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Newsletter: February 2009 Newsletter: February 2009

Wind, wind and more wind has been the norm since the beginning of the year, and not the exception. For those who needed crosswind landing practice [...]

Aircraft: Fall 2008 Aircraft: Fall 2008

N5330B was sold to a local couple. With the increasing cost of fuel and the economy becoming sluggish, it was decided to pass this nice IFR 152 to to a couple who wanted their own machine.

Newsletter: Fall 2008

SYNOPSIS
The summer days are officially behind us now with a forecast of frost on the pumpkins. Out with the hot, humid days of summer and in with the crisp, cool, (and maybe) cold days of Fall. The holiday season is upon us which fosters new flying weather / conditions. Frost on the wings can ruin [...]

Weather Brief: Winter 2008

Make sure you do get one before a flight. Not only are winds stronger than in the summer due to the cold fronts, but TFRs are going to become more numerous as we get closer to the elections. Whoever wins the nominations for the parties, will probably receive the same security as does the President [...]

Instructors: Winter 2008 Instructors: Winter 2008

Brant Howell has completed his move to Smith Mountain Lake, VA. He will be missed and was just great. He has opened a flight school and is using his talents with new students in the Roanoke and Smith Mt. Lake region. Welcome back Jim McPhail who is instructing on weekends. Jim is very experienced, owns [...]

Aircraft: Winter 2008 Aircraft: Winter 2008

The Cherokee has just come back from the paint shop in Salisbury, NC. Rowan Co. Airport. It is the first paint applied since 1976 and is well appreciated and deserved for being 32 years worn by UV rays and hit by millions of bugs. Also a complete new exhaust system has been installed in the [...]