Chock Talk – January 31, 2022
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Reflections on past flights – MA
A little story about a trip I took a while back.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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