Members,

Today Reggie Sellers earned his Private Pilot license. Yesterday Bill Zerfas earned his Instrument rating. Congratulations to both of them.

The next ground class is thursday August 16th in the T-Craft hanger at 7:00 pm. The subject is basic GPS navigation. We will be using a Garimn 295 handheld for our discussion.

Jim Hudson sent me an e-mail regarding the change in FSS and filing flight plans. The following is that e-mail and I have had similar experiences with the new service.

Hi Jeff,

You probably know that the BOI flight service has closed as of July 23rd and moved to Prescott. I found out last Sunday when I called the local FSS number and was directed to 800- WX-BRIEF. After about a 15 min wait on hold, I was able to file a flight plan and get a briefing. While in the air, I tried to amend my flt. plan, and could not get a break to get on while still on frequency. The guy was taking flight plans and giving briefings over the radio - maybe because of the long waits. I would advise to file a flight plane via DUATS if possible, and try to get a briefing expecting to wait. Maybe it will get better. I also heard of some bad experiences with them loosing the flight plan. Suggest you pass this on to club members.

Thanks,

Jim

Happy and Safe flying.

Jeff Beers

Membership/Safety Director

T-Craft