Planning to fly as an early-bird at 6am? not at Corona.
Corona airport's taxiway and runways will be closed from 6am - 8am tomorrow, January 29th for repainting and renovations.
Fly Safe!
- Mike
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Runway & Taxiway closure TOMORROW
Pilots!
Planning to fly as an early-bird at 6am? not at Corona.
Corona airport's taxiway and runways will be closed from 6am - 8am tomorrow, January 29th for repainting and renovations.
Fly Safe!
- Mike
Planning to fly as an early-bird at 6am? not at Corona.
Corona airport's taxiway and runways will be closed from 6am - 8am tomorrow, January 29th for repainting and renovations.
Fly Safe!
- Mike
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Batting out some more hits...
Pilots!
Please join me in congratulating the latest U.S. Private Pilot in the world, Mohammed P., who earned his wings today in Cessna 1ES with DPE Tom Hamm.
Nice job, Mo!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
Please join me in congratulating the latest U.S. Private Pilot in the world, Mohammed P., who earned his wings today in Cessna 1ES with DPE Tom Hamm.
Nice job, Mo!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
Friday, January 23, 2009
Chutzpah, talent, and wings!
Pilots,
Grungy weather all over the place today! Even the IFR pilots are looking up and scratching their heads, with the on-again, off-again rain and clouds.
And yet, if you're U.S. Private Pilot Thomas M., the newest pilot in the world, you find the silver lining, wait for that weather to improve, and you soar to victory.
Thomas scored his wings impressively, with his Examiner Ron Allen from Riverside FSDO, in Cessna 1ES.
Nice, nice work Thomas!
==
Some other updates:
Cessna 1ES is now due for 100hr, however, we are letting select solos and checkrides proceed. Downtime is now forecast through Wednesday. Cessna 1ES has had her stall warning horn replaced.
Cessna 17J has a new position light lens.
Piper 85Y has been pulled off the line to replace her new right fuel boost pump. We dislike the constant circuit breaker popping. We are moving to a newer beefier type of pump, which we just learned is available. We are also doing some minor squawks while she's down, involving her left engine idle, throttle quadrant splits, prop governor on the left, and sundry other goodies.
Blue Skies -- well not right now, but you know what I mean.
- Mike
Grungy weather all over the place today! Even the IFR pilots are looking up and scratching their heads, with the on-again, off-again rain and clouds.
And yet, if you're U.S. Private Pilot Thomas M., the newest pilot in the world, you find the silver lining, wait for that weather to improve, and you soar to victory.
Thomas scored his wings impressively, with his Examiner Ron Allen from Riverside FSDO, in Cessna 1ES.
Nice, nice work Thomas!
==
Some other updates:
Cessna 1ES is now due for 100hr, however, we are letting select solos and checkrides proceed. Downtime is now forecast through Wednesday. Cessna 1ES has had her stall warning horn replaced.
Cessna 17J has a new position light lens.
Piper 85Y has been pulled off the line to replace her new right fuel boost pump. We dislike the constant circuit breaker popping. We are moving to a newer beefier type of pump, which we just learned is available. We are also doing some minor squawks while she's down, involving her left engine idle, throttle quadrant splits, prop governor on the left, and sundry other goodies.
Blue Skies -- well not right now, but you know what I mean.
- Mike
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
New stripes!
Pilots!
Please join me in congratulating new Commercial SEL Pilot Robert H., who earned his stripes in Cessna 25R with DPE Ken Earl.
Nice work, Robert!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
Please join me in congratulating new Commercial SEL Pilot Robert H., who earned his stripes in Cessna 25R with DPE Ken Earl.
Nice work, Robert!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
Friday, January 16, 2009
New wings...
Pilots!
Please join me in congratulating the newest U.S. Private Pilot in the world today, Peter K., who sailed to victory in Cessna 17J with DPE Ken Earl.
Nice work, Peter!
Some maintenance updates:
Cessna 630 is running fine. Thanks, 630!
Cessna 68U emerged from her 100hr.
Cessna 20U has had her wing tank completed.
Cessna 04H has completed her 100hr.
Cessna 1ES has had her stall warning horn adjusted
Cessna 17J is working just fine. Thanks, Julie!
Cessna 25R has completed her 100hr. The nose shimmy seems gone.
Piper 85Y was pulled down this evening to investigate a suspicious circuit breaker. We expect her back tomorrow -- and if we don't like what we find, additional downtime on Wednesday.
So our seminar had a great turnout, and I enjoyed the speaker the FAA chose to present. There was grumbling that the presentation was not very KAJO-specific, or for that matter, not very untowered airport specific. There were some interesting nuggets, however, and it was nice to see such a large collection of AJO flyers.
The summary of the presentation seems to be "Follow the AIM. Look outside the cockpit." -- If you weren't already doing that, may I suggest you stop flying until you do. We were all taught that, and we all do that.
A suggestion was made to enter the 45 at 2000 AGL -- which is 150' below the class C ring. Interesting, would work from the south, but absolutely rotten from the north.
All told, there were some nuggets of food for thought, but otherwise, the lesson seems to be "Corona is a safe place to fly, just play by the guidelines we were all taught, and then there will be no surprises." I concur.
==
Nice weather lately, if a bit warm. The winds are favoring rwy 7, however, they have been calm and mild -- an interesting change from the usual rwy 7 business. It's a nice way to get comfortable with the rwy 7 sight picture without getting your airplane bounced around by the turbulence!
Have a great weekend -- Blue Skies!
- Mike
Please join me in congratulating the newest U.S. Private Pilot in the world today, Peter K., who sailed to victory in Cessna 17J with DPE Ken Earl.
Nice work, Peter!
Some maintenance updates:
Cessna 630 is running fine. Thanks, 630!
Cessna 68U emerged from her 100hr.
Cessna 20U has had her wing tank completed.
Cessna 04H has completed her 100hr.
Cessna 1ES has had her stall warning horn adjusted
Cessna 17J is working just fine. Thanks, Julie!
Cessna 25R has completed her 100hr. The nose shimmy seems gone.
Piper 85Y was pulled down this evening to investigate a suspicious circuit breaker. We expect her back tomorrow -- and if we don't like what we find, additional downtime on Wednesday.
So our seminar had a great turnout, and I enjoyed the speaker the FAA chose to present. There was grumbling that the presentation was not very KAJO-specific, or for that matter, not very untowered airport specific. There were some interesting nuggets, however, and it was nice to see such a large collection of AJO flyers.
The summary of the presentation seems to be "Follow the AIM. Look outside the cockpit." -- If you weren't already doing that, may I suggest you stop flying until you do. We were all taught that, and we all do that.
A suggestion was made to enter the 45 at 2000 AGL -- which is 150' below the class C ring. Interesting, would work from the south, but absolutely rotten from the north.
All told, there were some nuggets of food for thought, but otherwise, the lesson seems to be "Corona is a safe place to fly, just play by the guidelines we were all taught, and then there will be no surprises." I concur.
==
Nice weather lately, if a bit warm. The winds are favoring rwy 7, however, they have been calm and mild -- an interesting change from the usual rwy 7 business. It's a nice way to get comfortable with the rwy 7 sight picture without getting your airplane bounced around by the turbulence!
Have a great weekend -- Blue Skies!
- Mike
Friday, January 02, 2009
A word about procedures...
Pilots!
The FAA has served up something interesting in an upcoming Safety Seminar!
To wit: Operating Safely at a Non-towered Airport
This discussion will focus specifically on Corona Municipal Airport, and is sure to be a good forum.
I expect this will involve a number of our local flyers, and I'd expect a lively discussion to result. Wednesday evening of the 14th, at 6:30pm on the "upper deck" (midfield, the 2-story blue building) -- please attend if you can make it, as we can all learn from one another. We are all part of the same community after all, and we all share a number of goals, safety being high on just about everyone's list.
We have a new Instructor face around the ranch! Please join me in welcoming CFI/CFII/MEI Eddie M., who joins us from ATP in Texas. Eddie is a calm and composed instructor, and he actually seems to enjoy this stuff!
Eddie began his training with our neighbors at John Wayne (KSNA), so he is armed with local knowledge, which is good, because there aren't too many wide open spaces in SoCal, and way fewer head of cattle.
I promise that we in the office and student body will cook up additional tortures for Eddie -- he's simply having too much fun right now.
Eddie is currently working out the details of his schedule. I'd expect this to be finalized in the coming weeks.
Welcome aboard, Eddie!
(full disclosure: this is not Eddie. This looks like my realtor, and possibly yours too)
==
Some maintenance faces to make:
Cessna 17J's imitation of the Rice Krispie guys (elves? leprechauns? what the heck are those guys?) -- has been isolated to the rear seats. We continue to hunt this issue, but setting the "crew" isolate mode on Julie's audio panel will ensure crackle-free flying. Thanks to CFI Elian for helping to isolate this issue!
Cessna 1ES motors on.
Cessna 04H is expected to emerge from her monster 100hr either tomorrow or Tuesday.
Cessna 630 completed her 100hr. She has a new windshield, however, we did not receive it in time to install. We will install this when convenient, or at the next 100hr.
Cessna 25R has a new shimmy dampener and we are now using a stiffer nosewheel tire. We have not been able to reproduce the shimmy except by landing at very high speeds (80kt+) -- which causes everything in the plane to shimmy.
Cessna 20U has had her fuel tank baffling replaced. It will likely be complete next week.
Piper 85Y has been trouble free. I touched wood after typing that. Please touch wood after reading it. :)
Cessna 68U seems to be doing fine with her new fuel system re-sealing.
That's all I have. Fly Safe!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
The FAA has served up something interesting in an upcoming Safety Seminar!
To wit: Operating Safely at a Non-towered Airport
This discussion will focus specifically on Corona Municipal Airport, and is sure to be a good forum.
I expect this will involve a number of our local flyers, and I'd expect a lively discussion to result. Wednesday evening of the 14th, at 6:30pm on the "upper deck" (midfield, the 2-story blue building) -- please attend if you can make it, as we can all learn from one another. We are all part of the same community after all, and we all share a number of goals, safety being high on just about everyone's list.
We have a new Instructor face around the ranch! Please join me in welcoming CFI/CFII/MEI Eddie M., who joins us from ATP in Texas. Eddie is a calm and composed instructor, and he actually seems to enjoy this stuff!
Eddie began his training with our neighbors at John Wayne (KSNA), so he is armed with local knowledge, which is good, because there aren't too many wide open spaces in SoCal, and way fewer head of cattle.
I promise that we in the office and student body will cook up additional tortures for Eddie -- he's simply having too much fun right now.
Eddie is currently working out the details of his schedule. I'd expect this to be finalized in the coming weeks.
Welcome aboard, Eddie!
(full disclosure: this is not Eddie. This looks like my realtor, and possibly yours too)
==
Some maintenance faces to make:
Cessna 17J's imitation of the Rice Krispie guys (elves? leprechauns? what the heck are those guys?) -- has been isolated to the rear seats. We continue to hunt this issue, but setting the "crew" isolate mode on Julie's audio panel will ensure crackle-free flying. Thanks to CFI Elian for helping to isolate this issue!
Cessna 1ES motors on.
Cessna 04H is expected to emerge from her monster 100hr either tomorrow or Tuesday.
Cessna 630 completed her 100hr. She has a new windshield, however, we did not receive it in time to install. We will install this when convenient, or at the next 100hr.
Cessna 25R has a new shimmy dampener and we are now using a stiffer nosewheel tire. We have not been able to reproduce the shimmy except by landing at very high speeds (80kt+) -- which causes everything in the plane to shimmy.
Cessna 20U has had her fuel tank baffling replaced. It will likely be complete next week.
Piper 85Y has been trouble free. I touched wood after typing that. Please touch wood after reading it. :)
Cessna 68U seems to be doing fine with her new fuel system re-sealing.
That's all I have. Fly Safe!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)