by Richard Beckert | Mar 31, 2020 | President's Corner, Membership, Chapter Business, News, State
This years Washington Pilots Association retreat held at Lake Chelan was unique in that 7 of us wanted to connect remotely due to the coronavirus outbreak and not wanting to expose others to viruses or be exposed. So, I set up a live meeting via GoToMeeting...
by Richard Beckert | Mar 31, 2020 | President's Corner, News, Chapter
As you may have read in my recent emails, due to the restrictions being placed on gatherings of more than 10 people due to the the Covid-19 pandemic response, and the Governor’s “Stay at Home” order closing bars and restaurants, the Chapter is unfortunately being...
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
Rick Beckert is helping with his parents’ health issues back in Ohio. My thoughts are with him and his family as he deals with all the difficulties associated with taking care of aging parents. Your past president is filling in for him during this time.
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...
by Richard Beckert | Dec 31, 2019 | President's Corner
I am honored to serve as your president for 2020. I love flying to backcountry airstrips with my wife, Kolette, and our dog, Dork, in our Skylane RG. I started flying in 1979 while I was a junior in high school. I soloed just before my 17th birthday...
by Richard Beckert | Jan 28, 2020 | President's Corner
Winter is often a time when many pilots, including me, don’t get to do as much flying as we would like. We have lots of rain and at times low land snow. Freezing levels are usually below IFR minimum altitudes resulting in icing conditions for those in clouds or...
by Richard Beckert | Jan 28, 2020 | President's Corner
On January 21, 2020, Richard Beckert, Jerry Barkley, Rich Jones, and Stephanie Allen met with Ryan Zulauf at his office at Paine field. Ryan’s manager Arif Ghouse also dropped by for part of the discussion. The purpose of the meeting was to follow up on issues raised...
by Richard Beckert | Dec 31, 2019 | President's Corner, Events, Chapter
For the second year in a row we had a wonderful Christmas Party at the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum. Shawn O’Donnell and his team provided us with great food for the event. We awarded four awards during the event: Pilot of the Year – Rich...
by Richard Beckert | Dec 31, 2019 | President's Corner, Events, Chapter Business
Our January WPA meeting will be held at the Le Bistro and will feature a 2019 Year in Review as well as entertaining suggestions on how to make 2020 an even better year. I would like to solicit input from the membership on what events and speakers they would...
