- Dates to diarise
- PPL Course Dates
- ATC Flip Day, round 2
- End of Year Function
- State of the Fleet
- KBK Summer Special
- Club Garden
- Deal Alliance Courses
- The Student Pilot (Part 3)
- Aviation News
- Photos & Videos
Dates to Diarize
- 20 October
Club Socal / Awards Evening (Details 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 |
| Navigation | Pieter Wesselman | 23/10/2007 |
| Radio | Chantal van Steijn (ATNS) | 22/10/2007 |
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)
CTFC Social & Awards EveningAlso on Saturday 20 October, we will be having a club social & awards evening from 6:00 pm onwards. The bar will be open, the braai’s will be available and we are going to be joined by some of the ATC’s taking part in the Flip-Day.
The final of the Rugby World Cup will be screened in the club house. All awards will be handed out earlier in the evening for those who have other plans to watch the rugby.
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.zaGenerously 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
State of the Fleet
PIA and KBK should both be back from their MPI later today, and KKU will have its new engine by the end of the month (hold thumbs).
KBK Summer Special
We are pleased to announce that the club's Piper Warrior, ZS-KBK, is available at a reduced rate of R800 per hour for a limited period. This rate is available only to fully paid up club members.
Club Garden
Some of you may have noticed that the club's garden is looking quite neglected. Our lawnmower is also unfortunately broken. We'd like to ask members for a suggestion or for some TLC to restore the garden to something worth looking at. Please contact Beverley or Hilda if you can help.
Deal Alliance Courses
A reminder to all commercial students or pilots already rated and ready to go on contract.
Deal Alliance is holding the CERTIFICATE WEEK from 10th DEC to 14 DEC.
Pilots can book individually for the following during this week:
Deal Alliance (082 495 8179 or 076 745 2423)
- General Radio License Course and Test by DEAL ALLIANCE (082 495 8179 or 076 745 2423)
- Language Proficiency Rating by DEAL ALLIANCE (082 495 8179 or 076 745 2423)
- Initial Crew Resource Management (2 days) by DEAL ALLIANCE (082 495 8179 or 076 745 2423)
- Recurrent Crew Resource Management (1 day) by DEAL ALLIANCE (082 495 8179 or 076 745 2423)
- Dangerous Goods Course
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"
Entry 3
This Saturday's lesson was to finish off and consolidate climbs, descents and turns (and climbing and descending turns).
I'm glad to say that I felt like much less of a klutz on the ground - did a better job of the various checks and the radio work.
The most interesting thing on the ground was watching and listening to the ground controller juggling aeroplanes.
As we arrive at the hold point on Hotel taxi-way (which is the taxi-way coming from the general aviation area), three jets push back and request taxi. Two commercial and one private MD80. At the same time, two just-landed small singles are at the hold on Charlie taxi-way which is right in front of us. So we're in their way and we're in theirs. "So this should be interesting", says Tony...
If I remember rightly, this is how it was sorted out.
1) The jets taxi past along Bravo heading for the threshold of the 01 runway; we wait.
2) We are then told to turn left onto Bravo after the MD80 has passed and wait at the hold. So we turn left, backtrack (do a U turn) and wait behind the line. The two singles then pass in front of us and over to the hangars.
2) We're then sent left onto the Charlie taxiway and hold for the runway.
3) Meanwhile a Nationwide 737 is on final to land. He lands and maybe was intending to turn on to Charlie (but we're there). He can't, but the controller says "Nationwide, backtrack and we'll get you on to Charlie.
4) We're sent across the runway to hold on the other side. So across we wizz, backtrack and wait behind the line...
5) Nationwide comes back and turns right on to Charlie.
6) And eventually we're cleared to takeoff, once wake turbulance has subsided...
Like one of those sliding puzzles: www.slidingpuzzle.com
Once we got going, we headed for Silvermine. I got to start practising climbs as we gradually climbed to 3000ft. On the way it was really striking that the ride got bumpy as we came over the mountains - this is the effect of the wind encountering the mountain.
We did the exercises up and down between Noordhoek and Scarborough. Beautiful scenery to distract:
In the photo we are flying south parallel to the penninsula - Cape Point ahead, Hangklip visible over to the left, Hermanus beyond that, and more to see into the distance. Visibility must have been 200kms if not more.
I still find that when I attend to one thing, something else goes out the window. So with good climb rate/attitude, my heading goes off. Still: practice makes perfect and I am feeling more in control and on top of things. I found setting up a nice glide to be really satisfying: carb heat on, throttle to idle. Hold the nose up whilst you feel the speed coming down. When you get to best glide speed (70kts in the Tomahawk), lower the nose a little and check you are holding the speed at 70. We settle into a steady descent.
On the way back we had a quartering headwind - so practised a little crabbing into the wind to allow for it. With a wind from the side you don't go in the direction that you are pointed. So you aim a bit squiff to compensate. With a strong enough crosswind component that can be "a lot" squiff.
Tony let me try the landing - with lots of instructions from his side! I flared too early, but corrected. We touched down with a bit of sideways drift. So a solid chirp from the tyres. Learning to fly in windy Cape Town I'm sure I'll learn how to do that right!
All in all, really enjoyed the lesson, and looking forward to the next!
I'd recommend to anyone learning that its a good idea to put in the odd consolidation lesson!
Aviation News
Airbus delivers first A380
Submitted by Danny Buitendag
Airbus has officially handed over the first A380 to Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was officially handed over to Chew Choon Seng, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines by Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders. Singapore Airlines will be the first to fly the A380 on regular scheduled service.
"This delivery really marks the beginning of a new chapter for the aviation industry and we feel honoured to be the ones opening this new chapter", said Chew Choon Seng, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines. "With the A380, but also with the new cabin we are offering, our customers will enjoy a completely new way of flying while benefiting from the quietest cabin in the sky. In every class we'll provide more comfort and more space for relaxation. Our new Singapore Airlines Suites - a class beyond First - will redefine luxury air travel," he added.
"This is a landmark day for all those who worked so hard over the years to make it happen. It is also a tribute to all the engineers and workers who developed the A380, as well as all our customers who selected this magnificent and highly efficient jetliner. We appreciate the confidence they have shown in Airbus and for staying with us through troubled times", said Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders. "This is all a testimony to their faith in the product and in Airbus. We are especially thankful and proud that an airline of the standing and reputation of Singapore Airlines is the first to operate this all new greener, cleaner, quieter and smarter 21st Century Flagship."
Source: www.avitrader.com
ANA jet lands on wrong runway
Submitted by Danny Buitendag
An All Nippon Airways airplane carrying 165 passengers and crew landed on the wrong runway at Osaka's Itami Airport on Friday, prompting another plane to stop to avoid a possible collision.
No one was injured in the incident.
ANA Flight 448 from Matsuyama landed on Runway A at 5:45 p.m., despite receiving permission from air traffic control to land on Runway B, just as a Japan Airlines flight bound for Miyazaki carrying 142 passengers and crew was about to enter the same runway.
The pilot of JAL Flight 2441 stopped the MD-87 before reaching the 1,800-meter Runway A after spotting the incoming ANA Airbus A320, even though he had been directed by the controller to move onto Runway A and standby for takeoff.
The ANA pilot contacted air traffic control about three minutes before landing, reporting that he would be landing on Runway B, a 3,000-meter runway equipped with a landing guidance system.
The controller then gave him permission to land on Runway B.
The pilot apparently misheard the controller's instructions, and wrongly recited back that the plane would land on Runway A, which runs parallel to Runway B.
The controller did not pick up on the mistake and therefore did not correct it, resulting in the ANA plane making an unauthorized landing on Runway A.
The JAL pilot was quoted as saying, "If our plane had moved onto the runway, we might have crashed into each other."
The Construction and Transport Ministry has decided to send air traffic controllers--who are in charge of investigations--to Itami Airport next week to conduct a special inquiry and hearing with the airport officials involved in the incident.
Additionally, Construction and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba directed the Civil Aviation Bureau to take measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
In a similar incident that occurred last month at Itami Airport, a JAL plane crossed a runway without permission from the controller.
Source: Curt Lewis www.fsinfo.org
Vulcan bomber returns to the sky
Submitted by John Nicholas
A Vulcan bomber has flown again after years of restoration work by engineers in Leicestershire.
It last flew 14 years ago after a 33-year career in the RAF, including service in the Falklands War.
Some 20,000 people worldwide helped raise the £6.5m needed to restore the Cold War bomber.
It made the first of three test flights from Bruntingthorpe airfield after being cleared by the Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday.
Taff Stone, chief of the Vulcan crew, said: "There's a lot of work gone into the aircraft.
"We've taken it right down to the basics. We've checked everything, we've cleaned everything, we've finally put it all back together and we've just about achieved the unachievable."
Squadron Leader Al McDicken, one of the plane's pilots, added: "She's absolutely magnificent and visually a very attractive aeroplane.
"All of us who have flown her have enjoyed her handling qualities but she really flies like a big fighter in some ways. It's a thrill to be involved with it."
The plane rose into the sky to a cheer from watching supporters, sponsors and engineers before banking to the left.
Just over 20 minutes later, to widespread relief, co-pilots McDicken and David Thomas landed it back on a Leicestershire airstrip.
"What a statement for those people who made that aircraft all those years ago," Squadron Leader McDicken said.
Engineers had failed to restore the Vulcan in time for a flypast over London earlier this year to commemorate the Falklands War.
Dr Robert Pleming, chief executive of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, said he felt a "huge sense of achievement" at finally getting the plane off the ground.
"We finally did it after so many ups and downs," he said. "It's the British bulldog spirit."
From BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/7049694.stm)
(Also see the videos below)
Photographs
Jet Trails over Hyde Park
Submitted by Alexia Michaelides
ZS-NCG's new suit
Submitted by Alexia Michaelides
Aeroplane Oops!
Submitted by Linda Hodgkinson
Videos
Former test pilot Bob Hoover shows how to fly with the engines shut off and how to pour coffee while flying upside down:
http://www.snotr.com/video/437
Submitted by Anthony Berkow
Blue Angels F/A-18 flies 25 feet above the water leaving a condensation cloud behind it:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/speed/awesome-jet-streaks-by-creates-vapor-cone-310829.php?autoplay=true
Submitted by Alexia Michaelides
Avro Vulcan flies for the first time in 14 years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdrTmwkGZeQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skKIfQMzQJw
Submitted by John Nicholas
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