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The First Solar powered aircraft

By: Roland Boucher , 2 months ago

MY Name is Roland Boucher I enjoyed Yesterdays meeting presentation on test pilots first flights on a number of aircraft I may have a subject for monthly presentation which may be of interest THAT IS The first l flights of Project sunrise the ...

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"What Is a Stabilized Approach and When to Go Around?", with Yaani Shah

By: Jonathan Hart , 21 days ago

FAA Topic of the Month - Stabilized Approaches and Go Arounds

Date and Time: Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 at 7:00 PM PDT

Location:

Hangar 21
3815 W Commonwealth Ave
Fullerton, CA 92833

A stabilized approach gives the best chance at having a great landing at the end of it, but what is a stabilized approach? Why is this important? Whether you fly IFR or VFR, and no matter what you fly, a stabilized approach is key to better landings. Go arounds are not flown often enough following unstabilized approaches, and often when they are, they are botched up in one way or another.

Then, using proper phraseology and being efficient on the radio is the mark of a professional pilot. It reduces the stress when you can anticipate what air traffic control will say. Not to mention, ATC will give you a level of respect and might help you out as well with shortcuts. We will discuss the top 10 ways pilots can streamline communications on the radio.

Yaani Shah is a Fullerton CFI specializing in instrument training. He has been flying for 3 years and holds commercial single and multi engine land ratings. His goal is to make general aviation safer and more professional.

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, please go to the website below.

https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=136408

"Anatomy of an In-Flight Breakup" with Bob Winn

By: Jonathan Hart , 24 days ago

Anatomy of an In-Flight Breakup

An AIAA Professional Development Lecture, via Zoom

presented by

Bob Winn

Principal Emeritus of Engineering Systems Inc.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 12:00-1:00 PM PDT

A number of in-flight breakups occur every year. The fundamentals of in-flight breakups reveal that there are only three root causes: fatigue of a key structural element, flutter, and overload. Each of these causes will be discussed and explained. An example of an in-flight breakup in which the experts disagreed as to the root cause will be discussed in detail. The discussion will include analysis of the aircraft wreckage, fundamental airplane fluid dynamics, trajectory analyses, and airplane performance. The presentation is supported with videos, demonstrations, and high-definition animations.

Bob Winn is a mechanical/aeronautical engineer and Principal Emeritus of Engineering Systems Inc. (ESI). ESI provides a wide range of technical support capabilities in essentially every engineering, scientific, and medical discipline. He has been with ESI since 1994 and during that time has reconstructed hundreds of aircraft accidents involving ultralights to airliners. Dr. Winn retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1991 after a 22-year career. He was an instructor pilot in four different Air Force aircraft, taught aeronautical engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and served as Chief Scientist of the USAF European Office of Aerospace Research and Development in London, England. He is a Fellow of AIAA and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and has served as a member of the SAE AC-9C Subcommittee on Aircraft Icing Technology. Dr. Winn has directed research; published over 70 technical papers, technical reports, and articles; and has given numerous presentations on a wide variety of technical and educational topics.

The presentation will be on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM PDT via Zoom. The Zoom link for the meeting is below. Once you connect to it, please follow the subsequent link for "Attendee".

https://aiaa.zoom.us/s/89999387474#success