PAINE FIELD HAPPENINGS April 2013 www.PaineField.com

County Executive Aaron Reardon Airport Director Dave Waggoner [email protected] [email protected]

Greetings! In This Issue

A month ago the FAA announced a massive Hangar Clean Up closure of towers with less than 150,000 flight operations or 10,000 commercial March Against Hunger Campaign operations per year-173 towers across the nation. This action included eight airports in Weekend Getaway Contest Washington (Walla Walla, Grant County, Olympia, Paine Field, Renton, Felts Field, Paine Field Aviation Day Tacoma Narrows and Yakima). Additionally, Boeing Field and Spokane would lose their Joe Honolulu midnight shifts. On March 22, the FAA confirmed that all of the Contract Towers on Welcome to Suzanne Hamlet Shatto this list would be closed beginning April 7, 2013. The fate of Paine Field and Moses Pilot Highlight Lake, which both have FAA staffed towers, was not announced, but we understand that

Flying Heritace Collection's New Exhibits they will be operational for up to a year and that a decision on closure has not been

Wildlife - Birds of Prey made.

Calendar of Events On March 27 the FAA announced that Tacoma Narrows tower will close on April 7,

Earth Day at Narbeck Olympia and Renton will close on April 21 and Felts Field and Yakima will close on May 5. Airfield Construction and Runway Closures

Another impact of the sequestration-driven Stairclimb Results budget crisis is a mandatory furlough of FAA personnel, including controllers in Towers, Non-Towered Communications TRACONs and Centers. This loss of staff

may impact the FAA's services in controlling Aircraft Needed aircraft and, potentially, increase aviation

delays. Historic Flight Foundation Events

If you are visiting one of the airports that is Rentable Spaces

losing tower services, you should review the procedures for non-towered operations and PAINE FIELD be extra vigilant and patient while you are in the traffic pattern. CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Sincerely, 2013

Dave Waggoner APRIL 3 ♦ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Paine Field Airport Director CPR & First Aid Training Class Paine Field Fire Station

Hangar Clean Up APRIL 5 ♦ 6:30 pm WPA General Meeting

Shawn O'Donnell's Restaurant Spring cleaning for hangars is scheduled April 27 - 28. Dumpsters APRIL 12 ♦ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm will be placed on the Central and Hangar 2 Grand Opening West Ramp. Tenants are encouraged Flying Heritage Collection to take the time to clean out their APRIL 13 ♦ 12:00 pm hangars. HFF Shakedown

Historic Flight Foundation March Against Hunger Campaign APRIL 27 ♦ 12:00 pm The Paine Field Airport and its tenants The Art of the Flight Jacket supported the Volunteers of America's March Historic Flight Foundation Against Hunger Campaign throughout March. The Airport collected over $2,100 in APRIL 27-28 ♦ All Day cash and had 14 barrels located throughout Annual Hangar Spring Cleaning the Airport collecting items for the Everett Paine Field Airport Food Bank. A special thanks to FAA Air Traffic Control Tower, ATS, Esterline-Korry, MAY 14 ♦ 7:00 pm Northway Aviation, Regal Air, U.S. Paine Field Community Council HealthWorks, Barb Kajiya, Paine Field Fire Paine Field Airport Station, Paine Field Maintenance, and Paine Field Airport Administration Offices for MAY 18 ♦ Save The Date placing barrels at their places of Paine Field Aviation Day businesses and all the dedicated Airport Paine Field Airport Staff who donated their time and resources to make this a successful campaign.

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Joe Honolulu Flying Heritage Collection

Joseph F. Martinez, best known as Joe Historic Flight Foundation, Restoration Center Honolulu, passed away at home on March 1, 2013 with Linda and Dominique at his side. Museum of Flight Restoration Center

Joe was born in Honolulu, HI to Lucea Martinez and the late Jose A. Martinez. He Legend Flyers - ME 262 Project grew up in Kalihi Valley the eldest of seven children. Upon graduation from Farrington Narbeck Wildlife Sanctuary High School he joined the Navy. He proudly served in Vietnam from June 1966 to September 1969. His last duty assignment Friends of Narbeck Annual Earth Day was on the USS Hissem. Except for an 11 Celebration year position at Fliteline Services on Paine Field in Everett where he fueled/defueled airplanes, his career was in sales. He was enthusiastic and knowledgeable about any product he was selling but never pushy.

Joe never let cancer diminish living life to the fullest. His sense of humor, laughing before he could get to the punch line of a joke, and his huge smile are memories we'll hold dear.

Special thanks were made to Dan, Chuck and Patti, Ann, Craig and Stephanie; Joe valued your friendship. A special thank you to Linda's friends at Evergreen and to Group Health Hospice for their support.

Donations in memory of Joe may be made to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, seattlecca.org.

Suzanne Hamlet Shatto

Friends of Narbeck get a little help during the Annual Earth Day Clean Up.

Please join Friends of Narbeck on Saturday April 20, Suzanne Hamlet Shatto 2013 for a work party celebrating Earth Day at Suzanne Hamlet Shatto came to the Airport Narbeck Wetlands Sanctuary Park at 7007 Seaway to fill an administrative void in the Fire and Boulevard. We will remove invasive plants, trim Maintenance Departments. She has been alder to preserve wetland views, refresh the parking hired as a temporary employee, but she has lot and clean the park. The work party will begin at an impressive background in legal, 10:00 am and finish by 12:30 pm. Be prepared to accounting, computer operations and college cut, clip, pull, clean and enjoy the park. Dress for the level instruction. With Bachelor degrees in weather. All family members are welcome. Economics, Psychology and Education and a Master degree in Education, Shatto fits in comfortably well with the Airport Staff. The Airfield Construction and Runway Airport is glad to have her on the team and look forward to her work to expand Closures and improve the databases, vehicle administration, and FOD Once again the Paine Field Airport has a busy programs. Welcome aboard, Suzanne! summer ahead for airfield construction.

Pilot Highlight The first project begins Wednesday, May 15 through Friday May 24 when the Airport will close the first 1000' of runway 16R in order to install a jet fuel pipeline north of the 16R blast pad. There will 8,010' of runway available during this time.

The next major project is the rehabilitation of runway 16L-34R, the small parallel runway. 16L-34R will close Monday, May 20 and be closed for two months through mid-July. During this time, the runway will be completely torn up and rebuilt. Major elements of this project include lowering the hump in the middle of the runway, significant drainage system improvements and realignment of the midfield intersections to be located at the midpoint of the runway. Additionally, the perimeter road around the north end of the runway will be lowered, which will minimize the height restriction for vehicles transiting that road.

Please note that when the small parallel runway 16L- 34R closes for two months, the Airport will be down to a single runway. The Airport has worked hard to minimize this duration by only allowing the contractor a short duration for this work. Crews will work hard to complete the work in the shortest amount of time possible.

If you have any questions about these projects, please contact the Airport Operations team [email protected]

Scott Firefighter Stair Climb Results

Regal Air's Carolyn Moeller began her path as a certified flight instructor (CFI) over 40 years ago. Moeller and her husband were living in Europe and she spent her free time enjoying the alpine skiing. She had a minor interest in aviation at that time. When her family relocated to Florida, her passion for Paine Field Team (L to R): Darryl Wimmer, Tyson powder and the need for an adventurous Severe, Tony Mace, Jeff Bohnet, Nic Nicholson. hobby were not being fulfilled so her (Not Pictured: Allan Waller and Mike Bergstrom, the husband, who had flown a little in Europe, bottle changer) encouraged her to take up flying. Eight years after that initial flight she earned her CFI The Scott Firefighter Stair Climb was a charity certificate. She returned to Europe and race held at the Columbia Center in downtown worked for the Department of the Army in Seattle. The Paine Field Team members ran up 69 Germany. In Germany she instructed part- flights of stairs in full fire gear and self contained time. breathing apparatus(SCBA). While the Paine Field Team welcomed the challenge, their When Moeller's husband retired, they participation was to fight blood cancers. The Paine returned to the United States and had Field Team raised over $6,300 of donations to opportunities to live in Western New York, benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Florida, or Washington. Memories of a trip in

1979, where she saw all the general aviation In addition to the Paine Field Team members, Chief aircraft lined up at the Boeing Field flight line Jeff Bohnet's daughter, a fire fighter for The Boeing and the beautiful mountain backdrop was Company, also climbed the tower. enough to finalize the decision to move here. She loves the skiing, hiking, and most Race Times importantly flying in Washington. She Chief Jeff Bohnet: 31.47 started at Paine Field in 1991 working a part- Tony Mace 18.18 time job. After six weeks the job turned into Allan Waller 19.51 a full-time career and she has been here Nic Nicholson 20.01 ever since. She said, "Paine Field is the best Darryl Wimmer 22.39 Tyson Severe 23.23 airport I've ever been at." Non Tower / CTAF Communications The total experience of flying, from the challenges involved to the constant learning The Paine Field Airport asks for your help and of new things to the weather, is what Carolyn cooperation with pilots announcing their intentions Moeller enjoys most about flying. She has on the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) enjoyed the test of extremely, long cross- when flying into and out of Paine Field when the countries which have taken her from the tower is closed at night. coast-to-coast and across much of Europe. Flying in Europe created its own There have been several recent instances where unique challenges from pilot's who did not pilots have not announced on CTAF they are always speak English while airborne, to the taxiing or departing a runway. Also, there have been specific rules of the European airspace, to several instances where pilots have landed at the regulations on night flying for general Airport with no communications on the CTAF. aviation aircraft. In the ten years she flew in Europe she came to realize that even though This is a dangerous situation for the Airport there are many different languages and Operations and Maintenance staff who occasionally cultural differences, pilots are the same no work on and inspect the runway when the Tower is matter where you are in the world. closed.

Moeller also finds it rather sad that relatively Additionally, there are aircraft being tugged and few people get to experience the joy of relocated around the field after hours and it's flying. She finds it hard to watch some of her especially important for these folks to know where students who love to fly, but are not able to aircraft are taxiing to and from. train because of limited resources and time. One of the things she loves is the Please remember when the Air Traffic Control Tower process of watching her students take their is closed: first flights to the first solos to the certification  You must announce your intentions over processes. The highlight of her instructing CTAF prior to taxi. career was last summer, when she helped  Use detailed taxi instructions for the benefit her grandson earn his private pilot of others using the airfield. wings. "Becoming a pilot is a life changing  Make another radio announcement prior to event," said Carolyn Moeller. departing or arriving on the active runway. These instructions are for the safety of the pilot, Her advice to individuals who are interested passengers, and others using the airport! in becoming a pilot, "Learn all you can about it. If you think you want to become a Aircraft Needed professional pilot talk to people in the industry. If you want to become a recreational pilot go at it in a professional manner." Her philosophy on flying is that the best pilots are the ones who keep learning and are prepared. Stop by Regal Air to meet Carolyn Moeller, Chief Flight Instructor, or call 425-353-9123 to schedule your training.

New Exhibits at Paul G. Allen's Flying Heritage Collection Hangar 2 The Washington Pilots Association is currently Opening recruiting aircraft for static display for this year's Paine Field Aviation Day on Saturday, May 18 from Paul G. Allen's Flying Heritage Collection 9 AM to 5 PM. If you are interested in displaying your (FHC) welcomes visitors to the official aircraft please complete a registration form available opening of "Hangar 2" - a 26,000-square-foot at www.VisitPaineField.com./pfad.html. expansion to the FHC facility that will feature all-new exhibits, a movie theater, and new This year the WPA is working with the organizers of planes and ground weaponry. Thanks to the Cruzin' to Colby and the Greenwood Car Show to expansion, FHC will be able to put more of create a car/aircraft match display (aka Land and Air its rare Warbirds on display for visitors to display). If you are interested in participating in the enjoy, and dive deeper into the history and Land and Air display, you must register by April 15, technology of the incredible WWII artifacts. and the WPA will do the best it can to find a match. FHC is inviting the community to celebrate Aircraft participating in Land and Air display must be this exciting opening by offering free parked no later than 8:45 AM Saturday and will not admission from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 12. be granted an early departure. For more information, visitwww.flyingheritage.com or call (877) Participating pilots will receive up to two FHC-3404. complimentary general admissions to the event, which includes free admission to the Flying Heritage Birds of Prey and Raptor Collection and Historic Flight Foundation. The Management general admission to the event is $10 per person, age 17 and under free.

Any questions may be addressed to Stephanie, Static Display Chair, e-mail address [email protected].

Historic Flight Foundation (HFF) Events

USDA Biologist, Matt Stevens successfully captured and banded this hazardous Red-tailed hawk at Paine Field. It was then relocated to new, suitable habitat 60 miles away never to return to the airfield.

DC-3 in the Snow Every year when wildlife strike data is sifted April 13, 2013, HFF Shakedown, noon through on a national basis, raptors always This is the day Historic Flight Foundation take stock rank in the top 5 as most hazardous, of airworthy aircraft and pilots. Weather permitting, it particularly soaring birds such as the Turkey will exercise the fleet and encourage the pilots to vulture and Red-tailed hawk. Although satisfy recurrent training requirements. Also, the vultures are rare at Paine Field, Red-tailed HFF will assess the food-worthiness of its BBQ and hawks are quite prevalent. These hawks use cooking staff. Photography is encouraged. the open grass fields to hunt for rabbits, voles, and mice. They've even been known April 27, 2013, "The Art of the Flight Jacket," to follow the mowers during spring and noon at HFF summer grass cutting operations; chasing Jerri Bergen has distinguished herself as a vintage down small rodents as they scurry away from aircraft artist. In great demand to paint authentic the large cutting blades. nose art on restored aircraft, she and her partners also design and fabricate lovely leather flight jackets. Raptors often look for thermal currents rising This specialty has required in-depth historical study from the ground in the mid afternoon. The of the graphics incorporated into outerwear in the birds can soar or "ride" the thermals up, Golden Age of aviation and beyond. Following Jerri's gaining very high altitudes while exerting presentation on "The Art of the Flight Jacket," a very little energy. When hawks and other vintage aviation uniform fashion show will feature the birds of prey do this at airports, it can be collections of Alice Miller, Betty Ruckhaber and the particularly risky for pilots in the air pattern or Historic Aviators Guild. conducting touch-and-goes. Airport Rental Space Available As part of the raptor management program at Paine Field, USDA Airport Biologist, Matt Stevens uses specialized traps to capture and trans-locate various raptor species including Cooper's, Sharp-shinned, and Red- tailed hawks, and American kestrels. All birds are fitted with a uniquely numbered and colored leg band so birds can be more easily identified in the future if needed. Depending on the age and species, some birds are moved only 15 miles away; others as far as 300 miles. 5,144 sq. ft. of mixed Please send me an email with any upcoming office/manufacturing/warehouse space: Suite S of events and future article ideas for Paine the IAC Building Field Happenings. 3,742 sq. ft. of office space (mountain views) with Sincerely, ability to subdivide: Second Floor of the C-3 Building

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