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AUIATIOXVOTUME 30 / NUMBER 7 Published by fhe South Corolino Aeronoutics Commission JUtY, t980

S.C. TeamsPlace 9th, I lthin Air ClassicTwo teoms from South Corolino. com-

peting in o field of 45 entronts, plocedninth ond eleventh in the 1980 women'sAir Roce Clossic which ended in ColumbioJune I 3.

Corolyn Piloor ond Gory Wheeler, bothof Greenville, piloted their BelloncoDecothlon ocross the zig-zog 2,433 milecourse from Corpus Christi, Tex. with oground speed of 140.26 MPH. Their speedeorned them

,l9.259 points ond gove them

o ninth ploce finish.Anno Kote Hipp ond Merry Roberison,

olso of Greenville, flew o Beech Sierrodonoted by Stevens Beechcroft ot Greer.They overoged 161 .07 MPH for o score of.|8.07

which pui them into eleventh ploce.A third South Corolino teom. Lee Orr

ond Dot Penny of Sportonburg, ploced36th in the roce. Three teoms were dis-quolified ond six foiled to complete theroce, so Lee ond Dot's 36 ploce finish putthem lost in the roce. They received $100worth of sirloin strip steoks, ihe prize

Ninth Ploce Teom Corolyn Piloor ond Gory Wheeler.

oworded to the teom with the lowestscore.

The oircroft with the highest groundspeed is not necessorily the winner. Sincethere ore oirplones ronging from 145 to520 HP, eoch piloi roces ogoinst o hon-dicop set for her oirplone. The hondicop isdetermined by running eoch type oirploneolong o roce course. The overoge of the

three runs is the hondicop. lf o hondicop of150 MPH is set, for exomple, eoch mile perhour over

.l50 the oirplone does, is o plus

point. The highest plus score over thecourse wins.

Pilots ploy wind ond weother for ihebest score ond serious rocers hod theirown weothermen to ossist them in selec-

Continued, Poge 3

loe Giltner Suffers Fatal Heart AttackJoe Giltner, o principol in the Bermudo High Soor-

ing School ond sooring enthusiost who troined hun-dreds of glider pilots, died June 22 ofter suffering oheort ottock in the Noiionol Sooring Meet ot Spr-ingfield, Ohio.

Giltner, 61, wos monoger of Bermudo High Soor-ing School from its beginning in 1963. A couple ofyeors loter, be bought the school ond operoted it un-ttl 1974 when he sold his interest. He continued tofly in competition ond give instruction on on occos-sionol bosis.

Fred McFown, current co-owner of Bermudo High,remembers Joe os, "Quite o pilot. There ore monyglider pilots who owe their obility to him," McFownsoid. "He wos olwoys willing to help people whoneeded help with their gliders, technicolly ond withinstruction . "

Giltner wos the glider exominer designee otChester for o number of yeors ond wos o formerpostmoster there.

He is survived by his wife, Lucy; two sons, Somond Joe Giltner ond o doughter, Pom.

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PALMETTO AVIATION is onofficiol publicotion of the South

Corolino Aeronoutics Commis-sion. lt is designed to informmembers of the oviotion com-munrty, ond others interested in

oviotion, of locol developmentsin oviotion ond oviotion focilitiesond io keep reoders obreost ofnotionol ond internotionol trendsin oviotion.

The Aeronoutics Commissionis o stote ogency creoted in

1935 by the S.C. GenerolAssembly to foster ond promoteoir commerce within the stote.

Richord W. RileyGovernor

CommissionersJoseph Wilder, choirmonBornwell

Rolph Schmidt, vice choirmonGreenville

Edwin PeorlstineChorleston

Thomos L. GregoryColumbio

Michoel L. LoughlinAiken

Jomes T. AndersonChester

Fred G. EdwordsHemingwoy

SroffJohn W. HomiltonDirector

Bill GoodwinEditor

Offices ot Columbio Melropoliion AirporlMoiling Address:P.O. Drower 1987

Columbio. S.C. 29202

CAP NamesModel Winners

byCaptlan David l. lohnson Sr.

Dlrector of Aerospace Education

The South Corolino Wing of the Civil AirPotrol recently hosted its first stote-wideModel Airplone Stotic Disploy ond Flying

Competition omong the CAP CodetSquodrons. The stotic disploy competitionwos held ot Wing Heodquorters in Colum-bio locoted ot Owens Field. The flyingcompetition wos to be held ot Fort Jocksonbut moderotely high winds coused o

concellotion of thot evenr.CAP Codet Winners of this yeor's stotic

disploy competition were: T/SgtChristopher Lynch, First Ploce; T/SgtCheryl Lynch, Second Ploce; C/B MorkLewter. Third Ploce. A/lc DovidChristooher ond A/B Corl Shultz received

Honoroble Mention. lronicolly, oll of thewinners ore from the Loke City CompositeSquodron commonded by Moior Edgor

Lynch. Coptoin Horold Buenemon, o

veteron Seorch ond Rescue mission pilotwos the competition iudge. Air Force

Technicol Sergeont Lorry Lone mode theoword oresentotions to the codets. The

South Corolino Wing is commonded byCol. George Compton.

Chorles C. Borton hos been oppointedchief pilot of Stevens Beechcroft, Inc.,ond Robert C. Cooper hos been op-pointed ossistont chief pilot.

Borton wos formerly director of chorteroperotions with 25 yeors of sejrvice otStevens. Cooper wos o line pilot, withStevens for I 1 yeors. Their new respon-sibilities cover the heodquorters focility otGreer. ond the Knoxville ond Noshville,Tennessee, ond Louisville, Kentucky of-fices.

Aero ChartsThe 1980-81 slote oeronouticol

chorfs will soon be distributed foFBO's oround the stote. They willbe ovoiloble to pilofs ot no chorge.

Barton Named Be Vigilant

Chief Pilot Going toAt Stevens Oshkosh

For those plonning to fly to the OshkoshExperimentol Aircroft Associotion Fly-inAug.2-9, the Wisconsin Bureou ofAeronoutics reminds us to be especiollyviligont, porticulorly of fuel reloted pro-blems.

"Eoch yeor, o number of the thousondsof pilots flying to Oshkosh ore involved inoccidents," The Bureou soys. "Our infor-motion indicotes thot mony ore f uel

reloted. We know thot some of these couldhove been prevented with proper plonn-ing:

o Don't stretch your fuel ronge.. Coll oheod to be sure fuel is

ovoiloble.o Be sure to see if oppropriote octone

roting fuel is ovoiloble.

Also, be wory of weother, moke use ofFSS services, file o flight plon ond don'toverextend vourself.

AM Weather

Aviotion weother, o comprehen-sive weother progrom designed forpilots, is broodcost every weekdoymorning ot 7:45 o.m. over the ETV

television chonnels in SouthCorolino.

The South Corolino AeronouticsCommission encouroges pilots toview this l5 minute progrombefore plonning o trip. lt is on ex-cellent supplement to the FSS brieFing.

The progrom is shown over thefollowing chonnels:Allendole Bornwell ..... WEBA/Chonnel l4Beoufort ..... WJWJ/Chonnel 16

Chorleston ..... WITV/Chonnel 7

Columbio .... WRLK/Chonnel 35Florence ..... WJPM/Chonnel 33

Greenville-Sportonburg . WNTV/Chonnel 29

RockHill ..... WNSC/Chonnel 30Sumter. ..... WRJA/Chonnel 2T

Air Race ClassicContinued from poge I

ting the best times ond best oltitudes to fly.The roce begon ot 9 o.m. June l0 ot

Corpus Christi . The oirplones deported ot2O-second intervols, heoded for Abilene,the first siop. From Abilene, the pilots hodto stop ot Fort Smith, Ark., Solino, Kon.,Woterloo, lowo, Morion, lll. ond Hun-tington, W. Vo. before orriving ot the ter-minus in Columbio.

Only time in the oir wos counted. Timestorted when the oircroft received itstokeoff cleoronce ond stopped when itmode its flv-bv ot the control tower of thenext stop. Rules required on instrumentedroted pilot in eoch oirplone, but the rocewos flown under VFR, doylight hours only.Pilots hod to complete the roce course ondorrive in Columbio before sundown. June13.

Corolyn ond Gory's ninth ploce finishwon them $400 cosh ond, os the teomf rom South Corolino with the highestscore, they received o model of oBeechcroft V35B Bononzo donoted bvStevens ond silver boxes courtesy of SouihCorolino Notionol Bonk.

Anno Kote Hipp ond Merry Robertsonwon orizes for the fostest time on the se-cond leg - from Abilene, Tex. to FortSmith, Ark. - ond for the second fostesttime on ihe fourth leg - from Solino, Kon.to Woierloo, lowo. They received SorohCoventry iewelry ond o $50 cosh prize.

South Corolino Aeronoutics CommissionDirector John W. Homilton commendedthe South Corolino teoms for their showingin the roce.

"Their fine showing in o highly com-oetitive event should moke the whole stoteproud of the expertise ond skill exhibitedbv these lodies," Homilton soid. "lt wos o

tough event ond these pilots performed od-mirobly."

The first oloce winners were Pot Jettonond Elinor Johnson of Texos, flying oBeech Debonoir. Ms. Jetton ond Johnsonhod o ground speed of 207.8 MPH ond oplus score ol 24.8. They received o $3,000cosh prize ond on AVSTAR electronic flightcomputer.

The roce is o sophisticoted test of obilityto operote on oircroft precisely ond opplyskills in novigotion ond meteorology. Thecontestonts ore women of oll oges ondprofessions, their experience ronging fromthe just-licensed pilot to those withnumerous rotings ond thousonds of hours.

Ms. Piloor is owner of Corolyn's flightAcodemy in Greenville, ond hos 9,000hours with ATR, single engine lond/seo,multi-engine lond, flight instrucioro i r p I o n e s / i n s t r u m e n t , c o m m e r c i o I

helicopter/glider, bosic, odvonced ond in-

strument ground instructor rotings ond onoirfrome ond powerplont license. She ischoirmon of the Foothill 99's.

Gory Wheeler, Ms. Piloor's co-pilot, hos400 hours, is instrument roted with single-engine lond ond seo certificoles. She is oregistered nurse, ond is employed os osenior generol surgicol nurse.

Anno Kote Hipp, pilot of the Sierro, hos.l,120 hours, o commerciol ond instrument

roiing. She is o housewife ond o memberof Foothills 99's. She hos three childrenond her insuronce executive husbond isolso o pilot.

Merry Robertson, co-pilot of the Sierro,hos 600 hours ond is instrument roted. Sheis olso o member of the foothills 99's. Shehos four children. Her husbond, o lowyer,is olso o oilot.

Lee Orr ond her husbond own the FBO(Orr Aviotion) ot Sportonburg ond Shelby.She hos three doughters who ore oll pilots.She is o member of the Blue Ridge chopterof the 99's ond holds o commerciol, multi-engine, instrumenl roiing with .|,000

hours. Lee flew o Cessno 172 in the roce.Dot Penny, Lee's co-pilot, hos been o

newspoper corrier, sodo jerk, dimestoreclerk, high school teocher, sociol worker,insuronce underwriter, o mother ondgrondmother. She is now o pilot with 140hours. This is the first Air Roce Clossic forboth Lee ond Dot, olthough Lee hos rocedin on AWTAR ond on Angel Derby.

The Air Roce Clossic is lhe successor tothe fomous Powder Puff Derby which wosdiscontinued in 1976. Some of the formerDerby rocers could not give up the fun ondexcitement of cross<ountry rocing onddecided to form onother roce which theynomed the Air Roce Clossic.

Merry Robertson, lefl, ond Anno Kofe Hipp, llrh ploce.

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Dol Penny, left, Lee Orr Won $100 Worfh of Steoks.

SOUTH CAROLINAAERONAUTICS COMMISSIONP.O. Drower 1987Cof umbio. South Corolino 29202

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July l7:Meeting ofEAA, 7:30lower.

lmposter tunes inTampa (Fla.) tower

FAA South to host'Listening Session'

Louis J. Cordinoli, director of the FAA'sSouthern Region, will conduct o "ListeningSession" ot 7:30 p.m., Thursdoy, July 10,

ot Trident Technicql College. Chorleston,s.c.

The session will be in room I18,building 200, 7,000 Rivers Avenue, neorthe Chorleston Municipol Airport. Thegenerol public is invited to ottend.

The session will provide o forum for theoviotion community to express concernsobout FAA services, operotions ondfocilities. Attendees will include oirportmonogers, fixed-bose operotors, oir toxioperotors, oir corrier representotives,militory oviotion officiols, stote ond locoltronsportotion leoders, pilots ond flyingclub representotives.

There will be no formol ogendo or FAApresentotion during the meeting. Cordinoliwill serve os moderotor. He will be

ossisted by key members of the regionoloffice stoff ond ogency focility chiefs fromoirports ond offices in the oreo. The groupwill respond to questions ond discuss onyproblems reloting to oviotion.

BreakfastClub

On June 22, 167 people in 64 oirplonesconverged onto the Huggins Airport neorTimmonsville for breokfost. Club secretoryAnne Howkins soid they were "iust thrill-ed" with the big turnout.

Now thot the weother is nice, the twicemonthly meetings of the Breokfost Clubprovide o good excuse to get the fomily outfor o flight ond enjoy good compony ondconversotion.

The July schedule is:

July 2O . Sumter AirportOn Aug. 3, the club will meet ot John's

lslond Airoort. Breokfost will be cookedond served in the hongor, compliments ofthe Civil Air Potrol.

The meeting will open with o brief pilotsofety meeting ond will feoture o newvideo-slide presentotion on energy conser-votion meosures, "Pot of Gold." This por-tion of the progrom will be presented byFAA occident prevention speciolist FronkKelley of the Columbio Generol AviotionDistrict Office (GADO).

The evening's sofety meeting-listeningsession will culminote o full doy of FAA-sponsored oviotion octivities ot the oirport.

At I I o.m. the FAA will formollydedicoie its more thon $3 million oirporttroffic control tower. Expected to por-ticipote in the ceremonies ore o number ofhigh-ronking federol, stote ond locolgovernment officiols.

The public is olso invited to ottend thisceremony which will be held ot the bose ofthe new control tower.

The coptoin of the Delto Airlines iet wosundoubtedly stortled to heor the Tompotower controller comoliment his skills. Asthe iet slowed on the runwoy ond swungonto the toxiwoy, the controller piped up,"Nice turn."

Whot the Delto coptoin thought wos otower controller turned out to be on im-ooster. Five incidents of the foke controllerspeoking on the tower frequency werereported ot Tompo Internotionol oirportrecently. And though none of the incidentsproved serious, one iet wos forced to mokeo go-oround os o result of the imposter.

When the imposter wqs heord Con-trollers quickly reolized whof wos hoppen-ing ond countermonded insiructions issuedby the person, FAA southern regionspokesmon Jock Borker soid. "There wosnever ony compromise in sofety," Borkersoid. "They knew whot wos hoppening."

In one incident, on Eostern iet wos giveno cleoronce to toke off, but wos not in oposition to do so. The reql controllercountermonded the foke order.

CalendarJuly l0:Sofety meeting ond FAA listeningsession with Southern Region Direc-tor Louis J. Cordinoli, 7:30 p.m. otTrident Technicol College, roomI18, building 200.

Chorleston chopterin the control

July l9-20:

Annuol Beoufort Woter Show ondFestivol, feoturing oir show over theriver with Russ Appleton ond BobbyJonte. Morine Corps helicopterrescue demonstrotion.

A helicopter thot hod osked for permis-sion to oir toxi from one romp to onotherwos given opprovol by the imposter, butthot cleoronce olso wos negoted by toweroersonnet.

The pilot of onother oircroft owoitingdeoorture wos told to "check his sixo'clock oosition."

The most serious incident involved oTWA iet thot wos on finol . On the floreoutjust before touchdown, the imposter toldthe TWA coptoin to go-oround. The pilot,who wos not owore of the imposter,dutifully fed in power ond circled foronother londing. The tower controller ex-ploined whot wos hoppening, ond on thesecond opprooch the imposter ogoin orderthe TWA iet to obort the londing. Theorder wos quickly concelled by the tower,ond the iet londed sofely.

No incidents hove been reported since,Borker soid, ond no suspects hove been

token into custody. The FBI ond FCC hoveobtoined topes of the imposter, ond ore in-vestigoting the incidents.