Website http://co-opa.com	January 2023, Vol. 23, Issue 1

President's Message:

Happy New Year! Many thanks to our friends at EAA 13345 for inviting
us to their Holiday Party. Due to the sudden and unexpected closing of
CJ’s @ The Airport, the EAA party venue move tom where else, Bend
Builders Assist hanger. Which turned out great.

Now it is time to get back to our regular schedule. We’ll gather
in the Bend Builders Assist hanger, 63030 Powell Butte Road, on the
south west corner of KBDN, on January 19th (the Third Thursday) at 6pm.
Bring your own dinner, and we’ll eat right away before food get cold.
As always, many thanks go out to Mike Robertson, and Mike Wissing, for
letting us use their space.

Saturday, our Fly-out Day, is forecast Partly Cloudy, high of 47F,
and winds 7 to 8 mph Should be nice Fly-out weather.

Newsletter Inputs:

Current and past CO-OPA newsletters, are on our website at: 
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Fly-outs (not):

The weather for our November Fly-out was fine, but for some reason
pilots did not want to walk almost two miles at 0F to get to our dining
destination in Christmas valley. So, like October, we took Plan B and at
Palmer’s Cafe, on Greenwood,

The weather for our December Fly-out was a little better, but lack of
interest had us head to Sheri’s North for breakfast.


Movie Review: Devotion:

Devotion is a big budget ($90M) holiday release movie about Navy
Corsair pilots during the Korean War. Featuring a few planes from the
Erickson Aircraft Collection (EAC). Those planes were flown by EAC
pilots Michael Oliver and Bill Martinelli. Plus vintage aircraft from
other museums. Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it an 85%. IMDB gave it
a 67 out of 100. Box office was a dismal $20M. The basic premise is
compelling, even if changed and embellished a bit from the true story.
The Marines felt the need to issue a statement that they were not so
stupid as to bomb bridges the way shown in the movie.

I found the cinematography not up to the big screen. It had a
photoshopped feel. Streaming it on your home TV will be fine. Somehow
the acting never grabbed me. The biggest sin was having Georgia stand-in
for Rhode Island. Still, worth seeing just for the local angle and
historical value.

Deschutes Flying Club:

A new local flying club is happening. The club is starting with
a 1978 Cessna 172N, N738MR. It has been newly-updated with new
paint, updated avionics, dual Garmin G5s, 4-place intercom, and has
a more powerful 180 HP Lycoming engine STC with increased gross
weight. Useful load is 986 lbs.; a true 4 place airplane. See:
https://deschutesflyingclub.org/

Calendar:

19 January – Monthly Meeting
21 January – Monthly Fly-out

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

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