NEWSLETTER FOR OUR MEMBERS
September 30,
2007
The next monthly meeting of SLAC
Wednesday October 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts room at Phase
1
Follow the signs
Former members are encouraged
to attend and hopefully rejoin SLAC.
Wear your name
tag or $1 Fine.
SLAC Website:
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New Members:
1. John
Schwamm – Owns four planes. Three of
them are based at his winter home at the Carefree Airport - Click on John
Schwamm to view a brief bio and photos of his planes.
2. Jon
Melby – Wife Anna - 480-212-9791 –Jon is an aerobatic pilot who owns a Pitts
S-1-11B at CHD. Jon flys in many air
shows around the country. You may wish
to attend some of them. His schedule
and much more information about Jon is on his website at www.jonmelby.com
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October 1st
Publicity Article by Gary Vacin, Publicity Director. This article is published in the Sun Lakes Splash, and the
Scottsdale Aviation/Business News. It was
submitted to the Pacific Flyer and the San Tan News. Publicity
October 1, 2007
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If you wish to email another
SLAC member, open our website .
open the Roster and click on the members email address. These email addresses are being kept current
Planning
Calendar: By: Al Galvi (Details
below)
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Hi SLAC Members,
We look forward to seeing you should you like to and be able to join us!
For your calendar planning, a summary of the October Activities are as follows:
1. Saturday October 13th Exhibit at the San Tan Ballroom
2. Wednesday October 17th General member meeting
3. Tuesday October 23rd Group Fly-in to Prescott
Programs:
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Elton Dyal, Program Director – 480-895-1160 or email N9588Q@cox.net
1.
Speaker for
Wednesday October 17th:
Member Tom Malthaner will entertain us with his
vast knowledge of the history of World War II.
He will relate some of the causes leading to the war and relate in
chronological order some events, known & unknown to most, that occurred
after September 1, 1939. You may view
Tom’s profile and photo on our website at Tom Malthaner
Profile (His photo takes awhile to
download).
2.
Speaker for
November 21st:
Lt Col Edward H. (Ned) Linch III will speak to us
about his experiences during a tour of duty in Iraq. This may be very timely considering Congress’s vacillation on
continuing the struggle in Iraq. You
may recall that Col Linch spoke to us at the May 16th meeting. He covered “See and Avoid” which was very
interesting and timely.
Activities:
Dick Vaughn,
Activities Director –480-895-2691 or e-mail dickslac@wbhsi.net
Fly-ins
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Dick is planning a fly-in to Prescott,
AZ on Tuesday October 23rd to visit the new Lockheed Flight Service
Station. 9:00 a.m. arrival at the
Prescott Airport with a group luncheon being planned. We are encouraging pilots to participate. Member passengers may be accommodated as
space may permit. Details to follow.
The major
components of Lockheed's FS21 system
"Flight Service 21" (FS21) will consist of hubs located in
Fort Worth, Texas; Leesburg, Virginia; and Prescott, Arizona. All three hubs
went into operational testing mode in January 2007.
All the FS21 facilities will be tied together in a super network,
sharing a common database. Every briefer will have access to all information.
FUTURE FLY-IN CONSIDERATIONS
USS Midway Aircraft Carrier & Museum –
This Fly-In has been cancelled twice due to weather conditions,
and will be reviewed for a future Fly-In, probably in the Spring of 2008. This destination ranked 1st on a
survey of members. Member Jim
Cunningham was based on the Midway and has offered to guide our group. He said he probably knows more than they
tell you on the tape.
SLAC TO EXHIBIT AT THE COTTONWOOD PALO VERDE ANNUAL OPEN
HOUSE
SAN TAN BALLROOM
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Saturday
October 13TH 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
SLAC
will be displaying a series of military, general aviation and commercial plane
models. We are there to greet
prospective new members and any of you that may wish to drop in.
The SLAC Board meets on Tuesday October 16, 2007 at
the Sun Lakes Country Club in Phase 1 at 9:30 a.m. in the Card Room in the
Recreation Center. You are cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
For information on the Sun Lakes Aero Club go to the
website: www.sunlakesaeroclub.org
480-895-0572