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PREFLIGHT YOU CAN FLY

BY DAVID TULIS

150TH FLYING CLUB RECOGNIZED
MONTANA PILOTS WITH FLYING CLUB IDEA START THEIR OWN

TWO MONTANA PILOTS WHO DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER, OPERATED FROM AIRPORTS

on opposite sides of Kalispell, but shared the same idea of starting a ﬂying club joined
forces to create Bald Eagle Aviation Club-the 150th ﬂying club assisted by the AOPA
Flying Clubs Initiative.
The city has two airports-Kalispell City Airport straddles the south, and Glacier
Park International Airport is to the north. Mike Whitehill, based at Kalispell City
Airport, hoped to duplicate his Minnesota ﬂying club experience after a move out west
and met with AOPA Flying Clubs Initiative Director Steve Bateman for advice.
"Lots of phone calls and encouragement" followed, said Bateman. "Because we
work with individuals, we know others that have common aviation goals, and we're
able to put them together. That's exactly what happened with Kevin and Mike."
Bald Eagle Aviation Club operates a 1957 straight-tail Cessna 182A with a Horton
STOL conversion for better performance at high-altitude airports. Monthly dues are
$150, and members are charged a $120 wet rate per tachometer hour. The initial club
membership is $2,050 and is transferable. There are currently seven members.
Bald Eagle's ﬁrst meeting included a photo shoot with a banner AOPA sent to help
celebrate the 150th club milestone. An airplane wash and a hangar get-together are in
the club's future, and Collom said members are already talking about buying a complex
high-performance aircraft.
"We love all of our new clubs," said Bateman, who founded his own ﬂying club in
Maryland. "They went through tough times trying to ﬁnd members and then they made
a leap of faith," he said. "They bought the airplane, they created the club, and as soon as
other people could see that it was real, they [became] believers," too.
david.tulis@aopa.org

The AOPA Flying Clubs initiative is one component of the You Can Fly program youcanﬂy.
aopa.org, which is funded by the AOPA Foundation foundation.aopa.org and is designed to
get people ﬂying and keep them ﬂying.

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