NEWS & PICTURES

UPCOMING EVENTS

Users Meeting: February 3, 2010 (Wednesday)
Meeting starts at 1730 at the Majors Terminal building. All are invited and encouraged to attend.

Club Meeting: February 5, 2010 (Friday)
Important business will be elections but we also have a unique speaker. Kevin Lagaly, Airspace & Procedures Support Manager at Ft Worth Center, will discuss some airspace issues, primarily class D and B operations. After his presentation, we will have some time for Q & A, so if you have any burning airspace questions, this might be a good time to ask the question(s). Pizza will arrive at the hangar at 1645 and the meeting starts promptly at 1700.

EAA Meeting: February , 2010 (Tuesday)
The local EAA chapter is hosting a meeting which features Col. Mike, an American-Vietnamese, with an interesting background. RSVPs requested by the chapter if interested in attending. All, but particularly Vietnam vets, should find this meeting quite interesting.

Field Trip: March 6, 2010 (Saturday)
We will be taking a trip to the Frontiers of Flight museum and Southwest Airlines. More information will be coming later. If you are interested, mark your calendar and contact Dennis Mathis.

RECENT PAST EVENTS

General Membership Meeting: May 29, 2009 On Friday, May 29, we held a general membership meeting at the clubhouse. Meeting highlights included: An amazing BBQ spread provided by Roger and Dianne Sidebottom Presentation of solo certificates to Geoff Dyke & Dennis Harwell Talk by Mark Armstrong about the Civil Air Patrol Up close viewing of the CAP's GA8 Airvan

The 2007 Annual Rallye: September 22, 2007

RECENT NEW FAA WRITTEN TEST COMPLETIONS

Lee Windham: Congratulations to Lee who successfully passed his FAA Written Exam on June 21, 2008.

Chuck Fields: Congratulations to Chuck who successfully passed his FAA Written Exam.

Cheryl-Annette Parker: Congratulations to Cheryl-Annette who successfully passed her FAA Written Exam.

Geoff Dyke: Congratulations to Geoff who successfully passed his FAA Written Exam on August 16, 2008.

RECENT NEW FIRST SOLOS

Dennis Harwell: Know Ye all by these Presents, that on the 18th of May, 2009, Dennis "The Eagle" Harwell successfully manipulated the controls of the Cessna 150, with the full knowledge and consent of his instructor thereof, and without injury to his self, and without damage to the aerial vehicle upon which he did so magnificently perform, did, without any assistance, complete two stop-and-go landings and a full stop. It must be noted that he had the presence of mind, with the good fortune of his feat accomplished, to stop by and pick up his instructor, and taxied back to the hangar.

Congratulations brave new pilot, Harwell!!

Geoff Dyke: On 13 April 2009, at approximately 1900, Geoff Dyke soloed the Archer. When asked if he was scared, he said, "Naw, without the instructor yacking in my ear, I was able to concentrate on my flying." That's gratitude for you.

Good job, Geoff. Welcome to the new world of aviation!!

Jeff Nelson: Jeff (Dr. Jeff) Nelson did, on the First Day of October in the Year 2008, defy the laws of gravity and hurled himself, SOLO, and without external assistance, into the air around Majors Field in the Piper Archer aircraft. He skillfully manipulated the airplane to contact the runway with minimum damage to the runway.  More good news: the airplane is flyable again!!

Congratulations Jeff on your 1st SOLO FLIGHT.  After the flight Jeff said those were the best solo landings he'd ever made.  Yes, of course!

Kyle Graves: At 1930 on Friday, 29 August 2008, young Kyle Graves (they are all young to me) did fly WITHOUT his instructor for the first time in his life.  We call that "initial solo".  And the good news is that it looks like we'll be able to use the Cessna again.

Congratulations to Kyle on his 1st SOLO FLIGHT.

Josh Bartley: Donnie "Nerves of Steel" Royal reported that, on July 21, 2008, Josh Bartley had flown unassisted and without instructor assistance.  In fact, the instructor was on the ground nervously awaiting the arrival of the aircraft.  It was reported that the Cessna will be usable again for more flights with very little repair work required.  All kidding aside, CONGRATULATIONS JOSH.  You have now joined that elite group of humans who have experienced the thrill of his 1st SOLO FLIGHT.

RECENT NEW PRIVATE PILOTS

Jeff Nelson recently achieved his Private Pilot license.  His instructor was Dennis Mathis. (More)		Kyle Graves recently achieved his Private Pilot license.  His instructor was Dennis Mathis.
Joseph Bennett achieved his Private Pilot license on May 17, 2007.  His instructor was Dennis Mathis. (More)		Mike Zimmerman achieved his Private Pilot license on August 15, 2007.  His instructor was Dennis Mathis. (More)

RECENT NEW RATINGS

Dale Crumpton, one of our Associate members, recently received his Instrument rating in his Cessna T210.  His instructors were Dennis Mathis and Harry Andonian. (More)