Lexington Flying Club Newsletter

September 2010
Edited By Mike Proctor

Revised: 9/09/2010

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Fall Wash and Wax Event

Please mark your calendars. The second W&W event will be the last Sunday in September, September 26^th. The time, rain or shine, is 1pm to 4pm.

Remember, bylaws call for each member to attend at least one W&W event each year to avoid a $50 penalty. If you attend both, you’ll get a $50 flying credit.

September Monthly Meeting

Our September monthly meeting will be held in Tac Air’s conference Room at 7:00pm on Tuesday, September 14th. We hope to see you there !

Tac Air Gas now at $5.414 / gal – Hourly Rates Up !

Since fuel costs are a big part of the cost of operating our fleet, we are forced to react when gas prices change. Tac Air has raised its rates from $2.99 to $3.09 to $3.24 to $3.38 to $3.45 to $3.49 to $3.54 to $3..59 to $3.82 to $.3.83 to $3.98 to $4.14 to $4.19 to $3.99 to $4.14 to $4.24 to $4.34 to $4.49 to $4.35 to $4.45 to $4.56 to $4.61 to $4.76 to $4.96 to $5.36 to $5.46 to $5.51 to $5.71 to $5.96 to $5.76 to $5.51 to $5.31 to $5.11 to $4.96 to $4.66 to $4.68 to $4.886 to $4.996 to $5.196 to $5.4135 in the last 5 years, so we are now basing our hourly rates on Tac Air’s price of $5.4135 per gallon of avgas.

Rates, effective 8/12/2010, based on tach time, are:

C152 – $68.50

C172 - $91.75

Archer 01W - $108.00

Diamond Star (DA-40) - $108.25

Club Office Moved to 4134-C Aviator Road

We have moved the club office from the Tac Air Building over to the northern most of the big hangars that Tac Air built last winter. Park in front of the hangar with the address 4134-C.

Badge in via the pedestrian door next to the overhead door. Be sure to badge in and badge out. Do NOT use the green release button inside the hangar; Tac Air is going to put up a sign below the green button that says “Emergency Use Only. Our office is the first one on the right; look for the familiar combo box hanging on the door knob.

To get to the planes, just exit the hangar by the door in the northeast corner of the Hangar.

Keys are now in the keybox inside the LFC Office in Hangar C.

Oil is located on the landing above the offices in Hangar C. Use the bright yellow stairs.

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Motion Passes To Provide Rebates/Surcharges On Gas Purchases

The proposal to grant rebates to members who buy gas at airports cheaper than the going Tac Air rate, and conversely, to assess a surcharge if fuel is purchased at a price higher than the going Tac Air rate has passed by a vote of 40 to 7. Buying 10 gallons of avgas at a rate fifty cents cheaper than Tac Air’s rate would result in a $5.00 rebate to the purchaser. Buying 10 gallons of avgas at a rate fifty cents more expensive than Tac Air’s rate would result in a $5.00 surcharge to the purchaser. We expect that this proposal will save members over two hundred dollars annually.

The process will be implemented with gas receipts dated July 1^st or later. Many thanks for member comments, pro and con!

Things to Do

Statewide Do-in’s !!	http://transportation.ky.gov/Aviation/newsletter.html
Saturday, Hot Dogs at Sporty’s	Saturday’s, from noon to 2pm
Sep LFC Monthly Mtg	Tuesday, Sep 14^th, 7pm at Tac Air
Oct LFC Monthly Mtg	Tuesday, Oct 12^th, 7pm at Tac Air

Financial Results

Our 2010 mid-year financial summary information is available as an excel file. In addition, earlier summaries are available. Click on these links to review the information.

File 1 – Tony’s January 2006 Presentation File 2 – Mike’s January 2006 Presentation File 3 – 2006 Mid-Year Presentation

File 4 – 2006 End Year Presentation File 5 – 2007 Mid-Year Presentation File 6 – 2007 End Year Presentation

File 7 – 2008 Mid Year Presentation File 8 – 2008 End Year Presentation File 9 – 2009 Mid-Year Presentation

File 10 – 2009 End Year Presentation File 11 – 2010 Mid-Year Presentation

Runway 9-27 Progress / Self Serve Gas Pump at KLEX

Thanks to Faron Collins, here is a picture of the new runway ! Click HERE. In addition, HERE is a diagram of how the new runway layout. Also HERE is a diagram of the new 100LL self serve gas pump that the Airport is putting in. No word on the price of fuel, yet.

Click Here to get a copy of your current LFC Bill

http://www.cs.uky.edu/~tony/lfc/lfc_bills.html

Membership News - We need 5 members

Please welcome Jeff Fraley, Landry Buckner and Mark Sallin as our newest Restricted Members.

Please welcome Rob Owen, James Ochs, and Brad Pabian, as our latest FULL Members.

Ben Trimble, Adam Kirk, Dan Lingrosso and John McCracken passed their Private Checkrides. Aaron Renfro passed his Instrument Checkride. They get a $50 flying credit for those milestones !

Scott Garthee, Mike Holbrook and Don Morgan get a $50 credit for getting a WINGS level under the new WINGS online program. Click here for details about the new WINGS program.

Dan Lingrosso gets $20 for recruiting Tony Campbell !

Four members of the Bastin Family (Ronnie, James, Sandra, Victoria) and two members of the Ferguson Family (Tom and Joe) are joining the club. They have been flying our C152 before it was sold and, as part of the deal to sell the plane to us (and for Tom F to do the labor on our next annual) , we agreed to let them fly the C152 for the next year, assuming they top off the bird and pay for the fuel they use after flying.

Remember, you get a $20 or $50 flying credit for recruiting a new member, so keep your recruiting hat on.

To check out the newly updated roster, use your Schedule Master id and password at http://data.lexingtonflyingclub.org/default.html

Diamond Star - DA-40 N213DS is here !

Checkouts will be available from CFI’s who have been approved by the Club’s Safety Officer. Contact Steve Bird if you are a CFI or if you (as a FULL LFC member) would like to arrange for your CFI to be approved for DA-40 checkouts.

Printed copies of the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) are available for $15 from our pilot supplies cabinet.

A thousand thanks to Larry Sward for spearheading the effort to investigate this bird and arrange to get it !

Here is a PDF file with more info about the bird we bought !

Click Here for a study guide for the transition to the DA-40

Click Here for a link to the online POH (Flight Manual)

Click Here for a link to the online DA-40 Checklist

Click Here for a link to the online KAP140 Autopilot User Manual

Click Here for a link to the online KCS-55A HSI User Manual

Click Here for the Checkout Exam for the DA-40

Click Here to find out about DA-40 checkout requirements

Here is a peek at the new Runway 9-27 plan

Click on the link below to see what the new runway 9-27 will look like. Notice the taxi way on the west side of runway 4-22.

http://www.lexingtonflyingclub.org/Rwy 9-27 Construction Overview20090825.pdf

IFR Guys: A little treatise on RAIM; needed for GPS IFR approaches

Click on this link to find out how the Garmin 430’s and 530’s can be used to check to see if you’ll have sufficient GPS coverage to shoot the approach at your destination!

Club Minutes Available Online

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Archer 01W has a new Garmin 430 WAAS-enabled GPS/Nav/Comm unit

The local radio boys offered us a $700 discount on Garmin 430W hardware; we also noticed that 01W was not booked for a two week period, so we jumped at the chance to get a timely and frugal installation of a Garmin 430W in our Archer now! Here is a link to find out more about the Garmin 430W ! From here you can also find manuals, simulators and other free stuff.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=194&pID=301

Garmin WAAS Enabled 430 Installed in N75903

N75903 is now available with a new audio panel and a Garmin 430W GPS/Comm/Nav unit installed.

Here is a link to find out more about it ! From here you can also find manuals, simulators and other free stuff.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=194&pID=301

CFI’s working with LFC members

Greg Buntin, Dan Kaberle, Kevin Moberly, Mark Anders, Mark Beauchamp, David Leddy, Pat Brookins, Steve Bird, and Linda Huff are very actively working with folks in the Club. They join Mike Proctor as active instructors working with Club members. Schedulemaster has been updated to allow you to reserve a block of their time at the same time as your lesson. Check out the instructors page on the website and in the roster. http://www.lexingtonflyingclub.org/instruct.html

Buy Gas away from LEX and try to save the Club some $$$!

When "out and about" stop in one of the outlying FBOs and see what they offer. Click HERE to see the latest gas prices in the area.

Here is a quick reminder / tutorial on a unique savings opportunity that the club offers to you

As those hourly rates continue to skyrocket, here is a link that we have on our website, reminding potential members about the savings that result because we charge on the tach NOT the hobbs. Click Here

New executive terminal to be built at Blue Grass Airport

By Jennifer Hewlett - jhewlett@herald-leader.com

TAC Air, one of Blue Grass Airport's two companies that service private aircraft, said Wednesday it plans to spend $11.5 million on improvements, including a new executive terminal. The 12,000-square-foot terminal, which will have amenities not usually seen at similarly sized airports, is expected to be completed before the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in 2010.

"What we're proposing is construction of a completely stand-alone terminal, which is a good bit different from what's there now," said TAC Air Vice President Danny Walsh. The terminal will include a large passenger lobby, two conference rooms, a gift store and art gallery, upscale food service, a movie theater, exercise facility, pilot lounge, quiet room and flight planning area. In addition to the terminal, TAC Air will be constructing three 15,000-square-foot hangars. The new terminal will be in an area between the existing general aviation terminal and the Aviation Museum of Kentucky. General aviation is private planes, not the commercial flights that come into the main terminal. The existing general aviation terminal will continue to be used. The new hangars will replace ones that have already been torn down, and there is room to build more if needed, said Michael Gobb, the airport's executive director.

The new construction is part of TAC Air's new 10-year agreement with the airport, which the airport's board approved Wednesday after looking at bids from three other companies. "These new facilities will provide Blue Grass Airport's general aviation customers with a high-quality travel experience," Gobb said. TAC Air has been providing ramp service, fuel, storage, tie-down spaces and maintenance for private aircraft at Blue Grass for the past 12 years. Air 51 is the airport's other fixed-base operator for private aircraft. Under the new agreement, TAC Air will pay the airport $484,000 in annual land rent fees, $374,000 in annual building rent and $70,000 in annual fuel facility rent, said airport spokesman Brian Ellestad. The airport also will get 8 cents for each gallon of fuel sold by TAC Air and 10 percent of its food sales.

"The increased revenue over the current contract will be about $500,000 annually," Gobb said. TAC Air will pay for the new buildings, which will eventually become the property of the airport. In the new terminal, Walsh said, plans are for the theater to include a 6-foot screen and Surround Sound with space for several lounge chairs and maybe a couch. The gift shop, he said, is to be an upscale affair that sells Kentucky-themed items. And TAC Air plans to work with deSha's to cater the general aviation planes. "Their terminal building will be world-class," Gobb said. "In today's competitive environment, we need to be better. We need to be out in front, and this shows that we are."

Runway Safety Action Team Meets – Issues Report

In late April, a group of safety conscious professionals met to review issues related to Runway Safety at Blue Grass Airport. Click HERE to view a summary of the meeting and associated recommendations.

Lexington ATC Issues Letter To Airmen #08-1

Click HERE to view this letter from the Tower on the subject of practice instrument approaches.

AWOS at Richmond-Madison (I39)

Richmond KY (Madison) [I39]: October NOTAM #254 issued by Louisville KY [LOU]

Automatic weather observing/reporting station (AWOS) - 3 Frequency: 119.625

Phone Access 859 - 985 - 5969 commissioned

Second C172 – N75903 On Line

Since it is the same make and model as our current C172, no additional checkouts are needed. The altitude hold auto pilot might take some getting used to. Here is a link to download a copy of the S-Tec 50 Altitude Hold Auto Pilot

Note: There is a quirk that you need to understand in order to get the S-Tec 50 autopilot to come on … Click Here for the Helpful Hints !!!

Phone Numbers and Frequencies to Use:

LFC Club House 433-5950

Flight Service 800-WX-BRIEF

LEX automated weather: 281-5700
TAC Air call for fuel on 129.875 ; Regular phone 255-7724; Airport Extension 4265
Schedulemaster Reservation Service 800-414-6114
Schedulemaster Reservation Service Internet access: http://www.schedulemaster.com/smlogin.htm

FAA Wings Update – A Glimpse at the New Program

The FAA has published on the www.faasafety.gov website a glimpse at the updated version of the WINGS program. Click here ! to view a description of the revised program.

The FAA has also published a multi-media tutorial. Click on this link: http://www.faasafety.gov/files/articulate/wings/default.htm

Sign up for notices about Safety meetings

The FAA has set up a great website where you can register to have them send you emails about safety seminars in your area. There are also many online safety features to review. I’d like to see 100% participation in this program by our members !! The address is

www.faasafety.gov

(Except for over-night reservations) - Wait 30 minutes and the bird is yours

If you are standing on the ramp on a sunny afternoon and a bird is just sitting there begging to be flown, be aware that the bird can be yours IF the current reservation is 30 minutes old. The Schedule Master computer will let you schedule over the top of a reservation once 30 minutes from the start of that reservation has elapsed. DO NOT take the bird without scheduling it however. The phone system works just fine to make this kind of "over schedule."

If YOU are the one who booked the original reservation and you are simply running late, be sure to get on SM before the 30 minutes has elapsed and cancel and re-book the plane from the current time to the end of the original reservation period.

EXCEPTION: The SM computer will NOT allow scheduling over the top of overnight reservations; if you suspect a problem there, it will take an officer to make a decision. If someone has not cancelled an overnight reservation, he/she will be liable for a hour of flying (2 hours on Saturday or Sunday).

Copy of the new digital clock in the C172 “ How-to “ instructions

Click Here to see the “how-to” pamphlet that came with the new digital clock in the C172

Track the last flight (that flew on an FAA flight plan) for the birds of our fleet !

N89652 N6203F N3001W N213DS N75903

Find out why a bird is down for Maintenance

Click on this link for a quick tutorial on how to use Schedulemaster to find out information about why an airplane has been taken out of service for Maintenance. Each Maintenance Officer creates a short message explaining why the airplane is unavailable. You can read this message on Schedule Master !

Here is a great treatise on the difference between Pipers and Cessnas

Must reading for folks transitioning to the Archers from the Cessnas. Click here.

Club Aviation Video Tape and DVD Library

We are maintaining a large library of aviation videos and DVD's. For a $6 donation (per volume), billable through the CLUB, you have two day access to the Private or Instrument Courses. We’ll keep those under lock and key, but the remaining items will be available for viewing at the club house! If you have a DVD or video that you like to donate, please contact Mike Proctor

Click here to view the complete list of Library Items that we have at the club house :

Pilot Operating Handbooks, Checklists, and Aviation Books Available

Thanks to Bill Ford and PDQ we now have a lot of pilot supplies available at the club house. Call Mike Proctor for access, 338-4040 or email PDQ at pdq@lexingtonflyingclub.org for (three kinds of) checklists and the POH's for the airplanes. Also available are GPS reference guides for our units, plus all the study guides and miscellaneous pilot supplies you need. 150 Manuals are $33 -- 172 Manuals are $33 -- Archer Manuals are $30; Gleim Books, Practical Test Standards, Written Test Prep guides; Oral Guides; BFR Guides; FAR/AIM; and FAA publications (Instrument Flying Handbook, Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Flight Instructor's Handbook, Aviation Weather, Aviation Weather Services) also available.

Click here for a complete list

Tired of paying dues each month?

If you would like a hiatus from paying dues each month, consider loaning the club the amount needed to pay a 5% dividend on your investment. You can get your money back on 2 day’s notice. In the meantime, enjoy a dues free environment! Restricted members need to loan the sum of $9,960.00 and Full or Special members need to loan $13,920.00 Save the club some money and earn 5% at the same time. Contact Mike Proctor for details. Terry Flora and Sean Peffer have taken us up on the offer, thanks, guys !!

9am to 4pm process - Airport badge initial or renewal now requires fingerprinting, $35 fee, 3 to 6 days to process; Ramp driving process changes in effect as well

Badge Applicants: Since you have to pay your money to the Accounting Department, you must get there when they are there; i.e. 9am to 4pm. Details on the new process are documented on the Blue Grass airport website at

http://www.bluegrassairport.com/badge.html

DVD's added to our club library

We've updated our list of library video's to include Sporty's DVD's. Check 'em out below at the bottom of the newsletter …..

New Look to our oil bottles - Exxon Elite 20w50

Based on information from our mechanics, we are changing to the Exxon Elite 20w50 oil in the gold quart bottle.

Look for it in the club oil locker.

Never too bad to fly -- Now Available -- Access to an ATC 610J Flight Training Device ( "Simulator" )

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Need an hour of instrument time for your WINGS level? Mike Proctor has purchased a totally refurbished ATC 610J desktop flight training device. The unit covers an area from Lexington, west to E-town and as far northwest as Louisville and Frankfort. It was programmed just prior to delivery so it has the latest approaches. Its flight characteristics (flaps, throttle, prop, mixture) mimic the Piper Arrow. ILS or localizer approaches are available for LEX, FFT, SDF, and LOU. VOR approaches are available for all these airports plus BRY and EKX. ADF practice is also a feature.

In addition to WINGS instrument time, the unit can be used for up to 20 hours of training towards the instrument rating and can be used for all six instrument approaches, holds, and navigation required to stay in IFR currency. Cost will be $40 per hour including CFII signoff of the time. If you choose to use another CFII, the unit will rent for $20 per hour. For the time being, Mike will be setting up the unit at home in Richmond. The FAA requires logging of time in flight simulators (see 61.51 g 4) to be used under instructor supervision only; not solo.

Keep your personal information up to date on the Scheduling System

The Internet Interface to the Reservation System has been modified to allow you to document vital statistics on your flying activities and status. Once you are in the system and are looking at the schedule page, you can click on USER and then click on CLICK HERE TO EDIT YOUR OWN INFO. There you can update your BFR and Medical and Insurance Expiration dates. You can indicate your participation in the Wings program and document the dates when you go out of currency for the 90 day requirement and IFR. You can also document your total hours, hours in complex birds, and hours in the last 90 days. The system will post a warning when you get close to those expiration dates as a reminder. Sort of a glorified alarm clock !

The Safety Officer is going to be monitoring this information and will be contacting members who have not been keeping this information up to date. Eventually, we may have to make this information mandatory to satisfy an insurance underwriter.

GPS Advanced Simulator CD-ROM available for our GPS Units

In addition to the quick reference guides and entire printed manual and the videotape on the GPS units; I also got a copy of the revised GPS CD-ROM. This version depicts the rings of Class B, C, and D airspace correctly. You can change heading and speed and actually fly instrument approaches with this version. Contact Mike Proctor

Radio Communications Trainer CD-ROMs available

We have both the VFR and IFR versions of the radio trainer CD-ROMs that will help you sound like a pro on the radio. Contact Mike Proctor.

Anyone interested in headsets?

Bill Ford has David Clark and Flightcom headsets for a price under retail and no shipping costs. Check with Bill at. 254-3519 or email him at pdq@lexingtonflyingclub.org

Pick up sectionals or Terminal Area Charts at PDQ. Save money by getting a subscription and having them dropped off at the club house for you. Contact Bill Ford or Mike Proctor for details. Here is an email address to use: pdq@lexingtonflyingclub.org

IFR Charts

Subscription, billed to your CLUB account:

Lo Alt Enroutes - $4.25
Approach Plates - $4.50

AFD’s - $4.25

VFR Charts

Subscription, billed to your CLUB account:

Charts delivered to the club house

VFR Sectionals - $7.25

Or, pick 'em up at one at a time for the cash and carry list price:

VFR Sectionals - $9.12