CTFC Enews 04 October 2006
From the CFI's desk
FAWC night circuits
End of year function
Christian's tips to fly by
Ask the committee
Ask the instructors
Humour
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Minimum legal fuel requirements.
A while ago someone mentioned to me, more or less in passing, that he calculated his fuel requirements while he went along. This is a very disturbing statement indeed.
By law, no aircraft is allowed to depart unless such aircraft has the following minimum fuel requirements on board.
1. Fuel to fly from A to B taking into account the forecast upper winds.
2. Fuel to divert to C.
3. A contingency fuel, which the law has set at 5% of 1 and 2. However, for various reasons the club requires pilots to work with a contingency of 10% of 1 and 2.
4. A reserve of 45 minutes at normal cruise power, which the club defines as 65% power.
Unless this minimum amount of fuel is on board an aircraft is not allowed to take off and/or commence its intended flight. These fuel requirements have to be calculated before the flight is commenced.
Of course, during the fight the pilot has to ascertain that the flight is progressing according to plan. In other words during the flight the pilot has to make sure that the groundspeed on which his calculations were based is equal to the actual ground speed experienced. Is there a great discrepancy then the pilot will have to decide whether a diversion, in order to top up the tanks, is called for.
Pilots and students alike need to keep in mind, that the usable fuel on board at the time of the pre-flight has to be determined by way of dipping the tanks and not by way of checking the fuel gauges.
I have no doubt that all of you will agree, that it is rather absurd to work out during the flight that you are not having the legal minimum fuel requirement on board and that your flight is consequently violating the law, which might in the event of an accident has very serious financial consequences for the club.
As part of the preflight the pilot/student has to determine, by way of dipping the tanks, that he has the required minimum fuel on board taking into account the unusable fuel for that respective aircraft.
Running out of fuel is still a criminal offence.
==============================Night Circuits at FAWC on Saturday 7 October --> L Hodgkinson
Last chance! If you still need to book accommodation, please do so as soon as possible to ensure that you get a warm bed for the night: guesthouse or a shared room at the airfield or bring your tent and camp at the airfield. Best deal is available from De Doorns Guesthouse (in Worcester - not De Doorns) Tel 023 342 1402 at R150.00 per person excluding breakfast.
You need to make your own booking directly with them, and please mention that you are with the CTFC group as this is a special rate for us. For the shared 4-bed room (bunkhouse) at the airfield at R77 per person per night, please contact Gerrie Kachelhoffer on 082 808 1176. There is also a hut with a double and single bed for R77 for the hut. Call Ed on 023 343 2904 to book this hut only. There are full ablution facilities available at the airfield including hot water showers at an additional R50 pppn (owned by the gliding club hence the fee).
Meal arrangements: dinner to be served at the airfield on Saturday evening, a potjie at R45 per head. Breakfast to be served at the airfield on Sunday morning .Please let Linda know ASAP how many heads need to be catered for or you may have to go hungry!
Landing fees: waived by FAWC - many thanks!
Fuel: confirmed available
Other info: sunset on 7 Oct 18h53. Full moon
FAWC will be offering conversions onto their PA28 and C172 on the Saturday and/or Sunday. If you want to take them up on this special offer, please contact the CFI, Dick Henry, on 021 554 2967 or 082 510 6514. Remember that you will still need a check ride with a CTFC instructor before you can fly our club's aircraft afterwards.
FAWC info: elevation 653', runways 15/33. Remember that there are gliding activities until about 18h00 or 18h30 and on arrival at the airfield we need to fly a RH circuit for 15 and LH for 33 i.e. stay on the dam's side of the airfield all the time. Note that there is a row of koppies on your downwind leg so be very sure to stay accurately at 1650' on downwind and definitely only descend on base. We can discuss procedures for the night circuits once we are there.
Drive up if you don't get a plane and make arrangements to "borrow" one for your circuits with the person who will be flying it up. Bring your family and friends and let's make this another memorable CTFC event.
Please consider offering an instructor a seat if you have one spare as it is always comforting to have an instructor with us for events like this. Also let me know if you have or are looking for a spare seat and I'll try and put you in touch.
Plan B: if the weather fairy prevents us from flying on the 7th, all arrangements automatically move on to the 14th.
Contact Linda through the club for more info.
==============================
End of year function --> V Vosloo
A very big thank you must be made to Tony Beamish who has sponsored the end of year function to the tune of R3700. A very big thanks indeed!!!
The year end function will be a spit braai and the bar will be fully stocked.
The plan is to have a raffle, similar to last years one, and for this pirze sponsors are needed. If you can help with any prize, please contact Vossie through the club.
Thanks Vossie
==============================
Christian's Tips to Fly By
Descent - 3 Degree Glide Slope
To maintain a 3 degree glide slope (e.g.: ILS ) multiply the groundspeed you are achieving by 5. The resulting number is the rate of descent to fly.
Ex: Groundspeed = 110 Kts x 5 = 550 fpm rate of descent to maintain a 3 degree glide slope.
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Ask the committee
A reminder that this section is open to any query from any member, and will be sent to the committee, which shall respond in the following week. You can be anonymous if you prefer.
Is there a fixed plan to add to / upgrade our fleet of a/c or to start replacing them any time soon?
It is becoming more apparent just how old our fleet and the equipment in them is when one flies elsewhere at other training institutions. Not only does our a/c feel very old and a tad tatty externally and in the cockpit, but our instrumentation is very old and basic too. Sure, they still do the job for now, but is it enough?
Things like EFIS are becoming more commonplace and in order to prepare pilots properly for their future careers it is imperative that we keep pace with those developments and look in to offering added value as a training organization by making sure that we try and keep up with technology in some ways as much the budget allows, but this won’t happen unless there is a plan in place, so what is CTFC’s plan?
==============================
Ask the instructors
This section works exactly the same way as the one above, with the exception that the question is sent to the instructors.
==============================
Out and about
Flying to Plett in KSS --> V Vosloo
==============================
Humour
Marriage Proposals Gone Awry --> G Pinnock
From the CFI's desk
FAWC night circuits
End of year function
Christian's tips to fly by
Ask the committee
Ask the instructors
Humour
==============================
Minimum legal fuel requirements.
A while ago someone mentioned to me, more or less in passing, that he calculated his fuel requirements while he went along. This is a very disturbing statement indeed.
By law, no aircraft is allowed to depart unless such aircraft has the following minimum fuel requirements on board.
1. Fuel to fly from A to B taking into account the forecast upper winds.
2. Fuel to divert to C.
3. A contingency fuel, which the law has set at 5% of 1 and 2. However, for various reasons the club requires pilots to work with a contingency of 10% of 1 and 2.
4. A reserve of 45 minutes at normal cruise power, which the club defines as 65% power.
Unless this minimum amount of fuel is on board an aircraft is not allowed to take off and/or commence its intended flight. These fuel requirements have to be calculated before the flight is commenced.
Of course, during the fight the pilot has to ascertain that the flight is progressing according to plan. In other words during the flight the pilot has to make sure that the groundspeed on which his calculations were based is equal to the actual ground speed experienced. Is there a great discrepancy then the pilot will have to decide whether a diversion, in order to top up the tanks, is called for.
Pilots and students alike need to keep in mind, that the usable fuel on board at the time of the pre-flight has to be determined by way of dipping the tanks and not by way of checking the fuel gauges.
I have no doubt that all of you will agree, that it is rather absurd to work out during the flight that you are not having the legal minimum fuel requirement on board and that your flight is consequently violating the law, which might in the event of an accident has very serious financial consequences for the club.
As part of the preflight the pilot/student has to determine, by way of dipping the tanks, that he has the required minimum fuel on board taking into account the unusable fuel for that respective aircraft.
Running out of fuel is still a criminal offence.
==============================
Last chance! If you still need to book accommodation, please do so as soon as possible to ensure that you get a warm bed for the night: guesthouse or a shared room at the airfield or bring your tent and camp at the airfield. Best deal is available from De Doorns Guesthouse (in Worcester - not De Doorns) Tel 023 342 1402 at R150.00 per person excluding breakfast.
You need to make your own booking directly with them, and please mention that you are with the CTFC group as this is a special rate for us. For the shared 4-bed room (bunkhouse) at the airfield at R77 per person per night, please contact Gerrie Kachelhoffer on 082 808 1176. There is also a hut with a double and single bed for R77 for the hut. Call Ed on 023 343 2904 to book this hut only. There are full ablution facilities available at the airfield including hot water showers at an additional R50 pppn (owned by the gliding club hence the fee).
Meal arrangements: dinner to be served at the airfield on Saturday evening, a potjie at R45 per head. Breakfast to be served at the airfield on Sunday morning .Please let Linda know ASAP how many heads need to be catered for or you may have to go hungry!
Landing fees: waived by FAWC - many thanks!
Fuel: confirmed available
Other info: sunset on 7 Oct 18h53. Full moon
FAWC will be offering conversions onto their PA28 and C172 on the Saturday and/or Sunday. If you want to take them up on this special offer, please contact the CFI, Dick Henry, on 021 554 2967 or 082 510 6514. Remember that you will still need a check ride with a CTFC instructor before you can fly our club's aircraft afterwards.
FAWC info: elevation 653', runways 15/33. Remember that there are gliding activities until about 18h00 or 18h30 and on arrival at the airfield we need to fly a RH circuit for 15 and LH for 33 i.e. stay on the dam's side of the airfield all the time. Note that there is a row of koppies on your downwind leg so be very sure to stay accurately at 1650' on downwind and definitely only descend on base. We can discuss procedures for the night circuits once we are there.
Drive up if you don't get a plane and make arrangements to "borrow" one for your circuits with the person who will be flying it up. Bring your family and friends and let's make this another memorable CTFC event.
Please consider offering an instructor a seat if you have one spare as it is always comforting to have an instructor with us for events like this. Also let me know if you have or are looking for a spare seat and I'll try and put you in touch.
Plan B: if the weather fairy prevents us from flying on the 7th, all arrangements automatically move on to the 14th.
Contact Linda through the club for more info.
==============================
End of year function --> V Vosloo
A very big thank you must be made to Tony Beamish who has sponsored the end of year function to the tune of R3700. A very big thanks indeed!!!
The year end function will be a spit braai and the bar will be fully stocked.
The plan is to have a raffle, similar to last years one, and for this pirze sponsors are needed. If you can help with any prize, please contact Vossie through the club.
Thanks Vossie
==============================
Christian's Tips to Fly By
Descent - 3 Degree Glide Slope
To maintain a 3 degree glide slope (e.g.: ILS ) multiply the groundspeed you are achieving by 5. The resulting number is the rate of descent to fly.
Ex: Groundspeed = 110 Kts x 5 = 550 fpm rate of descent to maintain a 3 degree glide slope.
==============================
Ask the committee
A reminder that this section is open to any query from any member, and will be sent to the committee, which shall respond in the following week. You can be anonymous if you prefer.
Is there a fixed plan to add to / upgrade our fleet of a/c or to start replacing them any time soon?
It is becoming more apparent just how old our fleet and the equipment in them is when one flies elsewhere at other training institutions. Not only does our a/c feel very old and a tad tatty externally and in the cockpit, but our instrumentation is very old and basic too. Sure, they still do the job for now, but is it enough?
Things like EFIS are becoming more commonplace and in order to prepare pilots properly for their future careers it is imperative that we keep pace with those developments and look in to offering added value as a training organization by making sure that we try and keep up with technology in some ways as much the budget allows, but this won’t happen unless there is a plan in place, so what is CTFC’s plan?
==============================
Ask the instructors
This section works exactly the same way as the one above, with the exception that the question is sent to the instructors.
==============================
Out and about
Flying to Plett in KSS --> V Vosloo
==============================
Humour
Marriage Proposals Gone Awry --> G Pinnock
(1) Adam Sutton's elaborate plan to propose to Erika Brussee in July on a small chartered plane near Rome, Ga., didn't work out, as the engine stalled and the plane crashed (causing minor injuries) near their friends on the ground who were holding up signs with the actual proposal question for Brussee. [Reuters, 7-24-06]
(2) Mark Papkey's elaborate plan to propose to Holly Barnes in June on a hot air balloon near Boston didn't work out, as the balloon drifted into wilderness, fuel ran out, and they and the pilot were forced to spend the night in the woods before being rescued. [Boston Herald, 6-6-06]
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