The "Quickie" type forum will be Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 9 of the new Forum Buildings.

The Forum will be hosted by QBA Members Jerry Marstall and D Michael Bergen.

Please bring your questions with you! We look froward to meeting you!

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Friends,

I regret to announce that there will not be a Mountain States Tandem Wing Fly-in this spring due to the lack of interest.

As a consolation to those who was looking forward to getting together at Laughlin this spring, I recommend this alternative April 9-10 http://www.lotcflyin.org/

The Alternative Engine Round-up will held in conjunction with the Golden West Fly-in at Marysville CA, June 10-12

Pat

Kevin Boddicker will once again host the Tandem-Wing "Spring Fling" at the Decorah Municiple Airport (KDEH) May 13, 14, 15 - 2011.

There are several local hotels with reasonable rates and primitive camping will be allowed. . .

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Greetings fellow Canardians: It's not too early to start planning your visit to the 8th annual Canards West at Columbia Airport in N. California.

If you have not visited Columbia you are missing an experience. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains it is a jewel not to be missed. It is a short walk to the old gold mining town of Columbia which has been preserved as it was in the heyday of the 49ers Gold Rush .

The town has good restaurants and an authentic hotel from the gold mining period..
The camp ground at the airport has clean toilets and hot showers and a clubhouse that we will be using for presentations and the Saturday evening dinner.

The last 7 Fly Ins have been a great success and we intend this year's to reset the standard.

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The Southern Illinois Big Muddy Air Race is scheduled for June 4, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., CST. The rain date will be the following day, June 5. It will be held at the the Southern Illinois Airport in Carbondale, IL.

Sam Hoskins is hoping to attract a few more Quickies to the event, but his Q-200 "Race 22" will definitely be there to take on all challengers in this fun event!

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The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are sponsoring the Green Flight Challenge. The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon.

The $1.65M NASA-funded CAFE Green Flight Challenge is a flight competition for quiet, practical, Green aircraft that will take place July 11-17, 2011 at the CAFE Foundation Flight Test Center at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, California.

Two teams will enter highly modified 100% Electric Quickies (Q1's) in the event. One of those teams includes Gene Sheehan former President and CEO of the now defunct Quickie Aircraft Corporation. You can check out their website at http://www.greenflightchallenger.com

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For 51 weeks a year, EAA is an international community of more than 160,000 members that nurtures the spirit of flight through a worldwide network of chapters, outreach programs, and other events.

"The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" has it all when it comes to aircraft. Warbirds. Vintage. Homebuilts. Ultralights. Some you would normally find in a hangar at your local airport, others so unique they are the only one of its kind.

You name it, there's likely an example of it at Oshkosh.

Doug Humble reserved the Homebuilders HQ "Porch" for the QBA "Type Meeting" Thursday July 28, 2011 from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.

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NOT to be outdone by our esteemed colleague and September Fly-in host, Sam Hoskins, we, Alan T. and Sam Kittle, want to officially remind all pilots, builders and hopefuls about the 10th Annual West Coast Tandem-Wing Fly-in, scheduled for August 26-28, coming up in no time at all! That's right, celebrating ten years of tandem-wing flying in Livermore, California, is what our commemorative anniversary event will be all about, so mark your calendars now for another great weekend of flying, learning, sharing and enjoying everything these marvelous airplanes have to offer. So many of you have already made it out to our Livermore event in the past, and have seen 1st hand, all the interesting things that are going on out here in Livermore, LVK, home of 6 Q Birds. This year, our tenth, promises to be the most exciting yet.

We have just finalized our main speaker for the three-day event, who is just as excited about attending, as we are in having him with us. Marc Zeitlin will be talking about things ranging from his work on Space Ship 2 and the rocket engine that powers Burt Rutan's latest design into space, to Belville washers, and what happens when a prop departs from your plane.... He is endlessly energetic, enthusiastic, an accomplished homebuilder, having built a Q-2 AND a Cozy, and is a most captivating speaker.

Capping off the events on Saturday will be our world-famous barbecued chicken dinner prepared by our very own Sam Kittle, who is himself making great progress on his Q-200.

Mark your calendars now for August 26-28, and be a part of what has become a not-to-be-missed event. Anyone building a Tandem-Wing Q or Dragonfly, or is contemplating just that, will receive a renewed burst of enthusiasm in seeing the many beautiful planes that do make it to the event. You East-Coasters, why not plan on coming to Livermore, see the country on your way back east, and then stop off at Sam's in Illinois, two weeks later for the Field of Dreams. What better way to put our planes to use, and to become ambassadors for our marvelous flying machines to those along the way who have never seen one before!

Please let myself, Alan, or Sam know that you are planning on attending, so that we can make sure we will have enough food for the Saturday evening barbecue. Alan: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or 510-427-3432 Sam: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 209-559-0903.

I will be updating the official fly-in website very shortly for hotel and arrival information, so stay tuned!

Looking forward to seeing the biggest crowd ever here at Livermore, August 26-28, for our commemorative 10 year anniversary fly-in!

Alan Thayer and Sam Kittle, Co-hosts

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It's a date September 9, 10 & 11, 2011. (Hope you guys don't mind heading back on Sept. 11)

Williamson County Airport, Marion, IL http://www.airnav.com/airport/KMWA

Sam set-up a blog to provide more info about the event. . .

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