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Northern Wings Northern Wings Volume 6 No.14 The Aero Club of Northern California Official Newsletter Of WinterAnimal Husbandry 2008-2009 PhilBoyerawardedCrystal Eagle AOPA president 26th recipient of honor Phil Boyer, the longtime president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association,becamethe 2008 recipient of the Crystal Eagle, awarded annually by the Aero Club of Northern California to honor those whose achievements are the highest in aviation. In a departure from the traditional Aero Club Crystal Eagledinner, the awardwaspresentedNov. 8during the closing banquet of AOPA Expo 2008,which drew nearly 10,000pilots --Northern Wings Photo tothe San Jose McEnery Convention AOPA President Phil Boyer, left,receives Eagle from Carl Honaker (Continued on Page 2) Huge airship may be in Hangar One’s future Another giant airship– possibly one In January, Lew Braxton, deputy restore Hangar One over the next year and a half to use it again “for its now being constructed in Akron, Ohio director of NASA Ames,told original purpose.’’ --may be inhistoricHangar One’s members of the Moffett Field That likely means an airship, for futureat Moffett Field. Restoration Advisory Board that the Hangar One’s original purpose in the But it may depend on a space agency isdevising a planto combination offederal and private 1930s was to house the giant dirigible, funding to restore the iconic structure USS Macon. It also indicates NASA to something usable. plans to re-skin the giant building The Navy, which operated Moffett after the Navy strips it bare beginning until 1994, plans to tear off the skin of this fall. thehangar, leaving only thebare So far, the only official skeleton standing for NASA Ames announcementhas beenthe Navy’s Research Center, which now runs the decision toremove the hangar’s airfield. The Navy is responsible for siding. the cleanup oftoxic substances Braxtonsaid NASA Ames is leaching from the hangar’s siding and working with two aerospace for several years had been trying to -- U.S Navy Photo companiesas potential tenants. The demolishthe building. USS Macon inside Hangar One (Continued on Page 3) Page 2 Northern Wings Winter 2008-2009 AOPA president Boyer awarded Crystal Eagle (Continued from Page 1) Center in downtown San Jose. Boyer led theworld’s largestand one of the most influential civil aviation organizations since1991. He retired at the end of 2008. Aero Club President Carl Honaker presented the Crystal Eagle to Boyer during theevent attended by hundreds of pilots and other aviation enthusiasts. As Honaker lifted the velvet cover from the Eagle, a noticeable “Oooooo” rippled through --Northern Wings Photo the audience. Aero Clubdirectors Rick Willson and Ray Hutchingsstaffinformation After the presentation,a stage booth atAOPA Expo 2008Nov. 6-8 to let the nearly 10,000 pilots troupeperformeda musicaltribute to attendingthe annual convention of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Boyer with Broadway songs Association knowabout the club organization andits activities. especially reworded in his honor. With the Crystal Eagle Award, ranging from local city councils and In the 1990s, AOPA played a major Boyer joineda long list of aviation tate legislaturestothe U.S. Congress. role in the fight to reform the tort law luminaries who have been so honored Most recently, AOPA led the process that nearly killed the piston- since legendary aviator Jimmy successfulopposition to thegeneral engine aircraft industry in the 1980s. Doolittle received the firstCrystal aviationuser fee plan that the Bush Liability suits targeted manufacturers Eagle in 1983. Administration and the airlines pushedon flimsy evidence, driving many out Boyer, a7,000-hour-plus to fund the Federal Aviation of business. AOPA's strong advocacy instrument- and multiengine-rated Administration. proved critical to congressional pilot, has been flying for more than 30 Boyer and other AOPA officials passage of the 1994 General Aviation years, 15 as an aircraft owner.The argued incongressional testimony thatRevitalization Act. formertelevision news executive was the current system based on aviation Boyer also led a successful instrumental in buildingAOPA’s fuel taxes has been highly successful campaign to persuade the FAA to membershipby more than 33 percent in building the best aviation system incertifysatellite-based GPSfor general to415,000– two-thirds of all the world and can easily finance the aviation flight operations. certificated pilots in the United States. new technology air traffic control The organization has fought for systems of the future. general aviation issues in venues Carl Honaker–president Crystal Eagle Recipients Scott Yelich–vice president Eric Peterson– treasurer 1983– James “Jimmy’’ Doolittle 1996– Darryl G. Greenamyer Ray Hutchings– secretary 1997– Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson Rick Willson–pastpresident 1984– Charles E. “Chuck’’ Yeager Jerry Bennett– director 1985– Stanley Hiller Jr. 1998– Donald D. Engen Ron Blake–director 1986– William “Bill’’ Lear 1999– Paul H. Poberezny Sandra J. Clifford–director 1987– James M. “Jim” Nissen 2000– Wayne Handley Janet Russell Hitt– director 2001– Igor I. Sikorsky Thomas E. Leonard– director 1988– Anthony W. “Tony” LeVier Harold Oberg– director 1989– Elbert “Burt” L. Rutan 2002– A. Scott Crossfield James Ricklefs– director 1990– George S. Cooper 2003– Clay Lacy Sharon K. Sweeney– director 1991– Allen E. Paulson 2004– Elgen Long Frank Sweeney–director 1992– Jeana Yeager 2005– Eileen Collins andnewsletter editor Northern Wings is published quarterly by 1993– Robert T. Jones 2006– Sean D. Tucker the Aero Club of Northern California, an 1994– Frank L. Christensen 2007– Steve Fossett affiliate of the National Aeronautic 1995– James S. Ricklefs 2008– Phil Boyer Association. Winter 2008-2009 Winter 2008-2009 Northern Wings Page 3 Navyplans tostrip skin offHangar One (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) agency wants to determine which one would share the estimated $15 million cost to install new skin on Hangar One. While NASA officials have not yet identified those companies, Lockheed Martin is currently building a 500- foot-long airship for the Army. The craft is being assembled in another big dirigible hangar– the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio. --Air Ventures– RogerCainPhoto 246-footdirigible“Eureka” cruises above San Francisco skyline. --Northern Wings Photo Such an airship would be too large Aero Clubdirectors Rick Willson and Ray Hutchingsstaffinformation to get inside of Moffett’s Hangar Two booth atAOPA Expo 2008Nov. 6-8 to let the nearly 10,000 pilots or Hangar Three.And constructinga Once again, a dirigible flies attendingthe annual convention of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots new hangar to house such a huge Association knowabout the club organization andits activities. airship could cost as much as $90 million– far more than the cost of from historicMoffettAirfield restoring Hangar One, RAB members Forthe first time in 74 years, a The flights aren’t bargains, however. have estimated. dirigible is based at Moffett Field. A one-hour flight out of Moffett or The Navy now plans to begin And the public can take a flight. Oakland will cost you $495, with two- removing the hangar’s siding this fall. While Moffett Field was home for hour flights at $950. Air Ventures also Braxton told the RAB that NASA countless blimps during World War II, offers a number of special fares. For wants to put up new siding while the there has not been a dirigible based at information, check the firm’s website removal scaffolding is still standing. the former Navy airfield sincethe athttp://www.airshipventures.com/. NASA hopes to pay for its share of USS Macon crashed off Big Sur in Although the airship has a top the project with additional funding 1935. speed of 78 mph, the scenic flights from the Obama Administration. The new tenant–operated by cruise about 35 to 40 mph at altitude The $15 million pricetag is triple Airship Venturesthat has been based 1,200 feet around the Bay Area. At what the Navy spent to build the base at Moffett’s Hangar2since last year-- those speeds, however, a one-hour and Hangar One in the early 1930s. is an actual dirigible with a rigid flight from Moffett won’t get you as When the base opened in 1933, the frame covered byanouter skin of far north as San Francisco. 785-foot-long airship USS Macon, a laminate material.The 246-foot The Eureka was built in Germany dirigible with a rigid frame supporting airshipis filled with non-flammable and shipped to Beaumont, Texas by the helium-filled cells that provided helium, which being lighter than air container ship last October. It was lift, was based in cavernous Hangar then flown toCalifornia, arrivingin One. provides the lift to allowit to float through the sky.Blimps, on the other the Bay Area Oct. 25. But two years later, theMacon The Eureka’s rigid inner frame is 1996– Darryl G. Greenamyer crashed in a storm off Big Sur, ending hand, are nothing more than giant, made of carbon fiber and aluminum, 1997– Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson theera of giant airships.Moffett Field non-rigid gas bags, constructedina 1998– Donald D. Engen became a blimp base during World series of cells to hold the lifting gas. with the cabin, engines, empennage 1999– Paul H. Poberezny War II.It later was afighter base, and Blimps have no internal framework. and other main components mounted 2000– Wayne Handley thenhome for Navy submarine- Airship Venture flies the dirigible directly to the structure. The airship has three200- 2001– Igor I. Sikorsky hunting P-3 Orions. Eureka around the San Francisco Bay 2002– A. Scott Crossfield Several years ago, the Navy Area on daily flight-seeing trips, as horsepower Continental engines, and 2003– Clay Lacy planned to demolish Hangar One well as contracting for advertising vectored thrust propellers.One engine 2004– Elgen Long because of toxiccontamination purposes, scientific missions and in the tail drives two propellers providing forward thrust. One of those 2005– Eileen Collins leaching from the metal skin into the corporate events.
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