As 2013 comes to a close, we can look forward to a New Year with health, happiness, and lots of flying. As we are in the midst of the busy holiday season, if you are flying, leave all of the busyness behind and enjoy your flight. You don’t have to deal with the challenges of commercial air travel – you can come and go as you like. Safe flying.
Many thanks to all you who are users at 39N, in each and every capacity. It’s you that makes this place special. We hope that we have served you well, and look forward to 2014 for a better year to come and completion of your aviation goals.
One of the best events at 39N is our Santa Fly-In. This will be the 38th year that we have sponsored this happening. (At 47N prior to Princeton.
On Tuesday, December 24th at 11:00 a.m.Santa (a.k.a Airport Manager, Ken Nierenberg) will fly into the airport with gifts for area children. To participate you must bring a wrapped gift for you child or children with the name in large print. (Gifts should not exceed 12 inches. If you have more than one gift, tie them together so Santa can give them together.)
You must also bring an equal number of unwrapped gifts for NEEDY children. In the lobby there will be two chimneys to receive the respective gifts. Get your gifts in early, as Santa dispenses them in the order we receive them. (Collection starts Nov. 27th.)
So, 39N patrons – how can you help? Santa needs lots of elves to make sure that everything goes smoothly and safely. We get hundreds of kids and their respective families, so it’s a very large crowd.
We’ll need people inside and outside while everyone arrives. We give out cocoa and cookies while Pat McKinley entertains the children with holiday songs. Once Santa arrives by plane, we have to make sure there is smooth path for him into the hangar. Call of signup at the front desk. We set up at9:30am. Thanks,
As we relayed, the new tanks were delivered the beginning of this month. In the picture the new tanks are along side of the old one. If you have been to the airport lately, you will see that they are in the right place. Now all of the finishing work has to continue. We expect the new tanks to be online by the New Year.
From the Right Seat
by Assistant Chief Pilot Peter Rafle
We can still learn a lot about flying from the birds. This past week the skies have been filled by thousands of Canada geese flying east in the morning and then returning in late afternoon to their overnight roosting in Hopewell and Montgomery. Though they can pose a risk of collision, we can avoid hitting them and still enjoy their aviating.
Recently, a student and I held short of the runway while a mob of geese landed in the recently cut corn along the runway. It gave us a chance to observe how geese controlled their descent and spotted their landings. Instructors usually tell their new student to watch landing airplanes to better understand the process. I believe it is also instructive to observe how a goose changes its attitude and wing shape to precisely descend and land. Lessons that can help improve how a pilot understands the control of a landing airplane. READ ON
, More intimate setting for studying. Instructor not leading, but available. Starting Thursdays, starting Jan. 23, 2014 (same night as Private class) Managing instructor, Craig Lupa, CFII.
$75.00 RVFS enrolled students
$300 – non RVFS students
FAA Medical Doctor
Doctor Michael Nosko
Date to be announced. 8:00 – noon
Walk-ins ’til 11:30 Call 609-921-3100 for appointment. IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING MEDICAL APPLICATIONS!!
EFFECTIVE OCT 1 2012 (FOR NEXT FAA DOC APPOINTMENT): ALL FAA MEDICAL FORMS MUST BE FILLED OUT ON-LINE @
Princeton Airport Flying Tigers The Nov. 13th dinner @ Cafe Graziella was attended by 18 members. The next dinner will be Wed. 1/18/13 – location to be announced.The Nov. fly-in to Georgetown DE. was cancelled twice due to weather. The next fly-in will be Sunday 1/19/13 – location to be announced.We hope to see as many as possible at the Santa Fly-In on December 24 – at 9:30 to be Santa’s elves..
So, 39N patrons – how can you help? Santa needs lots of elves to make sure that everything goes smoothly and safely. We get hundreds of kids and their respective families, so it’s a very large crowd.
FUEL TANKS
