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Red Baron PIREP
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October 1, 2010
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Hello Red Baron Pilots and Friends,
It's October and fall has arrived. We have a lot of news to share in this edition so let's get started. October 21st 7pm - 9pm we will be hosting a safety seminar at the Santa Barbara Airport visitors center. Steve Boothby CFI, MEI from Red Baron and --- from Santa Barbara Tracon will be discussing ATC Clearances that are confusing or misunderstood. You will have the opportunity to ask or discuss with CFI and/or a Controller clearances that you may have been given or heard on the radio. This seminar is sponsored by the FAA and is eligible for wings credit. Don't forget to register for the seminar by clicking on the link below. Please plan on joining us for a very interesting and informative evening. Refreshments will be served. FAA Safety SeminarsWe have added Aviation History, to our newsletter that will appear each month. We hope that you will enjoy it!
Is that the Red Baron?
 | Sunday October 31st from 1pm-5pm Red Baron will be hosting a
Halloween Monster Mash
Costumes are required and prizes will be given for the best, most creative and aviation theme costumes. Halloween refreshments will be served. Details below..... Peggy Redmond |
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Catalina Fly-in
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On September 11th Steve Boothby CFII and Jon Entin CFI and flight crew of six departed for Catalina for a day of fun and flying!
Run Way Cafe
After making spectacular landings at Catalina we met at the Runway Cafe for lunch. From the menu the buffalo burger was the favorite hands down followed by the cookies.
Catalina photos courtesy of Valdimir Kostrista
We will be scheduling our next fly-in soon. Check our website for more information. Tower Tours  Red Baron has two tower tours scheduled. Space is limited so if you would like to join us please call
Peggy at 805.681.9200.
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Levi Maaia &
Steve Boothby CFII
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New Instrument Pilot
Red Baron would like to congratulate Levi Maaia as Red Baron Aviation's newest Instrument Rated Pilot. Levi passed his checkride with flying colors on September 20th. Although he could not fly north due to weather or south due to Oxnard's radar being out of service the controllers at Santa Barbara we wonderful in accommodating his needs and request near at Santa Barbara. Thank you Santa Barbara Controllers! Levi plans on starting to working on his commercial rating next week. Great job Levi and congratulations to Steve Boothby , his flight instructor. Resoled Student PilotOn September 27th Julia Bowen, in her Cessna 150, made three  spectacular landings solo! Julia soloed in 2008 in her Cessna 150 a shortly thereafter got busy school and had to put her flying on hold. Recently she resumed her flight training and is working on finishing up her private pilot license requirements. Congratulations to Julie and her flight instructor John Mottarella CFII.
Julia Bowen &
John Mottarella CFII
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The Right Seat
Flight Instructor's Corner
Estimating Distance in Flight
By Bob Johnson ATP, CFII, MEI
"Cessna 60G, report a 2 miles right base for runway 15 right." At our home airport we often use familiar landmarks to aid us in determining that point. Alternatively, one could reference a GPS or perhaps DME. However, in the absence of an appropriate NAVAID or landmark, there's a simple technique which can be used to estimate distance: learning to sight along a 10 degree angle of depression.
If we could train our eyes to focus on a point 10 degrees below the horizon, the distance to that point would be approximately six times (roughly the cotangent of a 10 degree angle) our absolute altitude (height AGL). For example, at 1,000' AGL the distance to a point 10 degrees below the horizon would be approximately 6,000' (about one nautical mile); at 2,000' the distance to a point 10 degrees below the horizon is approximately 12,000' (i.e. nearly 2 NM); at 3,000' , 3NM. See the pattern?
To read the rest of the article and learn how to focus along a 10 degree angle of depression click the following link.
Estimating Distance in Flight
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Monster Mash Halloween Costume Party
Sunday October 31st 1pm - 5pm
Please join us for an afternoon of Halloween fun!
There will be a contests and prizes for the best costumes. Festivities will include a pumpkin carving contest (free pumpkins for the first 30 people) water balloon and chubby chihuahua contest.
Prizes will be awarded
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 Aviation History
From the Diary of the Red Baron
This morning I woke with a feeling of occasion and nerves that I have not felt before - for this day, I was to take to the air alone. I usually spring from my cot with the sun, but as the first rays leaked through my shutters and onto the floorboards before me, and across the growing gaps between them, I found myself in quiet contemplation - my head resting on my fingers interlaced , as I lay facing not only the musty ceiling above, but also the challenge ahead. " I am prepared.....Yes," I said to myself.
I had been over and over each maneuver taught to me. The dos and don'ts were cycling through my mind with the rapidity of cylinders firing within the engine of my flying machine.
It was not long after I set foot on the field that I came in contact with Zeumer. If it would have been an acceptable thing for a soldier to say, I would have told him I was afraid. After a few last pointers, he raised his experienced hand, and with a finger pointing out my fateful craft, he said to me.............
"Now go and fly by yourself."
To read the remainder of this great article click here
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 From ATC
"Line up and Wait"
Effective Sept. 30, 2010, the familiar ATC instruction -- "taxi into position and hold" -- will no longer be used. Instead you will hear "line up and wait" when ATC issues instruction for a pilot to taxi onto a departure runway and wait for takeoff clearance. The change is to help simplify and standardize ATC phraseology, as well as to comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. The phrase, both in its current and future form, is used when takeoff clearance cannot immediately be issued, either because of traffic or other reasons.
"Line up and wait" has been in use by a majority of ICAO contracting states for many years. It has proven useful with many non-native English speakers, who can sometimes confuse "position and hold" with similar-sounding phrases like "position and roll." Misinterpreting this instruction can have serious consequences. Using "line up and wait" helps avoid ambiguity and keeps the global aviation community aligned to the same standard.
Here's an example of the phrase in use:
Tower: "Cessna 32Q, Runway 15 Right, line up and wait."
Pilot: " Runway 15 Right line up and wait - Cessna 32Q"
Check out the "line up and wait" training at:
www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/CourseLanding.aspx?cID=155.
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