President
Tom Barlow
204-0508
tkbarlow@hotmail.com

Vice President
Dave Nabors
490-2505
djnabors@holly.colostate.edu

Secretary
Dave Willams
226-1917
revdavidwms@comcast.net

Treasurer
Emie Stevens
663-0829
emiestevens@worldnet.att.net

Young Eagles
Vacant

Newsletter Editor/Pub
Randy Treadwell
472-4212
t-3inc@qwest.net

Flight Adviser
Vacant

Board Member at Large
Dean Hall
226-4486
deandoc@verinet.com

Tech Counselor
Vacant

Board Member at Large
Steve McClintock
221-1472
1IFRpilot@comcast.net

Former President
Hugh Beckham
586-6931
Merryhugh@msn.com

FNL Pilot Association
www.fnlpilots.org

RV-9A ... JohnSzanto
One Design ...Dale Matuska
Jet Berkut ...Jerrold Jorritsma
Tailwind ...Randy Treadwell

Click to see Chapter Tools

Wing Cradle - Randy Treadwell
970-472-4212

Engine hoist - Hugh Beckham
970-586-6931
Merryhugh@msn.com

Walt Ellwood (635-3436, wellwo@aol.com) has the:
• Instrument panel hole cutter
• Nico press, with gauges (bolt cutter style)
• Torque wrench
• Bob Van Dalsem has the Stoves at his hanger in GXY
• Dale Matuska has the Chapter scales at FNL
• Jeff Dinius has the Flat bed trailer
Tools that members may loan out:
Lycoming Engine Overhaul Stand (Mel Callen, 587-4824)--may work with a Continental
Cable Fitting Swaging Tool (Hugh McTeague, 586-5910)

AOPA Wings Seminar in Northglenn on 2/7/06, from 7-9 PM

Tailwind Project SOLD

Minutes:
The Meeting was called to Order 7:30 by Tom Barlow
Welcome Visitors: - Jim Polstra from Avedyne, Derik Johnson, Pete (sorry we missed your last name)

Treasurers Report:
2006 Dues now payable and a lot have not paid. Please make an effort to get your dues paid.
Include EAA # and Exp Date (see details below)

Young Eagles Report:
Leslie Thompson of the Loveland Aviation Club will again be doing a class. Tom Barlow scheduled a YE Day 4/22/06 w/ 4/29/06 Alternate for the participants.
Cub Scout Meeting - Blue & Gold Banquet The banquet is on the 17th of Feb. at the Thompson Valley Association Lodge. It is about 5 miles up the Thompson canyon, Dinner Served. Joe Copley Volunteered to make presentation.

Old Business:
Programs - Need Program for March

New Business:
Fort Collins Downtown Pilots Assn. ($25 to join) Contact Kelly Rizley (krizley@kellyrizley.com)
Annexation of Airport on City Council Meetings Agenda for March 21, 2006

Meeting Adjourned:

Program:
Bill Scribner - Cirrus Aircraft and Jim Polstra from Avedyne. Everyone who wanted to got to spend some time in the front seats and this is a very classy ride.

The Cirrus was a hit with the group and the treasurer, Ernie was going to write the check ...

but funds were a little short so...pay your dues!

Only 1/2 of the Members have paid 2006 dues.

Dues are $18.00 make out checks to EAA Chapter 515. Pay at the meeting or send payment to the clubTreasurer:

Fort Collins Downtown Pilots Association
Update on 3V5

A newly formed Fort Collins Downtown Pilot Association has been organized to provide a vehicle to tell our story and help keep 3V5 open and a viable airport.

An option to purchase the airport was sold to Lloyd Goff, a developer who proposes to develop the property into commercial and multi-unit housing. The closing date is June 11, 2006. To be able to move forward and close on the property the developer must first complete one important step; he must have this property annexed into the City of Fort Collins.

The proposal to annex is now before the Fort Collins City Council and will be addressed at the regular council meeting on March 21, 2006 held in Council Chambers at City Hall West, 300 Laporte Ave. Fort Collins... Starts at 6 PM. The initial reading on the annexation was made at the February 7 meeting. The pilot’s association along with the FNL pilots association and other businesses attended and voiced their opposition.

We were pleased with the result of these efforts and the council’s comments following the meeting. We believe the council will look closely into this matter and into the impact of closing the airport on the community.

We invite you to join us and attend the March 21 city council meeting as a show of support. We are calling on all area pilots to come out in full force and attend. Mass numbers make impressions.

Airports are vital to us all; if we lose 3V5, aviation in this area will never be the same.

Please join us. Your presence at this key meeting could make the difference.

Kelly Rizley
President
3V5 Pilot Association

2006 Programs - Randy Treadwell
I hope we can have most of the meeting programs worked out by the end of this next meeting. I'm glad to see members stepping up and offering programs. Sign up now!! E-mail me with what month and the program you want to do.

Hangers at Fort Collins • Loveland - Bill Cherry
Hangar breakthrough at FNL - "If you snooze, you lose!"

The cities have finally opened a significant area for the building of hangars and have asked the FNL Pilot's Association to assist in the formation of one or more condominium associations that would lease ground from the cities for hangar development at FNL. As a first step, we need to determine the number of parties that want to build or rent hangars and set a meeting date to get all interested parties
together.

The purpose of this meeting will be to:

• Confirm the number of hangars to be built, by type.
• Confirm the number of people who want to rent hangars.
• Explain the area that is open to hangar development at FNL.
• Discuss the formation of one or more condominium
  associations that would undertake the project of building hangars for
  personal ownership or rental.
• Establish the framework for the election of officers and
  operating agreements for the condominium associations to be formed.
• Introduce the many steps that would need to be undertaken by
  a condominium association--including establishment of building standards,
  suggested lease revisions, obtaining bids from builders plus much, much
  more--for negotiation with the cities.

The formation of one or more condominium associations provides the opportunity for all of you to benefit from collective bargaining with the cities on an improved lease and to negotiate for volume discounts from builders. This is an unusual opportunity to own or rent a hangar at a lower cost than if a developer were to build, sell or rent hangars. In order to be part of this one time opportunity, you must reply. Please type in the information asked for on the lines below. In
addition, you are encouraged to fill out, sign, and date the airport form, located at http://fnlpilots.org/Documents/FNL_Mailing_Oct272005.pdf , then mail it to the Airport Manager (address on the form). You can fill the form out at a meeting later, but right now he keeps the official master priority list! Once we have all the responses, we will send out a separate communication with the proposed date, time and location of the FIRST MEETING along with a draft agenda. The FNL Pilot's Association is doing our best to get the ball rolling on this, but it will be up to the combined stakeholders to move this project forward. You can also email the information below to us and we will get it into the master list.
Please email to: hangars@fnlpilots.org

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Your Name:
E-mail Address: THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Notification is by e-mail!
Mailing Address: (include St, Dr, Ave, Ln, Circle, etc; CITY, ST, ZIP (xxxxx-xxxx if
possible)
Type of Hanger desired: (T-hangar, free standing, box, etc.)
Your preference: (build-own, build-sell, buy, or rent, or lease from someone-enter all that
apply).
Will you fill out a Hangar Land Lease Application (on web site)? (Send in now, or fill out later??) (The date on the Land Lease App Form goes into the Airport Manager's list at
this time)
Comments: (want to be on the steering/formation committee??)

Young Eagles Day - Tom Barlowl

The Young Eagles Day 4/22/06 with the 4/29/06 Alternate date. Please plan on helping with this event. Let Tom know what you can do to help. Fly, ground support, etc.

Take a look at the Russian airplanes.....

Shots from Russia's premier air show-some great shots.
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Maks2005/Highlights/

Happy Landings -

link to website	link to website
CIRRUS Bill Scribner Regional Sales Manager 303-649-9555 bscribner@cirrusdesign.com www.cirrusdesign.com