Palwaukee Flyers New Location

Due to the planned southeast quadrant development, andthe demolition of Hangar One, Jim Kwasek and his PalwaukeeFlyers has relocated to 1040 S. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 107,effective July 1st. Jim says it is a beautiful, new facility. Phoneremains the same: 1-800-901-0730.

The PAPA ACE Annual Member Picnic will be held on Wednesday,Aug 27th, at 6:30 p.m.

As you all know, Hangar One is being demolished, so JimKwasek is unable to host the PAPA picnic as he has sogenerously done in the past. However, JimMcLennan, has volunteered his hangar forour picnic this year! Jim’s hangar is Hangar13, behind the motel and the 1098 building.

Please set aside this date and join us foran evening of socializing, good food andscholarship awards presentations. PAPA PicnicCommittee members include Bob Hanafordand Mike Ballenger, who are arranging thefood. Dennis Rouleau has offered us, onbehalf of the airport, the free use of someof the tables and chairs we will need andtubs for icing down the drinks.

2008 PAPA ACE Picnic – NEW LOCATION!

As always, current PAPA members attend free, and therewill be a nominal charge for guests. More information will bein the August Newsletter and sent to PAPA members via email.

PAPA bids a fond farewell to Hanger One. This classic airporthangar was built in the 1920s. It housed many airplanes andbusinesses at PWK, most recently, Palwaukee Flyers. Soon itwill give way for modern facilities. Gone, but not forgotten.Archive photo courtesy of Chicago Executive Airport. Recentphoto by Sheila Macomber.

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PAPA 2008 EVENT SCHEDULE

All Board Meetings will be held atAtlantic Aviation at 7:00 p.m.

Pilot Meeting locations to be decided.Please check PAPA SEZ or

www.pwkpilots.org for information.

Meeting Dates 2008

July 9 Board Meeting

August13 Board Meeting27 Members Hangar Picnic

6:30 p.m. in Hangar 13(behind the 1098 Building)

September10 Board Meeting24 Pilot Meeting

October 7 Board Meeting (Tuesday)

November 5 Board Meeting12 Annual Meeting & Election of

Officers & Directors

December 3 Board Meeting10 Holiday Dinner13 Toy Drop

Membership Report

New Regular Members:Michael Gavin

New Family Affiliate Members:

none

New Student Members:None

PAPA SEZ is published monthly by PAPA At Chicago Executive (PAPA) - anon-profit organization. PAPA was formed in 1987 as a forum for theusers of Chicago Executive Airport*. PAPA’s mission is to promote thesafety of operations and continued development of Chicago ExecutiveAirport in a fraternal environment with the pilots, users and community.Membership in PAPA is open to any user of Chicago Executive Airport.Membership dues are $30.00 annually and include a subscription to PAPASEZ. *Formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport.

Letters to the Editor, Feedback, Concerns, and Questions

Letters to the Editor and any articles submitted for publication must bereceived by the 15th of the month, will be printed on a space availablebasis, and may be edited for style and length. PDF or e-mail text OK butMicrosoft Word files preferred. Please email to: editor@pwkpilots.org orsend to:

EDITOR, PAPA SEZ1005 S Wolf Road Suite 106Wheeling IL 60090-6408

Visit the PAPA Web Site: http://www.pwkpilots.org

2008 OFFICERS,DIRECTORS & CHAIRPERSONS

PRESIDENTS. Guru Prasad 847-921-3462 sprasad2@enh.org

VICE PRESIDENTSheila Macomber 773-578-1553 arkraiders01-pilot@yahoo.com

SECRETARYSteve Sandler 847-634-8168 s-sandler@sbcglobal.net

TREASURERKen Riesterer 847-343-0088 papamembership@att.net

DIRECTORSMike Ballenger 847-609-2238 mballinger21@comcast.netBob Hanaford 312-899-9020 rhanaford@hanafordlaw.comLen Jablon 847-309-1885 lenjablonhelicopters@comcast.netJim Kwasek 847-322-7117 information@palwaukee-flyers.comRob Mark 847-864-9780 rmark@commavia.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

AIRPORT SUPPORT NETWORK REPHoward Levinson 847-480-1118 howdl@sbcglobal.net

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPRay Chou 312-656-2696 rchou@urbansolutionsllc.com

BYLAWS/LEGALBob Hanaford 312-899-9020 rhanaford@hanafordlaw.com

MEMBERSHIPKen Riesterer 847-343-0088 papamembership@att.net

SAFETY/PROGRAMJack Sheridan 312-909-2500 highjack13@aol.com

PUBLIC RELATIONSBarry Axelrod 847-215-0460 takeoff95@aol.com

Mike Ballenger 847-609-2238 mballinger21@comcast.net

WEBMASTERJim Kwasek 847-332-7117 webmaster@pwkpilots.org

NEWSLETTERSheila Macomber 773-578-1553 arkraiders01-pilot@yahoo.com

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Airport Tours

PAPA members have been providing guided airport tours by requestfrom the airport management office. On a recent tour, the VernonHills Cub Scouts, Pack 44, toured the airport with a distinguished,long time PAPA member. Here’s what he said about these scouts:

These Cub Scouts were a pleasure. Well mannered and reallyinterested in the tour. Even though we were too late for the PWKtower, because of the evening rush hour traffic, it was well receivedby the children and their parents. Tour was about 1-1/2 hours,somewhat shorter than when we visit the tower. Instead we allpiled into the airport van and are able to listen to the tower whileI explained that facet of aircraft control to everyone.

This tour also included a stop in the guide’s personal aircraft,where, “Don’t touch anything,” was somewhat overlooked.

Let’s Wing ItMore Places to Go and Things to Do! By Ray Klaus The week of June 16th, we flew to Popular Grove Airport(C77). As you probably know, AIRMOTIVE the FBO, has a full-service aircraft engine overhaul and repair shop. If you geta chance, schedule a tour - especially if your engine is duefor major overhaul. You will be amazed at the detail andprecision that goes into the rebuilding process. While there, be sure to visit the “Vintage Wings & WheelsMuseum. It is a walk back in time to the airfields of the1920s and 30s. The museum is located adjacent to the airportwith taxiway access. If you are driving, it is north of BelvidereRoad off Route 76. They have a great library of old aviationmagazines from that period. You can check theirwebsite www.wingsandwheelsmuseum.org for a schedule ofevents. On the return to home base, we stopped at Dacy Airport(0C0), and also Galt Airport (10C). As you may recall, theDacy family members were highly regarded airshowperformers. The flight office has a lot of memorabilia postedon the walls. The office has seen better days, but the sodrunway is well maintained. There weren’t any people aroundto visit with that week day. No doubt weekends are wellattended. Galt Airport (10C) is a charming place with a large populationof active aviation people gathering regularly for the fun ofit. The have a Hawaiian Luau Pig Roast scheduled for June28th this year, and probably have it on the calendar forY2009 as well. While there, Tom Hoppe taxiied up in hisAmerican Champion Citabria Aurora. Tom was a US AirforceVietnam aviator, then became a contract helicopter pilotpicking-up downed airman in Laos, and retired as a captainwith TWA a few years ago. He is based at Galt, and his historyis posted on the airport’s “Wall of Fame” along with a wholebunch of others. The week of June 23rd found Doc Eberhardt and I “winging-it” to Westosha (W110), home to Westosha Flying Club. Theyalso appear to manage the airport. For some reason oranother, I never visited there before. I was impressed withthe friendly personality and activity. Judging from theirmonthly newsletter, the club has an active and growingmembership - adding six new members in May, plus somenew solos and IFR and Private pilot completions. The initiationfee is a modest $165, plus $55 monthly dues. The Cessna 152rental is at $54, and the C172 at $69. Quite reasonable. East Troy Airport (57C), was the next destination. They haveit all: skydiving, ultralight, recreational, light sport,conventional and helicopter training. Also, they boast thenewest, nicest, friendliest maintenance facility in the areaserving piston and turbine owners, as well as light sport andexperimental aircraft owners. They are a factory certifiedRotax repair station. More explorations to come. Let’s keep flying safe, fun andaffordable. Editor - Please see the classified ads for Ray’s shared ownership

plan. Ray Klaus, a PAPA member, is a CFIA-II-MEL and has received

the designation of Master Instructor from the National Association

of Flight Instructors and has been awarded the FAA Wright Brothers

Master Pilot Award. Ray is a sport aviation enthusiast.

The following email was received as thanks for the tour:

Dear Howard, It has been a great opportunity for Vernon Hills Cub Scouts Pack

44 to visit Chicago Executive Airport on May 23. Thank you so

much for your time and willingness to show and tell how airport

operates and let scouts visit your airplane. Boys were really excited with this trip. We will be looking for your

picture at the Smithsonian Institution, once we get there for a

trip. In the following emails I will send pictures from this wonderful

visit. With Best Regards,

Derek Zarzeczny

Cub Scouts Pack 44

Vernon Hills Anyone interested in a Chicago Executive Airport tour can contactthe airport management office at 847-537-2580.

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Two PAPA ACE Members To Present At AirVenture Steve Sandler will present: “Aviation Accident Litigation – Different Perspectives.” Aug 2, 2008, 4 PM at the AirBP Pavilion. Stevewill discuss how airplane crashes often result in lawsuits, how aircraft accidents are investigated and the litigation process. PAPA member Steven M. Sandler, an attorney with Merlo Kanofsky Brinkmeier & Gregg, Ltd. in Chicago, has been practicing lawfor over 30 years. Steve represents airlines, aircraft and component manufacturers, insurers and pilots. Rob Mark will present: “Social Media for Aviators” July 28, 4 PM at the GAMA pavilion.Social networking - blogs, podcasting, Facebook and MySpace - is still in its infancy. Come learn how to join the conversationonline about your favorite topic...things that fly and the people who fly them. PAPA member Rob Mark is editor of the syndicated aviation blog, Jetwhine.com and CEO of CommAvia, an aviation-focusedmarketing communications consulting group.

Waukegan and Kenosha Pilots Join the

PAPA Lunchwaffe

For A Great Outing at East TroyBy Al Riley

Winds 280 at 17 gusting to 23 knots, greeted six planes andfifteen pilots arriving at East Troy on a recent Saturday. Pilotsfrom Waukegan and Kenosha joined the PAPA Lunchwaffe foran epicurean delight at the wonderful Roma Italianrestaurant. Lesser pilots probably could not have handledthe stiff winds.

Howard Levinson, having recently achieved an Air TransportPilot rating, with the cool hand of an astronaut, brought hisbeautiful Cessna 421 in on a shallow approach to runway 26at 100 knots warning in advance that the East Troy runwaydrops eighteen feet from the threshold to touchdown.

“Don’t be alarmed if the runway descends faster than theplane,” he cautioned his passengers. “We’ll be ok.” Crunch.The wheels firmly contacted the runway. The plane slowedto taxi speed well in advance of the turnoff. Everyone arrivedsafely.

Dick and Gail Wise, long time friends of Ray Dash and HowardLevinson, hosted the gathering, provided extra transportation

to the restaurant and later in the day treated Jack Sheridan,Bill Knauss, Ray Dash and Ron Solomon to a pontoon boat rideon Lake Beulah.

The food was great and the conversation lively. Tall tales aboutgetting through customs, overcoming medical roadblocks, pastand future flights renewed and strengthened friendships. Thejoy of flying with old and new friends warmed the conversation.

PAPA Safety and Programming Chairman Jack Sheridan, theproud owner of a Cessna 140, has recently brought togetherWaukegan, Kenosha and Palwaukee pilots with his recentlyorganized event at the Knauss Auto Museum where PAPAmember Clyde Ericson presented a wonderful power-pointpresentation on sea-plane flying. The East Troy event was acontinuation of that successful effort to encourage thecamaraderie experienced on this fantastic day.

PAPA has long brought together its intrepid pilot membersfor these great flying experiences. The Saturday Lunchwaffeexpeditions generally start at 9:30 a.m. with breakfast at theRadisson hotel. Madeleine Monaco with her cell phonegenerously receives calls from stragglers hoping to join inthe planned escapades and has frequently helped arrangethe transportation and other details that have made theseoutings such great successes. Extra seats are often available.All pilots and want-to-be pilots are welcome at these informalbut rewarding outings.

Left to right: Armand Bendersky, Al Riley, Barry Axelrod, Harriet Levinson, Howard Levinson, Dick Wise, Ron Solomon, Ray Dash, Bill

Knauss, Jack Sheridan, Jim Loerzel, Madeleine Monaco, Ray Granzow, and Glen Weaver.

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Bi-Monthly Quiz #56By Lou J. Wipotnik, ATP - MCFI

1. What are the three types of weather briefings requestedfrom the flight service station?

A) En route forecast, winds aloft forecast, and TFRs.B) Synopsis forecast, abbreviated briefing, and out look

forecast.C) Out look briefing, standard briefing, and abbreviated

briefing.

2. You should request and out look briefing whenever yourproposed time of departure is ________ or more hoursfrom time of the briefing.

A) 6 hours B) 8 hours C) 12 hours

3. An aviation terminal forecast (TAF) is a concise state-ment of expected meteorological conditions within a_____ _______ _____ radius from the center of anairport’s runway complex during a ____ ____ time pe-riod.

A) 10 nautical mile – 12 hour B) 5 statute mile – 24hour C) 5 nautical mile – 24 hour

4. TAF’s are issued ____ ____ daily.

A) Two times B) Three Times C) Four Times

5. The aviation routine weather report (METAR) is issuedevery _____, and is approximately 45 to 50 minutesold.

A) Four hours B) Two hours C) Hour

6. A sigmet advises of non convective weather that is po-tentially hazardous to all aircraft. Sigmets are unsched-uled products that are valid for ____ hours. In the con-terminous U.S. Sigmets are issued when the followingphenomenon occur or are expected to occur.

A) 2 hours – Severe icing not associated with a thunderstorm.

B) 3 hours – Severe or extreme turbulence or clear airturbulence (CAT) not associated with thunderstorms.

C) 4 hours – plus all of the weather above.

7. You are twenty miles out, when returning to ChicagoExecutive (PWK). Listening to the latest ATIS, you hear –Information PAPA, wind 180 @ 10 gusting 17, vis. 6, ceil-ing 900 broken, etc. What should you be prepared todo?

A) Call, requesting landing instructions.B) Request a special VFR.C) Land at another Chicago area airport.

8. How do METARs, TAF’s and FA’s (Area forecasts) describeceiling in their reports?

A) METARs describe ceilings above AGL (above sea level).B) TAF’s describe ceiling above MSL.C) Area forecast describe ceilings above AGL.D) METARs & TAF’s describe ceilings above AGL.

9. METARs & TAF’s are issued only for airports. In manyparts of our country there are enormous gaps in weathercoverage. What weather source helps fill these gaps?

A) Lifted index reports B) Area Forecast C) Radar summary reports

10. Be very skeptical of the weather information you re-ceive. Plan for conditions worse than forecast and al-ways have a plan “B.” What are some ways to obtainyour weather information?

A) Watch your local TV station or news pagers for ad-vance weather trends.

B) Over a period of two or three days – is the weatherimproving or getting worse?

C) Obtain the latest radio weather reports, while drivingto your departure airport.

D) Checks DUATS, and/or FSS stations, and/or all of theabove. If you have any doubts, don’t go.

Answers on page 6

PWK FuelAs of July 6, 2008

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Weekday M-F topoff $6.38 & Weekends $6.59

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Thank you From Peggy Cooney

Dear Dr. Prasad & PAPA Members:

Thank you for the beautiful Certificate of Gratitudeyou gave me. I was very surprised & happy when itarrived. That was extremely kind of all of you to dothis for me. I’ll cherish it always. Thanks you for awonderful 9+ years and your guidance and wisdomyou shared with me at Palwaukee/Chicago Executive.

I will stay in touch.

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Barry Axelrod at 847-217-0707 or email: takeoff95@aol.com

Anyone interested in flying American Champion’s LightSport Tailwheel Airplane - the Champ? Doc Eberhardt,some other folks, and myself are working on a sharedownership plan with four pilots per plane, and quality-

control structure. Let’s keep flying safe, fun and affordable. Ifinterested contact Ray Klaus at: arayaviation@aol.com, or

call 847.823.5995.

Subscribe electronically to the Chicago Executive Airportnewsletter by emailing: drouleau@chiexec.com.

Enter “subscribe” in the subject line.

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. C – AIM 7-1-4

2. A – AIM 7-1-5

3. B – AC 00-45E page 4-1

4. C - AC 00-45E page 4-3

5. C - AC 00-45E page 4-1

6. C - AC 00-45E page 4-23

7. B

8. D – AC 00-45E page 4-5

9. B – AC 00-45E page 4-17

10. D

FSS Tip of the Week:

Effectively Using TIBS

Want a quick picture of the weather and wind before you

get a preflight briefing? Flight service offers the

transcribed information briefing service (TIBS)—a

computer-generated recording of METARs, TAFs, winds

and temperatures aloft, airspace procedures, and special

announcements. To access TIBS, call 877/4TIBS-WX or 800/

WX-BRIEF, Option 2. You will be prompted for your state

and TIBS area. Use Lockheed Martin’s online TIBS map to

locate your area. For more FSS tips, take the AOPA Air

Safety Foundation’s online minicourse, A Pilot’s Guide to

Flight Service, and download AOPA’s quick reference card

to carry in your flight bag.

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