W10 September Update

We are excited to have a little weather station up at W10 now.  You can check out the live data at www.WhidbeyAirpark.com under the "weather" menu (it is a Flash Widget, so may not appear on iDevices), or on Weather Underground at https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KWALANGL28.  The weather station is currently on a 20' pole strapped to the red shipping container at the NW corner of the field.  This is not an "FAA Approved" weather station, and it is shielded a bit by trees, but can give you an idea of surface conditions.  Now that we have it working, we will be planning for a better location for it in the future.

Speaking of weather...If the weather holds up we are hoping to do another fly-out for our Saturday Social, this Saturday (October 6th) to Friday Harbor.  (Last month's fly-out to Orcas was great fun!)  As usual we will meet at the Mukilteo Coffee Roasters at 10am.  If weather does not cooperate, we will hang out and talk airplanes at the Roasters.  You do not need to have an airplane to participate.  We are only limited by how many seats are available.  We will discuss the particulars of flying to Friday Harbor and then head down to the field and hop in the planes.  Please RSVP to [email protected] or call 360-321-0510 if you would like to participate.  If you are a pilot please let us know if you have any seats you are willing to share if you are comfortable with having passengers.  Disclaimer:  Each individual is responsible for their own participation, safety, and of course, insurance.

WSDOT Aviation will be launching their "Fly Washington Passport Program" in February of 2019.  WSDOT will be handing out pilot "passports" through various venues, and participating airports will provide a "passport stamp" in a mailbox on the field to encourage exploration of the states many wonderful airports.  Prizes will be available.  We did some polling through Facebook and Twitter, on the following designs, and can now officially announce "B" as the winner.  (If you haven't already, please like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/W10Airport/)

Thanks to everyone who participated and gave their input. It was a fun process, and we look forward to kicking off "Fly Washington" next year, and will provide more information when we have it.