Welcome to the
Centennial Airport Business Association's June
Newsletter! In an effort to keep our members
and local community updated on the latest news
impacting us all, we are now coming to you on a
monthly basis. We have had some exciting changes
recently and want to take a moment to bring you up
to speed.
First and foremost, we recently
held elections for new board members at our April
membership meeting. Please reference the
sidebar to note your newly elected officers and
board members. With the addition of new
faces and fresh energy, we have also established
some new committees. These committees are as
follows: · Communications ·
Operations, Safety, and Security · Colorado
Airports · Community Outreach ·
Education · Schedulers and Dispatchers ·
Membership If anyone is interested in
joining or participating in these committees
please contact Brittany Davies at bdavies@mycaba.org.
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CABA in Action
Calls Made for Legislative Support of
Aviation
Recently, Colorado State Senator
Michael Bennett wrote a letter to Secretary Janet
Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security
regarding the LASP. He firmly supported the
general aviation community and the strong industry
concerns associated with the
program. CABA greatly appreciates his
direct support of the industry and
thanks him!
Thank You Senator
Bennett
Furthermore, with
general aviation feeling the profound impact of
the economic downturn, CABA has drafted a letter
to our congressional leaders calling for their
support.
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Creating a
Compelling Future
Operations,
Safety, and Security Committee
By Michael
Turner
Greetings from your Airport
Operations, Safety & Security Committee. I
can describe our committee's direction by
directing our attention to "where we've been and
where we're going." by "we" I mean both us as a
local community and us as the larger business
aviation industry.
We've been hit hard,
we're down and we're hurting; isn't that great?
It is great because down is where all the new
stuff happens. How do we as a community and
industry rediscover and recreate ourselves? How
do we posture ourselves so we can come up
swinging again? Down is a very exciting place to
be!
The only possible tragedy would be if
we missed this chance to change. "Where we've
been and where we're going" is all about drawing
from our veterans as well as our future
generation and building the next adaptation of
ourselves.
CABA has demonstrated the
commitment we need to forge ahead. Our members
(where we've been) have a wealth of experience
and influence as well as the vision to empower
our young people (where we're going) to help us
create a legacy worthy of our aviation heritage.
Or, to put it in my favorite words, we're going
to create a compelling future.
Question: Why is it so important to
create a compelling future in
aviation?
Answer: Our industry has
lost its appeal as a career to young people who
question whether it's worth pursuing their
interest in aviation. Our industry has lost
its appeal as a service to the public at-large
who are struggling financially and listening to
misguided criticisms of business
aviation.
Question: What does creating
a compelling future have to do with Airport
Operations, Safety and Security?
Answer: This is the time
for re-examining how we do things, how we serve
our clientele and our community. This is the
time to recreate ourselves. The only thing
certain is change. Whatever the future of
operations safety & security is going to
look like it's going to look different. We're
going to be part of that change.
This
committee invites all of our stakeholders to
participate in setting a fresh course for
airport operations, safety and security. This is
the right time and place. CABA is the right
association. I invite each of you reading
this newsletter to contact me with your thoughts
and to join with us in this great
work. Warm regards, Mike
Turner
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Potential Loss
of Lease Extension Puts Jackson Hole Airport at
Risk
By Dave
Purvis |
Grand Teton National
Park is considering whether or not to extend
the lease at Jackson Hole Airport (KJAC) in
Jackson, Wyoming. Without the lease extension, FAA
funding will no longer be available and KJAC will
lose all commercial service by 2015 and close to
all aircraft operations shortly
thereafter.
The National Park
Service (NPS) is soliciting comments regarding
this extension, and everyone is welcome to post
their comments with the NPS. The only thing
required in the comment is to support the lease
extension or not. To date, some radical
organizations have flooded the comment box with
negative replies. We need all the positive
comments possible and you are the ones to make it
happen. Comment
on this
subject |
Centennial Airport Initiates Noise
Roundtable
Panel Formed to Address Impact of Airport
Noise
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Centennial Airport has begun meeting
and discussing the direction of the Noise
Roundtable. They have hired Walter
Gillfillan and Associates as consultants that have
several years of experience in these
matters. The focus of the
roundtable aims to provide workable solutions
for all parties involved. There will be more
information available in the months ahead.
However, if anyone has comments or questions
please contact Todd Green, Noise and Environmental
Specialist for Centennial Airport. tgreen@centennialairport.com |
Flight Training
Corner: APA Practice Areas and Noise
Abatement Procedures
By Jared
Johnson
A large amount of flight
training activity originates from Centennial
Airport, making the airport and surrounding areas
potentially hazardous for pilots who fail to be
diligent in their traffic avoidance
procedures. Areas that often go un-considered
in a pilot's pre-flight planning are the practice
areas that are used by flight schools based at
Centennial.
PRACTICE
AREA COMMUNICATION Flight
schools from Centennial Airport use two practice
areas; one south west, and one south east.
Pilots are strongly encouraged to make practice area
calls on 122.75, the common air-to-air frequency.
Pilots should make a call prior to entering the
practice area, and additional calls every ten
minutes advising other pilots of their location,
altitude, and intentions.
PRACTICE
AREA DIMENSIONS AND REPORTING POINTS The
south west practice area is outlined by Chatfield
reservoir, highway 85 (Santa Fe Dr.), Sedalia, and
the foothills to the west. Titan Rd, the
east-west road south of Chatfield reservoir, is
another common reporting point. The south east
practice area is much larger, and is outlined by the
Pinery, Franktown, Castlewood Canyon, Kelly Air
Park, and Kiowa. Other common reporting points
are the town of Elizabeth and 'Three Towers' (an
area east of the Pinery).
TRAFFIC
AVOIDANCE Keep
in mind that many pilots will not announce their
position, and it remains every pilot's
responsibility to stay diligent for other
traffic. Also realize that non-participating
pilots use the common air-to-air frequency not only
to announce their intentions in other areas, but
also for frequent and sometimes unnecessary
conversations. It is our responsibility as
pilots to be patient when using this congested
frequency.
NOISE
ABATEMENT AND ALTITUDE SELECTION It
is absolutely essential that every pilot operating
in the Centennial Area uses appropriate noise
abatement practices. According to an April
2009 report published by Todd Green, Centennial
Airport's Noise and Environmental Specialist,
Centennial Airport and its associated operations
received 2,240 noise complaints from the beginning
of 2009 through April. This works out to
between eighteen and nineteen complaints per
day. Many of these complaints came from
households outside of the immediate airport
vicinity, refuting the common assumption that noise
complaints come only as a result of aircraft that
are taking off and landing. According to 14 CFR
91.119, no pilot may operate an aircraft below 500
feet over a non-congested area or 1000 feet over a
congested area. A congested area, in the eyes
of the FAA, is defined by the number of complaints
that come from a given area or individual. A
single phone call to the local FSDO turns one
person's house into a congested area, and
enforcement action has, in the past, been taken
against pilots who operated aircraft below 1000 feet
in what the pilot considered a sparsely populated
area. The following is an FAA Chief Counsel
Opinion taken from Federal Aviation Regulations
Explained (Jeppesen,
2005). 'Congested area' is determined on a case by case
basis. Examples of what was determined by the [NTSB
to be congested areas] are 1. an area consisting of
10 houses and a school; 2. a university campus; 3. a
beach area along a highway; 4. over a camp where
there were numerous people on the dock and children
playing on the shore." Most examiners and FAA
inspectors in the Denver Area will take no issue
with performing ground reference maneuvers at or
above 1000 feet and a prudent pilot will also follow
this basic rule.
COURTESY Please
take the time to inform other pilots of the
Centennial Airport practice areas. If pilots make a
serious effort to stay at or near their announced
position the skies will be safer for everyone.
And if pilots consider the surrounding community
when selecting altitudes, Centennial Airport will
take less criticism from the
community.
Spread the News! |
Do you have something
to say? CABA would love to have feedback
from our membership. We invite you to submit
any articles or ideas for publication in the
monthly newsletter. Please submit all
comments to Brittany Davies (bdavies@mycaba.org). | |
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Upcoming
Meetings/Events |
June 19th- June 23rd
Air
Race Classic June 20th
'Youth Meet the
Racers' 1 pm- 3 pm
Denver Jet Center
East Click here for
info
June 21st, 2009
11 am- 3 pm
A
Celebration Of Women's Aviation: Putting
a real face to American women's aviation
heritage @ International Jet
Aviation, Showing of The Legend of Pancho
Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club Click here for
info
July 14th, 2009
11 am- 1 pm
(Lunch) 4 pm (Cocktail Hour)
CABA
Membership Meeting/Sunbourne Hangar Opening/
Hawker Beechcraft Display
Sunbourne Hangar
July 15th, 2009
11 am- 6
pm Hawker Beechcraft
Display
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport-Mountain
Aviation
July
27th, 2009 IS-BAO
Workshop
Courtyard
Marriott 1475 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver 80222
Contact Kathy @ kathyhp@comcast.net Click here for
info
Aug.
22nd- Aug. 23rd Rocky Mountain Regional Fly
In and Air Show Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
Airport Click here for
info |
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CABA Mission
Statement |
"To
foster and promote aviation and related business
at and near Centennial Airport; to collectively
address and respond to issues impacting Centennial
Airport, including safety and operational
effectiveness; to educate the general public about
all aviation activities at the airport, and to
preserve the airport and related businesses as
valuable economic assets to the community at
large." |
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CABA Board of
Trustees |
Iver
Retrum (Chairman)
Dave Purvis (Vice
Chairman)
Brittany Davies (Treasurer)
Larry
Ulrich (Secretary)
Donovan DeVasher
John Furstenberg Craig
Johnston Michael
Turner Michael
McCready Gene
Langfeldt Craig Teasdale
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Current CABA
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