HKAC NEWSLETTER WINTER ISSUE HONG KONG AVIATION CLUB NEWSLETTER WINTER ISSUE 2014 FLYING SINCE THE 1920’S Message from the President Ms. Gigi CHAO With the imminent farewell of the well as leading regular visits to our tumultuous year of 2014, we look hangers in KTK and we have held paper forward to the coming New Year with plane contest with the Chinese YMCA both excitement and hope. During the where participants learn about principles Notice to Members past year, our club trained up a total of 9 of flight. Most importantly our pilots Updating members on latest Club News. pilots up to PPL level, (4 Helicopters, and contribute their own time, resources, 5 Fixed Wing) and a total of 14 pilots and flying expertise for charity flying Page 3 experienced their first solo. All such experiences with various charities on a achievements were celebrated during weekly basis, beneficiaries include the the annual Pilot’s Dinner, by proud Hong Kong Red Cross, St. James instructors, newly winged pilots, and Settlement, Habitat for Humanity, the collectively as a club of likeminded Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps, and many friends, with the common passion for others. Just in 2014, there have been enjoying the friendly skies of Hong over 550 beneficiaries of our charity Kong. program, this number being consistent over the past 5 years. During the last AGM, a member in Cessna 152 attendance asked for facts and figures of Flying for pure recreation is an activity The C152 is a member of our club fleet. Find charitable work carried out by the club. enjoyed by most of our members on a out more about this aircraft and its Here are a few key numbers: personal level, but flying as a service to capabilities in this issue. others, to realise their dreams, is truly an Since 2007, the club has participated in honour for the serving pilot. For myself, Page 4-5 Aviation liberal education by way of I have had the great privilege over this Learn-to-fly workshops, school talks, as past year to have participated in a HKAC NEWSLETTER | WINTER ISSUE 2 IN THIS ISSUE Message from the President (continued) charity flying programme where a group However, I must mention that our every of severely handicapped youth and move is constantly under public scrutiny, Robinson Safety Course elderly people were invited to be my and no matter in KTK or VHSK, the 7 Club members share their experience from passengers. It continues to be an public’s sentiment towards our flying this course at the Robinson Helicopter immensely humbling experience to help activities does, to some extent, hinder Company in California. them fulfil their bucket list, and their our liberties. That is why we need every Page 6 emotional tears, broad smiles, and member to take action. The future of warm cuddles at the end of the flight, the club depends on the efforts of all our will be ones I’ll never forget. members to come together united and be shining ambassadors of good The club’s achievements also include airmanship and safety, to ensure our the three HKACF scholarship recipients right to fly continues for years to come. trained by our club’s own instructors and soon to be ready for their PPL GFT. In contrast to making big impacts to lives Happy Flying of individuals such as our scholarship recipients, our club’s participation in Gigi various Birdman, Flugtag and flying Concorde Talk Capt. John Hutchinson shares his experience machine competitions over the past as a Senior Concorde Pilot. eight years has helped serve over Page 7 100,000 people in harnessing their passion for aviation. Back in the 1950s, the facility from where we stand in Kai Tak was called the Far East Flying Technical School. Continuing the legacy as a flight school, we have never stopped in our pursuit of furthering general aviation education, and we will never stop in our commitment to providing better and more flying opportunities for our Club Events members. Photos from past club events. Page 8-14 Just this month, a Safety Management System Course was successfully held at Kai Tak over three full days by an ICAO Certified Instructor, and well attended by staff and members alike. We are also working continuously to upgrade our fleet of trusty aircraft, and provide more training opportunities to equip our engineering staff to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Festive Menu Check out our club’s festive menus. Page 15-17 HKAC NEWSLETTER | WINTER ISSUE 3 NOTICE TO MEMBERS With this current cold snap, you may have realised that the holiday season is once again upon us! We have two Club Events planned for the beginning of the coming year. Please mark them down in your diaries. New Year Cocktail Party – 22 January 2015 Chinese New Year Lion Dance BBQ Party – 26 February 2015 (初八) And of course…..Wishing all members A MERRY XMAS & A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! HKAC NEWSLETTER | WINTER ISSUE 4 AIRCRAFT IN FOCUS CESSNA 152 The Cessna 152 would likely be an aircraft in which some of our members learned to fly in. In this month’s newsletter, let us have an overview of this trusty machine. First delivered in 1977 as the 1978 model year, the 152 was a modernisation of the proven Cessna 150 design. The 152 was intended to compete with the new Beechcraft Skipper and Piper Tomahawk, both of which were introduced the same year. Additional CONTORLS POWERPLANT design goals were to improve useful load through a gross weight increase to 1670 The Cessna 152 is equipped with All Cessna 152s were manufactured with lbs (757 kg), decrease internal and differential ailerons that move through a Lycoming O-235 engine. The Lycoming external noise levels and run better on 20 degrees upwards and 15 degrees provided not only an increase in engine the then newly introduced 100LL fuel. As downwards. It has single-slotted flaps power over the Cessna 150, but also was with the 150, the great majority of 152s which are electrically operated and more compatible with the newer 100LL were built at the Cessna factory in deploy to a maximum of 30 degrees. The low lead fuel. Wichita, Kansas. A number of aircraft rudder can move 23 degrees to either Cessna 152s produced between 1977 and were also built by Reims Aviation of side and is fitted with a ground- 1982 were equipped with Lycoming O- France and given the designation adjustable trim tab. The elevators move 235-L2C engines producing 110 hp (82 F152/FA152. up through 25 degrees and down kW) at 2550 rpm. This engine still through 18 degrees. An adjustable trim suffered some lead-fouling problems in Production of the 152 ended in 1985 with tab is installed on the right elevator and service and was succeeded in 1983 by a total of 7,584 examples built is controlled by a small wheel in the the 108 hp (81 kW) O-235-N2C which worldwide. center of the control console. The trim featured a different piston design and a tab moves 10 degrees up and 20 degrees redesigned combustion chamber to AIRFRAME DESIGN down relative to the elevator chordline. reduce this problem. The airframe is of mainly metal construction, the main component being 2024-T3 aluminum alloy with riveted skin. Components such as wingtips and fairings are made from glass-reinforced plastic. The fuselage is a semi- monocoque with vertical bulkheads and frames joined by longerons running the length of the fuselage. The wings are of a strut-braced design and have a 1 degree dihedral angle. The tapered (outboard) portion of each wing has one degree of washout (the chord of the tip section has one degree lower angle of attack than the chord at the end of the constant-width section). This allows greater aileron effectiveness during a stall. HKAC NEWSLETTER | WINTER ISSUE 5 LANDING GEAR The Cessna 152 is equipped with fixed tricycle landing gear. The main gear has tubular steel legs surrounded by a full- length fairing with a step for access to the cabin. The main gear has a 7 ft 7 in (2.3 m) wheelbase. The nosewheel is connected to the engine mount and has an oleo strut to dampen and absorb normal operating loads. The nosewheel is steerable through eight degrees either side of neutral and can castor under differential braking up to 30 degrees. It is connected to the rudder pedals through a spring linkage. The braking system consists of single disc brake assemblies fitted to the main 3x gear and operated by a hydraulic system. Brakes are operated by pushing The unladen weight of a BMW 3- on the top portion of the rudder pedals. series saloon car is three times that It is possible to use differential braking when taxiing and this allows very tight of the Cessna 152. turns to be made. The 152 is also fitted with a parking brake system. It is applied by depressing both toe brakes and then pulling the "Park Brake" lever to the pilot’s left. The toe brakes are then released but pressure is maintained in the system thereby leaving both brakes engaged. VARIANTS Two-seat aerobatic-capable aircraft, 315 built. Certified for +6/-3 Gs and had standard four-point harnesses, skylights and jettisonable doors, along with a checkerboard paint scheme and QUICK FACTS removable seat cushions to allow parachutes to be worn by the crew. Type Length: 24’1” approved in 1977 and produced as 1978 Wingspan: 33’4” to 1985 model years. The following Height: 8’6” aerobatic maneuvers are approved: Empty Weight: 1081 lbs Max.