Executive Flyers October 2006 Newsletter
Congratulations to:
Justin Imperato 
and Stephen Smith for soloing; Ron McBee for passing his multi-engine instructor's rating; John Alyesworth for passing his instrument rating checkride; Jason Fesler for passing his private pilot's checkride and Lydia Khachadourian and Jeff Payne for winning the monthly drawing of a month's dues or an hour of instruction.
Open House
This coming Saturday, October 7th, we'll have an Executive Flyers open house from 10am to 2pm. We'll have several glass panel and sport pilot aircraft on display; a free breakfast from 9 to noon in the Aviator restaurant (get your breakfast tickets in the Executive Flyer's office) and two hour long seminars. The first seminar (10:30 to 11:30) will be by Max Trescott, author of "Max Trescott's G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook" who will introduce you to the many benefits of flying G1000-equipped aircraft. He'll also walk you through the most important things you need to know to operate the systems on one of these aircraft. The second seminar (12-1pm) will be by Michael Fletcher who will talk about the sport pilot license and aircraft. Michael will bring several sport pilot aircraft to the open house and they will be on display from 10-2. The seating for the seminars is limited, so you will need to call the office at (916) 427-1888 to reserve a spot for one or both of the seminars. This will be a great time to get information from experts on two of the major advances in aviation and see the aircraft and equipment that we'll be flying in the future.
"Non-movement areas"
When you get the ATIS at Sacramento Executive and also when you call to taxi to fuel, you'll hear that "taxi in non-movement areas is at the pilot's own risk". The non-movement area is all the ramp to the west of taxiway Hotel, which runs along the west side of the grass parallel to taxiway Mike. Since ground control cannot see much of this area, they put themselves in jeopardy if they tell you that you are "cleared to taxi" in these areas. You may taxi in all these areas, just be cautious for other aircraft and ground vehicles as usual. If you act as if nothing has changed, you'll be fine.
N585AM C182 Fuel Rebate
For the month of October of this year, the owner of N585AM will be giving a fuel rebate of $200 for every 10 hours you fly in that month in the Cessna 182. Once you have flown the time, get a rebate form at the office, fill it out and give it to Ed. He'll forward it to the owner who will write you a check for $200. The form must be completed within 30 days of finishing the 10 hours. This current offer is only good until the end of October 2006. Save some money and fly the G1000 system at the same time. Contact the office or email Ed about the checkout procedure in the 182.
Changing weather
Our first fall rains are forecast for this week. If you are instrument rated, check your logbook to make sure that you have the MINIMUM six approaches, holding pattern and radial intercept and flying required in the last six months for you to be current. If not, this is a good time to get an instructor or safety pilot and fly until you are current. Remember that the requirements are a minimum, and you should fly with an instructor or safety pilot until you are proficient and can handle actual instrument conditions. If you are not instrument rated, this is a great time to get started. Call the office to sign up for the instrument rating or get information from an instructor about it. Check the weather before any flight on DUAT(S) or with the FSS at 1-800-WXBRIEF. Watch out for ducks and geese as the migration has started. Try not to fly at night any more than necessary, as the birds do fly at night and can't see you either.
Return to Executive Flyers Home Page