2021 Hood River Fly-In

Highly Recommended I just returned from the Hood River Fly-In this weekend and made a video of my adventure. As president of local EAA Chapter 84 on Harvey Field it has mention of the chapter; had to stop Saturday morning and conduct a board meeting. Any WPA members...

2021 Reno Air Race

What? Airplanes RACE? Of course they do, ever since 1909! Please note that AIR races are not to be confused with SUBMARINE races. (You haven’t heard of submarine races? Go ask your parents, or perhaps your grandparents for an explanation.) At the AIR races you can...

DART Exercise

Food Flight West Coast Airlift – June 12, 2021 Someday, somewhere West of the Cascades of Northern California, Oregon, or Washington, a massive magnitude 8 plus earthquake is due to hit that happens about every 300 to 500 hundred years. When that day comes...

From Everett to Austin

Freestyle Cross-Country by GA Our son Matt recently moved from northern California to Austin, Texas. We hadn’t seen him since Christmas and we have both been vaccinated so we decided to take a trip in our Diamond Star DA40 for a visit.  Neither Lori or I...

Foster the Passion for Flight with EAA

Young Eagles Flights Help Kids Take to The Skies As president of EAA Chapter 84 in Snohomish, I encourage all WPA members who are also EAA members to conduct Young Eagle flights on a safe basis.  A couple salient points: Must be a current national EAA member, do...
Northwest Aviation Conference

Northwest Aviation Conference

The Sate WPA put together an exciting new booth design for the Northwest Aviation Conference. Jerry Barkley was put in charge of the WPA booth and he had some great ideas for improving our presence there. Jerry enlisted a number of Paine Field Chapter members to...