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Portland, OR rental/club?

John Owen

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Hello,

My wife and I visit our son and his family in the Portland area fairly often and occasionally have a couple of days that are not scheduled. We find it easy to fly SWA from KC.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a rental or club in the south Portland area for some regional flying while we are here? I would love to see some of southern OR with my wife on days that the kids are in school and possibly take them for a flight around the area. I have looked through AirNav and haven't found much.

Thanks in advance.
John
RV-8
 
Starks Twin Oaks near Hillsboro
Aero Maintenance at Pearson in Vancouver
Hillsboro Aviation, Hillsboro or Troutdale
 
I am not aware of any club type situation in the Portland area that you could just pop into and rent an airplane.
There are a number of traditional FBO type businesses that you could probably attain a check out relatively quickly if you already have flight time in type that they have available.

https://www.twinoaksairpark.com/aircraft-rental

This one is located on Aurora airport.... Van's home airport

http://www.willametteair.com/aircraftrental.shtml

Also on Aurora airport
https://auroraflighttraining.com/fleet/
but not sure if they do general use rental or only flight training.

There are probably others north of Portland (southern Washington), but I am not familiar with that area.
 
The Hillsboro Flying Club (our of KHIO) is a true flying club type setup with a handful of airplanes, as well. Not RVs but a fleet that the membership is happy with.

There's also at least one ELSA RV-12iS currently under construction by EAA Chapter 105 members a group-co-ownership club arrangement. They have 12 ownership slots, and I believe three of those are still available if you'd prefer to be part owner. Probably about a year or so from finishing and will be based out of 7S3 (Twin Oaks Airpark) which is a great location. I can get contact info for that option if you like, just let me know!
 
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