Chock Talk – July 31, 2021
Chock Talk – July 31, 2021
New Tie-Downs for Blue Sky Fleet
7-5-21 by Bill Sundberg For years our club has been talking about acquiring “drive-thru” tie-downs and we have never been able to find a workable solution. At the May membership meeting, Bob Doyle pressed the issue of “drive thru tie-downs” or at least better tie-downs than we currently have. John Horan, Roger Harris and others …
New Maintenance Tracking Procedure
July 5, 2021 When you experience a maintenance problem: Please ALWAYS squawk it in Schedule Master. Make a descriptive note in the Blue Book. Tell the Maintenance Officer or Plane Captain know about it. And, if it may affect the next pilot to fly the plane, as a courtesy you should let them know too. …
McGuire ATC Video Briefing
McGuire ATC recently held a webinar briefing on ATC issues within their airspace. It conflicted with our Blue Sky BBQ meeting, so members may have missed it, but you can watch a recording of it now: Click here to watch The presentation is a little wonky and sometimes downright boring, but there are some nuggets …
McGuire ATC Webinar
Civilian flight operations in the vicinity of military aircraft near McGuire AFB. That’s the topic to be discussed during a webinar this coming Monday – June 7th. 7pm. This is a direct conflict with our monthly Blue Sky membership meeting, but if you’re unable to make the meeting or a good multitasker…. “This webinar will …
VFR to Russia
Remember that RV-9 that was based at Solberg? The guy was always tinkering with it. It was tied down just a short ways towards the hangar from our birds. I remember seeing him working with the cowling off and then an hour later the cowling was back on and he was in the pattern. He …
“Cessna 642SP, Squawk 4425”
Ever wonder where the term “Squawk” comes from? I actually never paid it much attention, but when you think about it, it’s a pretty strange term. Thank you Bob Doyle for bringing attention to this article on the development of aircraft surveillance systems. If you want to find the answer, take a look at this …
PanAm Flight 6
A Harrowing Tale of Ditching in the Pacific The history of successful ditchings can be written on a small piece of paper. We all know the story of the USAirways “Miracle on the Hudson” – callsign ‘Cactus 1549’, but the story of ‘Clipper 6’ was news to me. I came across the story of the …