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Saturday Program Downsized from Boeing 747 to Lear 60

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We had planned on having two pilots who fly the Boeing 747 Global SuperTanker come and speak to us this coming Saturday for our BBQ Lunch and a Program event.

Unfortunately for us, but probably not so much for the State of California, the two pilots and the 747 tanker have been released, probably for the season, by CalFire and the pilots have headed home. Thus, no Boeing 747 Global SuperTanker program.

As a fill in, Scott will present a program on flying the Lear 60. Not quite so impressive, but it should be of some interest to to those who might not have had the opportunity to fly a nice high-performance corporate jet. So come on out anyways…the food will be good and the hangar flying uplifting.

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Saturday, October 13th: BBQ Lunch and Program: Boeing 747 Global SuperTanker pilot presentation (BBQ Lunch)

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On Saturday 13th, we’ll be having a barbecue lunch from 11:00 – 12:00.

At 12:00 we will have a program presented two pilots who fly the Boeing 747 air tanker for Global Super Tankers. The giant air tanker is currently based at McClellan for use against northern California wild fires. It is capable of carrying nearly 20,000 of fire retardant or water per load. Join pilots Tom Parsons and Marcos Valdez as they present on their very specialized airplane and mission.

Just a note: because of the nature of their mission, there is the chance that this presentation will be postponed if they are off fighting fires instead of eating BBQ lunches.

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Rocky Green has gone West

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It is with great sadness that we were told that Rocky Green, former Army helicopter pilot, CFI, President of the LRAA , EAA1541 member and friend to many in the aviation community has passed away shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Rocky’s funeral is set for Saturday October 6th at 13:00 at Lincoln Funeral Home, 406 H St. Lincoln Ca. A reception will be immediately following in the same building.

The October board meeting is on Wednesday 3rd

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The October Board of Directors meeting takes place on Wednesday 3rd. It will be at the House of Pizza, 2270 Nicolaus Rd., Lincoln… dinner at 18:00, meeting at 18:30. All members are invited.

Agenda
18:00: Eat if desired
18:30: Meeting Start

  1. Financial Report/Membership Report/Minutes (Jim)
    • Update on membership roll and status of overdue dues
  2. Upcoming Calendar Review (Scott)
  3. Old Business
    • Young Eagles Rally set for October 6: update by Cheryl
      • 75 Young Eagles, 10 pilots
      • Ground crew: ROTC volunteers
      • Organization
    • Update on Hangar Work: update from Darren/Ruben
      • Hangar door insulation: nearly completed
      • Audio Video: screen and speakers mounted; next?
      • Chair rack
      • Electrical and other completion items
      • Fire extinguishers
      • White board: available and useful
    • Scholarship Program: update from Erika
      • Update on what has been decided
      • Air Academy sponsorships
      • Website updates, flyers for YE Rally
    • Airport entrance sign: update from John
      • Delivered to city for installation
    • T-shirts, polo shirts, caps
    • Discussion of Holiday Party for Wednesday, December 12
      • Silent auction vs. raffle
      • Entertainment: Danny Hull has declined; alternatives, if any
      • Tickets
      • Organization and schedule
      • Master of Ceremonies
    • Volunteer needs: we have a bannermiester (Dick); we have a media coordinator (Dug); we still need a program director
    • Strategic Planning: still needed; on the back-burner
  4. New Business
    • Any new business?

20:30: Meeting over

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Tour Opportunity: Boeing 747 Global Super Tanker Tour at McClellan on Saturday, 9/29/18 at 13:00

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As a chapter we have the opportunity to receive a personalized tour of the Boeing 747 Global Super Tanker that is currently based at the McClellan Jet Center. One of the air tanker’s pilots has offered us this opportunity to get a close look at this huge air tanker, inside and out, used around the world to fight forest and range fires. We can take up to twelve people on the tour. The plan would be to meet at the McClellan Jet Center on Saturday, September 29 at 13:00 for about a 90 minute tour with one of the pilots. We’re looking for a firm commitment so check your schedules and respond if you can commit to participating. This needs to be one of those aged 10 and older things for the tour.

We’ll take the first twelve responses but, again, please make sure you can go if you say you can. Car pooling opportunities abound and maybe a common lunch stop first, but we will figure that out after we have a list of attendees.

We will also have a presentation by pilots of this tanker at our Saturday, October 13, BBQ Lunch.

Because this is an operational air tanker, there is always the chance that it will be activated and/or dispatched out of the area prior to our tour, in which case the tour will be postponed or canceled.

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Call for volunteers for the Young Eagles rally on October 6th

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Our chapter’s next Young Eagles Rally will be held on Saturday, October 6th. We’re expecting 75 kids to fly, and currently have 7 pilots.

Pilots, go here. Use the event code”1541″ to register.

If you signed up for our prior event, the sign up process is very quick.

This is a “private” event for pilot signup, thus the required code input. You will create an account with Flight Squid with your own password, which you will want to remember.

You will need to have your EAA member number to complete the sign up process, and it will also ask you to enter aircraft information. You will only need to do this once. Presuming we have future Young Eagle events and you participate, then that information will be automatically be entered when you register for those events.

If your plans change, it is a simple process for you to log in again and delete your registration for any event.

If you have not yet completed the process to be a Young Eagles pilot (application to EAA HQ and complete brief training and background check) or you are out of date (more than three years since completion), then you’ll need to complete that process before signing up on Flight Squid.

Volunteers – we need Young Eagle Ground Support (primarily helping Young Eagles to and from the airplane, providing ramp control, and ensuring ramp safety):

We have need for other event helpers too:

  • Welcome table for registration and check-in
  • Aircraft dispatchers to match pilots/Young Eagles
  • Chapter information table
  • Chapter members to answer questions and meet new friends
  • Other stuff we are working on

If you’d like to volunteer for any of these positions in a future event, please click here to email our Young Eagles Coordinator.

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