Thanks for the reply Bob;
The gathering of the minds sounds like a good idea. If nothing else, a day of good flying and friendship. Possibly a more central location to you where it may be just 1.5 to 2 hours drive. We would have to find a location that would be suitable. Perhaps someone who is interested in the SPA Florida could chime in here and give a hand.


My thoughts would be to have roving sites where to host the events once the Chapter is formed. My note as to my club hosting an event was in the case where the SPA Chapter is already formed.
The idea of the roving sites is equalize the driving time of the participants and perhaps drw more participants. This could be done maybe 2-3 timesper year with an add 2 for BPA/SPA.

Several years ago I contacted Bruce and Cass Underwood about starting a Florida Chapter. They said just get it going and they would be more than happy to help out.
I believe this was already mentioned somewhere in this thread?

I know of one pilot in Orlando, FL that has a Super Patricia, another pilot Joe Llanos from Tampa getting ready to build a Dirty Birdie or a Seetater and myself will be buildina a Dirty Birdie and another pilot with a Phoenix 7 who may be interested, and of course there is Don Lowe who I know would be most interested. These guys are in the Orlando area with the eceptiopn of one in Tampa.

Bob, I don't know what else to say, but meeting and discussing the options is viable and may be a good thing We could possibly do a day of flying followed by a late lunch and/or dinner and discuss the options.

Orlando Frets
Orlando, FL