Beech Aero Club

Did a previous owner fail to replace the old brass Imperial Fuel Selctor Valve, when it was an affordable option? You don't get do-over chances like this very often....

Well, you know the rest. Here are a few interesting tidbits from you, our members. 63% of you have your instrument ticket, congrats! About 25% of you have been members since our first few months of operation in 2004. Almost 7% of our members report not owning an airplane. 81% of you prefer to keep a menu on the homepage over displaying the latest discussion forum topics. We have several members that have reported logging more than 10,000 hours which skews these results a little bit, but our average member has logged 1,758 hours. The median number of hours is 550. (Half have more, half have less.)

After my SPOT review was posted (3 days later to be exact), I received an email and phone call from their VP of Development. They are concerned with the performance I received and are trying to get to the bottom of it.

If you flew to SNF send your PT points to me at cloyd@beechaeroclub.org

The BAC Board has appointed Mark Gooderum to the position of Technical Director. Mark will fill the vacancy created by Ashley Palmer's resignation.

SPOT is a new product that is being marketed to the aviation community www.findmespot.com Some people have even suggested it as possible alternative to a 406 MHz ELT upgrade. I have tested it for over a month and it is NOT a replacement for an ELT.

Just an update on the Fly-In at Barnes, Westfield, MA (KBAF)

The April edition of our monthly e-newsletter BACFire! was just sent. Hopefully it was somewhat informative and interesting. The last couple of months there has been some good feedback so keep it coming but besides asking for feedback.....

Last Update: April 22

Here are the current standings for the 2008 President's Tropy. You can view the rules here.

Ashley Palmer has resigned her position of Technical Director. Due to the demands of a new job and relocation she is unable to continue in that role. The Board is seeking interested members to step forward.