TAMIAMI
AEROCLUB
February
2002
NEWS FLYER
Wendy G. Smith, Editor
Phone/Fax (305) 255-6560
TAC Web Page http://sfla.net/tac/
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President:
Fred Schlafly Vice-President: Yale Mosk Treasurer: Walt Orth
Secretary: Sheila Bennett Co-Cruise Directors:
Bobbi Lichtiger & Sue Bodley
Directors: Paul M. Stutsman, Dave Wampole, and Charles Clements
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We start this year with a
newly elected Board. Congratulations to the following people:
President: Fred
Schlafly Vice President:
Yale Mosk Treasurer:
Walt Orth
Secretary: Sheila Bennett Cruise Directors: Sue Bodley
and Bobbi Lichtiger
Directors At Large:
Charles Clements and Dave Wampole Director-Past
President: Paul Stutsman
The election was held at the Annual Dinner and Business Meeting on
January 25th, 2002 at the
University of Miami Faculty Club. Forty-five people were in attendance and
they all appeared to enjoy the food, libations, and camaraderie. The piano
player, during the cocktail hour, added a
“touch of class” to the evening.
Speaking of class, a very
interesting and entertaining presentation
was made by Mr. Larry Wilson,
Support Manager of the MIA Control Tower.
Some of the topics he spoke about were the history of MIA, current
safety issues affecting the airport, capital improvements going on at MIA,
general aviation, and a display of
aviation cartoons and jokes. He emphasized that the primary goal of the airport
is to put airplanes in the air and that communication was the key to accomplish
this. And “communicate” he did, extremely well. And the tradition of door prizes
continued. Congratulations go to the following persons and a thank you is
extended to those people making the donations:
Tamiami AeroClub Membership for 2002.............................................................Fran
Sargent
Flight
Physical(donated by Dr. Fred Furgang)......................................................Todd
Wiener
CJ6 Flight
(donated by Sam Sax).............................................................................Bobbi
Lichtiger
Yak
Flight(donated by Fred Schlafly).....................................................................Cheryl
Aranaga
Great Lakes
Biplane Flight(donated by Yale Mosk)..............................................Doug
Barnes
Family membership to Wings Over Miami (donated by Paul Stutsman).......... Jack Goldsworth
T-6 Flight
(donated by Walt Orth)..........................................................................Nick
Burger
Airplane Bank
(donated by Bobbi and Monte Lichtiger)....................................Raimund
Ege
And last but not
least......TAC T-shirts.................................................................Judi
Goldsworth,
Chuck Lebow, Fara Sax, Randy
Davis, Yale Mosk.
Our Cruise Directors, Bobbi Lichtiger and Sue Bodley continue to be busy planning wonderful activities
for all members and friends of members
to participate in. So get your calendars out and jot these dates down so you
don’t plan anything else or forget.
Other aviation activities of interest to our members are also
listed.
This year started out with the fly-out to Key West, January 12-13th. A few members joined the list of conchers!!
A fantastic, fun time was had by those who went. Key West always seems to be a
destination that really is liked. No
wonder so many foreigners travel there and we have it in our backyard!
Fly- out Sunday, February 10, 2002 toVenice (VNC) for lunch at Sharky’s
on the pier was cancelled due to weather. Breakfast at KC Kagney’s was the
alternate destination. The fly-out has been reschelduled to Sunday, February
24, 2002 ETA is 1100 hours at Huffman
Aviation. Please RSVP to Sue Bodley at Sue@Bodley.net or 305-385-1958.
Members will be busy February 14th-17th,
2002 as B-17 and B24 Collings Foundation Bombers will visit the Wings Over
Miami Museum. Formation flights, displays and other activities are planned. For
more information check out: wingsovermiami.com.
A terrific trip is planned to the Babcock Wilderness Adventure on
March 16th. Reservations are a must for this day. A barbeque lunch is
planned plus other activities to choose from, including a swamp buggy ride and
bike ride. It will be $26.00 per person and more information will be
forthcoming. So be on the lookout for this fly-out. It is not an overnight
adventure.
April 7th through the 13th will be Sun ‘N Fun.
On April 20th (Saturday) a fly-out to Everglades City for lunch is
scheduled.
The Ft. Lauderdale Beach Air and Sea Show will take place May 4th-5th.
The month of May concludes with the fly-out to Walkers Cay,
Bahamas May 31-June 2, 2002. The cost will be $243.00 per person to include 2 nights,
with breakfasts, dinners, all taxes, fees, and gratuities.
June 11th-17th will be the Cayman Caravan for those who
love the islands.
On Saturday, June 22nd a fly-out to Sebring is planned.
We encourage everyone to come out and join each other in taking
part in these activities. If for some reason, you are without your bird, let
our Cruise Directors know and they may be able to assist you in flying with
somebody else.
Please remember that all members are invited to the monthly board of directors
meetings. The next meeting will be held Monday, March 11, 2002 at 1830 hours at
Reliance Aviation.
If you would like to have any
information or articles of interest
to our members included in future editions of our Newsletter, please let
me know.
Visit our web site at: www. sfla.net/tac
Until next time, fly safely....
Wendy G. Smith
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