CFTC news 17 November
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End of year function
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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?
Are you a safe pilot?
Humour
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Dates to diarise
26 November: A380 arrives at FAJS
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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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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. ==========================
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 N iner.....
(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."
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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posted by Cape Town Flying Club at 10:28 PM
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