For those of us who remember Richard Pearl’s crash last year, he’s going to talk about it on Wednesday 17th. We’ll be barbecuing beforehand, as usual.
Presentation on May 13th
Our first Saturday presentation will take place on Saturday, May 13th, at the EAA Chapter Hangar (Hangar S12) at the Lincoln airport from 09:00-11:00. The presentation will be on Scrapping Our World War II Air Force. If you’ve ever seen those pictures of airfields full of thousands of abandoned World War II fighters and bombers waiting to be scrapped and wondered about the backstory, then come out on Saturday to find out. Or, if you want some free muffins and coffee and a place to sit for a couple of hours, then come on out Saturday. Hangar flying from 09:00 to 09:30, and the presentation will start at 09:30.
We are going to try to provide some interesting programs on a variety of subjects presented on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, working around other ongoing activities. Spread the word and check it out.
First Saturday breakfast / flyout
On May 6th, we’ll be having our first Saturday pancake breakfast from 08:30-10:30.
At the last membership meeting, there was interest in EAA 1541 fly-outs. So, weather permitting, from 10:30/11:00, we’ll fly-out to Sutter (O52) for their monthly Open Hangar and Lunch Day.
[ $5, Sutter, O52, rwy 3050 ft, TPA 1058, CTAF 122.7 ]
We encourage pilots with aircraft to offer seats for those members who wish to join us. We’ll have some sort of signup for aircraft and passengers.
NOTICE: New KTRK Tower, as of 6/01/2017
We wanted to notify you that Truckee Airport KTRK will become a tower operated airport from 07:00 to 21:00, as of June 1, 2017. It is vital to note that the chart will still indicate the airspace as Class E airspace all the way to the ground, not Class D despite the tower.
The chart will also label the tower frequency as a “CTAF.” The frequency is 120.575. There is no ground frequency, just tower. Use the frequency just like a class D airport even though the airspace on the chart indicates class E and the frequency is indicated as a CTAF. After a year, the airspace will be properly promoted to Class D.
As always, check your NOTAMs before each flight and blue skies and tailwinds to you!
More details here.
May Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday
The May Board of Directors meeting takes place on Wednesday May 3rd. It’ll be at Beermann’s, 645 5th St., Lincoln… dinner at 18:00, meeting at 18:30. All members are invited.
Summer Cross Country Mountain Flying
“Summer Cross Country Mountain Flying”
Topic: Summer Cross Country Mountain Flying…. hot.. hot… and hot..
On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 10:00 Pacific Daylight Time
Location:
EAA Chapter 157 Quonset Hut
2955 South Street
Q Hut
Redding, CA 96001
Select Number:
WP2575326
Description:
ATP, Flight Engineer, Aircraft Mechanic….Local pilot, pastor (some say living legend) and 50 years of aviation experience …
Pastor Mike Stiener…..will present a discussion regarding flying in the mountains of the western USA. He completed a trip a couple of years ago in a Cessna 150 from Redding, CA to Oshkosh, to Ohio and back to Redding… and he would like to share what he observed and what he learned.
To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.
3 tables missing..!!
We’ve had one table returned, so we’re still missing three.
If you know who has these table, please let Jim know.
The FAA encourages general aviation pilots to learn how to meet the BasicMed requirements
Notice Number: NOTC7130
General aviation pilots can now prepare to fly under BasicMed without holding a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate as long as they meet certain requirements. They can fly under BasicMed beginning on May 1, the effective date of the January 10 final rule. It offers pilots an alternative to the FAA’s medical qualification process for third class medical certificates, while keeping general aviation pilots safe and flying affordable.
General aviation pilots may take advantage of the regulatory relief in the BasicMed rule or opt to continue to use their FAA medical certificate. Under BasicMed, a pilot will be required to complete a medical education course every two years, undergo a medical examination every four years, and comply with aircraft and operating restrictions. For example, pilots using BasicMed cannot operate an aircraft with more than six people onboard and the aircraft must not weigh more than 6,000 pounds.
A pilot flying under the BasicMed rule must:
- possess a valid driver’s license;
- consent to a National Driver Register check;
- have held a medical certificate that was valid at any time after July 15, 2006;
- have not had the most recently held medical certificate revoked, suspended, or withdrawn;
- have not had the most recent application for airman medical certification completed and denied;
- have taken a BasicMed online medical education course within the past 24 calendar months;
- have completed a comprehensive medical examination with any state-licensed physician within the past 48 months;
- have been found eligible for special issuance of a medical certificate for certain specified mental health, neurological, or cardiovascular conditions, when applicable; and
- not fly for compensation or hire.
Pilots can read and print the Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist and learn about online BasicMed online medical courses at www.faa.gov/go/BasicMed
4 tables missing..!!
We had ‘standing room only’ at our last member meeting, because someone borrowed 4 of our folding tables.
Our inventory of assets lists 9 tables. there are 5 in the hangar.
If you know who has these table, please let Jim know.
Operations at Non-towered Airports
At Wednesday’s meeting about instrument approaches, Scott mentioned this document on Operations at Nontowered Airports.