NEWS OF INTEREST TO OUR MEMBERS

 

 

The next meeting of SLAC will be on Wednesday March 21st   at 7:00 p.m. Wear your name tags.  Former members are encouraged to attend and hopefully rejoin SLAC.

 

March 21st Monthly Meeting:

 

·          March’s program will be a talk by Stacey Nichols, Air Traffic and Tower Manager at the Chandler Municipal Airport.  Stacey went into the USN in 1994, became an Air Traffic Controller and was stationed at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, FL.  She left the service in June, 1998 and came to the Chandler Tower in September of the same year.  She was promoted to Air Traffic Manager in October of 2005 and still works in the tower every day.  Her additional duties in addition to talking to the airplanes require that half of her shift be dedicated to administrative work, however her true love is still talking to the pilots.  Stacey says she is learning something new every day.


·         Member Harold Thomas will show a slide/video program of the new Kodiak plane which was designed for Missionary Work.  Click on Kodiak Plane     The Kodiak is scheduled to be at the Chandler Airport to start flight tests on Monday February 19th.  They should be here a day or two earlier to be ready on Monday morning .  Harold  will contact the pilot on arrival and set up a time or two when we can all go out and look at the bird.  They are planning on being here for at least two weeks, and maybe more depending on flight check program.

 

 

April 18th Monthly Meeting:

 

·         The subject for the speaker will be Sailplanes

 

Activities:

 

·         9 members visited the Pimalco plant on Tuesday March 13th .  The tour was arranged by member Pete Tomalin who was with Alcoa for 337 years.  For details of the field trip, click on Tour.

 

·         There is a fly-in to the Apache Gold Casino in Globe scheduled for March 29th.  Contact Dick Vaughn for details 895-2691 or email DickSLAC@wbhsi.net. If you wish to sign up for this fly-in.

Meet at the Jim Cunningham Pilot Briefing Room at the Chandler Airport Terminal Building at 9:30 am  Departure by 10 a.m. or earlier.  The Globe Airport is a short walk across the freeway from the Casino.  1.5 Hours of gaming.  Lunch at the Casino about 12:30 p.m. and back to gaming or other pursuits such as friendly conversations, etc.  Depart approximately 2:30 p.m. for a 3:00 pm arrival at the Chandler Airport.  Costs will be determined later, however Globe is not far and the cost should be minimal. 

 

 

2007 Dues are due and payable and will become delinquent on April 1st Click on www.sunlakesaeroclub.org , open the Roster and scroll down to your name.  If you have not yet paid your dues, please arrange to pay at the next meeting (April 18th) or send a check for $10, payable to SLAC to Ben Thompson, Treasurer at 9704 E. Tranquility Way – Sun Lakes, AZ 85248

 

Minutes of the February 20, 2007 Board meeting are available on the website www.sunlakesaeroclub.org .
Click on Board Minutes and enter Password

The Board is soliciting a new Secretary for the club.  The duties involve recording and preparing the Board Minutes, maintaining the Roster of Members. and preparing notices of meeting.  The Roster uses the Microsoft Excel program.  If you would like to learn to use this exciting program, now is the time to volunteer.   As Secretary you would become a member of the Board.  If anyone is interested in this position, please contact Bob Walch, President at 480-895-8869 or email BobWalch@MSN.com.