AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2014 - R-4

TOP 10
REASONS
TO VISIT
SPOKANE
1

FELTS FIELD-Named for Lt. James
Buell Felts, who was killed in an
accident near what was then Parkwater Airport (on the south bank
of the Spokane River). It served as
the municipal airport in the 1930s
and '40s and is now on the
National Register of Historic
Places.

SPOKANE FALLS AT RIVERFRONT
PARK-Paths follow the country's
second largest urban waterfalls.
Spectacular views of water crashing over indigenous basalt rock
formations.

GONDOLA RIDES-View the Spokane
Falls from a gondola that swoops
down to the edge of the falls.

SPOKANE TURBINE CENTER-
Provides training to pilots and
mechanics in technologically
advanced turbine-powered
aircraft, in an historic 1930s
building restored in 2009.

MOODY AVIATION MAINTENANCE
TRAINING SCHOOL-Headquartered
in one of the largest steel and
brick hangars in the U.S. built in
1934 for the National Guard.

MAMER MEMORIAL CLOCK-This
40-foot-tall art-deco clock structure was built in 1939 to honor
Spokane aviator Lt. Nick Mamer.

EAA CHAPTER 79 CLUBHOUSE-
Recently renovated hangar houses
EAA Chapter 79 clubhouse and
meeting area. Historic memorabilia, restoration facilities, and
charming game room.

SKYWAY CAFÉ-Heaping plates of
delicious diner food served in a
perfect plane-watching café
attached to the terminal building.

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS-
Historic Cliff House Estate overlooks Felts Field and now home to
an award-winning wine cellar.

SPOKANE CENTENNIAL TRAIL-Bike,
walk, or jog on a smooth paved trail
along the Spokane River 14 miles
east to the Idaho state line.

R-4 | AOPA PILOT August 2014

On a mission

Spokane Turbine Center trains missionaries
DENNIS ELROD SPENT FIVE YEARS AS A MISSIONARY PILOT OVERSEAS, flying in
desolate areas in Indonesia, providing critical services for missionaries serving
in remote areas. He then trained missionaries at Moody Aviation. The rugged
Pratt & Whitney PT6-powered Quest Kodiak proved to be a trusted steed for missionary pilots and so it has become the new breed of bush aircraft. The Spokane
Turbine Center was established in 2007 as a training center for Kodiak turboprop
aircraft equipped with the Garmin G1000. Elrod is the center's chief executive
officer.
"These airplanes are a tool; they bring precious cargo of missionaries, supplies, government workers, health workers, and needed supplies to isolated
people in remote locations," says Elrod. The mission of the Spokane Turbine
Center is to provide high-quality, cost-effective turbine training in technologically advanced aircraft to the mission aviation community.
STC offers interactive G1000 training, hands-on PT6 training, Kodiak fullmotion simulator training, and flight training in its Kodiak 100.
Spokane Turbine Center is located in one of two original hangars on Felts
Field. The hangars were constructed in three different phases between 1926 and
1934. The center building has STC's offices, the G1000 classroom, simulator bay,
and library. The hardwood floor in the library is original. When renovations were
started in 2009, these rooms all were in their original state.
The National Guard hangar was built in 1934 and was then described as "the
most modern hangar in the country." It was one of the largest steel-and-brick hangars in the United States. It was remodeled in 2011/2012 for the Moody Aviation's
maintenance training school.

Spokane Felts Field (SFF)
Location: Four miles northeast of
the city
Pattern altitude: 2,953 msl all
aircraft
Runways: 4L/22R 4,500 feet by
150 feet; 4R/22L 2,650 feet by
75 feet; Seaplane 3W/21W 6,000
feet by 100 feet

FLY-IN TIPS
* Watch for tall towers on the mountain.
If you are flying in from the west, you may
be routed over Cheney and you're headed
for Tower Mountain.
* Be aware of overflying the Class C
airspace. Spokane Approach is very helpful
and eager to provide radar services to Felts
Field during the event.

* Beacon Hill is located just north of the
airport, and obscures the airport from
aircraft arriving from the north. Pilots are
strongly encouraged to be in communication with ATC in advance of arrival.
* Special Flight Procedures will be available two weeks prior to the event. Download the link (www.aopa.org/fly-ins).

http://www.aopa.org/fly-ins

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