Collings Foundation
This July 15th, 16th, and 17th the Collings Foundation will make their annual stop at Northern Colorado Reginal. The stop at our airport is traditionally one of their most financially successful stops. Over the years I have watched it grow. I remember the days when Rob would hand me a radio and tell me what time I should start monitoring […]
Read More →WASPs the Original Fly Girls
World War II was a time when everyone pulled together. It was a time of Rosie the Riveter and scrap metal drives. War bonds and war rations. My grandmother was part of the Land Army, women who worked the land, drove tractors and plowed fields and in doing so, freed up men to go to war as well as kept […]
Read More →WINGS Part 3: Skip Your Flight Review
In April, I wrote about flying for WINGS credit. Last month I wrote about earning WINGS knowledge credit. This month, I’ll tie it all together for WINGS credit in lieu of an FAA Flight Review. The FAA WINGS program is documented in Advisory Circular (AC) 61-91J. Paragraph 5(b) states: Incentive Awards. Airmen who participate in the program and satisfactorily complete […]
Read More →Aviation Law Presentation
At our April meeting Joseph and Caitlin LoRusso and the AOPA Legal Counsel presented a program via Skype. The AOPA representatives were Ron Golden, Deputy General Counsel for AOPA and Scot Shealer, head of legal services for AOPA. Ron and Scot talked about the importance of legal counsel. As most pilots are either unaware of, or uninformed of, their AOPA […]
Read More →Meet Our Members
Jason Kopp Jason graduated from Midland, Texas and as all good Texans, was fully planning on going to Texas A&M, however at the last minute an opportunity arose for him to attend Pensacola Christian College with a friend. Being last minute, he saw no way for it to work out but with the persistence of a dedicated mom and maybe […]
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