Membership Renewal
To date, I have received (as Membership Sec) 50 applications to renew membership out of the 112 total membership we have as we approach the end of the Club year.. Please take a few minutes over the weekend to remind yourself of the renewal process (here) and get your application completed.
Bulk Fuel Installation/Fuel Compound
- I have replaced the padlock on the Fuel Pump cabinet as the old one was getting temperamental. The code is the same as before
- One of the 2 red (AVGAS) jerry cans has gone missing from the fuel sampling cabinet. If you know where it is please let me know asap. (I have e mailed HMC and CGC to see if they have it!)
Airfield
The airfield was close to being usable today, but last night’s rain was just too much. After more rain this weekend the forecast is better next week so we are hopeful of being back in the air later next week. Keep doing the anti-rain dance every night!
Plogbook and Flying Records
If you have logged into Plogbook recently you will have seen the various improvements that have been introduced. Please let me (or Plogbook) know what you think of them or pass on any “good ideas” that you may have. What do you think of the new “Mobile Schedule” layout?
As we have done so little flying so far this year. I have been unable to fully test the necessary admin processes for extracting the data I need for my office activity “behind the scenes”. As a result, when we do start flying again you will still be required to complete the paper Flight Data Sheets so I can cross check Plogbook outputs against HACaS which we know outputs accurate reports; My target date to withdraw the Flight Data Sheets is now 1 Jun 26. Apologies for this, but we must be sure that we have this right!
However, it is now time to withdraw the tedious manual cross checking of your licence data held in HACaS and the subsequent posting of monthly lists of upcoming expiries. If you keep your licence data up to date in Plogbook your dashboard will show the relevant dates and warn you accordingly. Similarly, the number of days since your last flight was logged in Plogbook is shown on your dashboard so you can check that you are current (or not); until you have logged a flight in Plogbook that data will show “no flights logged”, but as we have now not flown for longer than the maximum currency period, that means you are no longer current! The final responsibility for being fully current when you fly has always been and remains with the pilot/authoriser and moving the real time display the relevant data to Plogbook should help you discharge this responsibility better.
As a consequence of the above, the T Cards will now ONLY reflect your status vis-a-vis order book signing as licence expiry and currency will now be reflected in Plogbook. We are investigating the possibility of replacing the paper signature sheets and T Cards with an online system embedded in Plogbook that would advise you (on your Plogbook Dashboard) if you are delinquent in signing any of the necessary order. One more step towards reducing your pre and post flight paperwork to the Authorisation Sheet only!
March Lecture – Tue 3 Mar – 1900 for 1930 – Partial Power Emergencies – Alec Trevett.
