COMMUNICATION ERRORS/LOSS OF CONTROL 
MARK YOUR CALENDAR ~ Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003 
6:00pm to 8:00pm---Red Hook Brewery, Pease Tradeport, Portsmouth, NH  [Here's another opportunity to get to an FAA safety seminar that's right in our back yard. CLICK ON OCTOBER FOR MORE INFORMATION] 
Boston Radar Approach Controller/Aviation Safety Counselor Robert Adelizzi will lead a discussion about the most common types of communication errors and will discuss situations that lead to aircraft loss of control, a leading cause of accidents. 
For more info contact: (207) 780-3263 x106. 
Directions: I-95 to Rte 4 west. Go 1.5 miles and take Gosling Rd exit. Go thru main gate to Pease Tradeport. Take a left at first lights. Take next left and follow signs for the Red Hook. 
Sponsored by the Red Hook Brewery. 
 
UNIQUE FLYING OPPORTUNITIES - OCT 8, 03 — Flying with Ossipee Valley Aviation gives you a unique opportunity that enables you to experience a broad level of flying requirements. Within just a few minutes of flying, you have three controlled airports that offers the pilot to fly through many types of the classes of air space. Between Portland, Pease, Manchester, and Boston you get to cover most of the major types of airspace. Call the office for more information. 

 DOUBLE TROUBLE Oct 8, 03 ~  
+=Tomorrow is TFR Day extra-ordinaire. For 25 minutes it looks like we'll be having mutiple TFR's effectively militarizing the tri-state area of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. However, except for the red 10nm markings VFR flights can still be made if you follow the correct procedure. Call the office for more information. 

My Ride in the L-39 - Sept. 30 — Well the pictures have been uploaded to the web. Thanks to Sarah for taking the pictures and to Mike McMahon for donating a few digital pics of the day. Click on the picture to get the whole story... 

Picture of the week - Sept. 25 — "Skydive NewEngland is using a different plane for the skydivers lately. It's a 1968 FAIRCHILD HELI-PORTER, PILATUS PC6/B2-H2  turboprop. Anyways, it's a sight to behold!... 
 
TFR PoP-Ups - Sept. 24 — "Ever hear of PoP Up windows that popup when you're visiting web sites? They pop up unexpectedly, usually when you're trying to do something. Well, TFR's are similar to pop up windows. You never know when they're going to show up. So, be sure to check with FSS for the latest info. Did you hear about the New York TFR? It just popped up. 

WebTools - Sept 22 03 - In case you haven't noticed, our home page has many Internet links to help you get the info you need about the weather and flying. Links like "the current weather", "winds aloft", US satellite, TFR status are all here at your finger tips. Try them out. They'll be all appearing on the soon to be updated "Flight Planning Page". Don't forget to try the interactive weather page that gives you a full display of METARS of the US that you can zoom and interrogate. 

National Air Tour makes extended visit at AOPA home field Sept. 22 — "The National Air Tour completed the East Coast legs of its round-robin journey with an extended stop at the home of AOPA headquarters, Frederick Municipal Airport. Aircraft started landing at Frederick Sunday afternoon, just a couple of days behind stormy Isabel. The visit recognized AOPA's contributions to aviation for 64 years of the 100-year history of flight." You can see Dick Jackson's S-39 on the AOPA story about the tour. You can see more pictures at the Centennial Page and also the "Antique Aircraft" page. 
 
AOPA meets with FAA regional administrators 
Sept. 23 — "AOPA senior staff met with all of the FAA's regional administrators in Washington recently to discuss key AOPA member issues and provide FAA's regional leaders with a national perspective on GA issues. AOPA highlighted concerns including threats of closure at general aviation airports around the country and stressed that AOPA is looking to the FAA to maintain its lead in protecting those assets." see AOPA for the more info... 

NEW SEARCH FEATURE:   Sept 15, 2003 Do you ever use GOOGLE for searching stuff on the Internet? Well now you can use Google to search our website! Looking for a web page you've seen in the past but can't find it? It's probably still here. TRY OUR NEW GOOGLE SEARCH BY CLICKING ON THE GOOGLE LOGO UNDER THE AOPA LOGO. 

More L-39 stuff  Sept 18, 2003  So we're cruising along at 3000 ft at 250 knots, and I ask Dan, "Hey Dan, what would happen if we opened the throttle right about now?". "Well Bob, we'd be going over 400 knots in a very short period of time." Somehow, I got the message we weren't going to do that today, but the thought was exciting! 
With the helmet and headset on, the ride is extremely quite and on this particular day very smooth. Gentle movements on the stick return a nice obedient response from the jet that says "Your wish is my command." I was told that riding in a jet fighter can be very boring (smooth and gentle), however, that can all change with this (barrel roll), and this (loop), and this (punching vertically through a cloud layer and leveling off upside down), and this (roll back upright with a little dirt from my shoe whizzing by my face), and this (jamming the stick in the side of the cockpit causing the jet to corkscrew threw the air), and this... and that... ok,ok I get the picture. Ever try to look up in the cockpit while you're pulling 3 g's? Feels like someone's standing on your head. 
Isabelmoving inland Sept 18, 2003 ~ Thank God it didn't have the 45 ft surge wave one meteorologist said could have. The news this evening switched from emphasis on the wind, which dropped into the 90's and continues to drop as it moves across land, to the dangers of flood from the rain. By the way, the clouds over New England this evening were actually an extension of the clouds from Isabel. Does that mean I flew in a hurricane today? LittleBrook traffic Piper 11R is on final for 12. 

East Coast aircraft owners take note: Hurricane Isabel is on the move - Sept. 12, fr. AOPA — Though currently well east-northeast of Puerto Rico, Hurricane Isabel — the strongest of the Atlantic season so far — appears headed for the southeastern United States. With 160-mph winds, Isabel is classified as a Category 5 hurricane. That's the highest storm ranking, and the same ranking given to Hurricane Andrew in 1992. 

What's it like to fly in the L-39?  
Sept. 14, 03 ~ Just ask the winners from the Centennial Raffle. Thanks to Sarah and Mike I have some nice pictures of the resident black jet. I'll put some up on the web site shortly. 

PILOT TRAINING:  Sept 2, 2003 Congratulations to our pilots on their accomplishments: Janet Holmes just got her private pilot license. Mike McMahon got his instrument rating, and some new solo pilots are: Mary Current in 657, Ken Cody in 93G, Tom Record in 93G, and Dan Cottrell in 11R. Well Janet, here's another pilot for 11R.   For anyone new the website, you can see the planes associated with the above mentioned tail numbers by visiting our "aircraft picture" page. 

FAA Safety Seminar  August 30, 03 ~ Thursday, Sept 18, 2003 7:00pm to 9:00pm….Yoken’s Restaurant, Portsmouth, NH. Do you know how to ask for ATC assistance? This seminar about how ATC can assist you during normal and emergency operations. See the bulletin for more details... 

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: August 23, 03 It was a beautiful weekend for aircraft activities and just plain having fun. Did you know kids from 8 to 17  were able to get a free plane ride on Sunday! All you had to do was just sign up for the "Young Eagles" program and away you went.  
Be sure to check out the updated Centennial WebPage with over 250 pictures I took over the weekend on the Centennial event.   
Which aircraft  was your favorite? Don't remember all the planes you saw? Go to the Centennial page to see the pictures for a reminder. Thanks again for everyone that helped make the weekend a success. 

FAA Safety Seminars  
 August 30, 03 ~ For your convenience, I've added the FAA safety icon to the right hand column that includes the latest dates from the Portland Me. office. If the links stay intack I'll keep it on the home page for quick reference. On occasion, the seminars are in our neighborhood, like the one coming up at Hampton airport Airfield Café Wednesday, Sept 10, 2003 7:00pm and 9:00pm. Dave Pepple will be talking about aircraft air worthiness. Should be interesting. 

WE HAVE A WINNER! August 17, 03 We had a great weekend for our Centennial Celebration. Congratulations to John Miller, the winner of the ride in the L-39 Jet aircraft. How many times do you get to take a ride in a jet fighter? Other winners and information about the Centennial weekend will be coming shortly on our Centennial Page. 

Sikorsky August 12, 03 More pictures submitted by Jim Dubois of Dick Jackson's Sikorsky... check them out on the "Antique Aircraft" page. 
Congratulations!  August 8th 03 ~ Our student pilots have four aircraft to choose from. If a low wing aircraft is what strikes your fancy than take a look at our Cherokee 140 on the aircraft picture page. This time, Pete Seavey and Steve Kolacz have teamed up for Ty Conklin who just soloed in one of our high wing aircraft 93G. Congratulations Ty and have fun flying on to your private pilot requirements. 
50/50 RAFFLE!  August 8th 03 Did you get your RAFFLE TICKETS for a ride in a jet? We'll be having all kinds of raffles during our weekend celebration, even a 50/50 raffle Saturday and Sunday. How much can you win? Imagine, winning a ride in a jet fighter, paying for a ride in a glider, winning the raffle and coming home with a pocket full of money! Don't forget to mark your calendar for the "Centennial Celebration". 

Congratulations!  August 1st 03 ~ 93G does it again! Congratulations to Jacob Moore! Jacob has the distinction of having two CFI's endorsing his solo display in the office, thanks to Dan Heeter and Steve Kolacz. 
 
GPS July 28 03  ~ Are you familiar with the GPS in 43G? If you're not, then stay tuned for the pilot training page. The KLN94 manual is pretty comprehensive and has a lot of information. That's why it will be available shortly on the training page. 

Congratulations! July 28 03  ~ What's after the solo flight? Just ask Tyler Jackson, Meghan Lindsay, and Rob Johnson. They recently received their Private Pilot License. How about after you received your Private Pilots License? Just as Eric Kobb! Eric just received his instrument rating and can now go were vfr pilots can only dream about. Congratulations and good luck to our pilots. 

July 19 03 Checkout the latest update on the "Antique Aircraft" page. I've added some rare pics of Dick's S-39 along with a departing black biplane 
 
Congratulations! July 16 03 Pete Seavey does it again! Another first solo for Andrew Plummer. This time it's N80657. This is an all around nice aircraft. Not only can you learn to fly in it, but after you get your license, you can take all your friends for a ride. But don't forget to do your "weight & balance" before jumping in. Good luck to Andrew! 
 
RARE & UNUSUAL July 15 03 So I decided to take 43G for a ride around the pee patch, or is that pea patch? Anyway, while I'm preflighting I come around the tail of the aircraft and what do I see? It's a bird... it's a plane... no, it's a boat... it's all the above, and a rare one at that. Actually, it's a special bird that Dick Jackson's been working on that originally came from the deep woods of Alaska.   CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE A SHORT VIDEO OF THIS RARE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. 

FAA New England Region - Flight Standards,Portland Northeast Safety BriefJuly 14 03 Here's a link to the safety meetings for August. DON'T MISS "EVENT TWO" Friday, Aug 15, 2003 4:00pm to 6:00pm Skyhaven Airport, Rochester, NH TITLED "OPERATIONS AT NON-TOWERED AIRPORTS". Sponsored by Ossipee Valley Aviation and the EAA. It's part of our Centennial Celebration kick-off! 

July 14.03 June 1, 2003— Good luck to whoever wins the ride in the L-39 Albatros. May the force be with you. "G" force that is! Someone the other day asked me if there's flight controls in the rear seat. I said yes, it's the co-pilots seat. There's plenty of L-39 websites on the net if your so inclined. Here's a cute one about a pilot who would rather fly a L-39 than do anything else! ... how about this picture?