This Wednesday, October 21, will be the Membership Meeting.
At Tony’s Hangar; Dinner from 18:00, followed by meeting at 19:00. This month’s guest speaker will be Dr. Gary Gram, discussing 3rd Class Medicals.
Elections are coming up in November, as well as our Christmas Party in December.
The California Pilots Association welcomes General Aviation enthusiasts to the Sacramento Executive Airport [KSAC] for “A Capital Idea!” arguably the best “$100 Hamburger” event of the year. Activities will stream non-stop during the 10 am to 4 pm timetable and feature a breadth of topics presented by entertaining and informative personalities. World renowned aviation educator and humorist Rod Machado makes a long-awaited return to Northern California, and CalTrans Division of Aeronautics Chief Gary Cathey provides an interactive discussion on the state’s General Aviation airports and aviation programs.
Whether you’re a CalPilots member or not you’ll want to attend the CalPilots Annual Meeting that begins at 10:30 am. Here you’ll hear how CalPilots, recognized as one of the nation’s most engaged state aviation organizations, serves to preserve, protect, and promote California’s General Aviation Community and Airports. Dann Shively, helicopter pilot/TV reporter, keynotes the meeting with a visual account of an airport’s demise from his aerial perch. We’ll take the lessons learned from his observations to provide suggestions how you can prevent this from happening to your own airport.
Access to the venue at Sacramento Executive Jet Center is easy with plenty of free parking for both aircraft and autos. Lunch will be offered on site (prepared by the local favorite “Aviator’s Restaurant”) so you won’t have to miss a minute! Preregistration is encouraged.
Schedule (all times approximate)
09:00 – On site registration opens.
10:00 – Welcome!
10:30 – CalPilots Members Meeting
11:00 – Dann Shively, Aviation Historian
12:00 – Lunch – Aero Showcase
13:30 – Rod Machado, Educator and Humorist
14:30 – Gary Cathey, Division of Aeronautics Chief
14:30 – Silent Auction ends
15:30 – Raffle and Silent Auction winners announced
16:00 – Departure!
Thanks to all the volunteers! A very successful day despite weather that almost kept us on the ground. We had 11 pilots, and the same number of ground volunteers. There were 63 kids registered, and 45 of them showed up and flew. Over 100 people who have never been to Lincoln were exposed to the airport.
We had to turn away 20 sign ups in the last couple of days. So, we can get 40-75 kids signed up each event with 30-50 shows. From now on, the pancake breakfast will be on the 3rd Saturday of each month, and the next Young Eagles event will most likely be in February, due to the winter weather.
Honeycutt Aviation will be lowering prices for this Saturday’s Golden West Fly-In at Marysville Airport. With a 10 gallon minimum, 100LL from the truck will be $4.89/Gal and $4.39/Gal self serve.
The Wings Seminar featuring ADS-B will be at 10:00 and the Drone seminar will be held at 12:00.
Check NOTAMS as the field will close for two short periods for scheduled flying activities.
Things are looking good. There are 57 YE’s are signed up to come down at 8 AM on Sunday.
We could use 2-3 more volunteers on the ground, and maybe 1-2 pilots if we can get ’em.
We will start cooking around 08:30, and people can grab pancakes, sausage, eggs as they desire throughout morning. Coffee will be made as well. Anybody from EAA willing to make coffee?
Everyone should arrive around 07:15-07:30. We are using Greg Forbes Hangar in Zack’s building for everything.
We need:
Display aircraft such as Richard Ryan’s Jenny, an Eclipse jet, 2-3 warbirds, Gary’s Piet, and any other plane that someone wants to bring down for display, will be on the South Transient ramp, as well. Please bring your planes out! We want to keep all planes in one place and away from the traffic and flow of the fuel pumps, so head South. If you are responsible for tugging any of them, take them to the first couple of rows where there is space.
11 pilots are registered, but more are welcome!
– please park planes on South side of South transient spots. Bring your medical, pilot cert, and EAA card – they’ll be photocopied in the office and you’ll sign the pilot form.
There is going to be a lot of flying on Sunday morning!
8 ground volunteers are registered, but more are welcome!
Topic: Stall/spin accidents, emergency maneuver training, control failures, forced landings, unusual attitudes.
On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 19:00
Location:
Scanlon Aviation
451 Airport Road
Novato, CA 94945
Select Number:
WP2765206
Description:
Find out what you need to know to avoid stall/spin accident scenarios. Rich Stowell’s presentation will include emergency maneuver training with a review of the differences between spirals, stalls and spins as well as avoiding wake turbulence. Learn the keys to maximizing the probability of surviving a forced landing, coping with control failures and the critical sequence of events needed to recover from various unusual attitudes.
To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.
On October 11th we went to the Aerospace museum, and now have started posting pictures.
Things have evolved rapidly. We have 47 kids signed up! We have stopped registration. We’ll need more pilots and planes. With good weather expected, we’re expecting everybody to show up.
Currently have 9 pilots, with all three flight school planes rented.
We need more volunteers.
Pilots: (More needed)
Ground Volunteers (More needed)
Duties Needed to Be Covered by Ground Volunteers:
We need another 5 people above this to ensure a smooth, safe event. Yes, there is a chance you may be standing around a little bit, but what better place to do it than around planes, other pilots, and kids wanting to learn about aviation!
Schedule:
07:15 – 08:00 Arrival and setup (tables, chairs, pancakes, stage planes)
08:00 – 08:30 Start signups in NorCal Flight Center office
08:00 – 08:30 Gather kids by gazebo, pair with pilots and start flying
08:30 – 09:00 Ground school for waiting Young Eagles
09:00 – Start serving breakfast
10:00 – Supervised ramp visits
On October 10th, some of us went to the Ragwing Roundup. Here are some photos, courtesy of Joe Borzelleri.
NorCal Flight Center will be holding their monthly pancake breakfast and Young Eagles event on Sunday 18th from 08:00 – 12:00. NCFC staff will cook, but could use 2 ground volunteers from EAA to help out with staging, etc. Please contact Chris if you would like to help some kids get a memorable experience.
We need around 10 pilots. That would be around 1 hour per pilot. For those who don’t own a plane, NorCal Flight Center is offering a discount for those would like to rent.
We expect 25 Young Eagles as Chris has contacted the CAP chapters, from YUBA, SAC, McClellan, and Auburn. There’ll be a Senior Young Eagle, with a T-shirt and hat, and he’ll be there to help at the event and be a mentor.