{"content":[{"text":"Washington \n Pilots \n Association","bbox":{"left":0.084608,"top":0.058591,"width":0.118831,"height":0.066906}},{"text":"The Paine Flyer \n www.wpa-paine.org August, 2008 \n President's Message \n by Greg Bell \n I hope you’re all having a great summer. Thankfully the weather \n finally turned summerish. I just rode my bicycle from Seattle to \n Portland and have hit yet another newsletter deadline. My apologies \n to the editors for sending in my articles so late. One of the things I \n noticed on my bike ride was the lack of GA flights that I observed \n from my bicycle seat over the 203 mile route. I have done this ride \n for the the last four years and have definitely noticed a decrease in \n GA aircraft flying around this year. The STP route takes you by \n several airports and even though the weather was perfect I saw little activity. I noticed the \n same thing a few weeks ago when I went up to do some practice instrument approaches. \n It was a beautiful summer day but no traffic was called out by ATC because there was \n none. At this time of high gas prices there are less cars on the road and it’s noticeable \n (not a bad thing if you’re a cyclist, bad if you’re an oil company). GA seems to be mirroring \n this trend. I am hoping that it doesn’t keep pilots from staying proficient or cause a safety \n problem just due to the cost of fuel. I also hope it doesn’t keep people from having fun. \n Isn’t that one of the big reasons why we do this? \n At our most recent board meeting we talked about starting a recurring section in the \n newsletter with a list of every month’s flights. We would like to get you to write a short \n blurb about any enjoyable flights that you have taken in the previous month and the high \n points of the trip, then email them to the newsletter editor. Not a big long article or \n anything. Perhaps any tips or suggestions to a fellow aviator that would like to visit the \n place you just did. Maybe this will stimulate some interest and we can get GA operations \n back up to where they belong. At the least we should do our part. Any ideas on a name for \n the newsletter section? \n Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride around with a city, county or state \n police officer in their squad car? It would be like being in the middle of an episode of \n C.O.P.S. Well sort of. Most law enforcement agencies allow ridealongs just by requesting \n one. How about flyalongs? Some months back we had the Washington State Patrol \n Aviation Division come and give a great presentation at one of our chapter meetings. I’ve \n been in touch with them and they do allow flyalongs in their FLIR camera equipped \n aircraft. I am in the process of scheduling a date to go flying with them and will write \n about it after I do. Let me know via email if you are interested in doing this yourself and I \n will give you the contact information. \n Have a great summer, \n The Prez","bbox":{"left":0.292941,"top":0.052091,"width":0.608661,"height":0.656988}},{"text":"Paine Field Chapter","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.165394,"width":0.161769,"height":0.020985000000000004}},{"text":"Contents \n President's Message \n Officer contact \n Whidbey re3vue \n Freddy Flyboy \n Calendar \n Classifieds","bbox":{"left":0.064412,"top":0.375318,"width":0.143328,"height":0.10302700000000004}},{"text":"1 \n 2 \n 2 \n 3 \n 4 \n 4","bbox":{"left":0.240878,"top":0.394424,"width":0.010993999999999976,"height":0.08392100000000002}},{"text":"August 1st Movie Night \n & Pot Luck \n No RSVP Required","bbox":{"left":0.064412,"top":0.648576,"width":0.19607,"height":0.053684000000000065}},{"text":"The August meeting will be a \n pot luck and movie night at \n Northwest Aviation center \n (hanger C3). The movie will be \n Cloud Dancer with David \n Carradie, Jennifer O’Neill & \n Joseph Bottoms.","bbox":{"left":0.064412,"top":0.71572,"width":0.19968499999999997,"height":0.10775200000000007}},{"text":"CESSNA PRESENTS PLATINUM AWARD TO NORTHWAY \n AVIATION \n Cessna Aircraft Company awarded its Platinum Award to Northway Aviation \n for exceptional performance in the Cessna Pilot Center (CPC) network. Jim \n Pitman, Cessna CPC Western Regional Manager, presented the award to Jim \n and Jill Grant, owners of Northway Aviation, while at the Cessna Pilot Center \n Seminar recently in San Luis Obispo, California. \n Located at Paine Field Airport in Everett, Washington, Northway Aviation has a \n fleet of 13 Cessna aircraft, including a new Cessna 400, and three 162 \n SkyCatchers on order. Visit the Northway Aviation website at \n www.seanet.com/~northway/index.htm.","bbox":{"left":0.298627,"top":0.743312,"width":0.5858410000000001,"height":0.20472900000000005}},{"text":"Next Newsletter deadline: \n August 18th \n newsletter@wpa-paine.org \n submission specs available on \n our web site","bbox":{"left":0.061569,"top":0.861212,"width":0.19723500000000005,"height":0.07809300000000008}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.064297,"top":0.21875,"width":0.206781,"height":0.117866},{"left":0.78317,"top":0.210227,"width":0.141503,"height":0.115088}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.064297,"top":0.21875,"width":0.206781,"height":0.117866},{"left":0.78317,"top":0.210227,"width":0.141503,"height":0.115088}]}