On January 31,
2003 the Annual Dinner Meeting was held at the Fleming Restaurant in 
Pinecrest. Our active
and interested Club members came together to elect the Board of Directors for
2003, enjoy dinner, and see and hear Mike Handrahan speak about SATS (small
aircraft transportation system) and its implementation at TMB...In his
discussion and power point presentation Mike described this “ highway in the
sky “ to the audience...and many expressed interest.......
President Fred Schlafly conducted the Meeting.. the Cruise Directors,Sue Bodley and Bobbi
Lichtiger spoke about the upcoming Calendar of
events, Walt Orth, the Treasurer
shared that the Club is financially sound and at the end of December we had 57
memberships listed and Dave Bodley spoke about the Club now being incorporated.
The By-Laws for the Club were voted on
and the final vote was 25 for, and 2 abstentions. The By-Laws were passed.
Thank you to those Club
members who contributed door prizes and congratulations to the members who won:
Yale Mosk for a Biplane ride
won by Dave Wampole, Fred Schlafly for
a Flight Review won by Laurie Householder,
Paul
to Wings Over Miami won
by Jim McLellan, an oil change at JV
Air won by
Elections were also held and
congratulations are extended to the
newly elected Board members for 2003:
President: Monte Lichtiger, Vice –President: Yale Mosk, Secretary: Sheila
Bennett in a joint effort with other Club members, Treasurer: Walt Orth, Past President: Fred Schlafly, Cruise
Directors: Sue Bodley and Bobbi Lichtiger, Newsletter Editor: Wendy G. Smith,
Directors-at-Large: Dave Wampole and
Roy Schecter..
Our newly elected
President Monte Lichtiger concluded the
meeting by saying “This is a social
club.. take advantage.. your
dues will go back to you.” See pictures of our annual dinner at: http://tamiamiaeroclub.org/0301annualdinner/index.html.
Activities, camaraderie, and interesting places to
see and learn about is what makes
this such an interesting, fun, and
dynamic CLUB... The fly-in to visit the Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institution, in conjunction with the Florida Goldcoast chapter of the 99s,
on January 19th, 2003 was a chance to see one of the world’s leading
oceanographic organizations. Club
members came by land, air, but not sea to visit the 600 acres campus, founded in the early 70’s, located along the Indian River Lagoon.
Traveling by buses the group got a chance to see the mini-submersibles, the
Aquaculture pavilion, Lazarus( a 5 month old dolphin being nursed back to
health after being found when he was just a month old) and other features....
After lunch the group had a
chance to tour the Indian River Lagoon on a pontoon boat to see the wildlife.
Pods of dolphins recognizing the sounds of the boat swam alongside, Bob the
Audobuon Wildlife Warden really must pay these animals a lot of money because
they stayed for a while and gave everyone a chance to see Nature at her best.
It was a gorgeous, “cool” day for the
activity and for flying . It was a little bit hectic and time consuming flying
in and out of this “ Metropolitan” Port
St. Lucie Airport.......but we gave the tower controllers good practice.......... See pictures of
fly-out to Harbor Branch at: http://tamiamiaeroclub.org/030119HarborBranch/index.html
If you are going flying any
time and want to create a mini fly-in just e-mail your fellow Club members and
let them know of your plans. You can
have some company in your plane or at the destination............
The future activities that
have been planned by the Cruise Directors are really a varied representation
of the wonderful things to do in and
around this Sunshine State...take advantage, get involved, meet new people, log
some hours, and just have some plain FUN.....put the dates in your calendar but
be sure to let either Sue Bodley (305)
385-1958 or sue@bodley.net or Bobbi
Lichtiger (305) 444-3458 or bltiger@bellsouthh.net know your intentions........
March 23, 2003 River Ranch
at Lake Wales and March 29-30,
2003...The Marathon Seafood Festival and
April 26, 2003...Weeki
Wachee.
Other activities are being
sponsored by other groups and those activities are also open to our Club
members.
Our next Board meeting
will be held at Reliance Air on Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 6:30pm. Please
join us..all members are invited to be involved. Please let President Monte
Lichtiger know you’re coming..(305)
444-3458.
SAVE THE DATES!!
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March 16, 2003 |
Fantasy of Flight Fly-In Sponsored by Florida Pilot Association |
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March 23, 2003 |
River Ranch-Lake Wales |
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March 29-30, 2003 |
Marathon Seafood Festival |
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April 2-8, 2003 |
Sun N' Fun |
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April 26, 2003 |
Weeki Wachee |
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May 3-4, 2003 |
Air and Sea Show Ft. Lauderdale Beach |
Until next time, fly safely.
Wendy G. Smith