Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter - Washington Pilots Association
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Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter - Washington Pilots Association
Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter October 2008 Volume 2008 Issue 10 Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter, 901 N. Conestoga Blvd., Yakima WA, 98908 http://www.wpaflys.org/Chapters/Yakima/yakimachapte r.html, email - [email protected] (509) 966-5300 President’s Message INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 President’s Message 2 Meetings & Information for Members 3 Happenings at McAllister field 3 2008 Aviation Calendar 4 Flying to Red’s Horse Ranch – Greg McGuire 7 Who’s Who and What’s Up 7 Editor’s Notes – 80 @ McAllister’s th Attached: More on Vista Field’s fight to survive Yakima WPA Chapter President Dennis Klingele and his wife, Doreen.. Dennis Klingele The Yakima Valley WPA Chapter met at Barnstormers in July. The food was great, along with lots of good conversation and the video program, “Basic Aviation Weather”. From the video title it would look to be a simple thing, however when it was all done, most of us where a bit mind boggled on how much information we had just been exposed to, with more than we thought, still not firmly planted were it is needed. We will visit with this video again at another time and try again. We still have some samples of WPA items that can be purchased on the State WPA (www.wpaflys.org) website, the really cool part is that you can order them with your name, N number engraved on your shirt or hat or such. The samples will continue to be on display at our future meetings, so come and take a look. Our August and September meetings didn't happen - just too many things to do and not enough time…Lots of stuff going on with the 80th Birthday Celebration though, and I hope you all had a lot of fun helping out with everything, including the Young Eagles.....now there is a reward at the end of this rainbow... Dick Pingrey's/Randy Fingers BBQ is this Friday, September 19th, starting in the early evening hope to see you there. Arlington was really a lot of fun. We managed to get together with Mike Bull, and Ken McAllister and we flew over Saturday morning and back late in the afternoon. It was an awesome day to go flying with hardly a bump in the clear sky. Only thing that went less than great for the day, was that when we where ready to come home we found that my Lowrance 2000C GPS was program “stuck” with three of the buttons not working. So we flew home following the track that was programmed into it to get us to Arlington. Not a big deal really. It was a still a nice convenience to have on, to see Seattle’s Class B airspace, which was clearly still shown. We skirted just outside of “Bravo” to the East. We were using VFR flight following, and Seattle (Please see President’s Message on page 2) Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter Page 2 Meetings & Information for Members Editor The next membership meeting is Thursday October 2nd. We will send and email notice with the time and place soon. Plan on going to Dick Pingrey’s annual hamburger BBQ Friday, September 19th at 6 P.M. in Dick and Randy Finger’s hangar. WPA Mission Statement “To advance the interests of general aviation in Washington State through advocacy, outreach, education and social activities.” For EAA members and interested pilots, there will be a pancake feed October 11th. For more information contact Stu Copland at (509) 9651209. It will be easier to do it right at Desert Aire now. Last weekend, the Mid-Columbia 99s repainted the runway numbers, and center stripes. (President’s Message from page 1) probably would have cleared us into Bravo if they had thought we needed it or if we had requested it, but they obviously could see that we were steering clear. The people at Lowrance gave me a discount on the repair cost, and it’s already back and working fine now. They did say that my unit’s problem was the first that they have had of that type. My luck! We will endeavor to get another newsletter/email out shortly again with all the good information as to where and what that October 2nd meeting will be. So mark your calendar for that date. It will be a fun meeting for all to attend, with the year winding down we need to plan for our winter season including the Christmas Dinner/Party. The next membership meeting is Thursday, October 2nd, Location and time to be announced. The State WPA calendar was really filled with lots of fun for most of the summer. This calendar is always a work in progress. It presently shows the State WPA Board meeting for the 20th, and then a Canyonlands Safari event in McCall ID on the 24th. The state now has this information under the “CALENDAR” Tab on the State WPA web site. Did anyone get down to the “All New” Prosser Fly in, on August 810? If so, please write us an article and fill us in. ______ Wear your name badge if you have one. The WPA membership rewards program is continuing to grow, making the real cost of membership minimal or not at all, so check it out and support those who make the effort to make aviation more user friendly for all of us. As always, please don't hesitate to call any of your WPA board if you have any ideas, concerns, or such. We will always be happy to do our best for you. Take Care, Dennis Klingele Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter Page 3 Happenings at McAllister Field Les Flue 1. TSA continues to be our largest debtor, owing us almost $37,000.00 since January, 2008. 2. 16th Avenue review continues to move slowly forward with the environmental being completed by year end. We have spent $327,000 on these studies which is 13% of the budget for the process. The actual construction time will be 6 months, but all the studies are taking 18 months. 3. The completion of the 16th Avenue Bridge and the reopening is mid-October. Our part of the project will start when the winter weather breaks. 4. Our Board Chairman, Bill Wheeler, is submitting a letter to Horizon pointing out that their new flight schedule is not serving the flying public at our airport. The movement of the morning flight an hour later and the elimination of the late flight are not acceptable and are reflected in their load factors being down. 5. Massage chairs will be available in the secure and non secure areas of the airport. The trial run was very successful. 6. We are working to modify the reversion clause that is contained in many airport leases. This will allow people with buildings on airport property to negotiate leases for their buildings after 40 years. 7. Our Airport Overlay documents are ready for presentation to the Regional Planning Commission and Union Gap. This should occur in September. Les Flue, County Representative Yakima Airport Board 2008 Aviation Calendar September 5-6 5-6 5-7 9 13 10-14 13 20 24 HFM Warbird Fly-in Big Band Dance BLI Bellingham, WA 360-733-4422 www.heritageflight.org Apple Turnover Aerobatic Cont EPH Ephrata www.jac67.org Western Antique Aero / Auto 4S2 Hood River, OR 541-386-1664 www.waaamuseum.org Aviation Planning Council (LATS) BFI Seattle, WA 800-552-0666 Gunfighter Skies 2008 Mountain Home AFB, ID Reno Air Races Reno, NV www.airrace.org WPA - Port of Shelton Fly-in SHN Shelton, WA 360-426-1151 WPA - State Board Meeting GEG Spokane, WA 360-898-2319 Fall Canyonlands Safari McCall, ID Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter Page 4 Flying to Red’s Horse Ranch On a clear cool September morning Ted Herdon and I decided to fly into the Eagle Cap Wilderness just East of Elgin, Oregon. There are two grass airstrips almost end to end with one belonging to the Minam Resort and the other belonging to Red’s Horse Ranch which is now operated as a visitors center by the USFS. The area can only be accessed by either an 8 mile Horse ride or by Flying. Reds was a working Ranch and Guest house from about 1940 until around 2000. Minam Resort (picture below) has cabins to rent and serves 3 meals a day to guests and flying visitors. Check out their web page. www.minamlodgeoutfitters.com The strip into Red’s is in a wide Meadow while the one at Minam Lodge is narrow between trees and a little shorter. The picture below is the approach to the meadow and a view of the Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter Page 5 outstanding scenery. The river was exceptionally clear and not very deep and the fly fishing was a little slow but Ted did manage to catch a little one. Below is a scenic picture from the front porch of Red’s Main house and of course the scenic N2324X sitting at the end of a really nice grass strip. Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter Page 6 The elevation of the strips is 3600 feet with the surrounding ridges at 6500 feet plus. A fairly easy strip to approach as mountain strips go, with landing upstream as winds permit and takeoff downstream. Great scenery and excellent campsites with a few friendly people. Happy Flying Greg McGuire Page 7 Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter Editor’s Notes “The Young Eagle flights when along smoothly and 200 kids were flown. Terri Sloan and I traded Well, I was out of town and missed the McAllister Field nearly off flying my Cessna 182 carrying young eagle kids. I th 80 Anniversary celebration but thankfully, Dick was impressed by the over all operation of the Pingrey wrote this report: Yakima young eagle program. Registration was “Please let me thank all of the chapter members that helped with the 80th Anniversary celebration of the Yakima Airport this past Saturday. All of you did a great job and your efforts are greatly appreciated. We had a good display of Chapter homebuilt and antique airplanes. The Chapter booth, shared with Yakima EAA, was well staffed and we had lots of literature to hand out. The pancake breakfast and the snack bar operations went smoothly and we had a very good selection of movies to show the people who wanted to relax a little while.” Who’s Who and What’s Up Yakima Chapter Officers: handled smoothly, the kids were all given a very good ground school and ground handling of the airplanes was very well coordinated. The Yakima chapter, under Ola Vestad's leadership did a great job. I hope some of their pilots can bring their airplanes to Ellensburg for our young eagles day on September 27th.” ”We had very good attendance for the breakfast but the snack bar crowd for hotdogs, pop, chips, etc. was very light. Nonetheless, we will be able to provide a reasonable amount of money for an aviation scholarship which was boosted by a sizable individual contribution. Because of all the chapter's efforts and outside donations to the fund we will establish a $3,000 plus scholarship fund. ” President - Dennis Klingele (509) 966-5300 Secretary – Jim Wikstrom (509) 965-3630 Website: The WPA state website may be found at http://www.wpaflys.org, and the Yakima Chapter site at www.wpaflys.org/Chapters/Yakima/ Newsletter Editor - Joel Weyhe (509) 966-1686 yakimachapter.html Vice President - Les Flue (509) 952-2376 Treasurer - Mike Bull (509) 949-1530 Webmaster – Les Flue (509) 952-2376 News & Info: Send articles and important pilot information for publication to the editor –> [email protected] or by mail, if necessary, to Joel Weyhe, 901 N. Conestoga Blvd. Yakima, WA, 98908. Meeting Notice: The next meeting will be held October 2nd at a location and time to be announced via email…soon. Important Contact Info: WPA President – John Dobson (360) 898-2319 PYKM Airport Manager – (509) 575-6159 EAA Chapter 206 – Stu Copland (509) 965-1209 McAllister Museum – (509) 457-4933 Mid-Columbia 99s – Mary Cooke (509) 375-0445 Yakima Valley WPA Newsletter 901 N. Conestoga Blvd. Yakima, WA, 98908 Phone: (509) 966-1686 Fax: None yet E-mail: [email protected] FSS – 1-800-WX-BRIEF ASOS PYKM – (509) 248-1502 Newsletter Date: The next newsletter should ship sometime in early November, with luck in advance of the monthly meetings.
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