MAY 2011
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2: Centennial Committee
Meeting
7:00 pm Come help!
7: Meet N' Greet 10 - noon
Bagels N Coffee
7: FAA Medical Doctor
8am - noon
Call for appointment
609-921-3100
8: MOTHERS DAY
11: PAFT Dinner
Meeting
15: DRIVE/IN-FLY/IN
PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
8:00 am - noon
HERE!!!
22: PAFT Fly-in to Dulles
30: Memorial Day
JUNE, 2011
9th: GARMIN
INTERNATIONAL
SEMINAR
7:30
18: Day with the Newhouses & the BRUNNER-WINKLE BIRD |
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CONGRATULATIONS |
1st Solos:
Alex Senopouos /Ryan Vinton
Gui Long Zhu/John Bastan
CONGRATULATIONS to
the Pulai Family on the birth
of Jennifer Michelle.
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AIRPLANES FOR SALE
1967 Mooney M20F Executive - 201
$45,000
Contact: Ken Nierenberg
609-731-4628
FOR THIS & OTHER AIRPLANES AVAILABLE
Fresh annual
No damage history
No corrosion
Complete Logbooks
One-Piece Windshield
Lasar '201' Cowl Mod
'201' Wing Root Fairings |
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Dear Naomi,
We'll just ignore the weather and the price of fuel, and we'll concentrate on the exciting things coming to Princeton Airport during this Centennial Year. We hope that each and every one of you will help us in one way or another, i.e., physical presence; attendance at events; fly your aircraft so the aviation world and those non-aviators can enjoy the image of flight; corporate support; and of course, spreading the word.
Our kick-off event for the Centennial Celebration begins in two weeks with a Fly/in-Drive/in Pancake Breakfast. Tickets are available at the front desk.
Please bring your friends and families
Whether you are currently flying with us; flew with us a while back; fly anywhere; and those who just enjoy the world of aviation - just come to the airport to share the fun of the aviation world. Fly you airplanes so all can admire. Just partake in the fun. We miss you after this very wet spring
Naomi, Dick, Ken & Steve Nierenberg
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Co-chairs Louis Vitanzo & James Chen
invite you to our first
Fly/in-Drive/In PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Sunday, May 15, 2011 8:00 am - noon
Tickets available at front counter.
Adults: $8.00 Kids < 6: $4.00
Bring your friends and family to share the aviation experience and help raise some funds for the "big event" in September.
FOR CENTENNIAL UPDATES & INFORMATION |
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 CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE & Events
Committee Co-chairmen: Chris Yeager & Steve Nierenberg
Honorary Chair: Naomi Nierenberg
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Garmin 2000 Touchscreen
High-performance piston aircraft avionics just took a big leap forward. The G2000 is Garmin's premium glass flight deck for piston aircraft, bringing a touchscreen user interface, graphical flight synoptics, enhanced situational awareness and more to the cockpit.
We have it in stock - See Ken.
GARMIN SEMINAR
"GOING FORWARD WITH AVIONICS"
Thursday, June 9, 2011
7:30 PM
Maintenance Hangar Refreshments - Door Prizes
Bring your friends.
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CENTENNIAL
Bohmer's Field - Princeton Airport
1911 - 2011
WHY I FLY?
It's simple! Just a few words; an essay; a picture; a video; a poem; etc. We'll put it together for posterity.
Naomi@princetonairport.com
steve.n@princetonairport.com . |
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MEET 'N GREET
May 7, 2011, 10-noon
East, drink, and "talk aviation" in the lounge. With this weather we haven't seen some of you for a long time. Please bring a friend. |
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NEW PRACTICE AREA PROCREDURES
Please be advised of our new practice area procedure:
Upon crossing Sourland Mountain, switch to frequency 123.5, announce position & altitude prior to each maneuver or reposition. Call should start,"Princeton Practice area traffic." We appreciate your cooperation. |
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From The Right Seat
Traffic Avoidance Vigilance
A Must In The Busy Summer Months
By Ryan Vinton, Chief Pilot
To the unaware or inattentive, the traffic pattern at an active non-towered airport can create the components for a mid-air collisions - a hazard certain to avoid. On busy summer weekends, the situation can be particularly precarious. Following proper procedures and maintaining extra vigilance are requirements for safe operations. Statistics invariably confirm non-towered airport traffic patterns carry the greater risk of collision.
At the Princeton Airport, we ask all entries to be made at a 45 degree to the downwind. Proper 45 degree entry requires you to be at traffic pattern altitude several miles out from the downwind. This allows a better view of existing traffic already on the downwind. Often, entering traffic joins the 45 at 1500' or 2000' and descends as it joins the downwind. This can cause a dangerous situation, especially for low-wing aircraft as this descending view may be blocked by the wing.
While on the 45, you should give way to aircraft already established on the downwind because you have more room to maneuver. A "360" often works for spacing; never be afraid to break off and reestablish the 45 if necessary. Too often I encounter a 45 aircraft cutting off another already on the downwind.
Be alert for aircraft not transmitting as well. Communication between aircraft is essential and very helpful to pattern problem solving Common sense and courtesy should prevail. I always take a very conservative and defensive approach to pattern operation and ask the same of others; but, too often, I see the opposite. I am sure you can imagine an anti-authoritative approach to flying can cause a real danger.
Tips To Remember In a Non-Towered Field
● Always confirm your radio is tuned to the correct CTAF frequency well before entering the pattern.
● Listen to the frequency well before you enter to pattern, learning where other traffic is by listening is a lot easier on everyone than asking the unacceptable communication, "any traffic in the pattern at Princeton?"
● If you have any doubts to another aircrafts position, ask.
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INSTRUMENT GROUND SCHOOL CLASS
HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 7:00 -10:00 pm
CFII: John Bastan
Get you ground school package and join the class. For information, contact the front desk. Start now and you won't get fogged in this summer. |
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Small World - Aviation & Raritan Valley Flying School
On a recent return trip from Europe, our chief pilot in the '80-'90s, Zaheer Babar, who now flies an Airbus for Delta, was in the cockpit when the flight attendant advised him that she was putting a note under the door from a passenger. The note read something like "ZB - I'm in seat 17B. Please don't kill me," signed Tom Joswick, a flight instructor here at the same time. It's been over 20 years since they have seen each other and the reunion was made in 1st class. Tom is also an airline pilot for ATI. |
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Safety Corner by Assistant Chief Pete Rafle
In the "unlikely event" of an engine failure, a pilot needs to react quickly and follow procedures that have been regularly practiced. A pilot should frequently practice simulated engine out approaches to a landing. Only through frequent practice, in different wind conditions, and at different altitudes, can one learn how the airplane can be controlled to make an approach whose safe outcome is ensured.
The key elements of executing an emergency approach are pitching the aircraft to the best glide speed, select a suitable landing area, attempt a restart, and communicating your predicament.
Many people have difficulty selecting a field. Obviously, if an airport is within gliding distance, you are going to go there. Some pilots have difficulty deciding how far the airplane can glide. To determine if you can glide to a field, look down at a 45 degree angle. Any suitable field between where that 45º sight line touches the ground and the airplane is within gliding range of the airplane.
It is preferable to turn directly to the chosen field and, when over the field, circle down to 1000 feet over the field for a downwind - base -final pattern. To try a long base, or long final to the field offers too big a risk of landing short.
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News from the 
PRINCETON AIRPORT FLYING TIGERS
PAFT is about good friends, good food and fun places to visit. We had all of those things going for us in April, but spring weather in the form of rain, low ceilings and wind kept us from getting to KGED two weeks in a row. So we're looking forward the May 22nd fly-in to Dulles International and touring the Air and Space Museum.
The featured speaker at our May 11th dinner meeting will be PAFT member Ed Kollin (an aircraft lubrication engineer) speaking about - you guessed it - aircraft engine lubrication.
And remember, volunteers are needed to support both the May 15th pancake breakfast and the September 17th 39N 100th anniversary celebration. More info can be found at www.paft-nj.org. |
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