From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Jan 5 18:35:29 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Jan 9 20:33:25 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - short update Message-ID: Hello everyone, Not a full update this time, but a few timely notes I thought I'd pass on to you. 1. DEVELOPER SELECTED: More to come on this first item as we flesh out details, but I wanted to let you know that last night, the Bend City Council authorized the selection of Professional Air Partners as the chosen developer to design and develop two parcels on the east side of the Bend Airport. These parcels represent a total of up to forty-two acres of land and include space for large, medium, and small hangars, a Jet Center, ramp space, and business facilities. The City Council also authorized City staff to conduct negotiations for a contract with the developer, whereafter we anticipate moving quickly toward development of the parcels. There was an article covering the topic in The Bulletin today - here's the link to it, if you haven't perchance seen it already. http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/601050359/1011&nav_category= 2. Bend Airport in the news - Epic Aircraft was in The Bulletin yesterday with a very good article about a very good company doing very good things for the local economy. Here's the link to that article: http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060103/BIZ0102/601030342/1011&nav_category = Also, the current (December 21, 2005) issue of the Cascade Business News, which is free and available in The Flight Shop lobby, has a great article about Professional Air Services and their plans for the future. Pick up a copy and check it out. 3. South Tiedown Ramp - The new ramp is almost ready for occupation! The tiedown points have been cut and installed, and we just need the actual tiedowns to finish the job. We will be using ropes for this new area instead of chains and we hope to be installing those by next week. As soon as they are installed, we will make a general call to all tiedown tenants on the North Tiedown Ramp to move to the new South Ramp. Stay tuned... 4. Self-Serve Fuel - After many requests, I have it on good authority that the Bend Airport may have self-serve fuel service by the end of next week (Friday the 13th?). Check with The Flight Shop before heading over to give it a try. 5. Building signs - We have the first 15 building signs ready to install and we have hired a contractor to start installing them next week. If your sign's in the bunch, I will contact you early next week and let you know we're coming. The rest of the signs should be ready soon. That's all for now. Happy New Year, everyone. Much to come at the Bend Airport in 2006... Greg Phillips Manager, Bend Municipal Airport (541) 389-0258 From mvbond at myexcel.com Tue Jan 17 20:32:31 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Tue Jan 17 20:32:46 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA Jan 2006 newsletter Message-ID: <43CDC4DF.8050604@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without Xmas party photos, etc.! Mike Bond ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CASCADE FLYER January 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 1 Website: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ President's Message: It was great to see so many folks at our annual year end party. We had good food, a lot of good fun, bade goodbye to old friends, and did some good as well. The chapter provided the Ham main dish and the members came up with a cornucopia of wonderful trimmings. It was a feast beyond our usual high standards. After dinner we had the sad job of bidding farewell to Dale & Ginny Evans. They are going west, but only as far west as Eugene. Dale has been a tireless advocate for the Bend Airport and the Oregon Pilots Association. Ginny has allowed Dale to gallivant around and also been a good friend to all of us. We thanked Dale for his numerous contributions and sent them on his way with a scrapbook of CO-OPA memories. With luck both of them will be back to visit us often. Norma Wilfong also gave us an update on our Holiday Charity. Once again we have helped someone less fortunate have a Merry Christmas. Thanks to Norma and all the contributors for making this happen. This month we have a bit of business to take care of. We have been having so much fun we are a bit late in having our annual election (sentencing?) of Officers. So this month we need to select the annual nominations committee to see if they can find enough unwary folk to fill our elected positions: President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer. If you have a bit of spare energy and wish to help our Chapter keep running smoothly then please consider if you can step up and fill a position. Another tradition we have let slide is in presenting our own Chapter's Awards. So this month's meeting we will rectify that. Some of the awards to be handed out include: the "Wrong Way Corrigan" award for the longest pleasure trip of the year; the "Snoopy and the Red Baron" award for the most interesting flying experience of the year; and the "Barnstormer" for the pilot to fly the most non-commercial passengers. So let's have everyone spend a bit of time ruminating in the old log book for your best 2005 flying experiences to share with the group and maybe win an award for your trouble. Calendar: 19 January - Monthly Meeting 21 January - Monthly Flyout 16 February - Monthly Meeting 18 February - Monthly Flyout 16 March - Monthly Meeting 18 March - Monthly Flyout 20 April - Monthly Meeting 22 April - Monthly Flyout 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout 2-3 June - FAA Fly Safe Clinic 9-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 17 June - Bend Airport open house Web doings: The Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic now has a web site. You can find it on our website on the links page. Not much there yet but expect a lot more soon: http://coflysafe.org/ As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: CO-OPA is not alone in representing pilots in the Central Oregon area. The Naval Aviation Foundation High Desert Squadron is another one of many. Our own Joel Premselaar is also a member of the NAF and passes along this note on their next meeting this 25 Jan, 11:30am at the Elks Club. Their speaker will be William F. (Bill) Shea, most recently of the California Transportation Foundation Board. Bill will explain why the U.S. now needs federal oversight of the aviation industry. The U.S. is losing its world aviation position due to fractioned policies and a lack of vision. Contact Joel at prems@bendbroadband.com if you would like to attend. Random Thoughts: The end of the year is certainly the best of times and the worst of times to be a pilot. It is the worst of times because of the weather. Most of us had a bit of free time to go out flying after the Christmas rush. Mother nature had other plans for us. Every time it seemed like there was a break in the weather there was another front barreling at us. The only good stretch of weather that we managed to get deprived us of a White Christmas. I don't know about your house, but if I had tried to go flying instead of opening presents I might not have had a home to come back to. It was the best of times because it was also good to have time to think about what a great flying year 2005 was and what a great flying year 2006 will be. Time to slow down a bit, at least after the presents have been opened, and to talk with fellow pilots and share our common love for flight. Even read a few of those long ignored aviation magazines. The bad weather also allows me to get on an airliner guilt free and leave the flying to someone else for a change. I can gaze out that tiny passenger window of the 737 and not worry about keeping all the needles centered and can instead enjoy the peacefulness of the world gliding by below. But enough of this end of year thing, I am ready for some good flying weather again! Let 2006 show us how good the weather can be again, and do it quickly! Gary Miller Greg Phillips, Airport Manager, presenting Dale Evans with a current, framed photo of Bend Muni CO-OPA Christmas, 2005 The CO-OPA Christmas party-meeting is all about food, flying, and fine frivolous fun with friends. The food was fantastic (President Gary brought the ham, what an appropriate way to ham it up) and the gifts ran the gamut of good to Gawdawful with a touch of goodness gracious, like what the bleep is it? I'm sure we'll see some of the more memorable items recycled next year. I know Mr. Wilfong will see his old radio appear in a reincarnated form suitable for hanging by its transistors. And, let's look into headset friendly party hats for favors. Also, notify the press!!! One of the most remarkable times for me that evening occurred when I left, as it probably was for many others also. I know, I know, I should have exited earlier, right? I slipped on the ice and landed hard (full stall, no bounce) while the tray of teriyaki leftovers I was carrying did a loop with a half roll over me and covered me in sauce. Mmmmm, delicious!!! It's very hard to get up off of very slick ice with any semblance of grace. Full power and flaps didn't seem to help while I was inverted. I felt like a beetle on its back, waving its feet in the air and going nowhere. My hands were freezing to the ice and I was stuck on all fours looking like a drunk in trouble surrounded by a freezing puddle of tossed leftovers. It was a very classic scene, if not very classy. At least there weren't any witnesses ?. that I know of. Let's do it again everyone. Happy New Year!!! Ed Endsley ED Note: No photos of the fall, Ed but there are others on the last page. A NEAT STORY For those needing a reason of some kind for buying an Aircraft I have read many posts on the web site from members and on MMAIL who are thinking about owning their own aircraft and looking for ways to offset the cost of ownership. I have heard many reasons for and against ownership. Why buy an aircraft? It's cheaper to rent and you do not have all the hassle with maintenance, fuel and insurance. Well, here is a little story that I think explains it all as to why I own my own airplane. It was a beautiful Saturday morning. No winds and the temperature was just right. So instead of mowing the lawn like my wife had planned for me, I decided to go to the airport and take the Sport out for a run. She yells back at me, "WELL IF YOU GO, TAKE YOUR SON WITH YOU." So I ask my son. Want to go flying with dad? In which he says Yea, Can I take my light saber? You see, my 9-year son thinks he is a Jedi Knight and that our Sport is his personal X-Wing fighter. He is only 4'5 and has to sit on a pillow in order to see over the glare shield and he always carries his light saber just in case we land on a strange planet in which there might be trouble or civil un-rest. Always prepared this one is. So away we go . THERE I WAS ??. We were straight and level at around 6,000ft and I let him take the controls of the X-Wing to do some turns to the left and right. Joshua Approach called and said there was traffic at our 2'oclock 2 miles opposite direction and My son said to me "Look over there dad, Tie fighter coming right at us". I told him to steer clear of the Tie Fighter because our lasers were out for repair and we were un-armed. No reason to provoke a fight. So even though he is having a blast, I am starting to get a little bored and thought, "Let's go do a practice approach on the ILS". So I called Joshua Approach, requested the ILS 25 Approach to Palmdale Full Approach and off we went. I maneuvered the X-Wing to the VOR and started the turn outbound to the outer marker. Now my son is just really enjoying this. At the outer marker, the blue light started to flash and you could hear the BEEP in the headset. My Son jumps in and said "That Tie Fighter has locked on to us" I said "That's Right" and I started my evasive maneuver on the procedure turn My Son is listening to the exchange between me and the controller and wants to chime in on the conversion. I said to my son, "Just hang on; I will give you a chance". I never should have said that because now he is all excited to talk on the radio. As I start to turn inbound on the turn, the Approach control said "Contact tower when established on the localizer". So I told my young Padawan Learner "OK, when this needle gets here on the dial, push the radio button and tell the tower that 93 Romeo is inbound on the localizer". Now imagine this; I am giving basic instrument instruction to a 9 year old; I cannot get adults to say this during training. So before I can give him something simpler to say he keys the mike and says: "REBEL BASE, THIS IS RED 5. WE ARE STARTING OUR ATTACK RUN ON THE DEATH STAR". Good God. Now this post 9/11 and before I can key my mike and say anything, the tower jumps on and says "RED 5, YOU'RE CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH TO THE DEATH STAR. REPORTS HITS AWAY" Now I am waiting for the tower to add "And tell your dad to call this number" But I hear nothing else. So we continue the approach. Now my son is in heaven. This is real life stuff to him and he is doing everything I tell him to do as far as tracking the needle. As we approach the outer marker inbound, the light starts to flash and there is that tone again. "Dad, the Death Star has a lock on us". Yes Son, you keep on the approach, I will worry about the guns. Everything is going great and now we are approaching the middle marker. My son has noticed the GPS has a red line with an airplane on it and it ends at the Death Star. So he asks me "IS THAT A TARGETING COMPUTER DAD?" Well of course it is, and it shows us where we are to the target. So now he hears Obewan tell him to USE THE FORCE, SCOTT and he turns the GPS OFF. Tells me he is OK and does not need the targeting computer because he is using the FORCE. Now the middle marker light flashes and the tone comes on. I apply full power and the airplane, X-Wing,,, Starts a climb. I start the turn to the missed approach path when my son keys the mike and says "HITS AWAY". The tower answers back with "GOOD JOB RED 5, CONTACT REBEL APPROACH ON 126.1" We go back to Mojave SPACEPORT, and I decide that the X-Wing needs a bath. So out comes all the cleaning stuff and we spend the rest of the day washing and waxing the turbo jets and laser pods. So you see. This is why I own my own aircraft. You cannot beat this kind of quality time with your kids. And there is no way you can put a price on that. Jeff Bryant Southwest Regional Director Beech Aero Club 1975 X-Wing Fighter Model B-19 N6993R COOPA SAFETY CORNER By Joel Premselaar Sometimes, as I sit before my keyboard I feel like a "Prophet Of Doom." The very nature of these pieces I dutifully produce each month makes me feel like Digger O'Dell of Allen's Alley. If you don't know who Digger is, turn to the nearest gray head you see and ask, "Who in the H-E-DOUBLETOOTHPICKS is Digger O'Dell?" Watch the tears well up in that person's eyes as she/he describes the "Fred Allen Show." Oh well, I guess I'll bite my upper lip and press on trying to arm you with information that may keep your family from utilizing Digger O'Dell's services. Take a piece of copper wire and bend it back and forth until, lo and behold, you suddenly have two pieces, one in each hand, so much for bending moments. If you exert enough tension on a bolt, it narrows reducing the area of some part of it thereby causing it to fail. Now, consider what your flying machine has to endure. T-34s engaged in high "G" dog fighting at all airspeeds have been grounded because they have taken up the bad habit of emulating fallen angels; i.e., shedding their wings. Real military aircraft are specially designed to withstand such abuse. In many cases, the pilot blacks out thereby relaxing the Gs. Human limitations have saved that part of their anatomy upon which they sit, so to speak. As I mentioned in a previous article, because we had to inflate our landing gear oleo struts to gain ground clearance for certain weapons we carried, we eliminated its shock absorbing capabilities. I used to ring up 11 or 12 Gs in an F2H Banshee designed for 9Gs (not counting a safety margin) just taxiing across tar strips. WOW! You say. Not to worry. The Gs were of such short duration that the force was alleviated before the structural components had the time to distort and subsequently fail. To a certain degree, Gs have little meaning unless associated with a time line. When you encounter turbulence, immediately reduce your airspeed to VB (not in every POH so you use VA which is usually more conservative anyway). If you are in excess of the prescribed gust speed limits, you may lose the game. How you reduce your speed is important. I know of two accidents involving Cessna Aztecs; both occurred in the L.A. basin. According to the accident reports, they were descending in smooth air with the airspeed indicator in the yellow. They transitioned the temperature inversion (clearly defined by the haze line) into turbulent air. Attempting to reduce their air speed by pulling up, they superimposed extra Gs upon those generated by the turbulent air and shed their wings! One may also assume that they did not throttle back sufficiently as their manifold pressure increased during their descent. This wet weather is suggestive of a caveat regarding the positioning of your prop when your aircraft is parked in the open. I was a bit negligent when, one winter, I parked my plane with its prop in the horizontal at Norwood Airport near Boston, MA. The drain holes in my prop spinner were plugged. That evening, wind drove rain into my prop's spinner. It froze during the night. Early the following morning, I started up for the next leg of my journey. The engine started to shake violently. I shut down and started a full scale search to isolate the cause. Long story short, I reached behind the prop spinner's flange and therein resided a block of ice. I kept that area clean thereafter; yet sure enough, it happened again even though the drain holes were clear. Sleet got into it this time. Now I keep the prop vertical to allow drainage through the spinner's prop opening. Nonetheless, I still check behind the spinner's flange. Of course, Gary, those with three bladed props should keep one blade down! Here's a winter hint followed by a checklist I presented in the December 2000 "Hangar Flying" newsletter: As with every flight, we start with the flight planning and preflight inspection. We lay out a route to AVOID ICING; at times we won't succeed in this. The long way to a destination is sometimes the surest way to get there. Say you're in the Willamette Valley, clouds prevail and you want to fly east. Climbing east would put you into the thickest clouds whereas climbing west the terrain is lower. Before turning toward the east, climb to on top and stay that way if you can and if you can't, at least you'll minimize icing or even be above the icing level. You don't have to consult with Merlin to learn that you can always pull a 180. Some do's and don'ts for winter operations: * Do develop a check list expressly for winter operations * After a rain, check the prop spinner as discussed above. Lower the elevator, flaps and each aileron to drain trapped water that may freeze and create an imbalance * Check pitot heater * Plan shorter legs and carry all the fuel you can * Except for fuel, lighten the aircraft. A heavy aircraft spends more time in the climb and, therefore, in icing conditions * The machine will be very reluctant to obey your command to take off if it has snow, ice, or frost on it. Swab the prop with some anti-icing stuff too * Taxi on icy taxiways when it's windy and you'll make like Sonja Henie (Wow, that really dates me!) SAFETY CORNER - continued * Cycle the landing gear several times (in flight only, dummy) if you taxi and/or you #!^%&* take off through slush. Also, iced up wheel pants will provide you with outstanding wheel brakes * Before flight, set windshield defrosters to maximum heat. If icing conditions exist, suffer the cold and turn off cabin heat to maximize the heat to the defrosters * Climb too steeply or fly excessively long at a high angle of attack, the bottom of the aircraft will load up with ice you can't see. It may weld your retractable landing gear doors to the airframe with ice * The sharper leading edge of the tail will ice up before the wing. Minimize or eliminate the use of flaps even at the slightest hint of ice. Want to know why? Get a cup of coffee, draw up a chair, and ask me, if you dare * If you need to use carburetor air, be sure to lean for optimum power. If you fail to lean, you'll fail the course and may join a number of others who failed to reach a proper runway for want of go juice. Here's another reason for extra fuel on board: if you have ice aboard and your destination is above freezing when you arrive, fly around 'til most or all the ice melts off (it pays to have black leading edges). From the Safety Corner: The FAA has changed the standard for taxiway centerlines to provide a visual cue to pilots that they are approaching a runway holding position. The new markings, to be applied initially to the 72 busiest airports, are dashed lines applied to the standard centerline marking, 150 feet from the hold line. See the drawing. If you are taxiing at one of the affected airports and see the dashed line on either side of your centerline, go "heads-up" and be aware that a hold line is just ahead. And STOP at the hold. The closest airports affected by this are: GEG (Spokane), PDX (Portland), RNO (Reno), LAS (Las Vegas), SFO (San Francisco), SLC (Salt Lake City), SJC (San Jose), and OAK (Oakland). If the change reduces runway incursion rate, expect to see this at many more airports. (Gotta see the pix in the PDF newsletter!) DECEMBER NON-FLY-OUT.... As has become so common here lately, the weather was OOOOOOGLY on Saturday, Dec.17 ... the day we were scheduled for our monthly fly-out ? so ? the plan was made to go to the Black Bear Diner for breakfast and hangar flying. The group was small but enthusiastic ? it consisted of Ed Endsley, Curt and Jackie Turner and Don and Norma Wilfong. The group was small ? we had a good time without the rest of you being there, but know that you were missed. Maybe next time. .... DON WILFONG AOPA works to keep Montana backcountry strips serviceable Backcountry airstrips provide safe places for pilots to land in the event of an emergency, but they also enable aircraft to provide supplies to campers, conduct search and rescue operations, and fight fires. That's why AOPA is working to ensure that a draft resource management plan for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument area would clearly mark any closed airstrips and maintain them in a serviceable condition. "AOPA believes that obstructions must not be placed across a runway and that ditches should not be dug on the landing surface since obstructing the landing area could endanger the life of the pilot and passengers," said Roger Cohen, AOPA vice president of regional affairs. AOPA requested that the Bureau of Land Management, which manages 375,000 acres of land in north-central Montana and numerous recreational backcountry airstrips, reject an alternative included in the draft plan that would close all 10 of the airfields in the park. "Backcountry airstrips are vital assets that need to be preserved and accounted for," Cohen said. AOPA has filed comments in support of the draft plan's preferred alternative, Alternative F, because it keeps six of the strips open and provides for the establishment of a plan to maintain them. AOPA members are encouraged to submit comments via e-mail before the April 26, 2006 deadline. ?.. From mvbond at myexcel.com Fri Jan 20 17:39:43 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Fri Jan 20 17:39:57 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] FAA registration update requirement Message-ID: <200601210139.k0L1dhUW019219@hobbes.rellim.com> At the meeting tonight, some members said they had difficulty using the FAA website. Here is the procedure I used, which I verified again tonight: 1. Go to the first website listed below and then check the 3rd choice: * Check for Valid or In Question Registration Status 2. At this webpage, select the following option: Perform an N-Number inquiry using the FAA Registry N-Number Inquiry feature 3. Type in your N-number (omit the 'N') and hit the 'go' button. 4. This should take you to the registration details. 5. Check that owner name and address are correct, that 'STATUS' shows as 'VALID' and there is no 'SALE PENDING' 6. If these are not as above, your registration may need updating... that's how I understood it and I didn't proceed further! I don't see the need for the other website listed below (for registration details), since the N-number search page is the same as used in the above procedure. Mike Bond Here is the original news item: December 12, 2005 - Aircraft owners and operators have until February 1, 2006 to ensure their aircraft registration information is properly completed and up to date (including address) or they may be denied access to the National Airspace System (NAS). An FAA notice published in the /Federal Register/ on December 9 indicates that FAA and TSA 'will revitalize and refocus' U.S. airspace monitoring capabilities to ensure that each aircraft operating within the NAS has met all statutory, regulatory and certification requirements, effective February 1, 2006. This notice is the latest FAA action intended to ensure that only properly registered aircraft operate within the NAS. Previous requests to register aircraft and update contact information were in an effort to update the aircraft owner database and assist local law enforcement agencies in the event of a downed or overdue aircraft. The current notice states that operators of aircraft identified as having 'questionable registrations' and/or no TSA required security measures/waivers will be notified of the deficiency. A pilot deviation will be filed on the operator, who may be denied access to the NAS. If the operator is not the owner, both operator and owner will be notified of the deficiency and both will be subject to any action deemed warranted by the agency in accordance with local, state and federal regulations. Visit http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/aircraft_registry/ to search the FAA database. To find what information is on file with the FAA regarding /your/ aircraft, visit http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/interactive_aircraft_inquiry/ From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Jan 20 20:00:31 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jan 20 20:05:59 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] (no subject) Message-ID: <000501c61e3f$395e6ba0$0b63dc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE SATELITE PICS, CHECKING THE FORECAST AND CALLING THE WEATHER AND IT DOESN'T LOOK REAL GOOD FOR A FLY-OUT IN THE MORNING TO PENDLETON.....I WILL CHECK THE WEATHER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND SEND OUT ANOTHER E-MAIL .....MAYBE WE CAN GO TO JAKE'S FOR BREAKFAST IF WE CAN'T FLY....IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SPOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO E-MAIL ME AND I CAN SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE IN THE MORNING..... DON WILFONG dwnw@bendbroadband.com 389-1456 P.S.: IF WE CAN FLY...LET'S PLAN TO BE OFF THE GROUND AT THE FLIGHT SHOP AT 0900 HRS.....IF WE CAN'T FLY THEN LETS PLAN TO MEET TO EAT AT 0930.... CHECK YOUR E-MAILS IN MORNING..... From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Sat Jan 21 07:35:05 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Sat Jan 21 07:40:35 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <000501c61ea0$40e9c2a0$0b63dc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....LOOKS A LITTLE IFFY FOR GOING AND EXPECTING TO GET BACK IN GOOD WEATHER....SO....LET'S GO TO JAKES AT 0900 TODAY AND TALK ABOUT MAYBE FLYING SOMEWHERE TOMORROW MORNING....A COUPLE OF US WOULD GIVE IT A GO TODAY BUT I DO NOT WANT TO COMMIT THE GROUP TO A MAYBE.. DON WILFONG dwnw@bendbroadband.com 389-1456 Area Forecast For: Central Oregon Issued: January 21, 2006 03:56:41 PST Today: Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers and rain showers in the afternoon. Snow level 3000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 35 to 40. Light wind becoming west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow showers in the evening...then partly cloudy overnight. Lows 15 to 22 light wind.. Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs 36 to 42 light wind.. From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Feb 9 12:46:07 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Feb 9 13:45:28 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Update #6 Message-ID: Hello all, Attached, please find a copy of the latest update forthe Bend Municipal Airport. My best to you all, (See attached file: Bend Airport Update #6 -2-06.doc) February 9, 2006 Airport Update #6 To all Bend Municipal Airport Friends and Tenants: Mid-winter break! It looks like the sun is here for a few more days as respite from the snowy winter we?ve had this season. As our eyes turn toward spring, even though winter will be back, I?m sure, here are some of the things happening out at the Bend Airport. CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS): In case you haven?t noticed, take a look over on the east side of the Airport, in the vicinity of the Beacon Tower. That?s AWOS-III-P-T equipment you?re looking at and, yes, it should be operational soon. I talked with the FAA and the equipment manufacturer today and we?re hoping to have the final details for our installation and commissioning figured out within the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned and I?ll send out a separate email update when we schedule the commissioning. RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT: With the Environmental Assessment complete, we are in the middle of our 30% engineering review with our consulting engineer, David Evans & Associates. The City Council agreed to front up to $400,000 to cover the design costs in advance of receipt of the FAA grant for this project, in what I recognize as a strong statement of support for the Airport. I?m happy with the design, and I think you?ll like some of the features we?ve designed in. While the schedule is tight, we?re still on track to bid the project late this spring and begin construction this coming summer. DEVELOPMENT EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT: In January, a Master Developer was selected from two very strong bids to develop up to forty-two acres on the east side of the Airport. Professional Air Partners (PAP), a consortium of business entities that we feel has the background, financial strength, and a strong passion for the Bend Airport, has been chosen to design and develop this next great phase of growth at the Bend Airport. You may know PAP as Professional Air Services at the north end of the Airport, and as the new owners of The Flight Shop. The first parcel in this project will be up to eighteen acres of hangars to meet the immediate and growing need at the Bend Airport. The second parcel will be up to twenty-four acres of business properties, with a new FBO/Jet Center offered as a strong possibility. The City is drafting a Lease Development Agreement (LDA) with the Developer and we hope to begin design, permits, and construction on the necessary infrastructure as soon as possible, with the possibility of new hangars by summer of 2007. With the Runway Relocation Project scheduled for completion at the same time, it looks like a milestone summer is shaping up, with a lot of construction happening between now and then. WAITING LIST FOR HANGARS: Well, this has been a hot topic for a while. As most of you know, we have not been taking additional names on the hangar waiting list at the Bend Airport. With over 30 names on the list, and an unclear notion of how long it might be before new hangars were available, it didn?t make sense to add more names to a five year waiting list. We think that?s about to change. With a development agreement imminent with Professional Air Partners, we will start taking names on a hangar wait list beginning March 1, 2006. If you are interested in being added to the list, please contact me ON OR AFTER March 1 and I will be happy to do so. I also encourage you, if you are interested in having a hangar of your own constructed, to contact Professional Air Partners at The Flight Shop, (541) 388-0019. Ask for Brandon Wilcox or Gwil Evans. NORTH TIEDOWN RAMP/SOUTH TIEDOWN RAMP: The South Tiedown Ramp, as I?m sure you?ve seen, is full of airplanes! We decided to use ropes for the tiedowns, instead of chains, at the request of many tenants who preferred not to have chains contacting their airplane. I?ll be watching over the next few months, but please let me hear your feedback about these rope tiedowns. Also, please note that there are tiedowns just north of the South Ramp, which have been previously called the ?C? Tiedowns, that are City tiedowns and are available for tiedown tenants. On the old North Tiedown Ramp, well, it?s gone! If you had your own tiedowns on the North Ramp in place of the City owned chains, they were removed before the North Ramp was torn out and are being kept by Gabe in The Flight Shop. Give him a call within the next month if you want them back, and he?ll be happy to help you reclaim them. The ex-North Ramp has been torn out completely and the fast working trucks and equipment of Hap Taylor & Sons are working quickly to grade and prepare the area for the hangars that will be going in over the next several months. Keep an eye on that area, because the architectural renderings of the buildings show a very nice looking four unit hangar building. CELL PHONE SITES: In my last email, I said we were just about to get service from Unicel as they put their new cell site into operation in the Flight Services Building on the Airport property. They did and, by golly, it works! I should probably clarify one point regarding the service. The cell site is a GSM service site, as are all new Unicel receptor sites, and it vastly improves reception for GSM capable cell phones. If, however, you have an older TDMA phone with Unicel, you will unfortunately not notice any difference in your reception at the Airport. Perhaps this is the time to get that new phone you?ve been looking at and switch over to GSM! T-Mobile also continues to press forward on their site, and at last contact, thought equipment should be on site within the next month. FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING ? UPSTAIRS: We have made some progress on this front, and the City Council graciously agreed to allocate up to $60,000 for necessary tenant improvements in the upstairs to assist the City and prospective tenants to reach an agreement to lease the space. We are working out the details and I hope to have much more definitive information about this space in my next update to you. Since it?s no secret around the Airport, I?ll tell you that one of the proposers intends to use their part of the upstairs space for a restaurant. I get hungry just thinking about it. More to come? MAINTENANCE BUILDING SIGNS: We have installed approximately 20 of the 50-plus building signs on the Airport, starting from the north end of the Airport. We have all the rest of the signs, and with the able help of our new handyman, Lynn Dunn, we?re working as quickly as possible to get the rest of the signs installed on the west side buildings. You?ll find them uniformly on the southwest corner of the buildings, about ten to twelve feet off the ground, with just a few exceptions. NEWSPAPER BOXES: Just a reminder that we have The Bulletin, Cascade Business News, Cascade Arts & Entertainment, and The Source newspapers available at the Flight Services Building. Stop by and pick up a copy. AIRPORT ENTRY SIGN: Still in the works, with Carlson sign looking into County requirements for size and location before we move forward. We have looked at a number of design options, but it?s an iterative process and we aren?t quite there yet. Good things take time, or so I?m told. MAILBOXES: If you had a mailbox on the east side of Powell Butte Highway before we put the cluster mailboxes in, it?s gone. I have all the mailboxes stored in my maintenance shed, so if you want the actual box back, let me know within the next thirty days and I?ll get it for you. After that, they?ll be tossed. GENERAL TENANT CONTACT UPDATES: Just a reminder, if your address, phone number, or email changes, please let me know so we may keep in contact with you. I?d hate for you to miss a single update. Also, check the Bend Airport website ? http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/bend_airport/index.html for updates and new information. There?s a new photo by Ed Endsley on the site and links to all the businesses at the Airport. AIRPORT NOISE: Many of you probably saw the article in The Bulletin about noise at and around the Bend Airport two weeks ago. Just a friendly reminder that, while we have our legal rights to fly anywhere as long as we?re following the FARs, a prudent pilot understands that we also have a community responsibility to be good neighbors around the Airport and to avoid noise sensitive areas when we?re flying. If you have questions, please get a copy of the Fly Friendly brochure from The Flight Shop and refresh your memory where they are. We are in the process of updating the Fly Friendly brochure right now, and some of the information on the current brochure is incorrect, but the basic routes and noise abatement procedures are correct. CENTRAL OREGON FLY SAFE CLINIC AND AIRPORT DAY: Mark your calendars ? the first ever Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic will be held at the Bend Airport on the weekend of June 3-4. For information, check out the new website that has been established, which you?ll find at www.coflysafe.org. It?s a work in the early stage, but stay tuned for updates. Also, our annual Bend Airport Day, always a fun day at the Airport, will be held two weeks later, on June 17. Lock in the dates and I?ll tell you more as we get closer. LOST FRIEND: My last note to you all is a sad one, but I must report to you that we have lost a good friend of the Bend Airport. I learned earlier this week that John Flaharty, a former member of the Airport Ad Hoc Advisory Committee in 2003-2004, passed away this last December. He was a great man and a good friend, with a ready smile and a willing spirit, always there to pitch in and help around the Airport. His loss is the Airport?s loss, and we wish his family peace. Drop me a line if you have a question or an idea. To all of you, safe flying and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, Greg Greg Phillips Airport Manager City of Bend Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From curtis at bendbroadband.com Mon Feb 13 09:50:32 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Mon Feb 13 09:48:31 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Saturday fly-out 2/18th Message-ID: <002201c630c5$fc88c470$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Hi Coopa Members - Don & Norma Wilfong have turned over the fly-out program to Jackie and myself for the remainder of ' 2006. Don & Wilma will be travelling to Las Vegas this weekend as well, and will miss our first effort. We have many interesting sites on the initial target list lined up, and we would really like to have your own ideas and preferences to add to the list. Bear in mind that we are still pretty new to this area, having been here just two years this month, and we don't want to repeat locations that you have no interest in, or may not be compatable to your plane, maybe too far, and so forth. Please take a moment and email me your wishes. The weather predictions at the moment do not bode well for crossing the Cascades, nor for going too far East, as low clouds and snow seem to be likely. At the moment we are thinking of going to The Dahles airport (DLS) which is predicting clear. It is 105 SM from Bend and about a 45 minute flight. It is just across the river on the WA side. We have visited there recently and the Restaurant on the field provided an excellent lunch. We will upgrade this thinking at the Thursday pot luck meeting. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Turner HOmes & Development & Turner HOmes Realty 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR., 97702-9489 Ofc: 541/ 317-4151 Res: 541/ 317-1670 Fax: 541/ 317-1671 Cell: 541/ 280-6317 E-mail: curtis@bendbroadband.com From mvbond at myexcel.com Mon Feb 13 14:23:22 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Mon Feb 13 14:21:45 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA FEB 2006 newsletter Message-ID: <43F106DA.90209@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without HANGAR FLYING photos, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER February 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 2 Website: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ President's Message: Last month we spent some time debating our leadership roles for 2006. As has happened in times past we only seem to have one volunteer for each role. Unless anyone else steps up we will ratify the slate this month. The proposed slate is composed of mostly familiar faces. Mike Bond will continue doing his great job on the newsletter. Ed Endsley has volunteered to fill the long vacant Program Chairman position. Curtis Turner will take over the Fly-Out chair from Don Wilfong. Don Wilfong will step up from Fly-Out chair to Secretary/Treasurer. David Sailors will be able to step out from the Secretary/Treasurer position and devote full time to his position as chair of the Bend Airport Aviation Day event. Nancy Lecklider will continue as Vice President. I have been nominated to continue as President. It looks like we have a good group going forward and I look forward to many more good things this year for the club. Don also passed around Thank You cards we received from our Christmas gift program recipients. Once again it looks like the program was a success and we really made the holiday a special one for some deserving kids. Thanks again to Don, Norma and the teachers at Pilot Butte Middle School for making this happen. This month our own Richard Benson will give us a talk on his visits to several Northern Idaho grass strips last summer. Richard visited a lot of airports including Cavanaugh Bay, Moose Creek, McGee, Fish Lake, Priest Lake and Sullivan Lake so he has a lot of great experiences to share. To illustrate the airports he will also show some commercial video clips. This looks to be a great way to explore the great backcountry of Idaho from the comfort of the lounge in the Flight Services building. At the same time we can enjoy the second best reason to be a pilot, which is to share some great flying tales. Be there or be square. Calendar: 16 February - Monthly Meeting 18 February - Monthly Flyout 16 March - Monthly Meeting 18 March - Monthly Flyout 20 April - Monthly Meeting 22 April - Monthly Flyout 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout 2-3 June - Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic 10-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day Web doings: Joel Premselaar sent in an amazing video of slow speed aerobatics in a Russian SU-30MK fighter. There is a link to it at the top of the web site. You could argue this is the best fighter in the world and this video shows the Mach 2.3 aircraft showing real grace in low speed maneuvers. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: It is unclear what is happening over at Balloons Over Bend headquarters. The Chamber and the Bend Bulletin report the event is now under new management by Impressive Events, LLC. Before the sale Gail Najera of the Chamber told me that event would not happen in June, but the new BOB website lists the event as now on for Sat/Sun June 10/11. Stay tuned for further news. I have added a link to the event web site on our Links page: http://www.balloonsoverbend.com/ Random Thoughts: February can be the cruelest month of Winter. Getting snowed in for the first time in the Winter is a welcome happening to some, especially if you get a White Christmas out of it. Being grounded for January is also expected as we resign ourselved to the cold embrace of Winter. That leaves us with February. Winter is now getting a bit old. It is way past time to get some good flying weather. So then we get some great flying days, but Mother Nature is just teasing us because they occur mid- week or in conflict with some other long scheduled activity. A few 60F days have returned, but never when most of us could break free to enjoy them. Next week when we have our monthly fly-out scheduled the long range forecast is for a return to single digit temps and chance of snow showers. To console myself I pulled out some fly-out photos from last year and steeled myself for a little more delay until once again we can let loose the horses and fly free again. Maybe Dale Evans has the right idea. Park the airplane in the hanger, pickle the engine, put the insurance on hold and just plan to enjoy Winter from the ground. Nah... I am just going to sit here, watch the sky, and bite my nails until the next clear day that I can get away to enjoy the magic of flight. Gary Miller COOPA Christmas Charity, 2005 Again this year through the generosity of the CO-OPA members we were able to brighten the lives of others. With the co-operation and help from some of the teachers at Pilot Butte Middle School we have in the past few years been able to provide a wonderful Christmas for a deserving student each year. This year we were able to do so for two such students. Our group raised a substantial amount of money and the teachers did the shopping and wrapping of the gifts. A major portion of the gifts consisted of clothing and other essentials to allow these students to be proud of themselves and their appearance when they were attending school. They also gave them a few fun and feel good gifts. Don and I, along with a couple of the teachers, had the pleasure of delivering the gifts to the homes of these students. It was obvious that the teachers had researched the situation in choosing these students and that our efforts were well deserved and appreciated. It was very gratifying to be able to be involved in the delivery of the gifts and to share in the joy it brought to these individuals and their families. We can all feel really good and be proud of our efforts. Thank you all for a job well done.... There are lots of charities that are deserving but when one gives to help others it is nice to know that 100% of what we give goes for the purpose it was intended. Norma Wilfong I knew that ? Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you. Apollo 11, the first moon landing, July 1969 I was just a wee lad of twenty-one and doing the Sunday morning six AM shift at "KZEL 96.1 FM, Eugene- Springfield" or more accurately, I should say, located in beautiful downtown Glenwood. The neighboring community of brothels, junkyards, and one radio station? It was my job to arrive before daylight and fill out the FAA/FCC forms to certify that the tower lights were functioning and then put the station on the air and begin broadcasting the mellifluous melodies of Mantovani and more. One hundred thousand watts of beautiful music? "KZEL-FM, The Beautiful Music Voice of the Willamette Wonderland!!!" With just a touch of reverb and spoken in an overly dramatic and pompous voice, I sounded pretty good. I had wanted to do that station identification in a Donald Duck voice, just once? Never did. It was a real thrill to climb the tower early on one Sunday morning and watch the sun come up. Three hundred feet may not seem like much but going up in the dark was one thing and after it started getting light, coming down was startling. Now I like flying but I don't like heights. So I must admit this was a strange activity but I was young and brave in a strange sort of way? This was before I fired up the hundred thousand watts part. Although, if I'd turned up the transmitter power first, I might have been warmer. It could be really cold before dawn at three hundred feet over the Willamette River hanging onto cold steel. So back down to the studio, bring up the plate voltages slowly. Confirm modulation on the meters. Start the morning announcement: "Welcome to another day of beautiful,,, etc. etc?" And then hit the Mantovani tapes??? This morning was different. I was monitoring KUGN AM news about the moon landing and when the landing was announced I felt compelled to interrupt the Beautiful Music and spread the message to the world that may have been too moved by Mantovani to monitor the moon mission. I faded the beautiful music, keyed the mic, and stammered some banalities about this great and momentous occasion for the human race. Starting to feel stupid and hoping the station manager wasn't listening to my live extemporaneous verboten verbosity, I doubt anyone ever did anyway, I returned to the beautiful stuff. I should have tried to find Andy William's version of Moon River but we didn't miss a beat of Mantovani. I feel safe telling the story now because those words are almost 40 light-years out into the universe and probably disappearing into the background noise, I hope. I probably didn't sound any dorkier than Ed Sullivan introducing the Beatles ... although that was pretty dorky. That was the summer I was flying an Aeronca Champ out of Malon Sweet Airport in Eugene. Sometime later a friend and I took the Champ out for an evening tour. Climbing out over Eugene as dusk began to settle we had a slight broken cloud layer at about eight thousand. As we climbed toward it the ground was disappearing into the darkening haze and the cloud layer was illuminated by the glow in the western sky. My overwhelming impression was that I was inverted and descending toward the ground. The aircraft had no attitude gyro but it did have a vacuum driven turn & bank. I had the baby plane well trimmed in smooth air and hadn't been doing much with the stick & rudder for some time but every time I'd look up at that cloud layer my world became compellingly incomprehensible. Our salvation seemed to be for me to keep my head down and make no sudden moves. I leveled off and started a gentle decent and began to pick up lights on the ground as the sky light faded. My impression of right side up was improving. This was very good news. I might actually be able to fly this thing back onto the ground with some semblance of control or at least my usual gracefulness with a taildragger on asphalt. My companion in the back seat was all quite blissfully unaware of my consternation and was having a great time. Then he yelled and pounded me on the shoulder and pointed east. This was before headsets were common in GA. He was pointing to the full moon rising over the Cascades. Wow was an understatement. We yipped and hooted loud enough to drown out the 65 horsepower droning away up front. Here we were a mile and a half above the earth looking at another celestial body hanging out there about 240,000 miles in front of us where three Americans had just been. It was a pretty amazing moment to identify the Sea of Tranquility where Armstrong and Aldrin had put the Lander down and walked out on that surface? It may have been "One small step for a man,,," for Armstrong on the moon but I reminded myself that I had several steps to accomplish before I could set foot out onto the good old Earth. It was easier to tell up and down now. Even though there was a carpet of lights both below and above but it was readily apparent that most of those in one quadrant were just a few minutes away whereas those in the opposite direction were somewhat dimmer and many light years away ?. Certainly above the service ceiling of the Champ. My landing was uneventful beyond being successful. The experiences of that flight are still very vivid with me of having once aimed a 65 horse Aeronca Champ at the Sea of Tranquility ... A very inspiring aviation moment in my adventures. I spoke to my friend a couple of years ago after not having seen him since the events. He remembered having a good time ,,, and hasn't flown in a light plane since! His definition of a light plane is a Citation Jet. It's too bad the photos of the Earth that they took from the moon aren't a little higher resolution because at the southern end of the Willamette Valley in Oregon there's some guy hanging onto a 300-foot tower having a close encounter with a flashing red light... Ed Endsley JANUARY "HANGAR FLYING" SESSION On Sat. Jan. 21, in the face of not so nice weather, this CO-OPA FLY-OUT (like so many others this winter) was called off and it was decided instead to meet at Jake's Diner to complain about the weather, feed our faces and cuss and discuss the events of the past, the plans for future fly-outs and many other assorted and varied subjects . Jake's gave us a table away from the crowd where we could visit without disturbing others and without being disturbed....there were 10 of us....Gary Miller, Ed Endsley, Mike and Ann Bond, Curt and Jackie Turner, Bill and Betty Witt, Jack Kohler and Don Wilfong. As is usual at Jake's we all had plenty to eat and the food was good. I think everyone enjoyed themselves as the room was abuzz with ongoing conversation and no one seemed to want to leave. They finally had to politely suggest that they were going to have to get set up for another incoming group. After having our planes practically in hibernation for the winter, it is nice to see the sun in the sky now and then and to be able to go out and bore some holes in the air. I know we are certainly looking forward to better weather and are making plans to put some hours on ole 757 this summer. Norma and I will be out of town for the next potluck/meeting (Feb. 16) and also for the Fly-Out (Feb. 18).....but....You will be in good hands for this and future Fly-Outs....Curtis Turner (wife Jackie) has agreed to take on the "Fly-Out Chairman" position and he will be planning the fly-outs for the foreseeable future. They will be leading the pack with their beautiful Piper Apache. I have really enjoyed the planning and the actual fly-outs we have had....it has been a lot of fun......nothing is wrong...I just think it is time to let someone with fresh ideas take over and Curt has graciously agreed to do so. Just talking to him about some of his ideas has me all excited again....I will be happy to help in any way I can and from experience I know you all will be too. I want to thank all of you for your help and co-operation during the past many months that I have been putting together the fly-out plans for our group...I couldn't have done it without you. Norma and I will still be ever present and certainly looking forward to going along on most of the fly-outs. We wish Curt the very best in this venture and hope he and Jackie enjoy it as much as we have. Don & Norma Wilfong dwnw@bendbroadband.com COOPA SAFETY CORNER By Joel Premselaar A reminder - - Are you tired of hearing or reading about my cautionary action re fuel tank vents? Suffer me, as the old song goes, "Just One More Time," cover your fuel tank vents! On page 9322 of the November 2005 issue of the "American Bonanza Society" magazine (the publication numbers its pages consecutively from the first of each year) there is a great photograph of a collapsed tip tank; the cause of this was attributed to a plugged vent. Accompanying the article are photos of vent covers newly developed by Bonanza pilots and an engineer from Osborne, the manufacturer of the tip tank. The covers are almost the same as those that my aircraft sports all year 'round. The Bonanza design has each vent cover individually flagged. Mine are linked with a bright red ribbon culminating with the pitot tube cover; this precludes flying with the vents covered. Some folks shove a straw or a wire into the vent. This act just shoves the foreign matter into the tank! Note that vent openings are forward facing. Although this is done for good reason, it does make them vulnerable to dust, snow pack, and ice, let alone mud daubers. Note also, that I mentioned "ice." Realizing how quickly ice forms on small protrusions, it would be interesting to know how many tanks are plugged by ice in flight. All I have to add is "nyah, nyah, nyah, I told ya so!" We fly to areas that are dry. I used to think that we lived in a low humidity area; but considering the recent Wx pattern we're experiencing, blah, blah, blah. I'm fairly certain that all of you have shuffled across a wool rug and received a shock when you grasped a brass doorknob. Over the course of time, I've read about the damage inflicted by static electricity. Jet fuel, though less volatile than Avgas, is considered more dangerous for that very reason. If not topped off, the fuel-air ratio in the void is ideal for ignition from a spurious spark. Dragging a plastic tarp across the airframe may produce such a spark. The more volatile Avgas is too rich for ignition under the same circumstances. Fueling an aircraft by an inexperienced lineman during a high wind or having been blasted by someone checking out an engine on the flight line will statically charge an aircraft (remember, it's sitting on rubber tires). How many of you use plastic fuel containers? That's an absolute no- no! Composite aircraft, especially those without imbedded wire or painted with a special finish demands extraordinary protective measures. Special fueling procedures are required for such composites. How many linemen know this? If you would like to be overwhelmed with scary information, call up "Fuel Handling Safety" on the internet. A host of strange things have been attributed to static electricity. Here are but a few considerations. How well do you inspect you aircraft's bonding wires and the static dischargers hanging from your flight controls? SAFETY CORNER ? continued Charging a battery at high rates will produce enough hydrogen to pose a real danger to man and material (think Hindenburg). Connecting battery terminals or activating an electric switch produces sparks that can ignite fuel vapors. Ordnance with fuses (this includes the flares in your emergency kit) or fuel vapors may be ignited if in proximity to transmitting radios and especially active radars. Do you recall the experience I related re the salvo firing of rockets when the aircraft carrier fired up its radar? Have you ever enjoyed the experience St. Elmo's fire? Ball lightning has been known to pass through the cabin of aircraft. I can go on and on ad nauseam with this line of thought, but let's be realistic. The bottom line is just be aware that static electricity can be more than a harmless spark that one might receive when sparking (as we called it in the old days) with one's wife. It would be even more shocking if you were sparking with someone else's wife!! A tidbit for you: when those super powerful rare earth magnets were marketed in the early 1980's, I bought a few of them. A retired airline mechanic suggested that to capture any ferrous (iron) particles in the oil, I should stick some of them on the oil filter of my Bonanza's engine. I agreed, so while my friendly mechanic placed them on the oil filter, I monitored my whiskey compass and checked my radios for static to see if they were impacted by the magnets' flux. There were no detrimental effects since the magnetic field was sufficiently distant from my compass and radios. That freed me from having to place a shield around the magnets. Opening the oil filter after an oil change, I found particles of iron and even a bit of rust attached to the area around the magnets. This was during the break- in phase after an engine overhaul so such deposits were expected. It pleased me that at least these particles will never abrade my engine. I felt assured that, in the future, this addition to the oil filter will serve as "an alarm to the wise." Oil filters can catch particles to around 25 microns. The super magnets have been proven by tests to capture ferrous material down to about 3 microns and have even captured rust! For you math types, a micron is 1,000th of a millimeter!! Later, I found a source for these magnets housed in an adjustable rubber-like strap that wraps tightly around the outside of the oil filter. The item is called "MagneStrap;" it's about $20.00 (phone # 1- 800-529-4486). It's in J.C. Whitney's catalog, order number # 71O573. According to a Whitney service representative there are two letters within the order number between the 7 and the 0 and one at the end, but they are of no consequence; they are a means to identify the specific catalog. No, smart feller (spoonerism intended), I don't get a commission for this! I'm just a nice guy. (PICTURE) This is a Northwest Airlines accident that happened on Jan 19, 2004 (Sunday). Two mechanics were taxiing to a gate at New York's LGA airport. They were held out on the taxiway for a bit. When finally cleared, the MIC (mechanic-in-command), "being a little irritated", pulled a bit too much power. Coming into the gate he now finds he has no brakes. The left engine was put into reverse, but it was too late. He hit the tow bar, then the tractor. The tractor was hit so hard the nose gear collapsed. This was after he wiped out the Jet way. The left side by the cockpit was ripped open by the Jet way. The Jet way was now lying on top of the left wing and left engine. After losing control the left wingtip rammed into the side of a Boeing 757 sitting at the next gate, ripping a hole in the right side. Remarkably, no one was hurt. It's that time of year ? "Dear Internal Revenue System, Enclosed is my 2005 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from USA Today, wherein you will see the Pentagon is paying $171.50 for hammers and NASA has paid $600.00 for a toilet seat. I am enclosing four toilet seats (value $2400) and six hammers (value $1029), bringing my total remitted to $3429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the "Presidential Election Fund," as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one 1.5" Phillips Head screw (article from USA Today detailing how HUD pays $22.00 each for 1.5" Phillips Head Screws are enclosed for your convenience.) It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year. Sincerely, A Satisfied Taxpayer" From curtis at bendbroadband.com Thu Feb 16 08:46:34 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Thu Feb 16 08:46:50 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Saturday 2/18th Flyout Message-ID: <001f01c63318$8c498d20$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Fellow COOPA Pilots - The weather predictions at this moment appear to be quite restrictive for this Saturday with only a narrow band of safe flying corridors available to us, albeit with very cold temperatures. As flyouts are for the purpose of having fun without undue risk dodging snow flurries, severe cold, or high winds, we have reluctantly decided to cancel this Saturday's scheduled Flyout. Keep an eye out for additional messages from us should there be a significant change in weather that would allow us to safely fly. Most likely that would be Sunday at the earliest, and we do not know the interest level within the Club for Sunday flyouts. We can discuss this at tonights meeting. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR., 97702-9489 Res: 541/ 317-1670 Fax: 541/ 317-1671 Cell: 541/ 280-6317 E-mail: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Thu Mar 9 10:35:47 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Thu Mar 9 10:38:08 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 3/18th Flyout Message-ID: <001c01c643a8$486b5c00$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Heads Up - The flyout for Saturday 3/18th is planned for Lewiston, ID (KLWS). Don & Norma Wilfong will be there on that date and, have already arranged transportation for us for a look-see and lunch. Distance is 224 NM. Using a 120KT GS, the flying time is 1:54. Lewiston is at 1438' elevation, has a Tower, and runway lengths of 5000' and 6500'. Best route looks to be Direct to Walla Walla, then Direct to Lewiston. Mark your calendars, support our club, plan to attend, and hope for good weather. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR., 97702-9489 Res/Ofc: 541/ 317-1670 Fax: 541/ 317-1671 Cell: 541/ 280-6317 E-mail: curtis@bendbroadband.com From mvbond at myexcel.com Mon Mar 13 14:12:10 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Mon Mar 13 14:16:37 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA MARCH 2006 newsletter Message-ID: <4415EE3A.9030102@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER March 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 3 President's Message: Thanks once again to our own Richard Benson for being our speaker last month. Richard had some great videos and stories about the Northern Idaho grass strips he visited last summer. They make our local airports look pretty tame. It was pretty exciting to see how to land at some airports where you can not see the runway until you are established on a dogleg final. We also took care of business and finished the yearly election of our officers. I am happy to see a great group of people step forward and help keep the chapter running smoothly. The contact details for the officers can be found further down in the newsletter. The best news is that we now have a full time Program Chairman in Ed Endsley. So I'll leave it to Ed to properly introduce Brandon Wilcox of the Flight Shop who will be this month's speaker. In other news Ken Dunn of Bend has been elected to be Secretary of the OPA. Ken is new to Bend and we should welcome him in to our group for the help he is lending to the OPA at the state level. Calendar: 16 March - Monthly Meeting 18 March - Monthly Flyout 20 April - Monthly Meeting 22 April - Monthly Flyout 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout 2-3 June - Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic 10-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day Web doings: I can tell whether the weather has been bad from the size of my INBOX. This month it was overloaded again. Joel Premselaar sent in two videos this month. One shows how to take off from dry land in a float (not amphibious) plane. The second is a pretty scary looking and brief carrier landing. Don Wilfong sent in a video of how to water ski to a landing in a Cub. All three videos are now on our chapter web site. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Barbara Malcolm, the President of Impressive Events, has confirmed that this years Balloons Over Bend will take place as previously scheduled. The Balloons will launch from Summit High School on Saturday and Sunday, June 10th and 11th. In more good news Barbara is working with sponsors of the Bend Airport Aviation Day to see if her company can add their brand of professional management to our event as well. Putting the Aviation Day together has always been a big job. David Sailors has done a great job in years past and now it is time to get him some real help. The hope is that with a skilled professional team in place that our event can be all that it can be. I have added a link to the event web site on our Links page: http://www.balloonsoverbend.com/ Gary Miller COOPA SAFETY CORNER By Joel Premselaar I was struggling for material upon which to base this month's "SAFETY CORNER." I found it on page 40 of the March '06 issue of the AOPA Pilot. Good old Barry Schiff's article triggered some thoughts I had previously shared with certain members of our group. How do you measure flight experience? Is flying measured by flight hours? To use an old saw, is 1,000 flight hours 1,000 hours of flight experience or is it one hour's experience 1,000 times? The only aircraft I've flown with an autopilot was a TBM (Grumman's torpedo bomber). It controlled pitch and roll only and it rarely worked at that. The first of many questions I have to ask is, how much stick in hand per flight hour do you have? How many stick in hand takeoffs and landings per hour of flight do you have? For almost nine of my 70 years as an aviator, my logbook shows more than one landing per hour. Granted that that was an unusual phase in my flying career. What is your stick in hand ratio of time inverted to right side up? Is your stick in hand ratio of "Gs" per hour equal to one? Do you have any stick in hand time flying terrain following? Do you finally get my point? What to do? See my suggestion at the end of this article. You have but to look at G.A.'s so called technological advancements (glass cockpits) in the light of Schiff's words. To quote him, "Increasing automation causes some airline pilots to predict that cockpit crews someday will consist of a monkey and a pilot. The monkey's job will be to push the correct buttons; the pilot will be there to feed bananas to the monkey." Many years ago, Life Magazine had a cartoon. It depicted a line of military pilots each seated in front of a monitor (CRT screen). One of them, with a cup in hand, was in the process of standing. The caption stated something like this: - "Oh well, I guess I'll get a cup of coffee. I just got shot down." Don't get me wrong re technological advancements. I'm all for it. It's inevitable. After all, I was a part of it. Remember that the banner of this piece is, "SAFETY CORNER." I merely want to remind you that if the "Oh, (fill in the blank)" situation suddenly degrades your system in less than a graceful way, you'll have to revert to stick and rudder. Gee, how's that for a lead to one of my favorite subjects: - proper stick and rudder use. O.K. relax, I'll elaborate on that some other time. The experimental psychologists (ergonomic or human factor folks) at Boeing invested time and $s to determine the time it takes from total failure of a system or a component of that system to complete recovery with human involvement (in spite of all the warning modes you can think of, the copy I have of the delay times that will scare you). I'll provide that report for your review upon request. We addressed the problem by designing graceful degradation and redundancies into the system. I fought a fruitless battle against using duplications as redundancies. I argued that functions should be duplicated, but not the hardware and software. It was my contention that the cause of the discrepancy would repeat the failure if the redundant system was of the same design. The bean counters won and I lost. To counter this, a design was submitted to incorporate a system to be employed for critical phases of flight such as an autopilot ILS approach. The design would allow the pilot to manipulate the controls as though she/he (ladies first) were flying, say an ILS, but the autopilot would in fact be controlling the plane. Upon a failure of the autopilot, control would seamlessly revert to the pilot and since she/he was "already in the loop," a delay would not occur. The Human Factors people loved it. I left without knowing its fate. Pilots do not simply drive an aircraft as the average person does a car. Pilots operate in a different environment, one that involves six degrees of motion. Upon encountering a problem, the modern car driver pulls to the side of the road, picks up his cell phone, and calls AAA. Pilots, on the other hand do not enjoy such a luxury, the pilot must have in-depth knowledge of all systems and how these systems, including themselves as humans, integrate with one another. Woefully, it's been my experience that the average G.A. pilot does not have sufficient in-depth knowledge of the equipment she/he operates. This knowledge must extend beyond the aircraft's class or even its type. It must encompass the specific plane being flown - with all of its vagaries and hangar rash. Knowledge is power. In aviation it has another attribute, its called survival! Re "What to do." In one brief statement: take aerobatic lessons. Not only is it fun, you'll learn more about flying in 15 minutes of aerobatics than in 1500 hours of 1 G flight. Don't believe me? Ask Jack Kohler. Gee whiz! As delicate as I am, I hope I don't fall as I step down from this +=*%#! soapbox. ______________________________________________ To Controllers Everywhere: Thank You Sir!!! Below is a story from one of several I thought you might enjoy about some radio contacts I've encountered. At this late date I'm still trying to make sure my brain is in gear before engaging my mouth. I still sometimes grind my gears and strip the threads in some poor controllers' ears. Ed Endsley Random Thoughts: The flying weather has been so iffy for the last month that I have been reduced to cleaning out my flight bag just to remind myself what it looks like. Inside I came across a little gadget that is chapter property. That device is a FlightStat pulse oximeter. It clips on one of your fingers and then tells you your pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. The chapter purchased one a while ago and it is available to any member that wants to borrow it. Hypoxia is a curious condition. In my experience it affects different people in different ways. Even though the symptoms vary from person to person they seem to be relatively repeatable in any one individual. My son Daniel will get a wicked headache when over 11,000 feet for more than 15 or 30 minutes. Having him put on the canula quickly cures him. Flying in the low teens would lead to a miserable day for him until we learned his special needs. My cousin Carolyn shows no symptoms, until she just passes out after a few minutes over 12,500 feet. When I descend back down to 11,000 feet she wakes up and has no recollection of having been asleep. If she were a pilot this would concern me greatly but otherwise she seems to suffer no after effects. My body seems to have a higher than average natural awareness of hypoxia. When I fly high my body naturally huffs more to maintain my oxygen saturation. No headaches, no unusual drowsiness, just an awareness of needing to breathe better. There is still a price I pay for not using oxygen. If I fly for 3 hours at just over 10,000 feet I will feel beat-up all over when I land ... like the day after recovering from a bad cold or flu. The rest of my day will just drag. The effect is not present if I have been using normal oxygen. With the O2 I land ready to make things happen at my destination, but I have to start the oxygen before I feel any symptoms. The FlightStat is a nice little device to help you learn and calibrate your own body's response to hypoxia. For me it is a cute toy that helps me put some numbers to my already known symptoms. If I were like some people and just quietly passed out from hypoxia then I would prefer a pulse oximeter with an alarm bell. Take ours out for a spin and see how your body responds to hypoxia. You can find out more information on this little device from the manufacturer here: http://www.flightstat.nonin.com/product.asp. If you want to borrow to test for yourself then just give me a call. ------------ Gary Pattern Aerobatics: by Ed Endsley I did some of my earliest flight training in the Eugene area at a little field called T-Bird Airpark. It's no longer in existence, which is probably just as well since final approach was over a cemetery one way and a swamp the other. The crosswind strip was about 500 feet long and guarded by railroad tracks one way and a creek the other. Don't over or undershoot! When I had accumulated about ten hours (three solo), this was the base from which I launched a Piper Colt to go shoot touch and goes at Eugene's big commercial airport, Mahlon Sweet, and precociously mix it up with the airliners. Their runways were so big I could have landed across the numbers or done twenty touch & goes down the length and that was before their expansions. The main runway was only 5000 by 150 feet in 1964. This day found me on right downwind for 34 when the controller told me to do a 360 for spacing. Well I knew how to do 720s, so this should be no problem. I racked that Colt up into a sixty degree bank and whipped off a 360 in nothing flat. Quite a good one too, because I hit my prop wash. I was sittin' pretty pleased on downwind again when the controller called and said it wasn't necessary to do aerobatics in the pattern and would I extend my downwind and plan number two for 34. I still didn't see number one, but I agreed as how number two would be fine. I'm grateful now that he gave me that gentle guidance and didn't give me a lecture or a phone number. '2006 - COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS / DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From mvbond at myexcel.com Mon Mar 13 14:13:16 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Mon Mar 13 15:00:21 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA MARCH 2006 newsletter Message-ID: <4415EE7C.8060209@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER March 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 3 President's Message: Thanks once again to our own Richard Benson for being our speaker last month. Richard had some great videos and stories about the Northern Idaho grass strips he visited last summer. They make our local airports look pretty tame. It was pretty exciting to see how to land at some airports where you can not see the runway until you are established on a dogleg final. We also took care of business and finished the yearly election of our officers. I am happy to see a great group of people step forward and help keep the chapter running smoothly. The contact details for the officers can be found further down in the newsletter. The best news is that we now have a full time Program Chairman in Ed Endsley. So I'll leave it to Ed to properly introduce Brandon Wilcox of the Flight Shop who will be this month's speaker. In other news Ken Dunn of Bend has been elected to be Secretary of the OPA. Ken is new to Bend and we should welcome him in to our group for the help he is lending to the OPA at the state level. Calendar: 16 March - Monthly Meeting 18 March - Monthly Flyout 20 April - Monthly Meeting 22 April - Monthly Flyout 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout 2-3 June - Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic 10-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day Web doings: I can tell whether the weather has been bad from the size of my INBOX. This month it was overloaded again. Joel Premselaar sent in two videos this month. One shows how to take off from dry land in a float (not amphibious) plane. The second is a pretty scary looking and brief carrier landing. Don Wilfong sent in a video of how to water ski to a landing in a Cub. All three videos are now on our chapter web site. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Barbara Malcolm, the President of Impressive Events, has confirmed that this years Balloons Over Bend will take place as previously scheduled. The Balloons will launch from Summit High School on Saturday and Sunday, June 10th and 11th. In more good news Barbara is working with sponsors of the Bend Airport Aviation Day to see if her company can add their brand of professional management to our event as well. Putting the Aviation Day together has always been a big job. David Sailors has done a great job in years past and now it is time to get him some real help. The hope is that with a skilled professional team in place that our event can be all that it can be. I have added a link to the event web site on our Links page: http://www.balloonsoverbend.com/ Gary Miller COOPA SAFETY CORNER By Joel Premselaar I was struggling for material upon which to base this month's "SAFETY CORNER." I found it on page 40 of the March '06 issue of the AOPA Pilot. Good old Barry Schiff's article triggered some thoughts I had previously shared with certain members of our group. How do you measure flight experience? Is flying measured by flight hours? To use an old saw, is 1,000 flight hours 1,000 hours of flight experience or is it one hour's experience 1,000 times? The only aircraft I've flown with an autopilot was a TBM (Grumman's torpedo bomber). It controlled pitch and roll only and it rarely worked at that. The first of many questions I have to ask is, how much stick in hand per flight hour do you have? How many stick in hand takeoffs and landings per hour of flight do you have? For almost nine of my 70 years as an aviator, my logbook shows more than one landing per hour. Granted that that was an unusual phase in my flying career. What is your stick in hand ratio of time inverted to right side up? Is your stick in hand ratio of "Gs" per hour equal to one? Do you have any stick in hand time flying terrain following? Do you finally get my point? What to do? See my suggestion at the end of this article. You have but to look at G.A.'s so called technological advancements (glass cockpits) in the light of Schiff's words. To quote him, "Increasing automation causes some airline pilots to predict that cockpit crews someday will consist of a monkey and a pilot. The monkey's job will be to push the correct buttons; the pilot will be there to feed bananas to the monkey." Many years ago, Life Magazine had a cartoon. It depicted a line of military pilots each seated in front of a monitor (CRT screen). One of them, with a cup in hand, was in the process of standing. The caption stated something like this: - "Oh well, I guess I'll get a cup of coffee. I just got shot down." Don't get me wrong re technological advancements. I'm all for it. It's inevitable. After all, I was a part of it. Remember that the banner of this piece is, "SAFETY CORNER." I merely want to remind you that if the "Oh, (fill in the blank)" situation suddenly degrades your system in less than a graceful way, you'll have to revert to stick and rudder. Gee, how's that for a lead to one of my favorite subjects: - proper stick and rudder use. O.K. relax, I'll elaborate on that some other time. The experimental psychologists (ergonomic or human factor folks) at Boeing invested time and $s to determine the time it takes from total failure of a system or a component of that system to complete recovery with human involvement (in spite of all the warning modes you can think of, the copy I have of the delay times that will scare you). I'll provide that report for your review upon request. We addressed the problem by designing graceful degradation and redundancies into the system. I fought a fruitless battle against using duplications as redundancies. I argued that functions should be duplicated, but not the hardware and software. It was my contention that the cause of the discrepancy would repeat the failure if the redundant system was of the same design. The bean counters won and I lost. To counter this, a design was submitted to incorporate a system to be employed for critical phases of flight such as an autopilot ILS approach. The design would allow the pilot to manipulate the controls as though she/he (ladies first) were flying, say an ILS, but the autopilot would in fact be controlling the plane. Upon a failure of the autopilot, control would seamlessly revert to the pilot and since she/he was "already in the loop," a delay would not occur. The Human Factors people loved it. I left without knowing its fate. Pilots do not simply drive an aircraft as the average person does a car. Pilots operate in a different environment, one that involves six degrees of motion. Upon encountering a problem, the modern car driver pulls to the side of the road, picks up his cell phone, and calls AAA. Pilots, on the other hand do not enjoy such a luxury, the pilot must have in-depth knowledge of all systems and how these systems, including themselves as humans, integrate with one another. Woefully, it's been my experience that the average G.A. pilot does not have sufficient in-depth knowledge of the equipment she/he operates. This knowledge must extend beyond the aircraft's class or even its type. It must encompass the specific plane being flown - with all of its vagaries and hangar rash. Knowledge is power. In aviation it has another attribute, its called survival! Re "What to do." In one brief statement: take aerobatic lessons. Not only is it fun, you'll learn more about flying in 15 minutes of aerobatics than in 1500 hours of 1 G flight. Don't believe me? Ask Jack Kohler. Gee whiz! As delicate as I am, I hope I don't fall as I step down from this +=*%#! soapbox. ______________________________________________ To Controllers Everywhere: Thank You Sir!!! Below is a story from one of several I thought you might enjoy about some radio contacts I've encountered. At this late date I'm still trying to make sure my brain is in gear before engaging my mouth. I still sometimes grind my gears and strip the threads in some poor controllers' ears. Ed Endsley Random Thoughts: The flying weather has been so iffy for the last month that I have been reduced to cleaning out my flight bag just to remind myself what it looks like. Inside I came across a little gadget that is chapter property. That device is a FlightStat pulse oximeter. It clips on one of your fingers and then tells you your pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. The chapter purchased one a while ago and it is available to any member that wants to borrow it. Hypoxia is a curious condition. In my experience it affects different people in different ways. Even though the symptoms vary from person to person they seem to be relatively repeatable in any one individual. My son Daniel will get a wicked headache when over 11,000 feet for more than 15 or 30 minutes. Having him put on the canula quickly cures him. Flying in the low teens would lead to a miserable day for him until we learned his special needs. My cousin Carolyn shows no symptoms, until she just passes out after a few minutes over 12,500 feet. When I descend back down to 11,000 feet she wakes up and has no recollection of having been asleep. If she were a pilot this would concern me greatly but otherwise she seems to suffer no after effects. My body seems to have a higher than average natural awareness of hypoxia. When I fly high my body naturally huffs more to maintain my oxygen saturation. No headaches, no unusual drowsiness, just an awareness of needing to breathe better. There is still a price I pay for not using oxygen. If I fly for 3 hours at just over 10,000 feet I will feel beat-up all over when I land ... like the day after recovering from a bad cold or flu. The rest of my day will just drag. The effect is not present if I have been using normal oxygen. With the O2 I land ready to make things happen at my destination, but I have to start the oxygen before I feel any symptoms. The FlightStat is a nice little device to help you learn and calibrate your own body's response to hypoxia. For me it is a cute toy that helps me put some numbers to my already known symptoms. If I were like some people and just quietly passed out from hypoxia then I would prefer a pulse oximeter with an alarm bell. Take ours out for a spin and see how your body responds to hypoxia. You can find out more information on this little device from the manufacturer here: http://www.flightstat.nonin.com/product.asp. If you want to borrow to test for yourself then just give me a call. ------------ Gary Pattern Aerobatics: by Ed Endsley I did some of my earliest flight training in the Eugene area at a little field called T-Bird Airpark. It's no longer in existence, which is probably just as well since final approach was over a cemetery one way and a swamp the other. The crosswind strip was about 500 feet long and guarded by railroad tracks one way and a creek the other. Don't over or undershoot! When I had accumulated about ten hours (three solo), this was the base from which I launched a Piper Colt to go shoot touch and goes at Eugene's big commercial airport, Mahlon Sweet, and precociously mix it up with the airliners. Their runways were so big I could have landed across the numbers or done twenty touch & goes down the length and that was before their expansions. The main runway was only 5000 by 150 feet in 1964. This day found me on right downwind for 34 when the controller told me to do a 360 for spacing. Well I knew how to do 720s, so this should be no problem. I racked that Colt up into a sixty degree bank and whipped off a 360 in nothing flat. Quite a good one too, because I hit my prop wash. I was sittin' pretty pleased on downwind again when the controller called and said it wasn't necessary to do aerobatics in the pattern and would I extend my downwind and plan number two for 34. I still didn't see number one, but I agreed as how number two would be fine. I'm grateful now that he gave me that gentle guidance and didn't give me a lecture or a phone number. '2006 - COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS / DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Thu Mar 16 10:39:38 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Thu Mar 16 10:37:47 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Saturday fly-out 3/18th Message-ID: <000a01c64928$fb1b2ee0$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Hi COOPA Members - Current weather is not acceptable for our planned fly-out to Lewiston this Saturday 3/18th. Don & Norma had to cancel our pick-up transportation there. Alternate sites to the North, and West also show fog, wind, rain &/or snow showers. I will monitor the weather for an alternate location and, update you at tonights meeting, and by email on Friday and early Saturday morning. It could change for the better - Only the shadow knows........ Aloha, Curt Res/Ofc: 541/ 317-1670 Fax: 541/ 317-1671 Cell: 541/ 280-6317 E-mail: curtis@bendbroadband.com From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Thu Mar 16 21:17:15 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Thu Mar 16 21:24:26 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER OF O.P.A. Message-ID: <000501c64982$0eda4700$d67bdc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....JUST A NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM THE NEW SEC/TREAS. OF OUR CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER OF OREGON PILOTS ASSOC........SO ALL CHAPTER DUES SHOULD BE SENT TO ME...ADDRESS AND OTHER INFO WILL FOLLOW... APPROX. 2/3 OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR LIST OF MEMBERS HAVE NOT PAID THEIR 2006 ANNUAL DUES OF $10.00 WHICH WERE DUE ON JAN. 1, 2006. PLEASE GO ON LINE AT http//co-opa.rellim.com TO PULL UP OUR WEBSITE... GO DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE TO "MEMBERSHIP LIST" AND CLICK ON IT.....YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR A USER NAME AND A PASSWORD....THE USER NAME IS S07 AND THE PASSWORD IS 123.0.......THIS WILL PULL UP THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP LIST....PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE PAID YOUR DUES AND ALSO TO SEE IF ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION IS CORRECT.....IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID YOUR DUES PLEASE SEND THEM IN (ADDRESS TO FOLLOW) IF ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION NEEDS CORRECTED PLEASE EITHER MAIL, FAX OR E-MAIL THE CORRECTIONS TO ME SO I CAN UPDATE OUR MEMBERSHIP LIST....THANK YOU....DON WILFONG SEND YOUR PAYMENTS AND/OR CORRECTIONS TO: CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER, OREGON PILOTS ASSOC. c/o Don Wilfong P.O. Box 5364 Bend, OR 97708-5364 dwnw@bendbroadband.com ph. 541 389-1456 fax 541 389-9607 P.S.: IF YOU NO LONGER WISH TO BELONG TO OUR GROUP PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE MAY REMOVE YOUR NAME FROM OUR LIST....THANK YOU From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Thu Mar 16 21:32:25 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Thu Mar 16 21:39:31 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CORRECTION Message-ID: <000701c64984$2d6bfb80$d67bdc42@bendcable.com> CORRECTION OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS IS: http://co-opa@rellim.com I LEFT OUT THE : AFTER http IN THE LAST E-MAIL DON WILFONG From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Mar 17 13:38:21 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Mar 17 13:36:30 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Flyout Message-ID: <000f01c64a0b$1cfd8430$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Notice to Club members - The weather for tomorrow's flyout to Lewiston or an alternate, simply will not cooperate, and we have decided to cancel it. There may be some flyable weather on Sunday. For those of you that may have an interest, there is a Pancake Breakfast at Gleneden Beach at Siletz Bay on Sunday morning. (S45). Contact at Gleneden is Randy Neal: 877/ 470-6549 . The distance direct is 130 NM. Using a GS of 120K it would be a 1:05 minute flight. Our Apache is due out of the shop tonight with the addition of a second GPS. If all is well and good, we plan to go to Gleneden with a departure from Bend at 8:30 am. I will send out an email early tomorrow morning to everybody with the status of this flight. If it is a GO, we hope that you can join us. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/ 317-1670 Cell: 541/ 280-6317 E-mail: curtis@bendbroadband.com From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Mar 17 15:31:13 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Mar 17 15:38:55 2006 Subject: Fw: [Co-opa] CORRECTION TO CORRECTION Message-ID: <000801c64a1a$e76b1e80$d67bdc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....I GOOFED AGAIN....SEE THE CORRECT WEBSITE ADDRESS PER GARY MILLER'S CORRECTION TO MY LAST E-MAIL....DON WILFONG > Yo Don! > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Don & Norma wrote: > > > OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS IS: > > > > http://co-opa@rellim.com <<<<< THIS IS WRONG > > > > I LEFT OUT THE : AFTER http IN THE LAST E-MAIL > > No. it is: http://co-opa.rellim.com <<<<<< THIS IS RIGHT > There is no "@" in the web address... > > > RGDS > GARY From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat Mar 18 08:20:44 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat Mar 18 08:18:54 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Sunday fly out Message-ID: <002701c64aa7$e8385e80$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club members - As the stomach turns, our Apache radio maintenance was not finished as scheduled for today, and we are now waiting for parts, so it will not be ready until later next week. As a result we will not be going to the Pancake Breakfast at Gleneden Beach on Sunday as we had planned. Hopefully the weather and maintenance will be kinder for our next months flyout. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/ 317-1670 Fax: 541/ 317-1671 Cell: 541/ 280-6317 E-mail: curtis@bendbroadband.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Mon Mar 20 18:29:19 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Mar 20 19:09:09 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - WAAS Update Message-ID: Hello all friends of the Bend Airport, An interesting article on the AOPA website about WAAS approaches and the future of instrument approaches to non-precision runways. Please click on the link below to read the article: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2006/060307waas.html The Bend Municipal Airport was forwarded by the Oregon Department of Aviation as one of the top 10 candidates for an LPV WAAS approach in the FAA's initial pilot program, beginning next year. As you'll see in the article, the FAA is looking for the first batch of candidates to only include airports that already have ILS approaches. While we probably won't make the cut this time, we will continue to press for this as a future improvement to IMC flight capabilities at the Bend Airport, and my hope is that we could see this within the next five years. We are still moving forward to develop a non-precision approach to Runway 34 as a part of the runway relocation project. Stay tuned and I'll keep you up to date. Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Mar 30 13:00:42 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Mar 30 13:52:41 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport AWOS Message-ID: To all friends of the Bend Municipal Airport, Not a full Airport Update this time, but an item I thought important enough to pass on to everyone. I received notice today that we have an AWOS installation and final commissioning date scheduled for April 14, 2006, which is a mere two weeks away. As Larry the Cable Guy might say, "Let's git 'er done." I'll let you know if there is any change in this schedule (keep your fingers crossed) and will advise when the Bend Airport finally has automated weather and the system is operational. I'll warn you that there is a small chance we will have the system available only through a telephone line for a short time until the VHF frequency license arrives, but we will at the very least have the system operational and usable after April 14th. I'll keep you apprised. Fly safe out there. Blue skies and tailwinds to you all, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Apr 5 11:58:38 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Apr 5 13:46:46 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Runway Design - Public Meetings April 20 Message-ID: To all friends and tenants of the Bend Airport: As we roll into April, 2006, the time has come to plan the Runway 16/34 relocation project in earnest. It is our intention to be able to bid this project within the next two months and to begin construction on the first phase of this two year project by July, 2006. We have essentially completed the greater part of the design for the project, and have included our ideas, with input from many of you, about phasing for this project. While we have discussed the runway project in succinct terms in the periodic Airport Updates (sii City of Bend - Airport website at www.ci.bend.or.us), those updates have not touched on the details or the timing of the project. Now we would like to offer you the opportunity for input and discussion of the project, including its design elements, timing, and preliminary construction planning. On April 20, 2006 the consulting engineers for the project (David Evans & Associates) will come to Bend for two different public meetings to describe and discuss the project. We have scheduled one meeting for daytime working hours and one meeting in the evening in order to solicit as much input as possible and to provide the greatest opportunity for you to attend. If you do business at the Bend Airport or are a user of the Airport, I strongly encourage you to attend. Here is the schedule for these meetings. Location is still to be determined, but will be a location at the Bend Airport; I'll let you know the exact location as we approach April 20th. BEND AIRPORT RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT MEETINGS - APRIL 20, 2006 First Meeting - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Second Meeting - 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. To help us get an idea of the size of the room we will need for these meetings, please RSVP to me by April 13th if you can attend and which meeting you will come to. Again, I encourage you to attend one of the meetings and I shall look forward to seeing you there. My best regards to you all, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From gem at rellim.com Tue Apr 11 11:29:04 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Tue Apr 11 11:29:15 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] News About John Miller--Update from COCC Staff Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! I am passing this along rom COCC by way of Amy Prutzman. Let's all wish him well for a speedy recovery. - ----------------------------- "Hi Amy - John wasn't feeling well on Thurs and had his class go home early Thurs PM - he thought he had the flu and/or a reaction to new medicine he was taking. Friday AM he went to the hospital where they immediately admitted him and said that he had (or was having) a mild heart attack. They were going to do an angioplasty at 12:30 - he was going to go home on Monday and be back to teach Thursday. Apparently when they did the angioplasty they found that there was more damage than they thought so they did a triple by-pass.......he will be in the hospital until maybe today or tomorrow and then 6 weeks to recover. He is anticipating being back at the college to teach sometime in late May. He'll be a hard person to keep away once he starts feeling better but we've got his classes covered for 6 weeks and we hope that he will take this time to recover fully. " - --please share with others who may want to know about John's status-- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEO/Vz8KZibdeR3qURApvuAJ9oGnfwD/XapXnTQj6cyfML0EgaagCgqvWq dz4FaYt6K4QMZCkfS2eriOA= =TjhW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Thu Apr 13 17:04:27 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Thu Apr 13 17:04:38 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COHH looking for a quick ride Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! As you know, CO-OPA has flown a few scenic flights for hospice patients. That has worked out great for all involved. Now we have a different situation. COHH has 2 people that need to get up to Portland in a hurry to see a rapidly passing relative. Is anyone going up to PDX tonight or Friday morning? By car or airplane and has spare seats? If so, call Sweed Miller at 771-3264, or myself. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEPucO8KZibdeR3qURAmVBAJ9gEw6EADmICnoAxv5otdtJxQ2P0ACg61a4 BHsbpnf8wn8dmL4Yb1cRTuw= =OE+1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Apr 13 17:32:46 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Apr 13 17:56:45 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport AWOS Message-ID: Hello to all friends of the Bend Municipal Airport, Well, it's a day earlier than I told you, but I hope you won't mind. Today, April 13, 2006, the Bend Airport Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) was tested and commissioned by the FAA and is now transmitting 24 hours a day. For the first two weeks (approximately), the system will transmit in TEST mode, while we make sure everything is working perfectly, but if the testing today was any indication, we have a great system. The VHF transmitting frequency is 134.425 Mhz and a telephone line will be installed on Monday so you can alternately call in directly for the Bend Airport weather. I'll pass the phone number on as soon as it's hooked up, and I'll let you know when the test message is dropped from the transmission. For you curious types, the Bend system tells the following parameters: Wind Direction Wind Speed Current Temperature (C) Dew Point (C) Day-Night sensor Precipitation Current Altimeter Setting Visibility (1/4 mi to 10+ mi) Cloud Ceiling (up to 12,000 ft; up to three separate cloud layers) Thunderstorm (Lightning) activity Remarks - up to two voice remarks can be added to the transmitted message (for NOTAMS or other critical information) Thanks to everyone for your support and your patience as we have worked to get this system installed and operational. It's been a long time coming and a whole lot of people put their time and support into making it happen. So fly safe out there...and don't forget to get the latest weather before you fly. It's just the turn of a dial away... Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Mon Apr 17 16:56:00 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Apr 17 17:15:00 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport AWOS Update Message-ID: Hello all, The Bend Airport AWOS is now FULLY FUNCTIONAL! The FAA gave approval today to take the system out of TEST mode and the phone line was installed on cue today. The number for the new dedicated phone line for the system is (541) 382-1477. The VHF frequency, again, is 134.425. Give it a call and let me know what you think. Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From mvbond at myexcel.com Tue Apr 18 02:18:13 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Tue Apr 18 02:17:30 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA April newsletter Message-ID: <4444AED5.4030806@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER April 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 4 Website: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ President's Message: My apologies for missing the last meeting. Both my kids made the regional swimming championships so we had to trek the whole family up to Seattle. The trip was very rewarding as a team and as individuals. Still, part of my heart was at the meeting with all of you. The weather was the usual March Muck up there so we had to take the car. That was yet another flying opportunity weathered out this year. As I write this there are about 8 inches of snow on the ground and it is still coming down. A little dusting of snow for Easter is OK, but this is too much. My plane does not have snow tires. Time for Spring! I heard the new guys at The Flight Shop gave a good presentation on all the plans they have for the business. As always it is great to have them drop by to talk. In other business the club voted to drop our membership in the Bend Chamber of Commerce. Our main purpose in being a member was to be a part of their Balloons Over Bend program. After they sold that to Incredible Events there was no good reason to continue. This month will be a pretty crazy meeting. Greg Phillips has scheduled a City meeting from 6:00pm to 7:30pm to go over the runway relocation project at S07. That pretty much trumps our potluck. So this month we need to get the word out that there will be no potluck and to try to be at the Flight Services Building by 6:00pm so we can attend his meeting as a group. At 7:30pm we will try to have a short meeting of our own. With luck we can convince a few of the other folks at the City meeting to hang around. This month we have Joe Smith, the President Elect of the OPA, dropping in to chat with us. Joe has been visiting as many chapters as he can before he takes office this summer. Let's have a big turnout to hear about the OPA from a statewide perspective. Calendar: 20 April - Monthly Meeting 22 April - Monthly Flyout 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout 2-3 June - Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic 10-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day 20 July - Monthly Meeting 22 July - Monthly Flyout Web doings: This month Joel sent in some great shots of the Blue Angels over San Francisco Bay. Wow. I posted them on our web site. Check it out. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Bend Airport now has an AWOS! It is still in test mode but it should be fully operational soon. Listen for it on 134.425 MHz. There is also a phone number so you can call it from the ground. For the time being there are no plans to connect it to NOAA, the FSS or the web. My INBOX has also been filling up with plans for the Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic (http://coflysafe.org) and the Bend Airport Aviation Day (http://bendairport.org). Both groups are in need of volunteers, so if you are going to be around please contact Dave Sailors (dsailors@bendbroadband.com) for the Aviation Day or Dennis Douglas (ddouglas@coastside.net) for the clinic. Random Thoughts: My thoughts, and all our thoughts, go out this month to our friend John Taylor. Among other things John teaches in the Aviation department at COCC and has done many things for the local aviation community. The story, as it has been passed on to me, is that John was not feeling well last Thursday. He thought he had the flu or a reaction to a new medication. The next morning the symptoms persisted so he went to the hospital. There he was informed he was having a heart attack. Angioplasty was scheduled and in the OR the procedure escalated to a triple bypass. The last word was that he was recovering well. We all send our best wishes for a speedy recovery As heart attacks go, this story is a common one, and yet a bit troubling to any pilot. To look at him, John was as fit looking as most any adult I know. As a pilot we know he has had a recent medical. Yet such a serious condition must have been building unnoticed for years. Worse yet it was unappreciated for what it was even as the heart attack was under way. How might the outcome have been different if John had been flying high on a solo cross country? As pilots it is so important that we only act as pilots when we are fit and healthy for the job. Yet so many people suffer heart attacks without recognizing the symptoms. It is very common for people in the midst of a heart attack to refuse assistance even though prompt medical attention is crucial. So as a reminder to myself I looked up the common symptoms. Here are the warning signs according to the American Heart Association: 1. Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain. 2. Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach. 3. Shortness of breath. Often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort. 4. Other symptoms. May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness. Not exactly the unambiguous indications that we would like to have. Which is why so many people do not rush to the hospital as they should. Pilots need to treat these symptoms just as if they suspected a fire on board an aircraft in flight. Take action immediately, if you wait to know for sure it may be too late. Luckily for John it was not too late and we look forward to his company again soon. Gary Miller To Controllers Everywhere: Thank You Sir!!! Last month you heard about my early experience at Mahlon Sweet in Eugene. Here are the rest of that series that I prefaced with "Here are a few stories I thought you might enjoy about some radio contacts I've encountered". At this late date I'm still trying to make sure my brain is in gear before engaging my mouth. I still sometimes grind my gears and strip the threads in some poor controllers' ears. Controller Ralphie "You're new at this, aren't you?" I was dumb struck. I was just announcing my presence on the next sector frequency. I'd never heard Center say anything like that, and in such a derisive tone too. I was silent for a moment but then thought it my responsibility to respond to Centers transmission. I keyed the mic and in my best southern drawl responded that "mai wife is sittin' here beside me and she assures me that it is indeed mai furst tyme today. Ah, how bout you sir, over"? I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that there was no response. I suppose he was very busy erasing tapes. There certainly wasn't any other traffic to deal with. Then I heard some laughing on the frequency and a voice, without announcing a call sign say, "wow, it sounds like Ralphie needs a vacation." And then a response from another anonymous Heavy about twenty thousand above me responded with a comment about how Ralphie got this way every month or so. I just double clicked my mic and chuckled at the camaraderie offered. I flew on wondering if I still had flight following services. I didn't hear from that controller again. A few miles later another voice handed me off to another sector. Good job Ralphie. You made the day for several pilots. Controllers Everywhere - continued Chinook Approach Descending at the top of the yellow and skimming over the Rattlesnake Hills at about two hundred feet is a thrilling way to blast out over The Hanford Reach and be at pattern altitude for the Washington Tri-Cities airports. Seattle Center had just handed me off to Chinook Approach and I'd checked in on frequency. My destination was Vista Field, which is in a cutout of the Pasco Class D. I'd never been into the field before and it is nestled in a very urban development. I'd slowed way down and was poking around under the approach/departure paths to the very busy Pasco runways 3/21 left and right, looking for something that seemed more like an airport than a parking lot. The Chinook Controller called and asked if I was familiar with the area, (thank you, thank you, was it that obvious?). I confessed I was not. He pointed out a large shopping center roof and vectored me to the field, mentioned no other traffic observed, and said frequency change approved. I thanked him overly profusely for his courtesy and assistance and proceeded to make a reasonable pattern entry and safe arrival. That guy really took a load of angst off me and contributed to the safety of all operations within my striking distance. It was amazing how much his service contributed to my relaxation and allowed me to widen my attention again and proceed with confidence. RDM Laughs I gave Dwight, RDM tower supervisor, a laugh when he took my call. I requested a left base entry to 28 with taxi to Baxter. There was an uncharacteristic pause and then Dwight came back still sputtering and chuckling and cleared me to enter left base for 28, cleared to land and taxi to Bax,,, er, Butler. I thought he wasn't going to make it through the transmission without cracking up. I confirmed the clearance and wondered where I had gotten Baxter. Six letters, starts with a capital B, ends in er, that's pretty close. Butler, Butler, right there on the side of the hangar as I taxied up. I shut down and climbed out and gave a big wave up at the tower cab and half expected to see a red light signal. STOP. Dwight, ever the gentleman, didn't say anything when I called for taxi from Butler for departure. His laugh muscles were probably still hurting. I do a Controller Impersonation I was working at my desk and monitoring 124.5 when I heard Don Wilfong call for landing at RDM. Don reported down wind as requested and announced his intention to taxi to Butler? I heard his clearances and acknowledgements and gave him about three minutes to taxi up to the ramp. I called Butler and in a very officious manner, asked if Don Wilfong, N20575, had just taxied in and could I speak to him please? They said he was just walking up; please hang on. When Don answered he seemed a little hesitant. I asked if this was Don Wilfong and he acknowledged in a rather tremulous voice that it was. So I said Hi Don welcome to RDM!!! He recognized my voice then; I could just about hear him cursing me as he released his breath. He said something about thinking it was the tower calling but he didn't know what he'd done wrong. I laughed and apologized for surprising him. Now I have to be very careful around Don; I know he's plotting revenge. Salem Scenarios A few years ago I was landing at Salem-McNary for fuel before heading over the Cascades for Bend. I reported downwind for 34 as requested and was told to extend downwind to be number two behind the Cherokee. I didn't see the Cherokee and just kept going downwind. There's a hill a few miles south of the field and it was getting closer and closer. When the tower cleared the Cherokee to land I decided it was time to turn base instead of continuing on south toward Eugene. At the same time the tower advised that I could turn base anytime and I was cleared to land. Well of course that was going to be awhile, I'm sure the Cherokee driver would be tied down and halfway home before I arrived. I got the gas and fired up to depart and the same controller asked me if I had information Juliet. Well, no I didn't, would he stand by? I mean I'd arrived ten minutes ago, it was calm stagnant high pressure but I didn't say the magic words that I had the numbers. It must have been a long day and there wasn't any other traffic. Finally on the runway and cleared on course, I was soon airborne. I called the tower guy and asked for departure to the East. This really ticked him off so I got the lecture about what "cleared on course" means. I responded "clear of your Class D airspace, going to Center." Click. This guy needed a vacation too and, yeah, I know, I needed to brush up on the lingo. Oh well, I was in the air and he was bored stiff in the tower. It was good to be going home. Thank You Sir! I was flying my desk the other day and listening to Seattle Center when I heard a controller working a military flight. I was blown away by what I heard and very proud to be associated with such great people. The controller cleared the flight to climb to FL320 and frequency change approved. Then the controller added, "thank you sir for serving in our military." The pilot came back with "FL320, going to 351.7, THANK YOU SIR!" A Grateful Ed Endsley. Thank YOU Sir!!! COOPA SAFETY CORNER By Joel Premselaar The recent resurgence of early light aircraft that meet FAA's 1,320-pound weight limitation for the new light sport aircraft (LSA) category, tweaked my memory box. I couldn't help comparing pre-WWII Cubs, Aeroncas, and other such machines with the sophisticated glass cockpit LSAs of today. The old "Clark Y" airfoils were built by the mile and cut off by the yards to accommodate many types of pre WW-II light aircraft. The props were mostly two bladers made of wood. I used the word "mostly" 'cause there was a one bladed prop with a counter-balancing load that appeared on a few of those old birds. Yes, I meant a one bladed prop that, believe it or not, is a more efficient configuration than any other combination; no disturbance to the following blade! This was followed by adjustable pitch before constant speed props came along. Almost all light planes of that era were tail draggers. The first tricycle-geared aircraft I ever flew was the F7F Tigercat! Control sticks prevailed. 'Dep' controls (wheel type flight controllers named after Deperdussin its inventor) began appearing in greater numbers. Ah, the pendulum does swing. Stick controllers are returning, albeit as side controllers along with the conventional stick. Oh, I do go on. O.K., Ill stop playing historian and get to a point I'd like to make. By flying the planes most of us do, we are depriving ourselves of the joy of flying 1,000 feet AGL where: cars below were passing us, distance traveled was measured by counting section lines, speed and direction of the wind was determined by the movement of cloud shadows, towns were identified by having their names painted in bold print on their water towers and barn roofs, crops were identifiable, folks afoot waved at you and by throttling back to Idle you could, in a stentorian voice, ask for directions, every ten miles the airways flashed Morse coded letters, and so it went on and on. Gadzooks! Nostalgia will not release its grip on me. Allow me to pause here; I feel the need to blot my eyes and wipe my nose -------- thank you for that. Cubs, Taylorcrafts, Aeroncas, Luscombes, etc. are being duplicated. The present generation of pilots and pilots-to- be will be introduced to a new aspect of flight, but best of all, LSAs and such will allow us oldies to recover the pleasures of the past. A current aviation magazine carried an article titled "How to Use the VOR." It elicited some concerns from me regarding VORs. Many years ago, I was flying toward Sacramento's VOR from the south. The reception was intermittent and the needle wandered sporadically. I was VFR and had time to analyze the problem. I assumed it was caused by ground-based structures. After eliminating that possibility, I was left with aircraft structure. I made visual contact with the VOR's transmitter - it was dead ahead. I surmised that the only physical obstruction between the VOR's transmitter and the aircraft's VOR antenna was my prop. I changed the RPM and the problem vanished. The prop was interfering with the signal. Some years ago Bill Dolf, then owner of Leading Edge Avionics, led a discussion on avionics at a COPA meeting. When the subject of VORs arose, I described my VOR episode to the group. Many of you were not at that meeting. Another thought struck me regarding VORs. Ground based VOR transmitters are oriented with the magnetic north pole, not the geographic North Pole. The magnetic north pole is migrating about 40 kilometers (25 statute miles) per year and is presently moving northwest at an increasing rate. In addition, the magnetic north pole executes an elliptical movement of about 80 kilometers (50 statute miles) from an average central point daily. The question among the scientific community is, "If history is any guideline, we are due to experience another polar reversal, is this its beginning?" Curiosity regarding the magnetic north pole prompted me to examine the impact of its behavior upon us as pilots. Variations depicted on our sectionals are changed on 1 January every five years, e.g. 01/01/1995, 01/01/00, 01/01/05, etc. The same is true regarding Jeppesen's Enroute Charts. Jeppesen was kind enough to provide me with the answers to my many questions. I checked the depiction of variation (V) isobars on the Jeppesen chart for 12? east and 13? east. My probe produced some interesting results .... On April 2004, the distance between V 12?E and V 13?E at latitude 42?N was 96 nm while, at the same time, it was 164 nm at latitude 35?N, a difference of 68 nm. On April 2006, the distance between V12?E and V13?E at latitude 42?N was 104 nm while at the same time, it was 185 nm at latitude 35?N, a difference of 81 nm. It should not come as a surprise since the difference between variations expands as they move southward. It's evident from the depictions on the charts. It is of some concern that when you consider the difference in distance between variations 12?E and 13?E at 35?N is 21 nm (185 nm minus 164 nm) changed on our charts over night. It's also interesting that the magnetic headings of the airways remained the same. The questions arising from this are: " What is the impact on the margin of safety in mountainous areas?" and "At what point do they physically reorient VORs to magnetic north?" "What is the FAA's position knowing that manpower to execute the changes all at once doesn't exist?" I tried to get some answers to many questions arising from this study from the net; however, I got lost in a morass of dead-end information. This is all the more reason to "go GPS." Although problems abound with GPS, it is the least of the many technological evils that plagues aviation. I don't mean to assume a negative posture. Our nav systems are useable if you know their constraints and operate within them. Some day I may corral an appropriate FAA type who will provide me with official answers. Dream on Joel, dream on! Bend AWOS! Hello all, The Bend Airport AWOS is now FULLY FUNCTIONAL! The FAA gave approval today (April 17) to take the system out of TEST mode and the phone line was installed on cue today. The number for the new dedicated phone line for the system is (541) 382-1477. The VHF frequency, again, is 134.425. Give it a call and let me know what you think. Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager GPS, VORs, (and NDBs), etc: As we increasingly depend on the GPS system, we have not yet seen the effects of a peak in the 11 year sunspot cycle ... we expect the sunspot minimum late this year, with the peak 5-6 years later, say around 2012. Effects from this will likely cause increased drag and even disruption of GPS satellites' functionality, as the ionosphere expands with increased solar activity. Maybe the WAAS system, or the recently commissioned DGPS (Differential GPS) ground station network, will be able to counteract this, by transmitting corrective data, but who knows? Did you know there are several DGPS stations within reception range of central Oregon? Our nearest is at Fossil. They transmit in the same frequency range as NDBs, and require a specialized receiver to decode and correct standard GPS data for greatly increased positional accuracy. But did you know a DGPS signal can be used as a long range NDB (if you have not uninstalled your 'obsolete' ADF receiver)? Long range, because they are high power stations, but undependable after dark, as are regular, conventional NDBs! Are they a legal way to navigate? Not for IFR, but as another support for 'positional awareness', why not?? Just as legal as using your local AM broadcast station as an NDB ... you DO know where they are and their frequencies ... right? There's nothing to prevent you adding DGPS and broadcast stations as waypoints on your (non-certified) GPS map and using the ADF as a backup when/if the GPS system goes belly-up! Mike Bond COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Tue Apr 18 11:04:19 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Tue Apr 18 11:04:16 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly Out / Saturday 4/22 Message-ID: <000001c66312$c8c606a0$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> COOPA Members - There appears to be a shot at this Saturday's flyout, and it looks better staying on the East side of the Cascades. In checking the best sites in East Oregon and SE Washington, the airport Restaurants were not open this time of year that are within an economical flight range.. The Columbia Gorge Regional at The Dalles, is open, and we have had good meals there, and this is the current selected site for our Saturday fly-out. Identifier is DLS - Close by VOR is 112.3/LTJ - Distance is 92 nm - flight time @ 120K is 46 minutes Lets meet at The Flight Shop at 8:00 am for a takeoff time of 8:30am which will put us there for a mid morning breakfast at about 9:30 am. Call me or email me with any suggestions ....... Aloha, Curt Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Tue Apr 18 10:36:43 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Tue Apr 18 14:26:59 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Update #7 Message-ID: <200604182126.k3ILQjAr022381@hobbes.rellim.com> April 18, 2006 Airport Update #7 To all Bend Municipal Airport Friends and Tenants: Ah, spring! The budding of the trees, the greening of the grasses, and?a foot of snow on the west side of Bend! It looks like Mother Nature's enjoying herself these days, but that's not going to stop us from making progress at the Bend Airport. Here are some of the things happening out here. CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS): If you haven't seen the emails over the last week, the AWOS is now fully functional at the Bend Airport. The VHF frequency is 134.425 and the telephone line is (541) 382-1477. This Airport owned AWOS IIIP/T has the capability to announce the following functions - windspeed, wind direction, day-night, current temperature and dewpoint, precipitation, cloud layers (up to three different layers) and ceiling up to 12,000 feet AGL, density altitude, barometric pressure (altimeter setting), visibility (1/4 mi to 10+ mi), and lightning strikes/activity within and beyond 10 miles. Additionally, up to two voice remarks can be added. If you're curious about the system we have, take a look at the manufacturer's site at www.allweatherinc.com. The system transmits at 2.5W max in accordance with our FCC license, and I'll be curious to hear from you what the outer limits of reception are, so let me know as you travel about. I've already heard that Redmond Tower receives the signal just fine. RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT: Monday, I received the 95% engineering drawings and specifications, so we will be reviewing them and sending them to the FAA for final review by the end of the week. This is a tremendously complex project based on the close proximity of the new runway to the existing runway and, as a reminder, we will hold two public meetings this Thursday at the Flight Services Building (The Flight Shop - Professional Air) to describe this $6 Million project and talk about the construction schedule and phasing plans. The two hour-and-a-half meetings will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. and I encourage you to come and help us prepare for this two year construction project. We hope to bid the project within the next 30 days and proceed with construction by July. Completion of the new runway is currently anticipated for October, 2007. T-MOBILE SITE: The T-Mobile mini-cell site is now up and working on the Airport. That makes two improved services at the Airport for you Unicel and T-Mobile cell phone users. SELF-SERVE FUEL: Professional Air (The Flight Shop) informs me that self-serve fuel has arrived at the Bend Airport and that it's selling for 30 cents a gallon less than full serve. I think I'll get my five-gallon can and take it over there? DEVELOPMENT EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT: As you know, in January a Master Developer was selected to develop up to forty-two acres on the east side of the Airport. Professional Air Partners (PAP) has been chosen to design and develop this next great phase of growth at the Bend Airport. You may know PAP as Professional Air Services on the north end of the Airport and as the new owners of The Flight Shop (now doing business as Professional Air). The first parcel in this project will be up to eighteen acres of hangars to meet the immediate and growing need at the Bend Airport. The second parcel will be up to twenty-four acres of business properties, with a new FBO/Jet Center offered as a strong possibility. The City is working to finalize a Lease Development Agreement (LDA) with the Developer and we hope to be able to give them the chance to begin design, permits, and construction on the necessary infrastructure as soon as possible, with the possibility of new hangars on the Airport by summer of 2007. WAITING LIST FOR HANGARS: We started taking names again for the Hangar Waiting List on March 1st and we now have forty-two names on this paid waiting list. If you are interested in having a hangar of your own constructed as a part of the east side development when it happens, please contact Professional Air Partners at Pro Air (The Flight Shop), (541) 388-0019. Ask for Brandon Wilcox or Gwil Evans and I'm sure they'll be happy to throw your name in the hat. Also, I try to keep my ear to the ground regarding non-City owned hangars that might be available. If you have space in your hangar for an extra tenant or two, please feel free to let me know. Also, I was contacted recently by a hangar owner at RDM who has a new 55' x 75' hangar (door 20' x 52') available to rent. If you're interested, let me know and I'll give you details. NORTH "TIEDOWN RAMP": The ex-North Ramp has been torn out by now and graded for a new four unit hangar building that will house four long time tenants of the Airport as soon as they get approval of their building permits. Sorry, folks, but I'm afraid the space is all already spoken for. SOUTH TIEDOWN RAMP: The new South Tiedown Ramp, as I'm sure you've seen, is full! We are taking names on a waiting list for the ramp, so let me know if you need a space at the Bend Airport. Forgive the cliché, but I guess we have to say "The Inn is full?" with no hangars or long term tiedowns available anywhere on the Airport. Let's get that east side development going! MAINTENANCE BUILDING SIGNS: We have installed all 50 building address signs on the Airport. A great round of applause to our handyman, Lynn Dunn, for a fantastic job getting the signs all up! My hat's off to all of you, too, for your support in making this happen and for helping Lynn when he needed it. The Fire Department is very happy now and, hopefully, you'll have an easier time directing people to your business or hangar. KEYS AND LOCKS TO CITY HANGARS: Lynn's next big project is to ensure we have copies of all keys to City owned hangars and buildings at the Airport. We have most of them and he'll be double checking them over the next few weeks to make sure they work and he will be calling those of you with hangars for which we don't have keys. Please remember that all City owned T-hangars must have City locks on them, not personal locks. Lynn will be contacting those few hangar owners with personal locks to replace them with City locks. Thanks in advance for your understanding. PAVEMENT: There have been a few requests lately about paving the gravel drive-through just north of Electronics International, now that the path through the North Tiedown Ramp has been graded over for new construction. I have heard your plea and have requested a bid from Hap Taylor & Sons to pave that area. Funding for this has not been allocated, but let's wait until I see the bid and then give me a little time? GENERAL AIRPORT OPERATIONS: You may remember all the hard work the EAA chapter did from the fall of 2004 to the fall of 2005 setting up and recording weekly noise counts for the Bend Airport to help us determine actual annual operations on the Airport. Well, the final report came to me last week and it shows an annual count of almost 42,000 operations on the Airport! This means the Bend Airport is the 14th or 15th busiest airport in the state, based on operations (takeoffs and landings). Add the 185 based airplanes here now and it starts to seem like we have a pretty busy operation on our hands! FLY FRIENDLY: It seems that spring is luring more airplanes and pilots into the sky and I have received a few calls lately from neighbors about noise. Just a friendly reminder that, while we have our legal rights to fly anywhere as long as we're following the FARs, a prudent and courteous pilot is a good neighbor, too. With great help from Dennis Douglas, we have recently drafted an update of the Fly Friendly brochure. You'll find it on the Airport website at: www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/bend_airport and I invite your comments before we go final. I will have some copies at the Thursday runway meetings for you to see. Let me know what you think and then we'll make a zillion copies. EVENTS - CENTRAL OREGON FLY SAFE CLINIC AND AIRPORT DAY: Mark your calendars - the first ever Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic will be held at the Bend Airport on the weekend of June 3-4. For information, check out the new website that has been established, which you'll find at www.coflysafe.org. It's coming together nicely and looks to be a first rate event. Also, our annual Bend Airport Day, always a fun day at the Airport, will be held two weeks later, on June 17. This year, the organizing group has hired a real live Meeting Planner, Barb Malcom from Impressive Events, to spice up the effort and make a great show even better. This is a great day to grab your friends and come out to show them the Bend Airport. For you businesses, it's a wonderful opportunity that I hope you'll take to set up a display and show the community you live in some of the great work you do. We'll have an area set up just for that purpose and there's no charge to set a display up. What other gathering or conference offers that, eh? Lock in the dates and I'll tell you more as we get closer. TENANT WINS AWARD - WINDWARD PERFORMANCE: This actually is from December, 2005, but I just recently learned of it and thought it was worth passing on to all of you, too. Taken from the EAA newsletter, "Windward Performance recently won an ACE Quality Award for it's ultra-lightweight SparrowHawk Sailplane won the ACE Award for Superior Quality from the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) at this year's Composites 2005 show in Columbus, Ohio. The SparrowHawk holds three world records and is the first U.S.-designed sailplane to hold a world record in more than 30 years. The 155-pound aircraft is manufactured with AGATE-approved 2510 epoxy resin system carbon fabric and uni-tape from TORAY, and finished with automotive two-part urethane primers and polyurethane paints. Congratulations to Windward Performance for this great recognition of a job well done! FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING: If you haven't been into the Flight Services Building lately, you need to stop by and see the new photos and displays around the building, along with some of the other changes Professional Air is doing to raise the level of service to customers and visitors to the FBO. There are some great historic photos, with captions, of the Bend Airport, and we're trying to put together a compilation of the history of the Bend Airport. If you have any records, written or photographic or just a good ole' wives' tale, please pass it on. I'm also looking for missing copies of the Bend Airport Flightlines newsletter that was published for a few years in the late 90's, so if you have copies in your own archives, give me a call. I currently have copies of these issues: Vol 3 - Issues 1 and 2; Vol 4, Issue 2; and Vol 5, Issue 1. I'd love to get copies of the missing Issues. FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING - UPSTAIRS: We hope to finalize all the issues about the upstairs soon and initial design has already begun to allow new tenants to occupy the space upstairs. More when I have it. That's it for now, everyone. Drop me a line if you have a question or an idea about how to make the Bend Airport a greater place to fly to or do business on. To all of you, safe flying and enjoy this crazy spring weather, Greg Greg Phillips Airport Manager, Bend Municipal Airport (541) 389-0258 gphillips@ci.bend.or.us From bobcarol at bendcable.com Wed Apr 19 11:56:07 2006 From: bobcarol at bendcable.com (Bob Hollowell) Date: Wed Apr 19 11:56:32 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Looking for a hanger Message-ID: <004a01c663e2$ea9f1250$6801a8c0@LAPTOP1> Pilots; I have a friend moving to Bend. He is looking for a hanger for his Bonanza V35. Anyone know of anything please let me know. Bob Hollowell Citywide Mortgage 205 SE Wilson Ave. Bend, OR 97702 PH:541-389-9000 Fax: 541-382-0096 From gem at rellim.com Wed Apr 19 18:33:11 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Wed Apr 19 18:33:23 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Thursday meeting 20 April Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! As most have you have heard by now, the city has scheduled a meeting on the new runway at 6pm Thursday on the second floor of the Flight Services Building. We have bowed to the inevitable and decided to just join in their meeting. For those of you with an appetite, the chapter will purchase some pizzas and have them available for munching around 5:45pm. I would appreciate if we could get some RSVPs so we can decide how much pizza to bring. Then from 6pm to 7:30pm we will be upstairs for the Runway Realignment meeting. Greg Phillips is not sure there will be enough chairs, so if you have any folding chairs please bring them. After the city meeting we have Joe Smith, the OPA President Elect that would like to have a chat with us. Should be a busy and productive meeting. Hope to see you all there. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFERuTb8KZibdeR3qURAqMJAKC+FK3YYfT2lGR0QqFnXF5oTHu7XgCgn+3G pqlLF0jK4eP99LWfL1Z2MvA= =UXgQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From curtis at bendbroadband.com Thu Apr 20 15:30:01 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Thu Apr 20 15:30:19 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Message-ID: <000a01c664c9$f675d7c0$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - The restaurant at The Dalles where we had planned to go on Saturday has gone out of business. We are searching for an alternate location for either this Saturday or possilbly Sunday as the weather may be good for the Coast on Sunday. Send my any ideas you have for the East side of the Mountains. I have found that the restaurants for the best spots are not open on the weekends. Thanks, Curt Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Apr 21 10:29:18 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Apr 21 10:29:27 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Ou t - SUNDAY Message-ID: <001301c66569$1ead6790$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - The Fly-Out puzzle solution..... We are leaving on SUNDAY this time, in order to capture the best current weather forecasts, to a bit more adventureous location, with a Restaurant immediately across the street (Josephine's Inn) that is open....... which is: SCAPPOOSE, OR (SPB), located 12nm West of the Battleground VOR, which is just outside the Portland airspace. The route that we are proposing for scenic fun, staying at low altitude, and avoiding the Class C airspace is as follows: Bend S07 to: Dalles DLS to: Hood River/Jernsted 4S2 to: Cascade Locks CZK to: Battleground VOR/ BTG to: Scappoose SPB. Field elevation is 58 feet, runways 15-33 are 5100 feet long, fuel available. The distance is 164 nm, with a GS of 120K, will take 1:22. You can also take a direct route using Victor 595 over Portland which cuts the distance down to 123 nm which at 120K is about 1: 06 We have flown down the Columbia River (stay on the right hand side) a bunch during times of low wind, and found it to be a lot of fun. The route from Cascades Locks to the BTG VOR just hits the outside edge of the Portland airspace, then direct into Scappoose. Jackie and I with the Piper Apache will be at the Bend Flight Shop at 8:30am for a takeoff time of 9:00am which should put all of us at the Barnstormer's Restaurant around 11:00am. Interflight frequency use is: 123.45. Watch the emails for any updates. We hope that you will attend. Aloha, Curt Turner Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat Apr 22 17:38:23 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat Apr 22 17:38:39 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Sunday Fly Out Message-ID: <001201c6666e$3a7a3100$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - Weather is holding up OK for the Sunday Fly Out to Scappoose SPB. See you at the Flight Shop @ 8:30 am. Takeoff to be at 9:00am. Table reserved at Josephine's Restaurant across the street from the Scappoose airport. Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From gem at rellim.com Sat Apr 22 18:29:56 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Sat Apr 22 18:30:06 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Sunday Fly Out In-Reply-To: <001201c6666e$3a7a3100$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> References: <001201c6666e$3a7a3100$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Curtis! On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, curtis turner wrote: > Club Pilots - Weather is holding up OK for the Sunday Fly Out to > Scappoose SPB. Finally we can go flying! See you there. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEStiX8KZibdeR3qURAl7sAKChz9ZKnqi5zBmGE3tWR4uFDmbnrQCgozYh IOSFo1iwowfYVLGVBs9CoP4= =0z6m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From mvbond at myexcel.com Sun Apr 23 02:25:30 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Sun Apr 23 02:24:12 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COFSC 2006 Message-ID: <444B480A.8090703@myexcel.com> Folks, There?s only about 6 weeks now until the Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic is upon us on Friday and Saturday, June 2-3. If you don?t yet know about this terrific opportunity to learn more about aviation safety-related issues and have gobs of fun while doing it, check out our website at http://www.coflysafe.org and you?ll see the wide variety of things going on during this event. COFSC 2006 is a WINGS weekend, with up to 2.25 hours of FREE log-able flight instruction available to those who want to take advantage of that. We?ve also got dozens of safety seminars, aircraft on display, sponsors who will show us their wares, and a great Saturday night BBQ with a guest speaker and door prizes. We encourage you to check out the website, then register and attend. If you know about COFSC 2006 but haven?t yet registered, please do so as that is our only way of knowing how many people will show up. If you have questions about COFSC, you can call me at 541-350-2683. Thank you, Dennis Douglas, Chairman COFSC 2006 From curtis at bendbroadband.com Mon Apr 24 11:50:29 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Mon Apr 24 11:50:35 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Sunday Fly-Out Message-ID: <001201c667cf$f5692e00$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> COOPA Pilots - EdbEndsley, Gary Miller, Joel and Lynn Premselaar, and myself were the only members to head out Sunday for Scappoose, OR. Joel had to turn back about half way there due to Radio problems. He is now installing a new set of Garmin radios. The route down the Columbia River and then across to Battleground and West to Scappoose is quite scenic. The route home was easy over the Cascades with no turbulance. Scappoose turned out to be a great place to go. Beautiful airport along the River, and the Barnstormer's Inn is an excellent choice for breakfast or lunch. The novel setting, great service, and good food makes it a pilot's first choice. They have fuel service, and some very interesting private jets being built in the hangars there with the wings and fuselage being built entirely of Kevlar. With flying weather rapidly returning, we look forward to attending a few of the many airshows scheduled this year, and lots of interesting locations to fly to up and down the CA and OR Coast. Aloha, Curt From mvbond at myexcel.com Thu Apr 27 02:57:05 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Thu Apr 27 02:57:12 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COFSC: Call for Volunteers Message-ID: <44509571.7070808@myexcel.com> Folks, As most of you know, the Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic (COFSC) will occur on Friday and Saturday, June 2^nd and 3^rd . We have organized COFSC into six areas of responsibility: Ground, Air, Food, Seminars, Registration, and Promotions/Advertising. Each of these six areas is managed by ?Bosses? and several of the Bosses have Assistant Bosses. While the Bosses and Assistant Bosses have their areas well in hand insofar as planning and preparation, we need volunteers to help us on the days of the Clinic. And since COCC, HDSS, CAP, 99s, CO-OPA, and EAA Chapters 617 and 1345 have indicated that they will lend volunteers to help us carry out this event, it?s time now for each of your organizations to help us get those volunteers identified. So we seek feedback from each of you: COCC, HDSS, 99s, CO-OPA, CAP, and EAA 1345 and 617. To allow the event to move smoothly, our Bosses reviewed their plans for the Clinic and estimated that we?ll need about 45 volunteers over the two days of the event. I?ve listed below what we think are the job areas and job duties where we?ll need volunteer help. As an inducement to help us/you get the volunteers we need, we?ve decided that all volunteers will get free soft drinks and eats during the day, and a $10 drink coupon for the beer and wine available before and during the BBQ dinner. Please solicit the members in your organization and get names and attempt to get firm commitments for helping us. Then pass that information along to me at ddouglas@coastside.net . If folks want to call me to volunteer, that?s fine also. I can best be reached at 350-2683. Please work this aggressively, keep me updated with the names and telephone numbers of the volunteers from your organization, and give me your final list by May 14^th so we can start allocating the job slots and times. The job areas are shown below. Thank you, Dennis Douglas, COFSC 2006 COFSC VOLUNTEER JOBS Ground Program (19 people) [Boss: Jim Stone + 2 Assistant Bosses] * Aircraft parking * Security (pedestrian control) * Golf cart drivers (people movers and security support) * Sponsor coordination * Table/Chair management Air Program (4 people + 1 or 2 CFIIs) [Boss: Ross Morrison + 2 Assistant Bosses] * WINGS documentation/Insurance verification/WINGS forms management * Pilot Briefings * Simulator program support Food Program (7 to 8 people) [Boss: John ?Jack? Watson] * Food vendor coordination * Table/Chair management Seminars Program (8 people) [Boss: Mary Schu Dominick + 1 Assistant Boss] * A/V & speaker support and coordination * Seminar pacing management * WINGS forms management Registration Program (4 people) [Boss: Linda Parker] * ?Help Desk? staffing * Bulletin Board management * BBQ ticket sales * Signage placement and maintenance * Event Program handout * First aid station Promotions Program (3 people) [Boss: Amy Lynn Prutzman] * VIP coordination Total = about 45 people Please note that we are planning to have the sponsor booths and other chairs and tables set-up for us by the rental company, so we won?t have to worry that. Also note that clean-up duties will likely be handled by an outside youth group so that?s off the table, too. There are no small or unimportant jobs. From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu May 4 14:37:58 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu May 4 14:53:11 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport this weekend and beyond... Message-ID: To all friends and tenants of the Bend Municipal Airport: Here come a few timely items I thought you all would want to know: 1. Painting - This weekend our own venerable women's aviation group, the 99's, will be volunteering their time and energy to paint a welcoming "BEND" on the westside tarmac. They will start at 0900L on Saturday and will be painting 20' high letters in front of the Flight Services building. We will limit access to the specific area they are painting, but you will still be able to reach all areas of the airport. This will be a nice addition and a fine welcome to visitors and tenants of the Airport and my thanks to the 99's for making it happen. 2. Bend 2030 - If you've been following the news around Bend at all, you know that the City of Bend has a committee of citizens that has been working hard to develop a vision of Bend for the future. It's a large scale work and they have sought community input in a number of forums. If you haven't seen it, there is a webiste for the vision at http://bend2030.org/. They are still soliciting input through May 10th, and the reason I'm sending this to you is to tell you that they have a survey online that offers you the opportunity to read and comment on the vision as it is currently drafted. Notably, while transportation is strongly mentioned in the document, there is no mention anywhere of the Bend Airport. If you have thoughts you want to share with the committee about the role of the Bend Airport in the future of Bend, the Bend transportation infrastructure, and Bend business, I encourage you to write your comments in the survey now, no later than May 10th. Now is the time to make your voice heard. 3. Paving next month - Maintaining pavements on an airport are, as you would suspect, a never ending job. We have identified paving maintenance projects that we would like to focus on for the near future, in addition to the new (relocated) runway project, but we also have two new small projects that we have decided to do now. These projects include paving runners for the new glider parking area off the southwest taxilane, near the compass rose, and paving the driveway just north of Electronics International that serves as the only vehicular (and fire) access to the interior hangars at the north end of the Airport. These projects are now in the mix for scheduling and we hope to have them completed sometime in June. More to come when I have a scheduled date for paving. 4. Runway 16/34 Relocation Project - Thanks to everyone who took the time to come to one of the two public meetings on April 20th regarding the Runway 16/34 Relocation Project. It was great to hear your ideas and questions and to be able to talk about the project as it turns quickly from dream to reality. For those of you who weren't there, here's a short recap. We are currently conducting a final 95% design review of the plans and specifications for the project and hope to be able to advertise for bids within the next 30 days. The bid will be open for 30 days and then we will begin the process of selecting a contractor to do the work. After this, we will finalize our grant with the FAA and, assuming all has gone well to that point, schedule a Notice to Proceed for construction. We would like to begin construction by August of this year, and we anticipate construction this year will continue for approximately 120 days. Most of you know that this will be a two construction season project, and I'm holding out for a tentative completion date of October, 2007 for having the new runway operational and the old runway demolished. Items discussed in the meetings included reviewing the design of the runway itself, options considered to select the current design, and the schedule itself. I would be happy to talk about these items in more detail with any one of you, but to keep this short, the bottom line is that there is no way to keep the current runway open while the new runway is being constructed. For this reason, we have chosen to shut the existing runway down at nights for the duration of the construction period, estimated currently at 120 days, beginning in August of this year. There was discussion about the actual hours of closure and we have decided, based on your input, to change the closure hours to 1900L - 0700L five nights a week, with an option for the contractor to choose to work one additional night per week. It's a bit of a bitter pill, I know, but we believe the project will be worth it when it's done. I promise you that we will have incentives (and disincentives) in the project to help the contractor stick smartly to their schedule. If you have questions or want more detail, please feel free to call me or send an email. In the next Airport Update, I will provide a more extensive report on the new runway. That's it for now. My best to you all, and fly safe out there, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Mon May 8 13:31:03 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Mon May 8 13:37:05 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Get Ready for the 2006 McCall Family Fly-In Message-ID: <000801c672de$55354b20$7e8c64d0@bendcable.com> HEY GANG.....THIS IS THE FIRST WORD I HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT THE 2006 MCCALL FLY-IN.....DON WILFONG ----- Original Message ----- From: "McCall Family Fly-In" To: Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: [SPAM:*] Get Ready for the 2006 McCall Family Fly-In > To view this email as a web page, please follow this link: > > > SAVE THE DATE! > August 11 - 13, 2006 > > McCall Airport > > Aviation Activities for the Entire Family > > Educational and Training Events > > Wings and PACE Programs > > Exhibits and Displays > > Fly-Bys > > Contests > > Live Music > > Poker/Non-Poker Runs > > Hangar Party > > Casino Night > > Kids' Activities > > Boy Scout Merit Badge Clinic > > Pancake Breakfast > > Local Tours > > For More information and registration > > call 208.321-2389 or email > ams@cableone.net. > > > --- ams@cableone.net > > > ========================================================= > To help you read this email properly, you can use the > link below and see the message as it was intended. Make > sure you copy the entire link below into your browser's > address bar: > > ========================================================= > > To send this email to a friend, please follow this link: > > > This CoolerEmail was delivered to you by McCall Family Fly-In. > To be taken off of McCall Family Fly-In's list, to update your profile or > send comments to McCall Family Fly-In, please follow this link: > > > Postal Address: > 967 E. Parkcenter Blvd #143 > Boise, ID 83706 > > Powered by CoolerEmail > For more information, please visit > > > > From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat May 13 12:28:11 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat May 13 12:28:14 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-out / Saturday 5/20th Message-ID: <002201c676c3$5f8b68f0$6500a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Coopa Pilots - Please Mark your calendar and schedule your time to join us. The target for this month's fly out is VALE, Oregon. They are haviing a fundraiser fly-in to benefit a Senior Center. Breakfast begins at 6:30am and Lunch starts at 11:00am. The town of Vale if full of Murals and on the Oregon trail. They will give us rides to see the sights. The Airport Data is as follows: The Airport is: Miller Memorial Airpark. Klamath Falls Chart. Identifier is S49. Distance direct is 171 NM. At a GS of 120K, the time will be 1:25. For those with VOR only, you can go by way of Burns VOR. The Vale location is 11NM West of Ontario. The runways are left traffic to 18 / 36 and are 3872 feet long. Elevation is 2250 feet. Runways are gravel and reported to be in good condition except for the extensions which are reported to be rough. NO FUEL available so if you need some, you can stop at Burns self service. We will meet at the Pilot Shop at 8:30am - Take off at 9:00am. Hope to see you there. Final details will be sent to you via email on Friday afternoon, with a final email early Saturday morning for any last minute changes. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From gem at rellim.com Mon May 15 17:06:11 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon May 15 17:06:22 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] BEND AIRPORT - Airport Identifier Change (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! Just received this from Greg. This will sure confuse everyone.... RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:21:06 -0700 From: Greg Phillips To: Greg Phillips Subject: BEND AIRPORT - Airport Identifier Change To all friends and tenants of the Bend Municipal Airport: ? I received a call from Seattle Center a little over a week ago that surprised me and which prompted a good bit of follow up over the last week.? Now, after confirmation and several conversations with the National Flight Data Center (NFDC), it's time to let you all know that the Bend Airport, effective June 8, 2006, will have a new Airport Identifier.? At that time, the identifier will change from S07 to AEB.? ? I am informed that this change?was prompted by the commissioning of the AWOS last month, requiring automatic issuance of a three letter designator to replace the alphanumeric S07.? Unfortunately, this?was?done without consultation with the Bend Airport and without consultation with the FAA Airports Division, with whom we work most closely for projects and development and who has been such a friend to the Airport over the years.? To me, the lack of coordination is unacceptable and, though I think we would all welcome a change to a three letter designator,?AEB just isn't the right one.? Thus, I am working with NFDC to try to change the Identifier as quickly as possible from AEB to a more reasonable mnemonic like BEN (BND is not assigned, but is also not available due to the proximity of the Burns Airport and the similarity of it's identifier (BNO) to the Bend Airport).? I'll keep you informed as we make progress on this front.? In the meantime, please note that, effective June 8, 2006, and until further notice, the Airport Identifier for Bend will be AEB. ? My best regards, Greg?Phillips Bend?Municipal?Airport?Manager PO?Box?431 Bend,?OR?97709 (541)?389-0258 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEaRd28KZibdeR3qURAnHOAJsG+STH4xfUJBUqcdE6381RzZFgtQCeJQXw pVt08qmEvrH2UVUb47UikDs= =V+hF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From mvbond at myexcel.com Tue May 16 23:47:20 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Wed May 17 00:09:00 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA May newsletter Message-ID: <446AC6F8.6090803@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photo, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER May 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 5 Website: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ President's Message: We did not exactly have a meeting last month, but we did get a good show instead from Greg Phillips and a project engineer from David Evans & Associates. The good news is that the airport planning has been moving along with good speed and the $6M project looks to be fully funded with Federal and State money. There will be very little cost to the city. Construction will start this summer on the new runway. This will be a two year project with grading and site prep this year. Paving will be in the summer of 2007 and we should have a bright and shiny new runway by Fall 2007. The bad news is that construction will require that the runway be closed at nights to allow the construction crews to operate safely. We also managed to squeeze in Ross Morrison for a quick briefing on the COFSC. The planning for the event is going well but they still need volunteers for the event. Check out their web site at: http://coflysafe.org/ and contact Ross, or Dennis Douglas at ddouglas@coastside.net if you can help. The city presentation went long and we did not have time for our originally scheduled speaker Joe Smith. Joe is President Elect of the OPA. With a little luck this month Joe will get to share his vision for our organization, what the OPA is doing for us and how we can help. Calendar: 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout - S49 - Vale, OR 2-3 June - Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic 10-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day 20 Jul - Monthly Meeting 22 Jul - Monthly Flyout 17 Aug - Monthly Meeting 19 Aug - Monthly Flyout 19 Aug - OPA Annual Membership Meeting, Eugene Web doings: The FAA has been expanding the charts that you can download from their web site. Airport diagrams and approach charts are free; sectionals are $1.50. The web site now has a new nav link on the left side called "Charts". Click it and you can download the newest Klamath Falls and Seattle Sectionals and some local airport diagrams and approaches for free. I find the standard Approach Plates tad small for my eyesight and like to print the plates I will use full sized. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: In record time, the Bend Airport AWOS has finished its test mode and is fully operational. You can call it at 382- 1477 or listen in on 134.425. For once, the Bend Bulletin even did a nice story on the airport. Be sure to keep June 17th free on your calendar. That will be our annual Bend Airport Aviation Day (http://bendairport.org). We will need as many folks to help out as we can get. If you are going to be around, please contact Dave Sailors at: dsailors@bendbroadband.com. So you got the flying bug ..... ? Sunnyvale, California resident, Ron Patrick, 48, attached a Navy surplus General Electric T58-8F jet engine to his brand-new Volkswagen Beetle. The "San Francisco Chronicle" reports that he has seen the speedometer peg at 140 mph once the jet is fired. It's a legal street vehicle, as near as anyone can tell. There is a minor concern that the car will fly for real if it hits 160 mph. It's amazing what you can do for $250,000 these days. Random Thoughts: Did you hear the one about the dyslexic pilot with insomnia? He stayed awake all night wondering if dog was his co-pilot. Many pilots do not have to wonder, because their furry co-pilot really is a dog. Kimmy has been my co-pilot since I returned to active status as a pilot in 1998. I am often asked by other pilots, if they should take their copy of man's best friend flying and I always say yes. Never have I heard of a really bad story about flying with dogs, as long as the dog is properly restrained. My technique has been to place the dog on the rear seat and attach the collar to the seat belt. The trick is to leave enough slack that the dog can move about the seat but not get off the seat. Most dogs will settle down quickly and enjoy a good snooze. Very little would interrupt Kimmy's snooze while in the air. Stalls, steep turns, lazy-eights and more would barely cause a raised eyebrow. Few human passengers are as consistently good passengers --- Until the time to throttle down and start the descent --- The two legged passengers miss the event, but every dog will perk up and start to look out the window in anticipation of a new airport to sniff soon. Not that all that time in the air has been perfect for man and dog together. A few years back we were descending from about 6,000 feet over the Napa Valley. The flight had been smooth and long. All the passengers, human and otherwise, were starting to stir in anticipation of the landing soon to come. BANG, the plane dropped straight down 800 feet without warning. No shimmy, no pitch, no yaw, just straight down. Everything not solidly attached to the airframe levitated 2 feet in the cabin. As soon as I assessed that the plane was in control I peeked at the rear seat occupants. Poor Kimmy was tethered 18 inches above the seat, floating in midair like an astronaut (astrodog?), legs stuck out at crazy angles and now wide awake. A very surprised expression on her face. Then the downdraft gently stopped. The floating debris and the dog gently returned to their former positions as if nothing had happened. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Kimmy has always been eager to fly, even if it is only in circles with a CFI keeping me busy and not paying attention to her. Man's best friend after all. Only once was this ever a problem. I was under the hood, fighting a stiff and variable cross wind down the ILS 22 to Redmond, with the CFII doing his best to make the exercise extra challenging. Powell Butte is doing its best to give me shifting winds to make it hard to keep the needles centered and down we go. Outer Marker and report our passage to the tower. 500 feet, 300 feet, Decision Height and BANG. The dog jumps in my lap demanding attention. Pitch up, grab the dog, climb power, grab the dog, positive rate of climb, grab the dog, raise the gear, grab the dog, raise the flaps, grab the dog, tell the tower we are on the missed approach, grab the dog, climb to 2,500 and turn direct to the VOR. All made more difficult by the CFII snickering. "I'll bet you never forget to strap the dog in again" is all he said. CFII's are wise that way. Our only continuing shared problem was parking. The dog felt she had kept up her part of the bargain and NOW was the time she could get out and sniff the world. Maybe the wonderful smells of a new airport or just the same old familiar one awaited out the door. I knew to keep the engine idling two minutes to allow the turbo charger to cool down. Dogs know nothing of turbo charging and my dog always wanted out NOW. Life is good when that is your worst conflict. Not that life with a dog is without problems. More than a few white pants on strangers ended up with muddy paws prints on them. More than a few conversations were interrupted by a strange dog's barking. Most folks were understanding and soon found their day brightened. Brightened by what they found was just an overly friendly dog just begging to be scratched. To those that did not understand I apologize now. Of course the best part of flying with your dog is having a willing and eager passenger always ready to fly off to adventure. Life is good when you can play catch on the beach at Gold Beach; sniff the Oregon Trail in Baker City, and so much more with your canine companion. RIP - Kimmy - 1995/2006 Gary Miller I LOVE TO FLY. I love being a bird. Just a few flaps and I'm sixty feet in the air. Reach out for that limb, flap a flare, and lightly settle; it's like taking one more step. Spreading my wings and pushing off to that next branch twenty feet away is really just like tiptoeing on over. I think about it like microgravity. First of all, I defy the laws of physics several ways. Forget Newtonian interpretations. Newton was human and had a very human experience about mass and movement. Things are very different when you weigh about four ounces. I have a pretty good power to weight ratio and I don't have to carry a lot of extraneous stuff. I'm not built for walking much. Why bother when I can fly? Hopping around is fun and some of my fellow aviators are quite amazing swimmers but flying is what being a bird is all about. It's just a way of thinking. Superman had it about right. Leaping tall buildings in a single bound. Height and distance are real different to me. No problem. Five thousand miles to winter in South America? Why not? Flying is so much more efficient that taking the train. What else was I going to do this afternoon and next week anyway? Besides there's this really nice lady in Guatemala that is just so happy to see my friends and I. She can't feed us enough. It's hard to continue on south. Makes a really pleasant rest stop for a few days. I took a detour last year and wound up in Hawaii. It was an accident really. I usually spend a few days in San Diego. I like the zoo and the Hippos. The Hippo handlers give them some nice tasty treats and since the Hippos are such messy eaters there are always lots of good leftovers. Besides I like the Hippo rides, especially when they jump in the pool. While visiting the waterfront I noticed a large boat, a ship really. At least this guy Webster, I guess his last name is Dictionary, says a large boat is a ship. Anyway, there seemed to be lots of food there too. I started hanging out there at night because the zoo got kind of boring when the Hippos powered down and went to sleep. That's about the time things really started happening on board the ship. What I hadn't realized was that this big boat was a Cruise Ship. Cruise Ships go places. They go far, far away. Imagine my surprise when I woke up one morning to the clatter and cacophony of departure complete with confetti and chaos. By the time I'd finished breakfast we were fast disappearing over the horizon. I had to decide pretty quickly, was I going to be happiest with Hippos or Hawaii? Well this might just be an adventure. There was definitely plenty of food and the place smelled better than the Hippo enclosure. Besides I'd made friends with a woman who spent long hours dozing by the pool, leaving her Martini unattended. I couldn't really fly anywhere and I had all the Gin I wanted. Migrating just doesn't get any better. Cruising? A cruising we shall go, hi ho the merry oh, a cruising we shall go!!! A couple of days later, and after I'd fallen in the pool a few times, I decided it might be time to check out the rest of the ship. Like I said, I don't care much for walking, so I took off and circled the ship a few times. As I was approaching the fantail I about jumped out of my feathers!!! I heard someone yell PULL and an explosion startled me so badly I'm afraid I dumped ballast rather heavily in my excited excrement evacuation efforts to escape. It seemed like this would be a good place to avoid since these people looked like they enjoyed shooting at moving targets. I'm no clay skeet pigeon but it didn't look like a good place to be flying about. I pulled up and went for my service ceiling to get an overview. It was very interesting to see this tiny big ship below and nothing but water as far as I could see in any direction. I really wanted to keep an eye on the ship because I didn't think my fuel reserves were adequate for any alternate destination. What a thrill to be out here in the middle of the ocean at about five thousand feet and have my own private aircraft carrier below. While just leisurely flitting to and fro it was no problem to keep up with the plodding ship. I finally began to experiment aerodynamically in ways that I'd never paid attention to when I was just flapping along the migration flyways. Slow flight with such smooth air was like hanging on by my feathertips and just kind of tickling the air. Full stall was really quite nice in a falling leaf sort of way. My rate of decent with full flaps was a rather dignified affair. With all this meandering about the ship was pulling ahead so it was time for some speed runs. Besides I didn't want to be late for lunch. Screaming down with my wings tucked and descending at about a one to one angle is about all I can control without tail feather flutter. Sort of feels like ballistics rather than aviating. Fun and fast anyway. Then came the E ticket ride. I've always liked to do low passes and thought buzzing the bridge would be fun. The ship was making about 22 knots into a light breeze and when I hit the bow wave over the bridge I got blasted five hundred feet up in the air. Hang on buddy!!! Way cool!!! Just kept pulling back until I was hanging on the front of the wave and could hover above the bow. What a great way to get a boost to Hawaii. I felt like the bandleader at the front of a parade and started whistling with glee as I swept back and forth over the front of the ship. When I saw the stewards starting to serve sandwiches I dove down through the rotor from the prow to settle beside the pool and slid under my lady's lounge chair to wait for the inevitable leftovers and martini with a lazy afternoon ahead around the pool.What a way to fly to Hawaii. I could really get into this cruising life. I'll be sure to send you post cards when I get to Hawaii and let you know if or when I'll be back. Aloha!!! Ed Bird Endsley APRIL FLYOUT COOPA Pilots - Ed Endsley, Gary Miller, Joel and Lynn Premselaar, and myself were the only members to head out Sunday for Scappoose, OR. Joel had to turn back about half way there due to Radio problems. He is now installing a new set of Garmin radios. The route down the Columbia River and then across to Battleground and West to Scappoose is quite scenic. The route home was easy over the Cascades with no turbulence. Scappoose turned out to be a great place to go. Beautiful airport along the River, and the Barnstormer's Inn is an excellent choice for breakfast or lunch. The novel setting, great service, and good food makes it a pilot's first choice. They have fuel service, and some very interesting private jets being built in the hangars there with the wings and fuselage being built entirely of Kevlar. With flying weather rapidly returning, we look forward to attending a few of the many airshows scheduled this year, and lots of interesting locations to fly to up and down the CA and OR Coast. Aloha, Curt MAY 20 FLYOUT COOPA Pilots - Please mark your calendar and schedule your time to join us. The target for this month's fly out is VALE, Oregon. They are having a fundraiser fly-in to benefit a Senior Center. Breakfast begins at 6:30am and Lunch starts at 11:00am. The town of Vale if full of Murals and on the Oregon trail. They will give us rides to see the sights. The Airport Data is as follows: The Airport is: Miller Memorial Airpark. Klamath Falls Chart. Identifier is S49. Distance direct is 171 NM. At a GS of 120K, the time will be 1:25. For those with VOR only, you can go by way of Burns VOR. The Vale location is 11NM West of Ontario. The runways are left traffic to 18 / 36 and are 3872 feet long. Elevation is 2250 feet. Runways are gravel and reported to be in good condition except for the extensions, which are reported to be rough. NO FUEL available so if you need some, you can stop at Burns self-service. We will meet at the Pilot Shop at 8:30am - Take off at 9:00am. Hope to see you there. Final details will be sent to you via email on Friday afternoon, with a final email early Saturday morning for any last minute changes. Aloha, Curt 541/317-1670 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com Bend Airport Operations By Darryl Taylor, Production Test Pilot, Columbia Aircraft, CFII/MEI As summer approaches, plan on more and more aircraft operations around the Bend Airport. In addition to a growing number of transient ops flying in to enjoy everything that the region has to offer, we have many businesses on the field that seem to be growing very rapidly. Pro Air (The Flight Shop) has seen a tremendous growth in student pilots, and Leading Edge now has a helicopter school. Columbia Aircraft is producing more aircraft than ever, each one having to be flight tested, before being turned over to the owner to receive company provided flight instruction right here at Bend. We are also seeing an increase in operations over at Epic. Starting this summer, construction will be starting on the new runway and other airport improvements. With all the increases in air traffic at Bend, we need to revisit basic airport operations to ensure everyone's safety. Bend is "uncontrolled," but maybe a better term to use is "pilot controlled," meaning that it is ALL of our responsibilities to ensure safety around the field. Let's start with the traffic pattern. Bend is in Class G airspace. Controlled (Class E airspace) does not start until 700' AGL. Because of our airspace classification, we need to look at 14CFR91.126, which states: "Each Pilot of an airplane must make all turns to the left unless the airport displays approved light signals or visual markings indicating that turns should be made to the right, in which case pilots must make all turns to the right; and each pilot of a helicopter or powered parachute must avoid the flow of fixed-wing aircraft." Bend is a typical uncontrolled airport, in which left traffic is standard for airplanes. If you are operating an airplane, it is illegal to fly anything other than a left hand pattern, unless you are in an emergency situation. Helicopters flying right traffic are abiding by the rule that they must avoid the flow of fixed-wing aircraft. So what about when approaching the airport, there is no other regulations that specifically apply to our airport, so we must refer to the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), which is what the FAA strongly recommends that we follow. Now that we have automated weather at Bend, make sure you get the "numbers" well before approaching the airport. I recommend at least 20 miles out. This gives you the opportunity to start planning ahead, because you know what the winds, etc... are doing. Start listening to the CTAF frequency as soon as you can. No sooner than 10 miles out announce your intentions with information such as position and altitude. It might sound something like: "Bend Traffic, Skylane 12345 is 10 miles southeast at 6,500, inbound for the 45 entry, left traffic 16, full stop landing at Bend." As far as traffic pattern entries go, it is extremely important that we are all doing the same thing. Traffic Pattern altitude at Bend is 4,500 feet. The only recommended entry procedure in the AIM and Advisory Circular 90-66A is on a 45 degree entry, period. This allows you mix with other aircraft in the pattern much more easily done than it would by entering straight in or on a base leg. I know that depending on what runway is in use, it may be convenient to do a straight in entry, but as busy as Bend is, it is just not safe. Wouldn't it be better to spend 3 to 5 extra minutes in the air to do your part in making sure your home airport is safe? Let's use an example. Currently winds are out of the south, and traffic is using runway 16. You have been in Eugene, and are approaching Bend from the west. You know that you have to cross over the field to join left traffic, since 2 student pilots are doing pattern work on 16. The AIM recommends that you announce your intentions 10 miles out. As you approach the airport, be no lower than 5500' MSL, which gives you 1000' clearance over piston aircraft and 500 over many turbine powered aircraft that are already in the pattern. Continue flying at no lower than 5500' until you are now at a minimum of 3 miles east of the field. It may be necessary to fly further east to fit yourself in. Make a right hand turn descending to pattern altitude, and announce that you are "now on a (mileage from the field) 45 for left traffic on runway 16." Now it will be much easier to fit yourself into that pattern, and much easier for other aircraft to plan ahead. Some common problems relating to traffic pattern that have been noticed include: 1. Aircraft conducting a straight in approach with other aircraft in the pattern. 2. Aircraft entering on right or left base with other aircraft in the pattern. 3. Aircraft crossing mid-field at pattern altitude and making a left turn directly to the downwind. All of these entries are extremely hazardous to your own and others' longevity, and frankly, it is not operating an aircraft in a safe manner. If there ever was an incident in which you were involved (and you survived), and you did not do the recommended pattern entry, it might be a safe bet that the FAA would hold you responsible. On the ground, please communicate your intentions. Especially with all the construction that will be taking place, it is important to pay attention at all times. Just because you have landed, remember that your flight is not over until that prop has stopped spinning. In conclusion, please take these simple suggestions and practice them. Please pass them on to other pilots that are using the airport. Go ahead and pull out your old FAR/AIM and review it, along with AC90-66A, which can be found on the FAA website. Practice them at all uncontrolled airports, not just Bend. Remember, Bend is "pilot controlled," and we have a CTAF, use it. Be clear, quick and concise in making your radio reports and avoid unnecessary chatter to alleviate frequency congestion. Ask questions if you are unsure about another pilots' intentions. Take the initiative and put out just the small amount of effort that it takes to "do it right." Fly safe. THE LAST CHECKRIDE I hope there's a place way up in the sky, where old flyers can go on the day that they die. A place where a guy can buy a cold beer, for a friend and a comrade, whose memory is dear. A place where no doctor or lawyer can tread, nor a CAA/FAA type would 'ere be caught dead. Just a quaint little place, kind of dark, full of smoke, where they like to sing loud, and love a good joke. The kind of a place where a lady could go, and feel safe and protected by the men she would know. There must be a place where old flyers go, when their flying is finished, and their airspeed gets low. Where the whiskey is old, and the women are young, and songs about flying and dying are sung. Where you'd see all the fellows who'd flown west before, and they'd call out your name, as you came through the door. Who would buy you a drink, if your thirst should be bad, and relate to others, "He was quite a good lad". And then through the mist, you'd spot an old guy, you had not seen in years, though he taught you to fly. He'd nod his old head, and grin ear to ear, And say, "Welcome, my son, I'm pleased that you're here. For this is the place where the true flyers come, when their journey is over, and their war has been won. They've come here at last to be safe and alone, from the government clerk, and the management clone, Politicians and lawyers, the Feds and the noise, where all hours are happy, and they're all good ole' boys. You can relax with a cold one, maybe deal from a deck, this is heaven my son .... You've passed your last check!" Author Unknown COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com -------------- next part -------------- Website: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ May 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 5 President's Message: We did not exactly have a meeting last month, but we did get a good show instead from Greg Phillips and a project engineer from David Evans & Associates. The good news is that the airport planning has been moving along with good speed and the $6M project looks to be fully funded with Federal and State money. There will be very little cost to the city. Construction will start this summer on the new runway. This will be a two year project with grading and site prep this year. Paving will be in the summer of 2007 and we should have a bright and shiny new runway by Fall 2007. The bad news is that construction will require that the runway be closed at nights to allow the construction crews to operate safely. We also managed to squeeze in Ross Morrison for a quick briefing on the COFSC. The planning for the event is going well but they still need volunteers for the event. Check out their web site at: http://coflysafe.org/ and contact Ross, or Dennis Douglas at ddouglas@coastside.net if you can help. The city presentation went long and we did not have time for our originally scheduled speaker Joe Smith. Joe is President Elect of the OPA. With a little luck this month Joe will get to share his vision for our organization, what the OPA is doing for us and how we can help. Calendar: 18 May - Monthly Meeting 20 May - Monthly Flyout - S49 - Vale, OR 2-3 June - Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic 10-11 June - Balloons Over Bend 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day 20 Jul - Monthly Meeting 22 Jul - Monthly Flyout 17 Aug - Monthly Meeting 19 Aug - Monthly Flyout 19 Aug - OPA Annual Membership Meeting, Eugene Web doings: The FAA has been expanding the charts that you can download from their web site. Airport diagrams and approach charts are free; sectionals are $1.50. The web site now has a new nav link on the left side called "Charts". Click it and you can download the newest Klamath Falls and Seattle Sectionals and some local airport diagrams and approaches for free. I find the standard Approach Plates tad small for my eyesight and like to print the plates I will use full sized. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: In record time, the Bend Airport AWOS has finished its test mode and is fully operational. You can call it at 382- 1477 or listen in on 134.425. For once, the Bend Bulletin even did a nice story on the airport. Be sure to keep June 17th free on your calendar. That will be our annual Bend Airport Aviation Day (http://bendairport.org). We will need as many folks to help out as we can get. If you are going to be around, please contact Dave Sailors at: dsailors@bendbroadband.com. So you got the flying bug ..... ? Sunnyvale, California resident, Ron Patrick, 48, attached a Navy surplus General Electric T58-8F jet engine to his brand-new Volkswagen Beetle. The "San Francisco Chronicle" reports that he has seen the speedometer peg at 140 mph once the jet is fired. It's a legal street vehicle, as near as anyone can tell. There is a minor concern that the car will fly for real if it hits 160 mph. It's amazing what you can do for $250,000 these days. Random Thoughts: Did you hear the one about the dyslexic pilot with insomnia? He stayed awake all night wondering if dog was his co-pilot. Many pilots do not have to wonder, because their furry co-pilot really is a dog. Kimmy has been my co-pilot since I returned to active status as a pilot in 1998. I am often asked by other pilots, if they should take their copy of man's best friend flying and I always say yes. Never have I heard of a really bad story about flying with dogs, as long as the dog is properly restrained. My technique has been to place the dog on the rear seat and attach the collar to the seat belt. The trick is to leave enough slack that the dog can move about the seat but not get off the seat. Most dogs will settle down quickly and enjoy a good snooze. Very little would interrupt Kimmy's snooze while in the air. Stalls, steep turns, lazy-eights and more would barely cause a raised eyebrow. Few human passengers are as consistently good passengers --- Until the time to throttle down and start the descent --- The two legged passengers miss the event, but every dog will perk up and start to look out the window in anticipation of a new airport to sniff soon. Not that all that time in the air has been perfect for man and dog together. A few years back we were descending from about 6,000 feet over the Napa Valley. The flight had been smooth and long. All the passengers, human and otherwise, were starting to stir in anticipation of the landing soon to come. BANG, the plane dropped straight down 800 feet without warning. No shimmy, no pitch, no yaw, just straight down. Everything not solidly attached to the airframe levitated 2 feet in the cabin. As soon as I assessed that the plane was in control I peeked at the rear seat occupants. Poor Kimmy was tethered 18 inches above the seat, floating in midair like an astronaut (astrodog?), legs stuck out at crazy angles and now wide awake. A very surprised expression on her face. Then the downdraft gently stopped. The floating debris and the dog gently returned to their former positions as if nothing had happened. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Kimmy has always been eager to fly, even if it is only in circles with a CFI keeping me busy and not paying attention to her. Man's best friend after all. Only once was this ever a problem. I was under the hood, fighting a stiff and variable cross wind down the ILS 22 to Redmond, with the CFII doing his best to make the exercise extra challenging. Powell Butte is doing its best to give me shifting winds to make it hard to keep the needles centered and down we go. Outer Marker and report our passage to the tower. 500 feet, 300 feet, Decision Height and BANG. The dog jumps in my lap demanding attention. Pitch up, grab the dog, climb power, grab the dog, positive rate of climb, grab the dog, raise the gear, grab the dog, raise the flaps, grab the dog, tell the tower we are on the missed approach, grab the dog, climb to 2,500 and turn direct to the VOR. All made more difficult by the CFII snickering. "I'll bet you never forget to strap the dog in again" is all he said. CFII's are wise that way. Our only continuing shared problem was parking. The dog felt she had kept up her part of the bargain and NOW was the time she could get out and sniff the world. Maybe the wonderful smells of a new airport or just the same old familiar one awaited out the door. I knew to keep the engine idling two minutes to allow the turbo charger to cool down. Dogs know nothing of turbo charging and my dog always wanted out NOW. Life is good when that is your worst conflict. Not that life with a dog is without problems. More than a few white pants on strangers ended up with muddy paws prints on them. More than a few conversations were interrupted by a strange dog's barking. Most folks were understanding and soon found their day brightened. Brightened by what they found was just an overly friendly dog just begging to be scratched. To those that did not understand I apologize now. Of course the best part of flying with your dog is having a willing and eager passenger always ready to fly off to adventure. Life is good when you can play catch on the beach at Gold Beach; sniff the Oregon Trail in Baker City, and so much more with your canine companion. RIP - Kimmy - 1995/2006 Gary Miller I LOVE TO FLY. I love being a bird. Just a few flaps and I'm sixty feet in the air. Reach out for that limb, flap a flare, and lightly settle; it's like taking one more step. Spreading my wings and pushing off to that next branch twenty feet away is really just like tiptoeing on over. I think about it like microgravity. First of all, I defy the laws of physics several ways. Forget Newtonian interpretations. Newton was human and had a very human experience about mass and movement. Things are very different when you weigh about four ounces. I have a pretty good power to weight ratio and I don't have to carry a lot of extraneous stuff. I'm not built for walking much. Why bother when I can fly? Hopping around is fun and some of my fellow aviators are quite amazing swimmers but flying is what being a bird is all about. It's just a way of thinking. Superman had it about right. Leaping tall buildings in a single bound. Height and distance are real different to me. No problem. Five thousand miles to winter in South America? Why not? Flying is so much more efficient that taking the train. What else was I going to do this afternoon and next week anyway? Besides there's this really nice lady in Guatemala that is just so happy to see my friends and I. She can't feed us enough. It's hard to continue on south. Makes a really pleasant rest stop for a few days. I took a detour last year and wound up in Hawaii. It was an accident really. I usually spend a few days in San Diego. I like the zoo and the Hippos. The Hippo handlers give them some nice tasty treats and since the Hippos are such messy eaters there are always lots of good leftovers. Besides I like the Hippo rides, especially when they jump in the pool. While visiting the waterfront I noticed a large boat, a ship really. At least this guy Webster, I guess his last name is Dictionary, says a large boat is a ship. Anyway, there seemed to be lots of food there too. I started hanging out there at night because the zoo got kind of boring when the Hippos powered down and went to sleep. That's about the time things really started happening on board the ship. What I hadn't realized was that this big boat was a Cruise Ship. Cruise Ships go places. They go far, far away. Imagine my surprise when I woke up one morning to the clatter and cacophony of departure complete with confetti and chaos. By the time I'd finished breakfast we were fast disappearing over the horizon. I had to decide pretty quickly, was I going to be happiest with Hippos or Hawaii? Well this might just be an adventure. There was definitely plenty of food and the place smelled better than the Hippo enclosure. Besides I'd made friends with a woman who spent long hours dozing by the pool, leaving her Martini unattended. I couldn't really fly anywhere and I had all the Gin I wanted. Migrating just doesn't get any better. Cruising? A cruising we shall go, hi ho the merry oh, a cruising we shall go!!! A couple of days later, and after I'd fallen in the pool a few times, I decided it might be time to check out the rest of the ship. Like I said, I don't care much for walking, so I took off and circled the ship a few times. As I was approaching the fantail I about jumped out of my feathers!!! I heard someone yell PULL and an explosion startled me so badly I'm afraid I dumped ballast rather heavily in my excited excrement evacuation efforts to escape. It seemed like this would be a good place to avoid since these people looked like they enjoyed shooting at moving targets. I'm no clay skeet pigeon but it didn't look like a good place to be flying about. I pulled up and went for my service ceiling to get an overview. It was very interesting to see this tiny big ship below and nothing but water as far as I could see in any direction. I really wanted to keep an eye on the ship because I didn't think my fuel reserves were adequate for any alternate destination. What a thrill to be out here in the middle of the ocean at about five thousand feet and have my own private aircraft carrier below. While just leisurely flitting to and fro it was no problem to keep up with the plodding ship. I finally began to experiment aerodynamically in ways that I'd never paid attention to when I was just flapping along the migration flyways. Slow flight with such smooth air was like hanging on by my feathertips and just kind of tickling the air. Full stall was really quite nice in a falling leaf sort of way. My rate of decent with full flaps was a rather dignified affair. With all this meandering about the ship was pulling ahead so it was time for some speed runs. Besides I didn't want to be late for lunch. Screaming down with my wings tucked and descending at about a one to one angle is about all I can control without tail feather flutter. Sort of feels like ballistics rather than aviating. Fun and fast anyway. Then came the E ticket ride. I've always liked to do low passes and thought buzzing the bridge would be fun. The ship was making about 22 knots into a light breeze and when I hit the bow wave over the bridge I got blasted five hundred feet up in the air. Hang on buddy!!! Way cool!!! Just kept pulling back until I was hanging on the front of the wave and could hover above the bow. What a great way to get a boost to Hawaii. I felt like the bandleader at the front of a parade and started whistling with glee as I swept back and forth over the front of the ship. When I saw the stewards starting to serve sandwiches I dove down through the rotor from the prow to settle beside the pool and slid under my lady's lounge chair to wait for the inevitable leftovers and martini with a lazy afternoon ahead around the pool.What a way to fly to Hawaii. I could really get into this cruising life. I'll be sure to send you post cards when I get to Hawaii and let you know if or when I'll be back. Aloha!!! Ed Bird Endsley APRIL FLYOUT COOPA Pilots - Ed Endsley, Gary Miller, Joel and Lynn Premselaar, and myself were the only members to head out Sunday for Scappoose, OR. Joel had to turn back about half way there due to Radio problems. He is now installing a new set of Garmin radios. The route down the Columbia River and then across to Battleground and West to Scappoose is quite scenic. The route home was easy over the Cascades with no turbulence. Scappoose turned out to be a great place to go. Beautiful airport along the River, and the Barnstormer's Inn is an excellent choice for breakfast or lunch. The novel setting, great service, and good food makes it a pilot's first choice. They have fuel service, and some very interesting private jets being built in the hangars there with the wings and fuselage being built entirely of Kevlar. With flying weather rapidly returning, we look forward to attending a few of the many airshows scheduled this year, and lots of interesting locations to fly to up and down the CA and OR Coast. Aloha, Curt MAY 20 FLYOUT COOPA Pilots - Please mark your calendar and schedule your time to join us. The target for this month's fly out is VALE, Oregon. They are having a fundraiser fly-in to benefit a Senior Center. Breakfast begins at 6:30am and Lunch starts at 11:00am. The town of Vale if full of Murals and on the Oregon trail. They will give us rides to see the sights. The Airport Data is as follows: The Airport is: Miller Memorial Airpark. Klamath Falls Chart. Identifier is S49. Distance direct is 171 NM. At a GS of 120K, the time will be 1:25. For those with VOR only, you can go by way of Burns VOR. The Vale location is 11NM West of Ontario. The runways are left traffic to 18 / 36 and are 3872 feet long. Elevation is 2250 feet. Runways are gravel and reported to be in good condition except for the extensions, which are reported to be rough. NO FUEL available so if you need some, you can stop at Burns self-service. We will meet at the Pilot Shop at 8:30am - Take off at 9:00am. Hope to see you there. Final details will be sent to you via email on Friday afternoon, with a final email early Saturday morning for any last minute changes. Aloha, Curt 541/317-1670 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com Bend Airport Operations By Darryl Taylor, Production Test Pilot, Columbia Aircraft, CFII/MEI As summer approaches, plan on more and more aircraft operations around the Bend Airport. In addition to a growing number of transient ops flying in to enjoy everything that the region has to offer, we have many businesses on the field that seem to be growing very rapidly. Pro Air (The Flight Shop) has seen a tremendous growth in student pilots, and Leading Edge now has a helicopter school. Columbia Aircraft is producing more aircraft than ever, each one having to be flight tested, before being turned over to the owner to receive company provided flight instruction right here at Bend. We are also seeing an increase in operations over at Epic. Starting this summer, construction will be starting on the new runway and other airport improvements. With all the increases in air traffic at Bend, we need to revisit basic airport operations to ensure everyone's safety. Bend is "uncontrolled," but maybe a better term to use is "pilot controlled," meaning that it is ALL of our responsibilities to ensure safety around the field. Let's start with the traffic pattern. Bend is in Class G airspace. Controlled (Class E airspace) does not start until 700' AGL. Because of our airspace classification, we need to look at 14CFR91.126, which states: "Each Pilot of an airplane must make all turns to the left unless the airport displays approved light signals or visual markings indicating that turns should be made to the right, in which case pilots must make all turns to the right; and each pilot of a helicopter or powered parachute must avoid the flow of fixed-wing aircraft." Bend is a typical uncontrolled airport, in which left traffic is standard for airplanes. If you are operating an airplane, it is illegal to fly anything other than a left hand pattern, unless you are in an emergency situation. Helicopters flying right traffic are abiding by the rule that they must avoid the flow of fixed-wing aircraft. So what about when approaching the airport, there is no other regulations that specifically apply to our airport, so we must refer to the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), which is what the FAA strongly recommends that we follow. Now that we have automated weather at Bend, make sure you get the "numbers" well before approaching the airport. I recommend at least 20 miles out. This gives you the opportunity to start planning ahead, because you know what the winds, etc... are doing. Start listening to the CTAF frequency as soon as you can. No sooner than 10 miles out announce your intentions with information such as position and altitude. It might sound something like: "Bend Traffic, Skylane 12345 is 10 miles southeast at 6,500, inbound for the 45 entry, left traffic 16, full stop landing at Bend." As far as traffic pattern entries go, it is extremely important that we are all doing the same thing. Traffic Pattern altitude at Bend is 4,500 feet. The only recommended entry procedure in the AIM and Advisory Circular 90-66A is on a 45 degree entry, period. This allows you mix with other aircraft in the pattern much more easily done than it would by entering straight in or on a base leg. I know that depending on what runway is in use, it may be convenient to do a straight in entry, but as busy as Bend is, it is just not safe. Wouldn't it be better to spend 3 to 5 extra minutes in the air to do your part in making sure your home airport is safe? Let's use an example. Currently winds are out of the south, and traffic is using runway 16. You have been in Eugene, and are approaching Bend from the west. You know that you have to cross over the field to join left traffic, since 2 student pilots are doing pattern work on 16. The AIM recommends that you announce your intentions 10 miles out. As you approach the airport, be no lower than 5500' MSL, which gives you 1000' clearance over piston aircraft and 500 over many turbine powered aircraft that are already in the pattern. Continue flying at no lower than 5500' until you are now at a minimum of 3 miles east of the field. It may be necessary to fly further east to fit yourself in. Make a right hand turn descending to pattern altitude, and announce that you are "now on a (mileage from the field) 45 for left traffic on runway 16." Now it will be much easier to fit yourself into that pattern, and much easier for other aircraft to plan ahead. Some common problems relating to traffic pattern that have been noticed include: 1. Aircraft conducting a straight in approach with other aircraft in the pattern. 2. Aircraft entering on right or left base with other aircraft in the pattern. 3. Aircraft crossing mid-field at pattern altitude and making a left turn directly to the downwind. All of these entries are extremely hazardous to your own and others' longevity, and frankly, it is not operating an aircraft in a safe manner. If there ever was an incident in which you were involved (and you survived), and you did not do the recommended pattern entry, it might be a safe bet that the FAA would hold you responsible. On the ground, please communicate your intentions. Especially with all the construction that will be taking place, it is important to pay attention at all times. Just because you have landed, remember that your flight is not over until that prop has stopped spinning. In conclusion, please take these simple suggestions and practice them. Please pass them on to other pilots that are using the airport. Go ahead and pull out your old FAR/AIM and review it, along with AC90-66A, which can be found on the FAA website. Practice them at all uncontrolled airports, not just Bend. Remember, Bend is "pilot controlled," and we have a CTAF, use it. Be clear, quick and concise in making your radio reports and avoid unnecessary chatter to alleviate frequency congestion. Ask questions if you are unsure about another pilots' intentions. Take the initiative and put out just the small amount of effort that it takes to "do it right." Fly safe. THE LAST CHECKRIDE I hope there's a place way up in the sky, where old flyers can go on the day that they die. A place where a guy can buy a cold beer, for a friend and a comrade, whose memory is dear. A place where no doctor or lawyer can tread, nor a CAA/FAA type would 'ere be caught dead. Just a quaint little place, kind of dark, full of smoke, where they like to sing loud, and love a good joke. The kind of a place where a lady could go, and feel safe and protected by the men she would know. There must be a place where old flyers go, when their flying is finished, and their airspeed gets low. Where the whiskey is old, and the women are young, and songs about flying and dying are sung. Where you'd see all the fellows who'd flown west before, and they'd call out your name, as you came through the door. Who would buy you a drink, if your thirst should be bad, and relate to others, "He was quite a good lad". And then through the mist, you'd spot an old guy, you had not seen in years, though he taught you to fly. He'd nod his old head, and grin ear to ear, And say, "Welcome, my son, I'm pleased that you're here. For this is the place where the true flyers come, when their journey is over, and their war has been won. They've come here at last to be safe and alone, from the government clerk, and the management clone, Politicians and lawyers, the Feds and the noise, where all hours are happy, and they're all good ole' boys. You can relax with a cold one, maybe deal from a deck, this is heaven my son .... You've passed your last check!" Author Unknown COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri May 19 16:57:04 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri May 19 16:56:59 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 5/20th Saturday flyout Message-ID: <000801c67b9f$eda64070$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> COOPA Pilots - The weather for tomorrow's flyout, while not perfect, is predicted to be better than today and, may be OK for the trip to VALE (S49) . I will check again early in the morning and send you a message by 7:00 am. Plan to meet us at the Pilot Shop at 8:30 am and takeoff at 9:00 am. Experience by our seasoned members allows that we should be able to dodge weather cells and safely get to VALE and back under the current conditions. It's worth a good try. Aloha, Curt Turner Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat May 20 06:52:10 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat May 20 06:52:04 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 5/20th Fly-Out cancelled Message-ID: <000e01c67c14$978b3270$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> COOPA Pilots - Weather reports for today are not up to standards for our Fly-Out. Scattered thunderstorms, rainshowers, and moderate turbulance are all along the route and the destination. Most likely it is flyable for the determined; however, in the interest of group safety and fun flying, I am cancelling the Fly-Out. One of these days all of the elements for a fun flying day will come together. Keep the faith.... Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-4252 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu May 25 11:49:34 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu May 25 18:32:30 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Update #8 Message-ID: <200605260132.k4Q1WIWE014014@hobbes.rellim.com> Hello all, ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" / Here is the latest Bend Municipal Airport Update, in text and attached as an MS Word doc.  My best to all, ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258   ?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /May 23, 2006 ?xml:namespace prefix = u1 / Airport Update #8 To all ?xml:namespace prefix = u3 /Bend Municipal Airport Friends and Tenants: I hope you?re all doing well.  As the weather heats up in Central Oregon, so does the pace of work here at the Bend Airport.  Here are some of the latest happening out on and around the tarmac.   EVENTS - CENTRAL OREGON FLY SAFE CLINIC AND AIRPORT DAY:  If you haven?t already seen the posters or heard the buzz, mark your calendars for the first ever Central Oregon Fly Safe Clinic, coming up at the Bend Airport NEXT WEEKEND, June 2-3.  For information, check out their website at www.coflysafe.org.  It?s a WINGS/PACE event and looks to be a first rate effort.  Also, our annual Bend Airport Day, always a fun day at the Airport, will be held two weeks later, on June 17.  This is always a great day to grab your friends and come out to show them the Bend Airport.  For you businesses, it?s a wonderful opportunity that I hope you?ll take to set up a display and show the community you live in some of the great work you do.  I look forward to seeing you all at both of these great events.   JUNE 7 ? ERIK LINDBERGH EVENT:  Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles Lindbergh and something of a Bend Airport/Columbia Aircraft fan, will be speaking at a Benefit for the Boys and Girls Club in the Airlife Hangar, between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.  Tickets are $25 and it includes a raffle ticket for either a 1 hour flight for 3 on a Columbia Aircraft or a 30 minutes flight for 3 on a helicopter, donated by Professional Air.  Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $5 each.  Tickets can be purchased at the SELCO Credit Union, or call Cynthia Kane at 330-7314 or by email at ckane@clearchoicehp.com .       CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS)?AND A NAME CHANGE:  Just one final update regarding the AWOS system.  While the system is working perfectly, and I actually had a chance last week to verify that the lightning sensor works, there?s a spinoff I hadn?t anticipated when we put the system into operation.  As I wrote in my email message on May 15th, I received a call from Seattle Center that surprised me and notified me that the Bend Airport, effective June 8, 2006, would have a new Airport Identifier, changing from S07 to AEB.  This change was triggered by the commissioning of the AWOS, promulgating automatic issuance of the three letter AEB designator to replace the alphanumeric S07.  Well, you can bet that got me off my seat and making phone calls.  Since that time, we have worked with the National Flight Data Center (NFDC) to successfully get change that designator, because AEB just isn?t right for us.  I?m saddened that this will probably create a bit of confusion over the next few months until the dust settles, and you have my apologies that I wasn?t able to head this one off in advance, but on August 3rd, the publication cycle for charts will reflect our new, permanent name change to BDN.  So, from Jun 8th until August 3rd, the Airport ID for Bend will be AEB.  After August 3rd, the ID will be forever more BDN.  Now don?t forget to keep those GPS units updated!   RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT: Again, my thanks to everyone who came to one of the two public meetings on April 20th regarding the Runway 16/34 Relocation Project.  It was great to hear your ideas and I appreciate your willingness to participate in the discussion.  For those of you who weren't there, here's a short recap and an update.  We are currently in the final stage of preparing our bid specifications and drawing package to advertise for a contractor.  Our current schedule is to advertise on or around June 2nd, with the bid open for 30 days to give potential contractors time to review and prepare a bid.  After bid closing, we will select a contractor to do the work, finalize our grant with the FAA, and schedule a Notice to Proceed for construction.  We intend to begin construction by August of this year, and we expect this season?s construction will take approximately 120 days.  As most of you know, this will be a two construction season project, with a tentative completion date of October, 2007 for having the new runway operational and the old runway demolished.  In the meetings on April 20th, we discussed the design of the runway itself, options that were considered to select the current design, and the schedule.  Our new design includes an entire new 30,000 lb capacity 5200? runway (single wheel), a complete new MIRL system, a PAPI to replace the existing VASI, and alternate bids for runup areas at both ends of the runway and a PAPI to Runway 34.  We have also petitioned, with updated obstruction surveys, for a new non-precision approach to Runway 34.  As to the schedule, the bottom line remains that there is no way to keep the current runway open while the new runway is being constructed.  They?re just too close together.  For this reason, we will shut the existing runway down at nights for the duration of the construction period.  We talked about the actual hours of closure and we have decided, based on your input, to change the closure hours to 1900L - 0700L, five nights a week, with an option for the contractor to choose to work one additional night per week.  It's a bit of a bitter pill, I know, but we believe the project will be worth it when it's done, and there?s only one way to get there.  I promise you that we will have incentives (and disincentives) in the project to help the contractor stick smartly to their schedule.  If you have questions or want more detail, please feel free to call me or send an email.   NEW PAVEMENT:  We have finalized the contracts to pave the gravel drive-through just north of Electronics International.  It?s high construction season for paving already, so it will take a few weeks for our project to work into their schedule, but I still believe we should get the job done by the end of June.     DEVELOPMENT EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT:  The City has finalized and presented a draft Lease Development Agreement (LDA) and Master Lease with Professional Air Partners.  As soon as they have a chance to review it and we can work out the details for a lease, they?ll have the green light to begin design and construction on the necessary infrastructure to get this project flying.  We still think there?s a strong possibility that there could be new hangars on the Airport by the summer of 2007.   FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING:  The City has also presented a draft lease to Professional Air for the Flight Services Building.  Completion of this lease will allow the work to begin on some remodeling of the downstairs and finishing and occupation of the upstairs of the building.  Perhaps we?ll get that restaurant we?ve all been hoping for?.?   GLIDER PARKING:  The gliders on the Bend Airport have been, I?m sorry to say, poor (but gracious) stepchildren for the past several months since we displaced them from their old parking area (the new South Tiedown Ramp).  Well, that?s about to change, because we just signed a contract with Hap Taylor & Sons to pave some runners in an area at the southwest corner of the Airport that has long been identified as the true home of the gliders.  We hope to have that done within the next several weeks and give them a more permanent home.   SOUTH TIEDOWN RAMP:  Just a quick note here.  For you longterm tiedown tenants, please note that the north-south facing tiedowns just north of the new South Tiedown Ramp are also long term tiedowns available for your use.  There has been a little confusion for those looking for a tiedown only in the new Ramp area.     MAINTENANCE KEYS AND LOCKS TO CITY HANGARS:  This last month I have been working with Lynn Dunn, our handyman, to ensure we have copies of all keys to City owned hangars and buildings at the Airport.  We have most of them, now, and those of you that I?ve emailed to get copies made and back to me, I?d appreciate it if you could please do so by June 1st.  Thanks.   FOD:  We all know that FOD is a potentially hazardous issue on the Airport Movement Areas.  Unfortunately, we?ve never had our own equipment to be able to manage FOD effectively on the Airport, and it has been an expensive and haphazard proposition for us to use the City sweepers to do the job.  A few weeks ago, I had a demonstration of a low cost FOD removal option called the FOD-BOSS.  Lousy name, but an effective tool, and my reference checks show that it comes highly regarded.  I have since submitted a grant request for the funding to buy one of these for use at the Bend Airport.  I hope to hear within the next month if we will get the grant and be able to purchase this item.  Regardless, FOD is definitely on my radar and we?re going to do something.   CRACKSEALING:  Tis the season for cracks and broken pavement, and in the next few weeks we will be inventorying cracks on the Airport and developing a plan to address them before they turn into chasms.  More to come?   GENERAL FLY FRIENDLY:  I mentioned this in my last update, but thought it warranted to mention again.  We can never be too vigilant.  Just a friendly reminder that, while we have our legal rights to fly anywhere as long as we?re following the FARs, a prudent and courteous pilot is a good neighbor, too.  With great help from Dennis Douglas, we have recently drafted an update of the Fly Friendly brochure.  The draft is currently on the Bend Airport website, which you can find athttp://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/bend_airpo rt/index.html.  I invite your comments before we go final, which I hope to do within the next few weeks.   HELICOPTER OPERATIONS:  As the Bend Airport has gotten busier, I?m sure you?ve all noticed that we?ve seen a good increase in the number of helicopter operations at the Airport.     OAMA SCHOLARSHIP:  The Oregon Airport Managers? Association is offering up to two $1000 scholarships for individuals interested in pursuing an aviation career field by attending an Oregon school.  Applications are due by June 15th and anyone interested can get the application by contacting me directly.  Don?t delay, this could be a great jumpstart toward your aviation career!   AIRPORT OPERATIONS:   Last month I reported that we had the final report on annual operations for the Bend Airport.  Here are some of the actual numbers ? anyone is welcome to see the report if you want to call me.  A total of 41,761 ANNUAL OPERATIONS between October 1, 2004 ? Sep 30, 2005 were measured.  These numbers break down as:   TYPE AIRCRAFT                   COUNT        PERCENTAGE Single engine               11,296                   27.1% Multi-Engine                 24,404                   58.4% Jet                                 5,325                   12.8% Rotary                               663                    1.6% Other                                  72                    0.2%   BY SEASON: Winter (Oct-Jan)                                        33% Spring (Feb-May)                                        32% Summer (Jun-Sep)                                      34%     TRANSPONDER MISUSE ? a note from Andrew Menlow, OR State Police:  With the proliferation of TCAS (collision avoidance systems), the number of pilots taxiing around the airport with transponders squawking creating false conflict alarms to arriving and departing aircraft with those systems creates an unnecessary distraction at a critical phase of flight.  I know in the "old days" before TCAS was so prevalent, it mattered not at all since Seattle Center radar was the only one to see you and not until  7000' ft. Those days are gone as most corporate and newer aircraft (even old ones like mine!) are equipped with some sort of TCAS system.  Please use your transponder responsibly.   HISTORICAL INFORMATION:  I?m working to put a traveling display of the Bend Airport together and need information about the history of the Airport.  If you have any records, written or photographic or just a good ole?  wives? tale, please pass them on.  I?m also still looking for missing copies of the Bend Airport Flightlines newsletter that was published for a few years in the late 90?s, so if you have copies in your own archives, give me a call.  I currently have copies of these issues: Vol 3 ? Issues 1 and 2; Vol 4, Issue 2; and Vol 5, Issue 1.  I?d love to get copies of the missing Issues, so if you have them tucked away in a box or a corner, please dust them off and send me a copy.   SECURITY AND GENERAL AVIATION - from FAA Safety:  In the wake of 9/11, Commercial Service airports have been hit hard, but GA airports have, until now, not been touched.  The first hint of that changing has been, at my desk, increased communications from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and from the FAA?s recent decision to crack down on registrations.  I?m sure most of you have heard of this regulation, but I?ve added it to this update so you can review it.  Please ensure your registration is up to date for your aircraft; I will need to confirm for each City owned hangar. Aircraft Owners and Operators - Check your Registration Is your aircraft properly registered? Is the aircraft you are about to operate properly registered? Did you forget to register that new aircraft you recently purchased?  If an aircraft does not have a valid registration or if information contained on the registration is not correct, such as current owner name or address, your aircraft may show a status of "in Question" on FAA records. As of February 1, an operator and or/owner of an aircraft attempting to operate or operating within the NAS without a currently effective registration or a registration which is "questionable" and/or without a TSA required security measure/waiver may have actions taken such as but not limited to: 1. Notification of deficiency 2. A pilot deviation may be filed against the operator 3. The operator may be denied access to the NAS Check your aircraft registration by going to http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/ and clicking on the link "Registrations at Risk" (left hand side) , type in your N number. If your aircraft is contained in this list then your registration is "in question." You can contact Aircraft registration toll free at (866) 762-9434 for assistance.  See notice FR Doc 05-23852 filed 12-8-05 for complete summary by following this link:http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/events/2005-Dec/21_FR_Doc_05-23852.pdf   Kind of a somber note to end on, but one worth being aware of.  That?s it for now, everyone.  Drop me a line if you have a question or an idea about how to make the Bend Airport an even better place to fly to or do business on.  Blue skies and tailwinds to all,     Greg Greg Phillips Airport Manager, Bend Municipal Airport (541) 389-0258 gphillips@ci.bend.or.us   From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Jun 2 09:58:25 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Jun 2 09:58:30 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] June Fly-Out Message-ID: <000f01c68665$c37d5e70$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - June is a busy month: 6/2nd &3rd for the Fly Safe Clinic - 6/10th & 11th Baloons over Bend - and 6/17th Aviation Day. However; as we have been blitzed for sooo long with poor flying conditions, I am scheduling TWO FLY-OUTS for June as follows: Sunday June 18th: OLYMPIC AIR SHOW - Gathering of Warbirds - at Olympia Regional Airport, WA (OLM). The show is put on by the Olympic Flight Museum and is reported to be a rather good show. Distance is 187NM, about a 1:35 minute flight. Gates open @ 9:30 am, Opening ceremonies @ Noon, Air Show Performance @ 1:00 PM to 4:00PM. Saturday June 24th: Grants Pass Airport, OR (3S8) Air Eventure Breakfast and Lunch Fly-In. Breakfast starts @ 7:30 am. Lunch on the Green @ 11:30am to 1:30 pm. Show is PROPS and RODS with classic and Historic aircraft and hundreds of antique and classic cars. We will need to leave early for this one. Distance is 135 nm and about a 1:10 minute flight. More details later. Check your emails. Mark your calendars. Attend one or both of the Fly-Outs. Our Apache will attend both events if the bloody WEATHER GODS finally take a break...... Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-4151 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jun 7 18:32:55 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Jun 7 18:44:01 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - AEB - June 8, 2006 Message-ID: Hello all, Just a reminder that, effective tomorrow, the Bend Municipal Airport Identifier will change from S07 to AEB. This identifier will change again on August 3rd to our permanent identifier, BDN. I apologize for any confusion this may cause and I appreciate your patience as we've worked to arrive at a suitable identifier. Also, the Bend Airport Day is just around the corner, so mark your calendars, tell your friends, and come on out on Saturday, June 17th for what is sure to be a fun day to celebrate the Bend Airport with all our neighbors. My best regards to you all, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Mon Jun 12 16:43:22 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Jun 12 17:01:07 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Helicopter Operations Message-ID: Hello all friends of the Bend Municipal Airport, I started to write about this topic in the last Bend Airport Update, but there were so many things that ended up in the Update that I was afraid this would get lost in the shuffle. I took it out because I decided this was too important to let that happen. It's time to talk about an increasingly visible player at the Bend Airport, Helicopter operations. Please be assured that helicopters, as are all components of the aviation community/industry, welcomed at the Bend Airport. As an old Army helicopter pilot myself, I have to admit it touches a little warm spot in my own heart. Of course, helicopters are different and there are some things we need to be aware of as the environment of the Bend Airport changes and helicopters increasingly occupy what has been until now a mostly fixed wing flight environment. That's why I'm writing this somewhat lengthy note to you. A few weeks ago, the helicopter operators on the Airport, Air Life of Oregon and Leading Edge Aviation, along with FAA representatives from the Portland FSDO, sat down with me to discuss some of the issues about operating helicopters at the Airport. As a result of that meeting, we arrived at some agreements that I think will allow us to ensure a safe operating environment around the Bend Airport. The four issues we talked about were: 1. Transient Helicopter parking 2. Helicopter Pattern/Operations 3. FOD on the Airport 4. Education - Helicopters in a Fixed Wing Environment ISSUE #1: TRANSIENT HELICOPTER PARKING: Currently, the Bend Airport does not have clearly identifiable parking pads for helicopters. While a long term solution will intentionally be addressed on the East Side of the Airport as development progresses, a near term solution should be identified. The two issues that must be addressed in order to proceed are location and cost/funding. The Airport Master Plan identifies a location just south of the Fuel Farm (currently not paved) as the location for permanent transient helicopter parking. IOU ? Greg Phillips (GP) will research helipad design requirements and discuss possible solutions with Airports District Office of FAA. - IN PROGRESS ISSUE #2 ? OPERATIONS: Helicopters are different. Their operational needs are different and they don?t mix well in traffic patterns with airplanes, particularly with fast moving jets and higher performance airplanes. While a longer term solution, after construction of an eastside taxiway, will likely be to place the helicopter traffic pattern on the east side of the Airport, for now the best solution seems to be to place it on the west side. AGREEMENT: Traffic Pattern for helicopters will be a 500? AGL altitude pattern, right traffic, close in pattern. This traffic pattern is the opposite of the current fixed wing traffic pattern, but has been determined by the FSDO as safe and common at other airports that have significant rotary wing traffic. Helicopters will make approaches directly to Runway or to a specific point as needed. All movements will be announced clearly on CTAF. IOU ?GP will update the Fly Friendly brochure map and Airport website to show this new pattern. In the next Airport Update, this pattern will be publicized for all tenants and users, as well as to OPA, the Oregon Department of Aviation, and other user groups that would benefit from knowing the operational standards at the Bend Airport. - IN PROGRESS ISSUE #3 - FOD: The dry, dusty environment of the Bend Airport results in a significant amount of FOD from all aircraft, particularly on the taxiways and taxilanes. This FOD is exacerbated by the lack of good transient parking for rotary wing traffic, often resulting in hover flight over unpaved, dusty areas. IOU ? GP has submitted an application for a grant to purchase two FOD BOSS sweepers to reduce FOD on the Airport (http://www.FODBOSS.com). If approved, this equipment will be purchased immediately. As needed, other tenants will be allowed to use the equipment as approved by the Airport Manager. If the grant is not approved, other measures will be taken to identify funding to allow purchase of this equipment. - IN PROGRESS ISSUE #4 - EDUCATION: The Bend Airport has traditionally been a fixed wing operational environment, with limited helicopter operations. As helicopter operations have increased at the Airport, and with a traffic pattern that differs from the current fixed wing pattern, education of the users is an important requirement to ensure safety. IOU - 1. GP will write an article in the next Airport Update regarding helicopter operations. - COMPLETED 2. Travis Warthen will conduct a seminar on helicopter operations at the COFSC clinic Jun 2-3. - COMPLETED Increased helicopters operations at the Bend Municipal Airport is a good thing for the Bend Airport, despite any inconveniences we may find. My sincere belief is that we can all find a way to work together to make the Airport a positive flying and working environment, safe for all. Please let me know if you have any questions or thoughts on this matter. My best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From mvbond at myexcel.com Wed Jun 14 09:55:35 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Wed Jun 14 09:54:25 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA June Newsletter Message-ID: <44903F87.2070802@myexcel.com> The PDF version has no yet been added to the website, so here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER June 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 6 Website: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ President's Message: Many thanks to Dave Kelly and his wife for dropping by last month. Dave is Chief Pilot at Butler Aviation and had some great stories to tell and great pictures to share. Who knew that you could dive a DC-7 like that? I still find it hard to believe that a C-130 flies like a DC-7, but when you have flown as many airplanes as Dave I guess the little details hardly matter. This month we are really going to have Joe Smith as speaker. Fingers crossed. Joe is President Elect of the OPA and has been trying to bring us his road show and discussion on the Oregon Pilots Association. This will be a good night to hear what the OPA is doing and what we can do for the OPA. Let's have a good turnout to welcome Joe. We also need to discuss the imminent Bend Airport Aviation Day on June 17th. The EAA will have their famous Pancake Breakfast at 7:30am. It would be nice to get our membership out to help set up the chairs and tables in the morning and take them down in the afternoon. In between it would be nice if our members could open their hangers and move their airplanes up for the crowd to see. Safety is always an issue, so the more of our membership on the ramp just keeping an eye out for trouble the better. Calendar: 15 June - Monthly Meeting 17 June - Bend Airport Aviation Day 18 June - Flyout #1 - Olympic Air Show (OLM) 24 June - Flyout #2 - Grants Pass (3S8) 20 Jul - Monthly Meeting 22 Jul - Monthly Flyout 17 Aug - Monthly Meeting 19 Aug - Monthly Flyout 19 Aug - OPA Annual Membership Meeting, Eugene 21 Sep - Monthly Meeting 23 Sep - Monthly Flyout Web doings: The San Francisco Sectional and the Seattle and San Francisco Terminal Area Charts have been added to the "charts" area on the web site: http://co-opa.rellim.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our new airport ID(s) the username can also be AEB or BDN. My Inbox: Wow, what a difference a few months make. Bend Airport has been S07 for a long time. Starting June 8th, the Bend Airport became AEB. But not for long; 56 days later, on August 2nd, it will become BDN. Hopefully it will stay that way for a long time. For those of us that only occasionally update their GPS databases you probably want to hold off until August. Any guesses how confusing this will be to ATC? Random Thoughts: Local knowledge is often the difference between being able to make a safe and enjoyable flight in less the perfect weather or the alternatives of not going or cutting VFR minimums a little close. Last month we had some "low" weather over the Cascades and yet I had to get over the rock pile to my son's swim meet in Corvallis (CVO). The clouds were halfway up the cut between the South and Middle Sisters. Knowing that the Sisters are just over 10,000 feet let me guesstimate the ceiling there at around 9,000. The clouds were higher to the south and lower to the north. Santiam Pass was likely cut off or very low. Of course there were SIGMETs for icing over the mountains. That removed IFR as an option to get over unless you have a much better airplane than mine. Bad weather and icing forecasts are an inseparable pair around here. This is the sort of weather that I see grounds many pilots without local knowledge. As well it should. It takes a lot of local knowledge to get a feel for whether the weather is piled up on the far side of a ridge or not. It also takes local experience to get the proper gut feel to tell the weather that will be stable from the weather that could turn ugly quickly. A pilot in a rush and without local knowledge might still try the trip. He would head south until the headroom between the clouds and the ridges met his personal limits. On a day like that I would like to see 2,000 feet and visibility well past the next few airports on my path. It should go without saying that the weather should also be very stable as well. On that day a transient pilot would have been most of the way to Klamath Falls before heading West. Luckily I had local knowledge and have spent time cruising the valleys in the area even when the weather was good. My plan was simple, added only about 20 minutes to the flight, and always gave me a choice of outs should things turn out worse than expected. The path headed down Century Drive to Waldo Lake. Passing by Mount Bachelor the clouds were just over its top. So the 9,000 ceiling was confirmed. This allowed a peek over the ridge to the west to confirm the headroom was about 1,000 over the ridges, with visibility all the way to the Willamette Valley. Since I was over the highway my headroom was much better. My outs were to the south, or to the east and Highway 97. In a real emergency I would be over Century Drive. Near the south end of Century Drive is Waldo Lake. This would be the primary decision point for the trip. If the weather was worse than expected then I could head further south or even return home. As expected the ceiling was still 9,000 and I could see to Springfield from there. Instead of cutting across the ridges I was able to follow one of the two river valleys from Waldo lake over the Willamette pass to Oakridge (5S0). From there it was all down hill to Springfield. Always high over a highway and able to peek over the ridges to see that the weather was holding near Springfield. Now the outs were any of the airports that I could see well within the flight visibility at the time or head south to the higher ceilings. If things got really bad at least the plane was still over highways. As usual, the bad weather was piled up from the west against the Cascades. - From Springfield to Corvallis was only high overcast; still 9,000 feet, but high above their ground level. By having the local knowledge, and flying the over valleys instead of over the ridges, the flight was easy VFR the whole way instead of being LVFR. The return trip the next day was similar, and similarly uneventful. After landing at Bend, I ran into a pilot going the other way back to Portland. We discussed the weather and I suggested that he might not want to go. He countered by explaining the current weather in The Dalles and Portland. The weather at both was 6,000 and descending slowly. His local knowledge, being from Portland, told him that he could easily navigate down the Columbia River Gorge in much worse weather. Clearly his local knowledge has led him to an easy go/no-go decision that he could live with. So off he went. Local knowledge can turn a dodgy flight in to a much better one. That is why my personal minimums in unfamiliar areas go way up. When traveling afar I always try to corner a local pilot or two and see what local knowledge they have to share. GPS moving maps and Sectionals are great, but when a local pilot tells you what to look for you are going to have a much safer flight. Gary Miller We Were Young and Crazy Well, speaking for myself of course. Maybe you weren't crazy when you were younger. I was very inexperienced at least and in retrospect some of the stuff I did was pretty crazy. Take the bamboo and Visqueen Ragallo hang glider in the early sixties. Hey, it was just a big model airplane of advanced design that was conceived by a credentialed aerodynamicist. Like almost every kid, I'd built many model airplanes and dreamed of flying so this should be a real blast to build it and fly it. The construction techniques were a little different but uniquely appropriate to the materials. Bamboo has a fine tradition of being formed into structures with twine binding techniques. The advent of modern materials like hose clamps and tape, lots of tape, made a pretty sound structure I'll save stories of the test "flights" and the rather inappropriate neighborhood audience reactions for another time. Now fast forward a year to the second hang glider project of much higher sophistication. A friend, Rod Moorehead, and I actually used aircraft aluminum. We had to sign a liability release before the distributor would sell it to us. I don't understand what they were worried about. Just a couple of innocent kids buying a bunch of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy tubing. So this project was loosely modeled on a glider design called a Quicksilver that had a conventional plan form with tail surfaces and controllable rudder. Pitch was controlled by weight shift and yaw by a rudder connected to the pilot who shifted side to side to augment the roll which was coupled to the yaw with the help of generous dihedral, or something like that I was an experienced pilot right? Soloed before drivers license, and an amateur aeronautical engineer with hundreds of model aircraft constructed over my youth. I felt confident in introducing a few enhancements to the design like increasing the chord and reshaping the wing section camber It was sort of hard to tell what the intent of the designer was anyway from the bad pictures we were working from. So with a hacksaw, a drill, and a couple of wrenches we built the most beautiful glider ever. We sewed the Dacron sailcloth wing coverings on my friends mothers sewing machine. I don't remember how many needles we broke The finished machine was a wonder to behold and was hard to hold too. It weighed about 70lbs. and we were proposing to pick this thing up and run off a cliff with it. Hmmmm. Now the flight training commenced. I somehow got the honor of doing the first hop on a little hill. I didn't get airborne; instead I tripped and fell with the leading edge landing on the back of my neck. So the result was sort of like a rat in a trap, I couldn't move. My friends came running up expecting me to be dead. A more experienced flyer suggested it might be a good idea to go over to the coastal sand dunes for further tests. Additional crashes proved the wisdom of his suggestion. As confidence and control continued to come together we ventured out and up to higher venues. In some locations we would lug this contraption up an 800 foot butte so one of us could get a five minute sled ride. There are so many memorable flights that progressively pursued the possibilities of the Icarus promise. The launch from the Coburg Hills northeast of Eugene resulted in an immediate altitude of about 1200' AGL and on one occasion I had a Cessna circling below me! I terminated that flight in a farmers grain field and I think that family will never forget seeing a guy carrying an airplane up to their house. Kids came running from everywhere. I had more help and questions than I knew what to do with. An expedition usually started by trying to find a road to the top of something high, they usually had antenna farms on top, and then find a way to pick up at the bottom without a fifty-mile drive and a long walk. Sometimes it would just be myself and my glider partner, Rod, sometimes ten or twenty gliders and pilots of all shapes, sizes, and colors. A group launch from Stukel Mountain east of Klamath Falls International Airport illustrates what this type of flight was like in the early days of hang gliding. The top of the "hill" was always chaos; cars, trucks, kids, dogs, pilots, and gliders in various stages of assembly lying all over the available space. Our airplane style machine always took a little longer to assemble so we got to see others launch and evaluate conditions. We called them wind dummies. Before launch I was always scared, well maybe just very excited, verrrry focused anyway. Assembly and preflighting was a very serious endeavor and took a detailed procedure that was almost a meditation. The pilot, this was my turn, would strap in. The cockpit consisted of a swing seat, you know, like a swing seat you'd tie in a tree for the kids. It had a salvaged automobile safety belt that you tightened very tight so your sweet ass wouldn't slip out. Control check out was very direct and to the point. Swinging your fanny back & forth should produce a similar motion in the rudder and the "control yoke" was this triangle of tubing in front of you that you gripped like bicycle bars. We had equipped this bar with the latest in solid state electronics in the form of a milk carton sized variometer. It added the drag equivalent of a small dog but it worked great even though it was usually indicating down So standing at the precipice, the time had come to get all the butterflies headed in the same direction. I'd been feeling the air movement for some time but at that moment a dust devil came up the hill. There were gliders and stuff flying all over the place in a cloud of blinding dust. All I could do was drop to the ground and have my launch buddy raise the tail as far in the air as he could reach and just hang on. After it passed we were in good shape and it was time to launch. Yeah, like that chaotic scene was so very reassuring that I wanted to go flying right now??? But it was the right time to get with it so here's the go jump off a cliff part. Until you started developing lift the tail was heavy so with my buddy holding it up, at my signal, we started running for the edge. That's why it's called foot launch. It's not easy to accelerate 70 pounds of flying machine with the L/D stuff starting to happen so you just lean into it and push like hell. When you reach the edge you are airborne, no question. Kind of like a carrier cat shot, you're flying now!!! The craft was pretty well trimmed for a fast glide so the first order of business was to "push out" which equaled a little nose up to establish best glide speed. In this case it was also advantageous to start a turn along the ridge as soon as possible to stay in the most likely lift areas for thermals. The launch site is about 6500' and the valley floor is about 4100' so the altitude is spectacular (breath taking actually) from the point of view of a kids swing seat and essentially no structure around you, just wind in your face. The wind in your face is your airspeed indicator, the horizon is right in front of you, and you don't need anything else. Establishing minimum sink speed is by trial and error. If my buns hadn't been going to sleep because of the over tight seat belt I might say this was flying by the seat of the pants in the extreme but since my butt was otherwise occupied I think most of the sensory input was whole body feedback. It's very sensual flight. A little bit of thermal circling, a little rubber necking, a little zooming around for the thrill of it, and a little navigating to try and find the landing zone Landing this thing is about as thrilling as take off. Glide slope adjustment by speed control and pattern is about all you've got. Do not try to extend the glide, you can't run that fast at touch down. Stall is very slow, maybe 5- 7mph, and mushy until you've slowed through the mush and then you aren't flying or mushing anymore, you're just hanging onto a 70 pound falling rock. That's a bad condition to be in more than a foot in the air. Recovery from a bad approach usually means waiting in the wreckage until your chase crew finds you, untangles you, and hauls you off to medical assistance. That's poor form and usually puts a damper on the evening festivities. These events I've recounted all took place a long, long time ago in a land far, far away. It's called my youth. You decide if I was crazy!!! E. Edward Endsley, CO-OPA VALE, OREGON, FLY-OUT. ...The weather report was not favorable for the scheduled fly-out to Vale so Curtis Turner, our Fly-out Chairman, reluctantly but wisely sent out an e-mail canceling the flight. Gary Miller (not usually an early riser) had gotten up for the event and gazed out from his window, perched high in the West Hills, (his view is like looking from the crows nest of a tall ship...He can see forever out to the South and East). He decided it looked like an acceptable option to follow Highway 20 all the way to Vale. The satellite pictured seemed to confirm that the storm was moving North and the weather would improve as the day progressed. Having analyzed the situation Gary picked up the phone and called me (Don Wilfong) knowing that I was game for almost anything and proposed that we give it a go....so I rolled 757 out of the hangar at Pilot Butte International and met Gary at Professional Air...we mounted our trusty steeds and headed East along Highway 20...the clouds were high enough that we could have taken a more direct route but we were having so much fun flying low and following the highway that we decided to stay low and scare the jack rabbits. We separated at Drewsey and I continued to follow the highway and Gary took a more Northerly route. By the time we got there it was noon (Mountain Time) so the breakfast was over...but...they were serving hamburgers for lunch so we didn't starve. There was quite a group of ultra-lites that had flown in from somewhere...but...by the time we got parked and ready to look them over they started up and left like a covey of quail. (The key here is to get out early for our fly-outs...he who hesitates is lost). We wandered around and looked at some of the old time equipment and an assortment of planes. One 1946 Luscombe 8A looked like it had just come out of the factory...I once owned one just 36 numbers off from this one. On a previous fly-out we had already taken the tour of the murals that adorn the buildings of downtown Vale and had been driven out to view the wagon tracks of the Oregon Trail so we opted to skip that and head for home...with lots of blue sky, high clouds and a headwind as we proceeded on a direct route...Gary's Turbo Centurion out distanced the Skylane and he was landing at Bend as I cleared the West edge of Alfalfa... I proceeded to Pilot Butte International and Gary refueled and headed on to Corvallis where his son was participating in a swim meet. We had a great time and as it turned out it would have been a successful fly-out for the group but I, having been in the same position as Curtis, fully respect his decision to cancel the fly-out, due to the forecast and the cloud cover. It is always the wise choice to make go or no go decisions with safety being the determining factor. We are all looking forward to the upcoming fly-outs (we will have really good weather sometime, Won't we??? DON WILFONG JUNE FLYOUT(S) June is a busy month: 6/2nd &3rd for the Fly Safe Clinic - 6/10th & 11th Balloons over Bend - and 6/17th Aviation Day. However; as we have been blitzed for sooo long with poor flying conditions, I am scheduling TWO FLY-OUTS for June as follows: Sunday June 18th: OLYMPIC AIR SHOW - Gathering of Warbirds - at Olympia Regional Airport, WA (OLM). The show is put on by the Olympic Flight Museum and is reported to be a rather good show. Distance is 187NM, about a 1:35 minute flight. Gates open @ 9:30 am, Opening ceremonies @ Noon, Air Show Performance @ 1:00 PM to 4:00PM. Saturday June 24th: Grants Pass Airport, OR (3S8) Air Eventure Breakfast and Lunch Fly-In. Breakfast starts @ 7:30 am. Lunch on the Green, 11:30am to 1:30 pm. Show is PROPS and RODS with classic and Historic aircraft and hundreds of antique and classic cars. We will need to leave early for this one. Distance is 135 nm and about a 1:10 minute flight. More details later. Check your emails. Mark your calendars. Attend one or both of the Fly-Outs. Our Apache will attend both events if the bloody WEATHER GODS finally take a break...... Aloha, Curt Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum, shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jun 14 17:17:04 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Jun 14 17:42:31 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] BEND AIRPORT DAY Message-ID: <200606150042.k5F0gBX2031150@hobbes.rellim.com> Hello all, Just a mid-week reminder that this Saturday, June 17th, is our annual Bend Airport Day. Come on out,see the vintage and new aircraft displays, take a Discovery Ride with your family and friends, and help us celebrate the Bend Municipal Airport as a proud partner of the Bend community. You can find the flyer with agenda at http://bendairport.org/AviationDay2006.pdf. You won't want to miss it. We'll see you there! Greg Phillips BendMunicipalAirportManager PO Box 431 Bend, OR97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jun 14 17:17:04 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Jun 14 17:43:42 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] BEND AIRPORT DAY Message-ID: <200606150043.k5F0hUkK031198@hobbes.rellim.com> Hello all, Just a mid-week reminder that this Saturday, June 17th, is our annual Bend Airport Day. Come on out,see the vintage and new aircraft displays, take a Discovery Ride with your family and friends, and help us celebrate the Bend Municipal Airport as a proud partner of the Bend community. You can find the flyer with agenda at http://bendairport.org/AviationDay2006.pdf. You won't want to miss it. We'll see you there! Greg Phillips BendMunicipalAirportManager PO Box 431 Bend, OR97709 (541) 389-0258 From curtis at bendbroadband.com Thu Jun 15 09:21:41 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Thu Jun 15 09:21:46 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Sunday 6/18th Flyout to Olympic Air Show Message-ID: <000801c69097$c8f5c810$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - At this moment the weather patterns show the route to the OLYMPIA AIR SHOW - Gathering of Warbirds - this coming Sunday, to be cloudy in the mornings then partly sunny. It would appear to be flyable. You can follow the developing weather quickly by using ipilot.com aviation weather, using the following identifiers for the route straight up to The Dalles, across or down the Columbia to Battleground, and up to Kelso and Olympia: RDM DLS CZK PDX W52 KLS OLM . Hopefully it will improve a bit and make for a nice flight. Plan to meet at the Pilots Shop at 8:00 am for an 8:30 am departure. The flight is about 190 nm and will take about 1:40 minutes at a GS of 120 Kts. This will put us there around 10:00 to 10:30am. The opening ceremonies begin at 12:00 noon. For this flyout It's better to go a bit early to allow for the heavy air traffic and weather. Be sure and CHECK NOTAMS. Watch your emails for updates. Look up the webb site www.olympicflightmuseum.com and click the events for the airshow flyer. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat Jun 17 21:22:26 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat Jun 17 21:22:40 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Sunday 6/18 Olympia fly out Message-ID: <002801c6928e$d15aadb0$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - Weather along the route from Bend to Portland is looking OK. From Portland to Olympia is reporting mostly cloudy with rainshowers. A final decision to go or no go will be made early tomorrow morning and I will send you an email around 7:00 am as to the status. If the weather looks OK, the plan is to meet at the Pilot Shop at or before 9:00am with takeoff at 9:30am to give the morning clouds on the West side of the Cascades time to dissipate. This would put us in Olympia around 11:15 to Noon depending on your ground speed. NOTE: The airport closes at 1:00 pm for the airshow. The Apache's route will be over the top from S07 (AEB) to DSD to PDX to OLM. This route is to avoid the suspected bumpy winds going down the Columbia River tomorrow. Distance along the route is 192 nm. At 120k GS time would be 1:37 minutes. Our cruise altitude will be 8500 feet to PDX then down to 4500' with the TPA at OLM being 1200 feet. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sun Jun 18 07:04:47 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sun Jun 18 07:04:53 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Olympia Air Show Fly Out Message-ID: <004501c692e0$28bfb5e0$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - The weather reports for the route to Olympia appears to be flyable. Scattered clouds at low altitudes and Broken around 6000 feet. Winds are calm this morning and will increase to about 15 to 20 in the late afternoon which should not be a problem. Meet at the Pilot Shop at 9:00am prepared for a 9:30 am takeoff. In flight, communication between club aricraft will be 123.45. The Apache will fly from AEB to DSD to PDX to OLM. In the event of spooky weather the ALTERNATE will be SCAPPOOSE (SPB) which is 11nm West from the Battleground VOR, and is easy to get in and out of, has fuel, and a good restaurant. Aloha, Curt Res: 541/317-1670 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sun Jun 18 20:27:13 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sun Jun 18 20:27:10 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Olympia Report Message-ID: <002301c69350$41d0af60$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - Ed Endsley was the only one who showed up for the flyout, and unfortunately our plane was full as my Pilot Son, Scott, and his wife Claude, joined us, so we did not have a seat for him today. Obviously, a Father's day, and a Sunday to boot, is not the way to go for the COOPA club as there was no interest. Olympia is a neat airport and full of aviation enthusiasts generated by the active Olympic Warbird Museum. It was well organized, right on time, and the airshow was very impressive with major aerobatics done by an F6 Hellcat, P-51 Mustang, four AT-6's, a TBM torpedo bomber, a Douglas Skyraider, A Chinese CJ-6, a Russian Mig 17, a Sukois aerobatic spectacular, several other Russian trainers that I had never seen before in both jet and radial engine types that astounded us with their aerobatic capabilities, an Apache attack helicopter, a huge Huey that put on an impressive show and dropped a Ford Taurus from 3000 feet right in the middle of the airport, and an amazing mix of all kinds of 1940's military aviation both big and small. The static display had some superbly restored Stearmans, a magnificient Howard DGA-15, and an assortment of Beavers, D-18's, and world class aerobatic airplanes.The show ended promptly at 3:45 PM and we were in the air at 4:00 pm and home in Bend at 5:30. The over the top route direct to Portland and Olympia, and direct return turned out to be the right way to go with smooth air all the way over and back. Lots of clouds at 6000 feet with plenty of large holes to climb down through going in, and even more when we left. All in all it was a very enjoyable day. REMEMBER to mark you calendar, for next Saturday, 6/24th, which is our next flyout, to the Grants Pass, Oregon, AirVenture classic car and plane show.. Who knows, maybe the weather gods will favor us once again. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/317-1670 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Wed Jun 21 15:06:20 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Wed Jun 21 15:06:35 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly Out - Sat 6/24th Message-ID: <000801c6957e$ed8ce690$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - REMINDER for this Saturday's 6/24th Fly-Out to Grants Pass Airport, OR., (3S8). Weather forecast currently predicted to be perfect. Air Eventure Breakfast and Lunch Fly-In. Breakfast starts @ 7:30 am with lunch on the Green @ 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Show is PROPS and RODS with classic and historic aircraft and hundreds of antique and classic cars. Sounds good to me. Klamath Falls Chart - Distance is 135 NM - flight time assuming a 120K ground speed is 1:07 minutes - paved runway is 4000 ' long x 75 " wide at an elevation of 1126 ' - Fuel available self serve @ $3.74 gl. No tower. Unicom is 122.8 Meet us at the Pilot Shop Saturday morning @ 8:30 am and be prepared for takeoff at 9:00 am. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/317-1670 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Jun 23 15:04:01 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Jun 23 15:04:08 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out tomorrow Sat 6/24 Message-ID: <001001c69710$ef0f8340$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - In preflighting our Apache this afternoon we discovered that the starter Bendix for the right engine has failed. Apparantly it travelled forward during flight and damaged the ring gear. David at Pro Air advised we ground it till all new parts are installed. Sorry, but we will not be able to attend the FlyOut to Grants Pass tomorrow. Don and Norma Wilfong will be attending, and hopefully Don can stand in for me. I have a call in to him now. We hope that you attend as it should be a good show, and the weather reports are clear. Aloha, Curt Res: 541/317-1670 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Jun 23 17:01:43 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jun 23 17:05:31 2006 Subject: Fw: [Co-opa] Fly Out - Sat 6/24th Message-ID: <001001c69721$622d78e0$3b8c64d0@bendcable.com> HEY GANG.....YOU RECEIVED CURTS SAD NEWS THAT THEIR PLANE IS DOWN AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO FLY TO GRANTS PASS... WELL NORMA AND I WILL STAND IN FOR THEM...WE ARE GOING AND WE HAVE A PASSENGER GOING WITH US OR WE WOULD INVITE CURT AND JACKIE TO FLY WITH US......IF ANYONE IS GOING AND HAS A COUPLE OF SEATS....CALL THEM AND SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RIDE ALONG WITH YOU.....SEE YOU ALL AT PRO-AVIATION AT 0830 IN THE MORNING......DON & NORMA PS: BELOW IS THE REMINDER CURT SENT OUT THE OTHER DAY... Club Pilots - REMINDER for this Saturday's 6/24th Fly-Out to Grants Pass Airport, OR., (3S8). Weather forecast currently predicted to be perfect. Air Eventure Breakfast and Lunch Fly-In. Breakfast starts @ 7:30 am with lunch on the Green @ 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Show is PROPS and RODS with classic and historic aircraft and hundreds of antique and classic cars. Sounds good to me. Klamath Falls Chart - Distance is 135 NM - flight time assuming a 120K ground speed is 1:07 minutes - paved runway is 4000 ' long x 75 " wide at an elevation of 1126 ' - Fuel available self serve @ $3.74 gl. No tower. Unicom is 122.8 Meet us at the Pilot Shop Saturday morning @ 8:30 am and be prepared for takeoff at 9:00 am. Aloha, Curt From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat Jun 24 19:31:56 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat Jun 24 19:32:05 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Today's flyout to Grants Pass Message-ID: <001401c697ff$8769f280$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - The flyout today to Grant's Pass turned out very well and the EAA Chapter 725 that hosted the event did a good job with their classic car line up, the aircraft displays, and the great breakfast and lunch they put out at nominal cost. Jackie and I were guests of Don Wilfong in his trusty Cessna 182, as our Apache is down for repairs to the starter system. The flight was smooth as glass with clear cloudless skies. Ground temps were high but tolerable to us Mountain Boys at 88 degrees. The lakes along our route were spectacular and we plan to explore some of them by car and bikes starting tomorrow. John & Elaine Field (retired Yacht Broker type) joined us in their neat Cessna 172; Doug Watson (Consultant to Kodak type) and his two sons raced along side then out in front in their fabulous Mooney Ovation; and Gary and Barbara Barnett (retired type characters) joined us with their Cessna 182. We enjoyed meeting these rascals and hope to see all of them on the next flyout in July. Don't be bashful, join us on the next event, it's a fun adventure, and we appreciate those that attended today.The more we do this the more friends we all make and the better the adventures become. Don did take a few pictures and will spread them around. We also have some pics of last weeks flyout to the Olympic Museum's Gathering of Warbirds Airshow that we will send out. Gary Miller, Bill & Betty Witt, and Ed thumbs out Endsley were very conspicuous by their absence today and will have to make it up to us next time. Watch for the next adventure. Aloha, Curt From catacres at webformixair.com Mon Jun 26 19:25:27 2006 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Mon Jun 26 19:24:25 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 5 Acre Homesite near the New Meadows Airport Message-ID: <005001c69990$f536fdc0$6464a8c0@cascadecot7hp2> Hello Central Oregon Pilots, I know many of you have landed at the New Meadows Airport during the annual 'McCall Mt Flying ~ Safety Seminar' and perhaps you've desired to own some Idaho property... Debbie & I are selling our 5 Acre Homesite near the New Meadows Airport. We thought we'd forward this to you because we've not listed it yet, so will have some flexibility in pricing for a few days. Please feel free to call in case you (or any of your pilots friends) may be looking to create a calming get-away... (-: Happy Summer to you! Richard & Debbie FOR SALE: 5 Acre Homesite near the New Meadows Airport: A Serene timbered setting in Little Salmon Estates, in the beautiful Meadows Valley, 12 scenic miles west of McCall. $185,000. a.. 3 miles north of the New Meadows Airport. b.. 3 miles south of Zims Hot Springs. c.. Protective CC & R's ~ Horses allowed. d.. Power & Driveway in ~ Septic approved. e.. Easy year-round access. f.. Stunning View across Meadows Valley to Brundage Ski Area. g.. Adjacent to Meadow Creek's public 18-hole championship Golf Course. Contact Richard & Debbie Benson @ (541) 389-4523 or catacres@webformixair.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jul 5 14:09:55 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Jul 5 14:29:28 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport AWOS Message-ID: Hello all, Just a short update to let everyone know that the Bend Airport AWOS currently has a small issue with the Wind Speed/Direction Sensor. When you call the AWOS line, you will hear the words "Wind Missing." We have been working with the manufacturer to fix the problem, but it looks like it will take a visit from them to get it conclusively resolved. Until this issue is resolved, please contact the FBO (Pro Air) for currrent wind advisories, and remember that the calm wind runway is Runway 16. Sorry for the inconvenience. My best to all, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jul 12 14:44:54 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Jul 13 08:39:40 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] VOR outage - Deschutes VOR Message-ID: Hello all, Received a call/email from Carrie Novick at RDM this afternoon that the Deschutes VOR was struck by lightning and is currently out of service. She says that the FAA is working to repair it, but that it may require new parts. The VOR is expected back in service as soon as possible, dependent on the parts and the repair; it could be 2-3 days to a maximum of a couple of weeks. We will keep you informed as we know more. Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jul 12 20:32:02 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Jul 13 08:39:41 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Update #9 Message-ID: Hello friends of the Bend Airport, I have attached the update for the Bend Municipal Airport for your reading. Please let me know if you have any questions or if there's anything I can do for you. (See attached file: Bend Airport Update #9 - 7-06.doc) Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 July 12, 2006 Airport Update #9 Friends and Tenants of the Bend Municipal Airport: Ah, the start of a new fiscal year and a better looking budget than we?ve had the last two years. I hope you?re all doing well and I?m looking forward to the big projects in store for the Airport in the very near future. Here is an update on some of the latest happening out around the tarmac. CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS): The AWOS has been working perfectly, or at least it did until the 4th of July. We have had a little hiccup and, as most of you know, the wind data sensor is not reporting wind direction or windspeed. The manufacturer will be here next week to fix it, but until then, please rely on the windsock and advisories over the CTAF. On a happier note, I have been working with the National Weather Service and the AWOS manufacturer and I think we may be able to get the AWOS system reporting on the internet in the next few weeks. As always, I?ll let you know. A NAME CHANGE: Yes, the Bend Airport did indeed change its identifier from S07 to AEB on June 8, 2006. Without the long explanation (available by calling me if you didn?t see it before and want the full story), the identifier will change again to KBDN on August 3rd. This time it will be permanent, though it may take a while for all the flight publications to catch up. RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT: Wow, it?s almost August, and we have a runway to construct! We held our prebid conference this last Monday, July 10th, and the formal bid opening is scheduled next Wednesday, July 19th, at 2:00 p.m. We hope to take the project award to City Council for approval, along with the FAA Grant offer, on August 2nd and begin construction almost immediately thereafter. Remember, this will be a night construction project and we will shut the existing runway down for approximately 120 days, between the hours of 1900L - 0700L, five nights a week (Mon-Fri). If you have questions or want more detail, please feel free to call me or send an email. Keep your fingers crossed that the bids come in low and let?s get this party started! NEW PAVEMENT/ GLIDER PARKING: It seems all the building contractors around here are busy; imagine that! We have finalized the contracts to pave the gravel drive-through just north of Electronics International. July 17th is the date scheduled for paving this area and the nosewheel runners for the glider parking area. DEVELOPMENT EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT: We continue to close in on a Lease Development Agreement (LDA) and Master Ground Lease with Professional Air Partners for development of up to 42 acres on the eastside of the Airport. As I mentioned in the last update, as soon as we can work out the details for a lease, they?ll have the green light to begin design and construction on the necessary infrastructure to get this project flying. We still think there?s a strong possibility that there could be new hangars on the Airport by the summer of 2007. FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING: Within the next few weeks, we anticipate having a final lease completed for Professional Air to take over the Flight Services Building, including completion of the upstairs. Our new tenant upstairs, Chef Dave, has a great restaurant menu he can?t wait to share with us all in his new ?Caf? 3456.? Check out his website at http://www.muscleculinaire.com/. He?s hoping to take occupancy by the late fall and start cooking. I promise I?ll let you know when the restaurant is open, but I?m afraid you?ll have to wait in line behind me. MAINTENANCE FOD: Keep your fingers crossed, because I understand we?ll hear by July 19th if we received a State grant for the FOD-BOSS I mentioned in the last news update to help us keep the Foreign Object Debris down on the Airport movement areas. We?ll also hear on that date if we received the Connect Oregon grant we applied for to help pay for the new runway. HANGAR MAINTENANCE: A number of you have mentioned things that need to be done to the City-owned hangars you lease and, over the next few weeks, we?ll have crews on hand to address those issues. If you have issues I?m not aware of, please let me know as soon as possible so we can tackle them all at the same time. LANDSCAPE CONTRACT: As the City has grown, so has the demands on the tireless City street and landscaping crews. Though they have done a most excellent job working for the Bend Airport, this year we will be using the services of a private contractor for landscape maintenance. To this task we have selected Eco-Scapes as our contractor for the next year, and they have already been out there working hard and keeping the grassy areas clean and green. Welcome to Eco-Scapes; we look forward to a great relationship with you, and our humble and most sincere thanks to the City of Bend Public Works crews for their great service and excellent care of the Bend Municipal Airport. WINDSOCK: Thanks to Pro Air for supplying a new windsock for the lighted windcone at the center of the Airport after the existing sock ripped in half. They have also graciously supplied another sock to be placed on the south end of the Airport as soon as we get a chance to climb up there and replace it. GENERAL TAXILANE CLEARANCE: We?ve had a couple issues lately regarding clearance along some of the taxilanes around the Airport. I suspect this is in large part because it?s not very clear what the clearance needs to be for an operational taxilane. So let?s spell it out. First, let?s clarify the definitions of both a taxiway and a taxilane. Taxiways, according to the FAA, are movement lanes directing aircraft onto and off the runway, whereas taxilanes are movement lanes used to move aircraft around the airport and to the taxiway/runway. This difference is important because taxiways and taxilanes have different clearance requirements, which are called Object Free Areas (OFA). At the Bend Airport, the parallel taxiway has an OFA of 131?, or 65.5? each side of centerline. That means no fixed (or parked) object can be any closer to the centerline of the taxiway than 65.5? on either side of the taxiway. We don?t usually have a problem with that, but in clarifying the taxilane clearance, it?s important to understand what?s what. The taxilanes, which run adjacent to some of the T-hangars and between some of the rows of hangars, the clearance requirement currently is less than that of a taxiway at 79?. Again, this means the area 39.5? each side of centerline of the taxilane must be kept clear. For some of the taxilanes, that?s kind of tight. Some of the east-west connecting taxilanes don?t have much more clearance than that between the hangars on either side. When you?re out on the Airport and you?re going to park for a few minutes or while you?re gone, please, for the safety of the aircraft on the movement areas and for yourself, make sure you?re not parking your vehicle, trailer, or anything else, any closer than that 39.5? to the centerline of any taxilane. If you have any questions about this, I?d be happy to answer them. EVENTS - CENTRAL OREGON FLY SAFE CLINIC AND AIRPORT DAY: June has come and gone, and kudos are well deserved to the local chapter of the EAA and the Central Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Pilot?s Association, who organized these two fun and successful events. The weather wasn?t entirely cooperating for the COFSC fly-in, but there were still over 100 attendees and the feedback was very good. For the Bend Airport Day, we estimate that there may have been as many as 3000 people from the community out visiting the Airport. With good food, decent weather, and some fun airplanes and helicopters on the tarmac, I think it?s safe to say a good time was had by all. Well done, folks. When?s the first planning meeting for next year? GOOD MORNING, CENTRAL OREGON: Stay tuned for an upcoming Good Morning, Central Oregon show with Kristi Miller out at the Bend Airport. We?ll be filming this Friday morning and the show will air in a few weeks. FLY FRIENDLY: Thanks to Dennis Douglas for helping put together the final version of the updated Fly Friendly brochure. The brochure is now on the Bend Airport website in final form, and you can can find it at: http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/bend_airport/index.html . Take a look and let me know if you have questions. We will print copies and have them available in the Flight Services Building in the near future. AIRPORT DISPLAY: With the help of the City Communications Manager and Sublime Design, we have put a traveling display of the Bend Airport together. For the past couple of weeks, I?ve had it on display in the lobby as you enter the Flight Services Building. If you haven?t seen it, stop by and take a look. That?s it for now, everyone. Drop me a line if you have a question or an idea about how to make the Bend Airport an even better place to fly to or do business on. Blue skies and tailwinds to all, Greg Greg Phillips Airport Manager, Bend Municipal Airport (541) 389-0258 gphillips@ci.bend.or.us From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Jul 13 09:07:41 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Jul 13 23:31:41 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Deschutes VOR back on line Message-ID: Got a call from RDM today that the VOR came back on line at 1830L last night. Yeoman's service by the FAA maintenance crews - kudos! Cheers, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From ed at edendsley.com Fri Jul 14 08:27:29 2006 From: ed at edendsley.com (ed endsley) Date: Fri Jul 14 08:28:54 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA Program Announcement Message-ID: Oregon Pilots Plan to attend the July 20 CO-OPA meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. This will be your chance to hear someone under the age of 50 tell us about their life in aviation. Several students from the COCC Aviation Program will speak to us about their experiences, hopes, and dreams in aviation; moving ahead into the new millennium. These are bright young people who share our love of aviation and are actively involved in academic study for degrees and advanced ratings. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and inspiring evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com -- From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 14 09:31:32 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Jul 14 09:31:42 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] July 22 Fly-Out Message-ID: <000801c6a762$f75711f0$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - The fly-out this month is scheduled for ROSEBURG, OR. This is the EAA Chapter 495 "Burgers & Brats" annual event at George Felt Field (5S1) whis is located about 2 nm West of Roseburg Reg (RBG). It is a Turf strip of 2300' length X 100' wide and at an elevation of 428 feet. The distance is 109 nm and, using a ground speed of 120 kts, will take about 54 minutes. The weather at this point in time is predicted to be clear, calm, and warm at 86 degrees F. Please keep an eye out for additional email upadates as to the weather and any changes that may come up for the Saturday 7/22/06 Fly-Out. Contact me with any ideas or suggestions....... Meeting time is 8:30 am at Prof Air and takeoff at 9:00am. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 14 14:29:56 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Jul 14 14:30:01 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 7/22 Flyout location dropped Message-ID: <000d01c6a78c$a6e67920$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Members - Further investigation for the fly-out destination to Roseburg's Felt Field (5S1) indicates that the airport is a bit too tight for some of our members aircraft, including our Apache. A former resident there warned that it would not be a good idea, especially during heavy traffic. A new site will be selected, so watch for the next e-mail. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat Jul 15 10:36:12 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat Jul 15 10:36:15 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Saturday 7/22 Fly-Out Message-ID: <000d01c6a835$2a492e90$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - Thursdsay's fly-out will be to EUGENE, OR (EUG). We have reservations for lunch at the Wings Bar & Grill Restaurant after a tour of the Oregon Air & Space Museum which is close to the Parking ramp at Flightcraft. There are now two long runways open at EUG connected by a long taxi way. Opt for either 34L or 16R which puts us closest to Flightcraft parking and a short walk to the Museum. The weather at this point looks excellent with full sunny days and low winds both at Bend and at Eugene. Distance is 87 NM which at 120K GS will take about 44 minutes. This should be a fun and easy trip for all types of peeps and planes. We will meet at PROF AIR at 8:30am, so please be prepared for takeoff at 9:00am. A list of the participating planes and their numbers will be prepared for you at departure, so that inter-plane communications on 123.45 will make it easier for all of us to keep in touch as we go along. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner Res: 541/317-1670 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From curtis at bendbroadband.com Sat Jul 15 11:04:13 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Sat Jul 15 11:04:17 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Woops !! Message-ID: <001401c6a839$14a8b200$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots NOTE: The FLY-OUT DATE IS SATURDAY 7/22ND. The memo just sent out erroneously stated thursday. Too much coffee this morning. Curt From mvbond at myexcel.com Tue Jul 18 15:57:25 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Tue Jul 18 15:57:08 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA June Newsletter Message-ID: <44BD6755.1060209@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond ------------------------------------------------------------------ CASCADE FLYER July 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 7 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Last month we finally connected up with Joe Smith the President Elect of the OPA. It was worth the wait. Joe's presentation has been well honed with constant practice traveling to the various OPA chapters and it showed. Everyone clearly enjoyed the program. It was good to hear how Joe is reaching out to the AOPA, the ODA, and the Oregon pilot community on our behalf. To do our part we must also reach out to both our fellow pilots and the younger generation of potential pilots. In that way we can build and protect the community of pilots and ensure its continuity to the next generations. This month our program chair Ed Endsley took Joe's charge and ran with it. Ed has reached out to the younger generation for our speakers. Several students from the aviation program at COCC will be dropping by. Good things are happening at the College and it will be fun to hear about the program from the young pilots in the midst of it. Calendar: 20 Jul - Monthly Meeting 22 Jul - Monthly Flyout 17 Aug - Monthly Meeting 19 Aug - Monthly Flyout 19 Aug - OPA Annual Membership Meeting in Eugene 21 Sep - Monthly Meeting 23 Sep - Monthly Flyout 19 Oct - Monthly Meeting 21 Oct - Monthly Flyout Web doings: People were having trouble remembering the web site name, so I donated the $2 and got a purchased a new and very easy one to remember one: http://co-opa.com/ The old web URL will continue to work so all your bookmarks and links will continue to work. I expect to see cyber squatters on all the similar sounding domain names soon, so bookmark the new URL now. To access the members only areas the username is "S07" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our new airport ID(s) the username can also be AEB, BDN or KBDN. My Inbox: The Bend Municipal Airport Aviation Day 2006 is now just a great memory. Thanks to all the countless people that helped make it such a wonderful day. The rough consensus is that around 3,000 people dropped and their were at least that many smiles walking around. The biggest ones were on the faces of people stepping out of the helicopters and airplanes after their scenic flights. Media coverage was pretty skimpy this year, except for KFXO's Whitney Noziska. She had one of those great big grins after her helicopter ride and flashed it during her evening news story on the event. Shame on Z21 and the Bulletin for no coverage of the event at all. This qualifies as an Inbox item because the event committee has been sharing emails on what went right and what could be done better next year. If something comes to mind then please drop me an email so we can make next year's event even better. This is also on Outbox item. A lot of people from a lot of groups helped plan the event for months and months in advance. These included Brandon Wilcox, Butch Roberts and Barry Howarth for Professional Air, David Sailors for CO-OPA, Greg Phillips for the City of Bend, Nancy Lecklider for the 99s and CO-OPA, Ray Dillard for the EAA, and many, many more. If you get a chance please thank them for their hard work and dedication. This year we had wonderful professional help from Barb Malcolm of Impressive Events and it showed in the little things. Now that Barb has seen how it all works we can expect even better support from her next year. Random Thoughts: My last month's musings brought several questions from the membership. They mostly came down to two questions. One, what good are these downloadable sectionals now on the CO- OPA web site? Two, where exactly did you fly from S07 to CVO? (Yes it was still S07 then). Clearly the answer to the one is the way to answer the other. You can see that in this image (at least in the PDF version of the newsletter). For those of you reading the text version, what I have done is taken the image of the Klamath Falls North sectional, cut out just the area of interest and drawn over it my flight path. I hope the image has reproduced clearly, but if not you can go to http://co-opa.com/charts, download a copy of the sectional and see the area. This is a great way to flight plan and works even if you left your charts in your car, flight bag or the airplane. The red line is the route I mostly take. Basically I am hugging the east side of the ridge until crossing over at Waldo Lake and then following the Willamette River drainage down to Eugene. Several people suggested the alternate route in blue. This has the advantages of being straighter, a bit lower and remains over highways. The disadvantage is that the top of the pass (Pengra Pass) is a lot narrower. Fly them both in good weather and make your own choice. Keep in mind that this is a route I take in low (8,500ft?) ceilings but only with very good (50nm+) flight visibilities and stable conditions. If I cannot see almost to Eugene from the pass, or it does not look to stay that way for a long time, then this is not the way to go. Don't even think about flying this route in low VFR until this is a comfortable area of your local knowledge. Gary Miller. Ed Note: Be aware you are crossing the Waldo Lake Wilderness Area where you should be 2000' above terrain ? the lowest crossing point is at about 5600', meaning a 7600' min altitude ? marginal for a 8500' ceiling (Gary does add a '?' after it!). July Meeting Plan to attend the July 20 CO-OPA meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. This will be your chance to hear someone under the age of 50 tell us about their life in aviation. Several students from the COCC Aviation Program will speak to us about their experiences, hopes, and dreams in aviation; moving ahead into the new millennium. These are bright young people who share our love of aviation and are actively involved in academic study for degrees and advanced ratings. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and inspiring evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley The Jump to Light Speed I really got the itch to do a space excursion when the price dropped below 2.2M in the 2020s. The possibility of establishing a retreat cabin on an asteroid was appealing. As time was drawing on, I thought it might be appropriate to enlist some capable friends in the scheme. In the early twenties as affordable boost to Earth orbit became normal, the next step was to lift and stockpile supplies. Most stuff we could just park in geostationary orbits and expect to grab it on the way by. My associates had a wide variety of skills affording comprehensive techniques to accomplish this adventure. My good friend Anna was the best astrophysicist that I knew and she could do the wildest navigational calculations intuitively in her head. Allen had been invaluable in many excursions involving quasi-legal escapades that enlisted 'extra collective', make that purloined, resources for previous adventures with jets and rockets for parties involving graduate student spring break celebrations. Now Nick was a gem. He could do anything of an electro-mechanical engineering nature that anyone could conceive of. I'm still wondering what I bring to such a beautiful group of minds but I seem to be able to hold my own in discussions and I'm a pretty good gorilla chemist and pilot. So here we were on the brink of pulling this off. The plan was to set up a base on an asteroid as a vacation getaway. We'd chosen one about 35 miles in length and on the closer side of the Kuiper Belt so we didn't have to thread through all the detritus. That would give us an easier approach with our interplanetary scooter. This scooter was a brainstormed idea. It would be sort of like a large luge sled with rockets. Fairly light to boost to orbit in a shuttle ship and then just leave it tethered to the space station between trips. With such a good power to weight ratio the trip to the asteroid should take about two days with favorable solar orbital dynamics. The return was going to be a piece of cake. Anyone with a Ph.D. in amusement park rides and a minor in roller coasters could pull off a free return trajectory to slingshot around the moon and slide into Earth orbit near the space station. To be continued... Ed Endsley, on vacation June Flyout Ed Endsley was the only one who showed up for the flyout, and unfortunately our plane was full as my Pilot Son, Scott, and his wife Claude, joined us, so we did not have a seat for him today. Obviously, Father's day, and a Sunday to boot, is not the way to go for the COOPA club, as there was no interest. Olympia is a neat airport and full of aviation enthusiasts generated by the active Olympic Warbird Museum. It was well organized, right on time, and the Airshow was very impressive with major aerobatics done by an F6 Hellcat, P-51 Mustang, four AT-6's, a TBM torpedo bomber, a Douglas Skyraider, a Chinese CJ-6, a Russian Mig 17, a Sukoi aerobatic spectacular, several other Russian trainers that I had never seen before in both jet and radial engine types that astounded us with their aerobatic capabilities, an Apache attack helicopter, a huge Huey that put on an impressive show and dropped a Ford Taurus from 3000 feet right in the middle of the airport, and an amazing mix of all kinds of 1940's military aviation both big and small. The static display had some superbly restored Stearmans, a magnificent Howard DGA-15, and an assortment of Beavers, D-18's, and world-class aerobatic airplanes. The show ended promptly at 3:45 PM and we were in the air at 4:00 pm and home in Bend at 5:30. The over the top route direct to Portland and Olympia, and direct return turned out to be the right way to go with smooth air all the way over and back. Lots of clouds at 6000 feet with plenty of large holes to climb down through going in, and even more when we left. All in all it was a very enjoyable day. Curtis Turner Birdbrain? My son climbed Middle Sister today and called me with some bird stories when he got back to Bend. He saw a bird perched on the tip of the highest rock on Middle Sister that, from his description, I believe was a Rosy Finch. But the better story is about Ravens. When he and his climbing partner were within a few hundred feet of the top they dropped their packs and walked up the remaining distance without them. On the way back down they chased several Ravens away from their packs. Then they saw that the birds had opened the zippered pockets on each pack. In my son's pack they had found his last energy bar still sealed in its tough wrapper, and had opened it and left him with an empty wrapper. My son is not (yet) a birder, but he gained a new respect for "bird brains" today. -- Ed Would you fly in this ? #1 Two men dressed in pilots' uniforms walk up the aisle of the aircraft. Both are wearing dark glasses, one is using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with a cane. Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the cockpit, the door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing nervously around, searching for some kind of a sign that this is just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming. The plane moves faster and faster down the runway, and the people sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the water at the edge of the airport property. Just as it begins to look as though the plane will plow straight into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin. At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat into their magazines and books, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands. Meanwhile, in the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says, "You know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and we're all gonna die." Would you fly in this ? #2 Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs the largest commercial airliners, it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands like a helicopter. This is a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their well- appointed staterooms. Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two thirds of the craft's weight. During takeoff and landing, six turbofan jet engines push the ship up or ease its descent. The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body, driven by huge aft-mounted propellers, generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. To minimize noise, the propellers will be electric, powered by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated buoyancy-management system will allow precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. This two-football-fields-long concept airship is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak, whose privately funded California firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an estimated top speed of 174 mph, could traverse the continental U.S. in about 18 hours. The Aeroscraft does not fly high enough to need pressurization. During the flight, passengers would peer at national landmarks just 8,000 feet below or, if they weren't captivated by the view, the cavernous interior would easily accommodate such amenities as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino. COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum, shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. curtis@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Flyout Chair Curtis Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, OR 97702 541 317-1670 curtis@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Tue Jul 18 05:49:00 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Tue Jul 18 23:58:14 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport paving Message-ID: Hello all, By now, if you've been out to the Airport, you've figured out that we did not complete the paving jobs yesterday that we had hoped to have done. Our good contractor has an understandably busy schedule and they have informed me that the work will now be done later in the week, most likely on Thursday or Friday. I will let you know the date for sure as soon as we are able to nail the schedule down more precisely. Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Jul 19 18:39:45 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Jul 19 22:15:22 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - GOOD NEWS! Message-ID: Hello all, Three quick and timely things I wanted to pass on to you all. 1. Today, we received notification that we were selected as one of the first recipients of the "Connect Oregon" state grant program. The Bend Airport will receive $350,000 toward the construction of the new Runway 16/34. 2. We also opened bids today for the Runway Relocation Project. There were two responsive bids for the project and we will be recommending Hap Taylor & Sons to the Bend City Council on August 2nd to begin construction as soon as practicable. Congratulations to HTS and we look forward to working with you on this critical Airport project! 3. Tomorrow (Thursday, Jul 20), we will be doing a little maintenance to the lighting system at the Airport. To make this happen, we will have a short one-hour shutdown of the runway tomorrow, scheduled from 1000L - 1100L. My apologies for the inconvenience, but it's time to fix a couple of runway lights that disappeared over the course of the winter. I promise we will work as quickly as possible. Also, on Friday, as I mentioned previously, we will be doing some paving on the Airport, but we will not have any runway or Airport closures due to this work. The work should all be completed within the course of the one day. My best regards to all. Fly safe out there, and pay attention to the Density Altitude on these hot days! Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From curtis at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 21 10:40:09 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Fri Jul 21 10:40:15 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled Message-ID: <000601c6acec$b6331c20$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - Saturdays fly-out is cancelled. The Apache is stil in the shop. Temperatures at Eugene reported to be 107 degrees F. Moderate Turbulence predicted over the Cascades. Fuel costs at Bend this week @ $4.49 per gallon. Lack of member's interest in the fly-out program is understandable. I am in the San Juan Islands. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From catacres at webformixair.com Fri Jul 21 11:20:08 2006 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Fri Jul 21 11:18:13 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Wanted: Pre-Heater Message-ID: <002d01c6acf2$4c530490$6464a8c0@cascadecot7hp2> Wanted: Portable Engine Pre-Heater for C-182 Contact Richard Benson (541) 389-4523 or email catacres@webformixair.com ~(really, just shopping early)~ (-: From ed at edendsley.com Fri Jul 21 11:18:19 2006 From: ed at edendsley.com (ed endsley) Date: Fri Jul 21 11:20:16 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] July Meeting Program Followup Message-ID: Hello Oregon Pilots!!! A special thanks to our program presenters for the July potluck meeting: Mr. John Miller, COCC Aviation Program Coordinator Mr. Josh Clawson, COCC Aviation Program Student Mr. Mel Gildow, COCC Aviation Program Student Thank you all for your participation last night. Everyone said they enjoyed the presentation and enjoyed meeting you. There was a general feeling of pleasure in having fresh voices and perspectives. Congratulations on your success. You and your flying buddies are always welcome anytime. Feel free to contribute any input and solicit any comments from us. As members you have access to the membership list and of course the social times at the meetings are an opportunity to contact our great resources. Hope to see you for the flyout Saturday, 8:30AM at Bend Airport Flight Services Building. If there aren't enough seats for guests, the rest of us go to breakfast and hanger fly, or go home and mow the lawn like we should anyway... Consider reserving a plane and work this group flight into your training regime. Being part of a gaggle group is a wonderful flying experience... Potluck meeting: Third Thursday @ 6PM, Bend Airport Flight Services Bld. Flyout the following Saturday and/or as announced. Feel free to suggest flyout destinations to our Flyout Chair: Mr. Curtis Turner, Watch for the Newsletter and flyout notices, usually a couple of days in advance by email, make sure you're a member to receive these notices. Also check the web site at: http://co-opa.com Previous Newsletters are archived there as well. Thanks everyone, fly safe! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair -- From gem at rellim.com Fri Jul 21 11:49:42 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri Jul 21 11:49:52 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled In-Reply-To: <000601c6acec$b6331c20$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> References: <000601c6acec$b6331c20$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Curt! The flyout still looks good to me. Gas is only $3.99 at the self serve pump in Bend. No thunderstorms or even clouds predicted for Saturday. The heat and turbulence should not pick up until the afternoon. Best of all we had 4 planes commit last night. So, as always, each pilot has to make his own go/no-go decision but it looks like a great day to go flying to me. So I'll be there at 8:30, hope to see a large turnout. I still have a seat left open. Call if you would like it. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, curtis turner wrote: > Club Pilots - Saturdays fly-out is cancelled. The Apache is stil in t > he shop. Temperatures at Eugene reported to be 107 degrees F. Moderate T > urbulence predicted over the Cascades. Fuel costs at Bend this week @ $ > 4.49 per gallon. Lack of member's interest in the fly-out program is un > derstandable. I am in the San Juan Islands. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEwSHL8KZibdeR3qURAsbuAKCJZbwiYJm9EKm47/SzuJti1TRwJwCeKWzV 4k07nMG92nqsSuDuyly2weo= =duxx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 21 12:47:27 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jul 21 12:52:13 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled References: <000601c6acec$b6331c20$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Message-ID: <010501c6acfe$808665c0$4f62dc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....DAMN THE TORPEDOS....FULL SPEED AHEAD...THE WILFONGS ARE GOING TO EUGENE IN THEIR "757" (N20757 THAT IS).....SEE YOU AT PRO AIR AT 0830.....DON & NORMA P.S.: WE DON'T KNOW YET IF WE WILL HAVE VACANT SEATS OR NOT.... Club Pilots - Saturdays fly-out is cancelled. The Apache is stil in the shop. Temperatures at Eugene reported to be 107 degrees F. Moderate Turbulence predicted over the Cascades. Fuel costs at Bend this week @ $4.49 per gallon. Lack of member's interest in the fly-out program is understandable. I am in the San Juan Islands. Aloha, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com _______________________________________________ Co-opa mailing list Co-opa@rellim.com http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From flyingeagle at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 21 13:08:59 2006 From: flyingeagle at bendbroadband.com (flyingeagle@bendbroadband.com) Date: Fri Jul 21 13:15:13 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled Message-ID: <380-22006752120859437@bendbroadband.com> >If I was in the San Juan Islands, I would stay there too! In fact that is where I am going in a week. But this weekend I am flying to the Oregon Coast. On these hot days, flying over the Cascades early in the morning and in the evening will be excellent. I would try to avoid the heat in the afternoon. With regard to fuel prices, the SS fuel at AEB is $3.99, which is not a bad price these days. > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: curtis@bendbroadband.com >To: co-opa@rellim.com >Subject: RE: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled >Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:40:09 -0700 > >>Club Pilots - Saturdays fly-out is cancelled. The Apache is stil >in the shop. Temperatures at Eugene reported to be 107 degrees F. >Moderate Turbulence predicted over the Cascades. Fuel costs at Bend >this week @ $4.49 per gallon. Lack of member's interest in the >fly-out program is understandable. I am in the San Juan Islands. >> >>Aloha, Curt >> >>Curtis S. Turner >>20386 Big Bear Court >>Bend, Oregon 97702 >>Ofc: 541/317-1670 >>Res: 541/317-1670 >>Fax: 541/317-1671 >>Cell: 541/280-6317 >>Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com >>_______________________________________________ >>Co-opa mailing list >>Co-opa@rellim.com >>http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa >> From gem at rellim.com Fri Jul 21 13:40:38 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri Jul 21 13:40:48 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled In-Reply-To: <380-22006752120859437@bendbroadband.com> References: <380-22006752120859437@bendbroadband.com> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Michael! On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, flyingeagle@bendbroadband.com wrote: > But this weekend I am flying to the Oregon Coast. The beach sounds good in the heat. Which beach? Any votes to change the flyout to the beach? It is not often it is clear all the way from here to the beach. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEwTvJ8KZibdeR3qURAmFQAJ4gpqg6xvYD3+ZrG04op1RCWBBCXACgi2KF 9yECiclnibLXb9SPTK4r+t8= =HY51 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Fri Jul 21 14:58:03 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Fri Jul 21 15:17:21 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport end of week update Message-ID: Hello all: Just a quick note on a couple items; First, the AWOS wind sensor was repaired on Wednesday and is now fully functional again. Secondly, we will be doing some Roundup weed spraying between buildings next Wednesday morning, so watch out for the Spray Truck! Finally, the prep work for the paving was all completed today, but it aapears the paving itself will have to be completed next week. I'll let you know the actual date when we have it. There it is; short and sweet, but more to come. Have a great weekend and stay cool, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 21 16:50:40 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Jul 21 16:55:34 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled References: <380-22006752120859437@bendbroadband.com> Message-ID: <012001c6ad20$7a5cd220$4f62dc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG...WE ARE WIDE OPEN...JUST LET US KNOW...DON & NORMA > > Yo Michael! > > On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, flyingeagle@bendbroadband.com wrote: > > > But this weekend I am flying to the Oregon Coast. > > The beach sounds good in the heat. Which beach? > > Any votes to change the flyout to the beach? It is not often it is > clear all the way from here to the beach. > > RGDS > GARY > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 > gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEwTvJ8KZibdeR3qURAmFQAJ4gpqg6xvYD3+ZrG04op1RCWBBCXACgi2KF > 9yECiclnibLXb9SPTK4r+t8= > =HY51 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Co-opa mailing list > Co-opa@rellim.com > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa > From gem at rellim.com Fri Jul 21 18:57:41 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri Jul 21 18:57:51 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled In-Reply-To: <012001c6ad20$7a5cd220$4f62dc42@bendcable.com> References: <380-22006752120859437@bendbroadband.com> <012001c6ad20$7a5cd220$4f62dc42@bendcable.com> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Don & Norma wrote: > HEY GANG...WE ARE WIDE OPEN...JUST LET US KNOW...DON & NORMA Don called me up and chatted about this. We considered Pacific City, but decided that Gold Beach would be a good choice. Why suffer in 100+ heat of Eugene when you can be on the beach at around 70F? The Gold Beach (4S1) airport is right on the beach and also right in town and right on the Rogue River. We can stroll down to the beach for a bit and watch the fishermen, then stroll in to town and sample their work. There is also a good free museum of the area nearby. The trip from AEB to 4S1 is 173 nm. I figure 1:20 flying time. Whichever way we go, at least two of us are going. We can make a final decision after we get a nose count in the moring. So meet us at AEB at 8:30am. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEwYYY8KZibdeR3qURAtX+AKDxQgTGDVY9plE+bRJ0q6HAvElrdQCeJc/9 AxVc+j6ypYUWfydZG6qWtJM= =IxRS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From daviddr at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 21 20:19:59 2006 From: daviddr at bendbroadband.com (David Dressler) Date: Fri Jul 21 20:20:11 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060722032000.432CB2B2EEA@cuda3.bendbroadband.com> Just heard from Prof. Air that my plane won't be ready until after noon tomorrow. Doesn't look like I can join you all. When you come back you may see me doing touch and goes.... Enjoy..David -----Original Message----- From: co-opa-bounces@rellim.com [mailto:co-opa-bounces@rellim.com] On Behalf Of Gary E. Miller Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:41 PM To: co-opa@rellim.com Subject: RE: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Cancelled -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Michael! On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, flyingeagle@bendbroadband.com wrote: > But this weekend I am flying to the Oregon Coast. The beach sounds good in the heat. Which beach? Any votes to change the flyout to the beach? It is not often it is clear all the way from here to the beach. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEwTvJ8KZibdeR3qURAmFQAJ4gpqg6xvYD3+ZrG04op1RCWBBCXACgi2KF 9yECiclnibLXb9SPTK4r+t8= =HY51 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Co-opa mailing list Co-opa@rellim.com http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Tue Jul 25 11:34:46 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Tue Jul 25 13:59:24 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - Garmin 480 demonstration Message-ID: Greetings on this hot summer day in Bend, I'm passing along an offer/request from one of our Airport tenants, Dave Swisher, who has spoken with Garmin about offering a demonstration/orientation to the Garmin GNS480 GPS Navigator. This is the first navigator that features Precision Guidance via WAAS (http://www.garmin.com/products/gns480/). Dave indicated to me that they are willing to come to Central Oregon to put on a demonstration and Dave wanted to "rally the troops" and see who might be interested. If you are interested, please contact Dave directly at (541) 788-8971. Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Sat Jul 29 14:40:05 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Sat Jul 29 14:52:24 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] McCALL, IDAHO Message-ID: <000501c6b357$8fdeae60$938e64d0@bendcable.com> McCALL FAMILY FLY-IN...August 10, 11 & 12, 2006 in McCall, Idaho This is a really fun and educational event. Many of us have been going each year for several years. You can receive three hours of Flight instruction "FREE" on flying into Idaho's spectacular back country airports. This is not a hair raising experience where you are put in mortal danger. There are also several seminars and videos about back country flying that are very educational. All of this qualifies for the Wings Program and if you attend one seminar and do the three hours of instruction it qualifies for your biennial and may lower your airplane insurance as recurrent training. Go on line to (http://www.mccallfamilyflyin.org) For more information and registration....you better register and reserve your room as soon as possible if you plan to go. Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have questions. Don Wilfong 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Mon Jul 31 17:01:56 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Jul 31 17:19:55 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - BDN Identifier Message-ID: Hello all: While we're hoping to have our Runway contract all ironed out before the City Council meeting on August 16th, I'll save the detailed explanation for the next formal Airport Update, along with an update on our plans for the project. For today, I would like pass on the status of four quick items: 1. As a reminder, this Thursday marks the conclusion of the Bend Airport Identifier saga. The Bend Municipal Airport will be, forevermore, officially BDN, or KBDN if your GPS unit needs the full ICAO identifer. Please make the change and let's wipe "AEB" off the map for good. Thanks again for your patience. 2. Paving - the glider tiedown paving job is complete, which has freed up five of the long term tiedowns that have been occupied by the gliders since last October. Welcome to your new home, High Desert Soaring Club, and to your aircraft! We certainly hope it's a good fit for you. Also, the driveway between Electronics International and Bldg 63326 has been paved, so hopefully we'll be able to do a better job keeping the rocks and gravel off the adjoining taxilane. 3. It's not yet ready for prime time, but we have installed a new internet capability for the AWOS. It's called AWOSNET and, as soon as we have the major bugs out, I'll send you the address and you can look it up yourself, 24/7. 4. I assume most of you have noticed the rapid deterioration of the south windsock over the last couple of months. I thought you'd want to know that, within the week, you should see a shiny new windsock where the old one was. That's it for now. Stay clear of the smoke near Sisters and happy flying to you all, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Aug 3 13:58:11 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Fri Aug 4 12:06:28 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - Runway Shutdown Message-ID: Hello again all friends and tenants of the Bend Municipal Airport, Couple of quick and timely notes. First, the Bend Airport Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) is on the internet. The system is working well, although we will probably continue to tweak it over thenext couple of weeks for better performance. It doesn't self-refresh as often as I think it should, but it works and the information on it is accurate. You can find the AWOS on this website - http://bendmunicipal.awosnet.com/ If it doesn't refresh for you every few minutes automatically, try hitting the refresh button on your web browser. If that doesn't work, try shutting the website down and restarting it. So far, that has always worked, in my experience. Secondly, there will be a runway shutdown next Monday night, from 1900L - until Tuesday morning at 0700L. You may recall the Runway Safety Area project that was mostly completed last fall. Well, there's a little bit more work they need to do on the runway to finalize the project - a slurry seal coat on the south 500' of the runway and two new coats of paint. Monday night the contractor will coat the pavement and apply one coat of paint. 28 days later we will have one more shorter runway shutdown to complete the project by applying the final coat of paint. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Best regards, and fly safe out there, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Mon Aug 7 16:08:03 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Mon Aug 7 16:13:55 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] McCALL, IDAHO FAMILY MOUNTAIN FLY-IN !!! Message-ID: <000701c6ba76$578e7920$938e64d0@bendcable.com> HEY GANG...DON'T FORGET THE FAMILY FLY-IN AT McCALL, IDAHO Unfortunatly Norma and I will not be able to be there this year. Don Wilfong BELOW IS A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ******************** Date and Time Activity Location Thursday, Aug 10 Noon - 9 pm Control Tower Operational McCall Airport Noon - 6 pm Registration Open Airport Office Area 6. pm Registration-PACE/Wings Airport Office Area 7-8 pm Wings Pilot's Briefing Airport Office Garage 7-8 pm Wings CFI Briefing Airport Office Meeting Room ************************ Friday, Aug 11 6. am Coffee and Donuts Airport Office Area 6. am Registration Open Airport Office Area 6-7 am Wings Pilot's Briefing Airport Office Garage 6-7 am Wings CFI Briefing Airport Office Meeting Room 6:30 am - 9 am Control Tower Operational McCall Airport 7 am - 5:30 pm Wings Program Airport Office Garage 7am - 5:30 pm PACE program Airport Office Meeting Room 9 am - Noon Aeronautics Board Meeting Fire Dept Meeting Room #1 11 am - Noon Smokejumpers Tour Shuttle in front of Airport Office Noon - 5:30 pm Exhibit Booths Ramp left of Airport Office Noon - 5:30 pm Static Displays Ramp left of Airport Office 1-4 pm Seminars FAA Briefing Fire Dept Meeting Room #1 Airspace, Military Airspace, Communications, VFR Flight Following, IFR Procedures, Emergencies, Equipment, Backcountry Flying Fire Dept Meeting Room #2 2:30-3:30 pm Smokejumpers Tour Shuttle in front of Airport Office 5 - 8 pm Picnic/Entertainment Tent at Airport Office 7-8 pm Wings Pilot's Briefing Airport Office Garage 7-8 pm Wings CFI Briefing Airport Office Meeting Room ************************ Saturday, Aug 12 6. am Coffee and Dounts Airport Office Area 6. am Registration Open Airport Office Area 6-7 am Wings Pilot's Briefing Airport Office Garage 6-7 am Wings CFI Briefing Airport Office Meeting Room 7 am - 5:30 pm Wings Program Airport Office Garage 7am - 5:30 pm PACE program Airport Office Meeting Room 6:30 am - 9 am Control Tower Operational McCall Airport 7:30 am - 2 pm Boy Scout Merit Badge 8 am -Noon Poker Run Surrounding Airports 8 am - 5 pm Exhibit Booths Set-up Ramp left of Airport Office 9 - 10 am Sky Dive Demo Over airport 9 am - 5 pm Static Displays Ramp left of Airport Office Car Show Ramp left of Airport Office 10 am - 4 pm Children's Activities Tent at Airport Office 10 am to Noon Tour of the Tamarack Resort P/U @ Airport Office Area 11 am - Noon Smokejumpers Tour Shuttle in front of Airport Office 11 to 3 pm (anytime) Historical Museum Tour McCall Shuttle 1 - 3 pm FAA (repeated course) Fire Dept Meeting Room 2:30 -4 pm Wilderness Survival Airport Meeting Room 5 to 8 pm Casino Night Tent at Airport Office ************************ Sunday, Aug 13 6:30 to 9:30 am Idaho Aviation Association Breakfast Tent at Airport Office 6:30 am - Noon Control Tower Operational McCall Airport *********************** From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Mon Aug 7 21:44:45 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Aug 7 23:15:13 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - rain and paving don't mix... Message-ID: Hello all friends of the Bend Municipal Airport: Here it is, 9:45 p.m. on a Monday night, and I'm just a little confounded. We had a great plan for tonight, as you know, to complete the paving seal coat and marking at the south end of the runway. Well, after more than a month of clear, sunny weather and warm temperatures, tonight I'm sorry to say that we were rained out. As the poet Robert Burns said, "...the best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley." While I'm not quite sure what "gang aft a-gley" means, I do know that we waited as long as we could, hoping the rains would stop and the pavement would dry. In the end, however, we decided the only smart thing was to throw in the towel tonight, cancel the NOTAM, and reopen the runway. My apologies for any inconvenience we have caused, but we have rescheduled this work for next Sunday night, the 13th of August. The closure will be, as was tonight's scheduled closure, from 1900L until 0700L Monday morning. I'll send a reminder later in the week. If you don't mind sending your best thoughts for a dry Sunday night, I'd be grateful. Best to you all; have a great week and watch out for thunderstorms out there, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From curtis at bendbroadband.com Thu Aug 10 08:55:53 2006 From: curtis at bendbroadband.com (curtis turner) Date: Thu Aug 10 08:56:00 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] PILOT NEEDED Message-ID: <000801c6bc95$75721e80$0202a8c0@curtistuq5r00q> Club Pilots - The buyer of my Piper Apache, Don Duffey, needs a current pilot to join him in flying the Apache from Bend, to Huntsville, Alabama, leaving this week. Don is a long time ME pilot; however, his medical is on hold for another month completing FAA issues. Don is offering an all expense paid trip, a Commercial return flight, PLUS $800 in cash to accompany him. If you have any ideas, please give me a shout. Many thanks, Curt Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: 541/317-1670 Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Sun Aug 13 11:00:02 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Sun Aug 13 11:05:26 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] NWFlyFest-Events-DrivingIn Message-ID: <000801c6bf02$51e77180$938e64d0@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST....DON WILFONG http://www.norwestflyfest.com/pdfs/NWFlyFest-Events-DrivingIn.pdf From mvbond at myexcel.com Wed Aug 16 04:08:35 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Wed Aug 16 04:09:35 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA August Newsletter Message-ID: <44E2FCB3.80208@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond CASCADE FLYER August 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 8 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Many thanks to John Miller of COCC for visiting us last month. John came along with two of his current students, Josh Clawson and Melvin Gildow. Always good to hear that the COCC aviation program is going well and that there really is a new generation of pilots in the pipeline. We all resolved to stay in touch more in the future. John also extolled the virtues of the newly upgraded flight simulator. The flight simulator is available to the public, with instructor, at a bargain price. The COCC instructors can give you a full Instrument Proficiency Check without burning more gas than it takes to drive to the airport. This fall, Clay Trenz will be working with COCC to put up an exhibit of aviation art. To help get the ball rolling Clay will be this month's speaker and fill us in on the showing. There are a number of fantastic artists in the area so the show should be a real winner. Calendar: 17 Aug - Monthly Meeting 19 Aug - Monthly Flyout 21 Sep - Monthly Meeting 23 Sep - Monthly Flyout - NWFlyFest in Albany? 19 Oct - Monthly Meeting 21 Oct - Monthly Flyout 16 Nov - Monthly Meeting 18 Nov - Monthly Flyout Web doings: More progress with the new Bend AWOS: It is on the web now, almost. If you are one of the lucky you can see the current airport weather here: http://bendmunicipal.awosnet.com/. The site uses a browser plug-in, which means that cell phones, PDAs, and many PCs do not work with it. Try your luck with it. Hopefully we can get the AWOS hooked directly to the National Weather Service soon so we can access it like most other AWOS. As always you can access the Chapter web site at: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our old airport ID(s) the username can also be S07 or AEB. My Inbox: Looks like we need a new Fly Out Chairman. Curtis Turner had been doing a good job organizing our flock but it looks like he has been turned to the dark side. Curt has sold his twin Apache and is looking to take up boating in the San Juan Islands. I expect Curt to recognize the error of his ways eventually, but until then we could use a new Fly Out Chair. Random Thoughts: After two months I still cannot lay the subject of scud running between Bend and Eugene to rest. Clearly many folks have their own opinions on the subject and I continue to get questions on the topic. First, the easy question: why did I not just fly over the Santiam Pass? The easy answer is that the worst of the weather at the time was over that pass, so an alternate was required. Just for the sake of argument let's assume the weather was the same over both. The Santiam route would of course then deserve serious attention. Certainly the Santiam is a bit more direct. On the other hand, following highway 20 has its downside. In low weather you can not see all the way to the other side from the top of the pass. The highway, and the valley, weaves around Hog Rock and Detroit Lake. Random Thoughts ? continued Then just west of the Detroit Lake dam you have to take a narrow tight S-turn before seeing the end of the mountains. I do not like surprises and a few times that route has surprised me. There are several advantages to the Willamette Pass route. First there are good hard surface runways at Crescent city (5S2) and Oakridge (5S0). On the Santiam you have no hard surface runway from Sisters (6K5) to Lebanon (S30) or Albany (S12). If there was a serious chance I would need these backups I would not go at all, but all else being equal I like to have options. The second is that you can see almost all the way straight down highway 58 from the pass to Cottage Grove (61S). You have a very firm basis for a go/no-go decision before heading down the valley. I have also had some spirited discussions on how to plan for flights over unfamiliar terrain. What can you do beyond just looking at the sectionals without burning avgas? Mike Bond suggested that you need not fly your route ahead of time to get a visual feel for the terrain. You could instead fly the route in a flight simulator on your PC. For even more detail you can grab a copy of DeLorme's Topo USA. This program allows you to view USGS maps in 3D from any angle. Both options are inexpensive, but there is an almost as good alternative that is free. That solution is Google Earth ?.. You can download a copy from http://earth.google.com/ although to use it well you need a good internet connection. With Google Earth you can pan to just about any point on earth and zoom in all the way to the street level. For flight planning you can set your heading, set your altitude and then check out the terrain. A fantastic tool and did I mention free? The tool is best used interactively but I have included a static shot for reference. The shot is from just east of where Century Drive meets highway 58 looking northwest from about 33,000 feet. On the right of the image is Waldo Lake. Now it should be obvious that in low weather you can still look right down the valley to see where you are going. If you can't turn around! The shot also sort of shows the low spot to the west of Waldo Lake that I have mentioned using before. It shaves the corner over traveling all the way down Century Drive to highway 58 before turning west. You can see the short cut is not the lowest path over the top, but it has always been low enough for me. Finally, I keep getting asked why I chose 8,500 feet? The more I am asked the more I am not sure. Given my local knowledge of the terrain along the path it is just the number that feels right to me. Any higher and, for me, the trip is a 'no brainer'. Any lower and I am only proceeding on that route with extreme caution. It is also very easy to start making the go/no-go decision by eyeball from the car while driving to the airport. Mount Bachelor is 9,080 feet high so if I can see most of that butte then the route is probably fine for flying. So the truth is that my only concrete justification is that it is a personal minimum that has served me well. But please do not take my word for it, set your own personal minimums that will keep you safe out there. HONDA PARTNERS WITH PIPER TO ENTER VLJ MARKET Something old and something new entered the competitive very light jet market when Honda announced that not only was it going to go into production of its innovative HondaJet, it was also forming a business alliance with Piper Aircraft to collaborate on sales and service and to explore opportunities in engineering and other areas of aviation. This will be the mega-automotive manufacturer's first foray into aviation production while Piper is about to celebrate its seventieth anniversary in the business. Honda will form a new company to hold the FAA type and production certificates. Type certification is expected to occur in three to four years. The airplane will be built in the United States, but few other details were made available; more information is expected in the fall. ______________________________________________ CO-OPA NEWS.... Curtis and Jackie Turner have found a new love in boating in the San Juan Islands and are currently pursuing finding a boat they can live comfortably on part of the time. This means they have decided to sell the Apache (a beautiful plane with lots of extras). It is currently for sale. If you have ever longed to own a twin....this is a nice one. With their newfound passion they have decided to drop out of our flying group. This leaves the position of "Fly- Out Chair" wide open...I have agreed to fill in, for a while, until we find someone new to take on the challenge. I have done this for several years and it has been a lot of fun but I think it is time for some new vision and enthusiasm. Let Gary or myself know if you would be interested in taking on this fun project. I will be glad to help get you started. We certainly all have enjoyed having Curt and Jackie in our group and will miss their smiling faces and the sight of their pretty Apache on our fly-outs. We wish them blue skies (and waters) and tail (or sail winds). We hope they stay in touch. Don Wilfong Hello Oregon Pilots!!! A special thanks to our program presenters for the July potluck meeting: Mr. John Miller, COCC Aviation Program Coordinator Mr. Josh Clawson, COCC Aviation Program Student Mr. Mel Gildow, COCC Aviation Program Student Thank you all for your participation last night. Everyone said they enjoyed the presentation and enjoyed meeting you. There was a general feeling of pleasure in having fresh voices and perspectives. Congratulations on your success. You and your flying buddies are always welcome anytime. Feel free to contribute any input and solicit any comments from us. As members you have access to the membership list and of course the social times at the meetings are an opportunity to contact our great resources. Hope to see you for the flyout Saturday, 8:30AM at Bend Airport Flight Services Building. (see reports on the Gold Beach flyout later) If there aren't enough seats for guests, the rest of us go to breakfast and hanger fly, or go home and mow the lawn like we should anyway... Consider reserving a plane and work this group flight into your training regime. Being part of a gaggle group is a wonderful flying experience... Potluck meeting: Third Thursday @ 6PM, Bend Airport Flight Services Bldg. Flyout the following Saturday and/or as announced. Watch for the Newsletter and flyout notices, usually a couple of days in advance by email, make sure you're a member to receive these notices. Also check the web site at: http://co-opa.com/ Previous Newsletters are archived there as well. Thanks everyone, fly safe! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair FLY-OUT FUN...GOLD BEACH... At our Meeting/Potluck on Thurs. July 20 we discussed the fly-out to Eugene that Curtis Turner had scheduled for Sat. July 22. Several people said they would go and our plans were made to meet at Pro Air at 0830 for a departure at 0900. With all the warm (no make it hot) weather we made an executive decision to go to the coast, where it was a little cooler...Eugene really sounded good... but...will have to wait until later when it is not quite so hot. Curt had been having some starter problems with their Apache and it was down so they elected to go to the San Juan Islands for a little boating...I bet it was cool there too. Well back to our trip... It was decided to go to Gold Beach on the Southern Oregon coast.... Mike and Ann Bond were planning to go, but couldn't, so that cut one plane from our group...but...we had Gary Miller in his Turbo Centurion (Ed Endsley rode with him), Arnie Veterick had his V tail Bonanza and Norma and I were in our Skylane. There were high clouds and you could see a few rain showers coming down here and there (we got a few drops on the windshield now and then but as we got nearer the coast it became severe clear. By my GPS it took me 1.4 hrs to go down and 1.6 to come back. Both Gary and Arnie cheated....They tucked up their landing gear and they were then able to go a little faster that the Skylane. Ed mentioned a couple of sandbar airports on the Rogue River....One of them is Half Moon Bar. This is a cozy little runway... you fly way down into the river canyon, fly around a mountain, then when you finally see the runway you make a quick turn and drop down thru a notch in the tall trees and land on a short runway. They have overnight accommodations. It is a neat place but it is not for the inexperienced pilot to try. If you ever get the urge call me, I will put you in touch with someone that has flown in there many times (I rode in and out with him several times). We landed at Gold Beach (a very nice airport) and took a short walk over to part of the business district (we never actually went into the main part of the town). We had a good meal and later had one of the biggest and best ice cream cones I have ever had....Norma couldn't even eat all of hers. The temps were in the 70s and there was only a light breeze (it was wonderful) we sat and watched the pelicans fly along and then just fold up and dive into the water and bring up a fish, swallow that fish and go up and do it all over again. There was a "free" museum that we enjoyed going thru, a good sized boat, from years gone by, sitting on the bottom, in shallow water, with the water just up over the deck, a real estate office, some charter boat places for jet boat rides and more than one place to eat. We guys all took a walk up onto the bridge for a great view and then Gary, Ed and Arnie walked down to the beach and clear around the airport while Norma and I just relaxed and took a slow walk back to the planes. It was a lazy day and we all hated to leave for home. We didn't head home until almost evening (Gary and Arnie cheated again with their landing gear). We all had a pleasant flight home with Arnie going to Redmond, Gary to Bend and Norma and I to Pilot Butte International. You sure missed a good fly-out this time. Don Wilfong GOLD BEACH...a different perspective The flyout to Gold Beach was a roaring success! Leaving Bend, the weather was strange. We were getting rained on although the ceiling was probably twenty thousand feet and looked like it went to Asia. The coast of Oregon we knew would probably clear later and discussed alternatives if not. As we neared Roseburg we could see blue and the edge of cloudiness. The trip down the Rogue River canyon was astonishing. A very deep gorge leading out to the Pacific cutting right through the coast range much like the Columbia. The Museum we toured told of glaciation and floods eleven thousand years ago that shaped this country. The gravel bars and flats at the conjunction of the Rogue and Illinois Rivers host two of the meanest airstrips I've encountered. Forget going around, although I can understand wishing to. Cruising down the river and recognizing at the last minute that this was it, making a hard turn to short final and planting it right now... Leaving would amount to getting off in your best short field technique and staying in ground effect down the river. I would recommend a good slow speed, high lift wing and a large load of fortitude. Experience would be a good thing;; this isn't a place to practice... The thing that made it especially poignant for me was that my grandfather had hunted these canyons to feed his family. My mother and her siblings had been stalked by cougar in these mountains. My family had homesteaded here after coming around the Horn in a sailing ship. On this day I flew over this country with Gary Miller and got a real sense of the challenges my family encountered and the beauty they enjoyed... Wow. My grandfathers and my father never flew in a plane, they knew this country from a Model T and the back of a horse... The green, as beautiful as that of Scotland, is the result of 120 inches of rain a year. I lived on the coast of Oregon for the first ten years of my life and know about rainforest winters... Wet, wetter, wettest, etc... Gary was headed out to sea to set up for the 45 for right down wind to 16 and the view of the offshore rocks was stunning. Hawaii was only 20 hours away... Base to final over the Gold Beach bar over a gaggle of fishing boats and a beautiful touchdown in sea level air. A short walk into town for a seafood lunch, the fresh crab was too good to be true. We walked on up to the bridge over the Rogue River and then back out to the beach. I shed my shoes and waded out into the surf to take pictures of Gary and Arnie and one apricot colored puppy named Paige. I was a kid again!!! Ed Endsley Ed Note: Thanks to Don and Ed for the photos that follow? COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation.Museum, shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From gem at rellim.com Fri Aug 18 15:37:41 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri Aug 18 15:37:50 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] This Saturday Fly-out Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! Last night we left the flyout details fairly open. Meet at the Flight Services Building in Bend at 8:30am and depart at 9:00am for a modest flight to a mutually agreeable airport with a nice restaurant. The weather looks to be very good all over except on the coast. I am currently running a fever and it is best that I take it easy for at least the next day. My apologies if I passed it on to anyone last night before I recognized the symptoms of headache and fever. Arnie Vetterick is going to be there and there were a few maybes as well. It is going to be a great day to go flying so I hope at least some of you can get out to do it and take some pictures to share with the rest of us. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE5kE48KZibdeR3qURAuFEAKDkte0BNt8kq4voLNDETx7+6mQq6gCfaWLv 5qD4it9ytlBCWmXyvYcQjpo= =YgbX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Mon Aug 21 19:49:29 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Mon Aug 21 19:55:48 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] (no subject) Message-ID: <000501c6c595$a921c740$397fdc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG.....I JUST BECAME AWARE THAT THE MADRAS "CENTRAL OREGON AIRSHOW" IS THIS SAT.....CLICK ON THE WEB-SITE BELOW TO GET MORE INFO. THIS IS ALWAYS A FUN EVENT SO PLAN TO GO IF YOU CAN.. NORMA AND I HAVE MADE PLANS TO BE IN NORTH IDAHO ON THAT DATE OR WE WOULD BE THERE....WE HAVE NOT MISSED THE EVENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS... DON WILFONG.... August 24, 2006 Central Oregon Airshow Madras, OR Aerobatics and Barnstorming, Antique and Historic Aircraft, Classic Cars and Hotrods, Food Concessions and Live Music Hint: bring an umbrella, the days are bright & sunny, lots to see. www.centraloregonairshow.org From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Mon Aug 21 19:59:41 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Mon Aug 21 20:05:09 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] MORE FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <000501c6c597$05455040$397fdc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG....HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL EVENTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER GOING TO.....DON WILFONG ******************************************************** August 25-27, 2006 Northwest Art and Air Festival Albany, OR Hot Air Balloons, Art exhibits, Nite-Glo show at the park adjacent to Albany Municipal Airport S12. Young Eagles flights for children. Breakfast & Lunch at the airport, too! More info Contact: Daniel Miltenberger 541-926-9477 Here's the Flyer ******************************************************** Sept 9, 2006 Grant County (John Day) Grant County Air Search Fly in Drive in Breakfast Egg, sausage, pancake, coffee and juice breakfast served from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Free airplane rides for kids. Contact: Gary Judd (541) 575-1151 ******************************************************** Sep 14-17, 2006 Reno National Air Races Reno, NV ******************************************************** Sep 22-24, 2006 Norwest Flyfest GA Expo Eugene, OR. First Annual, GA fly-in, Vendor displays, Static displays and educational Seminars. ******************************************************** September 23, 2006 Oregon Pines 99's Quilt Raffle Oregon Pines 99's Quilt Raffle for 2006 Support your fellow flyers http://www.peak.org/~parsont/OregonPines99s/AirplaneQuilt.htm ******************************************************** September 23-24, 2006 Polk County OPA Pancake Breakfast Feed is from 8 to noon. In conjunction with Independence Hop and Heritage Festival with free shuttle service to downtown activities on Saturday (for sure) and perhaps on Sunday also. Pancake Breakfast Flier ******************************************************** September 30, 2006 1st Annual Angel Flight West "Open House" Fly-in Aurora State Airport (KUAO) 8:30a-3:30p 2006 Come see new aircraft displays, equipment suppliers, FAA WINGS seminar, Food court available for lunch; raffle for prizes Certified / experimental pilots and everyone interested in helping others welcome http://www.angelflight.org/oregon/UAO2006 Contact: Brian Sheets 503-524-6998 From gem at rellim.com Tue Aug 22 11:56:30 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Tue Aug 22 11:56:40 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] MORE FLY-OUT FUN In-Reply-To: <000501c6c597$05455040$397fdc42@bendcable.com> References: <000501c6c597$05455040$397fdc42@bendcable.com> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Don! On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Don & Norma wrote: > HEY GANG....HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL EVENTS YOU MIGHT > WANT TO CONSIDER GOING TO.....DON WILFONG Don't forget the Madras Air Show this Saturday! Last year it was great. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE61Nh8KZibdeR3qURAiv4AKDGJ+mb21iCIJKrUVOwpv7UZhqpmwCguVlc BxTSaoQXTvZWyXVXE8BArnI= =9ac/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From catacres at webformixair.com Sat Aug 26 16:44:03 2006 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Sat Aug 26 16:41:11 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 5 Acre Homesite near the New Meadows Airport Message-ID: <009201c6c969$82ee1d30$6464a8c0@cascadecot7hp2> Hello Central Oregon Pilots, I know many of you have landed at the New Meadows Airport during the annual 'McCall Mt Flying ~ Safety Seminar' and perhaps you've desired to own some Idaho property... Because of family needs, Debbie & I are selling our 5 Acre Homesite near the New Meadows Airport. To facilitate a prompt sale, we are asking only $169,000 for Lot 19 (which we consider very 'modest') considering Lot 11 recently sold for $218,000 and Lot 13 just listed for $234,000, which are right below our property. So if you are seeking more serenity or just looking for an excellent investment, please review the flyer below. Happy Summer to you! Richard & Debbie FOR SALE: 5 Acre Homesite near the New Meadows Airport: A Serene timbered setting in Little Salmon River Estates, in the beautiful Meadows Valley, 12 scenic miles west of McCall Idaho. ~ 3 miles north of the New Meadows Airport (1U4). ~ 3 miles south of Zims Hot Springs. ~ Driveway & Building Site roughed-in ~ Septic approved. ~ Underground Power & Phone ~ Paved Roads ~ Easy year-round access. ~ View across Meadows Valley to Brundage Ski Area (20 minutes). ~ ? mile to Meadow Creek's public 18-hole championship Golf Course. ~ Little Salmon River ? mile. ~ Protective CC & R's ~ Horses allowed. *Only $169,000 * Contact Richard & Debbie Benson in Bend @ (541) 389-4523 Please feel free to call in case you (or any of your pilots friends) may be looking to create a calming get-away... (-: From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Tue Sep 12 11:30:45 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Tue Sep 12 13:09:10 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - Runway night shutdown 9/14 Message-ID: Friends of the Bend Municipal Airport, I hope this fine, sunny September day finds you all well. I'm hoping to write a complete Airport Update to send you before the end of the week, but I wanted first to highlight that we will complete the second (and final) coat of paint on the numbers and markings on the south end of Runway 16/34 this Thursday night, September 14th. To accomplish this, the runway will close from 2000 hours local Thursday night until 0600 hours local Friday morning. There is a chance we may finish earlier than 0600L Friday, at which point we will cancel the NOTAM-D that is currently in the Flight Service system, but we need to leave enough time in case there are any problems with the project. My apologies for any inconvenience. Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Wed Sep 13 12:44:28 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Wed Sep 13 12:51:09 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Norwest FlyFest - September 23-24, 2006 Message-ID: <000801c6d76d$080b4040$877fdc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG.....COMING UP SEPT. 21 (THURS EVE. AT PRO AIR) WILL BE OUR POTLUCK/MEETING AND ON SAT. SEPT. 23 IS OUR SCHEDULED FLY-OUT... WEATHER PERMITTING THE FLYFEST IN EUGENE SOUNDS LIKE FUN...WE WILL PLAN TO LEAVE BEND ABOUT 0830 ON SAT. SEPT 23 AND RETURN LATER IN THE DAY.....SOME MIGHT WANT TO GO FOR MORE THAN THE ONE DAY.... IF THE WEATHER IS NOT GOOD THERE BUT IS ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS THEN WE WILL PLAN FOR SOMEPLACE ELSE....MAYBE JOHN DAY...OR MAYBE LANDS INN....MORE TO FOLLOW...WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE MEETING... DON WILFONG (TEMP. FLY-OUT CHAIR).... HEY WE NEED A VOLUNTEER TO BE THE FLY-OUT CHAIR...... CLICK BELOW FOR MORE INFO ON THE FLYFEST.... http://www.norwestflyfest.com/ From jomiller at cocc.edu Wed Sep 13 16:48:22 2006 From: jomiller at cocc.edu (John Miller) Date: Wed Sep 13 16:48:36 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Norwest FlyFest - September 23-24, 2006 Message-ID: Don, We will have most of our new aviation students at the airport on Thursday evening for a class and then a pizza party. We have well over 30 new students for the fall term so the program is growing nicely. If any of your folks would be interested in the AOPA mentoring program, we have a lot of new students who could use a mentor. I'd really like to develop that program over the next year and will be trying to encourage mentors to adopt some (hopefully all) of our students. AOPA data shows that a student who has a mentor is three times more likely to finish their rating program so it could be very beneficial to the students, the college, the aviation community, and the mentor. Your suggestions would be appreciated. We all have a problem attending your regular meeting since two of our classes are held Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. John O Miller, COCC Adjunct Faculty Aviation Program Coordinator 541-318-3736 jomiller@cocc.edu http://aviation.cocc.edu -----Original Message----- From: co-opa-bounces@rellim.com [mailto:co-opa-bounces@rellim.com] On Behalf Of Don & Norma Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:44 PM To: CO-OPA Cc: Matt Verdieck; Christen; Duane and Jean Francis Subject: [Co-opa] Norwest FlyFest - September 23-24, 2006 HEY GANG.....COMING UP SEPT. 21 (THURS EVE. AT PRO AIR) WILL BE OUR POTLUCK/MEETING AND ON SAT. SEPT. 23 IS OUR SCHEDULED FLY-OUT... WEATHER PERMITTING THE FLYFEST IN EUGENE SOUNDS LIKE FUN...WE WILL PLAN TO LEAVE BEND ABOUT 0830 ON SAT. SEPT 23 AND RETURN LATER IN THE DAY.....SOME MIGHT WANT TO GO FOR MORE THAN THE ONE DAY.... IF THE WEATHER IS NOT GOOD THERE BUT IS ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS THEN WE WILL PLAN FOR SOMEPLACE ELSE....MAYBE JOHN DAY...OR MAYBE LANDS INN....MORE TO FOLLOW...WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE MEETING... DON WILFONG (TEMP. FLY-OUT CHAIR).... HEY WE NEED A VOLUNTEER TO BE THE FLY-OUT CHAIR...... CLICK BELOW FOR MORE INFO ON THE FLYFEST.... http://www.norwestflyfest.com/ From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Sep 14 17:41:25 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Sep 14 18:00:07 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - Rain Strikes Again Message-ID: <200609150057.k8F0vJUj005159@kong.rellim.com> Hello all,   Twice this summer we've planned runway paving/striping projects.  Twice it's rained, or is at least it is predicted to rain again tonight.  Thus, we are rescheduling the runway striping project we had planned to do tonight to this coming Sunday night, September 17th.  The time period for the closure of Runway 16/34 will remain the same, from 2000L Sunday night until 0600L Monday morning, reopening earlier if we finish earlier.  The NOTAM has been adjusted accordingly and we shall have great hopes to be able to outwit Mother Nature just once before winter sets in.  In the meantime, any farmers out there who may need rain in the future, just call me.  I'll schedule some more paving...   My best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From ed at edendsley.com Fri Sep 15 09:17:45 2006 From: ed at edendsley.com (ed endsley) Date: Fri Sep 15 09:20:16 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA Program Announcement Message-ID: Oregon Aviation Community Plan to attend the September 21 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. This will be your chance to hear some of the brightest voices in aviation informing us on the activities of the Ninety-Nines; the international organization of women aviators who are responsible for amazing accomplishments throughout the history of aviation. Their story is incredible. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and inspiring evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Association http://co-opa.com/ -- -- From gem at rellim.com Tue Sep 19 23:11:03 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Tue Sep 19 23:11:12 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] September Newsletter Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The graphic version will be posted shortly on the web site. - ---------- CASCADE FLYER August 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 9 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: This month the Ninety-Nines will drop by and fill us in on their organization. We see several of them at our regular meetings, but this will be a chance for them to show another hat they wear. The Ninety-Nines is the International Organization of Women Pilots. Curiosity about their name led me to their website, http://www.ninety-nines.org/: "Our organization was founded in 1929 by 99 licensed women pilots for the mutual support and advancement of aviation." Save yourselves the trouble of web surfing and come to the next meeting to learn more about them first hand from their members. Many thanks to Clay Trenz for dropping in last month to tell us about the COCC Aviation Art exhibit he is working on. The graphic version of this newletter has the poster for the event below. Greg Phillips had some good news and some bad news for us. The bad news is that work on the new KBDN runway will likely not get started until next year and the costs have increased. The good news is that the job should be fully funded and should be able to be completed in 2007. Also thanks to Ted Pickering for bringing us up to date on the annual OPA meeting just held in Eugene. OPA is working on some good things and we need to stay in touch. Calendar: 21 Sep - Monthly Meeting 23 Sep - Monthly Flyout - NWFlyFest in Eugene 19 Oct - Monthly Meeting 21 Oct - Monthly Flyout 16 Nov - Monthly Meeting 18 Nov - Monthly Flyout 21 Dec - Monthly Meeting 23 Dec - Monthly Flyout Web doings: A lot of folks can not access the KBDN ASOS since it requires a rather large and cranky non-standard plug-in to view. To alleviate some of that problem I reverse engineered the new system. You can now see our local weather in the left menu bar of the CO-OPA web site. As always you can access the Chapter web site at: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our old airport ID(s) the username can also be S07 or AEB. My Inbox: John Miller tells us that the COCC aviation program is getting off to a good start this year. They have over 30 new students joining the program. The COCC program is also looking for mentors for the students in the program. So much of aviation knowledge is passed on by word of mouth that this sounds like a good idea. If you are interested then please contact John at 541-318-3736. Even if we can not get mentors for all the students we certainly welcome them to all of our meetings and fly-outs. Random Thoughts: This past month I have had the chance to fly-in to PDX airport three times. Going to an airfield in Class C airspace can be a bit intimidating at first. You are mixing it up with real airliners and the F-15s based there and even the occasional F-18s. You can be passed through 6 different radio sectors in 20 miles, instructions come over the radio in a speedy staccato fashion, and the controllers may change their mind several times as they vector you around the heavy metal by asking you to head to unfamiliar landmarks. Sometimes it does get a bit over whelming, so I just say to the controller: I am unfamiliar with the area, can you please give me a vector. That may earn me a holding pattern instead of a slam dunk in to the pattern but I am up there to sight see anyway. I'd rather spend a extra time gawking at downtown from 2,500 feet than a quick view of the belly of a 737 from 200 feet away. Most of you know this drill far better than I and I bring it up just to set up my story. The real story is on the ground where I was picking up passengers from the air carrier terminal. The terminal as you know is all hustle and bustle with an undertone of fear and suspicion. Armed guards everywhere. Some call it a Nazi like presence. The price of safety others say. It is from this atmosphere of heightened nerves that I snatch my passengers. The gracious folks at Flightcraft have a shuttle from the terminal to the FBO, but I find the short walk enjoyable. Anyone recently stuck in an airline also enjoys the chance to stretch before settling back in to another airplane seat. As soon as we leave the baggage claim area towards the FBO my passengers experience a much different airport than the one they know. An airport without swiveling cameras, blaring PAs and intimidating guards. A much less threatening and quieter airport, if you ignore the roaring of the jets themselves. The airport outside the terminal. And one more thing. A thing that all my pasengers notice. A short and totally unmonitored chain link fence between us and the passenger boarding ramps. You could throw a bag full of AK-47s over the fence and no one would notice. My passengers have recently been roughly searched and now they have seen that a real bad guy could just have walked around the system. They are now like Dorothy peeking around the curtain at the little man manipulating Oz. It gets worse when we get to Flightcraft. A tip of the hat to the counter and they open the door to the ramp for us. In moments we are standing almost alone on the ramp a few hundred yards from the Boeings and Airbuses. A place that to my passengers just a short while ago seemed like a forbidden land behind well guarded, armored, and alarmed doors. How can this be they say? Where are the armed guards and metal detectors and cameras and.... I try to reassure them that airport security folks really do know what they are doing, but it is hard to entirely put the genie back in the bottle. The take-away lessons from these repeated events are not clear to me. The terrorist risk from a small plane is miniscule and the present GA security measures have been adequate so far. On the other hand, the terrorist risk to a jetliner from even simple things like a Sports drink and some Peroxide is now very real. Yet these two worlds co-exist side-by-side at the typical Class C airport. The convenience of flying in to a major airport to pick up and drop off passengers is fantastic. I would hate to see this freedom, as some others, be lost in the war on terror. For now we have to be vigilant at the airport and protect our airport access while ensuring that access is only used wisely. And maybe hope that PDX improves their fences a bit so that their security is a bit less one-sided. Gary E. Miller Fly-Out News Hey Gang... coming up Sept. 21 (Thurs eve. at Pro Air) will be our potluck/meeting and on Sat. Sept. 23 is our scheduled fly-out... Weathe permitting the Flyfest in Eugene sounds like fun... We will plan to leave about 0830 on Sat. Sept 23 and return later in the day... Some might want to go for more than the one day.... If the weather is not good there but is on this side of the mountains then we will plan for someplace else... maybe John Day... or maybe Land Inn... More to follow... We can discuss it at the meeting... Don Wilfong (Temp. Fly-out Chair).... Hey we need a volunteer to be the Fly-out Chair...... See below for more info on the Flyfest.... http://www.norwestflyfest.com/ Hello Oregon Pilots!!! Plan to attend the September 21 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. This will be your chance to hear some of the brightest voices in aviation informing us on the activities of the Ninety-Nines; the international organization of women aviators who are responsible for amazing accomplishments throughout the history of aviation. Their story is incredible. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and inspiring evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com The Amazing August Flyout Medford was the declared goal for the reputedly wonderful restaurant?. Our new member and program speaker, Mel Gildow and his newly acquired straight tail 182, 5526B, arrived for the trip and hosted new member Gary Meier on the flight. Arnie Vetterick and his V-tail Bonanza, 7395B, was on hand and raring to go. Arnie agreed to take me if I'd change my shoes. No sandals on 95 Bravo. I encouraged Arnie to arrange for his best emergency landing if necessary and if he felt the need to walk out to just smile and wave on his way by. I changed my shoes. We waited for late arrivals to show and I called Gary Miller to find that he was feeling assaulted by a bad bug and felt bed was his best bet. So it looked like a flight of two for MFR Medford via Crater Lake and the Rogue River Valley. As we climbed out of Bend into the August forest fire silky smooth smokey skies we headed in a loose formation for Crater Lake. Always an astonishing view of Oregon's only National Park, it took on a feeling of an Oriental painting with subtle smokey hues and mystery as the geological features were wafting in and out around the otherworldly scene. Two six bravo and 95 bravo had been holding a visual separation of about five miles around the lake and then went into trail as we descended down the Rouge Valley over Prospect State Airport (64S) and on into the Medford Class D airspace. Lined up on a perfect 45? for down wind to 32, we were cleared to land. See the accompanying photo of base to final. Two six Bravo was right behind us and as we taxied in we asked ground control to direct us to the restaurant. They advised us it was closed but that Medford Air had a nice vending machine!!! We taxied to Jet Center Medford and the line guy rolled out red carpets. I opened the door and told him we might not be staying because the restaurant was closed. Wow, he was quick! He said they would loan us the bosses' vehicle to go into town. He drove it right up to the planes, had the air conditioning going and gave us a map with a recommendation and route to a very nice place. Arnie drove, I navigated, and Mel and Gary chilled in back offering timely wise cracks. Breakfast-lunch was great, as were the stories. I think we entertained the other clientele as well. We had a great time. Thanks to everyone at Jet Center Medford who took great care of us and the fuel price was reasonable. The departure saw Mel and Gary in 26 Bravo departing on course ahead of us and disappearing into the smoke toward Crater Lake. They climbed higher and we could see their beautiful outline in the blue above. Arnie and I spotted several smoke streams on the western flank of Crater Lake and notified Flight Service. We smelled smoke strongly as we climbed through eleven thousand. The turbulence was exciting in the afternoon but not as bad as Arnie and his wife Carol had experienced in Arizona on the way back from the Bahamas. Ed Endsley Central Oregon Airshow Bright and early at the crack of noon, Ed Endsley, Paige (the poodle) and I took off for the Central Oregon Airshow at Madras Airport (S33). Even before the quick flight up there was complete the excitement was building as other planes were dropping in to the patern for the same event. Once on the ground the anticipation was so great we rushed out to set the chocks and look around. (more on that later). Just like years past, there were lots of cool planes to gawk at, people to see, food to eat and things to buy. Unlike last year we did not see many other CO-OPA members, but that was their loss. You can visit their website to see more of what you missed: http://www.centraloregonairshow.org/. A returning favorite of mine was the row of Stearmans. Usually at an airshow you have one ot two. Here there were almost twenty and all were unique. Some had the stock engines and some were souped up. Some had the landing gear of the Navy models and others had various revisions of the standard gear. The skydivers at Madras are really getting serious and they jumped over and over throughout the day. Kathy Hirtz from the valley flew airobatics in her new Pitts. A pair of Sukhois also performed an aerial duet. As they took off I exclaimed to Ed about how low the bigger one was when it raised the gear. During the break we got to check out the new FBO. Berg Air LLC has a cool new building that is a huge step up from the old shack that Don Mobley inhabited for so many years. Madras is moving upscale. Check it out if you get a chance. Most of the crowd had left by early evening but the best was yet to come. The "Mad Bomber" pyrotecnic show was a great way to say good bye to the setting sun. Too bad the glare of the sunset made it impossible to see the "F-117" flyby. What idiot would schedule a stealth plane flyover at night? Then when it was really dark Dan Buchanon launched in his ultralight plane just stuffed with fireworks. There is just nothing light a night airshow lit up with fireworks. Dan is a wheelchair bound pilot that travels all over the country giving his shows. All good things must come to and end, and so did the airshow. The crowd disappeared in an instant as I started to preflight for the short return to BDN. Except, remember that hasty arrival? I had neglected to fly the airplane all the way to a complete shutdown. The master had been left on and the battery was just flat dead. No problem you say. It must be easy to get a jump at an airshow. Hah. After a very long day the field was emptied in moments as everyone bailed out. Major bummer. The triumphant night return was reduced to waiting for a ride to drive up from Bend. The next day armed with a set of jumper cables and another humiliating ride we were ready for the return flight. Many thanks to Ed that had the patience of a Saint considering the circumstances. There was a little reward for the delay. While taxing out we got a last view of the big Sukhoi. Hmm, something funny so we taxi a bit closer. Yes, it is true. All three prop tips are very ragged and much shorter than the previous day. Now I felt a bit better. My dead battery seemed much easier to bear knowing that the Sukhoi pilot had raised his gear a bit too early on his aborted exit the previous night. Gary E. Miller COOPA / POSSIBLE FLYOUT DESTINATIONS for 2006/2007 Airport Identifier Comments Albany, OR S12 Restaurant Astoria, OR AST Restaurant & Marine Museum Baker City, OR BKE Air Show Bandon, OR S05 Courtesy Van to great Restaurants Caldwell, ID EUL Restaurant Chiloquin, OR 2S7 Restaurant Coeur d'Alene, ID COE Restaurant - Overnight ??? Condon, OR 3S9 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Bag location Dalles, OR/WA DLS Restaurant Eugene, OR EUG Restaurant & Aviation Museum Florence, OR 6S2 Courtesy Cars to great Restaurants Gold Beach, OR 4S1 Restaurant & Rogue River Mailboat trips Hillsboro, OR HIO Airshow Independence, OR 7S5 Restaurant & Museum with bicycles provided to get there Klamath Falls, OR LMT Restaurant Lewiston, ID LWS Restaurant Lexington, OR 9S9 Brown Bag Lunch Location McMinnville, OR MMV Airshow. Spruce Goose Aviation Museum, shuttle provided Medford, OR MFR Restaurant Nehelam Bay, OR 3S7 Maybe Brown Bag Lunch Location Nampa, ID S67 Restaurant & P-40 Museum Richland, WA RLD Restaurant Salem, OR SLE Restaurant Tillamook, OR S47 Restaurant & Military A/C Museum Walla Walla, WA ALW Restaurant - Overnight ??? NOTE: Great Outdoor locations will be chosen for Brown Bag Flyouts PLEASE CHECK THE LIST, & E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. Thanks, Curt Turner. COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Ave., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond, 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFENt68KZibdeR3qURAs2AAJ43euO2EJTCl2jIcIgSQA+hwzp5ZACeM8AJ 1oqDJdKRH6uZoevmCWTx0iM= =XhsM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Wed Sep 20 03:34:35 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Wed Sep 20 03:41:08 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA NEWS Message-ID: <001601c6dca0$5fc10080$877fdc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG.... THANKS TO OUR PRES. GARY MILLER FOR DOING THE NEWSLETTER THIS MONTH.... GREAT JOB GARY....I SPOKE WITH GARY AND HE MADE THE COMMENT "MIKE'S JOB AS NEWSLETTER EDITOR IS NOT AS EASY AS IT MIGHT LOOK" WE ALL APPRECIATE BOTH MIKE AND GARY FOR THEIR EFFORTS.... OUR NEWSLETTER EDITOR "MIKE BOND" HAD OTHER THINGS ON HIS MIND THIS MONTH... ON MON. SEPT. 18 MIKE HAD A HIP REPLACED AND IS CURRENTLY RESTING COMFORTABLY AT ST. CHARLES.....I SPOKE WITH HIM LAST EVENING AND HE IS DOING VERY WELL. THEY ALREADY HAVE HIM WALKING AND HE IS SCHEDULED TO GO HOME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE MIKE RESUMING NORMAL ACTIVITIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING BOTH HE AND ANN AT OUR MEETINGS AND FLY-OUTS AGAIN. MIKE MAY SOON HAVE A CANE FOR SALE.... DON WILFONG P.S.: DON'T FORGET....TOMORROW NITE (THURS)....MEETING/POTLUCK AT PRO-AIR.....AND.....WEATHER PERMITTING....EUGENE OR ??????? FOR OUR FLY-OUT ON SAT..... From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Sep 22 11:14:06 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Fri Sep 22 11:21:51 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Mike Bond Message-ID: <000a01c6de72$e61c7320$877fdc42@bendcable.com> Hey Gang......I just spoke with Mike and he was released from St. Charles yesterday afternoon (Thurs.) He is home and is amazed at how well he is doing... Don Wilfong From Email at terrypickering.com Fri Sep 22 12:20:46 2006 From: Email at terrypickering.com (Terry Pickering) Date: Fri Sep 22 12:20:59 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Norwest Flyfest Message-ID: <0F67EE2140D72E428948A19F08EFD5FD2FA5@sc430.CompuGroupInc.local> I will be over all day Saturday and Sunday at the Flyfest in Eugene. Stop by the Angel Flight booth and say hi. _____________ Terry Pickering Oregon Asst. Wing Leader Angel Flight West From mvbond at myexcel.com Sat Sep 23 18:58:25 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Sat Sep 23 18:58:07 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Best Wishes Message-ID: <4515E641.1070207@myexcel.com> Thanks to all who have called (and missed) and especially for the card and best wishes which arrived today. My recent hip replacement has so far been succssful and hope to see you all soon. Mike Bond From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Sun Oct 1 14:14:26 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Oct 2 20:49:11 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Municipal Airport Update #10 Message-ID: <200610030349.k933n3xk014763@catbert.rellim.com> Hello all, Here, attached and in text form below, is the latest update for the Bend Municipal Airport. I trust you're all well and welcome your comments and thoughts. (See attached file: Bend Airport Update #10 - 9-06.doc) Best regards, Greg Phillips Bend Municipal Airport Manager PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 September 30, 2006 Airport Update #10 Friends and Tenants of the Bend Municipal Airport: Ah, the start of a new season. I hope you’re all doing well and looking forward to the big projects in store for the Airport in the very near future. Here is an update on some of the latest happening out around the tarmac. CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE: RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT: It’s been too long since I updated you on the Runway Relocation Project, and you’re probably wondering if we’re going to start construction soon. Well, a lot has happened since July, but most of it has been behind the scenes. The important news is that we have indeed selected a contractor and we have the first year’s FAA grant in hand. The grant, for $3.545 Million, is an amount equal to the combined total of all grants the City of Bend has ever received from the FAA. As such, it marks an incredible commitment on their part toward the betterment of the Bend Municipal Airport, and a strong intention to get this project done. That’s just the start, however, because the bids for the project came in at a total of about $8.3 Million for the project. We will unfortunately not be able to include the hold areas at this time, but we will plan to include new REILs at both ends of the runway and two new PAPIs in the project. Obviously, funding for this project stretches beyond the first year’s FAA grant, and the vagaries of the federal budget notwithstanding, we look to accept another grant for approximately $3.3 Million in the coming federal fiscal year. Unfortunately, that won’t even be enough, requiring a third year of federal funding to complete the project. With the $350,000 Connect Oregon grant we were awarded in July, we should have enough funding by 2008 to completely finish the project. In the meantime, the engineers, the contractors, and I will be sharpening our pencils to see where we can cut funds, delay work, or otherwise finagle the project so we can still meet our intended opening date for the new runway by October 30, 2007. There will be work to do after the runway opens, but I do at least intend to do everything possible to get the new runway itself opened by that date. Construction will still be done at night, but it looks like we are reaching toward an agreement with Hap Taylor & Sons, the selected contractor, to begin work in the spring, double up construction crews, and still get the work done by October if we have the funding to do it. A better deal for all, we thought. As we get more details and begin to lock in the schedule for construction, I will be sure to let you know. NEW PAVEMENT/ GLIDER PARKING: It took longer than I had hoped, but I’m sure you’ve noticed that the connecting driveway north of Electronics International was paved and, thankfully, no longer contributes as much dirt and rock debris across the taxiways. We also paved five glider parking strips on the southwest glider parking area, so I’m happy to say they finally have a good and usable home on the Airport. They’ve been patient while we’ve made changes around the Airport and we hope their new area serves them well for a long time. RUNWAY STRIPING: The joke of the summer season was our luck with striping and the noncooperative weather. Only two times did we plan work on the runway for seal coating or striping. Both times it rained. Since our motto is “never say die,†however, we were able to get the work done on the second go around each time. By the way, this was actually a repair job for what I thought was an unacceptable effort done to the south runway end last fall. As such, it was something we required the contractor to come back and do at no additional charge to the City. It took a little bit of our time to watch them do the work at night, but hey, I’ve got lots of time. Thanks again for your patience while we got this one done. FOD: Dang it all! I’m sorry to report that we did not receive a State grant for the FOD-BOSS I’ve mentioned in past news updates to help us keep the Foreign Object Debris down on the Airport movement areas. I know the money went to other worthy projects across the state, but it’s the first grant we’ve applied for in the last two years that we haven’t received, after eight successful previous grant efforts. I haven’t given up, though, and will be looking for another way to purchase a FOD-BOSS for the Airport. I’ll let you know what I find… DEVELOPMENT FLIGHT SERVICES BUILDING: It’s happening! If you haven’t been into the Flight Services Building in the last few weeks, then stop by and expect to hear the hum of power saws and hammering above your head. The rough framing is complete and the upstairs is taking shape for offices and, more importantly, Café 3456. Chef Dave is excited and has been watching the construction effort daily. They’re planning on being finished by Thanksgiving, and so far they’re pretty much on schedule, so stay tuned and be prepared to come out and support our own Bend Municipal Airport restaurant this winter and beyond. EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT: We’re not there yet, but closer than ever. We are hoping to take a final lease agreement and Development Agreement to City Council by the end of October. If it meets with Council’s approval, we’ll be able to give Professional Air Partners the go ahead to begin their development in earnest for the development of the two parcels on the east side of the Airport, up to 42 acres of possible development. I still think there’s a strong possibility that there could be new hangars on the Airport by the summer of 2007. BEND BROADBAND: I may be a little early in mentioning this, but I thought I’d let you know I had a meeting with Bend Broadband recently about the possibility of putting in wireless access across the entire Airport. The great thing is that they would pay for the system and install it at no charge to the Airport. There would be user fee access to the system, and this is part of a larger plan by Bend Broadband to blanket the City with continuous wireless access. The implications for fire and safety responsiveness are positive and, if it gives you one more way to stay connected (assuming you WANT to be connected), it seems a notion worth exploring. We will continue to maintain the free wireless network inside the Flight Services Building for your convenience. Your thoughts on this subject are, of course, welcomed. ADS-B IN CENTRAL OREGON: It’s not official yet, but I have it on good authority that there are three actual ADS-B equipment systems sitting in a warehouse in Salem, being readied for installation in our fair State. These three systems are designated for installation on the west side of the mountains in Oregon, but I have it on good word that there are four more systems following closely behind. By late winter, one of those systems should be on the ground and installed in Central Oregon. If you’re not familiar with ADS-B, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance System-Broadcast, it is a ground and satellite based system for aircraft identification, where aircraft avionics broadcasts the aircraft’s position, altitude, velocity, and other parameters. Yes, it does require equipment in an aircraft to work, but Oregon Aeronautics, the driving force behind Oregon’s early involvement in this nationwide effort, is working to develop a program where early adopters may be able to get the equipment cheaply or subsidized. Check out Garmin’s layman’s description of ADS-B to learn more than you ever cared to learn. It’s at: http://www.garmin.com/aviation/adsb.html. It is, as Garmin says, and I have heard the FAA concur, the “cornerstone†of future air traffic control systems. Kudos to Oregon State Aeronautics for pushing to get this technology into Oregon as one of the very first states to be a part of the program. LOOKING AHEAD: As in the previous item, it seems the technological world of aerial navigation just won’t slow down. From ADF to ILS in the old world, to TCAS and GPS with moving map displays, the bar just keeps being raised. Well, I’m doing my best to watch those things, too, and I think I’ve mentioned before that it is our full intention to open the new runway with not only non-precision GPS approaches at both ends of the runway, but also with GPS WAAS (LPV) semi-precision approaches to the runway. These approaches have the capability to provide Decision Height altitudes of 200’. I don’t expect Bend to get a DH that low, but we should be able to approach 250’, if nothing conflicts with the approach. But there’s more. I recently attended an interesting presentation about Required Navigation Performance (RNP), a cutting edge technology that is currently being installed in all Boeing and most Airbus jets. It is a refined GPS satellite based system that I understand requires only minor modifications to existing FNS systems on many modern glass cockpits. The system is designed specifically for airports with constrained terrain or airspace for approaches and as best I could describe it, is sort of like the Starfighters in Star Wars “flying the box†to their approach. It allows a curved, changing precision approach. I understand Cirrus is testing RNP for use in all their new aircraft. While we don’t have constrained terrain or airspace here at the Bend Municipal Airport, this new technology is intriguing and it certainly seems like we have a few tenants who might be able to take advantage of this in their own development. GENERAL A FINAL NAME CHANGE: Well, it’s done. After a summer of changes, we have finally settled in with a permanent identifier for the Bend Municipal Airport. As of August 3rd, the identifier is now, and shall remain, KBDN. By now, most of the publications have all caught up with the change, but I would encourage you all to be a bit wary in your flight planning to make sure there’s no confusion anywhere. AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS): As many of you know, we have a new addition to the Bend Airport AWOS. We have added an internet capable system called AWOSNET that will allow you to access the Bend AWOS in the comfort of your own home, or wherever you may be traveling to or from. The website address is http://www.bendmunicipal.awosnet.com and it provides a user friendly interface to view the AWOS parameters. It’s not entirely perfect, and it’s a new product from the manufacturer. In fact, we are one of only five airports in the country who have this system right now, which means that it may still have a bug or two. I thought it was worth experimenting a bit and being part of the test group for the product, if it meant we could get the weather out to you in more and better ways. On a related note, I met with the National Weather Service in August and they are now incorporating our AWOS data into their website reports. The main benefit is this allows them to gather consistent data from the Bend Airport, which in turn allows them to start building a database. With that database, they will begin to work toward creation of a Terminal Area Forecast for Bend, which will be a major benefit for flight planning and weather prediction in Bend. It may take a while, though, because they tell me they generally require three years of data before they can build the forecast. I hope to hear that they can speed that up in our case, but regardless, they’re now collecting the data they need and we have to start somewhere. AIRPORT MASTER PLAN: The Bend Airport website just keeps on getting better! If you haven’t been there lately, you can now find the complete Airport Master Plan online in Adobe (pdf) format. There’s also a link to “Local Airport Info.†Check it out. You can find the website at: http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/bend_airport/index.html By my next update, I hope to be able to direct you to a much shorter link to the website, and one easier to remember. The Oregon Pilots Association (C.O. Chapter) has agreed to let us take over the www.bendairport.org website they bought a couple years ago. I’ll let you know when it’s functional. Ok, that’s it for now, everyone. As always, drop me a line if you have a question or an idea about how to make the Bend Airport an even better place to fly to or do business on. Blue skies and tailwinds to all, Greg Greg Phillips Airport Manager, Bend Municipal Airport (541) 389-0258 gphillips@ci.bend.or.us From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Tue Oct 10 11:47:34 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Tue Oct 10 11:59:37 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] HEALTH ISSUES... Message-ID: <000a01c6ec9c$8e0feee0$0974dc42@bendcable.com> HEY GANG... MIKE BOND IS RECOVERING NICELY FROM HIS HIP REPLACEMENT AND SHOULD BE AT THE NEXT MEETING....HE HAS TAKE OVER EDITING THE NEWSLETTER AGAIN....SO...IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE NEWSLETTER SEND IT TO HIM RIGHT AWAY.... NANCY LECKLIDER HAD MAJOR SURGURY ON HER FOOT AND ANKLE.....SHE IS DOING WELL BUT WILL HAVE AN EXTENDED RECOVERY PERIOD...SHE WILL BE IN A CAST AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE NEXT MEETING OR NOT... BEST TO THE BOTH OF THEM.... From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Tue Oct 10 15:13:27 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Don & Norma) Date: Tue Oct 10 15:26:06 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fw: CO-OPA...OCT FLY-OUT Message-ID: <002201c6ecb9$51432e60$0974dc42@bendcable.com> Subject: CO-OPA...OCT FLY-OUT FLY-OUT FUN !! One of our favorite places to fly to has sold and will close the end of this month. I asked if it would reopen to the public and the individual I was talking to said they didn't know. It may have sold to a private organization and this may be our last opportunity to fly to this great spot. Weather permitting we will make the Flying M our Fly-Out destination this month. In addition, after we have breakfast at the Flying M, we could choose to go to either McMinnville or Tillamook to visit one of their great air museums. I am open to hear your comments. We can discuss it at our meeting/potluck on Thurs. eve Oct. 19 at Pro-Air. You are coming to the meeting are you not????? If you have any comments or suggestions you can contact me at 541 389-1456. Or e-mail me at: dwnw@bendbroadband.com. Don Wilfong, "Temp" Fly-Out Chair P.S.: You could volunteer for "Fly-Out Chair" the position is open. From daviddr at bendbroadband.com Mon Oct 16 10:01:51 2006 From: daviddr at bendbroadband.com (David Dressler) Date: Mon Oct 16 10:02:02 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] AOPA - Palm Springs Message-ID: <20061016170149.8C4C83084AD@cuda3.bendbroadband.com> Is anyone planning or considering flying down to PSP for this and would either like another rider or would join me in flying my C177 down? I'd prefer to buffer each side of the trip ( Nov 9/10/11) by a couple of days for weather and would fill in extra time with some golf. Send me an email or call if you'd like to discuss further. David Dressler - 541-322-0166 From ed at edendsley.com Mon Oct 16 13:15:42 2006 From: ed at edendsley.com (ed endsley) Date: Mon Oct 16 13:17:26 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA Program Announcement Message-ID: Oregon Aviation Community Plan to attend the October 19 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. This will be your chance to hear Don Mobley, AKA Throttle Throckmorton, Flying Clown, and feared but friendly regional FAA Examiner. He'll tell us stories about his extensive experiences in aviation. He has promised to not mention names, especially mine, about checkride and BFR episodes... Don is the best pilot I've ever flown with and is a true treasure to our community. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and inspiring evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Association http://co-opa.com/ -- From mvbond at myexcel.com Mon Oct 16 17:09:10 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Mon Oct 16 17:10:01 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA October Newsletter Message-ID: <45341F26.9070102@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond _______________________________________________________________ CASCADE FLYER October 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 10 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: There has been some shake-up with this month's program. Things are still sorting out but Program Chair Ed Endsley is working on another fine program for us come Thursday. Let's have a big turnout to see what surprises are in store for us. Last month we had the Central Oregon Ninety-Nines drop by and fill us in on their organization and its activities. They sure are a busy group. To name just one of their good deeds, our local 99s are the ones responsible to the new "BEND" marking on the ramp and deserve our thanks for a job well done. Any women interested in their group should contact Nancy Lecklider (330-1853) or Jana Jaderborg (383- 2476). Meetings are 1st Thursday of the month at 6pm. The meeting was also another example of Good News/Bad News at the Bend Airport. The bad news was that we were constantly interrupted by hammering and banging from upstairs. The good news is that the construction work was on the 2nd floor restaurant the City has been trying to get on the airport for years. Soon the Bend Airport will have its own version of the $100 hamburger. My Inbox: Best wishes for speedy recoveries go out to two of our membership. Mike Bond, our fantastic newsletter editor is recently out of the hospital after hip replacement surgery. How will Mike explain setting off the metal detectors at the airport now? Nancy Lecklider has also had major surgery, but in her case it was to her foot and ankle. We all look forward to seeing them back at our meetings with their new and improved joints. Ed Note: I also just heard that our aviation guru, Joel Premselaar, had open-heart surgery on Sept 13th. I talked to him and he is recovering at home. Calendar: 19 Oct - Monthly Meeting: Don Mobley 21 Oct - Monthly Flyout - Flying M Ranch 16 Nov - Monthly Meeting: Bill Conklin, Air Life 18 Nov - Monthly Flyout 21 Dec - Monthly Meeting - Xmas Party! 23 Dec - Monthly Flyout 18 Jan - Monthly Meeting: Darryl Taylor, Columbia Aircraft Test Pilot 20 Jan - Monthly Flyout Web doings: The Central Oregon 99s now have their own web site. You can see them, and some of the good work they have done here at http://centraloregon99s.org/. As always you can access the Chapter web site at: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our old airport ID(s) the username can also be S07 or AEB. Random Thoughts: We are the Oregon Pilots Association, not the Experimental Aircraft Association. Still it is good for us aircraft consumers to take a look at what the aircraft builders are doing every once in a while. I am happy with my airplane. Yet, as some of our members have discovered, sometimes Mother Nature can suddenly deprive us of our trusty flying machines. Without our contraptions how will we continue to participate in our favorite pastime? Which leads us to another favorite pilot pastime, imagining what our next aircraft would look like should we win the lottery or, heaven forbid, collect an insurance check. For some of us that leads to thoughts of one of those fancy modern aircraft we see at air shows. If you are like me, you have been thinking that you have few ways to acquire that fancy new airplane with a glass cockpit. Of course it must also have four seats, at least in my daydream. One way is to write a very big check and take quick delivery for a new certified aircraft. A Cirrus SRV-G2 with a 200HP engine will set you back about $200k for the base package. Ouch. Another way is to go with a kit. You can build an RV-10 for around $100k, also with a 200HP engine. That sounds better, but now I expect to have to spend a year or two of my time building the thing. Even worse, I am probably stuck on the ground for the duration. But now there is a third way. A pilot friend of mine pointed out to me some of the new "quick build" kits. These are pretty cool. One in particular stands out: The Glasair Sportsman 2+2, with 180HP engine, and their "Two Weeks to Taxi" program. That is just like it sounds. You travel to their factory and they present you with everything you need to build your own airplane. Two weeks later you taxi out your new aircraft. Pretty much all that is left is to have it painted. All that for less than $135k and two weeks of your time. There are other quick build programs out there and these programs are providing new and improved ways to aircraft ownership. Clearly someone will point me to a better program, this is just one that shook me awake when I first saw it. You can find more details on their program here: http://www.glasairaviation.com/twoweekstotaxipricing.h tml On second thought all of those big numbers are hurting my head. I resolve, yet again, to treat my current airplane carefully so as to maximize its useful life. The grass may be greener over the hill, but I would prefer to inspect it from the air in my N6157R for the foreseeable future. Gary E. Miller From mvbond at myexcel.com Mon Oct 16 18:13:32 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Mon Oct 16 18:14:24 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA October newsletter --- resend Message-ID: <45342E3C.6050502@myexcel.com> This is a resend of the text verson ... Somehow, the PC ate 85% of the last one! The PDF version has been added by Gary to the website. Mike Bond _______________________________________________________________ CASCADE FLYER October 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 10 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: There has been some shake-up with this month's program. Things are still sorting out but Program Chair Ed Endsley is working on another fine program for us come Thursday. Let's have a big turnout to see what surprises are in store for us. Last month we had the Central Oregon Ninety-Nines drop by and fill us in on their organization and its activities. They sure are a busy group. To name just one of their good deeds, our local 99s are the ones responsible to the new "BEND" marking on the ramp and deserve our thanks for a job well done. Any women interested in their group should contact Nancy Lecklider (330-1853) or Jana Jaderborg (383- 2476). Meetings are 1st Thursday of the month at 6pm. The meeting was also another example of Good News/Bad News at the Bend Airport. The bad news was that we were constantly interrupted by hammering and banging from upstairs. The good news is that the construction work was on the 2nd floor restaurant the City has been trying to get on the airport for years. Soon the Bend Airport will have its own version of the $100 hamburger. My Inbox: Best wishes for speedy recoveries go out to two of our membership. Mike Bond, our fantastic newsletter editor is recently out of the hospital after hip replacement surgery. How will Mike explain setting off the metal detectors at the airport now? Nancy Lecklider has also had major surgery, but in her case it was to her foot and ankle. We all look forward to seeing them back at our meetings with their new and improved joints. Ed Note: I also just heard that our aviation guru, Joel Premselaar, had open-heart surgery on Sept 13th. I talked to him and he is recovering at home. Calendar: 19 Oct - Monthly Meeting: Don Mobley 21 Oct - Monthly Flyout - Flying M Ranch 16 Nov - Monthly Meeting: Bill Conklin, Air Life 18 Nov - Monthly Flyout 21 Dec - Monthly Meeting - Xmas Party! 23 Dec - Monthly Flyout 18 Jan - Monthly Meeting: Darryl Taylor, Columbia Aircraft Test Pilot 20 Jan - Monthly Flyout Web doings: The Central Oregon 99s now have their own web site. You can see them, and some of the good work they have done here at http://centraloregon99s.org/. As always you can access the Chapter web site at: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our old airport ID(s) the username can also be S07 or AEB. Random Thoughts: We are the Oregon Pilots Association, not the Experimental Aircraft Association. Still it is good for us aircraft consumers to take a look at what the aircraft builders are doing every once in a while. I am happy with my airplane. Yet, as some of our members have discovered, sometimes Mother Nature can suddenly deprive us of our trusty flying machines. Without our contraptions how will we continue to participate in our favorite pastime? Which leads us to another favorite pilot pastime, imagining what our next aircraft would look like should we win the lottery or, heaven forbid, collect an insurance check. For some of us that leads to thoughts of one of those fancy modern aircraft we see at air shows. If you are like me, you have been thinking that you have few ways to acquire that fancy new airplane with a glass cockpit. Of course it must also have four seats, at least in my daydream. One way is to write a very big check and take quick delivery for a new certified aircraft. A Cirrus SRV-G2 with a 200HP engine will set you back about $200k for the base package. Ouch. Another way is to go with a kit. You can build an RV-10 for around $100k, also with a 200HP engine. That sounds better, but now I expect to have to spend a year or two of my time building the thing. Even worse, I am probably stuck on the ground for the duration. But now there is a third way. A pilot friend of mine pointed out to me some of the new "quick build" kits. These are pretty cool. One in particular stands out: The Glasair Sportsman 2+2, with 180HP engine, and their "Two Weeks to Taxi" program. That is just like it sounds. You travel to their factory and they present you with everything you need to build your own airplane. Two weeks later you taxi out your new aircraft. Pretty much all that is left is to have it painted. All that for less than $135k and two weeks of your time. There are other quick build programs out there and these programs are providing new and improved ways to aircraft ownership. Clearly someone will point me to a better program, this is just one that shook me awake when I first saw it. You can find more details on their program here: http://www.glasairaviation.com/twoweekstotaxipricing.h tml On second thought all of those big numbers are hurting my head. I resolve, yet again, to treat my current airplane carefully so as to maximize its useful life. The grass may be greener over the hill, but I would prefer to inspect it from the air in my N6157R for the foreseeable future. Gary E. Miller Idaho Coast Guard?? One of 2 Aircams, seen at Eugene ? see more on their website: http://www.aircamsite.com/newpage4.htm OCTOBER PROGRAM Plan to attend the October 19 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. This will be your chance to hear Don Mobley, AKA Throttle Throckmorton, Flying Clown, and feared but friendly regional FAA Examiner. He'll tell us stories about his extensive experiences in aviation. He has promised to not mention names, especially mine, about check ride and BFR episodes... Don is the best pilot I've ever flown with and is a true treasure to our community. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and inspiring evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com ANNUAL CO-OPA CHARITY PROGRAM!! It is that time of year again. We should discuss what we want to do for this year at the upcoming meeting to be held on Oct. 19. For the past few years we have, in co-operation with some of the Teachers at Pilot Butte Middle School, selected one or more deserving students who's parent or parents are unable to provide them with things such as adequate clothing and some of the other necessities of life. In doing this we have enriched the lives of these students and our own lives as well. We not only provide them with some of the necessities but we also include a few "just for fun" gifts to help give them a holiday they will long remember and forever appreciate. It has been a very gratifying and successful program that we can all be proud to have participated in. If we are going to continue this, as our major annual charity program, we need to let the teachers know and we need to collect the donations, from our members, at the Nov. 16 meeting, or at least by Dec. 1, so as to allow time for the teachers to do the necessary shopping and wrapping. We have $31.67 left over from last year. Thank you for your past and future generosity. This is an all-volunteer program so 100% of what we give goes to benefit those we choose to help. Norma Wilfong has volunteered to head up this Charity Program again this year if we would like her to do so. Don & Norma Wilfong FLY-OUT TO EUGENE... On Sat. Sept. 23, Eugene had their first Norwest Fly- Fest, so Eugene was picked as our Sept. fly-out destination. For many of us it was our first time landing on Eugene's new 34R runway. The old cross runway is a thing of the past and now there are two parallel runways, one to the West of the tower and one to the East of the tower. The self-serve gas pumps are on the East side. They had the cheapest gas in the state (just for this event) at $3.70 per gallon and there was a line to get to the pumps. (Our own Pro-Air self-serve pumps are only slightly higher). Those who gathered at Pro Air for this venture were Gary Miller, with his Turbo 210 and new member Gary Meyer was his guest for the day, Don & Norma Wilfong had flown in from Pilot Butte International in their Skylane and Ed Endsley was their guest on the flight to Eugene. Arnie Vetterick, in his V Tail Bonanza met us in the air somewhere near the North Sister, he brought two young nieces and a young nephew with him (he was like a mother hen keeping track of his brood) We saw several other people from Central Oregon; Duane Francis (from Pilot Butte) flew over with Mark Clark and Paul Sutherland in Mark's Cessna 180, (This was an expensive trip for Duane...The 180 is loaded with modern electronic marvels and now Duane wants to add a few to his Cessna 205). Terry Pickering (one of our newer members) was there staffing the Angel Flight booth and there were a few others from the "Sunrise Side" of the mountains. We enjoyed a pancake breakfast and there were several booths selling food of various kinds to satisfy the hungrys as the day progressed. Our son Chuck (He is a real estate broker in Eugene) came out and we had a nice visit and lunch with him. There were quite a few booths for different aviation oriented businesses and organizations housed in large tents. These display booths are like a candy store for pilots...lots of goodies we would like to have. I was talking to one of the venders about new carpeting for the plane and we walked out to where our plane was parked...the guy stopped short and said "do you own 20757" when I said "yes" he laughed and said "I used to own this plane" He had sold it to the guy we bought it from. It really is a very small world. OPA had a booth and Joe Smith (Pres. Elect for OPA) was one of the people staffing it. There were also quite a few old and new aircraft on display. There were several seminars available but I did not have time to attend any of them. This was a two or three-day event and we were only there one day. It would have been interesting to have gone to some of them. This was billed as Eugene's "First Annual Fly-Fest" and I am sure as time goes on they will add more and more displays and events to enjoy. It was a fantastic day; the weather was wonderful. "It just doesn't get any better than this". We ended the day with a very pleasant flight home. Gary invited Ed to ride home with him so Norma and I could fly directly to Pilot Butte International without landing at Bend first. We missed seeing your smiling faces and you are missing out, on a lot of fun, by not attending our fly-outs. Remember winter with cold and snow is just around the corner so make hay while the sun shines. See the "FLY-OUT FUN" article in this issue for info on our scheduled fly-out for October. Don Wilfong 'A strange thing happened on the way out of Eugene?' The Eugene Norwest Fly-Fest was a hoot. The line at the gas pump was popular. I flew in with the Wilfongs and went through the gas line with them and then got parked right up front and center so Norma didn't have so far to go. I flew back with Gary Miller. Gary Meyer and I were Gary Millers' guests so intercom banter was interesting. Since they were both Gary M. I finally settled on "Gary Pilot and Gary Passenger" even though they're both pilots. Gary Pilot chose to get fuel on departure when the line was shorter and the story starts upon leaving the pump. The "Ramp Control" tent proudly displayed a frequency that didn't respond to repeated calls so Gary Pilot called EUG Ground Control and got a clearance to 34R. As we proceeded from parking to taxiways for the runway, we saw several people from the Ramp Control tent running around waving signal wands in various directions. Since there were florescent orange people standing in front of us doing an incomprehensible dance, Gary Pilot slowed down to see what this performance was all about. Finally one orange wand waver hopped in a follow me cart and strongly suggested we follow, only to stop in front of us, get out and approach us and motion for Gary Pilot to open the door!?!?!? They said we couldn't taxi that way. Gary Pilot said that since they didn't answer their frequency he called Ground Control and they had cleared us to taxi to the active, which we were doing. Ramp Control explained their radios were dead!!! Of course that didn't explain why the ramp people were waving their wands in random ways, but anyway, Gary Pilot followed the follow me cart and informed Ground Control that Ramp Control was having a communication issue and received the Ground Controller's thanks for the heads up. The scenic tour of taxiways somewhat minimized the cheap gas price but the Ramp Controller performance was exciting. I'll still have to give them a B minus for effectiveness but with an A plus for entertainment value... Ed Endsley FLY-OUT FUN!! One of our favorite places to fly to has sold and will close the end of this month. I asked if it would reopen to the public and the individual I was talking to said they didn't know. It may have sold to a private organization and this may be our last opportunity to fly to this great spot. Our group has flown to the Flying M several times and I think everyone has always enjoyed going there.. Weather permitting we will make the Flying M our Fly-Out destination this month. For those of you who have never been there it is a few miles NW of McMinnville. The strip is turf and gravel, 2130' in length at a FLY-OUT FUN!! One of our favorite places to fly to has been sold and will close the end of this month. I asked if it would reopen to the public and the individual I was talking to said they didn't know. It may have sold to a private organization and this may be our last opportunity to fly to this great spot. Our group has flown to the Flying M several times and I think everyone has always enjoyed going there. Weather permitting; we will make the Flying M our Fly-Out destination this month. For those of you who have never been there it is a few miles NW of McMinnville. The strip is turf and gravel, 2130' in length at an elevation of 448' and is a one way airport, you land to the West runway (25) and take off to the East runway (7). The airport is designated as OR05 and is listed as Yamhill: Flying M. It is 16 nm from the Newberg VOR (UBG-117.4) on the 251degree radial. At first this airport may sound challenging but it is actually a great strip with an open approach from the East, our group has flown in with a wide assortment of planes, including a twin Apache, and no one has found it to be a problem. You see everything from small tail draggers, 150s, home builts and more parked there. Some of our group has said, "I will fly over and take a look and if I am not comfortable I will not land". I don't know of any that did not land. The tried and true rule is always "if you don't feel comfortable flying into an airport don't do it". They have a beautiful log lodge nestled in a small valley on the Eastern fringe of the Coast Range, the food is good, the decor is decidedly Western and you can sit and watch the planes come and go as you eat. They have a fantastic bar and dance area, so if you plan to stay overnight, in one of their cabins or the motel, it is very inviting. As I said earlier "this is one of our favorite places to fly to" and we did stay there one night just so we could enjoy a dinner, dance a little (to live music) and have a drink or two. In addition, after we have breakfast at the Flying M, we could choose to go to either McMinnville or Tillamook to visit one of their great air museums. I am open to hear your comments. If the weather does not cooperate we will have picked someplace on this side of the mountains for our Oct. Fly- Out or (to revive an old practice)...if the weather does not permit us to fly...we could meet at a local restaurant for some Hangar Flying, a chance to solve the worlds problems and to chow down. Many times the go or no go decisions on where to fly or where to go eat are made at Pro-Air the morning of the intended Fly-Out. We can discuss it at our meeting/potluck on Thurs. eve Oct. 19 at Pro-Air. You are coming to the meeting are you not????? If you have any comments or suggestions, you can contact me at 541 389-1456. Or e-mail me at: dwnw@bendbroadband.com. Don Wilfong, "Temp" Fly-Out Chair P.S.: You could volunteer for "Fly-Out Chair" the position is open. __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From Email at terrypickering.com Wed Oct 25 15:50:49 2006 From: Email at terrypickering.com (Terry Pickering) Date: Wed Oct 25 15:51:04 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Calling all 182 owners Message-ID: <0F67EE2140D72E428948A19F08EFD5FD2FBE@sc430.CompuGroupInc.local> Steve Crenshaw from Precise Flight here in Bend is looking for a local Cessna 182 they can use for a "guinea pig". They need one where the landing light is in the nosebowl. From what I understand they are looking to certify a new high intensity light for replacement. If you are interested, contact Steve directly at: Steve Crenshaw Precise Flight (541) 598-4702 stevec@preciseflight.com I understand if your plane is used they will "make you an offer you can't refuse". _____________ Terry Pickering From ed at edendsley.com Thu Nov 9 08:33:21 2006 From: ed at edendsley.com (ed endsley) Date: Thu Nov 9 08:36:11 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA Program Announcement Message-ID: Oregon Aviation Community Plan to attend the November 16 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Bill Conklin, Director of Air Life, who will tell us about his experiences in aviation and the current operations at Air Life. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Association http://co-opa.com/ -- -- -- From mvbond at myexcel.com Mon Nov 13 17:31:07 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Mon Nov 13 17:31:12 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA November Newsletter Message-ID: <45591C5B.2080302@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond _______________________________________________________________ CASCADE FLYER November 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 11 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: This month our speaker will be Mr. Bill Conklin. Bill is the Director of Air Life, the air ambulance arm of St. Charles Hospital. The Air Life operation is a great asset to the community and a great aviation success story. Plan to come to his months meeting and hear all about it. Many thanks to Don Mobley for dropping by as our speaker last month. Don's roots in Central Oregon aviation are much deeper then I ever suspected. Don told us how he grew up in Shaniko, learned to fly at OSU and went on the a career in the US Navy. After leaving the Navy he ran the FBO in The Dalles before moving to Madras and running the FBO there. Now Don flies Cessna Citation's for Les Schwab. Many great tales were told, but none of that compared to Don's closing act. He pulled out his trusty guitar and feted us to rousing renditions of "Uncle Harvey's Airplane" and "England Swings". Well done Don and thanks for filling in on short notice. In other business the Wilfongs kicked off our annual holiday charity. As in years past we will be raising money to create a special Christmas for a deserving child or two in our local area. 100% of what we raise goes to the kids in our name. Pilot Butte Middle School teachers will select the recipients. Be sure to bring a bit of spare cash to add to the pot at this month's meeting. Calendar: 16 Nov - Monthly Meeting 18 Nov - Monthly Flyout 21 Dec - Monthly Meeting - Xmas Party! 23 Dec - Monthly Flyout 18 Jan - Monthly Meeting 20 Jan - Monthly Flyout 15 Feb - Monthly Meeting 17 Feb - Monthly Flyout Web doings: As always, you can access the Chapter web site at: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". In honor of our old airport ID(s) the username can also be S07 or AEB. My Inbox: Things are changing up at Redmond Airport. As most of you know, Cal Butler had sold Butler Aviation to TBM of Visalia a while back. Now Nan Garnick, and her husband Travis, have bought it back. Nan is a long time employee of Butler. Good luck to the new Butler! Word also reaches us that Joel Premselaar has recently had surgery for a problem found during his flight physical. Get well soon Joel. Random Thoughts: A strange thing happened to me a couple of months ago. During the preflight for a fly-out, I had a double-take moment. The fuel gauges on N6157R seemed about 35 gallons short. A visual inspection of both tanks showed just a little gas under the filler opening. At that level, due to the dihedral in the wings there is about 17 gals left. Maybe I am getting senile. Did I not remember my last fill-up correctly? Or did I mis-remember the number of hours since the last fill-up? Time was a-wasting and people were waiting, so I put those thoughts out of my mind and hustled to the fuel pumps. That little voice in the back of my head was not so easily distracted. Running out of gas is serious business in an airplane. Not being continuously aware of your fuel status is how you raise the risk of that happening. How could I let this happen? So I resolved to be much more careful with my fuel quantity monitoring. That meant being doubly sure that my fuel totalizer was always up to date, monitoring fuel flow, and mentally logging fuel used. Last month this preparation paid off. Unlike the last time, I knew that N6157R had been topped off just an hour of flying ago. That would have used 14 gallons of fuel leaving 68 gallons in the tank. The fuel totalizer agreed that 68 gallons should be in the tank. Sadly the fuel gauges did not agree. A visual check of the tanks confirmed it. Once again my fuel tanks looked about 30 gallons short. The fuel in the tanks was almost down to the bottom of the tanks just below the fuel filler port. This time there was no doubting my fuel had been stolen. Once again people were waiting and time was a-wasting, so I hustled off to the fuel pumps again. Unlike the previous event, the anger at being stolen from did not leave. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. So after returning to home base I made a trip to NAPA Auto Parts. Like so many other airplane parts my Cessna gas cap opening is very similar to the one in an old car. After a bit of digging the helpful counter salesman determined that a NAPA #703-1113 locking gas cap would lock my tank. The cap locks snugly on my filler, with just enough space for the chain on the real gas cap to fit by. That way I can leave my Cessna caps attached. During my preflight I now remove the locking caps and replace the STC'ed ones. As well as the locking gas caps fit, I would still not want to risk using them in the air. I want to be sure the gas I start with stays in the tank and is useable in flight. No way to tell how well the locking caps may, or may not perform, in the air. That might have been the end of it, but Bob and Nancy Lecklider's insurance company had totaled their airplane due to some serious damage in the big hailstorm we had. Among other damage it had a 2" dent in the prop spinner. Bob and Nancy figured that the insurance company was going to get their plane, but not it's contents. They had heard of my fuel thefts and graciously offered me all their gas I could siphon before the insurance company took ownership. Thank you very much! This sent me off to the airport with my 1/2" hose (Arkansas Credit Card), a 5-gallon gas tank, and a hand pump. This was a real learning experience. Getting the top portion of the gas is really easy. Dip the hose far in to the tank, put your thumb over the end of the hose, pull the hose out, put it in the gas tank and the gas just pours out. All you have to do is wait for the tank to fill. While waiting for that several cars drove by and no one paid me any attention. I hope they recognized me, but I fear that they just were oblivious to the "theft" going on. Getting the last of the gas is a real pain. Once the level of the gas in the fuel tank gets near the bottom under the filler the siphon will break. Then I manned the hand pump. It is possible to get more of the gas out of the low part of tank, but it is a lot more work than siphoning out the top portion of gas. Now I see why my thieves stopped when the gas level was at one inch just below the filler. The locking gas cap should work, until everyone has them. The NAPA guy told me that they no longer work for cars. Thieves now just put a pan under the fuel tank, punch a hole in the tank, and catch the fuel as it drains out. The city has the airport patrolled several times at night, but that is not enough either. We all need to be vigilant and watch for anything out of the ordinary. Next time you see something out of the ordinary check it out. NOVEMBER MEETING: Plan to attend the November 16 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Building at 6PM for a pot luck dinner and a very special program. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Bill Conklin, Director of Air Life, who will tell us about his experiences invitation and the current operations at Air Life. Don't miss this opportunity for a very entertaining and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed@edendsley.com RDM ASOS: Effective Nov 10th, RDM AWOS was NOTAM'd as upgraded to ASOS ? still on 119.025, but now, before entering Class D, you'd better have the latest Information (Alpha thru Zulu) and advise them on your first call! I also noticed the signal is stronger at home, SE of Bend. Mike Bond (The final) Flying-M Ranch Fly-out: Bright and early (at least by my biological clock) on October 20th we headed out on our monthly flyout. This time it would be to our old favorite the Flying-M Ranch. Attendance was slim. Don and Norma Wilfong launched in their trusty 757. Ed Endsley, my dog Paige and I followed in my airplane. After a smooth and beautiful flight over the mountains we landed uneventfully at the one-way sod and gravel ranch trip. What a wonderful little strip in the foothills. The old log lodge is surrounded by tall second growth trees and sits on a small tree covered creek. The brunch was tasty as always and the conversation engaging, but the event was bittersweet. This was to be our last trip to the ranch as we have come to know it. We were not along in coming to pay our last respects. Many people, like us, were spending extra time to check out the many stuffed trophies, photos and other memorabilia decorating the lodge and wandering the pleasant grounds around the lodge. This grand facility will be sorely missed. The owners have had financial issues and were forced to sell. We were told the new owners will use the facility as a Christian youth school and not be open to the public during the fall, winter or spring. They may open up to the public in the summer. Still there is some good news. The owners will retain control of parts of the old operation. The runway and the horseback riding operation will continue as before. Pilots will still be able to fly-in and partake of a trail ride or grab a coffee all year. The trip back was just a perfect s the trip over, except we knew that another aviation legend was soon to be a thing of the past. We will all miss their great hospitality. Gary Miller ATC stories: Pilot: Oakland Ground, Cessna 1234 at Sierra Academy. Taxi. Destination Stockton Ground: Cessna 1234, Taxi Approved, report leaving the airport. C-17 ? is it real or is it ?? This 1/9th scale radio-controlled C-17 model was built in the United Kingdom. To date it has about 20 flights. It was built as the centerpiece of a 15 program television series produced in the U.K. for the Home and Leisure satellite TV channel. Built with the aid of three friends, it took 1 year to build and is powered with 4 Jetcat P-120 turbines with a total thrust of 108 lbs. The model weighs over 250 lbs fueled, and carries 12.5 liters (3.3 US gallons) of 95% kerosene and 5% turbine oil fuel. Other details include 5 Futaba PCM receivers, 16 battery packs (93 cells), 20 Futaba servos, on board air compressor, electro/pneumatic retracts, etc. Wingspan is 20 feet 8 inches, and the top of the fin is 74 inches (6 feet 2 inches) above the ground. Takeoff weight is 264 lbs. The rear cargo doors open and they drop an r/c jeep on a pallet, as well as 2 freefall r/c parachutists. The model also has smoke systems both of the inboard turbines, and uses 2.4 GHz data link to provide real-time data to a laptop computer on the ground while in flight, this data includes airspeed, turbine RPM, EGT, fuel consumption, etc. It is covered in fiberglass and epoxy resin. Built mainly from balsa and ply, with many glass and carbon fiber moldings to reduce weight. This C-17 Globemaster III is one of the largest jet models in the world today! Complete with retractable landing gear and pneumatically operated flaps. The four builders are shown above, with the model. ? and last, but certainly not least, John Travolta's full size 'models' ? __________________________________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From gem at rellim.com Mon Nov 13 18:23:52 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon Nov 13 18:24:00 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Curt Turner (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! David Sailors just dropped me this note and I am sure it is of interest to everyone. Let's all wish Curt a speedy recovery. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Ave., Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:17:01 -0800 From: David Sailors To: Gary Miller Subject: Curt Turner Gary, (if you would send this to the group) I just wanted to let everyone know that Curt is facing a serious surgery this Wednesday. I just found out last Thursday when I stopped by their house. The last few weeks Curt had been getting dizzy and had lost some coordination. He's gone through a battery of test and they found a tumor in his brain. The doctor, Kent Yunt do not know if the tumor is malignant or not yet but it has grown big enough to be applying pressure and effecting his balance and eyesight. He is scheduled to undergo 6 hours of brain surgery Wednesday to take out the tumor and will spend a couple of additional days in the hospital before they release him (if all goes well). The good news is that he does not have any additional tumors in his body. Just wanted everyone to say a prayer for Curt. Thanks, David Sailors -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFWSi78KZibdeR3qURAgneAKCU1k0mX9WMEDbFGteriTJaNb3L1wCeN9xH O5X7F5ABrUhRuC9IBrb6xp4= =lLbA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Thu Nov 16 22:55:07 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Wilfong) Date: Thu Nov 16 22:55:13 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] 2006 CO-OPA CHARITY PROGRAM Message-ID: <000501c70a15$51999880$6401a8c0@WilfongDon> CO-OPA MEMBERS: IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE, IN COOPERATION WITH SOME OF THE TEACHERS AT PILOT BUTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SELECT ONE OR TWO "DESERVING STUDENTS" AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE. THE MONEY IS SPENT MOSTLY ON ESENTIAL ITEMS LIKE CLOTHING AND ITEMS THEY NEED FOR SCHOOL PLUS A "JUST FOR FUN ITEM" OR TWO. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT IS A MOST GRATIFYING EVENT. THE TEACHERS SELECT THE STUDENT OR STUDENTS, DO THE SHOPPING AND WRAPPING AND HELP DELIVER THE GIFTS....WE PROVIDE THE $$$$ TO FUND THIS PROGRAM AND 100 PERCENT, OF OUR DONATIONS, GOES TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED THE HELP. THE FAMILY OF ONE OF LAST YEARS STUDENTS WAS MEDICALLY AND FINACIALLY CHALLENGED BUT ARE NOW DOING SOME BETTER...THEY APPRECIATED OUR HELPING HAND SO MUCH THAT THEY JUST DONATED $100.00 SO WE COULD HELP SOMEONE ELSE THIS YEAR. PLEASE HELP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND AS SOON AS YOU CAN..WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY TO THE TEACHERS SO THEY HAVE TIME, AFTER WORK, TO DO THE SHOPPING AND WRAPPING BEFORE THE HOLIDAY RUSH STARTS. SEND YOUR DONATION TO: CO-OPA C/o NORMA WILFONG P.O. Box 5364 Bend, OR 97708-5364 PLEASE MARK YOUR CHECK "CO-OPA CHARITY FUND" THANK YOU, NORMA WILFONG, CHARITY FUND DIRECTOR From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Fri Nov 17 08:22:08 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Wilfong) Date: Fri Nov 17 08:22:14 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] NOVEMBER FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <000801c70a64$878e8460$6401a8c0@WilfongDon> HEY GANG....... IT SOUNDS LIKE TOMORROW (SAT. NOV. 18) WILL BE GOOD FLYING WEATHER. SO FOR THE MONTHLY FLY-OUT WE PLAN TO FLY TO: JOHN DAY (GRANT COUNTY REG-OGILVIE 5J0). THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF COURTESY CARS AND WE CAN DRIVE DOWN TOWN TO THE "GRUBSTAKE MINING CO. RESTAURANT" FOR A GOOD BREAKFAST AND A SESSION OF HANGAR FLYING. PLAN TO BE AT PRO-AIR ABOUT 0830 FOR A DEPARTURE AT 0900......REMEMBER IF THERE IS FROST AND YOUR PLANE IS NOT HANGARED YOU MAY HAVE TO ALLOW TIME FOR FROST REMOVAL AND/OR POSSIBLE PRE-HEAT. WE USUALLY HAVE A FEW EXTRA SEATS AVAILABLE.. SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLANE OR YOURS IS NOT AVAILABLE......COME ON OUT AND YOU PROBABLY CAN SHARE WITH SOMEONE FOR THE FLY-OUT... IF MOTHER NATURE FROWNS ON US AND WE CANNOT FLY TO OUR PLANNED DESTINATION......WE WILL PLAN TO GO TO BREAKFAST LOCALLY..........WE MAY EVEN JOIN UP WITH ANOTHER FLYING GROUP....COME ON OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS...... CO-OPA (TEMPORARY) FLY-OUT CHAIR......DON WILFONG dwnw@bendbroadband.com From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Sat Nov 18 17:59:24 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (Wilfong) Date: Sat Nov 18 17:59:36 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Curtis Turner Message-ID: <455FBA7C.90800@bendbroadband.com> HEY GANG......... I JUST SPOKE WITH JACKIE TURNER REGARDING CURTIS. THEY REMOVED A FAIRLY LARGE TUMOR FROM HIS BRAIN AND IT IS NOW A WAIT AND SEE SITUATION......HE IS STILL UNDER CRITICAL CARE AND IS HAVING SEVERE HEADACHES......MORE TO FOLLOW ON HIS CONDITION AS I HEAR MORE.........HE CANNOT HAVE VISITORS AT THIS TIME.......HE IS NOT A FLOWER PERSON SO DOES NOT CARE TO RECEIVE FLOWERS.. WE SENT A CARD AND I AM SURE HE AND JACKIE WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING OTHERS CARE......SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE SENDING A CARD FEEL FREE TO DO SO. JACKIE WILL LET ME KNOW AS THINGS PROGRESS AND I WILL PASS THE INFO ON TO THE GROUP......... DON & NORMA WILFONG From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Mon Nov 27 18:49:25 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Mon Nov 27 19:54:36 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - short update Message-ID: To all friends of the Bend Municipal Airport, I trust and hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving this past weekend. I'm working to put together a new Airport Update, but I had a couple items I wanted to share with you now. 1. The Airport weblink has been completed so that you can now access the Bend Airport website by typing www.bendairport.org, or just plain bendairport.org (without the www) and it will take you straight there without having to go through the City main webpage. There are some good links there, so visit often and let me know if you need or want anything else there. 2. SNOW! There's snow in the air...and a ton in the mountains! So far we've been lucky that the mountains have stopped the onslaught from reaching the Airport, but you can bet it's coming. Be careful out there and we are thankful once again to have Hap Taylor & Sons on the job to do our snowplowing this winter. Remember, our policy is to plow when the runway has more than 1-1/2 inches of snow, or 2 inches on the taxiway and aprons. I'm sorry that we cannot plow every inch of the Airport, but we will keep the runway and taxiways passable and will plow the central areas and main taxilanes after those areas are completed. 3. Xmas Party - the 99s are having a party in the new upstairs restaurant on December the 15th at 6:30 p.m. They've asked me to tell you all that you're invited and it sounds to me like a great way to help christen Cafe 3456. The cost is $24 per person, with Pork Loin and Salmon (with all the fixins) for dinner. Come out and support the 99s and Cafe 3456 as we welcome our newest tenant to the Bend Airport family. RSVP by Dec 8th to Stephanie Hartung at 593-8886 or at shartung@cmc.net. 4. Passages - I'm sorry to close out on a couple of sad notes, but we've lost a few friends in the last month and I would like to pay respects to them. First, Lynn Loomis, the recently retired chief tow pilot for the High Desert Soaring Club and a former PanAm Captain, passed away on November 19th. He was a charter member of the Soaring Club and well respected by all who knew him. Secondly, Curtis Turner, the former fly-in chair for the Central Oregon Chapter of the OR Pilots' Assn, had surgery for a brain tumor last week. Finally, Bill Blackwood, also a member of EAA1345, suffered a heart attack on the 17th. I understand he is doing okay, but let's keep both him and Curt Turner in our thoughts and wish them well and a speedy recovery. Enough for now. My best to you all - be careful out there and Happy Holidays! Greg Phillips Manager, Bend Municipal Airport PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Thu Nov 30 07:01:21 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (dwnw@bendbroadband.com) Date: Thu Nov 30 07:08:37 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Fwd: Curt update Message-ID: HEY GANG.......I RECEIVED THIS REPORT ON CURTIS TURNER... AS YOU SEE HE IS DOING BETTER BUT HAS A WAYS TO GO TO GET OVER THIS......WE ALL WISH HIM WELL......I HAVE TOLD JACKIE TO LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP.....I AM SURE SOME CARDS OR NOTES OF GOOD WISHES AND ENCOURAGMENT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. DON WILFONG P.S.: I WILL PASS ON ANY INFO TO OUR GROUP AS I HEAR NEW NEWS....... From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Thu Nov 30 07:24:22 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (dwnw@bendbroadband.com) Date: Thu Nov 30 07:31:50 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Curtis Turner Message-ID: HI GANG........SOME HOW THE MESSAGE FROM JACKIE TURNER RE: CURTIS DID NOT GO THRU.......HERE IT IS.........I was sent to me on Nov. 28..........DON WILFONG Hi Don and Norma, Curt is doing much better, but still very weak. Hopefully, if he is still doing better today he will go to Rehabilitation at St. Chas for rehab on Wed. He is unable to come home at this time, except with professional help. So that is the update for now, thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. Jackie my e-mail is jackie@bendbroadband.com cell # 280-6315 Curtis S. Turner 20386 Big Bear Court Bend, Oregon 97702 Ofc: 541/317-1670 Res: same Fax: 541/317-1671 Cell: 541/280-6317 Email: curtis@bendbroadband.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Fri Dec 1 16:51:40 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Fri Dec 1 17:37:32 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - There's a new Restaurant in town! Message-ID: Hello, everyone. I hope you each and all have great weekends planned. I have some good news to announce that I hope you'll have the chance to take advantage of. Beginning Tuesday, December 5th, Cafe 3456 will be operational in the upstairs of the Flight Services building on the west side of the Bend Airport. They'll be serving breakfasts and lunches, with takeout items and espresso to boot, from 6:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Check out the great menu on their website at http://www.cafe3456.com/ and come on down. I'll see you there...but don't try to cut in line in front of me. I'm hungry just thinking about it... Best regards, Greg Phillips Manager, Bend Municipal Airport PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From gem at rellim.com Sun Dec 3 17:58:23 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Sun Dec 3 17:59:35 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Central Oregon General Aviation Community Holiday Part Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from out local 99s, plan to attend! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- What: Central Oregon General Aviation Community Holiday Party When: Friday December 15th at :30pm Where: The new "Cafe 3456" at the Bend Airport Cost: $24.00 per person Menu: Pork Loin and Salmon with all the side dishes and trimmings! Creme Brulee for dessert. No Host Bar. RSVP no later than December 8th to: Stephani Hartung, shartung@cmc.net 593-8886 or Wendy Partain, wapartain@yahoo.com Make out your checks to the Central Oregon 99s and mail to: Central Oregon 99s c/o S. Hartung, Treasurer PO Box 4312 Sunriver, OR 97707 Your tickets will be held at the door for your arrival. This event is being facilitated by the Central Oregon Chapter of the 99s International Organization of Women Pilots and the Cafe 3456 Please come and enjoy an evening of Holiday Celebration with your fellow Oregon Aviators! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Ave., Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFc4DD8KZibdeR3qURAhD3AJ94jUy7ioX2ALOtJpzHrSf5u/mH3QCgqaFW 1ky2XCThCkoX52uWJZXrqd0= =OabI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Fri Dec 15 14:14:05 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Sat Dec 16 17:41:47 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport AWOS Message-ID: Friends of the Bend Airport, For the first time since it was installed in April, 2006, I have to report that the Bend AWOS is temporarily inoperative. It appears the storm last night blew the on-site transformer. Unfortunately, the Airport Beacon is on the same circuit, so we lost it, too. I had hoped it would be simple to repair, but it looks like we're going to have to air freight in a new transformer. We have been working with the manufacturer and our local electrical contractor and promise you this is the number one priority for me right now. I regret the incovenience and I'll let you know when it's back up, which I estimate may be a few days. Greg Phillips Manager, Bend Municipal Airport PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From mvbond at myexcel.com Tue Dec 19 00:03:15 2006 From: mvbond at myexcel.com (mvbond) Date: Tue Dec 19 00:02:43 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA December Newsletter Message-ID: <45879CC3.1010502@myexcel.com> The PDF version has been sent to Gary for adding to the website. Here is the text version, without photos, etc.! Mike Bond _______________________________________________________________ CASCADE FLYER December 2006, Vol. 06, Issue 12 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: The 99s had a wonderful Holiday party last week. That will be a tough act to follow but we will try our best with this month's CO-OPA meeting. Per our usual schedule the meeting will start with a bit of hanger flying at 6:00pm, followed at 6:30pm by our potluck. The club will provide the main dish and the membership will provide the rest of the trimmings. At 7:00pm we will have a short meeting followed by our main event: the Yankee Swap. Everyone needs to bring an aviation related white elephant gift. New or used doesn't matter. Maybe there is some unused gadget at the bottom of your flight bag that needs a new home? Maybe even a tailwheel spring? Wrap it up and place it under our tree. Then watch the fun. Expect this to be our best meeting of the year so be there or be square. Many thanks to Bill Conklin for dropping by last month. It is always interesting to hear what is going on at Air Life and Bill had some great stories to tell. Calendar: 21 December - Monthly Meeting - XMAS Party 23 December - Monthly Flyout? 18 January - Monthly Meeting 20 January - Monthly Flyout 15 February - Monthly Meeting 17 February - Monthly Flyout 15 March - Monthly Meeting 17 March - Monthly Flyout 19 April - Monthly Meeting 21 April - Monthly Flyout 17 May - Monthly Meeting 19 May - Monthly Flyout Web doings: Want to do your own research on aviation accidents? Halfway down the links page is a link to the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. You can search accidents by date, place, aircraft model and many other variables. As always, the CO-OPA website contains recent newsletters and other goodies. http://co-opa.rellim.com To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Barbara Malcolm from Incredible Events has been sending put emails to get the next Aviation Day off the ground. As hard as it is to believe it really is time to start planning for next summer. Please consider volunteering to help make next years event the best one ever. Drop me a line if you would like to help. Random Thoughts: Looks like it is time for me to go back and re-study some of the aviation basics. Last week I was reminded that I had forgotten the NTSB definitions of an aviation accident and an incident. To qualify as an accident to the NTSB things have to go really badly. Much more badly than a layman would expect. Here are the relevant parts of NTSB 830.2: "Aircraft accident means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage." Clearly if someone is seriously injured you have an accident in anybody's definition. What I had forgotten is how bad damage can be and not qualify as "substantial damage". "Engine failure or damage limited to an engine if only one engine fails or is damaged, bent fairings or cowling, dented skin, small punctured holes in the skin or fabric, ground damage to rotor or propeller blades, and damage to landing gear, wheels, tires, flaps, engine accessories, brakes, or wingtips are not considered `substantial damage' for the purpose of this part." In theory this means you can have a really hard landing, collapse the landing gear, seriously shorten your spinning prop, and ding your wingtip as you careen to a stop, and you still do not have an accident in the eyes of the NTSB. I am positive that if I did a tiny fraction of that amount of damage to customer equipment they would no doubt consider it an accident. So what does my hypothetical hard landing mean in the eyes of the NTSB? They would call it an incident. "Incident means an occurrence other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operations." Or maybe not; as a final test of the definition I went to the NTSB online Aviation Accident Database. With just a little searching it was easy to find several simple gear- up and gear collapse "accidents" with no injuries or serious damage. Looks like the practical definition of an NTSB Aviation Accident is not so simple after all. No matter what you want to call it, accident or incident, let's not have of them in 2007. Stay safe out there. Gary E. Miller President Our Christmas charity program is going as planned; a very nice and deserving young lady has been selected by the teachers to receive our help. Some of the teachers are so pleased with the selection they are going to donate to our cause too. The shopping will get underway very soon and we will have an accounting and photos at the January meeting. Thanks to all that participated in this heart-warming event, you can feel good knowing that through you efforts a deserving but less fortunate person will have a wonderful Christmas. When this young lady was asked if there was anything in particular she would like to have, she said "I have always wanted to take one of the names from the gift tree in the mall and buy a gift for one of the children" "can I please do that?" Best wishes to all.........keep the good thoughts going.........enjoy each day to the utmost and always remember: Yesterday is history......Tomorrow is a mystery.....Today is a gift....that is why they call it the "Present". ????. Don & Norma Wally Olsen and Evergreen Field By Ed Endsley My memories of Wally Olsen and Evergreen Field in Vancouver Washington are prompted by a CO-OPA Flyout this last year. I flew with Gary Miller in his T- 210 and we were accompanied by Curtis Turner in his Apache. As we came down the Columbia Gorge we flew the ten-mile DME around Portland Class C on our way to Scappoose. I could see the green space of Evergreen Field surrounded by urban Vancouver and it brought back memories of flying out of there a decade before. Gordon Baxter wrote a memorable column about Wally, his airplanes, and his airfield, in his usual Bax Seat style for the January '95 issue of Flying Magazine. "The Ol' Man and the Jenny." Wally was 82 then. Wally and Evergreen are gone now but I want to tell you about the experiences that are special to me. Many of you may have much more to tell and please let us know about your experiences. This was one of those special aviation sanctuaries that Wally preserved and many of us benefited from. I met Wally on a bad day when one of his customer- friends had deliberately crashed the beautiful Champ that I had come to fly. In depression and desperation, despondent over losing his medical, the pilot destroyed himself and the Champ. So sad. It was a few days before we could move on. On April 27th, 1995, Wally and I sat on the bench out front where he and Lindbergh once sat talking. Wally didn't say how Charles had dropped in but Charles wanted to fly Wally's Champ so Wally propped it for him and went back to the bench to wait. I hoped I would fly the same airplane and sit in the same seat Charles did. Due to the circumstances, I was unable to do that, but I do know I sat on the same bench with Wally that he had shared with Lindbergh. Wally told me that this plane I was about to fly was the plane he flew to Alaska a few times and I wondered about such an endeavor but understood the little Taylorcraft was quite a bit newer then. Wally didn't talk a lot unless he had something to say, but he had a lot of things to talk about. He told me stories while we waited and I was aware that I was in a very special presence. I was so naive that one of the few things I remember, and probably the most important thing for that day, was when he looked directly at me to make sure he had my attention and said "don?t retard the throttle on final until you've got it made, there's no way to restart the engine if it quits." Sounded like pretty good advice to me when I saw the surrounding development from down wind. Wally's Evergreen oasis was the only unimpeded flat spot besides the Columbia River. Going for the river, I would have busted Portland International Class C and drowned. Landing short would mean malls, parking lots, and six plus lanes of automobiles. Keeping the pattern tight and high with big slips to touch down made sense. Getting in and out of the Evergreen area was a one-way deal. Located in a radical cutout of the PDX class C five-mile layer there was only a small route out to the northeast under a two thousand foot floor to the second layer until you were ten miles out. No electrical system, no radios, just VFR in the purest sense. Landing on the grass was like leaning back on a snowboard in powder with a little slippy-slidey. Just like the rest of my coordination efforts at aviating. It was wonderful to feel that three point slap, slip, and slide. After I taxied up and got out I saw Wally looking my way. I gave him this big silly great goofy grin and he nodded back. I'll grant you that I'm no Lindbergh but I think I felt some of the same stuff Charles did when I flew Wally's T-Craft at Evergreen. Thanks Wally. Ed Endsley 2007 CO-OPA MEMBERSHIP DUES In the past, we depended on word of mouth or e-mails to notify the members that annual dues were due Jan. 1. This has not worked very well and many members have said "send me a bill"......so........a snail mail bill is in the mail to everyone on our mailing list except those that have already paid. We hope this makes it easier for everyone. NOVEMBER FLY-OUT FUN: On Nov. 18 we had our monthly fly-out, the destination was John Day, OR (5J0). We awoke to a beautiful day and met at Pro Air. There was definitely frost on the pumpkin?. Gary Miller had a substantial layer of frost on the wings of his plane. With the help of a tie down rope (the old rope trick) two of us were able to quickly remove the bulk of the frost and the sun finished the job for us. We had three planes, eleven people and one dog?. Gary Miller (and his co-pilot Paige The Poodle) flew Gary's Turbo Centurion, Gary Meyer and Denny Morris rode with them on the trip to John Day and on the return trip Gary Meyer and his wife Bindy Beck-Meyer rode back to Bend with them. Mike and Ann Bond in their Cardinal RG gave Bindy Beck-Meyer and Nancy Morris a ride to John Day and on the return trip they had Gary Meyer and his wife Bindy riding back to Bend with them. On the return trip Mike treated his passengers to a practice Instrument Approach into Redmond and then one into Bend. Don and Norma Wilfong flew from Pilot Butte International out to Bend where they picked up their long time friends Lyle and Rosalie Nelson for the trip over and back. Lyle is a pilot but hasn't been doing much flying for several years. John Day has three courtesy cars and our group made use of all three. The FBO called the Grubstake Caf? for us and made reservations so, by the time we got there, they had our table all set up for us?.both the service and the food were good. We always enjoy going to John Day. We certainly appreciated the hometown type welcome and friendly service we received. After we all finished eating we went to the Kam Wah Chung Chinese Museum but they were closed ? we (the Wilfongs) have visited there before and it is quite interesting. I would suggest seeing it when you are in John Day. Gary and Don both flew over the "Lands Inn" airport, just North of Dayville and sized it up for a future fly-out destination. It is a private grass strip that is up on the side of the mountain ?.we (Don & Norma) have been there before and found it to be very user friendly. The runway was a little rough but did not present any problems. The grass in the parking area was a little tall so we had a slightly green prop and nose wheel pant. We (Don & Norma) will not be able to make it to the Dec. potluck/meeting which is always a very, very!!! fun event ??.we will definitely miss being there. We want to wish all of you the best for the holidays and wish you blue skies and tail winds for the upcoming year. Don & Norma Wilfong ___________________________________________________________ COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 20340 Empire Blvd., E-3 Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem@rellim.com Vice President Nancy Lecklider 3054 NW Clubhouse Dr Bend, OR 97701 541 330-1853 leckone@bendcable.com Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw@bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed@edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond@myexcel.com From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Wed Dec 20 11:39:57 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Wed Dec 20 11:49:58 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Update #11 Message-ID: Hello, all, and Happy Holidays, I am enclosing the most recent Bend Airport update covering the plans and developments at the Airport. There are great things coming in 2007 and I can't wait to share them with all of you as we round the corner into the New Year. You can also access this on the Bend Airport website at www.bendairport.org. My best wishes to you all. Greg Phillips Manager, Bend Municipal Airport PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 December 18, 2006 Airport Update #11 Friends and Tenants of the Bend Municipal Airport: The holiday season is definitely in the air. My very best wishes to you all and I am looking forward to the big projects in store for the Airport starting next spring. Here is an update on the latest happening out around the cold, hard tarmac. CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE: RUNWAY 16/34 RELOCATION PROJECT: With the New Year just around the corner, we?re starting to gear up for this great project. As I mentioned in my last update, we have received approval for the first year?s grant funds from the FAA and we have selected the contractor to do the work. After negotiating with the contractor, Hap Taylor & Sons, we have reached an agreement how best to approach the project. At this point, I?d say they are ahead of the game and beginning to order the supplies and commodities needed to get the project underway. Currently, we are planning for an official construction start date of March 15, 2007, with an end goal of having the new runway open by October 31, 2007. Again, we will not have all items in the project completed by the time the runway opens based on our funding schedule from the FAA, but we will have the runway itself open. As we get closer to locking in the schedule for construction, I will be sure to let you know. Additionally, I am planning on doing a construction update to all of you as needed to keep you apprised of our progress. OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL: They say there aren?t perks to this job, but the last two weeks have proven that adage wrong. I bought a chain saw! Perhaps I should explain. One of the prime goals for the new runway, as most of you know, is to develop new instrument approach procedures for the Airport. This will include new approaches for Runway 34, as well as for Runway 16. Additionally, we are petitioning for vertically guided LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) approaches at both ends of the runway. To accomplish this, we have surveyed and completed obstruction surveys based on the new runway profile and location to submit to the National Flight Data Center, which is a requirement for new procedure development. Well, as you might suspect, there were numerous trees in the approaches and in the primary surface surrounding the area of the new runway. It was cheaper for me to buy a chainsaw and cut the trees down myself than to hire someone to do it, and being cheap, that?s what I did. A great stress reliever, I have found. We only cut the trees that actually penetrated the FAR Part 77/TERPS Order 8100 Approach and Departure surfaces from our obstruction surveys, so you will still find trees on the approach to Runway 16. Follow the VASI, of course, and you?ll be well clear. WATER MASTER PLANNING: Perhaps you already know that the Bend Municipal Airport is not on a pressured waterline system from downtown Bend, but is instead completely self-sufficient on a well system. There are two wells on the Airport and three water reservoirs that control the system. With the growth anticipated for the Airport and the evaluated high expense of bringing City water out to the Airport, we have begun the process of establishing a 3rd Well on the Airport and creating a Water Master Plan for the Airport. Thanks go to engineer Victoria Wodrich of the City Engineering Department for spearheading this effort. In addition, we recently replaced the pump to the large eastside well, so things seem to be flowing smoothly now in the water department at the Airport. Ahem?bad pun intended. SNOW SEASON: Just a quick reminder that we?re in the snow season now and we will endeavor to keep the runways and taxiways clear as the situation requires. Our policy is to plow when there is 1-1/2 inches of snow on the runway and taxiway, and 2 inches on the Apron and the rest of the Airport. Priority will always go to the Runway and Taxiway, followed by the main parking apron and then the ?most-traveled? taxilanes. So far, we?ve only had to plow one time, but we?ll be prepared and, with the able assistance of the Hap Taylor & Sons crews, we?ll keep you on and about your way, too. DEVELOPMENT CAF? 3456: Have you been to the restaurant yet? Chef Dave and his partner Sarah have an exciting menu and so far, lunch has been a real hit! Don?t just take it from me, though. The latest issue of Gusto magazine and the Bend Bulletin have both agreed ? the hip new restaurant in Bend is right here at our own Bend Municipal Airport. Of course, it?s also the restaurant with the best views in town, with the mountains to the west and airplanes to the east. What could be better? Come on by and I?ll see you there. Well done to Chef Dave and the construction crews run by Cannon and Baron Braatz! EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT: On December 6th, we took the final lease development agreement and master lease for the east side development to the Bend City Council. Through their thoughtful questioning, we reached agreement on all but one section of the development agreement, the resolution of which will be discussed at the City Council meeting tonight (December 20th). If the conclusion of that discussion is successful, Professional Air Partners will have the go ahead to begin their development in earnest for the development of the two parcels on the east side of the Airport, which adds up to 42 acres of possible development and over 280,000 square feet of hangar space for the Airport. I believe there?s a strong possibility there could be new hangars on the Airport by the summer of 2007. GENERAL NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS: This one doesn?t need much explanation, but it?s going to be a little easier on your typing fingers from now on to get to or direct someone to the Bend Airport website. Instead of going to the City website and then finding the Airport, or typing the horrendously long URL we had before, just type in www.BendAirport.org or bendairport.org (without the www) and you?ll go straight there. Thanks to CO-OPA and Gary Miller for helping make this happen. Let your friends know, too. IN THE NEWS: Just in case you didn?t see it, there is a good article on Leading Edge Aviation in the latest issue of the Cascade Business News. Well done, guys and gals, and keep up the good work. Also, it?s time has come and gone now, but the November City Edition video, which is played throughout the month in the City admin halls and on TV Cable Channel 11 throughout the month, had an segment about the state of the Bend Airport. AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS): Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water?the AWOS blew up. Well, that?s an overstatement, I suppose, but after the wild windstorm last Thursday, a transformer failed at the AWOS site. It?s a bit of an odd arrangement out there and there wasn?t another transformer like it anywhere in town, of course. After much discussion and calculation between the electrician and the engineer, a new transformer was shipped by Air Freight on Monday and it is supposed to be here and installed today. We upgraded the transformer this time and added another device to the system to add stability and provide headroom to the system until we have the new Electrical Equipment Building (EEB) for the new runway in 2008. At that time, power will come directly from the EEB and we should be more immune to this type of failure. I?ll let you know when it?s back up and running. FAA MANDATE FOR ADDRESSES AND TAIL NUMBERS: I think we all could see it coming, but it has taken five years to manifest in a significant way. While it was not explained to me as having an actual security purpose, a recent mandate I received through the FAA certainly has that appearance. As you know, the FAA, last February, increased it?s expectation for correct and current Aircraft Registration for all aircraft. In that policy statement, they described failure to have accurate Registration records as a ?possible violation of the National Airspace System.? In November, I received a letter requiring the reporting of all based aircraft on the Bend Airport, by tail number and with owner contact information. I have confirmed this requirement directly with the FAA, so it is something we will proceed to comply with. I have Aircraft Tail Numbers and owner contact information for aircraft in the City-owned properties, but I do not have all information for some of the ground leased properties. I will be contacting those of you for whom I don?t have information in the near future. Please understand that this is not my personal request, but comes directly from the FAA. As we approach the FY2008 reauthorization year for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), from which we get most of our funding for capital projects, it is expected that this data may be used to determine funding levels for General Aviation airports. The more airplanes we can prove are based at the Bend Muncipal Airport, the more money we?ll get. CITY OF BEND NO SMOKING POLICY: I am obligated to inform you that the City of Bend Council enacted, on November 15, 2006, a ?Tobacco-Free Campus? in an effort to support public health and a healthy environment. What it means is that all smoke and smokeless tobacco products should not be used on City owned property, including the Bend Airport public areas, such as the ramp areas, the Flight Services Building, the City-owned hangars, and the public parking lots. This ordinance will take effect on March 15, 2007. Ok, that?s it for now, everyone. Happy holidays to all and my sincere best wishes for a fantastic New Year in 2007. Stay tuned, because we have great projects planned! As always, drop me a line if you have a question or an idea about how to make the Bend Airport an even better place. In the meantime, stay out of the ice. Greg Greg Phillips Airport Manager, Bend Municipal Airport (541) 389-0258 gphillips@ci.bend.or.us From GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us Thu Dec 21 12:34:40 2006 From: GPhillips at ci.bend.or.us (Greg Phillips) Date: Thu Dec 21 16:40:06 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport - AWOS and East Side update Message-ID: Hello all, Following the update I sent yesterday, we have two items that were timely enough to update you on. First, the AWOS and Airport Beacon are back up and running at the Airport after replacement of the faulty transformer. Also, in big news, the Bend City Council approved the East Side master agreement and, from what I've heard, the master developers have already met this morning to start planning. Looks like things are moving forward! Best holiday wishes once again to you all, Greg Phillips Manager, Bend Municipal Airport PO Box 431 Bend, OR 97709 (541) 389-0258 From gem at rellim.com Fri Dec 22 10:49:52 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri Dec 22 10:50:02 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] FLy-Out this Saturday Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! There was little enthusiam for a fly-out Saturday since it is so close to Christmas. I for one need a break from the Holiday Crush so I'll go weather permitting. So I may be the only one but I have a spare seat. Fly-out: Meet: 9:30AM ( a late start to allow the frost to melt) Where: The Flight Services building KBDN Depart: 10:00AM Destination: Chiloquin If the weather is bad we'll just run back to town for a brunch. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Ave., Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFjCjT8KZibdeR3qURAr3bAJwI3OkRc+XxtqpB+ykOV4DkwM2IcwCeM2ES 1LWsCr1iAwPxtIhjGETw01w= =6Zfk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Sat Dec 23 08:27:29 2006 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Sat Dec 23 08:27:40 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] FLYOUT DIVERTED Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! KBDN is reporting an overcast ceiling at 3,300 and a vizibiity of 3 miles. Looking out my window that seems awefully generous. The Dalles is reporting even worse and Klamath Falls and Redmond are not much better. There are AIRMETs for icing from the surface to 22,000 over the entire northwest. The prog charts show it just getting worse all day. Even the ducks will be walking today. If anyone had planned to flyout today head for Palmers Cafe at 10am and let's meet for breakfast. It is in the motel at 645 NE Greenwood. The provide a good cheap breakfast. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Ave., Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFjVj08KZibdeR3qURAuUMAJ9Lp3i83s/oxIXCIik5DGhOyUd5WgCgtfZs RqhIJMNLJjj+qMPKtvjYITI= =Kv+x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From dwnw at bendbroadband.com Sun Dec 24 14:48:27 2006 From: dwnw at bendbroadband.com (dwnw@bendbroadband.com) Date: Sun Dec 24 15:00:52 2006 Subject: [Co-opa] wishing you all.... Message-ID: MELLI KALIKI MAKA from the island of Kauai........see you all next year........Don & Norma