Website http://co-opa.com September 2017, Vol. 17, Issue 7 President's Message: OMG, it is September 21st already, the Third Thursday of the month. It was the best of summers, and the worst of summers. We had the Eclipse. The Eclipse was Totally Worth It. We had the Airshow of the Cascades. But then we had smoke, fires, TFR’s, etc. Let us close out the last day of Summer properly at our monthly meeting. The usual applies: Head to the Professional Air waiting room, in the big green building on Bend Municipal Airport (KBDN). Arrive at 6pm for tall tales of aviation prowess. The potluck starts at 6:30pm, and finish up with a short formal meeting at 7pm. For the first time in weeks, the weather looks good. With luck we can fly out this Saturday to someplace nice. The Intellicast is for Clear, high 63F, and light winds. Calendar: 21 September – Monthly Meeting 23 September – Monthly Fly-Out 19 October – Monthly Meeting 21 October – Month Fly-Out 16 November – Monthly Meeting 18 November – Monthly Fly-Out Eclipse: Over 400 planes parked at Madras Municipal Airport (S33) for the Eclipse. S33 brought in a temporary control tower and was landing planes at intervals of 3 minutes. The photo on the next page shows just a part of the ramp. Sadly there was one arrival accident. A homebuilt had what looks to be a classic base to final stall/spin scenario. Otherwise everything went well. Especially given the large number of airplanes and the small number of volunteers. Until just after totality, when planes ignored all ground control instructions and crowded toward the run-up area. I guess people felt better idling their planes for hours. It was probably all logable time. By 4pm Monday every plane that wanted to depart had done so. Maybe a few dozen stayed to Tuesday. Many thanks to the entire crew at Berg Air that basically worked non-stop for days to make the even a success. Newsletter Inputs: Send your newsletter tidbits to: 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 To access the members only areas the username is “BDN” and the password is “123.0”