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AUX TANK N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E S A N F E R N A N D O V A L L E Y C H A P T E R O F

THE NINETY-NINES I N T E R N A T I O N A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N O F W O M E N P I L O T S

THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER

OF THE NINETY-NINES,

FOUNDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1952

CHAIRMAN

ANNE MARIE RADEL

VICE CHAIRMAN

JACKI HARRIS

TREASURER

JEANNE FENIMORE

RECORDING SECRETARY

CHARLOTTE KABER

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

MELINDA LYON

AUX TANK EDITOR

NORA FEDDAL

OUR MISSION:

The Ninety-Nines is the international

organization of women pilots that

promotes the advancement of aviation

through education, scholarships and

mutual support while honoring our

unique history and sharing our passion

for flight, and to quote the 99s first

elected president Amelia Earhart,

“TO FLY FOR THE FUN OF IT.”

Originally established in 1929 by 99

women pilots, the members of The

Ninety-Nines, Inc. are now

represented in every area of aviation

today.

SFV 99s

P.O. Box 7142

Van Nuys, Ca. 91409

www.sfv99s.org

[email protected]

From the Chairman... J a n u a r y 2 0 1 5 N e w s l e t t e r

Happy New Year!!!! What a great start to 2015! We had a fantastic Chapter meeting with a terrific speaker, Bruce Breslau! Boy, were we educated and reminded about the tools avail-able for weather decisions! Plus, we had a super get together planned for Saturday January 10th for a fly-in lunch at French Valley restau-rant, but ended up at the 94th Squadron in Van Nuys due to the weather! We are building memories and time flying together as a chapter. What could be better? Let’s not forget that at the Febru-ary meeting we will be celebrat-ing our Chapter birthday with treats! Plus, we will be having another terrific speaker at our meeting! We have a lot of exciting excur-sions coming up in the next cou-ple of months! So stay tuned and stay engaged!! Cheers and wishing the Chapter a prosperous 2015,

Anne Marie

SFV99s Chapter Chair

“Confession of an Aviatrix”

For Februarys meeting, the question is:

"What is the best airport you’ve ever flown into? And, why?”

Bruce Breslau at the 99s meeting

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“To catch the reader's attention, place an interesting

sentence or quote from the story here.”

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 5 N e w s l e t t e r

January Food for Thought Statement:

"If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better per-son. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit."

William J. Clinton

Come join us for what should be a very exciting and interesting meeting February 2nd.

Randy Bresnik CFII, (his dad was Amelia Earhart personal's photographer) is going to give a talk about his son's Space Shuttle flight to the Interna-tional Space Station. Yes, Randy's son is not only an astronaut but has also logged two spacewalks for a total of 11 hours and 50 minutes.

My daughters (Karysma & Maliyah) and I dropped off some "Cookies to the Tower" to the Los Angeles Fire Dept - Station 114 (Air Operations - Crash Rescue) and they were so awesome. They gave us a tour of the facility and their helicopter. Pictures attached. We had a great time & they were very happy to get the cookies. Alisa Singhasri Liley

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It is time for the 10th annual "The Sky’s the Limit" Aviation Career Day 2015!

This year’s event will take place on Friday, March 20th, 2015 at the historic MP Aero hangar at the Van Nuys Airport from 9:00AM-2:00PM. In the past nine years and with your help, we have allowed over 10,000 local high school students the oppor-tunity to learn about the exciting and challenging career paths that are available in the aviation and aerospace industries. This is a great opportunity for students to get a real hands-on look into the aviation industry and net-work with many individuals. I would like to invite you to participate as an exhibitor for this year’s event. Your participation and willingness to make a difference for our youth is admirable. Together, we can expand the horizons of our youth and pave the growth for this industry that we love so much. We will have a booth at the Career Day. There will be about 1200 High School Students attending. We will talk to them about Careers, Scholarships and The Explorers. If you can help for a few hours please call Jeanne Fenimore. Thank you for your support in advance!

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"Meet A Chapter Sister"

Name: Jacki Harris (aka “Ms. Bunyan”, dubbed at Bozeman!) Home town: Acton, CA. I grew up in NE Ohio a country block away from a grass strip airport. I’ve lived in SoCal for 24 years now, most of it in La Canada. However, the larger acreage & slower pace attracted us to Acton a year ago. Airport I fly out of: Whiteman Favorite aircraft: Anything that’s flyable! I love the P51’s…..Lear’s….Phenoms…..any plane! My 172 any time I can get out & about! I do like a little more power though. When and where did you get your license? I did my flight training at Vista, starting in 2006 & got my ticket in 2009. It was challenging around kids, work & travel schedules but I stuck with it! It was a long journey, as I started my training at Professional Pilot Training at Burbank airport not too long before 9/11. All of my money on deposit was lost when the flight school went into bank-ruptcy. With young twins, it took quite a while to save up again. Do you own an airplane, if so, what type?: I own a 1967 Cessna 172H, that I keep hangared at Whiteman. Where is your favorite fly-in spot?: My favorite fly-in locale is anywhere there are 99s gathered. I love grass strips. On our 99s International Mtg trip to Bozeman, Montana, I was able to get out & about. I did a back-country flying class & we landed on 7 grass strips. Pure love. Hobbies: Flying, leading my Girl Scout troop, crafts – card making, beading, cross-stitch, playing my baby grand piano, reading, travelling around the world, Irish Dance mom to an International lev-el competitor, baseball mom….& hanging out with my husband & friends whenever possible. What skill do you have or factoid about you would surprise most people?: I’m a professional figure skater; turned pro in 1984. Having no national titles though, followed by a dislocated knee…..it wasn’t exactly a career choice. I tried out for the Ice Capades & was told my skating was great, but I’d “look like a sunflower in a petunia patch” so thus wasn’t offered the position. (Being 5’11, their average line skater was about 5’5 max!) All worked out ok, as I’ve been an ICU & trans-plant RN since & have loved every minute of it. . What will you be doing in five years?: In 5 years…..still working a little. In 10 or so, I hope I'm retired and traveling the world!

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Anniversary 01 / 1992 Lois Rifkin 01 / 2008 Rhonda McNeil

01 / 01 Michele Albiez 01 / 07 Helene Krongold 01 / 24 Jeanne Fenimore

From the SFV99s From the SFV99s From the SFV99s

Thank you for Your Support!



ATTA GIRLS & BOYS!ATTA GIRLS & BOYS!

Geny Haase, Dean’s List!

Lilian Holt, Holiday Party

Kathryn Arnote, See’s Candy Fundraiser

Lisa Fusano, Cookies to the Tower

Happy New Year to All

The last check we got from Ralphs was just over $44 and the accounting said this repre-

sented 9 households signed up which means a bunch of our members have not signed up.

A copy of the letter is on our website - just take it to Ralphs and have the check out person

swipe it to link to your Ralphs card and we get a tiny bit of every purchase. We have to do

this every year starting Sept 1 so if you haven't done it since Sept, get it done.

Also, ask friends and family to do this - it doesn't cost them anything and it will help our

treasury.

Bertie

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“A-B-C-D-E-F-G” or, How Do You Spell Airspace?

I don’t know about you, but ever since the FAA went to “alphabet soup” for airspace names, a good refresher is always helpful for me. So, for all of you who are like me, here’s a VERY brief re-cap of the airspace we use in the United States.

There are 4 kinds of airspace in the US:

Controlled,

Uncontrolled,

Special Use, and

Other

Here’s a picture to help you get started with Controlled Airspace:

Controlled

A – “Above” (used to be Positive Control): is 18000’ MSL and above, IFR Flight Plan and Instrument rating required, set altimeter to 29.92, altitudes are called “Flight Levels” (FL), no VFR WX minimums because there is no VFR (also, no aerobatics up there – as if you could!), DME is required above FL 240.

B – “Biggest & Busiest” (used to be TCA – Terminal Control Area): shape of inverted wedding cake and goes from the sur-face (in the center where the hub airport is) to approx. 10K’ with a radius of about 30 NM with cutouts or extensions as required, 30 NM Mode C “veil”, VFR WX minimum 3 SM, clear of clouds (because separation is provided), clearance is required prior to entry, for VFR there are transition routes (they require a clearance, too), VFR corridors and flyways (no clearance required), restrictions for student pilots.

C – “Communicate” (used to be ARSA – Airport Radar Service Area): also inverted wedding cake shape and goes from the surface at the center to approximately 4K’, 5 NM core, 10 NM maximum radius, with cutouts as required, and es-tablishing communication required for entry (“clearance” not required, just ATC response, unless it’s “remain clear of airspace”).

D – “Dialog” (used to be ATA - Airport Traffic Area): has a radius of about 4 NM, may have cutouts for satellite airports (like Riverside RAL does for Fla-Bob RIR), and goes from the surface to 2.5K’ AGL; must establish communication prior to entry, has an operating control tower and clearance required to take off or land, may have extensions of Class D or E airspace for instrument approaches & departures, controlled airspace weather minima required in Class D and any extensions.

E – “Everywhere Else” (in controlled airspace): can be aloft or surface-based, can start at 700’ AGL or 1200’ AGL, or 14.5K’ MSL, includes airways, weather minimums (same for C, D & E) of 3 SM visibility and cloud clearance 500’ be-low, 1K’ above, 2K’ lateral.

Uncontrolled

F – “Forget it”: not used in the USA. Is for IFR flight without ATC communication or separation (F=Frightening!!).

G – “Government free”: the essential difference between Class G and Class E is the weather minimums – Class G re-quires 1 SM, clear of clouds, goes from surface to start of Class E; only airspace where you can do aerobatics.

Special Use

Prohibited areas: “P-xx” – don’t EVER go in there!

Restricted Areas: “R-xxxx” – must have ATC permission to enter. We have lots of those up north in the desert for military operations.

Warning Areas: “W-xxx” – ATC has no jurisdiction because it is more than 3 miles offshore, there may be activities unsafe for aircraft (such as military activity)

Military Operations Areas (MOAs): for military activities – find out if they’re “hot” before going in – not required, but it is the safe thing to do (I wouldn’t want an F-18 zipping past me at warp 6!).

Alert Areas: for flight training, parachutes, etc. – areas where extra caution is needed


Other TRSA “Terminal Radar Service Area”: participation not required, used in areas that are not quite busy enough for Class C.

Palm Springs (KPSP) has one.

Airport Advisory Area – no tower in operation, but FSS on the field can give local WX. I suspect that now that all FSS ser-vices have been given over to Lockheed-Martin and the only one I know of is at HHR (has a tower), that none of these Airport Advisory Areas exist anymore – at least not in California. However, there are ASOS and AWOS capabilities at lots of non-tower airports that will provide the same information.

Military Training Routes IRs and VRs: high-speed, very low altitude military traffic on these – best to stay clear if you can as ATC may not know if they are hot!

Temporary Flight Restrictions “TFRs”: lots of these have sprung up since 9/11 – must check with FSS before EVERY flight. If you get into one of these, you may be escorted to the ground, make the 6 o’clock news, and lose your license. NOT a good thing! Note that though these are supposed to be “temporary”, the one over Disneyland seems to be per-manent.

National Security Areas: such as power plants, etc. – don’t loiter near them or fly low over them – you could be escorted away – just remember how paranoid the government has become and use common sense.

Parachute Jump Areas: well, OBVIOUSLY! Lake Elsinore, Perris Valley, Crystal Aire, Cal City are all heavily used jump areas, especially on the weekends when the weather is good and not too windy - be sure to monitor the CTAF in the area – you will not be able to spot a jumper whose parachute has not yet deployed as they are too small and going too fast.

Wildlife Refuges and Nat’l parks frequently have special markings around them on a VFR chart, though they don’t have official airspace designation. The Sespe Condor Sanctuary is one near us (to the west, north of Ventura). Stay high over these even though the temptation to go low and sight-see is there – especially now that there are actually condors living there. There are also some places like the Grand Canyon that have special restrictions – see the FARs for those.

Credits: Many thanks to the AOPA Air Safety Foundation for the diagrams used in this article and for their continued dedication to air safety!

Have a SAFE flight!

Claudia Ferguson

San Fernando Valley 99s, Safety Chairman

Aviation Safety Counselor

© CK Ferguson 2014


MEETINGS:

Jan 24, 2015 SWS Business Meeting, Camarillo, Ca

Feb 2, 2015 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

Feb 21-22, 2015 Date Festival – Indio, CA

March 2, 2015 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

March 14, 2015 (Sat) - Girls Scout Day

March 20, 2015 (Fri) - Aviation Career Day- VNY

April 6, 2015 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

April 29 - May 3, 2015 SWS Meeting - Temecula, CA

May 4, 2015 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

June 1, 2015 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

June 13, 2015 (Sat) SFV 99s Awards Banquet - Airtel Hotel

July 6, 2015 - No meeting - No Newsletter

SFV 99s

P.O. Box 7142

Van Nuys, Ca. 91409

www.sfv99s.org

[email protected]

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