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April 2018

Events Calendar

Apr 7–8 Spring Fling in Sun Valley: Fly to SUN for a weekend of fun times with your fellow IAA members. Joe Grubiak 208-514-9258 or Joe@43re.com. Apr 21 Emmett (S78) Wings & Wheels: 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Pancake Breakfast, spot landing, classic/antique cars & trucks too! For info contact Tracy Barrus at 208-891-3275 or tbarrus@gmail.com. Apr 28 Graham (U45) Work Party: Aaron Hassemer 208-869-8093. May 5 Dug Bar Work Party (Hells Canyon, Oregon side). Contact Greg Bales 541-263-0250. May 5 Lewiston (LWS) Open house: EAA 328 hangar. Pancakes 8-10:30 a.m., Old & New Airplanes, Antiques, Homebuilts, Old Engine Club, Tractors, Motorcycles. Train Club, Hot Rod Car Club, Gold Panning, RC Models, Ham Radio Club. Awards; $$ 4 furthest traveled, Best 7 Types. Contact Bud Betz 208-743-5626 or Marlin Israel 206-595-1409 or m_israel@earthlink.net. May 12 Bernard (U54) Work Party: Jay Sammer 208-993-3578. May 18–19 Idaho Aviation Expo, Idaho Falls (IDA): Lots of beautiful airplanes on display in the 30,000 sq.ft. Aero Mark XL hangar, plus seminars, IAA Annual Meeting w/free lunch for IAA members, raffles, give-aways, dinner, guest speaker, and huckleberry ice cream! www.Aeromark.com. May 19: Lord Flat Work Party (Hells Canyon, Oregon side) Contact Greg Bales 541-263-0250. May 26: Big Bar Work Party (Hells Canyon, Idaho side). Contact Greg Bales 541-263-0250. June 2 Carey (U65) Fly-in & Breakfast: As always, runs from daylight until last pilot served! Carey Rural Fire Department appreciates the support. Come have a great breakfast and a great time rain or shine! Mike Kelsey 208-481-0999, mountainmeadowsaviation@gmail.com. June 9 Cayuse Creek (C54) Work Party: JT 208-859-7959. June 9 Buhl (U03) Fly-in & Breakfast: 7 a.m.–2 p.m. Pancake breakfast, BBQ lunch, spot-landing contest, RC planes, static displays, arts & crafts! More info at 208-543-8999. June 13–15 Aviation Career Exploration (ACE) Academy. Multiple locations. See http://aceacademy.aero. June 15–16 AOPA Regional Fly-In, Missoula, Mont. (MSO): Seminars, airplanes, town hall w/Mark Baker, party, www.AOPA.org. June 16 Rexburg (RXE) “Fire in the Sky” Airshow: 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Free! Planes, pyrotechnics, more! www.LegacyFlightMuseum.com. June 16–17 Treasure Valley Chapter Father’s Day Fly-in at Garden Valley (U88): Try Chef Jerry's latest dish and delicious beer batter pancakes and all the fixins'. Camp out the night before and join the potluck BBQ. Joe Grubiak 208-514-9258 or joe@43re.com. June 28–30 Round-Engine Roundup: galactic@gmail.com. June 27–Jul 1 Woman Wise AWEsome Adventures: Cascade (U70). Seminars, fly-outs, and more! backcountryflygirl@gmail.com. July 13–14 Coeur ‘d Alene (COE) Fly-in: Sadly, this event had to be cancelled; the city didn’t want it….CAF B-17 “Sentimental Journey” plus a pair of A-10 Warthogs, more 208-277-8025. July 14 McCall Fly-in and Open House: Free Admission. For more information contact IAA McCall Chapter President, Rob Tucker at 208-908-0120 or rob@intered.com. July 14 Joseph (JSY) Breakfast: Greg Bales 541- 263-0250. Aug 24–25 (New Dates) Cavanaugh Bay Fly-In (66S): Camping, BBQ; call Don McIntosh 208-946-8490.

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President’s Corner

Andrew George

Oh my, spring is in the air and I can taste the sweet smell of green grass and rivers...well almost. It feels that way, with the number of things going on. I am very excited about all the events being planned, the excitement of new members, and how the IAA is evolving every day. One of the latest developments I am extremely happy to see come to

fruition is our new member of the Board. I mentioned in the past about some of the positions open; one of those was the Safety and Training VP. After defining the position and clarifying how the IAA can bring more value to members, the name has changed. As we are not directly involved in training, that word was a misnomer. So, let me please have a big round of applause for our new Vice President of Safety and Education, Mr. Tom Tyson. Tom comes to us with a long resume of military and civilian aviation experience. Even upon meeting with him today and mapping out the initial goals and parameters, I found myself anxious to get going. Tom will bring great vision, insight, and energy to the IAA. To give you a little background on Tom, he owns a JA30 SuperSTOL that he keeps at Caldwell. Now, this is probably the slowest thing he has ever flown, as this partial list of aircraft he is checked out in shows: T-41, T-37, T-38, AT-38, T-6, AT-6 and that little barn burner F-15 Strike Eagle. Tom is currently the Vice President of Textron Airborne Solutions, holds a B.A. from the Penn State University, an M.Ed. from Phillips University (Oklahoma), an M.S. from the National Council of Southern Colleges, and is a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Tom is married, with two children and one grandchild and enjoys hunting, fishing, flying, and spending time with his family. Tom’s formal education stands alone: a Master’s of Military Studies and National Security Strategy, Master’s of Education, and Bachelor’s in Political Science. Not to mention the numerous accomplishments in his military career. Just a glimpse at his most recent work environments: •Vice President, Textron Airborne Solutions, Textron Corporation, Washington D.C., 2016-present. •Director, North American Programs, Beechcraft Defense Company/Textron Aviation, 2012–2016. Page 2

•Adjunct Professor, College of Education, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 2011–2012. •Wing Historian, Vance Air Force Base (Air Force Base), Enid, Oklahoma, 2011–2012. •Director, U.S. Programs, Business Development, Beechcraft Corporation, Wichita, Kansas, 2010–2011. •Instructor/Demo Pilot: Military Training & Light Attack Aircraft, Beechcraft Defense Co., 2009–2016.

Needless to say, I am extremely excited to have him come aboard and bring to the table years of productive and educational tenure for us to benefit from. Tom will be in a get-to-know-you role immediately and you will start to see his new "Safety & Education Corner" articles beginning next month in the newsletter. Glad to have you aboard, Tom!

Just a reminder that we will hold our State Board meeting in April in Sun Valley just prior to the Spring Fling Event put on by the Treasure Valley Chapter. Look for the Spring Fling info on the IAA website.

I have more Board member and position announcements coming over the next few weeks and I am thrilled for the new inspirations and help we will be getting. Stay tuned as we are just getting busy with a lot of things coming your way to enhance the value of your membership! Blue Skies, Andrew 208-794-4480 Andrew@BaseConstructors.com

Travel Ideas—Utah & Arizona

Crista Worthy, Editor

It’s that time of year when many pilots feel like they aren’t getting enough flight time in. The weather’s often windy or foggy, mountain strips are still snowed in, and winter drags on. But when Idaho’s strips are unavailable, you can fly down to Utah and Arizona. Did you know Utah has many dozens of beautiful backcountry airstrips? And, did you know that there is a book—Fly Utah!—that will tell you all about those airstrips? Just like Idaho’s “backcountry bible” Fly Idaho!, Fly Utah! is written by Galen Hanselman and contains the same detailed runway and terrain information, plus all the zany stories about people past and present. And, just like we have a special aeronautical chart for Idaho, a better chart for Utah’s backcountry strips is the GH-UT Supplemental World Aeronautical Chart. The chart depicts 57 Utah airstrips never before published on aeronautical charts. The chart also shows noise-sensitive areas, roads, waypoint identifiers, and other features, and is made of a waterproof laminated material. There’s also a Backcountry Utah Waypoints database for iPad/ForeFlight. The database and chart are free with purchase of the book! All are invaluable resources found in the cockpits of virtually every Utah backcountry pilot, www.FlyIdaho.com.

This is the country of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Utes and other Native American tribes, and the Mormon settlements. Plus—lots of mining for uranium in the 1950s. Many of Utah’s airstrips were built to support the mines. The Utah Back Country Pilots Association,

much like the IAA, has done a fantastic job of advocating for Utah’s airstrips and keeping them open and safe for pilots, holding work parties and the like.

Also, I must tell you: if you haven’t flown there, the flightseeing over Utah’s red rock country is phenomenal. So, where to go? I have three suggestions: Hidden Splendor, Mineral Canyon, and Mexican Mountain. If you want to know more and see lots of great photos, go online to www.AOPA.org/travel/destinations. Once there, just type into the search bar Hidden Splendor, Mexican Mountain, or Mineral Canyon.

Or, if you are reading this newsletter online, the direct links are below. Read on:

This is Steve Durtschi’s Skywagon at Mexican Mountain.

Photo by Steve Durtschi.

Looks nice, doesn’t it? A little bit about these strips:

Mexican Mountain: If you are working your way south from Idaho, the first one you’ll come to is Mexican Mountain, about 38 nm southeast of Carbon County Regional (PUC). It’s also just about 10 nm northwest of the northwest corner of R-6413, which, by the way, is almost never active (check NOTAMS). Mexican Mountain sits beside the San Rafael River, just below the butte called Mexican Mountain. For more info and pictures, here is the direct link to the article about this strip:

www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/february/21/sandstone-solitude-and-silence.

From Mexican Mountain, you can take off and fly

southeast and pick up the Green River and follow it to Mineral Canyon, which is just barely west of the southwest corner of R-6413. I love flying over this river, which twists and turns. At Bowknot Bend it completely doubles back on itself. Your other choice from Mexican Mountain is to head west until you encounter the San Rafael Reef, which is an amazing geological feature, and head into the San Rafael Swell to Hidden Splendor. But the easier method is to first follow the Green River to Mineral Canyon.

Mineral Canyon: This strip is relatively long, about

2,173 feet, and sits at the bottom of a canyon, right beside the placid, wide Green River. You can take off or land in either direction, winds permitting. To go around, simply angle over the river and climb. Any of this sound familiar?

Like Idaho, but with buttes instead of mountains, and sage and juniper instead of pine and fir.

Mineral Canyon, on approach to Runway 14 (downstream). The pilot is offset slightly to clear the butte north of the strip.

Photo by Brady Lane.

By the way, both of these strips are great for stargazing.

Steve Durtschi and Mike Hart have each taken incredible photos of the night sky at these strips, a few of which are included in the articles linked here. This is the direct link for Mineral Canyon:

www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/march/09/green-river-getaway.

Now over to Hidden Splendor, inside the San Rafael

Swell and about 13 nm northwest of Hanksville (HVE). You’ll be flying deep inside a canyon and not see the strip till you come around a bend. It’s on a plateau, with steep drop-offs at both ends of the strip and all along its narrow length, so this offers a real challenge to the experienced mountain pilot. Muddy Creek flows at the bottom of the butte. For more information on ops at Hidden Splendor and lots of photos, go to www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/october/16/hidden-splendor-utah.

Photo by Brady Lane. James Stevenson (flying this C-170) and his friends fly out to Idaho and Utah every year from Wisconsin.

OK, so after you’ve visited these three Utah strips,

camped out, seen the stars, enjoyed the solitude, and gotten in a few great hikes to see the mines, rivers, and rock art left behind by Ancestral Puebloans, what now?

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I would say it’s time for a hot shower, a nice bed, and more spectacular scenery!!! And how can you beat Monument Valley? So, take off and, whether you’re coming from Hidden Splendor or Mineral Canyon, fly toward the northern border of Canyonlands National Park. This is only a couple of nm from Mineral Canyon, just south of R-6413. As you fly south over the park, you’ll be flying over the Islands in the Sky District. The terrain looks A LOT like the Grand Canyon—see below.

The Green River is flowing slowly south to your west, and the mighty Colorado River is flowing south as well, on your east side. If it’s morning, follow the Colorado River so that you are looking toward the west, with the sun behind you. Make sure your camera has fresh batteries! Then, lo and behold, you will see an amazing sight. The Green and

Colorado rivers will converge. For a while, the green and brown waters will run side by side before mixing together (Crista Worthy photos at left and above). Immediately past this confluence, look to your right, or west, to see The Maze. An amazing number of buttes that are candy-striped, red and white. This is one of the most remote places in the lower 48. The alternating colors are caused by shifting sands. As the climates changed over the millennia, winds

shifted and blew different kinds of sand in. These layers, red and white, piled on top of each other. Eventually, the entire Colorado Plateau area was uplifted and subjected to erosion, especially each spring at the ends of the various Ice Ages, when torrents of sediment-laden water would flood through here.

This is how all the fantastic buttes and plateaus of the Colorado Plateau, and indeed the Grand Canyon itself, were carved. When you look at these walls, whether from your plane or looking up at them from the ground, you are looking at up to 500 million years of time—more in the Grand Canyon. This is mind-boggling. In comparison, a human life is like the blink of an eye. But rather than feeling sad, I always feel comforted, knowing these beautiful formations will be here long after we are all gone.

East of The Maze is the Needles District, more striped buttes that are taller and thinner (thus the name). You can

follow the Colorado River southwest to avoid the Abajo peaks. Along the way you’ll fly over Hite (UT03) on a cliff overlooking the confluence of the Dirty Devil and Colorado rivers. That’s where we nearly ran off the end in a fully loaded 182 some 22 years ago. We landed there to rent a boat at Hite Marina, which is gone now that the water levels are low. That happens to have been the first (and last) time I offered to sit in the back seat, so I had no idea until we stepped out of the plane.

Continuing south from Hite you will begin to overfly the backed-up water from the Glen Canyon Dam, which drowned this beautiful canyon to create Lake Powell. The reservoir’s incongruous blue, sharply juxtaposed against the Navajo sandstone walls, is so strikingly beautiful that it seems almost every new bizjet is photographed flying over it in ads you see in all the flying magazines. Stop for fuel if needed at Cal Black (U96). Too bad Morrie isn’t there anymore.

From Cal Black you can head to Monument Valley. Other flightseeing choices, especially if you didn’t need fuel, are farther east. Near Mexican Hat airstrip, about 8 nm west of Bluff, Utah, the San Juan River makes a loop called Horseshoe Bend. There’s also another beautiful monocline here called Comb Ridge, which is striking when viewed from the air. These monoclines (like the San Rafael Reef) occur when the alternating layers of different-colored sandstone and shale are pushed up by tectonic forces at an angle, along a long north-south line. Other monoclines in the area include the Waterpocket Fold, near Capitol Reef National Park, and the Cockscomb, near the Kaiparowits Plateau.

Monument Valley (UT25) airport sits just north of the Utah/Arizona border. You’ll land to the south on runway 16 because there is a very tall butte at the runway’s south end. Go-arounds here are highly unlikely to end well. It’s unlit, so don’t land at night. Soon after 9/11, we had plans to stay here, but departures from our then-home base in Santa Monica, Calif., were only allowed via IFR. ATC held us on the ground for over an hour before clearing us for takeoff, so we arrived over the strip in the dark. Back then, only half the runway was paved and somehow in the dim light I spotted the runway, half paved and half not, and my husband was able to land in a bad crosswind. I would have chickened out of that one and I’d like to think he would now too, being older and wiser. Hopefully you made a lodging reservation first, and then you just walk from the end of the runway up to the lodge, www.Gouldings.com.

Formerly called Goulding’s Trading Post, the lodge dates to 1921, when Harry Goulding and his bride Leone (nicknamed Mike) purchased 640 acres of property here. They operated a trading post for decades, learning to speak Navajo and earning the trust of the local population. During the depression, Harry brought photographs of Monument Valley to Hollywood, refusing to leave until director John Ford looked at them. Ford fell in love, and he and actor John Wayne filmed many famous movies here. When you visit Goulding's, you’ll see displays about all of this. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The rooms are nice, prices are very fair, they have a restaurant, and a shop loaded with

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authentic Native American hand-woven rugs, pottery, baskets, and jewelry.

Of course, you don’t have a car, because you flew in. No problem! Goulding’s offers a variety of tours of Monument Valley Tribal Park. You cannot get into the best areas of the park on your own anyway; you need a guide. All the guides are local Navajos who grew up in and around Monument Valley. They will share interesting facts about the valley and its highlights. They are proud of their heritage and more than happy to share stories about their culture and history, so don’t hesitate to ask! The more you ask, the more they will open up and tell you, once they realize you actually are interested. (We have also walked all over the bottom of Canyon de Chelly this way, with a local guide, and it was great.)

If you are a fan of Western movies, like I am, you will see so many iconic buttes, pinnacles, and arches. Again, have your camera charged up! You will have the opportunity to stop and gaze at the panorama where John Ford, John Wayne, and countless other historical figures of the Southwest have left their footprints.

So now that you have seen Monument Valley, are you going to head straight home?? Heck no, I hope not! You are too close to the Grand Canyon. Fly back up to Lake Powell and follow it west. Fuel and services are available at Page (PGA). Grab the special VFR Grand Canyon Sectional and fly right over the Grand Canyon! You must stay in one of the designated corridors and fly at one of the designated altitudes, but it’s worth it! And, if you have time, you can always land at Grand Canyon National Park (GCN) and take a shuttle to the canyon, where you can have a great meal and see the canyon from the ground.

Depending on your preferred route home, you can overfly Bryce Canyon National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, borrow the courtesy car for lunch in Cedar City (CDC) and then head home. If you like Shakespeare, you should know that Cedar City is home to a Shakespeare Festival each summer that rivals the one in Ashland, Oregon. They have excellent performances and all kinds of reasonable accommodations.

So—what are you waiting for? Explore the beautiful, incomparable treasures of the Colorado Plateau in Utah and Arizona. It’s a great way to keep up your skills when Idaho’s mountains are snow-covered!

Any time you want more travel ideas, head to: www.aopa.org/travel/destinations. Very soon, AOPA will unveil a whole new travel section with a searchable database, so you can find just the flying vacation you are looking for!

Dr. Barry Hyde

Sent in by IAA member Jan Peterson

Most people involved in the aviation industry are truly passionate about the work they do. In no pilot is this passion more evident than in Dr. Barry Hyde. Hyde has loved aviation for as long as he can remember. As a young boy, his older cousin, a pilot, would take him up for leisure rides. This sort of regular, meaningful, and exciting exposure to the cockpit hooked Hyde, and still to this day it has not let up. By 26 years old, he was an accomplished flight instructor and commercial pilot with over 1,600 hours in his logbook.

Unfortunately, Hyde's life and career plans changed dramatically when he was involved in a near-fatal plane crash outside Floyd, Virginia. In his words, “My life was ruined on June 1, 1998.” Hyde was invited as a safety pilot, so the other pilot could practice instrument approaches. While cruising at 10,500 feet, the Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche lost power in the right engine. The pilot-in-command contacted Roanoke Approach Control for advisories, asking to be given priority to land at the Roanoke Airport (ROA), 45 miles away. Roanoke Approach Control advised of three other airports, all closer than ROA, but the pilot declined and pressed onward. The plane crashed into trees, still 30 miles from ROA.

The National Transportation Safety Board investigation revealed that the pilot-in-command failed to perform an adequate pre-flight check and the plane did not have enough fuel prior to take off.

What followed for Hyde was nothing short of a miracle. Paramedics who arrived at the wreckage were able to intubate him at the scene and keep him breathing for the time being. He was initially pronounced dead-on-arrival and was in such poor condition that his father fainted when he came to identify him at the hospital. Hyde was in a coma for 20 days. The doctors, fearing he wouldn't last long in that condition, allowed his friends and family to visit and leave cards and flowers. Somehow, Hyde survived, but not without extreme personal cost.

“My life drastically changed due to the brain injury and 14 broken bones,” Hyde said. “I lost my smell, taste, and sight. My left side of my body was paralyzed, both lungs collapsed, my right leg was broken in four places, and I had a broken lumbar.” He remained in the hospital for two and a half months. There was still plenty more speech, cognitive, and physical therapy ahead of him, but even if it were possible for Hyde to make a complete physical recovery, his lack of sight cemented the fact that he would never fly a plane again.

Hyde struggled with severe short-term memory loss after the crash. His mother and he sought ways to strengthen his memory recall, which led them to return to his Gleim pilot training materials. Every day, she recited material from the books Hyde studied from to prepare to pass the FAA Knowledge Tests. As he slowly “exercised” his brain, Hyde's memory improved and his love for aviation persisted. “Now, I'm a personal salesman for Gleim products, since I can share such great testimony about how the material assisted me in passing written tests for the FAA, before and after the accident.” Hyde is convinced

that if Gleim materials can work successfully in a case as bad as his own, anyone can use them.

Despite his blindness, Hyde earned his Advanced Ground Instructor and Instrument Ground Instructor certificates just two years after the crash, becoming the first and likely still the only blind person the FAA has accommodated for a test. But how could he return to the industry that caused him so much pain and grief? “Aviation is what I loved as a kid and flying as a passenger is still the most fun thing I can do” Hyde said. He makes this important distinction, though: “I'm not disgruntled with aviation. I am disgruntled with pilot negligence.” Still, he does not completely absolve himself of guilt. Hyde said that when he spoke to the PIC about his pre-flight checklist there were warning signs that Hyde knows should have prompted him to perform his own pre-flight evaluation.

Hyde's determination to prevent other pilots from experiencing his hardships, or possibly even dying, proved to be a driving force in his rehabilitation and subsequent education. He earned $88,000 in scholarship awards, culminating in a Masters' degree in Aeronautics – Aviation Safety & Aviation Operations and a DBA in Business Administration. The DBA process took ten years while Hyde worked a job, conducted research, and got married. Hyde remarked that, because he was such a self-starter, others were able to see what he was trying to accomplish and lend a helping hand. Often in his case, that helping hand was a pair of eyes. “I have many goals to accomplish and one is to share my accident so that if other pilots encounter the situation I did, they will know to land the airplane first and then ask questions.”

Now, Hyde works on the FAA Safety Team as the point of contact for the team's Industry Member program. In this role, Hyde communicates with various industry members, from educators like Gleim to major airlines, to keep industry members up to date on things that are happening at the FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The FAA Safety Team also collaborates with industry members to develop safety training and industry best practices. The FAA routinely sends Dr. Hyde to events where he is given the chance to share his story with pilots and other aviation workers to emphasize the importance of pre-flight checklists and safety overall.

Someday, Hyde hopes to join the National Transportation Safety Board and assist in investigations. Perhaps ironically, the accident that took away his sight has given Hyde a keen sense for spotting pilot errors and a unique perspective on what may have been going on in the cockpit before an incident. This is, of course, strongly backed by his years of research and work experience in aviation safety. He has written an autobiography detailing the crash and his work in aviation safety but has been so busy enjoying his post-DBA free time that he hasn't taken time to secure a publisher yet.

To look back on Hyde's career and simply remark that “Barry Hyde suffered a tragedy but went on to be successful” would be an incredible understatement. Hyde has accumulated some truly spectacular achievements in the twenty years since the accident. While he has made the best of an unfortunate situation, he doesn't want people to focus so much on his accomplishments that they

lose sight of what put him in this position in the first place: pilot negligence. For Hyde, if he can convince pilots to take pre-flight checks more seriously and shift their mentality so that they habitually conduct those checks every time they fly, he'll have succeeded in his true goal of promoting pilot safety.

District 6 – Idaho Falls/Salmon

Mike Hart

I have not headed out into the backcountry this year, but last week I flew over the top, and Indian Creek and Johnson Creek still had a blanket of snow. It doesn’t look thick, but I am not going to be the probe sent in to find out if the snow is too deep. I recall several years back being on

an air-to-air frequency this time of year and overhearing several pilots over a private airstrip. One plane was the probe to find out if the snow was too deep to land. The answer was yes. The probe was flipped onto its top. One of the pilots circling overhead stated something to the effect that he might try landing to see if his buddy was hurt. That suggestion was quickly challenged by another compadre as a generally bad idea. When a probe has provided the results you didn’t want, going in anyway is not a good idea. Put another way, the first rule of rescue is not to create more victims. Shortly after that exchange, the pilot of the disabled and upside-down plane was seen exiting and signaling that he was okay.

Another moral of the story is that it can be a good thing and a bad thing to be openly chatting on frequency. These folks had correctly picked either 122.75 or 123.45 for air-to-air coordination. Using these instead of the main 122.9 backcountry frequency is a good idea if you are flying in formation or in a group. The downside is that it is still an open frequency, so everyone hears your business and there are no secrets. Sure, it was a fluke that I was listening, my coordination flight was finished, so I was just lingering on frequency for entertainment. That day it was certainly more entertaining than most. The good news was that only a little metal was bent, and the only thing hurt was the pilot’s pride.

On another note, I am presently writing my monthly contribution to Aviation Safety magazine on the topic of tying down aircraft. My research for these articles starts with reading accident reports. Tiedown-related accidents are not particularly well reported because the airplane isn’t in motion. So instead of going to the usual NTSB record, I found more material in the NASA ASRS database. https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/search/database.html. If you are not familiar, this is the database built from all those self-reported NASA forms people use to avoid prosecution. It is like reading the pilot and ATC confessional of the sins that almost got them into trouble (or perhaps did). The user interface to the database is a bit clunky, but type in a few search terms like snowy runway and you will have a wealth of reading material. It is a great way to spend an evening if you are an aviation safety geek. Page 6

Wow, that’s quite a cornice of snow on that mountaintop! Ripe for an avalanche. Mike Hart photos; his Cub below.

Contacts State President Andrew George 208-794-4480 State Vice President Website/Secretary/Treasurer Nadine Burak 208-861-9056 Info@IdahoAviation.com Vice Presidents: Jerry Terlisner—Activities 208-859-7959 Doug Culley—Membership/Scholarships 208-861-6926 Joe Corlett—Communications 208-890-1819 Don Lojek—Legal Affairs 208-484-2292 Andy Patrick—Commercial Operators 208-383-3323 Tom Tyson—Safety and Education 316-633-1801 Directors: Director-at-Large Dist #1 Don McIntosh 208-946-8490 Dist #2 Bill Ables 541-263-1327 Dist #3 Joe Grubiak 208-514-9258 Dist #4 Kerry Requa 208-221-7417 Dist #5 Greg Cobia 208-785-5006 Dist #6 Mike Hart 208-528-7672 THE FLYLINE—Crista Worthy 208-906-4471

Editor@IdahoAviation.com

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Come join us at the 8th annual Idaho Aviation Expo Fri & Sat May 18–19. Aero Mark, in partnership with the Idaho Aviation Association, will host this worthwhile event in our 30,000 square foot Aero Mark XL hangar, where exhibitor booths, wares, and aircraft can be under one roof, and on an airport where they belong. This is an all-aviation expo that will feature all facets of General Aviation, including aircraft manufacturers, maintenance and parts suppliers, avionics, clubs and associations, workshops, speakers, and a whole lot more. Admission is $10 at door or free for Idaho Aviation Association members. More information at: www.AeroMark.com and www.IdahoAviation.com.

Lunches will be available at the Expo on Friday and Saturday, and dinner, with a special guest speaker, will be available on Saturday. We will have a kiosk at the expo entrance where you can purchase meals. All food is professionally catered and of the highest quality. There are three exhibitor-sponsored breaks during the Expo, as well as cocktail hours on Fri and Sat evening with hors d'oeuvres and a no host bar. Here is the contact information for our recommended hotels: Fairfield Inn & Suites 208-552-7378 Hilton Garden Inn 208-522-9500 Le Ritz 208-528-0880 Residence Inn 208-542-0000 Please mention “Aero Mark” specifically when booking

your room to get reduced rates. Each of these hotels has a shuttle service for those of you who plan to fly in for the show. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Thomas Hoff via phone at 208-524-1202, or email thomas@aeromark.com. See you soon!

District 2 – Lewiston/Moscow

Bill Ables With the ever-changing weather

systems typical of the coming of springtime here in the Pacific Northwest, we are all aware of the wind, snow, and rain that come with them. These systems can last for just a matter of minutes or they can hang around for several hours or a day, but, sure as they come, change will follow. However, some

changes are not welcomed. As some of you know, the aviation world recently lost a dear soul when Mary Rosenblum was lost in an aircraft accident. My condolences go out to Mary’s two sons! Mary was a past president of the Oregon Pilots Association (OPA) and a current board member of the Oregon Department of Aviation. She showed up at KJSY in her purple C-152 during April of 2012 to assist in any way possible in the “Minam Airlift,” as many of us dubbed the event initiated by the RAF to assist new owner Barnes Ellis with his newly acquired property, the Minam Lodge.

As president of OPA, she flew to Enterprise in her RV-4 and accompanied me to the Temperance Creek Lodge in Hells Canyon to attend an IAA quarterly meeting to get acquainted with her neighboring state’s aviation leaders. She was a good friend and will be missed!

We have experienced a few more “better” flying days and with the coming of these, I was able to get to Boise and bring home my “new” airplane. I will say that the only thing that is similar to what it was before, is its color. Todd Lindley and his crew at SP Aircraft in Boise did a great job on 04D!

I did get into Hells Canyon recently and landed at Temperance Creek. Abby and Sarah are still there and very willing to host any fly-in guests. It’s a different world down at their lodge. The higher temperature and green grass is always a delight. They would appreciate an email notice that you’re heading their way.

All the airstrips in the Canyon are in good shape. Check the calendar on the front page of The Flyline and come help out at some of our work parties! Your efforts are always greatly appreciated.

Sluice Creek in Hells Canyon…..many of you folks know the history of this airstrip and the formation of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, but for those of you who may not, remember it is to be used for emergency use only. We do a minimum amount of maintenance on it, but please remember it is for emergency use only.

Fly Safe and watch those Canyon winds, Bill Ables

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District 3 – Treasure Valley/McCall Joe Grubiak

The Treasure Valley Chapter Board of Directors met March 13th to determine the plan of action for 2018. Generous donations received each year as a result of the Christmas Party provide financial resources that are reinvested to the benefit of our membership, in line with IAA GOALS related to safety, education, back- country access, airspace preservation

and airfield improvements. While the Chapter will continue to support and grow our network of bike sheds, organize and sponsor social events like the Pilot Spring Fling and Garden Valley Father’s Day Fly-In, and educational endeavors like the Discover Canada Fly-Out, we are committed to broadening the scope of our work in fulfillment of the IAA mission. Focusing on the education of our youth and hoping to make a difference in an otherwise aging pilot population, the Chapter is launching a multi-faceted scholarship program to benefit youth interested in aviation and/or those young at heart interested in obtaining “backcountry” proficiency.

Putting its money where the mission is……The chapter voted to fund TEN $150 scholarships to pay for the enrollment of TEN youths in the Treasure Valley Community College (TVCC) Glider Training Seminar. Age and eligibility requirements are still being determined. The scholarship will be awarded to those youths who meet the standards set forth by the Treasure Valley Chapter, in conjunction with Ron Hanks, Aviation Director TVCC.

The chapter also voted to fund FIVE $500 scholarships to help pay for backcountry checkout instruction via one of the valley’s reputable aviation schools and/or flying clubs. These scholarships will be awarded to students and/or recently certificated pilots “new” to the discipline of backcountry flying.

To inquire about scholarships or the application process, please contact Ron Graff at 360-944-7751 or graffr59@gmail.com.

REMINDER: 3rd Annual IAA SPRING FLING is Apr 7–8, PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER! Lodging Update: There has been some confusion this year about lodging options and reservations. Last year a block of rooms was reserved at a discounted rate at the Best Western Kentwood Lodge. To receive a roughly $10 discount per room, I (Joe Grubiak) had to reserve all the rooms on my personal credit card. Further complicating things was that the Best Western Cancellation Policy changed from 72 Hours to 30 days (fine print) because of the “Block of Rooms Agreement.” Obviously, we can’t predict the weather 30 days out and so we have not entered into a block agreement this year. Lodging in close proximity to Whiskey Jacques Saloon can be secured at The Kentwood Lodge (208-726-4114), Tyrolean Lodge (208-726-5336) or Tamarack Lodge (208-726-3344). Joe Grubiak – District #3 Keep the Shiny Side Up!

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The FLYLINE April 2018

The Monthly Newsletter

of the

Idaho Aviation Association