Website: http://co-opa.com	    February 2013, Vol. 2, Issue 13
President's Message:

Our January meeting is always a bit small, but those that turned out
heard about the great success of this year's CO-OPA Christmas Charity.
This year we were able to help three very deserving children have a
brighter holiday.  Many thanks to all those that contributed this year
to Norma's Charity.

There is no place for 2013 to go but uphill, so head to the KBDN Flight
Services Building on the Third Thursday of the month at 6pm for tall
tales, a pot luck at 6:30pm and a formal program at 7pm.

Also a reminder, OPA and CO-OPA dues are collected separately and due in
January of each year.  You can see if you are paid by downloading the
CO-OPA membership list from our website.  If you are not paid see that
Don Wilfong gets your $10 soon.


Calendar:

21 February – Monthly Meeting
23 February – Monthly Flyout

21 March – Monthly Meeting
23 March – Monthly Flyout

18 April – Monthly Meeting
20 April – Monthly Flyout

16 May – Monthly Meeting
18 May – Monthly Flyout

Web doings:

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”

My INBOX:

New management for the Airport Café.  The name will stay the same and
the menu will be adjusted as they settle in and get a feel for the
business.  Now is the time to make your change requests before they
get set in their ways.  Hours for now are from 8am to 3pm Monday thru
Saturday.  Be sure to drop by soon and introduce yourselves.

The word is that Epic is slowly expanding into the old Cessna buildings
as they are refurbished for their new tenant.  They plan to keep their
existing building so they have big plans.  And while big, the current
plans are to keep their focus on just the Epic LT.  They feel the 6
place turboprop market is the place to be.

They claim to have the plans, and funding, to get their FAA Type
Certificate by 2014. let's all hope their plans come true.

You can see their renewed vigor and new focus on their recently updated
website: http://epicaircraft.com/

UAV's in CO:

The slow moving train that is UAVs in CO continues to creep along.  The
FAA has finalized their thinking on what do with UAVs and has opened
the docket for proposals to create 6 new drone testing sites.  EDCO has
announced they will be proposing the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and
the northwest corner of the Juniper MOA.  Repeated requests for more
information from EDCO have been deflected.  Looks like we will need to
crank up the vocal opposition again this summer.

January Flyin & Out

Due to the pessimistic weather forecast and various other issues our
hardy group braved the cold and hopped over to the iHop for breakfast.
Good food and good company made for a nice time.

Later, Don Wilfong and I had our own little fly-out.  We traveled the
local loop around Bend, Lava Butte, Mt Bachelor, the Sisters, Mt Jeff
and back.  Nothing like flying in the clear and calm winter air.

And still later, Ed Endsley led an unauthorized outing to the RDM tower.
Don Wilfong Kenn Haffner and Ed's friend Bruce Fish tagged along somehow
the tower survived the event.

The forecast for the February Flyout is dismal.  Snow for Friday,
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  Promises, promises.  If the weather is bad
enough to not fly I want some snow!

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