Website http://co-opa.com October 2022, Vol. 22, Issue 10 President's Message: December is now on the CO-OPA calendar. Just two more meetings in 2022. We have no meetings in December, instead gathering with our EAA friends at their holiday party. Details TBD. Be at our CO-OPA Monthly Meeting on October 20th,, the usual Third Thursday of the month. 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. October, and it is still summer in Bend? That is due to change to winter on Friday night. The weather forecast for out Fly-out on Saturday started out bad, but has improved, slightly. Weather Underground still guessing 73% of precip at 10am, improving slightly, then back to 75% at 2pm. Weather.gov still says rain and snow likely between 8am and 11am, turning later into a chance of rain. The Christmas Valley forecast is worse. What should we do? OPA Annual Conference: On Saturday, November 5, 2022, from 9:00 to 5:00, the Oregon Pilots Association will have their Annual Conference at the Columbia Aviation Association on Aurora State Airport, Looks to me like they have put together a nice program this year. The morning Rusty Pilot seminar will be in person only. The afternoon sessions also be in a Google Meeting. More details are in the current issue of the Prop Wash. Admission is free to OPA members. RSVPs are requested by October 28th. Airshow of the Cascades Festival: The 2022 Airshow has released a 5 minute video of this year’s event. It you were there, this will bring bad good memories, otherwise, see the good times that you missed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9rmfy_6X4 Calendar: 20 October – Monthly Meeting 22 October – Monthly Fly-out 5 November – OPA Annual Meeting 17 November – Monthly Meeting 18 November – Monthly Fly-out ?? December – EAA Holiday Party Newsletter Inputs: Current and past CO-OPA newsletters, are on our website at: https://co-opa.com Please send comments and story ideas to: gem@rellim.com KBDN Runway Closure: The KBDN runway closure ended a day ahead of schedule. The runway looks better now, with temporary markings. There will be two more short runway closures to finish the paint and a few other details. Fly-out (not): About the only bad weather forecast in September was for our Fly-out day. Being cautious, we decided have breakfast at CJ’s @ The Airport. Due to CJ’s staff issues, we relocated at the last minute to Jake’s. It took awhile to form up, but eventually four pilots enjoyed a nice meal together, while looking out the window at a seemingly nice day. Shortly afterward, the skies turned ugly, and we were happy to have stayed on the ground.