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www.bonanza.org ABS exists to promote aviation safety and flying enjoyment through education and information-sharing among owners and operators of Bonanzas, Barons, Debonairs and Travel Airs throughout the world. www.bonanza.org 1922 Midfield Road, P.O. Box 12888 Wichita, KS 67277 Tel: 316-945-1700 • Fax 316-945-1710 e-mail: absmail@bonanza.org Office Hours: Monday thru Friday; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm (Central Time) Quality Service for single & twin piston aircraft since 1989 • General Aircraft Maintenance • Routine Maintenance • Annual Inspections • Oil Changes • STC Modifications • Pre-Buy Inspections • Computerized AD Searches • Selected FBO for the ABS Service Clinics HARRIS AVIATION, INC. 625 Airport Rd., Greeley CO 80631 www.harrisav.com 970.356.6041 FAX: 970-378-2549 ABS Executive Director J. Whitney Hickman, whit@bonanza.org ABS-ASF Executive Director Thomas P. Turner, asf@bonanza.org Technical Questions absmail@bonanza.org or 316-945-1700 BPPP Questions lisa@bonanza.org or 316-945-1700 Membership lisa@bonanza.org Convention absevents@bonanza.org ABS Store www.bonanza.org or 316-945-1700 Membership Services Monthly ABS Magazine • ABS Technical Advisors • Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program • Aircraft Service Clinics • Air Safety Foundation Research • Annual Convention • Affiliated Aircraft Insurance with Falcon Insurance • Members-only Website Section • Regulatory & Industry Representation • ABS Platinum Visa ® (with Hawker Beechcraft Parts Discounts) • Educational Books, Videos & Logo Merchandise • Tool Rental Program • The ABS Flyer a monthly e-newsletter • Professionally Staffed Headquarters 46 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY JANUARY 2013
Forum ABS Idea and Information Exchange Continued Hi Tom, I applaud what you and ABS are doing to extend the reach of BPPP in the ABS membership. By way of back ground, I think I’ve done BPPP Live eight times, but not since 2008. Prior to that, the most recent BPPP was 2002. I started attending BPPP in the early ’90s (when I had Hank Canterbury as my flying instructor the first two years) and attended annually for, I think, four years before shifting to every other year. I sus pended my atten dance after 2002 due to a sub stantial increase in the price. I was delighted to reprise my flying with Hank C. at the BPPP in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2008, but haven’t been able to justify the high price again in the ensuing years. My BFRs and IPCs have been signed off by Hank Canterbury, William Hale, and the late Jack Hirsch. I took the Bonanza by the Numbers seminar from John Eckalbar himself, having read his book, Flying the Beechcraft Bonanza about 10 times. So, I’m quite familiar with the best BPPP has to offer. I give you that background to share the depth of my experience with BPPP. I appreciate your efforts to bring the price back down. I haven’t done the online course yet but will. If, in the future, all the flight instruction is going to be local and individual, I think something valuable will be lost. I know I used to get a lot from not just the interactions with my BPPP CFI, but also from the hangar flying that arose out of the intensive experiences shared by my fellow students, both at the airport and over meals. I encourage you to think about possibly engaging the regional ABS groups to coordinate regional flight instruction days with BPPP-certified instructors. If the BFR and IPC require ments can be met in a single day for all participants, there would be no need for anyone to incur hotel expense. (It may not be feasible for the instructors to arrive and leave the same day if advance coordination with local ATC will be required (as I expect it would).) Anyway, I’m just writing to en courage your efforts to reduce the cost of BPPP instruction and its pene tration of the ABS membership base. Safe flying. – John I. Williams, Jr., ABS Life Member Hi, John: Yes, there is great advantage in a live gathering. That’s why ABS is returning to live BPPP events like the one in Daytona Beach on January 19th in precisely the one-day format you suggest. Unfortunately we won’t be able to send a lot of instructors – although the quality of instruction was superb, the tradi tional BPPP model was costing up to $100,000 per weekend clinic and through August 2012 had lost over $160,000, which is why the ABS/ASF had to sus pend live clinic operations. Enroll ment in the live courses was down 20 percent in 2009-2011 compared to 2006-2008, probably a reflection of the economy, and unless we can raise the average to 50-60 attendees at each clinic using the new format we may not be able to continue those either. So it’s really up to ABS members to tell us, with their enrollments, what type of training events they want BPPP to offer. We’ll make every effort to provide the safety advantage of BPPP in as many forms as possible, to reach as many members as possible. All members must realize that unlike other training available, the ABS pro duces and promotes these clinics as a non-profit service for the benefit of our members. Thank you very much for your input, and your support of ABS. – Thomas P. Turner, Executive Director, ABS Air Safety Foundation Your Northeast Beechcraft Experts Installations, Repairs and IFR Certifications Personalized Service for 32 Years! Custom Panel Fabrication & Restoration Call Ken Gleason 845.462.5116 for pricing on G600/500, GTN-750/650 and Aspen PFD/MFD www.precisionavionicsinc.com email: avionicwiz@aol.com Precision Avionics, Inc. FAA Certified Repair Station 0Q1R383K 40 Citation Drive, Wappingers Falls, New York 12590 Engine PreOiler Get Oiled Before You Start! REDUCE ENGINE WEAR! FAA STC/PMA Up to 70% of engine wear is caused by insufficient lubrication during start. Install a Preoiler and • Lubricate Bearings • Pressurize Lifters • Lubricate Cams • Lubricate Valves Certified on ALL Barons and the following Bonanzas: All 33's, 35H and later, all 36's. http://www.oilamatic.com P.O. Box 5284 • Englewood, CO 80155 (303) 770-0175, 1-800-343-7623, FAX (303) 793-0493 Volume 13 • Number 1 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY 47
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