Hi Everyone?–?
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PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS?– our next?joint EAA 393 / PJTF Young Eagles event?is scheduled for?Saturday,?Oct 2nd?at Byron airport.? It is hard to believe our last joint event was in November 2019.??
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We’谤别 so excited to restart Young Eagle events at Byron airport.? We have such a pent up demand.? Please note?Rose Desmond is our key contact at EAA393 for this event.
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Students / Pre-Registration
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- Targeting?35-40 kids?from three (3) groups listed below:?
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o????Air Force Jr. ROTC (Heritage HS, Brentwood)
o????Tracy HS Space & Engineering Academy
o????PJTF Aviation Students (preference to Summer 2021 Introduction to Aviation Class)
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- Requiring?pre-registration?(no walk-ins) – using the new EAA on-line registration system (private event) / combined with our normal preregistration process.
- Splitting into?two (2) sessions:??Session #1?as?10:00-11:30?and?Session #2?as?11:30-1:00.????
- We’ll send out a student roster once pre-registration is completed.
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Aircraft?/ Pilots
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·?????????Mark, Doug, Joel, and Tommy?please let me know if you’谤别 available to fly students on Oct 2nd?– thanks in advance!!!
·?????????Rose will let?us?know?the probable number of aircraft at EAA393’s end as we get closer to the end – thanks!!! ?We’谤别?targeting at least 2?aircraft at our end.
·?????????It would be nice to have 6-7 aircraft. ?We’ll reconfirm the week of the event. ?We can operated safely with up to 9-10 aircraft at our facility.???
·?????????We’谤别 assuming 10 students per sortie (i.e., 5-6 aircraft; maximum 2 students per plane) and two sorties per hour (+/-).
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Safety Briefing Materials?/ Preliminary Schedule
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- Please find attached?the safety briefing document.??We’ll have hard copies available at the hangar as well.
- Rose can you kindly send this document to those pilots who will be flying at this event so they have a chance to review prior to the safety briefing.??
- We’ll have extra radios, vests, and?batons available for ramp operations.?
- We plan to follow a similar schedule as in previous events and now have two “student / parent” safety briefings:
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§??Pilots Arrive (get situated) by 0930
§??Pilot Safety Briefing?????????????????????????????0930-1015 (built flex into schedule if some pilots arrive a little late)
§??Parents / Kids Safety Briefing??????????? 1000 (Session #1)?
§??Students / Pilots Meet????????????????????????1015-1030
§??First Flight?????????????????????????????????????????????1030
§??Parents / Kids Safety Briefing????????????11:30 (Session #2)?
§??End / Lunch??????????????????????????????????????????13:00
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COVID Protocols
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- Requiring participates / volunteers to wear face masks inside the hangar (unless actively eating or drinking), consistent with the recent CCC Health Services order.
- We’ll be following the EAA safety protocols for YE events, particularly related to the aircraft protocols.
- Likely will require all parents / guardians to sign the PJTF’s COVID acknowledgement and liability waiver.
- Posting signs at entry / around hangar, noting face masks are required, and will have hand sanitizer stations and extra masks available.
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Refreshments / Lunch
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- We’ll have donuts?/?coffee in the morning and lunch (sandwiches / chips) after the event for all the EAA / PJTF volunteers.? We’ll have bottled water?and sodas?available as well.
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Setup (Saturday)?
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- We’ll have someone at the hangar by?8:00 AM on Saturday.?
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Contact Information
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Name??????????????????????????????????????Phone????????????????????Email???????????????????????????????????????????????????????Role / Responsibilities
John Sawatzky???????????????????????925-354-9419??????john@...?????????????PJTF Pilot Liaison / Safety?Coordinator?? Don Paiva??????????????????????????????925-683-5056??????don.paiva@...???????????????????PJTF?General?Liaison / PJTF Pre-registration? ?
We look forward to restarting our joint YE events with EAA393 post-COVID shutdown.? Thanks again for all you support!!!
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Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
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Thanks,
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Don Paiva????????????????????????????????????????????? John Sawatzky
PJTF Board / General Liaison???????????? PJTF Aviation Program Director?
C:? 925-683-5056??????????????????????????????? C: 925-354-9419????????????????????????????????????????????????
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