LONG BEACH FLYING
CLUB & FLIGHT ACADEMY
MARCH
2006 NEWSLETTER
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GOD BLESS AMERICA * WE FLY WITH CARE... Now, more than ever
Editor Candace A. Robinson
EDITORIAL - WHAT'S UP?
GPSMAP 296 AVAILABLE! Make
plans to come by and check out our Garmin GPS, featuring a 256-color screen
that is easy to read in bright sun, a built-in base map, Jeppesen aviation
database and auto routing. The GPS plugs into an external power supply, in our
aircraft the cigarette lighter socket but is also battery operated. In the aviation mode, the GPSMAP 296 has 5
features: the map page, terrain page, panel page, the active route and position
data. The GPS can also be operated
without being in the aircraft, which is a benefit over installed units – ground
instruction for pilots learning other GPS can run down the aircraft
battery. Grab your favorite instructor
and get a lesson about GPS technology!
Ground time with the GPS is free; rental is $16.95 per hour flown when
using it in the aircraft (not based on clock time). The GPS needs to be picked up and returned during office
hours. And just a reminder, keep a
“heads up” attitude when using the GPS while flying – it does many things but
does not scan for traffic!
FAROS -- Final
Approach Runway Occupancy Signal (aka Flashing PAPI lights): Within the next several months the FAA will
be conducting an operational evaluation of the FAROS light system on Runway 30
at Long Beach Airport. During the evaluation, a special set of PAPI lights
installed on Runway 30 will flash when an aircraft or vehicle is on the runway,
thereby warning a pilot on approach that the runway is not clear. The
evaluation may last up to one year. During this time, the FAA will solicit
pilot input on the value of the system. Over the next month, the Airport and
FAA will be distributing educational materials on how the system works, what
actions the pilot should take upon seeing the lights flash, and how to register
your opinion and thoughts about the efficacy of the system. If the results are
positive this simple, relatively low cost system could be implemented at
airports nationwide.
Contact
Christine Edwards, Airport Special Projects, at 562-570-2630 for website
information or if you have any questions.
LONG BEACH AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL
TOWER LETTER TO AIRMAN NO. 06-01 RELEASED
From Patricia A. Risner, Air Traffic Manager
This letter advises aircraft operators of revised
requirements pertaining to certain simultaneous operations on Runway 25L and
Runway 30. Specifically, in order to
provide enhanced protection between aircraft entering Runway 25L from Runway
34R or intersection Delta for departure and other simultaneous aircraft
operations on Runway 30, the following requirements are in effect:
Departing aircraft entering Runway 25L from Runway
34R or Taxiway Delta must remain on or west of the Runway 34R Taxiway Delta
centerline (as applicable) when taxiing onto the runway.
Aircraft entering Runway 25L from Runway 34R/16L or
Taxiway Delta for departure are not authorized to back taxi eastbound on Runway
25L without specific ATC approval in advance.
Aircraft with wingspans greater than 50 feet will
not be authorized to enter Runway 25L from Runway 34R/Taxiway Delta when
simultaneous operations by other aircraft are occurring on Runway 30.
Security
Awareness Training.
All CFI's are now required to obtain an initial security awareness training
before they can instruct. Thereafter, a recurrent security awareness training
is required annually. TSA does not provide a recurrent security awareness
training program. Thus, a flight school is required to design its own recurrent
training program.
LBFC
will be offering this training at our March CFI meeting on 29 Mar at 6:00 p.m.
A document will be issued at the conclusion of the training verifying receipt
of this training. You, the CFI, are then eligible to instruct for another year.
This CFI meeting will be your Annual Security Awareness Training mandated by TSA.
There are no makeups for this session. Our training will be conducted by the
Department of the Army, Intelligence and Security Command.
·
All
CFI's MUST attend the March 29 CFI meeting.
·
If
you do not attend, you will not be able to instruct.
safety tip of the month by Phil Barton
Exterior
aircraft lights, during daytime as well as nighttime, should be used to make an
aircraft operating on the airport surface more conspicuous, and to convey
location and intent to other pilots.
The following use of aircraft lights is recommended by the FAA Air
Traffic Organization (ATO) Office of Safety Services:
Engine(s) running: Turn on the rotating
beacon.
Taxing: Just prior to taxi, turn on your
navigation/position, taxi, and strobe lights.
Note that strobe lights should not be illuminated if they will adversely
affect the vision of other pilots or ground personnel.
Crossing a Runway: All exterior lights
should be illuminated when crossing a runway.
You should consider any adverse effects to safety that the forward
facing lights (taxi and landing) will have on the vision of other pilots or
ground personnel during runway crossings.
Entering the Departure Runway for Position and Hold:
Turn on all exterior lights
(except landing lights) to make your aircraft more conspicuous to aircraft on
final and to ATC.
Takeoff: Turn on landing
lights when takeoff clearance is received, or when commencing takeoff roll at
an airport without an operating control tower.
Even when flying in your favorite airplane in VFR weather, it is cheap insurance to have your navigation/position, beacon, and strobe lights on all the time, and to turn on your landing lights when within ten miles of an airport.
Fly safely
and Adios.
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Greg Peterson |
Solo |
C152 |
CFI Richard
Garnett |
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David Wiese |
Solo |
C172 |
CFI Jack Bashford |
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Chris Flores |
Solo |
C172 |
CFI Jack Bashford |
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Axel Kollesberger |
Private |
C172 |
CFI C Pierce/R
Garnett |
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Jay Gale |
Inst/Multi |
Seminole |
CFI Joey Roehrich |
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John Lee |
Comm |
C172RG |
CFI Jaeseong Oh |
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Deovanis Ruidiaz |
Comm |
C172RG |
CFI Richard
Garnett |
Congrats
to PAUL RAYMOND, top Club CFI for February, logging the most hours of
dual given in club aircraft! Runner-ups
were RICHARD GARNETT and JACK BASHFORD!
TOP
GUN AWARD goes to AXEL
KOLLESBERGER logging the most flight hours in club aircraft in February.
Runners-up were (tied) ANTHONY ANDREWS and DEOVANIS RUEDIAZ!
Special Mention also to AXEL, here from Germany to fly with us, for
accomplishing his Private Pilot License in just 27 days. From start to checkride!
CONGRATULATIONS to three club alumnus on their new
jobs: DAN KRUSE has achieved his
Citation type rating with Citation Shares and is flying as first officer; PATRICK
SHORT has been hired by Airtran as a B-737 first officer; and RENE
WAGNER now flying Lear 45s for Flexjet!
CLUB alumnus updateS!
Candy,
Hi there, its Eric Luevano LBFC CFI from 93-95. I've stopped in periodically over the years and have watched your
business grow and thrive. I believe the
last time I stopped in, I was looking into buying an airplane and was
researching the possibility of leaseback.
Anyway, I read your "Club Alumnus" email and decided I'd drop
a line to share my experience with my career in corporate/charter
aviation. Unlike most of the other
CFI's at the time, I never wanted a career with the airlines, I always
considered the flying to be rather mundane, however, I was offered a job with
TWA and nearly said yes. Good thing I
didn't, most of those pilots got pretty hosed when they merged with American. I have been very fortunate, my career has
been marked by constant progression in experience, equipment type and
salary. I'm currently a Gulfstream G550
Captain with Harbor Freight Tools, Inc.
based in Camarillo. I fly under
Pt 91 and average 10-12 days a month of flying, mostly Monday & Tuesday of
each week. The schedule is
awesome. When they hired me nearly 4
years ago they had just upgraded from a Hawker 800 to the GIV which I had been
flying internationally for the 4 years prior.
We received our new 550 in Nov. of 2004 and I have accumulated about 800hrs
in the type since. The good and the bad
with this job is that 90% of the flying is domestically based, meaning we do
about 2 international trips a year, mostly to Europe. Good from quality of life, bad if your looking to see the
world. Fortunately, in my case, I'd
already seen the world in the GIV. I've
been around the world twice and been to nearly every major city in the world,
and many not so major. In one 12 month
time span, I walked on the great wall of China, did an African safari on the Serengeti,
saw the pyramids of Egypt, scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and
attended the Cannes film festival in France with a major hollywood production
company. It was a great time to be in
aviation. Now I visit places like,
Zanesville, Ohio and Florence, South Carolina.
But I'm home much more than I'm gone and I wouldn't change places with
any other pilot flying any other equipment.
We are a small department with 3 pilots, a mechanic and a flight
attendant. Our passengers are low
maintenance and gracious on every flight and our owner is the best. Great jobs do exist in corporate aviation
and a very satisfying, lucrative career can be created there.
Best to all ..... Eric Luevano (CE-500, LrJet, HS-125, GIV, GV)
LBFC CFI 93-95
Just
a quick note ... I think I told you I got a job at Flexjet? I’ve been there
since October. They are a great
company, so far. They pay your cell
phone as long as you have a Dallas number. They type everybody — my airplane is
the Lear 45. I hope business is well
...Rene Wagner (LBFC 1999-Current).
EMAILED: Erik George Schwartz came to the
world today lbs. 7 oz, 20" long.
Mother is doing great, baby logging SIM time.” Congratulations to
alumnus John Schwartz!
EMAILED:
“Happy Half Birthday to Elisabeth!!! 15lbs 2oz. 25.4 inches Mommy and
Daddy are both pilots. Do you think Elisabeth will be one too? :o)” Carolina Davies
(Editorial note: Picture are posted at the club — you gotta see this cutie!)
NOTAM: Club pilots wishing to write safety articles
for our monthly newsletters would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks to PHIL
Barton, ERIC LEUVANO, HELEN CRANZ, rene wagner and CAROLINA DAVIES for the help
with this newsletter!
notam: Flight Training Financing Option Now Available
Check out http://www.pilotfinancing.com/
or pick up a Pilot Financing application at the club. Interest rates are currently 13.95%.
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!!!
REMINDER: The club is now a DSL “Hot Spot”
for internet users. Call for details!
Surf’s up!
HALL OF FAME: Next time visiting the club, checkout the
hallway sign, posting most of the advanced accomplishments by club pilots!
March
29: Long Beach
Flying Club CFI meeting from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at LBFC. This CFI meeting will be your Annual
Security Awareness Training mandated by TSA. Our training will be conducted by
the Department of the Army, Intelligence and Security Command.
April 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 April.
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NEW
& REJOINED CLUB PILOTS |
BIRTHDAYS |
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Steven Holter Deborah Kasparoff Christian Stoehr Yasunari Oyama Wuk Jung Hyun Man Shin Jonathan Morales Darren Sylvester Gabriela Barraza Ronald Ramsawack Fernando Scalini Frank Murray Randy Reason Jacob Dragoo Nick Rosenthal Hacer Bozkurt Eric Ediger Ryan Frans Kurt Nelson Claudia Ugaz-Gates Bret Bedard Daniel Rosenbaum Franciso Bustamante |
Donald Almy Greg Baker Gabriela Barraza TJ Barring Jon Belanger John Berg John Carey Michael Collingwood Mark Costell James Crofoot Thomas Ewell Tim Friedlander Dale Goss Dana Grindle-Blazer Wilbert Hardy Ronald Hector David Handleman Bobby Shin-Hung Dan Itsara Lynn James Randy Kolstad Mathew Mannil Patrick McPartland Donald Mikami Frank Murray Howard Nestman Jae-Seong Oh Fred Pitcher Wendy Postema Stephen Quinn Gregory Ratajski Benjamin Sarafi Thomas Strickland Robert Taylor Charles Walton Skip Westcott |
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