The Central Ohio PAMA Chapter
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COPAMA P.O. Box 340494, Columbus, Ohio 43234-0494COPAMA Home Ohio Aviation
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The Central Ohio Professional Aviation Maintenance
Association, COPAMA, is a Nonprofit Membership Organization designed to
provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, concepts and techniques through
communication, education, representation and support related to the
Aviation industry.
Meetings are held the second Tuesday each month at
the Lane Aviation facility at Port Columbus Airport, 4387 International
Gateway. Pre-meeting gathering starts around 5:30 with dinner at 6:00 and
the presentation thereafter. No meetings in June, July or August. SPECIAL THANKS go to LANE AVIATION, Bruce Harrison, all the Lane employees and all of our Corporate Sponsors who help to make our monthly meetings possible. Please accept our thanks and appreciation. Visit Lane's new online store at www.lane-estore.com . EMAIL - We've added a new email address for contacting us! It's mail@copama.org and it allows us to more easily send out newsletters and notices. We'll keep the colpama@yahoo.com address we've had for years, so use whichever address you prefer. This page was last updated on 07/01/09. Please refresh your browser to view the latest updates to our website! Links to topics on this page. COPAMA Information Aviation In Ohio In the News AIR & SPACE CELEBRATES 40th ANIVERSARY OF MOON LANDING.
Originally called the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module), in later missions it was just called the Lunar Module. The photo shows Buzz Aldrin removing equipment from Eagle during that first lunar landing mission. Michael Collins was the third Apollo 11 astronaut and piloted the Command Module in orbit around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin performed the landing on the moon. NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME, 2009 A little closer to home there will be other celebrations of Aviation and Space. On July 17th and 18th the N.A.H.F. will enshrine it's Class of 2009 which includes Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, Past Cessna CEO Russell W. Meyer, Jr, and posthumously Astronaut Edward H. White, II and Actor James M. "Jimmy" Stewart. This event promises to offer a large collection of the Apollo Astronaut Crews as they attend the Friday night Presidents Reception and Dinner to receive the 2009 Milton Caniff "Spirit of Flight" Award. For more information about the weekends activities and the
Hall of Fame, please visit their website at
www.nationalaviation.org. 7TH ANNUAL CENTRAL OHIO AVIATION GOLF OUTING!
Please mark your calendars for this year’s COPAMA/PPA hosted
AMT Scholarship fund raiser on September 11th. Come and enjoy a day with
friends, great raffle prizes and the good times we’ve come to associate with the
“Central Ohio Aviation Golf Outing”. Were maintaining the tradition of Friday
Morning Play with a 7:00 AM registration for a 8:00 AM “T” off.
WHAT’s NEW this year is the location, where
we'll play Northeast of Signup Forms now available for
download Player Form (doc) Golf Outing Flyer (doc)
Player Form (pdf)
Golf Outing Flyer
(pdf) Please visit
www.golfwillowrun.com to learn more about the course. The continued support of our wonderful sponsors and your
attendance on game day is greatly appreciated. Together as the local Aviation
Community, year after year we make this event a grand success by promoting our
profession, encouraging, attracting and helping those aviation technicians meet
financial challenges early in their careers. Hope to See You “on the links” Irv Schumacher, AIRCRAFT TOOL SALE TO BENEFIT MECHANIC'S FAMILY!
Anyone interested should contact Sharon Jones directly by email at jones.775@wowway.com .
SUMMER IS AIRSHOW TIME! Here are a few airshows that will take place around Ohio. If you know of any others in neighboring states, please let us know and we'll post them for others. Dates
Events
Location For a list of other air shows around our country and the world, go to Air Show Buzz. A NOTE TO REMEMBER A FRIEND AND LONGTIME AVIATOR, DAN ALSPACH. On May 24th, a fellow aviator and friend to many in Central Ohio lost his battle to a disease that was discovered when he returned home ill during preparation for last years Dayton Air Show. Dan Alspach was an "Air Boss" or air show traffic controller for many years and helped conduct the shows at Cleveland and Dayton Ohio and Muskegon Michigan, to name a few. He was a past tower chief for OSU Airport, an Air Traffic Control Administrator at Cleveland Center and flew for Skyway Airlines and Worthington Industries after his retirement from the FAA. Dan was instrumental in arranging for the civilian and military demo teams and static displays that drew hundreds of thousands of spectators to these events and personally knew the great performers and acts that are top billing on the air show circuit. I watched as he choreographed the placement of all the aircraft at the Dayton Air Show so the weight of the aircraft didn't exceed the load limits of the taxiways they were placed on. Few people know the work it takes to bring the many variables together to make a great air show that is safe and enjoyable for those who attend. I am glad I had the chance to fly with him and like many others will miss him, especially during the future air show seasons. Farewell my friend! Lowell Dowler YAA ANNOUNCES FIRST ANNUAL "HANGAR BASH"!
August 29, 2009 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
$25 Per Person The event is being held to provide funding for the YAA program's operations and continued growth and will include Aircraft Displays, Silent Auction and Raffle. For more information about YAA, visit their website at www.youthaviationadventure.org.
Youth Aviation Adventure
THE SAM DODGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
On Friday May 29th, Lane Aviation hosted the Family of Sam Dodge as they donated $10,000 to the Columbus State Community College Development Foundation to establish an Endowment Scholarship in memory of Sam. The event took place in the lobby outside Lane Parts where Sam worked for many years before is untimely death last May. Lane Aviation President, Tom Deuber, gave a small presentation on Sam's career and contributions at Lane Parts, his commitment to his customers, the COPAMA Scholarship fund and membership in COPAMA. Tom then introduced Mr. and Mrs. Dodge to the applause of the group comprised of people from the various departments at Lane, hangar tenants and friends of Sam. Mr. Dodge then spoke of how they appreciated the warm response from the many members of the aviation community that attended Sam's memorial service last year and told how some stranger in the hotel had just donated his last $20.00 upon learning about Sam's Memorial Scholarship.
Sam was a charter COPAMA Board Member and a great friend of our
Scholarship Fund and the members of the aviation community here in Ohio.
The COPAMA board voted to donate $1000.00 to the fund and several members were
there to participate in the transfer of the check. Other groups and individuals
in attendance added their contributions to the fund to honor Sam. PAMA ENDS SAE AFFILIATION. Warrendale, PA (June 15, 2009) — PAMA, the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association, has announced it is ending its affiliation with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and will focus exclusively on programs and support for aviation maintenance managers, aviation mechanics and the aviation maintenance industry. For more on this story, go to the following links. http://www.pama.org/ or http://www.amtonline.com/publication/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=8575 MAY MEETING FEATURED THE FAA FAAST TEAM
See you in the Fall at our September 8th meeting which will feature Dallas
Airmotive with their mobile APU repair van. Mark your calendar and plan to
attend! APRIL MEETING FEATURED TEMPEST PLUS.
Our April meeting was held on Tuesday the 14th at Lane Aviation and sponsored by Tempest Plus. Although April showers fell outside, those in attendance enjoyed dinner and an informative presentation by Vince Bechtel from Tempest on "Carburetor Operation and Troubleshooting" which is FAA approved for IA renewal. He gave us a short history of Tempest Plus and their two divisions, Volare Carburetors LLC and Tempest Accessories which produce fuel pumps, oil filters, dry air pumps, filters, valves, regulators and electric stand-by pumps.
Vince informed us of their ties with Lycoming and Continental with OEM
status on many applications. He encouraged technicians to visit their website
that includes product and servicing information on their many components.
Tempest is also engaged in continual improvements to their products and
recommended that the fuel bowls of their carburetors be emptied every 100 hours
to remove water and contaminants. We want to thank Vince and Tempest Plus
for sponsoring our meeting and the wealth of information he provided.
Meeting Minutes
IWASM LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! The FAA passed on this request for the International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM). July 31st to August 2, the IWASM is bringing a B-17 to Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL) in Cleveland. They are having a "Rosie the Riveter" display and are asking for "Rosies" or B-17 crew members to volunteer to speak about their experiences. If you or someone you know might be interested in helping with this event, please contact Heather Alexander at 216-623-1111. Submitted by Jeff Gruber, COPAMA Secretary. MARCH MEETING HELD AT JP'S BARBEQUE, BOLTON FIELD
Our Presenter for the evening was Doctor Robert Lewis (Doc Lewis). He is a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) and Lead FAAST Team Representative as well as a member of our local Professional Pilots Association and a pilot. The Topic "In-flight Medical Emergencies; and How to Prepare to Survive an Aircraft Accident" gave those who attended this annual event something to think about, in light of recent aircraft accidents. We'd like to thank Doctor Lewis for sharing with us this informative topic! We also gave out our Tuition Scholarship awards to 5 applicants. Monetary awards totaling $3700.00 were presented to Andrew Sisinger, Joe Boyer, Ian Frias, Rajah Ishwar and Curtis Cox. They all participated in an interview process with our Scholarship Committee members, geared to give them experience for their job search interviews. We wish them well as they graduate from Columbus State and pursue jobs in the aviation industry or higher education. Thanks also to the committee members that went through the applications and interview results to decide the ranking of the applicants based on merit, need and future goals in our industry.
Our thanks to all the vendors who were exhibitors and provided presentations during the two days of the symposium. Several Sponsors also provided additional funding for the dinner. Our many thanks to Standard Aero (Silver Sponsor) and Aerotech of Louisville, Champion Aerospace and Tritex Corporation (Bronze sponsors). Please click on the Symposium logo above for more information about the 2009 Maintenance Symposium. THE DISTRICT SCIENCE DAY AWARDS. 
First Place Award Jacob DeRodes Impact of Blade Shape and Number on Wind Turbine Efficiency. 5th Grade Student Colonial Hills Elementary School See "Wind Turbines in the Sky" below.
Vamsi Pandari Testing Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines 6th Grade Student Karrer Middle School
Third Place Award Christopher Marek Film Canister Rocket Fuels; Which one will go the highest? 6th Grade Student Karrer Middle School
Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following Students. Nicholas Dicarlo, 8th Grade Student, St. Michaels E S, Thanks go to our judges, Gene Sprang, Cliff Kelling, Paul Tursic, Earl Redmond and Lowell Dowler.
One of the manufacturers of these devices is Hamilton Sundstrand. Their Ram Air Turbines are the heart of their Emergency Power Systems that fly on Airliners, Business and Military aircraft around the world. We're collecting more information about this technology so check back for new posts!
PAMA NATIONAL AND DFW CHAPTER SYMPOSIUM NEWS
Please visit the PAMA National Website for more photos and information about the event!
GULFSTREAM SPONSORS FEBRUARY MEETING Our last meeting was held Tuesday February 10th at Lane Aviation and sponsored by Gulfstream Aerospace. Mark Grunewald gave us a presentation on Avionics Updates that are available now and/or are being required by future regulations. He shared a wealth of information about flight deck upgrades, advanced communications including swift broadband and how regulations through the coming years will point us to an FAA concept of "Free Flight". Along with Mark, we want to thank the representatives from Honeywell, Universal Avionics and ICG International Communications Group who provided extra details as the presentation addressed some of the various equipment they manufacture. Over 50 persons attended the meeting. Meeting Minutes
COMMENTS SUBMITTED ABOUT L.A.S.P. TOP 7200 The
Transportation Security Administration has proposed a Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP)
to be implemented which will affects all
who operate or support aircraft with a Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight
(MTOW)
of 12,500 lbs or more or work at airports that they use. The proposal
just ended the "Comment" stage where members of the public can submit their
views on the legislation.The rule proposes the creation of a large aircraft security program, which would require operators of any aircraft with an MTOW greater than 12,500 pounds to create a security program subject to biennial third-party audits; to have flight crew undergo FBI criminal history and fingerprint checks; to have all passengers, including the owner, checked against the TSA's watch lists; and to hire and train an in-house security coordinator. It also includes additional security measures for over 300 general aviation airports not already addressed by TSA security plans for Airline use. The deadline for comments ended February 27, 2009 but the
Regulation.gov website is behind in posting the comments that were received. At
the close of Wednesday, April 1st there were 7252 comments posted by those
concerned about the proposal. For more information and
guidance on the proposal, visit
http://www.nbaa.org/lasp. View the list of
comments at..... JANUARY MEETING TOPIC WAS NON-ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT.
We had an attendance of 54 at this first meeting of 2009 which included 4 students from Columbus State who received Testing Scholarship awards. These funds help pay for written and practical tests that they must pass to receive their Airframe and Powerplant Technician Certificates. We wish them well as they complete their education at CSCC-AMT and start their careers in aviation! Pictured below are (L/R) Joseph Boyer, Rajah Ishwar, Andrew Sisinger and James Wende. Meeting Minutes
COPAMA MEETING SCHEDULE FOR SPRING 2009 Date Sponsor Presentation January 13th CSCC Aviation
FAA Inspector Denis Garcia - Non-Essential Furnishings Program September 11th Various 2009 Central Ohio Aviation Golf Outing at Willow Run Golf Course Co-hosted by the Professional Pilots Association (PPA). October 13th American Safety and "Safety as an Investment" Health Management Consultants, Inc. November 10th TBA December 8th Various Holiday Dinner
FAA's SAFETY WEBSITE IS GREAT RESOURCE
FAA AMT AWARD INFORMATION Make sure to get credit for your knowledge and training gained in 2007. Go to the FAA - Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Award website for information about the maintenance technician awards and the link to Advisory Circular 65-25C. COPAMA BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 2009
The COPAMA Board Members for 2009 gathered on Wednesday November 20th to elect
their new officers for next year. The Board and Officers will be formally
introduced at the Holiday Dinner next month. We’d like to congratulate and
thank the following members for accepting their new leadership roles. President
Gene Sprang HAVEN'T HEARD FROM US IN A WHILE? When we send out the newsletter, we always have a few emails that get returned due to a unknown user at the listed mail server. If you didn't receive our last COPAMA Meeting email, we may not have your correct address. Just send us an email to mail@copama.org and we'll be glad to check our address book. Also be aware that some mail client software may put us in the junk mail folder so check to see how to add us to your "Friends List". 2008 YEAR IN REVIEW Click Here to review the COPAMA Events and Sponsors for last year! PAMA MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION! COPAMA wants you to know the benefits of being a member of PAMA:
Join online now! Learn more about membership in PAMA!
PAMA WEBSITE HAS STUDENT MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION! The PAMA website now has a new application for Student Memberships. The application is a web-based form and will allow students to join for $10.00 per year including publications in electronic format. Click on the following links for more information. Student Membership Form, Student Membership BenefitsCONTINGENCY PLAN FOR BAD WEATHER OR EMERGENCIESSometimes there are reasons why canceling our meeting may be the only safe choice to make. Bad weather, storm damage or power outages are a few known examples. If threatening weather or some other emergency may effect the date or meeting place of our monthly meeting, please check this website and your email for notices from the COPAMA Board. Any cancellations will be posted at the top of this webpage and emails will be sent as early as possible to notify the group. With the passing last year of House Resolution 444 to create a National AMT Day, I thought it might be interesting to explore the world of aviation in our great State. Ohio became a State on February 19, 1803 and 100 years later, the Wright Brothers, with the help of Charles Taylor and a few others, created the first heavier-than-air, powered aircraft to make a sustained, controlled flight with a pilot aboard. The rest is aviation history which will be 106 years old this December. Since that first flight on the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, Ohio's Sons and Daughters have been at the forefront of Aviation. Their contributions span all aspects of military and civilian aviation and Space exploration.
We've dedicated a webpage to the History of Aviation in Ohio. Please
click here to view our collection of
historic links and send us new links for inclusion to
mail@copama.org . GOODYEAR AVIATION CELEBRATES 100 YEARS!
Congratulations, Goodyear Aviation, on being one of the first of many aviation corporations from Ohio that will soon pass this 100 year mark!
VISIT THE U.S. AIR FORCE MUSEUM IN DAYTON. ADMISSION IS FREE! Looking for something to do that's just a short trip from Columbus? Go to Dayton and visit the U.S.A.F Museum. It's a great place to see the history of the U.S.A.F. that celebrated it's 60th anniversary in 2007! Don't forget the IMAX theater and Art Gallery inside the museum and the Annex. Can't wait? Visit their website by clicking on the logo above! Special Links C141 Retirement Flight http://www.c141heaven.com/index.html The Hanoi Taxi (tail
#66-0177) was retired from active service in May 2006. She was the last of the
285 C-141s built by Lockheed to leave active service. She flew 100 POWs out of
Hanoi on 12 February 1973, some of them tasting freedom for the first time in
six years. Each POW put their shot-down date on the face of the oxygen panel
during their flight to Clark AB in the Philippines. For her retirement ceremony,
the POWs she brought home were brought back for the ceremony and one last flight
by this gracious lady. Most of them are old men now but their enthusiasm,
emotions, and excitement were evident during this flight and retirement
ceremony. She was then flown to Dayton, OH where she will spend her final days
in the Air Force Museum. A very touching video! EAA SHORT VIDEO ON BOEING 40.
Brady Lane of EAA has done
a wonderful short video on our Boeing 40 that can be viewed by clicking the
below link and hitting Boeing 40. We are very grateful to EAA and Brady for this 1st class piece. WOW!!!!!!!!!!
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES Looking for something to do these cold winter nights?
If the forecast is for clear skies, check out the
NASA Sighting
Opportunities link on our Links page to see if
the International Space Station is in view! Just enter your state and
city into the applet and a list of possible sighting dates and times will be
given. For example, there are sighting opportunities for the Space Station over the next two weeks for those in Central Ohio. If
there's clouds in the forecast, check out some of the other websites on our
Links page. Have an aviation related website that
you think others will like? Send the URL to us at
colpama@yahoo.com for inclusion on
the Links page. BE A PART OF "OUR GROUP"! We've created a Yahoo Group for COPAMA members and friends. As a member, you'll receive meeting reminders 7 days and the day before our meetings and events and be able to exchange ideas and information between members. Click Here for more information on joining the group! COLUMBUS STATE AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY For over 40 years Columbus State Community College has been providing Aviation Maintenance Technical Training. The school is a FAA approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School certificated under 14CFR part 147, Air Agency Number DL9T090R. For the first 15 years Airframe and Powerplant Training was accomplished at the main campus in downtown Columbus Ohio. In 1980 the Bolton Field facility was constructed to house the A&P School. For more information about AMT training in Ohio, visit the website: www.cscc.edu/AM. Columbus State Community College's Aviation Maintenance Technology at Bolton Field announced the forming of a CSCC-AMT Yahoo Group. The site will be used to collect information about alumni of the CTI and CSCC Aviation Maintenance Technology and give them a tool to allow them to communicate with each other. Sign up and see where old classmates and instructors are and what they're doing! The site is located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cscc_amt/. Please join and be a part of the Aviation Alumni Group! FAA AMT AWARD INFORMATION Go to the FAA - Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Award website for information about the maintenance technician awards and the link to Advisory Circular 65-25C. Check out our JOBS page! Please give us feedback on the content of our website by emailing us at mail@copama.org. For questions related to this web site, contact Lowell Dowler at ldowler@earthlink.net or COPAMA
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July
20th marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon and The
Please
make plans to attend this first fundraiser to benefit the Youth Aviation
Adventure.
This weeks
NASA Tech Briefs has an article about the X-43 Hypersonic Jet and a team of Ohio
State University Engineers that are developing the flight controls for the
unmanned experimental vehicle.
With the interest shown by today's youth about generation of electricity by wind
power, we thought we would show the connection of this technology with the
aviation industry. In the early years of flight as electrical devices were
developed for aircraft safety and utility, some of the first generators mounted
on aircraft were wind driven. Mounted on wings or fuselage where the slip stream
or prop wash
could power the device, these generators provided power for the first lighting
and radios. Today military, air transport and larger business aircraft are
equipped with emergency power generators called "
The
first COPAMA meeting of 2009 was held Tuesday January 13th at Lane Aviation.
