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Bloomsburg Municipal Airport

NEWSLETTER September 2018

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BJ Teichman, Airport Coordinator - TOB Dave Ruckle, Pilot [email protected] [email protected]

Accomplishments: WELL DONE! Congratulations!

Matt B. – Bloomsburg Flying Club Member Earns Private Pilot Certificate on 20 March!

Matt is the fourth Flying Club member to earn his pilot certificate since September 2017. In the

past 15 months a total of five student pilots have earned their private pilot certificate, four are

members of the flying club and one individual who is based at N13 but not a flying club member.

Special Thanks to the following Businesses:

“On behalf of the Town of Bloomsburg and Bloomsburg Municipal Airport, we wish to thank the

following companies and individuals for supporting our local Municipal Airport by hosting

meetings in our lovely conference room. Our sincerest thanks for your support.”

- Respectfully, BJ Teichman, Airport Coordinator

• Diversified Technology

• Furmano Foods

• Press Enterprise

• Sekisui

• Legacy 360 FWM

• Central Susquehanna Community Foundation /Non-Profit Leaders Series

mailto:[email protected]




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“I think it’s inevitable that aviation is a part of the economic

growth that surrounds airports.” Tim Griffin, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

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On the Horizon / Save the Date: What: Community Day

When: 15 September 2018

Where: N13 -Bloomsburg Airport

Time: All Day Event!

• 8:00 to 12:00 - Fly-In Breakfast- Sponsored by Bloom Flyers

• 12:00 to 3:00 Fly-In Lunch -Sponsored by Bloom Flyers

• 4:00 PM – Aviation Movie for Children ▪ Ice Cream Social – Sponsored by Bloom Flyers

• 10:00 – 3:00 Scouts earn Merit Badges

• 10:00 – 3:00 Games, food, and fun for everyone

Community is Welcome to attend all of the events referenced above!

Please review the Boy Scouts Flyer and Presentation Schedule on Pages:

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What: Annual Benton Fly In – Pig Roast with all the fixins’!

When: Saturday -20 October

Where: Benton Airport

Time: Serving 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM ******************************************************************************

What: Tommy’ s Centennial Flight

When: Saturday -29 Sept.

Where: ITH – Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Contact: Jessie White: [email protected] Use the link for tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tommys-centennial-flight-tickets-47401355731

PLEASE POST- this page for upcoming events.




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2018 – COMING EVENTS:

Gray background indicates completed events.

Month Event Special Event Time Presenter/

Sponsor

3-Mar Col. Stahl's Breakfast Poker Run / Fly IN Breakfast 8:00 - Noon

Bloom Flyers

15-Mar FAA Safety Seminar Barany Chair 6:00 PM John Sibole

11-Apr FAA Safety Seminar UAS 6:00 PM H. Paul Shuch

12-May Flea Market Breakfast – Community Welcome 7:00 - 11:00

Bloom Flyers

12-May Flea Market Pig Roast- Community Welcome 11:00 - 3:00

Bloom Flyers

12-May FAA Safety Seminar ATC - Presentation 11:00 -12:00 Al Hubler

2-Jun FAA Safety Seminar Survival Stayin' Alive 11:00 John Sibole

7-Jun 20 STEM Students Presentation – Planes and Pilots 10:00-11:30 BJ

29-Jun 30 STEM Students Presentation – Planes and Pilots TBA Diane

10-Jun Dream Machine Car Show- Community Welcome 8:00-3:00

Dream Machine

19-Jul 25 STEM Teachers Presentation Planes and Pilots TBA Diane

14-Jul FAA Safety Seminar ADSB 11:00 John Sibole

7-Aug National Night Out Bloomsburg Police Dept. 6:00 - 8:00 Bloom PD

25-Aug FAA Safety Seminar Helicopter Safety 11:00 12:00 John Sibole

15-Sept Community Day for all! Scouts Earn Merit Badge Community Welcome!

10:00 – 3:00 Boy Scouts

15-Sept Fly IN Breakfast and Lunch and Movie Night!

Ice Cream Social w/Movie Community Welcome!

8:00 AM to 6:30 PM

Bloom Flyers

13-Oct FAA Safety Seminar Surviving Winter Flying 11:00 John

Sibole

20 Oct. Children’s Museum Tour of Columbia Aircraft 9:00 AM

Community

Welcome

National Night Out – Sponsored by

Bloom Police Dept.

Safety

Seminars

Community

Welcome



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Bloomsburg Flying Club Memberships available!

www.flybloomsburg.com Contact: [email protected]

(Rt.) Dave, Bloomsburg Flying Club Member, shares

2018 Oshkosh trip. Enjoy the

video by selecting the links

below:

#FlightVlog Airventure 2018... Almost made it.

#FlightVlog Airventure 2018 with FISKE arrival

N13 Fuel Prices: Currently $4.65/ Gallon, subject to change.

Flight Instructors:

▪ Phil Polstra – CFII (Parlor City Flying Club Member / Bloomsburg Flying Club) [email protected] (Independent) 563-552-7670

▪ Rob Staib – CFII (Independent) [email protected] 570-850-5274

▪ Hans Lawrence – CFII / MEI / RI (Independent) [email protected] 570-898-8868

▪ Eric Cipcic, CFI (Independent)

412-496-9954 (KIPT/home base/ willing to travel to other airports)

[email protected]

Rob, above with his Grumman Tiger, one of Columbia Aircraft Svcs. many satisfied customers.

http://www.flybloomsburg.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN5KOXJcm2U&t=5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMlTAvcaeS0







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Bill Gates, CEO, Microsoft Corporation



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Recently Completed EVENTS:

7-Aug – National Night Out – Sponsored by Bloomsburg Police Dept.

PA STATE POLICE Helicopter Arrives AT N13

Below Children and Parents gather round to ask pilots questions about the helicopter



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In addition to the State Police Ground and Helicopter Units below are some of the many organizations who also participated in National Night Out. We thank you for your participation!

Above: (Lft.) Marina (Rt.) Frannie: Witness Protection Program (Above – Girls Scouts)

Above: Columbia County Family Center Representatives



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Below Rt. National Night Out Organizer Tracy K. greets parents and children and distributes BackPacks sponsored by Jansport.

Above Red Cross Representative On Right: Charles Fritz, Recycling

Thank you to all participants who made National Night Out such a wonderful event! This is a fantastic opportunity to educate and introduce our youth to first responders in a positive, fun, relaxed environment! Thank you to the many sponsors who also participated!



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Thank you, Bloomsburg Police Dept.

Above foreground Officer Auchter, Ctr. Chief Van Loan, with wife Laurie.

(Lft.) Bloom PD Sgt. Carl reaches for a frisbee to

give to children.



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Thank you, Bloomsburg Fire Dept., and all local community first responders who participated. We greatly appreciate your volunteer service! I heard the hot dogs were fabulous!

Above Lft to Rt. Charles, Brad, Nancy, (Scott’s wife), and, Scott McBride, Bloomsburg Fire Chief. Below; Representatives from United Recovery.

Above Left: Pennsylvania Board of Probation. The “Role of Parole” Above (Rt.) United Recovery



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Recently Completed Event: Helicopter Safety In and Around them. 25 Aug - 2018 John Sibole, Program Manager, FSDO, HBG, facilitated our 5th FAASTeam Safety Seminar on Sat. 25 Aug. Sixteen pilots participated in the program. Than you John!

This month in Aviation History…..

September 24, 1929......Lt. James H. Doolittle makes first blind, all-instrument flight at Mitchell

Field flying in a Consolidated NY-2 (Husky). He later received the Harmon Trophy for conducting

the experiments.

September 10, 1932…..Major James H. Doolittle sets new world speed record averaging 294 mph

over a 3 km course in an event named the Shell Speed Dash.

September 27, 1993…..James “Jimmy” Doolittle died at the age of 96 and is buried in Arlington

National Cemetery next to his wife “Jo” Josephine Doolittle who passed away five years before

her husband.

To learn about the incredible life and times of one of the most fascinating aviators in history,

Jimmy Doolittle, get a copy of the book “Calculated Risk”, written by his granddaughter, Jonna

Doolittle Hoppes.

Flying with the Alphabet



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If you’re like most folks, you probably wondered many times throughout your early school

years…”When am I ever going to need to know this stuff?” You know, stuff like algebra,

trigonometry, calculus…and if you were lucky…advanced calc!!! Some of you may have even had

those same thoughts long before high school when the teacher would lead the class in reciting

the ABC’s. But if you are a pilot you learned very early in your training why they are so important

for just about everything and anything that has to do with flying has an abbreviation or acronym

associated with it. So, aren’t you glad you paid attention and learned your ABC’s? Think about

it, airspace designation is the best example. You’ve got Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class

E. Oh, and let’s not forget the all-important phonetic alphabet, you know A – Alpha to Z – Zulu.

Here’s one that trips up a lot of pilots: Q.

By far, aviation has more shortcuts to identify “stuff” than anything else you can probably think

of. Stuff like navigation, communication, weather, maneuvers, aircraft, airports, ratings, where

you can fly and where you can’t…well, you know or should know all about such “stuff” by now.

The real problem is trying to remember all of them. It’s like trying to remember all the important

dates in history. Unless you use them on a regular basis, it’s easy to forget or confuse some of

them. Here, try these for example, MB and mb or how about FA and FD. Do you know what

these abbreviations mean? Did you ever? No…well, look them up!

Hey, let’s have some fun…. or frustration. Let’s see how many of the 20 abbreviations or

acronyms listed below you can identify. Simply match the number to the correct letter. And

give yourself a pat on the back if you also know their meaning.

Look for the answers on page _16_.......NO PEEKING!!!

Submitted by Dave Ruckle



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1. AOE a. Accelerate north, decelerate south

2. IR b. Transcribed Weather Broadcast

3. FA c. Military Training Route

4. NFCT d. Coordinated Universal Time

5. RB e. Speed for best angle of climb

6. DT f. Nonfederal Control Tower

7. Vx g. Direct User Access Terminal

8. PCL h. Visual Route

9. VR i. Daylight Time

10. DUATS j. Airport of Entry

11. VOT k. Maximum Structural Cruise Speed

12. ANDS l. Automated Terminal Information Service

13. Vno m. Wind Correction Angle

14. MOA n. VOR Test Facility

15. MTR o. Automated Radar Terminal System

16. UTC p. Pilot Controlled Lighting

17. ARTS q. Area Forecast

18. ATIS r. Military Operation Area

19. WCA s. Instrument Route

20. TWEB t. Relative Bearing

Submitted by: Dave Ruckle

Hangar News N13: All hangars are full. – If you wish to be placed on the waiting list, contact:

[email protected]




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2008 Cirrus SR22 TN

G3 Turbo loaded with

Garmin Perspective, A/C & MT 4 Blade

February 2018 Annual,

Caps repacked & ADSB updated.

990 Total Time

570-336-6747



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2011 Arion Lightning LS-1 Light Sport Aircraft. 262 hrs.

TTAE. 120 hp Jabiru 3300. 120 kt

cruise at 5.5 gph, or slow it down to

90 and burn 3.5. GRT Sport 8.4’ EFIS,

EIS 6000 Engine Monitor, Garmin SL40

radio and GTX327 transponder.

PM10001 ll intercom and TruTrak

Digiflight ll autopilot.

Contact: Rich Radel-Bloomsburg, PA:

Cell: 570-204-2257

Home: 570-784-4862

Nice, crisp handling, and flies great fast or slow!



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Thank you, Elise – For all the wonderful photos Answers to the Alphabet Flying Quiz:

1….j 11….n

2….s 12….a

3….q 13….k

4….f 14….r

5….t 15….c

6….i 16….d

7….e 17….o

8….p 18….l

9….h 19….m

10...g 20….b

Awww…come on now…aren’t you glad you learned your ABC’s ? Submitted by Dave Ruckle ************************************************************************************

In Conjunction with Community Day on Saturday, 15 Sept. Bloomsburg Municipal Airport is hosting a blood drive. We need a minimum of 35 blood donors to host this blood drive. Please make an appointment by going to: Go to: CLICK HERE to schedule an appointment.

Then select the Bloomsburg Airport Location. Thank you. Blood saves lives!

https://arc.bottomlineink.net/a/?oid=693158&did=030417641&sk=Bloomsburg&src=email

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