January 26, 1981 81-3 Public Affairs Office FAA -Alaskan Region AAL-5 701 C St . , Box 14 Anchorage, AK 99513 (907) 271 - 5296 Alaskan US Deportrnenl of Tronsporlahon Federal Avlollon Intercom Administration

NATIONAL HONORS 2 COVER STORY

Though we're a bit late in publishing Pacific Contractors and NANA have moved tnese photos, we just got them--and we in more double-wide trailers for two have a new opportunity to pay additional camps to house 120 more men each. crazy tribute to the accomplishments of Horse Camp at Deadhorse has reopended and Joan M. Gillis and Frank Babiak, shown will house 150 men. ARCO and SOHIO each receiving Departmental national honors at plan to build new 500 man camps in the the 13th Annual DOT Awards Ceremony in area. Washington. Making the presentations was former Secretary of Transpor tation Increased activity has already been borne Neil Goldschmidt. The awards were for out by Fairbanks relief specialists outstanding performance in the region. already being put on standby by Wien for Babiak, Manager of the Anchorage Airway January flights, even though reservations Facilities Sector, was honored for are made a month in advance. Additional exceptional effort in the EEO field. flights are planned by Wien. Gillis, Administrative Assistant at the Anchorage _ Sector was given a special The Fairbanks FSS is care fully watching commendation for helping to set the this buildup in order to anticipate a office in order following its almost need for increased watch coverage due to total destruction in a fire in January traffic increases. o f 1979. Team supervisors are now working the busier shifts in addition to the scheduled specialist assigned to that Prudhoe 'Boom' shift. Wien has been flying crews into Umiat via Increased oil activity at the North B737. Crews there are dismantling the Slope, which invariably impacts FAA' s drilling rig for use in the Inigak area. activity and staffing in that part of the Cl30 Hercules are being used to bring the North, has been reported by the State rig out in an estimated 110 to 115 Department of Transportation. Within the flights. Four Hercules will be making next few weeks an influx of 5,000 more more than 330 trips in the Umiat area in workers is expected into the Deadhorse/ connection with oil company activity. Prudhoe area. The increase is due to the new field opening up at Kuparik and the water injection system now in operation.

TO CONTROL BLEEDING DIRECT PRESSURE PRESSURE ON TOURNIQUET (For most bleeding cases) THE SUPPL YING ARTERY (Severe hemorrhage which cannot be controlled by any other means)

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Dangen: the tourniquet Cover wounds should be used only for with sterile compress, severe life threatening hemorrhage that cannot be then bandage. controlled by other means. Hand pressure on femoral artery. 3 SAVES

One of the pilots contacted, Lynn Disoriented Campbell, flying a Dehavilland Beaver on floats, sighted the aircraft flying near ATCS Craig Cusack, Kenai FSS, came to the the mouth of Carroll Inlet about 8 miles aid of a disoriented pilot of a southeast of Ketchikan. Campbell's Cessna-180 on a flight from Iliamna to subsequent instructions on 123.6 enabled Anchorage. The pilot requested a the disoriented pilot to follow direction finding heading, advising he Campbell's plane into Ketchikan was in the clouds and at an altitude of for a safe landing. 1,500 feet. Cusack promptly advised the pilot to maintain VFR at all times and In a letter of commendation to Campbell, pointed out that the minimum safe who is with SEA Airlines in Ketchikan, altitude for the quadrant over which the FSS Chief Buddy Bayeur stated: "Your pilot was flying was 2,000 feet. The praiseworthy assistance undoubtedly pilot w~s given a DF steer to Kenai prevented a serious, possibly fatal Airport and he landed without incident. accident. We are grateful for the The aircraft had only about 15 minutes of meaningful contribution you made to the fuel remaining. accident prevention cause." Also coming in for kudos on the "save" were specialistb Paul Pirkl and Conrad Suckow. Ketchikan Save Though not recent, the following "save" Wrong Airport illus tr ates how a Flight Service Station can work effectively with pilots in an Kudos are due to Specialist Aurora Ann emergency situation. Campbell, Merrill Field Tower, whose alertness and good judgment kept a pilot The pilot of a light aircraft with four f rom landing at the wrong Anchorage area persons aboard declared an emergency airport recently. The pilot called while making an IFR approach to Ketchikan Merrill Tower while inbound from the Airport. He told Ketchikan FSS he was southwest and advised he was on going to look for somewhere to ditch three-mile final for 6 at Merrill. because of a critical fuel situation. However, since the aircraft was not in The pilot earlier had informed the FSS he sight, Aurora asked the pilot to give his was not sure of his position, \lhile altitude. He reported out of 2,000 executing his ILS approach to Ketchikan feet. He was still not in sight. In Airport he mistakenly used the Annette scanning the skies with binoculars, Island VORTAC/DME instead of the DME Aurora noted a light aircraft lined up located with the localizer at Ketchikan f or the main runway at Elmendorf Air airport. This resulted in the aircraft Force Base. The controller suggested to pas s ing over the Ketchikan Airport prior the pilot that it might be possible he to beg inning letdown. Th e plane broke was on final for Elmendorf instead of o ut beneath the clouds somewhere Merrill, where he wanted to go. To southeast of Ketchikan Airport . assist him in differentiating, runway end identifier strobe lights tor Merrill's Though the FSS was unable to pinpoint the Runway 6 were turned on and the pilot was aircraft's location, al 1 aircraft flying advised that Merril 1 Field was ahead and in the Ketchikan area were alerted by the to his right. The grateful pilot FSS and asked to remain alert for a verified that he had, in fact, been lined visual sighting of the plane. up for an approach to Elmendorf and was making the required turn to enter left base for Runway 6 at Merrill. 4

George Davis (right), former lt 1 s not a conga line--just a 1 ighter the Services Branch in Logistics and now moment at the coffee klatch for Ann Tucker retired, chats with Jim Walton (left) of former chief of the Civil Rights Staff who Personnel Management and Dick Brindley of transferred to Washington, D. C. recently. Management Systems. Photo was taken at a 1 Present to wish Ann well was Regional going away "coffee klatch ! for George. Director Bob Faith.

ATCS Walter E. Dotomain (left), Nome FSS, receives a Letter of Commendation from Facility Chief William E. Nelson who praised Dotomain 1 s professional ism in handling a recent aircraft emergency. A pilot in the Tin City area radioed the FSS that his aircraft had partial engine failure and he was descending at 500 feet per minute. Dotomain was able to determine the aircraft 1 s position before communications were lost, enabling another aircraft to locate the downed aircraft in just 5 minutes. The pilot later corrected the difficul ity and flew out safely.

Brad Nelson, Air Traffic Control student at Anchorage Community College, is receiving on-the-job training at Juneau FSS. Here, Brad is at the Broadcasting Position during his stay through Christmas vacation.

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Eric Meindl (left), Aviation Weather program producer on Channel 7, Anchorage, Anchorage Sector Manager Bill Frankl in receives an Accident Prevention Counselor (right) presented a Beneficial Suggestion Certificate from Tom Carter, Accident Award to John Fischback, Anchorage Prevention Specialist, GAD0-1. Meindl Center. and Carter have worked closely over the past year in production of several accident prevention television programs beamed to various locations throughout via satellite. Meindl and Carter will be travelling to several bush communities this spring in connection with Accident Prevention Program presentations. THE Meindl has produced aviation weather since his arrival in Alaska about two and a AWARDS half years ago. A graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, he served SCENE five years with the Air Force where he received meteorology training. "GAD0-1 is happy to add Eric to out list of counselors," said Carter.

A trtbute to Mary Stearns from her public speaking students was this gift presented during a surprise coffee klatch arranged by the grateful students. More than 58 employees have successfully completed Mary's class since its inception on July 11, 1979. Mary is now starting an advanced group which meets each Wednesday at noon. It's composed of only those who have completed the regular course , A new instructor is taking over the regular group--Jack i Lee of Accounting. If you t re interested in joining the beginning group, call Jacki at 5260. Those interested in the advanced course should call Mary Stearns at 5856. 6 WASHINGTON REPORT commuter in the U.S. He The News in Brief unveiled the program at the agency's second commuter airline symposium on FAA has decided to defer action on January 15. Bond said the program a notice of proposed rule making would begin in FY 1982 and cost an that would have required certifi­ estimated $160 million over the cation of airports where commuter five-year period. The upgraded airlines provide the only commer­ facilities would include precision cial service. The agency said that approach aids--either ILS or MLS-­ public comments on the NPRM "indi­ visual approach slope indicators cate that our authority to issue a (VASI), other landing aids and addi­ rule is sufficiently unclear and tional safety improvements such as we should not proceed until the runway and extensions. The statutory basis for such a rule is program is the result of an agency clarified." FAA will ask Congress analysis, begun in early 1980, of to look into the matter as part of safety facilities at commuter air­ its review of pending airport aid ports or those designated by CAB as legislation. • The Boeing Air­ providing essential service to plane Company is doing so well small communities. FAA found that these days that it even has an of the 674 airports in the U.S. order in hand for a made-to-order, (excluding Alaska) which had re­ World War II, B-17 Flying Fortress. corded passenger boardings, 425 (or But it doesn't look as if the deal 63 percent) already had or were will go through. The order from slated to get precision approach Joey Seppy of Poolesville, Md., systems. Those 425 airports handled was accompanied by a note from his 88 percent of all commuter airline mother pointing out that Joey is passengers in the U.S. in 1979 and only 5½ years old. And she said 99 percent of all commercial air­ he might have a hard time paying line passengers. When the proposed for the airplane since he only five-year program is completed at gets an allowance of 25 cents per the 127 designated airports, FAA week. • The FAA office in Africa estimates that more than 94 percent is moving January 29 from Monrovia, of commuter airline passengers and Liberia,to Dakar, Senegal. The 99.6 of all commercial airline pas­ move is being made because Dakar sengers would be served by airports has become the center of aviation with precision approach equipment. activity in western Africa and is the home of several international aviation organizations. The FAA office houses the agency's African Specialist Jailed for Smuggling representative,who doubles as a An FSS specialist, Harold W. Carlin, Flight Standards inspector. from the Miami International Flight Service Station has been fired by the agency and sentenced to 18 months in prison for trying to Improved Commuter smuggle marijuana into Florida. Carlin was found guilty by a U.S. Facilities Proposed District Court in December. He had In one of his final acts as FAA been flying as co-pilot of an air­ Administrator, Langhorne Bond an­ craft that dropped bales of mari­ nounced plans for a five-year pro­ juana over south Florida in May gram to improve facilities at 127 1980. Reportedly, the DC-3 type aircraft was carrying 3,500 pounds of marijuana. WASHINGTON REPORT 7 FAA Seeks to Save Better Planning Chicago's Meigs Field Process Initiated I FAA is firmly opposed to efforts to Administrator Bond has announced close Chicago's Meigs Field and an improved comprehensive planning will take legal action to keep it process for the agency that will open, if necessary. In a Janu- replace the National Aviation Sys­ ary 13 letter to Chicago Mayor Jane tem Ten-Year Plan and the .National Byrne, Administrator Bond said Aviation Policy Summary that were closing the general aviation field discontinued in 1977. The new pro­ would "compromise safety and cut cess reflects the latest planning down capacity in the Chicago metro­ guidelines for Federal agencies politan system of airports." Bond established by Congress and the noted that Meigs is important not Office of Management and Budget, only to ·chicago but also to the and it implements a DOT Order nation and that the city is com­ (5100.2) on the subject. Bond mitted under various grant agree­ said an improved planning process ments to operate it as an airport is essential because of the in­ . at least until 1996. Bond said the creasing need for Federal agencies agency will "exercise all its legal to produce maximum results from remedies to hold the city of every dollar spent. The new plan­ Chicago to its obligation." ning process calls for careful examination of aviation needs - for the next five and ten years and the development of alternative strate­ FSS Teams .Save Lives gies for responding to those needs. Key ingredients are increased When Jacksonville Center radar participation from the regional could not locate a plane because of offices, the public and the avia­ heavy rain, flight service ·special­ tion community. As part of that ists at the Tallahassee FSS stepped effort, the agency's strategic in. By using VOR radials and long-range plan will be published · direction-finding equipment, the every two years. Copies of the Tallahassee team located the single new planning process (FAA Order engine plane caught on top of a 1800.13B, Planning and Resource heavy overcast. The specialists Allocation) are available from then vectored the plane, carry- APO-120 in Washington headquarters ing four persons, toward the one and from regional planning offices. area airport not "socked in." When the aircraft was in the vicin­ ity of the Moultrie,. Ga. , Airport, the Tallahassee specialists handed off to Albany FSS. The Albany team then lead the plane through the overcast, and it landed safely at the Moultrie"airport. Dur- inq the month of December, 225 flight assists were reported--83 ~ ..,pi, by flight service stations, 405 by towers and 37 by centers. There were a total of 451 people reported :t> ii on board the aircraft involved. 8

Tom Carter, GAD0-1, recently presented an Accident Prevention Counselor Certificate to Tulinda Deegan, president of the Alaska Air Carrier Association and Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation. Ms. Deegan comes from Washington where she served as Vice President for Government Relations with the Commuter Airlines Association. GAD0-1 will work closely with the Alaska Air Carrier Association and Alaska Airmen's Association •n a combined effort to Frank Austin, new Civil Rights Chief, prevent and reduce aviation accidents is treated to some farewell cake by in Alaska. Vicki Suboski. Fran k made the not-so­ distant move from the Planning and Aopraisal Staff in late December.

Pub I le Ar,. 1,-, Office ,AA •Al1sU" "99ion MI.-S 701 C St ., lox I~ Anchorage , AK 'l!SI l (9071 l71-S296 Alaskan Intercom

DIRECTOR, ALASKAN REGION Robert L. Faith

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Cl if ford Cerni ck

ASSISTANT John Mc Cumiskey

The Alaskan Region INTERCOM is INTERCOM thanks Anne Burt, Printing, for published weekly for Alaskan Region providing this photo of Ernest and Arlie employees of the Federal Aviation Heald, who now live in Seattle. Arlie Administration of the Department of formerly worked in the Alaskan Region Transportation by the Public Affairs Mail Room. Ernie, a GADO inspector in Office, AAL-5, telephone (907) 271-5296. Seattle, was involved in an aircraft The dead! ine for pictures is noon accident that very nearly claimed his T~ursday the week before publication, life about three years ago. As the photo copy is due noon Tuesday the week of shows, he seems well-recovered. Photo was publicat ion. taken during the Boeing BOA rollout last January 23, 1981 October in Auburn, WA. IFSS in New Home 9

After years in cramped quarters, the Anchorage IFSS finally has a new home-­ and an abundance of new equipment. The move was from the smaller quarters upstairs at the FSS/IFSS offices at Merrill to new quarters on the main fl oar. •I •• •• •• ' \

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James Walcutt shown at modernistic new It's not a word game--colored 1 ights and console at the region's new IFSS hub at buttons on new consoles at the IFSS spell Merri 11 Field. more efficient communications in a vital segment of the agency's work.

Among those enjoying a more pleasant, ATCS Bob Moore is shown at computerized more efficient working environment at console installed at the region's new the new IFSS location is ATCS John IFSS on Merrill Field. Haynes. AROUND THE REGION Call of the Wild Aloha This item, provided by John Ruth, Chief, A farewell luncheon for Margaret Walker, Homer FSS, convinces you that there's Chtef of Logistics, who is transferring still some of the "old Alaska" left. The to Honolulu next month, will be held "North Fork" referred to is in the Homer Friday, Feb. 6 at 11 :30 a.m. at the Tiki vicinity. John's item is as follows: Cove where a Luau-type buffet will be served. Reservations are required and "The death over the past month of tickets must be purchased by Feb. 4. several animals at a North Fork ranch led For tickets, call Sandy at Ext. 5401 or to local speculation that wolves may have Amy at Ext. 5427. become active in the Homer area. According . to the rancher, he lost two calves, one horse, and a dog to the marauders, which have come into his yard for three of the victims. While he has Article Published not seen the animals himself, he has spoken to several area residents who Bernard T. Santos, of the Regional have, he says, including his wife. counsel's staff, has had a lengthy article Alaska Fish and Game has acknowledged published by the "National Law Journal" that wolves may have been involved in the under the title "The ABA Takes over?" killings, which they see as beyond the The article delves into the role of the capabilities of coyotes." American Bar Association and the immense power that organization has assumed since its inception.

Bang! It's New Year! Accident Averted John Ruth, Chief of the Homer FSS, sends us this item: "Whistles, rattles, on December 28, 1980, ATCS David Luedtke firecrackers and noise-makers have long was working the evening shift at Kodiak been used to usher the Old Year out. But Tower. Wien Flight 9 was making an a Homer resident recently came up with a approach to Runway 25. Several state new twist. Just before New Year's Day, vehicles were working on Runway 25 in an the resident was sleeping in his car attempt to improve the braking action. parked near the Yah-Sure Club. When the Wien aircraft was approximately Accidentally, he turned on a small 10 miles from the runway, all vehicles propane heater inside the vehicle. Upon were instructed to clear the runway. All waking, he lit a cigarette. The reported clear except one vehicle that resulting blast left the driver unharmed was working on the portion of the runway but blew out all of the car's windows." that was not visible from the tower. It John adds: "If you' re going to welcome was time. to issue a landing clearance to in the New Year, there should be easier the Wien aircraft or instruct him to go ways." around. ATCS Luedtke made the decision to have the aircraft go around and then asked the airport manager to check on the unreported vehicle. The airport manager found the unreported vehicle disabled on the runway with electrical problems. ATCS Luedtke' s decision averted what could have resulted in a serious aircraft accident.