance
to build real airplanes in school,
placing more than 200 general
aviation aircraft into schools across
the United States since 2003.
For more information on Teachers’
Day or Build A Plane, contact Katrina
“Teachers’ Day is free and open to Bradshaw at 804-843-3321 or by
any teacher who’d like to participate,” clicking BuildAPlane.org.
Patty also donates a tremendous Bradshaw continued. “Participants
It’s been a busy month here at
You get fuel from the place you’ve
the salvage yard. Part of what we gotten it the last bunch of times, so
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Texas Pilots
Association News
Don Smith, President
More construction at DTO
Right now if you are on the airport
at DTO (Denton Municipal Airport
in Denton, TX) and want to go to a
hangar or business on the south end,
you have to exit the airport, go a
couple of blocks east, turn south down
Westcourt, re-enter on John Carrell,
and find the destination. This is
cumbersome and pesky for frequent
users. Our new street, an extension
of Skylane St to Airport Road, saves
about a quarter-mile. This isn’t much
when viewed by itself, but repeated
ten times a day for 300 days a year,
it can be notable. For some of us who
can go through the security gate just
east of Business Air HQ, it will save
the byzantine route through taxiways
and between hangars to get where we
are going.
who work on DTO, so internal traffic
efficiency is a real benefit.
There are two more pieces to the
current construction that also present
welcome improvements.
First, signs.
DTO is notorious
about signs. Not for having few
signs, but for having no signs. DTO
is a growing-up airport. As late as
1985 we had six buildings. No one
needed signs. Right now we have 65
buildings, tens of millions of dollars
annually in business, and over fourhundred people who work there.
Even more people come to the airport
to do business. What they find is a
dazzling array of streets, buildings,
and taxiways. To be sure, “most” of
the taxiways are not reachable by
There are more than 400 people automobile. We just never got around
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Students Evaluate Wind Effects
On Proposed Monument Officers
President
Don Smith
2107 Emerson Lane
Denton, TX 76209-7813
H 940 387-5126
C 940 391-4623
[email protected]
Vice-President
Jerry Koltes
1386 Plover Circle
Ponder, TX 76259
C 940 391-1448
[email protected]
Vice-President
Charli Lamb
4701 Carlyle Dr.
Ft. Worth, TX 76132-2507
H 817 292-4533
C 817 304-3412
[email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer
Donald Jakusz
1196 Valley Oaks Dr.
Lewisville, TX 75607
H 972 316-0097
[email protected]
The “public service” here is not only
to putting up signs. Now we have to,
and the new array of signs will be up for the truck drivers; it is for the
and functioning before the year is out; airport office, businesses, and tenants
who suffer because trucks get lost,
maybe even as early as the fall.
wind up on the airport and disrupt
Second is the turn-around. Yes, you the days business.
read that right, a turn-around.
The public justification for the turnThere
are
more
and
more around is for bus service to the airport.
commercial buildings on Airport Maybe some day we will have that,
Road. These large businesses require but not in the near future. Current
shipping in and out, which means lots projections are for 2014 or maybe
of 18-wheelers, the drivers of which even 2015. In the meantime, the
are unfamiliar with the territory. turn-around will be supremely useful
They wind up on the airport with no for errant truck drivers who missed a
reasonable way to get out. They run turn somewhere and find themselves
over things, bump into things, or get facing the end of a road with a way
off the pavement and get stuck in the to escape without embarrassment or
mud. You get the picture. Sometimes hazard.
they’ve had to back an 18-wheeler a
quarter mile on a narrow street. So
we’re building a turn-around.
• Project Uses Wind Tunnel and Sophisticated Computer Modeling Dayton,
OH
–
Engineering
students
at The Ohio State
University
have
completed a “capstone
project”
to
analyze
aerodynamic forces that
would be faced by the
25-story-tall
Wright
Flyer monument being
developed by the Wright
Image Group of Dayton.
and Chuck Stevens
of Stevens Aircraft
engineering. The
project is included
in their graduation
credits.
“This
project
has been such a
great
learning
opportunity for us,”
said Hedrickson,
project
team
Aerospace engineering leader. “We really hope our efforts
seniors Lindsey Crump, will be of valuable use to Wright
Chelsea Curtin, Tim Image Group for years to come.”
Hendrickson, and Mitch
Le completed the project The students started the project at
with technical guidance the beginning of the 2012 autumn
by
their
faculty semester. It built on earlier work
advisor, Professor Mike done by the University of Dayton and
Benzakein, and NASA used computer models and the OSU
Glenn Research Center 3x5 foot wind tunnel to estimate the
engineer Tom Benson, forces generated by wind velocities up
to 220 mph on a stainless steel model
of the 1905 Wright Flyer whose wings
will span 144 feet atop a 250 foot tall
pedestal.
“It’s
been a great experience all the way
around,” Benzakein said. “Putting
together the analysis and experiments
for an important, historical project
has made for a unique and memorable
capstone project. It motivated our
students and gave them a chance
to demonstrate their expertise,
their entrepreneurship, and their
interaction with the outside world.”
“We’re delighted to have this
thoroughly professional analysis in
hand, providing evidence that our
design will stand up to the worst
stresses it is likely to incur,” said
The Wright Image Group plans to Steve Brown of Brown and Bills
erect the monument at the Interstate Group, the Wright Image Group
70-75 interchange to brand the Dayton project architect.
region and Ohio as the birthplace of
aviation and the center of aerospace The Wright Image Group has a
technical liaison with NASA Glenn
technology.
and will use the Ohio State analysis
The wind tunnel work was completed to identify the need for further testing
in February using a Wright Flyer with larger scale models and wind
model provided by the Wright Image tunnels, possibly at Glenn Research
Center. Group.
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united states pilots
association news
Having fun with your airplane.
Jan Hoynacki
Executive Director
[email protected]
417.338.2225
By Don Smith
USPA Board member and Editor
While in Branson the nearly 40
attendants had a busy time with
the theme of “Back to Branson’s
Past.” Starting on Friday with
a personally guided tour of the
Branson Centennial Museum, the
group wandered through downtown
Branson to enjoy the many booths
and continual entertainment of
Plumb Nelly Days. This annual
event features crafts, artisans,
food, and entertainers of the local
area. And many wandered through
Dick’s Oldetyme Five and Dime,
which boasts having just about
anything
anyone
could
want! After enjoying a lunch of each person’s
choice in Branson, the group motored
out Highway 76 to Shepherd of the
Hills Farm to tour the historic site
where Harold Bell Wright penned the
family novel Shepherd of the Hills
based on folks living in the area at the
turn of the century. Wrapping the
farm tour up with an elevator ride to
the top of Inspiration Tower, several
members chose to “ride” down on
the Extreme Zip Rider, soaring high
above the Ozark hills at 50 MPH into
the valley below. It’s quite a ride!
The Sons of the Pioneers full
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length dinner show was next,
satisfying the barbeque appetite
of the most hungry. And then
the group was trammed down to
the outdoor amphitheater for the
reenactment of The Shepherd of
the Hills, complete with live horses,
sheep, and a burning building. After the Saturday morning meetings
and lunch on their own, the group
rendezvoused at the Dewey Short
Visitor Center next to the dam on
Table Rock Lake, where a tram
picked them up for a tour inside
the dam. Making hydro-electricity
is an interesting project, and it
was nice and cool down there!
From the dam, the next stop was
Silver Dollar City, where they enjoyed
a delicious buffet meal, and then were
treated to a history of Silver Dollar
City, up to and including a POV
video riding in the new 10+ million
dollar wooden roller coaster Outlaw
Run. Even those who didn’t dare
to ride the coaster had a chance to
experience riding through the drops
and rolls of the world record-breaking
coaster! The drop is 81 degrees
from horizontal. Not quite vertical,
but close enough for most folks.
Next year the Branson meeting will
be the week before Memorial Day
weekend, and another full schedule
of activities will be on tap. Come join
us!
OFFICERS
Bob Worthington - President
Steve Uslan - VP Public Relations
VP Safety Education - Bruce Hulley
Secretary - Duane Smith
Treasurer - J. C. Zalog
www.uspilots.org
The USPA fall fly-in will be in Dayton,
Ohio, on September 19-21. Dayton is
the home of the USAF museum and a
number of other places that celebrate
the birthplace and aviation inventions
by the Wright Brothers. This is an
opportunity not to be missed. In our
August FLY-LOW we’ll have all the
information on housing, airport to fly
into if you fly yourself to Dayton, and
all the interesting sights to see.
AOPA and USPA. On those occasions
where USPA can manage, we like to
meet at the AOPA Aviation Summit.
AOPA will meet in Fort Worth, Texas,
this year and USPA President, Bob
Worthington, has reserved a room for
There are a number of interesting
a USPA headquarters for Saturday,
October 12. USPA will also have a and historically significant airplanes
formal board meeting that day, so at the USAF museum. By the way,
don’t worry about sequestration.
begin to make plans now.
The museum is not funded by the
The AOPA meeting is very large, one U.S. Government, so politics and
that I have never attended because grandstanding won’t affect anything
of its usual long distance from the about the USAF Museum or our visit
central part of the USA and the time to Dayton.
of the year it takes place. This will be
The Memphis Belle is there, the
a good time for me to go to the AOPA
Aviation Summit and squeeze in a Hanoi Taxi (the C-141 that was the
USPA meeting. We hope that will first US plane to land in Hanoi at the
cause you to make that meeting and war’s end to pick up the POWs to fly
visit with us while you are in Fort them home,) “Patches”, a C-123 with
hundreds of bullet holes, the most of
Worth.
any aircraft in the Vietnamese war.
The details are not all made yet, but
we will get the word out as the time If there’s a significant airplane,
gets closer.
likely it’s at the National Museum of
the USAF.
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FYI:
Aviation
Accidents
WPR13FA254A
14 CFR Part 91: General
Aviation
Accident occurred Friday,
May 31, 2013 in Anthem, AZ
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-181,
registration: N327PA
Injuries: 4 Fatal.
On May 31, 2013, at 1003 Mountain
Standard Time, a Piper PA-28-181,
N327PA, while airborne at 900 feet
above ground level (agl) collided with
a Cessna 172S, N2459K, that was also
operating at 900 feet agl, 3 miles west
of Anthem, Arizona. Both certified
flight instructors (CFI’s) occupying
the Piper were fatally injured, the
CFI and student pilot occupying the
Cessna were also fatally injured.
Both airplanes impacted desert
terrain in the vicinity of the collision
and were destroyed. The Piper was
registered to Bird Acquisitions LLC
and operated by TransPac Academy;
the Cessna was registered to
Westwind Leasing LLC and operated
as a rental airplane. Both airplanes
were operated as instructional flights
under the provisions of Title 14
Code of Federal Regulations, Part
91. Visual meteorological conditions
prevailed and both airplanes had
company flight plans. The Cessna
departed Deer Valley Airport,
Phoenix, AZ at 0917 and the Piper
departed the same airport at 0930.
Radar data shows two targets
operating VFR (visual flight rules)
about 1 mile apart. The western
target was operating at 2,500 msl and
106 knots ground speed, as recorded
by the radar playback. The eastern
target was operating at 2,600 feet
msl and 92 knots as recorded by the
radar playback. The western target
was on a northerly heading and
made a 180-degree right turn to a
southerly heading. The eastern target
was also on a northerly heading and
made a left turn to a southwesterly
heading. Both airplanes executed
their turn simultaneously. Shortly
after each target completed its turn
the paths of both targets intersected.
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The wreckages of both airplanes
were in the immediate vicinity of the
radar depicted target intersection.
The Piper had impacted the flat
desert terrain in a flat and upright
attitude. All essential components of
the airplane were at the accident site.
The Cessna wreckage was located
468 feet southwest of the Piper
wreckage. The Cessna impacted the
desert terrain vertically, imbedding
the engine and propeller into the
ground and the wings were crushed
accordion style from the leading edges
aft. A post impact fire consumed the
entire Cessna wreckage. The vertical
stabilizer and left elevator of the
Cessna were located 1,152 feet north
of the wreckage.
NTSB Identification:
ERA13LA258
Aviation
May 31, 2013 Herndon, VA
Aircraft: CESSNA 177B,
registration: N177FG
Injuries: 3 Minor.
On May 31, 2013, at 0012 Eastern
Daylight Time, a Cessna 177,
N177FG, was substantially damaged
when it impacted a residential
structure during a forced landing near
Herndon, Virginia. The commercial
pilot, passenger, and one occupant of
the structure incurred minor injuries.
Visual meteorological conditions
prevailed, and a visual flight rules
flight plan was filed for the flight,
which originated from Northeast
Philadelphia
Airport
(PNE),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about
2140, and was destined for Manassas
Regional Airport (HEF), Manassas,
Virginia. The aerial observation flight
was conducted under the provisions of
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
Part 91.
According
to
the
pilot,
the
purpose of the flight was to
perform aerial photography in
the
vicinity
of
Gaithersburg,
NTSB accident reports published in FLY-LOW are for educational
purposes only. These reports are posted on the NTSB website. This
is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors.
Any errors in these reports will be corrected when the final report is
completed and posted.
Maryland;
Frederick,Maryland;
and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The pilot and passenger originally
departed about 1215, on the day of
the accident, from HEF and flew to
Gaithersburg and Fredrick, before
landing at Chester County Airport
(MQS), Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
The flight then proceeded to PNE,
and landed about 1550.
The pilot determined that given the
quantity of fuel remaining in the
airplane’s fuel tanks, 15 additional
gallons would be required to perform
the subsequent aerial photography
flight before returning to HEF. The
pilot and passenger then departed
PNE about 2140. After completing
the photography portion of the flight,
and while enroute to HEF, the pilot
and passenger began discussing the
airplane’s fuel situation, noting that
the left fuel quantity gauge indicated
just above empty while the right fuel
quantity gauge indicated just above
1/4-tank. About 0000, the pilot and
passenger decided that adequate
fuel remained and that they would
continue to HEF.
About 0007, the airplane’s engine
experienced a total loss of power, and
the pilot contacted air traffic control
and requested an emergency landing
at Dulles International Airport (IAD),
Herndon, Virginia. The passenger
also operated the mixture and throttle
controls in an effort to restore engine
power, which was initially successful,
but the engine again ceased producing
power after about 15 seconds. The
pilot then realized that the airplane
would not be able to reach IAD, and
prepared for an off-airport landing.
Shortly thereafter, the airplane
struck the residential structure.
ERA13FA259
Aviation
May 31, 2013 in Linden, NJ
Aircraft: DIAMOND
AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-
C1, registration: N176MA
Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Serious.
On May 31, 2013, about 1310 Eastern
Daylight Time, a Diamond Aircraft
Industries Inc., DA20-C1, N176MA,
was substantially damaged when it
impacted the ground, shortly after
takeoff from the Linden Airport
(LDJ), Linden, New Jersey. The flight
instructor was fatally injured and
a passenger was seriously injured.
Visual meteorological conditions
prevailed and no flight plan had
been filed for the local introductory
instructional
flight
that
was
conducted under the provisions of 14
Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
The airplane was owned by a limited
liability company, and operated by
Best-in-Flight, a flight school based
at LDJ. The airplane was “topped-off”
with fuel the night before and was
flown without incident for 2.6 hours
prior to the accident.
A witness at LDJ reported that the
airplane departed from runway 27, a
4,140-foot-long, asphalt runway. The
airplane “struggled” to break ground
and gain altitude. The airplane made
a right turn at an estimated altitude
of between 125 to 150 feet above the
ground, and immediately started to
lose altitude. It descended behind
a building and he heard the pilot
radio “MAYDAY” over the airport’s
common traffic advisory frequency,
stating “plane going down.” The pilot
of another airplane that the airplane
had crashed then informed him. He
further stated that while he could
not hear the airplane’s engine noise
clearly because of a nearby highway,
the engine noise was constant and he
did not hear any power interruptions
until after the impact.
The passenger reported that the flight
instructor told him that he had his
feet on the brakes during the takeoff
roll, and to place his feet flat on the
floor, which he did. After takeoff, the
flight instructor told him that the
engine “wasn’t making power.” The
flight instructor called “MAYDAY”
and was trying to return to the airport
when the airplane suddenly impacted under the provisions of Title 14
Code of Federal Regulations Part
the ground.
91 as an instructional flight. Visual
The airplane struck and came to rest meteorological conditions prevailed
on abandoned railroad tracks located and no flight plan had been filed. The
about a 1/2-mile northwest of LDJ. flight originated from Greenwood –
All major portions of the airplane Leflore Airport (GWO), Greenwood,
were accounted for at the accident Mississippi, about 1000.
site. The airplane was found upright,
with the nose down about 45 degrees. According to the CFI, about 1,000
The right wing was displaced aft and feet above ground level (agl), he
folded underneath the fuselage. The had simulated an engine failure by
empennage was separated about 4 retarding the throttle to the idle
feet forward of the rudder and was position. The student pilot had
verified the fuel mixture was in the
resting partially on the ground.
full rich position, applied carburetor
A Continental Motors Inc. IO-240-B3, heat, and performed the engine
125-horspower engine, equipped failure checklist. When the airplane
with a wooden two-bladed Sensenich was about 300 feet agl, the CFI
propeller assembly, powered the commanded a go-around and the
airplane. Initial examination of the student pilot advanced the throttle
engine did not reveal any catastrophic to full power and turned off the
pre-impact mechanical failures. The carburetor heat; however, the engine
lower front portion of the crankcase backfired and would not develop full
was fractured consistent with impact power. The CFI verified that the
with the ground. One propeller throttle was at the full power setting
blade was fractured at the hub, and the carburetor heat was off. He
and the second propeller blade was further stated that about one minute
separated about 2 feet outboard of the had elapsed from the beginning of
hub. Several small propeller blade the simulated engine failure until the
fragments were observed scattered airplane came to rest inverted.
around the accident site. The engine
was retained for further examination. According to a Federal Aviation
Administration
inspector
who
The airplane was manufactured responded to the accident location,
in 2005. According to the operator,
it had been operated for about 37
hours since its most recent annual
inspection, which was performed on
May 10, 2013, and the engine had
been operated for 1,984 hours since
new.
ERA13LA257
Aviation
Accident occurred
Thursday, May 23, 2013 in
Greenwood, MS
Aircraft: CESSNA 180J,
registration: N9996N
the airplane came to rest inverted in
4-foot-high wheat. He further stated
that local first responders reported to
him that fuel was observed flowing
out of the fuel vent located in the
wings of the airplane. The airplane
sustained substantial damage to the
right wing forward spar, wing strut,
and the vertical stabilizer.
ERA13LA270
Aviation
Accident occurred June 05,
2013 in Cuttyhunk, MA
Aircraft: MAULE
BEE DEE M-4-210,
registration: N9807M
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
14 Code of Federal Regulations Part
91 as a personal flight. Day visual
meteorological conditions prevailed
and no flight plan was filed.
According to photographs provided
by a Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) inspector that responded to the
accident, the airplane came to rest
against several trees in a nose down,
near vertical attitude. The FAA
inspector further reported that there
were tire tracks similar in dimension
as the accident airplane, were located
in the grass that borders the turf
runway. The tire tracks led up to a
windsock and steel pole that was 1
inch in diameter, which was lying in
the grass and the tracks continued a
short distance past the windsock. The
airplane came to rest about 300 feet
from the windsock. Examination of
the airplane revealed that the wing
fuel tanks were intact and contained
an undetermined amount of fuel;
however, no water was noted in the
fuel sample that was acquired from
the tanks. In addition grass, longer
in length than the grass on the
runway, was located in the tail wheel
assembly.
On June 5, 2013, about 1005 Eastern
Daylight Time, a Maule BEE DEE
M-4, N9807M, was substantially
damaged when it impacted the ground
shortly after takeoff from the pilot’s
private turf runway near Cuttyhunk,
Massachusetts.
The
certificated
private pilot was fatally injured.
The airplane was registered to and Although no eyewitnesses had been
operated by a private individual, and located, several individuals reported
operated under the provisions of Title to the FAA inspector that they heard
the engine “sputtering” and then the
impact. Another eyewitness reported
hearing the engine “running strong,”
then the engine sound “stopped
abruptly,” and finally the sound of
“rustling” in the trees.
According to fuel records, on May 27,
2013, the airplane was filled with
17.7 gallons of aviation 100LL fuel.
According to the fixed base operator,
the pilot always requested that the
fuel tanks “be topped off.
On May 23, 2013, about 1034
Central Daylight Time, a Cessna
180J, N9996N, nosed over while
making a forced landing in a field
following partial loss of engine power
near Greenwood, Mississippi. The
certificated flight instructor (CFI) and
student pilot were not injured and
the airplane sustained substantial
damage. The airplane was registered
to and operated by a private individual
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July Race Report
engine sounds. The new Disney film,
Planes will be out in August and is all
about a long distance air race. It was
a lot of fun and the animated planes
do look like many of the ‘real’ race
planes.
By Pat Purcell
Hajek buzzed in from Houston to run
uncontested in RV Gold. Jerry is
currently third in the championship
points race.
Seth Baker brought
his RV-7, B4U all the way from New
Mexico and ran uncontested in RV
Red. The racing got hot in RV Blue.
On race morning there were storms All the usual suspects were there:
“Racer” Bob Axsom (current points
leader), Jeff Barnes (4th in the points
May 25, 2013, saw the third
Memorial 100 Air Race take place at
Terrell Municipal Airport, Terrell,
Texas. April and May saw five races
take place in the state of Texas.
Things heat up in Texas in the
summer and during June, July and
August racing will move north to beat
the heat.
None other than League Chairman,
Mike Thompson, organized the
Memorial race this year. The Hardins,
Mike, Meliissa and Mark operate the
FBO at Terrell and provided a great
lunch for the racers and also took part
in the racing. Bobby and Ann Elise
Bennett opened their private strip
and hangars and home to the racers
for a Friday evening gathering. The
food was great and the atmosphere
perfect.
Many racers opted to
spend the night. Driving in was our
favorite photographer, Jo Hunter. Jo
produces the annual Sport League
Calendar and this year’s cover shot
is an aerial of Terrell municipal with
the 2012 racers all parked in front of
the terminal. Her great photography
accompanies this column.
all around but the course was clear
and 20 aircraft launched as scheduled.
Mike Patey, Orem Utah, led the
way in his Lancair Legacy with the
Lycoming IO-780. He ran uncontested
in class. Racing icon, Bruce Hammer
was on hand from Louisiana and his
Glasair 1TD took the Formula Blue
FX class at 260mhp. Local Glasair I
pilot Chad Rundell has a tricycle gear
and cannot seem to catch Bruce in
class.
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Ann Elise Bennett had competition
in Factory 3FX from a Cessna 180.
Ann Elise was going to have to fly a
perfect race to have any chance again
the big taildragger piloted by Monty
Rorie. She gave it her all but she was
trailing at the finish. It was close and
they put on a good show.
Photos by Jo Hunter
race), Ken Krebaum (2nd in points) , JT
Racing, and Mike Thompson was back
in his #26 after a long rebuild. At the
last race, Jeff Barnes ran without a
spinner. He was back with a spinner
and a new set of wheel pants that
had everyone looking. The course
was challenging and who would have
the raw speed and then the perfect
race strategy was the question. Jeff
Barnes turned in a top speed of 224
with Racer Bob running 219, Ken and
his RV8 at 214, JT racing at 210 and
Mike Thompson came in last as he
was not pushing his plane on its first
race run after major rebuild.
James Redmon #13 Berkut was on
hand and ran uncontested in Formula
Blue RG. His Berkut was awarded
Grand
Champion
Experimental
at Sun ‘n Fun this year. YUP…
Jo Hunter was shooting even more
gorgeous photos of this truly beautiful
Many racers arrived on Friday to plane (above).
provide a sound crew from Disney
The factory classes had several run
The RV’s were out in force. Jerry uncontested: Bobby Bennett in his
pictures with some real air race
V35 Bonanza in Factory 1RG, Dan
Tips in his Bonanza in Factory 4RG(
he is record holder in Class with
188mph and ran 184 at Terrell) and
our 2012 Point Champions, Team
Ely zipped around the course in their
Grumman Cheetah. Our host, Mark
Hardin flew his Ercoupe in Factory
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6 but had a fuel pump problem and
pulled off the course and returned
safely to the start.
Factory 3 Twin had three entries.
Mike Hardin flew his Piper Apache
against two Piper Twin Comanche’s.
The venerable Apache was no match
for the Comanche’s. Leo Moreau took
the class over Matt Hayduke posting
194 mph. Leo raced the Memorial last
year in the “school” Cherokee and was
honored as the youngest pilot racing
as well as a rookie. He came back in
a twin and won in a tightly contested
class. Leo has been honing his skills.
The event went off like clockwork
and ended with a group of smiling
pilots.
Pilots were able to meet
racers they had not met before and
there was a lively exchange of ideas
and knowledge going on. Many had
their engine sounds recorded and will
surely go see the movie Planes and
listen very carefully for a familiar
roar.
Racing now moves North……Ohio
on June 29, Montana on July 6 and
Air Venture Cup on July 27. Keep
current at www.sportairrace.org
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The Great Bahamas Air Race
Over $10,000 in cash and prizes.
January 24 - 31, 2014
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Open to all pilots and airplanes
First time racers welcome
Never been to the Bahamas???
We’ll help you get there.
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A speed & proficency cross country air race.
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