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Low Resolution (228KB) The Newsletter of the Northern California Aerobatic Club, IAC Chapter 38 www.iac38.org TheThe ACronauACronautt Volume 5 - Number 9 Prez’ Post Darren Pleasance eptember's September Chapter ♦CHAPTER OFFICERS S a great Darren Pleasance, flying month. President There's the De- Meeting 650.212.1806 H 415.318.5145 W lano contest, of Sunday, September 12th, [email protected] course, at the 11:30am Ben Freelove, beginning of Vice-President [email protected] the month, and the National as News from the Board Greg Pettit, Secretary 650.793.2387 H well at the end Lunch @ 29 Diner 650.210.9000 W of the month ... [email protected] and the never- Stephane Nguyen, Treasurer a-dull-moment 408.261.0122 H 29 Diner 408.873.5522 W Reno Air [email protected] Races in the Petaluma Airport ♦DIRECTORS middle that Cecilia Aragon many of us 510.527.4466 H [email protected] faithfully attend as spectators every year and in which some of us even compete (good luck Marilyn Dash [email protected] Marilyn, Jacqui and others who are going for the gold this year). There's also Tracy Airport day on Rich Perkins [email protected] September 25th which we should all do our best to attend in support of Young Eagles as well as to Gordon Sorensen 916.548.2079 H just show off our planes on the ground to the local 916.645.6242 W community. And now, to add to that stellar lineup IAC38 Welcomes [email protected] of aviating opportunities, we have our first official Sean Worthington John Harper - Mountain View 408.615.8555 H Chapter 38 Fly-out coming up on September 12th. 650.864.2555 W Look for more details in this month's newsletter [email protected] but, in short, we're planning to all converge on Peter Jensen Petaluma airport at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Septem- [email protected] In This Issue ber 12th for lunch and an informal chapter meet- ♦DIRECTORS EMERITUS ing. Many of us will leave from Livermore and President’s Post ................................. 1 Dr. Richard Rihn Editor’s Column ................................ 2 510.938.4236 H others will depart from their own home airports. [email protected] We'll plan to sync up in the air on 123.15 and Pilots On The Waivers ...................... 2 Jeanette Goodman we'll have a somewhat loose gaggle of airplanes Flying High ....................................... 2 209.478.5462 making their way together up to Petaluma. Dennis Heard It On The Ramp ...................... 3 Tom Myers Yugo has graciously offered to let us use his History of Reno Air Races ................ 4 650.328.2141 H hanger for the Chapter meeting so do try to bring a New Arrival ....................................... 4 650.473.0200 x108 W plane or find a ride up for this fun event. [email protected] Tracy Airport Day ............................. 5 ♦WEBMASTER Young Eagles @ Tracy ..................... 5 Cris Flint In terms of other news, our use of the New J box [email protected] continues to expand and has become quite a fun Contest Results .................................. 7 ♦YOUNG EAGLES venue for a lot of practice over the past month or AWAC Results .................................. 7 Terry Ridgway so. The City cleaned up the runway and some of Classified Ads ................................... 8 [email protected] our dedicated Chapter members put the final Calendar Of Events ........................... 9 ♦NEWSLETTER EDITOR touches on it with brooms a few weeks ago so it's Pitts S1S For Sale .............................. 9 Peter Jensen [email protected] (Continued on page 6) September 2004 - 1 - The Newsletter of the Northern California Aerobatic Club, IAC Chapter 38 www.iac38.org Editor’s Column Peter Jensen nly 10 pages! What’s Mountain View Police am I not behind bars. I learned O up with that? I guess the hard way that it’s not only airports that have added August was a bit quiet, how- security these days. The good old passtime of putting ever, I expect to receive a coins on train tracks is not looked upon lightly any- bunch of great stories from more. Too make a long story short… I was questioned both Pendleton and Delano for 20 minutes after I was caught in the act of putting for the October issue. some coins on the tracks, and told I would be added to some registry and be in big trouble if ever caught put- Actually, this issue was at ting coins on the track in Mountain View again. Sigh! risk for not making it at all. Only because yours truly -Peter caught a lucky break from Pilots Currently on the Waivers s of 5/1/2004 our TCY waiver has expired. No one are Marilyn Dash Cecilia Aragon A allowed to fly in the TCY box until the waiver gets re- Stephane Nguyen Anil Kumar newed. Please observe this temporary restriction. The New J Darren Pleasance Rich Perkins waiver has been renewed. Please contact one of the desig- Jacquie Warda Doug Burr nated briefers, if you wish to fly in the box (below 1,500 feet). Mike Davis Alex Drobshoff Angie Niles Che Barnes Pilots on the TCY Waiver (9/1/2004) Brett Goldsmith Sean Worthington NO ONE. Waiver is expired. Awaiting renewal. Todd Whitmer Pilots on the New J Waiver (9/1/2004) Designated Briefers Greg Pettit Ben Freelove Cecilia Aragon Ben Freelove Peter Jensen Allyson Parker-Lauck Marilyn Dash Peter Jensen Peter Gillcrist Howard Kirker Darren Pleasance Flying High Darrin Silver - www.FlyingHighComics.com - 2 - September 2004 The Newsletter of the Northern California Aerobatic Club, IAC Chapter 38 www.iac38.org Heard It On The Ramp Marilyn Dash Delano including a comment on false teeth flying around the cockpit during a Lomcevak. Bill is a showman and he was as enter- t’s time for Delano!! That’s always a good time. 104 de- taining as always. I grees in the shade with dust and dirt flying around and the Dove Hunters are in town. What fun!? It’s always in the week Sean DeRosier was also there performing in his One Design before Delano that I wonder why I do this sport. And then, I the Cabo Wabo Machine. Sean has those little jets on his remember and decide, Skin Cancer and Dehydration be wing tips that really add quite a bit to his airshow routine. He damned – let’s go to DLO! has a steady stream of smoke from each wing tip and it looks awesome. Sean also wows the crowd! Santa Rosa Airshow This was also the first time I had seen The Patriots in an ac- tual airshow. As you may remember, they had a fatality during practice last year out at the New J box and I haven’t seen them since. They were AMAZING! Those black L-39s zooming through the sky – in close formation – doing excellent formation aerobatics, well – it was terrific! Other News… Several of you may remember a friend of mine who joined us at the BBQ in TCY a while back. We call him Dr. Fly – partially because he has been flying about 40 years and flies his Cub with incredible acumen (big words for the newsletter!?). While many of you were preparing to stun the crowds at De- Well, each year, a group of Cub Drivers fly to Alaska on a lano, several of us were flying at the Santa Rosa Airshow. A Camping trip. Weather permitting – sometimes they actually group of Biplane Racers were invited to put on a Simulated make it to Alaska… Sometimes they make it to Washington Biplane Race at Wings over Wine Country at the Santa Rosa State and turn around and come back. Well, a day out of their Airport. Besides having an incredibly good time, we also had destination, … the story begins. a good precursor for Reno this year. Dr. Fly had a hiccup in his engine and decided to land at the The picture is me with an F/A 18 in the background – when next airport to check things out. The wind was whistling at do you get the opportunity to have that kind of backdrop to a this airport and he wanted to run up the engine, etc. etc. He picture!? tied the wings down solidly to the tie downs – but found no way to tie the tail down. So, someone suggested using the Besides our fun, the Warbird guys put on quite a show. We Fuel Truck to anchor the plane down for the run-up. (First had “The Cat Flight” which consisted of a Tigercat, Bearcat, mistake). Wildcat and Hellcat in a four-ship formation. It was truly amazing to see. Then, they joined the B-25 (Summer Punch) So, they tie it down, start her up, and find the problem, yada and about six P-51s plus a few Sea Furys and a P-40. We are yada. The next thing you know, the other guys show up and so lucky to have these incredible airplanes in our backyard! want to get something to eat. He walks away and leaves the They were quite a site – from the distance, it looked like a airplane tied to the truck. (Second mistake). swarm of birds and then you realized, they were Warbirds. Deep Sigh. The new fuel truck guy shows up, starts her up and proceeds to take the fuselage with him down the taxi way. The wings Bill Cornick was there tumbling through the sky, false teeth were tied down quite well, and stayed where they were. (see flying around the cockpit…. If you haven’t seen Bill’s Pro- picture). motional DVD – well, that probably didn’t sound very nice.
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