Jan 2017 Texins Flying Club • PO BOX 831311 • Richardson, TX 75083 1 FLIGHTLINES PRESIDENT’S CORNER January 2017 Greetings Fellow Aviators, This new year is bringing in a lot of changes. Some expected and some not. One of the changes is the addition of a new board member. Scott Kirkland is a great addition to our board. For those of you who don’t know Scott, he is an avid aviator, a partner in a Cirrus and all around good guy. He is eager to serve and will listen to anything that you have to say. While we are on the subject of change, I’m sure everyone knows that N733NB has been offline for most of December. I wish there was an easier way to do it but we had to get this done before January 18. When it comes back online, it will have a Garmin GNS-430W, Garmin GTX 345 Transponder/ADSB In/Out and a Garmin Flightstream. The Flightstream allows you to plan your flight on your iPad in ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot, file it and when you get to the airplane, push the whole flight plan to the GNS-430W. If you need to make a change to your flight plan on the 430, you can push the changes back to your iPad. We have another GTX 345 and Flightstream on order for sometime in 2017. Be on the lookout for a lot of good changes to our fleet in the coming year. We have many plans for aircraft. We are aggressively looking for another aircraft so if you have any leads, please let one of the board members know. Thank you for an incredible year of flying. We flew over 2550 hours last year which is the most hours I could find in the records available to us. We couldn't have done this without the amazing members that have chosen us for their flying needs. Thank you for a great 2016 and here's to an even better 2017. Robert McLeod President T e x i n s F l y i n g C l u b N e w s l e t t e r President’s Corner Page 1 Club Notes Post-flight checklist Reg. of the month, tach logs Page 2 AOPA - Pat Brown Page 3 Club Notes - page 5 TFC Fleet Notes Prices, Usage, maintenance notes, events, places Page 5-6 Board Notes Dec. elections, board mtg. notes Page 7
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PRESIDENT’S CORNERJanuary 2017
Greetings Fellow Aviators,
This new year is bringing in a lot of changes. Some expected and some not. One of the changes is the addition of a new board member. Scott Kirkland is a great addition to our board. For those of you who don’t know Scott, he is an avid aviator, a partner in a Cirrus and all around good guy. He is eager to serve and will listen to anything that you have to say.
While we are on the subject of change, I’m sure everyone knows that N733NB has been offline for most of December. I wish there was an easier way to do it but we had to get this done before January 18. When it comes back online, it will have a Garmin GNS-430W, Garmin GTX 345 Transponder/ADSB In/Out and a Garmin Flightstream. The Flightstream allows you to plan your flight on your iPad in ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot, file it and when you get to the airplane, push the whole flight plan to the GNS-430W. If you need to make a change to your flight plan on the 430, you can push the changes back to your iPad. We have another GTX 345 and Flightstream on order for sometime in 2017.
Be on the lookout for a lot of good changes to our fleet in the coming year. We have many plans for aircraft. We are aggressively looking for another aircraft so if you have any leads, please let one of the board members know.
Thank you for an incredible year of flying. We flew over 2550 hours last year which is the most hours I could find in the records available to us. We couldn't have done this without the amazing members that have chosen us for their flying needs.
Thank you for a great 2016 and here's to an even better 2017.
Robert McLeodPresident
T e x i n s F l y i n g C l u b
N e w s l e t t e r
President’s CornerPage 1
Club NotesPost-flight checklistReg. of the month, tach logsPage 2
Note: the board has revised the following policy regarding reservations more than 10 days ahead
a. Reservations, except for one advance schedule, may not be made more than ten days in advance. One advance schedule, greater than ten days in the future, may be made at any time for any period of time.
Members with multiple reservations beyond the 10 day window will have those reservations canceled for the first offense. Subsequent offenses will result in the member’s scheduling privileges will be suspended for seven days.
Tach Log Technique ...Please remember to fill out the tach log from bottom to top after your flight. Also please note any squawks or offsite fuel purchases.
Date Name Squawks Offsite Fuel TFC Number TACH Hours
05/07/07 Wendy Days broken visor 543 4568.9 1.005/07/07 Wendy Days broken visor 5434567.9
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05/06/07 Otto Pylot 8.3 432 4567.9 1.205/06/07 Otto Pylot 8.3 4324566.7
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AOPA - Advocating for General Aviationby Charles Galles
The club had another great meeting in January when Pat Brown flew up to talk to the club about AOPA’s advocacy work for pilots like us and the future of general aviation. Over 30 members and at least 4 planes attended Pat’s presentation. Pat is one of AOPA’s “You Can Fly” ambassadors and is also a well known speaker at aviation seminars. Pat has been flying since he was 17 and is now a Gold Seal flight instructor for gliders, and single and multi-engine aircraft with over 6000 hours of instruction given. As an ardent GA safety advocate, Pat co-developed AOPA’s “Rusty Pilots” seminar program and frequently gives Air Safety Institute presentations.
You Can FlyAOPA’s “You Can Fly” program is a strategic effort to reverse the trend of a declining pilot population. Having flown as a pilot and then as an instructor for so many years, Pat has seen first hand the changes in the pilot community over time. In a 2011 study of the health of the GA community the AOPA found that more than 80% of student pilots never complete their training. We all know of the soaring (no pun) cost of keeping our planes fueled and flying. “You Can Fly” supports GA on four pillars:1. High School aviation programs - the current GA pilot
community is aging and new younger pilots are going to be needed to keep it going. AOPA works with high schools to establish and promote an early interest and access to aviation
2. Flight Training - with regard to the reasons for the 80% dropout rate among student pilots. Financial concerns were only #4 on the list. The top reasons were finding good flight instructors and quality flight schools. Our club is very fortunate to have a diverse group of passionate, experienced instructors. AOPA’s initiative provides recognition of excellence in instructors and schools as seen through the eyes of their students.
3. Flying clubs - the cost of ownership of an airplane is only one entry barrier to flying. Airplanes are complex, temperamental, and needy machines. Flying clubs let pilots pool their resources, knowledge, and experience in keeping planes flying. In 2016 AOPA helped start 25 new flying clubs.
4. Rusty pilots - many pilots hit rough patches in life - health, money, time, whatever. Flying becomes something they once did. Pat is most proud of helping develop the Rusty Pilots seminar to bring pilots back into aviation. The Rusty Pilots program has been given over 156 times and over 40% of those attending have completed flight reviews to get back in the air!
Pat Brown talks about “You Can Fly”
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AdvocacyAOPA has many other programs for pilots as well. In the legal advocacy area, AOPA was a key player in achieving the new “Basic Med” program that takes effect May 1. Ongoing legal issues include user fees for GA and no-lead AvGas. One initiative in particular to encourage the use of non-TSO’ed equipment in GA aircraft may benefit our club: In 2016 Garmin received FAA approval for the G5 electronic attitude indicator. With a cost of about $2k an aircraft can be equipped with an IFR certified backup attitude indicator. These types of upgrades are among the options our board has been considering as we work to renew our fleet.
GA CommunityIn an effort to bring AOPA to you and to draw the community together, AOPA is continuing fly-in events in 2017. On Sept 8-9 they will be in Norman, OK, just about 1.5 tach hours away from us. It might be a great way for our club to participate in an organization that does so much for us.
A big thank you to Pat for coming out on a cold and dreary weekend to talk to us!
Want to hear more from Pat? He is going to be presenting a safety seminar: “Non-towered Case Studies” at 7pm on Feb 1, 2017 at the Addison Conference center. This topic is of special interest to our club given the recent tragedy at McKinney aero-country airport. No registration required.
A Beech Baron learns about ELT changes from Pat Brown
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Feb 1 ”Non-towered Case Studies” - Addison Conference Center. 7pm
Feb 4 - EAA 1246 - First Saturday donuts and coffee at ! Chuck Robert’s hangar #2520. All are welcome.Feb 11 - TFC Club meeting - Arispe Aviation at Aero
country: a look inside 3NB’s new avionicsFeb 22 - Club Happy Hour / Raffle drawing - location
Reminder - The TFC fundraising raffle is active. Prizes include a personal orientation session in the SR-71 simulator at Love Field. You can purchase tickets by contacting Charles Galles at [email protected]. Tickets can be charged to your member account. You can also purchase them at the club meeting and happy hour events. We will use the funds to promote aviation in our community.Note: The SR-71 simulator does not move or activate, but you will sit in the same seat that SR-71 pilots trained in while Rich Graham talks about the controls and the history of the trainer
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. “... to encourage interest in aviation, to advance the knowledge of the members in aeronautical and navigational subjects, and
to bring to more people the social benefits and pleasure of flying.”http://www.texinsflyingclub.org
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Operations Report 3NB upgrade - wiring complete, power
and old panel to be installed for test flight for ADS-B inspection, must be completed by Jan 18 to get rebate. New carpet did not fit right, vendor sent a new one and paid for return shipping on defective carpet.
7TY aileron spar damaged, must be rebuilt. Possible wind gust damage.
68K - oil pressure gauge reading low. overhaul $300 or a used 150 gauge costs $100.
at Aerocountry and with TKI based pilots. S c o t t m e n t i o n e d u p c o m i n g A S I presentation on non-towered airports.
TreasurerCurtis reviewed 2016 P&L per plane.
We are seeking quotes for paint for 08J. Brian will get quotes and report back to the club. Discussion around new planes
including a Cessna 210 (6 seater). Insurance is much higher and may require a joint insurance approach with owner.
BasicMed may have implications on our insurance rates. We will discuss with insurance later.Controller
Scott previewed board presentation to Texins Assoc. regarding fleet updates and club status.Cross-Country Maintenance
Hank proposed a rule-change to address scheduling policy abuse with 10+ day reservations. Board adopted the rule-change to impose consequences for multiple reservations beyond 10 days and will communicate to the members.
Board will attempt to improve member awareness of club practices via new-member orientation sessions. Charles will draft initial outline and seek input on content.
Trainer maintenance/GPS updatesno report
Membership
Bob proposed a motion to allow service-member instructors to rent club planes for purpose of maintaining currency. Board approved.
CommunicationsCharles discussed raffle status.
Tickets ordered and will be available for Jan and Feb. Raffle to happen in Feb club happy hour.
