Bovey takes a dive on his way to earning wings
October 4, 2011

By Ashley Glaza

 

Fall is here and the leaves are beginning to turn, but the summer sun has stuck around and made for some beautiful flying days. The cool fall air makes for smooth flights, so convince your pilot friends to take you on a flight, or come up to Northern Air for a flight seeing tour of the mountains in October.

 

Dominic Bovey, left, shakes hands with his instructor, Nathaniel Cheshire. The intrepid new pilot even took his instructor for a dip in Priest Lake.
Northern Air is proud to announce Dominic Bovey of Sandpoint as the newest pilot to take off from Boundary County Airport.

 

After spending nine months working with a missionary pilot in Guayana, South America, Bovey took an introductory flight of his own and he was hooked.

 

Bovey began flying at Northern Air in July with instructor Nathaniel Cheshire. On one hot August day, Cheshire and Bovey were practicing soft field landings at Cavanaugh Bay landing strip on Priest Lake, when Cheshire said, “Man, it’s so hot, we should jump in the lake!”

 

Bovey quickly executed a short field approach and landing, parked the airplane, and the two of them ran to the end of the runway and dived into the lake!

 

Bovey’s cool head helped him passed his private pilot exam on September 29 with FAA examiner Jay Bigley. His plans are to earn his instrument pilot rating and eventually become a missionary pilot himself.

 

Long-time aircraft builder Larry Engert added to his fleet after years of hard work, building this beautiful craft.
After three years of hard work, Larry Engert emerged from his hangar with his beautiful custom-built Sonex Waiex (pronounced “Y-X”) airplane and took his maiden flight on September 23. This Sonex Waiex sport plane, with its 6-cylinder, 120 hp Jabiru engine, and average cruise speed of 150 miles per hour, is going to be Engert’s "cruiser for going places."

 

In addition to this newest plane Engert has two other planes, a Mini-Max and a Rans S4, both of which are hangared at the Boundary County Airport.

 

With the end of summer comes the end of Huckleberry Pancake Breakfasts. There was a record turnout for the final Huckleberry Pancake Breakfast of the season on September 24, and EAA Chapter 757 would like to thank all of those who participated and volunteered to make this event and the previous ones such a success. Please check out the new EAA website, www.757.eaachapter.org, for details on the flight scholarship program and other events.