From prems1@earthlink.net Tue Jan 7 18:25:14 2003 From: prems1@earthlink.net (S Joel) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:25:14 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]Fw: The Future of Military Funding Message-ID: <412003127182514930@earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment > [Original Message] > From: ks6u > To: joel > Date: 1/7/03 8:10:41 AM > Subject: Fw: The Future of Military Funding > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wbnewton > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:04 AM > Subject: Fw: The Future of Military Funding > > --- S Joel --- prems1@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Re ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: militaryfunding_1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 86134 bytes Desc: militaryfunding_1.jpg Url : http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/42476f5c/militaryfunding_1.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment-- From jkohler@mactechsys.com Thu Jan 16 01:57:16 2003 From: jkohler@mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:57:16 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]January Newsletter (txt) Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cascade Flyer January 15, 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the newsletter: http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/JanCOOPA2003.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE January Meeting Guest Speaker 2003 First Fly-Out December Non Fly-Out Hangar Flying >From the Ramp Charitable Endeavor Check This Out =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JANUARY MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, January 16th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop). GUEST SPEAKER by Clay Trenz Ron Hart will be joining us this week. Ron has been long inspired by the works of N.C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish, he studied at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, specializing in illustration and design. Ron is a retired American Airline pilot and talented oil painter. After retiring from American Airlines for twenty-two years, he pursued his passion for painting full time. Now, he operates from his studio here in Bend. His paintings have various themes including aviation. Visit Ron’s website; http://www.hartart.com to view his galleries of other fine works of art. 2003 FIRST FLY-OUT !! by Don Wilfong Lets get the year started out right by having a large group for our first fly-out of the New Year. December weather kept us ground bound so our scheduled trip to Nampa, Idaho was called off. Let’s try it again, Nampa Mun (S67) has the Warhawk Air Museum on the field with parking right at the museum and food is close at hand so it should be an interesting and easy fly-out. Plan to meet Sat. Jan. 18 at the Flight Shop at 09:00 for a 09:30 departure. I hope to see you there. If you have any comments or ideas please let me know. I would like to hear from all of you as to your ideas for places to fly and your preference on having fly-outs on Saturday or Sunday. Maybe we will mix it up, maybe we will sometimes have fly-outs on both Sat. and Sun. and maybe we will try fly-outs on more than one weekend in a month. How many people are interested in overnight trips? For example, Idaho has some great back country strips suitable for our type aircraft. Do you like camping or do you prefer better accommodations? It is your group so let me know your feelings and we will try and do the things that make the most people happy. I have “senior moments” and I don’t always remember every good idea I am told so please e-mail or write me with your ideas and comments so I have a hard copy to work from. Some of the best fly-outs are spur of the moment events.........if you know you are going to fly-out somewhere and would like company you might consider a few phone calls or if time permits you might put it out on the e-mail to the group and give some of the others a chance to join in. Quite often that is all the encouragement some of us need as most are looking for any reason to take to the air. The list of CO-OPA members with their phone numbers and e-mail addresses is on the CO-OPA web site. Instructions to access the website are in this newsletter. Please also send me any corrections to information about yourselves so I may keep the membership roster up to date. DECEMBER “NON-FLYOUT” by Don Wilfong Sat. Dec. 21 between 09:00 and 09:30 we assembled at the flight shop to go have breakfast. It had been decided that flying either to Nampa, ID or to Chiloquin was off, due to the weather. However, Parker Johnstone flew down from Redmond, with his daughter Hanna, all ready to go on a fly-out. He elected not to join us for breakfast as he wanted to fly somewhere for a little Father/Daughter time. Our select little group consisted of Bob & Nancy Lecklider, Mike & Ann Bond, Gary Miller, Ken Sandine, Mike Brownlie, Ed Endsley and Don & Norma Wilfong. Ann suggested we all go to the Brickstone Restaurant (at Red Lion North) as they were giving a percentage, of the money taken in today, to The Save the Horses Fund. Both the meal and the service were good and we had a really great time with hangar flying and visiting. I think collectively we solved most of the worlds problems.....now if we could just get the world to take our advice. Mike Bond had an excellent idea and scheduled a tour of the Redmond Control Tower for us all. Gary Miller, Ken Sandine and Mike Brownlie had already been in the tower so they didn’t go with us. We arrived at the base of the tower and waited for someone to come down and let us in. (Most everybody hid around the corner of the building to avoid the cold wind. They let us in a room and checked everybody’s picture ID, confirmed that no one had a knife or weapon of any kind and issued each of us a pass to wear before we were allowed to enter the elevator. This took us up to where we only had to climb three flights of stairs to reach the top. The security measures are much more strict since 9/ll, but I guess it is important and worth the little bit of inconvenience. Boy the view was great, from up there, and the tour was both interesting and informative. The two tower controllers (Tim & Jim) went out of their way to make our visit pleasant. We spent quite a bit of time in the tower and I believe we all learned a thing or two. We thank the Bonds for the great idea. While we were there Mike Brownlie went flying and showed off the shiny turbo 206 he recently traded for. We all wondered if he went flying just so we could admire his new plane. I have to admit it is a really pretty plane. We didn’t get to fly but we had a good turnout (10 people) and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. Maybe next month the weather will let us fly. A thought for the day, by Abraham Lincoln: “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Just think how lucky we all are!! I personally don’t know of anything that could make a person much happier that being able to combine flying and spending time with really great people like the members of CO-OPA. I and Norma want to wish each and every one of you an even better year than 2002. May we all stay healthy and happy and be able to fly where ever and when ever we want. HANGAR FLYING by Joel Premselaar This weird weather we’re having triggered what mind I have into freewheeling. Some of you oldies or antique car buffs might remember free wheeling, oh well; rambling on, I am getting jaded listening to the weather experts and environmentalists pontificating as to where the blame for it lies. Some time ago, I read that as the sun is consuming itself it grows larger and in the doing it will ultimately consume the planets. I haven’t heard about any measurement taken of the sun lately. Mayhap that’s contributing to the unusual rainy Whiskey Xray. Any astronomers, amateur or otherwise, out there? Rambling on some more, let’s tune up our instruments and get into “flying in the rain” a la Gene Kelly. Many of the rain related items that follow are from sources such as the FAA, NASA and experience. Divide the landing distance over a 50ft obstruction found in your Airplane Flight Manual/Pilot’s Operating Handbook by 0.6 to determine the dry landing runway requirement (remember, these figures are established with a new and perfect plane flown by a test pilot). You may use your fingers and toes for the next step, which is to multiply the results of that complex math problem by 1.15 if the runway is wet. If you’re still with me on this, your next step is to add a fudge factor to compensate for the condition of your tires and brakes. The FAA‚s criterion sets a runway length of 4,000ft as a minimum for grooved or “porous friction course (PFC)” overlay treatment. Jeppesen’s airport page notes the inclusion of such treatment, if it exists. Your wheels are not spinning upon landing so pick up your trusty calculator and determine the hydroplaning speed with the formula: 7.7vtire pressure (v= square root symbol on my computer and ˘ is approximately equal to); e.g., 7.7v30psi ˘ 7.7x 5.5˘42 MPH. Don’t expect effective braking until you reach a ground speed less than 42 MPH. With wheels rotating; e.g., an aborted takeoff or late in a landing roll out, or going from dry to standing water runway conditions, the formula is 9.9vtire pressure; e.g. 9.9v30 ˘ 54 MPH. A crosswind landing on a wet runway is extra hazardous Œcause it may result in a $$$ priced skid. Land on the center of the runway for the same reason that on wet roads you should drive on or close to the crown of the road to minimize the water level. Get all three wheels firmly on the ground. Lift flaps, deploy spoilers, do everything to get weight on all wheels. Nose wheel tire pressures on some aircraft are less than the mains so expect degraded nose wheel steering. Since the mains are more apt to have greater tire pressures, use differential braking for steering. (Hey, folks, the way I’ve couched this write-up I sound like a father lecturing his child. Sorry about that, but I guess it‚s O. K. since I’m old enough to be the father of most of you. Just don’t embarrass both of us by addressing me as Dad. Don’t take it to heart; just take it.) While in flight, raindrops striking airfoils form an “ejecta fog” of slashed-back droplets at the leading edges. Acceleration of these droplets in the boundary layer (BL) reduces the velocity of the airflow causing BL separation. This, in turn, results in an increase in drag and an early stall. Surely, you know how to compensate for that else you’d not be around to read this. Rain roughens airfoil surfaces resulting in loss of lift and an increase in drag. Rain impact craters and surface waves in the water film formed on the airfoil effectively roughen its surface; therefore, it has the same effect on lift and drag as frost. We all know what will happen should we attempt flight with frost on airfoils. In addition, waxed surfaces cause water to form beads that significantly roughens the airfoil’s surface. Simulating the rain scenario I described above, wind tunnel tests showed an average of 17% loss of lift and a 71% increase in drag resulting in a premature stall, depending upon the airfoil’s configuration. This phenomenon alters the airfoil’s angle of attack/coefficient of lift (a/CL ) relationship thereby rendering the stall warning system invalid. Thus, stall will occur at a lower angle of attack. Other factors that may produce the above-described effects include sand, hail damage, bubbled paint, etc. Laminar flow airfoils are especially vulnerable to the above mentioned conditions - - Mooney drivers take heed. Life’s full of traps! FROM THE RAMP by Randy Potter Oxygen - Part I At the November CO-OPA meeting Jack Kohler mentioned that he would like someone else to write some articles for the newsletter. Having edited (read: written mostly by myself) several newsletters for other organizations, one for six years, I know how he feels. I mentioned several subjects I would like to see articles on, expecting that he would probably ask me to do it. He did. As I begin to put this into writing, the title has already undergone three name changes, and the concept has expanded far beyond my original vision. I thought to title this series something like Air Bend, and planned to give information on the various businesses that reside at the Bend Airport. So I checked the Yellow Pages to make sure I was not going to be giving some unknown entity free advertising by my title – or opportunity for a law suit – and realized that in addition to the half dozen businesses I was thinking of featuring at the Bend Airport, there were at least 20 more listed around Central Oregon that our members would like to know about, too. Do you realize that many Central Oregon companies, including several at Bend Muni, are nationally and internationally known and shopped aviation companies? We have FBOs and others providing services and training (two have college degree programs) and BFRs, various electronics and gauges specialties, avionics, engine rebuilding, electrical, speed brakes, oxygen systems, even a nationally known airplane junk yard! It was Monday, and I was at The Flight Shop, putting in a new battery. Well, David Meyers was putting a new battery in my Cherokee and I was watching, to learn how some things open and close, how to run safety wire, and just generally picking his brain and making a nuisance of myself while he worked. I had just installed a new landing light (by myself) on Saturday, but before I got to use it I realized I was not going to fly to McMinnville after all, since my battery was dead. Since I did not have to go to The Valley I cancelled the flight for that day. I had already learned I could replace my landing light with a quartz light, which gives out more light and draws less juice, and my friend Dennis, who was going to fly to The Valley with me Saturday when the battery died, used to work at Precise Flight assembling their pulse light systems, and recommended I consider one, so I figured that was a good place to start. I walked in and was greeted warmly, then introduced myself like this: “Hi, I am Randy Potter. I have a Cherokee 140, and I am wondering what you can do for me.” I was introduced to Charles, who showed me their operation. In the bay was a red and white Bonanza V35. I first noticed the vortex generators already on the wings, then engineering plans laying on one wing, rubber skin protectors, then fresh, unpainted metal bars in slots showing in the wings. They had just installed a set of speed brakes, which they are in the final stages of securing an STC for the Bonanza. (I thought the EXPERIMENTAL sign in the window of the V-tail was a nice touch.) Someone from the FAA is scheduled to show up soon to sign it off. Charles showed me some demo units, explaining how they work, and when and how they would be used to slow the plane’s speed and descent. Since I generally do not have a problem going slow I do not need them, but some of the rest of you might. Then Charles showed me their oxygen systems, and while I like cool tools and toys, I agreed to listen as much out of politeness as personal interest. After all, I was really there to investigate the Pulselite, and oxygen was something that, to me, seemed to be the purview of my jet fighter owning jockey pilot friend in North Carolina, stewardesses demonstrating the yellow plastic pop-down masks in the pre-flight demonstrations, and people who “file” and fly high and fast in expensive planes. Boy did I have a lot to learn. I learned some things I already “know”, but had not put them together, until this visit. I learned that if you or I have an O2 Saturation Level of 96% at Sea Level, it would only be 95% at 5,000’ (slightly over pattern altitude at Bend), 93% at 7,500 (practice altitude), 89% (which is below the 90% minimum we ought to have) at 10,000 (close to the altitude many of us use for cross country flights in the area, especially when going over the Cascades), and 87% at 12,500 – at standard density altitude, because these figures are related to density altitudes rather than absolute (MSL) altitudes. No biggie, I thought, since I seldom fly my Cherokee 140 (or the occasional 172) at 12,500 – or do I? I told Charles how I was telling some friends that I left Corvallis three weeks earlier, 10 pm at night (so I might have already a little tired, you think?), quickly popped up to 12,5 and rode it all the way back over the mountains before I started to let down. Oops, was I over 12.5K for more than 30 minutes? (FAR 91.211) When my non-pilot wife heard the story she said “You can’t fly that high without oxygen. Do you have oxygen in your plane?” (Talk about “out of the mouth of babes”!) I am sure I was not over 12.5 for no more than 29 minutes, but the real question is not whether I busted a FAR, but whether I impaired by it? Was I safe? Hmm. When oxygen level decreases, pulse level goes up as your body increases breathing rate to try to get more oxygen. I knew that. And you get poor coordination, lethargic, make poor decisions, get a little dizzy (some say I am always ‘dizzy’), muscles tire more easily, maybe nausea, hot and/or cold flashes, visual impairment, and more. Have I ever returned from a flight over the Cascades with aching legs or other muscles? Headache? Found myself correcting my heading more than normal because I kept drifting off course? (Cherokees have rudder trim, but I do not have “the button”.) As soon as the sun goes down we don’t see as well (remember the ‘cones and rods’ in biology class) – and oxygen starvation makes this worse. Charles pointed out that many of their new clients came to them because they noticed these night landing problems, and realized it was oxygen related. Worse, because it comes on gradually most don’t even see it (pun intended). Charles gave me a brochure by Nonin for their FlightStat Pulse Oximeter, a spring-loaded device you clip onto your finger, which reads out your oxygen level and pulse. I told him I had gotten one of these brochures at the Oregon Air Fair in Albany in September, read it – and threw it out because it was about something I figured I did not need and would not get. I have changed my mind about that. Further, after re-reading the October Flying magazine article, “The Hazard of Oz” by Peter Garrison, and an article about an oxygen related accident I recently read in the book They Called it Pilot Error, and materials given me by Charles, I have decided that perhaps even I, an “under 12.5 pilot” really ought to have oxygen in my little plane. Especially if I am going to continue flying over the Cascades, as I love to do, and to Oshkosh next summer, as I plan to do. After all, while not cheap, its not expensive, either. A four-place system costs about $750 (complete system), and a two-place system $650 – which I figure is less than the cost of the disappointment I would have from a low oxygen-related accident. And they are handling the Nonin FlightStat now (they gave one away as a drawing prize at Oregon Air Fair in September, but I did not win it), and are offering them in a deep discount when packaged with an oxygen system. (Plus, there are further benefits to local buyers, which we can discuss at the next meeting.) After returning home I opened Jeppesen’s Private Pilot Manual, which recommends pilots to use supplemental oxygen any time they are over 10,000’, and over 5,000’ at night. So I called AOPA to talk to one of their pilot specialists: “We always recommend using oxygen anytime you are over 10,000, 5,000 at night” she said. However, like many of you I still wanted more information, more facts, more guarantees, as it were, that all of these “facts” were really true, and that I really would benefit from an oxygen system. (Besides, if you remember the start of this article, I went in to look at the Pulselite, more on that in a future article.) So I set up an appointment to do some actual, hands-on, real-life flight tests with a FlightStat Pulse Oximeter, and an actual Nelson Oxygen System in flight, at altitude, in my own plane. And that, boys and girls, will be the subject of a future article. Stay tuned to 123.0. OUR CHARITABLE ENDEAVOR “WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS” by Don Wilfong Our group raised $275.00 in donations from the members. This was just the beginning.........thru Jack and Ruth Kohler an iMac computer was donated and Jack loaded it with all the latest things a young student should need. What is a computer with out a printer?? So Jack and Ruth donated a printer and all the cables etc. There is still more.......Also thru Jack and Ruth, a person from outside our group who heard about our efforts, wrote a check for $500. to see that the girl and her brother had proper clothing, shoes and etc. to wear and whatever else they might need. This gift was given, in the true spirit of giving, with the absolute condition that no one was to know who gave it... don’t even ask... we will respect their wishes. It makes a person feel warm and fuzzy all over and it is hard to keep a dry eye when you realize how many really nice people there are in this world who are willing to give of themselves to help others who might be less fortunate. Just look in the mirror to see one of these really nice people. It was thru teachers, Steven Wetherald, Jo Crisafi and Colleen Lynch, that we were made aware of the situation of this special young girl and her family. These teachers went shopping and gathered a quantity of gifts consisting of clothes, books, school stuff, other necessities and toys. They also took the two children shopping and let them buy gifts for their mother and father. The ability to give as well as to receive did loads of good for the children’s self esteem. For obvious reasons we have not identified, in this article, the recipients and have not shown any pictures of them. We will have some pictures available for our group to see at the potluck/meeting on Jan. 16 and will try to describe the help, hope and true joy that our groups efforts brought about. A special “Thank You” to Jack & Ruth, Norma, Nancy, Gary, the three Teachers, the anonymous donor and to the others who were directly involved in making this happen. Also a great big “Thank You” to all the rest of our group for your thoughtfulness in helping with this. It went to a very good cause and not only did it make this young girl and her family very happy, it made the rest of us feel very good too. CHECK THIS OUT by Jack Kohler This has been a very busy month for me and I would like to thank everyone that contributed to this month’s newsletter. It was really a pleasure to have contributions, it made my job easier, my thanks to all of you. I used a nice sunny, warm day picture for the Banner, so here’s a seasonal picture you might enjoy, titled “Braking Action Poor”. CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 2314 Monterey Pines Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com Newsletter submission: co-opanews@mactechsys.com From dwnw@bendcable.com Wed Jan 22 19:32:47 2003 From: dwnw@bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:32:47 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]CO-OPA ANNUAL RENEWAL FORM Message-ID: <000701c2c24d$0b56bf60$7baee4d8@bendcable.com> IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN.....PLEASE SEND YOUR $10.00 TO GARY MILLER.....THANKS........DON WILFONG CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER/OREGON PILOTS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM Only those individuals who hold membership in the STATE "OREGON PILOTS ASSOCIATION" may belong to a LOCAL CHAPTER of "OREGON PILOTS ASSOCIATION" THIS IS A (NEW APPLICATION) (RENEWAL APPLICATION) (PLEASE MARK OUT ONE OF THE ABOVE) APPLICANT : __________________________________________________ SPOUSE OR "CO-PILOT":_______________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: ___________________________________________ CITY: __________________________ STATE: ______ZIP:______________ PHONE #: ____________________________________________________ E-MAIL: ______________________________________________________ SPONSOR: ___________________________________________________ DO YOU OWN A PLANE (YES/NO) (mark out one) MAKE: ____________________________________________________ MODEL: ___________________________________________________ N NUMBER: ________________________________________________ CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER DUES ARE $10.00 PAID ANNUALLY ON JANUARY 1, EACH YEAR STATE O. P. A. DUES ARE $20.00 PAID ANNUALLY ON THE 1st. OF THE MONTH YOU ORIGINALLY JOINED. PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECK ($10.00) PAYABLE TO: CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER, O. P. A. MAIL YOUR CHECK AND THIS APPLICATION TO: CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER, O. P. A. c/o GARY MILLER 109 N. W. WILMINGTON AVE. BEND, OR 97701 YOU WILL BE PLACED ON OUR MAIL & E-MAIL LISTS AND SHOULD THEN RECEIVE ALL CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING NEWS, MEETINGS AND FLYOUTS. From dwnw@bendcable.com Wed Jan 22 23:52:15 2003 From: dwnw@bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:52:15 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]CO-OPA Message-ID: <000701c2c271$4add3820$7baee4d8@bendcable.com> CO-OPA MEMBERS: I REALIZE THAT A FEW PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL APPLICATION HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR 2003. I SENT THE APPLICATION TO THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP LIST.....SO... IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID PLEASE IGNORE THE REQUEST..... THANKS DON From prems1@earthlink.net Sat Feb 8 00:55:25 2003 From: prems1@earthlink.net (S Joel) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:55:25 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]Fw: PHOTOS -- Our servicemen doing their job Message-ID: <41200326805525660@earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment > [Original Message] > From: ks6u > To: sandy ; joel > Date: 2/7/03 4:35:49 PM > Subject: Fw: PHOTOS -- Our servicemen doing their job > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wbnewton > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:07 AM > Subject: Fw: PHOTOS -- Our servicemen doing their job > > > > Subject: PHOTOS -- Our servicemen doing their job > > > These are really fantastic shots.....I hope the Skipper informed all > of what he was going to 'execute' in the last photo.....hang on to your > coffee cups!!!! > > > > > > > --- S Joel --- prems1@earthlink.net --- EarthLin ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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All are welcome to attend; grins and vertical head shaking will indicate broad community support. Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/67ecb9ae/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- From jkohler@mactechsys.com Thu Feb 20 20:23:14 2003 From: jkohler@mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:23:14 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]February Newsletter (txt) Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cascade Flyer February 20, 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the newsletter: http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/febCOOPA2003.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE February Meeting Guest Speaker February Fly-Out January Non Fly-Out >From the Ramp Hangar Flying Wasting Space Check This Out =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEBRUARY MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, February 20th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop). GUEST SPEAKER by Clay Trenz A representative from ViewPorts.Com will be with us to discuss their terrific web site for pilots. The http://www.viewports.com web site provides weather and visual imaging as a pilot convenience only. The images and data provided are not meant to replace official weather information and are provided only as an additional source of information. While they do their best to provide accurate real time data from each site, actual conditions may differ due to optical distortions experienced at individual sites or on-site weather station inaccuracies. This is not an FAA certified service. It is their mission to provide visual and informational tools to enhance pilot flight enjoyment and safety. Their site is free of charge to all users. For additional information call 541-388-2115, or email info@viewports.com. FEBRUARY FLY-OUT !! by Don Wilfong MAYBE THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM!! Due to the weather both the Dec & Jan fly-outs to Nampa, Idaho were called off. Let’s try it again.........Nampa Mun (S67) has the Warhawk Air Museum on the field with parking right at the museum and food is close at hand so it should be an interesting and easy fly-out. Plan to meet Sat. Feb 22 at the Flight Shop at 09:00 for a 09:30 departure. I hope to see you there. If we can’t go East maybe we can go another direction. Please check our CO-OPA website and look at the membership list to be sure all of your information is current. Send any corrections to me. JANUARY “NON-FLYOUT” by Don Wilfong FOILED AGAIN !! In January the planned fly-out to Nampa was cancelled for the second month in a row. In hopes of maybe being able to go to Chiloquin, Norma and I flew out to Bend from Pilot Butte Airport to meet everybody. It looked possible that the fog would move in and cause us problems on the return trip so we all decided to cancel. It turned out that we would have been able to go and return without a problem.....but.....one never knows and as always safety is the primary concern. After flying back to Pilot Butte Airport, Norma went to the Brides Show at the Fairgrounds in Redmond with our future daughter in law and her mother and I met Mike and Ann Bond, Ken Sandine and Ed Endsley at Palmer’s Café (on Greenwood between 6th and 7th Streets). We had a pleasant meal, solved most of the worlds problems, admired Ken’s old car and went our separate ways. We always seem to have a fun get together even when we can’t go flying. FROM THE RAMP by Randy Potter test pilot I need a new patch to put on my jacket, or perhaps my hat. It will read “Test Pilot”. Some of you have been flying a lot longer than me, and most of you probably have more hours than I do – but I suspect you still remember you first flight, your first lesson, your first solo, flying to your check ride, the flight home, your first flight in your plane if you own one, maybe your first flight in IMC (hopefully that was after you got your rating), and other notable events. When I was a little kid I wanted to learn to fly. It might have had something to do with watching the WWII glory movies like Erol Flynn in Dawn Patrol and Gregory Peck in Twelve O’Clock High, or maybe it was the fact that we lived in the left downwind pattern for runway 11 at PDX, which I knew at the time as the Portland Airport. I used to lay in my back yard watching the planes line up on downwind. I also remember Mrs. Bickle, my second grade teacher, scolding me for sitting and looking out the window at the planes coming in for runway 11. She thought I was daydreaming, and I was – of the day I would fly a plane. I used to do a lot of drawing in those days, and it was all of airplanes. I got my first airplane flight when I was in Boy Scouts. A friend of our troop took several of us up in his Cessna Stationaire one day, kind of like the Young Eagles Flights we do today, and I was hooked. About that time my folks bought me my first airplane one Christmas, and green T-6 plastic model on which I had to do some assembly. It had an engine and control wires (we were too poor for the RC models), and after starting it with a small battery, or hand pulling a starter if the battery was dead, I would fly it until it ran out of gas – then fill it and fly it some more. A couple friends got some too, and for several years we would fly formations, and sometimes do dog fights (which is what eventually led to its demise). When I was in high school I used to drive out to the airport and park and watch the planes take off and land. (Most of the other people there were watching other things in their cars, but I used to watch the planes.) We were poor and I knew I could never afford to learn to fly unless I could get my Uncle, Sam, to pay for it, so when Viet Nam came along, at just the right time, I planned my entry into the Air Force. But when I got my two years of college in they suddenly did not need pilots, so I stayed in college and went to work for Boeing Aerospace in Seattle. Most of the guys I worked with were pilots. My supervisor, Marv, flew B-17s in the war, something I did not fancy to at the time. But Pete, who’s desk was next to mine, flew Mustangs, and his stories were glorious – except for the one where he took off test flying it after receiving 117 holes the day before, and crashed into the trees at the end of the runway when the oil line, which had been nicked by a bullet but not found by the crew, blew on take-off. Oops. I never wanted to be a test pilot! I remember my first solo, at 10.8 hours It was in my instructor’s Cherokee 140, and after some air work I did a couple nice landings that day and he suggested dropping him at the FBO, making three rounds alone, then coming in to retrieve my log book. I was so nervous knowing he was watching me that I forgot to use any flaps on the first landing, only realizing it when I reached for the flap handle after touchdown to put them back. I flew two more circuits, landed, tied the plane down and went to meet Ken in the restaurant. He must not have seen the flaps because he did not mention it, but I have never forgotten the flaps again. Two weeks later I attempted my first cross country solo, at 17.5 hours, a memorable event because I had to abort it! Leaving HIO for Seaside I was over the Coast Range when all of the sudden it got so hot in the cockpit I thought I had an engine fire. I had to open both windows on the Cessna 150 to be able to breath, but there was no smoke. I grabbed the fire extinguisher, lowered altitude to be ready for an emergency landing, radioed Hillsboro Tower with my situation, safely landed and taxied to the repair shop. Turns out the cabin heat feeder malfunctioned in the full open position. Two days later I accomplished the task, this time in a different plane, and not over the mountains. I remember passing my check ride with Carl Dietz in Mulino. With my new temporary in my hand I taxied out, looked for traffic, called my take-off on Unicom, started down the runway and just as I got to the intersection was greeted with a bi-wing just touching down at the runway intersection. I still think it should be illegal for planes to fly without radios! Then there was the long cross country, in which I flew to Yakima (and could not find the airport until they turned the field lights on), then to Bremerton through Seattle’s TRSA at 10K in a 150 watching the heavies below, and back to HIO. There were first flights and solos in other planes, first solos over the Cascades, to Burns, up to the Dalles, first times at new airports, and so on. Sometimes they seemed more like test flights than benign flights. Fast forward 25 years and I find myself buying my first airplane (not counting the T-6 Trainer toy), a 1968 Piper Cherokee 140. I had David Meyers at The Flight Shop do the pre-purchase inspection, quickly realized it was a keeper and had him do an annual, replace the AI and EGT, and service all the due and upcoming AD’s and SB’s - then took it for a flight. Upon returning I asked him “By the way, I never see you, or any of the other mechanics, flying – so who test flies these planes when you are finished servicing them?” He got a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face and said “You just did.” I am currently studying for my IFR Written. And I have scheduled to go away to school for my practical training. I think I will once again feel like a Test Pilot when fly in IMC, alone, for the first time. So, one of these days I will find a Test Pilot patch to put on my jacket or hat! HANGAR FLYING by Joel Premselaar The loss of the shuttle “Columbia” brings to the fore the matter of flight safety. General Aviation’s (GA) flight safety record, while improving over the years, is dismal. In my judgment, much of the fault lies with the pilot’s cavalier attitude about preflight inspections, flight planning, knowledge of aircraft systems, etc. Of course, other factors come into play, but ultimately the plane’s airworthiness is the pilot’s responsibility. I have subscribed to a publication “Flight Safety” for years and am amazed at how many flights land, one way or another, short of the planned destination due to fuel exhaustion. According to AOPA’s December 2000 statistics, there are 214,388 GA aircraft and 19,145 Part 121 (commercial airline) aircraft. GA aircraft flew 30.8 million hours; of course, that doesn’t include traffic not filed with the FAA or in and out of fields without towers. During the same period, the airlines flew 21 million hours. We can go into other factors such as the number of takeoffs and landings or IFR vs VFR but, proportionally, GA’s record is extremely poor. “Aviation Safety” publishes a box score of GA/Part 121 accidents and incidents MONTHLY that is very sobering. Note how it reflects the season. Dec. 2001, total = 97; GA = 92 and Part 121 = 5 Jan. 2002, total = 105; GA=99 and Part 121=6 June 2002, total = 222; GA = 214 and Part 121 = 8 July 2002, total = 224; GA = 219 and Part 121 = 5 I can cite many causal elements of an accident. Often, rather than a single fault, it is a series of discrepancies/misdeeds that results in an accident. Despite what I mentioned above, there are times when the pilot is blameless. Occasionally, the incident can be amusing and end happily. I’ll pass several of such stories in due time. Most of my “Hangar Flying” pieces carry the underlying theme of flight safety. My position is, “knowledge is life insurance.” Most GA pilots fly because we enjoy it enough to shell out $$$$$$ and $$$$$$ just to do it. I’ll stow my funereal posture and start relating fun stories for a while. At a gunnery practice briefing, I overheard one of my squadron mates describing the upcoming firing passes to his new gunner who was fresh out of ground training. The program called for three firing passes flying parallel to the sleeve (a towed target that looked like a large white wind sock). After the third pass, a turn was to be executed over the towline 900ft. aft of the tow plane marked by a rag shoved through the strands of the 9 thread manila tow line. At this point the gunner would be presented a full deflection 3 “g” shot at the target. He was emphatic in cautioning his young gunner not to throw his spent brass cartridges over the side because they would damage the tail surfaces of the aircraft. Since this was to be the gunner’s first flight ever, my pilot buddy went into detail as to how to exit the aircraft in the event of an in-flight emergency. He told his now overwhelmed gunner that in the event of an emergency, he was going to announce the order to bailout just once and in no uncertain terms and that in the next second he, the pilot, was going over the side. In flight over the firing range, a deliberately placed dummy round stopped the gun after the third pass. Believing it was time to change the fifty round ammo can, the gunner did so and in the same period, forgetting his instructions, he dumped the bag of spent cartridges over the side. Soon after he entered the 3 “g” turn over the towline, my squadron mate felt the clattering impact of the cartridges on the empennage and shouted into the gosport (intercom) “SAVE YOUR BRASS!” The next thing he knew the rear seat was empty and there below him was the mushroom shape of his gunner’s parachute drifting down toward Pyramid Cove on San Clemente Island. BEND FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING WASTING SPACE by Dale Evans The Bend City Council, on January 15, voted to forgive the Senior Center’s $150,000 loan. The Bulletin’s report on this action suggested the Council deemed putting the money into construction of an activity room at the Center was a more beneficial use of the funds than loan repayment, in part because the new activity room might generate some income for payment of expenses at the Senior Center. On the other hand, the City has deferred completion of the second floor of its Flight Services Building at the Municipal Airport for more than three years. That’s 3,500 square feet of space, unavailable for rent or other use, simply because the City has been unwilling to make the modest investment needed to meet fire code secondary egress requirements and complete the finish work to make the space suitable for occupancy. ‘Benefit/cost ratio’ is a term one rarely hears in Council budget discussions, perhaps because data necessary to make the calculation are seldom gathered. However, the Municipal Airport is a public service entity that can readily provide data that describe the economic benefits the facility provides to the community. A state aviation report on “The Economic Impact of Airports in Oregon,” using mostly 1995 data, estimated the Bend Municipal Airport contributed more than $11 million in combined primary (direct) and secondary economic benefits to the community. Since that time, the city wisely invested in infrastructure improvements at the airport, stimulating an approximately 50 per cent increase in the total square footage of airport buildings under ground lease or rental from the city. This, in turn, supported rapid growth in the number of aircraft based at the airport and a surge in aviation related businesses located at the airport. In 1995, only 34 persons were recorded as employed by airport tenants. Now, if the airport were treated as a single entity, it would be ranked among all the Walmarts, the Safeways, and the Albertson grocery stores as one of the top twenty employers in all of Central Oregon. Total economic benefits to the community generated by the Municipal Airport now likely exceed $50 million annually. The decision by the city to defer completion of the upstairs space in its Flight Services Building has been shortsighted, and demeans the important social and economic contributions being made to the community by the Municipal Airport. The need to provide office space for the city’s soon to be hired, first ever, professional Airport Manager is sufficient reason to begin this work now. CHECK THIS OUT by Jack Kohler Not only do the members of the Central Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Pilots Association fly so has the time. The last couple months have been full of to do’s and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I have been trying to stay connected as a pilot and right now I’m attending a weekly evening IFR class. Unfortunately the class is on Thursdays evenings so I’ll be missing a couple meetings. So the next time you see me, hopefully, I’ll be able to explain the symbols and interpret IFR approach charts. Also I realize I need to improve my handwriting so I can read back clearances. CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 2314 Monterey Pines Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com Newsletter submission: co-opanews@mactechsys.com From dwnw@bendcable.com Sat Feb 22 05:05:26 2003 From: dwnw@bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:05:26 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT TO NAMPA, ID Message-ID: <000501c2da30$032d9700$7baee4d8@bendcable.com> HI EVERYBODY: I CALLED MCMINNVILLE REGARDING TOMORROWS WEATHER FOR THE TRIP TO NAMPA.. THEY SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE OKAY.....BUT TO CHECK IN THE MORNING......IF WE CAN'T GO EAST WE CAN ALMOST FOR SURE GO SOUTH TO CHILOQUIN OR KLAMATH FALLS.....PLAN TO BE AT THE BEND AIRPORT BY 09:00 FOR AN 09:30 DEPARTURE. DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From prems1@earthlink.net Mon Feb 24 20:32:02 2003 From: prems1@earthlink.net (S Joel) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:32:2 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]Get Well Card Message-ID: <412003212420322500@earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/8b0a3323/attachment.htm From Gindevans@aol.com Fri Feb 28 22:09:37 2003 From: Gindevans@aol.com (Gindevans@aol.com) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:09:37 EST Subject: [Co-opa]Bend Airport Manager Situation Message-ID: <75.b4d383f.2b913821@aol.com> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Interested Airport Users:=20 The City Administrators are meeting today to review the draft RFQ to out=20 source management of the Municipal Airport. Yesterday, I spoke with Tacoma'= s=20 General Services Director and heard her description of the ruinous mess left= =20 behind by two of the leading contract managers of airports. I have suggeste= d=20 the city should hear her story on the condition of Tacoma Narrows Airport. The City Council will meet at 7:00 PM at City Hall on Wednesday, March 5. =20 They need to hear the views of a broad representation of pilots, hangar=20 tenants, and lease holders at the airport on whether the city's effort to=20 find the least costly alternative for on site management of the airport is=20 more desirable than seeking the most highly qualified management. They also= =20 need to hear your views on continued stalling to reach a decision. Anyone who wishes to speak on this issue at the Council meeting can do so=20 during Agenda Item 10, Receive Visitors. Fill out a Speakers Sign Up Sheet,= =20 available at the door to the Council Chambers, 710 Wall Street. If interested, I have outlined half a dozen talking points on the need for=20 full time experienced airport management, and why I think it would be best t= o=20 proceed with hiring from the applicants responding to the city's vacancy=20 announcement. Call 388-3837 or email me if you want a copy, My latest to the City Manager follows: Dale R. Evans 1806 NW Awbrey Road, Bend, OR 97701 (541) 388-3837 e-mail: gindevans@aol.com February 28, 2003 David A. Hales, City Manager City of Bend=20 710 NW Wall Street Bend, Oregon 97709 Dear David, I understand the City is proceeding with plans to issue an RFQ for contract=20 management of the Municipal Airport. As discussed in my February 7 letter,=20= I=20 am convinced this is a poor substitute for the City availing itself of the=20 opportunity to add competent full time airport management expertise to the=20 municipal staff. In spite of my best efforts over the past six or seven years to describe the= =20 extraordinary social and economic contributions the Municipal Airport makes=20 to this community, I see little positive effect among the decision makers in= =20 city government. Perhaps the failure of an airport volunteer to be=20 convincing best illustrates a principal benefit to the city from adding an=20 experienced and credible in-house voice on airport management to its staff.=20= =20 Clearly, the advice of outsiders carries little weight. It is worth noting here, however, that it is the revenue from the pilots,=20 hangar tenants, leaseholders, and other users of the Municipal Airport that=20 fund most of the capital outlay and matching monies for FAA grants, again=20 funded from aviation taxes and user fees. I am confident you would find=20 scant support here for your =E2=80=98least cost,=E2=80=98 rather than =E2= =80=98most highly qualified, =E2=80=99 approach to meeting the city's asset management responsibilities. Of the 5,200 public use airports in America, few airport sponsors contract=20 out management of their facility, and none do so any longer in the FAA's=20 Northwest Mountain Region. Tacoma Narrows Municipal Airport may have been=20 the last in the region to try this experiment, and after its treatment from=20 two of the leaders in this business, the city is still trying to recover fro= m=20 the experience. You may wish to invite Catherine Mitchell (253-591-5171),=20 Director of General Services, to share her insights. Sincerely, Dale R. Evans cc: Mayor Oren Teater Gary Peters, Bend Chamber=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If interested, please respond to this email or call us at home... Thank You in Advance, Richard & Debbie Benson = 389-4523 PS: Sat & Sunday =3D good VFR days... (-: =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/6bc6e20e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- From Gindevans@aol.com Mon Mar 3 19:19:08 2003 From: Gindevans@aol.com (Gindevans@aol.com) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:19:08 EST Subject: [Co-opa]Bend Airport Manager Situation Message-ID: ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The Bend City Council Agenda for the Wednesday, March 5 meeting is in today's Bulletin. The Visitor's item is #6 this time, probably within 15 minutes of the start of the meeting. The Bend Visitor and Convention Bureau is giving a report following our comments, so I will include a strong tourism pitch for the airport, plus a report on what OPA is doing for tourism statewide. I will sign-up for last on the airport manager topic, so will be the "good cop" part of our presentations. Please attend the meeting for this part of the agenda, even if you don't want to speak. Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/7ff3bd4c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- From prems1@earthlink.net Tue Mar 4 04:47:25 2003 From: prems1@earthlink.net (S Joel) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:47:25 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]Fw: F-18 amazing pics Message-ID: <41200332444725210@earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I understand the city administration may now have concluded out sourcing manage might not be the way to go, but the Council has their thumb on hiring because they don't want to spend the money. John Hummel apparently is the point man for the Council on the airport, and thinks the airport is a money loser. I will prepare another treatise for him on airport management and economics, and give him names of some people to call who are more knowledgeable than me. He clearly does not understand some of the basics, but I'm sure he wants to do the right thing for the city. Thanks again. Stay tuned. -- Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/a90fbfc5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- From dwnw@bendcable.com Fri Mar 14 17:40:04 2003 From: dwnw@bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:40:04 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa](no subject) Message-ID: <000b01c2ea50$bf6bee00$7baee4d8@bendcable.com> MARCH FLY-OUT !! Yakima, Washington (YKM). Meet at the Flight shop at 08:30 Sat. morning March 22 for departure by 09:00. This should be a pleasant flight to a towered airport. The Flight Deck Rest. is on the field and it has been reported to me to be a good place to eat and watch planes come and go at the same time. If we can't go North then the alternate is to go to Chiloquin where we can just walk across the highway to Melita's (I have never had a bad meal at Melita's). See you there..... Don Wilfong dwnw@bendcable.com From jkohler@mactechsys.com Thu Mar 20 20:45:54 2003 From: jkohler@mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:45:54 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]March Newsletter (txt) Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cascade Flyer March 20, 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the newsletter: http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/marCOOPA2003.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE March Meeting Guest Speaker March Fly-Out February's Fly-Out OPA and the Chamber Hangar Flying Check This Out =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MARCH MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, March 20th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop). GUEST SPEAKER by Clay Trenz This month local businessman Steve Hill will be introducing JetPorter Inc. to our group. Steve is the founder & president of this Bend, OR based aircraft tug company. Locally, they design and manufacture a variety of tugs to service commercial and corporate aircraft. Also, Steve is an accomplished aerobatic pilot. Hopefully, he will share some of those experiences with the group. To find more information visit http://www.jetporter.com/jp_2.html MARCH FLY-OUT!!! by Don Wilfong Yakima, Washington (YKM). Meet at the Flight shop at 08:30 Sat. morning March 22 for departure by 09:00. This should be a pleasant flight to a towered airport. The Flight Deck Rest. is on the field and it has been reported to me to be a good place to eat and watch planes come and go at the same time. If we can+IBk-t go North then the alternate is to go to Chiloquin where we can just walk across the highway to Melita+IBk-s (I have never had a bad meal at Melita+IBk-s). See you there. FEBRUARY+IBk-S FLY-OUT !! by Don Wilfong Sat. Morning, Feb. 22, Norma and I flew from Pilot Butte Airport out to Bend to meet the others who wanted to go on the fly-out. We were joined by Ed Endsley, Bob Nash, Bob+IBk-s daughter Piper and Ross Morrison, a new member that flies a Turbo Seneca. We waited around for a while and Mike and Ann Bond showed up to let us know they had planned to go but Ann didn+IBk-t feel up to making the trip. We appreciated them coming out and letting us know. Bob and Piper loaded in our Skylane and Ed went with Ross in the Senaca. We got quite a head start as they needed to get fuel so we actually beat them to Caldwell where we met and all had a great breakfast at the little caf+AOk on the field. We then hopped on over to Nampa and went through the War Hawk Air Museum. It was really very interesting as they had quite a few airplanes and a lot of other military items on display. We then fueled up (100LL was $2.28 a gallon) and headed home. The Seneca took off last but passed us before we got to Bend and we were still several miles out when we heard him landing. It was a small group this time but we had a good time anyway. If you get over that way be sure and eat at the little caf+AOk at Caldwell, they have a ham steak that is huge, two eggs, hash browns and toast for $5.00. The museum, in Nampa, is certainly worth going to see also. See You next time. OPA and the Chamber by Dale Evans The Central Oregon Chapter+IBk-s decision to join the Bend Chamber of Commerce seems likely to pay dividends through heightened awareness by the regional business community that general aviation is an important gear in the economic engine driving Central Oregon. It was at the Chamber+IBk-s Government Affairs Council breakfast meeting March 14 that I decided the best avenue towards improving the public+IBk-s understanding of the important contributions that GA makes to the social and economic well being of a community is simply by adding more examples, or specific +IBw-for instances,+IB0 to our information base. In conversations at the breakfast meeting I was told I was preaching to the choir when I extolled the importance of the municipal airport. But interest was heightened when specifics about present economic output and the potential for job growth at the airport was described. And, these are the folks who probably have more conversations with city officials than do most pilots. We will have an excellent opportunity to heighten the GA awareness of the business community at the OPA/Bend Chamber Ribbon Cutting, April 17, at 4:00 PM, at the Flight Shop. Note that this is our Chapter meeting date, so instead of a pot luck that evening, bring lots of hearty hors d+IBk oeuvres and enthusiasm for general aviation to share with our guests. I expect about 20 Chamber members from town, the usual OPA turnout, and as many from the airport businesses as we can attract. We will have an airport information sheet as a handout to distribute that afternoon. This will be posted earlier on our Chapter web site, so you might want to be familiar with it prior to the Ribbon Cutting in order to expand on it with your own specifics. HANGAR FLYING by Joel Premselaar Editor+IBk-s Note: Joel has put to words a very interesting autobiography entitled +IBw-Hey Kid+IB0. This story is considerably longer than our standard articles and will be presented in multiple parts starting with the following... HEY KID I was denied further sleep; never-the-less, I remained in bed mulling over the question put before me after dinner last night. Jim had turned to me and asked, +IBw-Joel, you+IBk-ve been flying for over sixty years, how did you ever get started?+IB0 I rolled over and my mind, now a time machine, rolled with me back to a Sunday in August of 1936. A vivid picture of the sequence of events that occurred on that August (or is that +IBw-au +ALc +IBg-gust+IB0 ?) day flickered like an old movie of that period. I could see myself as a 16 year old standing on the roof of an apartment building. My rubber raincoat glistened from the rain bathing the sooty city. I am apart and yet a part of that adolescent scanning the leaden sky for a break in the low overcast, my concern grew. The summer was waning and I had precious little daylight remaining after work for flying. Too soon, school would start and my free time would be reduced to Sundays only. I work Saturdays. Work! Depression! Everyone had to do his bit. I reflected on the fact that when I wasn+IBk-t shining shoes or selling newspapers at a subway entrance, I was riding the subways selling +IBw-Liberty+IB0 magazines. Why was this recollection so important to me? My thoughts took me back to my fragmented work pattern of the time; delivering and picking up garments, sweeping floors, and occasionally pressing clothes for a dry cleaning establishment. Free time was spent at the airport laboring at general flunky tasks such as washing airplanes, sopping up oily drip pans from under leaky aircraft engines, and sweeping hangar floors in exchange for flight time. My arm went to sleep - - pins and needles. I+IBk-d been lying on it. I wriggled into a new position and, like coming out of a dream, I tried to recapture my young self. Ah yes, it+IBk-s 1936 again and I+IBk-m standing on the roof top. I+IBk-m wet but my spirit is not dampened. My mind is made up. I will go to the airport. Ever the optimist, I hauled out my bike and started pedaling the six miles to Flushing Airport. A Model +IBw-A+IB0 Ford passed me honking his horn. I conjured up the image of a goose trying to land on the street puddles. Land on the street puddles he did - - with a splash. Oh well, I couldn+IBk-t get any wetter. Waving an apology, the driver disappeared in a rooster tail spray. As I approached the field, I could see the wind sock hanging limp. I propped my bike against the hangar wall and entered the flight office. The room was half office and half lounge. The walls were covered with aeronautical charts and airplane pictures. Cigarette smoke and the aroma of coffee greeted me. Cigarettes and coffee were the staples of airport loungers. Walt Chambliss, an ace of The Great War, was holding court as usual. His twisting hands were held aloft as story telling pilots are wont to do. The cigar clamped tightly between his lips bounced fiercely as he talked through the side of his mouth. I fixated on the cigar+IBk-s long ash. Defying all laws of physics, it clung tenaciously to the tip of the cigar as though to life itself. Would it ever fall? Without the slightest change in the cadence of his words or the motion of his hands, he managed to acknowledge my arrival with a sharp nod of his head. Still, the cigar ash held. His red hair, graying at the temples, capped a crimson face that was not the result of a sunburn, embarrassment, or effort. While I wondered about that at the time, it was later in life that I learned that those frequently under the +IBw-alcofluence of incohol+IB0 manifested such a complexion. His feet were propped up on a +IBg-30s ice cream parlor table revealing high-topped lace and hook boots crested with battered leather puttees that overlapped the cuffs of whipcord breeches, the sides of which looked like the doors of an old time western saloon. His khaki shirt, open at the collar, sported epaulettes, each of which featured a major+IBk-s oak leaf. Judging from his garment+IBk-s condition, it could be concluded that they were vestiges of his Great War uniform. In contrast to his disheveled wear, the shiny silver wings on his breast evidenced a reverent regard for flying. He was, however, a vanishing breed - - a barnstormer. Although he must have told this story a hundred times, his eyes glowed with excitement as he savored the experience he was relating. Slowly guiding his hands around the sky he continued his tale. +IBw-It took no less than 20 minutes of maneuvering to position myself up sun of the Boche. I was at least 3,000 feet above him. The black form+AOk-e crosses on his wings defeated its camouflage. I was able to follow his every move. I looked around to make sure that he was not a decoy. I thumbed out the sun. I was alone with the Hun. You can bet I was excited. Getting this Heinie would make me an ace. Whispering, I told myself to relax. That seemed to work and I settled down to the business at hand. I charged up my twin Vickers machine guns. Just a bit longer, just a l-i-t-t-l-e b-i-t l-o-n-g-e-r, ----NOW! Diving out of the sun my Spad and I became as identical twins. My scream harmonized with that of the flying wires as we plummeted falcon-like upon our prey. Closing on the enemy, I could more clearly define the outline of my target. It was a Rumpler observation plane. Intent upon the ground situation, the pilot was leaning to one side to see around the mass of the engine, radiator, and exhaust stack looming before him.+IB0 Pausing to suck on his cigar and blow blue smoke rings, the major artfully created the effect he desired. Oh, he was a masterful story teller. Leaning forward in their chairs, one or two of his now captive audience blurted out, +IBw-Go on, go on!+IB0 Smiling with satisfaction, took a sip of coffee, grimaced at it for now it was cold, looked up and... (to be continued). CHECK THIS OUT by Jack Kohler During my instrument training I was able to participate in a Mercy Flight that was to originate in Redmond fly to Medford, pick up the patient, and on to Boeing Field in Washington, returning Redmond. The flight was cut short due to icing conditions being encountered south of Portland. The patient was then driven to their destination and their trip was successfully completed. I experienced actual IMC conditions and was able to apply the information I had learned regarding our IFR flight. It was a flight I+IBk-ll always remember. CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 2314 Monterey Pines Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com Newsletter submission: co-opanews@mactechsys.com From dwnw@bendcable.com Sat Mar 22 02:08:35 2003 From: dwnw@bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:08:35 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa]Fw: prog24hr.gif Message-ID: <000b01c2f017$f216f4e0$7baee4d8@bendcable.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Hi...CO-OPA Members.....Based on the following forcast and the prog chart, it doesn't look like we will be flying anywhere tomorrow.......Well.......unless it changes a lot by morning.....lets all meet at 09:00 at the Tom Tom Rest. on N. 97......they are under new management, the place is clean, the food is good and the prices are really reasonable. If we can't fly.....we can at least "hangar fly" and visit for a while. Let us know what you think. Don & Norma dwnw@bendcable.com > NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- > INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN > > > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR > > 229 PM PST FRI MAR 21 2003 > > SATURDAY...WINDY... RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST HIGHS IN > THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND > 40 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. > > KLAMATH BASIN- > INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF...BONANZA...CHILOQUIN...FORT KLAMATH... > KLAMATH FALLS...MERRILL > > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR > > 300 PM PST FRI MAR 21 2003 > > SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY... SNOW LEVEL NEAR 5000 FEET... ACCUMULATIONS UP TO > 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 15 MPH. > CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. > > ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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April 19, 03....Plan to meet at the Flight Shop at 08:45 for a planned departure at around 09:00.....destination John Day...I checked and they have a couple of courtesy cars for getting into town. John Day has a great airport (5J0) at 3697' and it is just a couple of miles into town. There are several good restaurants to choose from and if people are interested there is a museum or two to look at. John Day sits in a valley at the foot of the Strawberry Mountains. It quite picturesque and should be a fun fly-out. This is Easter weekend but our trip still leaves Easter Sunday open. Hope to see several of you Sat. morning. If you get a chance e-mail me so I have an idea if we need more than two courtesy cars. Don Wilfong dwnw@bendcable.com From jkohler@mactechsys.com Tue Apr 15 19:05:30 2003 From: jkohler@mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:05:30 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa]April Newsletter Message-ID: Good Day everyone, Due to current circumstances beyond my control I will not be able to produce our newsletter this month. Please watch the CO-OPA list for individual postings of information regarding this month's activities and information. I will be back on line for next months newsletter. Regards, Jack Kohler =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding the CO-OPA newsletter: e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com Newsletter submission: co-opanews@mactechsys.com From leckone@earthlink.net Tue Apr 15 20:05:30 2003 From: leckone@earthlink.net (Bob and Nancy Lecklider) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:5:30 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa]Ribbon Cutting Message-ID: <41200342151953062@earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/00ec2742/attachment.htm From Gindevans@aol.com Thu Apr 17 18:17:01 2003 From: Gindevans@aol.com (Gindevans@aol.com) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:17:01 EDT Subject: [Co-opa]Alert!!! Today's Ribbon cutting Message-ID: <15.f4b9903.2bd03b8d@aol.com> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Please find the current (April 11) issue of GA News, skim through it, and highlight advertisements by local and Oregon aviation companies, and the article about Albany airport on page 31. There are some parallels between the Albany city council and Bend. About 15 years ago, the city wanted to close the airport and use the land for industrial development. The airport did not have a manager. But, with some study, and the appointment of an Airport Commission, the city realized the value of the airport, made some improvements, and the airport is again an important contributor to the area's economy. Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/fbea3b22/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- From clayton.trenz at agedwards.com Mon May 5 12:37:40 2003 From: clayton.trenz at agedwards.com (Trenz, Clayton) Date: Mon May 5 11:37:42 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FAA Accident Prevention Meeting Message-ID: <200305051837.h45IbeHt028261@catbert.rellim.com> Meeting Tuesday (May 6) eve at Hancock auditorium COCC 7pm-9pm on Pilot Decision Making Can earn Wings Program Hours! Clayton R. Trenz, AAMS Financial Consultant A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. www.agedwards.com/fc/clayton.trenz From dwnw at bendcable.com Thu May 15 22:55:12 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Thu May 15 21:50:30 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT THIS SAT !! Message-ID: <002501c31b67$5591b620$7baee4d8@bendcable.com> > MAY FLY-OUT !! Pendleton for an E.A.A. Breakfast at the airport (there is > also a breakfast down town for the public), an air show, dedication of the > Doolittle Memorial B-25 Bomber, WW II Era combat planes, Classic and > Modern Civilian and Military Vehicles and Equipment, Fly-bys and Static > Displays of Contemporary, Rotary and Fixed Wing Aircraft, Experimental > Aircraft Demonstrations and Aerobatics. Suggested donation $10.00 per > person max $20.00 per family. I doubt if this includes the breakfast, but > I am not sure. > > Let's meet at 07:00 at the Flight Shop Sat. morning May 17. (Why so > Early) Well they are serving breakfast from 08:00 until 10:00 hrs. If you > don't care about breakfast the gates open to the public (ground bound > persons) at 10:00 hrs. and the dedication etc. starts at 11:00 hrs., so > you could get there a little later. It sounds like there will be plenty > to do and look at between breakfast and the dedication. > > There is an evening big band dance if someone wanted to stay overnight. > Cost $30. at the door. We do not plan to stay overnight. > Don Wilfong, dwnw@bendcable.com > From leckone at earthlink.net Fri May 23 15:03:55 2003 From: leckone at earthlink.net (Bob and Nancy Lecklider) Date: Fri May 23 14:03:51 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Prineville Message-ID: <412003552321355562@earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030523/d1b1f207/attachment.htm From ed at edendsley.com Fri May 23 22:32:56 2003 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Fri May 23 23:23:55 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Prineville additional actions In-Reply-To: <412003552321355562@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Thanks all Co-opa members. Here are some additional actions taken today... From: "Bob and Nancy Lecklider" Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 14:3:55 -0700 To: "CO-OPA" Subject: [Co-opa]Prineville To All Members: Before you throw out your copy of today's Bulletin, would you, please, clip the article about the Prineville airport and send it to our City Council. Maybe if they get enough copies of the article they will get the hint. The article, if you have not read it yet, clearly states some of the points we have been trying to get across to the council. If you don't want to send the article, at least send an e--mail to the council recommending they read it. The mailing address is: P. O. Box 431, Bend, OR97701. E-mail address is: ci.bend.or.us. Thanks for your help. Nancy Lecklider, Pres. CO-OPA --- Bob and Nancy Lecklider --- leckone@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. _______________________________________________ Co-opa mailing list Co-opa@rellim.com http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa -------------------------------------------------------------- >From Dale Evans---by e-mail 5-23-03------------------------------ Dear Councilors: Please read the article on page B1 of this morning's Bulletin, headlined "Prineville airport receives $450,000 grant for improvements." There are several comparisons to be made between the City/County Airport in Prineville and the Bend Municipal Airport. In 1997, Prineville appointed an airport commission, the same year the City of Bend abolished its airport commission. As the Bulletin opined later, the "... city scrapped its airport commission in the name of government efficiency, In retrospect, that seems like a bad move..." At Prineville, an airport manager was hired to work with its airport commission, and he was delegated the responsibility to make the airport an effective and growing component of that community's economic structure. As described in the article, the Prineville model has succeeded, to the point the City now has full responsibility for the asset. In contrast, the Bend Municipal Airport has no manager and no airport commission, not even an ad hoc airport committee. Because there is no manager, and even though Council members acknowledge they have no expertise nor experience in airport management, the Council preemptively dabbles in airport operation decision making. The airport currently suffers from these poor decisions. In contrast to Prineville, the Bend City Council describes its Municipal Airport as a money loser, a poor investment opportunity for the city, and not worth the cost of an experienced city employee. The Council has created a self-fulfilling prophesy. If carefully tracked, the time spent on Bend airport issues by the city manager and other city staff doubtlessly exceeds the cost of an FTE at the airport. The Municipal Airport is well past the point where it can be effectively managed on an as-time-permits schedule. Failure by the Council to act on its stewardship responsibility for this valuable community asset has led to one debacle after another, with more on the way. Please appoint the airport advisory committee now, direct the City Manager to review the applications for the vacant airport manager position, and hire the best qualified that would still be willing to come to work for the city. Sincerely, Dale R. Evans ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Ed Endsley: Today I hand delivered a copy of the Bulletin article on the Prineville Airport to all councilors and Bend City staff with a cover letter that follows. City staff included David Hales; Mike Elmore; Andy Linsley; Jim Kreiger, Finance Director; Pete Schannauer, City Attorney; and John Russell, City Economic Development. Dear Councilor, (the city staff was addressed individually) Please help move the airport issues along so we don?t loose existing businesses and our rightful share of available development monies. It has been a long time since we have had good news about the Bend Airport. Now is your opportunity to catch up, not miss out, and assist Central Oregon Business with the economic development of Bend and the surrounding area. The attached Bulletin article about Prineville illustrates what a resource we may be wasting. Prineville has done a great job of maximizing their opportunity. Thank you for the work you do. Ed Endsley -- Ed Endsley, Photographer Aerial Art Photography 63505 Bridle Ln. Bend, OR 97701-9180 541-382-6414 ed@edendsley.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030523/5a454d5f/attachment.htm From gem at rellim.com Thu Jun 5 13:52:04 2003 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Thu Jun 5 12:52:07 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]LINDBERG'S GRANDSON AT ST. CHARLES TONIGHT Message-ID: Yo All! Clay Trenz just forwarded me this news: LINDBERG'S GRANDSON IS IN TOWN TO TALK ABOUT HIS TRANS ATLANTIC FLIGHT IN A LANCAIR AND HIS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. CALL FOR SEATS AT 385 6316 RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676 From gem at rellim.com Thu Jun 5 14:44:19 2003 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Thu Jun 5 13:44:20 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Bend Airport Festival of Flying Message-ID: Yo All! As you all know, Saturday is the big day! The Bend Airport Festival of Flying! Come on out and enjoy the show! 7:30am-9:00am EAA Pancake Breakfast w/ the Central Oregon Youth Choir 8:30am Signups for Young Eagles Flights (near SunAir) 9:00am Scenic flights at The Flight Shop and SunAir) 9:15am Glider Rides 9:30pm Aerobatic Flights by Parker Johnstone 10:00am Lancair Factory tour 11:00am Lunch by Mama Nell's Pizza Noon Glider water drop 12:30pm Tom Ellsberg Aerobatic show 1:00pm Aerobatic Flights by Parker Johnstone 4:00pm Close Having that many people near all those airplanes will be great fun. It will also require that we be on our toes to make sure all the people and planes stay safe. So we would like as many members as possible to come out, spend the day, and help us work the crowds. On Friday at 4:00pm the Airport will be closed for a short while for Tom Ellsberg to practice over the field. Come on out and see him warm-up. We also need some volunteers at 3:00pm Friday to do some setup for the show and around 4:00pm Saturday to do some pickup. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676 From leckone at bendcable.com Mon Jun 16 16:24:23 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Mon Jun 16 15:24:29 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Meeting Message-ID: <000d01c33456$0a092870$7879dc42@leckone> Greetings to all our Members and Friends, First, this is to remind you that there will be a meeting this coming, Thursday, June 19th. Same time, same place, 6:00 p.m. at the Flight Shop. Don't know what the program will be about but I am sure it will be something interesting since it usually is. Second, there will be a crucial city council meeting, Wednesday, the 18th. The agenda will cover several items but the one that we are interested in, as pilots and airport users, is the budget session. Dean Cameron will be presenting some facts and figures regarding the budget for the airport. We need to show support for Dean and for his presentation so if you can be there, please come. There is an agenda for the Wednesday meeting printed in today's Bulletin. Check that for times. Thanks, Nancy Lecklider, Pres. Central Oregon Chapter - Oregon Pilots Association. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030616/933f7d9f/attachment.htm From dwnw at bendcable.com Thu Jun 19 16:18:13 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Thu Jun 19 15:12:51 2003 Subject: [Co-opa] Message-ID: <000501c336b0$acabf380$1ba9e4d8@bendcable.com> Heads up!!! It is Pot Luck and Meeting tonight (Thurs. 6-19-03) at the flight shop......then on Sat. 6-21-03 lets all meet at the Flight Shop at 07:30 for a fly-out.... You have heard an old poem about 4 and 20 Blackbirds (or something like that).....well.....this time it is only 1 Blackbird otherwise know as the SR-71 and it sits and awaits our showing up to view it in McMinnville.....there is quite a flock of other birds as well such as the Spruce Goose for our viewing. There is a caf? at the museum or we could go to the Flying M for breakfast and then to McMinnville or we could go on Sunday and there is a pancake breakfast and if you don't want to wash your own plane there is also a plane wash ($25. for the plane wash), on Sun., at the McMinnville airport a final decision will be made tonight at the meeting and another e-mail will be sent to everyone. Don Wilfong dwnw@bendcable.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Jun 20 21:01:57 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jun 20 19:56:41 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT Message-ID: <000901c337a1$7a6f9060$1ba9e4d8@bendcable.com> HI EVERYBODY.....MEET AT THE FLIGHT SHOP SAT. MORNING (FIRST DAY OF SUMMER) AT 07:30 FOR A DEPARTURE WEST TO THE FLYING M FOR BREAKFAST AND THEN TO MCMINNVILLE (WEATHER PERMITTING) IF NOT WE WILL EITHER GO SOUTH OR EAST.....MAYBE JOHN DAY OR CHILOQUIN OR KLAMATH FALLS.....IF YOU ARE NOT PLANNING TO LEAVE FROM BEND CALL THE FLIGHT SHOP IN THE MORNING AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE FINAL WORD ON WHICH WAY WE ARE GOING......DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From BigDuck at compuserve.com Sun Jun 22 11:17:21 2003 From: BigDuck at compuserve.com (Kenton A. Sandine) Date: Sun Jun 22 07:17:46 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk Message-ID: <200306221017_MC3-1-3E3D-4FC4@compuserve.com> Fly-outs are good times for sharing thoughts on related matters. I'd like to share my current position. If it can be determined that the consequences of an FAA audit of the city?s books would cause a change in the city?s attitude about the airport, the time is right to see that process begin. The negligence the city has exhibited in failing to be a good steward needs to be made known to the FAA. Even if the city council had money, it would still prefer to exhibit ignorance about aviation. But their sensitivity about money is more accute when there is a shortage. Now is the time to take advantage of that sensitivity. It is high stakes poker, but the current environment requires taking some risk. Ken From Gindevans at aol.com Sun Jun 22 21:04:12 2003 From: Gindevans at aol.com (Gindevans@aol.com) Date: Sun Jun 22 17:04:25 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk Message-ID: <76.2efb23f8.2c279dfc@aol.com> Hard to tell whether or how the Council's attitude toward the airport would change if they were looking at an audit of their grant assurance obligations. How about a two step approach. First, invite Bill Watson, the FAA Oregon/Idaho airports supervisor to speak at the July or August Chapter meeting, and give us the briefing on grant assurances that he presented to David Hales and senior staff on May 21 when he was here to do the airport inspection. Then, armed with some knowledge of the specifics, a small delegation of "new experts" could review the budget documents and ask Finance Director Jim Krueger to follow the money. This would be a good training session for the new ad hoc committee members. Bill Watson is open and candid, very engaging, and usually has good jokes. An upfront discussion on the condition of the airport would be of general interest, and good background for frank discussions with council members. - - Dale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030622/0e848bf2/attachment.htm From deanjcameron at msn.com Mon Jun 23 08:29:54 2003 From: deanjcameron at msn.com (Dean Cameron) Date: Mon Jun 23 07:30:03 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030623/bb5ef0ef/attachment.htm From av8r at prutzman.com Wed Jun 25 06:20:04 2003 From: av8r at prutzman.com (Amy Lynn Prutzman) Date: Wed Jun 25 05:32:58 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk References: <76.2efb23f8.2c279dfc@aol.com> Message-ID: <3EF99374.4000303@prutzman.com> Gentlemen, I have discussed a meeting with Bill Watson and other FAA Regional reps, and Ann Cook from State Aviation, with Mike Elmore and Andy in the past. They were initially very supportive of the "roudtable" meeting with David Hales and the CIty Council. Oran Teater was also on board to support the forum, I spoke with him personally on this. We made three steps forward to try to schedule this meeting on late May 22, but then David nixed it due to concerns about the budget discussions. There is already a proposed meeting agenda and I had a verbal OK from FAA and Ann Cook to support the meeting. All we needed was a date... FYI. Amy Prutzman 318-9990 Gindevans@aol.com wrote: > Hard to tell whether or how the Council's attitude toward the airport > would change if they were looking at an audit of their grant assurance > obligations. How about a two step approach. > > First, invite Bill Watson, the FAA Oregon/Idaho airports supervisor to > speak at the July or August Chapter meeting, and give us the briefing on > grant assurances that he presented to David Hales and senior staff on > May 21 when he was here to do the airport inspection. > > Then, armed with some knowledge of the specifics, a small delegation of > "new experts" could review the budget documents and ask Finance Director > Jim Krueger to follow the money. This would be a good training session > for the new ad hoc committee members. > > Bill Watson is open and candid, very engaging, and usually has good > jokes. An upfront discussion on the condition of the airport would be > of general interest, and good background for frank discussions with > council members. - - Dale > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Co-opa mailing list > Co-opa@rellim.com > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From BigDuck at compuserve.com Wed Jun 25 13:48:49 2003 From: BigDuck at compuserve.com (Kenton A. Sandine) Date: Wed Jun 25 09:49:34 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk Message-ID: <200306251249_MC3-1-3EBD-5CAC@compuserve.com> It sounds like the airport continues to be a dead issue with postponing anything that doesn't serve David's interest. As Amy wrote: "We made three steps forward to try to schedule this meeting on late May 22, but then David nixed it due to concerns about the budget discussions." Now that the budget is passed there might be a willingness to talk, but nothing is going to happen until someone's feet gets warmed up a bit. Ken Sandine From leckone at bendcable.com Wed Jun 25 13:17:21 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Wed Jun 25 12:17:18 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk References: <76.2efb23f8.2c279dfc@aol.com> <3EF99374.4000303@prutzman.com> Message-ID: <000b01c33b4e$66d3cbb0$7879dc42@leckone> Hi Amy - Welcome home from the big city. Did you get a copy of the e-mail from Dale suggesting that we invite Bill Watson to our nextt CO/OPA meeting? The consensus of opinion was that that would be a good idea, especially, as Dale pointed out, we would be armed with background information that would make our arguments or discussions more credible. I was just about to call Mr. Watson to invite him to our meeting. Can you think of any reason why we shouldnot do this? Seeya, nancyl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Lynn Prutzman" To: Cc: ; ; Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 5:20 AM Subject: Re: [Co-opa]Fly-out Talk > Gentlemen, > > I have discussed a meeting with Bill Watson and other FAA Regional reps, > and Ann Cook from State Aviation, with Mike Elmore and Andy in the > past. They were initially very supportive of the "roudtable" meeting > with David Hales and the CIty Council. Oran Teater was also on board to > support the forum, I spoke with him personally on this. > > We made three steps forward to try to schedule this meeting on late May > 22, but then David nixed it due to concerns about the budget discussions. > > There is already a proposed meeting agenda and I had a verbal OK from > FAA and Ann Cook to support the meeting. All we needed was a date... > > FYI. > > Amy Prutzman > 318-9990 > > Gindevans@aol.com wrote: > > Hard to tell whether or how the Council's attitude toward the airport > > would change if they were looking at an audit of their grant assurance > > obligations. How about a two step approach. > > > > First, invite Bill Watson, the FAA Oregon/Idaho airports supervisor to > > speak at the July or August Chapter meeting, and give us the briefing on > > grant assurances that he presented to David Hales and senior staff on > > May 21 when he was here to do the airport inspection. > > > > Then, armed with some knowledge of the specifics, a small delegation of > > "new experts" could review the budget documents and ask Finance Director > > Jim Krueger to follow the money. This would be a good training session > > for the new ad hoc committee members. > > > > Bill Watson is open and candid, very engaging, and usually has good > > jokes. An upfront discussion on the condition of the airport would be > > of general interest, and good background for frank discussions with > > council members. - - Dale > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Co-opa mailing list > > Co-opa@rellim.com > > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa > > > From dwnw at bendcable.com Tue Jul 8 07:49:36 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Tue Jul 8 06:44:08 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT TO PROSPECT Message-ID: <00a201c34557$c4f27080$1ba9e4d8@bendcable.com> TO: CO-OPA MEMBERS THIS WILL BE OUR PLANNED FLY-OUT DESTINATION FOR JULY. July 19 & 20.....14th annual fly-in at Prospect State Airport (64S) Sponsored by the Prospect Unit, Jackson County Search and Rescue (The folks who come looking for you when you "land off-airport"). Open air BBQ dinner 7/19 at the airport, breakfast 7/20 in Prospect. Free shuttle provided ($15., $10.ages 6-12) covers both meals. Dry camp at the airport or check the Prospect Hotel/ Motel for accomodations (1-800-944-6490 for hotel info only). Contact 541-560-3647 for more info. regarding the fly-in. This event attracts between 60-70 aircraft and feeds 250-300. Big event. Plan to attend. Some will go down Sat. for the overnite and some will go down Sun. for the breakfast. AUG. FLY-OUT DESTINATIONS BEING CONSIDERED: Aug. 16.....Kingsley Field (Klamath Falls) "Sentry Eagles" airshow. F-15 demonstrations plus other activities. Aug. 16-17-18.....McMinnville "Northwest Antique Fly-in" we could also go see the SR-71, Spruce Goose and other aircraft at the museum. Aug. 16.....Baker City "2003 Fly-in" featuring huckleberry pancakes plus Durkee Grange outdoor steak feed (for overnighters) in addition to many other activities. Aug. 23-24.....An overnight camp-out at an easy access Idaho backcountry airport. LET ME KNOW YOUR OPINION ON THESE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR AUGUST. SEE YOU AT THE POTLUCK/MEETING THURS. EVE. 7/17 AT THE FLIGHT SHOP Don Wilfong dwnw@bendcable.com From catacres at teleport.com Thu Jul 10 17:00:32 2003 From: catacres at teleport.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Thu Jul 10 16:08:41 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]AC accessories... Message-ID: <004001c34737$35d300e0$dd181ad8@default> Hey Everyone, I trust this summer has been a splendid one for all of you !!!! I'm looking for two accessories & before I purchase 'new', I thought I'd see if any of you have either of the following items which you 'd like to sell: An NR Headset -----or------ a modern Hand Held Radio... See you around the neighborhood; Thanks, Richard T Benson 389-4523 www.goldenbridgeseminars.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030713/bff8f1ee/attachment.htm From leckone at bendcable.com Tue Jul 15 14:08:06 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Tue Jul 15 13:08:08 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Dedication Message-ID: <002e01c34b0c$ce520b80$827cdc42@leckone> To All CO/OPA Members and Friends, We have received an invitation to attend the dedication of the Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge, Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. The dedication will take place at the, Peter Skene Ogden State Park, 10 miles north of Redmond, on Hwy 97. The sponsors of the event have asked for us to "RSVP", so I will bring the invitation to the meeting next Thursday and we can see how many are interested in attending. If you cannot be at the meeting, send me an e-mail if you wish to attend the dedication and I will include you in the count. It would be great if we had a good turn out for this. Nancy Lecklider, Pres. Central Oregon Chapter, Oregon Pilots Association -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030715/6440a176/attachment.htm From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Jul 18 09:06:28 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jul 18 09:56:04 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUTS Message-ID: <000f01c34d3e$29e6ab80$1ba9e4d8@bendcable.com> CO-OPA MEMBERS: DISREGARD ANY PRIOR MENTION OF STOPING AT SUNRIVER (FOR THEIR PANCAKE BREAKFAST) ON THE WAY TO PROSPECT THIS WEEKEND... THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST IS "THE FOLLOWING WEEK- END" SEE BELOW. HAVE FUN AT PROSPECT THIS WEEKEND AND GO TO SUNRIVER NEXT WEEKEND. DON & NORMA WILFONG FLYING DESTINATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST REGION SUNRIVER, OREGON. A Wings and Wheels Event takes place July 26 at Sunriver (S21). Event begins with a Sunriver Fireman's pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Young Eagles flights from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a custom and antique car show. Contact Tom Towell, 541/593-4603. From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Jul 18 15:46:02 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jul 18 14:40:23 2003 Subject: Fw: [Co-opa]FLY-OUTS Message-ID: <000801c34d75$fb9404c0$1ba9e4d8@bendcable.com> HEY EVERYBODY.....I GOT THE E-MAIL FROM MICHAEL ADLER (SEE BELOW)......I DID NOT SPECIFY A TIME AS IT SOUNDED LIKE EVERYONE WAS KINDA ON THEIR OWN SCHEDULE. IT SEEMS LOGICAL TO ME TO GET AN EARLY START (NORMA AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO GO).....SO....I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO GET AN EARLY START MEET AT THE FLIGHT SHOP AT 07:30 FOR A DEPARTURE BY 08:00 DON WILFONG Subject: Re: [Co-opa]FLY-OUTS > Hey Don, > > Is there a group flying to Prospect tomorrow? > > If so, what is the planned departure time? > > If we go, I want to be wheels up pretty early due to the heat. > > Michael From wizard01 at earthlink.net Fri Jul 18 15:54:52 2003 From: wizard01 at earthlink.net (Robert L. Nash) Date: Fri Jul 18 15:00:46 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]GPS help Message-ID: <001301c34d77$3bfd2a40$4de0bf3f@bob> Are any of you familiar with the Lowrance Airmap 100 portable GPS, and could you give me some help learning to use it? Thanks, Bob Nash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030718/ceed39ed/attachment.htm From dwnw at bendcable.com Tue Jul 29 18:32:38 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Tue Jul 29 17:27:31 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]PROSPECT FLY-OUT Message-ID: <001d01c35632$1433d2c0$1ba9e4d8@bendcable.com> H-E-L-P: ANYONE WHO WENT TO THE PROSPECT FLY-OUT.....WE NEED YOUR HELP. NORMA AND I WERE NOT ABLE TO GO, ON THE FLY-OUT, SO DO NOT HAVE ANY PICTURES AND/OR COMMENTS FOR JACK KOHLER FOR THE UPCOMING ISSUE OF THE "CASCADE FLYER" (BY THE WAY JACK IS BACK AND THE MONTHLY ISSUES ARE NOW GOING TO BE REGULAR). THE JULY ISSUE WAS GREAT!! IF YOU HAVE PICTURES AND/OR ARE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR TRIP.....PLEASE.....CONTACT JACK AND GET THE INFO TO HIM.......IF YOU DON'T WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR THE FLYER AT LEAST SEND HIM NOTES AND PICTURES SO HE CAN PUT TOGETHER AN ARTICLE OUT OF THE SEVERAL NOTES AND PHOTOS. THANKS, DON WILFONG IF YOU CAN'T CONTACT JACK.....CONTACT ME. dwnw@bendcable.com or 541 389-1456 From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Aug 15 09:19:33 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Aug 15 08:13:50 2003 Subject: [Co-opa] Message-ID: <000701c36340$a1f2b340$b9a4e4d8@bendcable.com> CO-OPA MEMBERS: BELOW IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND... I HAVE NOT SCHEDULED A DEFINITE GROUP FLY-OUT......SO......CALL YOUR BEST FLYING BUDDIES AND PLAN THE FLY-OUT OF YOUR CHOICE. A TRIP TO MCMINNVILLE COULD INCLUDE BREAKFAST AT THE FLYING M, ANTIQUE AIRCRAFT AT THE AIRPORT AND A WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO THE MUSEUM TO SEE THE SPRUCE GOOSE, THE SR-71 AND A LOT OF OTHER GREAT AIRCRAFT. BAKER CITY WAS FUN LAST YEAR. KLAMATH FALLS AND THE F-15 DEMOS SOUNDS GREAT AND THE CAFE ON THE FIELD IS GOOD. I HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF STATE ON BUSINESS SO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY OF THE PLACES MYSELF. DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com Aug 16 Airport Open House (F-15 demos) Klamath Falls, Kingsley Field Aug 15-17 NW Antique Aircraft Fly-In McMinnville Aug 16 Baker City Fly-In. Famous fresh hand picked huckleberry pancakes plus the world famous Durkee Grange outdoor steak feed. Baker City Contact: Mel Cross 541-523-6366 or 541-523-4539 From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Aug 15 22:03:40 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Aug 15 20:58:06 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT Message-ID: <001301c363ab$61117f80$b9a4e4d8@bendcable.com> HEY EVERYONE......I PLAN TO FLY OUT OF PILOT BUTTE AIRPORT AT 07:30 WITH THE FIRST STOP TO BE AT THE FLYING M RANCH FOR BREAKFAST......THEN ON TO MCMINNVILLE FOR A LOOK AT THE ANTIQUE AIRCRAFT AND MY FIRST ACTUAL LOOK AT AN SR-71....... JOIN ME IF YOU CAN. WHAT IS SHAPING UP FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND (AUG 23/24) IS TO FLY OUT OF BEND EARLY...AT LEAST BY 07:00......WITH THE DESTINATION AT SMILEY CREEK IDAHO. IT IS A WIDE OPEN AIRFIELD AT 7160' ELEVATION, GRASS, SLOPES UPHILL SO LAND TO THE S. UPHILL AND TAKE OFF TO THE N. DOWNHILL......NICE PLACE TO CAMP........PLACES TO EAT CLOSE AT HAND AND OVERNITE ROOMS TO RENT IF DESIRED.......WILL FIND OUT MORE DETAILS AND SEND OUT BEFORE TIME TO LEAVE.....PLAN IS TO BE THERE OVERNITE....BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.....I LANDED THERE LAST WEEK. DON WILFONG -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ U87 Smiley Creek Airport Galena, Idaho, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2003 Location FAA Identifier: U87 Lat/Long: 43-54-54.661N / 114-47-50.251W 43-54.91102N / 114-47.83752W 43.9151836 / -114.7972919 (estimated) Elevation: 7160 ft. / 2182 m (estimated) Variation: 17E (1985) >From city: 6 miles NW of GALENA, ID Airport Operations Airport use: Open to the public Sectional chart: SALT LAKE CITY Control tower: no ARTCC: SALT LAKE CITY CENTER FSS: BOISE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF] NOTAMs facility: BOI (NOTAM-D service available) Attendance: UNATNDD Wind indicator: yes Segmented circle: yes Beacon: unknown Airport Communications CTAF: 122.9 Airport Services Parking: tiedowns Airframe service: NONE Powerplant service: NONE Bottled oxygen: NONE Bulk oxygen: NONE Runway Information Runway 14/32 Dimensions: 4900 x 150 ft. / 1494 x 46 m Surface: turf, in good condition Runway edge markings: /32 EDGES & THRS MARKED WITH WHITE ROCK. RUNWAY 14 RUNWAY 32 Traffic pattern: left left Obstructions: 4 ft. fence, 100 ft. left of centerline 5 FT FENCE 200 FT ON CNTRLN, +2 FT BERM 60 FT ON CNTRLN, 5 FT BRUSH 75 FT 50 FT L, +2 FT SPRINKLER VALVE 50 FT 35 FT L. 5 ft. fence, 100 ft. right of centerline 5 FT FENCE 200 FT ON CNTRLN, +2 FT BERM 60 FT ON CNTRLN, 5 FT BRUSH 75 FT 50 FT L, +2 FT SPRINKLER VALVE 50 FT 35 FT L. Airport Operational Statistics Aircraft operations: avg 88/week 91% transient general aviation 9% air taxi Additional Remarks - NO WINTER MAINTENANCE. - RECOMMEND LNDG RY 14 TKOF RY 32 WHEN WIND CONDITIONS ALLOW. - BE ALERT FOR SPRINKLERS/STAND PIPES ON EDGE OF RY. - ARPT LCTD IN VALLEY SURROUNDED BY HIGH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. - EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE CONDITIONS EXIST DURING SUMMER MONTHS. Loc | Ops | Rwys | Biz | Links Com | Nav | Svcs | Stats | Notes Airport distance calculator Flying to Smiley Creek Airport? Find the distance to fly. >From to U87 Sunrise and sunset Times for 15-Aug-2003 Local (UTC-6) Zulu (UTC) Morning civil twilight 06:13 12:13 Sunrise 06:44 12:44 Sunset 20:43 02:43 Evening civil twilight 21:14 03:14 METAR KSNT 160251Z AUTO VRB03KT 23/08 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02280078 53003 PWINO TSNO Aviation Businesses, Services, and Facilities Business Name Contact Services / Description Comments Idaho Dept of Aviation Unattended facility with no services 2 view add Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds The hotels featured here are reported to be very convenient to the Smiley Creek Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Smiley Creek Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here. Business Name Contact Services / Description Distance Comments Smiley Creek Lodge 208 7743547 0.1 miles 1 view add Would you like to see your business listed on this page? If your business provides an interesting product or service to pilots, flight crews, aircraft, or users of the Smiley Creek Airport, you should consider listing it here. To start the listing process, click on the button below Other Pages about Smiley Creek Airport www.ruralnetwork.net/... www.flyidaho.org/... Copyright ? AirNav, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Contact From dwnw at bendcable.com Wed Aug 20 15:07:59 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Wed Aug 20 14:02:19 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT THIS WEEKEND !! Message-ID: <001101c3675f$226b0960$b9a4e4d8@bendcable.com> HEY EVERYONE: THE FLY-OUT TO SMILEY CREEK, IDAHO IS STILL ON FOR THIS SAT. WITH AN OVERNITE AND RETURN ON SUNDAY.... THE SMILEY CREEK LODGE (208 774-3547 RANDY) IS ABOUT 500 YDS FROM THE AIRPORT AND THEY HAVE 2 TEEPEES WITH BEDS FOR RENT @ $35.00 PER NITE (THEY ARE FULL OTHERWISE) THEY HAVE A CAFE THAT IS OPEN FROM 08:00 TO 21:00 HRS. DOWN THE ROAD 1 MI. IS BEAVER CREEK LODGE (208 774-3542 BILL & PEGGY) WITH CABINS FROM $45. TO $65 WITH 1 BED OR 2 BEDS. SHE HAS A COFFEE POT AND COFFEE IN THE ROOMS. THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY SHOWER AND OUTHOUSES (SHE SAID VERY CLEAN). THEY WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THEIR PLACE IF NO COURTESY CARS ARE AVAILABLE.....BUT......THEY WILL NOT BE A TAXI SERVICE AND RUN YOU BACK AND FORTH. THERE IS CAMPING ON THE FIELD AND SHOWERS IN THE R.V. AREA NEAR THE SMILEY CR. LODGE. STARTING FRIDAY THERE ARE NO CAMPFIRES ALLOWED SO BRING PROPANE IF YOU PLAN TO DO ANY COOKING. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COURTESY CARS AT THE AIRPORT..THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. WE WILL DISCUSS MORE DETAILS AT THE THUR. NITE POTLUCK/MEETING AND I WILL SEND OUT MORE INFO AFTER THE MEETING. SOME MAY WISH TO GO ON FRIDAY AND STAY 2 NITES OR STAY LONGER....... SMILEY CREEK AIRPORT IS 4900' X 150', SLOPES SLIGHTLY UPHILL, LAND ON 14 DEPART ON 32 IS PREFERRED.....DENSITY ALTITUDE IS A DEFINITE CONSIDERATION AS THE ELEVATION IS 7160'.. THE APPROACH IS WIDE OPEN.....SOME OF US HAVE LANDED THERE AND IT DID NOT PRESENT ANY PROBLEM. DON & NORMA WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Wed Aug 20 15:13:09 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Wed Aug 20 14:07:31 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]AirNav Smiley Creek Airport Message-ID: <000801c3675f$dfbd8740$b9a4e4d8@bendcable.com> HERE IS A LINK FOR MORE INFO ON SMILEY CREEK AIRPORT.....DON http://www.airnav.com/airport/U87 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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DON ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:09 PM Subject: AOPA ePilot Airspace Bulletin > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > AOPA ePilot Special Airspace Bulletin August 20, 2003 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > A special notice to AOPA members in the Pacific Northwest > > > ==> ATTENTION PILOTS <== > > FAA TO ESTABLISH LARGE TFRs IN OREGON, WASHINGTON > AOPA is sending this message to advise you that President Bush is > scheduled to visit your area tomorrow and Friday. Along with the > president's presence come large temporary flight restrictions > (TFRs) that will affect many airports in Oregon and Washington. > > AOPA continues to press the federal government for reasonably sized > TFRs that pilots can understand, issued with proper notice. "These > latest presidential movement notams are almost impossible to > decipher," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "AOPA staff has spent > hours poring over these complex notams and couldn't understand what > pilots were expected to do. And it was no wonder. We found some of > the notams had missing text and errors, including incorrect > latitude/longitude coordinates. The FAA reissued some of the notams > multiple times after we pointed out the errors." > > There will be six TFRs in Oregon with 10-mile-radius no-fly zones > for general aviation aircraft and 30-mile-radius outer rings with > squawk and talk and flight plan requirements, beginning at, based > on the most current information, 10:25 a.m. local on Thursday > (August 21) and continuing through 9:10 a.m. local on Friday > (August 22). In Washington, according to AOPA's best information > at this time, the president is expected to visit Seattle and Pasco > on Friday. AOPA will post the notams along with the impacted airports > on AOPA Online as soon as they become available. The latest notams > for Oregon have been posted. See > ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html ). > > "If AOPA's technical staff members, who look at notams with magnifying > glasses every day, have these kinds of problems, how in the world can > the FAA and security officials expect pilots to understand and comply > with the TFRs?" Boyer asked. "It's saying the obvious, but apparently > we have to: notams must be timely, accurate, and understandable." > > AOPA is urging pilots to write to President Bush and tell him about > the impact his visit has had on your flying. Please send a copy to > AOPA. Letters or faxes are generally more effective than e-mails. > Write: > The White House > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW > Washington, D.C. 20500 > Send faxes to 202/456-2461, or e-mail > ( mailto:president@whitehouse.gov ) and copy AOPA at > ( mailto:WashingtonADIZ@aopa.org ). > > In addition, AOPA is collecting pilot reports of operational > difficulties involving presidential TFRs. To submit a report, > simply fill out the form on AOPA Online > ( https://www.aopa.org/forms1/dc_adiz.cfm ). > > Because TFR airspace frequently changes, AOPA strongly encourages > pilots to obtain a briefing and check notams before every flight. > Violators will be intercepted and forced to land. > > > ==> MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROTECTED <== > > SIGN UP FOR AOPA'S LEGAL SERVICES PLAN > Because of the heavy call volume from members and the changing > climate for FAA regulations and increased vigilance, we want to > remind you to consider the AOPA Legal Services Plan protection. > For more information or to start your coverage immediately, call > 800/USA-AOPA or visit AOPA Online > ( http://www.aopa.org/info/legalservices7/ ). > > > ==> CONTACTING AOPA <== > > Having difficulty using this service? > Contact ( mailto:epilot@aopa.org ). > > AOPA, 421 Aviation Way, Frederick, Maryland 21701. > Telephone: 800/USA-AOPA or 301/695-2000 > Copyright (c) 2003. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. > > > From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Aug 22 20:52:54 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Aug 22 19:46:57 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT Message-ID: <000501c36921$a6a56400$b9a4e4d8@bendcable.com> HI EVERYBODY...... NO TAKERS FOR SMILEY CREEK, IDAHO.......WEATHER IS QUESTIONABLE ANYWAY......PROBABLY WILL GO TO MADRAS FOR THEIR AIRSHOW ETC........THINKING OF DRIVING SO CAN COME HOME SAT. NITE (OUR FIELD IS UNLIGHTED. DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From leckone at bendcable.com Wed Aug 27 20:54:54 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Wed Aug 27 19:54:55 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Meeting, Sept. 4, 2003, 7:00 p.m., Airlife Hangar Message-ID: <006201c36d0f$c2438dd0$827cdc42@leckone> To all our Members and their Friends, Don't forget about our meeting with, Bill Watson, as our speaker. It is extremely important that everyone come to this meeting if at all possible. Mr. Watson, who is the FAA supervisor for Oregon and Idaho airports will be here to answer our questions about the operation of the airport, the funding and any other question you might have. We will have many City, County and State officials attending, so we want to demonstrate that we are serious about the future of our airport. Come and bring your friends. Also, we need you to bring a couple of chairs since Airlife doesnot have enough for all of us. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2003, 7:00 p.m., AIRLIFE HANGAR !!!! Nancy Lecklider, Pres. C.O./O.P.A. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030828/9f0aabcb/attachment.htm From leckone at bendcable.com Tue Sep 2 12:01:15 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Tue Sep 2 11:01:15 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Meeting Message-ID: <001e01c3717c$33db4f80$827cdc42@leckone> Dear C.O./O.P.A. Members, Don't forget the meeting on September 4th, 7:00 p.m., at the Airlife hangar. This is a top priority meeting with Mr. Bill Watson, from the F.A.A. Please, be there. If you have questions you would like to submit to Mr. Watson prior to the meeting, send them to Dale Evans or to me and we will see that they are given to Mr. Watson. You may also, ask questions at the meeting. We encourage your active participation in this meeting. It is important that we take advantage of this opportunity to get some factual information. See you there, Nancy Lecklider, Pres. P. S. Don't forget to bring chairs. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20030902/b08882bf/attachment.htm From dwnw at bendcable.com Sat Sep 13 19:54:06 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Sat Sep 13 18:48:15 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]MEETING/POTLUCK Message-ID: <000501c37a63$14e663e0$6ca9e4d8@bendcable.com> GREETINGS FELLOW AVIATORS !! OUR PRESIDENT, NANCY LECKLIDER, ASKED THAT I REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE MONTHLY MEETING AND POTLUCK WILL BE HELD AT THE FLIGHT SHOP THIS THURS. EVENING (SEPT. 18)......VISITING AND GETTING THINGS READY STARTS AT ABOUT 6:00 PM WITH THE POTLUCK AT ABOUT 6:30 PM.....AFTER WE STUFF OURSELVES WE WILL HAVE A MEETING... I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ITEMS WE NEED TO DISCUSS OR IF WE WILL HAVE A SPEAKER OR NOT......BUT.....PLAN TO BE THERE FOR THE FUN AND HANGAR FLYING !!! DON WILFONG P.S.: NORMA AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON A FLY-OUT THIS COMING WEEKEND AS ONE OF OUR SONS IS GETTING MARRIED. I WILL, HOWEVER, BE E-MAILING EVERYONE WITH A PLANNED FLY-OUT (FOR SAT. SEPT. 20) TO SOMEWHERE FUN.....I WILL BE IN TOUCH SOON. From jkohler at mactechsys.com Tue Sep 16 20:13:27 2003 From: jkohler at mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Tue Sep 16 19:13:31 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]September Cascade Flyer txt Message-ID: <8642B0B9-E8B4-11D7-8F7C-000393021E58@mactechsys.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Cascade Flyer September 16, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the newsletter: http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/sepCOOPA2003.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE September Meeting Guest Speaker August Fly-Out Hangar Flying =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEPTEMBER MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, September 18th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop). GUEST SPEAKER Our guest speaker this month is none other than our very own Gary Miller. Gary will be discussing the topic of aviation on the internet. A lot of folks have never been to DUATs, much less weather.gov, faa.gov, etc. There are a raft of great aviation web sites out there. Gary will put together a short program of web sites that will include: general weather (weather.gov) aviation weather (aviationweather.gov, DUATs) weather cams: ODOT, etc. flight/fuel planning: (airnav.com) FAA resources: airmans DB, N number DB buying and selling (trader.com, ebay.com) News: avweb.com, landings.com Online groups: AOPA, CPA, Local resources: Bend city web site CO-OPA: co-opa.rellim.com After visiting and discussing these internet sites Gary will follow up with audience questions and suggestions. AUGUST FLY-OUT by Don Wilfong Plans were made to go to Smiley Creek, Idaho for an overnight camp-out..but some how it didn?t work into anyone?s schedule so that plan was scrapped. Will plan for some Idaho back country fly-ins next summer. There are some beautiful places to fly into that do not present much challenge to anyone so long as they pay attention to density altitude and plan take offs and landings for the cooler part of the day. Those of us that went to the McCall Mountain Family Fly-in got first hand experience on going into some of the fields.....you should plan for that next year. It was the weekend for the Madras Fly-In/Air Show so quite a few people from our group went to Madras....some flew and some drove. Some people stayed overnight and camped under the wing...we did a few years ago but were unable to this year. Madras is always fun so try and fit it into your plans next year. We flew up and the smoke from the fires near Sisters was quite thick between Redmond and Madras with the tops at around 5000 feet, we were not sure we would be able to go into Madras until we got there but the smoke had not blanketed Madras yet so we had good vision on that end. The breakfast was put on by the Madras Elks and was really good, some of us even made trips back for seconds. There were quite a few older planes on static display and they were great to walk around and admire (see additional pictures). The aerobatic demonstrations and fly-bys were real croud pleasers but I am sure all the smoke made it much harder for them to perform that close to the ground. I don?t know if the aerial fireworks flight was able to be performed that evening or not. Norma and I had to get back home so we were not able to stay for the evening dinner, dance and other events. We left late afternoon and the smoke was much thicker and higher than earlier in the day but we had no problem getting home. HANGAR FLYING by Joel Premselaar AH, touchdown! That landing was something to be proud of, smooth as the south end of a northbound toddler. The rest is a piece of cake. Sure, but don?t be left with icing on your face. Post touchdown and the control thereof are more complicated than you can imagine. Knowledge of the when and how to make proper use of the tools of the trade translates into leaving the runway as you found it, i.e., no new rubber streaks, tire shreds, scraps of metal, etc. Do you know all of the gozintos of the rollout and how to cope with them optimally? In this discussion I?m only addressing REAL airplanes; you know, the kind that have one propeller driven by one internal combustion engine. Upon touchdown, an assortment of threats in the form of wind, density altitude, runway surface type and condition, slope(s) and length, to name a few, lie in wait to do harm to the pilot (that?s YOU) and his/her plane. Some of the tools available to you include: prop disc braking (of course it was set at flat pitch anyway ?cause you might have a need to abort the landing); lift and induced drag since touchdown is close to 1.3 Vso (depending upon aircraft type and operation it is 1.1 to 1.3 for the Navy); braking friction with weight on wheels; etc. Let?s set the conditions for a special case study: runway length is no problem and you don?t have to clear the runway in deference to landing and take-off traffic. Since you don?t want wear out brakes, skid or blow out a tire, you?ll not lay on the binders too soon or so long and hard that they?ll overheat and lose their effectiveness. You will, however, want to decelerate immediately after touchdown so you make sure that the throttle is in idle position. Because you?re a private pilot or better, I?ll be kind and assume that you know all about aerodynamic braking. Just in case you?ve forgotten, I?ll refresh your memory. Upon landing, deceleration is the name of the game. Your angle of attack is high, therefore so is the wing?s coefficient of lift as is its induced drag. Since you are now in ground effect, sufficient lift will be available to enable you to hold the nose up and the concomitant drag will produce significant deceleration. At about 65% of touchdown airspeed, the effectiveness of aerodynamic drag becomes insignificant so lift the flaps and bring the nose down to get maximum weight on the wheels. I know the safety people will give me 20 lashes with a wet noodle for that suggestion. They don?t like distractions, especially if you have retractable gear. They fear, rightly so, that you may inadvertently retract them. At this point, rolling friction, prop disc, parasitic, and profile drag will also provide deceleration. If the runway is flat, uphill, and/or long enough, you?ll stop without touching the brakes. I know I?m not being practical I simply want to be sure that all factors are understood. Of course, under different circumstances, you?ll use brakes judiciously and always with weight on wheels. You may lose rudder/aileron effectiveness before bringing down the nose so, with a cross wind, you?ll weathercock and if you use a brake, you?ll skid the tire and suffer all the consequences; therefore, get weight on wheels early. In some aircraft, it may not be possible to get full weight on wheels until it is at rest (zero wind on the nose). I?m in mind of the Piper Comanche?s big nose wheel. Now let?s be realistic. There are several factors affecting landings, especially when considering short fields. One of the prime factors is gross weight. An increase in gross weight means landing with greater airspeeds. A 10% increase in landing weight translates into about a 5% increase in landing airspeed resulting in a 10% increase in landing distance. Short fields will require early and aggressive but judicious braking. We?ve already treated the consequences of excessively heavy-footed action. Wind has a significant impact upon landing distance. A headwind amounting to 10% of landing speed will reduce landing distance about 20%. Conversely, a tailwind of the same magnitude will increase landing distance by about the same amount. Average runway slopes, while definitely a consideration, do not have a great effect upon landing distance. Regarding the previous paragraph, it?s obvious that with certain wind conditions, it may be advisable to land downhill. Finally, our old friend density altitude rears its disturbing head. Count on a landing distance increase of about 3.5% per 1,000 ft increase of altitude. CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 3098 NW Craftsman Dr. Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com From jkohler at mactechsys.com Tue Sep 16 20:25:47 2003 From: jkohler at mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Tue Sep 16 19:27:32 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Sept Cascade Flyer txt (revised pdf link) Message-ID: <3F2FBC90-E8B6-11D7-8F7C-000393021E58@mactechsys.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Cascade Flyer September 16, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the newsletter: http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/SepCOOPA2003.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE September Meeting Guest Speaker August Fly-Out Hangar Flying =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEPTEMBER MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, September 18th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop). GUEST SPEAKER Our guest speaker this month is none other than our very own Gary Miller. Gary will be discussing the topic of aviation on the internet. A lot of folks have never been to DUATs, much less weather.gov, faa.gov, etc. There are a raft of great aviation web sites out there. Gary will put together a short program of web sites that will include: general weather (weather.gov) aviation weather (aviationweather.gov, DUATs) weather cams: ODOT, etc. flight/fuel planning: (airnav.com) FAA resources: airmans DB, N number DB buying and selling (trader.com, ebay.com) News: avweb.com, landings.com Online groups: AOPA, CPA, Local resources: Bend city web site CO-OPA: co-opa.rellim.com After visiting and discussing these internet sites Gary will follow up with audience questions and suggestions. AUGUST FLY-OUT by Don Wilfong Plans were made to go to Smiley Creek, Idaho for an overnight camp-out..but some how it didn?t work into anyone?s schedule so that plan was scrapped. Will plan for some Idaho back country fly-ins next summer. There are some beautiful places to fly into that do not present much challenge to anyone so long as they pay attention to density altitude and plan take offs and landings for the cooler part of the day. Those of us that went to the McCall Mountain Family Fly-in got first hand experience on going into some of the fields.....you should plan for that next year. It was the weekend for the Madras Fly-In/Air Show so quite a few people from our group went to Madras....some flew and some drove. Some people stayed overnight and camped under the wing...we did a few years ago but were unable to this year. Madras is always fun so try and fit it into your plans next year. We flew up and the smoke from the fires near Sisters was quite thick between Redmond and Madras with the tops at around 5000 feet, we were not sure we would be able to go into Madras until we got there but the smoke had not blanketed Madras yet so we had good vision on that end. The breakfast was put on by the Madras Elks and was really good, some of us even made trips back for seconds. There were quite a few older planes on static display and they were great to walk around and admire (see additional pictures). The aerobatic demonstrations and fly-bys were real croud pleasers but I am sure all the smoke made it much harder for them to perform that close to the ground. I don?t know if the aerial fireworks flight was able to be performed that evening or not. Norma and I had to get back home so we were not able to stay for the evening dinner, dance and other events. We left late afternoon and the smoke was much thicker and higher than earlier in the day but we had no problem getting home. HANGAR FLYING by Joel Premselaar AH, touchdown! That landing was something to be proud of, smooth as the south end of a northbound toddler. The rest is a piece of cake. Sure, but don?t be left with icing on your face. Post touchdown and the control thereof are more complicated than you can imagine. Knowledge of the when and how to make proper use of the tools of the trade translates into leaving the runway as you found it, i.e., no new rubber streaks, tire shreds, scraps of metal, etc. Do you know all of the gozintos of the rollout and how to cope with them optimally? In this discussion I?m only addressing REAL airplanes; you know, the kind that have one propeller driven by one internal combustion engine. Upon touchdown, an assortment of threats in the form of wind, density altitude, runway surface type and condition, slope(s) and length, to name a few, lie in wait to do harm to the pilot (that?s YOU) and his/her plane. Some of the tools available to you include: prop disc braking (of course it was set at flat pitch anyway ?cause you might have a need to abort the landing); lift and induced drag since touchdown is close to 1.3 Vso (depending upon aircraft type and operation it is 1.1 to 1.3 for the Navy); braking friction with weight on wheels; etc. Let?s set the conditions for a special case study: runway length is no problem and you don?t have to clear the runway in deference to landing and take-off traffic. Since you don?t want wear out brakes, skid or blow out a tire, you?ll not lay on the binders too soon or so long and hard that they?ll overheat and lose their effectiveness. You will, however, want to decelerate immediately after touchdown so you make sure that the throttle is in idle position. Because you?re a private pilot or better, I?ll be kind and assume that you know all about aerodynamic braking. Just in case you?ve forgotten, I?ll refresh your memory. Upon landing, deceleration is the name of the game. Your angle of attack is high, therefore so is the wing?s coefficient of lift as is its induced drag. Since you are now in ground effect, sufficient lift will be available to enable you to hold the nose up and the concomitant drag will produce significant deceleration. At about 65% of touchdown airspeed, the effectiveness of aerodynamic drag becomes insignificant so lift the flaps and bring the nose down to get maximum weight on the wheels. I know the safety people will give me 20 lashes with a wet noodle for that suggestion. They don?t like distractions, especially if you have retractable gear. They fear, rightly so, that you may inadvertently retract them. At this point, rolling friction, prop disc, parasitic, and profile drag will also provide deceleration. If the runway is flat, uphill, and/or long enough, you?ll stop without touching the brakes. I know I?m not being practical I simply want to be sure that all factors are understood. Of course, under different circumstances, you?ll use brakes judiciously and always with weight on wheels. You may lose rudder/aileron effectiveness before bringing down the nose so, with a cross wind, you?ll weathercock and if you use a brake, you?ll skid the tire and suffer all the consequences; therefore, get weight on wheels early. In some aircraft, it may not be possible to get full weight on wheels until it is at rest (zero wind on the nose). I?m in mind of the Piper Comanche?s big nose wheel. Now let?s be realistic. There are several factors affecting landings, especially when considering short fields. One of the prime factors is gross weight. An increase in gross weight means landing with greater airspeeds. A 10% increase in landing weight translates into about a 5% increase in landing airspeed resulting in a 10% increase in landing distance. Short fields will require early and aggressive but judicious braking. We?ve already treated the consequences of excessively heavy-footed action. Wind has a significant impact upon landing distance. A headwind amounting to 10% of landing speed will reduce landing distance about 20%. Conversely, a tailwind of the same magnitude will increase landing distance by about the same amount. Average runway slopes, while definitely a consideration, do not have a great effect upon landing distance. Regarding the previous paragraph, it?s obvious that with certain wind conditions, it may be advisable to land downhill. Finally, our old friend density altitude rears its disturbing head. Count on a landing distance increase of about 3.5% per 1,000 ft increase of altitude. CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 3098 NW Craftsman Dr. Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Sep 19 12:03:17 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Sep 19 11:00:43 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]CO-OPA FLY-OUTS Message-ID: <000401c37ed8$4df45600$6ca9e4d8@bendcable.com> THIS WEEKEND.....OUR "NORMAL FLY-OUT WEEKEND" MEET AT THE FLIGHT SHOP 10:00 HRS. SAT MORNING TO GO TO THE HILLSBORO AIRSHOW.....(IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT LATE IN THE DAY IF I HAD PLANNED IT.) PAY STRICT ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING: TFR (3/9044). Hillsboro will be closed in a 5 nm radius up to 15k feet at these time: SEPTEMBER 20, 1400-1500 LCL TIME thru SEPTEMBER 20, 1530-1615 LCL " and SEPTEMBER 20, 1700-1745 LCL " thru SEPTEMBER 20, 1940-2020 LCL " So we need to get there before the TFR goes up at 2pm. Then probably leave after the aiport reopens at 4:15pm. BELOW IS A POSSIBILITY FOR A NON-NORMAL WEEKEND FLY-OUT... IT WAS FUN LAST YEAR.....WHAT DO YOU THINK?? NEXT WEEKEND: SEPT. 27 ASTORIA, OREGON. The Astoria Airport Air Fair and Coast Guard Open House takes place September 27 at Astoria Regional (AST). A daylong fly-in, air fair, and open house featuring aerial exhibitions, static displays and hangar tours, with demonstrations by the Coast Guard and civilian pilots. Contact Ron Larson, 503/791-7732, or visit the Web site ( http://www.tides-restaurant.com/Airfair ). IF THE WEATHER ISN'T GOOD TO GO TO THE COAST..THEN.. LET'S GO TO McCALL, IDAHO....GREAT FOOD AND MAYBE A TOUR OF THE SMOKE JUMPER'S FACILITY !!! WE ARE HAVING A WEDDING THIS WEEKEND "OUR SON" SO WE WILL NOT BE ON THE FLY-OUT TO HILLSBORO. DON & NORMA WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Sep 19 12:07:52 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Sep 19 11:05:20 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]CORRECTION !!!!! Message-ID: <000e01c37ed8$f1ad2d80$6ca9e4d8@bendcable.com> OOPS......THIS IS THE CORRECT INFO ON THE TFR AT HILLSBORO.....PLEASE DISREGARD THE INFO IN THE PRIOR E-MAIL !!!! DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com TFR (3/9044). Hillsboro will be closed in a 5 nm radius up to 15k feet at these time: SEPTEMBER 20, 1400-1500 LCL SEPTEMBER 20, 1530-1615 LCL SEPTEMBER 20, 1700-1745 LCL SEPTEMBER 20, 1940-2020 LCL So we need to get there before the TFR goes up at 2pm. The probably leave after the aiport reopens at 4:15pm. From dwnw at bendcable.com Thu Sep 25 23:45:31 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Thu Sep 25 22:39:12 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT Message-ID: <000901c383f1$65b31ce0$6ca9e4d8@bendcable.com> HEY EVERYBODY: THIS SAT. SEPT. 27 IS THE ANNUAL FLY-IN AT ASTORIA.. I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE BREAKFAST SERVED ON THE FIELD....BUT....I WILL CALL TOMORROW MORNING AND MAKE SURE.....I WILL THEN E-MAIL EVERYBODY WITH THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS GOING ON. THE WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST LIKE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING. I KNOW THEY HAVE STATIC DISPLAYS, FLY-BYS, AND THE COAST GUARD DOES A DEMO OF RESCUE OPERATIONS WITH THEIR HELICOPTERS. MORE INFO IN THE MORNING..... PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO......TIME OF DEPARTURE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE HOURS BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED AND/OR BY POPULAR DEMAND...MY DESIRE TO ALWAYS LEAVE AT DAWN HAS BEEN CALLED "THE DON PATROL" SO MAYBE WE "COULD" LEAVE A "LITTLE" LATER. DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Sep 26 09:45:00 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Sep 26 08:38:50 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT SAT. 9/27/03 Message-ID: <000701c38445$24fee400$6ca9e4d8@bendcable.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLYING DESTINATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST REGION THIS WEEKEND: ASTORIA, OREGON. The Astoria Airport Air Fair and Coast Guard Open House takes place September 27 at Astoria Regional (AST). A daylong fly-in, air fair, and open house featuring aerial exhibitions, static displays and hangar tours, with demonstrations by the Coast Guard and civilian pilots. Contact Ron Larson, 503/791-7732, or visit the Web site ( http://www.tides-restaurant.com/Airfair ). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GOOD MORNING FELLOW FLYERS !! THERE IS A PANCAKE BREAKFAST PROVIDED BY THE AIR SCOUTS FROM 08:30 TO 10:00 FOR THOSE WHO ARRIVE IN TIME... MIKE BROWNLIE WILL BE THERE AGAIN THIS YEAR AND IF WE CAN'T GET FED ON THE FIELD HE WILL SHUTTLE PEOPLE TO TOWN TO A CAFE LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN THE SCOUTS RAN OUT OF FOOD. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY START AT 10:00 HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE EVENTS: BLACK JACK SQUADRON AND RVs IN FORMATION DEMONSTRATIONS COLUMBIA RIVER BAR PILOTS HELICOPTER AIR TRANSPORT USCG HELICOPTER FLIGHTS HANGAR TOURS STATIC DISPLAYS R/C MODEL FLIGHT DEMOS & DISPLAYS FOOD & DRINK AT THE RUNWAY CAFE AND THE COAST GUARD SPOUSE'S CONCESSION STAND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET THERE IN TIME FOR BREAKFAST...MEET AT THE FLIGHT SHOP AT 08:00 SHARP FOR A DEPARTURE BY 08:15 AS IT TAKES OVER 1 HR TO GET THERE IN MOST OF OUR PLANES. IF BREAKFAST IS NOT A FACTOR...WE COULD LEAVE A LITTLE LATER..... PLEASE E-MAIL ME OR CALL WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AND PLANS. DON WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com 389-1456 From dwnw at bendcable.com Sat Oct 11 16:17:58 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Sat Oct 11 15:11:59 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]OCTOBER FLY-OUT Message-ID: <000d01c39045$87068340$6ca9e4d8@bendcable.com> OCTOBER FLY-OUT !!! Time has slipped by and Norma and I have been busy as can be working on rental properties etc. and have neglected to pick a spot for the upcoming fly-out this month. Our meeting/potluck will be next Thurs. Oct 16 at the Flight Shop and the Fly-out will be the following Sat. Oct. 18. Norma and I will be unavailable for the meeting but will try to go on the Fly-out. I contacted our President Nancy Lecklider and she has agreed that if I would e-mail all of you and ask that you contact her with your suggestions for a Fly-out "She would pick a spot this month". Please call her ASAP at 330-1853 or e-mail her with your suggestions at leckone@bendcable.com. Thanks....Don Wilfong From dwnw at bendcable.com Tue Oct 21 08:06:36 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Tue Oct 21 07:00:07 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fw: Backcountry airstrips in danger of closure Message-ID: <000801c397dc$8a6e7580$fdaae4d8@bendcable.com> The Forest Service that manages the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness in Northern Idaho, where the majority of the backcountry airstrips are located, is currently considering closing some of them. The FEIS is out for public review and all responses must be received before October 27. Only under Alternative E does the management plan keep all of the current public strips open. There are four strip (Dewey Moore, Mile-Hi, Simonds, and Vines) that will be closed if any other alternative is chosen. Should any of us want to include an opinion about this it should be addressed to: Ken Wotring FC-RONR Wilderness Coordinator 50 Hyw 93 South Salmon, ID 83467 phone (206) 756-5131 IF YOU FEEL AS STRONGLY AS I DO ABOUT CLOSING AIRPORTS PLEASE LET YOUR FEELINGS BE KNOWN. THANKS, DON WILFONG....dwnw@bendcable.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Tue Oct 21 10:24:22 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Tue Oct 21 09:17:55 2003 Subject: Fw: [Co-opa]CORRECTION Message-ID: <000401c397ef$c98dd7c0$fdaae4d8@bendcable.com> NOTE: THE AREA CODE FOR MR. WOTRING IS (208) INSTEAD OF 206 AS WAS INDICATED.... > The Forest Service that manages the Frank Church - River of No Return > Wilderness in Northern Idaho, where the majority of the backcountry > airstrips are located, is currently considering closing some of them. The > FEIS is out for public review and all responses must be received before > October 27. Only under Alternative E does the management plan keep all of > the current public strips open. There are four strip (Dewey Moore, > Mile-Hi, Simonds, and Vines) that will be closed if any other alternative > is chosen. Should any of us want to include an opinion about this it > should be addressed to: > > Ken Wotring > FC-RONR Wilderness Coordinator > 50 Hyw 93 South > Salmon, ID 83467 > phone (206) 756-5131 CORRECTION IN AREA CODE (208) IS CORRECT. > > > IF YOU FEEL AS STRONGLY AS I DO ABOUT CLOSING AIRPORTS > PLEASE LET YOUR FEELINGS BE KNOWN. > > THANKS, > > DON WILFONG....dwnw@bendcable.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Co-opa mailing list > Co-opa@rellim.com > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From leckone at bendcable.com Fri Nov 14 15:32:37 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Fri Nov 14 15:53:16 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Meeting Message-ID: <003001c3ab07$96b9b6e0$827cdc42@leckone> Dear C.O.- O.P.A. Members, If you missed the last meeting, you missed a good one. We had some very lively discussion on a variety of subjects and a great presentation by Gary Miller which enlightened many of us on what is available on line to help us with flight planning and other aspects of our aviation activities. Dale Evans talked about some of the things going on with the City and the Airport Advisory Committee. The nominating committee gave the results of their search for candidates for office, which was not very encouraging. They have proposed, Gary Miller for President and me for Vice President. Personally, I think Gary is a great selection for President but If there is someone who would like to be Vice President I would be delighted to vote for them. We also, need a candidate or two for Secretary/Treasurer So be prepared to make some nominations from the floor so we have a viable slate of candidates to consider for next year's officers. Now, and I mean right now, I want each one of you to mark your calendars for the rest of this year and for 2004 so that you remember our meetings. Our meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each and every month, at 6:00 p.m., unless something earthshattering occurs. I would like to think that we are all responsible adults, (After all, we were capable of learning to fly a complex machine.) and don't need reminding every time but the biggest excuse I heard for not being at the last meeting was that, "nobody told me" or "there was no newsletter". On the agenda for next Thursday meeting will be a couple of things we need to decide. One being what would you like to do for Christmas? There are several choices, such as, continuing to support the young girl we helped last year, choosing a new recipient of our help, donating to an established charity or not doing anything. Think about it so we can discuss it and make a decision next Thursday. The other agenda item that needs to be discussed and decided it the nomination of officers. Please, as I said before, give this some serious thought and be prepared to make some nominations and to vote. One last thing to nag about. It is getting close to the end of the year and I would like to remind all of our chapter members that our local dues of, $10.00, is due, January 1st. Let's pay up so that it doesn't drag on and on. Also, we have several people on our roster who have not paid their state dues. I know it can be confusing because the two dues are paid separately and at different times but please, lets keep these dues current. It kind of gives us some status in the state organization to have one of the larger more active chapters and we don't get credit for your participation if your dues are not paid. See you next Thursday, 6:00 p.m., Flight Shop, potluck. Nancy Lecklider. Pres. Nancy Lecklider -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I would appreciate your thoughts on this...so... please e-mail me. Don Wilfong (dwnw@bendcable.com) From catacres at teleport.com Fri Nov 14 17:46:17 2003 From: catacres at teleport.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Fri Nov 14 17:55:49 2003 Subject: (-:Re: [Co-opa]NOVEMBER CO-OPA FLY-OUT !!! References: <000501c3ab0d$3491c9c0$fdaae4d8@bendcable.com> Message-ID: <002701c3ab1a$6a7bbf20$10013a41@default> Hi Don, As with many weekends, I guiding a Seminar this weekend but I want to commend you for all you do to raise energy in our Local Organization (my 'days off' are usually Tues.->Thurs) (-: Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Don & Norma To: CO-OPA Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: [Co-opa]NOVEMBER CO-OPA FLY-OUT !!! > NOVEMBER FLY-OUT !!! One of our memorable Fly-outs was the last time we > went to John Day. Everyone seemed to have a great time. > > They have a couple of courtesy cars and we all went down to the > "Grubstake" where everyone ate their fill. The food, service and > conversation was good. > > I think it is time to go to John Day again...so.... > let's all meet at the Flight Shop at 09:00 for a 09:15 departure on (Sat. > Nov. 22).....if the Sat. weather does not agree and Sun. looks okay then > let's change to Sun. > > If the weather is just plain bad.....would you like to go to a local > eatery for breakfast and some hangar flying????? > > I would appreciate your thoughts on this...so... please e-mail me. > > Don Wilfong > (dwnw@bendcable.com) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Co-opa mailing list > Co-opa@rellim.com > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From jkohler at mactechsys.com Fri Nov 14 22:52:57 2003 From: jkohler at mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Fri Nov 14 22:52:58 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]OctNov Cascade Flyer txt Message-ID: <582D3744-1738-11D8-BBF9-000393021E58@mactechsys.com> NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the newsletter: http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/octnovCOOPA2003.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS COMBINED ISSUE November Meeting October Fly-Out Hillsboro Fly-Out September Fly-Out Dear Members November Fly-Out =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NOVEMBER MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, November 20th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop). OCTOBER FLY-OUT !!! by Don Wilfong Time has slipped by and Norma and I have been busy as can be working on rental properties etc. and have neglected to pick a spot for the upcoming fly-out this month. Our meeting/potluck will be next Thursday. October 16 at the Flight Shop and the Fly-out will be the following Sat. Oct. 18. Norma and I will be unavailable for the meeting but will try to go on the Fly-out. I contacted our President Nancy Lecklider and she has agreed that if I would e-mail all of you and ask that you contact her with your suggestions for a Fly-out ?She would pick a spot this month?. Please call her ASAP at 330-1853 or e-mail her with your suggestions at leckone@bendcable.com. HILLSBORO FLY-OUT by Ed Endsley I don?t know if you heard about our mass exit at Hillsboro... This is funny. When we saw Tom Ellesberg on the tarmac after his performance we were headed to the gate to cross the field to our planes as planned earlier. McMinnville Radio had confirmed that morning that the TFR would open at 4:15 and when we landed, ground confirmed the same thing. But when we got to the gate, no dice. Stone wall. Actually chain link and barbed wire and locked gate. One of the pilots had a cell phone and called the tower and talked a long time. He wasn?t one of our group so I stepped over and told him to mention Tom Ellesbergs name... So he just handed the phone to me. I explained the situation as we knew it: he expressed dismay about McMinnville and denied that ground control would have told us that so I asked to speak to the tower supervisor. He said he WAS the supervisor... My response was to say ?May I speak to the air boss or the FAA representative?? He replied, please hold......... He came back to ask if he could call us back in twenty minutes? I asked him to please hold and handed the phone to Mike Bond. Mike talked to him in his inimitable British business accent and must have convinced him of our veracity because he did call us back. But he said it would be at least 30 minutes before they would allow us to depart and we all MUST be off the ground in 20 minutes... It was really a lovely series of conversations... Finally someone arrived to open the gate and take us to the planes where we feverishly prepped and propped only to wait, engines running, while they released the YAK act! Here we are sitting in the safety zone holding short of the runway watching this YAK do repeated knife edge turns right at us filling the windscreen. YOW, duck. I?ll bet the FAA will have something to say to the air boss... Then it was ?into position & hold; cleared for immediate takeoff? over and over as close as I have ever experienced. About seven planes in all. PDX approach was a little nonplussed with this spate of traffic popping up all at once. Interesting to hear them get confused. It was a wonderful flight back, over an hour late, after sunset but before dark. Thanks and congratulations to Michael and Ann Bond and Gary Miller for leading such a grand adventure. Beautiful flight. Remember to ask them about the VIP lounge!!! Wow! SEPTEMBER FLY-OUT by Don Wilfong On our regular fly-out Sat. (Sept. 20) the Wilfongs were involved in the wedding of one of our Sons so we did not go on the Fly-out to the Hillsboro Air Show. I understand that some of our group went and had a great time. Gary Miller and Mike and Ann Bond went and thanks to Becky at the Flight Shop they had V.I.P. Tickets and V.I.P. Treatment while there. There were probably others that went and enjoyed that I am not aware of. On Sat. (Sept. 27) some of us flew to Astoria for their Annual Pancake Breakfast, Air show, Static Display of Civil and Coast Guard planes and helicopters, tours of the Coast Guard aircraft and facilities, a Bazar for the ladies, hotdogs, hamburgers, assorted beverages, display booths and other things to see and enjoy. The Blackjack Squadron, of RV planes, put on some very impressive precision fly-bys, there were other fly-bys which included the drop of a Subaru car from several hundred feet by a Coast Guard helicopter, a number of older and newer aircraft including the new 4 place RV-10, bi-planes, a Beach 18, demos by gyro-copters and some flying and static displays by RC planes to name a few. The only people from our group, that I saw, was Jerry Rozelle in his yellow and white Cessna 195, Mike Brownlie in his Turbo 206 (Mike spent most of the day flying Young Eagle flights) and Norma and I with our guests Don & Boots Bolduc in our 182. I thought we had three of the prettiest planes there. It was a beautiful flight both ways with hardly a bump anywhere. We had a fun day and the weather was fantastic. There was a fog bank hanging off the coast as we were leaving to come home but mother nature held it at bay for the entire day. The coast South appeared to have been covered by fog all day long. This fly-out was not on our normal weekend (usually the Sat. following our potluck/meeting on the 3rd Thur. of each month). Several of our members wanted to go along but other commitments kept them from being able to. I believe that as winter and it?s unpredictable weather approaches we may find that impromptu fly-outs, to take advantage of good flying weather, may be in order.....let me hear from you with any suggestions you might have for fun places and dates for fly-outs. DEAR CO-OPA MEMBERS by Nancy Lecklider If you missed the last meeting, you missed a good one. We had some very lively discussion on a variety of subjects and a great presentation by Gary Miller which enlightened many of us on what is available on line to help us with flight planning and other aspects of our aviation activities. Dale Evans talked about some of the things going on with the City and the Airport Advisory Committee. The nominating committee gave the results of their search for candidates for office, which was not very encouraging. They have proposed, Gary Miller for President and me for Vice President. Personally, I think Gary is a great selection for President but If there is someone who would like to be Vice President I would be delighted to vote for them. We also, need a candidate or two for Secretary/Treasurer so be prepared to make some nominations from the floor so we have a viable slate of candidates to consider for next year?s officers. Now, and I mean right now, I want each one of you to mark your calendars for the rest of this year and for 2004 so that you remember our meetings. Our meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each and every month, at 6:00 p.m., unless something earthshattering occurs. I would like to think that we are all responsible adults, (After all, we were capable of learning to fly a complex machine.) and don?t need reminding every time but the biggest excuse I heard for not being at the last meeting was that, ?nobody told me? or ?there was no newsletter?. On the agenda for next Thursday meeting will be a couple of things we need to decide. One being what would you like to do for Christmas? There are several choices, such as, continuing to support the young girl we helped last year, choosing a new recipient of our help, donating to an established charity or not doing anything. Think about it so we can discuss it and make a decision next Thursday. The other agenda item that needs to be discussed and decided it the nomination of officers. Please, as I said before, give this some serious thought and be prepared to make some nominations and to vote. One last thing to nag about. It is getting close to the end of the year and I would like to remind all of our chapter members that our local dues of, $10.00, is due, January 1st. Let?s pay up so that it doesn?t drag on and on. Also, we have several people on our roster who have not paid their state dues. I know it can be confusing because the two dues are paid separately and at different times but please, lets keep these dues current. It kind of gives us some status in the state organization to have one of the larger more active chapters and we don?t get credit for your participation if your dues are not paid. Here is a quick link to the CO-OPA Membership Application form, http://co-opa.rellim.com/co-opamembappl.pdf please take a moment to download, fill it out and bring it to the next meeting. See you next Thursday, 6:00 p.m., Flight Shop, potluck. NOVEMBER FLY-OUT !!! by Don Wilfong One of our memorable Fly-outs was the last time we went to John Day. Everyone seemed to have a great time. They have a couple of courtesy cars and we all went down to the ?Grubstake? where everyone ate their fill. The food, service and conversation was good. I think it is time to go to John Day again... so... let?s all meet at the Flight Shop at 09:00am for a 09:15am departure on (Saturday. November 22nd.). If the Saturday weather does not agree and Sunday looks okay then let?s change to Sunday. If the weather is just plain bad... would you like to go to a local eatery for breakfast and some hangar flying????? I would appreciate your thoughts on this... so... please e-mail, Don Wilfong dwnw@bendcable.com CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 3098 NW Craftsman Dr. Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PROBABLY OTHERS IN OUR GROUP, WOULD APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO JOIN IN AND ALSO CONTRUBUTE TO THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE. I WAS ASKED TO SEND AN E-MAIL TO ALL OF YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TO ASK THAT, IF YOU WISH TO HELP, YOU MAY DO SO BY SENDING YOUR DONATION TO "CO-OPA, c/o GARY MILLER, 109 N.W. WILMINGTON AVE., BEND, OR 97701". PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO CO-OPA AND MARK ON YOUR CHECK THAT IT IS FOR "CHRISTMAS CHARITY FUND". IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, SHOULD YOU WISH TO DO SO, YOU DO THIS RIGHT AWAY SO THERE IS TIME TO DECIDE WHAT WE CAN DO, ALLOW FOR SHOPPING, GETTING GIFTS WRAPPED AND DELIVERING THEM. ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE GROUP "THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS," DON & NORMA WILFONG dwnw@bendcable.com From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Nov 21 20:43:49 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Nov 21 20:44:17 2003 Subject: [Co-opa] Message-ID: <000501c3b0b3$38d62a20$fdaae4d8@bendcable.com> Tonight. Partly cloudy. Scattered snow showers then isolated snow showers after midnight. Lows 12 to 17. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Saturday. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Light and variable wind. Saturday night. Partly cloudy. Lows 12 to 17. Light and variable wind. Sunday. Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to upper 30s. Southeast wind around 10 mph. THIS IS THE FORCAST.... I WILL CHECK WEATHER IN THE MORNING AND SEE IF WE CAN GO TO JOHN DAY OR NOT.....WILL E-MAIL EVERYONE IN THE MORNING......DON From dwnw at bendcable.com Fri Nov 21 21:35:01 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Nov 21 21:35:26 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]FLY-OUT Message-ID: <000501c3b0ba$60137780$fdaae4d8@bendcable.com> FROSTY FLYERS: AT 21:15 HRS I CALLED MCMINNVILLE FOR WEATHER AND THEY SAID TO EXPECT IT TO BE QUITE COLD BUT FLYING TO JOHN DAY AND BACK SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM... AS STATED BEFORE I WILL CHECK IN THE MORNING AGAIN AND E-MAIL THE RESULTS. TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE FLY-OUT, PLEASE EXCUSE THE MULTIPLE E-MAILS.....WITH WINTER WEATHER UPON US IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO MAKE FLYING PLANS WORK OUT. THANKS.....DON WILFONG From dwnw at bendcable.com Sat Nov 22 07:13:19 2003 From: dwnw at bendcable.com (Don & Norma) Date: Sat Nov 22 07:13:49 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]GOOD MORNING Message-ID: <000901c3b10b$29b6ac60$fdaae4d8@bendcable.com> GOOD MORNING THIS FINE CHILLY DAY!!! TIME TO WAKE UP AND GET READY TO FLY TO JOHN DAY FOR BREAKFAST OR BRUNCH OR LUNCH WHATEVER SUITS YOUR FANCY....WEATHER LOOKS GOOD FOR THE TRIP..... PLANS ARE TO MEET AT THE FLIGHT SHOP AT 09:00 HRS....WITH DEPARTURE TO JOHN DAY TO FOLLOW AS SOON AS EVERYONE CAN GET THEIR BIRDS SWEPT OFF AND READY TO GO !!!! DON WILFONG (THE DON PATROL) dwnw@bendcable.com P.S.: AT 07:10 I CALLED MCMINNVILLE WEATHER AND THEY INDICATED NO EXPECTED PROBLEMS FOR OUR TRIP.... Today. Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 30 to 35. Light and variable wind. Tonight. Partly cloudy. Lows 12 to 17. Light and variable wind. Sunday. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to near 40. South wind around 10 mph. Sunday night. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow then a chance of snow after midnight. Lows near 20 to the mid 20s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent increasing to 40 percent after midnight. Monday. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s to near 40. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Monday night. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to near 30. Tuesday. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs in the mid 30s to near 40. Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to near 30. Wednesday. Mostly cloudy. Breezy. A chance of rain and snow. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Thanksgiving day. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s to near 40. Thursday night. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow. Lows in the lower to upper 20s. Friday. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. && temperature / precipitation redmond 35 15 40 / 0 0 0 bend 32 16 37 / 0 0 0 Redmond (awos) Last Update on Nov 22, 5:56 am PST Fair 13?F (-11?C) Humidity: 92 % Wind Speed: Calm Barometer: 30.19" (1026.0 mb) Dewpoint: 11?F (-12?C) Visibility: 10.00 mi. More Local Wx: 2 Day History From Gindevans at aol.com Thu Dec 4 18:20:56 2003 From: Gindevans at aol.com (Gindevans@aol.com) Date: Thu Dec 4 15:21:14 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Fwd: Bad news from Idaho Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Montana Pilots' Assoc." 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Subject: Update on Idaho Big Creek airstrips Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 08:43:56 -0700 Size: 16727 Url: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20031209/ea6e0ef5/attachment.mht From leckone at bendcable.com Wed Dec 17 16:42:44 2003 From: leckone at bendcable.com (Leckliders) Date: Wed Dec 17 16:42:18 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]Meeting/Christmas Party Message-ID: <002201c3c4ff$d9d33cf0$827cdc42@leckone> Dear CO/OPA Members and Friends, I hope all of you marked your calendars for our meeting and Christmas Party on Thursday, the 18th. I wasn't here to remind you since we were on a trip to Cabo enjoying the sun. We are going to have a lot of fun so be sure to come. Bring a gift to exchange, hopefully something out of your flight bag that you don't need anymore. The Chapter is providing the main course so all you have to bring for dinner is something to go with baked ham like a salad, vegetable or dessert. On the agenda will be the welcoming of our new officers and we will also, be glad to accept any contributions for our charitable project. See you there, 6:00 p.m., at the Flight Shop, Nancy Lecklider, your soon to be past president. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://catbert.rellim.com/pipermail/co-opa/attachments/20031217/193d042d/attachment.html From jkohler at mactechsys.com Wed Dec 17 22:08:26 2003 From: jkohler at mactechsys.com (Jack Kohler) Date: Wed Dec 17 22:08:52 2003 Subject: [Co-opa]December Cascade Flyer txt Message-ID: <97B9159A-3120-11D8-B3D6-000393021E58@mactechsys.com> NOTICE This e-mail is a text only version of the CO-OPA newsletter. If you would like to view the Cascade Flyer with graphics, using your Adobe Acrobat Reader, use this link to download the current newsletter (note: the pdf version is usually posted within a day after the txt version has been received): http://co-opa.rellim.com/newsletters/ You may also download the CO-OPA Membership Application Form: http://co-opa.rellim.com/co-opamembappl.pdf If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE December Meeting C.O Student Attends ERAU November Fly-Out Dear Members December Fly-Out =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DECEMBER MEETING This months meeting will be on Thursday, December 18th, 6:00pm at the Bend Airport (S07) in the Flight Services building (The Flight Shop) After our pot luck dinner we will have the 4th Annual Gift Exchange ?Chinese Auction Style?. This is not intended to be a stressful event. The last three years were a lot of fun and this year should be even better. Anyone that brings a wrapped gift will get a gift. Both husband and wife should bring gifts. Since the partner may be non-flying then gifts only slightly aviation related are encouraged as well. It should be something that you already have but don?t need anymore. Therefore, it doesn?t have to be in perfect condition, just something which may have some value to someone else. Wrap the present to your own personal style (brown bag, plastic bag, garbage bag, fancy paper). Everyone (men, women, children, young, and old) should bring a present to receive one. You don?t know what treasure you may receive unless you come and join in the fun.. C.O. STUDENT ATTENDS ERAU by Mark Holden It was a short six weeks after high school had ended that I stepped into my new dorm at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). After spending a few days settling in and meeting all of my suite mates, it was time to attend the first day of classes. ?Can anyone explain to me what kind of weather might be associated beneath an upper level low pressure system?? asked my Weather 201 teacher. As I sat through my first class at ERAU, I kept thinking to myself, ?Am I really here? Has my career as a professional pilot really begun?? Almost three years later, I can truly say that my desire to become a professional aviator has only grown with each passing semester. For those of you whom I have not yet met, my name is Mark Holden and I was born in raised in beautiful Central Oregon. I graduated from Redmond High School in 2001 and shortly after, I began attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. in Prescott, AZ. I am currently part way through my third year at ERAU and near senior status. There are many misconceptions about what ERAU is as a university so first let me try and clear up some of these. Embry-Riddle is a four-year private university with nearly every degree concentrated on aviation. There are three colleges: College of Arts and Science, College of Aviation, and the College of Engineering. The most popular Bachelor of Science at the university is Aeronautical Science (AS). The AS degree focuses on courses that pertain to a professional aviator after completing the core requirements (math, physics, english, etc). To give everyone a small flavor of the kinds of courses an AS student takes, I will list a few classes below each with a brief description: AS 213 - This course is a basic introduction and overview of Crew Resource Management (CRM) AS 309 - Aerodynamics is discussed and studied in plentiful detail ranging from parasite drag to problems that arise when exceeding critical mach. AS 311 - Turbines is the main topic of this class. The class begins with a quick history on jet engines and goes into detail on how every section of a jet engine works and beyond. This class is one of my personal favorites! AS 425 - This course is one of the final classes in the AS degree sequence in which students learn all about autopilots and flight management systems. I will be taking this class in the coming fall semester. In addition to on-campus academic courses, an AS student also has to complete the flight courses taught at ERAU?s flight-line at Prescott Love field located only 2 miles from the campus. The sequence of these courses can be a little confusing to explain so bear with me and I will be more than happy to answer any questions that may arise. For the most part though, the degree calls for a normal progression from private pilot to multi-engine, then a instrument rating add-on followed by a commercial pilot certificate. Some students, such as myself, go on to take the CFI/II class and a few more upper level flight courses. These courses are normally taken only by students who have declared area of concentration (Professional Pilot). ERAU is recognized as an industry leader in aviation education. And even with the current, recovering state of the industry, I know that great things will become of my career. Beginning in Fall 2004, I will become a part-time Instructor Pilot (IP) at ERAU and from there, only time will tell what my career path with be. However, the idea of flying for Horizon Air has always been an attractive option. But again, I continue to remain flexible as numerous people have told me I should be. That is a basic overview of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and what some of my experiences have been. Please understand there are many important aspects of the university, such as our career services, simulator lab, etc. that I did not mention for brevity?s sake. If anyone still feels confused about ERAU?s programs, do not worry, we are now on the same level. Ok, I am only joking but again, I would be more than happy to answer any questions in e-mail or at further OPA meetings that I will be attending. Fly safe out there! NOVEMBER FLY-OUT by Don Wilfong The best laid plans of mice and men sometimes do not work out the way planned. Careful plans were made to go to John Day and we were looking forward to going back to the Grubstake Caf? where we had a great time some months ago. The weather was checked several times and e-mails were sent to keep everyone up to date and assure them we really were going to go.........well.......almost as an after thought I called the F.B.O. to verify that the two courtesy cars would be available (after all who would be using them on such chilly Saturday morning??). Guess what....they were both gone for the day. A few quick calls checking weather etc. and the destination was changed to Klamath Falls. Steve Wright in his 180 h.p. Skylark and Don and Norma Wilfong in their Skylane flew from Pilot Butte Airport out to Bend where our group had started gathering. The light powdery snow covering Gary Miller?s T-210 swept off easily, so when Gary got there his plane was free of snow and about ready to go. Bob and Nancy Lecklider?s plane was in the shop so they had been invited to fly with the Wilfongs, Ed Endsley rode with Gary Miller, Steve Wright flew by himself, Mike and Ann Bond flew their Cardinal RG and Ken and Mary-Louise Sandine flew their Bonanza. Count them, that is five planes and eleven people. Not bad for a winter fly-out. The trip down was great with about a 30 knot tail wind which gave us all some fantastic ground speeds. As usual the airwaves were kept busy by the ongoing position reports, the ?where are you? and the ?I see you now? chatter. As we got closer to Klamath Falls two F-15s crossed our paths and headed out over the lake to enter finals to runway 14.....so the tower decided to send all of us to runway 25....boy he insisted we have at least 3000 feet of separation between us as we were landing. We thought we had adequate separation, but he made both Ken and Steve do go arounds. Ken says he now has the record for go arounds on our fly-outs as he had to do one on the last trip to John Day. We did all get on the ground okay and headed for the Satellite Caf? in the terminal building where we had good food, good service and our friendly discussions solved most of the world?s problems. We enjoyed some F-15 activity while we were there. Nancy called her Sister and she came out to visit and eat with us. It is hard to imagine two such nice girls from the same family. On the return trip we all stayed a little lower to avoid the stronger head winds. Gary, being the free spirited soul he is, flew up the West side of the lake while everyone else flew up the East side. The Wilfongs with the Leckliders as passengers explored some on the way back looking at what appeared to maybe have been a landing strip some time ago. Bob said no and a friendly debate continued most of the way home. We landed at the Pilot Butte Airport so Bob and Nancy could experience our airport and see where we live. All in all it was a great Fly-out and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. We wish you could have been there too... well... maybe next time. DEAR CO-OPA MEMBERS by Nancy Lecklider Dear CO/OPA Members and Friends, I hope all of you marked your calendars for our meeting and Christmas Party on Thursday, the 18th. I wasn?t here to remind you since we were on a trip to Cabo enjoying the sun. We are going to have a lot of fun so be sure to come.? Bring a gift to exchange, hopefully something out of your flight bag that you don?t need anymore. The Chapter is providing the main course so all you have to bring for dinner is something to go with baked ham like a salad, vegetable or dessert. On the agenda will be the welcoming of our new officers and we will also, be glad to accept any contributions for our charitable project. See you there, 6:00 p.m., at the Flight Shop, Nancy Lecklider, your soon to be past president. DECEMBER FLY-OUT by Don Wilfong We didn?t get to go to John Day in November so let?s plan to go there this month. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the last trip to John Day and the good food and service at the Grub Stake Caf?. Weather is always a consideration this time of year so the alternate will be either Sunriver for the Trout House or Chiloquin where you just walk across the highway to Melita?s. If everything else fails we can go to a local eaterie if everyone wants to. I know it is close to Christmas which may keep some people from enjoying a fly-out but I think there are a number of people who will want to go. The Plan: Saturday December 20, at 09:00 meet at the Flight Shop for a planned departure by 09:30. Remember...?tis the season to be jolly!! Happy Holidays !! CHAPTER OFFICERS 2003 President: Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend OR 97701 541 330-1853 nancybob@teleport.com Vice President: Dean Cameron 20015 Chaney Rd. Bend OR 97701 541 389-8285 dcameron@empnet.com Secretary/Treasurer: Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave. Bend OR 97701 541 383-2435 gem@rellim.com Flyout Chair: Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendnet.com Program Chair: Clay Trenz 3098 NW Craftsman Dr. Bend OR 97701 541 317-2899 claytrenz@aol.com Editor: Jack Kohler 63070 Deschutes Mkt. Rd Bend OR 97701 541 389-1493 jkohler@mactechsys.com Visit our web site at: http://co-opa.rellim.com for more info and link to the state OPA website. For members only lists: User name: S07 Password: 123.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For information or questions regarding this news letter contact: Jack Kohler via e-mail: jkohler@mactechsys.com