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North Shore Aero Club

May2013

Training services North Shore Aero Club is more than just a club. We are a leading flight training organization cater-ing 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 licence validations and provide a range of ground courses for licences 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 success-ful 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 OPERATIONThe 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 5.30pm.

We are closed on Christmas day and New Year’s Day only.The bar is open 5-7pm Fridays and Saturday and from 4-7pm on a

Sunday during the winter - it will stay open later if required

May 2013PROP TALK

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EDITOR: Trevor Dance DESIGN: Rudolf Struyck, COVER DESIGN: Rudolf StruyckCOVER PHOTOGRAPHY: Steve Bicknell - GOPIX , www.gopix.co.nz

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Patron John Verleun 09 479 7555President Joe Smith 0272 525 216Vice President David Saunders 09 638 7784Treasurer Margaret Smith 09 445 6486Secretary Ian Couper 09 478 6351Club Captain Michael Bach 021 650 592Committee John Eaton 09 420 3331

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CFI Daryl Gillett 09 426 4273Instructors (full time) John Punshon Shaun EverestB-Cat Instructors (part time) Allan Roberts Dawson Boles

Alistair Blake Candice GillettJudith Grant Stan SmithTim Marshall

C-Cat Instructors (part time) Michael Bach Tom HowittGlenn Ross

NS Helicopter Instructors Roy Crane Ed SellarRiaan van Wyk

Flight Office Staff Lynn PackerWeekends Rebecca Blackwood (Sat.) Monica Winters (Sun.)Safety Coordinator Tim MaynardBar Staff Brian Clay Angela McLaggan

Groundsman Dom Gundry

Da ry l G i l l e t t Your CF I

So it looks like winter is arriving after such a good run. Good thing is that due to all that fine weather we had during summer, the grass runways are still as hard as a rock. Of course the lack of rain was not good for some, but due to the drought it would seem at this point the grass runways may well be open for some time yet – fingers crossed… So keep up the flying and using that grass while you can!

It is with much sadness that we advise Alistair Blake will be leaving in early May to fly for Air Nelson. Alistair has always been a popular instructor – but don’t despair he will continue to be available in and around his airline flying roster. I wish Alistair all the best as he embarks on his new career path.

CAA AVKIWI Seminar – Get the Mental Picture! Last year a whopping 149 people packed into the club rooms upstairs for the CAA Safety Seminar. This year will likely be similar, if not more popular, for the AVKIWI Seminar “Get the Mental Picture”.

Mental Picture? That’s the picture of your surroundings that you build in your mind; through Situational Awareness. A varying degree of Situational Awareness is displayed by pilots – some of it good, some of it bad. All pilots have skills he or she can exploit to achieve and maintain a high level of situational awareness – most of which you will learn at the seminar.

I urge you to attend the seminar whether you’re an experienced pilot or trainee. I’m sure it will provide much value to all; and best of all, it’s free !

The Weather is one of those things in life that you can never be free of. It’s everywhere, all around us – it is sometimes good, sometimes bad, and sometimes sort of in the middle. Because it is ever-present, it does tend to feel

normal, typical, or routine. Unless the weather falls to an extreme, either exceptionally good, or phenomenally bad, we may not even give it a

mere thought. Why would we need to anyway? Well, if we intend to immerse ourselves in an activity that utilises the atmosphere, the condition of it would be a likely consideration one would imagine. Is the weather good, or is it bad are my first thoughts before a planned flight – a highly weather dependent activity it is of course!

A recent morning at the club saw three pilots at different times approach the office counter and ask to be signed-out. I asked the question “have you checked the weather”, to which the reply of all three was “No”. “Hmmmmm”, I thought. Maybe those little orange sock thingy’s near the threshold of each runway were giving me wrong information or maybe even my eyes were deceiving me… Nope, the windsocks are definitely indicating a constant 20kts gusting well over 25kts at times! To make things even more doubtful a significant crosswind existed.

After close inspection of the weather forecasts, the Auckland and Whenuapai TAF’s showed a surface level wind of between 240 and 260 degrees magnetic at 20kts gusting 30kts! And the 2000ft wind was shown as 35kts.All three pilots quickly made a no-go decision – which was in my mind the correct decision. Excellent!

However my concern is that not one of those pilots had examined the weather forecasts and reports before arriving at the counter to be signed-out. That does trouble me. The fact of the matter is the weather is probably the first and foremost critical element to consider prior to engaging in flying activities. Although complacency may creep in over time, affecting the unwary, the weather deserves far more respect and time of thought. Furthermore, our brand spanking new flight planning area is designed to allow pilots the

opportunity to carry out all pre-flight planning required before departure – including assessment of the current and future weather conditions. It’s there to be used, so use it!

Lastly, if you think you can handle a C152 or a C172 in a crosswind of 20kts gusting to 30kts you’re quite welcome to pop up to the club on a suitable day and demonstrate your extraordinary ability to me!

South Island Trip 2013 - It’s that time of year again – the annual club South Island Trip is fast approaching, so make sure you have an aeroplane booked and an instructor if you need one. Flying in the wondrous South Island environment is absolutely breathtaking, and something every aviator should experience. Mountain flying does require a different ‘mind-set’ along with knowledge of basic mountain flying techniques though. Before the trip departs we will conduct a briefing to cover these and other factors to be considered while planning to be, and aloft in, around, and over such terrain. The trip provides supervised conditions which cater for all experience levels – see Tim Marshall at the club to find out more about the trip.

TEA Training - As explained in my previous article, to fly an aircraft equipped with a glass cockpit IFR, you require a TEA (Technically Enhanced Aircraft) endorsement – and that now we are again very lucky to have the capability to train pilots towards that endorsement.

The Cessna 182T ‘CDR’, is equipped with Garmin G1000’s – the most advanced glass-cockpit system light aircraft have to offer. With its synthetic vision technology, one nearly doesn’t need to see outside at all! And of course, with a large artificial horizon and moving-map display a much higher level of situational awareness can be easily attained by the Instrument Pilot.So, if you have an instrument rating and have ever considered gaining a TEA endorsement come and see us at the club, or flick me an e-mail. The aircraft is also available for initial instrument rating training if you wish to start with a glass cockpit from the beginning. Due to insurance requirements, the aircraft is only available for dual flying under IFR. See the advert below.Daryl

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The end of the financial year ended as usual on the 31st March. From early indications of the unaudited accounts, the Club is in a healthy position thanks to the hard and diligent effort of our Staff and Committee. This is now the 3rd year in a row that the Club has been nurtured back to health. This has been achieved along with several improvements to the general facilities for the benefit of all our members.

These improvements, to name a few are the refurbishment of the reception area along with the Instructors and Admin office, concreting of the entrance to Gate 9 and resurfacing of the Southern Taxiway.

The runway lighting system is under review and trials on an LCD system have been evaluated by the flying staff for suitability. After 4 or 5 trials a purpose made light has been produced to suit our requirements. The manufacturer is now working on an estimate for implementing a system; more on that in the next edition of this fine publication.

Whilst on the topic of Proptalk, remember this is your publication and the Editor will welcome articles or titbits, photographs, memories etc. from all members. Please send your contribution to the editor trevord@orcon.net.nz or manager@nsac.co.nz

The administration office is now connected directly to the Instructors office. It will assist those in that area to work effectively if the “Staff Only” notice on the entry doors are adhered to. That is not to say they are incommunicado. Please ask at reception and the Instructor will come to you and have a chat in our new meeting room.

The Club bar opening hours as from the 7th April will be Fridays and Saturdays from 1700 to at least 1900hrs. Sundays from 1600hrs to at least 1900hrs. There is a position for more bar staff, please contact Candice Gillett or manager@nsac.co.nz if you would like to assist.

Alistair Blake has now joined Air Nelson and I’m sure we all wish him well in his new career. The Club will not be denied the skills of this fine and popular instructor as he will be available part time.

Robyn and Alan Roberts organised a gathering of past and present members who have had a major role to play in the very foundations of the Club. We all owe a debt of thanks to those members because without their vision and enthusiasm the club would not be here at all – thank you.

Last year there was a trial “Listening Post” whereby it was envisaged that members would meet and put forward their ideas and aspirations. It was not a resounding success so perhaps an email to the “manager” would be easier so please let us have your thoughts in general. Any thoughts or concerns will be passed on to the committee.

The NZ International Air Show was as we all know not a financial success. The Club was one of the better represented organisations in that we had a Heads of Agreement, a Contract and a Payment contract that was signed by both parties before the event took place. Most other organisations relied on a “paid if successful” deal. All our documents were drawn up by a solicitor.

Furthermore we negotiated a “Preferential Payment” clause into our agreement where we were to be paid ahead of all others. The Club at the moment is in contact with the Liquidators pressing our claim for payment.

NSAC had a minimal exposure to risk and our expenses are minimal. The true cost to the Club will not be known until our claim is settled either as a ‘Preferred Supplier” or as an unsecured creditor.

Joe

Well, well, well. Autumn seems to have kicked in now and the recent tropical depression has meant persistent rain and 45kt nor’easterlies for the last couple of days. Watched the last one developing for a couple of days, but man-aged to have a day’s sailing out of Kerikeri on Sunday – lovely ! The weather did pack in overnight Sunday, and we had gale force winds by mid-morning Monday and rain. But still, we were moored up on the lee side of the bay, so well protected by that point and enjoyed a nice cup of Cocoa at the end of the day.

The recent weather reminds me of a joke my sister told one Sun-day morning after one too many glasses of sherry. It involved a tropical cyclone, a palm tree and some coconuts. If only I could remember the punch line……..

Anyway – to business…Pre-flight Inspections and Aircraft Walk Rounds

I said I’d do an article about Pre-flight Inspections this month, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt that I didn’t really know where to start. The point is that the whole process of a “Pre-Flight” should really start well before you even get to the airfield. It’s not just the bit that you do when you carry out the “Aircraft Walk-Round” – even though that’s an important component.

I suppose what got me thinking is that most problems that occur when you are flying are normally associated with either: bad planning; a bad inspection; or bad management. Or, on a bad day, if you really “Cock-it up”, all three !

40% of accidents in New Zealand are as a con-sequence of people flying in bad weather that they aren’t rated for – now that’s bad planning. The remainder, or at least a high proportion, are due to bad inspections (e.g. loss of pressure instruments because the static port or pitot is bunged up) or bad management (e.g. running

out of fuel, or selecting an empty tank). So concentrating on the first two, and making sure these tasks are carried out properly as part of the “Pre-Flight Inspection”, will significantly reduce the risk of “Coming a Cropper”.

So when does the Pre-Flight Start ? At least a couple of days ahead of your flight you should be looking at the way the weather is develop-ing, and what the likely conditions will be. Will the flight even go ahead, and will the journey

out to the airfield be a waste of time or not ?

The weather on the day, or during the flight, should never come as a surprise. However, all too often, pilots look at the weather at the last minute, maybe just an hour or so ahead of departure, and even then make a hash of what it’s tell-ing them, and get caught out ! Fa-tal accident reports are full of this type of thing – just go and have a look on the CAA Website.

The order in which the weather should be looked is “Top Down”.

Start with the big picture – the longer term outlook a couple of days out (TV, Newspapers, Met-Vu) - followed by the current synoptic on the day. And then the detail as follows, once you get the Met-Flight Weather Briefing:

ARFOR’S – area forecasts for the areas that you are flying through, and adjoining areas too.TAF’s - Terminal Area Forecasts – but remem-ber they are only good for the area in the vicin-ity of the airfield – that’s within an 8km radius, or 5nm in old money.Metar’s – Issued on the hour normally – but Auto Metars on the half hour and “Special” Metars issued as and when, if conditions are deteriorating/changing. Again these are only in the vicinity of the airfield, but occasionally they’ll go out to 16km.

There are other reports too (ATIS/PIREPS/BWR’s) – but the above are the main ones that

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you should be routinely looking at before going flying. And don’t forget to check the NOTAM’s as well ! Then of course there’s the Aircraft Pre-Flight or Walk-Round…………..

Aircraft Pre-flight Inspection or Walk-round - I’ve watched some interesting pre-flights in my time. You know the sort of thing:

Type One – pilot wandering around, Cell Phone pressed to the ear, not really concentrating on the job in hand; orType Two – moving round the aircraft in a se-ries of uncoordinated, random directions – with no plan or sequence. It’s the type of inspection that takes ages – and at the end, it won’t be very effective !

The aircraft “Pre-flight Inspection” or “Walk-round” should be done systematically, as a well practiced routine. Different aircraft will require different routines, but they should always be done in a consistent manner. In that way you will know what you should be looking at each point on the aircraft and, just like an Aircraft Check-List, each element of the inspection will be looked at in sequence. That way, things shouldn’t get missed out.

And a couple of other key points to remember:When you walk out to the aircraft – have a good look at the aircraft as a whole and “Sniff the Air”: is the aircraft sitting level, i.e. are the oleos and tyres correctly inflated; are there obvious indications that fuel or brake fluid is leaking; is the aircraft chocked properly; is the tow bar attached; is it parked in a position that enables you to taxi out, or is there an aircraft ahead of you; check the wind sock, so that you know when you taxi out which runway is in use; and have a good look at the sky – is there a ruddy great CB approaching and are you about to get soaked or flight get delayed. You know, it’ the “Big Picture Stuff” that you need to check before you get started.

Once you’ve started the “Walk Round”, don’t let yourself get interrupted by anything or anyone. That’s how things get missed.

Make sure that all items, like intake plugs, pitot covers, control locks, fuselage props, tow bars, canopy covers etc. are removed before you start the Pre-Flight Inspection. This will mean that you won’t have to wander around with armfuls of kit in your hands. The Pre-flight Inspection should be done without anything in your hands, in a well lit environment (not in the

hangar), so that you can wiggle, prod, touch, feel, and run your hands over the aircraft. It’s not just a visual inspection. You should be using your eyes, ears, nose and sense of feel so that you can really examine the aircraft properly.

Make sure all inspection access panels, drains, luggage bays, oil fillers etc. are all closed im-mediately as you go round the aircraft. Don’t imagine that you will remember to close an inspection hatch later – because you won’t, you will forget.

And once you’ve finished, and all the passen-gers and baggage are loaded, you must take one more minute to walk slowly round the air-craft to make sure that you haven’t omitted the obvious. Like a tow bar still attached, or chocks in place or a luggage bay open. It does happen and I could list the “Cock-Ups” that I’ve seen in my time because this simple step has been omitted. Your passengers will thank you I as-sure you, and it will mean that you don’t end up looking like a complete “Dork” as you taxi away from the apron with someone’s luggage still on the wing, or the tow bar still attached !

For what it’s, worth I still use the following “De-parture Checklist” that I used for my CPL Cross Country Training – seems to cover off every-thing, but you can tailor it, depending on what you are up to:

Weather Briefing and NotamsWeight and Balance and P ChartsNav Planning, Current Charts and Nav Equipment – Current and AccessibleAIP, Aerodrome Plates, Supplements and AIC – Current and AccessibleLife Jackets, Pickets, Survival EquipmentPre-flight Inspection, Refuelling, Fuel Checked and SampledFlight Plan

So that’s it for this month. Remember, take your time with the Pre-Flight Inspection, but carry it out in a methodical and well practiced manner. And it shouldn’t take all day. The objective is to go flying and not to spend the whole ruddy day mucking around carrying out a series of random actions, in the faint hope that by the time you’ve got in the aircraft everything will have been checked !

Fly safely and look after yourselves – and keep the feed-back flooding in. And remember “Old Bill” is always watching, listening and looking out for you …………..“Old Bill”

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An unusual and exciting event took place re-cently at the club during the fantastic weather we have had recently.

Just another absolutely stunning clear day with light winds. But this day was different - the Avi-ation Sports Club were guests at North Shorebringing their gliders over from Whenuapai so we could share in the delights of this silent mode of flying.

Ray Burns takes up the story:

The ferry team gathered early. Duty pilot Jonathan Pote - diligent as ever - had the gate open shortly after 0730 hours(!) at our Whenu-apai base to ready the fleet, gather ‘other stuff’ that is needed and see our three gliders safely launched in the direction of NZNE. Genny Hea-ley & I crewed GMW, followed by Steve Foreman in GVF and Gary Patten in GMP - with Andrew Sunde flying the tug. A fully booked flight schedule awaited us at North Shore so it wasn’t long before we had the first Aero Club member ‘up and away’ getting their first ‘hands on’ experience in a glider. Dur-ing the day, the single seaters had some addi-tional action, with Lionel Page flying GVF. Steve Foreman, Gary Patten and Ivor Woodfield flew GMP. The longest flights of the day were by

Lionel - 67 minutes, and Steve - 66 minutes. Meanwhile, I struggled to keep aloft with my ‘trial flighters’ - all four of them, and CFI Peter Thorpe didn’t fare any better with his one and only attempt. However, Ray Burns said it was ‘easy peasy’ - kept both his flights aloft for the allotted period! What can I say!

The day was ‘humming along’ with the ground crew doing excellent work in positioning gliders - complete with crew on board - out onto the concrete runway for take-off, and clearing glid-

ers immediately upon landing. Unfortunately, all came to a halt when the FK9 tug became unserviceable. No choice now, but to realise the situation - our flying was ‘done’- and trailers would need to be fetched from Whenuapai to get the gliders back. The tug would stay at North Shore.

It was 2030 hours - with gliders tucked up in their trailers - as we locked the gate at Whenuapai. The day was none the less enjoy-able with our excellent club spirit making it all work. Many thanks to all who participated and helped today :- Genny Healey, Tony Prentice, Ivor Woodfield, Lionel Page, Roy Whitby, Rudolf Struyck, Gary Patten, Steve Foreman, Andrew Sunde, Ray Burns, Jonathan Pote, Graham Lake, and Peter Thorpe. (Gosh - I do hope I haven’t missed anyone! My apology if I have.) It was good to see Bob & Janet Cridland ‘rock up’ too - Bob needed to check we were doing everything right.

As Duty Instructor, my thanks also to the North Shore Aero Club for hosting our visit - and to Michael Bach for overseeing and co-ordinating flight line safety.

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A different perspective on the day from the “Towie” : Operating out of North Shore was fairly successful with no major issues with traffic and the unusual runway and taxiway system. The runway distance was marginal but we made it work, it was consistent at least. The local area west of the airfield proved OK to tow into and facilitated a quick rejoin on the base leg. All was running smoothly until, as most of the bar at North Shore could tell you, I went digging with the nose wheel of RDW.

I was running long on all my landing rolls to allow room for the tow rope over the fence, and unfortunately this sent me flying over the hump

Gliding Day at NSAC

created by the cross runway at North Shore. On this particular occasion I had perhaps 20 or 30 knots up, still braking after landing, as I went up the hump. This rocketed the plane into the air. Rather than applying full power and climbing away like any good pilot knows he should do, I fig-ured it would only be a minor bounce and unexciting just like the previous landings. How wrong can you be! Several nose-first bounces later the nose wheel fork bent and subsequently dug the nose into the ground.

Luckily, the FK9 is designed to have prop clearance even with the fork bent, so the damage was limited to the landing gear and supports. I won’t do that again! Thanks to all who assisted and very very sorry to make you all have to stay late to disassemble gliders.

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A final note from our own Michael Bach : It was a pleasure to have you and the team at NE. There is a lot of interest been generated by your visit. I suspect we could easily fill the glider on another Sunday soon if you get the tug fixed and have a spare Sunday in your busy schedule.

With winter creeping in and the balmy days of summer behind us, it is all too easy to slip into the gloom of the season - but there is heaps going on - cheer up !

50th Anniversary - Incorporated on 25th September 1963, the North Shore Aero Club will have been actively promoting the joys of aviation for 50 years. We are planning a special dinner to celebrate this Anniversary and since the 25th falls on a Wednesday this year, we have decided to hold a dinner on the evening of Saturday 28th September 2013. Please put a note in your diary as it will be an event not to be missed.

With such a long history, it would be great to honour as many of our past members at this dinner, especially those to who have contributed time and effort to build the club into the strong organisation that it is today. If you know the current contact details of any past members, please email Trevor Dance who has volunteered to pull this together - trevord@orcon.net.nz.

AGM - Our AGM is coming up shortly and this is really worth attending. Those members who have come along in recent years, will have noticed that we have moved away from a fine speech by the president followed by a free beer, to a colourful presentation of photographs and lively discussions of happenings around the club over the past year. The AGM is a great chance to meet other pilots and talk aviationy things.

Please come along and take an active part in your club, the date will be announced shortly and will appear on the NSAC web site.

Farewell Dominic - We will soon be saying a fond goodbye to our devoted groundsman Dominic Gundry, who recently gained his CPL. Dom will be going to California on 6th June to teach children to sail Optimists. So whilst we will be braving another windy winter here in Auckland, Dominic will be having fun in the sun sipping a cold beer and playing with boats - We all wish you good luck Dominic, don’t miss us too much.

Unitary Plan - On the face of it, not as excit-ing as flying, so why mention it here ? Well the Auckland Unitary plan could have a major affect on our airfield, so please pay attention.

It is of concern to the NSAC committee that the Auckland Council has issued their Uni-tary Plan without the necessary or custom notice to the wider community.

It is our understand-ing that we have until the end of May to submit our concerns regarding the plan.

What is of greater worry is that certain parts or indeed maybe the whole of the plan, if passed in September this year, will then become law to which there will be precious little point in a challenge to the plan.

At the moment under the old Rodney district plan our airfield is designated as Zone 4, but this could change under the plan as the Rodney Plan may not be considered by the Auckland Council.

What’s Happening ?

The plan calls for some areas very close to the airfield to be zoned for “affordable housing” meaning that houses will sell for a maximum $400,000 at today’s prices. With the price of land at present, this most likely means high

density housing to offset the price of land similar to that envisaged for Taka-puna, Belmont and Northcote 4 story buildings.

The plan takes our area into the year 2030 and beyond. It is of vi-tal importance that we make a very strong sub-mission to ensure our airfield is left untouched by the planners to preserve the heritage that we have been fortunate to be left with.

The committee is asking all members to submit any ideas or comments to the President. Please email to manager@nsac.co.nz. It is in your best interests to do so.

The Draft Auckland Plan can be downloaded on the web here http://unitaryplan.aucklandcoun-cil.govt.nz/pages/xc.enquire/UnitaryPlanElec-tronicPrint.aspx.

NEST Helicopter - The Northland Emergency Services Trust has now been granted free land-ing rights at North Shore by the committee. This valuable public service has three Sikorsky S-76A emergency rescue helicopters: Helimed I, Helimed II, and Helimed III and is the only service in New Zealand using this larger model of emergency helicopters providing world-class capabilities.

They can carry enough fuel for 3hrs 10min of flying time (standard) or 5hrs 30min, with an

extra fuel tank fitted. This means they can fly from North Shore to Cape Reinga and back and will still have enough fuel to continue on to Auckland, if a sick or injured patient needs to be transferred there.

Yves Rossy at EAA - As the Northern Hemi-sphere moves into spring, as the saying goes, a

young man’s thoughts turn to ..Oshkosh !

Yves Rossy (jetman), who has become a friend to many at NSAC during his formation fly-ing at the club in January,

will be making his first public appearance at the EAA Airventure this year in the USA - it just goes to show what a passport to success, the NSAC can be - today Dairy Flat, tomorrow the largest gathering of aircraft in the world - We wish our friend Yves all the best.

The Duchess is coming - The Club has been fortunate for the last few years in that Rich-ard Milne has allowed the Club to hire his Cougar CGR for multi engine flight training and multi engine instrument training. MEIR is the precursor of the “road to the

Airlines” which many of our members have travelled. Like all good things they come to an end and CGR now needs 2 replacement en-gines. This is at considerable cost to the Owner who has now put the aircraft up for sale. The Committee has decided to purchase our own twin engine Beech Duchess ME76.

At the commitee’s request, Flight Line Aviation have sent their North Shore Manager to inspect the aircraft from an engineer’s perspective. The report shows the aircraft is in excellent order.

Daryl and John Punshon will now test fly the aircraft exhaustively and if their report is fa-vourable a purchase will be made.

We do have students awaiting the delivery to commence their training. The committee believes is important that we have suitable air-craft available at all times. With this purchase we can comfortably join with our members and students in a reliable ongoing service.

CAA AvKiwi Seminars coming up -

Auckland - Tuesday 7 May, 11:00 amATC Hall, Ardmore Aerodrome

Tuesday 7 May, 7:00 pm Auckland Aero Club, Ardmore Aerodrome

Wednesday 8 May, 7:00 pm North Shore AerodromeWhangarei, May 9th.

This year, the AvKiwi Safety Seminar is looking at collision avoidance, with specific emphasis on situational awareness – building andmaintaining that all important mental picture of what’s going on around you – because it’s this incredibly important set of skills that will keep you out of the statistics.

But wait there’s more, not only will you gain amazing insight into how situational awareness can save your life, you will also come away with

some skills to improve your situational aware-ness, and (as if that’s not already enough) a CD-ROM to teach you even more about situ-ational awareness, including some games to practice those skills on.

But wait, there’s even more – for those of you with smart phones, and other such devices, the CAA will be launching a situational awareness app, to help you continuously improve your situational awareness skills.

AvKiwi Seminars are FREE to attend.

Not so good news - Theft

BEWARE there have been a spate of thefts from the airfield over the last few months. There is no apparent pattern to the thefts, purely ran-dom it would seem and at the moment it is just Avgas being stolen from aircraft; in the latest case GBA were the target. The thieves enter the airfield and steal the fuel and if that is not bad enough they, in the main, leave the fuel cap on the ground allowing rain water to enter the fuel tanks.

We as pilots know the impor-tance of pre-flight checks so please ensure the fuel strain-ing part of your pre-flight check is done properly. The police of course can do little to stop this type of ran-dom theft. We on the other hand can be vigilant when we are at the club or passing

along Postman road at night. The committee has had a fence erected to the northern side of the club house to deter entrance into the club hangar. The committee is also looking into the feasibility of installing infrared cameras on the outside of the hangar and also in the interior of the club house. Any suspicious activity should be reported to the police and brought to the attention of the manager - manager@nsac.co.nz please.

NSAC a bargain - The recent 10% increase in facility, parking and night flying fees at Ard-more Airport from 1 April plus 5% per annum increase for each successive year for 4 years again highlights the benefits of flying at North Shore.

With over 70 hangars now on the airfield and more in the offering, the club is still well placed to provide further sites to members interested in either building or leasing a hangar.

With this in mind the following may be of inter-est to new and existing hangar owners.

“Leases” – On a continuing basis the club is aiming to provide lessees with a standard form of lease for all hangar sites. The Club retains title to the land and charges rental on a formula based on the footprint of the hangar and apron.

The lease gives the lessee the right to use the runways, taxiways, parking areas and grassed areas forming part of the airfield and to operate aircraft to and from the airfield. i.e. “No Landing Fees” unlike most other airfields.

The lease requires the lessee to be a pilot mem-ber of the Club and to pay an equitable share of the council rates based on a valuation of the hangar so that newer modern hangars will pay a higher share of rates than older hangars of similar size.

As the total cost of a formal valuation for each individual hangar would likely exceed $20,000, the Club, with the assistance of several hangar owners, has produced an in-house valuation of every hangar on the airfield. This schedule of valuations will shortly be sent to all hangar

owners inviting comment and changes where proven, will be made prior to sign off by the Committee.

Private use ground rent from 1 April is set at $5.12 m2 with a higher figure applicable to commercial and semi commercial operators.

The current term of lease is for 3 years from 1 April 2013 plus 2 x 6 year rights of renewal. Rent reviews are 3 yearly and based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase over the preceding 3 years. The most recent increase for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013 was 6.7% increasing the rent from $4.80 m2 to $5.12 m2.

As a cost saving to hangar owners most leases, deeds of lease renewals and deeds of assign-ment are prepared in house at a moderate cost resulting in a considerable saving to the lessee.

Right now there are several hangar projects in the development stage and any member inter-ested in acquiring or leasing a new hangar in a prime location should contact Paul McSherry Phone 021969186 or Hanz Holtz 021607394 .

Other sites are available for leasing to build on the airfield and interested parties should con-tact Joe Smith 09 426 4273 or John Eaton on 021 047 300 for details.

All enquiries re leases, renewals, assignments, and rent reviews etc. can be made to the Club Secretary – Ian Couper Ph478 6351 and he will do his best to help you.

Boy Scouts - The planned “Boy scouts at NSAC day” for 5th May had to be called-off due to weather, however the intention is to hold this later in May or early June - Steve Perreau, Ste-ve Jones, Alan Hull, Rhonda and Lester Dredge, and Tony Payne had already volunteered to take the scouts for a quick flight to say, Orewa and back. With this having to be rescheduled, if you are interested in helping out, please contact Lester on lester.dredge@westcap.co.nz.

Lester’s daughter Karen is a Scout Leader at Massey Scout group. The group has an aviation achievement challenge and the idea is to bring them to NSAC and show them various A/C and

how they work.

There will be 10-12 kids aged 10-14, Please let Lester know if you are able to help.

Cubs like aircraft too The Dairy Flat cubs have visited NSAC several times (as kea’s as well) and the response from the kids has been fantastic. They just love to

see the aeroplanes and talk to instructors. John Germain has asked if the older group of cubs, could visit, possibly on a Tuesday even-ing at 6pm which is their normal cubs meeting time. Of course we would be willing to oblige. The idea would be to give them a taste of what they need to do, to start learning to fly, perhaps give them the start-up procedure for the robinthat they would practice and learn. With an instructor they could go through the procedure and start the engine or perhaps be just shown the controls and do a radio check with a pilot member. Whilst this seems no big deal for us, it would be amazing for them.

So if you if you have time and would like to spend an evening to inspire a young eaglet, send and email to manager@nsac.co.nz and we will pencil you in.

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Many thanks to Joe Smith and Ian Couper for submitting content for Proptalk this month. RegardsTrevor

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NEW MEMBERS

We welcome the following new members to our club:

We look forward to seeing you at the club at one of our social occa-sions!

Casey Edward Harker

Young Chan Kim

Neil Willliam Lawson

Todd Luke Sims

Alan Barwick

Mark Fotherby

Gail and Doepo Schipper

Matthew Forlong

Hayden Ellis

Vanessa Huntingford

Zachariah Roy Al-Alami

Alice Todd

Nigel N Dugmore

Damien Corbett

Philippa C Cameron,

Alejandro Gonzalez

David Pauw

Robin Michael Kuhn

Andrew James Young

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1 To where does the fuel go when you operate the fuel primer?a the inlet manifold

b the carburettor float chamberc the cylinder headsd the inlet ports

2 When an aircraft yaws, about which axis is it rotating?

a normalb lateralc longitudinal

d horizontal

3 In an aerodrome forecast (TAF) if the visiblity is given as ‘9999’ what is the forecast horizontal visibility?

a 10 nm or moreb less than 10 kmc unlimitedd 10 km or moree between 9 and 10 km

4 After cruising for over an hour with ambient temperature below 0 C at 6500 ft you begin your descent

towards your destination. As you start descending the ASI reading starts to fall. What is the likely cause?a the static system is blocked, perhaps by wa-

ter having frozenb the pitot head is blocked perhaps by water

having frozenc both systems are blockedd the ASI’s aneroid capsule has ruptured

5 Most pilots are subjected from time to time whilst airborne to turbulence. This can vary considerably in intensi-

ty. What are the for terms used to classify turbulence?a slight, moderate, serious, extremeb light, moderate, severe, extremec occasional, intermittent, frequent, continuousd trace, light, moderate, severe

6 Your DI is unserviceable and you have been asked by ATC to turn right onto 330 deg (M). You make a rate

1 turn without slipping or skidding. What should be your magnetic compass read when you start to roll out of the turn?a 330 degb 350 degc 310 degd 290 deg

7 Your altitude is defined as the vertical distance between your aircraft and which of the following?

a QNH pressure levelb ground levelc mean sea leveld aerodrome level

8 What does the venturi in the carbu-rettor choke tube produce?

a an increase in velocity of air passing the fuel jetb an increase in air pressure at the throt-

tle butterflyc a reduction in air pressure at the throttle but-

terflyd turbulent airflow to mix fuel and air efficiently

AV I ATO R S E L F T E S TA selection of brain teasers by James Allan, published by ‘Pilot’, Britain’s most widely read GA magazine. With kind permission of the author and Pilot magazine.www.pilotweb.aero

Check your answers here:1 a, c or d depending on the type of engine involved 2 a

3 d 4 b A frozen or blocked pitot tube will trap ram air pressure and cause the ASI to function like an altimeter. 5 b and ‘extreme’ is defined as ‘turbulence in which

the aircraft is violently tossed about and is practi-cally impossible to control. It may cause structural damage’

6 b7 c

8 a and c