For those members who could not attend the January 6^th WPA meeting, you missed a good one.  Everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to me as the next day was my birthday and it was very much appreciated.  They even let me win the drawing for the free dinner! (Some people think it was fixed)  If you didn’t know,  when you RSVP for the meeting before the deadline you get a ticket and we draw for a free dinner at the meeting.  Our speaker for the evening was our own Dave Waggoner,  airport director at Paine Field.  He brought along Jennifer Eckman who is the new administrative assistant.  During dinner Dave told me that they had just signed up about a dozen of his staff as members of our chapter.  Thank you Paine Field for the strong showing of support!  At my request, Dave gave us a brief history of his Navy career.  Being an old shellback myself, I really enjoyed his pictures of the aircraft carrier.  He then told us about new developments at Paine of which there are many.  The most obvious development is the presence of parked 787s all over the field.  It was thought that there may not be enough space for our chapter to put on our most high profile annual event, General Aviation Day.  After a couple of brain storming meetings, we are happy to say that it looks like the event will take place.  There certainly will be some challenges.  But with the help of many of our chapter members, I’m sure we will put on an event that will make us all proud.  Dave Waggoner secured for us a crucial ingredient.  He was able to get Boeing to allow us to use their parking in areas east and north of the field.  The airport has also pledged to supply us with all the necessary buses needed to move everyone to and from the event.  There is a special surprise that is in the works for the day that we think will be a huge draw.  More details will be forthcoming.  Please make yourself available to Frank Hummel (Paine-volunteers@wpaflys.org), who is our volunteer coordinator for the event.  We intend to have almost all of the WPA volunteers helping out inside the event and around the aircraft.  On a different note, mark your calendars for the Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show which comes up February 25^th and 26^th.  The WPA always has a booth there and holds the annual State general meeting.  It is a great time to connect with the members from the other chapters.

Steve Waterman.

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