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© Pacific Coast Aeronauts — January 2019 Downwind Chase

View from The Board by Suzanne Seiler, Editor

IN THIS ISSUE:

View from the Board - Suzanne Seiler, Editor 1-2

PCA Election News / New Year Greetings 2

Jr. Balloonist News 3

BFA Bullets 3-5

Flight Report - Happy Landowner 5

Table of Upcoming Events 6

For Sale: Shoe Balloon & Thermal Airship 7-8

Yes You Can! — Article Writing Template 9

Pilot Resources 10

Club Information & Membership 11

Hello Everyone!

Did you notice there was no December newsletter?

My apologies! I came down with a somewhat mysterious

and extremely painful foot condition in early November

that resulted in difficulty taking care of my usual duties

and tasks. While I’m still in a wheelchair, I can now put a

little weight on the foot and pain levels have thankfully

dropped dramatically!

This newsletter is a little more brief than usual but

there’s plenty going on in the PCA. As you look

through these pages, you’ll find results of from our first

electronically elected Board of Directors, highlights from

the Balloon Federation of America, a look back at a

great landowner experience by Dave Wakefield,

upcoming ballooning events, balloons and equipment for

sale, and our usual ballooning resources.

IMPORTANT — SAVE THE DATE! Saturday,

March 30th is the date of our PCA Safety

All are welcome via FREE Conference Call. Watch your email for the phone number and code. All meetings are at 7:00pm Pacific Time.

D o w n W i n d C h a s e The Official Newsletter for the Pacific Coast Aeronauts


Seminar, to be held again in Lodi, CA. The

Seminar Committee is already at work planning the

details. Keep an eye out for further details in upcoming

newsletters before the big day. If you have a sudden

burst of inspiration about topics, speakers, learning

activities, etc., and/or are willing to lend a hand either

on the committee or the day of, please do contact the

committee via the email address provided below.

As a reminder from Dave Wakefield’s message in

our November newsletter, please let us know of any

events you know about and ideas you have for a couple

fun-fly events in 2019. Send your contributions to

[email protected]

Safe travels and flights!

Suzanne Seiler

View from the Board, continued from page 1

The most recent Board of Directors election was held during

November through early December. For the first time, ballots

were delivered to current members via an email address

different than the usual one used for general information.

While there were one or two minor kinks that occurred, the

electronic election format worked well. The following

members were re-elected to the Board: “Magic” Bob Locklin,

Patrick Moore, and Linda Walton. Alta Fernandes was newly

elected and we warmly welcome her aboard!

The PCA hopes you all had a Merry Christmas

and wishes each of you a rewarding and happy

2019. May you discover and relish new personal

and professional opportunities and have

courage and strength to overcome

challenges you may encounter.

We eagerly look forward to sharing more great

ballooning adventures with you!

Safe flights and soft landings to you all !

mailto:[email protected]


At this time, three camps are planned for summer 2019, as follows:

• High Sierra Camp - Reno, NV: June 23-28, 2019

• Keystone State Camp - Factoryville, Pennsylvania: July 7th - 11th, 2019

• Rio Grande Camp - Albuquerque, New Mexico: July 13th - 18th, 2019

Note that registration for both camps begins at 8:00 am Central Time on March 1, 2019.

Price is $450.00 per camper.

Teens aged 13-17 who are interested in ballooning are invited to spend several days “living and breathing” all things ballooning. No previous experience required!

For more details about the camps, scholarship possibilities, and application procedures, visit the Balloon Federation of America (BFA) website for Junior Balloonists at:

https://bfa.net/index.php/bfa-summer-camps.

2019 Junior Balloon

Camps Scheduled

Balloon Federation of America

PO Box 400 Indianola, Iowa


BFA Bullets, continued

BFA - EAA Joint Effort Update, continued


BFA Bullets, continued

Announcing New Life Membership Specials!

Happy Landowners! by David Wakefield

It’s so fun when you find a gem in your old

pictures. Back in 2004, I flew out of Lodi Airport

with a young lady on her 85th birthday and her

daughter. It was a great flight, lasting about 1½

hours with great steerage and I got to show them

a lot of the beautiful countryside there and take

care of a bucket list item for both the birthday

girl and her daughter. We finally came in for a

landing in an overgrown fallow field.

While waiting for the chase crew to arrive, an

elderly gentleman came out on his bicycle to

greet us and opened a gate so the crew could get

in. He was extremely excited to see us, almost

giddy; and he told me that when he was a young

child in Switzerland, a gas balloon had landed on

their family farm. He and his father went out to greet the pilot then, and he was enthralled by the

pilot’s story about where they flew from and how they ended up there. He said he’d not seen another

balloon until we dropped in. He was like a little kid once again, with a thousand questions.

We packed up the balloon and as we were headed out, he rode up on his bicycle again, this time

with several large bags of fresh vegetables he’d plucked from his garden as a gift for making his day.

Ballooning has blessed me with a rare opportunity to bring joy and wonder to so many people, to

share the magic on almost every flight. I’ll never forget the smile on his face and the excitement in his

voice and I look forward to every chance I get to do this again.

Cheers!


Event information in this newsletter is compiled from several resources, and is not to be considered as an endorsement by the PCA, its respective officers or members. There may be additional events not included here and dates may be subject to change.

Check available links and respective websites for the most current information.

Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair

January 10 - 13, 2019 Lake Havasu State Park (Windsor Beach)

171 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, AZ https://havasuballoonfest.com

The First Balloon Event Symposium

January 11 - 13, 2019 Plano, Texas

(515) 961-8809 [email protected]

www.ballooneventsymposium.com

Arizona Balloon Classic

January 25 - 27, 2019 Goodyear Ballpark, Goodyear, AZ

Tim Matykiewicz: [email protected]

www.abcfest.com

21st Annual Bluff Balloon Festival

January 18-20, 2019 Bluff, UT

[email protected] www.bluffutah.org/bluffballoonfestival

Mesquite Balloon Festival

January 25-27, 2019 Mesquite, NV

[email protected]

14th Annual Lovers Aloft Balloon Festival

February 15-17, 2019 McDougal Sports Complex,

Lovelock, Pershing County, NV Patrick Irwin [email protected]

(775) 762-9119

Pahrump Balloon Festival

February 22 - 24, 2019 (dates confirmed) Petrack Park, Pahrump, NV

Katie Griggs: [email protected]

Knaab Balloons & Tunes Round Up

February 15-18, 2019 (dates not confirmed) Knaab, UT

Bryan Hill (?) [email protected]

Do you know of new or revised events? Please email us at [email protected] with pertinent info.

Thanks!

For more events, visit

Balloon Federation of America @

http://www.bfa.net and click on Events

Planning to attend any of these events?

Consider sharing your experiences with our readership by using our convenient

Writing Template found on page 9

Public Domain Photo at pixabay.com


From Owner, Jeff Haliczer, Pilot/Owner of Empty Pockets Balloon

Team —Reno:

‘High Top Flier’ is for sale as I am not utilizing it enough to warrant keeping it

and need to move on to other projects in my life. The Shoe has been at very

few events and I have only done one ‘free flight’ due to the fact of

transporting the crew, but it does fly well and is fun to see in the air!

About the Balloon: “High Top Flier” (of course you can change the name). 2001 Cameron ‘Shoe 90’, with US

Standard Type Airworthiness Certification (NOT experimental) built in Bristol, England, and accepted

anywhere in the world. It has less than 150 hours (4 previous Cameron ‘Shoe’

balloons went 500+ hours.

• Annual is current until May 2019.

• Clean Title and Registration (NO issues with the ‘N’ number).

• 40,000 Cu. Ft. with the lift of a 90,000.

• Custom Cart (Shoe Box) built on a 1200# garden cart, with solid tires (from Tractor

Supply), easy to load wooden box which is steerable with the attached handle.

Envelope bag included if you wanted to ‘bag’ it. Envelope and cart weigh about

1000 pounds.

The Trailer: 2000 Wells Cargo 6X10 Trailer TW-101 (rear cargo doors) with 30” side

door.

• 8-foot Aluma shield awning on the side, rolls up so the awning is protected by

aluminum slats.

• New tires, bearings recently replaced (preventative).

• Set up to haul this system, with a detachable ramp to move the ‘Shoe Box’ inside.

The Basket: Older (refurbished) Raven/Aerostar Classic basket with all new HDPE

Skids, new reinforced corner brackets and new rope handles.

• Dual HPII burners; 2 lay-down 20-gallon tanks recently certified; new hoses in 2017;

miscellaneous other stuff that goes with the bottom end; drop line; instrument

bracket, etc.

• Have the FMS (Flight Manual Supplement) from Cameron to approve the Aerostar

under the Cameron ‘Shoe 90.’

In Addition: ‘High Top Flier’ web domain through Go Daddy, paid until 2020. I never did

anything with the web site. It goes to the new owner; I assume it is transferable.

Costs: Complete system including all of the above: $35,000. Envelope only: $30,000. Trailer: $3,000. Basket:

$2,000.

• Only serious offers will be entertained.

• E-mail at: [email protected]

• Or call me at (775) 853-4109 home number/land line (please don't text; the

machine is always on).



We are actively

looking for a buyer for

our thermal airship

system! It is a GEFA

FLUG AS105 GD-

4. The primary

envelope has less than 20 hours on it and the entire system has just 2:40 hours on it since last annual

inspection. It is clean (we always use tarps, even on green grass) as you can see in the included

images, taken September 2017. It is ready to fly on delivery.

The airship comes with

all accessory equipment

necessary to inflate and

fly including the tarps

and trailer. A second

envelope is included; it

needs some work but is

serviceable or a resource

for parts.

Included are three 15-gallon Titanium fuel tanks and one 15-gallon Stainless Steel fuel tank. It also comes with 10 airship main banners (used) in their own bags and two unused nose banners. The fuel hose panel seen in the pictures is mounted in the trailer.

The pictured truck is NOT included but can transport the trailer and equipment to a buyer anywhere in the contiguous USA if desired.

Added bonus:

I can teach a new pilot or be available for hire as a pilot.

Please share this with anyone you think may have interest or contact me any time for more information.

Also, more info at: http://www.cheersaerialmedia.com/forsale.htm

Thanks,

David Wakefield

[email protected]

Primary envelope (approx. 20 hours) Secondary envelope

Trailer 8.5 feet by 20 feet

Gondola (Car)

Banners & Fuel Adapter Panel



These prompts are just suggestions; use as many or few as you like. And go ahead — add some new

prompts (let us know what you’ve added).

Here’s what folks like to know:

Name, dates and location of the event.

How many balloons attended the rally?

Did you bring crew with you or were you able to be assigned some local crew?

Did the weather cooperate for all the flights?

What were your flight tracks like?

Which flight did you enjoy the most? Did you see some interesting sights or land formations that

were especially striking from the air?

Special passengers or landowners?

Did you Glow?

Were there any special shape balloons?

Did you tailgate after flying or did you all head to breakfast?

Were there other adventures after flying? Hiking, rafting, sightseeing, historic sights?

How were your accommodations?

Any other special aspects or thoughts about your trip?

Please share some photos as well.

Send your article to the club’s email at [email protected]. The newsletter editors will happily

answer any questions you might have about submitting your article and “tidy up” any spelling or glaring

grammatical issues.

Most importantly? Sharing your experiences will brighten up the day for our readers.

Who knows? You might give someone new to ballooning a spark for our fascinating sport!

Thank You!

We continue to include this helpful tool so that it’s available to our members and friends should you become inspired to

share your ballooning experiences. Whether it’s about a first-ever flight or crewing experience or attending/participating

in a balloon rally, the prompts below serve to help you organize and express your anything ballooning! experience.



“Crew Safety

Quick Reference” guides, also by

Schwontkowski & Murray, available for $3.50 each

including postage.

(Contact us for quantity discounts)

“Crewing

Essentials”

Excellent, well-

organized book

with great details

about all aspects

of crewing,

authored by

Gordon

Schwontkowski

and Alyson

Murray.

Copyright 2008,

paperback. Cost

is $18 each or 2

for $35.

SIX MONTH SUNRISE CALENDAR

Jul 2018 1 5:49 Aug 2018 5 6:13 Sept 2018 2 6:37

8 5:52 12 6:19 9 6:43

15 5:56 19 6:25 16 6:49

22 6:01 26 6:31 23 6:57

29 6:07 30 7:01

Oct 2018 7 7:03 Nov 2018 4 6:38 Dec 2018 2 7:06

13 7:10 11 6:44 9 7:11

20 7:16 18 6:52 16 7:16

28 7:22 25 6:59 23 7:19

7:30 30

Pilot and Crew Resources If you’re interested in acquiring these resources, or have some favorite ones to share, please

contact Linda Walton at [email protected] or [email protected].

Dec 2018 2 7:06 Jan 2019 6 7:21 Feb 2019 3 7:07

9 7:11 13 7:20 10 7:00

16 7:16 20 7:17 17 6:52

23 7:19 27 7:13 24 6:43

30

Mar 2019 3 6:34 Apr 2019 7 6:41 May 2019 5 6:04

10 7:23 14 6:31 12 5:57

17 7:13 21 6:21 19 5:51

24 7:02 28 6:12 26 5:47

31 6:52


Please print clearly. You may use this form to update your contact information as well. _____Pilot _____Crew

Name (s): _______________________________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ (Number) (Street) (Apt) (City) (State) (Zip)

Phone — please check preferred: ❑ (Home) _______________________ ❑ (Mobile) ________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________________________________

Disclaimer

Information contained within this issue of the Downwind Chase is the

most up-to-date and correct information available at the time of

publication. The PCA, its Officers and Directors are not responsible for

the accuracy of the material enclosed herein. Opinions expressed in

the Downwind Chase are solely those of the individual authors and

should not be perceived to be those of the PCA, the Editor, Publisher,

or its leadership.

Membership & Merchandise: Cost:

• Pilot or Crew: $20.00

• Family Membership: $30.00

• For Postal Delivery of the Newsletter: $5.00

• PCA Pins: 1 for $3.00 or 2 for $5.00

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Please make checks payable to:

Pacific Coast Aeronauts

Mail to:

Linda Walton—Treasurer

Pacific Coast Aeronauts

14938 Camden Ave., Suite 76

San Jose, CA 95124

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / RENEWAL

Pilot Briefing:

Tools to Plan Your Flight

Tracy AWOS 209-831-4335

San Martin AWOS 408-918-7724

Flight Service 800-992-7433

If you have a favorite flight planning resource,

send us a note at [email protected] and we’ll

publish it here.

Name Board

Position Year BoD

Term Ends Club Position

Patrick Moore Chairperson,

Secretary 2020

David Wakefield President 2019 President,

Co-Secretary

Tom Sharpee Vice President

Linda Walton Treasurer 2020 Treasurer

Suzanne Seiler Board Member,

Co-Secretary 2019 Co-Secretary

Alta Fernandes Board Member 2020

Robert (Bob) Locklin Board Member 2020

Jeff Downs Board Member 2019

2019 PCA Board of Directors and Club Officers


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