up and speak if they wish )said ,“Yo u
folks ha ve bought me a tick et to the
wo rld .”Iloved that because that exp lain s
wh at’s goin gontoday... if youdon ’t fly,
yo umi ss alot of what’ shapp eni ng in thi s
wo rld .Wehave peopl ewho hav etaken
train s, but it’s just solong.
Anot he rstor ytha tIreally enjoyed
wa sthi swom an wh owas expectin ga
gr andc hi ld. She took atrain to the East
Coa st, but wh en she go tthere, they had a
bi gsign that read, “It’s abo y.” Shehad
mi ssed the bi rth. She was so mad at her-
self, andafter the clini c, sheknew she
wo uld n’tlet that happen again .There are
so ma nywon derf ul stories like that.
Whe nwewent to Los An geles as a
class, wewent tothi srestaurant there that
is aviat ionthemed. So me of ou rstu dents
wa nt ed togo inand look at the pictu res
they had. Irem embe rthisone fell agot on
theph one and tol dhis wife, “Yeah, Ihav e
my bus ticket, but I’m go nn aflyback
up .”Hehad bo ught abus tick et incas ehe
wa stoo afraid tofly back.
IF: Tha nk you!To be con tinue dne xt mo nth.Edito r’s Note:Jean ne is an inspir ing
woma ninavi at ion. At the ag eof92, she
still shar es her passion for av iat ionthroug htheFe ar of Flying Cl ini c.He r
hop eforthe fut ur eisthat the clinic con -
tin ues be cau se, “I’m not getti ng anyyoung er,” she sai d. All in all, wecan con-
clude that fly ing is verysafe. Ifyou ar e
sti ll not con vinc ed, con side renr ollin gatthe Fear ofFl ying Clinic.Visitthemon
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for ecast tohave bl owi ng snow,twoSM
vis ibil ity ,wi nds gust ing up to 24knot sout
of the nort hwest, and ceilin gs betw een
80 0 and 1,500 feet. ATIS adver tised
arriv als toRun ways 28C ,28R ,and4Rat
vari ou stimes enrout e. We pla nn ed apri-
mary appro ach toRu nway 4Randpulled
land ing dat afor Run ways 28Can d28R
in case of further chan ges .ATIS adver -
tise dbrak ingaction of 5-5-5 forRun way
4R. The landi ng dat a cal culatio n pr o-
duc ed a7,000- foot stopp ing dis tance for
goo dbra king act ion with Autob rakes 3
and flaps 30. Sto pping di sta nce decli ned
to 6,5 00 feet for Aut obra kes 4. Wedis-cussed both braki ng opt ions. The
Capt ain initia lly ch os e Au tobrak es 4
wh ile I favore d Au tobr ake s 3. He ulti -
ma tely cho se Au tobra kes 3. ATIScall ed
the wind s340/23 G2 9, whic hdro ve atar -
ge tspe edof 151 knots. Tow er verif ied the
same wind sat initial check-in.The lan d-
ing was smoo th an d une ventful. The
Cap tain us ed ful l revers e thru st and
sto we dthe reversers pa ssing 80knots. He
calle d3,00 0feetrunw ay rem ainin gat the
ap pr op ria te loc atio nand seemed to ha ve
complet econt rolofthe aircr aft. At that
po int ,heas kedmeto di seng age the auto-
br ak es. Ino tedtheai rspe ed de celerating
thr ou gh 70 knots and stow ed the spe edbrake sin ordertodisen gage theaut o-
brake s. I expe cte d the Captain to us e
manua lbr aki ngat tha tpo int to ensu re
contr ol oftheaircr aft as wede celerat ed
to tax ispe ed. The ai rcraft did no tde cel-
erate like Iexpec ted be tween3,000 and
1,000 fee t rema ini ng. At tha t po int, I
could see the end of the runway
approa chin grap idly and told the Ca ptain
that he need edto come left to exitthe run -
way .That was whe nIreali zed that he
was trying to stop the air craft and br ing
it left with out succ ess. The runway end
ident ifie r and taxiw ay ligh ts came up
quick ly, and we slid rig ht as the right
main gear depar ted the pr epar ed surf ace.Ittook meabr iefperiodoftimetoreal ize
that themain ge arhaddepartedthepre-
pa red surfa ce.Icalledtowertotellthem
that we had de pa rted the runway an d
would not be abl etoclearRunway 4R.
Af ter our sit ua tion was clarified with
Tow er, Istart ed the AP Uandshutdo wn
Number 2Eng ine.
For mor e information, con sult the
follo win gsour ces:- http://www. faa.go v/ne ws/u pdat es/? news
Id= 88369 - http://www.faa.go v/about/initiatives/talp
a/ update_meeting_Jul y_2017/
medi a/ TA LP A- Update-Meeting-2017-
Stakeh olde r-Fe edb ack-w-Notes.pdf
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Phi lNussbaum ,wh oman ycon sid-
ered to be the world’s for emost
Stag ger wi ng pi lot and caretak er, passed
awa yinNo vember 201 7. His trav elsto
main tai norfer ry Sta ggerwi ng stoo khi m
to eve ry corner of the U.S. ,as well as
Euro pe , So uth America and Aus tralia.
His love for the airpl ane began as ateenager,when hi sfath erbo ught aD- 17.
In201 3, Phil pe nne dthe follow ing...
“In on eway or anothe rIha ve be en
involv edwithStaggerwngs sinc e196 3. I
cleane dthe mandtoo kcar eofthe rout ine
lubrication while Iwas inhig hschool.
The reweretwoStaggerw ings fly ing out
of the airpor t ne ar my bo yhood ho mepl us aLoc kh eed Lode star and aT- 6or
two, soIne ver ha dtowor ryabo ut whatI
was doin gover mo st we eken ds.
“By the time Ifinished high school, I
hadbeengiven asma llamount offlying
timeinallof theairplanes thereatthefield.
Therewa sanolder me chanicthere who
couldfixmo st anythingandhad allsortsofspecial toolsforoddjobs.Th osetoolsand
much oftheknowledgeheimpartedhave
beeninourhangar formanyyears now.
“One of themainreason sthatIlike
theBeech17 is thatit is oneofthefew
airpla nes Ihav ecomeint ocontactwith
whe rethe ba sic de signhadmadeveryREME MBE RI NGPHI LNUSSBAU M–WORLD ’S FOREMOS T
STA GG ERWI NGEXPERT
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