In this issue:
Saturday, February 23rd, 10:00 AM Anglin mass training session
for security badges@ Anglin hangar
Tuesday, March 11th, 6:00 PM General membership Meeting @
Plymouth Library
Tuesday, April 29th, 6:00 PM MANG-MDOT Safety Seminar @
Plymouth Library
Monday, April 21st, 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
Saturday, May 3rd 8:00 AM Plane Wash & 11:00 AM BBQ @ MANG Hangers
Monday, May 19th 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
Saturday, June 21st 8:00 AM Plane Wash & 11:00 AM BBQ &
General Membership Meeting
Monday, July 21st 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
Saturday, August 2nd 8:00 AM Plane Wash & 11:00 AM BBQ @ MANG Hangers
Monday, August 18th 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
Monday, September 15th 6:00 PM General membership Meeting @ Plymouth Library
Saturday, October 4th 8:00 AM Plane Wash & 11:00 AM BBQ @ MANG Hangers
Monday, October 20th 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
Monday, November 17th 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
Friday, December 5th 6:00 PM Holiday Party @ TBD
In a few weeks your remote gate opener and your gate keys will no longer work. You will need a new Willow Run security badge to open the gate and to be within the secured airport area. Here is the process to get your badge:
Fill out a badge application. You can get the application by downloading it from our website or from the MANG office.
Sign the application in ink and send it to Bob Scott, Club secretary, 6384 Crane Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.
Attend a training session according to the schedule posted on our website. Alternatively, you can attend the Anglin mass training session on Saturday, There will be forms available at that training session so that you can do steps 1, 2, and 3 at this one meeting.
Go to Hangar 1, Room 200 to have your picture taken. Pay $20 for the badge.
Dale Thorsby has reported seeing our planes put away with fuel tanks so over-filled that they are leaking from the vents. When you fill the tanks, please do not fill above the bottom of the filler neck (about one inch below the cap). Sometimes line personnel filling the tanks for you will also over-fill, so keep an eye on them too.
Fuel has also been found leaking from the sump drains. When you sample the fuel during your pre-flight, make sure that the sump drain is not leaking afterwards. Watch it for at least five seconds to be sure. Sometimes the sump valve needs to be pulled down or twisted a little. Other times there may be a little dirt holding the valve open. In that case taking another sample will sometimes flush out the dirt so that the valve can seal. Leaking fuel from the sumps wastes fuel, causes a safety hazzard, and degrades the rubber when it leaks onto our tires.
Leave Aircraft Documents in their Pocket
A plane cannot legally fly without the AROW documents: Airworthiness Certificate, Registration Certificate, Operators Handbook, and Weight and Balance data. The first two of these documents are normally kept in a little pocket attached to the cabin wall. On several occasions these critical documents have been found scattered on the back seat or on the floor of the aircraft. If you ever have occasion to take these documents out from their holder, make sure you put them back in their pocket.
The new self-service fuel pumps that we told you about several months ago have been saving us a good deal of money over what we would be paying at AvFlight. But we have had to use our own credit cards and apply for reimbursement from the Club. Soon this will change. New MANG account cards will soon be placed in each of our planes so that you will be able to fuel up with the same convenience as with AvFlight. Watch the book in each plane for instructions on using these cards.
Do you have one of those fancy noise-cancelling headphones? Then you might be advised to adjust the volume on the plane's intercom. It has been reported that some noise-cancelling headphones will cut out completely if the noise being fed to them from the intercom is too high. If you can't hear anything through your headphones, try adjusting the intercom volume. If that fails, try using a different COM radio. If that fails, try the cabin speaker. In fact, it might be good to practice using the aircraft microphone and speaker, just to re-assure yourself that you can get by in case of a failure in your headphones.
Here are the statistics for January 2008:
|
(Total HOURS) |
54115 |
43755 |
33149 |
All Aircraft |
|
January: |
33.7 |
3.9 |
23.6 |
61.2 |
We had 17 pilots flying. Here are the top flyers in terms of flight hours for the month:
|
Brian Bayer |
31.8 |
|
John Keck |
7.7 |
|
Dale Thorsby |
4.2 |
|
Rod Lelental |
3.8 |
|
Tim Heyer |
3.0 |
