Website https://co-opa.org January 2025, Vol. 25, Issue 1 President's Message: It has been two months since out last regular meeting, time to get out and talk flying again. This third Thursday of the month, January 16th, come to our meeting at the usual location: the Bend Builders Assist hanger, 63030 Powell Butte Road, on the south west corner of KBDN, 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. Strange weather for January, nothing but clear and dry in the long range forecast. Sometimes colder, sometimes less cold. Might be a good day for a Fly-out this Saturday? Newsletter Inputs: Please send comments and story ideas to: gem@rellim.com Current and past CO-OPA newsletters, are on our website at: https://co-opa.org November/December Fly-outs: Out of an abundance of caution, and an eye to the holiday calendar, the November Fly-out was to Jake’s Diner. The local weather was nice, but long distance flying would have been iffy. Four pilots showed up for a good breakfast and even better fellowship. In a change from times past we had our choice of tables and no lines. Not good times for restaurants. As planned, there was no December CO-OPA meeting, but we did “Fly-out” to Dogs & Fries. Food was good, and holiday cheer was everywhere. We also had a good view off the new KBDN control tower going up. 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