As of September 1st, the club is  the sole owner of its planes, our Cessna 172 and 182RG. The purchase comes after several months of discussion and vetting by our Purchase Committee led by Jim Steproe. The club is now in a position to manage the maintenance and upgrades of the planes. The 182 is especially in need of upgrades and the expressed preference of the membership at prior meetings has been to have the 172 and 182 operationally as similar as possible. So, a Garmin 430 may be in the works for the 182. This will be a topic at our next meeting coming up in a bit more than a week.