Website: http://co-opa.com	      January 2014, Vol. 1, Issue 14
President's Message:

A good time was had by all that joined our Holiday Party last month at
the Black Bear Diner.  For some reason we show up as a group we tend to
overwhelm the kitchen, but in the end good cheer was had by all.

This month it is back to the grindstone.  11 meetings in a row at the
Bend Municipal Airport Flight Services Building (the two story green
one).  We'll return to our schedule of tall tales at 6pm, potluck at
6:30pm and a short meeting at 7pm.

Hopefully people had some nice year end flying experiences to share
and we can plan our January Fly-out.  The current forecast is for
mostlylysunny and a high of 50F.  Bad for the snow sports people, but
great for pilots.

Calendar:

16 January – Monthly Meeting
18 January – Monthly Fly-out

20 February – Monthly Meeting
22 February – Monthly Fly-out

20 March – Monthly Meeting
22 March – Monthly Fly-out

19 April – Monthly Meeting
21 April – Monthly Flyout


Web doings:

If anyone has any cool links to add to the CO-OPA web page let me know.

Check out current and past CO-OPA newsletters, view our membership list 
and view hot aviation links on our website at: co-opa.com               

To access the members only areas the username is “BDN” and the
password is “123.0”

December Fly-Out:

The weather was chilly and unstable, and the shopping yet done, so for
our December Fly-out we headed over to the iHop for breakfast.  Just
about the only place that can handle our unruly mob and tame us was
copious coffee.

Afterwards, the sun came out, the temperature warmed up, and so Don
Wilfong and I headed aloft and decided to check out Christmas Valley
Airport (62S).  Wow, were we surprised.  The runway was in great shape,
if a bit snowy on the edges.  There is a new helipad and other new site
improvements.

The biggest changes are 'downtown'.  Since I was last there, there are
two new curio shops, a new mini-mart at the gas station and several
businesses have expanded.  They are now a gateway to the sand dunes
receation area.

Even better, there is a nice new restarant on the west side of town,
just south or the highway across the golf course.  Time at add 62S
back into our flyout rotation.  Don Wilfong and Gary Miller Downtown
Christmas Valley

Ghost of Fly-outs past:

A few years ago a flight of three departed BDN for parts unknown. Gary
Miller in his T210 was flight leader, I flew right seat. Joel Premselar
in his A36 Bonanza and Jack Kohler in his Yellow RV-4 comprised the
rest of the flight. We flew south in loose formation and I took photos
of the flight as Joel repositioned for best light angle. Joel finally
bored with our stately progression peeled off and did a tight circle
around the rest of us. This is where reality departed and my instincts
took over... When I saw him passing our 12 o'clock, I said I've got
it and announced on 123.45 "breaking left." I applied full military
power and pulled into a 90 degree bank inside of Joel. He was higher
so I stayed low to build speed and gain on him. As I approached, I
pulled up vertical and fired a short burst into his engine. I veered
away from the smoke and oil from his destroyed engine and heard him
declare emergency. I established station on his right wing and heard
him announce diverting dead stick to Chiloquin. I announced flight of
two and moved in trail to short final. Joel made a beautiful landing
and held enough energy to turn off and pirouette perfectly to parking
between the tiedowns. Gary looked a little pale so I taxied on in and
parked beside Joel.. I hopped out, saluted, and offered to buy him and
his wife breakfast at Melita's. It was a grand time had by all and one
of the best flyouts of the Central Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Pilot's
Association!

– Ed Endsley

Random Thoughts:

Ouch, there have been a few REALLY cold days this winter.  But what
exactly is cold to an airplane?

According to Lycoming it is when the engine has been allowed to drop
below 10F (20F for -76 series engines).  Continental says after 2
hours with a wind chill of 20F.  Continental's use of Wind Chill
baffles everyone since that has to do with cooling rates and not final
temperature.

I have always used a temperature of 30F as a minimum for engine starting
and that now seems good and conservative. Blow that you both recommend
warm hanger or a good preheat.

Once the engine is warm enough to start, take your time before doing a
runup and getting into the air.  Just because some of the engine is now
warm does not mean it all is.  Keep an eagle on on oil temperature, oil
pressure, and engine roughness.  Be sure they are in the normal range
before stressing your engine.

Both also mention to be sure to exercise the oil in your prop governor
(if you have one).  If I am going to ave issues on my TSIO-520C during
cold weather operation this will be the issue.  Symptons of a cold prop
will be some seriously concerning engines surges.

Like many things in flying, don't fear the cold, but manage it well.

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