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 | 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...
by Richard Beckert | Dec 31, 2019 | President's Corner
The WPA and the Flying Heritage Museum met with the Paine Field Airport Director and two Council members in the Snohomish County Council Conference room to discuss several concerns that General Aviation (GA) pilots flying out of Paine Field have expressed. Attendees...
by Richard Beckert | Dec 31, 2019 | President's Corner
The WPA (Paine Chapter) has a unique opportunity to host an Aviation Explorer Post and help youth (age 14-21) explore careers in aviation. Aviation exploring combines some classroom training with introductory flight lessons. Explorers get to experience...
by Richard Jones | Dec 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Changing of the Guard I have great confidence in Rick Beckert’s leadership skills and I hope that our whole organization both welcomes and supports him in his new role as President of the Paine Field WPA Chapter. Rick has already been at work on ideas for...
by William Tilse | Dec 31, 2019 | Membership
How did it get to be Christmas again, so soon? Personally I think it has something to do with global space-time warping. At any rate it seems the nice summer flying days were just a little too few this year, so when it was nice I hope y’all got a chance to take...
