by James McGauhey | Nov 11, 2021 | Events, Fly-Outs
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... by Mike Ward | Nov 11, 2021 | Events, Fly-Outs, Uncategorized
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... by Paine Field WordPress Admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Events, Fly-Outs, News, Chapter, State
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... by Greg Bell | May 6, 2021 | Fly-Outs, Membership
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... by Newsletter Editor | May 6, 2021 | Events, Fly-Outs
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... 
by Newsletter Editor | Dec 30, 2020 | Events, News, State
Member and Chapter Secretary Larry Hinton reported to us in December that our regional Spring trade show had become one of the latest cancelations of the many we’ve had to endure this year. Per the email Larry shared, “Due to the Washington State event restrictions,... by Newsletter Editor | Sep 1, 2020 | Events, Membership, Chapter Business, General Membership Meeting Minutes
Once again, the Paine Field WPA Chapter Board of Directors has reluctantly canceled our chapter events for August and September due to the statewide restrictions on gatherings. The biggest of these events being our end-of-summer Hangar Party. We’ve continued to... by Ned Bingham | Jun 8, 2020 | Events, Fly-Outs, Chapter Business, General Membership Meeting Minutes
As many of you are aware, the Board did everything they could to try and organize a June 5th General membership meeting. We were very excited about Propeller Airports inviting us to have our meeting in the new air terminal at Paine Field again! However, we reluctantly... 
by Richard Jones | Mar 1, 2020 | President's Corner, Events
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... by Richard Jones | Mar 1, 2020 | President's Corner, Events, Safety & Education
Stephanie and I attended the VMC/IMC Forum at Simulation Flight on Wednesday 2/19/20. George Futas walked us through an interesting scenario involving a visual approach into a busy airport at the end of an IFR flight. I was reminded that we are still flying under...
