tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256Wed, 16 May 2012 22:00:41 +0000Six for safetyBreakfast FlightsMiscellanyGeneral MeetingsBeen there done thatMini CoursesInternational FlightSafety TidbitAlumniGearAirportsAviation FuelMaintenanceOverheardHourly ratesFleetInteresting...Funny (?)Public Service FlyingSMAHelmgogAircraftWeatherClub historyEventsPractical FlyingTrainingNewshttp://blog.flyingclub.org/noreply@blogger.com (Amod Karve)Blogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-2430855242883425936Wed, 16 May 2012 22:00:00 +00002012-05-16T18:00:41.717-04:00EventsThis Saturday (5/19) is international learn to fly day.  If you are a pilot, take someone flying.  If you've always wanted to learn how to fly, this is a great opportunity. Go to http://www.learntofly.org/ for information on local events.http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/05/international-learn-to-fly-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-2854883565828393082Wed, 02 May 2012 18:31:00 +00002012-05-02T14:31:30.805-04:00EventsEvery other month, the NJ Aviation Hall of Fame is kind enough to allow us to hold our monthly meetings at their facilities.  They have a small but fascinating collection.  A few times a year, they host an Open Cockpit Day, when they allow visitors to actually climb into the cockpits of the various historic aircraft they have on display.  A very interesting experience for those interested in http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/05/nj-aviation-hall-of-fame-open-cockpit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-646520205154546910Tue, 01 May 2012 01:32:00 +00002012-04-30T21:32:03.018-04:00EventsGeneral Meetings Time & Date: 8pm, Wednesday May 2 Location: 482 W 43rd St, New York, NY, 10036 (43rd and 10th in Manhattan) Speaker: Jochen Spengler Our very own Jochen Spengler will be giving the Advanced Pilots Seminar.  This comes hot on the heels of the LOP/ROP issues discussed on pfc-announce.  Jochen's presentation will go over facts about engine operation.  We will then have a discussion about howhttp://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/04/may-general-meeting-advaced-pilot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-5398616180493520138Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:32:00 +00002012-04-27T13:32:41.235-04:00Events Space Shuttle Enterprise arrived in NYC today, doing a dramatic fly-by of Manhattan.  Flew almost directly overhead the Jersey side of the Hudson River.  The Enterprise should be transferred to its permanent home at the Intrepid Museum in a few weeks. http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/04/space-shuttle-enterprise-fly-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-1640769835628264895Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:06:00 +00002012-04-26T17:06:09.300-04:00EventsThe Space Shuttle Enterprise was supposed to make its trip from the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport this past Monday, but that flight was cancelled due to weather.  It appears the flight is now scheduled for tomorrow (Friday, 4/27), with the Shuttle carrier aircraft making flybys of Manhattan between 10:30 and 11:30am. NYC Aviation has a post on the best locations to watch thishttp://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/04/space-shuttle-enterprise-arriving-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-4380682984908161236Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:45:00 +00002012-04-20T17:46:26.922-04:00NewsEvents One of our members, Josh, was on hand to witness Discovery and Enterprise trading places at the Udvar-Hazy Center at KDIA.  Discovery will be moved into the cavernous Udvar-Hazy Center, and Enterprise will make its way up next Monday to our neck of the woods where it will go on display at the Intrepid Museum. http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/04/discovery-arrives-at-kdia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-1184080482505313378Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:38:00 +00002012-04-12T11:38:44.294-04:00Events Another in the vein of local aviation events.  The AOPA's Air Safety Institute aling with the FAA Safety Team (FAAST) is hosting a free safety seminar titled "Wanted Alive! Reining in the Fatal Accident Rate." The seminar will be held on Monday, May 7 from 7-9pm at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY.  As usual participants will qualify for FAA Wings credit. What makes this http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/04/air-safety-institute-seminar-wanted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-211323931217316892Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:42:00 +00002012-04-11T15:42:59.156-04:00EventsAs the flying season starts back up, there are a number of aviation events that may be of interest to NY/NJ area pilots. First, our friends over at the North Jersey Ninety Nines let us know that their annual poker run, which raises funds for their scholarship program, will beheld this year on Saturday, May 5.  The airports involved will be KMSV, 44N, 39N, N07, and 1N7.  More info is available onhttp://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/04/number-of-nj-aviation-events.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-7247393972950980912Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:55:00 +00002012-03-26T17:44:35.803-04:00Been there done that After all the time preflighting, taxiing, and getting all the appropriate clearances, you could probably drive between CDW to EWR three or four times. But all pilots know that's not the point. Michael Rogombe-Williams and I hatched the idea, to try to visit all three major metropolitan-area airports, just for the heck of it. After doing some extensive research on landing fees (they each add http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/03/our-trip-to-ewr-its-true-after-all-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Josh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-1160856820936988366Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:21:00 +00002012-03-22T12:21:11.333-04:00EventsTrainingThe FAA Safety Team is hosting one of their safety seminars in the area. "The Top 10 Accident Causal Factors" Topic: Operational Risk Management, Human Factors and Communications Procedures Date & Time: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 @ 6:30pm EDT Location: C&W Aero at Caldwell Airport (CDW) From their description: This seminar defines the Top Ten reasons that airplanes crash and is intended for all http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/03/top-10-accident-causal-factors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-7829625909696831632Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:14:00 +00002012-03-09T13:14:34.198-05:00EventsTrainingEvent: IFR Sunday Date: Sunday 3/11 Time: Starting at 8am Great way for IFR pilots to come and knock off some rust and practice approaches.  And a great way for non-IFR pilots contemplating training for the rating to find out what all the fuss is about. We will be scheduling these periodically over the course of the year, so if you couldn't make it to this one, keep a look out for the http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/03/first-ifr-sunday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-7238330306460777384Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:07:00 +00002012-03-09T13:07:39.344-05:00TrainingGeneral MeetingsGearThis Wednesday, we were fortunate enough to have Keith Smith from PilotEdge back. Keith joined us a little over a year ago to share with us the progress he was making in creating a professional ATC environment for simulators.  PilotEdge launched last October, and he provided us with a demo. In a nutshell, PilotEdge provides a way for popular flight simulator programs (Microsoft Flight Simulatorhttp://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/03/pilotedge-session-with-keith-smith.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-7967039835834277973Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:16:00 +00002012-03-09T13:07:50.122-05:00EventsAnnual Dinner with Thor Solberg Date & Time: March 3 @ 7pm Location: Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel, 500 Harbor Blvd, Weehawken, NJ 07086 We are thrilled to have Thor Solberg back to  Speak at our Annual dinner on Saturday March 3rd. at 7pm Not many pilots have heard the story of his father's record breaking flight from New York to Greenland in 1935 - The start of the epic journey was captured http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/02/reminder-annual-dinner-with-thor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-2547681807249212109Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:12:00 +00002012-02-28T15:12:15.339-05:00EventsGeneral MeetingsGuest Speaker: Keith Smith from Pilot Edge Date & Time: Wednesday, March 8 @ 8pm (doors open at 7:45pm) Location: 482 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036 (corner of 10th and 43rd) About a year ago, PFC hosted Keith Smith from PilotEdge to demo an upcoming service that provides real-time ATC service for flight simulators. We bumped into Keith again at the AOPA summit meeting in CT where he was http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/02/march-general-meeting-with-keith-smith.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-5121802487255562281Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:37:00 +00002012-02-01T02:37:21.208-05:00Date: Thursday, February 2 Time: Pizza at 7:30pm, meeting starts at 8pm Location: NJ Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum This month, we are back in our NJ location at the NJ Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum at KTEB. As our speaker this month, Don Argintar CFI/I will be joining us again.  Following on his great talk about airworthiness back in November, this time around he will be discussing Winterhttp://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/02/february-general-meeting-with-don.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-2011834496482396588Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +00002012-01-20T11:15:00.207-05:00EventsGeneral MeetingsNow that half our membership is firmly from NYC, we have been experimenting with holding our general meetings in Manhattan on alternating months.  This has been working well, and we will be making this permanent with a slight change. From now on the monthly meetings will be on the following schedule: Odd numbered months will be held in NYC on the first Wednesday of the month. Even numbered http://blog.flyingclub.org/2012/01/new-schedule-for-monthly-meetings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-6991208834854222621Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:51:00 +00002011-10-31T23:51:04.901-04:00General MeetingsStarting this month, PFC will be alternating between NY and NJ for its monthly meetings.  This months meetings details are as follows: Date & Time: Wednesday November 2 @ 7:30pm Location: 482 West 43rd St., New York, NY Guest speaker: Don Argintar Don Argintar, CFI/I, has a guest speaker at PFC meetings on numerous occasions. This month, Don will be speaking on the topic of airworthiness. The http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/10/november-monthly-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-4949816265598936593Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:45:00 +00002011-10-31T23:45:49.030-04:00WeatherMiscellanyUnusual snowfall in October doesn't stop PFC members from going out to enjoy the view. http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/10/more-unusual-weather.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-2740889001670136833Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:40:00 +00002011-09-08T11:40:31.432-04:00NewsWeatherWhile our two home base airports, Caldwell and Linden seem to have weathered the storm reasonably well, we received the following picture of flooding at Sussex Airport (FWN).  I'm sure many of us have gone there as part of our training, or to just to visit. Our thoughts go out to the folks who run the airport, as well as the many owners whose planes were based there.http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/09/irene-and-sussex-airport.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-8153998481691308488Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:36:00 +00002011-09-08T11:36:02.927-04:00General MeetingsGuest speaker: Eric Sanderman, Regional Sales Director for Cirrus Aircraft Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011 Time: Meeting starts at 8:00pm, refreshments served at 7:30pm. Location: NJ Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum at KTEB Mr. Sanderman is the NY & NJ Regional Director for Cirrus Aircraft. Mr. Sanderman Practiced as a CPA for 17 years before joining Cirrus Aircraft. He graduated from San http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/09/september-monthly-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-2271184208482096267Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:19:00 +00002011-08-30T17:20:13.649-04:00WeatherOur aircraft are all safe, but the cleanup continues. The Star Ledger has a nice picture of the state of affairs at our home base KCDW. CDW flooded after Irene.http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/08/hurricane-irene.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-4134677261364201215Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:36:00 +00002011-08-27T20:36:20.440-04:00WeatherAll our planes our hangared and/or out of the area.  Hoping for the best.  Stay safe, everyone.http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/08/hoping-for-best-but-prepared-for-worst.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-6753695394481963375Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:37:00 +00002011-08-04T23:37:19.859-04:00EventsThe annual Wings and Wheels Expo organized by the NJ Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum will be taking place on September 10 & 11 (Sat & Sun) this year at Teterboro Airport (KTEB). We've come to expect to see some pretty interesting aircraft at this event, and this year doesn't disappoint.  They will be featuring: Yankee Lady B-17 Flying Fortress available for passenger flights  F/A-18 Hornet andhttp://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/08/event-nj-ahof-wings-wheels-expo-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-1296462139135276164Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:49:00 +00002011-07-21T01:50:49.582-04:00Six for safetyThis months Six for Safety quiz covers PFC Operating Rules and Federal Aviation Regulations.  Answers follow at the end of the quiz. 1) To operate a club aircraft, all PFC pilots must have fulfilled the following requirements: a) Completed a Flight Review as required by the FARs (including logged endorsement) before initiating any type of flight.b) For daylight operations, completed three http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/07/six-for-safety-operating-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149649584631230256.post-5293535173406902635Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:24:00 +00002011-07-11T16:24:57.345-04:00AirportsThis is a great day-trip destination, especially during the summer months. View Larger Map Just a little south of Atlantic City, and a 45 minute flight from LDJ.  Perfect for a quick day trip. The runway is just shy of 3,000 feet---still plenty for a Cessna. The runway is oriented parallel to the shoreline, so expect pretty gusty crosswinds, though. But at just 6 blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, http://blog.flyingclub.org/2011/07/airports-of-nj-ocean-city-26n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T. Nishino)0