PLANE TALK
MT. SHASTA CHAPTER
January 2006
Back row: Barbara Crooker, Sue Kerr, Cheryl Knight, Lois Sweeney, Liz Dealey, Diana Branch, Donna Taylor
Front row: Julie Ostendorf, Lois Erickson, Jeanette Bell, Lee Agnew, Barbara Boot, Suann Prigmore, Elsie Branch, Audrey Schutte
Calendar:
Jan 4 Chapter Board Meeting at Cheesecakes Unlimited 11:30am
Jan.9 Chapter regular meeting 7pm Hillside Aviation
Jan.28 Winter Board Meeting for SW Section, Redding
March 18 AAUW Math & Science Conference, Shasta College
April 29 Flying Companion Seminar 8:30am to 4pm Redding
Municipal Airport.
HI EVERYONE:
Happy New Year to you all.
We begin another wonderful year together. Our chairman, Suann, is busy preparing material and adjenda for the AAUW Math and Science conference. It is for 7th & 8th grade girls. A real opportunity for us to show them a real wonderful opportunity. However, Suann cannot do it all and desperately needs someone to take over chairing the Flying Companion Seminar. Most of the work is done. We have met and drawn up an adjenda and all. Please call her and offer to take over. Several of us will help you and you can always call on Suann for information and guidance. You can call her at 722-9726 or email her at suannp@sbcglobal.net. She is waiting for your call .
Sue Kerr is working on arranging a visit to the tower so we can see the new radar system. We will let you know when this can happen. It very likely will be in place of a regular meeting.
Remember, we have changed the format for the meetings so that we can have more time for education, safety and/or video instruction. Our board meeting are more or handling the paper stuff. So come to the meeting, you will be glad you did.
OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY was a huge success. Julie and Don Ostendorf did it again! Could not have been better. I think we enjoy each others company more than anything. Lots of laughter and even the husband and boy friends seem to enjoy it all. Thank you Julie and Don. It was great!!!
Aviation Glossary:
Air Speed: True airspeed plus 20% when talking to other pilots.
Bank: An institution that holds the mortgage on your plane.
Steep bank: An institution that charges more than 20%
Contact: A friend who can get your aircraft parts wholesale
Downwind: Take-off by a non-conformist pilot
Dope: Pilot making a downwind take off
Flight Plan: Scheme to get out of the house to go flying
Gross Weight: Maximum permissible takeoff weight plus two suitcases, 10 cans oil, 4 rifles, 4 sleeping bags, box of groceries
FLY WITH FLAIR!