CTFC news 30 November
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New CFI
Red Bull Air Race on SABC 3
A380 in JHB
More Capetonians taking over!
Yakking over Franschoek
Humour
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New CFI

JP Rossouw, who is well known to both old clubs, will be taking over from Pieter as CFI from the 1 December. Pieter will be remaining involved with CTFC to continue imparting his knowledge and wisdom to us members.

Expect a greeting from JP soon! (a not so subtle hint to the CFI from the Ed....)

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Red Bull Air Race on SABC 3 --> submitted by Alexia Michaelides

You will be delighted to know that SABC 3 has secured placement of 13 Red Bull Highlight programmes for the coming months.

The planned schedule is as follows:

6 of these highlight programmes will be flighted on Sunday nights from @ 17h30 – 18h30:

Sunday 26 November
Sunday 3rd December
Sunday 10th December
Sunday 17th December
Sunday the 31’st December (New Years eve)
Sunday the 7th January

We have an added bonus.

It is cricket season and India is in the throws of their SA tour – if the game is delayed due to bad weather or ends early our remaining 30 min programmes will be flighted.

In addition - Red Bull highlight footage will be screening as 15min features during the lunch breaks from:

26 Dec – 29 Dec (4 episodes)

If you would like more detail on the specific scheduling please feel free to contact me.

Don’t forget that the 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series will also be on SABC 3 @ 17h00 – 17h30.

Scheduling is below:

24 Dec – Red Bull Air Race Abu Dhabi (Followed by additional Red Bull Highlight programme as stated above)
31 Dec - Red Bull Air Race Barcelona (Followed by additional Red Bull Highlight programme as stated above)
7 Jan - Red Bull Air Race Berlin (Followed by additional Red Bull Highlight programme as stated above)
14 Jan - Red Bull Air Race Istanbul
21 Jan - Red Bull Air Race Budapest
28 Jan - Red Bull Air Race Longleat UK
4 Feb - Red Bull Air Race San Francisco
11 Feb - Red Bull Air Race Perth
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A380 in JHB --> Russel Wolson

Hi Guys

I was lucky enough to see the A380 in Jhb on Sunday. Due to her relative size she seems to approach at a very low speed. Saw two touch and gos where she kicked up a lot of dust on 03 R.

Regards

Russel Wolson





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The Cape Town conspiracy --> Schalk van der Merwe
Hi there!

I am responding on the latest news letter where Sean noted that CPT pilots are taking over aviation. I feel the same sometimes seeing so many CPT locals up here and hearing their voices on frequency.

I myself trained with then Good Hope Flying Club up to NR and CPL subjects. Completed my training up here at Lanseria.

I am flying a C208B with MAF South Africa and will leave on contract with Fugro Airborn Survey hopefully soon to some far off African country! Probably need to get the French dictionary out soon!

I hope to Hire and Fly with CTFC soon! CTI is still the best place to fly! CPT has mountains and ocean..... we have errrr mine dumps and dams?

Cheers!
Schalk van der Merwe
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Yakking over Franschoek --> Michelle Joffe, pictures Frank Moody

To see more (and full size images), check out our website blog, found on our mainpage. - Ed

A flip on the Yak was definitely high up on my list of “100 things to do before you die”, so I was very happy to outbid any competitor at the year end party for a flip in the Yak with Dale “sorry, how old did you say you are” Humby.

So, on Saturday, 25 November I drove to Fisantekraal (yes, you can actually drive there!), with my photographers / aviation paparazzi, Frank “Hank” Moody and my cousin Shaun, in tow. We found Dale at the aircraft where he was engaging in his mammoth Yak preflight, a process affectionately known by Yak pilots as “Yak husbandry” and for obvious reasons! For instance, the propeller has to be turned at least 36 times in order to get the overflow oil to drip out of the plane before start up. Easier said than done….I had a few attempts at this, but let me tell you, for a dame such as myself, this is pretty hard work. Dale has clearly mastered the technique and he and the other boys had a good chuckle watching me struggle to get 2 rotations in! Then he slapped her under the wings and under the fuselage, quite vigorously, just to make sure that there were no loose objects hanging around inside…I told you they call this preflighting “husbandry”!

After refueling, Dale geared me up in the Yak attire, consisting of a very 1940’s style headset with cap and a somewhat smelly old parachute, which he assured me was still in working order – I guess it’s one of those “trial and error” chutes? Dale gave me the full passenger briefing and strapped me in tight, so there was no turning back – especially after he had told me how he had taken his 78 year old granny for a flight the previous week! Impressive, but I think that may have been part of the marketing blurb!! With a big “whumpf” and smoke all around, Dale started her up and off we taxied to the runway.

After the run ups, we lined up on runway 23, canopy closed, and off we went, rotating at what felt like 200km / hr (god bless the Russians, they work in kilometers!). We did a steep turn out to the left and headed off for the beautiful valley of Franschhoek where Dale would show off his aviation prowess at 6000 feet. Dale let me take the controls and climb from 1500 to our desired altitude. Due to the length of the aircraft, he told me to climb in an S shape so that I could have a better view of what lay ahead of us.

Once over the valley, the fun began. Now I can’t quite remember the exact sequence of events, altitude does this to my brain, but what I do recall is that I got to see Franschoek and Cape Town from some very odd angles. We looped, we barreled, we Cubaned, we tangoed, we climbed at 90 degrees, we took our bodies to obscenely unnatural g’s, we dived, we climbed some more, I was shouting out obscenities about Dale’s mother’s cat in Afrikaans (I don’t even know his mother and I really wouldn’t know if she even has a cat?)……and then….we flew inverted! That was just unbelievable! With my knees dangling next to my cheeks, Dale gently tried to persuade me to take the controls, but it just wasn’t going to happen! I was too busy savoring the moment and observing the carcass of some unfortunate insect, which probably couldn’t handle the g force and now ended up on the canopy of the aircraft! The world looks a very different place when you are upside down and I can highly recommend this angle of attack if you’re up (or is that down?) to it!

After some serious acrobatics we flew low level and tracked the contours of the Breede River, canopy open of course, and Dale gave me the controls once again for a low level flight over the farmlands.

Dale is an incredibly talented young pilot and it was a real privilege to fly with him. He is clearly passionate about what he does and I can highly recommend this experience to everyone, aviator or not! Would I do it again? Heck, YES!!!! And don’t worry, my list of 100 things to do before I die is actually endless!!

Many thanks to Dale Humby for sponsoring the flight!

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Humour

Neil Wetmore
Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the CAA, and the designated examiner arrived last week for the pre-Christmas flight check. In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. He knew they would examine all his equipment and truly put Santa's flying skills to the test.

The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and even Rudolph's nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for sled's enormous payload. Finally, they were ready for the check ride.

Santa got in and fastened his seat belt and shoulder harness and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun. "What's that for!?" asked Santa incredulously. The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this ahead of time," as he leaned over to whisper in Santa's ear, "but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."


Linda Hodgkinson with the utimate punny

John the farmer was in the Fertilized Egg business. He had several
hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets" and eight or ten roosters,
whose job was to fertilize the eggs.

The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into
the soup pot and was replaced.

That took an awful lot of his time so he bought a set of tiny bells and
attached them to his roosters.

Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance, which
rooster was performing.

Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply
by listening to the bells.

The farmer's favourite rooster was old Butch, and a very fine specimen
he was, too.

But on this particular morning John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung
at all! John went to investigate.

The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets,
hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.

But to Farmer John's amazement, Butch had his bell in his beak, so it
couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the
next one.

John was so proud of Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair
and Butch became an overnight sensation among the judges.

The result...The judges not only awarded Butch the No Bell Piece Prize
but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.

Clearly Butch was a politician in the making: who else but a politician
could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our
planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing
them when they weren't paying attention
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CTFC enews 24 November
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A Thanks
Sean's adventures
A380
From the other side
Humour

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Dates to Diarise

26 November: A380 arrives at FAJS
28th November: Nav course starts at CTFC. If you wish to attend, contact the club.
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Thanks for the Honorary Life Time Membership --> Jim Deane

It was with a rush if emotion and the start of moisture in the eye that I was summoned by Rafi and Alexia to receive an Honorary Life Membership at the End Function.

I would just like to thank everyone who has played a part in the running of both the original clubs and the sterling effort that has been performed by the new Committee in getting the new, amalgamated club off the ground.

I wish everyone the very best in the endeavours of the new club and I hope I will still be able to make a little bit of a difference in my new role as a Trustee.

Again, many thanks to everyone for all your support.

Jim Deane
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Greetings from Sean --> Sean O'Connor

Ex-Capetonians, Shelly, Dylan and Michaela Kemlo invited me to a relaxing afternoon braai at their sprawling home not far from ORTIA (Ollie Tambo Int airport – formerly Jhb Int). They are doing great up here. Dylan is the head instructor at the Air Traffic Control training facility at ORTIA and Shelly is establishing herself as an entrepreneur in unexplored niches of aviation business. Ellie Miller, ex-Cape Aero Club instructor was there too. She has been flying on contract in Africa and is now flying the Dash 8 for SA Express. We had a great afternoon at the Kemlo home!

More evidence that there’s a conspiracy by CT people to take over SA Aviation is the fact that I am flying with Jaco De Vries at the moment. He’s an ex-Cape Aero student. Shortly after take off from ORTIA at about 02h30 last Wednesday, Jaco and I heard a familiar voice talking to the radar controller; it was another Capetonian, new daddy, Tim Shillington flying the HS748 from ORTIA to Durban. We had a good natter on the chat frequency.

I also flew with Jaques Le Grange, who was the Cessna Caravan pilot for Assegaai Bosch Game Farm near Oudshoorn. He says hi to all the pilots that went to their fly-in earlier this year.

Jaques Le Grange entering Mozambique using the standard 4a.m. method – through the baggage hatch onto the conveyor belt.

Other CT pilots, Jonathan Cragg, who is just finishing up with Solenta to go and fly 747’s for Mike Kruger Cargo and Paul Greenberg who is with Comair. I interrupted his intense studies last Sunday when I popped in for coffee.

Steven Roberts and Adriaan Loedolff were spotted in Jhb at Solenta interviews, so they may also be based up here soon!

The flying on the Jhb - Maputo route is great for Instrument Flying and night hours and experience. There was an awesome storm over Jhb when we got back last Friday night - aircraft diverting to Rand, Lanseria and Grand Central! ATC chaos! We went through a vicious squall on final with the stormscope showing 84 strikes per minute in our vicinity - The sky didn't even get a chance to darken before the next strike! When we broke through at 50' above minimas, the tower cleared us to land with 25kts of wind at 40 deg off the nose at the threshold of the runway and 45kts at 60 deg off the nose at the other end of the runway!

My C208 Captain, Asnath Mahapa, SAA Cadet, logging more hours of paperwork than flying, on the DHL route to Maputo.

Asnath checking out the threatening sky just before take-off from Maputo.

This is me during the Maputo stopover, studying hard for my ATP exams.

I'm being deployed to a place called Lambarene, in Gabon, in a week or so. If you’re not sure where Gabon is, don’t feel bad, because I had to check on Google Earth myself. It’s on the West Coast, just North of The Congo (Belgian), which is just North of Angola. The capital, Libreville (it means Free Town in French), is one of the places that African slaves were sent to after their release. I'll be based about 150nm inland, in Lambarene, a town mostly famous for its malaria and leprosy research centre, started by Nobel peace prize winner, Albert Schweitzer. Charming!

The Gabon contract involves flying for an oil exploration company. We’ll be flying 500’ above the jungle canopy doing geological surveys, looking for oil. The survey equipment is being installed at Lanseria and then two of us will be ferrying the Cessna Caravan to Lambarene, Gabon via, Maun, Ondangwa, Luanda and Libreville. I’ve been doing the flight planning and it’s interesting to see that the Central African charts still have large areas of unsurveyed territory on them. The areas are just blank and white and have notes on them that say things like, “the terrain is not believed to be above 4300’”.

My next update will be from Gabon. It would be great to hear from you! - Sean

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A380 tour (see dates to diarize) --> Dr Jean-Marc Graumann (Cabin Management Systems, Airbus)



This is an excellent photo of some Korean ( I think) kids who were selected to go on board the A380 when it landed over there on the first rout-proving flight.

Look at all that excitement!








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From the otherside --> G Pinnock

Before I start, let me state that the opinions and views expressed in this piece are mine and mine alone, and are not neccessarily the views of (or endorsed by) CTFC , the CFI, ATNS, any controller, or any other acronym group.

In the past week, I was lucky enough to be able to spend a couple of shifts up in the tower. Staying for a full shift enables you to see a lot more of the bigger picture than the usual brief tower visits allow. Viewing things from a different perspective is always a good thing (did you know that the Tomahawks look really small and slow from the tower...?)

What a lot of pilots (and possibly controllers) often lose sight of is the fact that controllers and pilots actually both have the same goal: The safe completion of the flight. The only difference is that the controller is concerned about the safety of more aircraft than just you.

To help everyone achie ve a safe flight, we unfortunately still have to rely on the human voice. If you think of the chaos this causes between two people who are actually married, the full extent of the problem becomes apparant! Imagine the scene: a busy airspace, everyone wanting to converge on a single point, unable to stop themselves moving forwards at speeds ranging from 70kts (on a good day) to 200kts, and everyone having to speak at some point. Then imagine that someone gets it wrong. The entire process is on hold while each party has to confirm what the other actually wants or understands.

The objective is therefore to communicate as much information as possible, in the short est time possible. This does not (unfortunatly) involve speaking like a hyperactive squirrel to fit as many words into as few seconds as possible, but rather to be as concise as possible. Allow me to explain. For instance, i s it neccessary to repeat an entire traffic advisory, when a simple acknowledgment would do? Does the controller really care that you are flying a blue aircraft, and that you had scrambled eggs for breakfast? This is where the "engage brain, then button" works wonders. Watching an airliner established on the ILS being handed over from Approach while Tower is waiting for a light aircraft's life story to conclude, is not as much fun for the controller as you may think.

Generally speaking, the controllers want us little ones to get to our destination as quickly as possible. This is why they are normally happy to grant most of our (sometimes strange) requests. What pilots sometimes forget when a particular request is denied (while uttering unprintable expletives under our breath), is that the controller is doing just that: controlling the entire airspace.

For example, a certain Warrior wanted a direct routing to FAFK. Despite this a/c being the only one on Tower's frequency, the request was denied. Why? The pilot was unaware of the 737 approaching runway 19 (which normally takes them over the FAFK area). You'll have to take my word for it, but there is no evil intent or deliberate malice to inconvenience anyone unnecessarily.

Similarly, when Tower has a request, the controller generally has a very good reason for it as well. A prime example is short approaches. The tower controller can see the incoming queue of airliners, and in order to minimize our orbiting, they may request a short approach. If you prefer to decline, be prepared to get dizzy!

Another favourite is the request to "plan for charlie". This generally applies if you 'd prefer to avoid becoming a hood ornament on a 747, which, despite many years of technical advancement, is still unable to hover. Have you ever imagined the spectacle of an airliner having to flap its wings backwards to allow a trundling Tomahawk to taxi a few hundred metres down the active runway? It happens more often than you would like to think!

Another thing to keep in mind, is that controllers are people too, and like some other mammals, have long memories; if we make their job difficult they tend to remember and are then increasingly wary of trying to squeeze us into the ever shortening gaps. And because so many of us fly so few aircraft, the actions of one pilot has a knock-on effect that comes back to haunt us all. The controllers are working because we, and other pilots like us, are flying. Let 's at least make their job slightly easier!

Just a reminder that if you wish to meet the controllers, the ATC party is at Ferryman's Tavern at the V&A Waterfront on 25 November at 13h30 B.
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Humour

Kulula airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight "safety

lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining.

Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:

On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, you just sit where

you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a

flight attendant announced, "People, people we're not picking out

furniture here, find a seat and get in it!"

After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in the Karoo, a

flight attendant on a flight announced, "Please take care when opening

the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as

hell everything has shifted."

"In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend

from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your

face. If you have a small child travelling with you, secure your mask

before assisting with theirs. If you are travelling with more than one

small child, pick your favourite."

"As you exit the plane, make sure to gather all of your belongings.

Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight

attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses."

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CFTC news 17 November
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End of year function

Christian's tips to fly by

Out and About

Wanted: Fighter pilots
Are you a safe pilot?

Humour

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Dates to diarise

26 November: A380 arrives at FAJS
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End of year function --> G Pinnock

The end of year function on Saturday was obviously a great success. The greatness can be gauged by the fact that your trusty corrospondent did not take his camera out of the bag the entire evening! So if anyone has pictures from that night for our site, feel free to mail me!

A huge thanks must definitly go to committee members Vossie Vosloo and Christian Marais for organising and setting up the party, without their efforts it would have been a very quiet evening. The fact that it was most definitly not a quiet evening is best demonstrated by the "awesome foursome" that kept the bar company till roughly 3am :)

As with any end of year function, a number of awards were handed out.

Student pilot of the year: Jarred Seymour-Hall

Proffesional pilot of the year: Jaco van Zyl

Deal Alliance Ground School trophy: Benedict Poulten

Dennis Jankelow trophy for airmanship: Sean O'Connor

Jonathon Hoffman trophy for commitment and dedication to aviation: Linda Hodgkinson

Tom Chalmers from World Airnews also awarded one hours flying to 2 students, Kirstein Combrink and Julie-Anne Doyle. Another thanks must be given to the entire World Airnews team who gave a years subscription to all CTFC members!

Rocky Romanov kept the crowd entertained during the auctioning of prizes, no doubt the bidders will be submitting their stories soon (that was a "subtle" hint guys!) Thanks to all those who donated prizes for the night.

Stay tuned for the next club event (don't forget to keep checking out website)

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Christian's tips to fly by --> C Marais

Pounds of fuel vs. Gallons

For every 100 pounds of fuel there is 15 gallons.

Example: So if you need 1000 pounds of fuel, that equates into 150 gallons.
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Out and about

G Pinnock doing his Foxtrot Victor One impression at FASD --> S de Goede

Double trouble --> C van Steijn

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SA needs fighter pilots --> News24.com

15/11/2006 12:42 - (SA)
Pretoria -The SA air force needed to improve the quality of its new recruits, Major General Mandla Mangethe, the force's new chief of Air Command said on Wednesday.

"We need more young people wanting to join the air force so that we can have quality recruits, especially at the sharp end of the force where we need pilots and fighter pilots," he said.

He was speaking after a parade where he took over control of the Air Command from Major General Frans Labuschagne, becoming the first black officer in the position.

Mangethe, who was a pilot in the Ethiopian Air Force during his time with Umkhonto We Sizwe, and later with the SA Air Force's 41 and 44 transport squadrons, said he was looking forward to his new position.

"It means a lot, there are a lot of things that need to be done. It is a great challenge," he said.
Mangethe would officially take up his new position on January 1 next year. He was currently the chief director of air policy and plans.

The Air Command was the implementation wing of the air force preparing combat-ready forces. Its commanding officer was also in control of all the country's air force bases, stations and units.

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Are you a good, safe pilot? --> Gary Wiblin

Having done practically hundreds of PPL flight tests and PPL renewals I have witnessed so many different approaches to this formality that I feel there is a need to try and verbalize my thoughts. It took me many years to realize that in doing a flight test, as in life, we are merely human beings interacting with one another, albeit in the cramped confines of an aircraft cockpit. Differing personalities, an over-bearing personality, weather, preparedness, present personal home circumstances, all play a part in the outcome of a flight test, whether it be a PPL renewal or an instrument/comm. renewal. I personally always go to great lengths to try and get a potential testee to relax and like me before we fly. As with most testing officers I really do want the PPL candidate to pass the test.

As with most testing officers I also have a fairly good idea of how the test is going to go by the time we reach the holding point, ie. before we even get airborne. This may sound blasé and even presumptuous but it is unfortunately often true. Being a good, safe pilot is not only about performing all the flying maneuvers within limits but also has a lot to do with the candidates attitude towards flying. On many occasions I will tell him/her to go and do the pre-flight inspection while I have a cup of coffee. Even though I am letting it be known that I trust the candidate I normally take up a position, unseen, from where I can observe the proceedings undetected.

Does the candidate just do a bit of tyre kicking or does he/she do a good, organized preflight inspection? Is the preflight inspection a long, drawn out affair with the candidate seeming unsure of what to do next?

When climbing into the aircraft cockpit, do you have a carefully rehearsed and practised procedure that flows sensibly or are you fumbling about unnecessarily and re-doing many checks that have already been done? If you use a checklist, is it a neat, compact checklist or is it an old tatty, grubby slip of paper that has seen better days? If you run through the checklist from memory, is it a failsafe method or just a random glance around the cockpit making as if you are just doing a bit of important twisting and twiddling? Do you switch on the radio and immediately begin transmitting or do you correctly tune and test each radio, listen out first, and then transmit? Do you test the brakes shortly after beginning to taxi? Do you keep a sharp eye on the wingtips, especially when taxiing in a confined area, or just barge right on while I have to warn you of potential obstacles? Finally, do you appear relaxed and confident? As you can see, it is indeed quite easy to get a very good idea of someone’s ability as a pilot before actually getting airborne.

There are some people that I have flown with that should honestly not be allowed out in public unsupervised, yet they have been allowed to get as far as actually being recommended for their PPL flight test. Flying clubs are very often to blame, as some would rather continue taking somebody's money, than advise them to take up another hobby or profession. I have on more than one occasion flown with someone who is quite literally a crash waiting for a place to happen and have then advised said person that they should find another hobby or profession. In each of these cases the person concerned has then merely moved to another flying school and continued their training and it has left me alarmed when I have then heard them flying solo.

I maintain my stance that some people should not fly aircraft. It is my belief that we are not all equal. Whether we like it or not we are indeed all very different. Some people just naturally have better balance than others, some have better situational awareness, some better coordination. It is a fact of life. It stands to reason then that some people will never possess the ingredients to make a good, safe pilot. Accident reports are full of stories of airline pilots who, throughout their careers, barely scraped through each and every conversion, license upgrade, proficiency check, and renewal. When these pilots finally crash an aircraft filled with trusting passengers the pilots flying history is finally revealed for all to see that the pilot concerned should have been removed from the system at the student pilot stage, but this was never done.

When learning to fly, you need to be brutally honest with yourself. Do you have what it takes? Are you taking way too long to figure out how to land an aircraft without breaking anything? Do you break out in a cold sweat when you embark on a flight to practise spin recovery? Do you tense up and stammer when using the radio? Or are you generally at ease in an aircraft? If you find that each flight produces strides forward in your learning curve and you feel comfortable and confident in your ability to pilot an aircraft, you are what the aviation world wants. A good pilot is a calm, logical, systematic person with good coordination and good situational awareness. If you have those traits, enjoy your flying career.



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Humour

From Cape Town's airwaves....

(1)

ZS-XXX: Cape Town ground, ZS-XXX good morning

GND: XXX, ground good morning

XXX: XXX is a outside Cloud Niner.....

(2)

ZS-XXX: Ground, XXX requests taxi to Stellenbosh

GND: XXX, taxi south off 19, turn left on the N2.....

And just to show its not just CT (from avweb.com)

Heard at Lawrence, Massachusetts:

Tower: "Arrow Eight Two Xray, slowest possible speed. Traffic ahead is an ultralight on a half-mile final."

Ultralight: "Tower, we'll climb out so he can land."

Tower: "Roger, climb and maintain 1700, runway heading. Arrow Eight Two Xray, cleared to land, caution, mowing in progress, right side of runwav."

Arrow: "Roger, duck under the lawn mower ahead and avoid the one on the ground, cleared to land, Arrow Eight Two Xray."

And for those of us who never find parking...

Pedro was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important
meeting and couldn't find a parking spot. Looking up toward heaven, he
said, "Lord, take pity on me. If you find me a parking spot, I will go
to Mass every Sunday for the rest of my life and give up tequila."

Miraculously, a parking spot appeared.

Pedro looked up again and said, "Never mind. I found one."

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CTFC Enews 9 November 2006
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End of year function

A welcome

Christian's tips to fly by

What makes a pilot street smart about flying?

Fighter meet

Live ATC from around the world

Free Boeing magazine online

Humour

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Dates to diarise

11 November : CTFC end of year function 18:00 for 19:00
14 Novermber: Met Course 18:00
15 November: Safety Seminar, at airport
26 November: A380 arrives at FAJS
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End of year function, 11 November, 18:00 for 19:00

Just a reminder about the end of year function on Saturday 11 November at CTFC. It will be a spit braai and general get together.

The tickets will be on sale at the club, contact Bev or Hilda.

The price is R25.00 per head and we will be having an auction on various prizes during the evening. Hope to see you all there!

Thanks to our sponsors so far:

Tony Beamish
Jim Deane
Tony Russell:- Static Line First Jump Course from Skydive Ceres.
Dale Humby:- A flip in a Yak
Executive Helicopters: A flip in the Huey
CTFC: A conversion onto any of the club's aircraft
Geoff Heathcote-Marks: A pair of Carrera Sunglasses
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A welcome

Those of you who have phoned the club this week will have noticed a new friendly voice on the the phone. The club is very pleased to have Beverly Combrink working at the club.

She doesn't know it yet, but she will be writing a mini story about herself as an introduction. In the meantime, say hi!

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Christian’s Tips to Fly By --> Christian Marais

True Airspeed (TAS)

Here’s a quick one to work out your TAS. All you have to do is increase your indicated airspeed by 2% per 1000 feet of altitude.

Example: If your indicated airspeed at 8000ft is 120kts, add 16% (2 x 8 = 16%) to your indicated airspeed. Your TAS is 139kts (roughly).

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What makes a pilot street smart about flying --> Submitted by Sean O'Connor

(this is just a selection from the list. If you would like the full list, please email me - GP)

ATTITUDE - MIND SET
•There's almost nothing that needs to be done in a hurry in an aircraft.
•Plan ahead for normal events and be prepared for unexpected contingencies.
•Pay attention to your sixth sense. If something feels wrong, it probably is.
•Develop an assertive attitude and openly communicate concerns to other crewmembers.
•Keep your options open - never become committed to a single course of action with a high
degree of risk.

•Return to basics if you become confused.
•Maintain a healthy level of suspicion.
•Even though pilots sometimes like to give the opposite impression, a true professional is
responsible, diligent and studious.

AWARENESS - TECHNIQUES - STRATEGIES

•Pilots should give equal priority to landing or going around. Never assume that any approach will
end in a landing.
•You don't know what you don't know. The secret of a long, safe flying career is to reduce the
"don't know" category as much as possible.

•Know where you want to be, where you are, and where you are going.

•Don't touch a switch without looking and knowing what, when, and why you want to move it.

•You don't have time to make all of the mistakes, so you have to learn from others. I review all
accidents and ask myself what would I have done? How could I have avoided the accident?
•If anything is out of the ordinary or if the aircraft is not performing the way you think it should,
check it out.
•Develop effective listening skills including the ability to filter out lower priority information and
return to it later.
•Listen to others and find out how they do things - then re-evaluate your own habit patterns.
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Fighter meet --> GP

We will be meeting at the club on Sunday at 14:00 (yes...after the social...hence the late start). Come challenge Slush and Mosfear and others to thrilling WW2 combat. Fresh meat is always welcomed!

Fire up your favourite aeroplane, and set fire to someone else's favourite aeroplane. Hope to see you there.

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Live ATC from around the world --> Michelle Joffe

Listen to live ATC’s around the world! You can tap into Rand Airport (FAGM) – scroll down, you’ll see it.

http://www.liveatc.net/feedindex.php?type=international

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Boeing frontiers magazine --> S O'Connor

The November 2006 issue of Boeing Frontiers magazine is now available
online.

U.S. warfighters rely on tankers to extend their reach around the world.
"The single point failure for everything we do - global strike,
globalized air bridges, global mobility - is the jet tanker," U.S. Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley said recently. The November
edition of Boeing Frontiers magazine looks at what's new in Boeing's
Tanker Programs, in the wake of the company's response to the Air
Force's issuance in September of a draft request for proposals.

The November edition of Boeing Frontiers magazine, the magazine for
Boeing employees, examines recent achievements in Tanker Programs. This
issue also looks at the 747 Large Cargo Freighter, a unique airplane
that plays a major role in production of the new 787 Dreamliner.

These stories and more are available online now at
www.boeing.com/frontiers.

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Humour

Don't drink and fly --> R van Driest

Being Punny -->Sean O'Connor

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."'

A dyslexic man walked into a bra.

Aman walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."

Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

DejaMoo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

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