Light Aircraft Breakfast

The morning of April 22nd dawned a little damp, but still nice enough to gather and talk about light aviation. About 25 brave souls showed up early in the morning for breakfast casseroles that were delicious. Thanks to Tracy Halsted and Charlie Tracy for their fine cooking expertise. After an introduction by President Ray Ballantyne, there were short presentations by four people.

Bruce Burris described the history of ultralights and the regulations involved. Bruce was a former air traffic controller and then sold and instructed ultralights in the Seattle area. It appears he left his roots in light aircraft because he retired as a captain in a Boeing 777.

Doug Brundage gave a bit of his history learning and flying a paramotor which invoves a three wheeled cart with pusher prop and a fabric paraglider wing. He described some of the joys and trials of flying around the Sequim area. One of the cool attachments he showed allows a camera to film him from behind by trailing along. Sam Cyphers showed off his new Zenith 601. He describes several of the operating systems, the rules of Light Sport, and talked about his long distance cross country from Tennessee after his recent purchase. Andy Sallee closed out the meeting with a discussion of flying around the Sequim area in general and specifically flying the Sequim Valley pattern.

Even with a touch of rain, a fine time was had by all. There were several new guests that came out to see what’s going on with Light Aviation. And a thanks to Rick Stoffel for bringing out his Challenger ultralight.