CPS Newsletter : 

September 2019 Issue

News:

The CPS Discussion on the 2020 Gathering Begins! 
We are starting the discussion, looking for venues/volunteers/ and times to be discussed and considered.  Everyone that has ever attended one of these gigs comes away smiling and with a drive to attend the next event.  We're looking for folks willing to host, and we're looking for your feedback on those proposals.  These events are great because of the people that run them as well as those that attend.  Be part of the process please.

 2020 Gathering for CPS Discussion. Where will it be?

The Golden Hour

Fall Flying! 

What can be better than going for a flight when the heat of Summer is broken?  While the days start to shorten (reminding us always that nothing is forever), the cooler temperatures mean it is easy to prevail on our family and friends to accompany us aloft for an adventure.  The airplane performs better, there are less 'bumps' as the Summer build-ups are fewer, and the crowds at destination airports are thinned out just a bit because the kids are back in school, while you are out playing.  

Enjoy this time, and please try to take a moment to share those times with your fellow CPS Members.  Your stories, photographs, and narratives take everyone along for the ride.  We gain your experience, some insight into your operational methods and how yet another respected pilot makes those critical choices as to route/weather/ and general Airborn Decision Making.

Op Ed:

A recent discussion on the Forums was about how the faces of CPS have changed over the years since '05 (or maybe it was '06).  A 'Legacy Photo' of the group that gathered in Pullman Washington/Moscow Idaho was posted for the get together that Judy hosted way back when.   Lots of familiar faces in that snapshot.

Some faces change.  New guys join in and become treasured friends. Some we lost, and they are missed.  There's some grey hair, some longer belt-lines, but those grins are still there. 

Those that were at one time the new young blood who have 'evolved' to take a place as one of the old heads, and we all pass along what we know for the good of this collective. A few of us are fortunate to have aquired some crow's feet around the eyes, not from age, but from smiling, while flying into the sun.

You guys are the best, and it is a real pleasure to be part of this group. 

Go get your share of crow's feet this Fall flying season!

Some Terrific Discussions taking place on our Forums:

Weighing an Airplane the Correct Way

Hot Starting @ High Density Altitude (210)

Lubing Nuts to Obtain Proper Torque Values

172/Skyhawk

O-360 Upgrade - Advice Needed

337 for Starter Engaged Light?

Cardinal/177 (that sexy toy)

Door Latch Removal and Replacement

182 Skylane

Turbo P-Ponk

182P Engine Upgrade

Flaps for Normal Takeoff

Read the Instructions (Tempest Oil Filter Info)

TR182 OnBoard O2 - No Flow

CHT Went Crazy one Flight

180/185

Sportsman STOL

Stab SB SEL-55-01

The 210/Centurion (That other sexy bird)

Insurance Mandated Annual P210 Training

Ammeter Plot

Engine Replacement TSIO-520

Other Aircraft:

It's hard not to keep up w/ this grass-roots Youth Build effort: Ed.  Eagles Nest RV-12

Pilot Skill: 

Thankfully, we can learn from the good example of other pilots, sometimes those in bad situations, sometimes just having fun.  Thanks to our Members for bringing these discussions to our Pilot Skill Forum.

Howard Greenberg links us to some interesting safety tips: Some Good Training Tips

Rich Clover puts us on to some Mach Loop Fun in Wales

Wally Pond notices this Impressive Response to Broken Tow Rope

Maintenance:

High Oil Pressure on Start?

Burnt Exhaust Valve

The Dreaded Window Spring

AeroShell Screws Up Again

Engine Surging Problem

Avionics:

Garmin Flight Stream 510

uAvionics ADSB Tail Beacon receives STC

Garmin 480 Nav Data Card

ADSB Ins and Outs

Never Again:

Update on Lion Air 737 Max Crash

Draco Down, - All Safe

Destinations:

Antique Airfield

AOPA Tullahoma

Triple Tree

Member Exchange! Free stuff our Members share

For Sale: Personal Airplanes and gear rendered surplus by upgrade...

Vendors' Area: List it here if you're making any money or a living on your stuff for sale.

General Topics

One of the side benefits that accrue from a CPS Membership is the opportunity to forge 'Friends for a Lifetime'.  In or out of ownership, flying or otherwise, we've folks that are "With Us" forever.  We welcome them into our homes as they've welcomed us into their hearts.  CPS Family

Vendors that take care of us Long-Term:  The FlyTies Guy

Insurance Again

Karl Storjahann, good people

Newsletter: While we focus on discussions going on in the Forums, we welcome your requests and submissions for inclusion in this Newsletter. Send requests/submissions to: newsletter@PROTECTED.

Have an idea for a good flight story?  Jot it down and share it via the Newsletter or in our Forums.  Aviators look forward to hearing about your adventures.

We are ALWAYS grateful for your contributions to our Forums.  The trust and willingness to share, and on occasion to be an example for how to do it well (or otherwise) is only possible when confident that your brothers and sisters appreciate you. High Compliments to all for the level of discourse you maintain so well.

Fly Safely.

----Your CPS Newsletter Editor

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