Executive Flyers December 2003 Newsletter
Congratulations to:
Troy Busch, 
Stephan Cason, 
Thomas Ishii, 
Andrew Long and 
Paul MacClanahan for soloing; and Weston Kearney and Jason Paulson for winning the monthly drawing of an hour of instruction or a month’s dues.
Happy Holidays
The instructors and staff of Executive Flyers wish you and yours a happy holiday season and a happy new year. The office will be closed at noon on December 24th and all day on the 25th. It will also be closed at noon on December 31st and all day on January 1. If you would like to fly when the office is closed, make sure to reserve the aircraft ahead of time.
Holiday gifts
If you’re looking for aviation Christmas cards, check Executive Flyers first. We also have many aviation gift items in stock. If you’re not sure what to get for your flying friend, or someone wants to get you exactly what you want, get a gift certificate. They are good for pilot supplies, instruction and aircraft time.
Winter flying
Starting the planes in cold weather can be difficult. Prime properly and crank sparingly. Clean frost off the control surfaces and wings before flight.
Ground Schools
We will be calling all of you that signed up for the private or instrument ground school in the next few days. If you haven’t signed up, but would like to take either course, call the office now, as we can’t start the schools until we have enough students. Each course will be taught in the evenings, twice a week for about 10 weeks. The cost is $150 for members and $200 for non-members, plus books and supplies.
If you already have the license or rating, you may audit the courses for half price to brush up on your aeronautical knowledge.
Instrument Introductory Ride
If you are a private pilot who has been thinking about getting your instrument rating, we have a deal for you. Sign up with an instructor to go up in actual instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) to find out what an instrument approach is all about. You’ll get an idea of the workload during an instrument approach and the communications necessary to fly IFR. You’ll learn what it’s like to fly when you can’t see the ground during most of the flight. To top it all off, we’ll discount the flight and instruction by 10% and you’ll have a great time. If you sign up ahead of time and the day turns out to be VFR, you can reschedule. This is an excellent way to find out if you enjoy the challenge and thrill of instrument flying.
Email addresses, please
In order to keep our postage costs down, we are using an on line billing system. We send many of the statements and newsletters over the internet. In order to do that for you, we’ll need your email address. Please send it to us when you mail in your payments after the next statement, or just send them to me at callaway@execflyers.com. If you don’t have or don’t want to use your email address, please let me know that so we can continue to send your statements and newsletter by snail mail.
December 17, 1903
The reason that Executive Flyers is a company and that all of you can enjoy the satisfaction and thrill of flight goes back only 100 years. It’s hard to imagine a world without airplanes and helicopters and space shuttles. Two bicycle mechanics in Kitty Hawk, N.C. made their first short, powered flight on December 17. A replica of the Wright flyer will be flown at 10:35 on the morning of December 17th at the same location as the original flight. Watch for it on TV and on the Internet. And remember those two men on that windy hill every time you take off.
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