Website http://co-opa.com                  September 2022, Vol. 22, Issue 9

President's Message:

First the heat, and now the smoke. I’d rather have the heat. Come
to our CO-OPA Monthly Meeting on the 18th of August,, the usual Third
Thursday of the month, and tell us how you have avoided the smoke.
We’ll gather in 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.

The weather forecast for out Fly-out on Saturday has been all over
the place. The AQI forecasts have also been swinging wildly. Unstable
forecasts scare me, come share your thoughts on what our plans should be
for our Fly-out day.

Calendar:

7-16 September – KBDN runway closure
10-11 September – WAAAM Fly-in
15 September – Monthly Meeting
17 September – Monthly Fly-out
25 September – Jordan Chicken Fly-in.

20 October – Monthly Meeting
22 October – Monthly Fly-out

17 November – Monthly Meeting
18 November – Monthly Fly-out

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KBDN Runway Closure:

The KBDN runway was closed on the 7th of September, scheduled to
reopen late on the 16th. No word yet on how that has been going. Fingers
crossed. There will be a second, shorter, closure in October to finish
the job.

Fly-out:

Our July Fly-out was to Prospect State Airport (64S). A short 99 nm
flight, plus optional diversion over Crater Lake (!), descending into
the Rogue River Valley took us to 64S. A short walk into town brought us
to The Trophy Room for a nice lunch. The new owners just keep making the
old place better and better. Aftewrwards the light-weights in the group
headed back to Bend, while a hardy few hiked to the Peyton Bridge for
great views of Pearsony Falls. Then we traveled down into the state park
for a closer look at the falls.

Flying back was a little tougher. The (then) small Cedar Creek Fire
was already putting up a lot of smoke. Over La Pine, the smoke went from
the ground to 11,500 feet. Some went over, some went around, and some
went through it. All have stories to tell.

88th Annual Jordan Dinner

They have a great Chicken Dinner, Car Show and more. On September 25,
2022, from 10:30am to 3:00pm at Gillette Field (OR51), a 2,800’ long
wide grass runway at 735 MSL. There is a power line on the east end.
Unicom 122.9.