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Vol. 2, No.
11 DECEMBER 2009
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to Bits and Pieces,
EAA's e-newsletter and monthly information digest for
builders and fliers in Canada. We encourage you to
forward your copy to your aviation friends and invite
them to subscribe.
We start this month's Bits
and Pieces with an article penned by EAA Chapter
1410 High River President Jeff Seaborn. Jeff clearly
articulates "that something" we as aviators
all hold so dear: "Connecting With Friends."
Last week, I met with Rob
Erdos, chief test pilot for the National Research
Council in Ottawa. He had just written "Bouncing
Clouds", his test flight in Ed Russell's Bf-109E.
You will recall that this aircraft was scheduled to fly
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this summer, but was involved
in a flight incident with an obstructing pole put into
the flight path by a neighbor.
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In earlier issues of Bits
and Pieces, we covered several stories of Canada's
Centennial of Flight celebrations with the flight of a
replica of McCurdy's Silver Dart in Baddeck, Nova
Scotia. On October 14, this aircraft was fittingly
awarded the J.A.D. McCurdy Trophy by the Air Force
Association of Canada in Trenton, Ontario.
We introduce Mike Bourget,
EAA Canadian council member from the Ottawa region. We
want you to meet all of the council members and will
carry a biographical outline on each one monthly. We
also list the council members for your contact
information.
Our flight safety article
this month looks at "Low-Altitude Turns and
Margin-Over-Stall" issues.
And finally, enjoy a look
back into our archives.
Enjoy! - Jack
Dueck, Editor
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| CONNECTING
WITH FRIENDS |
| Connecting
with friends. That's what we hear about EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh. It's all about connecting with friends. In the
last couple of months, I've had the opportunity to
connect with all sorts of friends through aviation.
Of course, there was
AirVenture. With hundreds of thousands of visitors, you’d
think it would be impossible to even find someone you
know. But it’s amazing; we were continually running
into friends and constantly making new friends. It’s
an event that you have to experience. Read
more
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| "BOUNCING
CLOUDS" FLYING A RARE BF-109
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| "Achtung
Spitfire", I heard in a ridiculous German accent. I
smiled. The voice was my own. My head swiveled within
the tight confines of the Bf-109 cockpit, looking for
the attacker. There it was, above and behind, waiting to
pounce upon me from out of the sun! This particular
"Spitfire" (pronounced Schpitfire) looked like
an unassuming summer cumulus cloud, but I turned to meet
the attack nonetheless.
Test Pilot Rod Erdos
gives us a personal tour of the only flying
"Emil" Messerschmitt Bf-109E in the world in
an article he wrote for Vintage Wings of Canada. Read
more
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SILVER
DART REPLICA RECEIVES AWARD
 100
years ago the Silver Dart, piloted by J.A.D. McCurdy,
made the first powered airplane flight in Canada. On
October 14, 2009 the team that built and flew a Silver
Dart Replica was awarded the J.A.D. McCurdy Trophy by
the Air Force Association of Canada in Trenton, Ontario.
The team included the grandson of J.A.D. McCurdy. Read
more
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| KNOW
YOUR EAA CANADIAN COUNCIL |
| EAA's
organizational structure is made up of several
affiliations, such as Warbirds, International Aerobatic
Club, Vintage Aircraft Association, National Association
of Flight Instructors , as well as several
special-interest groups, including the Homebuilt
Aircraft Council, the Ultralight or Light-Sport Aircraft
Council, and the Canadian Council. During the last few
years, EAA has spent a significant amount of time and
resources revamping the Canadian Council to better serve
Canadian EAA members.
This month - meet Mike
Bourget. Read
more
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| FLIGHT
SAFETY; LOW ALTITUDE TURNS & MARGIN-OVER-STALL |
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early morning an experienced pilot is so thrilled by the
smooth air, that on impulse he throws the aircraft into
a tight 60-degree bank shortly after takeoff. The
airspeed is registering a substantial margin over clean,
wings-level stall, and he is totally surprised to hear
the stall warning over cockpit noise and earphone
attenuation. Instinctively and through training, his
immediate reaction was to push on the yoke while
simultaneously leveling the wings. Read
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| WINTER
OLYMPICS AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS MAKE PILOTS SLALOM
THROUGH GATES |
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Snow will not be the only thing
covering Canada during the upcoming winter Olympics;
restricted airspace will also blanket southwestern British
Columbia and portions of the U.S. Pacific northwest for nearly
two months during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games. From January 29 to March 24, pilots must
follow extensive procedures to continue to carry out general
aviation flights in and around Vancouver according to the AIP
CANADA supplement:
For safety and security
reasons Class F restricted airspace in the form of two (2)
conjoined Olympic Rings will be established within a 30
nautical mile (NM) radius of the Vancouver International
Airport (CYVR) and Whistler Athlete’s Village,
respectively.
The adjoining rings will cover
120 miles of airspace from the Orcas Islands south of the
international border to the northwest end of Carpenter Lake. Read
more
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| PARK
IT, TRUCKERS! ICE PILOTS GET REALITY SHOW |
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13-part reality television series taped in the Canadian
Northwest Territories shows what it's like to work for
Buffalo Airways. Flying DC-3 and Curtiss C-46 Commandos,
among other vintage workhorses, the crews struggle
against bone-chilling cold and mechanical failures to
bring essential supplies to the far-flung outposts of
northern Canada. Ice Pilots NWT is broadcast on History
Television at 10 p.m. Eastern, 9 p.m. Central. You can
read more about it at www.IcePilots.com. |
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: TWENTY
YEAR DREAM TAKES TO THE AIR
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| Twenty
years ago Don Simmons (EAA 1666 of Moncton, New
Brunswick Canada) lay in bed with a damaged knee, gazing
intently at a photo of a Heath Parasol, homebuilt by a
friend in Toronto, Ontario. There and then he promised
himself that some day he'd build a plane comparable to
that smart looking sport job. Throughout the years that
followed, no matter where he went, he kept picking up
spare parts to add to his stockpile at home, which he
vowed he'd some day turn into his dream ship. Read about
Simmon's triumph with the building of a Baby Ace from
the July
1959 issue of Sport Aviation.
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