FIRST FRIDAY: FEBRUARY 6, 2026 Brad Schuster from AOPA will be the First Friday speaker on Friday, February 6, 2026. The program starts at 12:00pm. More information will be coming as the date draws nearer. WAMA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: First Friday Time: Feb. 6, 2026 12:00 PM Pacific Time Every month on the First Friday, until Jul 3, 2026, Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93444860241?pwd=rlhuP0ZCR5DzairaZNT0IDA4AaMFKi.1 Meeting ID: 934 4486 0241 Passcode: 956266 One tap mobile 253-215-8782 253-205-0468 Meeting ID: 934 4486 0241# Passcode: 956266# Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://zoom.us/meeting/tJcpc-2gqDsoHtWffau2j0-GYzrDUWI682Qm/ics?icsToken=DNYdpF0sOYqgLrvC9QAALAAAAFWM9HhFz8R9SFymHWG1NxzeX754wrMt1cVp580W8GvcERCuJA4uUufzAuoVZaiirBJqCvlFTTWuWFhOFzAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=vAL2CoU_RdaMFKPyUAMSSA
Mark your calendars for December 5 for the next First Friday presentation at noon. Dawson Frank will talk about the issues airports are experiencing with a lack of funding, and will share some proposals on local tax efforts. WAMA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: First Friday Time: Dec 5, 2025 12:00 PM Pacific Time Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93444860241?pwd=rlhuP0ZCR5DzairaZNT0IDA4AaMFKi.1 Meeting ID: 934 4486 0241 Passcode: 956266 One tap mobile +12532158782,,93444860241#,,,,*956266# US (Tacoma) +12532050468,,93444860241#,,,,*956266# US Every month on the First Fri, until Jul 3, 2026, 8 occurrence(s) Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://zoom.us/meeting/tJcpc-2gqDsoHtWffau2j0-GYzrDUWI682Qm/ics?icsToken=DGK5wRxffKnaicmBswAALAAAAGZYDhIaL-3Ii36DuNb5mkGsVxyH5j977a-yQTHFpFhk1mvDOrI3nImqcRdV2OCYVJAWrol30myP6mlDLTAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=vAL2CoU_RdaMFKPyUAMSSA
The next First Friday presentation will be on Friday, November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM. Kyle Potvin, Vice President, Principal, and the Program Director for Applied Pavement Technology, Inc’s (APTech) State Aviation Agency Program Area, with over 30 years of pavement engineering experience, will be speaking with a primary focus on airport pavement management systems (APMS), pavement evaluation, structural evaluation, and pavement performance.
Topic: First Friday
Time: Nov 7, 2025, at 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93444860241?pwd=rlhuP0ZCR5DzairaZNT0IDA4AaMFKi.1
Meeting ID: 934 4486 0241
Passcode: 956266
One tap mobile
253-215-8782 93444860241#,,,,*956266# US (Tacoma)
253-205-0468 93444860241#,,,,*956266# US
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Monthly: https://zoom.us/meeting/tJcpc-2gqDsoHtWffau2j0-GYzrDUWI682Qm/ics?icsToken=DNICblyd2mXozD4YAwAALAAAAMWu7IEacUtCc0BbW03dwpe3BaKoOVRZslccAFTf7ibVUpQiVjdgFnqJf5ffvP-mAHfvv4XLacgwx26pgzAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=vAL2CoU_RdaMFKPyUAMSSAJ
WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITY AIRPORT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
The annual WSCAA conference will be held October 29-30, with a reception on the evening of Oct. 28 at the Icicle Village Resort in Leavenworth. Mark your calendars now and plan to attend.
Andy Patrick from Inter-State Aviation will be the First Friday speaker this Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at noon. He will be talking about aircraft recovery best practices and will discuss several scenarios dealing with this subject. WAMA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: First Friday Time: Oct 3, 2025 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93444860241?pwd=rlhuP0ZCR5DzairaZNT0IDA4AaMFKi.1 Meeting ID: 934 4486 0241 Passcode: 956266 One tap mobile +1-(253) 215-8782, 93444860241#,,,,*956266# US (Tacoma) +1-(253) 205-0468, ,93444860241#,,,,*956266# US
COLFAX FLY-IN
Colfax is hosting a fly-in and pancake breakfast on September 27. They are hoping for a large turnout.
Check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/share/19JwamLjjq/ Please post this downloadable flyer to encourage pilots to attend.
Paine Field is hosting the 2025 Airport Cybersecurity Training provided by TSA and Idaho National Lab (INL). (The flyer notes that, “This course is designed for airport network and security administrators.”) The class is going to be at Paine Field (PAE) / Boeing Everett on both Sept. 9-10 and Sept. 11-12, from 8am-5pm. (Only need to attend one 2-day session.) There is no fee to attend the class. Additional details below and attached.
Overview
This two-day course will provide trainees with basic to intermediate concepts for performing cybersecurity assessments of wireless access applications at airports. Participants will learn techniques for identifying Wi-Fi access points within the airport environment, analysis methods for determining wireless security gaps, and recommendations for improving defenses to defeat potential threats. By the end of this course, trainees will be able to:
1. Recognize wireless technology concepts. 2. Identify potential attack vectors. 3. Illustrate use of radio frequency (RF) capture tools. 4. Perform real-world data collection. 5. Analyze RF packet data.
1. Recognize wireless technology concepts.
2. Identify potential attack vectors.
3. Illustrate use of radio frequency (RF) capture tools.
4. Perform real-world data collection.
5. Analyze RF packet data.
Who Should Take This Training?
This course is designed for airport network and security administrators. The following basic skills will be helpful, but are not required to participate:
• Experience in Wi-Fi configurations and basic operations • Experience in configuring Wi-Fi access points and clients • Basic understanding of network traffic analysis • Working knowledge of Linux
• Experience in Wi-Fi configurations and basic operations
• Experience in configuring Wi-Fi access points and clients
• Basic understanding of network traffic analysis
• Working knowledge of Linux
How Can I Prepare for This Training?
Each participant will need to supply a laptop with a minimum of 8GB RAM, 2 USB ports and 40GB of free disk space. The equipment listed below will be provided to participants during the hands-on portion of the training. As this equipment will be returned upon course completion, trainees wishing to purchase similar equipment for use after the course can do so for less than $200.00 from online retailers. Course facilitators will assist participants in setting up purchased equipment. Equipment (provided as needed)
• Dual-band 2.4 & 5 GHz Wi-Fi USB adapter with RT3572 or RT5572 Chipset, e.g., Alfa AWUS051NH, Panda Wireless PAU09 • Multi-port USB adapter, e.g., Pluggable USB 3.0 3-port Hub • Texas Instrument CC2531 USB Evaluation Module Kit, 2.4 GHz
• Dual-band 2.4 & 5 GHz Wi-Fi USB adapter with RT3572 or RT5572 Chipset, e.g., Alfa AWUS051NH, Panda Wireless PAU09
• Multi-port USB adapter, e.g., Pluggable USB 3.0 3-port Hub
• Texas Instrument CC2531 USB Evaluation Module Kit, 2.4 GHz
Software (provided) A VMWare virtual machine (VM) will be supplied to the trainees with appropriate software tools installed and configured with the above hardware so that students may run the environment in their installed VMWare Player or Workstation. Currently, MS Windows and Ubuntu flavors of Linux are supported for the VM, while Mac OSX is not supported in the class.
See the attachment for information
Click on this link for registration.
Dr. Dana Lockhart, MEP
Regional Training and Exercise Coordinator
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Integrated Operations Division (IOD) Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA)
M: 425-903-0217 | email: dana.lockhart@mail.cisa.dhs.gov
Region 10 Outreach: cisa.r10.outreach@mail.cisa.dhs.gov
Security is not an expense; it is an investment.
DEFEND TODAY, SECURE TOMORROW!
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://wama.us/resources/Airport%20Cybersecurity%20Training%20Course%20Flyer%20-%20PAE.pdf
Air Affaire at the Sequim Valley Airport August 30, 2025.
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