As in the past, there are going to be a bunch of flyers at Nancy’s in Willows (WLW) for lunch on New Year’s day. This year they’ll do it again, and maybe even bigger and better. Last year there were 28 aircraft there for lunch and 51 people. Let’s see if we can beat that this year.

The plan is meeting about 11:30 on New Year’s. Recognizing that weather may or not be a factor, they have told Nancy’s that they’ll be there from about 11:30 to 13:00. Nancy’s will reserve about 30 places. It’s unlikely that everybody’ll arrive exactly at the same time so Nancy’s should be able to accommodate everyone. Welcome to the “New Year’s Flyers”. Catchy huh? And the weather at this point is projected to be good.

If you are not sure that someone has received word of the gathering, please let them know that all are welcome. After all this is New Year’s and we want to start the year with as many friends as we can. So let’s see how many of us we can get there.

Wednesday – December 17th at Cattlemens Roseville, 2000 Taylor Road.

Cut off date – 12/10/2014.

This Wednesday, December 3rd, will be the last Board of Directors meeting for 2014. The meeting will be at Pizza Roundup in Lincoln, as usual, with dinner at 18:00, and meeting at 18:30. As always, all are invited.

Pizza Roundup, 2270 Nicolaus Rd., Lincoln.

“Inflight — Urgency or Emergency?”
Topic: Inflight Urgency or Emergency?
On Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 10:00
Location:
Hillside Aviation
2600 Gold Street
Main Hangar
Redding, CA 96001

Select Number:
WP2557727

Description:
Long time CFI and all around good guy, Mr. Irwin Fust will discuss… do you declare an emergency or?

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.

Wednesday – December 17th at Cattlemens Roseville, 2000 Taylor Road.

Grab Larry Bontrager (916) 209-8386

Cut off date – 12/10/2014.

Don’t forget that tomorrow, Wednesday the 19th, is our monthly meeting. Most likely, it’ll be a short meeting, starting at 7pm, but come early if you wish to join us for dinner… due to the weather, it’ll most likely be pizza! This month’s meeting will again be at Tony’s hangar, facing the runway.

Also, don’t forget cash or check to reserve your seat(s) at next month’s Christmas Dinner! Look up Ken, Stan or Jack to get your tickets. They have tickets and sign up sheet to make your entree choice.

A huge congratulations goes to the airport operators for getting the antiquated 100LL Self Serve fuel pump operational in near record time! Thanks to their efforts, the fuel discount for Display Day weekend will be offered. Look for $4.79/gallon self-serve 100LL from Friday evening through Monday morning.

As this year’s end is approaching fast, there are a few items of business to keep in mind:

1. Dues are due. Single is $20, Family is $25. You can bring cash or check to the next general meeting, or mail a check (EAA Chapter 1541, PO Box 906, Lincoln, CA 95648), or make payment by a credit card or PayPal.
2. Our next meeting will be November 19, at Tony’s Hangar, E-5, 19:00. There will be dinner at 18:00. If the nice weather continues, we’ll squeeze in one last BBQ, if not, you just never know what we might have. Topics will be the website and the upcoming Christmas Holiday Dinner Party Meeting.
3. Speaking of the Holiday Dinner Party…You can contact Larry Bontrager (916) 209-8386, landguy@hotmail.com, for info or reservations. $32 per person.
4. Speaking of annuals, the Pietenpol is down for its annual, but that’s not important right now. But what is important is that our President (Richard, not that other guy), has a very exciting, surprise announcement to make at the membership meeting.

It looks like the 100LL self-serve pump at KLHM went down. The pump that runs the self-serve fuel station and allows the top filling of the AVGAS truck is broken. There’s about 300 gallons in the truck to work with while the service tech troubleshoots the problem. They’re working on an alternative solution to fill the AVGAS truck so they can fuel aircraft during business hours. Rich and Tony are working on a possible schedule to be out this weekend for a few hours if needed. They apologise for the inconvenience.