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Newsletter Template Nov 2012 Calendar of Events : In this issue: PCA Online Meeting Nov 7 Felix Baumgartner—Red Bull Stratos 2 WHAMOBASS Nov 17/18 Chico Air Show 3 Abresco May 3-5 Wakefield NE—Balloon Days 4 Douglas Robert Taggart 6 Color the Skies—Children’s Hospital 7 Montague Balloon Faire 2012 8 Sunrise Calendar 10 Photo Slideshow—Reno 2012 11 Toll House Pumpkin Patch—Reno NV 11 Mark Your Calendars! / For Sale 12 Club Information/Membership 13 November 2012 Volume 3, Issue 10 DownWind Chase The Official Newsletter for the Pacific Coast Aeronauts CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD’S MESSAGE Greetings: you can sit at home in your favorite chair and Most of the balloon rallies are over and another relax during the meeting. good year of flying, the leaves on the trees have If you are interested in helping steer the direc- all tuned colors and some are all ready fallen. tion the club is going, please contact a board We have actually had our first snow fall in South member so we can get your name on the ballot. Dakota, only an inch and it was all gone by The ballots need to go out in November so we noon. I don’t know where the year went. can count them and announce the winners at The PCA still has a couple of events before the the December meeting. year is over. First is WHAMOBASS, hopefully you The holiday seasons will soon be upon us, please have your registration sent to Pat Moore as the take a moment to remember the men and deadline is October 31. This date is necessary women of the military that will not be able to be due to requirements of the event insurance. with their families, and the families of the ones The PCA is picking up the tab for event insur- that have given their lives to ensure we keep ance this year and will not be able to continue our freedom. without some fundraising in the future. There is Fair Winds and Soft Landings, an extremely important meeting of all the Pilots Saturday afternoon in Coalinga that Pat Moore Tom Sharpee will explain more what is going on. SKYPE Membership Meeting: Scheduled for The next big event we have is election of officers Wed. Nov. 7th at 7:00pm Pacific. Please try to to the board of directors for the PCA. There are join in. Contact me if you need info on Skype. two positions on the board that open for elec- David Wakefield tion. The good part about it is you don’t have to [email protected] listen to months of campaign speeches and ad- vertisements before our election. All of our Reminder: Jeanne has made updates to the board meetings are now held on Skype so it PCA website, specifically the Pictures page and does not matter where you live, you can still be the Awards page. This is ongoing and she is an active member on the board as long as you making room for pictures of member balloons have an internet connection. On an average we on the site. If you have a favorite picture of hold four meetings a year and most are around your balloon you’d like to share, send it to an hour to two hours. The nice part about it is, Jeanne at: [email protected] © Pacific Coast Aeronauts, November 2012 Page 1 Downwind Chase Felix Baumgartner Breaks Kittinger Records Though I’m sure most, if not all of you have seen this, it still earns a place in this month’s Downwind Chase. Felix Baumgartner , working with his Red Bull Stratos team, jumped from a stratospheric helium balloon on 14 October 2012, breaking previous records set by Joe Kittinger in 1060 with Project Excelsior III. With the success of the Red Bull Stratos project, Felix set the altitude record for a manned balloon flight, parachute jump from the highest altitude, and greatest free fall velocity. Note: “Manned Balloon Flight” altitude record not ratified by FAI since that would require the pilot to land with the balloon. Left: Joe Kittinger jump with Project Excelsior III from 102,800 feet. Right: Felix Baumgartner with Red Bull Stratos jump from 128,100 feet. From AVWeb: BRANSON LEVERAGES BAUMGARTNER'S RECORD JUMP The ever adventurous and publicity-savvy Sir Richard Branson Thursday recognized Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull-sponsored record freefall by also telling the world his company once considered a jump from 400,000 feet -- and might consider it, again. In a blog post at Virgin.com Branson says his people were approached in 2005 by an individual who wanted to use SpaceShipOne for such a jump. The craft would carry the jumper to its apogee at 400,000 feet where the parachutist, clad in a fully pressurized space- suit, would simply exit. The jumper would return via freefall and parachute. Meanwhile, a pilot (also wearing a spacesuit) would remain with the craft and its life support systems to guide their safe return. Branson says the trip "is theoretically possible" but the attempt was preempted by other factors. At the time in 2005 when Branson's team was approached, SpaceShipOne was being removed from test- ing and placed at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. But, says Branson, tech- nology marches forward every day and "we look forward to taking on new challenges as we move closer towards commercial space flight." He goes on to suggest that "the next record leap could one day be from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo." In keeping with his reputation for adventure, Branson signs off by saying, "Haven't had a challenge myself for a while. Could be fun for Virgin to give Red Bull a run for their money." Baumgartner's 128,000-foot plunge on October 14, 2012, broke at least two records that stood for more than 50 years. He set the new mark for highest-ever parachute jump and highest manned balloon flight. He is also believed to have reached 1.24 Mach during freefall. © Pacific Coast Aeronauts, November 2012 Page 2 Downwind Chase Chico Air Show David Wakefield I’d done tethered events at air shows before, but never in Chico. The organizers were a little skeptical about what I could do there and had no experience with hot air balloons. I actually worked with the event Performer Organizer, tower staff, Air Boss and the FAA for several months to get everybody on the same page. I tried to get a number of media outlets to come out (it’s my job) but alas, they didn’t return my calls. Bummer. We (me, and crew members Laurie Pownall and Jamie Hustler) headed up early on Friday to pre- set the RE/MAX Tent and for the Friday Pilot briefing. We were met by the broker and agents from RE/MAX of Paradise and went to work, getting the tent inflated just in time for me to run to briefing. There’s something cool about being in a briefing with F-18 pilots and professional aerobatics pilots. Cool. Called the media again… same response (none). Again…Bummer. Friday afternoon also featured the first performances with performers pushing the edges of the box to entertain the people from town and let them see what’s coming for the weekend. We watched while attending a great hanger party with many of the performers stopping in. One YAK pilot taxied through at a very speedy clip making the party goers respect the road. YIKES. The performances were capped by a twilight performance by the Canadian CF-18. WOW!! Seeing an F-18 perform after dark is a very special experience. First thing Saturday morning we were there to reinflate the RE/MAX Tent and get set up for our tethered rides. We were blessed to have Jim (Santa) Thibodeau, a local Chico Balloon Pilot join the team for the weekend. The goal was to have the balloon inflated just before they opened the gates to give rides as the spectators were milling around the static displays. Problem, the control tower was now worried we would block their view of the south approach. After discussing it with them on the radio, we figured it out and all was good. Then…RAMP CHECK!! The FAA inspector showed up and wanted the full tour. No problem really, he was a great guy from the Sacramento FSDO and had actually issued the student certificate to my Crew Person/Student Pilot Laurie Pownall a month before and they had a nice little reunion. People were showing up for our rides so we got inflated and managed to tether for 2 ¼ hours before the heat induced high fuel consumption got the best of us. Then we got to stick around and enjoyed the air show. Got there the same time on Sunday, but Sunday was even better…No ramp check!!! Instead, after seeing how much fun everyone was having with the RE/MAX Balloon, the FAA inspector brought his family out for rides. He even went too!! Once again we were able to continue for 2 ¼ hours. We (Continued on page 4) © Pacific Coast Aeronauts, November 2012 Page 3 Downwind Chase (Continued from page 3) chopped the line of people and called the tower to let them know we were done. We were out of fuel, literally on vapor. Here come some people running. Guess who, yep…the Media. No promises, but I got them aboard and burned, burned and burned. Got them up to about 80 feet just long enough to do a live interview in the air with the RE/MAX Broker.
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