TFR
ALERT (again)! 9-22-18 NEW YORK, NY
BEGINNING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 NOTAMs have been published (FDC 8/6881
and FDC 8/6886) that will affect flight in the area during President Trump's
planned visit.
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TFR
ALERT!
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EAA
225 Meeting at President Todd Scruton’s home
9-11-18: Hello Everyone, For September, EAA 225 members and guests
will be meeting on Tuesday, Sept 11, at our EAA 225 President Todd Scruton’s
home in Strafford, NH. For those who have and have not been to his
home, Todd lives at 673 First Crown Point Road, in Strafford, NH.
You can find First Crown Point Road approximately 2 miles west on Route
202A off North Main St., in Rochester, NH. Please call Todd Scruton at
603-833-0271, if you need more information. Hope to see you there.
Also included with this email is an upcoming event notice from Pres. Todd
Scruton, for EAA 141’s Stick ’n Rudder Fly-In and Poker Run scheduled for
Saturday, October 13, in Limington, Maine. Regards, Gerry
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UNEXPECTED
METAL FATIGUE 9-8-18:
"You
can perform a simple fatigue experiment with a paper clip. Take a paper
clip, flex it at the same angle and count how many flexes it takes to break.
That, in essence, is fatigue life calculation," according to
Digital Engineering newsmagazine. With the high demand requirements for
todays jet engines, all the critical high stress components have a cycle
limit. And yes, in spite of all the advances in science, physics and engineering,
the unexpected will surprise the most intelligent people on earth. Murphy's
Law will not go away... "In April, just days after the fatal engine failure
incident on Southwest Airline flight 1380, the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) announced its intent to issue an emergency airworthiness directive."
MORE
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SKYHAVEN
FLYING CLUB HAS HIGH DEMAND CESSNA SKYHAWK 172M!
9-3-18: More than 35,000 pilots are now flying under BasicMed, and AOPA’s
success getting Rusty Pilots back in the cockpit is also contributing to
increased demand, according to flight school operators, some of whom are
struggling to find enough airplanes to keep up with a growing number of
students. Rodney Martz, a senior aviation technical specialist in AOPA
has never seen such a sharp increase in price for used aircraft models
as the $6,000 to $10,000 increase in the price of used Skyhawks produced
between 1968 and 1976 shown in the latest quarterly reports. Vref now lists
retail prices up to $51,000 for a 1973 Cessna 172M with a mid-time engine,
a 24-percent increase since the previous quarterly report.
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VFR
Into the Dark, August 2018 8-22-18:
This summer has been pretty unusual with the record heat and rain showers.
But eventually it clears and a VFR day comes along. In this evening flight
I noticed a bright moon overhead. Not a full moon, but it was still pretty
bright. I couldn't focus on it in video mode but a did manage to capture
a close-up pic with the craters and other moon geographic features.
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TFR
ALERT8-15-18:
Coming up again... NOTAM's for New York, this time out on Long Island for
political fund raiser.
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EAA225
VP/Chief Cook, John Ricciotti
8-15-18: Here's
an email from Gerry Peterson about EAA225 past president flying the B-17
on tour. Click on the picture for an interview at one of his events.
"Hello Everyone, EAA VP/Chief Cook, John Ricciotti was at our EAA 225 meeting
last evening and gave everyone a wonderful slide show of Oshkosh 2018 and
some video footage of his flying the B-17. He will be flying the
B-17 here in New England and here is his schedule. Regards, Gerry "
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EAA225
Meeting announcement
8-13-18: Hello everyone, EAA 225 will be meeting at the Skyhaven Pilot’s
Lounge on Tuesday, August 14 at 6pm for dinner with the meeting to follow
at 7pm. There will be a recap of Oshkosh 2018, a discussion of our
fall schedule for Young Eagles and other activities in the area.
Hope to see you all there.
Regards,
Gerry
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TFR
ALERT8-12-18:
Coming up... NOTAM's for New York state including Fort Drum. I wonder if
the drones will be flying?
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International
Seaplane Fly-in at Greenville Maine 8-10-18:
2018 marks the 45th Annual Fly-In of the International Seaplane Fly-in
at Greenville. Here's a Youtube video that has a nice description and testimonials
of the famous event..
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8-3-18:
The Commemorative Air Force will be back in August and brings a restored
WWII combat
aircraft: B-25 Bomber "Maid in the Shade". Tours are scheduled: Monday,
Friday-Sunday: 2pm - 6pm; Tuesday-Thursday 9am - 6pm Rides can be scheduled:
Friday-Sunday 10am-1pm Tours cost $10 per person and $20 for a family of
four. Seats are $325 per waist gunner compartment seat or $650 for flight
deck jump seat and are limited to seven passengers per flight.
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TFR
ALERT8-1-18:
Coming up... NOTAM's published (FDC 8/7809) that will affect flight in
the area during President Trump's planned visit.
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AirVenture
2018 2% Above 2017’s Record Total 7-31-18: Attendance:
Approximately 601,000. More than 10,000 aircraft. Total showplanes: 2,979
(second straight year over 2,900): 1,160 homebuilt aircraft (5 percent
increase), 1,094 vintage airplanes, 377 warbirds (7 percent increase),
185 ultralights and light-sport aircraft, 75 seaplanes, 22 rotorcraft,
52 aerobatic aircraft, and 14 hot air balloons.
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RECORD
SALES FOR PIPER 7-25-18:
"At April’s Sun ‘n Fun International
Fly-In and Expo, Caldecott vowed to go "head to head with Cessna" for the
training market. The company appeared to be making good on the promise
after selling 100 Archer TX models to ATP Flight School, which has multiple
locations in the United States. An historic deal in February sent 152 training
aircraft to China’s Fanmei Aviation Technologies flight school. The Piper
factory is so swamped with future orders that it recently held a job fair
to hire more than 30 employees. “That Archer DX is a great product,” he
confided. “It’s so quiet it’s unbelievable. You should really fly one.”"
Here's an interesting quote from AOPA: "Piper
PA–28-180. The Piper 180 was the precursor to the Piper Archer and was
made from 1962 to 1974. If you focus on the 180, you are getting something
slower but similar to a faster $345,000 Piper Archer, but costs less than
$50,000.Aug 5, 2015
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TFR
ALERT7-19-18:
This weekend...
MORRISTOWN/BEDMINSTER,
NJ BEGINNING FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018
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7-Day
Prog's At NOAA Weather 7-19-18:
A 7 day calendar of the weather is good for preplanning. A graph gives
a great instant picture of what's going to happen, but the big picture
for showing the 10 day forecast is a 7 day prog. Check it out on the
Skyhaven
weather page.
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AirPower
History Tour at Nashua Airport 7-14-18:
The AirPower History Tour is at the Nashua Airport all this weekend. WMUR-TV
reports three World War II will be on display. Including the World's Most
Famous Flying B-29 Superfortress, FIFI.
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EAA
225 July 2018 Newsletter 7-10-18:
We will of course
be having our BBQ to start the meeting at 6PM. Following
the BBQ at 7PM,
we will have a little shop reorganization with some new
work benches donated
by Bob Hill from Stratham, NH getting installed in the
clubhouse. Mr. Hill
was also the gentleman who donated the Zenith 701
project to the chapter.
FAA
Seminar At Sanford Airport 7-6-18:
You may also want to download 99-66B
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TFR
ALERT7-3-18:
This weekend...
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VFR
In June 6-28-18:
The summer is officially here and sunshine blue sky days with a warm breeze
have finally arrived. This vfr flight reveals the Sarah Long bridge, progress
on the new liquior store at the Portsmouth traffic circle, construction
at Hampton Airport and the new hangar at Pease for the KC-46 at the NH
Air National Guard.
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The
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome 6-23-18:
Have you ever heard of Old Rhinebeck Airport in New York State? Yes, it's
the famous airport were they have a museum of old vintage airplanes from
the Orville and Wilbur era. But the amazing part is that they take the
planes out of the museum and fly them and simulate the Red Baron air fights.
Well in 2015 a dream was realized from the owner Cole Palen started in
1970 was to build a replica of the Charles Linbergh plane. They even got
permission to take actual measurements from the real Spirit of St. Louis
as it hangs off the ceiling at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington,
D.C. from a cherry picker.
KC-135
Stratotanker Celebrates 62nd Anniversary— Will
it Make it to 100? 6-17-18:
In a recent editorial the article mentions the government has decided to
keep the KC-135 and do another update. "The KC-135 fleet was going to be
replaced by the KC-46 Pegasus, also from Boeing. Cost overruns and delays,
however, led to the Air Force slashing the number of planes it was going
to buy to just 179. So, after some discussion, the Defense Dept. has decided
to continue upgrading the tankers with a $910 million extension program
that includes better navigation and autopilot subsystems, a glass cockpit
(no more analog gauges), and other enhancements. The Air Force estimates
that the currently active KC-135s have only used up 35% of their lifetime
flying hours, which seems hard to believe. But this means the airframes
can remain operational through 2040 with regular maintenance and scheduled
overhauls. In fact, the aircraft could remain operational for 100 years.
Hard to believe in these days of disposable technology."
EAA
225 June 2018 Newsletter 6-11-18:
Next Gathering:
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Place: Skyhaven Pilot’s Lounge Times: Meet &
Greet at 6:00pm with our Meeting to follow at 7pm
Landing
On Old Orchard Beach 6-11-18:
Last December I reported on the Old Orchard Beach landing event. According
to the website it looks like they will be doing it again this year. On
October 1st, 2017, there was a fly-in at Old Orchard beach. The whole event
is said to be organized by a 15 year old student. By the looks of
the poster, they are planning on doing it again in 2018. "Thousands of
people lined Old Orchard Beach on Sunday afternoon to watch 15 small planes
descend from the sky and land on the sand, much like aviator Charles Lindbergh
did 90 years ago. After taking off from Biddeford Municipal Airport a few
miles to the west, the parade of planes circled to the east and then came
in from the north to land on the beach under cloudless skies. Organizers
estimated that between 5,700 and 6,300 people attended, standing 20 feet
deep along 3,500 feet of barrier fencing set up to keep them off the landing
strip."
CLICK
Here for the article by pressherald.com.
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Parlin
Field Newport added to NH Historic list 6-7-18:
According to recent news
articles the Parlin Field Hangar in Newport is one of eight buildings being
added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. "The airplane
hangar, which was originally built in 1929, is likely the oldest in the
state." According to the State Historical Resources Council, the hangar
is an example of a prefabricated metal building that was popular at the
time. Newport’s Parlin Field Hangar was included in the new group of eight
Historic Places along with Bridge Memorial Library in Walpole and the Wilmot
Town Hall. "Designation of a property as historical, which is a pre-qualification
for many grant programs, including Conservation License Plate grants and
New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) grants."
can perform a simple fatigue experiment with a paper clip. Take a paper
clip, flex it at the same angle and count how many flexes it takes to break.
That, in essence, is fatigue life calculation," according 
to
Digital Engineering newsmagazine. With the high demand requirements for
todays jet engines, all the critical high stress components have a cycle
limit. And yes, in spite of all the advances in science, physics and engineering,
the unexpected will surprise the most intelligent people on earth. Murphy's
Law will not go away... "In April, just days after the fatal engine failure
incident on Southwest Airline flight 1380, the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) announced its intent to issue an emergency airworthiness directive."
8-3-18:
The Commemorative Air Force will be back in August and brings a restored
WWII 
news
articles the Parlin Field Hangar in Newport is one of eight buildings being
added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. "The airplane
hangar, which was originally built in 1929, is likely the oldest in the
state." According to the State Historical Resources Council, the hangar
is an example of a prefabricated metal building that was popular at the
time. Newport’s Parlin Field Hangar was included in the new group of eight
Historic Places along with Bridge Memorial Library in Walpole and the Wilmot
Town Hall. "Designation of a property as historical, which is a pre-qualification
for many grant programs, including Conservation License Plate grants and
New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) grants."