Young Eagles on Sunday

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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:

  1. Have someone with trailer hitch bring the EAA trailer of chairs and tables, etc down.
  2. Pickup yellow airplane model for instruction
  3. Setup tables and chairs
  4. Setup Grill at 07:30 and get coffee going
  5. Get food going by 08:30 (1-2 people cooking)
  6. Get all kids flowing through registration table to sign their form (1 person on table)
  7. Get them flying with someone (1 person will marshal kids out to planes)
  8. Instruct the kids on a basic ground lesson for about 30-45 mins 08:45 and on (1-2 people)
  9. Provide chaperones to go out and look at the display aircraft (1-2 people taking them out in groups for safety)
  10. Print completion certificates and fill out their souvenir logbooks in Norcal Office. (you can endorse as instruction if you are a CFI if you want) (1 person)

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!

Stall/Spin Awareness & Emergency Maneuver Training with Rich Stowell

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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.

Young Eagles update

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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)

  • Frank Burkhead – Remos
  • Mike Anderson – C170
  • Art Bull – C172
  • Richard Ryan – C120
  • Bruce Estes – C177
  • Jim Hughes – C175
  • Max Gavriluk – PA28
  • Nilesh Nayaran – PA-236

Ground Volunteers (More needed)

  • Tom Lieb
  • Brad Grant
  • Dug Smith
  • Mike Haag
  • Christopher Braun

Duties Needed to Be Covered by Ground Volunteers:

  • Registration in NCFC office
  • Printing of Completion Certificates on our computer
  • Making Pancakes/Juice/Sausage/Eggs, etc
  • Making Coffee for Volunteers/Parents
  • Serving
  • Ground Marshall
  • Ramp Marshall
  • Casual Ground Instruction Class (Christopher)

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

Volunteer here!

Young Eagles event, October 18th

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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.

Golden West EAA Competition Update

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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.

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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.