Wow!! Where has the year gone? Better yet… where has this decade gone? Looking back, this year certainly has passed by quickly from my cockpit viewpoint. As a club, we have participated in our usual activities: fly-ins, air adventures, air shows, and of course, COPA for Kids, as well as plain old-fashioned flying fun. We have enjoyed some great speakers this past year, and I know we look forward to more in the New Year. We revamped our website this year, and it’s kind of nice to see that the virtual world is out there and actually stopping by to see what we are about. For me personally, I cannot believe that I’ve been in the club for 10 years now, and I haven’t grown tired of your mugs!

Yes, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… pilots, but you guys (and gals?) in particular, are a great bunch of people, and I look forward to continuing to see you all in the year to come.

Looking forward just a bit… we have our membership drive going on now, so please renew if you haven’t already. This month, the club will need nominations for the following positions: Vice President, Secretary, and Director at Large. I will definitely look forward to working with the successful candidates. We will be having our annual raffle draw coming up in January with prizes to be announced soon. We will be having our annual banquet near the end of February and will be looking forward to that as well.

I am quite sure that some of us, and some of our airplanes in particular, would agree “we don’t like the cold.” Yup, I have to admit… it takes a little longer to get airborne these days; to shovel the snow away from the hangar; to preheat the engine (for some of you); to warm ourselves up again for a bit; and, if everything goes well, we have a fantastic flight. Psst… don’t forget to dress for a cold walk or hike as “one never knows”… Ok, enough with the funny, but you know what I mean. As usual, be safe, have fun, and take a friend along!