TALESPINNERS - January, 2002

Changes proposed for Cincinnati Class B airspace

Dec. 31 — The FAA has finally released the much-anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking modifying Cincinnati's Class B airspace. While the FAA notice eliminates portions of the current Covington/Cincinnati Class B airspace over Clermont County Airport, it raises the ceiling of the Cincinnati Class B airspace from 8,000 feet msl to 10,000 feet msl. "After a multi-year effort that began shortly after the November 1998 release of the final rule creating the Cincinnati Class B airspace, the FAA has given back airspace that was not needed to support Class B operations," said AOPA's Melissa Bailey, vice president of Air Traffic Services. "Unfortunately, this positive step is accompanied by an unjustified increase in the airspace ceiling that impacts general aviation overflights." AOPA will support the "cut-out" for Clermont and oppose the raising of the Class B ceiling.

December 29 Fly-out

Pilots usually don't need much of an excuse to go to the airport and if everything works out, go flying. But just going to the airport and hanging out with planes and pilots is about half the fun. On the 29th, because of the cold and wind, I think a lot of us thought the flying part would be done in the hangar. There are some hardy souls in chapter 174. The sun was shining and we just knew the engine, prop and wings would love the cold air (man was it cold), so with an ambitious goal of Muncie, Indiana we departed Clermont to the northwest at around 11:00. Our group consisted of: Eric Rood, Mark Webb, and a friend of Eric's from Columbus in his Cherokee Six, Terry Taylor and Tim Fry in Terry's Cardinal RG, Norm Beaudette in his C-152, and Bob Porter and I in Don Reasoner's RV-6. Blue skies gave way to scattered clouds and snow flurries by the time we got just north of Cincinnati and the weather gradually worsened the further northwest we went. We made it just past Richmond, Indiana before we decided continued VFR was not in the cards. Fortunately we are experienced burger searchers and new we could still eat if we stopped at Middletown. It was on the way back and our airplanes practically knew the way there by themselves. As usual, it was well worth the trip....plus I got to fly Don's wonderful airplane again and try my hand at making crosswind landings on snow covered runways (always a humbling experience).

Scott Hersha

First-Aid Kits

We have quite a few pilots going on the fly-outs now and I wonder how many have any kind of first aid kit? I came across a very interesting article by Dr. Brent Blue on the kit he carries. He is a physician and his kit is more comprehensive than most of us need but the article is more than a list of contents and covers "What I carry and why".
http://www.aeromedix.com/articles/medikit/medikit.html

Gary Collins

2002 EAA Calendars Still Available

They cost $8.00 each. Contact George Elbel to receive your copy soon.


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More Photos from the December Fly-out