OnCore Aviation as Partner and as a Dream Center for Flight Training with Modern Diamond Aircraft

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LifeStyle Aviation is proud to announce the launch and appointment of OnCore Aviation LLC in Rochester NY as our newest LifeStyle Aviation Network Partner.

   

OnCore Aviation LLC is a new flight center formed to bring modern flight training and aviation lifestyle access to the Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse region. Expanding the support and training of our modern Diamond Aircraft models.

 

Todd Cameron and Michele Herrmann along with Patrick Herrmann are the force behind OnCore Aviation. Todd Cameron is a successful businessman in Rochester that has been providing avid support to the aviation community for many years as flight instructor, CAP Wing Commander, Mission Pilot, FAA Safety Representative, and operations manager of the local aviation museum. Todd is a highly accomplished Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) that focuses on modern training methods and professional level training results. Todd’s partner, Michele Herrmann, provides the administrative excellence for the organization and brings years of experience in this realm and in aviation operations.

Patrick Herrmann, an Embry Riddle graduate and professional jet pilot is an OnCore Certified Flight Instructor. What set’s Todd and Pat completely apart as flight instructors is their vast experience and professionalism that empower new comers the potential to realize their dreams of personal mobility by aircraft.

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OnCore Aviation is based at the Greater Rochester International Airport (KROC) in the modern JetSmart FBO facilities. The company has partnered with LifeStyle Aviation as a “Network Partner” and  as a “Dream Center” featuring a modern Diamond DA40 XLS aircraft for flight training. This G1000 based modern aircraft features Synthetic Vision, Digital Autopilot and digital WAAS based approach system so pilots have the ideal modern IFR training platform and travel machine with its 140+Knot cruising speeds.

“The Rochester market has been underserved for years with no modern aircraft rental or training options so we decided it was time to bring quality training and modern aircraft together to benefit the local community.” said Todd Cameron. “We expect it to bring a completely new perspective for people that are seeking personal mobility and travel convenience as well as those seeking careers in aviation. Our partnership with the LifeStyle Aviation Network is instrumental in helping us offer the greatest potential for choice, value and options from the beginning.”

“We are delighted to partner with OnCore and help bring modern aircraft access and training to Rochester.” stated John Armstrong, Founder and CEO of LifeStyle Aviation. “We are confident that the combination of professional training and modern safe aircraft in Rochester along with the LifeStyle Aviation Network’s broad offering of modern aircraft for acquisition, share programs, leaseback and rental will help more people achieve an Aviation LifeStyle than ever before.”

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Using modern personal aircraft, people in Rochester can now completely avoid the airlines and access the entire mid-atlantic region and north east in 1-2 hours flying in one of our modern magic carpet aircraft.” added Armstrong, “We are particularly excited about the potential of our new Diamond DA62 seven place modern “SUV-sized” aircraft that is now available that carries up to seven in comfort and cruises at over 220 MPH burning less fuel than a Chevy Tahoe. This level of capability is totally life changing. Through our partners like OnCore we create mobility solutions for people using this modern transportation technology and help create the ideal economic result with our DiamondShare model.”

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Shawn Griffin and Anthony Daniele. Two local businessmen saw the need for modern aircraft in Rochester and stepped up to help make this launch possible. Shawn Griffin, a local attorney, and Anthony Daniele, a local businessman and airport commissioner both felt the time was right
for Rochester to have a modern aircraft access and flight training. They committed to acquire for leaseback the first aircraft for OnCore’s use. As OnCore grows other parties will have the opportunity to gain access to the exclusive and economically advantageous “leaseback” program offered for the acquisition of these modern aircraft through LifeStyle.

The LifeStyle Aviation Network now includes over 20 flight center networK partners they refer to as  “Dream Centers” because they are not limited to just providing flight lessons but work with each client to help them craft a pathway to achieve their personal travel and freedom goals. The scope of options through the Network includes a broad range of solutions including early stage aircraft acquisition with “executive training approaches” that allow businessmen to acquire aircraft they use immediately as they are learning to pilot them. When they are ready they transition to traveling without the help of a CFI onboard. This approach can be tremendously productive for a business that is already spending lots of time and money on travel and can provide life changing convenience and added potential for the business owner but also can extend to transporting staff with the use of contract pilots. This approach can radically alter the way businesses thing about expansion and the regions they serve.

Other clients might choose to buoncore lobbyy aircraft to learn in and lease them to OnCore in an arrangement called a Leaseback. This approach provides the ability to enjoy a great aircraft and the income from the lease to help pay for its ownership and also potentially enjoy significant tax advantages. Other pilots that have fallen out of flying because they could not justify the costs might consider accessing the DiamondShare program to enjoy personal freedom and travel on a fixed lease budget in modern single or twin engine aircraft. Others might want to have convenient travel options and don’t want to learn to fly but can take advantage of programs to gain access to flight mobility, have lease options help fund their use. LifeStyle has created many possible ways to help people and in concert with their local partner can delivery on the “Dream Center” concept for a wide array of needs.

“With this level of choice now available in Rochester we want everyone to know that if they are driving excessively or feel the airlines are their only option or if they are paying for expensive charter flights that its time to explore all the potential modern private aviation has to offer.” added Todd Cameron. “We invite them to contact us to learn more.” Visit OnCore at 1205 Scottsville Rd
Rochester, NY 14624 at the Rochester Airport or go to www.oncoreaviation.com.

Lifestyle Aviation (LifeStyleAviation.com) is a US based aviation marketing organization that is in the business of helping people achieve and enjoy an “Aviation LifeStyle” through modern personal aircraft. The organization is comprised of several components:

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LifeStyle Aviation offers a wide range of quality, modern aircraft from Diamond, Piper, Mooney, Cessna, Cirrus and more via its listing site LifeStyleAircraft.com. In addition, LifeStyle Aviation is a leading Diamond Regional Distribution Center (DRDC) offering a full range of new and used Diamond Aircraft including entry level Diamond DA20 and DA40’s and high performance Jet-fuel burning DA42-VI’s and the all new DA62 7 place 200kt aircraft.

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The LifeStyle Aviation Network includes flight centers, industry affiliates and international partners to create a productive, pooled source for buying and selling modern aircraft, learning to fly, accessing shared ownership programs and transitioning from entry level aircraft into advance high performance planes with managed service and support. LifeStyle Aviation is also the creator of the unique DiamondShare program (DiamondShare.com) that provides attractive shared “member access” to modern aircraft while completely changing aircraft ownership economics.

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Parachute Mode for Fun and Safety with the Diamond DA40 Aircraft

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Parachute Mode for Fun and Safety 

with the Diamond DA40 Aircraft

At LifeStyle Aviation we are in the business of helping people pursue and attain a life enriching “Aviation LifeStyle”. We help many people get started in aviation. 

Our top three most important considerations for all and every new client we help are:

Safety, Safety and  Safety…

Every client’s needs and situation are different and we take our role seriously to recommend the “ideal aircraft” for them for their experience and planned use.  The Diamond DA40 tends to be the most recommended (when it is the “best fit”) for pilots as their “first airplane”. This is for many reasons including speed, economy, visibility, ergonomics, low insurance, fun factor and easy of ownership but one reason that is statistically indisputable at this time is the remarkable safety results the DA40 has tallied up. With thousands of aircraft flying since 2000 it is simply the safest aircraft in its class by a huge margin statistically. You can research and measure many facets of the data but you always come to a result that places the Diamond in a safety category all alone.

The facts and results are all great and well documented but it never seems to quell the never ending discussion about the value of the parachute available on other aircraft as a “must have”. To that end we’ve included this article about the DA40 “Parachute Mode” from a very knowledgable and experience pilot and writer Paul Bertorelli.

Diamond studied what caused accidents before designing our DA40 for sale and built specific features to address the biggest glaring issues and opportunities that stand out. 1) Spins and Loss of control at low air speed, 2) Directional Control / Cross-winds, 3) Fuel Fire Containment, 4) Occupant protection and 5) Glide potential 6) Visibility 7) Power control.

The “Parachute Mode” described below is something I use and demonstrate regularly. Anyone considering which airplane to fly that includes the DA40 will be keen to know more about this. As an example of what you can do with it, when I’m over 1000 feet high than pattern over a large airport and I’m cleared to land I don’t extend the downwind leg but simply put power to idle and initiate a full stall holding the stick all the way back and descending at 600-800 fpm with very little forward movement. In my case because of lots of experience with this mode, I stay in that configuration and make the base and final turns in a full stall…this is NOT something that would ever be recommended in most other aircraft but in the DA40 there is no sharp edge to bite you. I’m confident that if I needed to plant a DA40 in a small yard with minimum forward speed I would use the technique described below all the way to the ground. The best part is the low sink rate with very little energy.  For those that have not flown the DA40 to discover its unusual qualities and precise control that contribute to safety they should certainly do so…its very unique and delightful aircraft with safety statistics that speak for themselves.

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By Paul Bertorelli | October 30, 2011 | AVWEB

Last week, I took a ride over to Ft. Lauderdale to visit with Premier Aircraft. The company’s been having good success selling Diamond aircraft (and Mooneys) and they have a premium upgrade package for the Diamond DA40 Aircraft that includes a composite prop and a luxury interior.

I’ve always liked the DA40. It’s got a terrific combination of decent speed, cockpit visibility and, especially, benign handling. And that’s not just idle journalistic blather; the DA40 has an accident record to prove it.

The first time I flew the DA40, Jeff Owen was the demo pilot at Diamond and now he works at Premier, so we flew again last week. One thing he delights in demonstrating is what Diamond (and others) call parachute mode. Basically, you trim the airplane full nose up, idle the power and take your hands off the controls. The airplane will maintain a stable phugoid mode at a descent rate of between 600 and 1200 FPM at an indicated airspeed of 48 knots or so. In selling the DA40 against the Cirrus, Diamond has pointed out that in parachute mode, the Star might descend slower than the Cirrus does under its BRS parachute, albeit with more forward speed. (BRS says the Cirrus descent rate is between 900 and 1680 feet per minute.)

Would the DA40 be survivable if taken to the ground in parachute mode? Over rough ground, trees or an unfriendly urban environment, I’d be more than willing to take my chances in it, if a conventional engine-out landing wouldn’t work. As these things go, 48 knots and 1000 FPM is fairly low energy.

Noodling this a little further, I dove into the accident records for the DA40 to see what’s actually happening with the airplanes. The reality is there are hardly enough accidents to draw any conclusions. Nearly 1600 DA40s are flying and splitting Diamond’s low and high fleet hours estimates, the 15 or so accidents it has had give it an overall accident rate of .8/100,000 hours, just a fraction of the GA average of 6.8. Its fatal rate is about .16, a mere eighth of the overall GA average.

The real eye opener is that in all those hours, there’s not a single stall accident of any kind. I don’t think many, if any, other airplanes can make this claim. Given the number of high-profile stall accidents we’ve seen recently (Colgan and AF 447), this record is remarkable, in my view. While it may be true our Diamond DA40 for sale is used as a trainer and its high-aspect, low wing loading make it less susceptible to stalls, it’s also true things like this haven’t kept pilots from unintentional stalls anyway. But evidently not in the DA40.

By the way, parachute mode works in other airplanes, too. But not necessarily as well, because the phugoid is less damped and the down-cycle airspeed builds to yield a higher descent rate. Next time you’re out flying, try it. It could be a revealing exercise that might save your life.

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LifeStyle Aviation Sponsors DA40 in Air Race Classic

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Flashback Event. LifeStyle Ambassador, Cynthia Lee is Flying the Diamond DA40 in the 2015 Air Race Classic.

This isn’t the first air race for LifeStyle Aviation Ambassador, Cynthia Lee.  In 2012 Cynthia and her teammate Nancy Rohr flew their first Annual Air Race Classic.  This year will be their second ARC for the team – ’10 Carat’ number 28 in this years race.  This Annual Air Race Classic (ARC) an all-women air race, will take place June 22-25, 2015.  Its 2529 statute mile race will begin in Fredericksburg, VA with stops in Hickory, NC, Connellsville, PA, Jeffersonville, IN, Kalamazoo, MI, Lawrenceville, IL, Kirksville, MO, Union City, TN, Gadsden, AL with terminus in Fairhope, AL.

The ARC is an annual VFR (good flying weather) cross-country event flown by airplanes with at least 100 horsepower (HP) and not more than 600 HP in either a competition or a non–competition class. Competition Class includes Stock and modified Stock, normally aspirated, piston powered airplanes, rated for continuous operation at maximum engine speed. Non-Competition Class includes airplanes not qualifying in Competition Class per ARC Rules, and those teams are not racing, but flying the event solely for education and experience. Both classes follow the same rules and enjoy similar flying adventures over the 2529 mile course.

All entered airplanes are flown for Handicap speed before the start. Teams then race their handicap speed, trying to best their own top speed from timing line to timing line. Once the first plane launches they have 4 days to fly all 9 race legs and to arrive and cross the Terminus finish line. Thorough knowledge of the rules and route are critical to successful completion of the race.

Two current licensed women pilots comprise a team. Passengers are allowed and they must be women pilots or student pilots. This year 53 teams are entered in the race with pilots ranging in age from 18 to 88 years and who come from a wide variety of back grounds. Included are 13 teams representing colleges who will vie for the perpetual trophy for the top college team as well as overall placement.

A little ARC history. The first race took place in 1929, originally called the Women’s Air Derby and included a field of 20 women pilots that included Amelia Earhart and was won by Louise Thaden. That race flew from Santa Monica, CA to the Cleveland Air Races in Ohio. The All Women’s TranscontinDA40ental Air Race (Powder Puff Derby) was formed in 1948 and ran until 1977. The ARC ran it’s first race in 1977 with a 2400 mile race from Santa Rosa, CA to Toledo, OH and is the longest running air race in the USA.

Louise Thaden who flew in the very first women’s air race in 1929 was quoted as saying “…added skills are developed, self confidence is increased and enduring friendships are made.” That still holds true today. Thirty-nine years later, over 100,000 statute miles later and 1500 teams later the Air Race Classic remains a venue for competitive flying.

Cynthia Lee is an instrument rated private pilot with 700 hours. Retired after 37 years of Operations and Engineering Management with DuPont anDA40d Axalta, is now an avid pilot and photographer.  LifeStyle Aviation first met Cynthia back in 2011 when she was trading in her Piper.  We helped Cynthia get into a beautiful brand-new Diamond DA40 with our DiamondShare program.  That DA40 is the plane being flown in this years ARC.  Since purchasing a modern aircraft Cynthia has been able to really enjoy the aviation lifestyle.  She has traveled to Martha’s Vineyard, the Bahamas, Key West, Texas, Arizona, New York and other places.  Cynthia became a LifeStyle Aviation Ambassador to share with others the freedom that the modern flying lifestyle creates.

LifeStyle Aviation is proud sponsor of Cynthia and Nancy #28 team ’10 Carat’ in the 2015 Air Race Classic.

 

An Impressive Performance in the 2015 Air Race Classic for Team 10 Carat!

LifeStyle Aviation Ambassador Cynthia Lee and her teammate Nancy Rohr, number 28, team 10 Carat finished the 2015 Air Race Classic yesterday at 3:05 pm with almost 2 hours to spare flying in a Diamond DA40.  LifeStyle Aviation was a proud sponsor of Cynthia and Nancy, team 10 Carat, in this years race.

The biggest challenges on Day 1 for team 10 Carat were the fly-bys across the timing lines.

They did fly-bys at 150 kts at 200′ AGL to start and stop our time for each leg.  The patterns were very congested with planes arriving, landing and departing.  They even had to do a dual fly-by, as they were overtaking a slower plane at the timing line.

Day 2: Cynthia and Nancy encountered Marginal VFR along most of the route, but they were able to safely fly across the flat lands of Indiana, Michigan and Illinois and stay below the scattered layer of clouds.

Day 3: They waited out the severe thunderstorms between Lawrenceville, IL and Kirksville, MO in the morning and finally departed about 11:15am CDT and easily completed legs 6 & 7.

With the handicap system, it is impossible to know how they are doing versus the other racers during the race but they are making safe decisions and having fun.  They had winds gusting to 28 knots at the Kirksville, MO, fly-by.  It’s quite a challenge to hold altitude at 200’AGL flying at 170 kts with winds gusting to 28kts.

Day 4:  The team had hoped, weather permitting to get up early and finish the final two legs, from Union City, TN to Gadsden, AL, then to the terminus in Fairhope, AL but they discovered a dead battery in the morning when they arrived at the KUCY airport, in Union City, TN, to fly their final two legs of the race.  Fortunately the wonderful crew at KUCY were able to recharge their battery in a few hours.  Six hours later they were in the air and were able to do a fly-by to continue at Gadsden, AL, KGAD, and then direct to the terminus at Fairhope, AL, KCQF.

Since they were the last team to leave KUCY and the last team to cross the finish line at KCQF, they had large crowds at both airports waving as we flew the timing lines.

They will not know their actual standings until later this weekend.  We are very impressed with their race performance.  Congratulations!  and excellent flying team 10 Carat!

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