NEWSLETTER
FOR OUR
MEMBERS
March 1, 2011
By: Bob Walch, President
The next monthly
meeting of SLAC
Monday, March 21, 2011
AT
THE SUN LAKES COUNTRY CLUB - PHASE I
Programs
For information on Programs, contact Gary Vacin, Programs
Director
Tel 480-802-2225 or email gvacin@hotmail.com
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Mon March 21st |
Lambert Modder “Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941” |
Activities Schedule
For information on Activities,
contact Earl Cuyler, Activities Director
Tel 480-478-3716 or email
EarlSLAC@wbhsi.net
Since
many members can only participate on Saturdays, we
have made most of the proposed activities on a
Saturday
Generally the third Saturday of each month SLAC flies to
select locations
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Sat March 4th |
Fly to Payson for breakfast. Meet at CHD
Terminal 7:30 AM |
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Sat Mar 19th |
Fly to Lake Havasu. Late breakfast and tour London
Bridge. Meet at
CHD Terminal 7:30 AM |
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Sat April 16th |
Fly to Prescott. Breakfast and tour Embry Riddle
Aeronautical Institute. Meet
at CHD Terminal 7:30 AM |
Field Trips
Generally the fourth Saturday
of each month
SLAC Field trips to points of interest to all members and
pilots
|
Date |
Destination |
Mileage |
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March 26th |
Breakfast at Gateway. Visit Cessna Service Center. Meet at flag pole 8:00AM |
Drive or fly – 22 SM |
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April 23rd |
ASU East. Control Simulator. (At Gateway) Meet at flag pole 8:00AM, Breakfast 9AM, ASU 10AM |
Drive or fly – 22 SM |
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May 21st |
Breakfast at Eloy. Watch parachute jumping. Arrangements to be announced. Meet at flag pole 8:00AM |
Drive or fly |
PUBLICITY
Contact
Gary Vacin, Publicity Director
Tel
480-802-2225; or email Gvacin@hotmailcom
The following articles will appear in
the March Splash
Pearl Harbor survivor to address Aero
Club
Lambert Modder, a Navy corpsman who survived the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 will be guest speaker at the Sun Lakes Aero Club meeting Monday, March 21 at the Sun Lakes Country Club. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. with coffee and camaraderie, followed by Modder’s presentation at 7 p.m. The public is invited.
Modder joined the Navy on Jan. 3, 1941. After boot camp at the Great lakes Naval Station near Chicago, he was shipped to Pearl Harbor, where he was assigned to the Naval Hospital. He recalls returning from liberty on the morning of Dec. 7 to the shocking roar of airplanes. Like many at Pearl Harbor, he thought the attack was just a drill, but soon discovered it was for real when bombs began falling and buildings started exploding.
His first assignment during the attack was to identify bodies of sailors who had been killed and pulled from the canal. Some had dog tags and some didn’t, and my job was to put an ID on them and stack them up like a cord of wood, he recalls. Many of the sailors were from the USS Arizona.
He did that for six hours, and it didn’t bother him a bit, but now he can hardly stand to watch a chicken be butchered because of the blood.
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SLAC DINES
AT MARANA
SLAC members flew to Marana for breakfast January 15th
Twelve Sun Lakes Aero Club Members and guests participated in a fly-in to Marana at the Sky Rider Coffee Shop January 15th. Participants include (l to R) Bill Saunders, Leroy Huler, Gary West, Al Jardine, Russ George, Gary Vacin, Bob Delong, Bob Walch, Ann West, Richard Simmons, Earl Cuyler, and Tom Sherrill.
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Next Years
Plans
Perhaps there is some special place you would like to go on a Fly In or a field trip that would be of interest to our group? Please submit your ideas to Activities director Earl Cuyler 895 478-3716; e- mail EarlSLAC@wbhsi.net
SLAC meets the third Monday of the month from October through May in
the Sun Lakes Country Club Navajo Room beginning with refreshments and
camaraderie at 6:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. The public is invited to all meetings. Additional information is available at the
club’s web site, www.SunLakesAeroClub.org or by calling Bob Walch at 895-8869
or Al Galvi at 802-0104.
Additional
information on the Aero Club is available from Bob Walch (480-895-8869) or
Al Galvi (480-802-0104 or by visiting
the club’s website, www.sunlakesaeroclub.org.
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