Iowa Fall 2003 Aviation Bulletin Congratulations! State flag to Kitty Hawk Daniel Judson Garner, Cedar Rapids, Shane Vande Voort and his dad, Larry, earned his master instructor designation completed the 50 Flags to Kitty Hawk in May. This is a major accomplishment. flight (and back to Pella) in 23 hours. They Only about 400 of the 81,000 certified covered 2,011 statute miles and averaged flight instructors in the United States 88 miles per hour in their 1947 Cessna 120. have earned this designation. According to Shane, it couldn’t have gone Through their dedication to excel- much better. “We had great weather almost lence, master instructors have earned their all the way. Dad and I had a wonderful time “black belts” in aviation education. They and would definitely do it again.” are truly the crème de la crème of the Before their June 23 departure, Shane aviation industry. received a lot of great coverage from the local media. Pella radio and newspaper reporters interviewed him, the Des Moines CBS affiliate covered the presentation of the state flag to Shane by Office of Aviation Director Michelle McEnany, and Stella Shaffer did an Full slate excellent job of interviewing Shane for the Radio Iowa News Network. In all the of pilots interviews, Shane stressed that he saw this The EAA and the National as a way to promote all of aviation in Iowa. Park Service, partners in the Countdown to Kitty Hawk Program presented by the Ford Kitty Hawk, go to page 14 Iowa flag at Wright Brothers Memorial Motor Company, announced that all 50 states and Puerto Rico have had representative pilots fly their state flags to Kitty Hawk. The pilots choose their own dates throughout 2003. Shane Vande Voort, Pella airport manager, was chosen by EAA to fly the Iowa flag to Kitty Hawk. The flag is an official state flag and will become part of a permanent display at the National Memorial. For more details on his trip, please see the separate story on this page. Approach to Kitty Hawk initiative, we were able to collectively Director’s Corner identify the security issues and provide input to TSA as they work to develop security guidelines. We look forward to expanding this initiative to the central I want to start off by thanking the $1,100,000 and all eight commercial region through the Des Moines TSA hub, Office of Aviation staff for working so airports will receive their allocated and also on a national basis. We have hard this summer and stepping up to the funding for projects at those airports. The forwarded this information to TSA plate and doing a fantastic job on the real success story is in the $500,000 officials in Washington, D.C., and the annual Iowa Aviation Conference. I appropriation for other aviation programs National Association of State Aviation didn’t realize how much we had accom- such as runway marking, AWOS, Officials (NASAO) to share on a national plished over the last few months until I windsocks, facilities and equipment, and level. sat down to write my column. airport improvement projects. This The Iowa DOT has proposed an First and foremost, I need to introduce funding was zeroed out during the prior administrative rule change on airport two new members of our staff. Allen Sells legislative session due to state budget registration renewal. The rule change will joined the Office of Aviation Sept. 29, problems, so we are extremely pleased to put more responsibility on airport 2003, as a data analyst. Al will be have a portion of it back to maintain the sponsors for meeting airport registration responsible for maintaining our data- safety at Iowa airports. requirements. Airports will be required to bases, creating useful data analysis tools, To gain a better understanding of the annually request renewal of the landing and assisting with our directories. He has usage of Iowa’s aviation system and certificate on a form provided by the Iowa been with the Iowa Department of general aviation activity at our airports, DOT, certifying that the airport complies Transportation since 1972. Allen served we have developed a General Aviation with registration renewal requirements. A 13 years as a board member of the Activity Log. These activity logs can be landing certificate will be sent to airports Members 1st Community Credit Union, found at general aviation terminals, pilot meeting registration compliance. The he was president of the Iowa Elks Associa- lounges and transition areas at airports Iowa DOT will still make periodic and tion and has been an officer of his local around the state. We encourage all pilots requested inspections. Be looking for Elks Lodge for 16 years. He is also active to fill out an activity log sheet each time additional information on this change in in the Masonic organization and is they use an Iowa airport. These log sheets the coming months. currently an executive member of the will allow us to collect data that will tell Our marketing efforts have increased Story County Disaster Relief Committee. us the type of activity (business or this year, partially due to this year being Tim McClung joined the Office of leisure), number of passengers, and the “Centennial of Flight.” The governor Aviation Oct. 15, 2003, as the aviation services used at the airport and commu- signed two aviation-related proclama- marketing manager. He is a licensed nity. You should see the poster, log tions. The first proclaimed December commercial pilot with flight instructor sheets and collection box at every airport 2002 as the “Kickoff Month for the Year- and seaplane ratings. Tim was previously in Iowa with a facility. We need Long Celebration of the Centennial of the airport manager and owner of Knox- everyone’s support, including fixed- Flight.” The second proclaimed June 23, ville Flying Service at the Knoxville based operators (FBO), airport managers 2003, as “50 Flags to Kitty Hawk Day.” Municipal Airport prior to working in and pilots for this new program to work. Shane Vande Voort of Pella was chosen marketing at Vermeer Manufacturing in We need a clearer picture of how our state by the Experimental Aircraft Association Pella. Tim is a past member and past aviation system is being used. This (EAA) to be the pilot to fly an official chairman of the Knoxville Airport information will be used to analyze the Iowa flag and proclamation to Kitty Hawk Commission, and a graduate of the system and provide needed information that will become a permanent part of the University of Iowa. We are very excited to decision makers. Wright Brothers Memorial. to have both Al and Tim aboard and hope As everyone knows, security is also a This is the first year that our office had you get the opportunity to meet them very hot topic for airports across the a booth at the Iowa State Fair. Our goal soon. nation. The Office of Aviation formed a was to promote the Centennial of Flight The Office of Aviation has been partnership with the Transportation and encourage aviation-related careers to working on a lot of new projects I know Security Administration (TSA) Moline young people. All those involved in this you will be interested in learning more hub this fall in an effort to strengthen effort agreed that it was a huge success. about. The last legislative session was communication between the Iowa DOT, After the fair we were invited to several successful and the Iowa DOT received TSA and GA airports, and to coopera- other aviation-related events around the three state appropriations for airport tively gain a better understanding of GA state to spread the same message. projects and aviation programs. The state security issues and needs. The Annual Aviation Art Contest is appropriated $581,400 for General Kay Thede from our office and Bob here and this year’s theme is “Flying Aviation Vertical Infrastructure (GAVI) Boleyn, TSA’s deputy federal security Saves Lives.” We recently sent out 1,500 grants, and those funds have been director at Dubuque and Burlington, brochures. We also sent out an E-mail to programmed for vertical infrastructure visited all 34 eastern Iowa GA airports all Girl and Boy Scout councils, area projects at 22 airports. The Commercial under the Moline hub’s territory. They education agencies, and all public school Service Vertical Infrastructure (CSVI) were very well received by all of the GA program was also funded again at airports they visited. Through this Director’s Corner, go to page 5 2 FALL 2003 IOWA AVIATION BULLETIN Aviation Association Update Iowa Aviation Promotion Group tion events were staged all around Cedar The Aviation/Aerospace campers also summer projects successful Rapids, including a special aviation toured the Center for Aviation Systems Many hands make light work, or so exhibit at the History Center, a special Reliability at Iowa State University. they say. This was certainly true of IMAX Theater flight film, and aviation While there, they learned how the center summer 2003 when IAPG played key sculptors all around Cedar Rapids. In the is providing the Federal Aviation Admin- roles in two aviation workshops for opinion of many, it was the most success- istration (FAA) with cost-effective, educators attended by 44 Iowa teachers in ful Fly Iowa ever. reliable inspection tools that make flight Sioux City and Cedar Rapids in June and Planning is underway for Fly Iowa safer. The campers inspected airplane early July. The workshops are a coopera- 2004 at Washington, June 4-6, 2004. components using the computer-aided tap tive sponsorship project of the IAPG’s And proposals are being entertained for tester (CATT), a device developed with Aerospace Education Council, Iowa host communities for Fly Iowa 2005.