March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 3 Calendar of Events To list your group’s event on a space available basis, please send your event notice with date, time, place w/city and state, contact name, and phone number to: Calendar, In Flight USA, P.O. Box 5402, San Mateo, Calif. 94402, or email [email protected]. MARCH 2 — 3 Q Casa Grande, AZ: Cactus Antique Fly-In, gates 8 a.m., Casa Grande Municipal Airport, www.cactusflyin.org. Q NEW TANKS - 6 Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air QUOTES ON: Museum, (909) 597-7576. 10 YEAR WARRANTY 10 Q El Centro, CA: NAF El Centro Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., (760) 339- Cherokee Tanks 2673, elcentro.navylifesw.com. Fuel Cells & Metal Tanks Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Repair, overhauled & new Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. 15 Q Troy OH: Aviation Lecture Series “The Memphis Belle,” 6:30 p.m., Technical Information or WACO Air Museum, (937) 335-9226, www.wacoairmuseum.org. Free Fuel Grade Decals 17 Q Yuma, AZ: 2018 Yuma Airshow, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., MCAS Yuma, (928) 269-3327, www.yumaairshow.com. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. MONARCH PREMIUM CAPS 17 — 18 Q Phoenix, AZ: Luke Days Open House & Air Show, Luke AFB, Premium Stainless Steel www.luke.af.mil. Umbrella Caps Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. for your Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, Cessna 177 through 210 (707) 944-9236. 18 Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., www.hartwig-fuelcell.com [email protected] Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. 22 — 24 Q Reno, NV: Women in Aviation, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, (937) 839-4647, www.wai.org. 24 Q Riverside, CA: Airshow 2018, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Riverside Airport, Keeping aircraft in the air since 1952 (951) 826-5311, www.riversideairshow.com. Q Mesa, AZ: Falcon Field Airport Open House, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., (480) US: 1-800-843-8033 INTL: 1-204-668-3234 644-2450, www.falconfieldairport.com. CDN: 1-800-665-0236 FAX: 1-204-339-3351 Q Cross City, FL: Cross City Airport Fly-In & Air Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., (352) 498-6656, visitdixie.com. 24 — 25 Q Lancaster, CA: Los Angeles County Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., William J. Fox Airfield, (661) 917-2871, lacountyairshow.com. Q Kingsville, TX: Wings over South Texas Air Show, NAS Kingsville, FLY HIGH www.wingsoversouthtexas.com. Q Since Marietta, GA: Dobbins ARB Air Show. CANCELLED. with 1985 Q Palmdale, CA: Los Angeles County Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., William J. Fox Airport, lacountyairshow.com. Aviation Oxygen Systems Q Melbourne, FL: Melbourne Air & Space Show, gates 9 a.m., Mountain MH Melbourne Int’l. Airport, (321) 395-3110, airandspaceshow.com. MOUNTAIN HIGH Equipment & Supply Company APRIL High Made in the USA 3 Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-7576. GA and Rotorcraft Pilots use MH Oxygen Systems with Pulse-DemandTM Q 6 — 7 DeFuniak Springs, FL: Marvel of Flight Fly-In & Expo, 8 a.m. to 6 Makes flying at the higher altitudes safe and comfortable p.m., DeFuniak Springs Airport, (850) 892-2000, www.marvelofflight.com. sss sss 6 — 8 Q Titusville, FL: Space Coast Warbird AirShow, gates 8:30 a.m., Space Coast Regional Airport, (321) 268-1941, www.valiantaircommand.com. MH XCP 1-4 Place Portable Pulse-DemandTM Systems 7 — 8 Q Waco, TX: Heart of Texas Airshow, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., TSTC Campus (Cross-Country Pilot) Airport, (303) 862-2869, www.heartoftexasairshow.com. System Q Riverside, CA: Thunder over the Empire, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., March ARB, (951) 655-5614. Q Columbus, GA: Thunder in the Valley Air Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Columbus Airport, www.thunderinthevalleyairshow.com. 10 — 15 Q Lakeland, FL: Sun ’n Fun Int’l. Fly-In & Expo, gates 8 a.m., Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, www.flysnf.org. 14 Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q 14 — 15 Tuscaloosa, AL: Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show, Tuscaloosa Regional EZ Breathe Airport, www.tuscaloosaregionalairshow.com. Cannulas Q Houston, TX: CAF Houston Wing Open House, gates 10 a.m., West Houston Airport, (281) 579-2131, houstonwing.org. 15 Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. 21 Q Louisville, KY: Thunder over Louisville, airshow 3 p.m./fireworks 9:30 p.m., Waterfront Park, (800) 928-3378, thunderoverlouisville.org. Q Tavares, FL: Planes, Trains & BBQ, all day, Wooton Park, Lake Dora, (352) 742-6176, www.tavares.org. Q Stillwater, OK: OSU Flying Aggies Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stillwater    s    FAA/CAMI Regional Airport, (432) 638-3100, www.flyingaggies.com. www.MHoxygen.com s [email protected] Tested Continued on Page 7 4 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018

COVER STORY RADIAL RUMBLE AND NEGATIVE “G’ S”, M ORE THAN A TRADITION By Ed Downs

he word “tradition” can sound a tad mundane. Like “a traditional place setting,” or perhaps “traditional Tdress.” So, let’s pump that word up a bit, like by the 600+HP offered from the Pratt & Whitney 1340 Wasp radial engine mounted on the front of one of aviation’s most successful warbirds, and you are beginning to get an idea of what “tradi - tion” should mean. Wrap that “G” pulling, noise making machine around a guy named Jeff Shetterly, and you have the air - show stopping performance of a North American T-6 Texan being flown by a pilot with family flying traditions that go back three generations. Now, that is what tradi - tion should be all about. Jeff Shetterly flying the Texan T-6 warbird in an inverted position. The T-6 was one of Jeff with his son Liam, riding the back The Shetterly family is a story all in the most successful militay planes ever built. Originally built and designed as a Trainer, seat in the American T-6 Texan. itself. With father, Greg, a great aerobatic Shetterly flys his T-6 in a very non-traditional style. (Glenn Watson) (Jeff Shetterly) performer (see www.shetterlysquadron .com); mother, Micki, a skilled pilot, Shetterly succumbed to the “Shetterly closing days of WWII under the Navy dard maneuvers flown in typical warbird show safety officer, and announcer (does tradition.” Jeff’s son,12-year-old, Liam, designation of the SNJ (Scout/ routines as seen in today’s airshows. Jeff that make “Mom” the show boss); and is also getting into the act, now as a back Trainer/North American… welcome to has an interesting point of view, “I didn’t brother, Joe, an Air Force combat veteran seater in the T-6. But Jeff decidedly the wonderful world of naval aircraft des - get to this place in my flying career alone. and A-10 “Warthog” instructor who also breaks the tradition of most warbird aer - ignations!). Many of the great warbird pilots have flies his RV-8 with the Shetterly obatic performances with his T-6 Texan, An interview with Jeff reveals a gone west: Bob Hoover, Bobby Younkin, Squadron, it is perhaps natural that Jeff a plane that entered Navy service in the desire to creatively depart from the stan - Continued on Page 46

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COVER STORY FEATURE STORY RADIAL RUMBLE FIRST PHOTO AND NEGATIVE SHOOT OF “G’S” THE YEAR Story starts on Story and Photos by Eric McCarthy Page 4 Page 17

Cover photo by Gary Daniels NEWS COLUMNS GA Companies Vying for Collier Trophy ...... 8 FEATURES Flying Into Writing: First Photo Mission of the Year Goulian Shines Brightest in Red Bull Abu Dhabi Race ...... 9 By Eric McCarthy ...... 17 Editorial: Why Check the Weather, We Are Going Piper Receives Largest Trainer Order in Company History ...... 11 Flying With Faber: Huntington Beach: Then and Now Anyway Shuster Signals End to ATC Privatization Battle: GA Wins ...... 12 By Stuart J. Faber...... 29 NASA Engineer Explores Lost Tuskegee Airman’s Aircraft...... 14 By Ed Downs ...... 6 Report Shows Steady Increase in Global Space Activity...... 19 Homebuilder’s Workshop: Dodging the Fighters Former Slave, Two-Time Olympian Becomes Air Force By Ed Wischmeyer ...... 42 Green News: Signature, Air BP Aim to Curb Carbon Emissions ..21 Airman AOPA Announces 2018 Scholarship Program...... 24 By Airman 1st Class Dillon Parker ...... 20 The Spirit of Flight: Bay2Bay By Denise Rae Donegan and Ana Uribe Ruiz...... 45 Legend Cub Makes First Flight in Germany...... 26 The Aviation Craftsman: Lance Lockhart “Year of the Tanker” at EAA: Iron on the Flightline ...... 28 of Wyldebyrd Art C-47 That’s All, Brother Takes to Skies After Restoration ...... 32 By Annamarie Buonocore ...... 37 DEPARTMENTS Helicopter Update: HAI Reports Successful Year ...... 34 SafeLandings: Crew Management of Passenger Calendar of Events ...... 3 Pacific Coast Dream Machines Celebrates 28 Years...... 38 Circumstances Strong Aircraft Deliveries Give Cirrus Impressive 2017...... 41 ...... 40 Classifieds ...... 48 American Heroes Airshow Coming to Texas April 21-22 ...... 44 Index of Advertisers ...... 50 6 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018

Editorial By Ed Downs 1981 Turbo Saratoga SP 1969 Piper Arrow WHY CHECK THE WEATHER , E ARE OING TO O NYWAY Wkay, perhaps the Gtitle of this col - that isGnot all thAat different from the lection of thoughts is a bit sarcas - immense overconfidence that took place tic, but this writer has heard at the turn of the last century. The indus - 5565 TTAF. 550 SMOH. Immaculate Turbo Saratoga SP, recent TTAF 4015. 470 SMOH. 148 SPOH. A clean, well main- paint and stunning interior, clean airplane with great history and tained, and always hangared Piper Arrow. Great step up for Othose words uttered in the world of airline trial revolution was peaking out, new attentive care. Air conditioning, 550 hours on an outstanding pilots transitioning from a trainer to a single with retractable overhaul, capable Garmin and King avionics and maintenance landing gear and controllable-pitch propeller. Beautiful ops and charter flying. For sure, airlines inventions with amazing capabilities by Fresno Jet Center. The aircraft is being sold on behalf of an cross-country IFR platform with low time engine. Garmin ads and proponents of ATC privatization were emerging on almost a daily basis, estate. The aircraft has had the same attentive owner and been GNS 430 WAAS GPS/COMM, Isham Extended Wing Tips Northern California based since 1984...... $189,000 and Dorsal Fin. Located at KFTG Watkins, CO. ... $58,900 have convinced unknowing passengers and the general feeling was that “we 2003 Lancair Columbia 300 1999 Socata TB-21 that “we always get you there on time” humans can overcome all circumstances and/or “all delays will end with privatiza - and prevail against nature itself.” So, they tion.” They specialize in marketing and launched the Titanic and soon discovered politics, not necessarily flying. that if nature decides to build a really big This subject came to mind just the ice cube, technology is in big trouble. other day, as a particularly harsh winter There is not, and never will be, an “all storm shut down major terminals, caus - weather” anything. Always place your 1145 SNEW. This beautiful Columbia 300 was purchased new in 559 SNEW. Cruise in style, speed, and comfort. Fully ing massive flight cancelations and pas - winning money on Mother Nature. 2003 by the first and only owner. Based in Bend, OR since new. IFR capable and ready for fast fun flights. Capable This is the same airport where the plane was manufactured, and airframe is complimented by fabulous avionics and senger inconvenience. As is so often the Today’s GA pilot certainly has the depth of local knowledge in type is beyond reproach. The air- instrumentation. Always hangared, complete logs, plane has been maintained since new by Lancair factory certified case, major media jumped on the story resources available that did not exist back mechanics, and for the last several years by Steve Hanson, a for- and no known damage history...... $174,900 mer Lancair factory certified mechanic ...... $179,900 and sped to the airports (slipping and slid - when this writer started flying what was ing on icy roads) to interview desperate considered a high-tech trainer, an Aeronca Steve Feldman • Sales Manager (650) 394-7610 • [email protected] passengers, huddled pitifully (as said by with a wind- driven generator and two San Carlos Airport • 620 Airport Way • San Carlos, California 94070 one reporter as she gushed with Oscar crystals (yes, crystal), low frequency Lear award winning emotion) amongst the air - radio. The airway system consisted of four- AirplanesUSA of Chicago AirplanesUSA of Florida (847) 331-3133 (954) 491-1700 port restaurants that sell a $2 hot dog for course radio ranges, and if you are were nine bucks. Yes, being captured in a wealthy, non- directional radio beacons www.airplanesusa.com secured area and surrounded by armed (ADF). Fortunately, many airways were guards does seem to limit the competitive lighted by rotating beacons, so night flight urge food sellers have to participate in was sometimes easier than day flying. open market competition. Weather briefings were conducted But back to the weather. Stranded by visiting a small weather shack located passengers were interviewed, and only at the airport. Flight plans were filed on the most critical or desperate of remarks paper and then teletyped to other stations made to “news at 10.” One comment along your route. One made regular posi - caught the attention of this pilot by tions reports, with the expectation that observing “I can’t see what the problem each reporting point would be reached is; the weather doesn’t look that bad.” within plus or minus :03 minutes of an Yep, how much can a quarter inch of estimate on the flight plan. Such accura - glaze ice really weigh on the wings of a cy was, of course, compliments of an plane... shucks, they have lots of horse - E6B computer. Radar?? Isn’t that some - power, let’s just go. Why check the thing used by the military to shoot down weather, we are going to go anyway. Russian bombers? Ah yes, the good old Okay, this is only one passenger, but days? Yes, to an extent, but to paraphrase there is a strong tendency for newbies in Charlton Hesston, you will now have to aviation to believe that technology can take my GPS out of my cold, dead hands. overcome the forces of nature. We have an The old system worked, but it is cer - amazing number of technological recours - tainly no match for present technology. In es available to us today that simply did not preparing for this commentary, this writer exist just a few years ago. The military and hit the web and cell phone apps to see just airline world have been working on “all how much data is now available for weather” technology for years. First came weather information, flight planning, and the toughening of airframes, followed by aeronautical decision making. It is mind more reliable engines, creation of boggling. Over the years, the peak of anti/deice systems, weather radar, high more than 400 Flight Services Stations in altitude flight above the weather and now, place at airports around the country by communication technology that keeps one the 1970s (weather/flight plan services) connected with weather resources 24/7. have been reduced to less than a dozen All of this has been in the quest of “all airport-located facilities. weather flying.” In 2005, the FAA decided that sub - As our current generation proceeds contracting these services might inspire into ever-expanding technological inno - modernization, and they were right. vation, this writer sees a trend developing Continued on Page 8 March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 7 Calendar of Events Continued from Page 3 21 Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Petaluma, CA: Historic Airplane Appreciation Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404. 21 — 22 Q Vero Beach, FL: Vero Beach Air Show, gates 9 a.m., Vero Beach Regional Airport, veroairshow.com. AOPA making Q Columbus, MS: Columbus AFB Open House Air & Space Show, wingsovercolumbus.net. headway with fighting Q Atlanta, GA: CAF Dixie Wing WWII Heritage Days, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Falcon Field, www.wwiidays.org. Q Austin, TX: American Heroes Airshow, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Camp Mabry, egregious FBO fees (818) 631-8132, www.heroes-airshow.com. Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. As general aviation pilots, Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, we rely heavily on FBOs (707) 944-9236. whether we’re traveling to a 28 Q Yuba City, CA: Beale AFB Air & Space Expo 2018, gates 9 a.m., (530) new destination, or just 634-0783, www.beale.af.mil. staying in the pattern. But Q Charleston, SC: Charleston Air Expo 2018, gates 8:30 a.m., Joint Base FBOs provide more than Charleston, www.jbcharleston.com. just gas and tie-downs, they Q 28 — 29 Pinehurst, NC: Festival d’Avion, gates 10 a.m., Moore County Airport, are a gateway to local (910) 215-0861, www.festivaldavion.com. Q communities and Myrtle Beach, SC: Wings over Myrtle Beach Air Show, businesses. So, when we wingsovermyrtlebeach.com. Q hear from more than a 29 Half Moon Bay, CA: Pacific Coast Dream Machines, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Half thousand AOPA members Moon Bay Airport, (650) 726-2328, www.dreammachines.miramarevents.com. expressing concerns about MAY transparency of fee costs, 1 Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air access, and pricing, we take Museum, (909) 597-7576. them seriously. Photography courtesy of Mike Fizer 4 — 6 Q Havelock, NC: MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Fri. 5 p.m./Sat. & Sun. 8 a.m., www.cherrypointairshow.com. In August 2017, we filed Part 13 complaints with the FAA Q Temple, TX: Central Texas Airshow, Fri. 4 p.m./Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m., over egregious FBO fees at three airports, one of which Temple Airport, centraltexasairshow.com. was Waukegan National Airport just outside Chicago. 5 Q Thermal, CA: Jacqueline Cochran Air Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Following continued coverage from AOPA on our e
orts, Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, jcairshow.com. along with recently published FAA guidance for airport Q Manassas, VA: Manassas Regional Open House & Airshow, 10 a.m. owners, we began to see several locations take notice and to 4 p.m., Manassas Regional Airport, www.manassasairshow.com. make positive changes to improve conditions and Q Alamogordo, NM: Holloman AFB Open House & Air Show, transparency for pilots. www.holloman.af.mil. One of those locations is Waukegan National Airport. Q Chino, CA: Living History Flying Day, 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, www.planesoffame.org. Following AOPA’s complaint, the airport announced that 5 — 6 Q Fort Lauderdale, FL: Fort Lauderdale Air Show, 9 a.m., Fort it would o
er free tiedowns for transient aircraft and a Lauderdale Beach, (321) 395-3110, fortlauderdaleairshow.com. pedestrian gate to access the ramp, so pilots and Q Wrightstown, NJ: “Power in the Pines” Open House & Air Show, passengers would not be forced to go through the FBO. gates 9 a.m., McGuire AFB, (609) 754-2104, www.jointbasemdl.af.mil. The FBO also reduced the price of self-service avgas by Q Chino, CA: Planes of Fame Air Show, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Planes of Fame more than $2 a gallon. Air Museum, (909) 597-3722, planesoffame.org. Q In light of the recent improvements, AOPA withdrew the Anchorage, AK: Great Alaska Aviation Gathering, Sat. 9 a.m./Sun. 10 a.m., complaint against Waukegan and acknowledged the steps Anchorage Int’l. Airport, www.greatalaskaaviationgathering.org. taken by the airport to make it more accessible and Q Valdez, AK 11 — 13 : Valdez May Day Fly-In & Air Show, Valdez Pioneer Field, friendlier to pilots. (907) 835-8244, www.valdezflyin.com. 12 Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax We applaud Waukegan and the other self-help airports Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. out there that are taking action to ensure they are open Q Paso Robles, CA: Estrella Warbirds, Wings & Wheels, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., to all segments of general aviation. We will stay focused Paso Robles Municipal Airport, (805) 238-9317 www.ewarbirds.org. on this issue, assuring other airports where we have Q Del Rio, TX: Laughlin AFB Open House & Air Show, received complaints take similar steps. laughlinopenhouse.com. 12 — 13 Q Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay AirFest, MacDill AFB, www.macdill.af.mil. This issue is driven by input from our members and we are Q Millville, NJ: Wings & Wheels Airshow, Millville Municipal Airport. working hard to continue addressing your concerns. To 13 — 18 Q San Diego, CA: C.A.M. Route No. 8 Reenactment Flight, from Gillespie learn more about our egregious FBO pricing and fee Field to Payne Field, Seattle, (509) 995-6240, www.cam8in2018.com. initiative, please watch the most recent AOPA Webinar on 18 — 20 Q Virginia Beach, VA: Military Aviation Museum’s Warbirds over the this issue and keep checking AOPA.org for the latest. Find Beach, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Virginia Beach Airport, (757) 721-7767. the webinar by searching the AOPA website for “webinars.” Q Hampton, VA: AirPower over Hampton Roads, gates Fri. 5 p.m./Sat & Sun. 9 a.m., JB Langley-Eustis, www.airpoweroverhamptonroads.com. 19 Q Everett, WA: Paine Field Aviation Day, Paine Field, (425) 388-5125, www.painefield.com. Q Atlanta, GA: Good Neighbor Day PDK Airshow, noon to 5 p.m., DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, pdkairshow.com. Mark R. Baker Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. President & CEO, AOPA Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. Q Petaluma, CA: Historic Airplane Appreciation Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Petaluma Municipal Airport, (707) 778-4404. 19 — 20 Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, *For more information on the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (707) 944-9236. HUK [OL PZZ\LZ [OH[ HɈLJ[ `V\Y Å`PUN NV [V www.aopa.org [VKH` 20 Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. 8 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018

IME TO LY By Mark Baker AOPA Summit. The idea is Tthat we come AFfter Missoula, we head September important to me. Each one gives us a AOPA, President & CEO closer to members, rather than expecting 14 and 15 to the oldest state capital city in chance to share what AOPA is focused members to come to one of the coasts the United States – Santa Fe, New on, what we’ve accomplished, and what e made it through the cold each year, which can be much more Mexico, which is sure to be rich with his - we’re looking forward to next. It’s also a months and we’re finally back expensive for attendees. tory and culture. Then if you plan to meet great time for us to hear what matters to my favorite time of year: This year, we start out in Missoula, us in Carbondale, Ill., Oct. 5 and 6, I rec - most to you and what AOPA can do to Wfly-in season. The weather is (usually) Montana, June 15 and 16, where you’ll ommend the award winning 17th Street improve your flying experience. great and nothing beats the camaraderie have several opportunities to experience BBQ in nearby Murphysboro – and make Attending fly-ins is not a require - shared among pilots when we gather to my favorite type of flying in the back - sure to try the ribs. ment for being a pilot, but participating in enjoy our favorite pastime. And after country of Montana. I’m planning to par - You’ll need to pack the sunscreen if these timeless traditions is something years of flying, I’ve come to learn that – ticipate in one of the fly-outs at Seeley you’re going to our final fly-in of the sea - every pilot should experience at least ironically – half the fun is on the ground. Lake Airstrip, where pilots will be treated son in the southern town of Gulf Shores, once in their lifetime. And if you have While I’m somewhat biased, you to a delicious potato bake hosted by the Ala., Oct. 26 and 27, known for its white one you’d like to share with fellow can’t go wrong attending an AOPA Fly- Recreational Aviation Foundation. sandy beaches and warm blue water. AOPA members or find out more about In. After having attended all 20 of ours, I There will also be other opportuni - What a positive impact we can make one you’d like to attend, you can read and always look forward to the next one. ties to see Montana in all its glory with a on the industry when we come together, post about it all on the AOPA Hangar Each one is designed to help make flying chance to fly over a section of the Bob and that’s one of the reasons the Pilot (https://hangar.aopa.org). more fun, affordable, and safe. Marshall Wilderness Area and the 1,000- Town Halls we host at every AOPA Fly- I look forward to seeing you this fly- We created these regional fly-ins to foot-high Chinese Wall that stretches for In, along with Sun ‘n Fun International in season and hope you have a chance to replace the annual three-day national 22 scenic miles. Fly-In and EAA AirVenture, are so enjoy it as much as I will. GA C OMPANIES AMONG THOSE VYING FOR COLLIER TROPHY : INE O OMPETE OR RESTIGIOUS ONOR By AOPA Staff N T C F P H be selected on March 22, announced the next day, and presented with the Collier Here’s a sure way to discover some Trophy at a formal event on June 14. of the most exciting projects striving to That presentation will continue a tra - push back the horizons of aviation and dition that for 105 years has made the aerospace: Check out the list of the nine annual award of the Collier Trophy “the nominees for the 2017 Robert J. Collier benchmark of aerospace achievement.” Trophy. The award “has been bestowed upon From technological breakthroughs in some of the most important projects, pro - aviation to mankind’s probing of the solar grams, individuals, and accomplishments system’s deep reaches, the National in history,” the National Aeronautic Aeronautic Association has named the avi - Association said in a recent press release. ation and space achievements that will compete for the trophy, with the winner to Cirrus Vision Jet (Chris Rose, Courtesy AOPA) Continued on Page 10 Editorial: Weather Continued from Page 6 will always check weather, perhaps we are with your hands and feet, sort of like walk - can do anything, so why check the Lockheed-Martin, the primary subcontrac - reaching the goal of “why check the ing upright, you don’t have to think about it. weather, we can use my inflight informa - tor has, been constantly improving both weather, we are going to go anyway.” Or Sight, sound, kinesthetic senses (your butt), tion resources to make decisions while old-fashion services and digital resources. are we? and force feedback through your hands pro - inflight.” Furthermore, “my plane is so Take a look at www.1800 wxbrief.com High tech should equal markedly vide the messaging your brain needs to smart, I can even let it do the flight plan - and create a log-in to assist in flight plan - improved safety. But that does not seem to maintain control, leaving the frontal lobes ning by just flipping on the radio master ning. This official FAA site can be cus - be happening. In fact, it appears advanced ready to process the circumstances of your switch and selecting ‘direct/to.’” Those tomized for your specific needs. But that is technology is producing its own form of flight. But, like trying to manipulate without a high-tech plane can accomplish just the beginning. Tablet- based flight accident, one wherein the pilot loses track through the many functions of modern much of the same with tablet programs. planning and chart programs abound, with of the technology he/she is managing. smart phones while driving, the high-tech Slowly but surely, the pilot is being taken countless aviation-related apps for your Notice the word “managing?” It is being plane taxes the brain, sometimes leaving the out of the decision-making process and smart phone. Advanced technology air - noticed that more and more, new pilots hands free for only one last action, grabbing becoming automation dependent. craft now have anti/deice systems, superi - training in advanced tech airplanes are no the BRS handle. Sure, there is a way to Given the variable circumstances that or flight displays, and flight automation longer “flying” the plane but are engaged in diminish mental demand, the autopilot. But can (and will) take place in a flight, sur - that challenges the most sophisticated air “managing” the plane. And managing a now we have a plane taking care of itself, prises will occur. Those of us who succeed carrier aircraft. complex technical device can be mentally without direct intervention by the pilot, fur - in the process of acquiring a pilot certifi - ADS-B will (and now does) offer demanding, in some cases, more so than ther diminishing hands-on flying skills. cate may have a “type A” personality, inflight traffic information for similarly simply hand flying the machine. Much of The term being used by the FAA is leading to continuation bias (get-there- equipped aircraft, and the FAA’s Next-Gen what we learn with basic stick and rudder “automation dependency,” wherein the itus). This means, once a plan is in place, plans promise almost limitless routings. skills (like my old Aeronca) become non- pilot becomes dependent upon the plane we will do just about anything to bring that By gosh, maybe technology has tri - cognitive, meaning one does not have to to do those things he/she cannot do. It is plan to a successful end. This sometimes umphed. 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Recent Annual...... $94,500 1965 CESSNA 182H Continued from Page 9 few days after he asked how can I win looking for excuses. But you have to when I am so distracted by my other look inwards and see what you’re doing business interests? He said I needed to as a competitor,” he explained. unplug as best I can when at the race and Team Goulian has, for the past four focus. My new TC Emily Mankins took years, been working on the chemistry of my phone and my computer as soon as the team, trying to give everybody their we arrived. 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Flying into Writing By Eric McCarthy FIRST PHOTO FLIGHT OF THE YEAR he day began, as many do here in approaches and a landing or two at southern California, with a coastal Corona for my Commercial checkride, marine layer extending inland a but I don’t recall ever getting out of the mTile or so. I know from experience that plane there, so this would be a new expe - conditions just a couple of miles further rience for me. I’m always up for going to inland can be dramatically differ - someplace new, so Corona it was! ent––often sunny and clear, and 5-10 Roy’s experience and local knowl - degrees warmer. The marine layer usual - edge at Corona came in handy as he guid - ly burns off by late morning and often ed me through the pattern, pointing out returns late afternoon, so I wasn’t really entry and turn-point landmarks as we concerned about my mid-day photo mis - entered a left downwind for runway 25. sion up in the Corona area. It’s only about After an uneventful landing, we found a a half hour flight from Palomar (KCRQ), place to park and headed to the Corona we’d be over the site for 20 minutes or so, Airport Café. I enjoyed a delicious pas - then off for lunch; we should be back to trami sandwich, while Roy ate his sand - Palomar by 2:30 or 3, no problem. Very MVFR. (Roy Knight) wich and reminisced about the past. The As I was driving south along the 5 service was great, and the food was deli - freeway in Camp Pendleton, that little cious and reasonably priced. voice in my head began to express con - While we refueled, we watched in cern. I was beginning to wonder if the reverent awe as a beautifully restored marine layer was going to burn off this Beech Staggerwing departed, its throaty day – it was about 10:30 a.m., and I did - radial rumbling a satisfying growl as its n’t see any signs of it burning off. In fact, propeller clawed into the air. Gear up, I was in and out of dense fog, and where and away it went… it wasn’t foggy, there was a very low We followed shortly thereafter. Off cloud cover, well below VFR minimums. the ground and in CAVU conditions in the Yet, looking east up the canyons and Temescal Valley just south of the airport, between the mountains of Pendleton, I all looked good as we headed home. But I could see clear blue skies beckoning. knew that good weather on the “backside” Palomar is about two miles from the It was nice at Lake Elsinore. Descending into the clag... of the coastal range is not necessarily a beach, and I figured it stood a good (Roy Knight) (Roy Knight) good predictor of the weather along the chance of being in the clear. I wasn’t too coast. I asked Roy if he had any “colors” worried about getting out of Palomar, fly - on his Foreflight map––in other words, ing east and into the Temecula Valley, what’s the weather at Palomar? which is often clear. But getting back into “Oh, ya, let me check… Uh-oh… oh Palomar––that began to gnaw at my nog - crap!” gin. I’ve seen the marine layer fill in pret - Well, that’s not reassuring, Roy – ty quickly in the past; then again, I’ve would you care to expand on that? snuck in under the advancing cloud layer. “Foreflight shows Palomar’s gone Hmmm…what to do… IFR! Son of a…” his voice trailed off as My autopilot/lineboy/cupholder du he reexamined his iPad, hoping for a dif - jour was my good friend, Roy. Roy’s got a ferent report. Maybe if you shake it like couple of thousand general aviation hours an Etch-A-Sketch… under his belt, mostly with Civil Air Patrol, Roy’s a good friend, an excellent and that means he’s been steeped in the Corona Airport Cafe Beautiful Staggerwing pilot, and I absolutely respect his aviation safety culture of the Air Force (CAP being (Roy Knight) (Eric McCarthy) skill and wisdom, and his local knowl - an Auxiliary of the USAF). This is reassur - edge, but part of me just wanted to roll my ing when one is hanging out the window at began to form in my mind. and taxied to the run-up area, the airport eyes and say “I told you so!” But I didn’t; a thousand feet to photograph a site. And “Hey Roy, I’m cruising through was in the clear. I didn’t need to – he knew it, and besides, he’s lived here a lot longer than I have, so Pendleton along the coast here in heavy The mission went without a hitch, we were in no imminent danger flying he’s more familiar with the area and its fog; what do you think about me picking and before we knew it, we were ready for along in clear skies with 40 miles to go, weather proclivities. He also lives pretty you up at L18 and leaving your car there lunch. I had suggested Flo’s at Chino – full tanks and plenty of options along the much equidistant from Palomar and in case we can’t get back into Palomar?” I’ve been there twice in the past couple of way. Worst case, this would result in an Fallbrook Air Park (L18). Roy: “Well, we could do that, but I years, but both times it was closed. I inconvenience, and I’ve long since given Fallbrook is our squadron’s home don’t think it’s going to be an issue – know it’s not exactly haute cuisine, but up getting worked up about such things – field, one both Roy and I are quite famil - there’s not a cloud in the sky here!” it’s an institution and one of those places they come with the territory. If you fly, iar with. It’s located about a dozen miles Well, ok then; I guess we’ll stick you just have to visit. So far, I haven’t you will experience something unplanned, inland on the backside of Camp with Plan A. been able to… that’s just the nature of the beast. And the Pendleton. At 700 feet MSL, it’s often Twenty minutes later, we met at the Roy had done a lot of his early flying more readily you accept that, the easier above the low marine layer, and, as an plane at Palomar, the clouds lingering, at Corona (KAJO) and had a hankering things will go for you. Heck, I had just added benefit, the coastal conditions but the marine layer was clearly receding. for a sandwich from the café at his old diverted a week before, on New Years’ often don’t reach that far back… a plan By the time we had preflighted the plane stomping grounds. I’d done a couple of Continued on Page 18 18 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 Flying Into Writing

Continued from Page 17 hour. If we needed to, we could land at 11, dew point 11, altimeter 3015, jet traffic on the ILS. All seemed normal. Eve, into John Wayne Airport (KSNA) French Valley (F70) or Fallbrook, but for remarks: fog bank west of the runway... Maybe the Foreflight data was old… because Palomar had gone IFR. You just now the plan was to make that decision We looked at each other––well that The haze thickened as we descend - have to make the safest decision for the when we got closer and had a better han - doesn’t sound so bad… still reporting ed, but it was still well above VFR mini - situation you find yourself in and deal dle on the situation at Palomar. VFR conditions; the temperature/dew mums. Distant traffic was called out to with it as best you can. I tuned in Palomar’s ATIS, but we point spread is a bit troubling, but if we us, but with the reduced visibility, we At this point, approaching Lake were still too far away to receive it. can get in ahead of the fog bank, we’ll be couldn’t find it. I could see that this was - Elsinore from the north, there was no Approaching Fallbrook, it began to come okay. We pressed on and began our n’t going to be an easy VFR approach, so need to make the go/no-go decision, so in clearly: descent. I tuned in the ILS and got set up watch we motored on toward our destination. “Palomar Airport information We tuned into Palomar tower and the localizer and glideslope, just in case. Coastal conditions can be pretty fickle, Juliet…wind calm, visibility 4, mist, sky reported over Vista, listening as VFR “Cessna 99700, Palomar Tower, and a lot could change over the next half condition: scattered at 400, temperature flights in the pattern mixed with business turn left to 160 for traffic, let me know when you have the Gulfstream traffic on the ILS.” “Palomar Tower, 99700 has the traffic.” Trusted. “99700, roger, follow him in, you’re number 4, cleared to land runway 24.” I Available in both Qref® Book, Card and I Written by Master CFIs with workflow We continued our descent and inter - new iPad editions and ease of use in mind cepted the localizer somewhere near I Over 50 years of professional experience I Professional design, rugged construction in every checklist CIDRU, about six miles from the field and still mostly in the clear – we couldn’t see the airport, but we still had good visibility Best-Selling Aircraft Checklists around us. The sun shining through the Beechcraft Bonanza A36 285HP 1968
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fter enduring countless hardships and overcoming unimaginable obstacles, Airman 1st Class Guor AMaker, a dental assistant currently in tech - Gour Maker, a trainee at basic military nical training, found his way out of war- training, receives an Airman’s Coin at the torn South Sudan, Africa and into the U.S. coin ceremony Feb. 1, 2018, outside the nearly 20 years ago. Pfingston Reception Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Maker was Surviving recognized by his wingmen as a selfless leader and motivator during his time at As one of roughly 20,000 children BMT. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Dillon Parker) Living History Flying Day uprooted by the gruesome Second Sudanese Civil War, Maker’s childhood only did he want to survive, but he want - Saturday, April 7, 10 am was far from normal. After losing 28 fam - ed to thrive. The April 7th Living History Flying Day will Visit us: ily members, including eight of his nine “I wanted to change my life, help my feature the North American B-25 Mitchell. A siblings, eight-year-old Maker set out on parents back in South Sudan, and give my speaker panel of distinguished aviation experts and historians will give a presentation, followed by foot from South Sudan to live with his future children a better childhood than the one a flight demonstration of the featured aircraft. uncle. I had,” he said. “And the only way to do that Living History Flying Days occur the first Saturday “The country I came from was torn was through education and determination.” of each month at the Chino, CA location. Sun-Fri: 10-5 • Sat: 9-5 apart by war,” said Maker. “It was all I Maker started with the basics and (Schedule subject to change.) Closed Thanksgiving & Christmas knew growing up, nothing else. I’ve seen began learning English by watching chil - CHINO AIRPORT (KCNO) • 14998 Cal Aero Drive, Chino, CA 91710 people die in front of me, but I knew no dren’s cartoons and spending plenty of Corner of Merrill and Cal Aero Drive Dr. Chino Airport matter what, I had to make it.” time with other high school kids just lis - WWW.PLANESOFFAME.ORG During his harrowing journey, Maker tening to their conversations and absorb - was captured and enslaved twice: once by ing all that he could. Sudanese soldiers, and once by herdsmen. “Within a short amount of time, I was “When I was captured, I was forced able to communicate effectively with other FOR THE JOY to be a slave laborer,” said Maker. “I students and teachers, order food, and real - would wash dishes or do anything else ly get by on my own,” Maker said. OF FLYING VIPER SD4 needed to get by. I slept in a small cell While learning English was a crucial and rarely got to eat…but not always.” step on his personal journey, Maker’s high Both times, Maker successfully school career really took off when one of T heVIPER SD4 escaped from enslavement and was final - his teachers introduced him to running. is gr ffl tgh or ei ats,lohsc ly able to join his uncle in Khartoum after “Running was always just natural tra ginen, vt eltnme, ertain three perilous years. However, his jour - and easy for me,” said Maker. “It was a eglr/bidenarn tg o win ney to safety was far from over. great high school experience and it hc an mmudor e. During a nighttime attack in his uncle’s helped me meet a lot of friends, build tod lac a y+1 954 377 8333 home, Maker sustained serious injuries confidence and it was genuinely fun.” Sales@EagleAircraɾ s.com Ȕ www.EagleAircraɾ s.com when he was beaten unconscious by a sol - After winning the National High comto e dna seefl 4DSrepVith y dier who smashed his jaw with a rifle. School indoor two-mile title, Maker ta DeLand SPORT AVIATION Showcase BOOTH # 32 NOMBE VERȐ7102 ,4 2 “My mouth was shut for two months received a scholarship to compete at and I could only consume liquids Iowa State University, where he allowed because my jaw was broken,” he said. himself to dream of things that had never “We fled to Egypt after that, and the been done before. United Nations treated my injuries.” “When I got to college in 2005, I After two years of filling out paper - remember hanging a piece of paper on work at U.S. Citizenship and Immi - my wall that said I was going to run in the gration Services in Egypt, Maker and his Olympics in 2012 for South Sudan,” said uncle’s family were finally granted per - Maker. “I thought ‘Why not me? Why mission to enter the United States. can’t I do it?’” “I was very excited to come to the Maker graduated with a bachelor’s U.S.,” said Maker. “Looking back at degree in chemistry and reached All- everything my family and I endured, it is American status as a student athlete, a miracle that we made it out of there.” ready to start his new life. Maker planned to head to Flagstaff, Ariz. to train for the Dreaming 2012 Olympics. The same day he left for Arizona in When Maker first arrived in the U.S. 2011 was the day South Sudan officially in 2001, he settled in Concord, N.H. 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C t t @323 464 6660 th b @ HMEW t h 22 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 Olympian Becomes An Airman Continued from Page 20 from my family and the opportunity the gained its independence. United States gave me. It’s the highlight “I drove the whole way celebrating of my athletic career so far and a moment and it was a very special day that I will I’ll treasure forever.” always remember,” said Maker. Following his year of training, Serving Maker qualified to run the marathon in the 2012 Olympics in London. The next chapter in Maker’s life Even though South Sudan officially began when he decided to join the U.S. gained its independence, the country was Air Force to serve the country that gave not yet a member of the International him so many opportunities. Olympic Committee and Maker was still “All of the things I’ve accomplished not an official U.S. citizen. have derived from the opportunities the “State senators from New U.S. has afforded me,” said Maker. “When Hampshire and Arizona presented my I first came to America, I didn’t have hard - case to the Senate in Washington D.C. so ly anything, but with the support and the International Olympic Committee opportunity this country has given me, I’ve allowed me to run in the Olympics with - been able to completely change my life.” out a country,” said Maker. The staff at basic military training Even though his dream of running had no idea who Maker was, but he for South Sudan had not yet come true, quickly stood out to leadership at the Maker accomplished a great deal as an 324th Training Squadron. unaffiliated Olympian. “I went out to the track and saw the “All of the people in South Sudan instructors were putting their attention on knew where I was from,” said Maker. “I one trainee in particular,” said Maj. John wanted to be the inspiration for the chil - Lippolis, director of operations for the dren to say, ‘Hey, if Maker can do it, you 324th TRS. “I could see him running know what, I can do it too.’” noticeably faster than everyone else and After the 2012 Olympics, Maker the instructors explained to me that we was undeterred and set a new goal for had a two-time Olympian at BMT.” himself and his country. In addition to Maker’s Olympian “I said to myself, ‘In 2016, I’m going status, his unique personal story also to bring South Sudan to the Olympics for stood out to Lippolis. the first time,’” said Maker. “I wanted to “I was just absolutely floored when I try to do more for my country and the 2012 talked to him about what he went through to Olympics only strengthened my convic - get to where he is today,” said Lippolis. tion to accomplish my goal.” “Not only did he survive, he wanted to bet - This time around Maker’s dream ter himself and he has accomplished so became a reality in Rio de Janeiro 2016 much. He has an amazing story and the when he became one of three athletes to drive he has displayed to succeed like that in be the first to represent South Sudan in an the face of such adversity is truly inspiring.” Olympic games, as well as South Sudan’s Maker not only inspired Lippolis, flag bearer for the opening ceremony. but other members of his flight were “Walking into that stadium, carrying inspired too. the South Sudan flag was just indescrib - “All of his wingmen said the same able,” said Maker. “The people of South things when I talked to them,” said SportAir Sudan were in my mind the whole time I Lippolis. “They told me what an inspira - Workshops was running into the stadium with that tion he was within the flight; that the flag and it meant so much to me.” flight rallied around him and he doesn’t FALCON RV SQUADRON SPRING EAA WORKSHOP SCHEDULE RAFFLE TICKETS FOR 2018 RV FLY-IN & COOKOUT FOR PEACHTREE CITY, GA THE YOUNG EAGLES While it was a truly incredible and do anything he’s supposed to do for him - improbable moment for Maker, his thoughts self until he helps out everybody else.” were filled with the people of his home While Maker has accomplished a great country while he was running with that flag. deal in his lifetime, he’s not done dreaming. ATTENDING VENDORS “Over 50 years of civil war and my Maker hopes to join the Air Force country finally got independence,” said World Class Athlete Program, a program Maker. “So many lives were lost for our designed to allow elite athletes the opportu - freedom, it was just ringing in my head that nity to train and compete in national events we have done it, we have done it. On that to make the Olympics. He also wants to day, everyone in South Sudan was at peace make the 2020 Olympics where he’ll have watching the Olympics for the first time.” the opportunity to represent his new home For Maker, the 2016 Olympics were and the country that gave him so much. an enormous accomplishment that went “Joining the greatest Air Force in the far beyond his 82nd overall finish. world has been an absolute miracle,” said “I couldn’t have accomplished any Maker. “I can’t wait to see what this next of it without all the support I received chapter holds for me.” 351 Airport Road #3 Fax: 415-898-5155 Novato, CA 94945 www.tjair.com 415-898-5151 Email: [email protected]

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AOPA A NNOUNCES 2018 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS The Aircraft Owners and Pilots issue multiple grants of from $2,500 to Association (AOPA) has announced $7,500. Funds awarded can be applied to three scholarship programs offering more training for an initial pilot certificate than $130,000 in available funds. including a sport pilot certificate; private Applications are currently being accepted pilot certificate; or recreational pilot cer - to help student pilots in training earn their tificate. To be eligible for an award, an initial pilot certificate, and a new scholar - applicant must be age 16 or older, and ship program to help certificated pilots must be an AOPA member. achieve an advanced certificate or rating. New for 2018, the AOPA The application deadline is May 2, Foundation Advanced Rating Scholar- 2018 for the scholarship programs, all ships will provide multiple scholarships funded by generous donations to the ranging from $3,000 to $10,000. Winners AOPA Foundation. can use the awards to help fund training The AOPA You Can Fly High for an instrument rating, commercial School Scholarship program, in its third pilot certificate, flight instructor certifi - year, will award 20 scholarships of cate, instrument flight instructor certifi - $5,000 each to provide current high cate, or multiengine flight instructor cer - school students age 15 to 18 with funds tificate. AOPA membership is required to that can be used to pay for an initial pilot be eligible for an AOPA Foundation certificate, including a sport pilot certifi - Advanced Rating Scholarship. Age cate, private pilot certificate, or recre - requirements will vary depending on the ational pilot certificate. You Can Fly is certificate or rating sought. For more AOPA’s initative to support and build the information or to apply online, visit the general aviation pilot population. AOPA Foundation website by linking to The winners will be announced in www.aopa.org. early June, said Cindy Hasselbring, “I find it so rewarding to see so AOPA senior director of the You Can Fly many people chipping in to help others High School Aviation Initiative. For more experience the joy of flight,” said AOPA information about the scholarships, eligi - President and CEO Mark Baker. “These bility requirements, or to apply online, generous scholarships will change peo - Honoring the legacy of the visit the AOPA You Can Fly website at ple’s lives. Kids who dream of learning to www.aopa.org. fly can now go do it thanks to our donors. ;\ZRLNLL (PYTLU [OYV\NO ÅPNO[ In addition, applications are now Adults wanting to advance their skills education and inspiration. being accepted for the AOPA Foundation’s now have a financial path forward. All of Primary Certification Scholarships. The general aviation should be greateful to www.redtail.org Foundation’s Flight Training Scholarship the donors who make this possible.” program began in 2011, and in 2018 will Learn more at www.aopa.org.

TWILIGHT FLIGHT FEST EXPANDS AT AIR VENTURE 2018 After a successful debut at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, the Twilight Flight Fest at the Fun Fly Zone will return for AirVenture 2018 with some exciting additions to the lineup of activities. In addition to the nighttime 3-D RC airplanes seen at the Fun Fly Zone in 2017, look for 3-D RC helicopters in 2018. Due to the popularity of Twilight Flight Fest last year, food and beverages (Courtesy EAA) will now be available in that area. Paradigm Aerobatic Team, the Patriot As in the past EAA’s STOL Parachute Team, and Red Bull Air Force Invitational will kick off the evening fes - skydivers. tivities, with a number of highly-modi - If last year was any indication, fied bush aircraft showing off their onlookers will be thrilled at these unique impressive capabilities. and accessible ways to enjoy aviation. The evening program will also To purchase tickets or for more include the powered paragliding information, visit eaa.org. March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 25

THERE ’S A N EW RANGER IN TOWN : V ASHON AIRCRAFT INTRODUCES THE RANGER R7 Vashon Aircraft is the newest air - The Ranger incorporates multiple craft manufacturer in the aviation center active and passive safety features, includ - of Seattle, Washington, where they ing a low stall speed, benign slow flight design and build the US-made Ranger R7 characteristics, and well-harmonized aircraft. Vashon Aircraft was founded by controls. Every aircraft is equipped with John Torode, and the Ranger R7 was a two-axis autopilot with level button that designed by noted Pacific Northwest features built- in airframe protections. aeronautical engineer Ken Krueger. Other safety features include angle of Affordable, American, Rugged, attack with progressive audible cues, and Refined and Equipped. With the Ranger dual 5-point safety restraints. R7, pilots can choose all of the above: the compromises end now. The Ranger is a New Aircraft Manufacturer Vashon’s Ranger R7 is the first aircraft designed to fill the An Iconic Engine two-seat aircraft perfect for “ $39 burg - gap between aging, under-equipped certificated aircraft and newer but expensive Light ers” ($100 burgers are way too expen - Sport Aircraft. (Courtesy Vashon Aircraft) The trusted Continental O200-D sive), meeting up with other pilots at fly- more. The Ranger’s electrical system is and is even more spacious than most 4- provides more than 70 years of world- ins, and Saturday morning breakfasts. managed by the Advanced Control place certified aircraft. tested reliability. Its lightweight design Starting at only $99,500, every Ranger Module, featuring EFIS-controlled elec - doesn’t sacrifice performance, durability, features a Continental O -200-D engine, tronic circuit breakers from Dynon’s Bring Your Sleeping Bag: or service life. a complete Dynon SkyView avionics Advanced Flight Systems division. Other Designed for Adventure suite including autopilot, and more. The standard equipment includes electric Availability Ranger R7 is an affordable combination flaps and trim, full-size 600-6 tires, and Both seats fold forward 90 degrees of great airplane flight characteristics, LED position and taxi/landing lights. for your weekend camping adventure. The Ranger R7 is already an unsurpassed visibility, roominess, and The Ranger’s strut-less, cantilevered high approved S-LSA, and multiple conform - fun for both local sightseeing flights and An American Airplane, from an wing design and expansive windscreen ing aircraft are already flying. The offi - cross-countries to Oshkosh. American Company offer stunning views. cial launch and public unveiling will be at John Torode, founder and CEO of AirVenture Oshkosh 2018. Vashon Aircraft, says “ I started Dynon to The Ranger R7 is designed, engi - Safer by Design Learn more about Vashon Aircraft and bring affordable, advanced technology to neered, tested, and manufactured at the the Ranger R7 at www.vashonaircraft.com. the aviation community, yet there still Vashon Aircraft factory headquarters remains a need to innovate beyond the near Seattle, Washington, and is assem - panel to bring affordable flight to more bled at its Paine Field assembly and people. With Vashon Aircraft, I hope to delivery center (just down the taxiway empower the next generation of pilots with from the Boeing wide body plant.) The Images and visions of Sagar Pathak the tools they need to take to the skies.” avionics are made by Dynon Avionics in Woodinville, Washington, and the engine Low Cost, High Value by Continental in Mobile, Alabama. The Ranger R7 is one of the first The Vashon Ranger R7 is the first examples of a small aircraft that utilizes aircraft designed to fill the gap between pre-painted metal to save manufacturing aging, under-equipped certificated air - cost, time, and weight. Utilizing this craft and newer but expensive Light advanced technique, Vashon eliminates the Sport Aircraft. The Ranger is an need to paint the aircraft after assembly. American two-place airplane that fea - Vashon also manufactures the vast tures rugged full metal construction, a majority of its own parts, reducing its sup - spacious cabin, and starts at $99,500, ply chain drastically, further reducing the always fully equipped. cost of the airplane as well as build time.

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The ThCompanye Name You’ve You Relied’ve on (Courtesy Textron Aviation) Reliedfor onover for 25 22Years Years Now has a New Name By Jim Moore, AOPA roughly comparable equipment and options. Haines noted then that all of the Textron Aviation on Feb. 21 con - name changes might have confused poten - MagnafluxingMagnafluxing & & firmed that the Cessna TTx, notwithstand - tial buyers, and Cessna’s effort to market ing the eye-pleasing ramp appeal and speed the Corvalis/TTx line was also found ZygloZyglo InspectionsInspections to spare that wowed more than a few pilots wanting by critics, though the airplane was Engine Preps & and aviation writers, has ceased production. widely praised as a speedy beauty with a Engine Preps & The company in essence cited slow sales rich feature set. Machining Engine Parts by way of explaining what became of the Yet while Cirrus continues to churn Machining Engine Parts world’s fastest production piston single, out hundreds of SR-series piston singles, though not in so many words. and now the SF50 Vision Jet (22 sold in What was most recently known as 2017), a lineup that brackets the TTx in CompleteComplete engine engine the TTx traces its lineage to the Columbia terms of price and performance, sales of overhauls on all 300 in 1998, though the design really the TTx began to stall in recent years: The overhauls on all began life as the Columbia 400 in the high-water mark in annual shipments came Continental year 2000 after Lance Neibauer (who in 2015, with 44 TTx models shipped, Continental founded Lancair) decided to build a four- according to GAMA data. That was 16 & Lycoming seat, fixed-gear version of his fast and percent of all Cessna piston airplanes sold & Lycoming popular Lancair kitplanes. He created that year including all four piston models Engines Columbia Aircraft to build and certify the still in production then. By 2017, TTx sales Engines Columbia 300 and the Columbia 400. slipped to 23 units, just under 10 percent of Inefficient production, fierce competi - all Cessna piston sales, and a fraction of tion, and an untimely hailstorm conspired the 355 piston singles (SR20, SR22, and to spell the end of Columbia, and Cessna SR22T models) sold by Cirrus last year. bought the design less than a year after Even the Beechcraft Bonanza (13 G36 CONTINENTAL Columbia’s 2007 bankruptcy. Bonanzas sold in 2017) was starting to The legendary airplane maker catch up, at least in terms of revenue. known for designs that tend to run on the “At Textron Aviation, we continuous - pokey side renamed the Columbia more ly monitor the market as it fluctuates and than once, first as the Corvalis TT, which adjust our product offerings accordingly,” ECIECI TitansTitans logged a handful of sales for the first few the company said in the Feb. 21 statement years – a total of seven in 2010, the first issued in response to an AOPA request for inin stock!stock! year the General Aviation Manufacturers confirmation that the TTx has been discon - Association began publishing such data, tinued, as long rumored and more recently LYCOMING none in 2011, then 21 in 2013, after reported by a few, based on the disappear - Cessna jazzed up the paint and renamed it ance of the TTx from Textron Aviation’s the TTX (later, the TTx). website. “Our strategy continues to focus SuperiorSuperior AirAir PartsParts DealerDealer By any name, this bird was fast. on bringing new products to market and AOPA Editor in Chief Tom Haines aligning business priorities with market Fly In & Drop It Off! flew Cessna’s piston speedster in 2012 and demand. 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UNTINGTON EACH HEN AND OW H AirportB, hop in a Cessn–Ta 150 and fly They added a sNeaplane port at the nearby 1809 around the San Fernando Valley. I was oceanfront. A few years later, the U.S. too timid to depart the valley over the Government constructed the Los I love history. Even more, I love mountains in any direction. I thought I’d Alamitos Naval Air Station just up the Stuart J. Faber writing about history. When I conduct never make it over the peaks. As the road from Long Beach. From 1945, the and Aunt Bea research for an article, I often turn to his - years progressed, I advanced to a Piper field was called East Long Beach Airport. tory books or local historical societies for Apache. When it was time to take my Then, until 1963, it became Sunset Beach information. As I take these excursions, I checkride for the multi-engine rating, I Airport. From 1963 until its closure, this often fantasize that I am living in the era headed to Long Beach to see Abe Paster, 65-acre legend was known as of my research. For example, who a man considered to be a lenient examin - Meadowlark Airport. wouldn’t picture themselves traveling in er. A decade later, we met again for my In 1947, the Koichi and Nerio fami - a covered wagon when looking back at commercial checkride. The reason I men - lies purchased the field. They extended the history of the Oregon Trail through tion Abe is that he was one of the instruc - the 1,750-foot runway to about 2,070 Nebraska? tors who worked at Meadowlark Airport feet. A coffee shop, which became anoth - The problem with the story I’m in the early postwar days. er pilot’s hangout, was added. In between about to tell you is that I don’t have to my short field, touch-and-go adventures, fantasize about being immersed in a Meadowlark Airport I enjoyed a few lunches and some hangar scene from ancient history. Embarrassing talk at this cafe. as it is, I was part of this upcoming story! Meadowlark was bulldozed in 1989. How about when some teenager Today, the former airport site is occupied asks me (or perhaps you), “What was it by the Summerlane community of homes like in the 80s?” I suppose to a 13-year- and the Norma Gibbs Butterfly Park. A old kid, 1980 was ancient history. Look at plaque commemorating the Nerio Family the computers we had – mine was a and Meadowlark Airport is all that Commodore – and how about my Loran- remains. If you want a look today, drive C? – a museum would pay me a fortune down the Pacific Coast Highway to The sign at the Meadowlark. for it. Warner Avenue, then turn north to the (Courtesy Stuart J. Faber) Summerlane Community. Flying Around Southern In between those years, I flew a vari - During the years of my visits to California in the 1950s and 1960s ety of airplanes. Every once in a while, a Meadowlark, it always felt like stepping Huntington Beach Pier at Sunset. fellow pilot, or an instructor, would say, back into time-actually, it was more like (Courtesy Visit Huntington Beach) “Let’s fly down to Meadowlark and prac - my time. At the cafe, there were no such strip, R12/30 is 10,000 feet long. It’s a tice a few short field landings.” things as arugula or pesto. In the tie-down great venue for practicing instrument That’s what this article is about – a area, there were rows of Luscombes, approaches. At one time, we conducted look back in history at Meadowlark Piper J-3s, Taylorcrafts, Pt-22s, Howards NDB approaches. The NDB facility is Airport. The embarrassing part of this and Ercoupes. also in the history books. story is that I was a visitor to I’m told that a fellow named Canon The parallel runways, R7L25R and Meadowlark during that historical peri - flew banner planes from Meadowlark 7R25L are each about 6,000 feet long. An early shot of the airfield. od. I can’t deny it. I am a part of history over the coastline. Apparently, he took My FBO recommendation is Ross (Courtesy Stuart J. Faber) Back around 1927, a family named the final flight from Meadowlark in the Aviation, 562/490-6200. Crawford organized a motor and airplane summer of 1989. factory around Seal Beach, Calif. Around The field did not breathe its last Huntington Beach – A Great the same time, a number of stunt pilots without a fight. Numerous demonstra - Place To Visit were putting on shows around the Seal tions took place. Donna Foulger, a long - Beach Joy Zone. The area eventually time Huntington Beach resident and an Back in the 1950s, Huntington became Crawford Field. avid Meadowlark fan, had many stories Beach, just a few miles south of Around 1930 a diner opened up to tell. She described an event when a Meadowlark Airport, was a place one across the highway from the airfield. It plane missed the runway and crashed into drove through on the way from Long was called, “Glider Inn.” A large model one of the office buildings. Donna was Beach to Newport Beach. Luxury resorts, airplane was attached to the restaurant there on the final day and took many pho - a vibrant downtown, and an expansive sign. As I recall, the sign and the airplane tos as folks gathered to say goodbye. beach area have transformed this sleepy Instructors at Seal Beach Airport. were still there up to a few years ago. The stretch of oceanfront to a thriving beach (Courtesy Stuart J. Faber) restaurant served great fish, steak, and chili Flying to the Beaches Today community for both locals and tourists. dishes. Pilots started to use the inn as a Let’s go back to the 1950s and hangout. The walls were covered with avi - Long Beach Airport, aka, Daugherty Hotels 1960s. In the late 50s, I moved from ation relics, model airplanes and the Field, (KLGB), is about a 10-mile drive Wisconsin to Southern California. world’s largest wood, hand-carved pro - from Huntington Beach. You can stop on Here is a list of my favorites, all of Occasionally, I’d rent an Aeronca 7AC at peller. the way for a visit to the Meadowlark which are pet friendly. Glendale Airport. As my courage in- In 1940, a group of businessmen plaque. The field, about 60 feet above sea Waterfront Beach Hotel , 21100 creased, I’d head out to Van Nuys raised some capital to expand the airport. level, and has three runways. The main Continued on Page 30 30 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 Flying With Faber

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Pet Las Barcas , 21032 Beach beds, feeding bowls, pet-sitting, and even Boulevard, 714/536-2616 has been serv - Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach. a pet-friendly room service menu are just ing gourmet Mexican food since 1987. (Courtesy Visit Huntington Beach) a few of the features you’ll find. Bluegold , 1016 Pacific Coast The oceanfront and ocean view and treats. Highway D200, 714/374-0038 serves rooms feature high speed Wi-Fi, large flat Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach exquisite Vietnamese cuisine. I suggest screen TVs, mini-fridge and coffee sta - Resort & Spa , 21500 Pacific Coast Hwy, the pork short ribs or pan roasted sea bass. tion, work desk and robes. Huntington Beach, CA 92648, 714/698- Huntington Beachfront. Kimpton Shorebreak Hotel , 500 1234, huntingtonbeach.regency. hyatt.com. Things to Do (Courtesy Visit Huntington Beach) Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, The 517 guestrooms and suites overlook libations literally along the sandy beach. 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The centric exhibits and the World’s Largest cover rooms with soaking tubs, special casual. The surrounding ambiance is Shipley Nature Center features 18 acres Surfboard. The Huntington Beach Art mattresses, yoga mats and great ocean delightful. My recommendations below of California native habitat, a butterfly Center presents collections aimed at exper - views. are among the best. way station, and an educational center. imentation, education, and experience. Paséa Hotel & Spa , 21080 Pacific Slapfish , 19696 Beach Boulevard, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is As much as I love to write about his - Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 714/936-3900 offers a variety of the the largest saltwater marsh along the tory, I wish that history did not include so 92648, 866/478-9702, meritagecollec - freshest fish and shellfish sourced from Southern California coast. There is a 10- many great airports. 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The Hall of This prestigious group will be offi - Fame’s newest members were selected cially inducted into the Hall of Fame on from more than 100 nominees by a panel Saturday, May 5 at the Lone Star Flight of distinguished aviation historians, Museum’s 2018 “Flights of Fancy” Gala experts and the LSFM Board. to be held in the Museum’s new $38 mil - Biographies of each inductee are avail - lion home at Houston’s Ellington Airport, able on the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame which opened in Sept. 2017. website: www.lonestarflight.org. This year’s honorees are: Clockwise from top left: Azellia White, • Captain James Lovell Brigadier General Noel Parrish, Jim • Congressman Sam Johnson Lovell, Paul Braniff, Thomas Braniff. • Azellia White Not pictured Congressman Sam Johnson. • Brigadier General Noel Parrish (Courtesy Long Star Museum) March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 31

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Helicopter Udate EPORTS UCCESSFUL EAR T NNUAL EMBERSHIP EETING HHAI ImemR bers and HAI HELIS- Look for coverage in theYApril edition.) A YorAk and New Jersey asMexamples of good news is, wMe can now take the first EXPO 2018 attendees gathered in Las Reports were then given by areas where public complaints about hel - step to solve this problem and ensure the Vegas on Feb. 27 for the HAI Annual Schwarzbach, Vice Chairman Jim icopter noise has resulted in operational long-term sustainability of our industry.” Membership Meeting and Breakfast. Wisecup, and Treasurer David Bjellos. limits and reduction of helicopter activity. During the meeting, members of the HAI Schwarzbach and Wisecup both dis - Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Board of Directors updated the crowd on cussed the activities of HAI committees The integration of UAS into the National Air Traffic Control the work of the association since the last and working groups, emphasizing the Airspace System is a hot topic, especial - Privatization meeting in Dallas. importance of member involvement. ly for the helicopter industry, which The meeting began with a call to order Bjellos reported increased numbers from shares both operations and airspace with by HAI Chairman Dan Schwarzbach, who fiscal year 2017, indicating a financially drones, and HAI is at the forefront of that Zuccaro made the following state - introduced the Board of Directors and wel - strong year ahead for fiscal year 2018. effort. ment on Feb. 28: comed attendees to Las Vegas. Future generations: Zuccaro discussed “Helicopter Association International HAI President and CEO Matt HAI Initiatives the pilot and technician shortage and HAI’s (HAI) applauds Congress's determination Zuccaro then introduced Hugh Sinnock, efforts through Helicopter Foundation to move forward with a reauthorization bill vice president of customer experience at Next, Zuccaro gave the president’s International (HFI) to educate a new gener - to provide long-term stability for the FAA. the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors report, summarizing the issues that HAI ation of helicopter professionals. House Transportation and Infrastructure Authority. “Helicopters are a critical has been working on since HAI HELI- Committee Chairman Bill Schuster (R- component of tourism for this destina - EXPO 2017, which included: HFI Study on Industry Pa.) announced his decision to withdraw tion,” he said. “There’s no better way to HAI safety forums: During the last Workforce his proposal to privatize U.S. air traffic view our beautiful surroundings than via year, HAI has conducted several forums control services from the House FAA reau - helicopter. So be sure to take advantage on important industry segments such as Allison McKay, HFI vice president, thorization bill. of all the networking opportunities while aerial firefighting, air tour operations, and also spoke at the meeting, giving atten - “The voice of the entire general avi - you’re here. Welcome to Vegas.” offshore operations. dees a report on the activities of HFI, the ation (GA) community was heard. I want After approving the minutes of the HAI safety initiatives: HAI contin - charitable arm of HAI. In Fall 2017, HFI to thank our members for their commit - last membership meeting in Dallas, ues to promote its Land & LIVE pro - commissioned a study by the University ment and passion to engage their elected Schwarzbach recognized past chairmen gram, which has a goal of zero accidents of North Dakota (UND) to get hard num - officials. I also want to express our com - of the board and new HAI members. in the industry. HAI has also received bers about the current and projected sup - munity’s gratitude to our representatives Zuccaro introduced each candidate FAA grants for flight data monitoring, ply of helicopter pilots and mechanics. for listening. This is a great example of for election to the HAI Board of Directors, health usage monitoring, and a synthetic “The results are not good,” said what can happen when people unite and who then addressed the crowd about the vision program. McKay. “The shortage is real and it is speak with one voice. I offer my deepest issues they deemed most important to the HAI Accreditation Program of Safety growing.” McKay indicated that the appreciation to the entire GA community helicopter industry. This year, five candi - (HAI-APS): Since the launch of HAI-APS numbers provided by UND will give for its tireless work defending our indus - dates are running for two Regular Member in Jan. 2016, 14 mission-specific accredi - HAI a baseline to create strategies for try. – Commercial seats on the board, and two tations have been performed, including the how to address the shortage. “HAI stands committed to working are running for one Regular Member – first international accreditation of Beijing “We need to be more creative with with Congress to modernize the FAA to General Aviation seat. The election, con - Capital Helicopter. how we approach workforce develop - maintain its world-class level of service ducted via both online and on-site voting, Military outreach: HAI is dedicated to ment,” said McKay. “It’s not enough to and safety.” concluded at 3 p.m. Feb. 27. Results were helping military personnel transition to put a job ad in the paper and expect peo - Swartzbach adjourned the meeting scheduled to be announced at the HAI civilian positions in the helicopter industry. ple to show up.” She called for strategies by inviting attendees to the next HAI Salute to Excellence Awards dinner on Noise: Zuccaro cited noise issues as such as helicopter-specific education and general membership meeting, which will Wednesday, Feb. 28. (This event took the biggest threat to the industry moving finding ways to lessen the financial bur - take place in Atlanta during HAI HELI- place after In Flight USA’s press deadline. forward. He specifically named New den of becoming a helicopter pilot. “The EXPO 2019.

ECAER VIATION ROUP IGNS IRST ELL Mecaer AviaMtion Group, Inc. (AMAG) Signed a VIGP Interior in thSe First CommFercially OVperIatPed BBell 505 on 5Feb0. 257 at Heli-Expo Montreal, QC based, Helite Aviation style will be very familiar to the rotorcraft Sassoli, Co-General Manager of Mecaer has ordered the first Bell 505 community. MAGnificent style will be Aviation Group. “Our team is extremely MAGnificent to be operated as a com - evident in the shape of the passenger and pleased to be working with Helite mercial, for hire aircraft in the North crew seats along with curvature and design Aviation and Bell Helicopter to help pro - American region. Helite’s Bell 505 will of the panels. Mecaer has maintained the mote such a strong product and brand.” be customized by Mecaer and will MAGnificent family feel and appearance “Helite Aviation is looking forward include style upgrades to the passenger for the Bell 429, 525 and now the 505. to the delivery of its new Bell 505. We are (Courtesy Mecaer Aviation Group) and crew seats, carpet with threshold cov - MAG and Helite, along with Bell confident that the superior capability and Bell product support made them natural ers, reading lights and air gaspers, new Helicopter will co-market the Bell 505 performance of the aircraft combined partners for us to go forward with the passenger service units (PSUs), new and VIP interior by utilizing the air - with the outstanding craftsmanship and MAGnificient interior upgrade program cabin liners for the doors and ceiling craft on customer demo-flights, par - comfort of the MAGnificient bespoke for our 505” said Mathieu Norman, areas and flight control boots. ticipation in local trade-shows and interior is defining a new category in the owner of Helite Aviation. The completion will be performed at various social media outlets. light single segment. We are confident it Information about the Mecaer Aviation Bell Helicopter’s Mirabel facility by “The Bell 505 MAGnificent com - will bring added value to our VIP and Group is available at www.mecaer.com. MAG, while the major components of the pletes the trilogy for our VIP style on Bell corporate customers. The strong support Information is available for Helite interior will be manufactured in Italy. The Helicopter aircraft.” said Armando of Mecaer combined with the legendary Aviation at www.heliteaviation.ca. March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 35

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T S FFICIAL OTORCRAFT ILOT ND ECHANIC HORTAGE ERIFIED ITh’e resultOs of a study forecasti:ng thR e between 2018 and 2036. P Apercent oMf surveyed operators said Sthat participating in thiVs effort, please contact U.S. supply of rotorcraft pilots and The study results, commissioned by the shortage of pilots and mechanics Allison McKay. mechanics over the next 18 years has Helicopter Foundation International would definitely or probably interfere “Our industry needs to take a hard been released, confirming what many in (HFI) and conducted by the University of with their operation’s ability to grow over look at how we do things,” said Matt the industry suspected. Unless there are North Dakota (UND), were released on the next five years. Regional airlines are Zuccaro, HAI president and CEO. “We some fundamental changes in policy, out - Feb. 28, at a press conference at HAI actively recruiting helicopter pilots — really don’t have a choice. These numbers reach, scholarships, and access to financ - HELI-EXPO 2018 in Las Vegas. Allison more than 500 transferred to fixed-wing show a future where the growth of our ing, the helicopter industry faces large- McKay, HFI vice president, introduced operations in 2017 alone. industry will be curtailed because operators scale deficits in the amount of available the study, and two UND researchers, Dr. This shortage is an industry-wide won’t have the workforce they need. But and qualified licensed and certificated Elizabeth Bjerke and Kent W. Lovelace, problem, and fixing it will require efforts we have the option to change that future by pilots and mechanics. reported the results. Recognizing the from many sectors, including govern - acting proactively now to recruit the next The study projects a shortage of importance of this information, HFI is ment, industry, military, finance, insur - generation of pilots and maintainers.” 7,469 helicopter pilots in the United making available both the study results ance, and education. In the coming HFI Vice President McKay agrees. States between 2018 and 2036. For main - and an executive summary. months, HFI and Helicopter Association “The study results are certainly bad news tenance technicians, the numbers are In addition to documenting the pro - International (HAI) will be recruiting for our industry. But the good news is that even more concerning. Our industry is jected shortage, the study gathered infor - stakeholders to collaboratively work on now we know the numbers — and now projected to be short 40,613 certificated mation on how it is already changing defining concrete next steps to combat we can take steps to ensure the sustain - aviation mechanics in the United States operations. For example, more than 50 the problem. If you would be interested in ability of our industry.”

HUGHES AEROSPACE AND AMGH F ORM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR EDICAL ELICOPTER ETWORK Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. ciaMl use instrument approacHh procedures and work witIh Fits sRubsidiaN ries Med-Trans (AMGH) has signed a multi-year con - and IFR infrastructure development, and REACH Air Medical in delivering tract with Hughes Aerospace for Hughes was the obvious choice for a safe, efficient cutting edge navigation COPTER Instrument Procedures, number of reasons,” said Mike LaMee, services for flight crews and customers.” COPTER RNP Routes, Procedure Director of Operations for AMGH sub - AMGH is an industry leader in avia - Maintenance and Heliport services. sidiary Med-Trans Corporation. He tion safety with standards that exceed Hughes is providing AMGH and its sub - added, “The quality of the product, time - FAA and other regulatory agency mini - sidiaries with the latest in COPTER LPV, liness of development and maintenance mums for training and aircraft equip - LP and LNAV Instrument approaches, support provided by Hughes is ment. For more information, visit departures and RNP 0.3 COPTER Routes unmatched. Also, it truly is a partner, pro - www.amgh.com. depicted on all digital geo-referenced viding unparalleled support and guidance Hughes Aerospace Corporation is a charting products. as AMGH continues to expand our IFR globally recognized and fully creden - An Airbus EC135 P2+, operated by “We are very pleased with the new infrastructure.” tialed Air Navigation Services Provider AMGH subsidiary Med-Trans on behalf partnership with Hughes Aerospace. Chris Baur, President of Hughes said (ANSP). For more information please of Erlanger Life Force. After reviewing all of the options for spe - “We are excited to partner with AMGH visit www.hughesaerospace.com. (Courtesy AMGH)

AVIATION PIONEER BELL HELICOPTER REBRANDS TO “B ELL ”, REFLECTING EXPANDED VISION FOR THE FUTURE Industry Leader in Advanced Technology and Innovation Modernizes its Identity Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. com - flight, and now we will accurately reflect reputation in reliability and quality. “The Helicopter. The process, which began in pany and major global aircraft manufac - that quest,” said president and CEO Mitch dragonfly can take off and land wherever the summer of 2017, helped refocus the turer, revealed on Feb. 22 it has rebrand - Snyder. “The look captures our innovative it wants, fly quickly and efficiently in any company’s communications to more ed to be known as simply “Bell.” The spirit without detracting from our core direction, and hover at will. It represents accurately reflect how employees go new brand strategy and modernized logo mission of providing safe and unsurpassed the mastery of flight, something Bell above and beyond to bring the experience are rooted in the company’s focus on experiences to our customers.” strives to achieve,” added Snyder. of flight to customers. innovation and customer experience. Bell The most notable update, aside from Bell teamed up with FutureBrand, a “This rebrand is not just about a new will roll out the rebrand over the next its brand name change, is a new logo. global strategic brand and design consul - logo,” said Snyder. “We chose to do this year. Bell wanted to highlight the tenacious tancy, to complete its first rebranding because we see ourselves at the forefront “Bell has always been about more pursuit of flight with its depiction of a since Textron Inc. purchased the defense of technology. We believe this refresh than just helicopters. Our team has spent dragonfly, while grounding the logo with businesses of Bell Aircraft Corporation in embodies the idea that we can make the the past 80 years pushing the boundaries of a shield to illustrate the company’s stellar 1960 some of which became Bell vertical dimension more accessible.” 36 In Flight USA Celebrating 31 Years March 2018

Helicopter Udate ROBINSON INTRODUCES TWO GARMIN G500H TX I DISPLAYS Robinson has added Garmin’s new sole configuration eliminates the need for G500H TXi displays to its R44 and R66 a separate GTN GPS console in front of options. The two TXi displays add touch - the pilot. screen functionality to Garmin’s popular Both TXi displays support the same G500H system, and consolidate optional equipment interfaces (such as PFD/MFD information on to a single XM weather data and radar altimeter) as screen. The upgraded displays provide the non-touchscreen G500H display. The increased resolution and interface with displays also enhance the visibility of the Garmin’s GTN 6xx/7xx touchscreen optional Synthetic Vision. GPS series. An R66 Turbine helicopter with a The GDU (Garmin Display Unit) Garmin 1060 TXi installation, along with 1060 TXi is a 10.6-inch display installed an R44 Raven II helicopter with a in Robinson’s large G500H console with Garmin 700L TXi installation will be on room beneath for any Garmin GTN display at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas. Both 6xx/7xx and Genesys SAS/Autopilot. helicopters will also be equipped with a The GDU 700L TXi is a 7-inch dis - Genesys SAS/Autopilot. (Courtesy Robinson Helicopter Company) play installed in Robinson’s new com - Additional Information is available pact console with room beneath for any oriented display was designed specifical - switch between a full-screen PFD or full- on the Robinson website at Garmin GTN 6xx. The new landscape- ly for Robinson and allows the pilot to screen moving map. The compact con - www.robinsonheli.com BOEING ANNOUNCES GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AGREEMENT WITH ELICOPTER Boeing through its subsidiary Aviall, tionship with CHC so it can Cuse HAviaCll’s H optimizing our supply chain through the announced it signed a global supply chain global distribution network to provide Aviall global branch network.” management agreement with CHC strategic localized support for CHC’s Aviall operates as a wholly owned Helicopter. Under this agreement, Aviall base operations,” said William Ampofo, subsidiary of The Boeing Company, sup - will collaborate with CHC to provide vice president, Business & General porting both commercial and defense Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) to Aviation, Boeing Global Services. “The business units within Boeing. Aviall is a improve efficiency and streamline supply implementation of this tailored solution leading solutions provider of aftermarket chain costs for CHC’s global operations. will generate greater value for CHC and supply chain management services for The workflow tools included will its extensive fleet of aircraft.” the aerospace and defense industries. provide CHC with integration into Aviall’s “At CHC, our goal is to provide Boeing Global Services, headquar - Aviall, a Boeing Company, will provide planning, forecasting and delivery model unmatched helicopter services that enable tered in the Dallas area, was formed by CHC Helicopter with Vendor Managed with real-time information for parts avail - customers to work in remote and challeng - integrating the services capabilities of the Inventory services to support its global ability and distribution to CHC’s regional ing destinations,” said David Balevic, sen - government, space and commercial sec - helicopter fleet, which includes aircraft base locations in Australia, Brazil, Europe, ior vice president, Engineering & tors into a single, customer-focused busi - like the Sikorsky S-92. and North America, supporting its global Operations, CHC. “By partnering with ness. Operating as a third business unit of (CHC Helicopter photo) helicopter fleet. Boeing, CHC is able to better serve our Boeing, Global Services provides agile, mercial and government customers “We are pleased to expand our rela - customers throughout the world, while cost-competitiveness services to com - worldwide.

PILOT IN ZENITH STOL WINS NEW ZEALAND BUSH PILOT COMPETITION A Zenith STOL, expertly piloted by held annually at Omaka Airfield, Deane Philip, was the winner of the New Blenheim, New Zealand. Zealand Bush Pilot Championships in To see the video of the winning take- Omaka, New Zealand, on Saturday, Feb. off and landing by Deane Philip in a 3, 2018, with a take-off distance of just Zenith STOL CH 701 “sky jeep” light 12.6 meters and a landing roll of 14.7 sport utility aircraft, go to Facebook meters. video link: http://bit.ly/2B9BCGi or to Another Zenith STOL aircraft, pilot - the YouTube video link: ed by Chris Anderson, took second place, https://youtu.be/3NU69RCNoKA. More followed by a Rans S6 for third place in photos and video links are available at the the Sport Pilot (<1,325 lbs.) category. Zenith website, www.zenith.aero/pro This fifth annual STOL competition, files/blogs/stol-champion-2018. officially (and affectionately) called the “Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Championships,” is a precision landing, Deane Philip’s winning performance in the Zenith STOL during take-off. STOL Takeoff and Landing competition (Zenith Aircraft/Classic Aircraft Photography, New Zealand) March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 37 THE AVIATION CRAFTSMAN An Interview with Lance Lockhart of Wyldebyrd Art By Annamarie Buonocore IF USA: Do you have a website besides Etsy? ere at In Flight USA , we come LL: I do have wyldebird.com, but I across many who are passionate use Etsy and eBay. It is easier to display about flying. Sometimes this what I have. Last year, I hit 700 sales. A pHassion goes beyond the sport itself, and sale can be one item or 10 items. In the many enthusiasts take to decorating their country, I have the highest volume of avi - homes, businesses, and cars with aviation ation artists, like the mom and pop size memorabilia and furniture. To satisfy this ones. I try to connect aviation lovers. second level of passion, look no further IF USA: What are your plans for the than Wyldebyrd Art, the premier online future with this business? store of aviation woodwork and art. In LL: My plan for the future is to con - Flight USA is excited to have interviewed tinue to provide pieces that people want the master craftsman and artist behind in their homes. I get many requests for these decorations. Lance Lockhart, a different aircraft types. I try to meet those third-generation craftsman enjoys shar - the best I can, but it can be hard because ing his talents with pilots, aviation enthu - the aircraft might have been repainted or siasts, and many others looking for new torn down. Sometimes aircraft are no and exciting ways to enhance their space. longer available. My goal is to continue He manages to run this successful opera - what I am doing and to keep flying and tion while working as a Southwest grow my brand. With more focused com - Airlines pilot and being a full-time father Lance Lockhart with some of his wall art pieces. (Courtesy Wyldebyrd Art) munication and with my new PR person, of two. This is his story: I hope to get my name out there. In Flight USA: Let’s talk about the live in Mesa. I have two semi-industrial IF USA: Do you plan to be at any of art for starters. What got you interested in facilities in Phoenix. One is for making the major airshows like AirVenture? doing this work? noise and one for displaying my pieces. LL: I have not taken that next step. Lance Lockhart: My grandfather This is a showroom where customers can With a full-time job, it is a big commit - was an upholsterer. When I was a kid and come to look at my work. ment. I also have two kids who are six before he retired, I would go to his shop IF USA: Where are you from origi - and eight, so it is just hard. But I have the down in San Antonio. We would make nally? inventory to do it and will consider it in little rifles, picture frames, and yard art. LL: I am Canadian by birth. I lived the future. When he passed away, he left me his in Tennessee for several years before set - IF USA: Are your kids interested in tools. I became interested in carpentry tling down in Arizona. aviation? through that connection. Later, I took IF USA: How did you become LL: I have flown my kids many shop class and took a couple jobs after interested in flying? times, and they come to the shop. In fact, that that involved woodwork. My parents LL: My dad was a bush pilot in they gave me inspiration for my business had an air service, and I was the carpen - Northern Ontario. He started an aviation name. The name is my kids’ middle ter. I built buildings for them in Northern business. Through that, I became the car - names combined. They have a lot of Canada. When I started having kids, my penter, and I built their facilities. A couple interest already and can look up at the sky wife and I wanted to decorate our kids’ years later, after finishing college, I got and identify planes, saying, “Hey, dad, rooms with aircraft pieces. Everything my pilot’s license and worked in the fam - there’s your plane!” we found was made in China or too ily business full time. IF USA: Is your wife involved in the expensive. My goal was to make these IF USA: You mentioned you are a business? things accessible to the average mom. I commercial pilot? What airline do you LL: She is very supportive, but she worked at a store in Nashville for free to work for? A Wyldebyrd Art keychain with the 747 also has a full-time business, and we are learn the ropes. Once I became estab - LL: I am a Captain for Southwest motiff. (Courtesy Wyldebyrd Art) both very busy with the kids. It’s really lished in Phoenix, Ariz., I got started on Airlines. made goods. important to me to pick my kids up when my own, buying things off of Craigslist IF USA: How long have you been IF USA: Is anybody else involved in I’m home. I help her out as much as I can and eBay. One relationship at a time, I flying? the business? because when I’m flying, I’m gone, and I started finding more parts. When LL: I have been flying since 1989 LL: It’s just me. I do all the design can’t help. Southwest retires air pieces, I am first on (28 years). work, planning, purchasing, preparation IF USA: Do you have any work in the list to buy pieces from them. IF USA: What are some examples of materials, and sales and shipping. museums? IF USA: How long have you been of things you build? IF USA: How much is one luggage LL: The Commemorative Air Force doing this work? LL: My specialty… I feel I am best tag? in Mesa has purchased some pieces from LL: I printed up my first photo in in the market for luggage tags and key - LL: The ones made out of aircraft me and has them on display in their local September of 2013. I printed up some chains. I do it in the shape of a 737 or kits go for $25. The ones made out of rare gift shop. I have not put anything in a photos at FedEx Kinkos (paid too much), 747. I use parts of the plane and put them pieces are more expensive. However, museum yet. DC3 print, a 757, one of the Janet 737 in the keychain. they start at $10. The higher end pieces IF USA: Where can we find more 200s that flies out of Vegas, and then I did IF USA: How are they sold? Online start at $25. I also do various forms of information? my logo. I did a red and yellow print, and or in your facility? wall art and have a lot of pieces that I LL: You can visit my website at that’s how I got started. LL: I do by appointment at my repurpose. I have propellers for sale. I https://www.wyldebyrd.com/ IF USA: Where are you based? warehouse when I am home. I also do it make coffee tables and mirrors. For the IF USA: Thank you! LL: I am based in Phoenix, Ariz. I on Etsy, which is like Amazon for hand - most part, I sell memorabilia. 38 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 PACIFIC COAST DREAM MACHINES SHOW , “T HE COOLEST SHOW ON EARTH ,” M ARKS 28 Y EARS The Pacific Coast Dream Machines modern era high-performance race cars, honor the show founder) – a mass syn - Show, one of the West coast’s biggest, bad - quirky art and pedal cars, modified street chronized firing-up of the engines of all dest, most fascinating gatherings of the machines with cutting edge styles, exotic the magnificent machines on display world’s coolest cars, trucks, motorcycles, high-performance cars, stylish European (10a.m., 12 noon, and 2 p.m.), spine-tin - aircraft and assorted contraptions repre - cars, to name just a few… but not to be gling vintage warbird flyovers (11a.m. and senting every era and style of wheeled overlooked is the wonderous jet car! 1p.m.), spectacular skydiving performanc - wonders in history, is set for Sunday, April Hundreds of aviation wonders are es from the C-47 Skytrain with military 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Half Moon expected to be on display –– headlined by style jumps by the experts at Precision Bay Airport, located in the picturesque legendary vintage warbirds like the B-25 Skydiving (11a.m.), electrifying 4-rider admission for two people. 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It has been said that the only voluntary act in aviation is the decision to take-off. Every action after take-off involves the skillful management of risk, the enjoyment of flight and a continuous stream of decisions that result in a safe landing. In 1974, NASA created the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) to allow aviation professionals to share experiences in a frank, non-punitive man - ner. The ASRS structure allows pilots and other aviation professionals to file an anonymous report of an incident, error or occurrence that the contributor feels might be of value to others. These reports are gathered, analyzed and data based by NASA experts and made available to all interested parties as a tool for creating proactive aviation safety programs. Additionally, NASA distributes an electronic publication, CALLBACK , which contains selected, de-identified, reports on a free subscription basis. In Flight USA is proud to reprint selected reports, exerpted from CALLBACK , for our readers to read, study, occasionally laugh at, and always learn from. Visit http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/ to learn how you can participate in the ASRS program.

REW ANAGEMENT OF ASSENGER IRCUMSTANCES Perplexing passengCer circumstanceMs runway for takeoff. A Flight AttendantP the phone relaying the meCssage, the com - [I] made a call to the cockpit to advise can exist in all shapes and sizes and may called and said that they had a problem munication may have been confused or [the Captain] of the situation. [I] advised develop quickly during flight operations. with a passenger and that they would get omitted. that I was experiencing a situation in the While many passenger situations are rou - back to us. The Flight Attendant then The specifics of the situation were cabin with a passenger unable to go tine, some may be uncommon or even called a second time shortly thereafter not properly communicated, or the through with travel who was experienc - unique. Many pilots and flight attendants saying that they had a passenger who specifics did not get com-municated ing and exhibiting extreme anxiety and have encountered unusual passenger was afraid to fly and wanted to get off the because the [Relief Pilot] was taking the panic. I further advised my assessment situa-tions that they never would have aircraft, and that we needed to go back to call and transferring the information to that we needed to return to the gate. The imagined. Passenger incidents could the gate. Flight Attendant B was on the me. The [Relief Pilot] also told me that response was affirmative. Thinking that include illness, injury, mis-conduct, med - phone relaying information to the [the Relief Pilot] was unaware of people arrangements were being made to return ical problems, baggage issues, intoxica - Captain. I was monitoring Tower as we standing at the time. to the gate, I and two other Flight tion, confrontation, threatening behavior, were awaiting takeoff clearance and was Attendants continued to calm the passen - or other rare conditions. not in on this phone conversation. I asked From the Relief Pilot’s Report: ger in efforts to get [the passenger] back Dealing with distinct passenger the Captain if [the Captain] wanted me to to a seat as we taxied to the gate. The next events may require creative problem get clearance to clear the runway. [The • I was the [Relief Pilot] and was thing I knew, the engines were revving, solving techniques, clear judgment, quick Captain] said, “No, stay on the runway sitting in the First Observer’s seat. In the and we were speeding down the runway decisions, and exceptional Crew and see how long it takes to get our take - takeoff position shortly after being for takeoff while I, the passenger, and two Resource Management (CRM) by every - off clearance.” Our takeoff clearance cleared for takeoff, the Purser called the other Flight Attendants were standing in one involved, especially if a situation is came quickly from the Tower, and the cockpit. The First Officer (FO) took the galley in total shock… and attempting not addressed by FAR, company policy, Captain said that we were going and [that] call and reported that there was a to secure ourselves. As soon as we were or the Quick Refer-ence Handbook pushed the throttles up for takeoff. We problem with a passenger and that they’d able, [we] assisted the passenger to the (QRH). Teamwork is a must. found out later in flight that the passen - call back. I answered the next call. The closest empty passenger seat, and I took This month’s CALLBACK shares ger in question and two or three Flight Flight Attendant reported that a passen - my jumpseat. six perspectives on one passenger inci - Attendants were standing in the cabin ger wanted to get off the plane immedi - What could prevent this from occur - dent and the responsive actions the crew during takeoff. ately and was very upset. I reported this ring in the future, in my opinion, would took. Each reporter’s individual account This event occurred because suffi - to the Captain after I told the Flight be better communication coming from and actions during this single incident cient time was not taken to address the Attendant that I’d call back in a moment. the cockpit in determining the current may stimulate strong and differing opin - Flight Attendants’ concerns about this There was very little cockpit discussion condition of a special situation occurring ions. The ability of ASRS to capture and passenger. Adherence to Cockpit before I called to the back to get a status in the cabin before forging ahead with the portray an event from multiple perspec - Resource Management (CRM) proce- on the passenger. I was informed, I decision to take off. tives may, however, provide more clarity dures and taking time to address prob - believe, by the Purser that the passenger to the event than the view per-ceived lems on the ground would have prevented was adamant about getting off the air - From the B Flight Attendant’s Report: through any single lens. Our intent is to this issue. plane. illustrate the complexity and urgency that The Purser stated that we needed to • As we were taxiing out for takeoff, a pas-senger situation may present to a From the Captain’s Report: go back to the gate and remove the pas - a passenger was emotionally distressed crew and to stimulate constructive dis - senger. I hung up the phone and related and approached Flight Attendant A at cussion regarding crew actions when • While on the runway waiting for verbatim what was said to me by the Door 2L. [The passenger] told [Flight dealing with passenger circumstances. takeoff clearance from Tower, the Purser. At that point, the Captain stated Attendant A] that [the passenger] wanted [Purser] called the cockpit and reported that we weren’t going back to the gate for to get off the aircraft and was having a The Crew Debriefing to the [Relief Pilot] that they had a pan - that and, without hesitation or further panic attack. I was Flight Attendant B. I icking passenger who wanted to get off discussion, pushed up the power, went to [the Purser] and informed [the This air carrier crew was caught off- the airplane. I told the Flight Attendant B [engaged the autothrottles], and off we Purser] of the situation. [The Purser] guard by a passenger situation just prior to tell them that we were on the runway went. then called the Captain to inform [the to initiating the takeoff. Ensuing commu - and that it’s too late to get off. [I said,] Captain]. I went back to Door 2L and nications, misinformation, confusion, “We are taking off now.” From the Purser’s Report: tried to calm [the passenger] down. [The assumptions, and decisions at a critical After takeoff, the Flight Attendant passenger] was trembling and crying. time resulted in a less than desirable out - notified me that they were in the aisle still • During taxi, a passenger The [Purser] was with me in the mid-gal - come that had the potential to become standing when the takeoff was initiated. I approached [the door] and stated that ley when Flight Attendant [E] came and much worse. informed them that I was unaware that [the passenger] must deplane. The pas - told us that the Captain informed them anyone was standing at the time and that senger was suffering and showing signs [that] we were taking off. We instantly From the First Officer’s Report: they should have been more specific as to of anxiety and panic attack. The passen - took off! We seated the passenger in the the situation. I believe that, ger continued to insist [that the passen - nearest available seat. We didn’t have • The aircraft was in position on the [because]…Flight Attendant B was on ger] must deplane and could not travel. time to sit in our jumpseats. Continued on Page 41 March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 41 STRONG AIRCRAFT DELIVERIES DRIVE IMPRESSIVE 2017

Cirrus Aircraft announced late last PthiEs yRearF. OTheRneMw trAainNingCceE nter AwilT l CAirIfrRamRe UParSachuAte SIyRsteCm R(CAPFS)T. engine Personal Jet – the Vision Jet. The tur - month that new customer aircraft deliver - include a Level D full-motion Vision Jet Today’s SR Series aircraft include the bine aircraft defines a new category in avia - ies for the company’s best-selling SR simulator for the most advanced Cirrus SR20, SR22 and turbocharged SR22T. tion – the Personal Jet – with its spacious, Series soared to more than 350 aircraft in transition training in the world. And a new company milestone is just pilot and passenger-friendly cabin featuring 2017, a recent record high. As the global “Our goal remains revolutionizing the ahead as Cirrus will deliver its 7,000th panoramic windows, reclining seats and SR Series fleet approaches 10 million personal flying experience for the pilot and SR airplane in April 2018. comfortable legroom to accommodate five flight hours in more than 60 countries, the passenger through innovation in perform - Now in its sixth generation, the SR adults and two children. The cabin is com - company has also ramped up production ance and safety,” noted Cirrus Aircraft Co- Series has been the best-selling general plemented by the proprietary Cirrus of its turbine aircraft – the world’s first sin - founder and CEO, Dale Klapmeier. “Our aviation piston aircraft in its class for six - Perspective® Touch™ by Garmin®, which gle-engine Personal Jet, the SF50 Vision strong results in 2017 are a direct result of teen consecutive years. 2017 marked the delivers a wide array of sophisticated and Jet – with 25 Vision Jets currently deliv - how our mission resonates with our cus - launch of the enhanced G6 SR Series intuitive global navigation capabilities and ered and in service around the world. tomers. The SR Series, and now the Vision with the Cirrus Perspective+ by Garmin safety features at the touch of a finger. The The past year marks the fourth consec - Jet, continue to reinvent personal aviation flight deck which includes expanded Vision Jet has won widespread industry utive year that Cirrus Aircraft has delivered around the world.” avionics and flight planning options, lux - accolades, including Plane & Pilot’s 2017 more than 300 SR Series aircraft. Enterprise ury automotive-inspired Cirrus Spectra Plane of the Year as well as Popular growth also propelled facilities expansion The SR Series Continues to wingtip lighting, cockpit connectivity Science’s 2017 Best of What’s New. and employee growth across all Cirrus loca - Lead the Way solutions and premium interior options. The company has delivered 25 tions in Duluth, Minnesota, Grand Forks, Vision Jets to customers since certifica - North Dakota and Knoxville, Tennessee Cirrus Aircraft’s first high-perform - The Vision Jet Ramps Up tion in late 2016, with owners enjoying with nearly 300 jobs added in total over the ance SR airplane – an SR20 – was deliv - Deliveries the added value of a truly comprehensive last year. Included in the expansion is the ered in 1999 and transformed general avi - ownership program, JetStream. Designed Knoxville-based Vision Center campus, ation with intuitive avionics, game- In 2016, Cirrus Aircraft ushered in a to enhance the Vision Jet through “worry- which will open the doors to its new world- changing performance and revolutionary new era in personal transportation with the free” ownership, JetStream includes the class Cirrus Approach training center later safety systems, including the Cirrus FAA certification of the world’s first single- Continued on Page 43 Safe Landings Continued from Page 40 of the ASRS, who commit themselves cept of confi-dential safety reporting to improving avia-tion safety, and I support each day to discovering the safety gems aviation organizations both in this nation you and your efforts to continue the From the E Flight Attendant’s Report: hidden in the multitude of reports sent to and in other countries and in-dustries. To important work of transforming safety the ASRS from pilots, controllers, dis - all of you everywhere with whom I have information into safety changes that will • A passenger suffered an extreme patchers, flight attendants, maintenance crossed paths, I will miss you dearly. I prevent accidents. panic attack during the takeoff phase and technicians, ground workers, and others. thank each and every one of you for your (Signed) Linda Connell wanted to get off the airplane. The pas - I have been fortunate to convey the con - tireless contributions to the process of senger was standing in the business class galley assisted by Flight Attendant A and the Purser. The passenger did not speak any English, and I assisted with transla - Learn at the finest soaring facility in the country! tion. The Pilots were advised of the situa - tion, but the takeoff went on with the three Flight Attendants and the passenger standing in the business class galley. Arizona Soaring, Inc. Quickly we moved the passenger to the Estrella Sailport nearest open seat. since 1969 • • • • •

Linda Connell; NASA ASRS Director’s Retirement www.azsoaring.com P.O. Box 858 After 37 years at NASA Ames Maricopa, AZ 85239 Research Center and 21 years as NASA ASRS Director, I have decided to retire (just south of Phoenix) from government civil service at the end of February. It has been my distinct honor (520) 568-2318 FAST-TRACK TRAINING and pleasure to work with the amazing aviation safety community that includes is our specialty so many colleagues and friends from the We train more glider pIlots than anyone! FAA, the NTSB, and the numerous organizations that represent all of you 15 Sailplanes - Racers to unlimited ACRO who report to the ASRS. It has been my privilege to work with the dedicated staff 42 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 Homebuilder’s Workshop

DODGING THE FIGHTERS very so often, the military comes ed that everything was working properly, • • • • • most simple cases, for Ed to Savannah for training out over but at one point, I was watching the ADS- two reasons: first, hav - Wischmeyer the ocean. When this happens, a B and saw a bizjet flying into Savannah. Standard rate turn is a concept in ing done user interface Efew dozen planes come to visit for a cou - At 15 miles, he suddenly disappeared, instrument flying so that radar con - design, I have no toler - ple of weeks – F-15s, F-18s, and F-22s hence the hypothesis that the ground trollers, when vectoring an airplane, can ance for violations of user interface fun - being the most common, usually with a equipment pieces aren’t playing nice estimate the turn radius so that they can damentals; and second, really learning an handful of black T-38s and once, an F-35. together. vector the airplane onto a given track line app takes a lot of time, including flight Occasionally, a KC-135 or two will So today’s exercise was to fly the – like an ILS. Sometimes you’ll see stan - time, to really understand it so that you overnight here as well. RV-9A and check out the minimum alti - dard rate turn referenced with regard to can communicate it well. Having thus It’s way cool to watch an F-22 do an tude for receiving the ADS-B uplinks. On VFR flight, and that often means that disqualified my opinions, here are sever - unrestricted climb, launching at maybe a climbout, the signals were received at writer doesn’t really know what he’s talk - al… 70-degree angle with a half roll at around 1,100 feet, But when I did a long landing, ing about. FlyQ Insight is an augmented reality 10,000 feet to turn on heading. If a civil - flying down the runway at 200 feet, I still In the era of steam gauges (non-glass application for iPhone and iPad that looks ian tried that… And being fighters, they had signal. The working hypothesis is cockpits), standard rate was indicated on really cool. The idea is that you use aim approach and do a break over the runway that on climbout, the ADS-B receiver was a turn-and-slip indicator or on the later, the camera out the window, and your to a tight pattern. Pretty interesting to be still acquiring the signal and didn’t have easier-to-fly turn coordinator. Those device shows you the outside view (real - taxiing in and look through the canopy it all synched up till 1,100 feet. instruments were usually electrically ity) overlaid (augmented, that is) with and be looking up the wing of an F-18 I don’t know how you can tell the powered so as to provide a backup to the symbology for where the nearby airports 600 feet above (looked a whole heckuva difference between uplinked TIS-B traf - other gyros, which were vacuum pow - are with distance indications and simple lot closer) doing a carrier style break. fic and ADS-B air-to-air traffic on the ered. But if the turn rate instruments were airport diagrams. There’s a youtube video But all is not peachy. When the G3X, but I suspect that air to air shows an damped enough to make them easy to that shows it in flight. This can be won - fighters come back in a bunch, they’re N-number and TIS-B doesn’t. Not that it read, that made them difficult to use for derful for being able to tell ATC “airport often thirsty and that’s a poor time to be makes a difference unless you’re debug - roll information when the other gyros in sight,” or for looking to see which air - in the pattern in a little RV. And the fight - ging… although some apps apparently were inoperative. ports are where with respect to weather. ers don’t always stick to their schedule, will differentiate. Fast forward to glass cockpits and FlyQ Insight is $139.99 per year, and so it’s hard to fit pattern work in when What would be really sweet would microelectronic vibrating gyros, where includes VFR and IFR ChartData sub - you think it will work. But a cooperative be if that ADS-B uplink minimum recep - one integrated set of sensors provides all scription. If you’re already happy with attitude goes a long way. tion altitude was available as part of the of the acceleration, attitude and rate infor - another vendor’s database subscription, Sometimes, though… there are a airport information – on electronic dis - mation – no more redundant sensors. And or are content to let your GPS take you to number of controller trainees learning plays and, for the instrument flying types, since the glass cockpit also can know true the airport, that price is steep. But if this their trade here, and occasionally one will on approach plates. The key is that the airspeed, the computers can calculate and was a $10 app with minimal databases, come down with a case of smart mouth. information has to be easily, obviously, display how much bank angle you need I’d buy it. Not to fear, though, keep the comments and readily acceptable. Yes, that informa - for a standard rate turn. No fussing with The FlyQ comments section on the off the air, call the tower on the land line tion is available now on coverage charts, the bank angle to find the correct bank App Store led to a similar app, augport, and let them handle it. As Red Green approximately, but those maps require angle, it’s displayed directly. Sweet! with a more obscuring display. says, “I’m pulling for you. We’re all in excessive inflight workload. I’ve sent in a Garmin has just implemented this on AOPA GO is a downloadable avia - this together.” request through the NASA ASRS system the G3X touch, and while I don’t know tion database. This app is free to AOPA (they’ll know where to forward it), and that I first thought of this concept nor was members. It’s a really great concept for • • • • • maybe that will happen in a year or so. the first to suggest it to Garmin, the soft - those who don’t want to shell out the New ADS-B display software was ware upgrade with this feature works bucks for a subscription to ForeFlight or For whatever reason, the ADS-B downloaded for the RV-9A’s displays great. I’m jazzed. Gamin Pilot or any of the others. Try it! uplink sometimes hasn’t shown traffic yesterday, but I’ve not had a chance to See what you think. near Savannah, even when the G3X is install and flight test it and, no surprise, • • • • • Remember the good old days, when indicating that the GDL39 is receiving the manuals haven’t yet caught up with it was all about the airplanes? ADS-B traffic uplinks (TIS-B). the latest changes. Personally, I would make a lousy Savannah said that their monitors indicat - smartphone app reviewer, except in the

TERRAFUGIA , I NC .: 100-D AY UPDATE SINCE ACQUISITION BY HEJIANG EELY OLDING ROUP Since acquisition by Zhejiang Geely TZransition with flying carGon track for Hmately one hundred dayGs ago. ing car a reality. These investments, backed Holding Group nearly four months ago, delivery in 2019 In addition to its headquarters in by a multi-million dollar commitment by several developments have taken place. • Unveiling of a next-generation Massachusetts, which has expanded signif - Geely Holding, have resulted in the cre - Highlights include: concept, TF-2, that can carry cargo or icantly over this period, Terrafugia has also ation of 105 new jobs across both sites and • Opening of a new R&D facility in passengers in detachable pod opened a dedicated R&D facility in the San a six-fold increase in its workforce. San Francisco Bay Area Terrafugia Inc. recently released an Francisco Bay Area, allowing it to attract Combined with the new technolo - • Creating 105 new jobs represent - update on the company’s transformation the best talent from across the East and gies and exchange of knowledge afford - ing a six-fold increase in its workforce since it was formally acquired by West coasts of the United States as the com - ed to it via Geely Holding’s global indus - • Developing a new prototype of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group approxi - pany pursues its mission of making the fly - Continued on Page 43 March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 43 Terrafugia, Inc. Continued from Page 42 said: “With the support of our shareholder trial footprint, this has allowed Terrafugia Geely Holding, we have made tremendous to make considerable progress towards progress towards strengthening and the delivery of its first flying car, the enhancing Terrafugia’s operations, which Transition. The company is currently has included opening a new R&D facility developing a new, enhanced, prototype just outside San Francisco and assembling that is scheduled for completion in 2018 There are two concepts under consideration: a tilt-rotor (TR) a truly world class team of engineers. We with the vehicle on track for delivery to and a lift-plus-push (LPP) configuration. The TR has per - are now ideally positioned to realize the customers in 2019. formance advantages and the LPP has the advantage of company’s vision of creating the world’s mechanical simplicity. (Image courtesy Terrafugia) The company has also unveiled its first flying car, and are taking practical new next generation concept, TF-2, a first steps towards this, with the development of its kind flying vehicle comprising a taking place in Las Vegas from February ested parties. Further information can be of a new prototype for the Transition – the detachable pod that can carry either pas - 27 to March 1, is currently in the design obtained by visiting Terrafugia’s website delivery of which is currently our primary sengers or cargo. The concept, which was stage and Terrafugia is soliciting feed - at www.terrafugia-tf2.com/. focus – and the unveiling of a new next unveiled at the HAI HELI-EXPO 2018 back from potential customers and inter - Chris Jaran, CEO of Terrafugia Inc, generation concept vehicle.” Impressive 2017 Performance at Cirrus Aircraft Continued from Page 41 technologically advanced, industry-lead - and civilian survey missions, the winning the Red Bull Air Race season award-winning Williams International ing SR Series aircraft as they prepare the Minnesota State Patrol recently used its opener in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 3, 2018. 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AY AY rowing up in the San Francisco B 2B Bay Area has been an adventure, to say the least. On any given dGay you can hop in your plane and enjoy the view as you make your way down to the Monterey Bay. Take a deep breath as you and your passengers follow the wharf and take in the sights as you wait rugged coastal mountain ranges south, for your table – you may even catch a and discover the many treasures and little look at one of the bay’s many sea crea - towns dotted along the way. tures and water sport enthusiasts alike. It seems as if I’ve been back and Loulou’s is a special place that is filled forth between these bays for a lifetime. with amazing food, lovely people, great Forty-four years ago, my father moved stories, and special salt and pepper shak - our family from Cleveland, Ohio to the ers! It’s fun to sit at the counter and watch San Francisco Bay Area. I was eight. My as the hubcap size pancakes are prepared, dad was a sailor and veteran of the Coast take in the smell of coffee that lingers Guard and NAVY; he relocated our fam - WAI pilots and CHP in front of CHP aircraft at Signature in San Jose airport. gently in the air, and listen to the hustle ily to California for a new job and busi - (Denise Rae Donegan) and bustle of activity mixed with the culi - ness opportunity in South San Francisco. nary sounds and sea life that surround After graduating college, I had the oppor - you. Chef Benito makes the best Clam tunity to join the family business, and Chowder that I have ever had, award with that came many working lunches winning, in fact! sitting with my dad on the side of the bay, Loulou’s Griddle in the Middle sits watching planes take off and land at the on the Municipal Wharf No. 2 between San Francisco International Airport. Del Monte State Beach and the Yacht My dad loved to fly. He wanted to Club. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the fly. And, my mom did not. In fact, it coast and the Monterey Bay. A must see scared her. Although, this fear was not on any stop to Monterey, and, don’t for - enough to not get on dozens of airplanes get, they are always closed Tuesdays and jet off to their next amazing adven - (There’s never an “-ish” about this.) ture! My mom still loves to explore as Head over to the Monterey Bay much as my dad loved to get lost and Aquarium and learn about our powerful look up to the sky to identify as many air - My “Treasure Map” provided by Frank Author Denise Rae Donegan trying sky - marine sanctuary. Play tourist and hop on craft as he could. This passion for flight at Creekside Collective. diving. a whale-watching cruise at the end of the rubbed off on me! It’s in the blood. My (Denise Rae Donegan) (Courtesy Denise Rae Donegan) Wharf, and when you return, grab a bite love for flight, travel, and discovery has at Crabby Jim’s Seafood – my buddy, led me to a world of amazing people and being able to fly, a bird’s eye view. That’s ture, microclimates, math, science, and Frank, at Creekside Collective told me to opportunity within the industry of avia - what I see!” faith. A plethora of knowledge and beau - check it out. We enjoyed a stuffed lobster tion. My friend, pilot, writing partner, In the past four years, I have logged ty that is sure to stimulate the senses as tail the last time we were there. mentor, Co-President of Women in nearly nine flight hours and hope to have you catch magnificent views and enjoy If you plan on staying in the area, Aviation, International San Francisco my own private pilot’s license by the time delectable foods picked straight from our Hotel 1110 is simply amazing. A short Bay Area Chapter (WAI-SFBA), and I’m 60! In the mean time, as a photogra - waters and local farms that sit within our walk from Loulou’s, this 17-room bou - Jefferson Award Winner for Public pher and writer, I will continue to learn all collective bay areas. It’s fun to take in the tique hotel sits directly across from Del Service, Ana Carolina Uribe Ruiz, intro - I can from amazing female pilots like offshore breeze as you follow the windy Monte Beach. Designer, Nancy duced me to Women in Aviation, Ana and Women in Aviation, roads and rugged coast through the wine Williams, has magically swirled the tex - International, and opened the doors for International from the San Francisco Bay country of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Get tiles, fixtures, and vintage accents togeth - me and others to discover the career pos - Area Chapter to their newest chapter in lost. Have a blast. er with the work of local artists and culi - sibilities within the world of aviation. Costa Rica. Enjoy the ride and have fun One of my favorite places to stop in nary delights that will give you an expe - Ana’s father formed an airline in Ecuador as we share their stories. Monterey is LouLou’s Griddle in the rience of having been whisked off to in the late ‘50s that was the flag Airline Middle, a sweet little café that I discov - Paris for the day. for the country for many years… Next stop, Monterey! ered over a decade ago. Here you are sure Treasures are everywhere. Enjoy Recently I asked Ana why she loves to be greeted with a smile by restaura - your stay in Monterey, and keep your to fly. Her response was simple, “Why? As you make your way between the teurs LouLou & Grace, along with Chef eyes in the sky… The view and the space you are in. San Francisco and Monterey Bays, you Benito, and LouLou’s fabulous team and Cheers, Nothing better than looking outside and are sure to find an array of art, agricul - Good Eats. 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I always and custom interiors. for the new building, Mike Evenhouse older boats and I had a hard time recoup - say that was my college education.” “A lot of people don’t know about scouted the Internet and was impressed ing my money,” he says. “Boats damaged Evenhouse says he brings a different boats,” Evenhouse says. “We are almost Continued on Page 47 Cover Story: Radial Rumble and Negative “G’s” Continued from Page 4 eign service. and recently Vlado Lenoch, who was a When asked about his introduction mentor and friend. These are the pilots I to the T-6, Jeff offered some interesting aspire to be like, both in skill and the insights, “It took some time to get to drive they had to bring the thrill and won - know the T-6. It has its quirks. It is der of flying to others.” famously challenging to land, with a Jeff continues, “I was especially wing that departs all at once in a stall. influenced through watching my Stalls almost always produce a violent younger brother, Joe “Rifle” Shetterly, snap to the right, not the kind of thing during his A-10 West Demonstration you want sneaking up on you. At first, I Team days in the “Hog.” Watching Joe didn’t ask the wing to fly upside down, helped me internalize what the warbird meaning pushing forward on the stick greats of the past did that is different while inverted. Initially, I would main - from much of what airshow fans see tain a modicum of positive ‘G’ in all today. Joe seemed to make all his maneu - maneuvers. But in reading the original vers super-precise and straight, flying North American Aviation manual, I with a level of precision and showman - noticed the company (and the Navy and ship that made maneuvers much more Army Air Corps) approved the use of difficult, yet beautiful and exciting, all at sustained inverted flight for up to 10 sec - the same time. It is like watching an onds with no damage to airframe or Olympic Athlete perform so perfectly Shetterly Smoke Dance in the T-6. (Gary Daniels) engine. This caused me to rethink my that they make it look easy, knowing full inputs that stray from the norm.” Those T-6 is arguably one of the most success - routine, adding inverted elements that are well that years of practice to go into such watching Jeff’s exciting program will ful military designs in aviation history. not commonly seen performed.” skills. For example, I have worked hard immediately recognize the “Bob Hoover- While famed as an advanced trainer, the Jeff’s heritage and professionalism to hold some negative ‘G’ in situations esque” spirit to Jeff’s flying. AT-6 (frequently shorted to T-6) severed really shows through by his willingness like the 45-degree downline of a Cuban 8 But what about flying the T-6? with U.S. forces well into the 1970s, to learn from the best. Jeff continues, “I or to make point rolls pop.” While the “T” is recognized as standing including ground support and Forward consulted with my first ICAS Jeff sums up his style by adding, “My for “Trainer,” there is nothing trainer like Air Combat rolls in Viet Nam. Flying (International Council of Air Shows) goal is show fans that a 5,000-pound war - to the flight characteristic of this remark - combat ground support and other mili - Aerobatic Competency Evaluator (ACE), bird can be surprisingly nimble, even if it able plane. 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Continued from Page 46 Greg Shelton. Greg confirmed that it was possible to use light negative ‘Gs’ in the T- 6. He also instructed that a well-executed slow roll with a push to the negative side could be your best ‘out’ of many potential ‘sporty’ situations down low while per - forming aerobatics in a T-6. I have been looking for ways to demonstrate the true capabilities of this wonderful-handling 5,000-pound airplane ever since, including crisp, patient, point rolls, slow rolls, knife- edge passes, and even inverted waves down the show line.” And demonstrate Above: Smoke, radial rumble and unusu - Jeff does, although the word “thrill” might al attitudes, what more could a fan want. be more applicable. (Gary Daniels) Oh yes, what about the family as a team? Known as The Shetterly Squadron, Left: Jeff with good buddy and fellow Greg, Joe, and Jeff fly a three-ship forma - show performer, Adam Baker tion aerobatic routine that proves aircraft (Glenn Watson) of markedly dissimilar performance can get along together. Both Joe and Greg are seasoned EAA AirVenture performers, and are listed at www.radialrumble.com. grass runways. Thrill, Amaze, Inspire is the they want to get airborne!” Jeff will be helping the 2018 airshow sea - But Jeff is doing more than just Shetterly Squadron tagline. We want to get For additional information about Jeff, son get kicked off by performing at Sun ‘n thrilling fans with incredible flying skills, more people flying. We love spending time Radial Rumble, and the entire Shetterly Fun (Lakeland, Fla.), running from April smoke, and noise. Jeff strives to make his with the crowd at an airshow and absolute - family, visit www.radial rumble.com and 10-15. Jeff can be seen flying at shows family goals stand out, “My entire family ly live for the moment that a young boy or www.shetterlysquadron.com around the country this year, all of which enjoys grassroots aviation, even preferring girl ‘get it’ – you can see in their eyes that 50 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 AD INDEX

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