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October Bloomsburg Municipal Airport October Bloomsburg Municipal Airport BJ Teichman, Airport Coordinator - TOB Dave Ruckle, Pilot [email protected] [email protected] Join us for three days dedicated to aviation industry and an opportunity to influence the future of aviation in the commonwealth. If you want to hear how others in the aviation industry are responding to the current challenges, reprioritizing their capital improvement plans, and moving projects forward, you'll want to attend. Join government and industry nationwide. Stay connected and informed. Discover new opportunities. Join us to diversify your network by interacting with government officials, enterprise users, consultants, contractors and public safety personnel. This year's event features the opportunity to have 1 on 1's meetings with sponsors and virtual networking. Interface by video with all attending! REGISTER NOW The Virtual Program: How It Works Conference Auditorium Attendees will have access to over 27 session over three days. Watch all sessions live or on demand. Virtual Exhibition and Networking Hall The Networking Hall is where you can connect with presenters, setup private & group meetings, and conference attendees can meet industry experts. Learn more about new projects, best practices, and services while connecting and talking live with sponsors. VIEW SCHEDULE 2 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 2020 – Oct. Newsletter Bloomsburg Flying Club Memberships available! www.flybloomsburg.com Contact: [email protected] Bring a friend who is interested in joining the club! Flight Instructors: ▪ Phil Polstra – CFII (Parlor City Flying Club Member / Bloomsburg Flying Club) [email protected] 570-854-5653 ▪ Rob Staib – (Independent) [email protected] 570-850-5274 ▪ Hans Lawrence – CFII / MEI / RI [email protected] 570-898-8868 ▪ Eric Cipcic, CFI [email protected] 412-496-9954 (Based at KIPT – willing to travel to other airports) On the Horizon / Save the Date(s): What: N13 EAA Chapter 1641 Meeting Date and Time: 18 Oct. 2020, 5:00 PM Guest Speaker: Aaron Hartley / Eagle Sport Location: Bloomsburg Municipal Airport **************************************** What: N13 Bloomsburg Flying Club Meeting Date: 18 Oct. 2020 and Time: 6:30 PM Guest Speaker: Mr. Joe Miller – Mr. Miller is a retired USAF pilot who currently works with the TSA in airspace security around the National Capital Region at the TSA operations center near Dulles Airport in northern Virginia. Location: Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 3 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 2020 – Oct. Newsletter ACCOMPLISHMENTS Aaron, on left, holds his certificate of completion for the Experimental Inspection course he recently attended. Completing this course enables him to do his own annual inspections on his Light Sport Eagle! On Right from Left, newlyweds, Jeff and Audra, with Angel Flight Pilot, Dave. Congratulations! Dave, thank you, and all the other Angel Flight pilots for donating your time and talent! 4 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 2020 – Oct. Newsletter Change in Command in CAP Squadron 522 (Left. to Rt.) Lt. DePalma, Commander Williams, Deputy Lapetina, Cadet Doty. A change of command ceremony for Squadron 522 will take place during the regularly scheduled Civil Air Patrol (CAP) meeting at N13 on 22 October. Commander Williams will be stepping down and Lt. DePalma will be taking over as the new commander. Cpt. Williams has served as commander for NER PA-522 for almost six years. He will remain a member of the squadron, and while he has accepted other responsibilities at the group level, he reports his heart will always be with this squadron. The group commander (Lt. Col. McBride) will be the official member in charge of the ceremony. There will be some light refreshments afterwards. Cpt. Williams reports that this is a MANDATORY meeting for all cadets! ALL Covid precautions will be in effect! N13 Civil Air Patrol Earns 3 Awards 1.Phoenix Award -Our 522 Squadron formerly based at Selinsgrove and now based at N13 rose from the ashes and have become the most improved squadron in PA wing. 2. Aerospace Excellence Award – Our 522 Squadron earned this award by meeting all the educational criteria expected of the National Program and the quality of the Aerospace Program. Congrats to all those leaders and mentors who taught this program at N13! 3. Commander of the Year Award Our very own Commander, Cpt. Dale Williams earned the Commander of the Year award for the PA Wing out of all 46 Commanders throughout the state. Congratulations Cpt. Williams! - So well deserved! 5 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 2020 – Oct. Newsletter This Month in Aviation History On October 3, 1967 Major William J. “Pete” Knight set a world record for manned aircraft that still stands today. Wow, that was 53 years ago this month! Hard to believe, isn’t it, that any aeronautical record has lasted that long. No, he wasn’t the first to break the sound barrier. That was Captain Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947 when he flew “Glamorous Glennis” a Bell X-1 rocket powered aircraft at Mach 1.015 or 670 mph at Muroc Dry Lake, California to an altitude of 45,000 feet. No, he wasn’t the first American to hold a FAI airplane certificate either. That was Glenn Curtiss way back on October 7, 1909. Could it be Major Knight was the first to land a R4D-5 “Skytrain” at the South Pole? Nope, that was accomplished by Rear Admiral George Dufek on October 31, 1956. So just who is this guy and what did he do that no one since has ever done again? He was an American aeronautical engineer, Vietnam War combat pilot, test pilot, astronaut and if that wasn’t enough, a politician. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental space- plane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. On that early October day more than half a century ago, he piloted X-15A-2, flight 188, the second of three planes in the X-15 fleet, to a speed of Mack 6.70 or 4,520 mph, setting a new speed record for flight in a winged, powered aircraft that has never been beaten. 6 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 2020 – Oct. Newsletter Two weeks later, on October 17, Knight flew X-15 Flight 190 to an altitude of 280,500 feet or 50 miles. This qualified him as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space. He was one of only five pilots to earn this distinction by flying an airplane into space. It was the last successful flight, though, of the X-15-3, the fleet’s third plane. Sadly, on November 15, X-15 Flight 191 ended in disaster, killing pilot Michael Adams and destroying the X-15-3. Knight was born in Noblesville, Indiana on November 18, 1929. Following high school, he attended Butler University and Purdue University. He joined the United States Air Force in 1951 and earned his commission and pilot wings through the Aviation Cadet Program in 1953. Knight accomplished the first of many achievements while, as a second lieutenant, flying an F-89D for the 438th Fighter- Interceptor Squadron, he won the prestigious Allison Jet Trophy for his racing performance while flying in the Dayton National Air Show, September 1954.. In 1958, Knight earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology. That same year he also served as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, California, becoming a project test pilot for the F-100, F-101 Voodoo, F-104 Starfighter and later, the T-38 and F-5 test programs. In 1960, he was one of six test pilots selected to fly the X-20 Dyna-Soar. This program was slated to become the first winged orbital space vehicle capable of lift-offs, reentries and conventional landings, a predecessor to the future Space Shuttle Program. But, the X-20 program was scrubbed in 1963. That’s when Knight completed astronaut training at Edwards AFB and was selected for the North American X-15 program. As you might have already guessed, flying the X-15 had its “white-knuckle” moments. For instance, on June 29, 1967 while climbing through 107,000 feet at Mach 7 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport 2020 – Oct. Newsletter 4.17, Knight experienced a total electrical failure. All onboard systems shut down. After the thrust of the X-15 carried the aircraft to an altitude of 173,000 feet, Knight calmly set up a visual approach. Resorting to good, old fashion “seat-of-the-pants” flying, he glided to a safe emergency landing at Mud Lake, Nevada. In fact, during his record setting flight, the aircraft surface temperature exceeded 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in serious structural problem. Despite the life-threatening conditions, he successfully maneuvered the X-15 to a flawless landing. For his remarkable feats of airmanship, he was awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross. On October 19, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented Knight with the Harmon International Aviator’s Trophy, described by the Clifford B. Harmon Trust as: “An American award for the most outstanding international achievement in the arts and/or science of aeronautics for the preceding year, with the art of flying receiving first consideration.” Also, in 1968, after a ten-year career as a test pilot at Edwards, he transferred to Phan Rang Air Base in Southeast Asia where he completed a total of 253 combat missions in the F-100. Following his combat tour in Vietnam, he shipped back to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to serve as director of development for the F-15 Eagle. Also, while at Wright Patterson, he was the Program Director for the International Fighter (F-5) program. He then returned to Edwards in 1979 where he served as the Air Force Flight Center Vice Commander and test pilot in the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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