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2009 Events Links to topics on this page. Golf Outing Report Aviation In Ohio In the News 2009 HOLIDAY DINNER BIG SUCCESS AT VILLA MILANO!
Many thanks to our Holiday Dinner Sponsors! They were.. Diamond Sponsor - Lane Aviation Gold Sponsors - Dallas Airmotive, Duncan Aviation and Honeywell Aerospace
Silver Sponsors -
Capital City Jet
Center,
General Dynamics Aviation Services,
Bronze Sponsors - Aerodynamics Inc. (ADI), AircraftLogs.com and Standard Aero
2009 Holiday Dinner at Villa Milano
Raffle prizes for the Sam Dodge Scholarship and COPAMA Scholarship Funds
Donna Bricker and Gene Sprang with Donna's Award Plaque. PPA President Ken Ramos addresses attendees. Part of the nights activities was to say Thank You to departing Board Member and Treasurer, Donna Bricker. She was one of the Charter members of the board and served as Treasurer from 2002 through 2007. After starting her own business Concierge Services Unlimited she has spent most of the past year developing her clientel and leaves the board to continue its growth. We wish her well and thank her for the many years of service both in our local chapter and with the National organization.
Good food and drink help the celebration Entertainment Presentation by Kent Wingate 
Kent gave a wonderful presentation which included some candid photos
of then secret aircraft in development. He explained some not readily known
issues involved in taking an aircraft from design, through development and
into final production, his first project being work on the test aircraft
program that became the F-16 Light Weight Fighter. He showed photos of the
many aircraft he worked on and has seat time in.
RAFFLE PRIZE SPONSORS
NOVEMBER MEETING FEATURED FLIGHTDOCS.COM
We also were provided additional information by James Pryor II from American Safety and Health Consultants titled ""The 10 Key Employee Safety Responsibilities". He emphasized that safety starts at the CEO or upper management level of a repair organization or corporation but needs the help of all employees to pursue a safe work environment. He also warned us of a change in policy at OSHA that will bring aviation shops and facilities under the same rules that exist for light industry. The target date for OSHA 300 program start is within the next 12 months. This meeting also included the election of 3 candidates to serve on our 2010 - 2011 board. Congratulations to our newly elected board members Joe Lippert, Paul Tursic and Bill Reinert Jr. Or many thanks to Paul Gillenwater for his willingness to run for the board and Donna Bricker, who leaves the board in December after many years of participation in COPAMA as a charter board member and Treasurer. OCTOBER MEETING ABOUT SAFETY!
Our October meeting was held at Lane Aviation on Tuesday, October 13th and Sponsored by American Safety & Health Consultants. Unfortunately, James Pryor II was unable to attend due to an emergency but we've invited him back next month to speak on "The 10 Key Employee Safety Responsibilities". We want to thank Jeff Gruber for stepping in on short notice to give his FAA Approved presentation on "Failure to follow Procedures" Dinner included 5 different chili entries in what's becoming the annual "Chili Cook-off". We want to thank all who provided their own recipes and the sponsors who provided prizes for the raffle. A short business meeting was held to accept nominations for candidates to elect to 3 positions on the Board of Directors in November. Our nominees are our current board members Joe Lippert and Paul Tursic who have expiring terms and Bill Reinert Jr. and Paul Gillenwater. Donna Bricker is leaving the board after many years of service as past treasurer and board member to pursue her business Concierge Services Unlimited. We wish her well and thank her for dedication and contributions to COPAMA.
DALLAS AIRMOTIVE SPONSORED SEPTEMBER KICKOFF!
46 persons attended the meeting which included Marines from VMFA 224 that were in Columbus to change a engine gearbox on a F/A 18. Many thanks to Dallas Airmotive for sponsoring our September meeting!
7TH ANNUAL CENTRAL OHIO AVIATION GOLF OUTING!
The weather was beautiful and the golf course in great shape for this years COAGO event held on Friday, September 11th at the Willow Run Golf Course. The data is complete and the photos included in the report. Please click the link to get all the details of this wonderful day of Golf. Click the link above to see Summary of Golf Outing, Team Photos and other information. Many Thanks to our COA
MAY MEETING FEATURED THE FAA FAAST TEAM
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
MARCH MEETING HELD AT JP'S BARBEQUE, BOLTON FIELD
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.
COPAMA participated again this year at the District 7 Science Day on Saturday March 21st. After reviewing the Science Fair Entries from local elementary, middle and high school students that relate to aviation or related technologies, our volunteer judges picked 3 students to receive $100, $75 and $50 for our selected 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards. Two other students received Certificates of Honorable Mention and all five are encouraged to continue their study of aviation related sciences. Click on the logo above for more information about the District Science Day. COPAMA is proud to be a part of this program and help encourage the youth of today to be the aviators of tomorrow!
Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following Students. 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.
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
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
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 COMMENTS SUBMITTED ABOUT L.A.S.P. CAUSE REVIEW The Transportation Security Administration 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 number of comments submitted by the public has caused the TSA to review the proposal to reduce some of the restrictions that it would impose on general aviation. The rule proposed 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 included 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 with 7387 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..... COPAMA 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 wereformally
introduced at the Holiday Dinner in December 2008. We’d like to congratulate and
thank the following members for accepting their new leadership roles. President
Gene Sprang
PAMA MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 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 Flightdocs.com Rick Heine will give a presentation on their web based computer tracking products. December 8th Various Holiday Dinner, Villa Milano Restaurant, 1630 Schrock Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43229 Speaker Mr. Kent Wingate, U.S.A.F Flight Test Engineer, Retired.
A NOTE TO REMEMBER A FRIEND AND LONGTIME AVIATOR, DAN ALSPACH. On May 24th 2009, 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. To learn more about Dan's long aviation career, please visit the Mach1 Scholarship website created by his son and other friends. By the way, shotyme is pronounced "Show Time". 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! 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!
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!!!!!!!!!! For questions related to this web site, contact Lowell Dowler at ldowler@earthlink.net or COPAMA
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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.
It was sponsored by the Columbus State Community College AMT and feature a
presentation by FAA Inspectors Dennis Garcia and John Wolfe about Non-Essential Equipment
and Furnishings (NEF). The
discussion included cabin entertainment systems and new cockpit accessories
like Electronic Flight Boards and other NEF items that without the correct
documentation by MEL or NEF could technically ground the aircraft. We wish to
thank Dennis and John for their presentation and guidance on this change in
Minimum Equipment List documentation. The evening included a discussion about
TSA's proposed Large Aircraft Security Plan. For more details on this subject,
please see the paragraphs above.
