Welcome to a New Year. This old orb is on its way on another trip around the sun. Have you been up yet in the new year? I try to always fly on January 1. It serves as a message to myself to seize every opportunity to go and it just simply starts the year off right! So I joined the FATPNW and their fly in to eat at The Hub on Tacoma Narrows (TIW). 60-plus pilots and crew and 40-plus aircraft. As one participant told me, “this is what flying USED to be like!” Perhaps with dropping fuel prices, we’ll see more of what flying used to be like.

2014 was a good year for your Washington Pilots Association. We grew in membership. We participated in land use discussions with numerous local jurisdictions. Chapters across the state teamed with their airports for airport days, fly ins and all kinds of outreach events. In particular, the Spokane Chapter went all-in with their support of the Northwest AOPA Regional Fly In.

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