Welcome to the Central Ohio PAMA Chapter!

February Topic is "Next Gen" by Ed Bannen of Honeywell

Our next meeting will be held February 14th and feature a discussion of "Next Gen" airspace and equipment. Our good friend and supporter, Ed Bannen of Honeywell will give the presentation so mark you calendars to include this in your Valentines Day celebration. We know you may be risking your life at the hands of a loved one to attend but Ed's discussion should be worth the risk.

The social gathering starts at 5:30 with dinner at 6:00 and the presentation immediately after. We'll speed up the meeting so there's still time to give your valentine all the attention they need to keep them happy!

Please RSVP to the email notice you receive or send a note to mail@copama.org with the number that will be attending. This helps up assure there will be food enough for all at dinner.

Rick Ochs of Spirit Avionics chosen for NBAA Award.

In and email earlier this week from their Airmail Maintenance forum, the NBAA Maintenance Committee announced their selection of Rick Ochs to received the GA Regional Avionics Technician or the Year Award. We want to congratulate Rick on receiving this award and national recognition!

January meeting topic: Missionary Maintenance Services.

The January meeting was held at Lane Aviation and marked our first meeting of the new year. Gene Sprang started the meeting with a review of last month's Holiday Dinner. He then listed our current calendar of upcoming events which included the Ohio Aviation Maintenance Symposium in March.

Next on the agenda was the presentation of testing scholarships to this years recipients chosen from applications received in December. Pictured above are the Testing Award recipients in attendance at the meeting. They are left to right front row: Naamon Person, Brian Kunkle and John Spring. Back row: Shelia Walters, Jim Tipton, Bud D'Amato, Jed Rempel, Preston Cook and Nathan Damaske. We wish them well during testing and entering careers in the aviation industry.

The meeting then featured a presentation by Dwight Jarboe about Missionary Maintenance Services doing business as MMS Aviation at Coshocton Richard Downing Airport (I40) here in Ohio. Their mission to the world and the Lord above is to provide a facility to inspect, repair, overhaul and transform aircraft for missionary service while at the same time training maintenance technicians to maintain and sometimes fly those same aircraft in missionary support around the world.

Missionary aircraft provide transportation of critical supplies, medical patients and other resources to third world countries and underdeveloped areas where roads and ground transportation may be minimal or non-existent. Dwight explained that a 90 minute plane ride might equate to up to 12 hours of transportation across the ground. Hospitals may provide treatment and surgery to patients and safely fly them back home where a ride in a ground vehicle over rough terrain may cause the reopening of incisions.

The staff and students of MMS Aviation are supported by donations from churches and individuals and self-initiated fund raising. These funds provide living accommodations, a means of transportation and tools while they learn by on-the-job experience which is documented to allow them to take the A&P tests necessary for certification under CFR 65.77.

Labor is provided free to mission organizations for the inspections, repairs and modifications of their aircraft that come from around the world. Some are shipped in to MMS in containers where they are restored to near new conditions to return to perform their mission support.

We thanked Dwight for his discussion about MMS Aviation and Gene presented him a $500.00 donation to use in support of their facility and purpose in aviation training. Please visit the MMS website to learn more about their organization by clicking on the link above. You may also visit these links to the MMS Blog and their MMS Channel on YouTube. Please note that a Google user name and password are necessary to visit them on YouTube.

PAMA ready for 2012 National Aviation Maintenance Symposium

The 2012 National Symposium will be held at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan on January 19th and 20th. It will coincide with the 12th Annual Great Lakes Aviation Conference.

Information for Exhibitors, Sponsors and Attendees may be found by clicking on this link.

Holiday Dinner held on Tuesday, December 6th.

The evening was filled with friends, food, fun and prizes at this year's Central Ohio Aviation Holiday Dinner at Villa Milano Restaurant on Schrock Road. The report on the event is now available. Photos have also been posted at the COPAMA Facebook page and while you're there, why not become a member and receive updates on COPAMA events and information!

We want to thank all our Speakers, Sponsors and attendees for helping make the 2011 dinner so enjoyable. Proceeds to the Sam Dodge Memorial Fund was $592.00 and the total 50/50 Raffle collection of $340.00 went to the Lima Company Memorial thanks to Jay Randall of Constant Aviation. Jay donated his winning ticket proceeds back to the Memorial.

Click Here to link to the event page and learn more about the evening's presentation, sponsors and find other information about this annual event co-hosted with the Professional Pilots Association. We hope everyone who attended had a great time!

Maintenance Symposium set for March 14th/15th

CSCC Aviation Maintenance Technology facility at Bolton Field is once again the venue for the 2012 Ohio Aviation Maintenance Symposium. Information on Vendor Booth rental, Registration forms, Contact Information and facility location may be found at the Columbus State website link above.

Pre-registration helps speed the registration process which starts at 7:00 with the training sessions starting at 8:00. FAA Inspectors from the Columbus and Cincinnati FSDOs will be onsite to process paperwork and participate in the training.

View last years COPAMA events

Please click on the link above to see what was on the COPAMA calendar for 2011.

Our Monthly Meetings

• Monthly Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the following months.
      January, February, April, May, October and November.
      Pre-meeting gathering at 5:30, Dinner at 6:00, Presentation after dinner.  
• The Ohio Aviation Maintenance Symposium is our March meeting.
• The Central Ohio Aviation Golf Outing (COAGO) is our September meeting.
• The Holiday Dinner is our December meeting.

Regular Meetings held in Lane Aviation's Media Room.

Lane Aviation's Port Columbus facility at 4387 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio 43219 is the location of our 6 monthly meetings. We meet in their Media Room on the second floor.

Thank you Lane Aviation and Staff!

We wish to thank Lane Aviation and their staff for the use of their facility and their continued support.

Features of the COPAMA website!!!

This site was generated from a latest generation template providing compatibility with the main web browsers of today and mobile devices. It features "Flash" type animation and the ability to detect those devices that cannot render "Flash" and provide an alternate means to display those same graphics.

Menus help you navigate through the site and the left border of the page provides a direct link to our Next Event, Current News and Last Event information. Back ground music is available with the new site and features 12 different tunes that loop. If you don't care to listen, just mute your sound system for an easy solution. Give us some feedback and let us know what you like or dislike! Page width and font size are controllable by you regardless of which browser or mobile device you use.

If you're a fan of Facebook or Twitter, we've set up groups on both social networks. We're hoping it will provide a local forum for members and give us another tool to communicate with the group. The links to both are at the top right of this page. Jeff Gruber has volunteered to be our first administrator of the two forums and if they become popular, we may need the help of our younger members to help monitor them for us.

Let us know what features you like and if you have any problems viewing the site. Welcome to the new COPAMA Website!

COPAMA's Mission:

COPAMA, is a Non-profit Membership Organization designed to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, concepts and techniques through communication, education, representation and support related to the Aviation industry.

News and Information

PAMA ready for 2012 National Aviation Maintenance Symposium

The 2012 National Symposium will be held at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan on January 19th and 20th. It will coincide with the 12th Annual Great Lakes Aviation Conference.

Information for Exhibitors, Sponsors and Attendees may be found by clicking on this link.

CSCC Bolton is venue for EAA Aircraft Builders Workshop, October 29-30

EAA is holding a workshop which features 2 day classes in 5 different building skills and a "What's Involved in Kit Building" session on Saturday night that includes pizza for a $25 charge. The 2 day course prices are based on EAA status but non-members are also welcome to attend.

For more information about this event, please visit www.sportair.org to learn about their organization and www.sportair.org/schedule.html for the courses available during their Columbus visit.

Dale Fornton Named New PAMA President

In a recent email to the PAMA membership, PAMA Board Chairman Clark Gordon announced the retirement of outgoing President John Casker who was replaced by new PAMA President, Dale Forton. The change is effective April 1st. Please click here to read the full announcement on the PAMA website.

COPAMA would like to thank President Casker for his interest in our chapter and the visits he made to our meetings and special events. We look forward to working with President Forton who has long been an advocate of PAMA and it's mission to represent the membership and those engaged in Aviation Maintenance.

OSU / NetJets Establish Center for Aviation Studies

On Monday June 6th at OSU Airport, the Ohio State College of Engineering announced the establishment of it's Center for Aviation Studies with the help of NetJets Inc. who provided a generous gift to support the Center. University and NetJets Representatives along with Astronaut/Senator John Glenn spoke to those in attendance about the importance of Ohio in the history and development of the Aviation Industry and how the Center will continue research and training for the aviators of tomorrow. Click here for a segment about the Center that appeared on ONN.

This page was last updated on 01/24/12.