By Leanne Tawoda
Coordinator, Grapevine Fly In
Greetings AZ Backcountry Pilots,
The March Grapevine Fly-In was the second to last for the season. The final weekend for the season will be April 17-19.
As Chris mentioned in the President’s Report, we had a great weekend combining the usual backcountry camping with a Day Trip event on Saturday. It was a great success, and we’ll certainly be repeating it next season. Mike McCann put together a great recap which you can see elsewhere in this edition of the newsletter.
Finally, I wanted to thank Jim and Dianne Wisda. They have tirelessly donated their time and enthusiasm to the APA for a couple of decades. I first met them when I attended my first Grapevine weekend. Although they had stopped flying and sold their own plane, they continued to participate in the fly in weekends.
I personally don’t know how we will do it without them on Fridays during the fly in weekends, but I want to wish them a continued happy and healthy life. Jim and Diane, you will both be missed!
Happy flying.
