From the Left Seat

What great flying weather we’ve had! I hope you’re out commi8ng aviation during these nice days. If not, I hope you’re doing what you can to soar above the horizon soon.

The first chapter Young Eagle rally will be in the books by the time you read this. I trust we impacted a lot of youth*. The coolest thing is one of our former Young Eagles and recent Ray foundation scholar is joining us as our newest young Eagle pilot. Way to go Gunner Rogers! Another young eagle graduate giving rides is Aiden Lara. And watch out for our current Ray scholar, Jazmin Stamper who has started her flight training.

We had a very successful fundraising dinner, and the building committee is back to negotiating land leases at either W28 or KCLM. More to come.

My son Dan flew his Sportsman up from Dallas recently and we’ve enjoyed flying to FHR, TIW, and RNT.He’s also been very helpful fixing my new avionics woes. We recently shot the RNAV – GPS RWY27 approach at Pt Angeles and watched the autopilot do the whole thing including vertical navigation. It’s pretty amazing.

Now it’s time to go camping in the mountains. I’ll miss you at the June Gathering as I’ll be in the Idaho backcountry.

Wishing you blue skies and tailwinds!