This year’s annual club meeting to cover general business and officer elections will be held at La Margarita Express. We’ll have a chance to meet the many new members that joined this year, provide overall updates on the club and our financials, discuss what we’ve accomplished over the last year, hold officer elections, discuss plans for the future (including proposed changes), and discuss other business that you wish to bring up.

Elections for the Vice-President and Secretary Office will be held. If you have interest in serving on the Board, please contact any of the board members for more information on these positions: Isaac Mosgrove (President), Chris Eriksson (Vice-President), Joan Johnson (Treasurer), Alan Lasneski (Secretary), or Al Gray (Safety and Maintenance). If you know of special topics, proposals, or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please contact Isaac so that we can be sure that they are on the agenda. Although an RSVP is not required, please let Isaac know if you plan to attend so that we can provide the restaurant with an estimated head count.

For January, we will have our fly out to Tacoma Narrows for some pizza at The Hub. It will be dark, so make sure someone in the plane will be night current, and enjoy the flight to the Puget Sound. They make a great pizza, and for the person not flying back, they do serve local beers as well. The flight there can be very beautiful at night, flying over PDX, along I5 to Olympia, and across the sound with the Seattle area in view.

Weather permitting, we will hop over the cascades out to Bend for lunch at the Pickled Pig. It is a beautiful flight there over the snow capped peaks, and the food is good!

Newport is only about half an hour west of Salem, and they hold a BBQ every Saturday.

We are excited to have Kristi from the Salem Tower join us for this year’s meeting with the Tower at Sizzler. Kristi will be there to introduce herself and to have a general Q&A session. This is a great opportunity to continue to strengthen our relationship with the tower, to learn how we can work better with the tower, and to make sure we are doing what they want to make the airspace a friendly and safe place. Kristi is looking forward to finally getting to meet the many people that she talks with on the radio! This is highly recommended for everyone. Please RSVP to Isaac so he can estimate the seats needed.

Nehalem Bay airport is located on the bay, and has campsites on the airport. It is about a 10 minute walk from the tie downs to the beach itself. We will plan to relax for a nice day on the coast!

This month we’ll fly to the Ken Jernstedt Airport in Hood River and view the collection of antique cars and airplanes at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM). Since it’s the second Saturday of the month the museum flies some of the vintage aircraft and drives some of the vintage cars. Afterwards we’ll walk across the street to the Twin Peaks Diner for lunch.

Saturday morning we’ll head over to Sisters (6K5) for breakfast (or lunch). The town of Sisters is a short walk from the airport with many dining options (more than 23 according to the Sisters airport website). The airport sits at 3168’ MSL and is a good intro to the impacts of density altitude on an airplane. Feel free to bring friends and spend some time shopping or wandering around this quaint little town.

Our Annual Club BBQ is this month! Bring your choice of meat for your family and a salad or main dish to share. The club will provide beverages and strawberry shortcake for all. The strawberries are ripe, and the BBQ is now officially on June 15th. The event will start at 12:00pm, with the grilling starting at 1:00pm. Bring the family and enjoy an afternoon at the airport! Although not required, RSVP to Isaac Mosgrove if you can so that we make sure to have enough beverages and strawberry shortcake.

Fly-in, drive-in event at Mulino State Airport with best blueberry pancakes in the Pacific NW. Hosted annually by the Mulino chapter of the Oregon Pilots Association.

The breakfast runs Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM. We're planning to have groups heading out both days, so pick a date, reserve a plane, and enjoy the pancakes!

Saturday we’ll head over to Madras Municipal Airport (S33) to view the Erikson Aircraft Collection. Madras is just 80 miles as the crow flies from KSLE. Pick a route north or south of Mt. Jefferson to avoid the 10,497’ peak. We’ll plan to depart at 9:00 am.

Sunday, September 22nd we'll head over to Gillette Field (OR51) in Jordan for the annual Jordan Chicken Dinner Cruise-in & Fly-In. Gillette is a grass strip that is 2900 x 30 ft with power lines on the approach end. The all-you-can-eat lunch is $15 (BBQ chicken, potatoes and gravy, beans, noodles, coleslaw, roll and dessert). We’ll plan to depart at 9:00 am.

 

On Saturday October 5th and we’ll either fly north to Shelton (KSHN) for the OysterFest or south to have breakfast at Melita’s Café next to the Chiloquin airport (2S7). Departure time TBD.

Saturday November 16th our destination will be Seaside, OR (56S). The airport is 76 NM from Salem and we’ll plan on taking the 20-minute walk to Gearhart for lunch at the Pacific Way Bakery and Café. The Seaside Municipal Airport’s runway length is 2,211’ and 50’ wide, so be sure to brush up on your short field landing technique. Departure time 10:00 am.