05 October 2007
Dates to Diarize
PPL Course Dates
From the CFI's desk
Cancellation of Bookings
All members are to please take note of the following rules regarding cancellation of bookings.
If a member cancels a booking less than 24 hours before the time of the booking, and the slot is not filled by someone else, the member will be charged a non-utilisation fee. This fee will consist of the following:
(One third of the hourly rate of the aircraft) x (two thirds of the time booked on the aircraft)
and/or
(Three quarters of the time booked with an instructor) x (The instructor’s hourly rate)
Example: You’ve booked a tomahawk and an instructor for a two hour slot. The cancellation fee will be:
Aircraft: One third of R650 (R217) multiplied by two thirds of 2 hours (1.33 hours) = R289
Instructor: Three quarters of 2 hours (1.5 hours) multiplied by instructor rate of R200 per hour = R300
If both the instructor and aircraft are booked with another student for the cancelled slot, you will not be charged any fee. If only the aircraft is booked for the cancelled slot, you will still be charged the instructor’s cancellation fee etc.
The only acceptable reasons for cancelling a booking without incurring any penalty are weather and medical related.
ATC flip day round 2
Saturday the 20th October is International Day of the Air Traffic Controller.
To celebrate this day, CTFC will be hosting an ATC flip day.
(If you recall, the last one was rained out earlier this year...the weather WILL be perfect this time!)
The idea is to take the controllers and assistants flying from 12-2, and then braai/party after.
If you can help in anyway, be it flying or braai-ing or anything in between, please let Gareth know. (email: garethpinnock@gmail.com)
End of year function
Beverley needs numbers for catering purposes for the year end function ASAP. The year end function is on the 24th November and we will be having a spit braai which is the best you will ever taste. Of course this does cost money and the club will be sponsoring a portion but tickets can be purchased at R50-00 per head.
Confirm you're coming either by phone (021 934 0257) or email (info@capetownflyingclub.co.za).
Prizes/sponsorships
Vossie needs our help with the donation of prizes and sponsorships towards the cost of the event. If you can help, or would like to be involved in the organising, drop Vossie an email on geminimotors@telkomsa.net.
Donated prizes so far:
Trip for members with an adventurous spirit --> Linda Hodgkinson
Join us for a trip to Charles Dickenson's farm on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October. We plan to leave FACT late afternoon, sleep/camp over on the farm, have an early brekkie and come back early on Sunday. No night arrivals (unless you drive up). There is limited accommodation in the farmhouse – best to prepare for camping by bringing your own tent and cuddly toy to keep you warm.
Runway information:
12/30 730m grass
S33 31 44 E19 02 24
Charles tells me the strip is directly below the 'P' of Palmiet Valley on the 1:250 000 map. Between Wellington and Voelvlei dam. Far enough to enjoy the flight and close enough to not break the bank.
Book your aircraft as soon as possible for this adventure and let Charles know how many people will need catering. He has kindly offered to provide and cook the food so that the pilots don't have to take food with and can take lots of Cream Soda instead, but there will of course be a cost per head for the Saturday evening braai and Sunday morning breakfast which will be announced soon.
Book your meals ASAP with Charles on 021 864 2567. See you there!
Hangarage of Aircraft --> Rafi Weiner
It has been brought to my attention that PMY is very often not returned in the evening to its hanger after the last flight of the day. This in all likelihood is happening with JDN as well. There is no problem with JDN and PMY being outside their respective hangers during the course of the day when the aircraft are being utilised with back to back bookings. However, it is absolutely imperative that these aircraft are returned to their hangers in the evening or when they are not utilised during the day.
There are occasions when PMY is put out of the hanger by Safair in order to accommodate Safair's own aircraft when they come in for maintenance from time to time. Safair personnel will take all the aircraft out of the hanger and repark the aircraft afterwards.
Safair have reported to me that they have often seen PMY outside the hanger at night. The hanger personnel have also noted that there are pilots who start taxiing with the towbar connected or start aircraft whilst the nosewheel is chocked.
I have asked Safair to keep an eye out and report to me when the aircraft has been left out of the hanger. If the persons who leave the aircraft out of the hanger are identified, I would prefer it if they rather did not fly the aircraft at all.
Many thanks
Rafi
Deal Alliance Courses
DEAL ALLIANCE will be offering the following courses at the Cape Town International airport at the Cape Town Flying Club premises:
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY RATINGS ongoing, but booking essential.
As a point of interest, people are under the impression that these language ratings are a written test. It is an interview with two CAA, accredited people, - one a linguistics expert and one a subject matter expert, - it consists of a short interview and a short role play.
Deal Alliance will be offering an Initial CRM (2 days), or refresher (1 day) followed by "Dangerous Goods" (1 day). Then they will also be offering a general radio licence test and the language proficiency rating (See above). This will all take place in the week of the 10th December. From next year, this will be offered on a regular basis.
Further details on the Pilot Ground Schools for this year and on the Language Proficiency Ratings can be obtained from either Vanessa or Deborah on the following cell numbers:
Deborah 082 495 8179
Vanessa 076 745 2423
The student pilot -> Steve Davies
Steve Davies is busy with his PPL at CTFC with Tony Russel. After every lesson, he writes his impressions and thoughts on the flight. Although initially just for his facebook profile, they make excellent and highly entertaining reading. Every week we will present one of Steve's "Facebook notes"
Saturday and time to go flying again. I'd been preparing by trying to get some of the checklists and vital actions into my head that is long ago full of other stuff. Shelley and Michael helped me learn them. They think the P in TMPFGHIE should stand for parachute...
When I woke up the forecast was for 4 knots of wind, so I was looking forward to nice smooth flying to make things easier for me. But lo and behold by the time I got to the field it was 20 gusting 25 giving 10 knots of crosswind.
Being that I'm a beginner, preflight still takes me ages, and my head goes full of cotton wool whilst I try to do the flow checks
properly.
I think Tony is discovering that my mind isn't very orderly. Leaps of intuition and imagination work for me with computers, but I'm going to have to learn to be methodical with my flying. I remember that Prof, my boss at Compustat, used to despair at my haphazard way of debugging programs (even though it worked!)
We did eventually get going - one thing is that my taxiing is getting a bit straighter. No steering with the yoke any more. And I managed to make my little radio speeches without getting tongue-tied. (After me: "Cape Town ground: KKU at Safair for training flight to Muizenberg, with information Golf, request intersection echo").
Once up in the air over Muizenberg it was time for straight and level. You might think "How hard can that be?" but its all about learning the right attitude for level flight at different speeds. And the process of getting the aeroplane in equilibrium and correctly trimmed. Now attitude isn't about being positive or negative. But how high or low the nose of the aeroplane is with respect to the horizon. Its very scientific - 4 fingers, 3 fingers, touching the top of the cowling, etc etc.
Ask Tony but I don't think I did too badly. Need to give more attention to outside and less to the instruments (I think that's the case for all starting students). And I was so determined to avoid ballooning when putting down the flaps that instead I now overdo it and sink.
Heading back with the cross wind I had the experience of pointing the nose in one direction with the ground track about 10 or 15 degrees in a different direction...
Tony handled the landing due to the crosswind, taxi back was uneventful and another exercise in the bag!
This Month in Aviation History --> Danny Buitendag
In OCTOBER...
1797
The modern parachute is born as Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first human parachute descent from the air. Garnerin jumps from a hydrogen balloon at a height of 2,300 feet in Paris.
1907
Robert Esnault-Pelterie makes the first aerorplane flight with a control stick, using a single, broom handle-like lever.
1908
Samuel Cody becomes the first man to fly in Britain. Flying the British Army Aeroplane N° 1, Cody flies for 1,391 feet before crashing.
1909
Charles Comte de Lambert, Wilbur Wright’s first aviation pupil, flies around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1909
Glenn Curtiss becomes the 1st American to hold an FAI aeroplane certificate.
1910
President Teddy Roosevelt becomes the first US president to fly when he is taken up in St. Louis.
1918
The Kettering Bug pilotless aeroplane being developed by Charles F. Kettering makes its first successful unmanned flight test, albeit for only nine seconds.
1931
Canadian pilot Godfrey Dean performs the first loop in an autogyro, at Willow Field, near Philadelphia.
1939
The prototype of the WWIII aircraft, the Handley Page Halifax, makes its first flight from RAF Bicester with J.L.B.H. Cordes at the controls.
1947
Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than sound. Yeager “breaks the sound barrier” in his Bell X-1 airplane, Glamorous Glennis, named after his wife. He was able to reach 670-mph or Mach 1.015 at Muroc Dry Lake, California.
From www.centinnialofflight.gov
- Dates to diarise
- PPL Course Dates
- From the CFI's desk - cancellation of bookings
- ATC Flip Day, round 2
- End of Year Function
- Breakfast at Charles's Farm (treasurer of CTFC)
- Hangarage of aircraft
- The Student Pilot
- Deal Alliance Courses
Dates to Diarize
- 12 October
Club Socal / Awards Evening (Details below) - 13 October
- Overnight stay and breakfast @ Charles's Farm near Wellington (see below)
- 20 October
International Day of the Air Traffic Controller (ATC flip day round 2) - 26 October
Have You Seen my Parachute? Skydive Ceres presentation @ CTFC, 8pm - 9-11 November
TFDC Fly In, AFB Overberg (www.flyin.org.za) - 24 November
CTFC End of Year Function
PPL Course Dates
| Subject | Presented by | Date |
| Meteorology | Pierre Myburg | 8/10/2007 |
| Navigation | Pieter Wesselman | 23/10/2007 |
| Radio | Chantal van Steijn (ATNS) | 22/10/2007 |
From the CFI's desk
Cancellation of Bookings
All members are to please take note of the following rules regarding cancellation of bookings.
If a member cancels a booking less than 24 hours before the time of the booking, and the slot is not filled by someone else, the member will be charged a non-utilisation fee. This fee will consist of the following:
(One third of the hourly rate of the aircraft) x (two thirds of the time booked on the aircraft)
and/or
(Three quarters of the time booked with an instructor) x (The instructor’s hourly rate)
Example: You’ve booked a tomahawk and an instructor for a two hour slot. The cancellation fee will be:
Aircraft: One third of R650 (R217) multiplied by two thirds of 2 hours (1.33 hours) = R289
Instructor: Three quarters of 2 hours (1.5 hours) multiplied by instructor rate of R200 per hour = R300
If both the instructor and aircraft are booked with another student for the cancelled slot, you will not be charged any fee. If only the aircraft is booked for the cancelled slot, you will still be charged the instructor’s cancellation fee etc.
The only acceptable reasons for cancelling a booking without incurring any penalty are weather and medical related.
ATC flip day round 2
Saturday the 20th October is International Day of the Air Traffic Controller.
To celebrate this day, CTFC will be hosting an ATC flip day.
(If you recall, the last one was rained out earlier this year...the weather WILL be perfect this time!)
The idea is to take the controllers and assistants flying from 12-2, and then braai/party after.
If you can help in anyway, be it flying or braai-ing or anything in between, please let Gareth know. (email: garethpinnock@gmail.com)
End of year function
Beverley needs numbers for catering purposes for the year end function ASAP. The year end function is on the 24th November and we will be having a spit braai which is the best you will ever taste. Of course this does cost money and the club will be sponsoring a portion but tickets can be purchased at R50-00 per head.
Confirm you're coming either by phone (021 934 0257) or email (info@capetownflyingclub.co.za).
Prizes/sponsorships
Vossie needs our help with the donation of prizes and sponsorships towards the cost of the event. If you can help, or would like to be involved in the organising, drop Vossie an email on geminimotors@telkomsa.net.
Donated prizes so far:
- 2 pilot overnight bags, various lucky draw prizes and, subject to availability, a lap-top bag as well. Generously donated by Alexander Forbes via Chris Readman
- 2 first jump courses at Skydive Ceres http://www.skydive.co.za Generously donated by Skydive Ceres via Tony Russel
- A cruise for two in Table Bay aboard the catamaran "IQ " Generously donated by David Barnes
- A weekend for 2 at Kagga Kamma Private Game Reserve including accommodation, breakfast and guided excursions (game drive, sundowner trip, bushman paintings tour, stargazing) (www.kaggakamma.co.za) Runways 900m/1400m hard gravel, elevation 3250 feet. Generously donated by Hein de Waal (General Manager: Kagga Kamma)
- A two night stay for two couples (or four people sharing two rooms) at the Zebra River Lodge in Namibia's Tsaris mountains. Includes full board (excluding drinks), a ground trip to Sossusvlei with a guide and a sundowner drive into the canyons of the Tsaris Mountains on the evening of arrival. Total value around R9500-00. (www.zebrariver.com) Runway 1150m x 20m hard gravel, elevation 4380 feet. Generously donated by Marianne & Rob Field (Zebra River Lodge)
- A YAK-52 flight from Fisantekraal. Generously donated by Dale Humby
Trip for members with an adventurous spirit --> Linda Hodgkinson
Join us for a trip to Charles Dickenson's farm on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October. We plan to leave FACT late afternoon, sleep/camp over on the farm, have an early brekkie and come back early on Sunday. No night arrivals (unless you drive up). There is limited accommodation in the farmhouse – best to prepare for camping by bringing your own tent and cuddly toy to keep you warm.
Runway information:
12/30 730m grass
S33 31 44 E19 02 24
Charles tells me the strip is directly below the 'P' of Palmiet Valley on the 1:250 000 map. Between Wellington and Voelvlei dam. Far enough to enjoy the flight and close enough to not break the bank.
Book your aircraft as soon as possible for this adventure and let Charles know how many people will need catering. He has kindly offered to provide and cook the food so that the pilots don't have to take food with and can take lots of Cream Soda instead, but there will of course be a cost per head for the Saturday evening braai and Sunday morning breakfast which will be announced soon.
Book your meals ASAP with Charles on 021 864 2567. See you there!
Hangarage of Aircraft --> Rafi Weiner
It has been brought to my attention that PMY is very often not returned in the evening to its hanger after the last flight of the day. This in all likelihood is happening with JDN as well. There is no problem with JDN and PMY being outside their respective hangers during the course of the day when the aircraft are being utilised with back to back bookings. However, it is absolutely imperative that these aircraft are returned to their hangers in the evening or when they are not utilised during the day.
There are occasions when PMY is put out of the hanger by Safair in order to accommodate Safair's own aircraft when they come in for maintenance from time to time. Safair personnel will take all the aircraft out of the hanger and repark the aircraft afterwards.
Safair have reported to me that they have often seen PMY outside the hanger at night. The hanger personnel have also noted that there are pilots who start taxiing with the towbar connected or start aircraft whilst the nosewheel is chocked.
I have asked Safair to keep an eye out and report to me when the aircraft has been left out of the hanger. If the persons who leave the aircraft out of the hanger are identified, I would prefer it if they rather did not fly the aircraft at all.
Many thanks
Rafi
Deal Alliance Courses
DEAL ALLIANCE will be offering the following courses at the Cape Town International airport at the Cape Town Flying Club premises:
- Commercial Pilot Course (Fully booked)
From 8 October 2007 @ 0700 - 1300 - Airline Pilot Course
From 15 October 2007 @ 1730 - 2200
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY RATINGS ongoing, but booking essential.
As a point of interest, people are under the impression that these language ratings are a written test. It is an interview with two CAA, accredited people, - one a linguistics expert and one a subject matter expert, - it consists of a short interview and a short role play.
Deal Alliance will be offering an Initial CRM (2 days), or refresher (1 day) followed by "Dangerous Goods" (1 day). Then they will also be offering a general radio licence test and the language proficiency rating (See above). This will all take place in the week of the 10th December. From next year, this will be offered on a regular basis.
Further details on the Pilot Ground Schools for this year and on the Language Proficiency Ratings can be obtained from either Vanessa or Deborah on the following cell numbers:
Deborah 082 495 8179
Vanessa 076 745 2423
The student pilot -> Steve Davies
Steve Davies is busy with his PPL at CTFC with Tony Russel. After every lesson, he writes his impressions and thoughts on the flight. Although initially just for his facebook profile, they make excellent and highly entertaining reading. Every week we will present one of Steve's "Facebook notes"Saturday and time to go flying again. I'd been preparing by trying to get some of the checklists and vital actions into my head that is long ago full of other stuff. Shelley and Michael helped me learn them. They think the P in TMPFGHIE should stand for parachute...
When I woke up the forecast was for 4 knots of wind, so I was looking forward to nice smooth flying to make things easier for me. But lo and behold by the time I got to the field it was 20 gusting 25 giving 10 knots of crosswind.
Being that I'm a beginner, preflight still takes me ages, and my head goes full of cotton wool whilst I try to do the flow checks
properly.I think Tony is discovering that my mind isn't very orderly. Leaps of intuition and imagination work for me with computers, but I'm going to have to learn to be methodical with my flying. I remember that Prof, my boss at Compustat, used to despair at my haphazard way of debugging programs (even though it worked!)
We did eventually get going - one thing is that my taxiing is getting a bit straighter. No steering with the yoke any more. And I managed to make my little radio speeches without getting tongue-tied. (After me: "Cape Town ground: KKU at Safair for training flight to Muizenberg, with information Golf, request intersection echo").
Once up in the air over Muizenberg it was time for straight and level. You might think "How hard can that be?" but its all about learning the right attitude for level flight at different speeds. And the process of getting the aeroplane in equilibrium and correctly trimmed. Now attitude isn't about being positive or negative. But how high or low the nose of the aeroplane is with respect to the horizon. Its very scientific - 4 fingers, 3 fingers, touching the top of the cowling, etc etc.
Ask Tony but I don't think I did too badly. Need to give more attention to outside and less to the instruments (I think that's the case for all starting students). And I was so determined to avoid ballooning when putting down the flaps that instead I now overdo it and sink.
Heading back with the cross wind I had the experience of pointing the nose in one direction with the ground track about 10 or 15 degrees in a different direction...
Tony handled the landing due to the crosswind, taxi back was uneventful and another exercise in the bag!
This Month in Aviation History --> Danny Buitendag
In OCTOBER...
1797
The modern parachute is born as Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first human parachute descent from the air. Garnerin jumps from a hydrogen balloon at a height of 2,300 feet in Paris.
1907
Robert Esnault-Pelterie makes the first aerorplane flight with a control stick, using a single, broom handle-like lever.
1908
Samuel Cody becomes the first man to fly in Britain. Flying the British Army Aeroplane N° 1, Cody flies for 1,391 feet before crashing.
1909
Charles Comte de Lambert, Wilbur Wright’s first aviation pupil, flies around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1909
Glenn Curtiss becomes the 1st American to hold an FAI aeroplane certificate.
1910
President Teddy Roosevelt becomes the first US president to fly when he is taken up in St. Louis.
1918
The Kettering Bug pilotless aeroplane being developed by Charles F. Kettering makes its first successful unmanned flight test, albeit for only nine seconds.
1931
Canadian pilot Godfrey Dean performs the first loop in an autogyro, at Willow Field, near Philadelphia.
1939
The prototype of the WWIII aircraft, the Handley Page Halifax, makes its first flight from RAF Bicester with J.L.B.H. Cordes at the controls.
1947
Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than sound. Yeager “breaks the sound barrier” in his Bell X-1 airplane, Glamorous Glennis, named after his wife. He was able to reach 670-mph or Mach 1.015 at Muroc Dry Lake, California.
From www.centinnialofflight.gov
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