THE MOST DANGEROUS SITUATION, SLOW ONSET HYPOXIA PILATUS OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2013 NIGHT FLIGHT One major difference between flying in the daytime and flying at night PLUS THE GREAT AMERICAN AIR SHOW STEPPING UP TO A PC-12 FLYING WITH A WOLF Using General GET SMART Aviation to make the world a ABOUT better place COCKPIT TRAFFIC Conflicting understanding of conflict situations WINTER 2012 POPA MAGAZINE 1 $500,000,000 worth of PC-12 Insurance Sold Worldwide and STILL CLIMBING It Matters Where You Buy Aviation Insurance As a PC-12 owner/operator, I share the same risk concerns as our clients with regard to their aviation insurance. 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BY LYN FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL BOWEN 22 STEPPING UP Transitioning to the PC-12 from a piston single. BY JOHN RULEY 28 GET SMARTER ABOUT TRAFFIC INFORMATION. “A collision at sea can ruin your day.” — Anonymous. BY PAUL K. SANCHEZ 42 SLOW- ONSET HYPOXIA A most dangerous scenario. BY DR. PAUL W. BUZA 50 FLYING WITH THE WOLVES Using an airplane to make the world a better place speaks to the heart of General Aviation. BY JACK LONG From the President During the last quarter, Everett Clark, one of our advisers for the past three and a half years, decided to leave PlaneSense, where he served as director of operations, to follow his personal agenda. PlaneSense is the largest frac- tional PC-12 operator with more than 30 PC-12 aircraft . Everett has been a critical infl uence helping us transition from an organization tailored to the owner/pilot to one focusing equally on the professional pilot. In light of the shift of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft from owner-fl own to pro pilot-fl own aircraft , this transition has been important and eff ectively implemented. We are fortunate that Ray Torres, the new director Also, Flight Safety has just announced its intention of operations at PlaneSense, has joined POPA to to build a second PC-12 simulator for the PC-12-47 Dreplace Everett as an adviser representing the pro (Series 10) aircraft that is scheduled to be operational pilot. Ray is a retired Air Force colonel where he had in the second quarter of 2014. Last quarter, extensive pilot and leadership billets including wing Last quarter, POPA unveiled its new and improved commander and safety offi cer experience. Ray has website. Th is new website is more user friendly and POPA unveiled been with PlaneSense for the past four years as a PC- contains more content focusing on the safety aspects its new and im- 12 captain and safety offi cer. POPA is very fortunate of fl ying and maintaining the PC-12. Also, we are to have Ray’s experience as a pro pilot adviser. instituting a Pilatus Pilot Profi ciency Program which proved website. During the last week of January, Flight Safety will give PC-12 pilots the opportunity to receive This new web- started operating its PC-12NG level D full-motion recognition for supplemental training. Th is program simulator equipped with the Honeywell Primus Apex is intended to encourage all PC-12 pilots to strive for site is more user avionics suite. Joe Howley and I spent a day experi- optimal competence throughout the year. friendly and encing this new simulator and associated courseware. Our agenda for POPA 17, our annual conven- In a word, it’s amazing. Th is simulator is identical to tion May 31- June 1 in Monterey, Calif., is in its fi nal contains more fl ying an NG, as one should expect. Th e critical factor stages of completion and is shaping up to provide a content focus- is that this simulator provides survival training so the plethora of appropriate and timely content. We look pilot can experience conditions outside the normal forward to seeing you there. ing on the safety comfortable fl ight envelope. Flight Safety will provide aspects of fl ying a number of training options including an 11-day and maintain- initial and a fi ve-day recurrent course. Pricing is approximately twice the alternative options with the ing the PC-12. benefi t of more extensive adverse scenario training. “POPA … We Elevate the Pilatus Experience” 6 I POPA MAGAZINE I SPRING 2013 SPRING 2013 VOLUME 15/NUMBER 4 POPA BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Laura Mason Phone: 520.299.7485 Fax: 520.844.6161 Cell: 520.907.6976 [email protected] PRESIDENT Pete Welles VICE PRESIDENT Joe Howley SECRETARY/TREASURER Brian Cleary BOARD MEMBERS Jack Long Dan Muller BOARD ADVISORS Ty Carter, Bob MacLean Ray Torres, Phil Winters Tom Aniello, Piotr “Pete” Wolak AJ PUBLICATIONS STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lyn Freeman MANAGING EDITOR Michelle Carter SENIOR EDITOR Bill Cox ASSOCIATE EDITOR Hans Lubke EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS William Henrys CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Nina Harris, Paul Simington, Katrina Bradelaw, Paul Sanchez, Wayne Rash Jr. ART DIRECTOR Robbie Destocki PHOTOGRAPHY Paul Bowen, Mary Schwinn, James Lawrence, Lyn Freeman, Jodi Butler, Gregory L. 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The Iridium Extreme also features a unique emergency feature — a button that The short wait is back! when pressed sends your GPS position to emergency You may have had a passing sigh of disap- providers and lets you communicate with them as help pointment in 2008 when the Polaroid camera arrives. The GPS position can also be sent in messages or bit the dust and went the way of the carrier emails, or your position can be displayed on an online map pigeon. Something was just so cool about for your family and friends to track your progress. This snapping a picture and then literally watch- package comes with a prepaid e-voucher for 500 minutes ing it appear on the fi lm. Proof positive that over a period of a year — a value of almost $750 in itself! analog photography still has a place in the This is state of the art for satellite communications. viewfi nder, a company called Impossible manufactures brand new fi lm for your Pola- roid! And if you no long have your “instant” camera, these folks will happily sell you a “new” (aka refurbished) Polaroid. Th e new fi lm has rich, saturated colors and frankly looks better than the old stuff we miss. For a whole bunch of info and a shot at Polaroid- invented photography, log onto The-Impos- sible-Project.com or call 212.219.3254. DUAL IS THE ONE The portable Dual XGPS170 ADS-B in receiver provides ADS-B weather and traffi c broadcasts to a variety of compatible EFB apps (sold separately) for display on an Apple iPad, Android tablet or any other Bluetooth-enabled device. The little box receives and displays the FAA’s Traffi c Information Service Broadcast, which is traf- fi c information obtained from ATC radar and broadcast from ground radio stations.