July 2016 Texins Flying Club • PO BOX 831311 • Richardson, TX 75083 1 FLIGHTLINES PRESIDENT’S CORNER July 2016 Greetings Fellow Aviators, This month I’d like to thank everyone for the way you have embraced our cleaning kits in each of our aircraft. The remarks I have received have been great! I realize that there needs to be some tweaking of the kit but overall it makes me smile when I hear that everyone is taking pride in our fleet. I have to give credit to Brian Relin for being the driving force behind getting this done. Thank you Brian for making this happen. I’d like to ask for your help with our monthly meeting speakers. If you know of someone who has a great story or something of interest in the aviation world that you think our members would enjoy, we would love to know about it. Contact Bob Niedwiecki at [email protected] with the contact information. One other thing we could use some help with is a new location for our meetings. We used to use the McKinney Performing Arts center in downtown McKinney but it started getting expensive and when the city took over the FBO, we could use the conference room again. If any of you have been to a Saturday meeting, you know how crowded the meetings have become. We need to find a location near the airport where we can accommodate 35 to 50 people that is reasonably priced. Please let me or one of the other officers know if you have any suggestions. Finally, if you missed our happy hour last month at Dukes Icehouse in Addison, you missed a great time. A big thanks goes out to Keith Gutierrez for changing the night that his group normally gets together and joining us. It made for a great time and allowed a lot of people to meet for the first time. I’d like to invite everyone of you to our next happy hour on the last Wednesday of the month. As I type this, I haven’t found a location yet but as soon as I get one, Charles will send out a message to everyone with the the location or you can check our Facebook page. I encourage each of you to contribute to the page as well. Once again, I am privileged to be part of such a great group of individuals. Thank you for keeping us going strong! Robert McLeod President, Texins Flying Club 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 Page 2 Trip Report - Stafford Museum Page 3 Club Events - page 4 TFC Fleet Notes Prices, Usage, maintenance notes, events, places Page 5-6 Board Notes notes from the board meeting Page 7
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PRESIDENT’S CORNERJuly 2016
Greetings Fellow Aviators,
This month I’d like to thank everyone for the way you have embraced our cleaning kits in each of our aircraft. The remarks I have received have been great! I realize that there needs to be some tweaking of the kit but overall it makes me smile when I hear that everyone is taking pride in our fleet. I have to give credit to Brian Relin for being the driving force behind getting this done. Thank you Brian for making this happen.I’d like to ask for your help with our monthly meeting speakers. If you know of someone who has a great story or something of interest in the aviation world that you think our members would enjoy, we would love to know about it. Contact Bob Niedwiecki at [email protected] with the contact information. One other thing we could use some help with is a new location for our meetings. We used to use the McKinney Performing Arts center in downtown McKinney but it started getting expensive and when the city took over the FBO, we could use the conference room again. If any of you have been to a Saturday meeting, you know how crowded the meetings have become. We need to find a location near the airport where we can accommodate 35 to 50 people that is reasonably priced. Please let me or one of the other officers know if you have any suggestions. Finally, if you missed our happy hour last month at Dukes Icehouse in Addison, you missed a great time. A big thanks goes out to Keith Gutierrez for changing the night that his group normally gets together and joining us. It made for a great time and allowed a lot of people to meet for the first time. I’d like to invite everyone of you to our next happy hour on the last Wednesday of the month. As I type this, I haven’t found a location yet but as soon as I get one, Charles will send out a message to everyone with the the location or you can check our Facebook page. I encourage each of you to contribute to the page as well.
Once again, I am privileged to be part of such a great group of individuals. Thank you for keeping us going strong!
Robert McLeod President, Texins Flying Club
T e x i n s F l y i n g C l u b
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President’s CornerPage 1
Club NotesPost-flight checklistReg. of the monthPage 2
1. Keep the receipts from any fuel or oil you purchase while away from McKinney. Turn in the receipts (not a copy) to the treasurer by placing them in the box in the key locker. Your account will be credited for the gallons of fuel purchased at the published rate (if you pay less than the published rate then you benefit from the savings). Be sure to write your MEMBER NUMBER on the receipts.
2. Tiedown fees, landing fees, deicing, engine preheat, ...etc, will not be credited. Only fuel & oil.
3. If you are away from home and there is a maintenance problem which prevents you from returning home, you may spend up to $200 to get the plane repaired, and you will be reimbursed. Any maintenance above $200 MUST be approved by the club FIRST. A list of phone numbers for approvals is provided with each tach log
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Trip Report - Stafford Air & Space Museumby Charles Galles
I’m closing in on my 50 hours of PIC cross-country time and I have enjoyed finding hidden aviation gems in the area. One such example is in Weatherford, Oklahoma. This small town about 70 miles west of Oklahoma City happens to be the boyhood home of Gen. Tom Stafford USAF (Ret) and home to the Stafford Air & Space Museum.
Gen. Stafford was picked as one of “The New Nine” - the second group of astronauts chosen by NASA. This group of astronauts formed the core group of commanders for most of the Apollo moon missions and Stafford was commander of Apollo 10.
You can inspect items from the earliest days of flight right through the space age. The museum contains some amazing artifacts from the missions and programs he was involved in during his career. I had forgotten that Gen. Stafford flew with Alexi Leonov the first human spacewalker during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission. There are a number of flight items related to that mission. Inside the museum are models of the Apollo spacecraft and some of the most powerful rocket engines ever built. I was really impressed with this museum - it’s truly a world class aviation museum.
Getting there was pretty easy, just 175 nm @ heading 322. I flew direct with flight following and ATC switched me over to Ft. Sill approach as I flew under the Washita and Sheppard MOA on my way up there. The museum is on the field at Stafford airport (KOJA). For more information see their website at http://staffordmuseum.org
If you go - the FBO staff will help you with parking and fueling the plane. If you buy gas at the FBO, admission to the museum (normally about $7) is free. They have a few crew cars that they will pull up to the door for you to go into town for a bite to eat. Everyone there was very friendly
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Club Events
Club spring picnicSwapping stories at the picnic
AVIATION EVENTS
July 25-31 EAA Airventure - Oshkosh, WI, http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
Aug 6 EAA 1246 - 1st Saturday Coffee and Donuts .From 09:00 in hangar #2520 in MHOA area.
Aug 13 TFC Club Meeting with Jeff Pearson “busting airspace”9:30am @ TKI Conference Room.
PLACES TO VISIT
Norman, OK (KOUN, 131nm, 338°) Ozzie’s Diner -‐ on the /ieldGainesville (KGLE, 42nm, 310°) Dieter Bros BBQ, Smokehouse BBQ, Sarah’s on the Square; FBO crew carsTyler (KTYR, 78nm, 126°) Skyline Cafe (closed Sunday) and Air MuseumWeatherford, OK (KOJA, 175nm, 322°) Stafford Air & Space Museum; FBO crew carsMexia (KLXY, 92nm, 175°) Kirby’s BBQ -‐ walk from the /ield (closed Sunday)Lancaster (KLNC, 36nm, 187°) Runway Cafe and Cold War MuseumMount Pleasant (KOSA, 82nm, 090°) -‐ nice airport; 3 crew cars available; plenty of restaurants 3 miles north; Outlaw BBQ (closed Sundays)
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6368K 39.7 hours flown. 100 hr inspection near complete 4/12/16 Cracked cylinder replaced. Right brake cylinder replaced.4/20/16 100 hour inspection completed. Nose strut rebuilt . Interior lights repaired. Brakes repaired.4/23/16 New Tach on order.5/02/16 Flap indicator repaired.5/24/16 50 hour oil change, nose wheel tire changed.5//29/16 Nose strut rebuilt.6/11/16 Nose strut rebuilt.6/19/16 Two cowling screws replaced.
7929U 26.1 hours flown. Offline for 100 hr.4/14/16 100 hour inspection completed.4/20/16 Sporty’s seat cushion placed in aircraft.5/20/16 50 hour oil change and cowling screw replaced and phone jacks tightened.6/05/16 Port navigation light bulb changed.6/09/16 Master battery solenoid replaced.6/15/16 VOR antenna cable connector repaired.6/23/16 Magnetos send for rebuild. 100 hour inspection started. new push rod tubes installed to stop oil seepage.
737TY 59.9 hours flown. 4/06/16 50 hour oil change.4/16/16 Nose strut rebuilt. Fuel sump tester replaced.4/29/16 100 hour inspection. New carburetor installed. Interior lights repaired.5/08/16 Door pin replaced in pilot's door.5/24/16 50 hour oil change, right brake cylinder rebuilt, cowling screw replaced.6/17/16 100 hour inspection completed. New main tires and instrument light dimmer installed.6/18/16 right navigation light bulb replaced.
733NB 54.5 hours flown - 100hr scheduled 7/55/02/16 landing light reconnected.5/16/16 new DG installed, left fuel tank gaskets replaced, oil changed, cowling fastener replaced.6/11/16 new digital gage for EGT/CHT installed. Tail navigation light repaired. Mixture cable adjusted.
7508J 27.6 hours flown. 4/03/16 Replaced ignition key.4/21/16 100 hour inspection. Replaced cracked cylinder. Main gear brake pads replaced. 4/30/16 prop over speed corrected.5/04/16 door latch adjusted, and prop over speed adjusted.5/23/16 DG replaced.5/27/16 Rear position light repaired.6/09/16 Left sump drain replaced.6/29/16 Repaired DG installed. Manifold seal repaired and Autopilot calibrated.
N3QZ 25.2 hours flown. 50hr oil change next week4/06/16 50 hour oil change.4/23/16 right main gear tire replaced.5/10/16 100 hour inspection. new landing and taxi lights installed. new LED beacon installed..5/22/16 right strobe bulb replaced.
TFC FLEET MAINTENANCE
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$155.00$137.50$124.31$124.31
$103.62$103.62
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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 29U down for extended time due to
magneto rebuild and supplier delay. New push-rod kit with larger springs installed - may reduce oil leakage. New vents installed, PTT switch replaced. Found and replaced corroded glidescope antenna splice. Anthony will inspect tach to determine cause for speed difference with 68K. 3QZ down for low-compression cylinder. 68K finished 100hr and 3NB will get 100 hr.
Board approved motion to buy a G-430W for $6500 for installation in 3NB. ADS-B install for cross-country fleet is about $5k to $6k each plane. Cost for 150’s is about $7200.
Chief InstructorDiscussion about holding IFR ground
school for the Fall. At least 20 people have expressed interest. Instructors, course material, and location TBD. Charles to check with interested people for preferred times.
Safety Officer
no report
TreasurerAccounting firm report received and is
much better now. Club requesting accounting firm to cover bank fees due to their error. Controller
Maintenance costs continue to trend down but fuel price going up.
Cross-Country MaintenanceCleaning kits are getting good use and
planes are looking better. Suggestion to use wipe on version of pledge instead of spray for next refill.
Board approved purchase and install of fire extinguishers in 172’s and Arrow.
C-182 POH re-scanned on website and now easier to read via PDF or tablet. Also scanned engine manual.
Trainer maintenance/GPS updatesno report
Membershipno report.
CommunicationsWill check with interested members for
preferred times for IFR ground school.Survey to send to members about
usage of foreflight - the board is investigating the benefits of a bulk club account option.
