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Dear Readers,Welcome to our June edition.
Georg Stöcker prepared another historical lesson for us in the main article and relates how to fly. Also included are a couple of short topics. In the not so distant future there are our courses, of course. Please have a look at the open course status and our course updates. This month we have several job offers and you can of course continue to send us your job offers. Have a sunny July! |
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 Tina Cameron Q.C.M. quality control management AG |
Q.C.M.
Tel: 0041 31 960 40 60
E-Mail: info@qcm.ch |
 Learn to FlyFlying! Humanities biggest dream. Many stories and myths revolve around this dream. Many have tried, many have succeeded but not all stayed up as long as they would have liked. A more or less painful landing put an end to those dreams.Icarus, Leornardo da Vinci, Lilienthal, the tailor of Ulm, the brothers Wright, Elly Beinhorn, Saint-Exupéry, and many more. They all dreamt the dream und tried to make it reality. But what is needed for this? How does one learn to fly? Once someone said: Flying is simple. You just throw yourself at the ground and miss.” And it works. Arthur Dent proved that. At different type of flying was demonstrated by Harry Potter. He lived the dream on a broomstick. But you need at least a Nimbus 2000 or even better a Firebolt, the Ferrari of broomsticks. And of course there is the possibility to trek among the stars in big objects. The Enterprise travels through space and even manages to go back in time. But how can we manage to fly? What do we need? Next to me is a small book. A book which fits into my pocket. So you could call it a pocket book. It is slightly worn, already over 67 years old. Actually it retired a couple of years ago but now it is needed once more. The title: Learn to fly! The booklet “encompasses everything … the instructor and the adolescent youths need to know of the way to become an aviator, of the basic training and the training airplanes”, according to the preface. “Health, common sense and decisiveness are natural pre-conditions!” to be suited to be a pilot, so the booklet. “Only a healthy body will be able to perform without problems in the long run, …” That is why the demand for medical fitness arose (JAR-FCL 3.035). “All senses need to operate perfectly because they have to perform better in the air than on the ground.” Well, they all manage to come down. It is simply a question of how. “Only a healthy mind is able to decide correctly. However, one should not confuse ‘intelligence’ with the amount of read books.” True, not all, who read a lot, can implement this won knowledge. “The person who can understand connections and act accordingly has common sense and is therefore intelligent.” We can observe this every day. People who cannot comprehend connections. Sometimes though this is only due to a lack of information. “A pilot is responsible for his crew and must be able to fly the plane in every arising situation.” I hope every aviator knows this. Then the booklet turns to the more interesting topic of how to learn to fly. Navigation, meteorology, technology, and plenty more. “The knowledge must be so ingrained that it is always there and yet still leaves space for thoughts on flying and the airplane.” “… teaching methods and equipment convey the knowledge to the student, which will be transformed by the instructor into aeronautical skills. Their ‘classroom’ is the pilot seat and the airfield.” “Through orientation flights, the young pilot trainee will get used to being up in the air. He loses the initial anxiety, which makes successful learning impossible.” This is how it was in school, right? Through exercise comes security. The alphabet, the multiplication table. I can observe this, at least on the weekends, by watching my children. “When he feels free and relaxed, he will learn seeing and observing, the most important features for his job as a pilot.” “Finally, the flight instructor gets out. The moment of the first flight online is there, …” As mentioned before, they always manage to come down! But how? For the takeoff please follow these instructions:
Klappen, Trimmung, Ladeplan. Unfortunately this only rhymes in German. Here the translation though:
Flaps, trim, load plan. And then let’s go! „Über den Wolken muss die Freiheit wohl grenzenlos sein...“ (“Above the clouds, freedom must be endless…”) |
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 Q.C.M. Event 2010Usually, we would announce the date for our Event right about this time of the year.However this year we would like to inform you that no Event will take place in 2010. As many of you know by now we are building a new company complex with works starting in August. We expect to move in a year later. To celebrate our new offices we then want to hold an Event and party there in 2011. |
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Notices of Proposed Amendments (NPAs)
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FAA Proposes Penalties against Dassault Falcon and Executive AirlinesThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $450,000 civil penalty against Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. and its completion center in Little Rock, Ark., for improperly plating certain parts and installing them on airplanes. Installation of improperly plated parts made the aircraft not compliant with Federal Aviation Regulations.The FAA alleges that after receiving a warning notice on this issue in January 2008, Dassault Falcon approved 18 airplanes for return to service between March 2008 and April 2009. Those aircraft were outfitted with hundreds of parts electroplated by the company or its contractors, but the companies did not have the required FAA rating to perform such work. The electroplated parts included both decorative pieces and structural parts. The FAA also proposes a civil penalty of $700,000 against Executive Airlines, Inc., The San Juan, Puerto Rico airline, which does business as American Eagle Airlines, allegedly operated eight of its ATR-42 twin-turboprop airliners when they were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations. The FAA alleges that when Executive Airlines did heavy maintenance checks on its aircraft in 2007 and 2008, mechanics did not perform and document required, detailed visual inspections to detect possible cracks on the aileron center hinge bearing fittings. Executive Airlines operated the eight aircraft on 6,479 flights between the incomplete earlier inspections and September 26-27, 2008, when the company completed the proper inspections and procedures. Both companies have 30 days to respond to the FAA. For more information please check the FAA website. |
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 All scheduled courses from August to October are listed below. All other information regarding Q.C.M.’s courses and services as well as an overview of 2010 course-dates are published on our website www.qcm.ch . |
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If not stated otherwise, courses take place in our facilities in Kehrsatz/Bern. Please "click" on the Course title for detailed Information. |
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Important: Contact details may be directly integrated in your advertisement or be deposited at Q.C.M. AG. |
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 Q.C.M. is looking for employees in the following departmentsQ.C.M. camo plus AGTo support our young team in the management of aircrafts the Q.C.M. camo plus AG is looking for:1. Maintenance CoordinatorYou fulfil the following requirements
To support our young maintenance team, Q.C.M. maintenance AG is looking for: |
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Maintenance Coordinator ExecuJet Aviation Group is a global business aviation enterprise. We are active in all aspects of the business aviation industry including new aircraft sales, executive air charter, aircraft management, maintenance and flight support services.For our Zurich based operation we are looking for a Maintenance Coordinator Primary Responsibility:
Your profile:
Interested? We invite suitable candidates to forward their complete application to: Ms. Franziska Waser, ExecuJet Europe AG, ExecuJet Aviation Centre, P.O. Box 1, 8058 Zurich Airport or hr.ch@execujet.eu |
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