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TABLE OF CONTENTS FIRST IN FLIGHT, NOT WRIGHT? 1 UNCONTROLLED, UNDER CONTROL 3 EXHIBITORS/ADVERTISERS 5 PORTER AND CHESTER INSTITUTE 9 NOTEWORTHY AIRCRAFT 10 SEMINARS 13 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION 14 HISTORY TAKES FLIGHT 21 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 25 SPECIAL THANKS 26 SIMSBURY AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE 26 EVENT MAP 29 AVIATION TECH TOYS 31 BUILDING A CHAMPION 36 LEARNING TO FLY IN SIMSBURY 38 SIMSBURY FLY-IN COMMITTEE 42 DECODING YOUR CAR’S VIN 42 WHERE THE DONATIONS GO 48 FIRST IN FLIGHT, DID THIS MAN BEAT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS BY 2 YEARS? STORY BY BILL THOMAS NOT WRIGHT? istory ain’t what it used to be. Seems like once you Wrights’ famous event at Kitty Hawk; and in Fairfield, Con- Hlearn a definite, proven, absolutely true, undeniable necticut, no less. Their strongly held claim is that the actual fact, someone figures out that it’s wrong. Columbus didn’t first flight was made by Gustave Whitehead. discover America? Who knew? Born in Germany, Whitehead was trained as an engine But there’s one fact we could always count on: the Wright maker. He came to the US in 1893 and worked at Har- Brothers made the first powered airplane flight on vard University for a time. He was then hired by a retired December 17, 1903. We’ve all seen the famous photo. Their manufacturer named James Means. Means was interested airplane is in the Smithsonian. The brothers hold the patent. in heavier-than-air flight and founded the first aeronautical Must be true. organization in America, the Boston Aeronautical Society Well, not according to the folks at the Connecticut Air and then set about building experimental aircraft and testing Space Center, based in Stratford, CT. It’s their belief that the them on Cape Cod. Whitehead claimed to know aviation first powered flight wasactually made two years prior to the experimenter Otto Lilienthal, and (Continued on Page 6) simsburyflyin.com 1 PLATINUM SPONSOR 2 simsburyairport.com UNCONTROLLED UNDER CONTROL BY BILL THOMAS he guy in charge of naming stuff didn’t do aviation any non-towered airports, pilots use their radios to talk to Tfavors when he created the slang term “uncontrolled each other. Every airport has a standard radio frequency. field” to describe airports like ours. The official term is (If you own an aircraft-band receiver, you can listen to “non-towered airport”, which means any airport without a Simsbury Airport on 122.7 mhz). At each phase of air- control tower. But even that label raises eyebrows, espe- port operations, pilots announce their location and inten- cially once you know that the majority of airports in the tions, so other pilots operating at the same airport know country are in that category. the whereabouts of each airplane that is taxiing, taking Not to worry. There’s plenty of control over what hap- off, or landing. Knowing where to look, pilots can then pens at an uncontrolled - OK, non-towered - airport. In use their eyeballs to see and avoid. It’s the same process the absence of a control tower, pilots follow clearly defined you use when driving your car, only better. procedures to take off and land. As a result, airport opera- Standardized airport procedures are just as important. tions are organized and safe. Every non-towered airport has a defined “traffic pattern”. Think about what happens every time you drive your Pilots are required to know the details of its traffic pattern car. Opposing traffic passes you within a few feet, mov- before flying into that airport. The rules specify the alti- ing perhaps 65 miles per hour. Cars entering from side tude and turns that arriving pilots must use to approach streets squeeze in front of you. The vehicle ahead suddenly for landing. At each stage of the landing, the pilot must stops. There’s no control tower to orchestrate these com- radio the airplane’s position to advise other pilots in the plex movements, yet you fully trust your ability to see and area. avoid, and to maneuver your car safely. It’s the same “see Every traffic pattern has three segments. Depending and avoid” method used at non-towered airports, except on winds, and on the direction from which the airplane is with much more effective safety procedures and vastly bet- arriving, there may be additional segments. But the basic ter communications. three always exist. They are called the Downwind, Base, Communications are the key. During operations at and Final segments of the landing. (Continued next page) GOLD SPONSOR WE PROUDLY SUPPORT the 2013 SIMSBURY FLY-IN 100 Lindbergh Drive AVIATION INSURANCE Brainard Airport is all we do. Hartford, CT 06114 - 2125 O: 860-249-8066 www.suttonjames.com simsburyflyin.com 3 GOLD SPONSOR (Uncontrolled Under Control - from previous page) way. The pilot’s goal here is a “stabilized” approach. That To understand how a traffic pattern works, it’s important means the rates of descent and speed are well established to know that airplanes land into the wind. A headwind and thereafter should require only minor corrections. If slows the airplane’s path over the runway and provides the pilot has properly judged these factors, the airplane added lift. Before each landing, the pilot determines the arrives for landing in the first part of the runway. If there wind direction, and lands on the runway that provides the is any doubt about the success of the touchdown, the pilot most direct headwind. should execute a “go-around” or “missed approach”. There The first part of the traffic pattern is the Downwind is nothing unsafe about a go-around: actually, it increases leg. An airplane on the Downwind leg flies parallel to the safety by starting over again rather than trying to rescue a runway, with the wind pushing from behind. This leg is landing that isn’t going well. flown at a specified altitude that is based on the height of These and many other factors are what makes flying so the airport surface and that assures clearance from nearby safe. And when you hear the term “uncontrolled airport”, obstacles. At Simsbury Airport, the downwind leg is 1,200 don’t you believe it. feet above sea level. At the end of the Downwind leg, based on judgment of wind and other factors, the pilot begins to slow the airplane by lowering the flaps and reducing engine power. A great deal of training is required for the pilot to develop these judgments. The pilot then turns ninety degrees into the Base leg of the traffic pattern. At Simsbury, as at most airports, this is a left turn, though a few airports have patterns that require right turns. During the Base leg, the pilot continues to descend and slow down at rates that will allow arrival over the runway at the ideal altitude and speed. The pilot then turns into the Final leg of the traffic pattern. 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(CONTINUED) with that credential, Means employed him to make copies these gliding flights were performed successfully in 1897 of Lilienthal’s machines.