

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcuuprD0sHtPofyCX4Cw3jeRD0H8RoNtD
For those not wishing to receive Wings credit, the link to join the meeting will be sent to the chapter mailing list within 24 hours before the meeting.
Fly safe!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcuuprD0sHtPofyCX4Cw3jeRD0H8RoNtD
For those not wishing to receive Wings credit, the link to join the meeting will be sent to the chapter mailing list within 24 hours before the meeting.
Fly safe!
Our September 2023 IMC/VMC club meeting will be held online via Zoom from 7-8 pm PDT on Thursday, September 7, 2023.
This interactive educational event will feature two “What Would You Do?” video scenarios. The IMC scenario will involve an IFR approach where ATC issues a revised landing clearance that you are not sure whether to accept, even though it would be simpler to do so than doing a missed approach. The VMC scenario involves a long solo cross country flight where you begin to feel ill enroute.
In addition to our group discussion, there will be a brief tutorial presentation on the factors that caused the unexpected challenges that the pilot experienced. We look forward to a lively interchange and all are invited to participate. To join the Zoom meeting, click here at 7 pm on Thursday 8/3.
The program will be rescheduled for our October BBQ Lunch meeting on October 21.
For anyone involved with the Young Eagle Rally planned for this Saturday from 8 am to 10 am, that also will need to be cancelled.
Our online IMC/VMC club meeting for June will be held from 7 to 8 pm PDT this coming Thursday, June 1. The IMC “What Would You Do?” involves a flight into IMC stormy conditions. The VMC portion of the meeting will have a presentation on Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), including what to do if you inadvertently fly into a TFR and are intercepted.
To participate, click this link at 7 pm PDT on Thursday.We look forward to a lively exchange of experience and ideas, and everyone is invited to participate.
Our online IMC/VMC club meeting for May will be held from 7 to 8 pm this coming Thursday, May 4. The IMC “What Would You Do?” involves a morning departure from San Carlos airport while Bay Area fog is causing low IFR conditions, and a problem that develops right after takeoff. The VMC scenario is on the opposite side of the country, with a late afternoon VFR departure planned; while you are lined up for takeoff, a landing aircraft in front of you runs off the runway.
FAA Wings credit is available for this event by registering here.
We look forward to a lively exchange of ideas, and everyone is invited to participate.
Our chapter will be having our Fourth Saturday BBQ Lunch on Saturday, March 25, beginning at 11:00 at our hangar. This month, something special. We’ll have Pulled Pork sandwiches and all the other fixings available for a good lunch. The grill is hot from 11:00 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. when the grill shuts down, so come early. BBQ Lunch is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for kids 12 or under, and $25 for families.
Our Program for March
This month we have invited ex-ATC controller Gary Veer for a presentation. Gary will talk from a controller’s perspective about both airspace and critical language.
Gary has a philosophy about airspace that is not widely circulated, but probably prevails among other controllers–In spite of the many classifications of airspace, there are really only two kinds of airspace:
Gary will then discuss critical language. He’s gone to great lengths to find the wisdom that encapsulates critical language. The point is clear – our words, although perfectly clear, have different meanings in different contexts. In aviation, for the well-being of both pilots and controllers, it is vital that both share the same understanding of the language.
Gary’s official aviation career began nearly fifty years ago when he became a pilot in February 1977. He joined the FAA in 1982 and went to work at an enroute center as a controller. He went to FAA flight check for a decade in the 1990s doing procedural and navaid checks, and then went back to controlling. He then returned to FAA flight check in 2012 when he ‘aged-out’ as a controller. He retired from the FAA in March 2019 and moved on to fly for Kenmore Airlines in Puget Sound and Axis Jet at Mather. He returned to the FAA in December 2020 again as a flight check pilot based at Sacramento. Also in his long career, he has done TERPS procedural design for the FAA and U.S. Army, and taught aviation and ATC courses at Green River College at Auburn, Washington. He also worked at the FAA Command Center, then at Herndon, Virginia. Gary brings his extensive background and aviation knowledge to us for what should be an entertaining and informative program. As a note…Gary is not speaking as an FAA representative for our program…he speaks as an ex-ATC controller with lots of real-world experience.
Come out Saturday morning to the EAA Hangar for some good food and good information. Remember…we’re only cooking until 11:45…