MANG AERO CLUB
Newsletter
Vol. 7 No. 10 (October 2009)
In this issue:
Calendar of Events
November 9th, Monday, 6:00 PM Board Meeting @ Birdcage Lounge
December 4th, Friday, 6:00 PM Holiday Party & General Membership
Election @ DeLucas in Westland
(*) The Plymouth Library is at 223 S. Main St. in
downtown Plymouth. Phone 734-453-0750
Your FAA Pilot's Certificate may need replacing
As
you may have heard, all paper Pilot Certificates will become invalid
on March 31 of next year. (Thanks to Paul Fortino for the
heads-up on this.). So if your certificate looks like the one
to the right, you need to order a replacement from the FAA. So,
prompted by Paul's reminder, I went to the FAA website to see what is involved.
The FAA website where you can read about this is www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/expiring_paper_certificates.
The process I went through was somewhat easier because I had
previously registered with Airmen Online Services. But if you
haven't registered, now would be a good time to do it. It is
free and it makes ordering a replacement for your paper Certificate eaiser.
I decided not to bother with the option for changing by Certificate
number, so it is still my Social Security Number. If you have
received your Pilot's Certificate recently, it probably is not your
SSN. In any case, to apply for the new plastic Pilot's
Certificate, you need to specifiy a photo of yourself. But you
don't have to get a new picture taken. All you have to do is
reference a state driver's license number, or a US passport number,
and they will get the picture from their records. After all,
they are the government, and they have all this info. So I used
my passport number. Finally, you have to pay $2 with a credit
card. I'm not sure why they wanted the photo because it does
not show up on the new plastic certificate.
The whole process took me only a few minutes, and I got my nice new
plastic Pilot's Certificate in the mail about a week later. As
Paul said in his e-mail, the FAA may be getting quite busy around
March 31st, so it might be good to get this out of the way now before
the big rush.
Holiday Party switched to Friday, Dec. 4th, at DeLucas in Westland
The MANG Holiday Party will be on Friday, Dec. 4th, at DeLucas
restaurant. It is on Warren Road in Westland. It
will be a little less formal (and less expensive) than in years
past. So we hope to have a great turnout. For those of
you who have not been to a MANG Holiday Party, this is where we have
a nice meal, hold a drawing for some prizes, and then elect the Board
of Directors for the coming year. You can come by yourself or
bring a guest or guests. Here is the menu. (We will need
to know ahead of time what Main Course selections you would like):
Homemade Garlic Rolls
Garden Salad
Mostaccioli with Meat Sauce
Sautéed Green Beans/Almonds
Choice of one main course per person
Prime Rib or N.Y. Strip .............$16.00
Battered Shrimp or Fish ............$15.00
Roasted or Broasted Chicken......$13.00
Cheese Ravioli or Lasagna.........$14.00
Spumoni Ice Cream
Coffee/Tea/Pop & Refills
Price includes room and
food. Add 6% tax and 15% gratuity.
Add .80 for Roast Potatoes.
Kids 7 & under discounted
25%, Kids in highchairs, free.
(By the way, nominations are still open for Club Officers.)
Flying Hours and Statistics
Here are the statistics for September 2009:
|
(Total HOURS) |
54115 |
43755 |
33149 |
All Aircraft |
|
September 2009: |
28.8 |
22.5 |
19.6 |
70.9 |
Here are the top flyers in terms of flight hours for the month:
|
Larry Millen |
11.0 |
|
Paul Fortino |
8.5 |
|
Michael Smith |
5.6 |
|
David Brent |
4.8 |
|
Dan Wadowski |
4.2 |
|
Mario Pecchia |
3.8 |