District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Hi all! It has been hot, hot, hot here! The high temperatures have caused some rescheduling of events. I hope this is not the new norm. We have set new records for days over 100° F here in Spokane, Washington.
I went to the Baron’s Warbird event in Deer Park, Washington, where we started at 7 a.m. and quit at roughly noon. We still had a great turnout and lots of good flying. Here are some pictures, courtesy of Bob and Deb Lutz:
I was the contest director for the Silver Hills Scale Rally in Athol, Idaho. We had temperatures of 100°-plus on all three days but still got our event in the books. The pilots’ meeting was at 7:30 a.m. and the first round started by 8 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. We were only able to do 2 rounds a day, but all were okay with that.
We had 21 entries (not bad for a regional scale contest), great lunches (my son John, his wife, Leslie, and my wife, Becky, took care of that), and a good raffle. I also want to thank Terri Ingram for her hard work doing registrations and scoring. All of the pilots did a great job of
being ready. I especially want to thank the judges who sat out there in the sun for 2-plus hours per round!
I’ve been working on my latest project: a new turbine jet. I bought the one I used for my waiver and wanted to do a new build. I chose the Boomerang Composite Ranger and it is going well. Just one picture for now, maybe more later.
That’s all for this month. There is still a lot of flying season left and more events in the district than I can attend! I’ll have reports from my associate vice presidents to share. Keep building and flying!
