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Eastern Aviation Fuels • Quarterly Newsletter • 4th Quarter 2013
As we usher in the holiday season we are excited about the progress of the
Shell Aviation brand program in 2013. We are pleased to announce that
we have added 60 new Shell branded FBOs to the network.
We are continually renewing our commitment to aviation by delivering
innovative
products,
consistent quality, competitive pricing, dependable
supply and specialized support programs all tailored to the business of
aviation and its customers.
We appreciate your business and wish you a very happy holiday season.
Fly Safe,
Buddy Stallings
Robbie Stallings
FBO News
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Big Year for West Memphis
Municipal Airport
Ten minutes from downtown Memphis,
TN you will find the West Memphis
Municipal Airport, KAWM, in
Memphis, AR, the designated reliever to
the Memphis International Airport.
This full service FBO boasts all the
convenient services for flight crews, and
customers have grown accustomed to the
flight planning computers, no landing
fees, rental car service, and private pilot’s
lounge.
This fall was an exciting time for the
airport as a $10 million runway project
was completed. Upon completion of the
project the airport re-opened RW 17/35
and its parallel taxiway after a full-depth
resurfacing. New LED lighting, signage,
and windcones were also installed as part
of the project.
In October, the Arkansas Airport
Operators Association (AAOA) hosted
its annual conference in Eureka Springs.
As an active member, AWM was in
attendance and for the second time was
awarded the prestigious title of Arkansas
Airport of the Year. West Memphis
Municipal Airport was selected from 91
general aviation and commercial service
airports, in recognition of outstanding
service to the flying public, and the
leadership role the airport management
exhibited during recent airport expansion
and upgrades. Lynda Avery, Airport
Manager, says, “It’s an extreme honor to
be recognized by the Governor, Director
of the State Department of Aeronautics,
and airport managers across the state.”
Lynda attributes a successful project to
planning; putting together a good team
of professionals; developing strong local,
state, and federal partnerships; and
effective communication throughout all
phases of the project.
To learn more about the West Memphis
Municipal Airport please visit:
www.westmemphisairport.net.
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Welcome New FBOs
FBO Name
Batesville Aviation Services
Bob Hoover’s Jet Center
Cherry Capital Aviation Fuels
City of Bastrop
City of DeFuniak Springs
Dalton Municipal Airport
Dickson County Municipal Airport
Harris County Airport
Homestead Executive Jet Center
King Aviation
Pavco Flight Center
Signature Flight Support
Warren Aviation
Washington Municipal Airport
Airport
Batesville Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Cherry Capital Airport
Morehouse Memorial Airport
DeFuniak Springs Airport
Dalton Municipal Airport
Dickson Municipal Airport
Harris County Airport
Homestead General Aviation Airport
Mansfield Municipal Airport
Tacoma Narrows Airport
Hilton Head Airport
Harnett Regional Jetport Airport
Washington Municipal Airport
IATA
HLB
VNY
TVC
BQP
54J
DNN
M02
PIM
X51
1B9
TIW
HXD
HRJ
AWG
City
Batesville
Van Nuys
Traverse
Bastrop
DeFuniak Springs
Dalton
Dickson
Pine Mountain
Homestead
Mansfield
Gig Harbor
Hilton Head
Erwin
Washington State
IN
CA
MI
LA
FL
GA
TN
GA
FL
MA
WA
SC
NC
IA
FBO Showcase
Harris County Airport
in Pine Mountain,
GA (KPIM)
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The event welcomed nearly 400 guests that Thursday evening
and in addition to touring the airport facilities guests lined
up to take a ride on one of five aircraft. On site were two
Cherokees, a twin engine Travel Air, a 172, and an RV8.
About 150 people were given rides that evening, the volunteers
eventually having to stop because it got too late. For many this
was their first time on an airplane, and one 85 year old woman
from a nearby assisted living facility was able to take to the
skies for the first time.
To learn more about the Harris County Airport
please call 706-663-2083.
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Photos by Andy Kober
In September, Eastern Aviation Fuels welcomed the
Harris County Airport in Pine Mountain, GA (KPIM)
to the Shell FBO network. The FBO is conveniently
located just a few short miles from Calloway Gardens,
a 6,500 acre resort that attracts nearly 750,000 visitors
annually.
The evening of October 10, 2013 marked the third
annual open house hosted by the Harris County
Airport. The event is sponsored by the local chamber
of commerce. “It is a great event that allows us to reach
out to the local community and gives residents an
opportunity to visit the airport,” says Bill Champion,
Airport Manager.
Important Dates to Remember
January 14-17, 2014
April 15-27, 2014
June 26, 2014
Schedulers & Dispatchers
ABACE
NBAA Regional Forum
Shanghai, China
Van Nuys, CA
January 30, 2014
April 22-24, 2014
July 28- August 3, 2014
NBAA Regional Forum
Maintenance Management Conference
EAA AirVenture
Tampa, FL
Oshkosh, WI
May 20 – 22, 2014
September 18, 2014
EBACE
NBAA Regional Forum
New Orleans, LA
Boca Raton, FL
February 19-20, 2014
Leadership Conference
Atlanta, GA
March 17-20, 2014
International Operators Conference
Tampa, FL
Geneva, Switzerland
Dallas, TX
FBO Programs
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News
Pilots participating in Shell
AeroClass have the option to
either redeem for MasterCard gift
cards or donate their points to the
Corporate Angel Network. This
year the donation was presented to
Corporate Angel Network during
NBAA in Las Vegas, NV. We are
pleased that many of our program
members have chosen to donate
their points to this aviation related
charity.
“On behalf of the thousands of
cancer patients we fly each year
to the best possible treatment for
their specific type of cancer, I can’t
thank Eastern Aviation and their
AeroClass customers enough for
their generous contribution” said
Peter Fleiss, Corporate Angel
Network’s Executive Director.
“This support, along with that
of the entire business aviation
community, makes a meaningful
and life-prolonging difference in
the lives of the patients we fly.”
For more information on
Corporate Angel Network please
visit www.corpangelnetwork.org.
Welcome New AeroClass FBOs
FBO
Aiken Aviation
Stevens Point Municipal Airport
Gwinnett Aero
Leading Edge Aviation Red Mountain Aviation Fly Carolina
Air Repair Greenville Aero Services
Pollan Aviation City of Edinburg Savannah Hardin
Fayetteville Aviation
Morehead-Rowan Co Airport
Capital City Airport EKU Madison Airport Russellville County Airport
Union County Airport
Vicksburg Municipal Airport
Landmark Aviation
Airport Location
Aiken, SC
Stevens Point, WI
Lawrenceville, GA
Tampa, FL
Timberlake, NC
Gastonia, NC
Cleveland, MS
Greenville, MS
Grenada, MS
Edinburg, TX Savannah, TN
Fayetteville, TN
Morehead, KY
Frankfort, KY
Richmond, KY
Russellville, KY
Sturgis, KY
Vicksburg, MS
San Diego, CA
IATA
AIK
STE
LZU
VDF
TDF
AKH
RNV
GLH
GNF
EBG
SNH
FYM
M97
FFT
I39
4M7
TWT
VKS
SAN
FBO
Landmark Aviation
Midwest Avtech
Landmark Aviation
Livingston Aviation
City of Natchitoches Dyenamic Aviation Services Keystone Airpark Flight Level Aviation City of Washington
B. Coleman Aviation
Batesville Aviation
Orange Municipal Airport
Greenbrier Valley Airport Butler Aviation Warren Aviation Moore County Airport Shelby County Airport McCauley Aviation St. Clair County Airport Airport Location
Oakland, CA
Peru, IL
Los Angeles, CA
Waterloo, IA
Natchitoches, TX
Brooksville, FL
Starke, FL Cape May, NJ
Washington, NC
Gary, IN
Batesville, IN Orange, MA
Lewisburg, WV
Houma, LA Erwin, NC Carthage, NC Calera, AL
Springfield, TN
Kimball, MI
IATA
OAK
VYS
LAX
ALO
IER
BKV
42J
WWD
OCW
GYY
HLB
ORE
LWB
HUM
HRJ
SOP
EET
M91
PHN
To learn more about the Shell AeroClass program please contact Elly Johnson by emailing [email protected].
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In The Know
NBAA:
Las Vegas!
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Staff Spotlight
Pearl Bell who just began her 30th year
of employment with Eastern Aviation
Fuels, is the longest employee of the
company, and has certainly seen a lot of
industry changes over the years.
Pearl has known Buddy Stallings since
she was just a girl, as her dad worked
for Buddy’s father. When she began as a
part time employee, the entire company
consisted of only four employees. Being
that the company was in its infancy
when she started, Pearl has done
nearly every job available at EAF, from
dispatch and invoicing to payroll and
parts.
As the company continued to grow,
more employees were hired and afterhours dispatch began. Today, cell
phones provide a great deal of flexibility
for after-hours coverage. This was not
always the case. When Pearl would
cover after-hours dispatch she was
unable to stray too far from home, as
the company used a walkie-talkie type
phone, and reception was unreliable if
you were too far from its base.
In addition to her other responsibilities,
Pearl has been heading up Eastern
Aviation Fuels’ Buyback Program and
it has become her sole responsibility.
If you are interested in learning more
about the Buyback Program, please feel
free to reach out to Pearl at:
[email protected]
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Quality Assurance
Aviation Fuel:
Quality Control Procedures
Aviation Fuel Additives
There are a number of additives
that may be present in aviation
fuels for various reasons. Additives
and their uses must meet the
requirements of the appropriate
ASTM aviation fuel specification.
The purpose of using an additive is to
either add a feature, (such as identifying
specific avgas grades) or to improve
a specific quality or performance
parameter or fuel characteristic over that
achieved by refining and blending (such
as fuel anti-icing or static conductivity).
Storage and Handling
Additives should be stored and
handled appropriately as indicated by
the applicable material safety data sheet.
Premixing of additives together into
a “cocktail” is not recommended since
reactions can take place between the
additives, reducing their effectiveness
or causing other problems.
Corrosion Inhibitor
Corrosion inhibitor/lubricity
improver (CI/LI) additive is used
to minimize corrosion of pipelines
and tanks, etc. in contact with fuels
in which trace amounts of water are
sometimes present. CI/LI additive
also provides improvements in the
lubricating properties (“lubricity”)
of jet fuels. In general, military fuels
require the addition of an approved
CI/LI additive. Civilian jet fuels
normally do not contain CI/LI additive
but the use of specific additives is
permitted by both B 1655 and D 910.
Static Dissipater Additive (SDA)
Also known as: Antistatic
Additive, Stadis 450, Conductivity
Improver Additive.
Note: Static electrical chargers can
cause dangerous sparks, which can lead
to ignition of fuel vapors. The important
action is to bond all components in
the system so that no difference in
electrical charge potential exists. For
example, the overwing nozzle must be
mechanically and electrically bonded
to the aircraft. Static conductive hose
is not used to accomplish overwing
nozzle bonding because it does not
constitute a reliable and auditable
means of ensuring that there is no
difference in electrical potential
between the nozzle and the aircraft.
Because static electrical charges
can buildup in fuels moving through
fuel systems, particularly through
filters, SDA can be added to jet fuels
to increase the electrical conductivity
of the fuel to reduce the time that it
takes for electrical charge to dissipate.
If the fuel is treated with static
dissipater additive, the additive level
and/or the effectiveness of the additive
in the fuel, can be reduced as the
additive moves through the distribution
system. The electrical conductivity
level of the additized fuel is measured
at various locations, with a hand-held
meter, or with an in-line conductivity
meter. If the conductivity level drops
below the customer’s prescribed
limits, re-additizing within approved
specification limits is necessary.
Fuel System Icing Inhibitor
In cold climate operations, or as
aircraft ascent to altitude even in tropical
climates, the temperature of fuel in
wing and other tanks can drop well
below freezing. As fuel cools, roughly
one part per million of dissolved water
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Parts Supply
Eastern Aviation Fuels carries a full range
of supplies and parts for fuel farms as
well as refuelers. Our suppliers
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department.
Fuel Quality Control Experience… continued from page 6
comes out of solution as free water for
every ºF of temperature drop. Certain
aircraft without fuel system heaters
require that FSII be properly blended
into the fuel to prevent the free water
from freezing in the fuel system, which
could cause blockage of filters and fine
passages by the formation of ice crystals.
DiEGME dissolves into fuel, but with
difficulty. It must be finely dispersed
into the fuel flow proportionally as fine
droplets in order to get sufficient surface
area to promote rapid dissolving of
the additive in the fuel before droplets
settle to the bottom. Injection should
not be immediately upstream of any
filter vessel. To prevent additive loss
and/or filter damage, it is best to inject
DiEGME upstream of some form of
high shear device (such as a control valve)
or through an atomizing nozzle. FSII
additive does not fully dissolve into
fuel containing free water because part
of it dissolves in the free water, so it is
best to additize downstream of a filter
separator or water absorbing filter.
As stated above, DiEGME does
not fully dissolve in “wet fuel,” (fuel
containing free water) even with proper
additive injection equipment. In fuel
containing free water, the FiEGME
will preferentially dissolve in the water,
resulting in a lower than expected
concentration of DiEGME in the fuel,
and water bottoms containing high
DiEGME concentrations. Free water
should be minimized upstream of
DiEGME injection in the fuel system.
Note: The following instruction in basic
care of handling FSII applies to both the
DiEGME additive used in turbine fuel
and the alcohol type additives used in
Avgas fuels, as they are both chemically
aggressive and sensitive to water.
As free water drops out of FSII
treated fuels FSII concentrates in the
water (up to about 60% FISS/40%
water). This mixture has the solvency
of paint remover and can damage filter
separators, tank linings, and accelerate
pipe and tank corrosion. (The use of
FSII/ water mixtures can dissolve water
absorbing media forming a viscous
material known in the aviation industry
as “APPL” jelly.) The resulting FSII
concentration in the fuel is decreased.
Concentration of DiEGME type
FSII can be determined by ASTM
D5006, but no simple field test has been
developed for measuring Isopopanol
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type FSII concentration in avgas.
It is important to prevent water and
moist air from entering the FSII additive
tank, because water dissolves readily
into the additive, which becomes FSII
saturated free water in the FSII additized
fuel with the same issues described
above. A desiccator should be used in
the air vent to prevent entrance of moist
air to the FSII additive storage tank.
FSII, either by itself or mixed with
water, can be corrosive to aluminum, and
degrade fiberglass tanks, and epoxy-type
tank linings. It should not be allowed to
remain in tank bottoms, low points or
filter/separator sumps. In FSII treated
fuel, the water in the tank bottoms
and sumps should be drained daily.
FSII should be stored in stainless steel
or Teflon coated tanks due to its corrosive
nature. Because laboratory testing shows
that long term stability of DiEgme is
questionable even in sealed containers, it
is recommended that DiEGME stocks
be rotated as frequently as possible.
DiEGME should be fully retested for
quality conformance at least annually.
Refer to the manufactures’ MSDS
information for safety precautions.
Quality Control Seminars
Quality Control Procedures, Record Keeping Techniques, Hazmat Shipping Certification
for 1203 & 1863 products, Annual SPCC, and FAR 139.321 certification plus various
guest speakers:
April 22-24, 2014
Portland, OR
Contact: Mick Kendall, 252-671-9990
November 18-20, 2014
Fisher, IN
Contact: Bill Kovac, 262-902-8682
June 24-26, 2014
Stone Mountain, GA
Contact: Matt Cowan, 256-690-6597
Thank you from your
Quality Control Team:
September 23-25, 2014
Gulf Coast Region
Contact: Byron Gray, 972-358-6809
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Michael Mattern: Steve Berry: Robert Sennholz:
Ryan Harrison: 865.806.5640
252.670.0913
262.331.0420
252.671.1756
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Regional Sales Representatives
Vice President Sales & Marketing
Deep South
Northeast
Customer Service Manager
Atlantic Coast
Southeast
Contract Fuel Sales
Ohio Valley
Southwest / Gulf Coast
Director Of Marketing
Midwest
Florida
Mike Allen
Mobile (919) 740-9306
[email protected]
Lynn Weyerhaeuser
Mobile (252) 670-6556
[email protected]
Tracy Gough
Mobile (561) 212-5494
[email protected]
Elly Johnson
Mobile (252) 671-0404
[email protected]
Margie James
Mobile (662) 587-3160
[email protected]
Eddie Babb
Mobile (864) 423-0130
[email protected]
Steve Johnson
Mobile (615) 477-7266
[email protected]
Bill Kovac
Mobile (262) 902-8682
[email protected]
Steve Tibbetts
Mobile (401) 500-0555
[email protected]
Matt Cowan
Mobile (256) 690-6597
[email protected]
Byron Gray
Mobile (972) 358-6809
[email protected]
Jim Blore
Mobile (954) 304-2792
[email protected]
West Coast
Mick Kendall
Mobile (252) 671-9990
[email protected]
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252-633-3125
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