This year’s annual club meeting to cover general business and officer elections will be held at La Margarita Express. We’ll have a chance to meet the many new members that joined this year, provide overall updates on the club and our financials, discuss what we’ve accomplished over the last year, hold officer elections, discuss plans for the future (including proposed changes), and discuss other business that you wish to bring up.

Elections for the Vice-President and Secretary Office will be held. If you have interest in serving on the Board, please contact any of the board members for more information on these positions: Isaac Mosgrove (President), Chris Eriksson (Vice-President), Joan Johnson (Treasurer), Alan Lasneski (Secretary), or Al Gray (Safety and Maintenance). If you know of special topics, proposals, or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please contact Isaac so that we can be sure that they are on the agenda. Although an RSVP is not required, please let Isaac know if you plan to attend so that we can provide the restaurant with an estimated head count.

For January, we will have our fly out to Tacoma Narrows for some pizza at The Hub. It will be dark, so make sure someone in the plane will be night current, and enjoy the flight to the Puget Sound. They make a great pizza, and for the person not flying back, they do serve local beers as well. The flight there can be very beautiful at night, flying over PDX, along I5 to Olympia, and across the sound with the Seattle area in view.

Weather permitting, we will hop over the cascades out to Bend for lunch at the Pickled Pig. It is a beautiful flight there over the snow capped peaks, and the food is good!

Newport is only about half an hour west of Salem, and they hold a BBQ every Saturday.

We are excited to have Kristi from the Salem Tower join us for this year’s meeting with the Tower at Sizzler. Kristi will be there to introduce herself and to have a general Q&A session. This is a great opportunity to continue to strengthen our relationship with the tower, to learn how we can work better with the tower, and to make sure we are doing what they want to make the airspace a friendly and safe place. Kristi is looking forward to finally getting to meet the many people that she talks with on the radio! This is highly recommended for everyone. Please RSVP to Isaac so he can estimate the seats needed.

Nehalem Bay airport is located on the bay, and has campsites on the airport. It is about a 10 minute walk from the tie downs to the beach itself. We will plan to relax for a nice day on the coast!

This month we’ll fly to the Ken Jernstedt Airport in Hood River and view the collection of antique cars and airplanes at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM). Since it’s the second Saturday of the month the museum flies some of the vintage aircraft and drives some of the vintage cars. Afterwards we’ll walk across the street to the Twin Peaks Diner for lunch.

Saturday morning we’ll head over to Sisters (6K5) for breakfast (or lunch). The town of Sisters is a short walk from the airport with many dining options (more than 23 according to the Sisters airport website). The airport sits at 3168’ MSL and is a good intro to the impacts of density altitude on an airplane. Feel free to bring friends and spend some time shopping or wandering around this quaint little town.

Our Annual Club BBQ is this month! Bring your choice of meat for your family and a salad or main dish to share. The club will provide beverages and strawberry shortcake for all. The strawberries are ripe, and the BBQ is now officially on June 15th. The event will start at 12:00pm, with the grilling starting at 1:00pm. Bring the family and enjoy an afternoon at the airport! Although not required, RSVP to Isaac Mosgrove if you can so that we make sure to have enough beverages and strawberry shortcake.

Fly-in, drive-in event at Mulino State Airport with best blueberry pancakes in the Pacific NW. Hosted annually by the Mulino chapter of the Oregon Pilots Association.

The breakfast runs Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM. We're planning to have groups heading out both days, so pick a date, reserve a plane, and enjoy the pancakes!

Saturday we’ll head over to Madras Municipal Airport (S33) to view the Erikson Aircraft Collection. Madras is just 80 miles as the crow flies from KSLE. Pick a route north or south of Mt. Jefferson to avoid the 10,497’ peak. We’ll plan to depart at 9:00 am.

Sunday, September 22nd we'll head over to Gillette Field (OR51) in Jordan for the annual Jordan Chicken Dinner Cruise-in & Fly-In. Gillette is a grass strip that is 2900 x 30 ft with power lines on the approach end. The all-you-can-eat lunch is $15 (BBQ chicken, potatoes and gravy, beans, noodles, coleslaw, roll and dessert). We’ll plan to depart at 9:00 am.

 

On Saturday October 5th and we’ll either fly north to Shelton (KSHN) for the OysterFest or south to have breakfast at Melita’s Café next to the Chiloquin airport (2S7). Departure time TBD.

Saturday November 16th our destination will be Seaside, OR (56S). The airport is 76 NM from Salem and we’ll plan on taking the 20-minute walk to Gearhart for lunch at the Pacific Way Bakery and Café. The Seaside Municipal Airport’s runway length is 2,211’ and 50’ wide, so be sure to brush up on your short field landing technique. Departure time 10:00 am.

Saturday January 18th, we’ll fly to Siletz Bay State Airport (S45) and have lunch at the Side Door Café. We’ll depart KSLE at 11:00 am and after lunch do some aerial sight-seeing along the coast.

We will be having our annual business meeting on January 29th, at La Margarita Express at 6 pm. During this meeting, we discuss the state of the club, our financial status, hold board member elections, discuss goals for the year, and goals for the following year. This year, the positions of president and treasurer are up for election. We hope to see you all there!

Starting this year, quarterly club meetings will be held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Saturday February 22nd, we’ll fly to Pierce County Airport (KPLU) and take the shuttle to the expo center for a day of free aviation stuff and seminars at the NW Aviation Conference. There is a restaurant on the field (Top Gun Bar & Grill) at KPLU so we can grab a meal there or go to an alternate food spot at Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) or Chehalis-Centralia Airport (KCLS). Departing at 8:00 am freezing levels permitting.

Assuming the Salem monsoon season ends soon, on Saturday February 29th, we’ll fly to Siletz Bay State Airport (S45) and have lunch at the Side Door Café. We’ll depart KSLE at 11:00 am and after lunch do some aerial sight-seeing along the coast.

Winter weather hasn’t cooperated this year as we’re 0 for 2 with Saturday fly outs. This month, plan on Saturday March 28 as the monthly club fly out date. The destination is to be determined based on how the weather evolves as we get closer to the 28th. Either way plan on a 10:00 am departure from KSLE.

Looks like nice weather this week and all the planes as of now are available this Friday afternoon. With that in mind the club fly out for April will be this Friday the 17th. Thinking late Friday afternoon and we can either make a hop-skip-jump (fly to 3-4 destinations) or fly to Sisters or the coast depending on winds. Either way, bring a chair, some food and your 6' ruler.

Starting this year, quarterly club meetings will be held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

The strawberries are ripe! Our Annual Club BBQ is now officially this Saturday, June 27th at the hangars. Bring your choice of meat for your family and a salad or main dish to share in the potlock. The club will provide beverages and strawberry shortcake for all. The event will start at 12:00pm, with the grilling starting at 1:00pm. Bring the family, friends, and chairs to enjoy an afternoon at the airport! We look forward to seeing you!

Although not required, please RSVP to Isaac Mosgrove so that we make sure to have enough beverages and strawberry shortcake.

The destination for Saturday is Crescent Lake (5S2). The weather is looking good for the weekend, so assuming no T-storms or high winds, Saturday should be a nice day for a trip across the mountains. We'll depart KSLE at 9:00 am so that we can get an early afternoon departure from 5S2 to beat the heat and possible density altitude. There are a couple of food options near 5S2 so we'll grab a bite and in case they aren't operating bring a snack just in case.

Starting this year, quarterly club meetings will be held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

This month we'll visit the Tillamook Air Museum.

We’ll fly to KTMK and taxi to the museum. Depending on the number of participants and crew car availability, we’ll get lunch in Tillamook or fly to Siletz Bay for lunch at the Side Door Cafe.

Departing Saturday 9/19 10:00-11:00 am

Unfortunately, we had to cancel the September flyout to Tillamook Air Museum because of the poor flying conditions and other issues caused by the recent wildfires. We’re rescheduling the flyout to October 24th so make sure to reserve an aircraft or look for another member to fly with.

We’ll fly to KTMK and taxi to the museum. Depending on the number of participants and crew car availability, we’ll get lunch in Tillamook or fly to Siletz Bay for lunch at the Side Door Cafe.

Departing Saturday 10/24 10:00-11:00 am

Starting this year, quarterly club meetings will be held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Our next flyout will be on November 14th. The destination will depend on the weather but we’re looking at Sisters or Sun River.

Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate with us on the November flyout, which we had to cancel. We’ll try again on December 12th, the destination will depend on the weather but we may try for Sisters or Sunriver again.

Event canceled due to current COVID-19 restrictions

Joan and Vern have graciously agreed to host the party, starting at 6:00 PM on Saturday, December 12th. Given the current situation, this is a tentative plan that we’ll review nearer the time. In order to have enough food for everyone, each member is asked to bring either a main dish or salad, and a small dessert to share. The club will provide meat and some fixings. We’ll also do a gift exchange, so bring a fun gift in the $10-15 range (aviation gifts are always fun). Bring your family or friends and masks for a fun evening together. Please RSVP to Isaac by December 5th so that we can get the plans finalized and seating appropriately spaced. Feel free to text or email Isaac or Joan if you have questions.

This year’s annual business meeting will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, January 20th. Because of the COVID-19 restrictions this year, the meeting will be held over Zoom instead of over dinner (although you are welcome to eat dinner during the meeting!). Alan Lasneski will send an email with the Zoom links and instructions as we get closer to the meeting date, so watch your emails.
During the meeting, we’ll have a chance to meet the many new members that joined this year, provide overall updates on the club and our financials, discuss what we’ve accomplished over the last year, vote on proposed changes to the Bylaws, hold officer elections, discuss plans for the future, and discuss other business that you wish to bring up.
The Vice-President and Secretary Officer positions expire in January, so elections will be held for these positions. If you have interest in serving on the Board, please contact any of the board members for more information on these positions: Isaac Mosgrove (President), Simon Hayes (Vice-President), Joan Johnson (Treasurer), Alan Lasneski (Secretary), or Al Gray (Safety and Maintenance).
If you know of special topics, proposals, or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please contact Isaac so that we can be sure that they are on the agenda.
We look forward to recapping the accomplishments of this past year and to look ahead to further improvements for the future.

We had to cancel our December flyout because of poor weather. For January, we’ll aim to fly on the 9th and if that doesn’t work out, we’ll try for the 23rd instead.

Updated plan for the 23rd: Sisters (weather/snow permitting) or the coast.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the hangars if possible or online if not.

Saturday April 24, we’ll fly to Woodland State Airport (W27) and walk into town for BBQ at Daddy D’s. We’ll depart in the 9:30-10:00 time frame and possibly get a touch and go in at PDX for those feeling adventurous.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the hangars if possible or online if not.

After postponing last time, on Saturday, May 15 we plan to fly to Woodland State Airport (W27) and walk into town for BBQ at Daddy D’s. We’ll depart in the 9:30-10:00 time frame and possibly get a touch and go in at PDX for those feeling adventurous.

Florence (6S2) to grab lunch at the Beachcomber Pub or Sweet Magnolia Bakery & Café We'll be back in time for the Summer BBQ.

It looks like the fresh local strawberries should be ready about mid-month, so we have tentatively planned our annual Strawberry Shortcake and BBQ event for Saturday, June 19th. Bring your choice of meat for your family and a salad or main dish to share in the potluck. The club will provide beverages and strawberry shortcake for all. The event will start at 12:00pm, with the grilling starting at 1:00pm. Bring the family and friends to enjoy an afternoon at the hangars! We’ll also be inviting the tower so we can get a chance to visit with some of our controllers. This event is BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair). Although not required, please RSVP to Isaac Mosgrove so that we make sure to have enough beverages and strawberry shortcake. Keep an eye on your emails in case the schedule changes!

On Saturday July 24th, we’ll make the one hour and 25-minute fight to Boeing Field (KBFI) to visit the Museum of Flight. The museum is home to a vast variety of aircraft and space exhibits. We’ll depart Salem at 8:00 am in order to make it for the 10:00 am museum opening. There are 4-5 aircraft parking spots available at the museum so if we arrive early we should be able to park at the museum. We’ll plan to eat lunch at the museum’s café or stop on the way back at KTIW or KCLS for a bite to eat

The first full weekend in August, the Orcas Island EAA chapter hosts the annual fly-in and antique car show. In past years there have been 50-100 airplanes parked for camping during the fly-in. The quaint town of Orcas is a short walk from the airport for dining and shopping. During the fly-in, the fire station next to the airport hosts a pancake fund raiser so that covers your breakfast part of the day. For those camping, it's best to stake out a spot early so we’ll depart late Friday morning August 6th. On Saturday we’ll also plan to make the hop over to Friday Harbor or Roche Harbor for some lunch or dinner. If you aren’t a camper feel free book a local B&B or fly-up early Saturday or Sunday morning for the day. If the San Juan Islands are on your flying destination bucket list, now is your opportunity to join in on the fun.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the hangars if possible or online if not.

The Reno Air Races are back! We did a club fly out in 2019 to KRNO so let’s do it again. We’re planning on departing Tuesday September 14th early in the morning and attending the races the next day (15th) which is the first practice/qualifying day and is typically less crowded. We’ll return on Friday the 17th which lets you take in a second air race day on the 16th or use that day to relax in Reno. As of now there are only two hotels on the race shuttle route (Eldorado and Nugget) and both are competitive in price. If you are time constrained or want to get there on your own, Alaska was quoting $180-$238 from PDX (as of 7/5/2021).

Saturday October 30th, we’ll be visiting the Oregon Air and Space Museum which is located on the airport at KEUG. If you haven’t landed at KEUG before, this is great time to experience a somewhat larger and busier airport which has more complicated taxi routes than does KSLE. The museum, though small, has some interesting exhibits and the $7 admission goes to help the curators maintain some aviation and space artifacts for the enjoyment of non-aviation folks. The museum doesn’t open until 12:00, so we’ll plan to depart KSLE at 11:15.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the hangars if possible or online if not.

Haven’t flown at night in a while? Want to get some additional night experience or regain your night passenger currency? Join us Saturday night, November 20th, for some night takeoffs and landings. We’ll have several club instructors on hand to fly with up to two pilots in the 172’s for some night dual. The tentative plan is to fly to a nearby destination (e.g. KMMV, S12, etc.) and get three landings, then switch pilots and fly to another airport for three landings.

Sunset for the 20th is at 16:35 so an hour after that we’ll launch after a short night safety briefing. Plan to arrive at 16:30 to pre-flight while it’s still light outside. Afterwards for those interested, we’ll go to the Flight Deck restaurant for flying talk and food. The instructor cost will be $25 per pilot and each pilot is responsible for paying for their aircraft time (estimated .5 hour). Please RSVP to Todd Lindley (via Flight Circle) by November 13th as space is limited.

The last time we had a club fly out to Sun River was April 2020. That was Spring so what a better time to go on a sunny winter day (hopefully) with snow on the pass and surrounding the airport. On Saturday December 11, we’ll depart at 10:00 am for S21 and from the airport take the resort shuttle to the Sun River Resort to grab lunch at one of the resort restaurants.

After canceling last year’s Christmas party because of COVID, we are looking forward to getting together with everyone to celebrate this year. Joan and Vern have graciously agreed to host the party, starting at 6:00 PM on Saturday, December 11th. In order to have enough food for everyone, each member is asked to bring either a main dish or salad, and a small dessert to share. The club will provide meat and some fixings. We’ll also do a gift exchange, so bring a fun gift in the $10-15 range (aviation gifts are always fun). Bring your family or friends and masks for a fun evening together. This is a great time to see old friends and to meet some of our newer members. Please RSVP to Isaac by December 4th so that we can get the plans finalized and seating appropriately spaced. Feel free to text or email Isaac or Joan if you have questions.

Unfortunately, we had to cancel our planned flyout to Sunriver (S21) on December 11 due to weather. We’ll try again on January 8th, departing at 10am. The plan is to take the resort shuttle to the Sun River Resort to grab lunch at one of the resort restaurants.

It’s almost time for our annual club meeting to cover general business and officer elections. Over dinner, we’ll have a chance to meet the many new members that joined this year, provide an overall update on the club and our financials, discuss what we’ve accomplished over the last year, hold officer elections, discuss plans for the future, and discuss other business that you wish to bring up.
The President, Treasurer, and Safety & Maintenance Officer positions expire in January, so elections will be held for these positions. If you have interest in serving on the Board, please contact any of the board members for more information on these positions: Isaac Mosgrove (President), Simon Hayes (Vice-President), Joan Johnson (Treasurer), Alan Lasneski (Secretary), Al Gray (Safety & Maintenance), Chris Eriksson (Chief Pilot).
If you know of special topics, proposals, or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please contact Isaac so that we can be sure that they are on the agenda. We look forward to recapping the accomplishments of this past year and to look ahead to further improvements for the future. This year’s meeting will be at 6:00 pm, Wednesday, January 26th at La Margarita Express, 515 Chemeketa St NE (members pay for their own orders).

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Put on your epaulets and brief your FO as this leg is going to KPDX. On Saturday February 19th we’ll make the short hop to Portland International for some class Charlie airspace fun. The plan will be to park at Atlantic Aviation and walk to the airport terminal for donuts and coffee at Blue Star Donuts, which is on the pre-security side of concourse E. Be sure and brush up on your wake turbulence avoidance and familiarize yourself with the KPDX airport diagram. We’ll meet at 10:00 am for pre-flight and briefing of the procedures for getting in and out of KPDX.

On Saturday April 9th, we’ll plan on going to Prospect State Airport (64S). The Prospect airport is 132 nm from Salem so about an hour or so enroute. We’ll grab breakfast/lunch at one of the nearby diners and afterwards feel to deviate to the east on the flight back for some photo opportunities of Crater Lake.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

On Saturday May 14th, we’ll make the 143-mile trek to Yakima, Washington to visit the McAllister Museum of Aviation and grab lunch at Reno’s on the Runway. Lots of beautiful scenery along the way as we will pass over the Columbia Gorge and then fly near Mt Adams. There might even be an opportunity to visit the Cub Crafters facility but that is TBD. This is a perfect opportunity to get some out of the area cross country experience and partner with another club member or a club instructor and split costs.

On Saturday June 4th, we’ll plan (again!) on going to Prospect State Airport (64S). The Prospect airport is 132 nm from Salem so about an hour or so enroute. We’ll grab breakfast/lunch at one of the nearby diners and afterwards feel to deviate to the east on the flight back for some photo opportunities of Crater Lake.

We have planned our annual Strawberry Shortcake and BBQ event for Saturday, June 25th, weather permitting! Please bring your choice of meat for your family and a salad or main dish to share in the potluck. The club will provide beverages and strawberry shortcake for everyone.

We'll start the event at 12pm, with the grilling starting at 1pm. Bring your family and friends to enjoy an afternoon at the hangars! We’ll also invite the Tower so we can get a chance to visit with some of our controllers.

This event is BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair). It would be helpful – but isn't required – to RSVP to Isaac Mosgrove so that we can plan enough beverages and strawberry shortcake.

Keep an eye on your emails in case the schedule changes!

On Saturday July 16th, we’ll try (for the fourth time!) to go to Prospect State Airport (64S). The Prospect airport is 132 nm from Salem so about an hour or so enroute. We’ll grab breakfast/lunch at one of the nearby diners and afterwards feel to deviate to the east on the flight back for some photo opportunities of Crater Lake.

The first full weekend in August, the Orcas Island EAA chapter hosts the annual fly-in and antique car show. In past years there have been 50-100 airplanes parked for camping during the fly-in. The quaint town of Orcas is a short walk from the airport for dining and shopping. During the fly-in, the fire station next to the airport hosts a pancake fund raiser so that covers your breakfast part of the day.

For those camping, it's best to stake out a spot early so we’ll depart late Friday morning August 5th. On Saturday we’ll also plan to make the hop over to Friday Harbor or Roche Harbor for some lunch or dinner. If you have extra time, you are welcome to stay a few extra days as a few of us will be making some day trips into other popular fly-in spots in Washington and/or staying over at airplane camping friendly airports on the return trip to Salem. See the October 2021 newsletter or a summary of our San Juan adventures last year.

If you aren’t a camper feel free to book a local B&B or fly-up early Saturday or Sunday morning for the day. If the San Juan Islands are on your flying destination bucket list, now is your opportunity to join in on the fun.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Save the date (and book an aircraft!) for a flyout to the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada on September 14th-18th.

The 17th Annual Cruise-In and Fly-In Jordan Dinner will take place on September 25th from 10.30am to 3pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Scio. You can fly in to Gillette Field (OR51), to experience landing on a 2800’ grass runway. There will be an all-you-can-eat ham dinner, music, vendors and kids events. Tickets are limited to 2000, and you can contact the church to get one (call 503-394-2437). OR51 isn’t in the Chart Supplement so here are some details if you plan to fly in:

• Runway 08/26, grass, 2800’, left pattern
• UNICOM 122.9
• Watch out for power lines at the east end of the field

You might also want to talk with Isaac Mosgrove or another pilot who’s flown into OR51 before landing there.

The 17th Annual Cruise-In and Fly-In Jordan Dinner will take place on September 25th from 10.30am to 3pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Scio. You can fly in to Gillette Field (OR51), to experience landing on a 2800’ grass runway. There will be an all-you-can-eat ham dinner, music, vendors and kids events. Tickets are limited to 2000, and you can contact the church to get one (call 503-394-2437). OR51 isn’t in the Chart Supplement so here are some details if you plan to fly in:

• Runway 08/26, grass, 2800’, left pattern
• UNICOM 122.9
• Watch out for power lines at the east end of the field

You might also want to talk with Isaac Mosgrove or another pilot who’s flown into OR51 before landing there.

The October flyout is still to be decided. On October 1 at Shelton, WA (KSHN) there’s an annual OysterFest, which takes place at the airport itself (see the festival website for more information). A few people may fly up for it, you can contact Todd if you plan to join

On Saturday October 15th, we’ll try to go to Prospect State Airport (64S) to see Crater Lake from the air. The Prospect airport is 132 nm from Salem so about an hour or so enroute.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Joan and Vern have graciously agreed to host the party, starting at 6:00 PM on Saturday, December 10th. In order to have enough food for everyone, each member is asked to bring either a main dish or salad, and a small dessert to share. The club will provide meat and some fixings. We’ll also do a gift exchange, so bring a fun gift in the $10-20 range (aviation gifts are always fun). Bring your family or friends for a fun evening together.
This is a great time to see old friends and to meet some of our newer members. Please RSVP to Isaac by December 3th so that we can get the plans finalized and seating appropriately spaced. Also, please let Isaac know if you can volunteer to help clean up after the party. Feel free to text or email Isaac or Joan if you have questions.

It’s almost time for our annual club meeting to cover general business and officer elections. Over dinner, we’ll have a chance to meet the many new members that joined this year, provide an overall update on the club and our financials, discuss what we’ve accomplished over the last year, hold officer elections, discuss plans for the future, and discuss other business that you wish to bring up.
The Vice-President and Secretary positions expire in January, so elections will be held for these positions. If you have interest in serving on the Board, please contact any of the board members for more information on these positions: Isaac Mosgrove (President), Simon Hayes (Vice-President), Joan Johnson (Treasurer), Alan Lasneski (Secretary), Al Gray (Safety & Maintenance), Chris Eriksson (Chief Pilot).
If you know of special topics, proposals, or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please contact Isaac so that we can be sure that they are on the agenda. We look forward to recapping the accomplishments of this past year and to look ahead to further improvements for the future. This year’s meeting will be at 6:00 pm, Wednesday, January 25th at La Margarita Express, 515 Chemeketa St NE (members pay for their own orders).

Has it been a while since you have flown at night? Want to get some additional night experience or bring your night passenger currency current? Depending on the weather we will either stay local or fly someplace within 50-100 miles and grab a crew car or local transportation to a nearby restaurant. Possible destinations could include KONP, KHIO, KCLS, or KEUG. If we must stay local, we will fly to S12 and walk to the grille at the North end of the airport. Either way we’ll get three full stop landings completed. Reserve Friday February 10th and Saturday February 11th as a backup. Plan for an 18:00 departure.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

It’s not Oshkosh or Sun ’n Fun, but a fun event to walk around and talk with aviation vendors (and get free swag). There are also several aviation accessory vendors on site so if you need to update any of your pilot accessories, those can usually be had at a discount. The plan is to fly into Pierce County Airport (KPLU) on Saturday or Sunday based on the best weather day and take the FBO shuttle over to the event.

On Saturday March 18th, we’ll fly to KVUO and walk across the airport property to the Pearson Air Museum to view some early 20th century aviation artifacts and other flying machines. Afterwards, there are a few lunch options within a 20-minute walk of the airport. The challenging aspect of getting into Pearson Field is that the KPDX class ’C’ airspace sits just above the traffic pattern altitude at KVUO, and the airport is governed by special air traffic rules part 93. Be sure to brush up on your ATC radio work and review CFR 93.161-163.

It has been a few years since we’ve been able to have dinner with the Salem Tower, and we are excited to get to reinstate this annual event. Don Conrad from Salem ATC will be joining us on March 21st for dinner at 6:00 pm at Lum-Yuen Restaurant (3190 Portland Rd NE). Don will be there to introduce himself and to have a general Q&A session. This is a great opportunity to continue to strengthen our relationship with the tower, to learn how we can work better with the tower, and to make sure we are doing what they want to make the airspace a friendly and safe place. The tower is looking forward to finally getting to meet the many people that they talk with on the radio!
This is highly recommended for everyone. Please RSVP to Isaac so he can estimate the seats needed.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

We have planned our annual Strawberry Shortcake and BBQ event for Saturday, June 17th, weather permitting! Please bring your choice of meat for your family and a salad or main dish to share in the potluck. The club will provide beverages and strawberry shortcake for everyone.

We'll start the event at 12pm, with the grilling starting at 1pm. Bring your family and friends to enjoy an afternoon at the hangars! We’ll also invite the Tower so we can get a chance to visit with some of our controllers.

This event is BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair). It would be helpful – but isn't required – to RSVP to Isaac Mosgrove so that we can plan enough beverages and strawberry shortcake.

Keep an eye on your emails in case the schedule changes (we need the fresh strawberries to be ready and nice weather)!

On June 24th we’ll fly to Cottage Grove (61S) to attend the ninth annual Wings & Wheels event. We plan to leave Salem at 9am; the event starts at 10am.

On July 22nd we’ll fly to Crescent Lake (5S2). Hopefully it will be a nice day for a trip across the mountains. We’ll leave from KSLE at 9am to get an early afternoon departure from 5S2 to beat the heat and possible density altitude. There are a couple of food options near 5S2 and we’ll grab a bite. But please bring a snack just in case!

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

This year’s Annual Jordan Dinner Cruise-In & Fly-In will be held September 24, 2023 from 10:30 am – 3:00 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Scio. This event is a ton of fun to fly into with lots of airplanes, cars, vendors, activities, kid games, and good food. Plus, you get to land on grass! A few years ago there were nearly 100 airplanes and 500+ cars.

The all you can eat dinner (chicken, rolls, noodles, potatoes & gravy, green beans, coleslaw, and dessert) is $20 (adults), $5 (children 6-10), and free for kids 5 and under. There are only 2000 meal tickets, which can be purchased in advance by contacting the church at 503-394-2437.

Address: 39043 Jordan Rd., Scio
Airport: Gillette Field (OR51)
Runway: 8/26, Wide Grass Runway 2800’ Long, Powerlines – East End
Traffic Pattern: Left-hand
Unicom: 122.9
Elevation: 735
GPS Coordinates: N 44° 43.228’ W 122° 41.753’

On Saturday October 28th, we’ll fly to Ken Jernstedt Airport (4S2) in Hood River to visit Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) and grab some lunch. We’ll plan to leave around 9:30am. An article in the August 2022 newsletter has some more information on the airport and museum.

Please plan to be at the November 14th quarterly membership meeting. This meeting will be held at the Airport Terminal so that we can begin the training and badging process that is required to meet the new airport security requirements. For club members’ convenience, the current plan is to meet at the Airport Terminal at 7pm on Tuesday, November 14th to begin the badging process.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year.

Joan and Vern have graciously agreed to host the party, starting at 6:00 PM on Saturday, December 9th. In order to have enough food for everyone, each member is asked to bring either a main dish or salad, and a small dessert to share. The club will provide meat and some fixings. We’ll also do a gift exchange, so bring a fun gift in the $10-20 range (aviation gifts are always fun). Bring your family or friends for a fun evening together.
This is a great time to see old friends and to meet some of our newer members. Please RSVP to Isaac by December 3rd so that we can get the meat and seating plans finalized. Also, please let Isaac know if you can volunteer to help clean up after the party. Feel free to text or email Isaac or Joan if you have questions.

It’s almost time for our annual club meeting to cover general business and officer elections. Over dinner, we’ll have a chance to meet the many new members that joined this year, provide an overall update on the club and our financials, discuss what we’ve accomplished over the last year, hold officer elections, discuss plans for the future, and discuss other business that you wish to bring up.
The President, Treasurer, and Safety & Maintenance positions expire in January, so elections will be held for these positions. If you have interest in serving on the Board, please contact any of the board members for more information on these positions: Isaac Mosgrove (President), Simon Hayes (Vice-President), Joan Johnson (Treasurer), Alan Lasneski (Secretary), Al Gray (Safety & Maintenance), Chris Eriksson (Chief Pilot).
If you know of special topics, proposals, or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please contact Isaac so that we can be sure that they are on the agenda. We look forward to recapping the accomplishments of this past year and to look ahead to further improvements for the future. This year’s meeting will be at 6:00 pm, Wednesday, January 24th at La Margarita Express, 515 Chemeketa St NE (members pay for their own orders).

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Club flyout to Tillamook Airport (KTMK).

Club flyout to Yakima Air Terminal/McAllister Field (KYKM). We’re hoping that Cubcrafters will be able to give us a tour of their factory; they don’t usually do that on the weekends and we’re waiting to hear if they can accommodate us. We’ll let you know as soon as we can.

We are excited to have dinner with the Salem Tower again this year. One of the Salem ATC controllers will be joining us on April 17th for dinner at 6:00 pm at La Margarita Express (515 Chemeketa St. NE).
This is a great opportunity to continue to strengthen our relationship with the tower, to learn how we can work better with the tower, and to make sure we are doing what they want to make the airspace a friendly and safe place. The tower is looking forward to meeting the many people that they talk with on the radio! This is highly recommended for everyone. Please plan to RSVP to Isaac so he can estimate the seats needed.

Club flyout to Siletz Bay State Airport (S45).

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Club flyout to Chiloquin State Airport (2S7).

Club flyout to Sunriver (S21).

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.

Quarterly club meetings are held with the Board in order to provide members more opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, raise concerns, and have increased visibility into the status and workings of the club. This is your club, so the Board wants to make sure you are aware of what is happening throughout the year. The quarterly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the 2nd month each quarter at 7:00 PM in the flight planning room.