West Yellowstone '08

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="043c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>The big news at West Yellowstone this year was the arrival of the new FBO building.  The new home of Yellowstone Aviation, it should be a wonderful change from the old facilities in the terminal building.  It will have a pilots' lounge, bathrooms and briefing area, and should be operational for the summer season in 2009</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>John Galban's Flying Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Going North 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="04910100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Townsend 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a10100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U><B><IMG SRC="04b100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> West Yellowstone '08</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b62d620.jpg" border=0 width="813" height="610" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Unlike the smokey '07 season, '08 was virtually fire-free and there was plenty of rain in the region throughout the summer.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b89f370.jpg" border=0 width="415" height="311" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2baa1390.jpg" border=0 width="417" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The two halves of the new FBO building parked on the edge of the ramp.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bb43720.jpg" border=0 width="835" height="626" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The crane sets the east half of the building on the foundation.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bdac410.jpg" border=0 width="428" height="321" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2bfaf430.jpg" border=0 width="431" height="323" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An unusal sight.  The west half of the building taxis around on the ramp to get in position for the crane.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c0678d0.jpg" border=0 width="871" height="653" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The building successfully navigated around the multi-million dollar bizjets to arrive in the right spot.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c16c910.jpg" border=0 width="876" height="657" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sandy (in orange) runs the FBO, but she also supervises building assembly in her spare time !</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c271950.jpg" border=0 width="881" height="661" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Finally, after a full day of activity, the two halves of the new building are together.   I took a tour of the inside and I'm sure this new building is going to be a </div> <div> big hit with the pilots, not to mention the Yellowstone Aviation staff.  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>