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March West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter

March 15, 2016 by Gerry Hampton

EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755 We have had our share of rainy weather here in Northern CA, and for that we are grateful. Gave us the opportunity to fine tune the Swift for another season of flying. I hope to see my fellow Swifters out and about and to enjoy the fellowship and […]

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West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter – Jan 2016

January 11, 2016 by Gerry Hampton

Soon the fly-in and Air Show season will be upon us. Hopefully we all have our Swifts and ourselves up to par to enjoy the good flying weather coming up. Major fly-ins on the schedule include Swift National back at Athens, TN; Northwest Swifters at Cottage Grove, OR; West Coast Swift National at Westover Field, […]

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West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter – September 2015

October 5, 2015 by Gerry Hampton

WEST COAST SWIFT WING SEPTEMBER 2015 EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755 Westover 2015 Sept 24-27 While we had a low number of Swifts attend this year’s West Coast Swift Nationals Fly-In, I believe the lack of quantity was made up in the quality of the camaraderie and fellowship we enjoyed over the 3 […]

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West Coast Swift Wings Newsletter – August 2015

August 29, 2015 by Gerry Hampton

We have 12 days left until Labor Day, 23 days to Reno Air Races, and 29 days until Westover. Are you ready and are your plans/reservations made? Westover 2015 Sept 24-27 The fly-in headquarters is still the Best Western Amador Inn and the rate is still $69 with 10 rooms left in our block of […]

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West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter – July 2015

July 26, 2015 by Gerry Hampton

EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755 The Fly-in and Air Show season has kicked off to a great start with Swift National at Bowling Green, KY a great fly-in along with a wonderful time at Diamond Point, WA with a record number of Swifts attending. The next major Swift fly-in is the West Coast […]

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West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter – Oct 2014

October 28, 2014 by Gerry Hampton

EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755 Hi folks, it has been a busy fly-in year with a well attended National fly-in in early June at Dayton, OH; the RRSW folks at Fredericksburg TX in mid September and West Coast Swift National at Westover Field, Jackson, CA in late Sept. Included are reports on these […]

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West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter – May 2014

May 5, 2014 by Gerry Hampton

WEST COAST SWIFT WING May 2014 EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755  We are fast approaching the fly-in and Air Show season. Hopefully we all have our Swifts and ourselves up to par to enjoy the good flying weather coming up. Major fly-ins on the schedule include Swift National at Dayton, OH; RRSW at […]

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West Coast Swift Wing Newsletter – October 2013

October 31, 2013 by Gerry Hampton

EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755 Westover 2013 Sept 19-22 We had 27 Swifts, 2 Meyers, 1 C-182, 1 CJ-6, and 1 C-310 over the four days for the 27th annual Westover event. By state, we had 15 Swifts from CA, 6 from WA, 2 from NV, 2 from AZ, 1 from OR, and […]

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July 2013 WCSW Newsletter

July 29, 2013 by Gerry Hampton

WEST COAST SWIFT WING July 2013 EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755 We have had several nice Swift fly-ins this year which are described below. Next major Swift fly-in is Westover Field, Jackson CA for the West Coast National Swift Fly-in 19-22 Sep followed by the RRSW Fly-in at Pecan Plantation, TX 31 Oct […]

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