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Meetings OKLAHOMA PILOTS ASSOCIATION March 2013 (www.oklahomapilots.org) March 2013 (www.oklahomapilots.org) NEWS In the Sky NEWS NEWS In the Sky In the Sky April 4th, 2013 - 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. meal & program Social March 7th, 2013 - 6:30 p.m. Social 7:00 p.m. Meal & Program Major General Stan Newman - Part II This outstanding American is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and became a pilot. He flew 57 combat missions in P-51s while in the Ninth United States Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations. After World War II, in 1948, he moved to Oklahoma and joined the 185th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, flying P-51s. He was recalled to active duty with the 185th for the Korea War, and flew 100 combat missions. Later, during the Vietnam War, he flew cargo missions into South Vietnam. He retired in July 1983 with nearly 41 years service. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Meritorious Service Medal and 14 Air Medals. He is an inductee into Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame and founding member of the Gray Eagles who provide Will Rogers Air National Guard family support efforts. Matt Cole - Flight Instructor It's been a packed schedule for flight instructor Matt Cole lately as he teaches seven students to fly in a variety of Cessnas and Pipers for Crabtree Aircraft at Oklahoma's Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport. Weather permitting, he logs about 10 hours a week in the right seat, while also working for a local real estate company, and on occasion flying his own Socata TB20 Trinidad. On Jan.8, Cole participated in a happy aviation tradition when one of his students, Josh Kem, soloed for the first time on his sixteenth birthday. That occasion will provide Kem with a lifelong memory. For Cole, 35, the accomplishment stands in testimony to a personal triumph over challenges of a kind that that few must even face, let alone overcome to such an inspired degree. He was involved in a severe aircraft accident during his flight training when he was 23 years old and has recovered to once again give flight instruction himself. Cole is an OPA member and a member of EAA. You may have met him at our OPA meetings. You will want to hear his inspiring story. It was featured in an AOPA article. (Part of this bio was copied from the AOPA article.) Be sure to contact Roger Walton for dinner reservations Cost is only $13.00 per person for a really great meal! 405 219-5149 [email protected] OPA Members! If you have photos you would like to be used for our OPA Directory, email them to Frank Bice - [email protected]. Be sure to contact Roger Walton for dinner reservations Cost is only $13.00 per person for a really great meal! 405 219-5149 [email protected]
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OKLAHOMA PILOTSASSOCIATION
March 2013 (www.oklahomapilots.org)March 2013 (www.oklahomapilots.org)
NEWSIn the SkyNEWSNEWSIn the SkyIn the Sky
April 4th, 2013 - 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. meal & program
Social
March 7th, 2013 - 6:30 p.m. Social 7:00 p.m. Meal & Program
Major General Stan Newman - Part IIThis outstanding American is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and became a pilot. He flew 57 combat missions in P-51s while in the Ninth United States Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations. After World War II, in 1948, he moved to Oklahoma and joined the 185th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, flying P-51s.
He was recalled to active duty with the 185th for the Korea War, and flew 100 combat missions. Later, during the Vietnam War, he flew cargo missions into South Vietnam. He retired in July 1983 with nearly 41 years service. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Meritorious Service Medal and 14 Air Medals. He is an inductee into Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame and founding member of the Gray Eagles who provide Will Rogers Air National Guard family support efforts.
Matt Cole - Flight Instructor
It's been a packed schedule for flight instructor Matt Cole lately as he teaches seven students to fly in a variety of Cessnas and Pipers for Crabtree Aircraft at Oklahoma's Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport. Weather permitting, he logs about 10 hours a week in the right seat, while also working for a local real estate company, and on occasion flying his own Socata TB20 Trinidad. On Jan.8, Cole participated in a happy aviation tradition when one of his students, Josh Kem, soloed for the first time on his sixteenth birthday. That occasion will provide Kem with a lifelong memory. For Cole, 35, the accomplishment stands in testimony to a personal triumph over challenges of a kind that that few must even face, let alone overcome to such an inspired degree. He was involved in a severe aircraft accident during his flight training when he was 23 years old and has recovered to once again give flight instruction himself. Cole is an OPA member and a member of EAA. You may have met him at our OPA meetings. You will want to hear his inspiring story. It was featured in an AOPA article. (Part of this bio was copied from the AOPA article.)
Be sure to contact Roger Walton
for dinner reservations
Cost is only $13.00 per person
for a really great meal!
405 219-5149 [email protected]
OPA Members!If you have photos you would like to be used for our OPA Directory,
email them to Frank Bice -
Be sure to contact Roger Walton
for dinner reservations
Cost is only $13.00 per person
for a really great meal!
405 219-5149 [email protected]
2011-2012 OPA OFFICERS
President - Jeff Sandusky 405 650-5900 Exec. Vice President - Mike Grimes 405 641-6860 Treasurer - Roy Cowan 405 340-1425 Secretary - Frank Bice 405-642-3739
Vice President of MembershipRoger Walton 405 219-5149
[email protected] President of Communications
Keith Leafdale 405 802-9594 [email protected]
DIRECTORS Term Expires 6/30/2013
Mel BarberBill Hines
Dwayne JanesKeith Leafdale
Mercedees PalesMike RangelDean Ritter
Term Expires 6/30/2014
Danny DavisHal Harris
Lee Holmes Al LieblerDon Miller
Bill Pappadopoulos
EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERSBen Roy
Steve Haynes
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Oklahoma Pilots Association is a member-controlled not-for-profit organization for all pilots and aircraft owners. OPA strives to serve the needs of general aviation pilots statewide, promoting aviation, education and safety in personal and business flying.
Membership consists of student pilots through airline transport pilots, both civil and military and is open to all pilots and aircraft owners. Annual membership dues are currently $35.
OPA holds monthly dinner meetings at the C. E. Page Building on Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City. Distinguished guest speakers present educational and safety related programs at the monthly dinner meetings.
OPA hosts monthly Fly Aways for lunch or dinner and weekend Fly Aways to interesting destinations.
OPA, through its charitable non-profit corporation, accepts money or property donated to fund the Vic Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund which is awarded annually to a college student with career aspirations in the field of aviation. Your contributions of money or property are tax deductible.
OPA Newsletter StaffEditors: Ben & June Roy
Typesetting & Layout: Ben RoyCirculation: Bill Hines
Members’ contributions of articles and other information relative to aviation are encouraged.
From OPA PresidentJeff Sandusky
Clarence E. Page Building5810 Tulakes Avenue
Wiley Post AirportBethany, Oklahoma 73008
OKLAHOMA PILOTSASSOCIATION
OKLAHOMA PILOTSASSOCIATION
March 2013
Fellow Aircraft Enthusiasts,
What you get out of something, depends on what you put in! How many times have we all heard this? This is very applicable to the Oklahoma Pilots Association. What you put into your association will directly effect what you will get out of your Association. We all participate at different levels in everything we do. That is partially what makes the world go around.
How is your “Attitude” about Recurrent Flight Training? What you get out of it directly depends on what you put into it. Unfortunately, when we discuss organizations and what you get out of them, your participation is purely optional; but when we discuss Recurrent Flight Training, getting a subpar result is not optional. This can or will directly affect your safety and the safety of your passengers. We are currently in a series of cold winter weather patterns, so most of us have not flown for a while, or have not flown as frequently as we would like to. So what does all of this mean? Spring is just around the corner, and the flying weather is almost here. Some of us will be ready and others will not. This is where recurrent training applies.
How do we accomplish this? First, we all need to fulfill the FAR Requirements that include, but are not limited to the Bi-Annual Flight Review, the IFR Proficiency Check, and even the Night and Day take off and landing requirements. But this is just the beginning. Safety does not equate to only meeting the FAR Requirements, Safety equates to Proficiency. How Proficient are you in the plane that you will be flying this spring? Not, How Proficient were you in the last airplane that you used to fly. Get started now! While the weather is not optimal, do some on line training. Do some reading. I think they still publish flight-training books.
How is your attitude toward aviation? Instead of just doing recurrent training, why not proceed forward with another rating in the progression sequence? Let's assume that you are a current and proficient Instrument Rated Pilot with a Private Pilots Certificate. Why not start this spring with a new Commercial Certificate? Or even look into a Flight Instructors Certificate? How many of us are comfortable in flying from the right seat? How about changing the way your recurrent flight-training program is scheduled? Look at taking a different Safety Pilot with you when flying approaches, to maintain instrument proficiency. Or make other changes to improve your proficiency. It is amazing what can happen when learning from a different perspective.
What you get out, depends on what you put in, OR If you keep doing the same thing, you will probably keep getting the same result. Spring is almost here! There will be a multitude of flying opportunities in the very near future. Get Current Now! Do not just meet the requirement, but really get proficient. It will not only give you a sense of self-satisfaction, but will also increase your safety. Who knows? Maybe you will even find a new or renewed passion within the Oklahoma Pilots Association!
Jeff Sandusky
March 2013
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Highlights from the February Dinner MeetingThanks to Mercedees Pales for taking notes for the article
and to Keith Leafdale for the pictures OPA welcomed Adam Smith for his first visit. He is from Dallas and works for Cessna as a Regional Sales Director. He sells everything from the 172 to the Caravan. He has been working for Cessna since 2005. Smith grew up in OKC. 99's reported that the Okie Derby will be the third weekend of August. OPA Fly Away schedule: Feb. 9th Sherman, TX (North TX. Regional); March 9th Enid, OK (Cafe Garcia); and April 13th Stillwater, OK (Eskimo Joe's). Special thanks were given to Keith, Danny, Roger, and Bill Pappadopoulis for all their work planning the Fly Aways.
Roger Walton announced that they are making a PDF file for the membership Directory. He said everyone is getting the emails so now we can email everyone the Directory.
General Stan Newman will be our speaker for the March meeting. We will get to hear the second part of his very interesting presentation.
Our speakers for the evening were from "Valair Aviation AGC Aerospace and Defense". Brian Reid is the Vice President Business Development and Emily
Olguin is the Director of Sales and Marketing. The title of their presentation was "Who's The Neighbor Next Door?" They started the presentation with "WHO WE ARE NOW". Valair Aviation is a complete one-stop solution for private, public, and military aircraft. They are located at Wiley Post Airport (KPWA). They are a FAA Part 145 certified repair station (#V5SR2170), are ISO 9001-2008 certified, and DCMA approved. They have five hangers with 240,000 square feet of hanger and back shops. They are a full service Fixed Base Operations (FBO) with Tenant hangars and aggressive fuel pricing. They provide superior service as shown by winning the Pilots Choice Award Top 50 FBOs. They are also a full Service MRO with a proven record of performance in sophisticated airframe repairs and systems integration. They have a 64 year history of continuous operations and a
dedicated paint facility, interior shop, and avionics department, for comprehensive modification and upgrades. Their focus is on customer service - developing visionary solutions.
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Highlights from the February Dinner Meeting Continued
Then the speakers moved on to "OUR HISTORY". Valair possesses a rich history and has been a significant contributor to the aviation infrastructure of the Central United States. Its origins are traced to the Customer Delivery and Service Center for Twin Commander. They were formerly the ServiCenter, Inc. Their maintenance services were launched in 1948 as the service division for Aero Commander. New production piston, turbine, and jet powered aircraft were delivered from our facilities at KPWA. Valair transitioned from a factory delivery and maintenance center in the 1980's to become one of the Central United States' premier full service MRO centers. They were acquired by Acorn Growth Companies in 2008. They continued with “VALAIR MRO- WHAT WE PROVIDE”. They are known by their clients for providing visionary MRO solutions including: Personalized service providing focused solutions with an emphasis on quality, price, and turn-time.; Aging aircraft support and upgrades; Sophisticated avionics upgrades, repair, modification, and support; Major and minor structural repairs and modifications; Power plant repair (project management); Complete aircraft strip and paint; Customized interiors; Spares and 24 hour AOG support ; and Superior program management of client expectations. "VALAIR UPCOMING EVENTS" include: Pilots Group February 20th; Garmin Avionics Seminar March 19th; Collings Foundation; B-17, P-51 and B-24 on display April 5-7th; and Great Plains Aviation Expo with April dates to be determined.
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More Pictures from the February Dinner Meeting
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OPA February Fly Away - Changed to the Persimmon Hill Cafe Drive In
Thanks once again to Keith Leafdale for the photographs and information
The weather caused another cancelled flight and we went to the alternate; the Persimmon Hill Cafe at the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum. It was so overcast that the tops of the iron sticks making up the “antenna farm” were hidden in the overcast. The picture makes it plain to see why we didn't “Fly Away”. It also looks like the cowboy statue is looking for the tower tops; or maybe just for a break in the overcast.
We had 18 people at the Drive-In Fly Away, including one guest. They include: Hal & Alma Harris, Christine & Grace Manglicmot, Beau Harris, Ashley Moseley, Gerald & Barb Luton, Danny & Vi Davis, Bill & Carolyn Hines, Roger & Jan Walton, Al Liebler, Keith & Delinda Leafdale, and Don Miller.
Later in the afternoon, Delinda and Keith went down to the OKC Art Museum, and on
the way she caught the shot below of the downtown skyline in the overcast. Guess the Cowboy was still looking!
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OPA March 9th Fly Away - Enid, OK Cafe’ Garcia
11:00 am
Café Garcia is known for it’s California style Mexican food and a really great complimentary salsa bar with eight kinds of salsa. It is located at 324 S. Grand Street in Enid. The phone number is 580-237-4775. Several OPA members have eaten there and they thought we would all enjoy a Fly Away experience there.
Please contact Roger Walton at , Danny Davis 405-990-5201
[email protected], Keith Leafdale or Bill Pappadopoulos 405-417-7876 and let
them know if you are going, need a ride, or have an extra seat.
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2013 OPA Calendar
Be sure to contact Roger Walton for dinner reservations
Cost is only $13.00 per person for a really great meal!
March 7th - Dinner Meeting 6:30 p.m. Page Building, Wiley Post Airport
March 9th - Fly Away - Enid - Café Carcia Mexican Food - 11:00 a.m.
March 21st - OPA Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. Page Building, Wiley Post Airport
April 4th - Dinner Meeting 6:30 p.m. Page Building, Wiley Post Airport
April 13th - Fly Away - Stillwater, OK Eskimo Joe’s - 11:00 a.m.
April 18th - OPA Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. Page Building, Wiley Post Airport
May 2nd - Dinner Meeting 6:30 p.m. Page Building, Wiley Post Airport
May 11th - Fly Away - Guthrie Airport Movie at airport - Evening
May 16th - OPA Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. Page Building, Wiley Post Airport
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