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.

Mike Rutledge (of the Associated Modellers Of Sacramento F-4 model fame) is going to give us a tour of the F-4 (and, if there’s time, the A-10) at the Aerospace Museum of California (3200 Freedom Park Drive, McClellan, CA 95652). Sunday, at 10:00, meet by the entrance. We have free tickets to give to the first 12 members there, and anybody else will pay $8 each (seniors $6).

The October Board of Directors meeting takes place this Wednesday, October 7th. As usual, it will be at Pizza Roundup, 2270 Nicolaus Rd., Lincoln… dinner at 18:00, meeting at 18:30. All members are invited.

As a reminder and to clear up possible confusion, the 2015 EAA Chapter Competition requires only 3 entrants per Chapter in the Aircraft Judging arena, 2 Homebuilts + 1 Classic/Antique (1971 or earlier production aircraft). The reduction in the number of judged aircraft from previous years was to encourage participation from the smaller Chapters.

The Flying Competition (Spot Landing and Bomb Drop) can be performed by the Judged Aircraft or any two additional fixed wing aircraft the Chapter decides to enter, for a possible total of 5 aircraft. Pilots and their passengers will receive a breakfast voucher when they register. For those wishing to practice, the provided flour bomb will weigh approximately 1 lb. and have a 3′ “tell tail” streamer. Minimum bomb drop altitude is 300′.

There is a fuel discount for those who fly into Golden West – Honeycutt Aviation is offering a 50 cent/gallon discount off rack fuel prices for purchases of 10 gallons or more.

Looking forward to seeing you at Golden West.

VIP NOTICE – San Francisco, CA.
Notice Number: NOTC6218

Notice: Expect VIP movement October 9-10, 2015 in the vicinity of San Francisco, CA. Pilots can expect airspace restrictions in conjunction with this VIP movement. The FAA recommends that all aircraft operators check NOTAMs OFTEN for mandatory airspace restrictions prior to operations within this region.

Specific instructions and restrictions are available at http://tfr.faa.gov once the NOTAM has been issued.

Topic: Rod Machado brings his unique style of aviation education and humor to the stage of ‘A Capital Idea!’ presented by CalPilots.
On Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 13:30
Location:
Executive Jet Center
6133 Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95822

Select Number:
WP2565030

Description:
This FAASafetyTeam activity is part of “A Capital Idea!” a presentation by the California Pilots Association. In addition to Rod Machado, the 10 am to 4 pm event features appearances by Dann Shively, TV Helo pilot/reporter turned aviation historian, and Gary Cathey, Chief of CalTrans Division of Aeronautics. Other activities are on the program, too. There are costs associated with this seminar. Please see registration

More information about the this WINGS presentation and “A Capital Idea!” is available at www.calpilots.org

WINGS credit is only awarded for attendance at Rod Machado’s portion of the event, scheduled from 1:30 – 2:30 pm.

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.

Topic: ForeFlight and You !!!
On Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 10:00
Location:
EAA Q Hut, Westside of Benton Airport
3025 South Street
Q Hut, EAA Chapter 157 Building
Redding, CA 96001

Select Number:
WP2564155

Description:
MIKKA OLSSON will discuss, review and demonstrate the use of Foreflight for today’s aviators (that would be you). Mikka is a subject matter expert on the use of Foreflight and he will demonstrate and explain how to use the program effectively and efficiently.

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.

Topic: Stall/spin accidents, emergency maneuver training, control surface failures, forced landings, unusual attitudes.
On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 19:00
Location:
Scanlon Aviation
451 Airport Road
Novato, CA 94945

Select Number:
WP2762770

Description:
Find out what you need to know to avoid stall/spin accident scenarios. The discussion will then broaden to emergency maneuver training with a review of the differences between stalls, spirals and spins as well as avoiding wake turbulence. Learn how to maximize the probability of surviving a forced landing, cope with control surface 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.

We regret to inform you that the chapter won’t be preparing breakfast for fly-in pilots – there were permits needed, and there just isn’t the time. We greatly appreciate that so many were willing to volunteer. We can still attend though!