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January 18, 2010
By The AVweb Editorial Staff
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Top News: Bendix/King Working to Resolve DB
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Certain Bendix/King KLN and KLX products have been compromised by their latest database updates and the company says those products should not be used until the
problem is corrected. Bendix/King adds that "it is imperative" that the units not be used for arrival, departure or approach operations until corrected. Jeppesen apparently delivered some bad data to
Bendix/King that contained incorrect Dynamic Magnetic Variations for all terminal and en route waypoint records. Affected databases include Cycle 1001 databases either downloaded from Wingman Services
or delivered on programmed media and received prior to Jan. 12, 2010. Affected units are KLN 35A, 88, 89, 89B, 90, 90A, 90B, 94 and 900 models; plus KLX 100, 135, and 135A models. To fix the problem,
Bendix/King customers just need to acquire a new database that's already available.
Customers should have a look at the Bendix Safety
Bulletin. Those with Web distribution can download a new data file Cycle 1001 and load it. Customers who obtain their updates through any other type of distribution need to return the distribution
media (except diskettes) to Wingman Services and a new database will be sent back to them.
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January 14, United States Air Force Special Tactics personnel were on the ground controlling airport operations at Toussaint L'Ouverture International, Haiti, but the ramp area was already
saturated with 44 aircraft, forcing a temporary closure. The airport operates a control tower, two fuel trucks and one 9,974-foot runway. The control tower was rendered useless by the January 12
earthquake. Initial aid flights arrived using the UNICOM frequency to organize themselves, then by a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter off the coast. But two days later, the airspace was closed, turning away 11
aircraft that had been waiting for other flights to depart so they could land. Among those turned away was a C-130 from the 15th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.. With ground damage
hindering the expedient dispersion of supplies, and physical space preventing further arrivals, departures were at the same time beginning to be challenged by a dwindling fuel supply. The American
aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson had by Thursday been dispatched to the region, primarily looking at providing increased helicopter capacity in the afflicted area.
The January 12 earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leveled much of of the capital city and crippled the country's infrastructure, including water pipelines. With the Haitian airport
operating at capacity, the USS Carl Vinson will be able to provide helicopters for aid distribution and emergency air lift operations, including moving construction equipment to areas unreachable by
now destroyed roads. First estimates from the American Red Cross listed the potential dead tally at 45,000-50,000.
As the enormity of the earthquake disaster in Haiti becomes more clear, relief agencies are shifting into high gear to try and prevent further suffering and death in the impoverished country. And
while government-sponsored relief and the Red Cross will lead the charge, there are ways that individuals can help. Venice, Fla.-based Agape Flight is accepting donations and already has aircraft in the air helping with the crucial first days of the effort. It may also
be looking for pilots and planes to take part.
Paul Bertorelli has a couple of posts on the AVweb Insider blog about aviation lending a helping hand with Haitian earthquake relief. Click here and then click here to see how you may be able to do more good at
this stage by dropping a little cash out of your wallet than by dropping supplies over Haiti.
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a preliminary report on a Westwind 1124A jet that successfully made a nighttime poor weather ditching in the ocean three nautical miles
west of Norfolk Island, some 900 miles east of Brisbane, Australia. The jet was operating IFR as an aeromedical flight with one patient and five others aboard -- all survived 90 minutes in the water
before rescue. The intended route would have taken the jet from Apia, Samoa, to Melbourne, with a fuel stop at Norfolk Island. En route, the flight experienced increasing headwinds and reports of
deteriorating conditions at Norfolk. About 20 minutes out, Norfolk UNICOM provided a weather report indicating that conditions had deteriorated "well below the landing minima," according to the ATSB.
The crew attempted four VOR/DME instrument approaches, before committing to the ditching. After transmitting their intentions to Norfolk UNICOM, the crew put the airplane in the water and all escaped
-- without the life rafts -- as the jet quickly sank.
The pilot in command had selected full flap extension for the ditching and slowed the aircraft to 100 knots. He switched the landing lights on and watched the radio altimeter to time his flare.
Neither the pilot nor his copilot saw the water before impact. The occupants reported two or three strong impacts (more violent at the rear of the aircraft). The aircraft's main door was damaged
during the ditching and the aircraft immediately took on water. The PIC opened the port emergency exit, through which water poured in as he exited. All other occupants exited through that and other
available exits. The doctor, flight nurse and one passenger were the only passengers who exited the aircraft wearing life preservers. The passenger believed that he swam upwards for some distance
before reaching the surface. All were rescued after a rescuer on the island spotted a light in the ocean. Read the full report, online.
Friday, a Piper Super Cub banner tow aircraft reportedly dispatched to buzz a New York City Flight 1549 anniversary celebration while trailing a sign that read "If you died today, would you go to
heaven or hell? John 14:6" made a forced landing at Fresh Kills landfill, which holds 9/11 wreckage. The owner of Smoketown Banners, LLC, of New Holland, Pa., which operated the aircraft, told CBS
news that an anonymous client paid for the ad meant to be seen by survivors of the "Miracle on the Hudson." The owner said the Piper blew a cylinder, its pilot notified controllers at Newark Liberty
International Airport, dropped the banner in a stand of trees and made a safe landing on a road after circling back to the now-closed landfill.
The landfill was closed after it became a burial ground for debris created by the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Other than its arrival, the aircraft did not disturb the site as it
set down on Arden Avenue shortly before 1 p.m.
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Designed for working professionals and available as a mix of online courses and six-day on-campus residencies, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University's Ph.D. in Aviation, the "only one in the
nation," has begun. There are eleven students pioneering the research-intensive three-year course that began this month and aims "to tackle the major issues facing today's aviation aerospace
industry." Getting into the program isn't easy. "We were able to be highly selective in assembling this first cohort of students," Alan Stolzer, director for the Ph.D. program, said. The first group
is roughly balanced between males and females and each individual will explore topics in management, training, economics, regulation, communications, and NextGen air transportation, with a special
focus on aviation operations. The program is designed to allow them to do that while continuing with their careers. A next group will be accepted to the program beginning in July, 2010. Applications
will be accepted prior to April.
After receiving their doctorates, no sooner than three years from now, the program's first graduates have so far expressed desires that include research in aeromedical issues, airspace redesign,
human factors, space tourism, and unmanned aerial systems. Those who believe this kind of higher education may be their calling should visit the program's online home for more details, including application requirements.
The city that in 2001 saw its greatest aviation disaster and in 2009 a relative aviation triumph will now see aviation's great racing spectacle; New York City has been selected to host a Red Bull
Air Race in 2010. The air race itself is a series and New York will host the fifth race of the 2010 season, on June 19 and 20. The season should see racers visit a total of nine cities around the
world, including Abu Dhabi, Perth, and Lisbon. Red Bull didn't specify the exact location of the race, but judging from the comments of Bernd Loidl, CEO of the Red Bull Air Race, it sounds like the
course will be placed in the lower Hudson visible from lower Manhattan and across the river form New Jersey's Liberty State Park. "Staging a Red Bull Air Race in New York City and Jersey City marks an
important milestone in the history of the global motorsports championship," Loidl said.
Bringing the air race anywhere doesn't just involve moving pilots and their 15 airplanes, but the transport of approximately 380 tons of infrastructure, including the series' own traveling control
tower. And so, New York, the same city that holds citizens who may be prompted to panic by low-flying commercial (or presidential) aircraft, will in 2010 invite some of the most aggressive low flying
imaginable and televise it around the world.
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Already set to host what may be the last largest DC-3 gathering, EAA's AirVenture has announced it is working together with Warbirds of America and Disabled American Veterans to bring a "Salute to
Veterans" to AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. The complete list of events has yet to be finalized, but EAA announced a sketch of events Friday. The Salute will mean special forums and speakers; a mass
gathering of veterans for photo opportunities; a special airshow segment featuring Vietnam-era aircraft; an "upgraded Warbird Aircraft Display area," according to EAA; and a closing-day concert played
by the Lt. Dan Band, featuring actor Gary Sinise. All veterans and active military who purchase AirVenture tickets online in advance of the show are eligible for a discounted admission rate of $28.
Noting the nation's debt of freedom owed to its service men and women, EAA president Tom Poberezny said, "This is the right thing to do at Oshkosh."
The overall Salute to Veterans events will have a "thank a veteran" focus, according to EAA, which says the event's timing matches two significant anniversaries -- that of the DC-3 and that of the
B-17. Both aircraft celebrate their 75th year in 2010, according to EAA. Said Poberezny, "Salute to Veterans will be one of the primary focuses during AirVenture 2010."
As they gut it out in the toughest economy to hit general aviation in history, business owners could be forgiven for dreaming of being stranded on a tropical island. But what if that island came
with five airplanes and a profitable charter business that has barely been touched by the recession? After building it from a single-aircraft operation 11 years ago into Fiji's largest charter
operator, Pacific Islands Seaplanes owner Dusty Simon says he's looking for a change. "I'm 70 years old. It's time for me to move on
to my next adventure," he said. Simon was asking $5.2 million for the operation.
The deal includes two de Havilland Beavers and a turbine-powered de Havilland Otter, all on amphibious floats. There are two Britten-Norman Islanders on wheels. Both Beavers just underwent a full
restoration and all the aircraft are well maintained Simon said. All the buildings and equipment at Nadi International Airport are included as are operating licenses that allow the company's aircraft
access to the whole country. As for Simon, the former Canadian rancher and logger is looking forward to literally getting back in the saddle. "I just bought a ranch in Brazil," he said.
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Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that's particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as
our "Letter of the Week," and we'll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a "thank you" for interacting with us (and the rest of our readership). Send us your
comments and questions using this form. Please include your mailing address in your e-mail (just in case your letter is our "Letter of the
Week"); by the same token, please let us know if your message is not intended for publication.
Letter of the Week: Non-Military Navigation Alternative Needed
The battle for common sense to prevail regarding the retention of LORAN-C is apparently drawing to a close, and the result appears to be the near-sighted, uneducated and inexperienced people who
are making these decisions are controlling aspects of what we, in the aviation and maritime communities, need as a viable non-military backup to a navigation system.
Our air traffic routes are now incorporating GPS-based airways that, if the GPS system is compromised by solar activitiy or degraded by its masters due to military action, will be unusable. This
will put immeasurable burdens on the ATC structure that will have to rely upon the VOR airway system, which, though adequate in the past, cannot support the primary type of navagation upon which most
of today's domestic navigation methods/modes have become dependent. The ease and simplicity that has characterized the use of GPS navigation can be duplicated with LORAN-C with the minimal funds
needed to complete the upgrades already nearly completed.
Once the upgrades are done and the resource is in place, the electronics manufacturers will see this as a new source of income in the form of new dual-mode navigation devices as an alternative to
GPS-only devices. The level of safety and reliability will increase; national security will not be compromised or degraded as the LORAN-C signals are primarily domestic. It will benefit all aspects
of air, marine and ground transportation in the U.S. by providing a reliable alternative to GPS should this fragile and vulnerable system suffer a degrading or crippling event or its accuracy be
deliberately reduced by its controllers.
Someone with knowledge, experience and authority, please reign in this unwise and ill-conceived plan. This time, they are putting the safety of the traveling U.S. public at risk.
Stoney Truett
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End of LORAN-C
This past week, I read that LORAN-C service is to be discontinued. This is not good news.
Extraordinary accuracy is both the glory and the potential tragedy of GPS. Especially when its accuracy is augmented by WAAS or local area augmentation, GPS blows everything else away. Because of
this, we have seen discontinuation of Omega, and now LORAN-C. Will VOR/DME and ILS facilities face the axe next?
If we are tempted by the accuracy of GPS to put all our eggs in this one basket, what will happen if the system is sabotaged, or if there are launch failures, or if the GPS system otherwise breaks
down?
Alex Kovnat
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Brian Conway
Aviation News Sullied
Please, oh please, no more Sully!! I can't take it anymore!
AVweb used to have such rich, informative content. Guys like Busch and The Pelican would talk about aviating. I used to look forward to seeing what each new week would bring.
Does anybody really care about corporate promotions or mainstream media type stories? General aviation magazines and web sites have all become generic and dull. C'mon, guys, we are all drowning
in Sully, AirVenture, sweepstakes giveaways, etc. The world needs an aviation web site for the jaded who are wondering why we even care anymore.
T. Price
Numbers in the Green
Reader J. M. Mount's reply entitled "Green BS" mixes up the cost of generating a kilowatt of electricity (power)
with the cost of purchasing kilowatt hours of electricity from a utility. His company does not sell electricity for ten cents per Kw, they sell it for ten cents per Kw-hour. There are 8,760 hours
per year. One would need to make an assumption about the average power consumption the airport requires, but you can see that the airport's claims are not that far-fetched.
Jack Burton
J. M. Mount's letter about the proposed wind turbine at Burlington International Airport seems to question the projected savings of $14,600 per year. He says that his company sells power at
10¢/Kw. In fact, electricity is typically sold as units of energy, not power, so that should be 10¢/Kw-hour.
Decent wind turbines seem to produce about 30% of their peak capacity on average. That means a 100 Kw turbine would generate 262,800 Kw-hours per year (100 Kw X 30% X 24 hours
X 365 days). At 10¢/Kw-hour, that's $26,280. I don't know what the expected operating costs of the turbine would be, but savings of $14,600 at least sounds like a reasonable possibility.
There are reasonable and valid arguments on both sides of the wind turbine debate, but, if we're having that discussion, we should at least work with the facts.
Chris Landry
Regarding J. M. Mount's flame of the Burlington wind power article, if Mount is a utility industry professional he should at least get the cost of electricity in Burlington, VT correct.
According to published sources, the commercial rate was 13¢/Kw-hr in September '09, not 10¢. That's a bargain, too; the New England average is over 15¢.
I did the math using the numbers in the article and specs for the turbine and solar panels. $14,600 a year is in the ballpark using average wind and solar data for Burlington.
Jim Grant
J. M. Mount complained that the AVweb article about the wind turbine at the Burlington airport failed to tell the whole
story about the true cost of energy production.
What he failed to include is that whether his company produces power from coal, oil or nuclear power, the taxpayers and citizens of the world are subsidizing its production by footing the costs
(health and economic) associated with burning fossil fuels or storing nuclear waste. I too would like to see a true comparison.
Mark Adams
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Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on
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*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
Last week, we whined and moaned about our readers being too busy with the new year and the holidays to heap great piles of photography on us — but this week, the generosity of
AVweb readers struck back with a vengeance, burying us in so many photos we couldn't get them sorted in time for Thursday's issue. Still, we eventually managed to pick our favorites (no easy
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"Where's the Field?"
P. B. Schafer of Sutherlin, Oregon takes us into "the front cockpit of my friend's Starduster" for a great close-up shot that stole our
affections this week. Watch your mailbox, P. B. — one of those spiffy AVweb caps you see above will be on its way in the next few days!
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Blue Angels Two-4-One
Donald Thun of Topeka, Kansas caught the Blue Angels at last September's Reno Air Races and couldn't resist submitting this photo with the question,
"How many Blue Angels do you see? If you see only three, then look closely at '#31.'"
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"Here I Am at a Non-Towered Airport, and I'm Still Getting a 'Sign' to Land Long"
Batavia, Ohio's favorite gyro pilot, Timothy O'Connor, gives new meaning to that expression about having God as a co-pilot. In Tim's case, though,
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Tiger in 1975
How could there be a pilot out there with a great name like Archer D. Livengood Jr. (of Roanoke, Virginia) who's never submitted to
"POTW" before?! Bad enough you guys are living it up in your fancy airplanes, goofing off every Saturday, traveling to exotic locations, and constantly sending us pictures to prove that
you're living the dream — now one of you is even crowing about it in his surname!
In all seriousness, Archer did ask a question that comes up a lot: "Could you put captions on all your photos telling what kind of aircraft it is?" We'd certainly
love to, but the honest answer is that we often can't tell. Some of our best photos are ones taken from an unusual angle or depicting an aircraft we've never had an personal experience with —
and the detective work required to ID some of them would be too crippling to get a dozen or two photos prepped and ready for "POTW" every Thursday morning. With that in mind, we (once
again) throw ourselves on the mercy of photo contributors and ask you to make any non-obvious IDs in the comments field when you submit photos.
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Snow-Clad NYC from 7,500 Feet
Brr! C. Larry Tatsch of Ringoes, New Jersey flies us out this week with a timely shot of New York City from above just before Christmas. (Larry
says he snapped this from his '77 Tiger; maybe we should make introductions between him and Archer, eh?)
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Southern Cross Revisited
We realize we ran a bit late with the photos this week, so how about a bonus picture? Well, after a fashion ... .
H. Leon Winter of Waxhaw, North Carolina called us to task for missing a key element of Barry Hudson's photo a couple of weeks back:
I think you ... missed the photographer's point. If you look above the rotor, you will see the Southern Cross. The way the
picture is framed, I believe he meant for you to notice it. ... [I]t looks like a tilted, upside-down kite, [which] can also appear upright depending on the time of year. The picture I send [seen
here] is a poor quality crop of the original. Have a great new year!
Leon (member of WBT-JAARS)
Now there's a good excuse to go check out the original photo again, don't you think?
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You'll find more reader-submitted photos in the slideshow on AVweb's home page. It's a good crop this week, so do give that link a click,
O.K.?
And click here to submit your own photos to "POTW." (That's how we get the new ones!)
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A quick note for submitters: If you've got several photos that you feel are "POTW" material, your best bet is to submit them one-a-week! That gives your photos a greater chance of
seeing print on AVweb, and it makes the selection process a little easier on us, too. ;)
A Reminder About Copyrights:
Please take a moment to consider the source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest. If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed authorized to
release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain, consult the POTW Rules or or send us an e-mail.
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Returning from a $100 hamburger in Lakeland to Orlando one Saturday afternoon:
Orlando Approach:
"N1234X, you have traffic 2 o'clock and 3 miles at 2,500, 7 o'clock and 2 miles at 3,000."
[pause]
Orlando Approach:
"Hey, just be careful. You're surrounded."
John Summerford
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