PLANE TALK

 

MT. SHASTA CHAPTER

 

October 2004

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:   Julie (22nd) Lois E.(10th)

HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY:  Barbara & Bill Boot

                      

 

Calendar:

 

Oct. 2:  Sutter Buttes Fly out to Pine Mt. Lakes

Oct. 8-10:  SWS Fall Meeting, Solvang/Santa Ynez

Oct. 8-10:  Redding Air Show, Redding Municipal Airport

Oct. 11:  Chapter Meeting 7PM,  (NOTE:  This is a Monday)

               Benton Field, Hillside Aviation (upstairs)

Nov. 4:  Chapter Board Meeting, Suann’s home 10AM

Nov. 6:  Dedication of Thermal/Desert Cities Regional

              Airport name change to  JACQUELINE COCHRAN

               REGIONAL AIRPORT  AT 9AM

Nov. 8:  Chapter Meeting Benton Field 7PM

Dec. (?):Chapter Christmas Party/Meeting at Julie & Don O.’s

 

 

Presidents Corner,

We are off to a good start even if we did have to postpone the Sept 18 airmarking in Weaverville. 

But we are not lacking for aviation events this fall.  Keeping track of all the activities is going to be easy.  Barbara Crooker is doing wonders with our web site and will be keeping an updated calendar on line.  However, our participation is vital.  We need to keep her informed of all aviation/flying events in our area.  Our URL is mountshasta99s.org.  However, I put a shortcut on my desktop so I don't have to remember it.  I have Windows 2000 and all I had to do was bring up our site, click on File -- Send -- Shortcut to Desktop.  That's it!  Very simple.  A shortcut was immediately on my desktop.

Our Web Site is an ongoing project.  In the next few weeks Barbara will put our phone tree and address list on line.  She has some other innovative ideas that will be showing up in the next few months. 

We are planning our web site to be a very important part of our chapter -- the nerve/communication center, so to speak.  Check it out if you haven't already. 

See you in the air ... 

Keep the pointy end forward and the dirty side down.

Suann

 

Hi Everybody:

 

Carol Andrews has invited our chapter to join their at the Pine Mtn. Lake flyoug on Oct. 2nd.  Guests are included.  However, she does need a head count for the Blankenbergs by Sept. 25th.  You may contact her at candrews@lanset.com or 530) 432-2827.  (Pine Mtn.Lake (Identifier of Q68 changed to E45, is just a bit southeast of Columbia.)  Arrive 10AM

 

We are changing our meetings from Saturday because we were not getting much attendance.  We are going back to our Monday evening meetings – 2nd Monday of each month.  We are very concerned if this is going to work, but we want to keep our second Saturday’s open for fly outs or  to attend such events on Saturdays as the EAA Corning events.  Please try to work this out on your calendar ahead of time so that you may come.

 

Chairman Suann is working on chairmen for the Standing and ad hoc committee’s.  Many are continuing over from before, but some of you will be asked to do your part.  None of these committee’s are terribly time consuming, but for some of the same people have been taking too many of them.  So please be willing to give it a try.  I will try to have a new list for your next newsletter that you can keep for future reference.

 

We are passing out Echo Tango forms for you to use when you get your next biannual or APT check ride.  This is a first class safety review that you may take with you to your check ride and have the instructor go over with you.  You might even copy it when completed and send to your insurance company.  They might possibly give you a better insurance rate.  Worth a try!

 

We are starting to gather names and addresses for former members.  We want to locate and invite them to our 30th Anniversary party of our Chapter.  (Formed June 1, 1975)  If you have information, email it to Donna Taylor at dltaylor1199@sbcglobal.net. 

 

We expect to have more requests at the local Jr. High Schools to put on our Aerospace Education Seminars.  We are looking into securing a portable radio and headset that we can use in teaching the tower and airplane communications  We need a 12v radio.  If anyone has one we may have, contact Suann at suann@sbcglobal.net. 

 

Suann’s first meeting was productive and brief.  Several of us went to lunch at Hillside’s restaurant where Shirley Leatherwood taxied over from the Quonset Hut.  The only one to fly this day.   

 

AVIATION 101:  The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;…it

                             can just barely kill you.

 

Fly With Flair!