From the Left Seat

Happy Spring, Everyone!

The temperatures are warming, the clouds are parting, and it’s time to go flying. Tell your friends to check out Flying Start at the Fairchild Conference Room on Saturday May 17 starting at 10:00 a.m. Harry Cook will describe and discuss all forms of aviating.

There continues to be a lot of activity with the building committee as we finalize our plan for a clubhouse/ hangar. Please join us Wednesday May 14 in the Legends Room at the Cedars Golf Course at 5:00 p.m. for a fund-raising pledge dinner. We will share our plans and projections.

It’s really exciting to be part of EAA430. We just received notification that we have received the GOLD chapter recognition for 2024! Our Young Eagles credits have come in, and our Ray Scholarship recipient Gunner Rogers just earned his Instrument Airplane rating. I’m also proud to announce that this year my son Dan finished his Instrument rating, Commercial Pilot, and Multi engine rating. How about that!

Many have requested that we hold a swap meet/flea market sale for all our unneeded airplane stuff. Well, I have talked to three other chapters, and there will be a joint chapter sale at Bremerton Airport on August 9. Unfortunately, this conflicts with Diamond Point Day and Unity of Effort. It’s hard to schedule in the summer.

Lisa and I are taking a belated anniversary trip to Laguna Beach at the end of the month, so we won’t be at the April Gathering. The presentation on mid-air collision avoidance will be from Major Wahl from JBLM. And it’s spring, so we will be meeting in Bud’s Hangar 15 at Sequim on April 26 to hear him.

I’m sorry to announce that long longtime EAA member Bob Nagy passed away during our last gathering. I hope to provide more information of his history with EAA in the future.

And I hope to have my airplane back from the avionics shop soon. It’s time to go flying!