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Wiley Post Airport, Oklahoma City
Contributed by Don Nieser

Skymaster/O-2 Meeting/Fly-in Scheduled
for April 22 - 24, 2004 in Oklahoma City

The dates, place and time have been decided. The next meeting will be on April 22nd through the 24th, 2004 (arrivals on April 21st) near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Wiley Post airport (PWA). The meeting is being presented by the new Skymaster Owners And Pilots Association (SOAPA). For more information about the event or about SOAPA, contact:

Jerry DeSantis by email or at 269-209-0809
Don Nieser by email or at 405-503-4686
Larry Bowdish by email or at 269-330-8308

All of our thanks are due the following folks for helping to organize this meeting so far:

Larry Bowdish
Jerry DeSantis
Keven Kenison
Mary Lightfine
Peyton McCool
Paul Rooy
Brian Von Herzen

And most of all, our thanks to Don Nieser and Commodore Aerospace for hosting the event!

 
Agenda

The Wednesday night reception dinner will be held at the Olive Garden
Restaurant located next door to the Courtesy Inn.

The class room sessions as well as the Friday night BBQ dinner which is sponsored by Don Nieser, owner of Commodore Aerospace, will be held at the Clarence E. Page
building at Wiley Post airport.

Owen Bell will be offering demonstration rides in an aircraft equipped with his STOL modifications (winglets) and his air conditioning mod.

When you fly into Wiley Post, after you land, tell ground control that you want to park at SERVICE CENTER NORTH. Because the Service Center has two locations on the airport, make sure you go to the NORTH location. Informal transportation to the hotel will be provided by Commodore Aerospace for those not
renting a car. For those wanting to rent a car, see Car Rental information below.

Wednesday
4/21
18:30 - ????

Arrive at Oklahoma City (PWA).

A reception dinner will be held at the Olive Garden restaurant located next door to the Courtesy Inn.

 
Thursday
4/22
8:30 - 9:00 Registration  
  9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Jerry De Santis
  9:15 - 9:30 Welcome, and 337Skymaster.com web site discussion and feedback session Kevin Mackenzie
  9:30 - 10:15 Installation and Results of Skymaster Vortex Generator Project Peyton McCool
  10:15 - 10:30 Break  
  10:30 - 12:00 My Adventure Crossing the Atlantic in a Skymaster Brian Von Herzen
  12:00 - 13:30 Lunch  
  13:30 - 14:15 Keeping Your Medical Certificate David Hale
  14:15 - 15:00 Aircraft Parts Buying Ernie Martin
  15:00 - 15:15 Break  
  15:15 - 16:15 Autopilot Presentation Bob Ferguson
Autopilots Central
  16:15 - 17:30 FAA Presentation FAA
  17:30 - 18:00 Presentation on Deice Boots from Boots Edge Repair Corp. This company does patchless deicer repair, sales, and installations. Boots Edge is located at the PWA airport.
Doc Keller
  Evening Dinner and evening activities as you please.  
Friday
4/23

 

The FAA has offered us altitude chamber training. If you would like to attend, please contact Don Nieser at 405-722-4079 or 405-503-4686 immediately. The schedule for the training is as follows:

7:00 - 7:30 Travel to FAA facility in south OKC.
7:30 - 10:30 Classroom training and chamber ride
10:30 - 11:00 Travel time to return to PWA.

So, if you elect to do this training, you will miss the morning presentations and possibly The Prop Shop tour.

FAA
  8:30 - 9:30 Skymaster AD's Jim Stack
  9:30 - 10:30 Available Skymaster Mods Owen Bell
  10:30 - 11:00 Break and travel to The Prop Shop  
  11:00 - 12:00 Tour of "The Prop Shop"  
  12:00 - 13:30 Lunch, sponsored by The Prop Shop  
  13:30 - 14:30 Flying Mexico and Central America Paul Rooy and Mary Lightfine
  14:30 - 15:00 Legal Comments Keven Kenison
  15:00 - 15:15 Break  
  15:15 - 16:30 Aircraft Restoration and Maintenance Don Nieser
  16:30 - 17:15 Tour of Commodore Aerospace Don Nieser
  18:30 - ???? BBQ Dinner, sponsored by Commodore Aerospace. Representatives from the FAA will be joining us for an informal question and answer session. Don Nieser

Saturday
4/24

Depart at 8:30, seminar 10:00 to 12:00

Thanks to Paul Rooy's efforts, today's program is a fly-out to Ada, OK, approx. 78 nm from PWA to attend a GAMI Engine Management Seminar at their production facility classroom.

This is a condensed version of the $995 GAMI/John Deakin 2-day Engine Management Seminar written up in the January 2004 AOPA Pilot Magazine. Observe actual engine operations on GAMI's state of the art engine test cell.

The flight should be a blast with multiple Skymasters in the air at the same time. Plan to depart PWA at 08:30. The hop should be short and sweet.

As an added incentive to attend, GAMI will extend their Sun n' Fun show prices for GAMI products on an exclusive basis to attendees on Saturday 4/24/04 only - Thanks GAMI!

 
  12:00 - ???? Lunch on a "pass the hat" basis  

How to Register

Registration is $50 per person attending the event if payment is received on or before April 2nd, 2004, and $75 per person for registrations received after that. According to Jerry De Santis, the fee will be used to cover meeting room rental and cleanup, presentation equipment rental, a buffet style reception/get together, and meeting room coffee and tea.

Registration is 100% refundable if notification is given to Jerry De Santis or Larry Bowdish by email or telephone by Tuesday, April 13th, 2004. After that, refunds cannot be provided.

Checks for registration, made payable to SOAPA, should be sent to:

Jetech, Inc.
P.O. Box 86
Bedford, MI 49020

Once your registration is received, your name will be added to the attendee list at the bottom of this page.

Meeting Place:

Clarence E. Page building at Wiley Post Airport (PWA).

 
Hotels:

Courtesy Inn (pictured), 405-722-8694, 100 rooms, $37.99+tax for single, $41.99+tax for double.

Executive Inn, 405-728-9913, 40 rooms, $44+tax for single, $48+tax for double.

 
Car Rental and Transportation

Commodore Aerospace will be providing free transportation between the hotels and the airport.

You can reserve and Enterprise rental car through the Service Center by calling them at 405-789-5000. We suggest you rent your car through Enterprise at Service Center rather than from Millionaire.

 
FBO Information

Service Center NORTH (there are two, make sure you request NORTH).(at PWA Wiley Post Airport)

The Service Center phone number is 800-299-8546 or 405-709-1550.

They can be contacted by radio on 129.17.

Manager: Shawn Parker, 405-227-7523.
Customer Service: Denise Cotton

Fuel will be $2.60 per gallon. Please do not go to Millionaire as previously planned. There was some sort of insurance issue with them that has been solved by going to the other FBO. Fuel cheaper at Service Center North anyway. No ramp fees. Tiedown will be $8 for the entire stay.

Attendee List

Please email Jerry if you have mailed your registration and your name is not on the list below.

Attendee List, Oklahoma City 2004
Name From Aircraft Notes
Owen Bell Tennessee    
Larry Bowdish Michigan '69 337D  
C. Fred Emde Oklahoma '67 337B  
Rick and Joan Galvin Maryland    
Steven and Sandi Gustafson New York '66 337A  
David Hatfield Minnesota '73 P337G  
James Henderson Texas '73 P337  
Ken and Dee Ann Hollrah Oklahoma '75 P337G  
Gordon Humphrey New Hampshire '73 P337G  
David C. Jarrett Montana    
Keven Kenison South Carolina    
Robert K. Kessel California    
David Littlefield Minnesota '75 337G  
Kevin Mackenzie Oregon 757  
Ernie Martin Florida    
Peyton McCool South Carolina    
Nick Nicholson California    
Don Nieser Oklahoma    
J. C. Rainer III Tennessee    
Paul Rooy Florida    
Jerry De Santis Michigan '75 P337G  
Jean and Walter Simendinger New York '64 336  
Charlie Simms Maryland    
Jim Simms Maryland    
Jenny Stack Virginia    
Jim Stack Virginia    
A. W. Steed Georgia    
Tom Sullivan Georgia    
Berrien Sutton Georgia '66 337A  
Lisa Sutton Georgia    
Brian Von Herzen Nevada Riley P337  
Hugh Wilson California    
       

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