LONG BEACH FLYING
CLUB & FLIGHT ACADEMY
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JANUARY 2007 NEWSLETTER
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GOD BLESS AMERICA * WE FLY WITH CARE... Now, more than ever
Editor: Candace A. Robinson
EDITORIAL - WHAT'S UP?
The 54th edition of
the Los Angeles TAC was released
December 21, 2006.
There are many
changes to Edition 54:
Chart Legend: Regarding Airport Data,
"Airport of entry" was
expanded to read
"AOE <- Airport of entry".
Additionally, the explanation
for ASOS/AWOS was
expanded to include the parenthetical: "shown where
full-time ATIS is
not available."
Nav Side of Chart: Isogonic lines were
shifted nearly one-half
minute west. For LGB practice area users, the "under
construction"
notation on the 405'
MSL obstruction was omitted. Sources
say, however,
that no tower or
other obstruction can be found. The
symbol for the road
east of the
intersection of the 210 and 15 freeways have been upgraded from
a single line to
double line to denote completion of another portion of the
210 freeway.
Other changes include the following,
which were submitted in October
by the Airspace
Users Working Group (AUWG):
1. Palos Verdes
Alert Area has been changed from "Intensive Flight
Training" back
to "Intensive Flight and Aerobatics Training,", affecting
both the nav and
flyways sides of the chart
2. The VFR Waypoint
flag symbol and the text at the Mulholland/405
intersection in the
Sepulveda Pass has been replaced by the four-point star
VFR Waypoint
symbol. The 5-character VFR Waypoint
unpronounceable name,
VPLSM, remains. Change affects both the nav and flyways
sides of the
chart.
3. The Sepulveda
Pass has been given a more visible visual checkpoint at
the Getty Center on
both the nav and flyways sides of the chart.
4. The Santa Clarita
visual checkpoint has been deleted on both the nav and
flyways sides of the
chart, as it had become obsolete by the encroaching
development in the
area.
5. The Los Angeles
VFR Waypoint panel shows a blank in lieu of the Visual
Checkpoint name,
"Mulholland/405 Freeway," leaving the VFR Waypoint information.
Check your flight cases: make sure you
have the new most current Los
Angeles TAC
chart.
JANUARY SPECIAL -
SAVE $6.00 PER HOUR ON N724SP! For all
flights returning
before
4:30 on JANUARY 31st, 2007!
2006 WAS A BUSY YEAR!
Last year Long Beach Flying Club, Flight
Academy and Air Charter flew
nearly 9300
hours! Reported to the front desk: 46
students soloed, 31
students received
their private pilots licenses, 15 achieved an instrument
rating, 9 achieved a
commercial license, 7 multi-engine rating were
completed, (one
private and 6 commercial). There was
one pilot who
achieved a CFI
rating and one pilot accomplished a MEI rating.
Eight flight
instructors took their annual APT checkrides.
Long Beach Air Charter had one successful
recurrent checkride and Mike
Ford passed his
recurrent 135.340 checkride with the FAA.
The department
continues to do
regularly scheduled flights to San Clemente Island.
In the Part 141 program, Jaeseong Oh
passed his FAA checkride to
become Part 141
Chief Instructor single-engine and
multi-engine.
Two club pilots moved up to corporate
flight departments. Four
club pilots were
hired by commuter air carriers. Two
club alumni moved
from a commuter air
carrier to a major air carrier. One
club alumni
upgraded from
copilot to captain of a commuter air carrier.
One club
pilots accomplished
an upgrade to Captain for commuter air carriers One
club alumni received
a type rating in a citation and moved from a commuter
air carrier to a
corporate flight department.
All departments were very, very busy
in 2006 and we look forward to
a busy year 2007!
CHECKLISTS
& PREFLIGHT by CHARLIE ZABINSKI #425
When you start a preflight check, even
if it is the 4th time the
airplane
has flown that day or if it is your own personal plane, it's wise
to do a
complete preflight with an approved POH checklist from the airplane
to be
flown. Make your preflight the same
every time, in the place you
start,
the direction you walk around the airplane, as you are using your
checklist. This procedure will become routine, and if
you are out of
place,
the red flags will come up, noticing that you are not to be at this
location
on the checklist. Say each item of the checklist out loud. This
will
ensure that you have said, heard and checked that item on the
checklist.
If a passenger asks questions or w ants
to help with the preflight,
decline
their request with a "one moment please," get to the end of a
checklist
section, then explain the decline for the help and then answer
the
questions. now you have a positive place to resume your checklist .
after
the preflight checklist is finished step out in front of the airplane
and take
an overall look at the attitude of the airplane, is it sagging to
the left
or right? is the nose low? is there something that looks out of
the
ordinary? It's said, "You can miss the forest because you are looking
at the
trees"
Give a good passenger briefing on
seatbelts and shoulder harness as
stated
in FAR 91.107. This would be a bad thing to get asked on a ramp
check,
as simple as it might seem. Explain to
the passengers before
starting
the engine, the concept of a sterile cockpit during taxi, takeoff
and
climbout . This will ensure them that you are focused and thorough with
your
procedures not jumping around and missing something. You will look
professional
and the passengers will feel safer knowing you took the time
and were
not rushed.
When we read the different reports of the
accidents from the NTSB,
everyone
always says, "What where they doing during their preflight check?"
Lets all do a good preflight with an
approved POH checklist.
A SLICE OF HISTORY
LGB gets an occasional visit from
cargo charter flights using the
Antonov
An-124; just this past summer loading and off loading equipment for
Boeing/Sea
Launch. The An-124 has a (literally)
huge place in history.
Designed
by Oleg Constantinovitch Antonov in 1982, the An-124 introduced
several
technical solutions, very risky for that time.
In particular, a supercritical swept
wing in such category of
aircraft
was used for the first time in the world practice. Wide
application
of composites was one of ways to achieve an improved
weight-to-payload
ratio. Generally, the Model An-124 Ruslan turned to be an
exceptionally
successful design. The highly successful Model An-124, the
world's
largest production aircraft, first flew in 1982 and was a fitting
crown to Oleg Antonov's brilliant career. It set thirty records
(totally,
as of the end of 2005, Antonov Design Bureau established 483
world records,
including 378 unbroken records). The Model An-124 Ruslan was the
last
program directed by Antonov personally. Antonov, in his last
speech
addressed the personnel of his Bureau, "Further we can
advance only through
some kind of a revolutionary process, developing new ideas. As
you know,
there are no limits for novel technologies."
Oleg Antonov was
born on February 7, 1906 near Moscow, Imperial
Russia and died April 4, 1984 in
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.
Source: Larned, Thomas A., "Aviation Personalities",
2006.
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Satoshi Sakamaki |
Solo |
C152 |
|
|
Sunil Tandon |
Solo |
C152 |
CFI Richard
Garnett |
|
Jim Crofoot |
Private |
C172 |
CFI Jack Bashford |
|
Erik Degernes |
Commercial |
Archer |
CFI Jaeseong Oh |
|
Rene Garcia |
Commercial |
C172RG |
CFI Richard
Garnett |
REG UPDATE: The paragraph regarding the piloting of
aircraft has the following addition: over water flights more than power-off
glide distance from shore are prohibited. flights below 1,000 feet are
prohibited unless for takeoff or landing.
MERRY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BUFFET:
Club
pilots, family and friends turned out for our great Christmas party -- thanks
to all who brought their favorite treats to share!
NOTAM: 2007 Long Beach
Flying Club calendars are available at the club for a limited time for
$11.95; $2.00 from each sale will go
into our pilot scholarship find.
NOTAM: Club
pilots wishing to write safety articles for our monthly newsletters would be
greatly appreciated! Many thanks to
CHARLIE ZABINSKI 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%.
REMINDER:
The club is now a DSL “Hot Spot” for Internet users. Call for details! Surf’s up!
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!!!
January
18: "VFR
Chart Smarts" This two-hour course is designed by experienced chart
users and pilots for entry and graduate level pilots. At 7:00 PM at AirFlite.
Contact LGB FSDO: 562.420.1755.
January
19: "Instrument
ChartSmarts -Understanding IFR Charts to Save Time, Money and Sometimes
Lives!" At
7:00 PM, location: John Wayne Airport Administration Building, 3160 Airway,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Instrument ChartSmarts
will include discussions about approach plates and their symbols, using the
Volpe approach plate format, the Electronic Flight Bag as well as RNAV, WAAS
and LAAS Developments. To view further details and to register for this event: http://www.faasafety.gov. The sponsor for this event is the National
Charting Office and the LGB FSDO.
January
31: 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!
February 28th & March 28th: Long Beach Flying Club CFI meeting from 6:00
pm to 7:00 pm.
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NEW
& REJOINED CLUB PILOTS |
BIRTHDAYS |
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