Newsletter of the Watertown, Madison & Dodge County FBOs

Fall 2018 Volume 35, No. 4

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Aircraft Managment President Whether your business travel finds you on a commercial airliner or on a chartered plane, the thought of investing in an aircraft for your Sensible Citations corporation has probably crossed your mind. If you and your employees Way back in the early 70s, Cessna Aircraft Company travel often, a cost-benefit analysis is likely to show that investing in a came out with a new business jet—the Citation. Pundit corporate aircraft will not only reduce the time you spend traveling but give you a significant tax benefit as well. The daunting aspect of aircraft predicted it would be the demise of Cessna, saying the ownership is not the initial purchase but the ongoing management of the biz jet market was oversold and there was not room Continued on p. 3 for another, while noting that the Citation 500 was the slowest biz jet produced. Indeed, early Citation drivers endured insults, such as being called high-altitude roadblocks and inquiries asking if they had bird-strike protection from the rear!

Cessna countered, highlighting its (relatively) simple systems, docile handling, excellent short-field performance, and highly favorable economics. The sensible Citation won out, and with many upgrades and literally dozens of different models, Cessna Citations outsold all other business jets worldwide.

Wisconsin Aviation first started operating Citations almost three decades ago, and I immediately fell in love with our first one, a Citation S/II. Capable of 450 mph

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Stores.Ebay.com/MSNavionics With the growing popularity of the , Wisconsin Aviation has added another SR20 model to its fleet of rental aircraft, boosting its Cirrus offerings to a total of four—two SR20s and two SR22s.

These four-seat Cirrus aircraft, with state-of-the-art avionics and speeds up to 200 mph, can easily reach regional destinations. For example, you can fly to the following places within an hour or two: Chicago area, Twin Cities, Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie, Duluth, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, and Mackinac Island.

Garmin GNS-430 (Non-WAAS) Com/Nav/GPS GNS-430W Com/Nav/GPS Call for Estimate If you’re interested in renting a Cirrus aircraft from Call for Estimate Wisconsin Aviation, here is what we require:

Cirrus SR20: Just a checkout Cirrus SR22: PPL only – 500 hours plus a checkout PPL plus instrument rating – 250 hours plus a checkout

For rental and instruction rates, visit our website at WisconsinAviation.com. To schedule your checkout, Garmin GTX-327 Transponder call our flight school at 608-268-5024. (Will take the place of the L-3 Lynx control head) Call for Estimate Equipment in SR20 N814 includes: • Dual GNS 430 GPS/Com Contact Wisconsin Aviation today • GTX-327 Transponder • Sandel 3308 Glass HSI for a free installation quote! • Avidyne MFD 608-268-5006 • 800-594-5359 • PMA 8000B Audio Panel • S-TEC 55X Autopilot L-3 NGT-1000 Lynx & GTX-327 Transponder Combo [email protected] • SkyWatch Traffic A Great Solution for ADS-B Out! Call for Estimate

Wisconsin Aviation Provides Total Aircraft Managment For those who like pushing the (continued from front page) buttons before they buy... aircraft once you own it. There are many tasks to attend to with an Depending on the skills you have in your organization and the aircraft. Some of these include: time you are willing to spend, you can attend to all of this yourself or you can enter into an aircraft management agreement with IFD540 Demo Box • Initial purchase Wisconsin Aviation to take care of any or all of them. Wisconsin • Insurance Aviation Vice President of Technical Services Pete Schroeder says, Now Available! • Annual inspections “We can develop a package to suit your particular needs. We will • Direct replacements for GNS 530/430 • Routine maintenance always treat your aircraft as if it were our own.” • Easy airway fl ight planning • Cleaning and detailing • Hybrid Touch (touch screen + knobs/buttons) • Pilot service and training If you presently own an aircraft or are thinking of purchasing • Built-in WiFi & Bluetooth® • State and federal registrations one, call Wisconsin Aviation to arrange a meeting to discuss • Subscriptions for GPS, weather, and ADS-B updates the management of your aircraft. Read more about our aircraft Stop in at Wisconsin Aviation-Madison to try it out! • Hangaring and storage management services in the centerfold. No appointment needed. • Leaseback arrangements 608-268-5006 [email protected] 800-594-5359 WisconsinAviation.com 3 On Course T IGH OL FL CHO Cirrus Aircraft: The Beginning Did You S The Importance of Personal Minimums

Know So you’ve recently passed your private pilot checkride. If you haven’t established your personal minimums or haven’t ? Congratulations! You’re now part of a club of certificated pilots reviewed the values in a while, now would be a good time to that includes less than 0.2% of the population of the United review or establish some. The FAA has an excellent example of a States. For some people, a private pilot certificate is the highest personal minimums worksheet available at http://bit.ly/2RjDUbE. rating they will seek. For others, this certificate is the first step towards a professional career in aviation. Regardless of the case, Expanding Your Personal Minimums one thing is for certain: A private pilot’s license is a license to So now that you’ve established your personal minimums, you learn. might be wondering how to continue to improve as an aviator and decrease the minimum values. The easiest way to accomplish For most of us, our peak aviation proficiency occurs right before this is to get out and fly and work on your skills. While you don’t we take a checkride. Many of the hours spent leading up to that want to fly in conditions that are below your personal minimums, nerve-racking day are used polishing up maneuvers and preparing going out and seeking a challenge within your skill set can help to show the designated pilot examiner that you can meet the make you a more proficient aviator. Photographs courtesy of Cirrus Aircraft standards set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Even though it might have been years since you’ve become a Another option available is to fly with a flight instructor to Cirrus was founded by two brothers, Alan and Dale Klapmeier, During the mid 90’s, Cirrus began the development of an all-new certificated pilot, that experience is hard to forget. help build on the skills you already have. Believe it or not, back in 1984. All of us Midwesterners know all great ideas began aircraft design, which became the world’s best seller in general flight instructors can assist for things other than a rating or a in a barn. This is, of course, where the brother’s ideas began aviation. This aircraft was the Cirrus SR20, part of the SR series. Personal Minimums flight review. Going out and flying with a flight instructor in as well. Cirrus was started in a barn on their parent’s farmland The new aircraft was certified in October, 1998, and just like Personal minimums is both an exercise and a tool to ensure that conditions less than your personal minimums (but greater than near Baraboo, Wisconsin. Since the beginning, Cirrus set out the preceding Cirrus , it was created with efficiency, to redefine aviation safety, efficiency and innovation. These innovation and safety at the core of its design. It was just 3 years pilots take a logical and objective approach to evaluating fitness the instructor’s!) is a safe way to build your confidence and skills. objectives have been the core values of the Cirrus aircraft. later in 2001 when Cirrus introduced the SR22 - an aircraft that to fly a specific flight. They refer to an individual pilot’s set of This could lead to lowering those minimums to a new level that would allow for more options compared to the SR20. procedures, rules, criteria, and guidelines for deciding weather still leaves a safety margin. Cirrus Aircraft, originally known as Cirrus Design, began their minimums and under what conditions to operate. The goal of journey by creating the VK-30, which they introduced at the Throughout the years, Cirrus have truly revolutionized the establishing these rules and criteria is to provide a solid safety Closing Thoughts 1987 EAA Convention in Oshkosh. The all-composite industry with the use of composite materials, buffer between the pilot skills and aircraft capability required There are a number of personal minimum checklists available appeared a step ahead of other aircraft during that time with its fully intergraded glass-panel cockpits, and the well-known Cirrus for the specific flight you want to make, along with the pilot on the internet that can assist pilots in determining where to set sleek design, that offered a low-drag performance. The aircraft Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). CAPS is a standard device skills and aircraft capability available to you through training, their personal minimums. While some of these take different also came with a Continental IO 550 G engine, which produced on all Cirrus aircraft that has saved over a hundred lives. experience, currency, proficiency and, in the case of the airplane, factors into account and emphasize certain areas over others, 300 HP. This allows cruise speeds up to 190 knots! The first performance characteristics. all methods agree on one principle: stick to the plan. Personal VK-30 flew on February 11, 1988. It is believed that there were In 2016, the Cirrus team raised the bar even higher, as they minimum worksheets only provide an adequate safety margin 13 VK-30 aircraft kits built and approximately 5 or 6 are still in introduced the Vision Jet. This Jet is a natural progression of the The use of a personal minimums worksheet is paramount if they are held in the highest regard. As proficient aviators, it is operation today. Cirrus discontinued the production of the kits in SR line; designed to make jet ownership an easy transition for any in establishing specific acceptable or unacceptable values our responsibility to follow our personal minimums no matter 1993, but the VK-30 marked the beginning of an era for Cirrus SR owner. Aircraft and their future endeavors! for conditions such as ceiling, wind, length, etc. By the circumstances in order to maintain the highest level of safety This excerpt reprinted from Cirrus Aircraft: The History, Volume 2, by establishing specific values for each component on the worksheet, possible. Since Cirrus discontinued the VK-30, they switched their Jaime Steel-Potter, Steel Aviation, www.SteelAviation.com. making a go/no-go decision for a particular flight becomes much attention to certified aircraft, as opposed to building kits. The easier than making one without established minimums. Evan Krueger CFI, MSN Cirrus team introduced the ST-50 under contract to Israeli aircraft manufacturer, Isr Aviation. When establishing or adjusting specific values of your personal minimums, be sure to make an honest assessment of your skills The new aircraft had a very similar design to the and experience. Most personal minimums are specific to make VK-30, but the powerplant had been changed to a and model of aircraft along with category and class. For example, instead of the 300 HP Continental engine. just because I feel comfortable with 12-knot crosswinds in a The ST-50 prototype took to the skies for the first doesn’t mean I’ll feel the same about that crosswind time on December 7, 1994. The ST-50 did not go in a Cessna 152! into a series production. It was around this time that the Cirrus team moved their headquarters from Wisconsin to Duluth, Minnesota. This location is Another factor to keep in mind when setting personal minimums their main headquarters today. A second facility was is your recency of experience. When it comes to aeronautical opened in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Cirrus also experience, 500 hours of flight time earned a number of years ago announced a beautiful new ‘Vision Center’ built in doesn’t necessarily hold the same value to personal minimums Knoxville, Tennessee. The facility opened on January as 100 hours of flight time earned in the past 12 months. A good 12, 2017. personal minimums worksheet will take into account the number of hours flown in the past 30 days and/or 12 months.

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Hypertension is one of an increasing number of medical the AME conditions that the AME can now authorize (CACI – Conditions Dr. Terry Turke AME Can Issue). Information no longer needs to be sent to the FAA if all criteria are met.

The examiner should review a current status report by the Dr. Terry Turke is an FAA Senior Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) located in Watertown, Wisconsin (920-261-2020). treating physician and any supporting documents to determine the applicant’s eligibility for certification. However, the AME is not required to review a current status report from the treating acting antihypertensives are not acceptable. A test for serum physician if the AME can otherwise determine that the applicant potassium is no longer required for airmen taking diuretics. Of has had stable clinical blood pressure control on the current course, as noted above, there can be no side effects from the antihypertensive medication for at least two weeks without medications. symptoms from the hypertension or adverse medication side- If all of the criteria are met, the AME can issue.the effects of effects, and no treatment changes are recommended. hypoxia—at least early on—are often subtle and difficult to

The blood pressure in the office needs to be less than or equal recognize. to 155 systolic and 95 diastolic. While less than 155/95 meets standards, we are advised to refer the airman back to his or her primary provider if the blood pressure is above current The latest high-tech and old-school technology is now available at use it extensively and why the FAA allows time acquired in an clinical practice standards. Acceptable medications include Ask the AME Have questions about your medical or about the human factors KUNU. The Redbird AATD (advanced aviation training device) AATD to be credited towards pilot certification. It provides combinations of up to three of the following: alpha-blockers, associated with flying? Send them to: Talewinds@WisconsinAviation. has replaced our old Frasca 142 simulator. It is configurable experience in operations that cannot be trained in an aircraft. com or mail to Wisconsin Aviation Talewinds • 1741 River Drive • beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, with analog or digital instrument displays, in both single and Thereby, the pilot, if faced with an unusual situation, has already Watertown, WI 53094 multiengine platforms. Avionics are also configurable from gained experience in coping with the problem rather than angiotensin II receptor blockers, and/or diuretics. Centrally to Garmin 530/430 GPS. The 200-degree being thrust into it as a test pilot with no training whatsoever. wraparound visuals are spectacular and a true representation of Instrument procedures, complex aircraft operations, as well the area of flight. Weather is also configurable from clear and a as multiengine and engine-out procedures are safely taught in million to rain, snow, turbulence, low ceilings, and visibility. the Redbird. Time is not wasted or delayed by ATC traffic or FAA certified as an AATD, time acquired in the Redbird is navigational outages. In our opinion, one hour of simulator creditable towards all pilot certificates. In fact, a full half (20 training is equal to about three hours of training in the aircraft. ADS-B Compliant Yet? hours) of the 40 hours required for the instrument rating is You, therefore, get more training for dollars spent. Having Several solutions await you! allowed by FAA rule. Additionally, instrument currency may trouble with a particular procedure or concept? We can park the be maintained through the use of an AATD. Further, if your simulator and address it immediately, unlike the aircraft. instrument currency has lapsed beyond 12 months, you may accomplish almost all of the required IPC (instrument proficiency For a tour of our new Redbird simulator or to schedule a training check) in the Redbird. Only an approach and circle to land session with one of our CFIIs, contact Wisconsin Aviation-Dodge need be completed in the aircraft to meet the IPC requirements. County (KUNU) at 920-386-2402 or by email at (Beginning 11/26/2018, revised paragraph 14 CFR 61.57(c)(2) [email protected]. will allow pilots to accomplish instrument experience in an AATD by performing the same tasks required for aircraft, and at the Remember, the simulator is not affected by Wisconsin weather or same 6-month intervals. Paragraphs (c)(3) through (c)(5) will be day/night conditions, so training does not get canceled. removed and (c)(6) will be re-designated to (c)(3).) Jeffrey Anderson ATP, CFII Simulator training is some of the most valuable training and yet FAA Master Pilot Award Don’t wait! Contact Wisconsin Aviation today for a free estimate! least expensive training available. It is exactly why the airlines NICS VIO A 608-268-5006 [email protected] 800-594-5359 8 Fall 2018 A View from Our President RAFT IRC ALES A S Aircraft for Sale Continued from Page 1

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and nearly a 2000-mile range, that beautiful aircraft carried 1984 Cessna 340A RAM VII – N97PT 1979 Piper Navajo Panther – N56ND me and up to nine others to the East Coast, West Coast, great Caribbean Islands, Canada, and everywhere in between. Congratulations, Today, Wisconsin Aviation operates seven sensible Citations Superstars! in six different variations. I still marvel at what a great flying machine it is and what a wonderful experience it is piloting it. Its ability to make travel a painless pleasure is remarkable. As Solo Status a recent passenger noted, “What a marvelous machine this is.” Isaha Carrick Maddie Kothe Chris Nelson Thanks to the generosity of a wonderful long-term Nikolaus Prusinski customer, who donated an early-model Citation that had Abigail Schiltz been cannibalized for parts, we are now going to honor the Ryan Vieregge contributions that the Citations have made to our industry and our travel by erecting it as a monument on a small rise next to Certificates & Ratings the highway on the west side of our Watertown . What a great welcoming beacon to our community, a motivator Private Pilot Tom Beighley to visit the airport, a salute to aviation, and just a “plane” Low time! 3810 TT, 620/265 SMOH RAM VII, known ice, dual 430s, 6760 TT, 740/920 SMOH, Full Panther Conversion, 4-blade Q-tip props, KWX-56 radar, KFC-200 autopilot/flight director, 330ES transponder, winglets, VGs, known ice, A/C, oxygen, GNS530, KFC200 autopilot with Dan De Vries beautiful sight! GEMs, , FRESH ANNUAL with sale. MAKE OFFER! flight director & HSI, radar, professionally flown, operated & maintained. Harmon Garvoille Sold with Fresh Annual. Reduced to $259,000/Offer/Trade! Andrew Hauser Ed Szelegowski The monument is being built as this is written, so look for 1979 Cessna 310R – N2638Y 1982 Cessna 414A RAM IV – N37FS Adam Ward it the next time you’re in Watertown. We have a number of generous donors helping fund the construction, as not a penny Instrument of city funding will go into it. Should you wish to help fund Dolly Brickl this honoring of the Cessna Citation and general aviation’s Kyle Kleppe Michelle Peterson contribution to making our lives better, we would welcome it!

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