Website http://co-opa.com	March 2024, Vol. 24, Issue 1

President's Message:

After canceling two monthly meetings due to dangerous icing
conditions, Spring is almost here, and we can toast to it at our April
meeting on the 21st. the Third Thursday of the month, Head on over to
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.

Our fly out director, Ken Fayal told me he tore his hamstring,
ACL and LCL. Surgeries are scheduled, so Ken will not be leading
anything this month. The weather looks to be glorious, some hopefully
some flying happens.

ZSE, DSD, KRDM:

Our local airspace, the area around Deschutes VOR (DSD), Redmond
Airport (KRDM) and Bend Airport (KBDN), is increasingly worrying our
good friends at the air traffic control center in Seattle (ZSE). In the
entire ZSE region 80% of the TCAS Resolution Advisories (RAs), are now
here. ZSE staff shared with me some very scary radar playbacks.

Be sure to always listen on 126.15 when you are within about 30 miles
of KRDM. Then, and only then, squawk 1237, to let ZSE know you are
listening. That lets them know they can call you in the blind if they
see an upcoming conflict. Instead of flying through the KRDM approach
and departure corridors, consider flying directly over the KRDM Class D
airspace. Unless you want to hit a 737...

Plans are underway to create a Central Oregon Approach sector, but we
know how quickly the FAA moves, and that will be after the KBDN Control
Tower goes in service.

Proposed Rules and Regulations

Much has happened since the last newsletter on the proposed Rules and
Regulations (R&R) for KBDN. And yet, nothing has happened. City Staff
saw the large number of comments on their proposal, and then met with
people from Friends of Bend Airport (FoBA) to discuss the many problems
with the proposal, and the way forward. At that time Staff promised to
present a red line R&R document to FoBA by the end of February. We are
all still waiting. At the same time, the Prineville Airport sends us
thanks for all the business Bend is sending their way.

FoBA has compiled a lengthy document organizing they myriad problems
with the R&R, that, and other material is on their website:

    https://friendsofbendairport.com/

Calendar:

21 March – Monthly Meeting
23 March – Monthly Fly-out?

18 April – Monthly Meeting
20 April – Monthly Fly-out

18 May – Monthly Meeting
20 May – Monthly Fly-out

Oooops:

I had a brain fart, and let a domain squatter get control of
co-opa.com. All the old and new content has moved over to co-opa.org.

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