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AVIATION NEWS                              MAY 2008

Alex Cox is a Flight Instructor currently flying with Chinese students in the San Joaquin Valley. He made the long trip to Quincy several times and earned his tail wheel endorsement in the Luscombe 8F. His family owns Bryce Canyon Airlines. Another high achiever, Sarah Lynch, took Luscombe dual. Why, you ask; because all the flying time she has had in the past six years was as the captain of a KC-135 Air Force refueler. She needed tail wheel dual to try out for the U-2 at Beale AFB (which is also a tail dragger)!

Also getting 8F Luscombe time was Dan Dawson from Chico who didn’t feel wholly confident in his own Luscombe.   Reed Hilliard of Chester  has been logging time in the Luscombe as well.

Kevin McMillin, a PG&E supervisor, has begun flight training in the Cessna 172. Rebecca Guerreque, an owner of Bucks Lake Lodge, is taking lessons too-- I should mention Lenny Bertagnolli and Brian Walmer too.

The Cessna U206 goes back to work May 1^st after a long winter’s rest.

How do you like the new “bay” windows in the hanger, facing east, they add a lot of heat and light in the chilly mornings.

I would like to give Ed and Linda Brownlee a big round of applause. Linda unleashed her artistic talents to create this wonderful sign and make it suddenly appear as if by magic. It was no small job to hang the heavy thing and I understand they had some family help. The old hanger built by Del Dellinger about 1948 is getting a much-needed face lift!

Fly in’s:

Fall River Mills, Sunday May 18^th.

^{Columbia, Luscombe Gathering, May 16 thru 18th.}

Columbia, Saturday June 14^th.

Quincy, Sunday June 15^th.

Best regards from Johnny, Judy and the Sugarpine gang.

SUGARPINE AVIATORS

P. O. Box 1450             70 Spanish Creek Road

Quincy, CA 95971

530-283-2600         www.sugarpineaviators.com

MARCH 2008                       NEWS

John Herzberg, of Reno, is working on his tail wheel endorsement in the Luscombe 8F. Reed Hilliard, of Chester, is pursuing that goal too. Pictured above is a tail dragger I had the privilege to fly awhile back in my career. Sometimes I flew the m/c too!