From kmuinch at hotmail.com Thu Jan 1 10:28:09 2009 From: kmuinch at hotmail.com (Kim Muinch) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:28:09 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Ride Offered / Share Expenses Day Trip Down To Weed, CA This Saturday 3-Jan Message-ID: I am flying from Prineville to Weed this coming Saturday for the day to visit my brother. Leaving 8 AM, returning before dark. 3 seats available. Share fuel cost. Kim Muinch(541) 848-3600 From ed at edendsley.com Mon Jan 12 11:26:45 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:26:45 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Special Aviation Program Announcement: Message-ID: Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, January 15, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! We are honored to welcome Lt. Col. Dick Tobiason, US Army, Ret. as our speaker. Lt. Col. Tobiason has a resume too long to fully enumerate. It includes 20 years as an engineering test pilot for the US Army. A Navy test pilot at Pautuxent River where he also taught many programs. He served in Vietnam as a forward air controller. He was nominated for astronaut training and was an advisor to the White House for NASA. He's been an NTSB accident investigator and a consultant to Boeing... The list goes on. He is an incredible fellow with an amazing story to share with us! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Happy New Year!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Jan 14 03:24:27 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:24:27 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA January 2009 newsletter Message-ID: <496DCB6B.3030803@spiritone.com> Here is the text version of the JANUARY 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the full version on the website. Mike Bond ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CASCADE FLYER January 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 1 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful, And since we've no place to go, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow - Lyrics That pretty much describes our December meeting: frightful weather outside. Attendance was light and even our speaker found himself snow bound. However, those few brave enough to venture out were greeted by good fellowship and a whole Roast Turkey for dinner. We even managed a quorum for a limited Yankee Gift Swap. Oddly enough Ed Endsley ended up with his own gift and refused unwrap it. Enquiring minds still are curious as to its contents and suspicions are that it was something that Ed did not really want to part with. Or maybe it was the wayward tail wheel spring? We may never know. Starting off this year with a bang our guest speaker will be Lt. Col. Dick Tobiason. He will be telling about his days as both an Army and a Navy test pilot as well as other highlights of his aviation career. This month the forecast is for severe clear for our meeting so let us start off the New Year with a big crowd. We'll start with cheery chatting at 6pm followed at 6:30pm by the usual outstanding pot luck. Then at 7pm we'll start the 'formal' program. Calendar: 15 January - Monthly Meeting 17 January - Monthly Flyout 19 February - Monthly Meeting 21 February - Monthly Flyout 19 March - Monthly Meeting 21 March - Monthly Flyout 16 April - Monthly Meeting 18 April - Monthly Flyout 21 May - Monthly Meeting 23 May - Monthly Flyout My Inbox: In November we lost Susan Palmeri as our Airport Manager and now in December we have lost her boss John Russell (former Director of Economic Development). 2008 was clearly a difficult year for the staff of Bend. Last I heard, the city head count was way down with no plans to reverse the trend. The good news is that the city has seen the value in having a full time airport manager. They see how having Greg Phillips and Susan Palmeri running the airport brought millions of dollars into the area and want to continue that success. The city put out a call for applicants and that is now closed. The next step will be to interview the applicants. Lets hope we get another productive airport manager soon! Web doings: January is membership renewal month for the CO- OPA. In 2009 for the first time the OPA is also moving to a calendar year membership, so you should also have received an OPA renewal notice recently. You can renew your OPA membership online at: http://www.oregonpilot.org/membership/renew.html. Renewals for CO-OPA need to be given to our treasurer Don Wilfong. If you did not receive a snail mail bill for your CO- OPA dues then we probably do not have your current mailing address. You can check the address we have for you in our members only area at: http://co-opa.com/members/members.html To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". Random Thoughts: September 11, 2001. That is a day we will be talking about the rest of our lives. Even the President had been briefed in advance that Osama was planning great evil yet government response was non-existent. After the fact even the craziest anti-terrorist measures were over-funded. Such is life. Once burned, twice shy. Over reaction to traumatic events is normal and to be expected. For a while. It is 2009, Many years since any real, or potentially real, threat on USA soil. Still the idiocy persists, and even spreads. The Department of Fatherland Security -- yes, US Senators call it that -- keeps inventing solutions to non-existent movie plot type security problems. Only this time it affects us, the General Aviation community, directly. Now the TSA wants all GA aircraft over 12,500 pounds to comply with all the same security measures as commercial carriers. This is just silly. We have all seen the picture of the B-25 that crashed into the Empire State building in 1945. Even something as large as a medium bomber flying directly into a modern building causes very little damage to the building. The risk of a 12,500 pound aircraft to national security is minimal, no credible threat has ever been uncovered. DC-3s are not weapons of mass destruction. And yet the TSA now considers such aircraft a serious peril. Proposed TSA requirements would require criminal background checks on all crew members, watch list matching of all passengers, weapons checks before boarding and a whole host of other silly measures. Except they are being serious, not silly. You can expect that the rest of GA will be next for these types of unproductive restrictions. The TSA just has no clue about GA and their attempts at preempting FAA regulation have led to nothing good. The AOPA has been concerned by these proposed regulations. Now the OPA has also become alarmed by these proposals. You should be too. I urge you to contact our congressional representatives Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Greg Walden and ask them to stop the witch hunting. As someone famous has been saying, time for a change. You can find out more on this issue on the AOPA website here: http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/gasecurity/ Gary Miller Pilot blinded by stroke is guided safely to ground - from the Associated Press LONDON ? A British pilot who was suddenly blinded by a stroke during a solo flight was talked safely down by a military pilot, the Royal Air Force said Friday. Jim O'Neill asked for help after he was went blind 40 minutes into a flight from Scotland to southeastern England last week. The BBC reported that O'Neill, flying a small Cessna aircraft, lost his sight 5,500 feet in the air. "It was terrifying," O'Neill said. "Suddenly, I couldn't see the dials in front of me." The air force said in a news release that O'Neill initially believed he'd been "dazzled" by bright sunlight, and made an emergency call for help. He then realized that something more serious was happening, and said, "I want to land, ASAP." RAF Wing Commander Paul Gerrard was just finishing a training flight nearby and was drafted in to help the stricken pilot. Gerrard located the plane, began flying close to it and radioed directions. "For me, I was just glad to help a fellow aviator in distress," he said. "Landing an aircraft literally blind needs someone to be right there to say 'Left a bit, right a bit, stop, down,'" Gerrard said. "On the crucial final approach, even with radar assistance, you need to take over visually. That's when having a fellow pilot there was so important. O'Neill's son, Douglas, said his father is an experienced pilot who has flown for nearly two decades. The 65-year- old is recovering in hospital where he is beginning to regain his sight. "The doctors have confirmed that he suffered a stroke from a blood clot, but he doesn't seem to have suffered any other ill-effects apart from losing his sight," Douglas O'Neill said. "He says he went blind very suddenly and then, once he'd got over the shock, was able to distinguish a bit of darkness and light." In a recording posted to the BBC's news Web site, Gerrard gives O'Neill instructions ? "a gentle right hand turn, please," is called for at one point ? and he can be heard apologizing. "You could hear the apprehension in his voice over the radio and the frustration he was experiencing," said radar controller Richard Eggleton. "I kept saying 'Are you visual?' and he would reply 'No sir, negative, I'm sorry sir.' He kept on apologizing. With Gerrard talking him down, O'Neill's plane hit the runway and bounced up again, the RAF said. It did the same on the second touchdown. On the third, O'Neill was able to keep his plane on the ground. "It's one of those things you might hear about happening in some sort of all-action film but it's hard to believe what they did," Douglas O'Neill said of the RAF. "They were just tremendous." One hundred miles per gallon By Dave Hirschman, Pilots usually think of airplane flight performance in terms of gallons an hour?not miles per gallon. AOPA member and aeronautical innovator Klaus Savier, owner of Light Speed Engineering based at Santa Paula Airport (SZP) in Southern California, has been setting speed and efficiency records for two decades in his experimental, Rutan-designed Vari-EZ?a plane that serves as a technology demonstrator for products that hint at possibilities for improving the efficiency of the GA fleet. "Efficiency and speed go hand in hand," said Savier, a German-born engineer, glider pilot, and composite materials expert. "They're so closely related that it's really a matter of emphasis. Do you go as fast as possible and disregard how much noise you make and fuel you burn? Or do you optimize the airframe, engine, and propeller for maximum efficiency? To me, achieving speed through efficiency has always been more elegant." Savier has altered his Vari-EZ and its Continental 0-200 engine by adding computerized fuel injection and ignition systems of his own design. He typically flies at 190 KTAS while getting a Prius-like 50 miles per gallon. Although his Vari-EZ carries just 30 gallons of fuel, Savier has flown it nonstop to Oshkosh, Wis., (1,522 nm) and Panama City, Fla., (1,700 nm). If he slows to extend range, Savier's mileage approaches100 miles per gallon To improve the flight efficiency of the GA fleet, Savier says magnetos need to be replaced, once and for all, with electronic ignitions, and engines need the kinds of precise fuel injection that allows his Continental to run an almost incomprehensible 300 degrees lean of peak. In fact, Savier says his engine runs so lean, and so cool, that he has trouble keeping cylinder heads and oil temperatures warm enough at altitude?even though his engine has no oil cooler. On a typical long-distance flight, Savier flies at an altitude of 17,500 feet, about 35-percent power, full throttle, 190 KTAS, burning 3.5 gallons of fuel per hour. He has flown his Vari-EZ about 4,500 hours during 20- plus years of ownership and collected mountains of data. Switching to electronic ignition and computerized fuel injection, he says, would improve the GA fleet's flight efficiency 20 percent without any airframe modifications. Savier tires of what he calls the aviation industry's circular arguments about the merits of electronic ignition, computerized fuel injection, and lean-of-peak operations. Definitive answers, he says, have been provided by the automobile industry and verified in a variety of aircraft and engines over tens of thousands of hours. "As long as you have magnetos, you simply can't get the large spark from a big electrode gap or advanced timing you need for peak efficiency," he said. "For all these guys that think magnetos are so great, I only have one question: Why don't you put magnetos in your cars?" SMA refines diesel engine By Mike Collins, AOPA Because the European Union is limiting exhaust gas emissions and the EPA has been required to regulate aviation emissions by the Clean Air Act, "avgas will disappear sooner than you think," said Alain Pierre Deniau, senior vice president of SMA Engines in Grand Prairie, Texas. SMA believes a piston engine with a low specific fuel consumption, burning Jet A1 fuel?available at most airports around the world?will benefit the environment. In addition, the engine's slower rotation speed helps to reduce the aircraft's noise signature SMA continues to refine its SR 305-230 aviation diesel engine. Improvements to the SR 305-230 include dual turbochargers, with one moved to the side; a new intercooler; improved airflow; and improved engine cooling. The starter, alternator, and air box are new, and the cylinder heads have been upgraded. The engine's field experience continues to grow. Currently there are 44 SR 305-230 engines in service; the oldest has been operated 763 hours, Deniau said. A time between overhaul (TBO) validation test is in progress. SMA continues to work with partners on type certificates and supplemental type certificates to allow additional airframe installations, including the new-generation Cessna 182; Maule M-9; and various Piper aircraft, including the PA-25, PA-28, and PA-34 series. Approvals could be developed for any single- or twin- engine fixed-wing aircraft, from 200 hp to 270 hp, Deniau said. COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw at bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw at bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 18:37:09 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:37:09 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <6070c9830901161837x66c5cf36j3815a29373130839@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG...................FINALLY A SUNSHINE DAY FOR OUR MONTHLY FLY-OUT........ WEATHER.GOV SAYS IT WILL BE SUNSHINE ALL DAY TOMORROW..........SO............PLAN TO BE AT PRO-AIR TOMORROW MORNING AT 0900 FOR A 0930 DEPARTURE TO CHILOQUIN...........WE PARK JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM MELITA'S CAFE WHERE THEY SERVE GOOD BREAKFASTS.......DON'T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY SLIP BY...........GET SOME TIME IN THE AIR....... SEE YOU AT 0900 IN THE MORNING DON WILFONG....TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR............CO-OPA From mvbond at spiritone.com Fri Jan 16 23:31:12 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:31:12 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <49718940.7040701@spiritone.com> Regrettably, this now looks unlikely ..... BDN vis at 11pm now a quarter mile with 100ft ceiling and freezing fog, same at RDM. If only it had held off one more day ... but we can still meet at 9am for and go for breakfast .... Mike Bond ======================================================= HEY GANG...................FINALLY A SUNSHINE DAY FOR OUR MONTHLY FLY-OUT........ WEATHER.GOV SAYS IT WILL BE SUNSHINE ALL DAY TOMORROW..........SO............PLAN TO BE AT PRO-AIR TOMORROW MORNING AT 0900 FOR A 0930 DEPARTURE TO CHILOQUIN...........WE PARK JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM MELITA'S CAFE WHERE THEY SERVE GOOD BREAKFASTS.......DON'T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY SLIP BY...........GET SOME TIME IN THE AIR....... SEE YOU AT 0900 IN THE MORNING DON WILFONG....TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR............CO-OPA From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Jan 17 06:55:59 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:55:59 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] FOILED AGAIN Message-ID: <6070c9830901170655i3ac1a643i96ff46ad90f0304c@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG...........THINGS CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY........THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES THAT WERE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA FOR TODAY HAVE GONE AWAY..........WE NOW HAVE FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE...........OUR FLY-OUT TO CHILOQUIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED..........TOO BAD THIS COULDN'T HAVE HELD OFF FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY...........LET'S PLAN TO MEET AT THE PALMER'S CAFE (645 N.E. GREENWOOD) AT 0900 FOR BREAKFAST, SOME HANGAR FLYING AND "AGAIN" WE CAN LAMENT THE FACT OUR FLY-OUT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER. ARNIE VETTERICK HAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS SUMMER WE PLAN A FLY-OUT TO JOHNSON CREEK, IDAHO FOR AN OVERNIGHTER (MAYBE EVEN TWO OR THREE NIGHTS)........JOHNSON CREEK IS JUST A SHORT FLIGHT EAST OF McCALL, IDAHO AND IS A BEAUTIFUL LONG GRASS RUNWAY.........THERE ARE LOTS OF CAMPING SPACES, SHOWERS, A COURTESY CAR OR TWO, A PLACE TO SWIM A SHORT DRIVE AWAY (IT IS CALLED THE ICE HOLE) THIS IS WHERE THEY USED TO CUT BLOCKS OF ICE AND STORE THEM IN SAWDUST IN ICE HOUSES SO THEY HAD ICE WELL INTO THE SUMMER........NORMA AND I HAVE SWAM THERE.....JOHNSON CREEK IS ALSO A GOOD BASE TO FLY FROM IF YOU WISH TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE OTHER BACK COUNTRY AIRPORTS IN IDAHO...SMILEY CREEK IS A GREAT PLACE TO FLY TO AND IT IS JUST A SHORT WALK TO A CAFE FOR BREAKFAST IF THAT IS YOUR CHOICE...........SULPHUR CREEK IS ANOTHER GREAT PLACE TO FLY FOR BREAKFAST (IF THE CAFE IS STILL OPEN) ........ONE OF OUR FAVORITES "BIG CREEK LODGE" AT BIG CREEK AIRPORT BURNED TO THE GROUND THIS LAST YEAR........THEY HAD A QUAINT OLD HOTEL YOU COULD STAY IN (WE DID A FEW TIMES) AND THEY SERVED GREAT MEALS.........SAD TO LOSE THIS ONE..........BACK TO JOHNSON CREEK...........THE LITTLE TOWN OF YELLOW PINE IS JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM THE AIRPORT AND THEY HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.........THE OLD CAFE/BAR HAS SIGNS SAYING TO CHECK YOUR GUNS AT THE DOOR.........REALLY A FUN PLACE.. WE WILL PICK A DATE AND A BACKUP DATE FOR THE FLY-IN TO JOHNSON CREEK WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT SO YOU CAN PUT IT ON YOUR SCHEDULE.............. SEE YOU AT PALMER'S AT 0900 THIS MORNING......... DON WILFONG........TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR........... From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Jan 17 07:09:10 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:09:10 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] BREAKFAST Message-ID: <6070c9830901170709o62fe317dt8ddc5798a1917589@mail.gmail.com> I SENT ANOTHER E-MAIL OUT REGARDING THE CANCELLATION OF OUR FLY-OUT DUE TO WEATHER.....BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT SO AM SENDING ANOTHER ONE..........PLAN TO MEET AT PALMER'S CAFE ON GREENWOOD AT 0900 FOR BREAKFAST AND HANGAR FLYING............THIS MORNING................DON WILFONG From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Jan 31 17:25:05 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:25:05 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA DUES FOR 2009 Message-ID: <6070c9830901311725x7c57111fm9d6a202b10d093d6@mail.gmail.com> FELLOW FLIERS....... RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR I SENT EVERYONE A "SNAIL MAIL" BILL FOR THE 2009 CO-OPA DUES....SO FAR 28 OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE SENT IN THEIR ANNUAL DUES (ONLY $10.) AND A FEW OF THOSE SENT IN MORE THAN ONE YEARS DUES..... IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE THAT HAVE SENT IN YOUR DUES..........THANK YOU AND PLEASE DISREGARD THIS E-MAIL........ IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO INTENDED TO SEND YOUR DUES IN BUT YOU JUST HAVE NOT GOTTEN AROUND TO IT.........THIS IS A REMINDER TO PLEASE SEND THEM IN NOW............. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO (CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER OF OREGON PILOTS ASSOC.) "CO-OPA" WILL DO.......AND MAIL IT TO CO-OPA, c/o DON WILFONG, 210 S.E. CESSNA DR., BEND, OR 97702........IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND YOUR PLANE INFO......... IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS E-MAIL AND YOU DON'T WISH TO CONTINUE BEING A PART OF CO-OPA.........PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT wilfong.d at gmail.com AND I WILL REMOVE YOU FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP AND E-MAIL LIST.......... IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION......PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME......... BLUE SKIES AND TAIL WINDS TO YOU ALL, DON WILFONG, SEC/TREAS 210 S.E. CESSNA DR., BEND, OR 97702 PH 541 389-1456...........E-MAIL: wilfong.d at gmail.com From gem at rellim.com Thu Feb 5 11:14:33 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:14:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] New Airport Manager Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! FYI, this just in from Dennis Douglas on the new airport manager. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- February 5, 2009 On Tuesday, February 3rd, I participated on a panel to interview Gary Judd for the KBDN Airport Manager job. Gary is the current airport manager at the Grant County Airport (John Day). Gary is a pilot and current CFI, with an A&P. He owns a Piper Warrior. There were eight of us on the interview panel and we asked 15 "canned" questions. Four members of the panel represented the City (City Manager, City Attorney, Public Works, Economic Development), two represented airport managers (Carrie Novick and Bob Noble--President of the OR Airport Managers Ass'n), and two of us represented the KBDN users (Me and Bill Tinney--Chief Pilot at Cessna). All of the questions were taken from previous interviews, except for the three that I had put on the list. My questions related to his communications with the airport users, how he would balance the needs and requirements of the mixed type of aircraft (jets, SE & ME prop, gliders, and helicopters), and airport security. The panel went around and we each read a question in turn to the guy, who had not seen them. Sometimes there were follow-up questions. The City was most interested in how well he'd do in generating monies for the airport (from the FAA and farther down the chain), how much of a self-starter he was, his experience, relationships with and knowledge about Oregon's governmental types and regulators and contractors, real estate (read: ground leases), familiarization with administration procedures, his ability to work with City folk, and so on. We were all very impressed with the guy. He is middle-aged and still has terrific "vitality" and enthusiasm for the job. And he has a great sense of humor. The KBDN job is an upward step for him. I was prepared to find fault somewhere along the line but he convinced all of us that he was the guy for the job. In regards to his mixed-types response he said that all aircraft had a right to use the airport and it was a matter of convincing everyone that each of the others had a right to the runway. He did say that conflicts can be minimized by planning and physically separating different types. He's an advocate for small GA and thinks a lot of the TSA/FAA attempts to bring physical security (fencing) to the airport should only be done if the monies are given from FAA or TSA to do that. He felt that newsletters were good but time-consuming and that they could generate a lot of negative reaction. He prefers frequent and direct communications with the affected people. He strikes me as a no-nonsense guy, but someone who will listen and who is reasonable. Airport-specific issues like the tower and such weren't discussed. I gave him a positive recommendation, as did each of the other members of the panel. After we had made our comments and observations known, Eric King read to us the comments from nine references. (The City asked for six, he provided nine.) Each and every reference had really positive things to say about the guy, although that isn't unexpected since the guy provided the references. But the people spanned the range from his supervisors, to those who had worked for him, and from people in other parts of OR who had worked with him. At the City Council meeting last night (2/4/09), Eric King announced that Gary had accepted the job and would start March 9th. Dennis Douglas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJizqcBmnRqz71OvMRAkIRAJ4xFWQNunvOCF14600lapHJ3u/5mgCcDUeI q9H8HdP5hbeLKuVE/R+xfuY= =mzk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From catacres at webformixair.com Thu Feb 5 15:36:51 2009 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:36:51 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] New Airport Manager References: Message-ID: <00d901c987ea$9f636c80$f0ccd243@cascadecot7hp2> For what it's worth, I'd say you picked a fine Airport manager! I've gotten to know Gary a bit, especially over the last two years, with many weekend flights to Monument & around Grant County. I can even remember in the 90's how friendly he was during our fuel stops in John Day, coming and going from Idaho... Thanks for the good news, Richard www.GoldenBridgeSeminars.com "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." --- Anais Nin ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary E. Miller To: co-opa at rellim.com Cc: Dennis Douglas Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:14 AM Subject: [Co-opa] New Airport Manager -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! FYI, this just in from Dennis Douglas on the new airport manager. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- February 5, 2009 On Tuesday, February 3rd, I participated on a panel to interview Gary Judd for the KBDN Airport Manager job. Gary is the current airport manager at the Grant County Airport (John Day). Gary is a pilot and current CFI, with an A&P. He owns a Piper Warrior. There were eight of us on the interview panel and we asked 15 "canned" questions. Four members of the panel represented the City (City Manager, City Attorney, Public Works, Economic Development), two represented airport managers (Carrie Novick and Bob Noble--President of the OR Airport Managers Ass'n), and two of us represented the KBDN users (Me and Bill Tinney--Chief Pilot at Cessna). All of the questions were taken from previous interviews, except for the three that I had put on the list. My questions related to his communications with the airport users, how he would balance the needs and requirements of the mixed type of aircraft (jets, SE & ME prop, gliders, and helicopters), and airport security. The panel went around and we each read a question in turn to the guy, who had not seen them. Sometimes there were follow-up questions. The City was most interested in how well he'd do in generating monies for the airport (from the FAA and farther down the chain), how much of a self-starter he was, his experience, relationships with and knowledge about Oregon's governmental types and regulators and contractors, real estate (read: ground leases), familiarization with administration procedures, his ability to work with City folk, and so on. We were all very impressed with the guy. He is middle-aged and still has terrific "vitality" and enthusiasm for the job. And he has a great sense of humor. The KBDN job is an upward step for him. I was prepared to find fault somewhere along the line but he convinced all of us that he was the guy for the job. In regards to his mixed-types response he said that all aircraft had a right to use the airport and it was a matter of convincing everyone that each of the others had a right to the runway. He did say that conflicts can be minimized by planning and physically separating different types. He's an advocate for small GA and thinks a lot of the TSA/FAA attempts to bring physical security (fencing) to the airport should only be done if the monies are given from FAA or TSA to do that. He felt that newsletters were good but time-consuming and that they could generate a lot of negative reaction. He prefers frequent and direct communications with the affected people. He strikes me as a no-nonsense guy, but someone who will listen and who is reasonable. Airport-specific issues like the tower and such weren't discussed. I gave him a positive recommendation, as did each of the other members of the panel. After we had made our comments and observations known, Eric King read to us the comments from nine references. (The City asked for six, he provided nine.) Each and every reference had really positive things to say about the guy, although that isn't unexpected since the guy provided the references. But the people spanned the range from his supervisors, to those who had worked for him, and from people in other parts of OR who had worked with him. At the City Council meeting last night (2/4/09), Eric King announced that Gary had accepted the job and would start March 9th. Dennis Douglas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJizqcBmnRqz71OvMRAkIRAJ4xFWQNunvOCF14600lapHJ3u/5mgCcDUeI q9H8HdP5hbeLKuVE/R+xfuY= =mzk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Co-opa mailing list Co-opa at rellim.com http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From tshepherd at ci.bend.or.us Thu Feb 12 12:42:14 2009 From: tshepherd at ci.bend.or.us (tshepherd at ci.bend.or.us) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:42:14 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] IMPORTANT NOTICE for the Bend Airport - Please Read! Message-ID: Good afternoon. Just wanted to keep everyone updated regarding the goings on at the airport. Starting Monday, February 16, 2009 and continuing for the remainder of that week Knife River will be trenching along the west side of the City - D hangars (63070) to install the electrical for the new Electrical Room going in the north end of that same hanger (where the airport had miscellaneous equipment stored). Knife River is willing to accommodate, within reason, those tenants in the vicinity of the D Hangars if they need to go in or out of their hangar. The work will go from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m each evening. The trench will be back filled with gravel each night and the area cleaned up. Thank you, in advance, for your patience while the city moves forward improving the airport. If you have any questions, please send me an email. Thank you. Terri Shepherd Administrative Specialist Economic Development/Urban Renewal (541) 330-4021 ph City of Bend 710 NW Wall St Bend, OR 97701 From ed at edendsley.com Mon Feb 16 12:47:57 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:47:57 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, February 19, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! This month we go to the movies. A special screening of "To Fly" featuring breathtaking aerial photography... First shown at the Smithsonian Museum, this film won many international awards. One benefit of your association membership is experiencing aviation presentations that are unavailable anywhere else. Please come and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Have a great year in 2009!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From mvbond at spiritone.com Tue Feb 17 20:08:06 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:08:06 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Ethanol bill in the Oregon legislature Message-ID: <499B89A6.4020709@spiritone.com> This info is from Dean Billing, , expanding on his presentation at the last EAA1345 chapter meeting. Mike Bond -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Douglas raised the issue of having some sample verbiage to use if chapter members wanted to write Oregon legislators about the ethanol bill in this session of the legislature.The most prominent bill right now is HB-2559, introduced by Representative Gilman (R-medford). Right now this bill will only repeal the ethanol mandate that was passed in HB-2210 back in 2007 and it will repeal all of the exemptions that we worked for in SB-1079 in 2008. The bill is now in the House Environment and Water committee. Maybe it will come up for hearing, maybe it won't. The bill is sponsored by Republicans, the Oregon House and the committee is run by Democrats. Only one member of the committee is also a sponsor of the bill. If citizens want action on this bill they need to address emails or letters to the members of the Oregon House Environment and Water committee: Ben Cannon, Chairman rep.bencannon at state.or.us Vic Gilliam, Vice-Chair rep.vicgilliam at state.or.us Jefferson Smith, Vice-Chair rep.jeffersonsmith at state.or.us Jules Bailey rep.juleskopelbailey at state.or.us Phil Barnhart rep.philbarnhart at state.or.us Cliff Bentz, Co-sponsor rep.cliffbentz at state.or.us Deborah Boone rep.deborahboone at state.or.us Bob Johnson rep.bobjenson at state.or.us Please cc George Gillman, sponsor of the bill, rep.georgegilman at state.or.us I have written a letter to the committee. It can be seen here: http://e0pc.com/forum/index.php?topic=119.0 It is probably overkill, because as all of you know, I am verbose ... learned it from Dennis. ;-) But the key points are: 1. SB-1079 doesn't work, it is very difficult to get ethanol free unleaded gasoline in the state of Oregon, which is an unnecessary economic burden in this down economy. 2. If the bill passes in its present form, nothing will change because of the federal RFS mandate, EISA 2007, but all of our exemptions will be gone, so we will be worse off than we are now. 3. Ethanol mandates are having a negative effect on our economy. Oregon has the highest gasoline price in the Northwest. Ethanol costs more than gasoline now, so we have never enjoyed the promise of lower prices at the pump, to say nothing of the mileage decline from ethanol. 4. The only way to protect all of the economic entities in Oregon that depend on ethanol free gasoline, especially the marine and aviation industry but also many others, is to prohibit the blending of ethanol in premium unleaded gasoline. Without this protection the economy of Oregon will only continue to slide, even faster than it is now. The ethanol mandate and the lack of ethanol free gasoline is a burden on our economy that we cannot afford. Regards -- Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Feb 18 13:09:51 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:09:51 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA February 2009 newsletter Message-ID: <499C791F.7060001@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA February 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER February 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 2 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Many thanks to Dick Tobiason for stopping by in January. I had no idea how much WWII aviation (and other military) activity took place along the Hwy 97 corridor. Dick is trying to get the highway named the World War II Veterans Historic Highway. In support of that effort he has gathered a wealth of material that he kindly shared with us. We all learned a lot. This month be sure to drop by for Movie Night. Ed Endsley our program chair has some great material lined up for us and viewer participation is encouraged. So meet for hanger talk at 6pm, pot- luck at 6:30pm and our formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 19 February- Monthly Meeting 21 February- Monthly Flyout 20 March - Monthly Meeting 22 March - Monthly Flyout 17 April - Monthly Meeting 19 April - Monthly Flyout 15 May - Monthly Meeting 17 May - Monthly Flyout 18 June - Monthly Meeting 20 June - Monthly Flyout Web doings: Our own local Central Oregon 99s are stepping up and taking more of an active role in the planning and management of the venerable Palms To Pines Air Race. This year will be the 40th Annual running and of course will be the best ever. They have a new web site for the event, check it out at: http://palmstopines.org For the usual chapter news and other aviation goodies check out our chapter website: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: The city of Bend is leaving many job positions unfilled due to the poor economic climate. Luckily the city now recognizes the value in having the KBDN Airport Manager's filled. They see the need to manage an important asset and bring in significant FAA and ODA funding. Acting quickly to fill the job the city has hired Gary Judd and he will start March 9th. Gary will be moving up from his job managing the John Day airport (Grant County Regional Airport/Ogilvie Field). Many of our members have flown into KGCD on flyouts and fuel stops and have always enjoyed it. No doubt KBDN will benefit greatly having Gary here. Let's be sure to give Gary a warm welcome! Random Thoughts: Our flyouts, and even my personal flying, has been cursed by bad weather. So lacking recent flying experience to stimulate my random thoughts I am forced to turn to the news for inspiration. Maybe inspiration is not the right word. Irritation is probably better. General Aviation seems to be in the news a lot lately. New President Obama plans to fly out of Washington DC weekly in his 747. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, jets home to California every weekend in a military C-20B (Gulfstream III), C- 37A (Gulfstream V) or C-32 (Boeing 757). When the US Senate needs a key lawmaker to return for a key vote they think little of dispatching a jet to fetch the Senator. This happened last week when Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio was fetched to cast a critical vote. Even Al Gore uses private jets to travel the world to give his lectures on global warming. With all this good publicity on the value of General Aviation (in the guise of government/military aviation) you would think that GA would be more valued than ever by the public. Sadly the opposite is true. For some reason Congress has chosen to publicly demonize the same service that they themselves value so highly when campaigning, governing and fund raising. All of us GA folk (and congress critters) know what a great time saver private plane travel can be. How did such a great business tool become a "slap in the face to taxpayers"? Like any tool it can be used in a wasteful manner but that does not appear to be the case here. When a CEO (like Ford's) earns $28M a year, that is $14,000 an hour, do the shareholders really want him stuck in an airport for an extra four hours? All of a sudden a $20,000 round trip jet ride (including staff) starts to look like cost effective time management. The federal government may force CEOs taking government bail money to take salary cuts to $500,000 a year. Even then the private jet makes sense. Can you imagine how angry Congress would be if a CEO missed a congressional hearing because his flight was over booked? Or how angry the shareholders and union negotiators would be when the CEO failed to return to the negotiating table of billion dollar negotiations because of a missed connection in Indianapolis? It is time for Congress to stop the hypocritical grandstanding on very minor details and work on the big details. They have set back GA for at least a dozen years and hurt a lot of aviation businesses along the way. This is not some abstract issue, or just big business issue, it is a local issue. One only needs to look at the ramp at KBDN and the parking lots at Cessna and Epic to see the real effect this hysteria has had on the local economy. That said, I am sure that all of you hope, like I do, that good weather will return soon so I can get back to having random thoughts about real flying, the kind we all know and love here in the high desert. Gary Miller And now for something completely different Engines Rotax 912ULS 200 HP (2 Total) Gross Weight 1,680 lbs Empty Weight 1,040 lbs Useful Load 640 lbs Stall Speed 39 mph Cruise Speed 50 to 100 mph Vne (never exceed speed) 110 mph Rate of Climb 1,500 fpm Rate of Climb Solo 50% fuel 2,000 fpm Rate of Climb Single Engine 300 fpm Fuel Capacity 28 gal Range @ 70 mph 340 mi Endurance 6 Hrs Landing Roll 300 Ft Takeoff Roll less than 200 ft Wings Span 36' Length 27' Height (Vert, Stab.) 8'4" Gear width 8'6" SR-71 breakup! Everything seemed to unfold in slow motion. I learned later the time from event onset to catastrophic departure from controlled flight was only 2-3 sec. Still trying to communicate with Jim, I blacked out, succumbing to extremely high g- forces. The SR-71 then literally disintegrated around us. From that point, I was just along for the ride. My next recollection was a hazy thought that I was having a bad dream. Maybe I'll wake up and get out of this mess, I mused. Gradually regaining consciousness, I realized this was no dream; it had really happened. That also was disturbing, because I could not have survived what had just happened. Therefore, I must be dead. Since I didn't feel bad-- just a detached sense of euphoria--I decided being dead wasn't so bad after all. AS FULL AWARENESS took hold, I realized I was not dead, but had somehow separated from the airplane. I had no idea how this could have happened; I hadn't initiated an ejection. The sound of rushing air and what sounded like straps flapping in the wind confirmed I was falling, but I couldn't see anything. My pressure suit's face plate had frozen over and I was staring at a layer of ice. The pressure suit was inflated, so I knew an emergency oxygen cylinder in the seat kit attached to my parachute harness was functioning. It not only supplied breathing oxygen, but also pressurized the suit, preventing my blood from boiling at extremely high altitudes. I didn't appreciate it at the time, but the suit's pressurization had also provided physical protection from intense buffeting and g-forces. That inflated suit had become my own escape capsule. My next concern was about stability and tumbling. Air density at high altitude is insufficient to resist a body's tumbling motions, and centrifugal forces high enough to cause physical injury could develop quickly. For that reason, the SR-71's parachute system was designed to automatically deploy a small-diameter stabilizing chute shortly after ejection and seat separation. Since I had not intentionally activated the ejection system--and assuming all automatic functions depended on a proper ejection sequence--it occurred to me the stabilizing chute may not have deployed. However, I quickly determined I was falling vertically and not tumbling. The little chute must have deployed and was doing its job. Next concern: the main parachute, which was designed to open automatically at 15,000 ft. Again I had no assurance the automatic-opening function would work. I couldn't ascertain my altitude because I still couldn't see through the iced-up face plate. There was no way to know how long I had been blacked- out or how far I had fallen. I felt for the manual- activation D-ring on my chute harness, but with the suit inflated and my hands numbed by cold, I couldn't locate it. I decided I'd better open the face plate, try to estimate my height above the ground, then locate that "D" ring. Just as I reached for the face plate, I felt the reassuring sudden deceleration of main-chute deployment. I raised the frozen face plate and discovered its uplatch was broken. Using one hand to hold that plate up, I saw I was descending through a clear, winter sky with unlimited visibility. I was greatly relieved to see Jim's parachute coming down about a quarter of a mile away. I didn't think either of us could have survived the aircraft's breakup, so seeing Jim had also escaped lifted my spirits incredibly. I could also see burning wreckage on the ground a few miles from where we would land. The terrain didn't look at all inviting--a desolate, high plateau dotted with patches of snow and no signs of habitation. I tried to rotate the parachute and look in other directions. But with one hand devoted to keeping the face plate up and both hands numb from high- altitude, subfreezing temperatures, I couldn't manipulate the risers enough to turn. Before the breakup, we'd started a turn in the New Mexico- Colorado-Oklahoma-Texas border region. The SR- 71 had a turning radius of about 100 mi. at that speed and altitude, so I wasn't even sure what state we were going to land in. But, because it was about 3:00 p.m., I was certain we would be spending the night out here. At about 300 ft. above the ground, I yanked the seat kit's release handle and made sure it was still tied to me by a long lanyard. Releasing the heavy kit ensured I wouldn't land with it attached to my derriere, which could break a leg or cause other injuries. I then tried to recall what survival items were in that kit, as well as techniques I had been taught in survival training. SR-71 ? continued Looking down, I was startled to see a fairly large animal--perhaps an antelope--directly under me. Evidently, it was just as startled as I was because it literally took off in a cloud of dust. My first-ever parachute landing was pretty smooth. I landed on fairly soft ground, managing to avoid rocks, cacti and antelopes. My chute was still billowing in the wind, though. I struggled to collapse it with one hand, holding the still-frozen face plate up with the other. "Can I help you?" a voice said. Was I hearing things? I must be hallucinating. Then I looked up and saw a guy walking toward me, wearing a cowboy hat. A helicopter was idling a short distance behind him. If I had been at Edwards and told the search-and-rescue unit that I was going to bail out over the Rogers Dry Lake at a particular time of day, a crew couldn't have gotten to me as fast as that cowboy-pilot had. The gentleman was Albert Mitchell, Jr., owner of a huge cattle ranch in northeastern New Mexico. I had landed about 1.5 mi. from his ranch house--and from a hangar for his two-place Hughes helicopter. Amazed to see him, I replied I was having a little trouble with my chute e. He walked over and collapsed the canopy, anchoring it with several rocks. He had seen Jim and me floating down and had radioed the New Mexico Highway Patrol, the Air Force and the nearest hospital. Extracting myself from the parachute harness, I discovered the source of those flapping-strap noises heard on the way down. My seat belt and shoulder harness were still draped around me, attached and latched. The lap belt had been shredded on each side of my hips, where the straps had fed through knurled adjustment rollers. The shoulder harness had shredded in a similar manner across my back. The ejection seat had never left the airplane; I had been ripped out of it by the extreme forces, seat belt and shoulder harness still fastened. I also noted that one of the two lines that supplied oxygen to my pressure suit had come loose, and the other was barely hanging on. If that second line had become detached at high altitude, the deflated pressure suit wouldn't have provided any protection. I knew an oxygen supply was critical for breathing and suit-pressurization, but didn't appreciate how much physical protection an inflated pressure suit could provide. That the suit could withstand forces sufficient to disintegrate an airplane and shred heavy nylon seat belts, yet leave me with only a few bruises and minor whiplash was impressive. I truly appreciated having my own little escape capsule. After helping me with the chute, Mitchell said he'd check on Jim. He climbed into his helicopter, flew a short distance away and returned about 10 min. later with devastating news: Jim was dead. Apparently, he had suffered a broken neck during the aircraft's disintegration and was killed instantly. Mitchell said his ranch foreman would soon arrive to watch over Jim's body until the authorities arrived. I asked to see Jim and, after verifying there was nothing more that could be done, agreed to let Mitchell fly me to the Tucumcari hospital, about 60 mi. to the south. I have vivid memories of that helicopter flight, as well. I didn't know much about rotorcraft, but I knew a lot about "red lines," and Mitchell kept the airspeed at or above red line all the way. The little helicopter vibrated and shook a lot more than I thought it should have. I tried to reassure the cowboy-pilot I was feeling OK; there was no need to rush. But since he'd notified the hospital staff that we were inbound, he insisted we get there as soon as possible. I couldn't help but think how ironic it would be to have survived one disaster only to be done in by the helicopter that had come to my rescue. However, we made it to the hospital safely--and quickly. Soon, I was able to contact Lockheed's flight test office at Edwards. The test team there had been notified initially about the loss of radio and radar contact, then told the aircraft had been lost. They also knew what our flight conditions had been at the time, and assumed no one could have survived. I briefly explained what had happened, describing in fairly accurate detail the flight conditions prior to breakup. The next day, our flight profile was duplicated on the SR-71 flight simulator at Beale AFB, Calif. The outcome was identical. Steps were immediately taken to prevent a recurrence of our accident. Testing at a CG aft of normal limits was discontinued, and trim-drag issues were subsequently resolved via aerodynamic means. SR-71 ? continued The inlet control system was continuously improved and, with subsequent development of the Digital Automatic Flight and Inlet Control System, inlet unstarts became rare. Investigation of our accident revealed that the nose section of the aircraft had broken off aft of the rear cockpit and crashed about 10 mi. from the main wreckage. Parts were scattered over an area approximately 15 mi. long and 10 mi. wide. Extremely high air loads and g-forces, both positive and negative, had literally ripped Jim and me from the airplane. Unbelievably good luck is the only explanation for my escaping relatively unscathed from that disintegrating aircraft. Two weeks after the accident, I was back in an SR- 71, flying the first sortie on a brand-new bird at Lockheed's Palmdale, Calif., assembly and test facility. It was my first flight since the accident, so a flight test engineer in the back seat was probably a little apprehensive about my state of mind and confidence. As we roared down the runway and lifted off, I heard an anxious voice over the intercom. Bill! Bill! Are you there?" "Yeah, George. What's the matter?" "Thank God! I thought you might have left." The rear cockpit of the SR-71 has no forward visibility--only a small window on each side--and George couldn't see me. A big red light on the master-warning panel in the rear cockpit had illuminated just as we rotated, stating, "Pilot Ejected." Fortunately, the cause was a misadjusted micro switch, not my departure. Bill Weaver flight tested all models of the Mach-2 F- 104 Starfighter and the entire family of Mach 3+ Blackbirds--the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71. He subsequently was assigned to Lockheed's L-1011 project as an engineering test pilot, became the company's chief pilot and retired as Division Manager of Commercial Flying Operations. He still flies Orbital Sciences Corp.'s L-1011, which has been modified to carry a Pegasus satellite-launch vehicle (AW&ST Aug. 25, 2003, p. 56). An FAA Designated Engineering Representative Flight Test Pilot, he's also involved in various aircraft- modification projects, conducting certification flight tests. "For those who fly....or long to." =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President -------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw at bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw at bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Feb 20 08:24:22 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:24:22 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <6070c9830902200824i76b19971wf5ebc15b829b7b4@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG................TOMORROW MORNING...........SAT. FEB 21, 09...........0900 HRS...........MEET AT PRO-AIR........PLAN TO DEPART FOR KLAMATH FALLS SOON THEREAFTER............WE WILL SIT AND WATCH THE F-15S COME AND GO AS WE ENJOY BREAKFAST ..........GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BLOW THE RUST OUT OF YOUR CYLINDERS...........GREAT PHOTO OPORTUNITY AS CRATER LAKE IS JUST RIGHT FOR YOUR RETURN FLIGHT..........IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WEATHER HAS PERMITTED US TO HAVE OUR REGULAR MONTHLY FLY-OUT.. DO NOT LET THIS ONE GET AWAY............KLAMATH FALLS HAS A TOWER AND HUGE RUNWAYS..........GREAT CHANCE TO PRACTICE.. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLANE PLAN TO SHOW UP ANYWAY AS THERE ARE USUALLY SOME EXTRA SEATS......... NOW HEAR THIS...............BE THERE.........LET'S MAKE THIS A GOOD ONE WITH SEVERAL PLANES GOING..........INVITE FRIENDS TO FLY ALONG TOO..........THEY DON'T HAVE TO BELONG TO CO-OPA TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN.......... DON WILFONG, TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR 541 389-1456 From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Feb 21 07:43:11 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:43:11 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FLOP Message-ID: <6070c9830902210743u1900fb0dncadb7d93e17b400c@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG......FOILED AGAIN BY THE WEATHER..........VIS AT BEND AIRPORT IS 1/4 MILE IN FREEZING FOG........MAY BURN OFF BUT NOT SURE WHEN............... NEW PLAN............MEET AT I-HOP AT 0900 FOR BREAKFAST.......... DON & NORMA WILFONG From pfking at webmail.us Wed Feb 25 09:00:46 2009 From: pfking at webmail.us (Peter King) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:46 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] New depature procedure at Bend. Message-ID: <01a101c9976a$9b0da4e0$d128eea0$@us> It looks like the FAA will be converting the textual obstacle departure procedure at KBDN to a graphic obstacle departure procedure. Estimated chart date is 7/2/2009. Here's a prototype: http://avn.faa.gov/acifp/2008072915421004001-BDN/PROCEDURE_GRAPHIC.pdf Enjoy! Peter King CFII/MEI-BE35/BE36/BE55/BE58/BE76/C172/C182/C206/COL3/COL4/DA20/DA40/SR20/SR 22 Cirrus Standardized Instructor Columbia Factory Instructor Specializing in TAA, GPS, IFR and other fun acronyms From gem at rellim.com Wed Feb 25 16:49:53 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:49:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Municipal Airport Closure March 3 & 4 notice (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. Note it may be confidential. :-) RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:30:08 -0800 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Subject: Bend Municipal Airport Closure March 3 & 4 notice Due to construction around the safety area the Bend Municipal Airport will be closed Tuesday March 3, 2009 from ?6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Wednesday March 4, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. If you have any questions please contact me via e-mail or at 541-389-0258/541-693-2162. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ? Gina M. Kadow City of Bend/Office Specialist III 541-693-2162 gkadow at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE This e-mail is a public record of the City of Bend and is subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule. This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJpec2BmnRqz71OvMRAh9AAJ4+++m2QHnWeyQMMraQQ/0PWWgzTQCdHm9F +TMYxN9rkGIcofJLDTexB+8= =LcCt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Mon Mar 2 09:46:02 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:46:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] Reminder of Airport Closure (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:56:00 -0800 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Subject: Reminder of Airport Closure To all Tenants- This is ?a reminder that a NOTAM has been issued for Tuesday, March 3, 2009 and Wednesday, March 4, 2009. ? ?The Bend Municipal Airport will be closed on those days from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for construction work. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at 541-3889-0258 or the number below. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Gina M. Kadow City of Bend/Office Specialist III 541-693-2162 gkadow at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE This e-mail is a public record of the City of Bend and is subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule. This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJrBtdBmnRqz71OvMRAoOlAJwNf9otu0MOo7WiYeCXkiFSp4EDpQCgzHaU W+TPyz3Z2vwitLINJQl+JGQ= =hIg8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Mar 6 06:38:26 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 06:38:26 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Fwd: In-Reply-To: <6070c9830903060627x583194f4nc5fb68388a81da29@mail.gmail.com> References: <6070c9830903060627x583194f4nc5fb68388a81da29@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6070c9830903060638p7cf8b428w8381ef471deca4e9@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG..........DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD SUNDAY FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME............THOUGHT THIS LITTLE CHART MIGHT BE HANDY TO HAVE..........DON WILFONG -- "YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY, TODAY IS A GIFT, THAT IS WHY THEY CALL IT THE PRESENT" Eleanore Roosevelt -- "YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY, TODAY IS A GIFT, THAT IS WHY THEY CALL IT THE PRESENT" Eleanore Roosevelt From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Mar 6 06:44:04 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 06:44:04 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] *****SPAM***** TIME CONVERSION CHART Message-ID: <6070c9830903060644l4e9b0d8ds967c9b26c9c3ea43@mail.gmail.com> Spam detection software, running on the system "catbert.rellim.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. 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If you wish to view it, it may be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor. From gem at rellim.com Mon Mar 16 09:42:16 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:42:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] NOTAM issued for Runway Taxiway closure (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. Unexpectedly nasty today. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:33:26 -0700 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Subject: NOTAM issued for Runway Taxiway closure I issued a NOTAM for Bend Municipal Airport for temporary closure of the runway and taxiway for snow plowing at 9:00 A.M. this morning. ? I will advise you as to when it re-opens. Thanks, Gina M. Kadow City of Bend/Office Specialist III 541-693-2162 gkadow at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE This e-mail is a public record of the City of Bend and is subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule. This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJvoFtBmnRqz71OvMRAmiYAJ94p/PoFviwrxQOL8hj9f15UWEs9wCgtb2v BQ37m+sg+v3Eui06ejexJqw= =JoPh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Mon Mar 16 12:08:27 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Municipal Airport NOTAM cancelled (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:50:57 -0700 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Subject: Bend Municipal Airport NOTAM cancelled The NOTAM for temporary closure of 16-34 runway and taxiway for snow plowing has been cancelled as of 11:48 a.m. Gina M. Kadow City of Bend/Office Specialist III 541-693-2162 gkadow at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE This e-mail is a public record of the City of Bend and is subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule. 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If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJvqOtBmnRqz71OvMRAv7HAJ450KGvixZdxcjkyWGaop0f0Hc4ZwCgzkpC htZz0XYyphPiOjKdAf/kdtc= =AKau -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From ed at edendsley.com Tue Mar 17 11:31:37 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:31:37 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, March 19, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! We are honored to have Oregon Aero, http://www.oregonaero.com/ making an up close and personal presentation just for us. "Aerospace Products for Down to Earth Comfort." They believe a comfortable pilot is a safer pilot! An added surprise will be door prizes featuring state of the art pilot products courtesy of world famous Oregon Aero!!! Be there or miss out... One benefit of your association membership is experiencing aviation presentations that are unavailable anywhere else. Come participate and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Have a great year in 2009!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From mvbond at spiritone.com Tue Mar 17 14:54:43 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:54:43 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA March 2009 newsletter Message-ID: <49C01C23.3070509@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA March 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER March 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 3 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: February's program lacked star power but made up for it with great visuals. Instead of having a speaker we watched a good video portraying the history of flight in the United States. As always a good time was had by all. Given our bad luck with weather all winter it was the closest to being in the air most of us have had in a long time. Whatever the program we always have a good time so be sure to drop in with us again this month. As usual the wild tales start at 6pm, followed by a scrumptious potluck at 6:30pm and our formal program at 7pm. Be there or be square. Calendar: 20 March- Monthly Meeting 22 March- Monthly Flyout 17 April- Monthly Meeting 19 April- Monthly Flyout 15 May- Monthly Meeting 17 May- Monthly Flyout 6 June - Bend Airport Day 18 June - Monthly Meeting 20 June - Monthly Flyout 16 July - Monthly Meeting 18 July - Monthly Flyout Web doings: For the usual chapter news and other aviation goodies check out our chapter website: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Butch Roberts from Professional Air just sent me some good news. In spite of the bad economy the Bend Airport Day is full steam ahead. "We are still making plans for airport day, but the date is confirmed, Saturday June 6th, 8AM until 2PM. While I don't have written confirmation, I do have verbal confirmation of a few static displays, we have Canon's 1933 Waco (the Original Indiana Jones plane), a couple of Stearmans, we are going to have two F-15's make a couple of passes, an Army Chinook, US Coast Guard Dolphin, the fully restored UH-1 Huey that lives here (if he is in town), several of our local jets and turbo props, as well as Cessna and Epic. We will have antique cars and hot rods, as well as the annual pancake breakfast and barbecue lunch. We will also offer the kids (and their families) $30.00 airplane and helicopter rides, and invite the community to come out to the airport and hopefully fall in love with general aviation, or at least appreciate everything that is out here. Air Link is willing to open their hangar and I am working on some local business displays for the blue hangar. Any other ideas or help would be appreciated." Random Thoughts: Like most us this winter I have been cursed by the weather. The few times fair skies have beckoned me something has conspired to keep me ground bound. My flying has been limited to being self loading cargo in a human mailing tube or vicariously while watching flying on TV. So it was out of desperation that I was barely paying attention to a History Channel story that my son was watching. I listened a bit more closely when they started on the subject of Flight 19. Flight 19 was the training flight of five TBM torpedo bombers that famously lost themselves forever in the Bermuda triangle late in 1945. Their radio transmissions told of their magnetic compasses swinging wildly and being totally lost. As I expected, the commentator started out with silly conjectures like the lost energy crystals of Atlantis interfering with the compasses. Then something surprising happened, they started interviewing real historians and real pilots about the events of that day. An ordinary tale of a chain of small mistakes becoming a major accident unfolded. A chain that, if broken at any link, would have led to an uneventful conclusion. The reality was much more chilling to me than the usual supernatural telling. A lot of aviation accident stories start the same way. A pilot dispatches on a mission when he is worried, tired, stressed, or sick. Flight 19 started the same way when the Instructor and Flight Leader asked to excused from the mission. We do not know why he asked, and in the military you carry on when ordered to. As civilian pilots no one can override our decision to not fly and we need listen to that inner voice when it tells us something is just not right. The mission was simple. Fly east from Fort Lauderdale for 56 miles, drop some practice bombs, fly east another 67 miles, turn northwest and fly for 71 miles, then turn southwest for the 121 miles back to base. The course was simple, but without GPS, or even VOR/DME, and under broken cloud cover, it was essential that the flight leader dead reckon carefully. Sometime before the turn to the northwest the flight leader was heard complaining that both of his compasses were inoperable. We will never know whether this was due to precipitation static, nearby thunderstorms or merely that the pilot was disoriented and had stop believing his instruments. I doubt it had anything to do with ancient crystals. Now a real urgency existed and the flight leader should have called for help. Luckily for him other pilots heard the pilots of Flight 19 discussing their situation and offered help. The flight leader said he thought he was over the Florida Keys so the helpful advice was to just put the sun over the left wing and head north to the mainland and on to Fort Lauderdale. There was no way the doomed flight was over the Keys. The practice bombing range, their last known position, was east of their home base and the wind was unexpectedly strong from the west. No way could they have traveled well south to the Keys in so short a time. And here we have the leader's third mistake, he had clearly lost his situational awareness. After flying north for a while the "Keys" underneath them disappeared instead of turning into the Florida mainland, the flight leader now realized he might be to the east of base, not south of it. Being a standard training mission the mission planners had anticipated student errors. They had told the students that if they were over water they should head west, into the afternoon sun, until they hit the coast. The wise instructors had laid out a plan, and a backup plan, but for some reason the flight leader turned east! Another big mistake. When things start going wrong you revert to your backup plan and you should have a very solid reason before throwing that out. Several of the other pilots in the flight suggested following the backup plan, turning into the sun, but the advice was ignored. Thus another mistake was committed. Being in the military the other pilots were bound to follow their flight leader, to their deaths in this case, but the flight leader would have been wise to use the collective wisdom of all the pilots to solve their dilemma. The flight leader also failed to follow another standing order: One that he was reminded about over the radio. When lost, climb as high as you can and use your radio to home in on a 3MHz beacon near the base. Presumably the broken ceiling precluded the climb and the flight leader did not want to use his one radio for following a beacon instead of communicating. Clearly another bad choice. After a few more wandering turns Flight 19 did eventually turn west and they should have known they were now on a good course as the radio signals from their base kept getting stronger and stronger. Then the flight leader inexplicably turned and headed east again, sure that he must now be over the Gulf. The radio signal from the base now faded but the flight leader ignored that evidence of his navigational error. Some of the last bits of radio traffic show the command errors did not stop there. The flight leader noted that he was over an island and then continuing east hoping to make land fall before running out of avgas. At that point I believe the flight leader should have been planning his groups ditching and doing so near an island would be much more advantageous than doing so in the open ocean. As Captain Sully recently taught us a well-executed emergency landing is much preferable to merely stretching out the inevitable to whatever fate presents us. There was a lot more detail in the program than I have related here and it was a pleasant surprise to hear aviation well described on TV. It was also a good reminder that accidents are rarely mysterious; they are usually just an unfortunate series of small mistakes adding up to a big problem. ================================================================================== Hayward Air Rally The week after our Airport Appreciation Day this rally will arrive at BDN. See their poster towards the end of this newsletter (PDF version only)? ================================================================================== Special Aviation Program Plan to attend the Thursday, March 19, 2009 Central Oregon ? Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! We are honored to have Oregon Aero, http://www.oregonaero.com/ making an up close and personal presentation just for us. "Aerospace Products for Down to Earth Comfort." They believe a comfortable pilot is a safer pilot! An added surprise will be door prizes featuring state-of-the-art pilot products courtesy of world famous Oregon Aero!!! Be there or miss out... One benefit of your association membership is experiencing aviation presentations that are unavailable anywhere else. Come participate and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Have a great year in 2009!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com ================================================================================= Hudson Trip When they took the plane out of the Hudson they ended up having to detour through East Rutherford NJ - roads were not made for planes. Thanks to Ken for spotting these amazing photos on the Web ====>>>>>>>>>>> ================================================================================= COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw at bendbroadband.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 dwnw at bendbroadband.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com Here is your COOPA February 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Mar 18 22:57:54 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:57:54 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] [Fwd: Ethanol bill hearings in the House] Message-ID: <49C1DEE2.3050505@spiritone.com> From mvbond at spiritone.com Thu Mar 19 00:11:08 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:11:08 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Ethanol bill hearings in the House Message-ID: <49C1F00C.2020907@spiritone.com> OK, so Gary does not allow attachments so here it is again .... Mike Bond +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I was notified by Representative Gilman, sponsor of the ethanol repeal bill HB 2259, today that there will be a hearing for the bill in the Environment and Water committee next week. A few of you were also cc'd. But be aware that there is another, potentially better bill being heard that day too, HB 3177 which would permissively exempt premium unleaded from ethanol blending while leaving all SB 1079 exemptions in place. Be aware that if HB 2259 were to pass in its present form, we would be worse off than we are now because HB 2559 removes all of the SB 1079 exemptions but does nothing to prohibit the blending of ethanol in premium unleaded. *Received 03/18/2009 from Representative Gilman* FYI The ethanol bill (HB 2559) has been scheduled for hearing on March 26 in the Environment & Water Committee - Hearing Room D starting at 3 pm. Five bills are scheduled for hearing that day - all related to ethanol or biofuels. If you want to testify you should plan to provide 25 copies of testimony. Here is a link to the on line committee agendas. http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/agenda/webagendas.htm Representative George Gilman District 55 900 Court St. NE, H-493 Salem, OR 97301 (503) 986-1455 rep.georgegilman at state.or.us *Please Note:* This hearing will also include a hearing for HB 3177: Provides that mandate to sell gasoline blended with ethanol does not apply to gasoline with octane rating of 92 or above. Unfortunately the octane rating is wrong, it should be 91, and the language is permissive, it will do nothing because the federal RFS mandate will swamp the distributors demand for ethanol blending. I hope that the Oregon Pilots Association is ready to represent us in this matter. While I will be testifying, weather allowing me to get over the pass, the legislature does not listen to individuals, they only listen to alphabet groups ... even if the representatives of those groups lie. We now that from past experience with SB 1079. Regards -- Dean Billing From wilfong.d at gmail.com Thu Mar 19 07:17:52 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:17:52 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT PLANS Message-ID: <6070c9830903190717x74a53ecan2d9b2cf35b91df15@mail.gmail.com> *HEY GANG:* ** *SOUNDS LIKE THIS SAT WILL BE A **"SNAFU" (SITUATION NORMAL ALL FOULED UP) THIS IS BECOMING ALL TOO COMMON FOR THE WEATHER TO INTERFERE WITH ANY PLANS FOR A FLY-OUT........OUR NORMAL CO-OPA FLY-OUT IS ON THE SAT. FOLLOWING THE 3RD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH..........WHICH IS THE MONTHLY POTLUCK/MEETING FOR CO-OPA ............* *.....DON'T MISS THE POTLUCK/MEETING TONIGHT (THURS MAR. 19) AND WE WILL DISCUSS POSSIBLE PLANS FOR THIS SAT.* *PROBABLY WE WILL MEET AT A LOCAL CAFE OF OUR CHOICE FOR SOME HANGAR FLYING AND BREAKFAST) WE CAN ALWAYS HOPE FOR THE WEATHERMAN TO BE WRONG AND "JUST MAYBE" WE CAN FLY SOMEWHERE. * ** *NOTE THE PREDICTED WEATHER BELOW FOR THIS SAT...........DON WILFONG....TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR* ** *Saturday: *A chance of snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Snow level 3400 feet rising to 4500 feet. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Southwest wind between 3 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. -- "YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY, TODAY IS A GIFT, THAT IS WHY THEY CALL IT THE PRESENT" Eleanore Roosevelt From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Mar 20 06:56:23 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:56:23 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT ???? Message-ID: <6070c9830903200656n2ca23450gcd041a84caf84be8@mail.gmail.com> *Saturday: *A chance of rain showers. Snow level 4100 feet. Cloudy, with a high near 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 40%. HEY GANG...........I GUESS IF THERE IS A 40% CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THAT LEAVES A 60% CHANCE THAT THE WEATHER MIGHT BE VFR............FLY-OUT ???? DOUBTFUL.........BUT JUST MAYBE...... THE CONTINGENT PLAN IS TO MEET AT I-HOP AT 0900 SAT MORNING FOR BREAKFAST AND HANGAR FLYING..........WE HAD A GREAT POTLUCK/MEETING LAST NIGHT......GOOD FOOD AND BEVERAGE, MET THE NEW AIRPORT MANAGER (GARY JUDD), LEARNED MORE ABOUT AIRPORT DAYS FROM BUTCH OF PRO-AIR, HAD A VERY INFORMATIVE TALK, DISPLAY, AND RAFFLE BY OREGON AERO FROM SCAPPOOSE..........IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT YOU MISSED A GOOD ONE..........SEE YOU EITHER AT PRO-AIR FOR A FLY-OUT OR AT I-HOP FOR BREAKFAST AND HANGAR FLYING........... DON WILFONG, TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR -- "YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY, TODAY IS A GIFT, THAT IS WHY THEY CALL IT THE PRESENT" Eleanore Roosevelt From ed at edendsley.com Sun Mar 22 11:33:53 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:33:53 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Special Aviation Program, CO-OPA Message-ID: <49C68491.1030401@edendsley.com> Hi All! The March meeting featured a great presentation by Ben Buss and David Esterline from Oregon Aero. This Oregon company is an amazing asset to Oregon, the aviation world, and international business. They provide products to improve comfort, safety, and help people perform more effectively in a wide diversity of fields from aviation to military, manufacturing, athletes, and too many areas to enumerate here... Check out: http://www.oregonaero.com/ Be sure to put April 16th on your calendar for our famous potluck and a special safety meeting by our own David Dressler, FAA Controller and pilot, about special considerations in Central Oregon's evolving airspace. Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From gem at rellim.com Tue Mar 31 15:56:36 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:56:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Fw: Equipment operation (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:18:13 -0700 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Subject: Fw: Equipment operation _______________________________________________________________________________ Notice: Robinson Construction will be mobilizing on Thursday (4/2/09) to start drilling soil core samples in preparation for the new East Side Parallel taxiway that will begin this fall.. They will be working from north to south with their drilling rig and the mast will be equipped with a flag and they will be monitoring 123.0. They will be staying clear of the safety areas and the operations should not affect airport operations. They have been advised to thoroughly sweep taxilanes immediately after crossing. The testing should be completed by Friday (4/3/09) evening.? ?Please advise of any concerns or questions. Thank ?you, Gary Judd Airport Manager Bend Municipal Airport Bend, OR 97701 Phone 1-541-389-0258 Fax ?(same as phone) Cell- 1-541-647-0828 email ?gjudd at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: Emails are generally public records and therefore subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. Emails can be sent inadvertently to unintended recipients and contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please advise by return email and delete immediately without reading or forwarding to others. Thank you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJ0p+qBmnRqz71OvMRAnGzAJ0QN5XPKHv0USRPVUii5HItMwdr/ACglLLc fCcLdA5wdPQq7tI0Bl7691w= =V9dK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Wed Apr 1 11:11:38 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:11:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Fw: Pavement Maint work (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:18:11 -0700 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Subject: Fw: Pavement Maint work Please read the following announcement from Gary Judd, Airport Manager. ? If you have any questions you can contact him at 541-389-0258. Thank you, Gina M. Kadow City of Bend/Office Specialist III 541-693-2162 gkadow at ci.bend.or.us - ----- Forwarded by Gina Kadow/Bend on 04/01/2009 10:13 AM ----- From:Gary Judd/Bend To:Gina Kadow/Bend at Bend Date:04/01/2009 09:26 AM Subject:Pavement Maint work ________________________________________________________________________________ Gina, Can you distribute the following info: The Pavement Maintenance project will be completed on Thursday (4/2/09) and Friday (4/3/09) of the this week. The time spent on the taxiways will be minimal, approx 1 hour. The sealant will be applied to a few remaining cracks on the taxiway and the crews will be equipped with radios. This is a program performed through the Oregon Dept of Aviation on about a 3 year cycle that goes a long way towards preserving the asphalt surfaces at a minimal cost. This week will wrap the cycle at Bend for this year. Thank you and please feel free to call me if you have questions. Sincerely, Gary Judd Airport Manager Bend Municipal Airport Bend, OR 97701 Phone 1-541-389-0258 Fax ?(same as phone) Cell- 1-541-647-0828 email ?gjudd at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: Emails are generally public records and therefore subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. Emails can be sent inadvertently to unintended recipients and contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please advise by return email and delete immediately without reading or forwarding to others. Thank you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJ065cBmnRqz71OvMRAojIAKCgcXW/q1z3oUxPauCEkanAZQYr4ACgvkh7 uSXuer5iPaQjFNMnv8pxCw8= =y5vr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From mvbond at spiritone.com Thu Apr 9 12:28:18 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:28:18 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] TSA Rules Impacting GA Message-ID: <49DE4C52.6090403@spiritone.com> *Article from AvWeb (4/9/09) * * COLORADO AIRPORT OPERATORS FEELING TSA STRESS * The mainstream media is starting to take note of the impact of TSA rules that general aviation pilots and operators have been unhappy about, and if a story in this week's Denver Post is any indication, GA may get a sympathetic hearing. The costs and logistics of TSA regulations on Colorado's airports are significant, Rex Tippetts, director of aviation at Grand Junction's Walker Field, told the Post. New TSA rules will require him to provide 2,000 additional security checks and badges. "It's out of control," he said. "We have a large maintenance operation here with 400 people. We have a large interagency fire-fighting operation here, with maintenance facilities. It's an unfunded mandate we have to comply with. We had to hire people just to comply with it." James Elwood, director of Sardy Field in Aspen, said the regulations will be "time-consuming and difficult to accomplish." Details of the security procedures have been released only to airport managers. The Post reporter said the TSA refused to release a copy of the directive, but a spokeswoman wrote that all personnel with access to secure areas, including private pilots, must undergo a Security Threat Assessment, which includes matching their names against a terrorist database, a criminal background check, and a review of immigration status. Pilots must attain a security badge from each of the 13 commercial airports in the state, and passengers and guests who don't have badges must be escorted. More... From ed at edendsley.com Tue Apr 14 09:21:15 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:21:15 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <49E4B7FB.8060208@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, April 16, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Our David Dressler, Controller-Pilot, has had to reschedule his safety presentation for next month; we welcome him and his expertise whenever possible. THE MAIN EVENT: Our new and much anticipated airport manager, *Gary Judd*, will be visiting and sharing his experience, strength, and hope. During his interview with the Bulletin he said, ?I told my kids when we used to go flying, that in all of time and all of history, people have only been able to fly in the last 100 years, and you?re one of them. That?s something we don?t appreciate sometimes, the ability to do that, the freedom to do that.? Wow Gary, thanks... One benefit of your association membership is experiencing aviation presentations that are unavailable anywhere else. Come participate and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Happy Spring 2009!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Apr 15 03:23:27 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:23:27 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA April 2009 newsletter Message-ID: <49E5B59F.70407@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA April 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER April 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 4 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Our March program had to be our most comfortable one ever. Oregon Aero brought down their well oiled dog and pony show for our enjoyment and they are all about comfort. To prove it they showed up with samples of their padded seats, padded headsets, lumbar pads, booster seats, shoe inserts and much more. Then they explained how they engineer comfort into every product. Better yet they even raffled off many of their marvelous products to our membership. A lot of our members went home well rewarded for their attendance. Oregon Aero is a great Oregon success story and we learned how it all started with a wife complaining about the fit of her headset while flying with her husband. From there it just grew and grew. And they are still married. If you missed out on the event, or still want to learn more, you can see check out their web site at www.oregonaero.com and at aviation events throughout the northwest. Our new KBDN Airport Manager Gary Judd dropped by for our March meeting and this month will be our featured speaker. Gary has really hit the ground running. He has a lot to share with us on his previous aviation experience and the great things coming to our airport. Plan to arrive around 6pm for general gabbing. Then bring a dish to share during our potluck at 6:30pm and stay for the formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 16 April- Monthly Meeting 18 April- Monthly Flyout 21 May- Monthly Meeting 23 May- Monthly Flyout 6 June - Bend Airport Day 12-13 June - Hayward Air Rally 18 June - Monthly Meeting 20 June - Monthly Flyout 16 July - Monthly Meeting 18 July - Monthly Flyout 14-15 August - Palms To Pines 20 August - Monthly Meeting 22 August - Monthly Flyout Web doings: We are getting PDFs for several things, including the Palms To Pines, the Hayward Air Rally, and the Professional Air Spring Newsletter. Those are now posted on our web site. For the usual chapter news and other aviation goodies check out our chapter website: http://co-opa.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Sunriver Airport (S21) has announced that they will widen their runway from 70 feet to 75 feet this summer. That will, obviously, require some airport closures so be sure to watch those NOTAMs this summer. Any ideas what that extra 5 feet buys them? None of our members will use it. Random Thoughts: Every few years, for at least a decade, some of the stake holders in the Bend Airport have met in some sort of umbrella organization to plan for the betterment of the airport. There have been Master Plan committees and Airport Advisory committees. Each has completed their assigned tasks and disbanded, but the need for such a group has become obvious again. Luckily the city and the county see the need as well and have encouraged Eric Strobel, Business Development Manager at Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) to head an airport business roundtable. EDCO's mission is to facilitate new job creation and capital investment, champion strategic projects and balance/diversify the region's industry mix. Amazingly enough the Bend Airport can help them with all those goals, so helping Bend Airport has now become important to them. So Eric has been organizing monthly meeting with many of the airport businesses, Gary Judd our Airport Manager, and a few other interested parties such as Dennis Douglas (EAA 1345) and myself. The focus is on business, but to that end a lot of airport improvement, airport operations and airport safety issues come up. So I have learned a lot by attending. Needless to say, the business news has not been happy. Most airport businesses are reporting 25% employment drops, and some, such as Cessna, are reporting much worse. The current business climate at the airport is lean, but not dire, and there are some good signs for the future. Work on the third year of the runway improvements continues. The new PAPI and REIL equipment has been ordered and is due to be installed before summer. Also this summer the AWOS will be moved and upgraded. The AWOS is only two years old and already needs to be moved due to faulty planning. It will finally have a data link that feeds data to the NWS. With the data link FSS briefers can access current local weather and thus allow KBDN to be a true IFR alternate to KRDM. When the NWS has three years of weather history they will start issuing TAFs for the airport. Funding for the East Side Taxiway is hopefully coming this year. If it does, then grading will happen for that this fall with paving to occur in 2010. Taxiway work should not require more than minimal airport closures. Gary Judd will also be applying for any federal stimulus money that he thinks he might get for other projects around the airport. As most of you know, the ramp space is oversold. To allow more parking some of the grassy areas at the northwest side of the runway will be bull dozed. A dirty parking space is better than none. With luck some funds will be found to pave it later. Even the business news is not all bad. Aero Facilities, www.aerofacilities.com, is moving ahead with their hanger projects just north of Epic on the east side. They recently obtained the building permits for the first four hangers and have poured the slabs. The steel pieces have been delivered so expect to see new hangers any day now. Bend Airport has been an odd duck. Owned, and mostly managed, by the city, but in the county. So property tax from the airport has gone to the county coffers and county zoning has applied. With money tight Bend has a new plan to annex the airport. The airport land touches the city sewer plant land just north west of the airport. That sewer land almost touches Bend city limits. With just a few adjustments to the current UGB the sewer plant and airport could be incorporated in the city without bringing in too much land. If it happens, that should streamline airport management. Those are just some of the things happening at the Bend Airport. With this new group cooperation with the city and county will hopefully improve and more good things will happen at the airport. Stay tuned. ?. Gary Miller TSA NAMES GA LIAISON From: Avweb: The Transportation Security Administration has created a new position for a general aviation liaison, and named Juan Barnes to the post. Barnes will be available via e-mail to address the public's concerns about security measures that impact GA operations. AOPA says questions may be submitted to Barnes via e-mail address: TSAGeneralAviation at dhs.gov. "General aviation stakeholders are encouraged to submit inquiries regarding TSA programs, policies and security directives," wrote Barnes in a letter to GA stakeholders. "Your inquiry will be reviewed, and forwarded to the appropriate office and personnel within TSA to ensure a prompt and accurate response. Our goal is to provide responses to inquiries within two business days." The TSA also will address concerns in monthly teleconferences with stakeholders beginning this Friday, March 20, at 1 p.m. AOPA said it will participate in the teleconferences, during which TSA officials will answer questions submitted previously by e-mail. Runway Safety Tip When operating on an airport surface and unsure of your position or taxi route, always confirm with ATC. Ground control will provide "progressive" taxi instructions upon request for pilots who may be unfamiliar with the airport. Reports from pilots to the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) show that errors commonly occur after the flight crew senses something is wrong, but presses on, thinking things will soon make sense - but a runway incursion is about to happen. Ask first! --- and once in the air you have to deal with this --- use your PDF magnifier to see this REAL airspace layout !! And now a hybrid airplane engine --- A standard Rotax 914 turbocharged engine is mated to a 40 hp electric motor and coupled to the propeller hub using a poly-V-belt drive. The basic Rotax, rated at 130 hp, together with the 40 hp electric motor, provide a combined 170 hp for takeoffs and climbs. This full power rating is available for a maximum 5-minute duration. In cruise, power comes entirely from running the gas engine, which fully recharges the electric motor power source, 55 pounds of lithium ion batteries, in twenty minutes. . Edge Of Space Defined For decades, the altitude where atmosphere ends and space begins has been pegged at a theoretical 100km, known as the Karman Line. Theodore von Karman picked that value as the point where any aircraft would have to be flying faster than orbital velocity to stay aloft, and it's become the generally accepted line. Well, a team of scientists from the University of Calgary says the theory isn't far from reality. The so-called edge of space is actually at 118 km. The scientists traded their slide rules for something called a Supra-Thermal Ion Imager, which was carried on a NASA rocket on Jan. 19, 2007. As everyone knows, the atmosphere doesn't really have a precise endpoint. It just gets thinner the higher you go. Instead, the device was able to detect where the ionosphere, which is driven by flows in space, and the atmosphere meet. Now that the dividing line is known, it will have a bearing on factors that are affected by the interaction between space and the earth environment ranging from the impact of sunspots to the effects of space weather on satellites and communications. -- Another step in the search for alternate fuel -- from AOPA OnLine Teledyne Continental Motors and Hawker Beechcraft have joined forces to move the search ahead for an alternative to 100LL by testing a 94-octane "no lead" aviation gasoline in flight. A Beechcraft G36 (Garmin G1000-equipped) Bonanza flew several flights, the longest to date lasting one hour, with 94 unleaded fuel that was specially blended for aviation purposes. However, it could take the industry most of this year to agree on accepting the fuel as a standard, and there is no word on whether 94 is the magic octane number for other engine manufacturers. If the industry did agree on the fuel tested by Continental, there could be problems getting the oil companies to manufacture a new fuel in addition to the current 100- octane low-lead fuel. Would 94-octane work for all general aviation aircraft? Questions remain about getting the manufacturers to sign off on the fuel as well. These include whether modifications to engines will be required and whether operating methods would have to be revised, such as using lower power settings or other special operating techniques. Any transition of the entire general aviation fleet could take a decade or more. -------------------------------------- Regrettably, another potential job loss ---- The last fighter pilot has already been born! Yeah ... Are Maverick, Goose, the Iceman AND YOU headed for the beach? US Navy's robot stealth carrier plane By Lewis Page US aerospace'n'killware goliath Northrop Grumman just took the wraps off one of the most advanced robot aircraft in the world, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS). The X-47B is intended to operate from the flight deck of US Navy aircraft carriers, carrying out entire missions including air-to-air refueling without pilot input. "The X-47B will demonstrate how unmanned combat aircraft can operate from aircraft carriers ... extending the carrier's reach and power projection from anywhere in the world," said Captain Martin Deppe, of the US Navy. The X-47B project will provide just two demonstrator aircraft, mainly intended to prove that unmanned planes can successfully take off from and land onto US carriers. Catapult launch - and even more so, arrested landings - have traditionally been considered one of the most difficult and stressful piloting feats. Apart from proving the concept of unmanned carrier aircraft, however, the X-47B will also be able to conduct air-to-air refueling - giving it almost unlimited endurance. The US Navy hasn't asked for more, but in fact the aircraft would have little difficulty carrying weapons and flying autonomous strike missions, as it is derived from a previous joint program between the navy and air force intended to produce a plane which could do just that. The X-47B, in fact, will be one of the first true killer robots, able to conduct a mission using live weapons without needing to communicate with pilots or even supervisors on its mother ship or back in the USA. Current roboplanes are typically handled in combat over satcomm channels from bases in America, and take off and land under the control of pilots in ground stations near the runway. Apart from its robot brain and controls, the X-47B also boasts much longer range than a normal carrier jet - and features Stealth technology. Some in the US Navy hope that it will allow carriers to stand much further off from threatening enemy coasts of the future, which might harbour dangerous ship-killing missiles able to punch through the fleet's defenses. Others are hostile, however. Pilots are one of the US navy's dominant subcultures, and they count themselves better than lowly airforce pukes because they do arrested landings - "traps". The Top Guns won't be looking forward to telling their children that there's no longer any way to win one's glorious wings of gold and the respect of the nation by jockeying a tailhook jet down to a wet deck on a stormy night far out at sea. According to Northrop, the X-47B, having now been completed, will now enter ground tests in preparation for a first runway flight next autumn. Carrier trials are to begin in 2011. I know this is the April issue, but UCAS is REAL ! ================================================= COOPA officer contact info: =========================== President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Temp Flyout Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From catacres at webformixair.com Wed Apr 15 06:59:31 2009 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:59:31 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] 10-20 foot TO roll Message-ID: <004201c9bdd2$6648aaf0$f0ccd243@cascadecot7hp2> Hey Guys & Gals, You probably don't need any motivation to be thinking about becoming airborne this spring, but here's a couple STOL clips you'll enjoy. Looks like about a 10-20 foot TO roll to me... Happy tailwinds, Richard (-: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59s72vYQqsI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufuu8eUTfhM www.GoldenBridgeSeminars.com "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." --- Anais Nin From wilfong.d at gmail.com Thu Apr 16 21:52:14 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:52:14 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <6070c9830904162152u55581b27oa749e9b7a11b8a3c@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG...............FINALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD THIS SAT. (APR. 18). THIS WILL BE THE FIRST CHANCE FOR A CO-OPA FLY-OUT IN A LONG TIME SO PLEASE PLAN TO BE THERE............. WE WILL MEET AT PRO-AIR AT 0830 SAT. FOR A DEPARTURE AT 0900.........THE PLANNED DESTINATION IS NEWPORT WHERE WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION LINED UP TO GO INTO TOWN FOR BREAKFAST/LUNCH/BRUNCH (WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT). IF BY SOME CHANCE THE WEATHER DOES NOT CO-OPERATE TO GO TO THE COAST THEN WE WILL GO EAST TO JOHN DAY. IN ANY CASE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FIRST FLY-OUT IN QUITE A WHILE..........SO............PLAN TO BE THERE....... PLEASE E-MAIL ME OR CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN GO AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE GOING.........I TOLD THE GUY AT THE NEWPORT AIRPORT I WOULD CALL HIM AND LET HIM KNOW HOW MANY SO HE CAN BE SURE TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR US..........HE IS BEING SO NICE AND HELPFUL WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH PART FUEL SO WE CAN AT LEAST BUY SOME GAS WHILE WE ARE THERE....... SEE YOU AT PRO-AIR SAT. MORNING AT 0830 OR IF YOU ARE COMEING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE PLAN TO MEET US IN THE AIR OR SEE US AT NEWPORT.......... THANKS...........DON WILFONG wilfong.d at gmail.com 541 389-1456 From jinkster at bendbroadband.com Fri Apr 17 11:23:17 2009 From: jinkster at bendbroadband.com (Jim Inkster) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:23:17 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Saturday fly out Message-ID: <39E5934E227F4BD292D83159132B6F26@your71a232d1a6> Hi Don, Thanks for the invitation for the fly out. Sounds like a great trip. Unfortunately, I will be tied up most of the spring / summer with a big project that will keep me mostly at home. Have fun! Jim Inkster 541-408-7768 From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Apr 18 07:14:45 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:14:45 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <6070c9830904180714n67a281e4ub63b3476c1063148@mail.gmail.com> HEY..........SOUNDS LIKE THE COAST WILL BURN OFF BY THE TIME WE WOULD GET THERE........WILL MAKE A DECISION AT THE BEND AIRPORT AS TO WHETHER IT IS NEWPORT OR JOHN DAY..........SEE YOU THERE.........DON From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Apr 24 16:03:50 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:03:50 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] SURPRISE FLY-OUT Message-ID: <6070c9830904241603s35b5e6cbt254247bacd686775@mail.gmail.com> HEY.......MEET SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 26......... AT PRO-AIR......... AT 0830 FOR A DEPARTURE AT 0900.........WE WILL BE FLYING TO JOHN DAY.........I HAVE MADE ARRANGMENTS FOR KEYS TO THEIR COURTESY CARS (THEY ARE NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS) ....... SHOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY .. PLANS ARE TO GO INTO TOWN FOR BREAKFAST OR BRUNCH OR LUNCH.......YOUR CHOICE....... WE HAVE 3 PLANES ALREADY.........PLAN TO COME ALONG..........CALL OR E-MAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW HOW MANY ARE GOING... LET'S GET SOME FLYING IN WHILE THE WEATHER IS GOOD.............TOO LONG A WINTER WITH NO FLY-OUTS..........WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND HAVE A FEW EXTRA THIS SPRING AND SUMMER TO MAKE UP FOR THE ONES WE COULDN'T GO ON........ DON WILFONG 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Apr 25 09:48:35 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:48:35 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] TOMORROW MORNING FLY-OUT TO JOHN DAY Message-ID: <6070c9830904250948i402af789oed788ac964aa380f@mail.gmail.com> HEY.............LET'S HEAR IT FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO JOIN US.............MEET AT PRO-AIR FOR A DEPARTURE AT 0900 SUN MORNING. CARS ARRANGED FOR TO GO INTO JOHN DAY FOR EATS.............SOUNDS LIKE THE WEATHER WILL BE GREAT.......... DON WILFONG wilfong.d at gmail.com 541 389-1456 From gem at rellim.com Wed May 6 16:00:21 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 16:00:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] HWD-BDN Air Rally Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! Summer is coming up fast and things will be hopping soon! The second Saturday in June (13Jun) the Hayward->Bend Air Rally will be stopping in Bend. They are looking for a few ramp volunteers for Noon to 6pm. Contact me , or Butch , if you can lend a hand! More info here: http://www.hwdairrally.org/index.shtml RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKAhaIBmnRqz71OvMRAspDAKDEnR7xaWXE2HD6d+7cFVRvsnUpGgCgq3tt KzpWKFrAqeHSYufiQ0svd0E= =Vgud -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Mon May 11 19:40:45 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 19:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] [Fwd: Bend Airport Council - Proposed Revision to GAMS] (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! An emergency kept me from getting to the Bend Airport Council meeting, but we have this nice report from Dennis Douglas instead. Many good tidbits, so give it a read. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 18:50:21 -0700 From: Dennis Douglas To: Gary E. Miller Subject: Re: [Fwd: Bend Airport Council - Proposed Revision to GAMS] Gary, Not a problem.? I got there at about 3:50 and they were just presenting the GAMS change.? Mark Cappell (Capell?? Cappel?) from the City Council was there.? No one had anything to say opposed to the wording change (Travis wasn't there) and everyone agreed to accept the language as you saw it.? It will be passed to the City for approval and then to update the GAMS.? It is not known yet whether it was just an administrative OK that was needed or if it had to go to the Council.? Judd was going to find out.? But it appears that Capell is onboard and he was the big ass&*#$% at the Council meeting in October. The other things of interest include: 1. The AWOS is going OOS on Thursday, for a period of one week.? They are moving it. 2. Judd described that the new pilot-controlled lighting system should be up and running in about two weeks and that it is very flexible in terms of how it can be programmed for TX key clicks,? If COOPA has any thoughts about that, give them the Gary. 3.? The Airport Master Plan preparation will likely be delayed until next FY because of a pending "debt service" charge made against the airport because of Cessna's closure. 4. Cessna will be out of their building by October.? There are some companies looking at taking over the lease. Last week, I? learned from Gina that the big Cessna R&D hangar (the one to the west of my hangar) needs someone to rent it.? $2700/mo, I think she said.? Gina said the City would entertain the idea of an individual going in there with a small plane and pay a pro rate share of the rent as the seek out additional small plane tenants.? Let your COOPA know about that--if there are a number of people in your group looking for a hangar--this could be an opportunity for a group of folks. The other thing is that Butch would like 2 volunteers to help Pro Air staff two events: Airport Day on June 6th, and a "Hayward Fly-in" (a group of planes flying in from Hayward, California) on Friday, June 12th.? I'm going to solicit our EAA folks on Wednesday and try to get two for each event.? If you could get two from COOPA, we'd likely be sure of having two there on the days. One more thing.? Capell mentioned that the City is in the late stages of considering annexation of the airport to the City.? (The County would be glad to get it off their books, according to a County guy there.)? It's unclear about how the Master Plan and the annexation fit together, but it was mentioned that the City would like to do it right (fat chance) the first time and not have a "do-over".? That suggests the City should have input about the growth of the airport before they do much formally.? So it was suggested that the airport users weigh-in on various matters (what they want, what they don't want, etc.,).? The business interests will be well-represented (i.e., most of the Bend Airport Council) to present the "bigger-and-bigger" POV but the non-business interests will not be represented unless they get their act together.? I suggest that you start a discussion in your COOPA group to gain a perspective about what you--as a group consensus--would like to see int he future, and that you document that in the form of a Resolution so you'll have your group's sense established and ready to present at the meetings that will be coming along. Regards, DD Gary E. Miller wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Dennis! Sorry, I had to miss this. Someone else's poor planning became my emergency. He will pay. RGDS GARY - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 On Mon, 11 May 2009, Dennis Douglas wrote: Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:21:50 -0700 From: Dennis Douglas To: Gary Miller Subject: [Fwd: Bend Airport Council - Proposed Revision to GAMS] - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Bend Airport Council - Proposed Revision to GAMS Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 05:23:16 -0700 From: Gale Evans To: <'brad at flybend.com'>, <'butch at proairservices.com'>, <'cbauman at pennbrook.com'>, <'clark.jackson at state.or.us'>, <'daveh at epicaircraft.com'>, <'david_blair at wyden.senate.gov'>, , <'EKing at ci.bend.or.us'>, , , , , <'gkadow at ci.bend.or.us'>, , , <'jomiller at cocc.edu'>, <'koneal at pennbrook.com'>, , , <'mewithrow at cessna.textron.com'>, <'mikes at snowlinemfg.com'>, <'scott.philiben at preciseflight.com'>, <'tim at bendchamber.org>, <'travis at flybend.com'>, <'troy.ferguson at mail.house.gov'>, , Dear Bend Airport Council Members, ? As you know, the Bend Airport Council identified at its last meeting a sub-committee to review and make recommendations for updating the City of Bend Municipal Airport General Aviation Minimum Standards (GAMS). ? The members of the sub-committee included: ? Gary Judd, Dennis Douglas, Travis Warthen, Kerry O?Neal, Charles Bauman, and Gale Evans. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The attached document summarizes the proposed revisions developed by this sub-committee, which are intended to align the Bend Airport GAMS more closely with current FAA regulations, as well as the prevailing policies of other regional airports. ? Please review this document, which will be discussed at our Bend Airport Council meeting this afternoon.? See you then. ? Best regards, ? Gale Evans Managing Partner 541-408-2450 direct Professional Air ? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKCMqhBmnRqz71OvMRAsJSAJ9I/GBfrsiq8Apv0Ff4yzht0cmafQCg4X3Q OAmiErw56MgePCq+dzXziO8= =kPMX - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKCOGxBmnRqz71OvMRAmEKAKDIK3uIFjkw1RVVlphL7PUbEx0mvgCbB3vA z+Qd71i8cLFvuF44MYL/dYs= =GnK7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From mvbond at spiritone.com Tue May 12 13:40:06 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 13:40:06 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Private Aircraft on International Flights Message-ID: <4A09DEA6.1060808@spiritone.com> *Compliance Deadline is Near for Private Aircraft Border Crossing Flights* Notice Number: NOTC1646 *The Deadline is Approaching for Compliance With the New Department of Homeland Security Rule Affecting Private Aircraft on International Flights* On December 18, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a new rule that affects private aircraft operating on international flights. The rule, Title 19 CFR Part 122, is titled 'Advanced Information on Private Aircraft Arriving and Departing the United States'. Compliance with this new regulation has been voluntary since December 18, 2008, however, *compliance becomes **mandatory effective May 18, 2009.* The DHS Final Rule can be viewed at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26621.pdf *Beginning May 18, 2009, all general aviation flights arriving into or departing out of the U.S. require the pilot to electronically submit crew and passenger manifests and other flight information to the CBP at least 60 minutes prior to departure*. This information must be submitted to the CBP using their Electronic Advance Passenger Information System (eAPIS) website or through an authorized third party vendor. This new rule does not apply to domestic flights. Pilots failing to meet these reporting requirements can be fined $5,000 for the first violation and $10,000 for each subsequent violation. Pilots are encouraged to become familiar with the CBP crew and passenger manifest reporting requirements prior to planning any flights across the U.S. borders. More information can be found at the U.S Customs and Border Protection website: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/pleasure_boats/private_flyers/ Pilots are also advised to register their information with the CBP eAPIS website and begin using the system now for international flights even prior to the May 18, 2009 deadline. Information on how to register with eAPIS can be found at: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/inspections_carriers_facilities/apis/e_apis_information.xml / *Be informed and fly safely!* / From gem at rellim.com Wed May 13 14:52:51 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 14:52:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] AWOS Scheduled to be down (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from the city. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 13:55:35 -0700 From: GKadow at ci.bend.or.us Cc: gjudd at ci.bend.or.us Subject: AWOS Scheduled to be down Notice to all Airport tenants-- The AWOS is scheduled to be shut down this Thursday, May 14, 2009 through Thursday, May 21 in order to move it from its current location to the North. If you have any questions Gary Judd, Airport Manager can be reached at ?389-0258 or I can be reached at the number below. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Gina M. Kadow City of Bend/Office Specialist III 541-693-2162 gkadow at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: Emails are generally public records and therefore subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. Emails can be sent inadvertently to unintended recipients and contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please advise by return email and delete immediately without reading or forwarding to others. Thank you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKC0E3BmnRqz71OvMRAlpvAJ928LAXyqRVd9OTTOiw4AMRjjH8iQCgrkng L2BXvDfnodah9Zt51PrKuVI= =kuwe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From ed at edendsley.com Mon May 18 09:40:05 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:40:05 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <4A118F65.3000600@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, May 21, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! David Dressler, Controller-Pilot, and CO-OPA member will be presenting an air traffic safety seminar with discussion specific to BDN. David flies his Cardinal out of Bend and has a unique perspective based upon his career as an air traffic controller in some of the busiest airspace. One benefit of your association membership is experiencing aviation presentations that are unavailable anywhere else. Come participate and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Happy Spring 2009!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From gjudd at ci.bend.or.us Mon May 18 15:51:39 2009 From: gjudd at ci.bend.or.us (gjudd at ci.bend.or.us) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 15:51:39 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Fw: AWOS, PAPI, lighting and your airport Message-ID: Gary, Here you go! Gary Judd Airport Manager Bend Municipal Airport Bend, OR 97701 Phone 1-541-389-0258 Fax (same as phone) Cell- 1-541-647-0828 email gjudd at ci.bend.or.us ----- Forwarded by Gary Judd/Bend on 05/18/2009 03:51 PM ----- From: Gary Judd/Bend To: Gary Judd Cc: Gina Kadow/Bend at Bend Date: 05/18/2009 11:21 AM Subject: AWOS, PAPI, lighting and your airport Greetings, Most of you are used to seeing updates from Gina and in my first couple of months I felt it best to leave the process in her most capable hands. She has done a wonderful job of keeping up on all of the various issues during the transition from the former manager up until the present. I have met many of you at the monthly EAA meeting, OPA and various other functions but it was brought to my attention this weekend that some folks are feeling left out. That certainly was not my intention and I will strive to make sure everyone is kept up to date. Along those lines I am going to send out regular emails with news and information that affects the airport or aviation in general. If your email changes or you need to add an email address please send it along. Please do not hesitate to stop by my office or call me. Email is nice but visiting over a cup of coffee is another good alternative. (The airport office has been moved to the first door on the left down the hallway from the restaurant) I am also going to start utilizing the airport web page as time allows. Gina will be continuing as a part time Airport employee and I am sure you will be seeing many more notices on various subjects from her. She will have an office in the new location. We are still working out the details on her hours and will pass that along when we have more information. A little bit about me. I have spent the last 15 years managing the airport in John Day, Oregon and just had a blast doing it. After the last child left for college my wife and I decided it was time for a change so here I am. If you get a chance to go to John Day be sure and say Hi to Colin English, the new airport manager. He, his wife and son moved to John Day from Seattle and he is doing a great job. As for me I am commuting on weekends and we hope to sell our house in Prairie City (up the road from John Day), find my wife a job over here and get moved completely over to Bend. Sooner would be better. My background in aviation started with working for a crop duster and watching my cousin learn to fly. I went to flight school at Big Bend Community College where I got my A&P licence and Private pilots licence and then finished up CFI, Commercial and Instrument at Mid State Aviation in Ellensburgh, Washington. Later on I earned my multi-engine instrument rating. Over the years I flight instructed, flew charters, did some Air Ambulance flying and ran a small flight instruction/charter business. I have about 2,800 hours and still learn something on every flight. I own a Cherokee 140 (or maybe it owns me.......) and as soon as I get time to renew my medical you will be seeing it around. My wife and I raised four great kids, one daughter and three boys, and needless to say many times flying was more of a dream than reality, depending on the economy. So enough about me. Here is an update on what's happening at BDN: The AWOS was moved last Thursday to it's new location by the windsock on the Northeast Corner of the field. It is being retrofitted with NADIN, which will make BDN weather available from the FSS as an official weather source. We hope to have it all back on-line by Thursday the 21st of May. The runway lighting control circuitry has been moved from the terminal building to the new electrical room located on the north end of City hangar "D". There have been a few glitches as the change over is made and once the control sequence is settled I will send out an email with the specifics. In general you will have full pilot control of the PAPI's, runway lights and REILs. The PAPI system is in and fully operational but must be flight checked by the FAA. ( a new requirement) It will be a couple of months before the FAA gets the paperwork done. The City will be billed $10,000 for the flight check, which will then be reimbursed by the FAA. So in the meantime the PAPI lights stay off, which is a shame as the safety benefits at night are considerable. The old windsock on the East side at center field will stay in place for now. It was scheduled to be moved but I felt that it's proximity to the fuel/parking area makes it a needed wind check for pilots heading out. Eventually I would like to install a lighted wind sock on South end also. I have had several comments on the poor quality of the Parallel Taxiway "A" reflector system. There may be some extra reflectors available and I hope to use them to supplement the current layout. The City is struggling with tremendous shortfalls in the overall budget but the good news is the airport is ever so slightly in the black. In the big picture that helps public support for local aviation in general. The airport was moved from Economic Development to Public Works due too the overall demise of the economic development department. We continue to get noise complaints from our neighbors and I encourage all of you to "fly friendly" in every way. The biggest complaint so far is folks entering the pattern well below pattern altitude. Our neighbors understand we have to come down. They just don't want to inspect your landing gear 5 miles out. This week the Airport will be participating in an open house sponsored by Public Works. We will have a small display so feel free to stop by and say hi. It's at the Public Works buildings just off Greenwood. Please feel free to contact me regarding any of the above. I will try to keep subsequent emails shorter and more to the point as I know all you are busy. And one last request. Please keep in mind that many times email lacks context and once something is sent into cyberspace it can never be withdrawn or effectively rescinded. The picture our emails paint of our airport is the one we have to live with. From living outside the area I can tell you that the Bend airport enjoys considerable respect as a leader in aviation activities and it is worthwhile to foster that image. Sincerely, Gary Judd Airport Manager Bend Municipal Airport Bend, OR 97701 Phone 1-541-389-0258 Fax (same as phone) Cell- 1-541-647-0828 email gjudd at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: Emails are generally public records and therefore subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. Emails can be sent inadvertently to unintended recipients and contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please advise by return email and delete immediately without reading or forwarding to others. Thank you. From mvbond at spiritone.com Tue May 19 14:32:07 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:32:07 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA May 2009 newsletter Message-ID: <4A132557.8090600@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA May 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER May 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 5 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Many thanks to our new airport manager, Gary Judd, for dropping in last month as our speaker. Gary has done a lot of things in the aviation world and had a lot of great stories to tell, Stories about flying air ambulance missions, managing John Day airport and about things in the works for Bend Airport. Luckily the airport has been just barely in the black and so Gary has the city backing to keep the local economic engine that is our airport moving forward. This month our own David Dressler will be our featured speaker. David is an active pilot and a former air traffic controller. Building on that background David will be presenting an air traffic safety seminar for us. Now is the time for a little spring cleaning on our piloting skills. Come by and let David give us all a needed tune-up. Plan to arrive around 6pm for general gabbing. Then bring a dish to share during our potluck at 6:30pm and stay for the formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 21 May - Monthly Meeting 23 May - Monthly Flyout 30 May - OPA Quarterly Meeting 6 June - Bend Airport Day 13 June - Hayward Air Rally @ Bend 18 June - Monthly Meeting 20 June - Monthly Flyout 16 July - Monthly Meeting 18 July - Monthly Flyout 14-15 August - Palms To Pines 20 August - Monthly Meeting 21-22 August - Central Oregon Air Show @ Madras 22 August - Monthly Flyout 29 August - OPA Annual meeting @ Albany Air Fair Web doings: The Central Oregon Air Show at Madras Airport (S33) will be back in style again this year Friday 21 August and Saturday 22 August. They have posted this years schedule on their website: http://www.cascadeairshow.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Summer looks to be arriving with a bang and there is no end to the fun aviation events in the next month. The Oregon Pilots Association quarterly board meeting will be held at 10am on 30 May in the COCC classroom at Bend Airport. Anyone wanting to meet pilots from around the state or to see how our state organization works please drop by and meet the group. Cafe 3456 will be catering the event but we still need a few volunteers to help with coffee and serving. Drop me a line if you can help. The next Saturday, 6 June, will be the Bend Airport Day from 8am to 2pm. Things kick off with a $5 pancake breakfast and really get going with an F-15 fly over at 9:45. As in years past expect to see helicopters, airplanes, vintage cars, airplane rides, static displays and much more. So come on out and show your support for your local airport. The Saturday after that, 13 Jun, KBDN will host the finish of the Hayward Air Rally. The rally organizers are still looking for a few more people to help on the ramp from noon until 6pm. If you can help, contact: Chris Verbil info at hwdairrally.org. You'll earn an event T-shirt for your trouble and show the visiting pilots our central Oregon spirit. Random Thoughts: Our winter weather curse has been broken, and gloriously so. Last month, for the first time since last fall, the weather gods smiled upon us for our monthly fly-out. The destination was Newport (ONP). The sky was clear, maybe a bit hazy, and the air smooth all the way there and back. Our only confusion was which runway to use at ONP.. No two windsocks were pointing in the same direction at the same time. No windsock pointed in a consistent direction for more than a few seconds. Some pilots were landing on runway 2 and some on runway 16. Still, the wind was light and the runways are wide enough that we probably could have landed sideways on one if needed. Once on the ground we were all able to pile into two airport courtesy vans for a short trip north, across the big bridge, to our brunch stop on a cliff overlooking the beach. I had a tasty Hangtown fry made from fresh local oysters that was wonderful. After that, nothing makes brunch better than to walk it off on the beach at low tide. We all split up for the returning flights. Ed and I headed up the coast to Haystack Rock before pointing the nose of 6157R back towards the Sisters and home. No whales this time, but still a wonderful view. What a glorious day for a $100 brunch. So glorious that we just had to repeat it the next weekend. A large crew of us headed out to John Day airport (GCD) for another lovely flight and another scrumptious meal. Our only problems were a long wait at the restaurant and a tire an airport courtesy car tire a bit low on air. All minor inconveniences along the way to another glorious day of flying. Summer is coming back and the flying in Central Oregon is once again just glorious. Gary Miller FLY-OUT FUN.......On Sat. April 18 We finally had weather that would permit a Fly-Out.....It has been a long winter and it seems like every time we planned to fly somewhere on our regularly scheduled fly-out day (the Saturday following our potluck/meeting on the 3rd Thurs. of each month)........the weather gods were against us. This time Mother Nature was on our side and we flew to Newport, OR. It was not a Bluebird day but the clouds were high and flying was great.... We had 4 Planes.......Mike and Ann Bond in their Cardinal RG, David Dressier and his neighbor in David's Cardinal RG, Gary Miller and Ed Endsley in Gary's Turbo Centurion and Bob & Nancy Lecklider with Don & Norma Wilfong in the Wilfong's Skylane. We drove into town and went to Georgie's where we had a nice view of the beach and good food. It was certainly nice to be on a fly-out again. After we ate we walked down to the beach via a very long stairway with landings with benches. Bob & Nancy didn't feel like trying the long stairway so waited in the car for the rest of us so they missed the group picture. Bob, Nancy, Norma and I took one car and the rest of the group took the other. We took a little drive up to Otter Rock and back, so the other car beat us back to the airport by quite a bit and the others had all headed home before we returned to the airport. We had a very nice flight back to Bend where we dropped Bob & Nancy off and then we returned to Pilot Butte International Airport and tucked our baby into it's hangar to await another chance to ply the skies of this beautiful corner of our country. We had a great time and it was especially nice to get Bob and Nancy back into our flying group. Since their 182 was damaged by hail some time ago and was totaled by the Insurance Co., plus a few other events in their lives had gotten them out of touch with flying for quite a while....... We Welcome them back and we look forward to seeing lots more of them in the future. Blue skies and Tail Winds to you all Don Wilfong WOW !!! MORE FLY-OUT FUN:......... David Dressler e-mailed me and asked why we couldn't have more fly-outs than just once a month now that the weather was getting flyable again.......Well.........I said to myself "Self let's do it" and we did..........Sunday morning (Apr. 26) a group met at Pro-Air for a fly-out to John Day (I had called ahead and made arrangements for a couple of courtesy cars as the place is closed on Sundays).......We had 5 Planes, 11 People and 2 dogs.........We would have had 5 more people but Mike & Ann Bond and Bob & Nancy Lecklider were all a little under the weather and Harry McFadden's car broke down so none of them could make it. Gary Miller took Ed Endsley and Gary's dog Max in Gary's plane, Steve & Bobbie Wright in their plane, David Dressler and his dog Ruby in David's plane, Don & Norma Wilfong in their plane and Andy & Susan Clark along with their friends Norm & Cindy Miller from Dallas, Texas in the Clark's plane (Norm is an ex Marine Pilot and is Currently an Airline Pilot). It was a very pleasant flight and we picked up the two courtesy cars and drove down to the Outpost Cafe where we had good food and lots of hangar flying.......they were quite busy and had a couple of large groups in side rooms so we had to wait quite a while to get fed but it was worth it. Don Wilfong Global Positioning System: Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities GAO-09-325 April 30, 2009 Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML) Summary The Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides positioning, navigation, and timing data to users worldwide, has become essential to U.S. national security and a key tool in an expanding array of public service and commercial applications at home and abroad. The United States provides GPS data free of charge. The Air Force, which is responsible for GPS acquisition, is in the process of modernizing GPS. In light of the importance of GPS, the modernization effort, and international efforts to develop new systems, GAO was asked to undertake a broad review of GPS. Specifically, GAO assessed progress in (1) acquiring GPS satellites, (2) acquiring the ground control and user equipment necessary to leverage GPS satellite capabilities, and evaluated (3) coordination among federal agencies and other organizations to ensure GPS missions can be accomplished. To carry out this assessment, GAO's efforts included reviewing and analyzing program documentation, conducting its own analysis of Air Force satellite data, and interviewing key military and civilian officials. It is uncertain whether the Air Force will be able to acquire new satellites in time to maintain current GPS service without interruption. If not, some military operations and some civilian users could be adversely affected. (1) In recent years, the Air Force has struggled to successfully build GPS satellites within cost and schedule goals; it encountered significant technical problems that still threaten its delivery schedule; and it struggled with a different contractor. As a result, the current IIF satellite program has overrun its original cost estimate by about $870 million and the launch of its first satellite has been delayed to November 2009--almost 3 years late. (2) Further, while the Air Force is structuring the new GPS IIIA program to prevent mistakes made on the IIF program, the Air Force is aiming to deploy the next generation of GPS satellites 3 years faster than the IIF satellites. GAO's analysis found that this schedule is optimistic, given the program's late start, past trends in space acquisitions, and challenges facing the new contractor. Of particular concern is leadership for GPS acquisition, as GAO and other studies have found the lack of a single point of authority for space programs and frequent turnover in program managers have hampered requirements setting, funding stability, and resource allocation. (3) If the Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development of GPS IIIA satellites, there will be an increased likelihood that in 2010, as old satellites begin to fail, the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites required to provide the level of GPS service that the U.S. government commits to. Such a gap in capability could have wide-ranging impacts on all GPS users, though there are measures the Air Force and others can take to plan for and minimize these impacts. In addition to risks facing the acquisition of new GPS satellites, the Air Force has not been fully successful in synchronizing the acquisition and development of the next generation of GPS satellites with the ground control and user equipment, thereby delaying the ability of military users to fully utilize new GPS satellite capabilities. Diffuse leadership has been a contributing factor, given that there is no single authority responsible for synchronizing all procurements and fielding related to GPS, and funding has been diverted from ground programs to pay for problems in the space segment. DOD and others involved in ensuring GPS can serve communities beyond the military have taken prudent steps to manage requirements and coordinate among the many organizations involved with GPS. However, GAO identified challenges to ensuring civilian requirements and ensuring GPS compatibility with other new, potentially competing global space-based positioning, navigation, and timing systems. Recommendations for Executive Action Recommendation: Because of the criticality of the GPS system and potential delays, and given the importance of GPS to the civil community, the Secretary of Defense should appoint a single authority to oversee the development of the GPS system, including DOD space, ground control, and user equipment assets, to ensure that the program is well executed and resourced and that potential disruptions are minimized. The appointee should have authority to ensure DOD space, ground control, and user equipment are synchronized to the maximum extent practicable; and coordinate with the existing positioning, navigation, and timing infrastructure to assess and minimize potential service disruptions should the satellite constellation decrease in size for an extended period of time. Agency Affected: Department of Defense Status: In process Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information. Recommendation: Because of the criticality of the GPS system and potential delays, and given the importance of GPS to the civil community, the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation, as the co-chairs of the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, should address, if weaknesses are found, civil agency concerns for developing requirements, and determine mechanisms for improving collaboration and decision making and strengthening civil agency participation. And now, a word from our 'sponsors' (and free avgas) ?.. only visible in the PDF version! Don't forget ?.. FAA change ? effective March 31st 2010, paper certificates will no longer be valid. New credit card style certificates will be required for all pilot certificate holders. As of yet they are not requiring a photo. Applying through the FAA website can have your new certificate to you in a week. =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From catacres at webformixair.com Tue May 19 16:02:07 2009 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:02:07 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Rod Machado DVDs--------$70 GPS Message-ID: <200905200354.n4K3scKV013509@catbert.rellim.com> Greetings fellow pilots! We are doing some 'Spring Cleaning' & have three items that may be of interest for you or one of your Aviation friends: Garmin Handheld GPS 92: This aviation GPS has served us very well for nine years but we've updated to the 396. The GPS 92 has a seven-key keypad, a 100 x 64 pixel LCD black and white display, which can be illuminated for nighttime operation, and Yoke-mount... New = $700 --- Will sell for $70 Rod Machado DVDs: These are two seminar presentations by my favorite Aviation educator, Rod Machado, on DVD. I've reviewed each of these DVDs half-a-dozen times and become a more conscious, safer pilot because of Rod. Below is a description of the content/context from his website: New = $29.95 each --- Will sell for $15 each or $30 for both AVIATION HUMOR - LIVE WITH ROD MACHADO (DVD) Laugh along with over 2,000 pilots as Rod delights and entertains his audience with some of the best of his aviation stories. As a professional humorist, Rod has always been known for his ability to move people off the edge of their seats and onto the floor with his fast paced, humorous presentations. As the Editor of Flight Training magazine says, ".. Get a copy of Aviation Humor. It's Rod Machado at his best. His humor is effective and funny because it strikes at the truth pilots seldom admit, such as the pride a new pilot feels when he uses his certificate as identification when cashing a check and the clerk asks, 'What is that?' If you're in need of a good laugh, get this video. You won't regret it. "After so many requests for a video version of his very popular audio tapes, this video of Rod's is sure to be a popular addition to your library. Funny, Funny stuff! Cost -$29.95 Length 1:00 DEFENSIVE FLYING (DVD) Watch with over 300 pilots in this live, entertaining and educational video presentation as Rod Machado discusses how pilots can learn to think defensively. As Bill Wagstaff from Aviation International News says, "... Machado's humor serves as the glue that keeps his message together. Source for most of his guiles are real-world incidents, the essence of hangar-flying tales told with style by Machado. ...he makes us smile while we learn, a rare ability. Defensive Flying is an excellent tape for pilots to share." Learn about acknowledging your own limitations and a pilot's psychological predators as well as never underestimating aerial enemies. Listen to an actual, hair-raising, in-flight emergency as two professional pilots exercise one of the most important skills in Defensive Flying. This presentation contains many new stories and humor not previously heard on Rod's audio tapes. $29.95 Length 1:45 From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri May 22 09:55:53 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:55:53 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN (TOMORROW) Message-ID: <200905221702.n4MH2UVH026759@catbert.rellim.com> HEY GANG...............DON'T MISS THIS ONE...... ?? SAT. MAY 22, 09.........MEET AT PRO-AIR AT 0830.............PLAN TO FLY-OUT AT 0900 ?? DESTINATION:?? HOOD RIVER..........TWIN PEAKS CAFE.......WALKING DISTANCE FROM AIRPORT PARKING..........IF ANYONE DOESN'T WANT TO WALK I HAVE TRANSPORTATION ARRANGED............LOIS AT AIR MUSEUM WILL PROVIDE A RIDE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T FEEL LIKE WALKING......... ?? MAIN EVENT:???????? "WAAAM"???? WESTERN ANTIQUE AEROPLANE & AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM......... THEY HAVE NEW BUILDINGS AND LOTS OF GREAT THINGS TO LOOK AT....... QUITE A BIT OF WALKING TO SEE EVERYTHING.. THEY HAVE A WHEEL CHAIR IF NEEDED.........OR.........THEY HAVE A NICE LOUNGE AREA WITH TV IF ANYONE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE GOING THROUGH THE MUSEUM............I HAVE SCANNED PART OF A FLYER SHOWING SOME OF WHAT THEY?? HAVE ON DISPLAY AND HAVE INCLUDED IT.......... ?? HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE........ DON WILFONG........TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri May 22 11:52:17 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:52:17 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] LIST OF PLANES & AUTOS (ANTIQUE) Message-ID: <6070c9830905221152p63d9a73cv90e1057840ce6b93@mail.gmail.com> * I GUESS THE LIST I ATTACHED TO PRIOR E-MAIL DID NOT GO THRU.. SO HERE IS A LIST............DON * The Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum ( ) a non profit 501(c)(3) was established in 2006. This museum's collection dates back to the early years of flying and driving. Man has dreamed of flying since the beginning of time. is dedicated to keeping that dream alive as well as educating and entertaining our visitors. Rare antique aircraft and cars are continuously being operated in view of the visitors. A vast selection of exhibits will educate and hopefully inspire our visitors to learn more aswell as continue the American spirit of reaching out further in the realms of flight and travel. is proud to have the largest known collection of flying 3 cylinder radial engine aircraft. Within the next year we hope to have the largest collection of flying OX-5 Aircraft. We currently have 5 flying with one more being restored in the next year. One of our OX-Sflying aircraft is a very rare and very original 1917 Curtiss JN4D Jenny serial #001. This museum fleet includes many other flying antique aircraft making it one of the largest flying in the world today. This museum also brings a very unique and rare collection of other Aircraft, Automobiles, Propellers, Aircraft Engines, Aircraft Instruments, MilitaryJeeps, Tools of War and other interesting artifacts. W!l.,t,,JJ.,';-O'/1 is also very proud of the vast collection of books and magazines it cares for in its research and restoration library. * /~;rF~/orf.}~~tI */fJ~.,ts{~U'l'Jjl/fiff~( *!'JJ)i .:)t! {l.J;.\.pfo:v *(.1 AiusetlrH *P'1(i'lx * Curtiss Jenny 1917 JN4D #1 Fairchild *22ba *1~32 #1503 NC12454 Spartan C2-60 19S1 Nll016 Beech D Super18 NC18BY Buhl Pup 1931 Nd36SY Curtiss Robin 1929 NC8332 Aeronca C-3 1931:NC12423 Franklin Sport 90 1933 #106, NC13271 Aeronca C-3 19,32 NC13000 Curtiss Wright Junior. 1931 NC671 V Henderson longster 19~0 N10115 Waco GXE 10 i92S #18io NC6513 American Eagle Model 1011928 NC7157A N3N 1940 seaplane Nd582 #27 American Eaglet 1931 NC595Y PT-22 1941 #213 / N57026 Taylor Aircraft J-3 i'' Edition 1938 NC20255 Piper L-4-3 1945 #54544/ N10.71N Piper J3P 1938 Lenape Papoose NC 21561 Piper L-4-A 1942 #236750 / N8370H Piper 1941 *J-4 *Coupe NC21867 Lincoln Page LP-3 1928 # *2591 *NC136W Taylorcraft 1943 L-2M #L-5615 N3072Z Curtiss Wright 12-W 1931 ~12W-2040 / Nl1715 Arrow Sport Pursuit *19i9 *#412, N853H Davis D1-K 1929 *#510 / *NC151 Y ; : ! : Aeronca LC 1937 #2056NG17442 Piper Cub Trai~er Be6S 1~40Nq30210 Aeronca L-38 1942 N47751 . . Pietenpol Sky Scout 1930 N1933A Aeronca KCA 1~38 KCA-19 'NC21041 Dart G 1937: N20993 #G~l1 Waco RNF 1931 NC143Y #3417 Stinson L-S 1942 N58726 #76-510 Piper ~E-l / AE-1 Navy N635S7 #5-i465 Cessna T-50 Bobcat 1944 N58~42 #4203 Fairchild 22 C7A 1931 NC2816 #1053 Fairchild UC-86 NC48411 #405 Bird BK 1929 NC945V #1046 Taylor J-2 1936 NC1~74~ #f8Q ! : Taylor E-2 1931 NC1261.0 #18' Curtiss Pusher 1912 Replic~ - ~arous Muitnomah Hotel Roof Top flight - ,. 1914M6del"i Ford D~pbt Ha~k 1955 M274A2.Mule Weapons carrier Vietnam Era 1923 Henderson Motorcycle SuperX 1955 Mi51/1tHE MUTT" wi M60 1931 Model A Sedan 1958 M?422A1 All Aluminum Jeep"Mightv Mite" 1923 Model TThree Door Sedan 1952 M38 KoreanWar Era*w/30 *Cal. 1925 Model T Pickup 1949MIOOUtility *I *Combat Trailer 1927 Harley JD 1949 Indian Silver Arrow 1943WWII GPWw/50 Cal 1936 Plymouth 2 door coupe F6 1942 M100 Utility *I *Combat Trailer 1940 Mercury 4 door Limited Soft TopV8 1942Sperry 60" Searchlight& Generator 1957Studebaker Golden Hawk 289 PaxtonSC 1952 M38-A1 *w/106 *Retoi'liess~ifle * ,,\lau)' *other Antiqut> Cars arc *0.11 d isp lay *and on loan *From *local *owners= is continually lookirg 1'01' unique antique aircraft and automobile, to display. As a 501-<:-3 non-profit organization we also accept donated items for tax deductible receipts. Our climate controlled display area, cxpcI1 isc stall and mccbanics make . one of the best possible homes lor these beautiful vehicles to be displayed. exercised and enjoyed by generations to come. I! From butch at proairservices.com Fri May 22 12:12:52 2009 From: butch at proairservices.com (Butch Roberts) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:12:52 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Day - Saturday June 6th Message-ID: <200905221921.n4MJLu2C002083@catbert.rellim.com> I hope everyone had a good meeting last night, it looked like a good turn out. ??Here is the info for airport day. ???? Bend Airport Day ??? Saturday June 6th, 2009 The Bend Airport Day is Saturday, June 6th from 8:00AM until 2:00PM; the same weekend as Balloons Over Bend. ??We are thrilled to promote general aviation to Central Oregon and hope you will join us bright and early Saturday morning at the Bend Airport for some amazing fun. ?? ?? Once again we will have lots to see and plenty to do. ??Our armed forces will be bringing a Chinook and Dolphin helicopter. ??We will also have the original plane from the Indiana Jones movie, bi-plane rides, and static displays. ??Our local manufacturers, Cessna, Epic, and Windward, will have their beautiful planes on the ramp, as well as a brand new Stratos Jet. There will also be classic, vintage cars and hot rods, military displays, and vendor booths. ??At the airport we will have a $5 pancake breakfast, and later in the day, a barbeque lunch and a fun prize wheel for all of the kids as well as a really good raffle. ?? ?? The airport is a vital part of the community. ??In fact, the Bend Municipal Airport is one of the largest private employers of family wage jobs in the city of Bend, and contributing over $500 million annually to the local economy. ??With more than 415 acres, and just five miles outside of town, the Bend Airport is a great place for a family field trip or fun excursion. ??There is a wonderful restaurant upstairs, Caf?? 3456???, that is open for breakfast and lunch, and the Professional Air FBO staff is always available to answer any questions. ?? ?? The Bend Airport Day is a great way to see some of the many reasons that general aviation is a very active and needed part of our community. ??Of course, there will be airplane and helicopter rides, and these are great Father???s Day presents and an amazing way to see the area! And you won???t want to miss a pair of F-15???s flying over the airport at 9:45AM! For more information please call, 388-0019. -- Butch Roberts Professional Air 541-388-0019 From gem at rellim.com Fri Jun 5 12:08:25 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:08:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Day Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! Remember, 5 Jun, this saturday is Bend Airport Day. Come out for breakfast at 8am and an F-15 flyover at 9:45! RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKKW0rBmnRqz71OvMRAkkyAKCO+LQ0+y/0mISWriNfX/ojr8WYKwCgyXSr u6AZJk7a8fd5Hp3Oa6+j+WM= =qKe8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Fri Jun 5 13:35:15 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:35:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Day In-Reply-To: <8F779CF95A4B4CD69F9AD4A0CCEEAE20@alanko6d66kid6> References: <8F779CF95A4B4CD69F9AD4A0CCEEAE20@alanko6d66kid6> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo Al! So it is, Thanks. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Al Sandner wrote: > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:27:46 -0700 > From: Al Sandner > To: Gary E. Miller > Subject: Re: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Day > > Gary: > > This Saturday is the 6th of June and the Airport Day. > > Al > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary E. Miller" > To: > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:08 PM > Subject: [Co-opa] Bend Airport Day > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Yo All! > > > > Remember, 5 Jun, this saturday is Bend Airport Day. > > > > Come out for breakfast at 8am and an F-15 flyover at 9:45! > > > > RGDS > > GARY > > - > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 > > gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFKKW0rBmnRqz71OvMRAkkyAKCO+LQ0+y/0mISWriNfX/ojr8WYKwCgyXSr > > u6AZJk7a8fd5Hp3Oa6+j+WM= > > =qKe8 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Co-opa mailing list > > Co-opa at rellim.com > > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKKYGHBmnRqz71OvMRAu5GAKC2v010FBGyv1ZG+ZpxZd33p62DaACgnmCu fh/paIgBoybRnZiyhEe0FbI= =a4/G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From wilfong.d at gmail.com Tue Jun 9 14:47:18 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:47:18 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] JULY FLY-OUT FUN Message-ID: <6070c9830906091447m3805c7e0g3b7ebb9aab601ff8@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG..........WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A TWO, THREE OR MORE DAY FLY-OUT TO "JOHNSON CREEK, IDAHO"..........WELL THE TIME HAS COME TO DO SOME SERIOUS PLANNING......... JOHNSON CREEK IS JUST A FEW MILES FROM MCCALL AND IT HAS A LONG WIDE RUNWAY...........THERE ARE BATHROOMS WITH FLUSH TOILETS, SHOWERS, PICNIC TABLES, A COUPLE OF COURTESY VANS TO GO INTO YELLOW PINE (A QUAINT LITTLE TOWN) AND IT IS A GREAT BASE CAMP TO FLY OUT TO OTHER LOCATIONS IF ONE DESIRES..........I AM ATTACHING A PHOTO OF OUR PLANE AND TENT FROM A WEEK AGO......... THE PLAN IS TO LEAVE BEND FRI. MORNING ON JULY 17...........AND RETURN TO BEND ON MON. JULY 20..........THIS IS NOT CAST IN STONE AND YOU CAN COME AT ANY TIME AND LEAVE FOR HOME AT ANY TIME THAT SUITS YOUR SCHEDULE....... LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO OR NOT AND ANY COMMENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE........... DON WILFONG.........TEMP FLY-OUT CHAIR.............541 389-1456.......... wilfong.d at gmail.com From gem at rellim.com Wed Jun 10 23:36:20 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:36:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Hayward-Bend Air Rally Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! The Hayward-Bend Air Rally folks are still looking for another body or two to help with marshalling the ramp on Saturday. There will be a short planning meeting (with Pizza) 6pm Thursday at the Flight Services Building. Then the 'work' happens noon until six Saturday. Please drop by Thursday if you can help. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKMKXpBmnRqz71OvMRAgyNAJ9oWae0Th9Vxg56dFo83v/N/IR1mACfd1js de327s0OpBb3eonAbwGI83A= =KmLU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From ed at edendsley.com Mon Jun 15 10:57:26 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:57:26 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <4A368B86.9060708@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, June 18, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Aero Facilities partner Kerry O'Neal will discuss the development of the East side of the airport. They were selected by the City of Bend as master developer for hangers and industrial projects at the airport. One hanger is nearly complete with four others in the early stages to be completed this summer. http://www.aerofacilities.com One benefit of your association membership is experiencing aviation presentations that are unavailable anywhere else. Come participate and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Here comes summer!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From mvbond at spiritone.com Tue Jun 16 16:38:20 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:38:20 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA newsletter Message-ID: <4A382CEC.10106@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA June 2009 newsletter. Gary has posted the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER June 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 6 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Flight safety is always an important topic for pilots and with our skills a tad rusty from a long winter it was good to talk pattern safety for our May program. Our own David Dressler led the program and with his experience as an Air Traffic Controller, a fixed wing pilot and a gyroplane pilot we were served up multiple points of view. I sure wish every pilot that lands at KBDN had been there to participate. There was an incident at our airport last week where two pilots were doing an excellent job at announcing their location and intent as they setup for landing. The only problem was that one was on final for 16, and one on final for 34, and neither was actually listening to what was being said on the radio. Luckily some people on the ramp took notice, and then alerted the pilots to the situation. Safety not only means following all the procedures, but also paying attention to the situation at hand. Never let your situational awareness lapse. Refreshers like we had in May help us do that. Storing your airplane is as important as flying it, even if the immediate dangers are not obvious. So this month we will hear about the developments on the east side of the airport from Aero Facilities partner Kerry O'Neal. Anyone curious as to the hustle and bustle going on north of the Epic facility will want to attend. Plan to arrive around 6pm for general gabbing. Then bring a dish to share during our potluck at 6:30pm and stay for the formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 18 June - Monthly Meeting 20 June - Monthly Flyout 16 July - Monthly Meeting 18 July - Monthly Flyout (overnight Johnson Creek?) 14-15 August - 99s Palms To Pines 20 August - Monthly Meeting 21-22 August - Central Oregon Air Show - Madras 22 August - Monthly Flyout 29 August - OPA Annual meeting - Albany Air Fair 17 September - Monthly Meeting 19 September - Monthly Flyout Web doings: The Central Oregon Air Show at Madras Airport (S33) will be back in style again this year Friday 21 August and Saturday 22 August. They have posted this years schedule on their website: http://www.cascadeairshow.com/ To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: KBDN airport manager Gary Judd has emailed updates on the airport construction. The new Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) and Pilot Control Lighting (PCL) systems are installed but await final programming and flight testing by the FAA to be operational. With luck we will be have fully operational lighting by the time bad weather arrives in the fall. Also of note is the new National Airspace Data Interchange Network (NADIN) add-on to our recently moved AWOS. The NADIN integrates the data from the KBDN AWOS into the same NOAA system as METARs from other US airports. All your favorite METAR sites should now have current and historical weather reports from Bend Municipal Airport. Once NOAA has accumulated 2 years of baseline data we will even get TAFs! Random Thoughts: Wow, what a difference a few weeks make. The weather has been grand (mostly) and our local calendar has been filled with worthy GA events. So much has happened there is no way I can do justice to any of it so here are just the high points so far. It all started off with our monthly fly-out to Hood River Airport (4S2). Our original destination restaurant was closed, but the fine folks at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) kindly lent us several cars and we hopped into town for brunch at Shari's. Upon our return to the airport we spent quite a lot of time at the wonderful new museum. They bill themselves as the best antique aircraft museum in the nation and I have not heard of a collection to come close to theirs. Almost all the aircraft are in airworthy condition and are a site to see. More information is on their web page: http://www.waaamuseum.org/ The week after that Bend hosted the Oregon Pilot's Association board meeting in the COCC classroom. The business of the OPA can be a bit tedious, but the camaraderie of our fellow OPA members and the visit to see the Stratos mockup and the X-Air assembly operation more than made up for the paperwork. The Stratos operation is designing the fastest and longest range four place single engine right here in Bend. X- Air occupies the same hanger and is assembling the X-Air LS. For under $60k you can have a ready to fly and well equipped light sport aircraft (LSA). These are two very exciting projects and OPA members were given the inside dope in them. More info on the companies is on their web sites: http://www.stratosaircraft.com/ http://www.x-airlsa.com/ The first Saturday in June was the annual Bend Airport Day. We always have a lot of fun things to see that day. This year was special as we had an F-15 fly-by from two jets based at Klamath Falls. There are so many people to thank for making the day a huge success, but special mention has to go out to Butch Roberts and Professional Air for their hard work. Crowd estimates vary, but easily a few thousand folks enjoyed the breakfast, the airplanes, and the beautiful day at the airport. The next weekend saw the 45th annual Hayward Air Rally come to Bend via Redding Municipal Airport (RDD). This was a rally, not a race. The participants all forecast the duration and fuel burn to fly over a fixed course. Then they have to disable all their fancy electronics and fly the course using nothing but old fashion pilotage and VORs (not even DME). Even after dodging thunderstorms from Klamath Falls to Bend the top competitors were able to accurately meet the forecast times to a few seconds and fuel burn to a tenth of a gallon. A precision beyond anything I would have thought possible. Many local pilots volunteered to welcome the crews to Bend and help with parking and scoring. Volunteers scored event T-shirts, access to the hospitality suite, the awards banquet and were able to tour Epic Aircraft with the rally mob. A good time was had by all and Bend will likely be next year's destination as well. What a great start to the summer flying season and hopefully much more is in store for us. Gary Miller FLY-OUT FUN....... MAY 23 we met at Pro-Air for a departure at 0900..... We had quite a group show up for the trip to Hood River to tour WAAAM The Antique Airplane and Auto Museum.......The Weather Gods smiled on us and we had a great flight....... Take a look at the group picture and see how many you can recognize... If you are having trouble recognizing most everybody.........it is time for you to start showing up for the potluck/ meetings on the 3rd Thursday of each month and for the fly-outs on the following Saturday each month to get reacquainted with the members of your group "CO-OPA" Central Oregon Chapter of Oregon Pilots Assoc. I had called ahead on Friday and confirmed that a cafe was easy walking distance from parking and that if someone was not up to walking the people at the museum would provide transportation .........well .......... the cafe was closed for the Holiday weekend so the people at the museum loaned us 3 vehicles to drive down and have breakfast a couple of miles away.... very nice and very much appreciated..... We had our breakfast and returned to the museum for a very interesting unguided tour. They have a large number of antique aircraft (almost all airworthy) and a lot of antique autos displayed in two large buildings. It entailed a lot of walking and the two ladies in our group did not feel up to the task ...... so ...........their one modern wheel chair was used by Mary-Louise Sandine. The museum people went out in the display area and brought in an antique wooden wheel chair for us to use.........see the attached photo of Ann Bond being pushed around by Don Wilfong. (Ed Note: I have been allowed to pose the question: how many antiques can you find in this photo) We spent a good deal of time admiring the beautifully restored planes, motor vehicles and much more (there is a lot to see). Some of us have been there more than once and will want to go back again......There is far too much to absorb in just one visit. It is really a wonderful collection, the people do everything possible to make your visit enjoyable and it is quite reasonable. Gary Miller (CO-OPA President) will be selecting the fly-out destination for June, so plan to attend the Meeting/Potluck coming up on Thursday June 18, with the fly-out on Sat. June 20. Now that the flying weather is here......don't waste it........plan to go along on our fun Fly-outs......We always have a good time. Blue skies and tail winds to you all...... Don Wilfong Taxi Terror I was taxing in after hours and approaching my accustomed parking space pointed right at the fuel tanks. This was when they were right beside the FBO before they were moved to the self-serve location. The fuel truck was there filling up and as I was getting ready to shut down the line guy started to pull away. That's when I heard this loud twang that was loud enough to be heard over the idling engine and under my headset. This was a twang like Jimi Hendrix would have produced in a stadium concert; this was world class loud and rather nicely musical really. My first reaction was to admire the noise and wonder what that could have possibly been. Then I saw the gas truck pulling away trailing the broken six inch hose from the bulk tank and aviation fuel spewing all over the place not fifty feet in front of me! I immediately realized that I was about to be roasted. I was the closest ignition source sitting there with a running engine and prop pulling that vapor toward me. Expletive expressed repeatedly but deleted here? I was sure the explosion would be a spectacular experience but I wanted the hell out of there, like right now, but not in a fireball. I stomped on the left brake and hit the throttle to produce the quickest pirouette possible to get the hell out of Dodge. If it was going to explode I was going to be taking off on the front of the blast wave even if it was across the ramp. Besides I thought a take off blast from the prop might keep the fumes away from me. I was going kind of fast when I got to the edge of the ramp and saw only dirt in front of me. I hauled back on the elevator and managed to get through the soft stuff and up onto the taxiway. Looking back I saw the line guy running away from the truck, downwind? If it did blow, there was going to be barbeque? Since things seemed to be settling down without a fiery disaster, I decided it would be safe now to park somewhere upwind and went about finding a space and shutting down. It was with some trepidation that I took a wide path back to the Flight Shop office where I encountered the line guy fumbling with the pay phone. He seemed rather discombobulated and didn't seem interested in my suggestion to call 911? Without a Hollywood movie worthy conflagration, I was just really happy to get to my car and skedaddle. I never did see that line guy again. There must have been some employment review issues? Ed Endsley AIRPORT APPRECIATION DAY The weather gods were kind and the day was perfect for the event. There were lots of people, cars, planes and motorcycles showed up for everyone to see. There were both airplane and helicopter rides and the Hot Air Balloon group started to inflate one of their large balloons but there was a little too much of a breeze for the limited area they had to work in so they deflated it and put it away. They still drew a crowd around the basket with its burners roaring now and then. The Jets, Helicopters, Antique Aircraft, Antique and Collector Cars and the many other things that were on display together with the display booths all made for a very interesting time to just walk around and appreciate everything Gary Miller, (Our Central Oregon Chapter of Oregon Pilots Association President) manned the P.A. System and in spite of partial equipment failure, did a great job of keeping everyone informed as to what was going on and what to see. The food service was overwhelmed as they did not expect near the turnout of hungry people that showed up.....the pancake feed had a long line and they ran out of batter.........the 3456 Cafe had so many hungry people that there was a 1 hour wait. The outside food service went right from pancakes to hamburgers and they were delicious. The Air force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Link, COCC, EAA, Ninety Nines, Pro-Air, Precise Flight, X- Air Light Sport Aircraft and quite a few others that I have failed to mention were represented. All in all it was a very interesting event and I am sure introduced a lot of people to the tremendous value of the airport and all of the jobs and dollars it produces for the local economy. We owe a very special THANKS to Butch and Pro-Air for the great job of putting this all together. We will all be looking forward to next year. Don Wilfong =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From co-opa at rellim.com Tue Jun 16 17:21:05 2009 From: co-opa at rellim.com (Pfizer Inc 1919-2009) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:21:05 +0200 Subject: [Co-opa] DISCOUNT 80% 0FF on Pfizer ! Message-ID: <200906171121.n5HBLNbB006156@catbert.rellim.com> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:21:05 +0200 USA Doctor Bonita Best Price On Net! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waxuzevyzemoh22/message/1 From gem at rellim.com Fri Jun 19 00:05:21 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out Saturday to Chiloquin Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! We have recently flown east, west and north, so this month we will head south to Chiloquin Airport (2S7). The runway is 3,700 foot long asphalt alongside highway 97. Very easy to get in and out of. A short walk across the road and we can have brunch at Melita's restaraunt. You can get the basics of the field from airnav: http://www.airnav.com/airport/2S7 The weather in Bend and Klamath Falls is forcast to be mostly sunny with highs around 65. So dry, not to hot, not to cold, just right! Let's meet's meet at the Bend Flight Services Building at 8:30 and plan to depart at 9:00. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKOzi0BmnRqz71OvMRAkqCAKDMUBX5pTnrLrQb49I7Ztlsa7ZdfwCeJgcT ZfEJ4PZyzyJ71yPh736L7Aw= =Ay0V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From flyingeagle at bendbroadband.com Fri Jul 3 22:25:00 2009 From: flyingeagle at bendbroadband.com (flyingeagle at bendbroadband.com) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:25:00 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] New IFR Departure Procedures Message-ID: Be advised of 2 new Instrument Departure Procedures effective as of July 2: For BDN, the BEND ONE DEPARTURE (Obstacle) For RDM, the REDMOND ONE DEPARTURE Just want to be sure you do not have a surprise waiting for you when you pick up your next clearance. Happy 4th to All Michael Adler From gem at rellim.com Sat Jul 4 00:17:40 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Sunriver crash Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! KTVZ is reporting that a Piper Arrow with three on board crashed on takeoff from Sunriver today just after 4pm. No one hurt. Photos make it look like a soft gear up landing on marshy ground. More details here: http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10642698&nav=menu578_2 RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKTwIbBmnRqz71OvMRAi6PAKCdMg6nRz1IN8zZkxlx2+IEe9wHbQCgzJFa nROOqML9SB9VDw0SsUJ431k= =GEmN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Jul 4 15:03:22 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:03:22 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] JULY FLY-OUT !! Message-ID: <6070c9830907041503y742a60d8ja4de34d3f7fa0e1d@mail.gmail.com> HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE......... HEY.....THE PRESENT PLAN FOR A JULY FLY-OUT IS TO GO TO JOHNSON CREEK, IDAHO (JUST A FEW MINUTES EAST OF McCALL). WE WANT TO LEAVE ON FRI. JULY 17 AND RETURN ON MONDAY JULY 20 (EVERYONE CAN COME ON THE DAY YOU PREFER AND LEAVE EARLY IF YOU CHOOSE).......THERE ARE FLUSH TOILETS, SHOWERS, PICNIC TABLES AND COURTESY VANS TO RENT TO GO INTO TOWN (YELLOW PINE).......WE WILL NEED TO BRING TENTS, COOKING GEAR, FOOD AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT WANT......SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN..................................................................BUT.......................................................................... I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN GOING OR NOT...........A FEW HAVE SENT THEIR REGRETS AND A COUPLE HAVE SAID THEY WERE INTERESTED................PLEASE....................E-MAIL ME OR CALL ME *RIGHT AWAY* AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR NOT.....................DON WILFONG, wilfong.d at gmail.com or 541 389-1456 From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Jul 4 15:09:12 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:09:12 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] *****SPAM***** JULY FLY-OUT -- JOHNSON CREEK IDAHO Message-ID: <6070c9830907041509l39d52b90kb20f6cb5ed86687d@mail.gmail.com> Spam detection software, running on the system "catbert.rellim.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see gem at rellim.com for details. Content preview: HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE......... HEY.....THE PRESENT PLAN FOR A JULY FLY-OUT IS TO GO TO JOHNSON CREEK, IDAHO (JUST A FEW MINUTES EAST OF McCALL). WE WANT TO LEAVE ON FRI. JULY 17 AND RETURN ON MONDAY JULY 20 (EVERYONE CAN COME ON THE DAY YOU PREFER AND LEAVE EARLY IF YOU CHOOSE).......THERE ARE FLUSH TOILETS, SHOWERS, PICNIC TABLES AND COURTESY VANS TO RENT TO GO INTO TOWN (YELLOW PINE).......WE WILL NEED TO BRING TENTS, COOKING GEAR, FOOD AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT WANT......SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUNBUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN GOING OR NOTA FEW HAVE SENT THEIR REGRETS AND A COUPLE HAVE SAID THEY WERE INTERESTEDPLEASEE-MAIL ME OR CALL ME RIGHT AWAY AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR NOTDON WILFONG, wilfong.d at gmail.com or 541 389-1456 [...] Content analysis details: (6.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.8 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 DK_SIGNED Domain Keys: message has a signature -0.0 DKIM_VERIFIED Domain Keys Identified Mail: signature passes verification 0.0 DKIM_SIGNED Domain Keys Identified Mail: message has a signature 3.2 HTML_OBFUSCATE_10_20 BODY: Message is 10% to 20% HTML obfuscation 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 1.9 UPPERCASE_75_100 message body is 75-100% uppercase The original message was not completely plain text, and may be unsafe to open with some email clients; in particular, it may contain a virus, or confirm that your address can receive spam. If you wish to view it, it may be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor. From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Jul 4 15:25:27 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:25:27 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] JULY FLY-OUT TO JOHNSON CR., IDAHO Message-ID: <6070c9830907041525p7cad38f0jc463229872d5663@mail.gmail.com> Hey Gang, The planned fly-out for July is to go to Johnson Creek, Idaho (Just a few miles East of McCall). It is a beautiful grass runway that is long and wide, camping areas with picnic tables, there are flush toilets and showers, courtesy vans (reasonable fees) to drive into town (Yellow Pine). We plan to Fly there on Friday July 17 and return on Monday July 20, You can come for all or any part of the stay. You will need your camping gear, some food (we will try to co-ordinate it so we can have some meals together). We may also plan to fly from there to other locations for fun and/or for breakfast..............The backcountry pilots advise to be on the ground by around noon as heat and winds can make the mountain flying hazerdous in the afternoons..... PLEASE. Let me hear from you right away as to whether you are interested in going or not.........some have said they cannot go that weekend and a couple have said yes they wanted to go. It would be greatly appreciated if you would either e-mail or call me with your YES/NO/MAYBE Thank You..........Don Wilfong wilfong.d at gmail.com 541 389-1456 From daviddr at bendbroadband.com Mon Jul 13 07:15:23 2009 From: daviddr at bendbroadband.com (David Dressler) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:15:23 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLYING LESSONS for July 2, 2009 Message-ID: <000d01ca03c4$5c9d81a0$15d884e0$@com> Some savvy facts below (runway temp) worth charging your minds ----- Forwarded by David CTR Darrow/ANM/CNTR/FAA on 07/13/2009 05:52 AM ----- This week?s lessons: The ?runway temperature,? or temperature of the air over a hot, paved surface, can be as much as 40F greater than the ambient air temperature. Pavement absorbs heat, and can heat air in the first few feet above ground level?where it affects the performance of wings, propellers and engines?to temperatures far above ambient temperature at airport sensors. This is a rarely-addressed factor in density altitude computations but has a very real effect on aircraft takeoff performance. On a hot, sunny day, compute density altitude and performance based on reported weather, but make a second set of calculations for roughly 40?F or 20?C higher than the official temperature. Keep the results of both calculations at hand in the cockpit. In the run-up area or at the hold-short line, look at your indicated Outside Air Temperature (OAT) and see which of your calculations it most closely matches (or if it?s somewhere between the two). Use performance figures for the temperature closest to the actual ?runway temperature? as your expectations for takeoff and initial climb. If the ?reported temperature +40?F/20?C? result is marginal for takeoff performance and the actual ?runway temperature? observed at the hold line is near that value, taxi back and lighten the airplane or wait for cooler conditions. Medical self-certification is a tenet of our flying privilege. It?s easy to say: if you do not feel well, do not fly. In practice the decision is far greater if you?ve got an important trip planned, if you?re away from home, or if you?re mid-way through a trip. Four died recently after a pilot lay down because of a stomach ache during a fuel stop, with an apparent loss of control on takeoff a few minutes later that may be attributed to pilot incapacitation. If you don?t feel well, do not fly. Are you really cleared? The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two runway incursions that occurred at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio. NTSB reports: The most recent occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 26, 2009. Express Jet flight 2426, an E-145, was cleared by the tower developmental controller to cross runway 24L at taxiway S in order to depart from runway 24R. Approximately 19 seconds later, the same controller cleared CommutAir flight 8717, a DH8, for takeoff on runway 24L. The Express Jet flight crew saw the departing airplane and advised the tower controller they would not cross the runway. CommutAir 8717 rotated about 1,500 feet from where Express Jet 2426 was positioned. The incident is the second of its kind at CLE in three weeks. On June 3, 2009, at 3:15 p.m. EDT, a runway incursion occurred in which a B-737 was cleared by a developmental controller to taxi into position the same runway on which an E-145 was cleared and entering for take-off. The E-145 crew saw the B737 and queried the tower controller. The two flights came within 500 feet of each other on runway 6L. This was the same developmental controller involved in the June 26 incident. It would be easy to dismiss this because the same developmental controller was involved in both cases, but that?s irrelevant to the FLYING LESSONS involved: ? Consider clearance onto (or across) a runway as clearance to look to see if the way is clear, and move only if it is. ? Actively monitor ground and tower frequencies to develop a mental image of where other airplanes are, and where you fit into the flow. ? At non-towered airplanes your responsibility is even greater?you don?t have the extra eyes of ATC helping out, and you have to account for nonradio airplanes, pilots not reporting on the CTAF, and frequency congestion that obscures some radio calls. I teach my students to look, and confirm out loud, these things before taxiing onto a runway: 1. The runway is clear 2. The approach is clear 3. We?re cleared to go Be particularly cautious about taxi-into-position-and-hold clearances, especially if you find yourself holding in position for a long period of time. My interpretation is that ?position and hold? does not exist at nontowered airports?stay short of the hold-short line (or the airport?s equivalent) until you?re ready to take off and you have confirmed the runway and approach are clear. QUESTION OF THE WEEK July Question of the Week #1 ? Have you had a density altitude learning experience? What happened, and what did you learn? Copy and paste the question with your response to MFTsurvey at cox.net. One randomly selected reader in July will win his/her choice of a Mastery Flight Training hat or the MFT DVD Those Who Won?t: 10 Tips for Avoiding Landing Gear Mishaps. Your email address goes in the drawing once every week you respond to a question. All responses will remain confidential, but I will publish a review of the results. Like PIREPs, this works best if everyone participates. So take a moment to answer this week?s question then come back to read the rest of FLYING LESSONS. The June Question of the Week #2 was: Have you ever had to abort a takeoff ?for real?? What was the situation? Here are some of your responses: I had to abort a takeoff because of incorrectly configured elevator trim tabs. I was picking up my plane after having everything that faces up re-skinned after hail damage. The shop that did the work test-flew the aircraft (a couple of times) and told me it was in good working order. On my pre-flight inspection, the elevator trim tabs were bent up. I discussed this with the shop manager/owner and told him that I remember that they should have been bent down. He politely informed me that I was incorrect (and after all, they just test flew it that morning and several times before). I aborted my takeoff because the controls required excessive back pressure when I attempted to rotate. They had installed the elevator trim tabs upside down. Upon departing from Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) in low IMC, the door popped open during the take off roll. As I was trained I aborted, taxied back, closed and secured the door and took off again uneventfully. This F33 Bonanza would typically take off with door unlatched and not have the "pop" happen until it leveled off at cruise altitude. If this occurred, I would be stuck with an IFE (in flight emergency) and be required to return with a full instrument approach to low minima. My guardian angel must have been with me that day. The passenger door popped open in the first 800' of roll....plenty of runway left so it was no issue. I'd locked the door myself but obviously it wasn't locked. Over the past 27 years I've had the door come open in flight (once only about 400' AGL after takeoff) five times. It has never been an issue but has always been noisy until able to land and close it. If no one is sitting in that seat, don't lay anything on it you don't want to disappear! I have a vivid memory of my first aborted takeoff. I had my first paid flying job at age 19 (circa 1972), working for a bait shop operator in Fort Frances, Ontario. I was flying a J3 on floats, going into small lakes and baiting and emptying minnow traps. The airplane was equipped with a 30-gallon water tank in the back seat with a battery-powered aerator to keep the fish alive. There was one lake that was very productive, had high cliffs at one end, muskeg swamp at the other. I went in one morning, landing towards the cliffs over the muskeg. emptied and baited the traps, then could not the get the engine to start. I drifted around the lake for about 3 hrs swatting mosquitoes, pulling at that prop with no success. My biggest concern was that I would lose my job for not getting back on time, second concern that maybe nobody would know where I was and I would get to spend the night in the bush with the bugs! Finally, I got the thing running, and proceeded to take off in the direction I had landed, not noticing that the wind had swung around about 180 degrees. I got halfway down the lake, figured I wasn't going to get airborne to soar gracefully over the Canadian Shield, and chopped the power about 100 yards from the end of the water. I slid gracefully across a mat of floating vegetation, knew enough to add full throttle as I turned around , and didn't break through and get stuck. Fortuitously there were no rocks in the bog to puncture the floats, and I plunked back rather unceremoniously into the lake, now facing into the wind with the low end in front of me! At this point, I had the distinct impression that the old J3 was looking back at me with a high degree of suspicion, but I firewalled the throttle and we took off and flew home without incident. The boss asked me what took so long and I told him I had been fishing! I was riding with another instructor who was giving training in an Aztec. A pre-takeoff briefing was discussed between the student and instructor prior to taking the active (below this speed - this happens; after this speed - this happens; after this speed - we fly the airplane, take care of the situation and come back for a landing). Just as the aircraft rotated, the forward baggage door came open. The instructor shouted to abort but the student hesitated. The instructor forcibly closed the throttles and applied the brakes so as to stop on the runway. Other than an increase in heart rate and a thorough discussion with the student of the situation as we taxied off the runway to secure the door, nothing happened to the aircraft or occupants. I was on a multi leg flight, Anchorage to Chicago Midway, in our Bonanza with a private pilot friend who flew a Cessna 172. We were departing Edmonton Municipal airport on an instrument flight plan, he was left seat and flying. Cleared to go, we headed down the runway. He tried to rotate the aircraft but it didn't want to fly. We were not accelerating. I grabbed the throttle and brought it all the way back. We braked and pulled off the runway, engine ticking over, looking at each other. I then realized that he was not used to a Vernier throttle control. He had turned the throttle until it seemed to him like take off power, when in fact we had been at partial power. He had screwed it halfway in and then put both hands on the yoke. Fortunately the runway was long enough to forgive our trespasses. About an hour into a training flight, my student and I were departing for some touch and goes in a C172. About 1,000 feet into the takeoff roll, I told the student to increase to full throttle as I noticed RPM?s were hovering at a mere 1900. He told me he was at full throttle about the time I saw the same for myself. He safely reduced throttle to idle and got us stopped with plenty of runway left. We later found that the air intake screen had come loose, leaning against the intake itself and suffocating the engine. Good training experience. Had a couple others for doors or cowlings popping open but nothing to end significantly. Summarize to say always be ready for anything and don?t neglect the takeoff! I was starting a night takeoff in a high performance single when a deer ran out in front of me. I immediately pulled back the throttle and hit the brakes. The deer just stood there and looked at me (deer in the landing light syndrome). No damage, no harm, but scared me beyond belief. After what seemed like an hour (probably 30-45 seconds) the deer scooted and we called the tower and continued our takeoff. I dropped off a passenger at San Jose International (KSJC) and when I departed, at lift off I heard a rapid whap whap whap whap on the right side of the fuselage. I had plenty of runway left so reduced power to idle and landed on the remaining runway, informing the tower I was aborting the takeoff. Part of the right front seat?s seat belt was outside the door, and upon lift off the air passing over the wing caused it to beat against the side of the airplane. Since then, I always fasten the seat belt to itself if the seat is vacant, so it cannot be outside the door! I advanced the throttle for takeoff, and at full takeoff power the engine did not sound right, too loud, I aborted the take off, taxied back to the hangar and discovered a 2? square hole in the right side exhaust manifold. Didn?t fly that day! Thanks, everyone, for your inputs! It looks like if you check security of doors and windows, doublecheck the wind direction, know what power indications to expect on takeoff and confirm you meet your power target, and be ready to pull the throttle and abort if anything does not go as planned, and you?ll have learned the FLYING LESSONS these readers present. From mvbond at spiritone.com Tue Jul 14 11:06:06 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:06:06 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA newsletter Message-ID: <4A5CC90E.1000803@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA July 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER July 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 7 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Aero Facilities partner Kerry O'Neal was our guest for the June meeting and we all thank him for giving a great talk. Topics ranged from the work his company is doing on the northeast side of the airport, to the work the city is doing on the revised hanger use policies and to Bend Real estate in general. A good time was had by all and we hope Kerry can return again as their project takes shape. Ed Endsley is working diligently on the next program so be sure to come early for our July program. Also on the program will be the final preparations for our extended monthly flyout. This month will be an extra special 4 day and 3 night campout in the Idaho back country. Folks will start to gather around 6pm for tall tales. Then join in our world famous potluck at 6:30pm and stay for the ground breaking formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 16 July - Monthly Meeting 17-20 July - Monthly Flyout (camping in Idaho) 14-15 August - 99s Palms To Pines 20 August - Monthly Meeting 21-22 August - Central Oregon Air Show @ Madras 22 August - Monthly Flyout 29 August - OPA Annual meeting @ Albany Air Fair 17 September - Monthly Meeting 19 September - Monthly Flyout 15 October - Monthly Meeting 17 October - Monthly Flyout Web doings: The Northwest Art & Air Festival (NAAF) will return this August 28 to 30. More details on the their website: http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/nwaaf/ August 29 at the NAAF will also be the annual OPA convention. This is the first year in several that the NAAF has not conflicted with the Central Oregon Airshow so be sure to check it out this year: http://www.oregonpilot.org/convention2009/index.htm To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: We have been hearing news of layoffs at Epic Aircraft and they have cut down to a small crew over there. Lets hope that can weather the current economic crisis and return stronger than ever. Random Thoughts: Turnabout is fair play. Hardly a month goes by when one, or many, of our membership feel compelled to complain to the Bend Bulletin about their airport coverage. So it is with some chagrin that I must report that the Bend Bulletin is challenging the CO-OPA to improve our act. This all started when a few Cimarron City residents threatened to sue the city about noisy aircraft over their residential area. The Bulletin did their homework and reported on the story from many of those involved, including Gary Judd, the Bend Municipal Airport Manager, and even the CO-OPA. In that story, and a later editorial, the Bulletin correctly noted that when in the air an aircraft is only responsible to the FAA and Bend has no jurisdiction whatsoever. Nagging Gary Judd may indirectly nudge a few pilots to do the right thing, but suing the city is a wasted gesture. The Bulletin, in spite of being reminded by several people, neglected to mention that all residents of Cimarron City are required to sign a document acknowledging that they are in an airport environment before purchasing. They knew there would be airport noise when the moved in. Also noted by the Bulletin was that in spite of lacking jurisdiction, the city has maintained a Fly Friendly program to publicize procedures in an attempt the lesson the friction between the airport users and neighbors. You can grab a copy of the latest revision from the city website: www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/docs/FF2Final.pdf The turnabout comes in that the Bulletin charges by name that the CO-OPA, among others, could do better at propagating the Fly Friendly procedures. This month that is just what I shall do. So grab a copy of the brochure and follow along now. Even if you do not really care about the neighbors Gary Judd will appreciate the fewer complaints, and the City Council, soon to annex the airport, will be more receptive to our pleas. Most of the advice is just good piloting and is appropriate at most any airport unless specifically noted otherwise: ? Climb best rate at appropriate power. ? On take-off, fly runway heading until 800' AGL; no turns before end of runway. ? Maintain 1,000' AGL (4,456' MSL) traffic pattern altitude. ? Low RPM recommended while in Traffic Pattern. The 2009 AIM recommendations are a little less specific but clearly in basic agreement. You can check out the relevant AIM section (4-3-3) online: http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/AIM/Chap4/aim0403.html The only clearly local Fly Friendly recommendation is: ? Avoid noise sensitive areas shown on map and area within 2-mile radius of location 7 miles southeast of airport Basically that means avoid Cimarron City to the northeast of the airport and Alfalfa to the east. The previous version was a bit more specific about Alfalfa and it is too bad that was missed in this latest revision. Given the lack of country roads outside of the city limits it is very tempting to use Alfalfa to practice ground reference maneuvers. That leads to a high concentration of lingering operations over their heads and they do not appreciate the noise. Worse yet having so much training in one area is just not safe. So make every attempt to train over less populated areas. I feel much less sympathetic to pilots flying over Cimarron City. For one it is really easy to see the populated area from the air, and for another, if you are flying a proper pattern you should never be overhead that area. In our case we have the happy coincidence that safe procedures, and noise friendly procedures, lead to the same result. At Bend airport all powered airplanes use a left hand pattern and at the same time the helicopters and gliders use a right hand pattern. When runway 16, the calm wind runway, is in use no powered airplanes should be anywhere on the east side of the runway. Cessnas should not mix with gliders or helicopters. It is only when runway 34 is in use that there can be any potential noise conflict. The AIM is silent on how far a downwind leg should be flown from the runway, but if you are flying a nice tight pattern you should easily be west of Cimarron City while on downwind. Except when terrain interferes there is rarely a reason to fly a wide pattern and in anticipation of any engine failure at low altitude a tight pattern ensures you can always reach the runway. The AIM specifies only two ways to exit the pattern, straight out or a 45-degree turn off the crosswind leg. Neither of those, nor any other common departure, will take a departing aircraft over Cimarron City. I guess it is possible that someone might consider exiting the downwind leg at midfield on a 45 to the northeast on a track that would travel over Cimarron City. That runs the risk of turning into arriving traffic on the 45 or base leg and is not a good idea. Continuing the downwind to the base leg before turning east or northeast is both safer and friendlier. A common way to enter the pattern for 34, and the only one mentioned in the AIM, is to enter on the 45 from the southeast. That clearly would be south of Cimarron City. The only reasonable alternative way to enter from the northeast would be a left base entry and when flown properly would be to the north of Cimarron City. There is just no way any safe pattern entry is anywhere over Cimarron City. So to recap, if you are flying a tight standard pattern, and you always should be, then there should never be an issue of excessive noise over Cimarron City. Safe and friendly, all-in-one. If you see someone flying over Cimarron City they are not only causing noise for airport neighbors but they are also flying in an unsafe manner in our crowded airport environment. Gary Miller FLY-OUT FUN....... Gary has described above and Don Wilfong has emailed details of the Johnson Creek flyout for July 17-19. What you may not know is that 2 planes made it for last month's flyout to Chiloquin ?. Gary's Cessna 210 and the Bond's Cardinal RG. Ceilings kept us lower than usual and precluded Crater Lake sightseeing but otherwise an enjoyable flight both ways. Melita's food was as appetizing as usual ?and you missed the scintillating conversation ?.. ! Mike Bond Light Show Cruising to O'Hare Field, Chicago at about 3 AM on a commercial red eye, I saw the most amazing light show. This country boy had heard about "population centers" but hadn't been exposed to the mid west or the eastern US before. There were lights spread across the ground for as far as I could see from thirty thousand feet. Arrayed in a regular repeating rectilinear pattern in a dense constant layer everywhere. A carpet of beautiful pinpoints of light continuing forever? The colors varied but the density did not. It was like swooping over a galaxy spinning through the universe as we banked and turned. Then a flash of explosive proportions, and then another, and another. With every flash of lightning it illuminated clouds all around and the canyons between them that we were flying through. Cumulo humongous clouds were reaching thousands of feet above us. These huge roiling beings looked like obese giants fighting with light sabers. I had a ringside seat to the action and hoped they didn't notice us interlopers. Some bolts were illuminating the clouds from inside and they looked like giant translucent Japanese lanterns formed by a madman. Other bolts were plainly visible throwing light on the faces of these gargantuan piles of vaporous fury. lightning bolts were striking the ground with even brighter light radiating out from where they hit making it look like the Earth was under attack from outer space. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be in the air or on the ground. Neither option sounded very good at the time. Scotty!!! Beam me up, get me out of here!!! Ed Endsley The following are selections from the City's Fly Friendly brochure: (PDF version only) =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From ed at edendsley.com Tue Jul 14 13:41:48 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:41:48 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program CHANGE Message-ID: <4A5CED8C.8040905@edendsley.com> LOCATION CHANGE!!! Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, July 16, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the STRATOS AIRCRAFT HANGAR (It says X-Air on the door). They are located in Unit 3, the first hangar north of Electronics International. Meet at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Parking OK on the ramp side... Stratos Aircraft CEO Michael Lemaire and associates will be presenting their advanced VLJ concept design. The race is on in this aviation category and Stratos represents a significant leap. We will have a chance to examine a mock-up and see the unique application of materials and hear the story of concept development. What a story it is! This is a historic opportunity in aircraft manufacturing. http://www.stratosaircraft.com Don't miss this very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Tue Jul 14 14:12:11 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:12:11 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN !!! Message-ID: <6070c9830907141412r24af3690heb8497ca73bceb1e@mail.gmail.com> Hey gang..........Hope to see you Thurs. eve.........sounds like Ed has a really neat program lined up.......... This month's FLY-OUT is to Johnson Creek, Idaho..........Johnson Creek Airport is a few miles East of McCall, it is beautiful, long, wide, grass, runway with excellent camping, flush toilets, showers, courtesy cars and it is a really fun place to fly....... The plan is to fly out of Bend this Fri. forenoon and to return by Mon......... You can come any day and go home any day as your schedule requires... We will plan some meals at camp and may fly out for breakfast to other airports..... A number of you have e-mailed me that you cannot make it (I appreciate your e-mails) but at the present I only know of two planes that are planning to go.......... It would be greatly appreciated if you would take a moment and let me know if you are interested in going along.... See you Thurs. evening, Don Wilfong.......Fly-Out Chair wilfong.d/@gmail.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Tue Jul 21 14:51:49 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:51:49 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] IDAHO FLY-OUT Message-ID: <6070c9830907211451o2598b738nc2dc274375b7b63e@mail.gmail.com> Hey Gang.........You missed a great time.........Those of us that went had a fantastic time........When it all boiled down there were only 2 planes and a total of 3 people went......Gary Miller and his dog in Gary's plane and Don & Norma Wilfong in their plane. We actually didn't need anyone else to have a wonderful fly-out.........but..........it is a sad situation when we have as many members as we do and no one is interested in participating in events like this. I know it is a busy time of year but this was planned for over a month.........I hope everyone that was unable to join us enjoyed themselves as much as we did.........We had so much fun we plan to make it at least an annual event..........Don Wilfong From mattv at bendbroadband.com Mon Aug 3 23:05:24 2009 From: mattv at bendbroadband.com (MattV) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:05:24 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] IDAHO FLY-OUT References: <6070c9830907211451o2598b738nc2dc274375b7b63e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Don, Glad to hear you had fun. I just got back from Oshkosh. Thanks for organizing the fly-out and I hope to join you next time.. Matt From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Aug 19 02:58:46 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:58:46 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA newsletter Message-ID: <4A8BCCD6.7040804@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA August 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER August 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 8 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Last month we tried something a bit different and moved our meeting a tad north on the field to the Stratos Aircraft hanger. A few people neglected to read Ed's program announcement and showed up at the Flight Services Building but it looks like we redirected all of them to the right place. The theme of the night was "4 people, 400 knots, 1500 nm", the performance goal for the Stratos 714 single engine jet that they are working on. The hanger was all decked out with new posters and brochures ready to be moved to Oshkosh and we were lucky to see a dress rehearsal for their Oshkosh program. Now all they need is a little more than $100M and 2 years before we can expect to get a demo flight in one. We wish them luck; we know that if they can raise the money that Central Oregon has the talent to make it happen. For those that missed it you can get a taste of the project from their website: http://www.stratosaircraft.com/ Ed Endsley is working diligently on the next program (see Ed's item later ? ED) so be sure to come early for our August meeting, back in the usual location at the Flight Services Building. We will also discuss the flyout to the upcoming Central Oregon Airshow Friday night the 21st and Saturday the 22nd. This year they even have a B-17 showing up! Flying is usually a lone eagle pursuit but having such a great airshow in our backyard will give us a chance to see a great airshow and socialize with the local pilot community. Check out their website for the whole story: http://www.cascadeairshow.com/ Pilots and friends will start to gather around 6pm for stories of derring-do followed by our award winning potluck at 6:30pm and the always engaging formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 20 August - Monthly Meeting 21-22 August - Central Oregon Air Show @ Madras 22 August - Monthly Flyout 29 August - OPA Annual meeting @ Albany Air Fair 17 September - Monthly Meeting 19 September - Monthly Flyout 15 October - Monthly Meeting 17 October - Monthly Flyout 19 November - Monthly Meeting 21 November - Monthly Flyout Web doings: Late word is that the 2009 OPA State convention at Albany (S12) will feature Greg Pecoraro, AOPA VP for Airports and State Advocacy as the keynote speaker. Seminars start at 10am Saturday August 29 leading up to the keynote and steak dinner at 5:30pm. They promise to be done by 7pm so everyone can fly home easily that night. Advance tickets are $19.50 if you order by the 21st, and $25 at the door. More details here: http://www.oregonpilot.org/convention2009/index.htm While you are on the web check out our website: http://co-aop.com To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: The rumours are now confirmed, Epic Aircraft has shut its doors and its owner has repossessed the building. There are partially completed kits stuck in the building and the hope is that some group might be able to raise financing to see them completed. I wish the employees and kit owners the best of luck, but... Random Thoughts: I hope everyone is getting out and flying instead of spending time watching the news or reading newsletters (except this one). Unlike last winter, and surely unlike the winter to come, the weather has been great for flying and the potential destinations myriad. In just the next few weeks we have the Central Oregon Airshow and the Albany Air Show/OPA Convention (mentioned above), as well as the massive Oregon Airshow in Hillsboro, the McMinnville fly-in, the WAAM/Hood River fly-in and many more. Not sure what to do in the last bits of summer before the weather turns? The OPA web site has a nice calendar of aviation events: http://oregonpilot.org/calendar.html and there are many others. By now I hear the cynical among you silently complaining that these events are all overcrowded. And for those of you I suggest it is the perfect time to head out to one of our less crowded jewels, like Prospect Airport, because you know you will have the place to yourself! Recent studies have shown that spending more time recreating is actually the best way to clear our heads and get more work done when we return than if we had not take a break. So get out of the house and get flying! Advice that I am going to take for myself right now. FLY-OUT FUN !!! --- WOW !!! Hey Gang...We had our July Fly-Out to Johnson Creek, Idaho. This beautiful long wide grass strip has hot showers, flush toilets, fresh cold water at all of the camp sites, a fire pit, free fire wood, free ice for your ice chest, barbecues (bring your own charcoal), garbage cans and a couple of courtesy vans to go into the little Mining town "Yellow Pine". Yellow Pine has a Tavern/Cafe, a Bar, a General Store, a Hotel, an RV Park and quite a few other things of interest. It is the home of a rousing Harmonica Festival once a year. The famous Stibnite Mine has been closed for years....but......they now have a crew of 20+ men doing testing to see if they want to reopen the mine. Johnson Creek Airfield is at approx 5000 ft. and we thought that being in the mountains it might be relatively cool........wrong........it was cool at night and your sleeping bag felt good up around your neck but in the afternoons it got up into the 90s. We arrived early Friday afternoon and set up camp. We looked around, and visited with several others who had also chosen to enjoy Idaho's premier fly-in spot. We snacked on stuff we had brought with us for lunch and then whipped up a nice evening meal, had a glass of wine (or two) and retired fairly early. Johnson Creek (more like a river) was just over the bank and the sound of the water pouring and tumbling over the rocks lulled you right to sleep. "Dawn Patrol Don Wilfong" was up, as usual, at 0500, long before anyone else, built a nice fire and made coffee (weak decaf), which, when Gary Miller got up later, he said he couldn't handle. We decided to fly to breakfast at Sulphur Creek. (Sulphur Creek Lodge is within the Wilderness Area and no motorized equipment is allowed except airplanes and any equipment that was on sight when the Wilderness Area was created.) The Sulphur Creek strip is a one-way dirt strip (like most of the back country strips) and has an excellent approach. You can see the dust trail as Gary landed his plane. Quite a few people had already flown in to enjoy the more than ample breakfast. They served real coffee, orange juice, biscuits and gravy, eggs, bacon and sausage (Yes all of it). Needless to say we left a little heavier than when we arrived. They take checks or credit cards but DO NOT accept cash. We noticed a couple of nicks in my prop and one of the other pilots there grabbed a file out of his plane and dressed the nicks out.....Lots of friendly and helpful people everywhere we went. We had very interesting flights going to and coming from Sulphur Creek as we took a different route each way. This is tall country and it is necessary to climb to 9,000+ feet to have adequate clearance when flying from one drainage to another. We saw a number of other airstrips "way down" in the bottom of the canyons but did not elect to try any of them. It should be an early morning venture to fly into almost any of the backcountry strips. The local pilots recommend that you plan all of your flights before noon or later in the evening as winds and high temperatures can create unhealthy situations. Gary, another couple and I drove up to the "Ice Hole" and went for a very cool dip in the creek on Sat. afternoon. Due to the relatively still and deep water this is where they were able to saw big blocks of ice, each winter. This is why they named it the Ice Hole. They then stored the blocks in Ice Houses, insulated with sawdust, so they had ice well into the summer. I have to admit the water was anything but warm but really refreshing on a hot afternoon.. Norma and I had gone swimming there on a previous trip to Johnson Creek. We rented a van and drove into Yellow Pine for a beer and our evening meal. It is exactly 5 miles from the airfield to Yellow Pine, so the fee for the van was $5.00, plus .30 per mile, which figured out to a reasonable $8.00 for the round trip. Sunday morning we thought about flying to West Fork Lodge, Montana for breakfast...but....we didn't get around very fast and it was some 90 miles each way so we cooked and enjoyed our breakfast in camp. We had heard about a bathtub way up on the side of the mountain, above the airport, which you fill from a hot spring. Gary and his dog Maxwell headed up the trail on what was supposed to be a 45 minute walk.....well...it was a little more than that and even though they had a great time they were both pooped by the time they got back. Gary shampooed his hair in the sulfur water and it left his hair a little wild. Gary had decided he needed to head home that afternoon. We had planned to stay until Monday but decided to head home also. It was hot (93F and the density altitude computed to be 9,000 ft.) The wind chose to blow down the runway the wrong way so we took the van and went into Yellow Pine for a late lunch and to give it time for the temps to drop a bit and the wind to change directions. Gary, with his turbo, felt comfortable heading out a little earlier than we did and he made a stop in Baker City for fuel. We left later and we made a stop in John Day for fuel (John Day was $3.76 a gallon and Baker City was almost $1.00 higher). Gary landed at Bend and we landed at Pilot Butte International at 2030 hrs. It was a fantastic trip and we are planning to make it an annual event. You missed out on a great fly-out this time. Don & Norma Wilfong ================================= PHOTOS (in PDF version) Stratos Model, seen at our July meeting Chapter members trying out the Stratos mock-up 'for size' The Stratos management team ========================== August Program Plan to attend the Thursday, August 20, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Light Sport Aircraft are a hot topic and Matt Verdieck of X-Air builds the LS Model at the Bend Airport. Matt will show us the aircraft they flew to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture and tell us stories of the joys of Light Sport Aviation that will put a smile on your face. http://www.X-AirLSA.com Come enjoy your association membership and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Celebrate summer; it only comes once a year!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From ed at edendsley.com Wed Aug 19 08:27:09 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:27:09 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <4A8C19CD.2020904@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, August 20, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Light Sport Aircraft are a hot topic and Matt Verdieck of X-Air builds the LS Model at the Bend Airport. Matt will show us the aircraft they flew to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture and tell us stories of the joys of Light Sport Aviation that will put a smile on your face. http://www.X-AirLSA.com Come enjoy your association membership and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Celebrate summer!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From gem at rellim.com Thu Sep 10 15:58:37 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:58:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] PAPI at Bend Airport (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! Good news from our Airport Manager. See below. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:27:57 -0700 From: gjudd at ci.bend.or.us Subject: PAPI at Bend Airport Hi everyone, I am pleased to announce that the 16/34 PAPI systems are now fully operational and in service. The FAA flight checked the system on Tuesday, the 8th, and after a few tweaks and adjustments over the course of about 4 hours they gave it a "thumbs up" and it is now officially commissioned. You will notice that the lights never completely turn off and this is a safety feature to keep frost from forming in the winter months and keeps the internal workings dry year around. The daylight intensity increases ?to compensate for the increase in lighting and at night they will automatically dim down. This is the final piece of the runway reconstruction/relocation project and I think you will find the PAPI system to be considerably more accurate than the original VASI system. You will notice that they are far more sensitive and there is a more noticeable transition from red to white or vice versa when you make altitude corrections. ?The system consist of four separate units in a single row 90 degrees to the runway and a correct glide path will show two units red and two white. They are visible from up to 20 miles away but are highly directional so don't expect to see them from very far off to the side of runway center line. ?For more information the Airman's Information Manual has additional details. Thank you, Gary Judd Airport Manager Bend Municipal Airport Bend, OR 97701 Phone 1-541-389-0258 Fax ?(same as phone) Cell- 1-541-647-0828 email ?gjudd at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: Emails are generally public records and therefore subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. Emails can be sent inadvertently to unintended recipients and contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please advise by return email and delete immediately without reading or forwarding to others. Thank you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKqYSgBmnRqz71OvMRAkM6AJ90f/7ocM0S042IEhiH8ckSj0NEcQCfUN/c jzJ0tU2azkJw32ZBNZVQpBM= =Ml75 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Fri Sep 11 10:14:23 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] Helicopter relocation (fwd) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in from our KBND Airport Manager. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:58:26 -0700 From: gjudd at ci.bend.or.us Subject: Helicopter relocation Hi everyone, I have been approached by Leading Edge Aviation with a proposal regarding a relocation of the helicopter parking area from it's present location to where the most Easterly row of aircraft tiedowns now exist. ?The 16 aircraft would be shifted to where the helicopters are now. The reason for the request is that Leading Edge expects the helicopter program to at least double in size this fall when the new GI Bill goes into affect and the current location will not accommodate the traffic. ?By moving the helicopters to the row next to the taxiway it will put them further away from fixed wing operations in general and will avoid the transitional taxiing from parking to the taxiway. The helicopters will be towed to their hangars and will not be "hover taxiing" beyond the new parking area. Everyone involved is working hard to find a more permanent home for the helicopters but this has been suggested as an interim measure. ?The current helicopter area would be re-striped, chains re-installed and each spot remarked reserved for each fixed wing aircraft. The biggest advantage to the move is that the helicopters would have full separation from parked fixed wing and would be further towards the runway from hangars and away from areas that have quite a bit of ramp movements. Central Oregon Community College ( COCC) is very concerned that the increase in training ?can not be accommodated and I am working towards a solution that may allow us to move the helicopter activities to the East side of the field once the new East side parallel taxiway B is constructed. The earliest that could happen would be late next summer. We are looking at other available hangar and ramp sites and I am hoping for an alternative solution but COCC will be starting ?classes within the next two weeks. ?In the meantime I need your help, suggestions and input to find a constructive way for the airport to serve the needs of our variety of flying machines. With many businesses on the airport suffering severely due too the recession it is encouraging to see one area of growth in spite of the challenges it presents. Thank you, Gary Judd Airport Manager Bend Municipal Airport Bend, OR 97701 Phone 1-541-389-0258 Fax ?(same as phone) Cell- 1-541-647-0828 email ?gjudd at ci.bend.or.us PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: Emails are generally public records and therefore subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. Emails can be sent inadvertently to unintended recipients and contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please advise by return email and delete immediately without reading or forwarding to others. Thank you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKqoV0BmnRqz71OvMRAsmgAKC6f1D0WHNkR/Vi/xrjAgqL5JHuUACeLe4B gXqRNJnf7VVkwDaMqPThwXQ= =CKtB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From ed at edendsley.com Mon Sep 14 16:27:02 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:27:02 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <4AAED146.5010100@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, September 17, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Here comes the WEATHER!!! KOHD-TV Chief Meteorologist Adam Clark holds advanced degrees with special expertise in orographic uplift and other mountain effects that govern much of the weather in the western United States. Mr. Clark is an excellent communicator and teaches Meteorology at COCC. This will be a great presentation! Bring your questions. http://www.kohd.com Channels: 53 UHF, 51.1 digital; cable: 9 and 609 HD Come enjoy your association membership and support your right to fly!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From gem at rellim.com Mon Sep 14 18:45:21 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:45:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Co-opa] CAP Meetings Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! This just in and might be of interest to the group. See below. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Al Sandner Subject: Re: CAP Meetings Al Sandner wrote: Ed and the Central Oregon Pilots Association: I belong to the Civil Air Patrol as well as your organization and we are starting some aviation refresher type training programs on the third Tuesday of every month. We would like to open these meetings up to anyone who might be interested in them. I don't know if you would like us to let you know about them and the subject matter or if the members might not want be bothered with this sort of thing. Any of your members would certainly be welcome to attend. This weeks meeting (tomorrow night) is on IFR and VFR communications with a little pop quiz on FAR part 91 thrown in for good measure. We hold our meetings at Marshall High School at 7:00PM. If you would like to be put on our email list for those meetings, we would be happy to do that. Just let us know your wishes. Thanks, Alan Sandner CAPT - CAP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKrvGzBmnRqz71OvMRAsljAKDcBoykew9BUS6e1zMAOGsykGsFZACfZwQe 9Y4EGAgKQygZEcG75orSEdo= =Vmq4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Sep 16 01:04:17 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:04:17 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA newsletter Message-ID: <4AB09C01.3010406@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA September 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER September 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 9 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: A complete and ready to fly new two place airplane for $60k with no hidden charges? You might suspect that I dropped off a zero, or am talking about a paper airplane, but no. The plane is real and Matt Verdieck taxied it to our last meeting. Matt briefed us on the X-Air LSA assembled right here at KBDN from an Indian kit with an Australian engine. We also got a rundown on his experiences this year at Oshkosh. Many thanks to Matt from dropping by and sharing. If you want to learn more about this amazing plane, checkout www.x-airlsa.com. With Fall about ready to peek out our thoughts will soon return to weather and what better way to refresh the subject than with KOHD Chief Meteorologist and COCC Instructor Adam Clark. I hope he knows what he is in for by presenting himself to our peanut gallery. Past meetings with weathermen have been boisterous and I expect this one to also be a big hit! Pilots and friends will start to gather around 6pm for stories about the recent Cascade Airshow and the OPA annual meeting. Long before everyone is talked out our potluck will start 6:30pm and the always engaging formal program at 7pm. Calendar: 17 September - Monthly Meeting 19 September - Monthly Flyout 26 September - "I Heart Bend" Airport Cleanup 15 October - Monthly Meeting 17 October - Monthly Flyout 19 November - Monthly Meeting 21 November - Monthly Flyout 17 December - Monthly Meeting/Party 19 November - Monthly Flyout Web doings: As always you can check out current and past newsletters as well as hot aviation links on our website at http://co-aop.com To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Believe it or not, the CO-OPA is not the only pilot's organization in the area. We also have a wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) here. Alan Sandner has asked me to inform our membership that they meet on the third Tuesday at 7pm in Marshall High School. Most of meetings are for refresher training so they should be of interest to all pilots. You can find out more on their website: http://www.centraloregoncap.org, or contact Al at: asand at bendbroadband.com. On 26 Sep from 10am to 2pm the "I Heart Bend" program will conduct a city wide volunteer cleanup. Gary Judd, KBDN Airport Manager, and Cheryl Howard, in charge of the program, have identified a few untidy areas on the airport that can use some love. The areas that need attention are the frontage road, in between hangars and around the taxi lane median. You can find out more about the program, and sign up online to help, at their web site: http://iheartbend.org. Random Thoughts: How did pilots ever live without cell phones or the Internet? I vaguely remember that I must have done so. Even in such an isolated place like Idaho's Johnson Creek Airport (3U2) which is 60 miles from the nearest paved road and so isolated that Verizon never heard of the place there is free Wifi. There is so much information on the internet that a pilot could spend all week trying to comply with FAR 91.103 which says: Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight. This information must include:- (a) For a flight under IFR or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport, weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed, and any known traffic delays of which the pilot in command has been advised by ATC; (b) For any flight, runway lengths at airports of intended use, and the following takeoff and landing distance information: (1) For civil aircraft for which an approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual containing takeoff and landing distance data is required, the takeoff and landing distance data contained therein; and (2) For civil aircraft other than those specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, other reliable information appropriate to the aircraft, relating to aircraft performance under expected values of airport elevation and runway slope, aircraft gross weight, and wind and temperature. Who are they kidding with 'all available information' in the information age? Still there is a lot there that you need to know for practical purposes and it boils down to three general areas: information on the airports, airways and terrain along your route of flight, current and forecast weather along your route of flight, and finally the expected performance of your aircraft given the first two areas. In the distant past, and on your check rides, this required you to check your charts and facilities directory, make a phone call for a weather briefing, then use your POH and E3B manually compute your aircraft performance. With the internet age we could replace most of that effort by checking the airport data and compute fuel requirements at www.airnav.com then get an online DUATS briefing. Easy if you have access to a computer and an Internet connection, but pretty hard to do if you are standing on the ramp. Now with a smartphone (and a cell signal) all that is in the palm of my hand. And it gets better ever day. I just downloaded a new program for my phone called FlightBriefer. In one place it gives me access to METARs, TAFs, PIREPs and even a full DUATS briefing complete with full color charts. Just like getting an in-person briefing at a FSS. Anyone remember the last time they visited an FSS? No more trying to get a briefer that has never been to Oregon to describe the last WX radar image to you over the phone, just pull it up in full color on your phone and zoom in to your areas of interest. A picture is still worth a thousands words. With a full picture of the weather I can complete my personal briefing by checking out the sunrise/sunset and airport data on www.airnav.com, compute my airplane performance on my phones electronic E3B and W/B calculator and I am ready to fly. All done while standing on the ramp. How can people still run out of gas or get caught in weather with such great tools? Madras Air Show Didn't see too many Bendites so, for those who missed this Aug 21-22 event, here are a few of the more unusual sightings: The WAAM (Hood River) L3 and L4 contingent Long lines for B-17G 'Sentimental Journey' His and hers? The ceiling of the BIG hangar ? don't know the story but there must be one And now for some of the aerobatic participants: Fouga Magister, a French jet trainer Looks like a chase ?. Too slow to catch the flame but felt the heat! and finally, The Rob Berg Madras shuttle .. or .. 'The Airport Manager's job is never done'. Flying a real, renewable fuel By Dave Hirschman, AOPA For more than five years, Swift Enterprises, a small start-up firm founded by Purdue University Professor John Rusek and largely staffed by grads, has been designing and producing a form of sorghum-derived renewable fuel, meant as an unleaded replacement for 100LL. Independent laboratories including the FAA's fuel and engine center have tested Swift fuel and determined it performs as well as?and, in some areas, better than?100LL, in a variety of piston aircraft engines. Instead of the familiar smell of leaded avgas, this stuff carried the odor of a dank locker room, or a musty basement and was clear, not the familiar blue color of avgas. The RV-3 engine start and run-up were completely normal. There's no special technique for starting an aircraft with the new fuel, and the pre-takeoff procedures were the same as ever. Acceleration on takeoff was as brisk as usual, and the rate of climb was a typically robust 1,500 fpm at 110 KIAS?even though the 20 gallons of Swift fuel added about 10 pounds compared to the six-pound-per-gallon weight of regular avgas. (Swift fuel weighs about 6.5 pounds per gallon.) This RV?3 has single-point EGT and CHT probes, and the EGT consistently read about 75 degrees F higher than normal in cruise, while the CHT was 25 degrees F lower than normal. Swift officials attribute the differences to their fuel's higher octane rating (about 104), which causes Swift fuel to burn slower and later in the combustion process. Leveled off at 7,500 feet in cruise (20 inches manifold pressure, 2,450 rpm, 65 degrees OAT). Enriching the mixture slightly more than usual kept the EGT at 1,400 degrees F or below. The CHT was 325 degrees F, and fuel burn on the 90-minute flight averaged 8.5 gph. Swift fuel is designed to mix seamlessly with avgas, so I stopped about halfway home in Mansfield, Ohio, to blend the two. With slightly more avgas than Swift fuel in the 24-gallon tank, the hot start procedure was identical to avgas. Acceleration and climb performance were unchanged. In cruise at 9,500 feet (19 inches manifold pressure, 2,450 rpm, 60 degrees OAT), I leaned the mixture a bit more aggressively to keep the EGT at 1,400 F or below. The CHT climbed to 340 degrees, and fuel burn on the second 90-minute flight averaged 8.2 gph. The spark plugs in the RV?3 had been cleaned and gapped just before the flight with Swift fuel. After three hours of flying, they appeared totally unaffected. Swift intends to collect vast amounts of such data in future tests. The company also has acquired a twin-engine aircraft with two engine monitors and plans to fly with 100LL feeding one engine and its own fuel supplying the other. The company is seeking to show that its fuel meets 100LL performance standards and can safely replace avgas throughout the GA fleet. Swift officials estimate the process of defining, revising, and meeting those specifications with its unleaded fuel will take up to four years. In the meantime, Swift is exploring partnerships with a variety of energy firms capable of manufacturing its product. The manufacturing process, company officials say, is far simpler than refining oil and can be done just about anywhere in the world. Sorghum, switch grass, garbage, or petroleum can be used as raw materials and distilled into the chemicals used in Swift fuel. Swift has a pilot manufacturing plant in Indiana capable of producing about 200 gallons of its fuel a day, and company officials say they are convinced it can be manufactured in industrial quantities at a cost well below leaded avgas. Giving Swift fuel its own color is a simple matter of adding dye, but the locker-room smell is going to stay. It's one thing to read lab or news reports on the merits of renewable fuels?but it's especially exciting to put such a fuel in an airplane and fly it on a real cross-country trip. Swift fuel has made the leap from the purely theoretical to a real product, and it appears to hold great promise for shifting GA to an unleaded, non-petroleum-based future. =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Fri Sep 18 13:55:11 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:55:11 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] FLY-OUT FUN !! Message-ID: <6070c9830909181355u48516d74g4fd9ddbe1a8970cc@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG..................WEATHER IS QUESTIONABLE FOR A FLY-OUT TOMORROW (SAT. 9/19)...........SOME INDICATIONS ARE FOR A NO GO AND SOME ARE THAT IT WILL BE OKAY............ WE WILL TENTATLIVLY PLAN TO MEET AT JAKE'S AT 0900 FOR BREAKFAST...........IF IT DAWNS FLYABLE AND THE FORECAST IS OKAY WE WILL SEND AN E-MAIL OUT BY 0800 WITH A NEW PLAN............GARY AND I TALKED IT OVER AND THIS SEEMED LIKE A RESONABLE (IF NOT PERFECT) WAY TO GO..... I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO A FLY-OUT ON SUNDAY...........BUT..............IF WE DO NOT FLY ON SAT. AT LEAST TWO PLANES (GARY AND MYSELF) WILL PLAN TO MEET AT PRO-AIR AT 0900 SUNDAY MORNING AND FLY SOMEWHERE (WEATHER PERMITTING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE SUNNY)..........ANYONE ELSE IS INVITED TO JOIN US IF THEY LIKE.......... PLEASE E-MAIL OR CALL ME WITH ANY COMMENTS AND/OR SUGGESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE........ DON WILFONG...........FLY-OUT CHAIR wilfong.d at gmail.com 541 389-1456 From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sat Sep 19 07:43:00 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:43:00 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] THIS MORNING Message-ID: <6070c9830909190743y3eda840fr321bc0b3012b5647@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG...........THEY ARE STILL FORECASTING RAIN AFTER 1100 HRS............SO.........LETS ALL MEET AT "JAKE'S" AT 0900 FOR SOME FOOD AND SOME HANGAR FLYING.........STILL PLANNING TO FLY SOMEWHERE TOMORROW MORNING (SUN 9/20) AT 0900 HRS..........WILL TALK ABOUT THE DESTINATION AT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.......... THERE IS A 30% CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY........WHICH MEANS THERE IS A 70% CHANCE THAT WE COULD GO FLYING,.........BUT.........;WILL PLAN TO SUBMIT TO THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND JUST HAVE OUR GET TOGETHER AT JAKE'S...............SEE YOU THERE............DON From wilfong.d at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 06:02:21 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:02:21 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] SAD NEWS Message-ID: <6070c9830910120602t2b6fea34pbf7e5cc237a04cde@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG..........A LONG TIME MEMBER OF CO-OPA DAVE SKIDGEL PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY MORNING (SUN OCT. 11). DAVE AND HIS WIFE PAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE IN CO-OPA FOR QUITE SOME TIME DUE TO DAVE'S ILLNESS. HE HAS LEFT HIS WIFE PAT, A SON GREGG AND A DAUGHTER KYLE (SHE IS OR WAS A PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR AT PRO-AIR) AT PRESENT I HAVE NO DETAILS AS TO DATES FOR SERVICES..... I WILL BRING A CARD TO THE POT LUCK/MEETING THIS THURS EVENING FOR EVERYONE TO SIGN....... DAVE AND PAT FLEW THEIR SKYLANE TO ALASKA WITH NORMA AND I IN 1998.......HE WILL BE MISSED........... DON WILFONG From ed at edendsley.com Tue Oct 13 20:44:20 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:44:20 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <4AD54914.7050005@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, October 15, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Assoc. meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! /"Youth is wasted on the young."/ Not with Sean VanHatten! Sean is an engineering student at COCC, a line guy at Pro Air, and a pilot with advanced ratings. This young man will tell us about his aeronautical adventures including his flight from Bend to Florida delivering a Zlin!!! Aerobatics anyone? Oh, and he plays bassoon with the symphony. This could be VERY entertaining!!! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From catacres at webformixair.com Wed Oct 14 07:55:34 2009 From: catacres at webformixair.com (Richard/Debbie Benson) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:55:34 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] (-: Message-ID: <006201ca4cde$620dc240$0264a8c0@cascadecot7hp2> Subject: Trust a Pilot (-: Trust a pilot During a commercial airline flight an Air Force Pilot was seated next to a young mother with a babe in arms. When the baby began crying during the descent for landing, the mother began nursing the infant as discreetly as possible. The pilot pretended not to notice and, upon disembarking, he gallantly offered his assistance to help with the various baby-related items. When the young mother expressed her gratitude, the pilot responded, "Gosh, that's a good looking baby..and he sure was hungry!" Somewhat embarrassed, the mother explained that her pediatrician said that the time spent on the breast would help alleviate the pressure in the baby's ears. The Air Force Pilot sadly shook his head, and in true pilot fashion exclaimed, "And all these years, I've been chewing gum." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft?s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. From wilfong.d at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 10:28:03 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:28:03 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] DAVE SKIDGEL......SERVICES Message-ID: <6070c9830910141028m49d428f8l7011f49a5e549713@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG..........AS I SAID IN A PREVIOUS E-MAIL, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS "DAVE SKIDGEL" PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY OCT. 11..........SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON THIS COMING SAT. OCT 17 AT THE POWELL BUTTE COMMUNITY CHURCH...........THERE WILL BE A LUNCHEON FOLLOWING AND THERE WILL BE A FLY BY WITH DAVES SKYLANE...........THE FAMILY HAS ASKED THAT INSTEAD OF FLOWERS, IF YOU CHOOSE YOU MAY MAKE A DONATION TO THE QUIET BIRDMEN ORGANIZATION (OF WHICH DAVE WAS A MEMBER) TO BE USED FOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP SOME YOUNG PERSON IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION........ IF YOU CHOOSE PLEASE SEND ANY DONATIONS, PAYABLE TO: THE QUIET BIRDMEN........AND SEND IT TO: KEVIN GROSHONG c/o STERLING TRANSPORTATION 1927 S. W. FIRST ST. REDMOND, OR 97756 OR..........I WILL BE AT THE CO-OPA POTLUCK/MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AND YOU MAY GIVE IT TO ME AND I WILL SEE THAT IT GETS TO THE PROPER PLACE. I WILL BRING A CARD TO THE MEETING/POTLUCK FOR EVERYONE TO SIGN....... THANK YOU....... DON WILFONG From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Oct 14 15:43:25 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:43:25 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA newsletter Message-ID: <4AD6540D.9090702@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA October 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER October 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 10 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: Our September program looks to have been a month too soon. Adam Clark, the Chief Meteorologist for KOHD, did not have to defend his profession much with the wonderful September weather. It would have been much more fun this month when we could put him on the spot to explain our freak 4" snow fall earlier this month and the recent unforecast freezing rain. Where is global warming when we need it? Be sure to attend this month's meeting so we can discuss that and other weighty matters concerning local pilots. Gather around 6pm for the usual chatter and stay for the potluck at 6:30pm and yet another great formal program at 7pm. This month's speaker will be local pilot Sean VanHatten with some stories we'll all want to hear. Calendar: 15 October - Monthly Meeting 17 October - Monthly Flyout 19 November - Monthly Meeting 21 November - Monthly Flyout 17 December - Monthly Meeting/Party 19 December - Monthly Flyout 21 January - Monthly Meeting 23 January - Monthly Flyout Web doings: There is a new website for all things KBDN. There is a calendar of local events and discussion forums on hanger rentals, aircraft for sale, airport announcements and more. Check it out, sign up, and be a participating member of the local online airport community at http://kbdn.groupsite.com In case you missed it, Professional Air has shipped their Fall 2009 newsletter. You can get a copy at the top of our Chapter home page. As always you can check out current and past CO- OPA newsletters, view our memberhsip list and view hot aviation links on our website at http://co-opa.com To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Several good news tidbits have landed in my inbox this month. Gary Judd, KBDN Airport Manager, reports that FAA funding has been secured for the east side taxiway. Completion of that project will be one of the last steps in opening up the east side of the airport and relieving some airport crowding. With luck the required blasting can be completed this winter while the airport neighbors windows are closed up. Gary also wrote that the Leading Edge helicopter parking will be moving again. This time the helicopters will take over the east row of reserved parking on the south ramp. The current helicopter area will be returned to its prior use as reserved airplane parking. Ideally a space for the helicopters can be found on the east side when the new taxiway is complete. Until then this new plan should reduce some the problems the current parking has created. Digging through the spam in my inbox has its rewards. Somewhere in that pile will be my weekly copy of the Avweb newsletter. This week's issue woke me up when I came across one news item stating that Cessna is resuming production of the Columbia (now Corvallis) aircraft in Kansas and Mexico. The plan has been in action since last May, the month after the Bend factory closure was announced. I guess this was not exactly a secret, but it was news to me. You can sign up for your copy on their website: www.avweb.com. Another unexpected item was the passing of long time CO-OPA member Dave Skidgel. We will miss him and our condolences go out to his wife Pat, his son Greg and daughter Kyle. Random Thoughts: September 26 was the "I Heart Bend" city-wide volunteer cleanup. All the Bend fire hydrants received shiny new red paint and a lot of trash and brush was cleared. Hopefully people also noticed the airport areas around the Flight Services Building and along Powell Butte road got a good sprucing up. Around 10am Gary Judd and about a dozen volunteers gathered at the airport to make that happen. I am sad to say that most where not pilots but airport neighbors. The people that live by, drive by, and bicycle by the airport and wanted to do their part to beautify the area. Next time you are considering saving a few minutes by flying low over the airport neighbors consider the nice job many of them did for us. Local pilots also need to be a bit more courteous to each other when flying the pattern at KBDN. As a case in point, last month I was listening to the Bend CTAF. Traffic was light, but continuous. The winds were calm and most traffic was using left traffic on the runway 16, the designated calm wind runway. Some traffic was from the south and landing straight in to 34. I assume the traffic from the south had come some distance and I could understand their desire to get on the ground quickly for a well-earned bio break. The traffic pattern was alternating landing on 16 and 34 but the breaks in traffic were such as to not cause any conflicts. For a while... Then one of the pilots doing a straight in to 34 decided to do a touch and go, with traffic inbound on 16, and not bothering to announce the maneuver in advance on the radio. Needless to say that led to a serious conflict just north of the 16 numbers. All of us have been known to cut a corner or two to get on the ground quickly after a long flight, but when there is other traffic in the area we need to either all fit in a standard pattern flow or clearly announce our intentions well in advance so other aircraft can adjust. We have all seen to many near misses in our area and need to sharpen up a bit. New Radar System Will 'See' More Aircraft - Reduce ATC Delays in Mountains October 1, 2009 - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced a new radar system, called Wide-Area Multilateration** (WAM) that allows air traffic controllers to track aircraft not covered by radar in remote, mountainous regions. The new system is comprised of a network of relatively small sensors deployed in remote areas. The sensors send out signals that are received and sent back by aircraft transponders. No other aircraft equipment is required. System computers are able to determine the precise location of aircraft by triangulating the time and distance measurements of those signals. Controllers are able to see those aircraft on their screens as if they were radar targets. "The new system lets us see aircraft we couldn't see before due to the rugged terrain," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. "It improves the safety and efficiency of those flights and saves time and money for passengers and operators." WAM began initial operations on Sept. 12 at Yampa Valley-Hayden, Craig-Moffat, Steamboat Springs and Garfield County Regional-Rifle Airports. The mountains in those areas are popular ski destinations but make radar coverage impossible because radar signals cannot pass through solid objects. The resulting flight limitations are compounded by seasonal bad weather, which causes flight delays and cancellations. The Colorado Department of Transportation estimates an average of 75 aircraft are delayed each day at remote airports from November to April. The radar is being used in the near term while the FAA rolls out Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), the satellite-based surveillance system that will be fully deployed nationwide by 2013. WAM will then serve as a backup to ADS-B in the event of a GPS outage and provide an additional source of traffic broadcast to properly equipped aircraft. ** Editor's Note: I had never seen this word before so looked it up: Multilateration, also known as hyperbolic positioning, is the process of locating an object by accurately computing the time difference of arrival (TDOA) of a signal emitted from that object to three or more receivers. It also refers to the case of locating a receiver by measuring the TDOA of a signal transmitted from three or more synchronized transmitters. Fouga Magister I was curious about this unusual-looking aircraft, seen earlier this year at the Madras Airshow: In 1948, French aircraft manufacturer Fouga designed a jet-powered primary trainer called CM.130 for the French Air Force (Arm?e de l'Air, AdA) to replace piston-engined Morane-Saulnier MS.475 aircraft. When AdA found the aircraft lacking in power from the two Turbomeca Palas turbojets, Fouga enlarged the basic design and used the more powerful Turbomeca Marbor? engine. The distinctive V-tail of the new CM.170 Magister originated on the CM.8 glider Fouga was using to experiment with jet engines. In December 1950, AdA ordered three prototypes, with the first aircraft flying on 23 July 1952, followed by the first production order for 95 aircraft on 13 January 1954. The aircraft entered service with AdA in 1956. An improved version of the Magister designated the CM.173 Super Magister was produced from 1960. It used a more powerful Turbomeca Marbor? IV engine, with 1080 foot-lb thrust and fuel consumption of 119 gal/h. Production of the Magister stopped in France in 1962 but continued to be built in Finland up to 1967. The development of the aircraft came to an end when the French Air Force selected the Alpha Jet as their new jet trainer. Mike Bond High temp composites Performance Polymer Solutions researches and produces materials that can withstand high temperatures - up to 1,500 degrees. One of those materials - called Liquimide - can bond components together, including aviation engine parts. It was Liquimide that caught the eye of the Ohio Department of Development and earned the company a $350,000 Ohio Third Frontier Grant for developing the adhesive. For Jason Lincoln and David Curliss, owners of Performance Polymer Solutions Inc. - sometimes called "P2SI" - the grant is a shot in the arm at just the right time. The material could draw the interest of General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lockheed-Martin, Pratt & Whitney - any company whose aerospace application needs a strong yet lightweight material. The idea isn't just to research. The idea is to produce - and both owners say the state grant will help. Composite materials are more expensive than metals, including titanium. But composites earn their way into aviation projects by being light and by withstanding ferocious temperatures, the P2SI owners say. Look at an F-22 or an F-35 fighter. Much of what you're seeing on the outside are composite materials, Lincoln and Curliss say. Both men are former employees of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and they believe they have a good sense of what the aerospace industry needs. Indeed, the testimony of Vought Aircraft Industries helped persuade the Third Frontier Commission to award the firm money. PPG's What's a PPG? A powered paraglider ... a no pilot license, no certification aircraft, with Operating Requirements covered by Part 103-Ultralight Vehicles. Must be less than 254 pounds empty weight; have a fuel capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons, be incapable of more than 55 knots at full power in level flight and power off stall speed not exceed 24 knots. You live in Oregon ... If you consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain, you live in Oregon. If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Oregon. If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow and ice, you live in Oregon. If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Central, Southern or Eastern Oregon. If you know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Clatskanie, Issaquah, Oregon, Umpqua, Yakima and Willamette, you live in Oregon. By Comedian Jeff Foxworthy. =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 11:59:16 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:59:16 -0700 Subject: [Co-opa] DAVE SKIDGEL Message-ID: <6070c9830910151159p5edbdacdud80da1ea3daa1c5d@mail.gmail.com> IF ANYONE WISHES TO SEND A CARD TO THE SKIDGEL FAMILY.......HERE ARE SOME ADDRESSES.......DON WILFONG PAT SKIDGEL, 13737 POWELL BUTTE HWY, POWELL BUTTE, OR 97753 (DAVE'S WIFE) BRIAN SKIDGEL, 69669 N.W. 83RD ST, REDMOND, OR 97756 (DAVE'S SON) KYLE SKIDGEL, 61350 LARSEN RD., BEND, OR 97702 (DAVE'S DAUGHTER) From wilfong.d at gmail.com Sun Nov 8 19:25:33 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:25:33 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] HOLIDAY CHARITY PROGRAM Message-ID: <6070c9830911081925ked9bb74je3f9243d7e87fcaa@mail.gmail.com> Hey Gang.... It is that time of year when we reach out and help some of the less fortunate. Each Holiday Season since 2001 our group "CO-OPA" has participated in a Charity Program in co-operation with some of the Teachers at Pilot Butte Middle School. We voted to do it again this year. The teachers select one or two deserving students that have need for some help, we donate money to the cause and 100 Percent of the Dollars collected go directly to help the students. The Teachers do the shopping and wrapping and then deliver the packages on Christmas Eve morning. Most gifts are useful, like clothes or something for school, with a fun gift or two thrown in. We have helped deliver the gifts and I can tell you it is hard to keep a dry eye. This is really a great program. Norma Wilfong has headed up the drive each year and is doing so again........At our last meeting we collected some money but we are way short of what we usually have. This is a plea to please do what you can........you can make donations at the upcoming meeting Nov. 19, 2009 or if you wish please mail any donations directly to: Norma Wilfong, 210 S.E. Cessna Dr., Bend, OR 97702........ Make your checks payable to CO-OPA and mark Charity Fund on the check. Like each year before Norma gives a complete accounting of what is collected and what is spent and anything that is not spent is held over for the next year. I know it seems like quite a while until Christmas........but.........we need to get the $$$$ in and the Teachers need to do the shopping and wrapping......so please do not put this off........do it now if you can...... Thank You in Advance for your generosity, you will certainly help someone less fortunate have a nice Christmas and, if experience means anything, even change some one's life. Don & Norma Wilfong 541-389-1456 From gem at rellim.com Tue Nov 10 18:28:47 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] Joel on KTVZ Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! Just noticed that KTVZ is running promos featuring our own Joel Premselaar. They claim the veterans day special with Joel will run Wednesday and Thursday at 6pm, 10pm and 11pm. Looking forward to it. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFK+iFkBmnRqz71OvMRAowPAKCvBUePR55UBdk8I6leB8HBH+4weQCgmZle 3NtNTHB63ClHNFvBH6tGFj4= =KCFb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From daviddr at bendbroadband.com Fri Nov 13 09:08:57 2009 From: daviddr at bendbroadband.com (David Dressler) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:08:57 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] New AOPA Runway Safety Course Message-ID: <003701ca6483$fc6d10e0$f54732a0$@com> Great course and quiz - new from Runway Safety. http://flash.aopa.org/asf/runway_safety/swf/flash.cfm. From ed at edendsley.com Tue Nov 17 09:32:25 2009 From: ed at edendsley.com (Ed Endsley) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:32:25 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Aviation Program Announcement Message-ID: <4B02DE29.2020308@edendsley.com> Special Aviation Program Announcement: Plan to attend the Thursday, November 19, 2009 Central Oregon - Oregon Pilots Association meeting in the Bend Airport Flight Services Terminal Building; The Professional Air Offices, http://www.proairservices.com, at 6PM for a potluck dinner and a very special program. Everyone is welcome! Please welcome Heather Madden, she became a private pilot last Saturday!!! I met Heather when she landed her Cessna 150 in Sunriver after commuting to work by air. Heather is a dean's list COCC aviation science student, 99s scholarship recipient, and holder of several student governmental and committee positions in addition to being aviation club co-president... She has stories to tell! Don't miss this opportunity for a very inspiring and informative evening. Bring your friends for flying fellowship, fine food, and fabulous fun!!! Ed Endsley, CO-OPA Program Chair ed at edendsley.com http://co-opa.com From mvbond at spiritone.com Wed Nov 18 02:52:01 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:52:01 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA newsletter Message-ID: <4B03D1D1.7090405@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA November 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER November 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 11 Website: http://co-opa.com/ President's Message: There is a young future for aviation and Sean VanHatten gave us a look at it during last month's meeting. It was good to hear all the aviation adventures he has already had, especially flying the Zlin to Florida, and we wish him many more. With luck there are many more like him to inherit our aviation heritage. The month's speaker will be Heather Madden. Heather is a promising student in the COCC aviation program and commutes to work in her own Cessna 150. Sounds like another fun program, so plan to arrive at the Bend Flight Services building around 6pm for the usual chatter and stay for the potluck at 6:30pm and another great formal program at 7pm. As our calendar below shows, 2009 is quickly heading for the history books. So be sure to attend this month's last regular meeting of the year and put December's Holiday party on your calendar now. Calendar: 19 November - Monthly Meeting 21 November - Monthly Flyout 17 December - Monthly Meeting/Party 19 December - Monthly Flyout 21 January - Monthly Meeting 23 January - Monthly Flyout 18 February - Monthly Meeting 20 February - Monthly Flyout Web doings: As always you can check out current and past CO-OPA newsletters, view our membership list and view hot aviation links on our website at: http://co-opa.com To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: Good news in this morning's Bend Bulletin. The city of Bend is going to apply for a $3.6 million Connect Oregon III grant to construct helicopter facilities at KBDN. The required matching funds would come from the annual FAA grant and from Leading Edge Aviation. The cost to the city should be minimal. Nice to see something good happening for the Bend Airport and the temporary construction jobs and permanent training jobs will be a welcome addition! In a bit less welcome news, expect to see your annual bill for the OPA in your mailbox early December. Still, at the price it is a great deal. All OPA memberships are now annual and are due by January 1st. Save a stamp and pay online with PayPal. Details on their web site: http://oregonpilot.org/membership/renew.html Random Thoughts: com?mu?ni?ca?tion (k?-my??'n?-k?'sh?n) n. 1. The act of communicating; transmission. 2a. The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. The subject of communication has come up briefly the last several times I have dealt with other pilots. What I have heard on the ground leads me to believe that definition #1 above is what pilots think communication is, but I insist as pilots we need to be thinking about #2s. What I have seen and heard in the air has scared me. This is not an abstract subject as communicating is one of the main ways pilots avoid unpleasant mid-air encounters with other aircraft. When prompted at a recent meeting, a local CFI cleared his conscience on the subject by saying: "We teach our pilots to communicate by announcing their aircraft type, tail number and 'on downwind', 'on base', etc..." Sure, that advice meets the AIM suggestions, but actually communicates very little. When there are four identical training aircraft in the pattern giving me the tail number (which is 3" high and not visible to me) it is not much help. Much better to something like ?tan Skylane is number two following the white Skylane". Now the white Skylane knows the tan Skylane has him in sight. Any other merging aircraft know to merge in behind the tan Skylane or behind the yellow Skylane, not in between them. They also know if they see one where to find the other. In just a few more words a lot of information is communicated. Last weekend I had a wonderful flight up to Hood River and heard this repeatedly on the channel: ?Hood River traffic, aircraft on crosswind, Hood River.? ?Hood River traffic, aircraft on downwind, Hood River.? ?Hood River traffic, aircraft on base, Hood River.? Almost sufficient given the lack of traffic, but which runway was he setting up for? Not knowing if he was a glider/helicopter or an airplane there was also no way to know if he was on left or right traffic. Much better would be if he had said: ?Hood River traffic, Piper on left base two five, Hood River.? Yeah, maybe he really should say fife instead of five, but unless there are Germans on the radio that seems a bit much for me. Here I will go out on a limb and say that we should not report: on crosswind; on downwind; on base; or on final. An aircraft is far more visible to others when in a turn. So an aircraft should better report: ?turning crosswind; turning downwind, turning base; and turning final.? In addition to being easiest when turning those locations are much more precise and thus the other pilots looking for you know better where to look. In the Hood River example earlier, a lot of you were thinking: just get on the radio and ask the other pilot. That raises communication from mere broadcasting to a full exchange. Good idea. Sadly, either to due to inattention or equipment difficulties the other pilot never responded to my requests for further information. This is not an uncommon occurrence. Pilots are taught by well-intentioned CFI's (like the one above) that communicating is simply broadcasting some fragment of your position and intentions. In definition #2a it also includes listening to the broadcasting of others, understanding what they said, understanding how that affects your plans, and then broadcasting either your understanding or requesting a follow up. I know many of us have heard, and seen, one pilot calling a perfect pattern to 16, while another calls a perfect pattern to 34, neither listening to the other (or playing a big game of chicken). So far someone figures out the conflict by short final but it is still scary to watch. So all this can collapse to a simple idea; communicating includes not only broadcasting, but listening and understanding. Practice that every flight and stay safe. Gary Miller ?Go around, traffic crossing runway? ? no hoax ? check Google Maps This sharing arrangement between road and runway may, sooner or later, be a thing of the past. The Government of Gibraltar unveiled plans for a new airport terminal and tunnel. In a May 2007 press release, it notes: ?Even with current airport use Gibraltar can no longer sustain a situation of severe traffic tailbacks, disruptions and delay every time an aircraft takes off or lands. This is even less acceptable in the context of increased use of the airport following the Cordoba Airport Agreement, which has enabled the normal operation of our airport.? The main road will be relocated, passing under a tunnel at the Eastern end of the runway. Once it emerges, on the north side of the runway, the new road will run parallel to the frontier, passing under the air terminal fly-over section. However, as of 2009, no schedule has been announced? Belite FAA Part 103 aircraft Many pilots and aircraft owners have appreciated the latitude of the Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 103, which has opened up many legal options for flying enthusiasts. However, FAR 103 airplanes have traditionally had great difficulty meeting legal weight requirements while providing airplane functionality. As a result, many people have flown what are called ?fat ultralights? ? overweight aircraft. Belite Aircraft has solved this problem and offers an ultralight with the feel of a real airplane. The Belite incorporates stronger, lighter carbon fiber technologies, instead of older steel, wood, or aluminum. The result is a full-featured airplane with a real instrument panel that meets the 254 pound limit specified in FAR Part 103. The resulting weight of the Belite is about 180 pounds, not including instruments and firewall forward. A modern smooth and reliable 2-stroke engine keeps the plane legal. Belite includes additional innovations like a full instrument panel that takes the experience beyond that of a traditional ultralight. The Belite can also accommodate a parachute system. With a rate of climb of 400 fpm (depending on engine choice), a cruise speed of 62 mph and two-hour endurance, the Belite offers outstanding flying fun. Build time is less than 200 hours (not including fabric and paint). The Belite airplane requires real pilot skills. As a tailwheel airplane, it is remarkably easy to take off and land, but tailwheel operating knowledge is required. It is a very low inertia airplane, and care must be taken to keep approach speeds high enough to have energy for a good flare to land. In short, flying the Belite provides the economy and freedom of an ultralight and the flying characteristics of a Light Sport aircraft. The Belite has a control stick and rudder pedals for standard 3-axis aircraft controls, highly effective flaperons and classic taildragger styling. It also features a tough welded 4130 steel frame and folding wings for easy transport and storage. Wheels and brakes are tough aluminum and steel. Braking action is perfect and smooth because of the hydraulic brakes. The Belite aircraft sets a new standard for lightweight, durable construction. It is available in both kit and fully assembled versions. ?Bear eats Cub? You?ve probably seen this result of not cleaning an airplane after a fishing trip ?.. ?. but who would think to carry 3 cases of duct tape to return it to ?flying condition?? (actually, it was delivered to the ?crime? scene) No, it didn?t fly through the house ? it IS the house... ? and what a view! Trust a pilot (or ?it?s a guy thing?) During a commercial airline flight an Air Force Pilot was seated next to a young mother with a babe in arms. When the baby began crying during the descent for landing, the mother began nursing the infant as discreetly as possible. The pilot pretended not to notice and, upon disembarking, he gallantly offered his assistance to help with the various baby-related items. When the young mother expressed her gratitude, the pilot responded, "Gosh, that's a good looking baby.. and he sure was hungry!" Somewhat embarrassed, the mother explained that her pediatrician said that the time spent on the breast would help alleviate the pressure in the baby's ears. The Air Force Pilot sadly shook his head, and in true pilot fashion exclaimed, "And all these years, I've been chewing gum." =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From wilfong.d at gmail.com Wed Dec 2 22:07:54 2009 From: wilfong.d at gmail.com (Don Wilfong) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:07:54 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] CO-OPA CHARITY PROGRAM Message-ID: <6070c9830912022207r273427ben3efc6b12a0c223f0@mail.gmail.com> HEY GANG...........OUR CHARITY PROGRAM IS COMING ALONG QUITE WELL. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS AND IN THIS TIGHT ECONOMY THE TEACHERS HAVE NOW CHOSEN THREE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HELP OUT THIS YEAR. WE CAN ALWAYS USE A LITTLE MORE MONEY FOR THIS VERY WORTHWHILE CHARITY..........SO.........IF YOU HAVE NOT DONATED AND YOU INTENDED TO BUT HAVE NOT QUITE GOTTEN AROUND TO ......PLEASE FORWARD YOUR DONATIONS NOW AS THE TEACHERS WILL BE DOING THE SHOPPING STARTING NEXT WEEK. SEND DONATIONS TO: CO-OPA c/o Norma Wilfong 210 S. E. Cessna Dr. Bend, OR 97702 PLEASE MARK ON YOUR CHECK "CHARITY FUND" THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP. DON & NORMA WILFONG From mvbond at spiritone.com Thu Dec 10 14:37:15 2009 From: mvbond at spiritone.com (Mike Bond) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:37:15 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] COOPA Newsletter Message-ID: <4B21781B.8040205@spiritone.com> Here is your COOPA December 2009 newsletter. Gary is posting the PDF version on the website. Mike Bond ===================================== CASCADE FLYER December 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 12 Website: http://co-opa.com/ ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** Please note the change of venue for this month's meeting. We meet 6:00pm Thursday,17Dec at Black Bear Diner, 1465 NE 3rd St. ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** President's Message: Please note the change of venue for this month's meeting. We meet 6:00pm Thursday, Dec 17th at the Black Bear Diner, 1465 NE 3rd St. By popular demand we are going to try something a bit different this year. For our December Holiday Party we are going to meet at our usual time, 6pm on Thursday December 17th, but at the unusual location of the Black Bear Diner at 1465 NE 3rd St. Needless to say this will not be a potluck, we'll order off the regular restaurant menu. Our program this month will be our famous Yankee Swap aviation gift exchange. Everyone that desires to participate should bring a gift-wrapped aviation item. It need not be new, maybe a long unused doodad from the bottom of your flight bag. Since Ed likes the tail wheel spring so much I expect it not to make an appearance this year. If you attend one meeting this year, this is the one! Always a merry event. As always we must give thanks to our November guest speaker Heather Madden. Sometimes it is good to see the wonder of aviation through the eyes of a newly minted Private Pilot and it was nice to be there to congratulate Central Oregon's newest one. Even better she brought along a cheering section to swell our ranks. A good time was had by all. Calendar: 17 December - Monthly Meeting/Party 19 December - Monthly Flyout 21 January - Monthly Meeting 23 January - Monthly Flyout 18 February - Monthly Meeting 20 February - Monthly Flyout 18 March - Monthly Meeting 20 March - Monthly Flyout Web doings: You folks may have noticed that the FAA is no longer snail mailing notices to pilots. To mail a postcard these days costs almost $1/ea and the cost has become prohibitive. To stay up to date with the FAA you may now register your airmen's certificate online: https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/amsrvs/logon.asp Signup is quick an simple, you only need your email address and airmen's certificate number. Once there you can request one of the new style certificates for free if you still have your SSN# on your old certificate. Remember, you MUST replace your old paper certificate one way or another by 31 March 2010. As always you can check out current and past CO-OPA newsletters, view our membership list and view hot aviation links on our website at http://co-opa.com To access the members only areas the username is "BDN" and the password is "123.0". My Inbox: The Bend airport Manager Gary Judd has asked that I pass along some safety information: The increased helicopter training operations at KBDN have been leading to occasional traffic conflicts between helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. A root cause of many of these conflicts is the dip in the north end of the runway. Pilots need to note that aircraft on the ground at the departure end of runway 16 can not see helicopters departing on taxiways A1/A2 . In addition aircraft entering from the east side may be angled in such a way that they can not see the north end of the runway. If traffic is using 16 be doubly sure before crossing the runway. If you remember your student days you'll know why an extra dash of caution and good humor is in order. I also received complaints about aircraft noise during the Bend Xmas parade. Please remember to fly friendly. In a bit less welcome news, you should all have found your annual bill for the OPA in your mailbox. Still, at the price it is a great deal. All OPA memberships are now annual and are due by January 1st. Save a stamp and pay online with PayPal. Details on their web site: http://oregonpilot.org/membership/renew.html Random Thoughts: "Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year ? and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!" -- Anthony Robbins As the first decade of the new millennium comes to a close it is fun to see how little has changed in aviation. Clearly Anthony did not understand aviation. Ten years ago the first aircraft with ADS-B started flying. Just this month the FAA finalized the specifications for ADS-B and the mandate to carry an ADS-B transmitter may not happen until 2025. Ten years ago the shutdown of LORAN-C was imminent, but going into 2010 it is still alive. Currently there are no funds for LORAN-C in the USCG budget for 2010 so the end may be near in spite of USCG support for continuing the system. Ten years ago the Russians began touting their GPS clone called GLONASS. Just this last week I finally talked to someone with a GLONASS receiver and he lives in Russia. Don't even get me started on even more moribund European GPS clone called Galileo. Ten years ago the lead additive required to make 100LL avgas was being made at just one single plant in England. We still depend on that one plant for this critical component and no viable solution has gained any traction. Ten years ago the FAA was pushing Highway-in-the-Sky (HITS) Displays as the answer to improved IFR safety. At least that is starting to come true if only for some lucky pilots. Let's hope the next decade brings more progress in general aviation than the last one. Or maybe I should be careful what I wish for, the last decade did not cost me money on mandatory upgrades. What else do I still use that was made in 1966 and still provides great value? Happy Holidays to you all! Gary Miller 'Through-the-fence' Christmas Valley Airport began as a private residential airpark with 38 homes along the airport boundary. Decades ago a bankruptcy caused the airport to be given to the local parks and recreation department, but the homes remained private and their owners use the adjoining runway by way of a legal contracts known as through-the-fence agreements. There is now some uncertainty as to the future of these agreements, in light of the FAA's draft policy titled, "Through-the-Fence and On-Airport Residential Access to Federally Obligated Airports," and despite a letter from the FAA ensuring the existing TTF operators agreements, it's still unclear as to what happens once those agreements come up for renewal. Four Bidders For Epic? (from Avweb) The Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Epic Aircraft continues to wind its way through the courts and the next hearing is set for Dec. 7 in Portland. Spokesman Christopher Sanders told AVweb recently there are four bidders vying to buy the company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy including one established aircraft manufacturer. The names of the bidders are confidential for now but Sanders said at least two of them would be well known to those who follow aviation. There are currently 15 incomplete aircraft at the Bend plant and Sanders said he's talking with all the owner/builders to try and ensure they can complete their projects. Epic sold a $1.8 million kit that produced a six place turboprop aircraft called the LT and the 15 unfinished aircraft are in varying stages of construction. Sanders said he was hired shortly after the departure of former CEO Rick Schramek and his role is to "maximize the value of the company and to make the company viable again." The company ran into trouble earlier this year and the doors shut in August. By September, lawsuits were flying and the company was formally in Chapter 11. There have also been allegations of wrongdoing by some Epic executives but none have been proven in court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a related note, there is a new operation in the old Leading Edge building at the north end of the field. TNT Aviation is now established as an Epic LT repair facility, with other activities planned for the future. Airship Eureka Eureka is the largest zeppelin in the world, at 246 feet, longer than a 747. The colossal aircraft is one of only three Zeppelins operating in the world and is the only airship licensed for commercial passengers in the United States. Unlike a blimp, where the balloon gets its shape from the helium, a Zeppelin has a rigid frame supporting its hull. The engines are attached high up on the frame rather than on the basket, allowing a very smooth and quiet ride. The maximum air speed for the Eureka is about 80 mph, but cruises closer to 35 mph, the better to enjoy the view. Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik (ZLT), the same company that built the Hindenburg in the 1930s, manufactured the Eureka, a Zeppelin NT (New Technology), in Germany. In the "New Technology" version, the flammable hydrogen that doomed the ill-fated Hindenburg has been replaced with non-flammable helium. The lightweight frame is aluminum and carbon fiber, and the same company that makes NASA space suits makes the high-tech multi-laminate skin of the balloon. The three 200-horsepower vectored thrust engines and tail fins are operated by two joysticks on either side of the pilot, allowing for precision control. Airship Ventures launched the first flight on the Eureka from its home at Moffett Field south of San Francisco in May of 2008. It carries 12 passengers. Each seat has a picture-window view (even the restroom has a window!), and passengers take turns sticking their heads out the two open windows. Pilot Kate Broad, is the only female airship pilot in the world, and Fritz Guenther, is the co-pilot and flight instructor, on loan from Germany. Currently, the Eureka alternates between the SF Bay Area and Southern California every other month, with the possibility of more frequent visits in winter. One hour and two hour flight itineraries are available, costing about $500 to $1000 per ticket depending on flight time. If your schedule is flexible, you can sign up for the Last Minute Special List to take advantage of any last minute discounts to fill seats. FAMOUS QUOTES "I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks." Daniel Boone =================================================================== COOPA officer contact info: President Gary E. Miller 109 NW Wilmington Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-382-8588 gem at rellim.com Vice President --------OPEN---------- Secretary/Treasurer Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 Temp Fly-out Chair Don Wilfong 210 SE Cessna Dr Bend, OR 97702 541 389-1456 wilfong.d at gmail.com Program Chair Ed Endsley 63505 Bridle Ln Bend, OR 97701 541 382-6414 ed at edendsley.com And finally, send Newsletter inputs to Mike Bond 22052 Banff Drive Bend, OR 97702 541 317-8443 mvbond at spiritone.com From gem at rellim.com Mon Dec 14 18:07:45 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:07:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] Special Holiday Meeting Notice! Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** Please note the change of venue for this month's meeting. We meet 6:00pm Thursday,17Dec at Black Bear Diner, 1465 NE 3rd St. ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** The Black Bear Diner has also requested that we try to get them an accurate head count, so pleave try to RSVP to me by early Wednesday morning! Also remember to bring a wrapped aviation related gift (or regift) if you want to join in our Yankee Swap. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLJu90BmnRqz71OvMRAjM+AKDL3q9htIRVNK910sAvdrfOcAs9ugCgqirq qPV+Zjf//67HihzyJ6N0QPw= =GYqL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From kmuinch at hotmail.com Mon Dec 14 20:04:28 2009 From: kmuinch at hotmail.com (Kim Muinch) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:04:28 -0800 Subject: [Co-opa] Special Holiday Meeting Notice! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Count me in, Gary. For the event and the swap. Kim Muinch (541) 848-3600 > Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:07:45 -0800 > From: gem at rellim.com > To: co-opa at rellim.com > Subject: [Co-opa] Special Holiday Meeting Notice! > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yo All! > > ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** > > Please note the change of venue for this month's meeting. > > We meet 6:00pm Thursday,17Dec at Black Bear Diner, 1465 NE 3rd St. > > ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** > > The Black Bear Diner has also requested that we try to get them an > accurate head count, so pleave try to RSVP to me by early Wednesday > morning! > > Also remember to bring a wrapped aviation related gift (or regift) if > you want to join in our Yankee Swap. > > > > RGDS > GARY > - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 > gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFLJu90BmnRqz71OvMRAjM+AKDL3q9htIRVNK910sAvdrfOcAs9ugCgqirq > qPV+Zjf//67HihzyJ6N0QPw= > =GYqL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Co-opa mailing list > Co-opa at rellim.com > http://catbert.rellim.com/mailman/listinfo/co-opa From gem at rellim.com Tue Dec 15 15:53:04 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:53:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] RSVP needed ASAP Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** Please note the change of venue for this month's meeting. We meet 6:00pm Thursday,17Dec at Black Bear Diner, 1465 NE 3rd St. ****SPECIAL NOTICE**** The Black Bear Diner has also requested that we try to get them an accurate head count, so pleave try to RSVP to me by early Wednesday morning! Also remember to bring a wrapped aviation related gift (or regift) if you want to join in our Yankee Swap. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLKCFnBmnRqz71OvMRAlZxAKC0/CwT02Nt4VH61/FAlbicu1icSgCg4rkz Iii8/klFzsij4r1U/2hhnXI= =KDQo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Fri Dec 18 11:28:39 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:28:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] Fly-Out (Not) Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! The small but hardy crew at last night Holiday meeting decided that a flyout this Saturday was just not going to work. NWS predicts 60% chance of rain, Mike and Anne are in NorCal, and Don's plane is in maintenance. Thus another (Un)Fly-out. This Saturday we will meet at Palmers Cafe , 645 NE Greenwood Ave, at 9am for breakfast. Looking forward to seeing a lot of faces and good grub. RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLK9fsBmnRqz71OvMRAjkKAJ94fgCwExzWSyWlHayzskZnyQRJgACfUyj0 5q+eKsYbmBWMYA2vFD4poHE= =UTP+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gem at rellim.com Mon Dec 28 12:06:11 2009 From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:06:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Co-opa] New Instrument Approach Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yo All! I suspect most of you did not know that the North Pole (BINP) had its own Instrument Approach procedure: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/thanks-to-instrument-approach-santa-can-land-in-bad-weather BTW, a Happy New Year to all! RGDS GARY - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701 gem at rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLOQ+1BmnRqz71OvMRApLzAKDQzm2H+V7voSumF/OKge33js3hbACfapfs on0iYnIZpdIW+JaH5xfqI70= =6Uto -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----