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Newsletter of the Watertown, Madison & Dodge County FBOs Fall 2018 Volume 35, No. 4 FT Wisconsin Aviation RA ENT A View IRC AGEM A AN M Provides Total from Our 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 Continued on p. 10 T S IGH OL NIC FL CHO Another Cirrus Elevates Our Rental Fleet IO S AV Avionics Has Inventory For Sale! Don’t see what you need? View all items for sale at Stores.Ebay.com/MSNavionics With the growing popularity of the Cirrus aircraft, 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. 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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 airplanes, 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 airplane general aviation 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.