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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015
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Astoria Flying Club taking off
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
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The environment is beautiful,
space is abundant and there are
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Dave West and other aviators won-
der why more people aren’t taking
advantage of the Astoria Regional
Airport.
They and other aviators in the
area are in the beginning stages of
starting the Astoria Flying Club,
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renting planes. West sees interest
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aviators looking to get back in the
cockpit,
“You get interested in it. You start
bringing other people in, you know;
it starts snowballing into a bigger
thing,” said West, part of a local
aviation community of 25 to 30 and
owner of West Aviation, his airplane
mechanic business. “We’re trying to
promote the airport. We want more
activity going on out here. It’s a great
airport.”
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owner of Aviation Adventures, said
the initial meeting of the club is to
If interested in the Astoria
Flying Club, call 503-298-
7284, email AstoriaFlying-
Club@hotmail.com or visit
the club’s Facebook page.
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going to pay probably close to $200
an hour for that Cardinal. In the club,
you’re probably going to be closer
to $100 an hour. The same airplane,
with the fuel and oil and everything
else included, half the price.”
Pilots can rent out planes for mul-
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to-four hours a day minimum
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struction will also be $30 to $35 an
hour, half as much as what West said
schools in Hillsboro can charge.
One of the biggest costs for the
club is insurance on all three planes,
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costing $8,000 to $9,000 a year, with
Airplane mechanic and pilot Dave West pulls out a Cessna 177 Cardinal, one of the planes the Astoria Fly- the Cessna 172 and the Tomahawk
ing Club hopes to rent out to pilots.
as the primary instructional planes.
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Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, with who’s rented Cessna was crashed
much membership fees and club after startup.
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more coming onboard.
dues should be. The group needs a
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Flight training at Hillsboro Air- house, killing himself and four oth-
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club at any point after the meeting, The club has available for loans or
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Maritime history course begins Tuesday Knappa auction
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History,” an eight-week lecture series
with guest speakers each week, offered
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February in the Kern Room at the mu-
seum. The lectures are free for museum
members, $5 fee for nonmembers.
The scheduled lectures are as fol-
lows:
• Feb. 3: “Weather Hazards of the
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Cole, author and naval architect.
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investigator, Beeswax Wreck Project.
• Feb. 24: “Helicopter Pilot for the
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On the Record
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renton, for third-degree theft
after she attempted to steal
a $99.99 dietary supplement
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by Costco staff placing con-
tents of the supplement into
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outside and admitted to tak-
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Vital, could not be resold, be-
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Crash
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driven by Tarlok Mann, 53,
Longview, Wash., was north-
bound on Highway 101 search-
ing for a place to turn to change
direction southbound. Mann
said did not see a Chevrolet
C35, driven by Rhan Thomas
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into it resulting in the crash.
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Fishing violation
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for angling for steelhead but
failing to have 2015 angling
licenses or combined harvest
cards at the Lewis and Clark
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Daniel C. Lunsford, 25,
Astoria, was cited for no com-
bined angling harvest card and
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Astoria, was cited for no com-
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