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North Shore Aero Club
October 2011
Training services North Shore Aero Club is more than just a club. We are a leading flight training organization catering for training of private pilots and commercial pilots, and issuing a range of ratings including; multi engine rating, instrument rating, aerobatic rating, night rating, aircraft type ratings and conversions. We also handle foreign pilot license validations and provide a range of ground courses for licenses and ratings. Want to learn to fly? If you’re considering flight training, North Shore Aero Club in Auckland, is the perfect place to start. Students receive top level training as well as help and encouragement from staff and other members alike. There are many and frequent social occasions and club trips to exciting destinations. If you like the idea of flying your partner, family or friends to an exciting destination like Pauanui, Raglan or Great Barrier Island for lunch, then this is the place to start. Book a trial flight now. PPL theory block courses Block courses are available at North Shore for both Aeroplane and Helicopter PPL theory. You can find more information on our website. A career in aviation If you’re considering a career in aviation, you will be following in the footsteps of many very successful and experienced commercial pilots who have trained at North Shore Aero Club. Our club North Shore Aero Club owns and operates the North Shore Airfield from which our operations are based. North Shore Airfield is in the Hibiscus Coast district, twenty minutes north of the Auckland CBD. We have excellent facilities for training. We run regular club competitions and compete very successfully at regional and national levels. North Shore Aero Club has an excellent reputation for training, safety, and competition success.
North Shore Aero Club
HOURS OF OPERATION:The club is open for flying 7 days per week from 8.00am until dark,
and after dark for night flying on request.Office hours are 8.00am to 5.00pm
We are closed on Christmas day and New Years Day only.The bar is open from 5.00pm Friday through to Sunday
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Postman Road, RD4, Albany | Phone 09 426 4273 | Fax 09 426 5912
OCTOBER 2011PROP TALK
Patron Allan Roberts 09 473 9183
President Alan Hull 09 426 4886
Vice President Joe Smith 027 252 5216
Treasurer Margaret Smith 09 445 6468
Secretary Matthew Harte 021 427 839
Club Captian Tim Marshall 021 794 129
Committee John EatonJohn PunshonCandice GillettTrevor DanceDavid Saunders
09 420 333109 426 427309 426 42730274 896 98809 638 7784
CFI Daryl Gillet 09 426 4273
Instructors (Full time) Richard Bateman Tim Hawkes
B-Cat Instructors (Part time) Allan Roberts Alistair Blake Candice GillettJohn Punshon
Dawson Boles Tim Marshall Judith Grant
C-Cat Instructors (Part time) Stan Smith Michael Topolsky
NS Helicopter Instructors Roy CraneEd Sellar
Steve ClarkeRiaan van Wyk
Flight Office Staff Lynn Packer Candice Gillet
Safety Coordinator Tim Marshall
Bar Manager David Stent
Bar Staff Brian Clay Angela McLaggan
Groundsman Dom Gundry
your CFIDaryl Gillett
Woow time flies! So to speak… October already… The weather is getting better though so get out here and do some aviating! The annual Wings Dinner is also scheduled in this month, so if you have achieved something this year (from first solo to PPL, CPL etc) make sure you attend. Aptly named the Wings Dinner is when new PPL’s are presented their “Wings”.
Threat and Error Management - TEM
Unfortunately whatever we do there will always be some risks – whether we are riding a bicycle, driving a car, or flying an aeroplane. Some risks or threats will always be there, but other threats, we can reduce or even totally avoid. Threat and Error Management (TEM) is a relatively new term (as far as aviation goes anyway) and every pilot should make an effort to learn TEM practices, for use prior to and during flight.
Threats to you and your flight are many, and could be: other aircraft, weather, terrain etc. Threats are usually external, being outside the cockpit, although internal threats also exist, which are human (or pilot) related factors, like: fatigue, complacency, lack of currency etc. Threats are usually managed by you, as the pilot i.e. by performing continual lookouts to avoid conflicts with other aircraft. But some threats are also managed by procedures or practices induced by rules and regulations – both instigated by the CAA and local organisations i.e. VFR met minima. However these procedures or practices will still need to be adhered to (usually as a minimum) by the pilot to ensure proper threat management.
Errors are actions (or inactions) made by a pilot, which lead to a reduced level of safety and may lead to an undesired aircraft state – for example: an unintentional stall. Even multiple minor errors may lead to an incident or accident following a chain of events which often occurs. Ideally, your flight will be conducted in a way that accordingly mitigates errors, but the safety of your flight requires that errors that do occur are managed appropriately. Through proper training we learn how
to fly aircraft competently, efficiently, accurately, and more importantly safely in order to avoid making errors. We also learn how to manage threats during our training, and how to manage errors that may occur in-flight. Even before the fancy term “TEM” came about we learnt how to manage threats and mitigate errors, and mostly do it unknowingly every time we go flying. Of course flying experience and currency will also help you to identify and manage threats and errors.Remember threats and errors are a normal part of aviation – they will always be there; but we have to manage them in order to maintain safety margins.If you would like to know more about TEM, please ask an instructor next time you’re up at the club, or see the CAA’s policy on TEM via this link: www.caa.govt.nz/pilots/Policy_TEM.pdf
Safety Matters…
I know this subject does tend to come up a lot, but it’s important. Whenever people’s lives are at risk, we must take the required steps to mitigate that risk. The required steps and procedures will all formally become our Safety Management Systems (SMS) leading into the future; but many of these have already been in place for some time – Tim will cover these in his Safety article.So, why do we have these systems?
To learn from mistakes, errors made, incidents and accidents it is important that information is passed through the aviation system to others. Of course the regulators (CAA, then management of aero clubs, flying schools, 135 ops etc) require this information so that the causes can be determined and procedures can be implemented (if necessary) to provide better safety margins, and then inform and or provide training to pilots as necessary.
At a club level I have always promoted open reporting of occurrences. For many years we have also supported a “no blame” culture to encourage occurrence reporting. All incidents and accidents occur for a reason – the ‘reason’ is what we learn from. It is important that our ‘mishaps’ (and yes, we’ve all made them!) are openly discussed and the lessons learnt are distributed among our members, and even the wider aviation community. Often these lessons are advised by the bimonthly Safety and CFI articles in our Prop Talk magazine, and by the CAA in their monthly Vector magazine. But the regulators don’t necessarily need to do all the work; every pilot should share his/her mistakes with others in order to promote what they have learnt!
Below is a statement printed at the end of CAA accident and incident reports. It sums up why it is important to investigate accidents and incidents, and understand why they happen. Even more minor incidents are often worthy of similar practices. The sole objectives of investigations is the prevention of accidents by determining the contributing factors or causes and then implementing appropriate preventive measures – in other words restoring safety margins to provide an acceptable level of risk.
The focus of CAA investigations is to establish the causes of the accidents on the balance of probability. Accident investigations do not always identify one dominant or ‘proximate’ cause. Often, an aviation accident is the last event in a chain of several events or factors, each of which may contribute to a greater or lesser degree, to the final outcome. The sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents. It is not the purpose of this activity to apportion blame or liability.
Spinning
Believe it or not spinning was a required manoeuvre during PPL and CPL training in the past (in fact students would practice solo spinning not long after achieving their first solo flight) – it does seem as though spinning has been mostly forgotten since then, especially in relation to license training. So why don’t we physically learn how to recover from a spin anymore? Well, there were a few accidents in the old days, so maybe that’s why… I’m not 100% sure, but I do think it’s a good idea – well to learn with an appropriately qualified instructor anyway!So, very soon we’ll be running a Spinning course consisting of both theory and flying. The intention and objectives of the course are to give pilots an understanding of spins (the principles, factors and considerations), allow pilots to experience a spin, and of course to learn how to correctly recover from a spin. You don’t need an aerobatic rating to be involved – this course is aimed at those without one who have not received any formal spin instruction or training. See Tim’s Training Tid-bits for more info.
Daryl
club presidentAlan Hull
Welcome to the October issue of Prop Talk, daylight saving is here and there are good opportunities for some after work flying, the weather is often quite still and smooth for evening flying. Give the friendly staff in the office a call should you wish to take advantage of this. The flying hours show an improvement over this time last year, this is noticeable when the weather fines up, the bookings go up. Welcome also to our recent new members joining NSAC, 14 new members in September, please feel welcome to join the NSAC activities, these are advertised on Club Captain, Tim Marshall’s weekly notices to members and on the NSAC web site calendar. Tim is really doing a great job here with a good variety of social and flying events. The next big one being our annual Wings Dinner on Saturday October 29, this should be a great event. Your support and participation is what makes these events a success. The club is presenting itself at Big Boys Toys show this year in November; if you would like to assist in this and represent your club please contact Trevor Dance at [email protected]. A roster will be filled and you will get a pass to the show also. More detail is in the article in this issue. Updates will come in the form of email and in Tim’s’ newsletter. Joe Smith introduced a couple of months ago, what is called Listening Post. This is an opportunity for club members to ask questions or raise matters to the committee. It takes place the second to last Sunday of the month in the bar at 4 pm and is arranged to happen just before the Monthly Committee meeting on the following Tuesday Evening. The next one will be on Sunday 23rd October and will be the third of these sessions. So far we have had a few members come along and with few exceptions have been complimentary to what the club is doing and offered valuable advice on how to
make the club better. Please feel welcome to attend as contact and communication is the key to a good working relationship in the club. The committee is made up of members who have volunteered their time to work for the club for free, so help is always appreciated. There is an opportunity for a syndicate of members to own and operate the Slingsby TZX. It is for sale, so please contact Joe Smith to discuss. This would naturally appeal to aerobatic types. This could be a cost effective way of owning your own aerobatic aircraft in partnership with other like minded members, and leasing back to NSAC. This is a lovely aircraft to fly, so graceful.
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club captianTim Marshall
I think it is fair to say that the last few months have been action packed with a whole host of different activities. I would really like to thank all of you who have come along and got involved with the action.
The ‘Dam Buster’ movie night was well supported with a good mixture members and guests. It was great to watch such a classic and inspiring story while enjoying bucket loads of Popcorn. Thanks Kirsty for all your Popcorn making efforts.
Talking of inspiring stories, the highlight of our activities for me so far has been the Introductory/Pilots night featuring Alistair Blake’s presentation about flying ¾ of the way around the world in a light twin. I am sure all 60 of us in attendance were in ‘awe’ of what had been achieved. And of course in true Blakey style he kept us laughing all night long. Thanks Blakey, it was a great presentation and we all appreciated how much of your heart and soul you put into the delivery.
This year’s South Island Trip was simply fantastic, with 10 aircraft and 22 Pilots and guests along for the ride, we got to visit some amazing places and fly in spectacular conditions. For me there were a number of highlights. These include the first night at Lake Station, the next day’s flight through the mountains to Omarama and Tekapo, the skiing at Cadrona, lunch with the amazing guys at Rangitata Island, the tour through the airways ATC facility in Christchurch, Motueka, and a fantastic flight to Taupo. Thanks to everyone who attended, and for all chipping-in to help organise things as required. Here’s looking forward to next years South Island Trip.
The Pauanui Breakfast trip was well supported, even though the weather didn’t play ball, looking at how popular this trip was I will organise another shortly.
We also discovered another way to make your arms and ribs hurt, 50 laps of the Action Raceway Go Kart Track in Silverdale will do that to you. It amazing how pilots become speed demons when they are told to race each other, it’s also amazing how they fail to recognise the colour yellow, especially in the form of yellow flags. Thanks to those who attended this event, I hope to arrange another one soon.
Michal Topolsky led our Ruapehu Ski Trip on September 24, 25 and 26. It looks like they had some amazing skiing. Have a look at the article by Christoph for more details.
The last of our social events over this period took place on Thursday Oct 6th, and was an Aviation Orientated Pub Quiz. All-up we had 6 teams in attendance with the Instructors Team winning, with the ‘No Nikas’ team closely on there heals.
So what’s coming up in the near future?
We do have planned an Overnight Trip down to Rotorua and Taupo over labour weekend Oct 22nd – 24th, but we also realize this coincides with the Rugby World Cup Final. So if you do plan to attend, we will certainly ensure we will spend the night of the final somewhere that has a Giant Screen so we don’t miss out on the action…Go the All Blacks.
Our next movie night is on Thursday October 27th and ‘Top Gun’ got the nod this time around. Bar opens at 6:30, movie starts at 7:00.
The most Important Club event of the year…”The Wings Dinner” is on Saturday Night October 29th. Starting at 6:30pm. This is where we get to celebrate the achievements of the year, both in qualifications and competitions. So if you have gained a qualification, or were placed in a competition, you will want attend so as to receive your certificate. This year’s event is a formal affair (so no jeans and jandals). To have a little fun we are also implementing a masquerade theme, which simply means wear a mask. There will be a prize for the best one.
With Guy Fawkes coming-up in November, the club fireworks night will take place on Friday 4th November. Our intentions are to have a nice big bonfire in the middle of the Airfield, bring your own fireworks, the bar will be open and the BBQ will be fired up for BYO sausages and steak. As I have mentioned before, if you have any wood available to add to the fire, let me know.
On November 10th we will have another Pilot’s night; the guest speaker is still to be confirmed, so I will fill you in on that one soon.
November 12th to 14th we have the Flying NZ regional competitions being held in Kaitai. Why not come along and support the North Shore Aero Club Team.
Sunday September 20th we are planning an afternoon trip to Whitianga for fish ’n chips on the beach, book a plane if you wish to join.
Thursday November 24th is our first Fly-a-jet Boeing 737 Simulator Night; places on this are limited, so get your name on the list.
So that’s about it for October and November, see you in the air.
Tim Marshall
?QUIZ NIGHTS
The first of our new-format quiz nights on Thursday October 6th was a great success.
Professionally executed by Tim Marshall and Tim Maynard using pictures and video
questions, the whole event was of high quality production, excellent content and
narration; this would put some of the syndicated professional pub quizzes to shame.
The questions were many and varied - you did not have to be a clued-up CPL to get
a good score with “general knowledge” aviation questions included so we all got a
good chance to get a few right. All in all it was a great night out and raised money
for the local hospice – good job guys.Check out the NSAC web site calendar for
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Safety
Aircraft Defects
Have you ever preflighted an aircraft to discover something missing or unserviceable, yet it is not listed on the technical log as a defect? Annoying isn’t it? Especially if you are about to go night flying or IFR and the item is essential for that kind of operation.
So how do we prevent this kind of situation from occurring?
Well let’s examine the typical preflight scenario and how we should deal with unserviceable equipment.
Firstly, the preflight should commence before you get anywhere near the aircraft. You can start the preflight when the keys, flight card and aircraft flight manual are handed to you at reception. Here at North Shore we keep the Technical Log in the folder with the Aircraft Flight Manual, so before you even venture out onto the apron you can examine the maintenance status of the aircraft.
When looking at the Technical log you should note when the next inspection is due and what type of inspection it is. You will also find information on when the compass, avionics, and emergency equipment are due for inspection.
Over the page you will find information on defects. The top part of the page is reserved for major defects that will ‘ground’ the aircraft. The lower portion is for minor defects. It is worth noting that some minor defects may not ground the aircraft, but will prevent it being used for a particular operation; e.g. unserviceable navigation lights will not prevent the aircraft from being flown by day, but night operations would be out of the question.
So have a good study of the technical log and see if there is any unserviceable equipment that will affect your flight.
Now it’s time to head out to the aircraft and perform your preflight and here is the million dollar question - what do you do if you find a defect?
Well, firstly let us know about it. Pop back into the office and tell an instructor what you have discovered. That way, we can check to see if the defect will prevent your flight or any flights later in the day from going ahead and we can move bookings around. If the defect ‘grounds’ the aircraft, we can get it booked into maintenance and get the situation rectified.
When you come back to the office, bring the flight manual with you, so together we can accurately describe the defect and make sure it goes in the appropriate section of the defect log.
Occurrence and Incident Reporting
As Daryl has mentioned in his article, it is very important that all occurrences and incidents which happen at North Shore Airfield, or in North Shore Aircraft, be reported. This way we can make sure that aircraft can be inspected and that procedures can be examined to see if we need to make any changes.
Incident reporting is not used to attribute blame, but so that we can learn, and develop procedures to help avoid similar situations in the future.
In fact, we are far less impressed when we discover an incident has occurred and no one has bothered to let us know.
So what should be reported? Well here are some examples:-
Near missesAnything that damages, or has potentially damaged an aircraft.Incorrect proceduresAnything that creates a situation where a landing is immediately required (Engine failures, Pilot/Passenger Incapacitation, Rough running, unusual response to controls etc)Anytime an NSAC aircraft gets stuckAnytime you think it’s appropriate (we would much rather you report it than not)
How do you file an incident report?
Orange Occurrence/Incident reports are located on the wall rack next to the ladies toilet in the main reception area. Once you have filled in the form they can be placed in the Occurrence box to the left of the door that exits to the apron.
When you complete the form, simply follow the instructions and format giving us as much detail as possible. Make sure you stick to the facts, and don’t speculate. Please do not fill the form in on anyone else’s behalf.
Typically I will check the occurrence box every few days, if you wish to bring an incident to our attention give it directly to Daryl or myself.
Once in our hands, we will investigate what has happened, interview those involved and make recommendations on what actions are required.
If you think about it, the time and effort you put into filing incident report could be the catalyst that allows a major incident to be prevented.
CheersTim Marshall
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with acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the Club (and it’s member-ship) as a whole. As such, the Committee is not the place to be pursuing agendas that preferentially benefit only part of the Club’s membership. Finally, I would encourage you again to come out and participate in the events and activities that Renata and the social committee have organ-ised for you – they are a great way to not only go flying but also to meet some of your other members – after all, that’s what being a member of the North Shore Aero Club is all about isn’t it? I look forward to seeing you around the club. Cheers Iain
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Safety Around HelicoptersApproAching or leAving A helicopter
tAkeoff, lAnding, And loAding operAtions
Do not approach without receiving a visual signal from the pilot. Do not leave without a visual or spoken instruction to do so. Stay where the pilot can see you at all times.
On sloping ground always approach or leave on the downslope side for maximum rotor clearance.
If blinded by swirling dust or grit, STOP – crouch lower, or sit down and wait for assistance.
If disembarking while the helicopter is hovering, get out slowly and smoothly when cleared to by the pilot.
Do not approach or leave a helicopter when the engine and rotors are running down or starting up.
Crouch while walking for extra rotor clearance. Always remove hats. Never reach up or chase after anything that blows away.
Carry long objects horizontally below waist level – never upright or on the shoulder.
Clear helipad of loose articles. Secure your gear from the effects of rotor wash.
When transporting personnel, loading staff should ensure that:• Passengers are briefed on approaching and leaving the helicopter• They are grouped together and positioned to one side of the
landing zone• They face away from helicopter during takeoff and landing• Each person looks after their own gear• They are ready to board in turn as soon as the pilot gives the
signal, and they are escorted to the helicopter.
When directing the pilot for landing, stand with back to wind and arms raised.
After hooking up a cargo sling, move forward and to the side to signal the pilot. Ensure the sling is not across the skid. Never ride on the sling.
When directing the pilot by radio, remember they may be too busy to give a reply.
Fasten and adjust your seat belt on entering the helicopter and leave it fastened until the pilot signals you to get out.
Revised April 2007
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NSAC SKI TRIP 2011by Christoph Berthoud
The early morning departure (4am) from Auckland was well worth it; the first glimpses of Mt Ruapehu, Mt Ngauruhoe and Mt Tongariro overflowing with fresh white snow is the most inviting sight, really showing why New Zealand is such a beautiful place! We arrived in Ohakune, hired our gear and were straight onto the mountain road at 8am. We were once again welcomed to an empty top carpark making the walk from the car to the base chairlifts a breeze. By 9am, we were at the top of the highest chairlift and got straight into it. The weather was absolutely beautiful with unlimited visibility and not a cloud in sight; to see the entire West Coast including Mt Taranaki can only be described as stunning! I've also never seen so much snow on Mt Ruapehu - not a rock in sight, just fresh powder everywhere. We actually had such a good day we forgot to get a group photo but we did get a couple of individual shots.
Once our muscles had given all they could we made our way back down to Ohakune and found our accommodation for the weekend. I'd like to say we found a nice place for the group to stay, but that would be a massive understatement. Michal did very well picking this place. Forget the stereotypical image of a Kiwi bach, this was 5 star luxury! Nothing in the place was more than 2 years old and best of all, it had its own private spa pool, perfect for relaxing those sore arms and legs at the end of the day. The chalet had four very nice bedrooms with very comfortable beds, several bathrooms, a massive living area with Sky TV and a very flashy kitchen.
Once the rest of the group arrived 'home' it was quickly decided that we would take advantage of the facilites we had and make our own dinner. Fresh fillet steak, sausages, salad, pasta and bread made for a very real and satisfying kiwi meal! The evening was followed up with some good conversation, card games and drinks. It was also a fairly early night as the 4am start made it a very long day but I think I can say, we all slept like kings! (maybe other than a certain “someones” snoring). Saturday morning was a good start and the group was again up on the snow nice and early. Unfortunately we were greeted with cloud once we got up the mountain, but that didn't stop us from making the best of it. By midday we had decided to call it quits as it wasn't going to get any better, so back to the house and straight into that spa pool!
Saturday night was another great night with the group making our own dinner after Friday night’s success followed by more talking, more drinking, more card games and then the ABs vs France! Adding to Saturday’s weather, Sunday was so bad they never even opened the mountain so the team took their time enjoying the morning, the company and making a beautiful cooked breakfast before heading off home. While we only got one full day of skiing, the whole weekend was a massive success and I look forward to the next one, hopefully with some more attendees. After we counted up all the accomodation costs, food costs etc we brought the whole weekend at under $200 per person for the whole weekend which was nothing for what we got out of it! It was great to meet fellow club members and I strongly urge others to join in on the clubs social activities!
A big thanks to Tim Marshall and Michal Topolsky for organising the trip and a big thanks from me to everyone who attended
FAST TrainingFormation Flying Safety through standardisation
Formation flying is said by those who take part, to be one of the most intensive forms of flying one can be involved in. On top of this, the cost of training can be prohibitive; to train one pilot requires a minimum of two aircraft flying and either one instructor teaching and one trained leader, or two instructors – a heavy cost. In the past, different countries and different organisations had their own systems, but when pilots from different backgrounds come together to fly in formation, it is clearly safer if they are all communicating using the same language – FAST training achieves that. So it was with excitement and appreciation that our North Shore members John Humphries, Marty Moncrieff and Trevor Dance were invited to attend a session of training at New Plymouth courtesy of the YAK formation team. The instruction was all free and aimed at both signing-off experienced formation flyers under the FAST system and initiating newbies into the FAST system. The Formation and Safety Team (FAST) is a worldwide, educational organisation dedicated to teaching safe formation flying in restored, vintage military aircraft and civilian aircraft - www.flyfast.org. The training on this weekend was conducted in the immaculate hanger of Peter Vause surrounded by some beautiful aircraft and very professionally conducted by Doug Batten, Dave Brown and Brett Emery. We covered everything from the alignment of aircraft to preserve safety to the hand signals that are used in the air and everything in between. Each sortie was preceded by a lengthy and informative briefing so everyone knew exactly what they were doing from starting the engines to shutting down, all orchestrated by the hand signals – a lot to take in. Special thanks has to be given for the metrological assistance by the master of the weather himself Jim Hickey, who kindly organised his restaurant to stay open especially for us on the Friday for a handsome meal and for organising the beers on Saturday – Jim is a real gentleman. The event was well organised by a team including Mark Helliwell and Mike Harvey; everything went like clockwork except for the new Plymouth weather of course, which impacted flying on Sunday. Forewarned by Jim, some flew home on the Saturday night and others drove home leaving the aircraft safely ensconced in the safety of the cosy hanger to be retrieved another day. The generosity of these gentlemen volunteering their time and expertise is to promote the safety of flying is an example to us all. Thanks Guys.
Photos by Trevor Dance
Above: Jim Hickey
Left: Dave Brown explaining to Marty the finer points of formation
Below: RedstarThe Instructors and Students
Next page top: Ralph Saxe getting a workout over the beautiful New Plymouth countryside
Next page bottom: Doug Batten planning a sortie
Michael Norton of Kiwi Flyer joined us on Saturday and took photos from the back seat,he plans to run an article in the magazine in the future – so look out for that.
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Kompetition Korner
We have now come to the end of the Club Competitions. We now have a team for the Regionals.
September Results: We had a good days flying with the junior competitors competing in the Airways Corp and junior landing. Thank you to those who turned up to help with the judging on the grid it was a great help.
Junior Landing1st Christoph Berthoud2nd Jim West3rd Joe Doubleday
Airways Corp:1st Christoph Berthoud2nd Jim West3rd Joe Doubleday
August Competition Results:
Lynn King Memorial1st Steve Perreau2nd Lester Dredge3rd Abhi Tyogi
Scott Long1st Steve Perreau2nd Abhi Tyogi
Jean Batten competition Results:1st Erin Spence2nd Monica Winters
Congratulations to all who have competed.
Happy and Safe FlyingRhonda Dredge, Competition Co Ordinator 027 2511188
Tim’s Training Tidbits
Airfield Emergency Drill and Practice
If you happened to walking past North Shore at about 19:30 on September 26, you would have noticed all sorts of kafuffle going on.
As part of our annual safety training we arranged for the Fire Department to run an emergency crash simulation so we could all practice dealing with such an event.
So there we were upstairs, in the club house, at an Instructor meeting, when the call went out and our emergency drill commenced.
The Fire Department placed an aircraft fuselage near the southern hangers, placed some ‘acting victims’ onboard, and lit a small fire close by.
Once the drill commenced, our team activated the response plan, contacted 111 and moved to ensure the fire department could gain access and had all the information they required to deal with the scenario.
Thanks to all the instructors who so enthusiastically took part, thanks to the fire department, thanks to Des Barry for the photos, and thanks to Stan Smith for liaising with the fire department and getting things happening. I hope we never have to deal with such a situation, but it’s great to practice just in case.
The North Shore Aero Club will be attending the Big Boys Toys Show at the ASB show grounds this year.Big Boys Toys has been the premier male lifestyle and entertainment show in this country for twelve years, providing the platform for brands & products to come alive in front of over 40,000 consumers. There are even a few stands for the girls this year. Normally this event is very expensive to attend with high booking fees plus the cost of stand equipment, signage, lighting and so forth.We have been very fortunate in that the organisers
appreciate the valuable attraction of having aircraft at the show and our not-for-profit status.Club members have come forth (as is often the case), with free services and equipment and we are already have a good few volunteers to assist with resourcing the stand. Our attendance at the show will cost a fraction of a regular commercial basis. We will be taking a robin by truck to the show and one of the latest certified gyrocopters from Germany will be joining us.There will be a draw for 3 trial flights to gather marketing and contact information from visitors to the stand which we can follow-up after the event.We will be selling trial flights, courses and membership at the show together with passing-on our passion for flying under the NSAC brand. Our presence will bring the NSAC to the attention of our market in a positive way and to attract people to the sport who may have not considered it before, or perhaps looked at flying as a distant wish – we will be putting people in the pilot’s seat. We already have four volunteers from the committee resourcing the stand, two of whom are instructors, plus two of our staff instructors have volunteered to attend.I am looking to see if any of our members would be interested in helping-out also. We plan to rotate throughout the days so that we do not become overtired. You could opt to do a whole day or half-day we will provide passes to the event for the day you helping out – there will be time to look around the show when not working on the stand. Please let us know ASAP so that we can organise the schedule and access passes. Kind RegardsTrevor Dance, North Shore Aero Club, Committee Big Boys Toys 2011
BIG BOYS TOYS:Friday 18 November 10am - 9pmSaturday 19 November 10am – 6pmSunday 20 November 10am – 6pm
new memberswelcome
milestonescongratulations
Mary Bowie - PPL after over
100 hours of hard work Oliver YoungFirst Solo
We look forward to seeing you at the club at one of our social occasions!
Tom Hajek Ross KingdomChristine Graham Ross Dawson
Akash Anthony Alexander KruegerXiangming Zhan Stefan Van Der Westhuizen
Michael Cavanagh Leon (Tony) BouzaidAndrew Crowhurst John ScottMichael Hayman Carlton Corbbett
Bradley Moss Dieter OppelGerhard Hehl (Temporary) Werner Statdkowitz (Temporary)
Adam Akehurst
Hon Chun ChanSingle Instrument RatingDoug Burrell
Multi Instrument Rating Abhimanyu TyagiPPL
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CGR 15.60
DOQ -
DXI 47.60
JVC 19.40
KAT 19.50
MDS 6.20
SPN 3.18
SSG 23.60
TZG 51.40
TZH 40.70
TZK 39.20
TZL 18.60UWZ 14.10WKU 9.80
Flying hours forAugust 2011
Total aircraft hours: 308.88
August 2010: 232
(Aircraft with zero hrs flown in this month are not listed)
Flying hours forSeptember 2011
Total aircraft hours: 326.04
September 2010: 199
(Aircraft with zero hrs flown in this month are not listed)
CAH 24.2
CGR 29.8
DXI 21.2
JVC 14.5
KAT 21.2
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SSG 29.7
TZG 38.3
TZH 34.9
TZK 46.8
TZL 33.4UWZ 6.6WKU 11.5
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