 Sept
20 , 1999— AOPA President Phil Boyer has helped another of the nation's
original aviation country clubs celebrate its history — this time the
former Columbia Aviation Country Club (now Columbia Aviation Association)
near Portland, Oregon. Its innovative history includes continuing pilot
education, a strong emphasis on safety, and its famed air tours from the
Arctic to the tropics. Noting that CACC was inspired by the Philadelphia
Aviation Country Club where AOPA was founded in 1939, Boyer presented a
special citation to president Jim Matisies at CAA's 50th Anniversary
Banquet September 18. He lauded the group's "dynamic history of
serving the interests of general aviation in Oregon." |
