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South facing hangars 291 and 292 are home to Bob Andrews, his airplanes and his dogs - Brandy and Gizmo. We are not sure who we see more - Bob, his airplanes, or his dogs. Nonetheless, they are all fixtures here at Cable Airport. We recently caught up with Bob and he answered a few of our questions:

1. What do you fly? "I am presently partners in two Piper J-3 Cubs here at Cable both of which I rebuilt, one done up as a Navy NE-1 and the other a Navy NE-2."

2. How long have you been at Cable? And why did you choose Cable? "When I moved to California in 1982 along with my Piper Warrior, I settled in here at Cable on a tiedown and was finally able to acquire a hangar when some new hangars were built around 1985. Over the years I also did two Piper Tri-Pacer to tailwheel Pacer conversions, one of which remains on the field. I have been based at numerous airports over the years but I am yet to find one as congenial as Cable."

3. How long have you been flying? "I started flying in 1965 in Connecticut soloing in a Piper Colt. I purchased a Cessna 120 in 1966, followed by a Cessna 170, Cessna 180, and a Stinson Gullwing in later years."

4. What are your thoughts, in general, about Cable Airport? "This airport has been a second home for me and the wonderful friends I've made here. I'm here for the long haul here at Cable along with my two airport dogs, Brandy and Gizmo!"

Bob Andrews

With our deepest sympathies, Cable Airport lost a dear family member on June 3rd. David Franklin passed away at a way too young age of 54.

David's life was aviation and he was a fixture here at CCB. When you weren't hearing his voice on Unicom, David would be seen out and about being an ambassador to those visiting the airport for the first time and often seen on the grounds making CCB look better.

In the evenings, David taught pilots, and potential pilots, at the ground school. He was the statistician for the airport keeping track of all arrivals and departures while he was on duty.

A memorial for David will be held at CCB in the very near future. The Airport Office will blast notifications to our tenants once the details of the memorial are finalized.

Gone west... David, you will be severly missedDavid Franklin4/24/1962 - 6/3/2016

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Sharing a bit of history

We would like to thank George White in hangar Hex-4 for sharing a copy of Life magazine, dated February 2, 1942, with us here in the Airport Office. From the cover to the content there was so many cool things about this issue. From the ads for products that have disappeared long ago to the war-time stories of that period. This particular issue concentrated on the aircraft the United States had available for the war. Some of these airplanes have visited Cable. If we are lucky, more will come! Thank you again George for sharing!

Cool Things at Cable….We have so many cool things that come here to Cable Airport. We often have more coming and going here than just airplanes. On June 3rd, 2016, the Airport hosted the Cal Poly Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) race team - a student-run team competing in Formula SAE, an international collegiate design competition. The team brought one of their race cars to test. Cool thing is that every year the team joins together and makes these cars from scratch! The motor that is in this particular model was from a Yamaha R6 motorcycle.

Once built, the team comes to Cable to get very familiar with their car. The team is made up of four different drivers that switch off driving the car with each driver having a specialty adding something unique to the Formula SAE car. And with all their effort, the team will be heading to Germany this summer to compete with other students from around the world. Talk about fun!

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Tours Available

Did you know we offer tours here at Cable Airport? Whether it is for a mom’s group, a church group, and especially for school children, we love to show people from the community what a great place Cable Airport is and how intriguing aviation can be. If you know of any group that is interested in a tour of Cable or would like more information please have them call the Airport Office or email aguthrie@cableaiport.com.

Do you have stuff that you would like to get rid of?Would you be interested in participating in an Airport-wide yard sale?We are considering doing an Airport-wide yard sale in September and would like to know if you would be interested in participating. If you are interested or would like more information please call us at 909-982-6021 or shoot us a quick email at aguthrie@cableairport.com. If there is enough interest, we will plan and advertise accordingly. We will be sure to send you more information once a date is secured if we proceed.

Recently, I did some inquiring regarding the status of the "RNAV (GPS) RWY 6" instrument approach and it's NOTAM'd new Minimum Descent Altidues and Circling Altitudes. The FDC NOTAM has been in effect for some time and raises the straight in LP (localizer type precision) minimums to 2580' (1150' HAT). The NOTAM'd LNAV minimums are higher and circling minimums are 2620' MSL. The original published LP mins are a nice, low 1780' (350' HAT) and most WAAS GPS units provide an advisory glide slope (LP+V) on this approach. The NOTAM raised all of the "RNAV (GPS) RWY 6" minimums to, essestially, better than standard VFR minimums. (The current "VOR-A" has slightly better published minimums)

I spoke with a few people at the FAA, as well as Airport Manager Stephen Dunn about the approach NOTAM. Without getting into too much details about how approaches are built and the US Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS), which I know little about anyway, I'll try to explain the issue.

In the hundreds of pages of complex calculations and varying, engineer-written standards of TERPS, one is requiring a 40:1 slope providing obstacle clearance on a Missed Approach Procedure (MAP) climb segment. This surveyed area is what gurantees our obstruction clearance flying an MAP using the standard 200' per nautical mile (200'/NM) MAP climb performance requirement. The MAP on the "RNAV RWY 6" is a climb-in-hold to ADAMM using RIGHT turns. Well, the FAA and TERPS uses a flight path for that climb-in-hold pattern of 310 knots, (well above the max holding speed at 6000' and below of 200 KIAS). So the RIGHT turns at ADAMM puts the holding pattern boundary up into to the foothills, some which have antennas affixed to them, miles to the north of CCB!

Apparently, the FAA published the "RNAV (GPS) RWY 6" procedure, then sometime later came out and did an obstruction "survey". Among things like some shrubs around the airport, nearby trees in neighborhoods, issues of passing cement trucks off the approach end of RWY 6 on Dewey Way, etc, they found the antennas on the ridgeline north of CCB were not accurately surveyed (measured). Mr. Dunn addressed many of the offending "obstacles" for the FAA, but the antennas protruded into this 40:1 plane of the MAP climb-in-hold pattern. The FDC NOTAM was then issued raising approach minimums high enough to satisfy a 40:1 plane from the new MDA's, with additional margin for the antennas of questionable height.

The folks at the FAA Flight Procedures Team plan is to simply change the RIGHT turns at ADAMM to LEFT turns, thus moving the holding pattern boundary further south and taking the foothills, and antennas on them, out of the obstacle assessment area. But we know nothing moves fast at our beloved FAA, and most things in aviation can be suffixed with a "maybe"! The FAA believes the new hold will be approved by SoCal ATC managers and other teams at the FAA, will eliminate the associated NOTAM, and therefore reinstate all original published minimums on the "RNAV (GPS) RWY 6", allowing us to operate into CCB under IFR conditions. They also feel this is the best way to resolve the issue, as opposed to requiring a higher MAP climb gradient, or even just using the "VOR-A" MAP. Their stated date for this to be completed is November 2016..."maybe"!

Additionally, the current NOTAM allows a straight in to RWY 6 at night, but not a circle to 24. The current published "VOR-A" is not authorized at night. The FAA believes these night restrictions will remain.

Feel free to contact me with questions, and I will refer you to someone who knows more than me!

Joe Trocki, ATPjoepilott@msn.comHangar 190 - Mooney 201J

RNAV (GPS) RWY 6" instrument approach

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Emergency Service …………………..………… 9 1 1Cable Airport Office …….………...… (909) 982-6021Aircraft Interiors by Sill……….....…...(909) 243-0786Aviator Flight Training........................(714) 423-4440Av8r General Store .....……..........… (951) 538-8477Cable Flying Club ……….………...... (909) 917-5851Civil Air Patrol …………………….…. (909) 982-4014Commemorative Air Force ……….... (909) 226-7204EAA Chapter 448 ………………...…. (626) 705-5773Elk River Aviators, Painting ….…….. (909) 920-3149Falcon Insurance ………………….... (909) 949-4993

Important Numbers

Civil Air Patrol Squadron 25 – Meets every Tuesday in the CAP HQ, 6:30pm to 9:00pm. For more info: 909-982-4014 Cable EAA Chapter 448 – For more info: contact Michael Clearman at 626-705-5773 EAA Young Eagles – For info on the Young Eagles Program or the Young Eagles Event being held August 27th email chapter448youngeagles@gmail.com. 3rd Pursuit Squadron, Commemorative Air Force – For more information contact Cliff Heathcoat at 909-226-7204

Club Meetings / Events

Foothill Aircraft, Sales/Service.…….. (909) 985-1977Foothill Aircraft Parts ……….…...….. (909) 985-8837Foothill Flying Club ………….…..….. (909) 917-5851Maniac-Mikes Café ……….…….…... (909) 982-9886Safety Management, Security.…...… (909) 208-4777Sport Aero Color ...……….…….…… (909) 920-0460SoCAL Tracon ……….…………….... (619) 537-5800SoCAL Tracon, IFR clearance….….. (800) 448-3724FSS ……………………….….…….… (800) 992-7433Riverside FSDO ………………….…. (951) 276-6701

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10489 – Meets second Wednesday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the CAF building, for more info: 909-985-0476 Antique Aircraft Display Weekend – Meets first full weekend of the month in the area south of transit parking from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info: call Airport Office at 909-982-6021 Exotic Car Show – Meets second Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. For more info: Dan McGuire at 909-238-9227 Ground School – For more information call 909-917-5851

Things to Know...

Discounted fuel will be made available every display weekend !

Effective July 1, 2017, airport operators that have accepted federal grants, as Cable Airport has, may use airport hangars only for aviation-related purposes unless otherwise approved by the FAA. The FAA has found that airports allowing non-aeronautical storage or uses in hangars intended for aeronautical use interfere with or entirely displace aeronautical use of that hangar.

The intent of the policy is to ensure that the federal investment into airports is protected by making aeronautical facilities available to aeronautical users, and by ensuring that airports receive fair market value for the use of airport property for non-aeronautical purposes.

The FAA’s action defines “aeronautical use” to include construction of amateur-built aircraft and gives guidance on “permissible non-aeronautical uses of hangars”. As a part of this guidance, the FAA will allow for the “maintenance, repair, or refurbishment of aircraft, but not the indefinite storage of nonoperational aircraft”. This is not to say items can’t be stored in hangars. Not-aeronautical items can be stored in hangars provided the items do not interfere with the aeronautical use of the hangar.

Airports may obtain advance written approval of a month-to-month leasing plan for non-aeronautical use of vacant hangars. The FAA will consider giving approval of a month-to-month leasing plan when there is no current aviation demand for hangars.

What does the FAA hangar-use policy mean for Cable tenants? Cable Airport has been receiving federal grants for years. The security gates, runway pavement project, and forthcoming AWOS are all possible due to federal grants; therefore, Cable Airport will not jeopardize future federal funding by allowing non-aeronautical uses of its hangars. Cable will not be seeking advance written approval of a month-to-month leasing plan for non-aeronautical uses of hangars as demand for our hangars for aeronautical uses exceed the number of hangars that have become available. So beginning immediately, tenants that are not using their hangars for aeronautical purposes will be given a 30 notice to vacate their hangars in order for the Airport to be able to lease hangar space for aeronautical use. Copies of the FAA policy is available in the Airport Office.

FAA Clarifies hangar-use policy