Website http://co-opa.com                       May 2021, Vol. 21, Issue 5

President's Message:

What a difference a month makes!  Most of use have our shots.  Anyone
that wants them can get them without a wait.  The mask mandates are
going away.  And Summer like weather has been teasing us!

So, time for on in person CO-OPA Meeting, on thie Third Thursday, May
19th.  Let's meet at 6pm in the Bend Builders Assist hanger 63030 Powell
Butte Road on the south west corner of KBDN.  Bringing our own dinner,
and we’ll eat right away before food get cold.  Maybe we can get the
pot luck going this summer.

Mike Roberson is happy to have us back, and says he has some cool new
planes under construction for us to see on Thursday.  Many thanks go out
to Mike for letting us use his space.

Around 6:30pm we can get on to open discussion, and plan our Monthly
Fly-out for this Saturday. Or not. Weather.gov forecasts 80% chance of
precipitation after noon.  Weather Underground guesses cloudy all day,
30% chance of precip most of the day.  Maybe the forecast changes, but a
local breakfast seems more likely...

CO Aviation Weather Cameras:

Jay Bunning has collected, and annotated, a number of Central Oregon
Web cameras for aviation use.  He has provided annotated the images with
range and distance to many landmarks.  That makes it easy to check what
you can expect for flight conditions in the area:

https://www.helicoptertrainingvideos.com/central-oregon-aviation-weather-webcams/

Calendar:

20 May -- Monthly Meeting
22 May -- Month Fly-out

17 June -- Monthly Meeting
19 June -- Monthly Fly-out

15 July – Monthly Meeting
17 July – Monthly Fly-out

Newsletter Inputs:

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

Please send comments and story ideas to: gem@rellim.com

Fly-outs():

Our April Fly-out took advantage of Severe Clear throughout Oregon
to head to Independence Airport (7S9).  The Starduster Cafe there had
outside seating for us so we could appreciate an early taste of Spring
while scoring the landings.  After lunch we strolled around the airport,
ignoring the Private Property signs and were invited into many unique
hangers.  I asked about the signs, and was told that was just to keep
out the kiwis.

May saw a Bonus Fly-out to join “The Grumman Gang” at the Flight
Deck Restaurant on Salem Airport (SLE).  Just a little haze, but a
smooth flight over. Neil Chase, Past President of OPA also joined for an
update on what OPA and the Oregon International Airshow are doing.  On
the way back, Seattle Center casually dropped that the Skydive Awesome
jump plane just reported Extreme Turbulence of Madras.  Luckily there
was only Continuous Light Chop from the ridge line into Bend.

Bend Airport Master Plan:

The Bend Airport Master Plan is converging on a “Preferred
Alternative”.  No surprises, and a lot of little details still to
work.

Good news is they want to start construction planning for a control
tower in 2022.  Bad news is that there is no money for it.

Check it the planning materials so far:

https://www.bendoregon.gov/government/departments/economic-development/bend-municipal-airport/airport-master-plan