News from 39N

Next chart cycle - July 29th for facility directories, approach plates, and low enroutes. Washington sectional changed with this publication. Are you carrying the current charts?

F.Y.I. AeroNav Services & Products will be increas-ing in October.

GREETINGS

This has been a year of extreme weather with the snow storms of the winter and the blazing heat of summer. Kadoos to those hearty students and staff who, despite the heat, continued flying and several got their licenses and soloed.

While the security surveillance project is still proceeding, all other project funding from the state, including the WAAS, has been frozen.

A coat of fresh paint, carpeting and rearrangement have taken place in Naomi's & Steve's office and it is finally appropriate to receive clients, so stop in.

The school will be changing its computers and programs at the front desk for more efficient and easier recording of activities and sales. Please bear with us when the switch becomes effective.

We hope you continue to enjoy summer flying. Our scheduled monthly activities of seminars, classes and bagels will resume in September.

SAFE FLYING!

YOU ASKED FOR IT - NOW'S YOU CHANCE
INSTRUMENT GROUND SCHOOL

STARTING SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
7 - 10 pm
CHIEF PILOT PETER RAFLE

Once /week - 13 weeks
Books & Class $300
If you are enrolled with RVFS and have the books - $75.
Sign up and purchase your books at the front desk.

From the Right Seat by Peter Rafle

Technology and You

I admit that I am an "analog guy" in a digital age. But, I love GPS and all its potential for navigation today and in the future. But, I am concerned about pilot distraction while pushing function buttons to enable the GPS to give the pilot the multitude of information the pilot believes he needs at that moment. Recent articles in various aviation safety columns have focused on the new concerns about information overload of pilots.

In the days of VOR only, or augmented by NDB inputs, the pilot needed to have a clear mental picture of his position, track, next reporting point, etc.. This need for mental focus on situational awareness is no less important today while utilizing the latest in digital navigational equipment. Flying airplanes is an activity that is over 90% mental, and less than 10% physical. It is sound, methodical, focused thinking that will keep you safe.

When using a GPS panel, keep up your scan while deliberately pacing yourself while pushing buttons. Do not become so focused on programming for an approach that you allow the airplane to take you somewhere you do not want to go.

1930 Bellance Skyrocket Visits 39N

This airplane is part of a collection of early aircraft from the Eagles Mere Air Museum in Pennsylvania. The museum is devoted to showcasing airplanes, aircraft engines, and related artifacts of the immediate post WWI period through the late 1930s. www.eaglesmereairmuseum.org

PRIVATE PILOT

GROUND SCHOOL CLASS?

The Jeppesen curriculum for the Private Course was design to accommodate both vocational and avocational needs. Some can learn by following the method of reading at home and then flying with supplemental ground instruction from their CFI. Others, because of many reasons, including work, have trouble keeping up with the ground school.

Therefore, when there is a demand, we provide an evening class. It meets once a week for approximately 13 week (3 hour sessions) and the students take the quizzes together and the final exam after which they should be ready for the FAA test.

Since the kids are going back to school, why not join us and we will organize a class in September if there are about 10-12 people.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

SUMMER ACTIVITIES-August

1.  FREE AIRPORT TOURS -
     Tuesday morning - 10:30am
     Weather Permitting

2. 20 cents/pound airplane rides
Sunday - 3 - 6pm
Min-$15 Max - $25

Tell you friends and neighbors!

LIGHTSPEED
SIERRA

Try on the latest addition to the Lightspeed line of premium headsets for a new flying experience. With the fit, comfort, features, and value you've come to expect from Lightspeed, Sierra is best in class.

ANR and Bluetooth connectivity bring top-of-the-line features to Sierra. Plush ear seals and sturdy plastic construction add to Sierra's durability. A wired input for audio devices and Auto MusicMute enrich your flying. A reversible headband design allows microphone placement on the left or right.

Sierra is everything you've been looking for in a value ANR headset.

We'll be one of the first to get them in at $650.

SAFETY CORNER

There was a time when the identifying features of an aviator were his or her leather jacket, scarf, and a large, multi-dialed wrist watch. While the jackets and scarves have quietly disappeared, until recently the watch remained the badge of a pilot.

Alas, the digital age has removed the watch from the wrists of the new batch of pilots. Now it is the i phone, or, ordinary cell phone that has become the pilot's sole time piece. Frequently, while conducting final progress checks, after takeoff, I will ask the student what time he took off. He or she will attempt to dig out the i phone from a pocket, while confined by the seat belt and shoulder harness. A wild scene to observe from the right seat!

OK, I started flying when Ded (deductive) reckoning required timing, and that timing needed a watch or clock to be plainly visible. Pilotage and all navigation still requires that the pilot know what time he took off, how much time it took to get from one check point to the next(to determine groundspeed if no GPS!!), and to calculate the ETA at the desired destination.

If you use a portable communication device, instead of a watch, get it out of your pocket or purse, and place it somewhere in the cockpit where you can READ it, and USE it.

P.S. Yes, my watch has an analog dial.

THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK

As we are nearing the end of summer, you will see staff changes. CFII Srivatsa Kota will be heading to law school and we wish him well. Chris Herte, lineman and flight coordinator, will be returning to Florida Institute of Technology as a Junior.

News from the
PRINCETON AIRPORT FLYING TIGERS

Summertime and it's hot; very hot. To cool off (even a little) PAFT members and guests headed to Tangier Island, VA (KTGI) for the July 18th fly-in. Photos and the latest PAFT information can be found at http://www.paft-nj.org/PAFT_LATEST_NEWS.htm.

In keeping with the fly-to-an-island theme, it's off to Block Island, RI (KBID) on August 15th fly-in. Sepetmber marks the resumption of the regular dinner meeting schedule - guests are always welcome http://www.paft-nj.org/PAFT_NEXT_MTG_INFO.htm.