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Fall 2011 Volume 28, No. 4

New FBO Manager A View Named at Juneau from Our

Wisconsin Aviation has named Mary Gasper as FBO manager of Wisconsin President Aviation’s Juneau facility at the Dodge County Airport, one of the finest, state-of- the-art airports in Wisconsin. Mary, a native of Milwaukee, has worked for Wisconsin Aviation as a customer service representative since 2002, when she moved to Juneau. In her Winning new role as FBO manager, she will oversee fueling operations, buildings and Charlie Sheen has certainly added a new dimension to the facilities, customer service, flight school activities, and tenant relations. word winning. There was a time when it had but one meaning, “Mary displays an exemplary performance in customer service,” Wisconsin and now you hear it tossed around like a bean bag. Here in Aviation President Jeff Baum said. “She repeatedly goes above and beyond Wisconsin, we’re defining winning in terms of our beloved our customers’ expectations and has always demonstrated friendliness and Packers, Badgers, and Brewers having quite a year. Our hats professionalism to our aviation enthusiasts as well as to her fellow employees. off to them! She brings energy, experience, and a customer-first attitude.” Personally, we each have our own criteria for winning. It Mary is also a private pilot, obtaining her license in July of 2002, two may be as simple as getting through the day or as complicated days before starting her employment with Wisconsin Aviation. In March as getting a new degree, a new job, or the affection of someone 2008 she obtained her instrument rating and has aspirations for acquiring a special. We see winning in a lot of happy people reaching commercial rating. She owns a Piper Cherokee 140 and has flown it around milestones such as first solos, private licenses, instrument the country. Mary says that she loves customer service and doing whatever she ratings, light sport licenses, or tailwheel checkouts. We see can to accommodate the customers. She especially enjoys working during EAA winning in the smiles on the faces of people getting out of AirVenture, masterfully handling over 300 visiting aircraft this past summer. planes at the end of a great trip or upon purchasing a new (yes, are starting to sell again!). When I’m flying charter or corporate flights, winning to me isn’t making a greaser landing. It’s when people say, “Wow, this was great!” I’ll even take the “There’s no other way we could have accomplished this,” or the usual, “This really spoils you.” We also get that winning feeling when we get that critical part or shipment to its destination on time—or especially on some of our air ambulance or organ transplant flights when you know you’ve contributed to a much bigger win. The other night I got a different kind of winning feeling as we landed at the Washington Reagan Airport (DCA) for the first time since 9/11. You still jump through hoops to get there, but what a great feeling being back! And for our passengers (a certain presidential candidate and staff), how nice to be five minutes from where he was giving his speech. Now that’s a win-win! Speaking of winning, our thanks to all of you for helping us “win” during the recession. We definitely see things picking up, and we certainly hope that means a win for each of you.

WisconsinAviation.com Jeff Baum A Legendary Friend of The French Connection Wisconsin Aviation Passes Away

This story is not about Gene Hackman in a pork pie hat An accomplished aviator and chasing drug dealers around New York, but it is about a connection Wisconsin Aviation has made with pilots in France who have friend of many at Wisconsin Aviation, found that coming to Watertown to take flying lessons is a pretty good idea. Over the past few years, four citizens of Paris, France, legendary actor Cliff Robertson passed have chosen our Watertown flight school to pursue their aviation away from natural causes on September training. Why, you might ask, would Parisians choose to come to Watertown, Wisconsin (of all places) to take flying lessons? The 10, a day after his 88th birthday. first and probably the most essential is that the French Directorate Robertson won an Oscar in 1968 General for Civil Aviation will accept American flying certificates and ratings and convert them to the French equivalent. The next for his performance in Charly. He is most important thing is that flying lessons are considerably less also known for his later roles of John F. expensive here than they are in France. And, finally, Wisconsin Aviation is just a great place to do business. But then we’re a little Kennedy in the World War II drama bit biased. The “French Connection” all started with the arrival of a PT-109 and Uncle Ben in the French pilot named Pierre Portmann who came to Wisconsin Spider-Man movies. Aviation back in the 1990s to get checked out in and rent some of our aircraft in conjunction with attending the EAA Convention Robertson, also known to be a in Oshkosh. His son, Patrice Portmann, a French aerobatics generous, kind-hearted, and devoted champion, accompanied Pierre on subsequent visits to the United States and Wisconsin Aviation. During his stay in July of 2009, family man, will be greatly missed by his Patrice took training with Watertown Flight Instructors Jim Quinn family, friends, and followers. and Kevin Loppnow, getting checked out in the Cirrus SR22 and obtaining additional ratings. Apparently, he was quite satisfied with his experience because the word got around to another French The Felumb family poses in front of a Watertown training aircraft with Flight pilot named Dr. Christian Felumb. After a chat with Patrice, Instructor Elaine Kauh (third from left). Christian contacted Wisconsin Aviation and was soon planning one of those long European vacations in Wisconsin. The idea was so enticing that Dr. Felumb was accompanied by his wife Carine and Tips for Acing Your Written Exam his daughter Celine. All three took lessons during their stay in the month of August. Christian, a practicing osteopath, and his wife Carine live in Paris. He is part owner of a single-engine Socata aircraft and flies out of an airport close to his home. During his stay, Christian began training to receive his instrument rating. Flying with Jim While it may seem the cliché to say “study, study, study,” this is Quinn and CFII Elaine Kauh and working in the simulator at our the backbone to any hope of 100%. “Practice makes perfect” works its Dodge County facility, he advanced his instrument flying skills and way into everything. will complete his rating in France. Christian’s big accomplishment Read through your textbooks—and more than once or twice. I was taking and passing the instrument written exam. recommend three times at the least! But don’t limit yourself to just Carine Felumb is a real estate agent in Paris. She had her reading your textbook. Try watching training videos or recording any first training experience here in the Watertown flight school. She important information that you need to memorize and then playing entered our private pilot program flying with Elaine Kauh and Jim it back to yourself. Personally, I found a handheld Dictaphone Quinn and will continue her training in France. convenient. Another thing to consider is reading a variety of training Celine Felumb, Christian and Carine’s daughter, lives and books written by different authors who may present the same works as a teacher in a French school in Madagascar. Celine information but each in a different light. also started her private pilot lessons in Watertown and intends to Attending a formal ground school like the ones held at Wisconsin continue her training in Madagascar. Carine and Celine also flew Aviation is very beneficial. You not only go over the material with an with CFI Glenn Ingram at Wisconsin Aviation’s flight school at the instructor, but you also get to interact with other students. All in all, it can be a very fun experience! Dodge County Airport. Most importantly, RELAX! Don’t stay up late studying the night When they were not flying, the Felumbs enjoyed touring before your exam. Believe it or not, that can actually hurt your chances Southern Wisconsin. Some of the highlights were a trip to at passing. The best thing is to get a good night’s sleep. There is really Madison’s State Street on a warm August day, taking in a no need to get all stressed. You are just taking your written exam. community theater play in Lake Mills, sightseeing on the lakefront Think of it not as an impending hurdle but rather a step—just one of in Milwaukee and, best of all, their introduction to American many—and a step not as intimidating as it may seem. baseball. They now know what a “sausage race” is! It was a great Celine Felumb enjoys getting acquainted with the Cessna 152 cockpit. Christen Van Wormer, Pilot pleasure for Wisconsin Aviation to host our friends from France. We look forward to their return. 2 WisconsinAviation.com 3 How to Save Money and Garmin Introduces the aera® 796 Portable GPS Beat the National Average!

As Jason was busy finishing his senior year in high school, he was 3D Vision navigation technology not able to fly again until May 27—again, more than a month since his last flight. The May 27 flight was unusually hot and bumpy. Jason did not fare well on this lesson. Unfortunately, he got sick and had to use You see a virtual 3-D, behind-the-aircraft perspective of surrounding terrain “the bag” before he got back to the airport. This was the point where derived from GPS and the onboard terrain database. The touch screen the story turns. Jason decided he really wanted to get his Private Pilot allows you to rotate the view and show land and water features, obstacles, license. Not only did he want to get his private license, but he wanted to get it before he started college in the fall. runways, and airport signposts in relative proximity to the aircraft. Using In addition to working the line for Wisconsin Aviation, Jason its forward-looking terrain-avoidance capability, you see in advance where started flying three times a week and continued studying for the Private towers or obstacles may exist, and the landscape is shaded with amber Pilot written test. He passed the Private Pilot written test on July 1. On or red overlays to indicate those areas. Images are updated at a rate of 5 July 4, Jason flew solo for the first time. Now the fun really began— flying solo, gaining experience, learning to navigate, instrument flight, times per second. The aera 796’s bright, 7-inch diagonal, high-definition, night flight, and flying solo cross country. By this time it was August aera 796 in landscape view sunlight-readable display is easy to see in any lighting conditions and with 3D, behind-the-aircraft and Jason’s departure for college was looming. works in both portrait and landscape mode. The physical design has been I recommended Jason for the Private Pilot check ride on August perspective of surrounding terrain 13. On August 18, Jason successfully passed his check ride with FAA optimized to fit on the or for use as a knee-mounted device. Flight Instructor Jeff Anderson carries on the shirttail-removal tradition examiner Dick Hanusa. On August 20, Private Pilot Jason Bennett left (see accompanying article below) with student Jason Bennett. for his next adventure of pursuing studies in engineering at Minnesota State University in Mankato. Advanced electronic flight-bag capabilities I write this article to illustrate how anyone can beat the 65-72-hour national average for obtaining a pilot license. Diligent study directed Jason Bennett started working for Wisconsin Aviation part time on The aera 796 qualifies as either a Class I or Class II EFB (see electronic by the instructors and frequency of flight is the key. Not only will you the line, servicing aircraft at the Dodge County Airport (UNU) while obtain a license in a shorter period of time, but you will save money flight bag article in Winter 2011 Talewinds issue). Geo-referenced VFR he was still a junior in high school. For Jason this was just a job to as well. Most people take six months or more to get a Private Pilot sectional and IFR enroute charts come preloaded showing your aircraft’s earn some extra money. He was not really interested in learning to fly. certificate. Jason Bennett’s example of three months blows the averages As time went by Jason did become interested and decided to take the aera 796 in portrait position overlaid directly on the relevant chart. When in IFR map mode, out the window! Further, he accomplished his goal in only 43.8 hours Private Pilot Ground School taught by Instructor Glenn Ingram during view displaying the 796 can display victor airways, jet routes, minimum enroute altitudes, of total flying, 3.8 hours over the FAA’s minimum requirements, and the winter of 2011. both 3D, behind-the- that reduced the cost significantly. and leg distance, much like what’s found on traditional enroute charts. Inasmuch as Jason took ground school with Glenn, he took his first aircraft perspective Garmin FliteCharts are standard; Jeppesen charts can be used as an option. flight with him on March 19. It was April 23, more than a month, before and chart view CONGRATULATIONS, Jason, on a job superbly done! Jason flew again. This time he flew with me. A document viewer allows you to easily pull up weight and balance info, Jeffrey J. Anderson flight manuals, raster charts, or a wide range of electronically formatted Senior Instructor, UNU materials you download to the device. Also available is a “scratch pad” and a checklist viewer.

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To view our diversified fleet of charter and rental aircraft, please visit WisconsinAviation.com WisconsinAviation.com 7 “Old Reliable”—the Magnetic Compass Heart Disease and Your Medical A Visit with As many of you many of you know, heart disease is one of the the AME In this day of high-tech avionics, it seems ironic that every aircraft The magnetic compass is still the main navigational tool in your specific disqualifying conditions under 14 CFR Part 67. These include from the smallest homebuilt to the most sophisticated military fighters airplane. Even the FAA thinks so. You can legally go flying without angina pectoris, heart valve replacement, coronary artery disease that Dr. Terry Turke and giant airliners all share one basic and primary piece of navigation that fancy electronic nav equipment, but you are grounded without has required treatment or, if untreated, that has been symptomatic equipment—the magnetic compass. It predates manned flight by over your magnetic compass. Most pilots who are flying the high-tech stuff or clinically significant, myocardial infarction, heart transplant, or a thousand years, but in conjunction with a timepiece, it is capable of never give this ancient instrument any thought. When was the last time placement of a permanent pacemaker. providing information accurate enough to allow a skilled pilot to hit a you checked your compass to see if it was filled with fluid and ready to However, the good news is that the FAA may exercise and current blood lipid profile to include total cholesterol, HDL, spot after hundreds of miles of featureless terrain. point—or, for that matter, that it was still in your aircraft? discretionary authority under the provisions of Authorization of Special LDL, and triglycerides). Nobody knows who invented the magnetic compass. Historians For all its simplicity and longevity, the magnetic compass was not Issuance (as discussed in last issue’s article on kidney stones) to issue a • A current maximal graded exercise test. think the Chinese did it. (Every time historians can’t figure out the designed to aviate, but if you understand its limitations, you can always medical certificate. For first- and second-class class medical certification, additional origins of something, they usually say, “The Chinese did it.”) The first feel confident using it as a backup. When was the last time you practiced In brief summary, requirements for a Special Issuance regarding requirements are needed. The following should be accomplished no people to use a magnetic compass to navigate were definitely the sailors timed turns to headings or an ASR no-gyro approach? It is pretty clear angina, myocardial infarction, or any other evidence of coronary artery sooner than 6 months post event. : of the 12th century. They opened up the world for exploration, making that having a directional gyro or some other gyro-stabilized compass disease include: • A post-event coronary angiogram. (An application may be use of a pretty neat property of the planet that you and I still use when system is a real advantage. • A waiting period of 6 months after angina, angioplasty, by-pass considered without post-event angiography but certification for we fly. On our planet, if you want to head north, there is a magnetic There is an easy way to check your magnetic compass before every surgery, or stenting and 3 months after ablation or valve first class or unlimited second class is unlikely without it.) field in the general direction of north that will allow a magnet to point flight, and it should be a part of your standard checks. As you line up replacement. • A maximal thallium exercise stress test your way. Now every pilot will tell you that magnetic north is different on the centerline for takeoff, hold the aircraft with the brakes against at • Data required would be the hospital admission summary, • FAA Form 8500-20, Medical Exemption Petition from true north. But you must admit that getting the general direction least 50% RPM (to make sure that the alternator is on line and producing coronary catheterization report, and operative reports regarding (Operational Questionnaire). of north for free, as we do in this hemisphere, is a nice thing. power). Note the compass heading once it is stabilized for reference all cardiac events and procedures. The information as related above is a brief summary of the most When all else fails, dead-reckoning will get you there without a against the actual runway magnetic heading. Any serious disagreement Additional requirements include a current cardiovascular important aspects of the Special Issuance process. Your AME can help between the compass heading and runway magnetic evaluation including in regards to obtaining all of the needed data. heading is cause for a “compass swing,” which is a • An assessment of personal and family medical history lengthy procedure requiring two people. • A clinical cardiac and general physical examination • An assessment and a statement regarding the applicant’s Compass error? The magnetic compass medications, functional capacity, modifiable cardiovascular Dr. Terry Turke is an FAA Senior Aviation Medical Examiner has no errors. Only pilots do. risk factors, motivation for any necessary change, prognosis (AME) located in Watertown, Wisconsin (920-261-2020). for incapacitation, and blood chemistries (fasting blood sugar DEVIATION – With electronic gear on board, the compass will not point faithfully to magnetic north. Ask the AME Most of this error is only a few degrees and is noted on your compass card when the compass is swung by You may have questions about your medical or about the human factors associated with flying. If so, send them to the a mechanic. If you can’t find the card in your aircraft, Talewinds staff, and we will forward them to Dr. Turke. Replies will be published in future issues. Send your questions to: keep looking. The FAA requires it for legal operation [email protected] or mail to Wisconsin Aviation Talewinds • 1741 River Drive • Watertown, WI 53094 of your aircraft. VARIATION – It is simply the difference between what your compass is telling you is north and where true north (the geographical north pole of the earth) is located. As you may recall, those dotted magenta lines on sectional charts represent magnetic variation. My Most Memorable Flight Strange—I couldn’t find any reference to them in FAA training publications. I guess dead-reckoning navigation is considered a lost art. Just for the fun of it, draw a line on a sectional chart and figure out a “Normal time,” is the cliché answer to my wife’s described it, “The final liftoff of Discovery [is] a tribute to compass course to see if you can follow it along the log question, “When will you be home?” This sassy answer the dedication, hard work, and pride of America’s space of checkpoints. elicits eyeball rolling and other curses in my direction shuttle team.” fuss and without relying on internal or external help. Electrical systems DIPPITY DO – The magnetic compass points to north, but it also because each charter flight is unique. Being smart, she When you walk out the door for your next flight, give up and navigation systems go down, but not the old reliable dips in that direction. The compass wasn’t designed to do 45-degree now requests the registration number to track the flight’s remember to explain that you could be home late because magnetic compass. It is always there and ready to go—that is, if it is banks. You will notice some error when you make turns. This is where progress. Thankfully, the best flight of my life was you may have an extraordinary flight to experience! accurate. the LEAD-NORTH, LAG-SOUTH rule comes in. A rule of thumb is to cataloged by flightaware.com to prove what I saw! Jesse Fremont The earliest nautical compass was a very lightweight card with a lead northerly or lag southerly rollouts by your approximate latitude. When flying a Cessna Citation at 41,000 feet, the view Charter Pilot magnet attached and hung by a thin thread. It worked OK except on A.N.D.S. – Accelerate North. Decelerate South. – If you are on an is breathtaking and the 450 mph true speed is exhilarating. east or west heading and you hit power or the speed brakes, the magnetic On February 24, the view was enhanced by the 39th and Tell Us About Your Most Memorable Flight rough seas or with a strong wind. To stabilize the compass, creative Jesse’s flight was memorable because of the once- compass will dip or tilt forward or backward, respectively. This tilting final launch of the Discovery shuttle. NASA needed to minds set the compass in the calm sea of its own fluid bowl. The wet in-a-lifetime view of a space shuttle being launched. causes the compass card magnets to swing downward toward the earth, complete an eleven-day mission to the International Space compass worked well using water, but it froze solid below 32 degrees We are sure you have had a flight that was just as which in turn causes the compass to rotate to an incorrect indication. Station and, as coincidence would have it, our passengers F. Compass builders added alcohol to the bowl, which lowered memorable but for a different reason. We would like to Again, the error is approximately equal to the latitude degrees of the needed a ride to Ft. Meyers, Florida. the freezing point of the fluid and made cold-weather navigation make “My Most Memorable Flight” a regular feature aircraft location. Once the acceleration ceases and the aircraft assumes a Our first clue was from the airline crews requesting reliable—at least until some sailor drank the compass. Today’s aviation of Talewinds, so please send us a description of your constant forward velocity, the compass will return to its original east or launch updates from Atlanta Center. The 4:50 pm launch compasses are filled with acid-free white kerosene which doesn’t mix most memorable flight. Please include your name and west reading. was on target. As we approached, a computer glitch well with tonic water or tomato juice. Other than that, nothing has contact information and a description of the trip, the Ray Klaus delayed the flight for three minutes, and at 4:53 pm I changed since the 12th century. NAFI Master CFI, CFII, MEI aircraft, and why it was a memorable flight. See back notified the passengers to look out their left window. At page for address and email. our 9 o’clock, we saw a climbing light that was as bright as 8 the sun. As Mike Curie, the NASA launch commentator, Safety Matters Aircraft for Sale Congratulations, Taxi with Care Continuing with the theme, “don’t rush it,” here’s a look at ways to Superstars! stay safe while moving your aircraft on the ground. The individuals listed below have achieved solo I recently read an online account of one pilot who had a mishap while status or obtained the certificates or ratings shown taxiing for departure with his CFI on board. 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Think: “If a brake Nathan Dailing (RYV) fails right now, am I going slowly enough to stop before I run off James Dudek (UNU) the taxiway or into another aircraft?” Danny Gallo (RYV) • If you need to apply significant brake to make a turn, you’re 2000 Commander 115: Pampered and always hangared! Fresh Annual, 765TT, GNS Bob Groh (RYV) going too fast. (The same goes for free-castering nosewheels – 530W/430W! Sandel HSI! WX-500 and GDL-69 Weather! TCAD, air conditioning, one owner. Bill Hall (RYV) braking is normal, but we’re talking about controlling speed here.) Reduced to $289,000! Tom Hattori (RYV) By the same token, if you must add a touch of power to keep Brian Kuhn (RYV) moving through the turn, you’re at the right speed. Marshall Pang (MSN) • Use the heads-up policy that is now the norm in large-aircraft SPRING Christen 2011 Van Wormer (MSN) operations – never look down at avionics or checklists while the aircraft is in motion. 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