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Skip to comments.Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb
Posted on 06/20/2013 7:49:53 AM PDT by LSUfan
Amid growing fears of a massive electromagnetic pulse hit from either a solar flare or a terrorist nuclear bomb, House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a plan to save the nation's electric grid from an attack that could mean lights out for 300 million Americans.
Dubbed the Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage Act, the legislation would push the federal government to install grid-saving devices such as surge protectors to protect against an attack.
"It is critical that we protect our major transformers from cascading destruction. The Shield Act encourages industry to develop standards necessary to protect our electric infrastructure against both natural and man-made EMP events," said Rep. Trent Franks, the Arizona Republican who is offering up the bipartisan bill.
Electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, has come into focus because of fears the sun is pushing out unusually big solar flares that can disrupt the electric grid. Defense officials are also worried about a terrorist attack, possibly in the form of a small nuclear bomb exploded overhead.
"This is serious stuff," said former Pentagon official Frank Gaffney, who heads the Center for Security Policy. But, he added, there is a growing bipartisan consensus to protect the electric grid.
Any EMP attack could be damaging, said Gaffney. He cited a new Lloyds of London report that determined that the area from Washington, D.C., to New York could be without electricity for up to two years in a major solar flare-up.
The legislation will be introduced Tuesday by Franks and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at a meeting of the House EMP Caucus. Officials said that the legislation, provided in advance to Secrets, will include information from a recent EMP commission report that "contemporary U.S. society is not structured, nor does it have the means, to provide for the needs of nearly 300 million Americans without electricity.''
Gaffney told Secrets that there are some 300 huge electric transformers around the nation that control the grid and that have to be protected. "You are basically talking about surge protectors, of a somewhat exotic kind, but it is a means of interrupting the pulse," he said.
One of the few times in recent years that I can recall the government planning to do something useful.
Hope they don't screw it up, like they usually do.
The other question is how many of the more exotic solutions (read total techno boondogles) will go to Obama cronies who throw our money away?
yeah...show me a surge protector that can protect against a few mega billion EVs of instantaneous surge.
Nuclear bomb?
So....I'll be dead, but my toaster will still function?
Umm... it's my understanding that a celestial EMP event like a directed X-class flare would decimate anything electrical. We're talking about a surge that would destroy anything with a current attached to it. Short of physically disconnecting the entire grid and shutting down the plants for the duration, I don't know of any way to effectively prevent the destruction associated with something like this.
And let's not forget the bigger problem we'd have: out of control satellites in orbit likely falling out of orbit and back to Earth.
The finger of God from Sol would be devastating in ways that we can't possibly understand.
hussein would veto any such proposal.
This something they should definitely do and it does not really cost that much but watch it not pass both houses.
I believe the federal government is:
Basically Unable to Limit Losses by Shielding Highvoltage Infrastructure Transformers
(it's gonna take more than that...once an EMP burst disrupts the computer-controlled SCADA systems and various parts of the grid start collapsing in an unpredictable random way, the damage is impossible to predict. It's like putting surge protectors and good UPSs on your home computer won't help if a meteor hits your house).
Solar panels and windmills for everyone so we can charge our Obama phones and listen to Dear Leader. /s
No the grid might function if they actually followed useful recommendations (they aren't), but none of your devices in your home will work anymore.
Yep, they said the same about ObamaCare...
I'm very suspicious of a bill with the initials HEIL-D.
Sounds more like something to show that the senator is being useful than to show him actually accomplishing anything.
Do we have surge protectors that good? What would the cost of installing them be?
Follow the money to Gaffney and the senators bank account.
Like the ones Hams use to protect their radios from lighting strikes on the antenna?
Like those, for example?
doesn't matter if you don't protect the mid-range transformers too, as they are not built here in the usa.
Lightning Surge Suppressors already exist on essentially every high voltage line and significant transformers in the US.
get backups of your most critical devices, put in box, then put that box in a box covered in aluminum foil, sealed, no holes in the foil, and protect the foil with aplastic sheet. try to use paper to make sure inner box is not touching any side of the outer box, try to center it in the inner box.
False. I have bought, inspected and done start up on US manufactured transforms in Medium Voltage Systems in the past year (and the past couple decades). There are multiple US factories building these, larger and smaller transformers.
They are not all built in the US, but there is a significant amount built here.
Let me know when you have done that. And what you consider critical devices in your home. Air Conditioner? Spare PC?
Once you have done it personally, we can move on to business: Internet Data Centers, Medium Voltage Switchgear for most refineries, 15,000 Hp motors on pipelines...
Yep. They just need to be a bit more robust for a large EMP event.
Were also need to add more surge suppression to the lower voltage local lines and for individual equipment and end users.
No need to upgrade existing consumer stuff, just make new stuff with intrinsic protection, product life cycles will insure that within a decade or so essentially everything will be protected.
Really? Is that the recommendation for the North American Reliability Council? How does that address the ground current surge that occurs is those events? There is more than a voltage spike on energized lines that occurs. Spending money to hope to protect against a portion of the problem doesn't keep the grid up.
This is not going to be the case in industry. And when was the last time you replaced your power distribution system in your home and place of business. This is not just about end devices and high voltage lines.
S.H.I.E.L.D., huh? Isn't cute how every bill has to be named so that a descriptive acronym can be made.
>> its my understanding that a celestial EMP event like a directed X-class flare would decimate anything electrical <<
I think you're confusing the effects of a "Carrington-like" solar flare with the effects of a nuclear EMP. Different animals, but both terrible to contemplate.
A big enough solar flare, a la Carrington, could knock out the electrical systems of every country on earth, unless adequate protection should be installed. But such a flare wouldn't necessarily destroy electronic equipment that's not connected to the electrical grid — even though one might question how useful the said equipment would be without a ready electrical supply!
On the other hand, a big enough nuclear EMP should destroy the electric grid WITHIN ITS FIELD, plus just about any solid state devices within its field that aren't properly shielded and hardened. In the meantime, electrical and electronic equipment in the parts of the world outside the radiation field should escape damage.
seriously? that's good to know, for the longest time the only stories i've seen are that all the large and midrange tramsformers are made',overseas now. who makes them here still? i'd like to know so i can remember it the next time this comes up, as i think a lot of other folks have the same info i did.
i don't discuss my personal preparations with anyone outside my immediate family.
I bought and factory inspected a 20 MVA 34.5kV/13.8kV transformer from ABB in South Boston, Virgina last year. That was the top end of their small transformer factory. Right next door is their large transformer factory.
There are quite a few others.
Right, but an EMP would actually "hyper-electrify" anything in its path/radius. This was evident from the Carrington event where even disconnected telegraphy equipment continued to transmit. If capacitors overload in computing equipment despite being disconnected, you're talking about the loss of almost every piece of computing hardware in the affected area. In the case of a sufficiently large enough X-class flare directed right at us, anything capable of conducting electricity would do so.
Manmade EMP from nuclear/atomic detonation is terrifying to be sure, but the sun is not something we can control, sanction, or mold outside of monitoring and being prepared for when it does happen.
An old microwave oven functions as an expedient Faraday cage.
yup. probably wouldn't want it plugged in though.
What are the ratings? That also may keep a direct strike or very near by strike from drawing damage down from the antenna, but it does not preclude an EMF from inducing a current into the system through house wiring after the SP that will damage electronics. SPs are good but I only used them to protect from downstream surges (e.g., power line.)
THE EMF doesn't always ONLY go for the SP.
Path of least resistance. The system will always damage itself to protect the fuse. Been there done that.
well this is good news. glad to know this. do you believe that the various us companies here have the ability and capacity to replace a large number of large and'mid-size transformers within a couple'months if we have a major emp incident?
There are quite a few others...
also can the us replace'all the small neighborhood transformers that will probably go during such an event? they have generally been undersized, as they count on less usage at night and cooler night temperatures to offset daytime use, so is there concern we won't have these in needed numbers from such an event? do we have the manufacturing ability to replace'large numbers of the neighborhood sized transformers? were talking millions of small ones.
For a few years, most of these are working full time with lead times growing. If they had spare production capacity, it would already be building transformers.
Very few industries are going to invest in and maintain the shop, equipment and supplies to suddenly increase production by a couple orders of magnitude.
And you cannot get a single transformer of significant size built in a couple months unless you start with and old decent condition transformer. 6 months to over a year are common on a decent substation sized transformer (15~45 MVA with HV primary)
There is something wrong about this number. Only 300 transformers??? There are thousands of power plants. Is the only protection they intend for major urban transmission lines? This has the appearance of a closet Agenda 21/Smart Grid emphasis upon major cities only, especially with Gingrich's energetic participation.
EMP is our Achilles heel in this country. Legislation on this matter, although badly needed, demands serious scrutiny.
All? Nope. Neither could any other country in the world.
I've got a couple of non functional units that I use for this purpose.
well do we have the ability to replace them within a month or two with new ones we build here?
I'd start with business first. Virtually every industrial motor 5hp+ has an electronic VFD on it (variable frequency drive). Electronic controls pump gas, supply well water, run refrigeration, sewerage treatment plants... Without food, water, and transportation with sewers backing up, dealing with personal computers seems rather trivial.
Not that hard.
The solution has been around for ten years now. Still expensive.
I suppose the government could deny the patent renewal in a few years to nosedive the cost.
The development in this field has been steady, despite the costs.
This has not been my experience. While I have installed 20,000 HP VFD's, they are extremely rare.
I would estimate more than 90% of the pumps and fans in chemical plants, pipeline pump/compressor stations and refineries do not have VFD's.
No. We could not replace every small transformer in 5 years. Every being key.
Why all the concern? Won't FEMA be along with a flashlight, MRE, a bottle of cold water a warm blanket and a Obamaphone withing 48 hours of such an event? Thats what many even on FR seem to think.
Besides, it's like a border fence; if you despair that erecting a fence at the highest traffic point won't stop all crossings instantly, if you pee and moan that it will take years to protect the border, the default is no fence, no control, and ultimately, no country.
I think we should have transformers (and other essential eq, of course) stored in Faraday cages around the country. It takes a long time to get one built and it will certainly be a longer time if a large part of the world was affected.
Keep in mind, the groups like the Reliability Council are have been making upgrade recommendations and utilities have been upgrading towards those for decades.
I'm not recommending nothing be done, I'm recommending congress isn't the one to do it.
I compare their efforts to upgrading your 4x4 truck to become a swamp buggy. Spending a lot of dollars on only one tire, regardless of how great that tire is, will accomplish absolutely nothing expect spend your money and enrich the tire seller. No additional function was gained.
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When I was a junior at Vanderbilt, I signed up for a class on the writings of John Milton, the great 17th century poet. On the first day of class, the professor asked us to introduce ourselves and explain why we were taking the course. Student after student identified themselves as graduate students taking the course as part of a master's degree or doctoral degree in English. You can imagine how I felt introducing myself as an undergraduate history major and confessing that I had enrolled because "I thought it might be interesting."
The professor pulled me aside after class to confirm my suspicion that I "would not survive the course" without his help. And help me he did. That professor met with me every day after class to review the material and to offer additional assignments. Thanks to his help, I made a B in the course and Milton became one of my favorite poets.
This issue of the Beacon focuses on compassion, and on people who have sacrificed their resources and their comfort, traveled to distant lands, pursued careers, and made lifestyle changes all so they could minister to others in need. While my example of the professor who gave me 15 minutes of his time each day might seem to pale in comparison, I offer it as a reminder that compassion does not have to take the form of a grand gesture in order to make a real difference.
Every day at Mississippi College, I see students, faculty, and staff demonstrating compassion to others in large ways and in small ways. Some of these efforts incorporate evangelism and others are simply acts of kindness, but all follow the model of compassion established by Christ.
There is an old saying that goes, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." The fact is the majority of us will not be called to minister to AIDS orphans, heal the sick, or serve in distant mission fields. But as Christians, I hope the stories in the following pages will inspire each of us to look for the many ways, big and small, that we can demonstrate the compassion of Christ to others.

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Ortiz en route to victory at the 2011 Desert RATS Trail Running Festival 50-miler, Fruita, Colorado. Photo by Glen Delman.
The day I meet Ortiz for a run in Eagle, it is snowing. But that's fine. She is racing the Santa Barbara 50-miler in three days, so she just wants to get out for an hour after school. We meet at the Burger King down the road from her house and carpool to the trailhead. I'd heard about her propensity to chat on the trail—she and Mazzia, who was pacing her, missed a course marker at Western States because they were so involved in their conversation—and am hoping this will lead to some candid thoughts.
The trail network in Eagle is extensive. Singletracks and dirt roads spider out in every direction, peppered with steep bursts, tight corners and more than enough roots and rocks to demand your attention. Ortiz knows the local trails better than anyone, and today she has chosen a route that climbs to a plateau overlooking the valley. Come early summer, the entire landscape is blanketed by flowers, which are only in bloom for a brief time. "Once those flowers die, I don't come here anymore," she says. "I maybe run this trail twice all summer, but at least once a day in the winter. There are a few sections where everywhere you look, you see abundant flowers. And that's what it's all about for me. Just what I see and smell."
Ortiz's father, a family physician, started running specifically to spend time with Anita when she was growing up. He and her mother instilled in Anita and her two brothers a deep appreciation of the outdoors. So when we sidle up to a junction in the trail and Ortiz sees an orange peel on the ground, she doesn't hide her disapproval. "It just makes me so angry when people trash the land," she says. "Those things take forever to biodegrade."
As it turns out, Ortiz is kind of like the garbage fairy. "Anytime we see trash, we bring it down," she says. "One time, we were way up in the middle of God knows where, on this road called Firebox, and found one of those big plastic storage boxes. Well, we carried that thing down. It took us all summer, but we'd carry it a little ways, and then we'd leave it. And the next time we were up there, we'd carry it a little ways farther. Eventually we got it all the way down. I've carried a mattress down from up here."
Contrary to many of her peers, Ortiz almost never measures her mileage. Instead, she keeps track of time. Her goal each day is to get five hours of strenuous exercise, whether on the trail or her Stairmaster at home. The approach allows her to explore more than she would otherwise. "I love getting pleasantly lost," she says. "Where you're not really lost, because you know you'll eventually hit a road. That's how you find the new, cool trails. It's my favorite thing to do."
The one week she measures her miles is before Western States—which remains the only 100-mile race she's entered. She'll do a 35-mile day in her heaviest week (which used to be 138 miles but now is closer to 120), but, she explains, "I'll do back-to-back-to-back days of 25, 20, 20, because that's less wear and tear on my body and, for me, it's a better training effect. My legs are super tired by that last day."
We come upon a tiny patch of snow, and Ortiz points at it and grins. "There's my water," she says. As we run, I concentrate on Ortiz's steady but imperfect stride. Kami Semick, one of Ortiz's rivals, calls her "a scrappy runner, and I mean that as a compliment. It's not beautiful but she gets it done." Ortiz, who is sensitive to such remarks, doesn't disagree. "I'm not a stellar runner. I just work really hard, and I deal with pain well," she says. "I'm no better than anybody else. I'm not particularly strong or—I guess what I mean is, I don't have natural talent. That's what it is. I shouldn't have said I'm not a strong runner."
I watch Ortiz bound and dart over large rocks and around tricky bends in the trail like a rabbit. It's hard to believe she does not consider herself gifted, especially given her age and the punishment she inflicts on her muscles and joints. "Seriously, I feel like I'm 25," she says. "I just don't feel like I thought I'd feel when I was 46 [she turned 47 on June 9]. I thought I'd feel old and rickety and worn out and tired. And I don't. I never thought I'd be able to run like this."
During a switchbacking descent near the end of the loop, I ask Ortiz how important it is to be the best. She replies: "Not very important. Because I'm not, and I never can be." Then who is? "Oh, gosh. There's a whole handful of people who strive for that spot. I mean, Ellie Greenwood? Oh, my gosh, nobody's going to stop her this year. You've got Kami Semick, good luck ever beating her. Darcy Africa …" But you just beat Darcy in Fruita, I say. "I know, but it's a lucky day when I do. There are just so many young people coming in."
I ask Ortiz whether she's ever beaten Semick. "No. I came in about three minutes behind her in a 100K [Miwok, where she qualified for Western States] two years ago; that's the closest I've come. I led until the last five miles, and talk about hitting the wall. She went past me like I was sitting in a bathtub reading my book. She was really nice about it. She could see that I was suffering really badly. I was cramping, holding my legs, practically lifting my legs up this hill. And she had a pacer, and I didn't. She told her pacer to stay with me. She could see that I was in a bad spot. It was really nice. But I made her pacer go. I wanted to suffer by myself."


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by John MacArthur
Many of my favorite people are pastors. I grew up the son of a pastor and the grandson of a pastor. And after more than four decades of my own pastoral ministry, and many years of training young men for their own, I think I have a good understanding of a pastor's heart—both his joys and his struggles.
These days, my heart aches for pastors.
It aches because today their job is as difficult as it has ever been. We live in an anti-authority culture—one that has lost all respect for people in positions of authority and influence. The modern mindset is to tear down everybody and everything. It's a destructive culture, driven by fierce pride and runaway self-esteem. It seems very few pastors are run out of their churches over bad sermons or ineffective ministry—usually, they're run out by a person or a group contending for power and authority.
That difficulty is compounded by the intimidation of massive media ministries and celebrity preachers on TV, the Internet, and in flat-screen churches all over the country. Pastors today are told they need to embody an entrepreneurial spirit—that they need to grow their churches the way you would grow a business. They hear a lot about needing to impact the culture and engage the community, and they get all kinds of pragmatic advice on how to accomplish that. They're told they need to reach beyond the church and revolutionize society. In fact, it seems much of the modern pastor's work is supposed to take place outside the church.
That's a discouraging, disheartening message for men who love the church and have given their lives in service to God's people. It's also unbiblical. Pastors have one job. They're not called to be cultural evangelists, entrepreneurs, or revolutionaries. They're called to faithfully feed the flock of God. They're called to be shepherds.
Consider the apostle Peter's instruction to church leaders in 1 Peter 5:1-2.
Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness.
Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness.
The solemn duty of every pastor is to feed God's sheep. And as a pastor, the day you let your eyes move beyond the people sitting in your church is the day you've lost your purpose.
The focus of pastoral ministry is not the people outside the church, and it's not drawing unbelievers to the church. The focus is on the people inside the church—the flock the Lord has sovereignly drawn together and entrusted into the care of a shepherd. The pastor has been set apart, as the apostle Paul put it, "for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12-13).
Pastors are not called to the culture, and we're not called to the unconverted. We have been mandated to feed our flocks so they can grow spiritually. We're called to serve the redeemed people of God as an agent of sanctification and protection. The measure of a man's effectiveness in ministry is not the number of people in his congregation every week—it's the Christlikeness of his congregation.
Over the next few days we're going to take a closer look at what Scripture says about the marks of an excellent pastor. We've timed this new series to coincide with Grace Community Church's Shepherds' Conference, which begins today. More than three thousand pastors from all over the globe have gathered to be taught, encouraged, and refreshed to go back and continue faithfully feeding their own flocks. Let me encourage you to watch along with the conference, streaming live online at www.shepherdsconference.org. Regardless of your role in your local congregation, I know the next several days will provide you with rich insight into God's Word and lasting spiritual encouragement.
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Could you provide the streaming live link to the shepherds conference.
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Thank you for this reminder Dr. MacArthur. As the pastor of a small rural church who sometimes feels the pressure to increase the numbers of the congregation, I needed this reminder of what my role is -- To feed the flock.
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Thank you for making the conference available streaming live online. My husband, our pastor and another pastor friend are in attendance. How exciting as a wife/helpmate to be able to watch along with them to better know how to pray for and encourage our men. I am praying for God to richly bless each man's time at the conference - that our Holy and Awesome God, His precious Son our Lord Jesus, and His powerful Holy Spirit will be GLORIFIED. And that His "sharper than any two edged sword" WORD will be powerfully proclaimed. Praying with thanksgiving from a grateful heart. Thank you for a trustworthy ministry! To God be THE GLORY!
Thank you for a very timely message that will likely encourage pastors everywhere to get back on track and avoid the distractions and marketing gimmicks that pull their attention away from focusing on the people God has brought to them. I would imagine this change in direction would be liberating for them to have that singular focus. As I have heard John MacArthur say many times in the past, he focuses on the depth and leaves the breadth to God. I pray God will encourage the men at the Shepherd's Conference to renew their faithfulness to that sole purpose and trust God with the results.
Dear John & GTY staff,
Couldn't have said it any better. You willingness to speak out on subjects like this is so needed and warranted. Can't say it enough how appreciative my wife and I for your ministry. We are CONSTANTLY using the resouces made available on your website. Keep up the great work!
Samuel (#1),
If you click the link above, it will take you to the Shepherds' Conference homepage. You'll see the daily schedule on the right side of the page--the live feed is only available during those sessions, and it should stream on the homepage, or there will be an obvious link to send you to the correct location.
I am looking forward to reading this series.
And thanks for allowing us to watch the Conference through live stream!
Thank you very much Dr.McArthur for your messages. It really helps me a lot to stay focus and be true the Word of God. Blessings to GTY, to your staff and to your church. I hope to meet you someday.
I have attended a well known Southern California Church for many years. (Still visit occasionally since we have friends there) There was a time when the pastor shifted his emphasis from preaching to writing a book designed to reach the lost. This book became imensely popular wordlwide. I remember, very distinctly, feeling abandoned after comprehending this shift in emphasis. Your letter above seems to be a perfect explanation of what happened and a validation of my thoughts and feelings. Thank you for clarifying what a pastor should be concerned with. I think God gives us internal spiritual discernments like this to help us stay on track.
Thank you so very much for your comments. As a part-time pastor in a small church, it has been difficult to educate the congregation as to my role. I replaced a pastor who every six months was beating on the elder-ship to come up with a growth program. Anything to increase the numbers. My efforts stay focused on feeding the flock. Appreciate the confirmation that I am on the right track.
As with so many of Pastor MacArthur's blogs, I enjoy reading the comments just as much as reading the article itself. For all you pastors who are faithfully feeding and shepherding your flock and not giving in to the church-growth programs and the latest gimmicks to pack the pews, God bless you and stay faithful! You are walking uphill against the wind – I know it must be hard. Everyone probably thinks they know your role better than you do. But God is pleased with your obedience and faithfulness. Don't give up and don't give in!
We are so blessed to have such a pastor in our church here. He encourages us to do the work of the ministry – support missionaries, evangelize, disciple, serve each other – while he focuses on faithfully, carefully, and systematically teaching us the Word of God using expository preaching. And God has blessed his efforts. As the Holy Spirit would have it, we are growing numerically but we are also growing spiritually which is causing the body as a whole to be more like Christ (Ephesians 4:11-13).
Being a godly shepherd is not glamorous – you'll probably never be famous or write best-selling books – but in the end you will get a "Well done, my good and faithful servant" from the Lord, which is priceless.
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10 steps to a successful aircraft financing
The business jet finance market is changing, just like the rest of the world economy. It's becoming more highly regulated, more conservative and more international. Its biggest challenge is the surfeit of cash that many aircraft buyers have on hand with no compelling place to invest. The banks, which find themselves in a similar situation, famously prefer to lend money to people who don't need it, and in today's business jet market, there are more of those people than ever before. However, if you're looking for financing, here's a strategy for locating the best deal.
1. Find the right aircraft at the right price. Most aircraft finance institutions–even the ones that say they are "asset-based"–are "credit shops." Their overwhelming focus is on the ability of their customers to pay back the financed amount. But that doesn't mean they ignore the aircraft altogether; banks still want to be confident that you aren't paying too much for it and that the value of their collateral won't sink like the Titanic. Make sure to get expert advice about the value of the aircraft you choose, and be mindful that the older it is, the harder it will be to finance. Moreover, make sure it's right for your needs, so you won't be charged penalties to pay off a loan early or get out of a lease because you purchased too much or too little aircraft for your travel or budgetary requirements.
2. Pay attention to timing. Aircraft financings sometimes used to be arranged virtually overnight. No more. If you want financing, start the process as soon as possible. You can get a good idea about financing costs and terms simply by talking to a lender generally about the airplane model, model year and estimated acquisition cost before ever signing a letter of intent to purchase an aircraft.
3. Determine who will buy the airplane. That sounds easy, but it can be a complex subject. If you're a first-time buyer, I recommend retaining aviation counsel to help with this at the start of the process. Factors that influence who buys the aircraft include liability concerns, FAA ownership and operating rules, often-obscure tax considerations like the "at-risk rules," public company reporting requirements and the ability of business partners or others to use or help pay for the aircraft. The identity of the buyer will also directly influence the choice of financial institution. A commercial enterprise won't get an aircraft loan from a private bank, but the CEO might.
4. Decide on a loan or a lease. For most airplane buyers, the availability of tax benefits will determine this choice. If you can use the tax depreciation, a loan may be the best option; if not, consider leasing, where you can still get the benefit of tax depreciation through lower financing costs. If you're uncertain, request proposals for both. Note, however, that while all aircraft financial institutions provide loans, many don't offer leases.
5. Choose credit-based or asset-based financing. If you want your lender to put greater weight on the aircraft's value as opposed to your creditworthiness, you'll have limited options, and if you want non-recourse financing, you'll have even fewer choices. A related issue is whether you'll need maximum flexibility in structuring the financing, in which case you may be better off with a non-bank institution that is less bound by federal and state banking rules and regulations.
6. Consider relationship-based financing. Aircraft financiers differ in their appetite for making so-called transaction-based loans–one-off financings with someone the bank may not otherwise do business with. In other words, if a bank focuses chiefly or exclusively on aircraft financings for existing clients, you should probably look elsewhere unless you're one of those clients. Your private bank, for example, may offer extremely attractive financing terms for an aircraft purchase, allowing you to leverage off an existing relationship. Keep in mind, though, that an aircraft loan through your private bank will be cross-collateralized to other assets pledged to the institution. Further, a "relationship" may actually hurt you if the bank feels it already has too much credit exposure to you or your company.
7. Solicit proposals. Once you do your homework, you're ready to ask several financial institutions for proposals. Your acquisition consultant should be able to suggest likely aircraft financiers for you to consider. In addition to the amount of the financing, loan or lease, fixed- or floating-rate and recourse or non-recourse, you'll need to request a term, proposed down payment and maybe even a proposed amortization. A 100 percent 12-year loan on an 18-year-old aircraft with 25-year amortization will likely find few takers, but an 80 percent five-year loan on a five-year-old aircraft with 10-year amortization may prove quite popular. You won't know until you ask.
8. Negotiate your deal. This is the key moment. It's when a little creativity goes a long way–for example, by negotiating for the addition of an option to switch to fixed rates in the future as part of a low-cost floating-rate deal. Remember that proposals are typically confidential, so don't send one lender's proposal to another lender to try to get a better offer. But you can certainly let a lender know if its terms aren't competitive with other proposals you've received.
9. Make your selection. Don't assume you should just choose the lender offering the best overall financial deal. That's an important consideration, of course, but not the only one. Does the lender have a track record in aircraft finance, or is this one of its initial or infrequent forays into the field? Can the lender deliver what it promises, especially in time for closing?
10. Wrap up the deal. Your lender will have to do its due diligence–on you and/or your company, the aircraft and the underlying purchase deal. It will want to see tax returns, financial statements, the purchase agreement, the prebuy report–all kinds of things. It may also require a written appraisal. Make sure your aviation attorney reviews the financing documents. Aviation transaction lawyers do this all the time, and often more efficiently than high-priced finance counsel. They know where the aviation skeletons are buried–prohibitions on Part 135 flights, limitations on flight hours, unreasonable lease return conditions. It's worth hiring an expert.
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Lake Forest, Ill.
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Chad E. Colby
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Plantation, Fla.
Mike Kahmann
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Irvine, Calif.
David W. Maurer
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New York
Mary T. Schwartz
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David W. Rodin
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Matt McNamara
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San Francisco
James F. Simpson
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Laird Professional Building
Downingtown, Pa.
Jeffrey Lindstadt
(610) 269-1683
Key Equipment Finance
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Patti Ann Sullivan
(978) 261-5201
PNC Aviation Finance
Boise, Idaho
Wayne Starling
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Manchester, N.H.
Donald A. Synborski
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Towson, Md.
B.J. Honeycutt
(410) 307-6732
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Pete J. Georgelas
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Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc.
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Los Angeles
Robert C. Lebano
(310) 789-5036
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Cessna Finance Corp.
Wichita, Kan.
Perry Bridges
(316) 660-1392
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Transportation Division
Washington, D.C.
Robert F. X. Roy, Jr.
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GE Capital Corp.
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Danbury, Conn.
Brent P. Godfred
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Woodbridge, Conn.
James A. Crowley
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The Phillies just didn't have much of a chance last night at Yankee Stadium as they watched them win their 27th World Series Championship. You can tell right at the start of the game that the Phillies were in trouble as Pedro Martinez couldn't get many pitches over 85 miles per hour. He worked the first 4 innings of this game giving up 4 earned runs including a monster homer by Hideki Matsui. Chad Durbin followed Martinez in the game and he brought a gas can and emptied it on the fire only getting 1 batter out while giving up 3 earned runs. J.A. Happ, Chan Ho Park, Scott Eyre and Ryan Madson combined to shut out the Yankees for the last 3 2/3 innings but it was a tad too late. Offensively, catcher Carlos Ruiz was outstanding again for the Phillies as he was 2 for 2 with a triple and a run scored. Raul Ibanez was also solid as he was 2 for 3 with 2 doubles and 1 RBI. Ryan Howard was 1 for 4 with 1 run scored, 1 homer and 2 RBIs. The Phillies just ran into a buzzsaw in this series as the Yankees just had too many weapons. The Yankees win this series 4 games to 2.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (119 votes).
In short: What a lovely race!! Scenary amazing, country running with sheep and cows is cool. Marshalls were fantastic.Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: It gets you out in the open!In full: I said last year that I'd never do this one again due to how knackered I felt at the end. This year I had a superb run and may be back again. This has got to be the hardest but most scenic race I've ever taken part in. Hats off to the organisers, marshals and anyone who dares to take part!Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: Worth doing, but be prepared. In full: The marshalls were excellent and very patient. Being a first timer I wasn't sure if I would finish, but received no pressure and plenty of encouragement. Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: Forgotten how tough this was but a great morning out!Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: Thanks for a great morning out.In full: First Jog Shop Jog and I loved most of it ( can't say I loved the pain but the rest of it wouldn't feel the same without it); scenery, atmousphere, challenge of the uphills, challenge of the steep descents and the support of the marshals were all fantastic.Had no problems with the directions, but then again being a local I have run the course in training; maybe an extra marshall on the windmill hill in Rottingdean and an extra drinks station between the base of the Big W at Kingston and the run down into Rottingdean wouldn't go amiss.Apart from that just a big thank you to all those involved (organising and taking part); keep up the good work and see you again next year).Cheers - HLSDate of review: October 16, 2006
In short: Beautiful day and a great route thanks!Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: bloody hard work and great to finishIn full: my first time doing this Sussex legend run. glorious environment on the South Downs but it's no stroll in the park - those hills hurt whether going down or up. good training run for Beachy Head mara. Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: Very tough but well worth the pain!In full: This is by far the toughest race I've taken part in but I was smiling most of the way round! The scenery is fantastic and the crazy uphill sections at North Face and the Big W are soon compensated for by lovely stretches running over the tops of the downs on the lovely grass - Bliss! Great marshalls out on the course keeping the spirits up when needed. We did get a bit lost at one point but the race advice does say check the course before starting so no complaints from me...and we were soon back on track again.Date of review: October 16, 2006
In short: Great scenery and challenging but not well enough marshalledIn full: Fantastic to have finished - except that a lot of people got lost. Seemed that field spread out quickly, at least one marker was moved and marshalls few and far between in 2nd half, meant that if you didn't know that way pretty good chance of getting lost. No toilets, no one could find me a map at the start, and I got lost and only ran 18miles (and I know I wasn't the only one). Overall a bit disappointing!!Date of review: October 15, 2006
In short: Tough but rewardingIn full: The race is something of a local legend, and it feels great to have completed it. The runners spread out pretty quickly, and there were times when I couldn't see anyone in front or behind me, but the course was very well marshalled. The hills are hard work, but the last five miles are all pretty much downhill or flat. We were lucky with the wind which blew us all the way back to the marina.Date of review: October 15, 2006
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In an attempt to share with others a "scratch-builders' resource" I am working towards developing an online reference index of the various articles within each issue of a number of vintage automobile magazines i have collected over the past decade.
I will be developing a category within my blog labeled "Vintage Racing Resource" - a temporary destination where, along with this reference index, original photos, magazine articles and newspaper coverage related to historic motor racing and classic automobilia will periodically be posted.
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Hi all - i am an architect residing and working in Vancouver BC Canada. Here is a little blurb about my interests and how i became re-aquainted with slot cars.
Although born in 1971 just after the glory days of slot car racing some of my fondest memories are of racing tycopro / afx ho cars with my father and brother in the mid '70's.
About 8 years ago i discovered vintage slot cars - this time in 1/32 scale. I was looking to find a momento for my brother - a '68 charger rt for him to display on his tv set (he had just purchased a fully restored 1:1 vesrion from Salt Lake City - a real beauty!). At any rate, as this was well before the large die cast model craze the only '68 charger models were the odd hot wheels or matchbox diecasts, or old plastic model kits. Then i found an eldon slot car - a white dodge charger (1/35?) ... and ever since i have casually been collecting vintage slot cars and accesories (mostly in 1/32) - a great hobby to focus on when work gets to be too much!
My interest in the history of slot cars - models / makes and manufacturers has grown in parallel with my passion for vintage automobiles and racing. When i first moved to Vancouver BC from southern Manitoba I was fortunate to have stumbled across a great local automobilia store. I quickly became a regular and got to know the owners very well. In the early years the store proved a treasure trove of vintage motorsport literature which i couldn't get enough of - and before i knew it i had amassed a fairly serious collection of automobilia literature - which i continue to read and re-read.
Most recently i have also become quite interested in the 'scratch build' game. This forum has been a wonderful resource for learning about frame and body building techniques. As time permits i look forward to trying my hand at creating some of my favourite cars that currently aren't available.
At any rate - thanks for taking a few minutes to read my ramble - as time permits i look forward to sharing some of my interests / collections / projects with others through this blog - as i have mentioned to a few of this forums members before - the genuine comaradarie and spirit of sharing within the hobby is very impressive!
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Well since i had my camera out, and some boxes open - here are a few pics of the Strombecker Ferrari Berlinetta GT (i think that was what they called it?)
I seem to recall reading that it was an earlier version of the 250 GTO
- it looks similar but without the GTO 'spoiler' lip at rear of car ...
doesn't have the detail of the Revell version but still charming in its representations of those classic ferrari lines
cleaning this one up was quite entertaining - i remember someone had coated it with a thick layer of 'clear' (likely the equivalent of Future wax from back in the day)
i had placed it in warm water to give it a rinse - and the entire body 'hazed' up with a cloudy finish - i thought i had wrecked it, but some extra effort in hotter water and it eventually all came off!
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February is the American Veterinary Medical Association's national pet dental health month, and dental care is just one important aspect to keeping horses happy, healthy, and comfortable. To help you brush up on your equine dental knowledge, we've scoured our archives and collected 10 important resources available to you for free on TheHorse.com.
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Article: Back to Basics: Equine Dental Terminology and Anatomy When discussing our dental health, we are familiar with commonly used terms such as plaque, cavity, and root canal. But discussing our horses' teeth can be a bit more confusing: Mesial. Occlusal surface. Interproximal space. Here's a rundown of the equine dentistry terms you need to know, and how your horse's teeth are aligned. Read More
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I'm looking to get a MudMotor for my Boat. (1448 Grizzly Tracker) All the reviews I have seen on MudMotors haven't been to good. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this situation. I want to get one, (
BeaverTail or Surface Drive
.) Just not sure of any Pros and Cons of either style. I Currently have an outboard and I'm beating the crap out of it getting in mud and hitting stumps. A little knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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if you've never checked it out before I suggest going on mudmotortalk.com there is a lot of knowledge on that site. But from what I've read and learned is that if you have a modified v jon, I'm guessing thats what you have since its a grizzly, a long tail motor would be best in the 18-23 hp range. Long tails perform better on the mod v than the surface drives do. also a long tail is cheaper since there are less moving parts. If you were to go with a surface drive you'd be able to go with a smaller motor say 12-18 hp and see fairly good speeds out of it but from what I understand a surface drive will perform best on a true flat bottom boat. But if you plan to go with any kind of mud motor make sure you install a grab bar on your boat and always always always wear your kill switch.
Pros to a surface drive- Speed, load carrying, turning radius
Cons to a surface drive- price, not so good in the mud, you'd need a different boat to see try performance out of a surface drive.
Pros to a long tail- Cheaper with less moving parts(now gear reduction being done) excellent in the mud/stumps the long tail allows you to dig in deep into the mud and find something for the prop to bite on
Cons to a long tail- The won't be as fast as a surface drive, they can't carry a load as well, they have a huge turning radius compared to a surface drive, no neutral, long tails will also beat you up and come close to tossing you out of the boat when you hit stumps and things like that the shaft will come flying out of the water and the tiller will do what ever it wants to and that even means giving you a nice charley horse... happened to me.
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Thanks for taking the time to give me that information. Much appreciated. Also I will check out that forum.
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I had a long tail Go Devil IT was a work out did not like it.You had to man handle it.
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Ive got a old 13hp mud buddy and I love it. got it on a 16ft double wide lowe. only bad thing is no reverse makes it a pain for when you are backing the boat in and have other partys lined up behind you. i would get a 35hp go devil long tail depending on how big your boat is
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I have a 36hp ProDrive and I love it! However, it is on a 18x60 true flat bottom boat. I bought it from Phowler boats and I can't say enough good things about them and the work they do. Great people and great boats!!!
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Ive got a old 13hp muddy buddy that is 15years plus old. Great motor got it on a 16ft Lowie. I have the long shaft model. only this I have hate is no reverse other than that its greats you anywhere you want and through anything in your path. the new muddy has reverse and I will be getting a 40hr surface drive one.
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1854 excel with 42 hp black death. Great boat and motor.
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36Prodrive on 18/48 Prodrive boat. FPB - FULL POWER BACKWARDS - Prodrive calls it Full Power Reverse. I don't know why that guy said surface drives don't go in mud, they are awesome. They will struggle a little in a very shallow and very hard (sand) bottom marsh. Everywhere else, they outperform long tails in most aspects. ProDrive, GatorTail, Go-Devil - all very good, all have thier stronger points. Prodrive with full power reverse is almost unstoppable!
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