Website: http://co-opa.com	        August 2013, Vol. 8, Issue 13
President's Message:

Sumer is no over yet, but you can see the end from here.  Except the
smoke makes it a bit hard to see.  With luck we probably have 2 months
of good weather left so let's all go out and get some flying in, then
come to our meeting to chat about it.

6PM meet at KBDN Flight Services Building as usual on third Thursday
of the month.  Bring something for the potluck at 6:30pm and stay for
the group meeting at 7pm.  An of course stick around for a bit of
cleanup, let's try to leave the place cleaner than we found it.

The weather looks good for our fly-out this weekend, only a slight
chance of pesky thunderstorms for fly-out Saturday.  Then keep your
fingers crossed that things are clear for the airshow up in Madras the
week after.

Calendar:

15 August -- Monthly Meeting
17 August  -- Monthly Fly-out
23-24 August -- Airshow of the Cascades S33
24 August -- OPA Convention ALB

19 September -- Monthly Meeting
21 September -- Monthly Fly-out

17 October -- Monthly Meeting
19 October -- Monthly Fly-out

21 November -- Monthly Meeting
23 November -- Monthly Fly-out
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My INBOX:

There will be choices to be made this month.  You can head up to
madras for the always great Airshow of the Cascades on 23/24 August at
Madras Airport (S33).  Or you can head to the OPA Annual Convention on
24 August at Albany Airport (S12).  Or do Madras on Friday night and
Albany on Saturday.  Both have great programs this year.  More details
on their web sites:

http://www.oregonpilot.org/
http://www.cascadeairshow.com/

July Fly-Out:

July was hot, and so was our Fly-out day.  Perfect time to head up
into the mountains.  For our Fly-out we headed to Prospect State Airport
(64S) for their annual Search and Rescue Fly-in.  Don Wilfong in N20757
and Gary Miller in N6157R made the trip down and camped overnight on the
field.  Attendance was way down this year, but those that did attend had
a great time.  To make matters worse, just as the Steak Dinner started
serving the Search and Rescue people were called out to a river gorge
rescue.  It could have been an overnight job, but things worked out well
and they managed to get back in time for a cold dinner.

It is hard to believe the airport is only at 2,550 feet as you feel
like you are in the cool mountain air when there.  And if the climate is
not gentle enough for you the Rogue River is just a short walk downhill.

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