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John Hinshaw
Joined: 14 Apr 2006
Posts: 64
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5th TBMOPA Convention a Huge Success!
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Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:53 am |
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Welcome to the Home page of TBMOPA! We hope you enjoy your visit.
PURPOSE: The TBMOPA exists for the owners and operators of the Socata TBM aircraft. The objective of the organization is to promote safety and provide an opportunity to maximize the pleasure and utility of the ownership experience.
We just completed our 5th annual convention in Traverse City. It was another huge success. With over 75 TBM owners in attendance we learned a lot. It all started with an exhilarating talk by Dick Rutan about his around the world adventure in “The Voyager” aircraft. With second pilot Jeana Yeager, they traveled 24,986 miles in 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds around the world nonstop. They were the first persons to circumnavigate the world un-refueled.
After that we received good news from Socata concerning our landing gear. See your nearest dealer for all the details. More good news regarding insurance came from Tom Chappell. We are all experiencing lower insurance premiums from the soft market.
In the afternoon, 3 new directors were elected to the Board of Directors. They are David Fabry who resides in Belgium, John LaBonte from Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and Joe Rainey from St. George, Utah.
Then John Hayes gave his ever popular “Introduction to must know issues for new TBM owners”. His presentation is always good for current owners too because we forget all those little things we need to know to properly care for and feed our TBMs.
Thursday evening we went to the TVC airport for a hangar party. Unfortunately it was raining. Muncie Aviation, the host dealer, was prepared to do several on aircraft demonstrations.
Friday started with a breakfast session on Nexrad airborne radar. Do you know the difference between “Base and Composite Reflectivity”? What does the Weather Channel, XM, and WSI display? Bruce Landsberg of AOPA talked about “Landmark Accident and Lesson for the TBM”. Wayman Luy, chief pilot for Socata in the USA, spoke of common mistakes in the operation of the TBM.
Garmin presented its new Synthetic Vision (3D) for the G1000, TBM 850. It really looks neat and should give the pilot better situational awareness. Andrew Knott gave us an update on the status of WAAS in relation to the current fleet and EFIS 40. Pratt and Whitney presented shut down procedure for the PT6A in the TBM. As always this sparked a lot of discussion though it’s in the POH now.
Friday night was the annual auction. It was a huge success. Thank you to all who participated- both contributors and purchasers.
Our Saturday breakfast meeting started with the eye opening subject of airframe icing.
Socata gave a presentation of what they see in the future.
SimCom spoke on training issues.
Steve Reindel of Hartzell Propeller gave an update on overhaul and operation of the propeller.
Tom Cunningham, retired chief pilot in the USA for Socata, told how to correctly operate and interpret the on board radar. This is equipment many of us don’t understand.
Again the “Companions” program was a huge success with record numbers of Companions attending both the ground and flight sessions. Thanks to all of the instructors at TSI and Simcom who volunteered their time to make this possible.
Sunday was departure to mostly good weather throughout the USA.
Thank you to all who contributed to the annual convention. Next year we will be in Tucson, October 14 – 19, 2009. Make plans now.
Lastly, the Board is always looking for volunteers to assist with the operation of TBMOPA. If you have a suggestion or want to help us out, please let us know.
Safe flights to all,
John Hinshaw
President TBMOPA
sn#362, N850JD
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John Hayes
Joined: 29 Jan 2006
Posts: 643
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What a GREAT Time!!
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Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:23 pm |
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I want to publicly thank everyone who helped make Traverse City our best meeting ever. What a great time! I also want to thank all of you for having me as president for the last two years--it's been a great time and I have enjoyed every minute (give or take a few.) We now have a new board of directors. Spencer Lane will be your new chairman, John Hinshaw will be the new president, and Jerry Fussell, Joe Rainey, David Fabry, and John LaBonte will serve on the board. I wish them all well as they embark on the grand adventure of steering the organization into the future. Of course, I'll still be around and I'll see you in Tucson next year. In the mean time, maybe we'll cross paths somewhere in the flight levels.
Over and out...
John
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2009 TBMOPA Convention - Tucson, AZ |
Wed. Oct 14, 2009 - Sun. Oct 18, 2009 |
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