CTFC Enews 8 December
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Bookings
Congrats
Air Scouts helpers needed
Alternator Failure
Red Bull Air Race updates
Mossel Bay Fly In
The Contract Pilot
A380 in pictures
Out and About
Humour
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Bookings
Please write your telephone number and name (in a language other than hieroglyphics!) when making a booking at the club. This will save a lot of Bev's limited time when trying to contact a specific member regarding a booking.
=================
A congratulations! (and another Cape Town pilot taking over!)
Congratulations to ex-GHFC instructor, Paul Greenberg on his 1st B737 flight with Comair on Fri, 1st Dec!
So listen out to those welcome messages from the cockpit when next flying!
=================
Air Scouts
In the past, GHFC was involved in assisting the Scouts organization with their aviation badge courses. We hope to continue this mutually rewarding association now that we are CTFC and will be holding a meeting this coming Saturday, 9 December, at 10 am at the clubhouse to discuss the way forward. If you would like to be involved in any way, be it lecturing, flying or coordinating the course, please join us on Saturday morning for an informal meeting.
Call Linda Hodgkinson if you are keen to help or need any additional info .
=================
Alternator failure --> Tony Russel
I was on my way out to give a lesson in a Tomahawk the other weekend when the previous pilot told me that the aircraft was unserviceable as he had had an alternator failure returning to Cape Town. When I asked for more details I was a little shocked to hear how little he had done to rectify the fault, and then of his procedures when he decided that he had no alternator. I thought that a little refresher for us all would be useful.
In the Tomahawk, you will notice that you have an alternator failure either when the ammeter constantly reads zero or when the yellow ALT light comes on. The first action should be to reset the alternator. The master switch is actually a split switch, half of it is the battery master, and the other half energises the alternator. Switching the alternator half off will remove power from the alternator and in many cases will reset it. Switch the alternator off and leave it of for a few seconds. Switch it back on again and check the ammeter and ALT light.
If you do indeed have an alternator failure, the light will still be on and the ammeter will still be showing zero. Now you have to plan. Reduce the load on the battery as much as possible. Essential equipment (in a Tomahawk) is probably only COM1 – remember that NAV1 is switched separately.
Tell the tower that you have a problem. It does not matter if they send a dozen fire engines to meet you on the runway or if you need to call them afterwards. It is you responsibility as pilot-in-command to share your level of urgency or emergency with air traffic control. In most cases, it will make no difference. It is that isolated case where the problem is bigger than or different to what you expected that the emergency assistance will be very welcome.
My good news on that Sunday morning was that the alternator was fine. I started the aircraft and saw a huge reading on the ammeter as it pumped electrons back into the well used battery.
=================
Red Bull Air Race
There have been a few changes to the scheduling of the Red Bull Air Race World Series on SABC 3 which I sent out on the 24th November.
Please note these updates:
Red Bull Air Race flightings:
10 December 17:30 – 18:00 (Abu Dhabi)
24 December – 17:30 – 18:00 (Barcelona)
31 December – 17:30 – 18:00 (Berlin)
07 January 17:30 – 18:00 (Istanbul)
18 February 17:30 – 18:00 (Budapest)
25 February 17:30 – 18:00 (Longleat UK)
04 March 17:30 – 18:00 (San Francisco)
11 March 17:30 – 18:00 (Perth)
25 March 17:30 – 18:00 (2006 full series highlight)
=================
Fly in and open day at Mossel Bay Airfield --> Mossel Bay Aero Club
All are hereby invited to attend our Fly-in and Open day at Mossel Bay Airfield, Aalwyndal on 16 December 2006, starting 07H00.
Our Program will include the following:
· Club Poker Rally
· Harvards
· Model Flyers Exhibition
· Sky Diving
· Microlights
· Helicopter Flips
· L39 Jet Flips
· Cessna Citation Flips
· New TMA and Frequency explanation for visiting pilots
· Refreshments – all day
Contacts:
Hein Rehr – 0824511569
Andrè Middel – 0825512364
Rodger Brink – 0825775100
Magda Vermaak – 0836544229
Hoping to see you all!!
Kind Regards
Hein Rehr
Deputy President
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The Contract Pilot --> Schalk Burger (pictures from http://schalkburger.blogspot.com/ )
Okay people, so I ended up not convincing you about all the positive things about African logic. And yes, I didn’t email any more contributions to the newsletter that Gareth has been working on so magnificently, for a while…but all with good reason.
My reasons start about 2 days after I emailed my last contribution. You know, the one where I was praising and almost exulting the African system and way of doing things…THAT one. Well…this was all good and fine until I got face to face with the cold reality of getting back into the swing of things. Getting up at 4 in the morning after being told you are flying at 2230 the night before and rushing yourself stupid getting the flight planning done, flight schedules approved AND actually getting SOME sleep the night before, just to arrive at the plane ON time to find an apron absolutely bursting at the seems full of nothingness.
So, the pax are a bit late. It IS early. I mean, they wanted to come, so they’ll get here just now. Maybe they hit a goat. Sat phone is on voicemail.
The sun comes up with a BLAST of heat.
Okay, the pax are late. Maybe they hit a child. Sat phone still giving me voicemail instructions in 3 languages before the beep.
The rest of the world arrives to get their aeroplanes ready and prepared…all whom have by now had at least 2 hours more sleep than you had. Wow this place is hot. Cant wait for FL 115 and 8degrees…yeah baby.
Okay, the flippen people who needed to URGENTLY get to the complete OTHER side of the biggest country in Africa, and who insisted on leaving at 6….are really BLOODYWELL late! Sat phone’s battery is going already.
The first WFP Caravan taxi’s back IN from a rotation it left on about an hour or more before. I need a shower again already. I’m SOAKED from sweat.
Where the HELL are these damn people?! Hitting a goat, COOKING the thing and eating it doesn’t take this long. Not even if you had to make the fire with wet GRASS!
After calling “if they aren’t here in 10 mins we are leaving” thing for the 3rd time… we close up the plane and get in the car to go home. Hopefully we’ll be in time to catch the last bit of lunch by the time we get back.
Who do we pass on the way out of the airport? Exactly! Mr hightly educated VIP that needs to get to Malakal for a 30min meeting (yeah right!) ,which we have to WAIT for him for, and then HAS to be back in Juba tonight. But his entourage is still coming… they will be here in 5 min (why is everything ALWAYS 5 mins?).
So, now it comes to explaining to Mr highly educated VIP that firstly, he AND his entourage is over 6 hours late, the flight to Malakal will take more that 2,5 hours one way… making it 5 hours total flying time, the airport closes at 1800 and that no matter how you do math or HOW short a meeting he has on the other side, we will basically have to do a touch and go on that side and fly back…making the trip completely unnecessary. Then try explaining the whole complicated little thing (and it IS damn complicated to me) called Flight and Duty Period….and that you have already racked up 7 HOURS of it waiting for his VIP-ness to make his arrival.
Now, after having basically the exact same argument day in and day out for an entire tour, about what can legally be done and what is just plain ludicrous… if you could keep positive and sell anyone on this mailing list the pro’s of African way (as apposed to the American way, which is essentially the same thing but for the blame shifting involved and stupid accent)…be my guest. I cant.
I admit defeat! I have completely FAILED you all in my endeavor to highlight the good to be found on contract. Simply put, there are good flying hours to be accumulated … everything else just has to be seen through those sights in order to get out the other side.
The one real bonus for us was that we got to fly the caravan all the way back from Sudan. This was an real thrill for me, as ever since I’ve started flying I’ve wanted to fly a GA aeroplane up and down Africa. Now I can say I’ve done a test run, and it was great. One soon realizes that Radar isn’t the be all and end all of IF flying. We share the sky with other skilled airmen and women, and good communication and discipline between us will always promote safety. On the flight down, the first controller I spoke to that had radar and could see me on it, was Johannesburg. And honestly, after speaking to so many extremely competent non-radar equipped, procedural controllers north of the Limpopo, it didn’t make any difference to see the transponder blink at me after an interrogation from the big golfball.
I can really tell you is that it is WONDERFUL to be back home for a bit and seeing how wonderfully well the Club is running and how busy it is! I think I’d rather just focus on the REAL positives I have around me, and CTFC is definitely one!
I’m sure Sean will have some great stories to share from his contract in Gabon. I hear survey equipment is normally pretty much on time for their flights. Flying at 50ft off the deck for a living!… some people have ALL the luck!
See you around guys!
schalk
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A380 --> submitted by Sean O'Connor
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Out and about
I'm trying to get this section to take off (so to speak), so if you have any interesting photos of any of your flights, please send! I need new desktop wallpapers as well....
Something you don't see every day (2000 fpm, slowed from 3500fpm before we could shoot) - V Vosloo
Vossie and Gareth getting up to mischief
- V Vosloo
=================
Humour
Flatulence sparks plane landing (from news24.com)
06/12/2006 07:28 - (SA)
Nashville, Tennessee - An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger lit a match to disguise the smell of flatulence, authorities said.
The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulphur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokesperson for the Nashville International Airport Authority.
All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odour," Lowrance said.
She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.
The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane.
The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.
=================
==========================
Bookings
Congrats
Air Scouts helpers needed
Alternator Failure
Red Bull Air Race updates
Mossel Bay Fly In
The Contract Pilot
A380 in pictures
Out and About
Humour
=================
Bookings
Please write your telephone number and name (in a language other than hieroglyphics!) when making a booking at the club. This will save a lot of Bev's limited time when trying to contact a specific member regarding a booking.
=================
A congratulations! (and another Cape Town pilot taking over!)
Congratulations to ex-GHFC instructor, Paul Greenberg on his 1st B737 flight with Comair on Fri, 1st Dec!
So listen out to those welcome messages from the cockpit when next flying!
=================
Air Scouts
In the past, GHFC was involved in assisting the Scouts organization with their aviation badge courses. We hope to continue this mutually rewarding association now that we are CTFC and will be holding a meeting this coming Saturday, 9 December, at 10 am at the clubhouse to discuss the way forward. If you would like to be involved in any way, be it lecturing, flying or coordinating the course, please join us on Saturday morning for an informal meeting.
Call Linda Hodgkinson if you are keen to help or need any additional info .
=================
Alternator failure --> Tony Russel
I was on my way out to give a lesson in a Tomahawk the other weekend when the previous pilot told me that the aircraft was unserviceable as he had had an alternator failure returning to Cape Town. When I asked for more details I was a little shocked to hear how little he had done to rectify the fault, and then of his procedures when he decided that he had no alternator. I thought that a little refresher for us all would be useful.
In the Tomahawk, you will notice that you have an alternator failure either when the ammeter constantly reads zero or when the yellow ALT light comes on. The first action should be to reset the alternator. The master switch is actually a split switch, half of it is the battery master, and the other half energises the alternator. Switching the alternator half off will remove power from the alternator and in many cases will reset it. Switch the alternator off and leave it of for a few seconds. Switch it back on again and check the ammeter and ALT light.
If you do indeed have an alternator failure, the light will still be on and the ammeter will still be showing zero. Now you have to plan. Reduce the load on the battery as much as possible. Essential equipment (in a Tomahawk) is probably only COM1 – remember that NAV1 is switched separately.
Tell the tower that you have a problem. It does not matter if they send a dozen fire engines to meet you on the runway or if you need to call them afterwards. It is you responsibility as pilot-in-command to share your level of urgency or emergency with air traffic control. In most cases, it will make no difference. It is that isolated case where the problem is bigger than or different to what you expected that the emergency assistance will be very welcome.
My good news on that Sunday morning was that the alternator was fine. I started the aircraft and saw a huge reading on the ammeter as it pumped electrons back into the well used battery.
=================
Red Bull Air Race
There have been a few changes to the scheduling of the Red Bull Air Race World Series on SABC 3 which I sent out on the 24th November.
Please note these updates:
Red Bull Air Race flightings:
10 December 17:30 – 18:00 (Abu Dhabi)
24 December – 17:30 – 18:00 (Barcelona)
31 December – 17:30 – 18:00 (Berlin)
07 January 17:30 – 18:00 (Istanbul)
18 February 17:30 – 18:00 (Budapest)
25 February 17:30 – 18:00 (Longleat UK)
04 March 17:30 – 18:00 (San Francisco)
11 March 17:30 – 18:00 (Perth)
25 March 17:30 – 18:00 (2006 full series highlight)
=================
Fly in and open day at Mossel Bay Airfield --> Mossel Bay Aero Club
All are hereby invited to attend our Fly-in and Open day at Mossel Bay Airfield, Aalwyndal on 16 December 2006, starting 07H00.
Our Program will include the following:
· Club Poker Rally
· Harvards
· Model Flyers Exhibition
· Sky Diving
· Microlights
· Helicopter Flips
· L39 Jet Flips
· Cessna Citation Flips
· New TMA and Frequency explanation for visiting pilots
· Refreshments – all day
Contacts:
Hein Rehr – 0824511569
Andrè Middel – 0825512364
Rodger Brink – 0825775100
Magda Vermaak – 0836544229
Hoping to see you all!!
Kind Regards
Hein Rehr
Deputy President
=================
The Contract Pilot --> Schalk Burger (pictures from http://schalkburger.blogspot
Okay people, so I ended up not convincing you about all the positive things about African logic. And yes, I didn’t email any more contributions to the newsletter that Gareth has been working on so magnificently, for a while…but all with good reason.
My reasons start about 2 days after I emailed my last contribution. You know, the one where I was praising and almost exulting the African system and way of doing things…THAT one. Well…this was all good and fine until I got face to face with the cold reality of getting back into the swing of things. Getting up at 4 in the morning after being told you are flying at 2230 the night before and rushing yourself stupid getting the flight planning done, flight schedules approved AND actually getting SOME sleep the night before, just to arrive at the plane ON time to find an apron absolutely bursting at the seems full of nothingness.
So, the pax are a bit late. It IS early. I mean, they wanted to come, so they’ll get here just now. Maybe they hit a goat. Sat phone is on voicemail.
The sun comes up with a BLAST of heat.
Okay, the pax are late. Maybe they hit a child. Sat phone still giving me voicemail instructions in 3 languages before the beep.
The rest of the world arrives to get their aeroplanes ready and prepared…all whom have by now had at least 2 hours more sleep than you had. Wow this place is hot. Cant wait for FL 115 and 8degrees…yeah baby.
Okay, the flippen people who needed to URGENTLY get to the complete OTHER side of the biggest country in Africa, and who insisted on leaving at 6….are really BLOODYWELL late! Sat phone’s battery is going already.
The first WFP Caravan taxi’s back IN from a rotation it left on about an hour or more before. I need a shower again already. I’m SOAKED from sweat.
Where the HELL are these damn people?! Hitting a goat, COOKING the thing and eating it doesn’t take this long. Not even if you had to make the fire with wet GRASS!
After calling “if they aren’t here in 10 mins we are leaving” thing for the 3rd time… we close up the plane and get in the car to go home. Hopefully we’ll be in time to catch the last bit of lunch by the time we get back.
Who do we pass on the way out of the airport? Exactly! Mr hightly educated VIP that needs to get to Malakal for a 30min meeting (yeah right!) ,which we have to WAIT for him for, and then HAS to be back in Juba tonight. But his entourage is still coming… they will be here in 5 min (why is everything ALWAYS 5 mins?).
So, now it comes to explaining to Mr highly educated VIP that firstly, he AND his entourage is over 6 hours late, the flight to Malakal will take more that 2,5 hours one way… making it 5 hours total flying time, the airport closes at 1800 and that no matter how you do math or HOW short a meeting he has on the other side, we will basically have to do a touch and go on that side and fly back…making the trip completely unnecessary. Then try explaining the whole complicated little thing (and it IS damn complicated to me) called Flight and Duty Period….and that you have already racked up 7 HOURS of it waiting for his VIP-ness to make his arrival.
Now, after having basically the exact same argument day in and day out for an entire tour, about what can legally be done and what is just plain ludicrous… if you could keep positive and sell anyone on this mailing list the pro’s of African way (as apposed to the American way, which is essentially the same thing but for the blame shifting involved and stupid accent)…be my guest. I cant.
I admit defeat! I have completely FAILED you all in my endeavor to highlight the good to be found on contract. Simply put, there are good flying hours to be accumulated … everything else just has to be seen through those sights in order to get out the other side.
The one real bonus for us was that we got to fly the caravan all the way back from Sudan. This was an real thrill for me, as ever since I’ve started flying I’ve wanted to fly a GA aeroplane up and down Africa. Now I can say I’ve done a test run, and it was great. One soon realizes that Radar isn’t the be all and end all of IF flying. We share the sky with other skilled airmen and women, and good communication and discipline between us will always promote safety. On the flight down, the first controller I spoke to that had radar and could see me on it, was Johannesburg. And honestly, after speaking to so many extremely competent non-radar equipped, procedural controllers north of the Limpopo, it didn’t make any difference to see the transponder blink at me after an interrogation from the big golfball.
I can really tell you is that it is WONDERFUL to be back home for a bit and seeing how wonderfully well the Club is running and how busy it is! I think I’d rather just focus on the REAL positives I have around me, and CTFC is definitely one!
I’m sure Sean will have some great stories to share from his contract in Gabon. I hear survey equipment is normally pretty much on time for their flights. Flying at 50ft off the deck for a living!… some people have ALL the luck!
See you around guys!
schalk
=================
A380 --> submitted by Sean O'Connor
=================
Out and about
I'm trying to get this section to take off (so to speak), so if you have any interesting photos of any of your flights, please send! I need new desktop wallpapers as well....
Something you don't see every day (2000 fpm, slowed from 3500fpm before we could shoot) - V Vosloo
Vossie and Gareth getting up to mischief
- V Vosloo=================
Humour
Flatulence sparks plane landing (from news24.com)
06/12/2006 07:28 - (SA)
Nashville, Tennessee - An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger lit a match to disguise the smell of flatulence, authorities said.
The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulphur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokesperson for the Nashville International Airport Authority.
All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odour," Lowrance said.
She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.
The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane.
The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.
=================
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