GACH Members

Aloha,

I have attached several item and a great summary of the AOB meeting.  I want to ensure that everyone is aware of  the 15 Wing’s ALZ repainting project will be done as a work in progress (WIP) project.  As long as HIDOT-A approves our CSPP, the AF will NOT close the runway/s but instead work around the existing traffic. The AF purp…[Read more]

1960 Be95A, Travel Air is for sale.  The aircraft has a total of 8087.9 hours (as of October 2019) with the right engine having 1554.4 hours TTSO, right propeller having 1365.3 hours since new, the left engine having 53.9 hours TTSO and left propeller 53.9 hours TTSN (all engine/prop times as of July 2019).  The engines are Lycoming O-360-A1A (…[Read more]

I attended the quarterly meeting.  Jeff Sawyer is back as the airport manager after quitting 2 months earlier.  Jeff said that Roy will look into the required airfield survey that is currently preventing full use of the GPS approach.  Ray Simpson said the new radar pad construction is starting soon with ECD of July 2020.  Afterwards, they will get…[Read more]

With the help of Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, there was a aviation forum conducted on December 18, 2019 to discuss aviation personnel shortages.  There is another follow-on Aviation Symposium to be held on January 10, 2020 at PHAM to discuss and flush out solutions.  Below is a summary of topics, issues and recommended solutions:

December 18, 2…[Read more]

1960 Be95A, Travel Air is for sale.  The aircraft has a total of 8087.9 hours (as of October 2019) with the right engine having 1554.4 hours TTSO, right propeller having 1365.3 hours since new, the left engine having 53.9 hours TTSO and left propeller 53.9 hours TTSN (all engine/prop times as of July 2019).  The engines are Lycoming O-360-A1A (…[Read more]

I attended the JRF AOB Meeting that is held the first third Wednesday of the new quarter at the control tower conference room.  The NEW (again) airport manager is Jeff Sawyer who came from DHS and is not a pilot.

DOTA is still working on completing an airfield survey so the JRF GPS approaches can be certified for night use.  This has been an i…[Read more]

Tweet Coleman Aviation Scholarship offered by AAUW Honolulu (HI) Branch

Before being a trailblazing commercial airline pilot, Tweet Coleman had careers as a nurse and as a broadcaster. But she became one of the first women to make piloting an airplane her profession. Since then, she’s made her mark in the aviation industry and among her fellow pi…[Read more]

WAI announces 5 new training scholarships, valued at $21,000! Apply online for one scholarship, and submit by Friday, May 31, 2019, with application form, 500-word essay, and resume.

• WAI Instrument or CFII Rating Scholarship (value $5,000)
• WAI Multi-Engine Rating or CFI Multi-Engine Endorsement Scholarship (value $3,000)
• WAI CFI Ce…

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