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TATIONVolume40, Number 1 Published by the S.C. Aeronautics Commission March,1988

Rep. Wilder Named to Broadcastersf Hall of FameJoe Wilder, former state aero-

nautics commissioner, was in-ducted into the South CarolinaBroadcasters Association Hall ofFame during their recent conven-tion in Columbia.

Wilder becomes the twelfthinductee in the SCBA Hall of Fame,the association' s highest honorwhich was announced at their40thAnnual Winter Convention, Ian.27, lggg.

Wilder, president of WBAWAM/FM in Barnwell, served a 30-year tenure with the AeronauticsCommission beginning in 1956,and was chairman of the Commis-sion from 1980 to 1986. He is cur-rently a member of the state Howeof Representatives, Dist. 91, Allen-dale-Barnwell, and is director ofthe Lower Savannah Council ofGovernment.

During his tenure at the stateAeronautics Commission, Wilderencouraged building better andmore airport facilities in the state.He also promoted and facilitatedsafety procedures for airports andassisted in bringing South Caro-lina's airports up to the twentiethcentury by modernizing the fleetand building the aircraft mainte-nance facility. The AeronauticsCommission dedicated the flightbuilding to Wilder inMay,1987.

Wilder is also a past presidentof the state broadcasters associa-tion and has served as the associa-tion' s vice president for radio in1965.

His station, WBAW AM/FMreceived the "Small Market RadioStation of the Yeaf' award in 1,977

and 1983, and the station was pre-sented with a Peabody Award for

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outstanding community service in1953.

In addition to serving on vari-ous state and local governmentalagencies, he has been president ofthe Jaycees and Lions' club.

Also, he was a WWtr pilot, CBI,and served as Commander of theAmerican Legion.

Now is the Time to Learn Troubleshooting TechniquesAre you interested in learn-

ing how to diagnose mechanicalproblems in your aircraft?

Do you know how to trou-bleshoot?

We're looking for anyonewho is interested in learning trou-bleshooting techniques for an air-craft maintenance training coursethe state Aeronautics Commissionwould like to offer.

There's one hitch.

You have to let us know ifyou want to take the course.

The Principles of Trou-bleshooting: An AircraftMaintenance Training Course maybe offered by the AeronauticsCommission in Columbia, but thecourse cannot be offered, until atleast six people sign up.

The troubleshootingcourse uses a hands-on approach,so that students learn through

practical and theoretical experi-ences to make him an effectiveproblem-solver.

The course is taught byFlightSafety International and con-sists of about one-fourth theoryand three-fourths practice. Duringthe course, a practical four-stepprocedure to solving problems isused, as well as, microcomputersystems which simulate real-lifeSee Troubleshooting, Page 5

March,19882 Palmetto Aviation

PALMETTO AVIATION is an officialpublication of the South Carolina Aero-irautics Commission. It is designed toinform members of the aviation com-munity, and others interested in avia-tion, of local developments in aviationand aviation facilitieg and to keep read-ers abreast of national and internationaltrends in aviation.The Aeronautics Commission is a stateagency creatd in 1935 by the SouthCarolina General Assembly to fosterand promote air commerce in the state.

Carroll A. CampbellGovernor

Commissionero:

Edwin S. Pearlstine, fr., ChairmanCharleston

jimmie L. Hamilton, Vice CharimanColumbia

Fred Eugene RachelsChester

Curtis GravesDenmark

Richard McClellionAnderson

Wallace A. Mullinax, Sr.Greenville

Charles ApplebyFlorence

Ex-Officio Membere:

Sen. Isadore LourieColumbia

Rep. Olin R. PhillipsGaffney

Staff:

John W. HamiltonDirector

Helen F. MunnerlynEditor

FAA Rule ChangesFAA Pruposes Nan) Guidelines

For Mode C Transponders

If the FAA gets its way Pilotswillhave to equip theirplanes witha transponder and altihrde rePort-ing devices.

The FAA issued notices re-cently of a proposal which wouldrequire that all aircraft be fittedwith a transponder and automaticaltihrde reporting equiPment interminal and other controlled air-sPace.

The l98Tairportand airway actand the 1988 continuing resolutionrequired the FAA to adopt a

broader use of Mode C transpon-ders. By combining both pieces oflegislation, the flight agency hasproposd that Mode C transPon-ders be installed in all aircraft

which operate within40 miles of an

airport with terminal radar aP-

proach control service. Addition-allp the flight agency said thetransponders should be used in allother controlled airspace at andabove 6,000 ft. above surface or12,500 ft. meansea level, whicheverwas lower.

The FAA said thata final rulingwill be made by June 30, 1988, andwould be effective no later thanDec.30, 1990.

If you would like to make com-ments, please write the FAA,NPRM office in Washington, D.C.,by March 28, regarding Docket2553"1., Notice 88-2.

New Public Information Director Announced

Helen Munnerlyn is the newpublic information director for thestate Aeronautics Commission, as

of February 15.

Her duties with the commis-sion includeaiding the news mediawith inquiries, publicity for all spe-cial events and editing PalmettoAviation.

"I am looking forward to theprofessional and personal chal-lenges this position offers me," saidMunnerlyn,"artd I will do my bestto live up to the AeronauticCommission's high expectations."

Before coming to the Aeronau-tics Commission, she managedSouth Carolina Press Services for

for nearly four years. While there,she initiated their news clippingservices and their statewide clas-sified advertising services.

In addition, she was previouslyemployed by the Associated Presswhere she wrote feature and newsstories, supervised election cover-age and edited their bi-montlynewsletter.

She graduated from the Uni-versity of South Carolina witha BAin Journalism and is married to Jo-seph Munnerlyn, )r. and has twochildren, Louise, 3, and Paul , 5

months old.She replaces Wayne Phillips

who is range control officer atPointsett Range.

SouthCarolinaAeronauticsC-ommissionOfficesareatColurnbiaMetropolitanAirpgrt. Mailing Address: Post Office Drawer 1987, Colurnbia, South Caro-hna,292ff2. Phone (803) 734-1700.

the state's newspaper

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Breakfast Club AnnouncesGolden Anniversary Year

The Breakfast Club of SouthCarolina is celebrating its 50th An-niversary this year by announcinga special conference in Camden.

Already members have madeplans fora special Golden Anniver-sary meeting and presentationwhich will be held in Camden, July3. In addition, they will have acommemorative decal and patchwhich will be available for distribu-tion later this year.

In February, members of theBreakfast Club were invited to Hil-ton Head by the Hilton Head IslandAviation and Pilots Association fora two-day convention. John Baker,president of AOPA, gave the key-note address on Saturday, Febru-ary 20. The Sunday session washighlighted by a talk from RoyLoPresti of Piper Engineering fromVero Beach, FL.

The 1988 officers of the clubwere introduced at the wintermeeting. They are Gerald Ballard,

president; Anne Hawkins, secre-tary; Fred Powell, Upper-state vicepresident; David Oswalt, Mid-state vice president; Rudy Bra-nham, Lower-state vice president;Coy Derrick, historian.

From 50 to 150 people generallyattend the Sunday morning Break-fast Club meetings which lastabout an hour. For each meetingthe format is the same, arrival ai9:30 a.m. with breakfast and themeeting at 10 a.m.

'nVe have rather large crowdsat times,"said secretary AnneHawkins. "The club gives peoplesomewhere to go and everyone justenjoys themselves."

The club was started in 1938and has continued being an enter-taining event through the yearswith membership growing annu-allv.

If you would like to participate,Hawkins said " just show up andyou are a member."

reakfastClub

CALENDAR

March 6 DillonMarch 20 TimmonsvilleMarchZ7 AikenApril 3 Easter Sunday

no meetingApril 17 Dorchester

County Airportin Summerville

May 1 CherawMay 15 ChesterMay 22 LaurensMay 29 Twin LakesJune 12 Sumter

MunicipalAirport

]une 26 ClarendonCounty Airport

]uly 3 GoldenAnniversaryPresentation

FBO WantedIn Pickens

The Pickens County Aeronau-tics Commission is now acceptingapplications for the position of FBOat the Pickens County Airport.

If you are interested in apply-ing for this position, please send aletter of application, resume, andwritten proposal of what you canoffer Pickens County to the

nty's Aeronautics Commission

Persons interested should mailtheir applications to:

Pickens County AeronauticsCommissionDr. Jimmy D. Sheriff, ChairmanRoute 4,8ox232Central, S.C. 29630

Columbia Airport Begins New Seraice

Airports all over the UnitedStates are looking for new ways tomake travelers feel better sbouttraveling and improve existingservices.

A Columbia airport has donejwt that.

The Columbia MetropolitanAirport has instituted a free serviceof jump-starting cars for travelerswho return to find their carbatterydead.

Airport CFR and policedepart-ments provide jr-p starts free ofcharge to people stranded in theairport parking lots. According toCharles Taylor, Airport OperationsDirector, a specially equippedtruck is on call 24-hours a day tostart about 50 cars a month in theairport's lots.

An airport pickup truck was

installed with a pair of female jackconnectors on its bumper withwires going directly to the batteryservice to our travelers.

"lt's a wonderful service,"Lynne Douglas, public relationsspokeswoman for the airport said,"they are totally shocked to knowwe have this service, and it showswe really do care about travelers. Ithas turned out to be a verv valuableservice for travelers."

A 20-foot pair of jumper cableswas fashioned with aligatorclamps on one end and male jackson the other to connect to the trucksbattery.

The Columbia airport paid lessthan $50 to equip its pickup truck,said Taylor, and that's a small priceto pay for such a big service to ourtravelers.

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The CivilAir PatrolThc Ciail Air P atrol celebrat eil

its 46th Anniaersary, December 7987,anil as a way to lnnor tlum we luoe

futured tluir efforts in a three-partseies.

This article, the third part oftlu seris, emmines the CAP's role inetncrgency services., while the twopr anious articlcs dmlt with tlu P atr ol' s

cailet program and their aerosweeducation cours6.

BACKGROUND

Drring the late 1930's, theUnited States civilian pilots, avia-tion mechanics and other aviationenthusiasts became more and moreconcerned with international poli-tics. They realized a confrontationwith the United States and the Axispowers was possible, which meantthey had to be on guard.

Two things became obvi-ous to them: the nation's air powerhad to be strengthened to its fullestpotential, and secondly, that civilaircraft flights in the U.S. might beelminated during a war. Their ob-servation that flights might beeliminated concerned them because they felt their civil airstrength should be used during anational conflict. Doti.g this pe-riod their numbers had grown to

25,000 light aircraft, 128,000 certi-fied pilots and over 14,000 aircraftmechanics.

One thought ocurred tothem, TIow can I serve my countryin this time fo need?'Many foundtheir answer by joining the RoyalAir Force or the Royal CanadianAir Force, but those who could notenlist, still wanted to participate.These aviation enthusiasts wereprepared to defend their nationany way they could.

In 1938, Gilt Robb Wilson,an aviation writer, went to Ger-many on an assignment. What hesaw there confirmed his suspicionsabout Germany preparing for war.Upon returning to his home in New]ersey, he reported his findings tothe governor. Wilson pleaded withthe governor to use civil airfleets toaugment forces in the coming war.After gaining the governor's ap-proval, Wilson organized New|ersey's Civil Air Defense Services.

Wilson's plan, back"d byGeneral H.H. '?Iap" Arnold andthe Civil Aeronautics Authorityutilized small planes for liaisonwork and for patrolling dams,pipelines, and uninhabited coast-Iines to guard against sabotage.Additionally, Civil Air DefenseServices performed security du-

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Emergency Services: Help During Crises

ties, such as policing airports andfinger printing people connectedwith light aviation.

As the organizations grew,plans to incorporate the civilian airstrength was supported by the U.S.A*y Air Corps and the CivilAeronautics Administration. Thefirst step irutitued a refreshercourse for civilian pilot instructorsand a civilian pilot training pro-gram. These activitie only pro-vided for military use of thosetrained, with the objective to in-crease the number of civilianairmen who could be placed inmilitary service when needed. Thesecond phase organized civilianaviators so their efforts could beutilized in case of war. Throughthis second step, the Civil Air Pa-trol was born.

COASTAL PATROL:FIRST MISSION OF CAP

On March 5, 1942, a CivilAir Patrol coastal patrol was au-thorized as a 90day experiment.Wilson organized the coastal patrolprogram for the Civil Air Patrol towatch for German U-boats. TheCAP coastal patrol establishedbases in Atlantic City, N], Reho-both, MD, and Lantana, FL. Pilots

arrived at the Coastal Patrol instal-lations until the program ex-panded to 21 bases.

The first missions were forreconnaissance only with a crew ofa pilot and observer who were inconstant communication withshore bases. Their mission was tospot enemy submarines and sum-mon the Army and Navy bomberforces.

The CAP spotted manyenemy submarines and sum-moned the Army and Navy forhelp, but generally, the subma-rines left the area before the mili-tary forces could intercept them.Itwas then authorized that the CAPcould carry demolition bombs andextend their range to 150 miles.Small planes could carry only one100-lbs. bomb, with larger planescarrying bigger bomb loads.

The Coastal Patrol experi-mental mission was a success. As aresult of its effectiveness, the pro-gram continued for another 18months, defending the countryfrom dawn to dusk.

During this period, theCAP reported 173 submarine sight-ings, had two submarines sunk,and bombed 57 submarines. It flew86,685 missions over coastal watersfora total of244,600hours and over

24 million miles. The CAP sum-moned help for over 90 ships indistress and for 353 survivors ofsubmarine attacks. The CAP wasalso responsible for reporting thelocation of 17 floating mines andfor flying 5,684 special convoy mis-sions for the Navy.

In other wartime missioru,the CAP also provided a courierservice for airlift personnel andlight cargo, powerline and pipelinesurveillance, forest fire patrol, andborder patrol for the southern U.S.boundary.

Drring their wartime mis-sion 54 members died while per-forming duties. Times were hardon the volunteers and pay was lowfor those who were paid. The com-mon daily wage was $8 for pilotsand $5 for personnel.

The CAP flew 24,000 hoursof assigfned search and rescuemissions and also completed24,000 hours in out-of-pocket SARfly g missions.

There were some advan-tages the CAP had over militarypilots. First, the CAP could flyIower and slower. Second, the pi-lots were more familiar with theterrain, and last of all, the CAP hadground search teams to go toSee CAP,Page 5

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AOPA 1988HandbooksAre ReadyTwo main sources of invaluable

information are available from theAircraft Owners andPilots Associa-tion, the AOPA s Handbook for Pi-lots and the AOPA's Airport USAfor 1988.

The pilot handbook is the mostuseful reference manual available ofits kind. It includes information onairspace structure, air traffic control,navigation and communication,emergency procedures, regulatioruand advisories, and meterology.

The airports directory is a com-plete guide to more than 8,400 air-ports, seaplane bases and heliportsin the United States and its posses-sions. The directory also includesdiagrams of.2,1,N airports with theirpublished intrument approaches.

Information on more than 5,600businesses and aviation service com-panies is also included in the direc-tory.

Furthermore, the guide containsvaluable information on U.S. Cus-toms and immigration regulations,including U.S. Customs facility air-ports. Airports of entry in Canada,Mexico and the Carribean Basin arealso highlighted.

For the first time, the directoryfeatures a supplementary listing ofairports in the Commonwealth of theBahamas, and the Turks and theCaicos Islands.

The cost of the pilots' handbookis $14.95, and $24.95 for the airportdirectory, for non-members.

If you are interested in orderingone of thesedirectories, please write:

AOPA Product Sales Depart.421 Aviation WayFrederick, MD 21701

Civil Air Patrol: Emergency ServiceContinued from Page 5

wreckage sites.The Civil Air Patrol

moved over 3.5 million poundsof mail and cargo for the airforces and transported hun-dreds of military passengersthroughout the United States.

From 1942 to'1,944, theCAPalso patrolled the Mexicanborder and reported almost2000 unordinary activities andradioed descriptions of over 1 70suspicious aircraft.

TODAYS CAP

Currently, the Civil AirPatrol members fly three ofevery four hours flown onsearch and rescue missions di-rected by the Air Force Rescueand Coordination Center. Thecenter,located at Scott AFB,IL.,coordinates search and rescueefforts in the continental UnitedStates. In Alaska, the CAP isdirected by the Alaskan AirCommand Rescue Coordina-tion Center and, in Hawaii, theCAP works under the directionof the Pacific Air Forces JointRescue Coordination Center.The CAP also operates in PuertoRico in cooperation with theU.S. Coast Guard and the localauthorities.

The Civil Air Patrol is anon-profit, benvolent organiza-

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mechanical problems. Eachpupil is provided with systemdiagrams and complete com-puter systems.

FlightSafety said thecourse runs for two-and-a-halfdays or for a total of 20 hours. Allequipment and materials will beat the training site with the costof course $995 per person.

tion dedicated to humanitarian ac-tivities. It is a volunteer agencywhose members are reimbursed bythe Air Force for fuel, oil and com-munication expenses on author-ized missions.

Today's CAP is involved inairlifting blood, donor organs,medication, and civil or relief per-sonnel to disaster areas.

Disaster relief missionsmay involve air surveillance ofdisater areas, and air evacuationsof the sick or injured. Rescue workand aid are provided duringfloods, tornadoes, hurricanes andother emergencies.

The Patrol maintains a na-tionwide network of shortwaveradio stations which providebackup to state,local civil defenseand Air Force communications.Within the states, the stations sup-port disaster plans and providecommunications for Civil Air Pa-trol search and rescue missions, inaddition to other disaster relief ef-forts.

The South Carolina CivilAir Patrol Wing consists of 27 unitsthroughout the state. If you areinterested in more informationabout the CAP, contact the Civil AirPatrol Wing Headquarters for theclosest CAP unit in your area.Write: HQ, SC Wing Civil Air Pa-trol, P.O. Box 6541, West Columbia,sc 2917'.1-654'.t.

This is the first timeacourseof this caliber has been offered inSouth Carolina. If you are inter-ested in taking it, please contactNeil Baker, Aircraft MaintenanceSupervisor, South Carolina Aero-nautics Commission, P.O. Box1987, Columbia, SC 29202, or call(803) 739-54'.t'.1.

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Listening S essions Repl ay e d

FYI From the FAA

During the South CarolinaAirports conference held in HiltonHead,last year, the FAA held twogeneral listening sessions. Thepurpose of these sessions was todiscuss what was on people'sminds and to respond as compre-hensively as possible.

The following are quetionswhich were asked during thosesessions and here are the completeanswers:

Q. How do we get pertainentinf onnation, including the correctafter-hours' ATCT frequencies,published in all FAA publica-tions? Airport sponsors shouldhave one source to which they cango.

A. The sponsor's point of con-tact should be the F1ight ServiceStation (FSS) serving the airports.The FSS will forward the informa-tion in the National Flight DataDigest. Other publications willthen publish the new data on thenext change date for that particularpublication.

Q. What is the latest status onAutomated Flight Service Sta-tions (AFSS)?

A. We presently have eightAFSS's commissioned in the South-ern Region. They are Macon, GA.;Nashville, TN.; St. Petersburg, FL.;Miami, FL.; Louisville, KY.; Ander-son, SC.; Anniston, AL; ]ackson,TN. All facilities, except Louisev-ille and Anderson, now haveModel 1 equipment. These twofacilities operate with Leased Serv-ice A and B (LABS) equipment.

Interim color weather graphicssystems are presently being in-stalled in ourAFSS's and should becompleteOctober 1988 with LABS

equipment. No transition FSS willbe consolidated into Raleigh attime of commissioning.

O. FAA needs to providemore/better guidance on fuelfarms, particularly in light of newEPA requirements.

A. FAA's interest in fuel farmsdeals with safety and does notoverlap into environmental qual-ity. Santandards and regulatorycontrols for design and construc-tion of these facilities are beyondthe agency's mission.

Fixed-base operators and air-port owners should look to indus-try standards published by theAmerican Petroleum Institute(API) for design and constructionand the USEPA or appropriatestate agencies for environmentalrequirements.

USEPA contacts in Atlanta areMike Williams or Steve Spurlin, at4043M-3866.

In South Carolina, you shouldcontact Don Duncan, Director of

Ground Water Protection Divisionof the Deptartment of Health andEnvironmental Control, at 803 7 34-5332.

Q. Most guidance on pave-ment maintenance seems to comefrom various manufacturers whopush their own products. CanFAA provide a conprehensive, un-biased overview? A seminar onthis subiect would be helpful.

A. The FAA had proposed a na-tional engineering conference inOrlando in February 1988 to dis-ctlss, among other things, sealcoats, crack sealants, and otheritems currently being tested. Un-fortunatelp this had to be cancelleddue to budgetary restraints. If thereis sufficient interest among airportsponsors, the Atlanta ADO willbring together experts on the subject and sponsora seminar/confer-ence to review the state-of-the-art.If you are interested, please contactthe Atlanta ADO.

FAA Flight StandardsDistrict OfficeAcci dent Pr ea enti on Pr o gr ams

The following safety meetingswill be conducted by the CarolinaFSDO in Columbia.March 17Effective Preflight Procedures

HangarAirport

7 P.m.March 22Using the AirspaceGreenwood County Airport7 P.m.

March 26Effective Preflight ProceduresAeromedical Factors for PilotsSponsored by the EAAMidlands AviationOwens Field, Columbia10 a.m.

April 5

Terminal Control AreaNational Guard ArmoryRock Hill7 p.m.

SOUTH CAROLINAAERONAUTICS COMMISSIONP.O. Drawer 1987

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This Month. . .Inside Palmetto Aviation. Civil Air Patrol's Emergency Services S ., '

. Breakfast Club's Golden Anniversary

. Listening Session from the FAA

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A Visit to Darlington

Rex Parrott, Darlington Airport Commission, state Aeronautics Commissioner Charles Appleby, and Leon

Johnson, chairman Dailington Airport Commission welcome Sam Austin (center, dark jacket) to the Darling-tonAiport during a Febnrary visit. Austin, FAA manager of Atlanta Airports District Office, also toured the

new airport terminal building (pictured left). The new building will have a grand openning later this spring.

This publication is printed agd {ist$buted by the South CarolirJaAeronaltics 9o**itqion intheinterist of aviation Safety and to foster of responsible aviati,on in the state. The viewpointsexpressed in articles-_credited to sourc€s qe gJeqented as the view.goi*s of those writersan? do not necessarily reflect the^opinion of the Sotith Carolina Aetonautics Commission