LONG BEACH FLYING CLUB & FLIGHT ACADEMY
NOVEMBER
2005 NEWSLETTER
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Editor Candace A. Robinson
EDITORIAL
WHAT’S UP? NATIONAL
PILOT ALERT, YOUR HELP IS NEEDED:
The FAA
is about to implement yet another "security measure" that will set a
dangerous precedent, which will threaten our right to fly. While this specific proposal affects pilots
in the Washington, DC area, don't think that these restrictions can't happen
here. Any Class B airspace in the country could conceivably face the same
restrictions that DC pilots have coped with for the last 2-1/2 years.
The FAA
has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which, if enacted, will make
permanent all of the temporary flight restrictions that currently exist in the
Washington, DC area. At LAX, the inner ring surrounding the airport would
become a Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ), much like the one in the DC area that
covers a fifteen-mile radius with the remaining outer ring referred to as the
Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Unlike the present Class B airspace,
this ruling imposes IFR type requirements for all flights, including VFR.
Pilots operating in this new security airspace must file a flight plan with
Flight Service (FSS) by telephone (no DUAT filing is permitted), obtain a
discrete transponder code, and be in communication with air traffic control.
Controller workload has tripled so if you think getting Class B clearance is
difficult today, imagine being a VFR flight trying to get into or out of the
ADIZ, not to mention severe enforcement actions for simple technical errors
made while trying to follow the complex procedures. These restrictions are excessive and do little to increase
security. There are more simple and
rational security procedures that can be implemented without setting a
dangerous precedent that threatens GA pilots across the nation. The federal process of rulemaking allows us
to formally protest this proposal.
Please send your protest via e-mail, mail or fax
to the FAA, as well as forwarding your complaint to your members of
Congress. We must fight tooth and nail
to stop the FAA from making the Washington, DC security airspace permanent.
Each of us individually, along with 400,000 AOPA pilot members can succeed. The FAA has recently extended the deadline
to February 6, 2006, but don’t delay.
Forms and submittal information is available at the club and through www.AOPA.org.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD will again this year collect shoeboxes filled
with small toys and other items such as flashlights, school supplies,
toiletries, clothing, books and hard candy.
Since 1993 Christmas shoeboxes have been distributed to children in more
than 60 war-torn and struggling countries.
A collection box will be set up at Long Beach Flying Club for your
donations of new items for children 2 to 14 years old. The club will then arrange, wrap and deliver
the shoeboxes boxes to an Operation Christmas Child center. Help us share our holiday spirit -- please
get your contribution to the club by December 12th!
O COME ALL YE PILOTS! MERRY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BUFFET: Club pilots, family and friends are all
invited to the Long Beach Flying Club & Flight Academy Christmas party on
Thursday, December 15th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM! We'll have all sorts of holiday treats! If you'd like to bring a dish for the potluck, call the club to
get on the signup sheet. Come one, come
all!
Ask any CFI to name
the three most annoying aspects of his job, and you can bet your flight boots
that completing the FAA's 8710-1 Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application
will appear on the list. The same goes for pilot examiners, but even more so.
And when it comes to a student filling one out for the first time, one can feel
the rising blood pressure from the other side of the runway.
Take
heart, for relief has arrived. The days of slaving over black-and-white
government forms, racking your brain to remember the nuances of proper
box-filling technique (is the date supposed to be 05-07-44, 05071944, or
05-07-1944?) are over. There's a new system available, one that eliminates
paperwork and does a vast amount of proofreading-and it doesn't cost a penny!
Well, we pay for the system as taxpayers, but there's no charge to use it.
It's called IACRA, or
Integrated Airman Certification and Rating Application, and it promises to ease
the burden on airmen. I've been using it for a while now. I've used it as an
applicant (to renew my CFI last spring), as a recommending instructor, and as
pilot examiner. The registration process is easy. The first few times one uses
the program, it seems cumbersome and clumsy-there's a lot of back-and-forth
between screens-but a rhythm soon develops, keystrokes become familiar, and
before you know it you're thinking of filling out 8710s as something we did
back in the olden days; the attention to detail involved in teaching
eights-on-pylons pales when compared to filling in those boxes correctly.
The first step is to
register online, whether you're doing so as an applicant, instructor, or
examiner, and you can do all three at once. Visit the IACRA website, http://acra.faa.gov/IACRA/default/aspx
and click on Registration. You'll find nine roles listed, and you may select as
many as you wish. In addition to the three mentioned above, one can register as
an aviation safety technician, aviation safety inspector, school administrator,
airman certification representative, chief or assistant chief flight
instructor, and training center evaluator. You are prompted to enter your
certificate number, name, and other readily available information, and to
select a user name and password. The system will assign you a federal tracking
number (FTN) and suggest that you change your password immediately, with
characteristic Washington complexity in the constraints placed on password
format.
You'll never be able
to use IACRA unless your students use it; they, too, must register for an FTN first.
Do it together. Most students will register for new ratings regularly over a
lifetime, and getting them set up is part of your instruction. You can bill for
this sort of thing, remember.
Once a person is
registered, it's easy to begin an application for a certificate or rating.
Simply log in at the IACRA website and follow the instructions, which take you
deliberately through the process, step by step. Completing the application is
exquisitely simple.
When the instructor
wishes to review and sign the application, all that's needed is to log in to
the IACRA website as a Recommending Instructor and click on Retrieve
Application in the upper right section of the screen. The program will ask for
the FTN of the applicant and guide the instructor through the process of
endorsing the recommendation. The whole ritual is similar to the course of
action when signing an 8710-1 form, but without a trace of paper.
The prize comes at
check time. The examiner logs onto IACRA, enters the FTN of the applicant, and
reviews the form by following the cyber-guidance one step at a time. When all
is complete, the DPE prints the new certificate on the computer, confirms its
correctness with the pilot, and signs it.
IACRA is now
available throughout the United States. It promises to simplify and streamline
the reams of paperwork involved in the issuance of new ratings and
certificates. Try it, and see for yourself.
Rusty Sachs serves as
Executive Director of the National Association of Flight Instructors. He
detests paperwork, types with his index fingers only, and abhors the
shortcomings of automated spell-checkers.
I
would like to congratulate Club CFI Fred Pitcher who was recently recognized by
the FAA with the Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” Award “in appreciation for 50 years
of dedicated service, technical expertise, professionalism, and many
outstanding contributions that further the cause of aviation safety.” He also recently received the Civil Air
Patrol Gil Robb Wilson Award for “conspicuously meritorious performance and
exceptionally distinguished service in the Civil Air Patrol Senior Member
Training Program.”
accomplishments
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KUO
MAKINO |
SOLO |
C172 |
CFI
HEISHU KIM |
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TAKAOKA
MASARU |
SOLO |
C152 |
CFI
HEISHU KIM |
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LEO
JAUDALSO |
SOLO |
C152 |
CFI HEISHU
KIM |
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MAXIM
SENIN |
SOLO |
C152 |
CFI
JAESEONG OH |
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RENE
GARCIA |
PRIVATE |
WARRIOR |
CFI
RICHARD GARNETT |
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CARLOS
FLORES |
PRIVATE |
C152 |
CFI
EMI KENNEDY |
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RIN
HONDA |
PRIVATE/MULTI |
SEMINOLE |
CFI
HEISHU KIM |
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FRANK
REINMILLER |
PRIVATE |
C172 |
CFI
JACK BASHFORD |
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JAE
CHUNG |
COMMERCIAL |
ARROW |
CFI
HEISHU KIM |
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GARY
REEVES |
COMMERCIAL |
ARROW |
CFI
HARRY LEICHER |
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URI
LEVY |
APT |
C172 |
CFI
HELEN CRANZ |
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HARRY LEICHER |
APT |
ARROW |
CFI HELEN CRANZ |
CongratS to RICHARD GARNETT, top Club CFI for October,
logging the most hours of dual given in club aircraft! Runner-ups
were JOEY ROEHRICH and
PAUL RAYMOND!
TOP GUN AWARD goes to CHRISTOPHER DAVIS,
logging the most flight hours in club aircraft in October. Runner-ups were
DEOVANIS RUEDIAZ and JOSHUA KORNOFF!
TUNING UP THE SYMPHONY 160 Club Pilot writes to AOPA Pilot, November 2005
Having just checked
out in a Symphony, I read your article in the September issue with interest
("Tuning Up the Symphony 160," September Pilot). The airplane certainly is a delight to fly, and the
visibility is as wonderful as you say it is. But that visibility comes with a
price that probably was not apparent in Quebec two days past the vernal
equinox. I fly out of Long Beach, California, and in the summer-time here it
would certainly be nice if some of those windows could open even a tiny bit.
The ventilation is OK once you get airborne, but the cockpit is simply
uninhabitable on the ground unless you have a door open. One of the company
executives or engineers should fly south for a while. I strongly suspect there
would be a little pencil sharpening at one of the drawing boards after his
return. But don't get the wrong impression: It is a delightful airplane except
for that flaw.
Daniel
Villani [LBFC pilot] Long Beach, California
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NOTAM: Club pilots wishing to
write safety articles for our monthly newsletters would be greatly
appreciated! Many thanks to Helen Cranz for the help with this
newsletter!
notam: Santa
Paula airport is open for business! The
damage to the runway has been repaired and SZP is receiving visitors!
GET WELL WISHES go out from the Club to Tia, the daughter of
club CFI Fred Pitcher.
notam: Flight Training Financing Option Now Available
Check out www.pilotfinancing.com or pick up a Pilot Financing application at
the club. Interest rates are currently
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EMAIL: If you would like to
receive this newsletter or the LBAA newsletter via e-mail, send your address to
club@lbflying.com.
NOTAM: LONG BEACH AIRPORT
ASSOCIATION NEEDS YOU! LBAA
applications are available at the club.
We need your support -- all LBAA membership fees go to printing costs of
the quarterly newsletter and protecting General Aviation rights at Long Beach
Airport. Long Beach Airport Association
dues donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE so sign up today!!!
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA -- give the gift of flight! A Long Beach Flying Club gift certificate
fits perfectly in that holiday stocking!
NOTAM: Happy 25th anniversary -- November 15, 2005 marks Candy's
twenty-fifth year here at the club!!!
Also, believe it or not, October 27th marked our sixth year in our new
building!
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Hours Open |
Date |
Holiday |
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8:30 AM to 2 PM |
Wednesday,
November 23, 2005 |
Thanksgiving Eve |
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Closed |
Thursday,
November 24, 2005 |
Thanksgiving Day |
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8:30 AM to 2 PM |
Saturday,
December 24, 2005 |
Christmas Eve |
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Closed |
Sunday,
December 25, 2005 |
Christmas Day |
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8:30 AM to 2 PM |
Saturday,
December 31, 2005 |
New Year's Eve |
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Closed |
Sunday,
January 1, 2006 |
New Year's Day |
December
15: COME TO THE CLUB CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BUFFET --
1:00 here at LBFC
January 25: The
Long Beach Flying Club and the Long Beach Airport
Association General Membership Meeting will be held at the AirFlite
facility on Taxiway Bravo at the end of Wardlow Road. A buffet will be served beginning at 6:30 PM with the program
beginning at 7:00 PM. Everybody is
welcome to attend ‑‑ we hope to see you there ‑‑
sandwiches, fruit and dessert will be served!
This meeting will count toward CFI credit for January.
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NEW
& REJOINED CLUB PILOTS |
BIRTHDAYS |
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DENNIS
GONZALEZ JEREMY
FREW DANIELLA
EDEY KEITH
EDEY YUJI
HORIMOUCHI STEVEN
COLBORNE MATTHEW
FOERTSCH CHRISTOPHER
FLORES RYAN
VELLANOWETH STEVEN
HOWE DENNIS
JONES DUSTIN
DUTCHER RONALD
WARREN TOSHIO
HOIRAI DAVID
WIESE TODD
CANTERBURY DANON
FREAR KEVIN
APEL GEORGE
ARMAS SAMMY
BE STEVE
CHAN ALEXANDER
HASLER PAUL
HERMAN JAMES
MC CONOCHA PATRICK
MC PARTLAND ISAAC NAVARRO
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GRANT
BATHKE GREG
BELOIT BENNY
BENSON ADRIAN
BERNHAUSER ALLAN
BODOH CATHERINE
BRYDON VITO
CARAVAGGIO STEVE
CHAN DALE
CHOPPIN MATT
CONNOLLY WILLIAM
FABLE CARLOS
FLORES AARON
GONZALES STEVEN
HOWE LEONCIO
JUADALSO MATHEW
KAPLAN BRYAN
KIDD DAN
KIFAYA ARMANDO
LEYVA JOSE
MACZ DELANO
MELIKIAN KURT
MOELLER SHAUN
PEREZ SCOTT
RAMEY CARLOS
RODRIGUEZ ROBERT
RUCHHOFT HENRY
HANK SMITH DAVID
THOMPSON JASON
VANDERWEEL RONALD
WARREN WAYNE
WELCH BRANDON
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gift of flight! A Long Beach Flying Club gift certificate for any denomination
you wish, be it for the first flight, pilot supplies, or aircraft rental, makes
a great gift for any occasion!
There
are three ways to obtain the gift of flight:
1. Stop by and pick up a gift certificate
during our office hours (8:30 am to
4:30 pm daily). You can purchase accessories to go with the gift
certificate such as a visor, aviation mug
or LBFC logo shirt.
2. We can send you a preprinted gift
certificate for any denomination
you wish -- just give us a call! We'll charge your credit card and get
the gift certificate in the next out-going
mail.
3. We can email you a gift certificate. Send us or call us with a credit card
number to activate it for any denomination
you wish. You will be given
a Gift Certificate number to fill in at
the bottom of your printout.
It's
just that easy to give a unique and treasured gift. Keep it in mind for
upcoming birthdays or anniversaries!