Lexington Flying Club Newsletter

February / March 2015
Edited By Mike Proctor

Revised: 2 / 23 / 2015

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March LFC Monthly Meeting – In Our New Hangar – March 10^th

Our regular March meeting will be held in our New Hangar at 7pm on Tuesday, March 10^th. Hope to see you there.

Club Operations Moved to 9/27 Westside Airport Complex

We have moved club operations over to a 55x55 foot box hangar and tie-down spaces over on the 9/27 runway ! Operations started February 1^st, 2015. We have an 8x12 office and restrooms are just around the corner. Car access is from the crash/rescue entrance off Versailles Road. That road has been named George Gumbert Road.

Our Hangar is nearest the runway at the far east end of the hangars designated as 4480 George Gumbert Rd. Self Serve fuel is available (see blue box below). We have a battery powered tug to make it easy to move birds around. Also, recently purchased is a small air compressor and an air tank that can be used to inflate tires.

Community restrooms (2) and a common area are conveniently located right next door to our hangar.

Initially, all birds will be tied down except the DA-40; to make room for a bird to be hangared for frosty morning departures.

Initially, all fuel purchases will require use of your credit card; turn in your gas receipts just as if you bought fuel elsewhere.

For a comprehensive tutorial on changes, check out this link:

http://www.lexingtonflyingclub.org/content/newsletter/LFC New Hangar Transition Guide 20150125.pdf

( Thanks for this handy helper, John O ! )

Due to the way the tie-down canisters are spaced, the three tie-downs on the far right (eastern most ones) are reserved for the C172’s

For the same reason, the tie-down on the far left (western most one) is reserved for the Diamond DA-40

Important Pre-heat Guidelines: Winter Time Log Entry Assessment / Pre-heat rebates

Guidelines for when to pre-heat.

a) Below Freezing; pull aircraft into hangar and preheat until temperature (observe wall thermometer) reaches 40 degrees.

b) Below 20 degrees; the engine must be pre-heated until the hangar reaches 40 degrees and is maintained at 40 degrees for half an hour.

From December 1^st through the end of March each year, we add a $1 surcharge for each time log entry to help cover the cost of providing rebates to flyers who pay for pre-heats, heated hangar usage and operating our own kerosene pre-heat unit. This saves on engine wear and tear and makes morning flights MUCH more pleasant as well. We’ll rebate $15.00 . This rebate is available at any airport.

Now that we moved over to the 9/27 side of the airport, placing a bird in the hangar will be an option as we plan on housing only the DA-40 inside on a “permanent” basis. Plan on operating the pre-heater until the wall thermometer reaches 40 degrees.

Self Serve Gas Pump Open at KLEX

Click HERE for a diagram of the new 100LL self serve gas pump that the Airport has put in.

Effective 1/15/2015, the price of avgas there is $4.97/gal.

If you turn in a receipt you will receive a rebate based on what we are paying Tac Air for fuel.

So, this is a way to save $$$ on your flying !

Click on the picture above to enlarge the instructions on how to use the system.

Reminder: Make sure this info is on every gas receipt that you turn in

Now that we will be making MUCH usage of the self-serve gas pumps, here is a reminder of the 5 items you need to be sure are listed on every receipt that you turn in… Name, Date, Tail number, # of gallons, $$ amount of the purchase

Click Here to get a copy of your current LFC Bill

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

Check your badge – Be sure to renew on or before the expiration date !

One LFC member got hit for $50 when he went to renew his badge. Be sure to renew on or BEFORE the expiration date to pay only $15 instead of $50.

Things to Do

Statewide Do-in’s !!	http://transportation.ky.gov/Aviation/Pages/Newsletter.aspx
Saturday, Hot Dogs at Sporty’s	Saturday’s, from noon to 2pm
West Side Operations Begin	Saturday, January 31st
March LFC Monthly Meeting at LFC Hangar	Tuesday, March 10^th at 7pm
April LFC Monthly Meeting at LFC Hangar	Tuesday, April 14^th at 7pm

Please Re-install new pitot tube covers

Hourly Rate Changes

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 to $5.5128 to $5.6128 to $5.71 to $5.51 to $5.713 to $5.913 to $6.113 to $6.313 to $6.213 to $6.232 to $6.432 to $6.632 to $6.782 to $7.032 to $7.060 to $7.1612 to $6.732 in the last 8 years, so we are now basing our hourly rates on Tac Air’s price of $6.732 per gallon of avgas. Looking over the maintenance costs last year, the Board elected to raise rates incrementally to reflect the higher cost of maintaining the fleet but lower the rates overall due to the lower av gas rates.

Rates, effective 1/1/2015, based on tach time, are:

C152 – $83.50 was $84.25

Older C172 - $110.25 was $114.00

Newer C172 - $111.75 was $122.75

Archer 01W - $126.50 was $128.00

Diamond Star (DA-40) -$126.00 was $127.25

New Purchase – Cessna 172R - N65641

If you check the schedule you will see the newest addition to the fleet. N65641 was purchased locally and some club members flew it when it was on leaseback with Aerotech. Here are a couple of links to help you get familiar with the bird. If you haven’t flown an airplane with fuel injection, get an hour checkout with a CFI to help you get up to speed !

Since the engine is more expensive and burns a bit more fuel, we set the price at $122.75 tach time.

For more information, click below for some useful links to Manuals, and other printed information

http://www.lexingtonflyingclub.org/Cessna%20172R%20links%20of%20interest%20to%20LFC%20members.htm

The larger size fuel tanks (53 gal useable) in this bird are both a blessing and a curse. With just one or two on board, the extra range is a terrific bonus. But if you want to carry three or four folks, it is a problem. Fortunately, you can fill to the bottom of the filler necks in the tanks and only have 35 gallons useable on board (17.5 gal useable in each tank). Now you can fill to the “tabs” and elect to add , say, 2.5 gallons more per side for a total of 40 gallons available …. Of course you’ll have to do this yourself or instruct/monitor the fuel guy attentively !

Check out our Facebook Page !

With the help of SteveW and JohnO and others, the LFC now has an active Facebook page. One of the latest postings shows several pictures taken at the Spring Wash/Wax event. Check it out !

Club is offering an option to have your bill payment automatically deducted

For a monthly cost of less than a stamp and a check, ($0.43), you can sign up and have your bill payment automatically deducted from your checking account on the 25^th of each month. Click here to see the form to fill out. Snail-mail or e-mail that form back to us along with a voided check for the account you wish to use. The process will be automatic until you tell us otherwise.

Membership News - We need 10 members

Please welcome Walter Alston, Ken Morse, Don DiLoreto, Jason Robinson and Travis Helbig as Restricted Members.

Please welcome Tyler Crisp, Matt Citak and Eric Adams as our latest FULL Members.

Brian Judd, Chuck Gutenson, Daniel Lingrosso and Ken Cooper moved up from Restricted to Special Membership. Ken has since moved up from Special to Full Membership.

Tyler Johnson has moved up to Full Membership from Special Membership.

Steven Walter passed his instrument checkride. Eric Adams and Wes Mittlesteadt passed their Private Checkrides. They get a $50 flying credit for those milestones !

Don Morgan gets a $50 credit for getting a WINGS level under the new WINGS online program. Click here for details about the new WINGS program.

Lloyd Young gets a $50 flying credit for recruiting Dan Fusting.

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 and click on the MEMBER AREA tab on the club website.

Membership Drive Underway

Last spring, we sent out about 900 direct marketing flyers to pilots in Central Kentucky inviting them to consider joining the Club. Click here for an image of the flyer’s contents !

Interior Upgrades Completed On C-172 N75903

During the annual on C172 N75903, we replaced many of the interior plastic pieces as well as seat covers and carpet pieces. Check it out !

Marketing Agreement Reached with NexGen Aviation - CFI Services and Discounts on their Airplanes

The LFC membership passed with overwhelming support a motion to accept a marketing agreement with our next door neighbors, Nexgen Aviation. Their staff of full time CFI’s will be able to provide checkout services in our airplanes, giving club members more options for timely CFI services. In addition, LFC members will be eligible for discounts on the rental of airplanes in the Nexgen fleet.

Caution: LFC Insurance coverage does NOT extend to Nexgen airplanes, so check with them on what is prudent for you and liability for flying Nexgen birds.

http://www.flynexgenaviation.com/

LFC Featured in recent edition of AOPA ePilot

Check out this article in the current edition of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA) ePilot magazine

http://www.aopa.org/training/articles/2013/130107lexington-flying-club.html?WT.mc_id=130111epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan&cmp=ePlt:RdMr

Take a Survey from the Control Tower

The Air Traffic Control Tower Manager, Kris Tucker wants to know how you feel about the service they provide at KLEX.

Click here to see the survey.

When you are finished you can print it out and fax it to her at 233-2774

Club Minutes Available Online

Click to view the online copies

2007_12	2008_03	2008_04	2008_06	2008_07	2008_08
2008_09	2008_10	2008_11	2008_12	2009_01	2009_02
2009_03	2009_04	2009_05	2009_06	2009_07	2009_08
2009_09	2009_10	2009_11	2009_12	2010_02	2010_04
2010_05	2010_06	2010_07	2010_08	2010_09	2010_10
2010_11	2010_12	2011_01	2011_02	2011_03	2011_04
2011_05	2011_06	2011_07	2011_08	2011_09	2011_10
2011_11	2011_12	2012_01	2012_03	2012_04	2012_06
2012_07	2012_08	2012_09	2012_10	2012_11	2012_12
2013_01	2013_02	2013_03	2013_04	2013_06	2013_08
2013_09	2013_10	2013_11	2013_12	2014_01	2014_02
2014_04	2014_06	2014_07

Financial Results

Our 2013 end-year financial summary information is available as an excel file. In addition, earlier summaries are available. Click on these links to review the information.

Tony 05 End-Year	Mike 05 End-Year	06 Mid-Year	06 End-Year
07 Mid-Year	07 End-Year	08 Mid-Year	08 End-Year
09 Mid-Year	09 End-Year	10 Mid-Year	10 End-Year
11 Mid-Year	11 End-Year	12 Mid-Year	12 End-Year
13 Mid-Year	13 End-Year	14 Mid-Year	14 End-Year

New Badge System at KLEX carries $150 penalty for the club per badge holder

The new badge system being implemented at the airport comes with a hefty $150 fine for the club if a member fails to turn in a badge. In order to get a badge now, each member is being asked to pony up a $150 refundable deposit to the club. Then, if the member goes inactive or quits or is deemed financially delinquent, and the member fails to turn in their badge, they will lose their $150 deposit. Note: We have been advised that public safety officers will be sent to attempt to retrieve a badge if the member fails to heed the clubs demand for return of the badge.

Higher prices are going into effect for new member badges and for eventual renewal of badges: $50 for a new badge and $15 to renew.

Click here to see a pdf file for more details !

Another new requirement: Plan on getting your badge renewed BEFORE it expires; waiting until after it expires will force the club to demand the return of the expired badge and the airport will force you to go through the FBI fingerprint and the whole new badge process and charge you $50 instead of $15.

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 reimburse only the Tac Air rate 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 only being reimburse the Tac Air rate. We expect that this proposal will save members over two hundred dollars annually.

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 !

Training Click Here for a study guide for the transition to the DA-40	POH Click Here for a link to the online POH (Flight Manual)
Checklist Click Here for a link to the online DA-40 Checklist	Autopilot Click Here for a link to the online KAP140 Autopilot User Manual
Horizontal Situation Indicator Click Here for a link to the online KCS-55A HSI User Manual	VM1000 Engine Monitor Click Here for a link to the online User’s Manual for the VM1000 Engine Monitor onboard the DA-40
Checkout Requirements Click Here to find out about DA-40 checkout requirements	Checkout Exam Click Here for the Checkout Exam for the DA-40

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!

CFI’s working with LFC members

Ryan Miller, Danny Stockdale, Mark Anders, Matt Gabbard, Pat Brookins, Mark Beauchamp, Kevin Moberly, David Leddy, 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/Instructors

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

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

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 - News to Use

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.

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

http://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 N213DS N75903 N3001W

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 !!

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

FAA 2011-2012 Chart Prices – Small Increase

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 - $4.75 (Suggested Retail Price: $5.25)
Approach Plates - $5.25 (Suggested Retail Price: $5.95)

AFD’s - $4.80 (Suggested Retail Price: $5.30)

VFR Charts

Subscription, billed to your CLUB account:

Charts delivered to the club house

VFR Sectionals - $8.25 (Suggested Retail Price: $9.00)

VFR Terminal Area Charts – $5.50 (Suggested Retail Price: $6.20)

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

VFR Sectionals - $9.00