oPA-TV is now online
President-elect Brendan Fitzpatrick announces the debut of "Oregon Pilot Association TV". OPA-TV is a place where you can view online featured videos that are of interest to pilots. For those that are familiar with "YouTube" - you'll find this much easier and higher quality video.
If you have any video files that you would like to see added, contact Brendan.
To view videos currently online, simple click here or visit http://opa-tv.blip.tv (high speed internet connection recommended)
New Online aviation forum
President-elect Fitzpatrick is again leading the way with a new and improved discussion forum for members who would like to participate in online discussions related to aviation topics.
A "forum" is similar to the older "Yahoo Groups" which some of you may be familar with - only better! On a forum you can view and reply (if you register) from a variety of aviation topics. The forum is divided into "boards" or broad interests.
This new NW Flying Forum currently has the following boards available.
- PIREPS
- Discuss Flying / Flying Destinations
- EAA Topics
- Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) and Ultralights
- Idaho EAA Chapter and IAA News
- Montana EAA and MPA News
- Oregon EAA, OPA and PRA Chapter News
- Washington EAA and WPA Chapter News
- Airport News
- FBO News
- Maintenance Issues
- Fly-Mart
- Aviation Legislative News
- Where To Find E0 (ethanol free fuel)
- Know Your Rights As A Pilot
Some boards have sub-boards, like the Oregon board has a separate board for EAA, OPA and PRA. Check it out at http://iflyit.net or click the link at the top left side of this page (the blue shaded column)
2008 OPA State meeting
At the February Board Meeting, it was decided to hold the 2008 annual meeting on Saturday August 23rd in Eugene. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Nor'west Fly-Fest being held at the same time. Click here for more information.
ethanol free mogas available
LebanAir Aviation at the Lebanon State Airport (S20) is now selling premium no-ethanol mogas for whose who need, or want it. Contact Larry at 541-258-5029
LebanAir is a new OPA Member Discount provider. Check out their offers on the OPA Member Discount page.
New aviation events calendar
The "old events" page has been replaced with a new and improved graphical web calendar. This new calendar will allow for quicker and easier display of events that may be of interest to you.
Click here to go to the new web calendar, or look for the 
Calendar of Events at the top of the OPA home page. When finished, click the "back button" on your browser or the "OPA Home" link at the top of the calendar.
Try out the new features which include:
- Search by categories (air shows, OPA meetings, etc) or keywords (pancake, etc)
- View by day, week, month, or year
- View only events for the month.
- Navigate quickly to any month or year
Member discount program launched
Thanks to the efforts of Past-President Dave Martin, OPA is pleased to announce a new and revised benefit of being an OPA member. Visit our new webpage showing businesses that have agreed to offer discounts when you show your OPA membership card. Click here for more information.
MAy/june Propwash
The latest edition of the Propwash is now available online. Click here.
OPA HAS GONE ELECTRONIC
The PropWash is now available thru the web in an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
For those members who choose to continue receiving a printed copy of the Prop Wash, you may do so for an additional charge of $15 per year starting in January 2008. Refer to the November-December PropWash for more information
what's a pilot podcast???
President-Elect Brendan Fitzpatrick has written an article for the January-February PropWash. Here are the links to websites in his article.
http://pilotcast.libsyn.com/
http://www.airspeedonline.blogspot.com/
http://www.uncontrolledairspace.com/
http://pilotwill.libsyn.com/ (Be sure to listen to episode 14 first!)
http://web.mac.com/shagswell
OPA Now Accepts PayPal and Credit Cards
Save time! Pay or renew your membership using your PayPal account - or
a credit card even if you don't have a PayPal account. Click the "Renew
OPA Membership" link above for more information.
Airport Information Representatives, Oregon
AIRO-ASN Page update!
Oregon airports the state wants in our volunteer airport reporting system
(AIRO) that we are organizing in conjunction with AOPA. You will also
see a simple Oregon Department of Aviation (ODA) form that the AIRO volunteers
will use as a checklist to report on items such as runway and taxiway
condition and other facilities.
Airport reporting is simple and should be fun. One or two people per
airport will constitute the local AIRO team. Call your chapter president
soon to become the rep for your favorite airport before somebody else
takes it.
OPA designees to Department of Aviation Committees
Here is the list of four Oregon Pilots' Association members designated
for voting membership on the ODA committees:
Aviation Master Planning: Dianne Johnson, Mulino OPA chapter, dijohnson@qwest.net
System Planning: Bob Hall, Troutdale chapter, bob_hall@pnnw.net
Senate Bill 680: Gail Hill, Polk County chapter, kalima@thehillshouse.org
Economic Impact: Dennis Meyer, Troutdale chapter, dnmeyer@pacifier.com
Be sure to thank these folks for stepping forward to represent the General
Aviation perspective. It is the participation of volunteers that can make
all the difference in the outcome. These appointments to important committees
were the result of the newly revitalized communications taking place between
OPA and the Oregon Department of Aviation personnel. Many changes in ODA
staffing over the past couple of years made it difficult to address certain
issues during transitions.
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