Minutes of June 5, 2008 meeting

The meeting was called to order by VP Greg Reliford at 7:20 pm at Clow (Thank You Mick and Jude)

A moment of silence was observed

Guests. Harry, looking for people to fly with (He came to the right place)

The Treasurer Phil Duff reported a balance of $ 1,879.62 with approximately 2/3 of the members dues paid.

For those members who have not paid up COME ON, WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.


Old Business

Tent. Still being debated but we are closer to a final decision. Members are leaning towards buying a new tent. A 20 by 40 tent will cost approx. $2,400. how to pay for it still to be decided

Food preparation for meetings. Need volunteers for July, Aug, Sep.

2 Club picnics. Cushing picnic was June 14. Clow picnic is in September, Date is TBA

It was decided to raise the food charge at summer meetings to $ 7.00 per person. $1.00 per beer to off set costs


New Business

Need to start thinking Oshkosh. Who’s going and are you flying or driving? Who’s going to be Airboss?


CUSHING REPORT

Look for an article in Sport Pilot Magazine (sometime in the future) by a young man named Nick who did the Sport Pilots license in 7 days. Nick lived at the airport and flew with each instructor every chance he got.

Bruce Parduhn passed his checkride and now has his pilot cert. Congrats Bruce

Patrick Cadas, a full CFI and pilot with “shadow traffic” has purchased Hanks Sport 2S and is now giving instruction in the Quicksilver.

Brad Wolf visited in late May and passed his biennial flight review with no difficulty. Brad flew with Tom Wartell

5 new ultralights are moving to Cushing. 3 Quicksilvers, 1 Phantom, 1 Mini-Max

All runway lights are repaired and will be on 24/7. East west runway is open but a little rough at the east end


Speakers

Joe and Don gave a presentation about flying their Quicksilvers to Lake of the Ozarks. Departed the Friday before Memorial Day and returned the following Thursday. 7.2 hours flying time down and 9.9 hours back

Had some excitement crossing the Mississippi on the way down. Joe discovered you can have your nose pointed straight down and still be climbing. Don discovered a Quicksilver can go inverted.

Look for full report in future newsletter

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