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Official Publication of the Airventurers, a Non-Profit Pilot’s Association Volume 50, No. 9, Sept. 2010

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BOARD MEETING

September 25th

Signature, 10:00 am

VFR LUNCH FLY-IN TO

Palomar (CRQ)

To reach the editor:

[email protected]

If you have something to say,

we’d like to hear it

Hello Airventurers,

I would like to bring to your attention two wonderful observations I made while

interacting with the group of pilots who call themselves the Airventurers.

The first observation occurred while the group was participating in a very unique

fly-in to southern Washington state. As you know, Tony and Elena Samojen

planned a trip to visit the first operational nuclear power plant in the world. The

site is called Reactor B Hanford. When you first walk into a nuclear reactor fa-

cility, most people, as I was, are stunned by the sheer size of the reactor. It is an

experience that you will not forget. The tour through the building was impres-

sive and informative. We were a small group and able to get up close and per-

sonal with everything there. The knowledge that our guides shared with us was

enlightening. We all realized very quickly that we were absolutely standing in a

place that changed the world for all time!

Believe it or not, that was not the wonderful observation that I referred to ini-

tially. It was what happened the day before that really made me realize what a

great group I am part of. The original plan for the fly-in was an all day jet boat

tour the first day and then a visit to the reactor the second day. Well, as we all

know, S**T happens. It turns out the jet boat broke down and could not be fixed

in time for our trip. Here is where the amazing part kicks in. The Samojens got

on the phone and set up an unbelievable tour of, are you ready? an onion factory.

We had a large bus with two tour guides aboard and experienced one of the most

fascinating things I have ever seen. Growing, harvesting, storing and packaging

onions is a complex task, with huge, climate controlled heating and cooling

buildings, computer regulated watering cycles and high tech video cameras

along the conveyer belt to automatically size, grade and separate the different

types of onions.

However, the observation that really made me proud to be an Airventurer was

how our hosts would not let their guests down. They were determined to do

whatever it took to make sure everyone attending their fly-in had a good time.

The second observation was even more heartwarming. At no time did I ever

hear anything but support and positive reactions regarding this last minute, un-

planned alteration to the schedule. Every Airventurer there joined in a spirit of

fun and going with the flow.

We are an amazing group, and I feel privileged to be a part of Airventurers.

PS It makes me very happy to report that as of 8-28-10 I have accumulated 95.5

hours of flight for the year. 100 look out— here I come!

D i n n e r M e e t i n g

S e p t . 2 1 t h

M o u n t a i n G a t e 1 2 4 5 5 M o u n t a i n G a t e D r .

C o c k t a i l s a t 6 : 0 0

D i n n e r a t 7 : 0 0 V e g g i e - C h i c k e n - F i s h

$ 3 0 / p e r s o n

PLEASE RSVP on the Web

click on “Dinner Meetings” and

fill out the form

or call

Yoni Boujo

818-989-4070 or

[email protected]

by

Tuesday, Sept. 14th

Our speaker will be

Nick Spark, Producer &

Writer of

“The Legend of Pancho

Barnes and the

Happy Bottom Riding

Club”

You don’t want to miss this.

If you prefer, you may skip dinner

and join us at 8:00 for the program

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2010 Fly-Ins

Jan. 10 Chino Planes of Fame—Kirschner

Feb. 19-20 Green Valley Ranch—Losacco

Mar. 27 Borrego Valley—Lane

Apr. 17-18 Monterey—Rifkin & Rainey

May 29 Club Picnic/Hangar Party—Barlowe

June 11-12 Reagan Ranch—Barton

July 24 Gilroy Garlic Festival—Korney

Aug. 17-19 Richland WA—Samojen

Sept. 11 Catalina BBQ—Stewart

Oct. 15-17 Monument Valley—Kirschner

Nov. 13 Lyon Air Museum—Losacco

Dec. 4 Holiday Party

Watch for next year’s schedule...we’re

workin’ on it. Ideas??? Volunteers???

AIRVENTURERS APPLICANT CHECKLIST

DATE APPLICANT

SPONSOR FEE DINNER MEETING

co-host add’l

FLY-IN

co-host add’l

1/10 Magdich Heim Y Y Y Y

1/10 Bakst Losacco Y

1/03 Reisman Eisenberg Y Y Y

3/10 Rainey Rifkin Y Y Y Y

3/10 Frangos Eisenberg Y Y

8/10 Brandt McMullin Y Y

Fred Stewart

818-347-6919 or

[email protected]

Airventurers send ―Get Well‖ wishes to Lorraine Si-

mansky, recovering from back surgery.

Tony & Elena Samojen overcame all obstacles and

ran the Richland fly-in flawlessly

Not Tony

Tony


CATALINA ISLANDCATALINA ISLAND Sept. 11th

All-You-Can-Eat Tri-Tip BBQ

Caesar Salad

Tri-Tip & Chicken

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Corn on the Cob

Garlic Bread

Hot Apple Pie a la Mode

Landing Fee is $20

Dinner is $28.50

Dinner is served starting at 5:00, but

there’s lots to do on the island if you

want to go early.

Fred Stewart

818-347-6919 or

[email protected]

Turn page for more pictures from Richland


Bonnie and Gene Barlowe did their usual

fantastic job at hosting the club during the CMA air show

last month. What was supposed to be a simple little ―get out

of the sun, have a cold drink, take a break‖ event turned out

to be burgers, salad, ribs, corn on the cob, chicken-fried

rice, cold drinks, and dessert. Even frozen juice sticks. Al

Lane shuttled people back and forth in Gene’s golf cart, and

arranged hotels for those who stayed over (along with all

his other air show duties). Fred Stewart arrived late, but he

brought See’s suckers, so that was okay. Some folks just

dropped in for a few minutes and some hung out all day...it

was wonderful. Hope we can make it an annual event!

Richland photos courtesy of

Bonnie Barton


The Lyon Air Museum, located at the John Wayne – Orange County (KSNA) Airport has a display of some of the rarest operational aircraft and vehicles you will find anywhere. Walk through history as you stroll among the machines and artifacts which helped define the 20th Century.

This will be an in-expensive fly-in. Tickets will be under $10 for the museum tour.

If weather is an issue, the museum is close enough to drive. We have some other ideas which include a boat tour of Balboa Island & lunch.

There will be more information to follow, but in the meantime, SAVE THE DATE.

[email protected]

SAVE THE DATESAVE THE DATESAVE THE DATE

NOVEMBER 13, 2010NOVEMBER 13, 2010NOVEMBER 13, 2010 KSNA


IDENTIFY ERRORS and TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT THEM, IMMEDIATELY

You’re on the final leg of your return trip from that $100 hamburger, from visiting a buddy a few hundred miles

away or maybe after a long business trip. The hangars on your home field are in sight as you descend toward pat-

tern altitude. What are you thinking about? Hopefully about the approach and an uneventful landing, but you are

tired and you’re not on your "A" game.

As you approach the airport, you realize you are 15 or 20 knots too fast and 1000 feet higher than you want to

be. Instead of making a 360 degree turn or completing another maneuver to get back on track, you decide to sal-

vage the approach. Maybe you do, but maybe you fight it all the way into the pattern because you are tired and

want to get home.

So you steer the airplane into the pattern just enough so that the controller probably notices you are 200 or 300 feet

high on the downwind, but he doesn't say anything. You are still fast.... You cross the perimeter fence high and

fast, but are able to get the airplane somewhat slowed and closer to the pavement, but you have eaten up a lot of

runway in the meantime....

You have now found yourself "hanging" 50 or 75 feet above the runway as you fight the machine to get it safely

on the ground and stopped before the concrete meets dirt and fence. The airplane seems to be suspended in space,

but something tells you it is not going to be hanging out for too much longer.... What happened? ―A few seconds

ago, I was high and fast. Now, I am low and slow!‖

What are you going to do now? You better do something and do something quickly!

The only correct answer in this scenario is to GO-AROUND! You have not made too many good choices in the

last ten minutes; this is your last chance to make the right decision.

You advance the throttle to full power. You go around. You climb out and this time you fly the pattern on target

airspeed and altitude. You come over the fence and the runway on target, you flare, touchdown and taxi to park-

ing, while wiping the sweat off your brow.

Does this illustrate an experience you've had? You should always try to identify errors immediately and once

identified, you should take immediate action to correct the error(s). The longer you wait to correct the errors, the

harder they are to correct. In the above scenario, the pilot should have changed his course or completed a 360 de-

gree turn to help him get back on track, while at altitude. It would have likely avoided the go-around and nearly

catastrophic consequences of a stall / spin so low to the ground.

Claudio Losacco, CFII

IT’S NOT TOO EARLY TO BE THINKIN’ ABOUT OUR

FABULOUS HOLIDAY PARTY

ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH


FYI—Did you know that one of the pages

on the Airventurers web site is for classified

ads? If you’ve got something to sell—

doesn’t have to be aviation -related—why

not take advantage? No charge for the ad

and we take no commission on sales. Joel

sold a hangar and Harriet W. sold a headset.

Send info and pictures (no more than three,

please) to Chris Samojen or Judy Rifkin.

BILL MURRELL WRITES—Most of you know that Pat and I moved to Oklahoma City about 4 years ago.

Certainly it is different here. Most all of the state is flat, so no mountains to use as landmarks. Visibility is lim-

ited by the curvature of the earth, not the quality of the air. Nice homes can be had at very reasonable prices. I

paid $3.79/gallon for avgas last time. My hangar is $210/month. No personal property tax on airplanes (but I do

pay a $10 annual registration.) Another nice thing is there is no sales tax on aircraft parts.

A couple of months ago my portable GPS was having difficulties. I called the manufacturer to send it back for

repairs and was told they no longer support it. After looking at several other portables, I elected to bite the bullet

and get a Garmin 530W installed in my Archer II. I got estimates from 3 shops, 2 in Oklahoma and 1 in Texas. I

was surprised at the wide range of prices. One in Oklahoma wanted more for just the GPS unit (not including la-

bor or indicator) than the other in Oklahoma wanted for a complete package including labor and some additional

items. So after about $16,100 I have a GPS.

Oklahoma County’s sales tax rate is 8.75%. Because of no sales taxes for aircraft parts in Oklahoma, I did not

have to pay the $1,409 had there been sales taxes.

Los Angeles County’s sales tax rate is 9.75%. The same $16,100 would have a sales tax of $1,570.

My advice: Fly your airplane here for major work. For example: Let’s say you want to get an all glass panel in

your airplane. That might cost $40,000 or more. At the LA County tax rate that is going to add close to $4,000

more to the cost. In my Archer I can fly from El Monte to Oklahoma City in around 8 hours. At $80/hour includ-

ing fuel, that comes to $640 each way. Then add another $400 for the round trip commercial airfare and you

come to about $1,700 which is much less than $4,000. And if your package is more than $40,000 you’ll save

even more.

OCT. 15 - 17TH

ONLY 1 ROOM LEFT

Joel Kirschner

310-880-3154

The nominating committee has proposed the following

slate for 2011:

President: Al Lane

Vice President: Marv Rifkin

Treasurer: Gene Korney

Secretary: Bernie Harris

Elections will take place at the November dinner meet-

ing, at which time nominations will be accepted from

the floor.


IMPORTANT DATES IN…

September

11 Catalina BBQ

21 Dinner Meeting

25 Board Meeting—fly to Palomar

October

15 Monument Valley

19 Dinner Meeting

30 Board Meeting– fly to Santa Ynez

November

13 Lyon Air Museum

16 Dinner Meeting, Elections

20 (non-

standard)

Board Meeting—fly to Apple Val-

ley

AIRVENTURERS 29630 Ridgeway Drive

Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Y SAFE!

Experimental aircraft "Solar Impulse" with pilot Andre Borschberg onboard

flies at sunrise above Payerne's Swiss airbase on July 8, 2010 during the first

attempt to fly around the clock fuelled by nothing but the energy of the sun.

The solar powered aircraft was flying in circles high over Switzerland at first

light well on its way to completing a historic round the clock flight.

Imagine not having to pay for avgas!!!

FLY SAFE

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AIRVENTURERS APPLICANT CHECKLIST · along the conveyer belt to automatically size, grade and separate the different types of onions. However, the observation that really made me proud