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Vol. 57, No. 2 Official SILVER WINGS FRATERNITY Newsletter April - June, 2014Copyright © 2014 Silver Wings Fraternity Aviation Scholarship Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved Sun ‘n Fun Issue
Join us at our2014 Annual
Convention/ReunionMark your calendar for
October 2-4, and make plans to join us in Pensacola, FL for an exciting Convention/ Reunion.
We have put together a greatpackage of fun activities and guest speakers, including a tourof the National Naval Avia-tion Museum with its IMAX movies.
A Convention Brochure and Registration Form are included in this issue, and also available for downloading on our web site.
We hope to see you there!
Sun ‘n Fun 2014 SoarsThe 40th Annual Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In & Expo was held
April 1-6, 2014, and staff and volunteers offered Southern Hospitality to an estimated 225,000 guests, airshow performers, exhibitors, students, and others. The top three states in attendance were Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina, and the top three foreign countries were Brazil, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Foreign visitors represented 10% of the traffic from all 50 of the United States, 2 US Territories, and an estimated 77 foreign countries. More than 530 media professionals were credentialed from 17 countries.
About 3,200 volunteers are directly responsible for the design and im-plementation of the Fly-In event. Aircraft arrival and departure, daily and evening air shows, food service, camping, exhibits, hospitality, entertain-ment, clean-up, security, and even emergency responses were handled with ease under sunny skies and, most importantly, only two aircraft inci-dents were reported. A VariEze suffered a gear collapse, and the brakes on a Steen Skybolt locked up on landing causing it to tip on its nose.
Lakeland Linder Regional Airport recorded more than 9,000 take-offs and landings, not counting several hundred per day in the improved ultralight/light plane area, Paradise City. A majority of the 489 exhibitors renting 709 spaces presented new aviation products and services.
Seabirds flocked to Lake Agnes at Fantasy of Flight as more than 70 pilots performed and/or competed at the 22nd Annual Splash-In. The Seaplane Pilots Association handled the planning, promotion, and man-agement of the event.
A new learning environment created on the Sun ‘n Fun campus was unveiled in 2014. Introduced as the Aerospace Center for Excellence, the new STEM education facilities with classroom extensions
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MISSION STATEMENT& PURPOSE
A charitable and educationalnot-for-profit membership
organization of pilots who soloeda powered aircraft more than
25 years ago, newer pilots, andothers with a genuine interestin aviation, who endeavor toadvance aviation science and
career opportunities, andprovide educational
scholarships in aviation.
WAYPOINTSPage 2 - Officer’s Columns,
Peter Hunt’s RV-6
Page 3 - Member NOTAM’s,Directors, Officers & Staff
Page 4 - Sun ‘n Fun Coverage (cont.)
Page 5 - News That’s Fit to Fly
Page 6 - Convention Information
Page 7 - Convention Registration Form
Page 8 - Member Author Mike Paull,News That’s Fit to Fly
Page 9 - ChickenWings & Creators
Page 10 - Membership Information, Chapter/Meeting List, Humor
Page 11 - Last Flights - Remembering
Page 12 - Our Important Holidays
Secretary’s Column
Robert "Bob" KronePresident’s Column
Walter R. Baker SZ
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Treasurer’s Column
Thomas K. Menefee L
Greetings again,and to all themembers I had achance to meet atthe recent Sun ‘nFun Fly-In. Forthe past decade atleast, we brokerecords for thenumber of newmembers signed up and for renew-als. In approximate numbers, we signed up about 65 new members ofwhich 30 were individuals, 22 as couples, and 12 Associate members.We also renewed about 55 member-ships. We appreciate your continuedsupport of this fine organization, and we enjoy your continued cama-raderie and friendship.
While in Lakeland, we held a Board of Directors working-lunch meeting on April 4, 2014 at a local restaurant. A briefrecap of the minutes:
Vice President Julian Scott presid-ed in the absence ofPresident WalterBaker who had anexcused absence.Parliamentarian James Rhinehardtassisted VP Scott inthe proceedings.
Under Old Busi-ness, the organiza-tion’s corporateresidence has been changed from Pennsylvania to Florida. The name of the new corporation is Silver Wings Fraternity Aviation Schol-arship Foundation, Inc., and the fictitious name continues to be Silver Wings Fraternity.
A new set of bylaws and similar
documents are under legal review by a very accomplished non-profit attorney. These services are being provided pro-bono by this attorney and the firm, which saves us con-siderable resources, and we greatly appreciate their assistance.
We will soon be submitting an application for our 501(c)3 status tothe Internal Revenue Service. Treasurer Tom Menefee gave a fin-ancial report, and the latest numbersare printed below.
Director James McCarthy re-ported that a donation of $2,000 had been received from the estate ofLindy Boyes, a long-time Active Member who passed away last year.Per her wishes, this generous gift was split evenly between our two accounts, the general operating fund and the scholarship fund.
New Business: The Board voted to hold the 2014 Convention/Re-union in Pensacola, Florida, and Presi-dent Walter Baker has since made the arrangements. (See the Information and Registration pages inthis issue).
A motion passed that creates a staff position of Merch-andise Manager to more effectively
offer SWF Insignia & Logo Items to our members.
Our next Board of Directors meeting will take place at the Convention/Reunion in October. We hope to see you there.
Best wishes, Bob
Treasurer’s Report (as of May 24, 2014)Current Assets: $16,582.68 Current Liabilities: $0
Aviation Scholarship Program Fund: $2,603.33
It was anothergreat year for usat the annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland,Florida, and itwas warm withno rain.
The militaryjets were flyingagain this year after standing down last year, and we enjoyed the US Navy Blue Angels and the US Air Force F-22 demonstration flights. There was of course, a full comple-ment of other high performance aerobatics to thrill the crowds. There seemed to be more displays and vendors this year than last year.
As they do every year, the Flor-ida Gulf Coast Chapter operated our Hospitality Cottage, and we very much appreciate all of the Volunteer Members who worked before and during the event. See our coverage of Sun ‘n Fun 2014 inthis issue. If you have never attend-ed, or haven’t for awhile, you should plan on coming next year. The dates are April 21-26, 2015. We look forward to seeing you.
Our 2014 Annual Convention/ Reunion occurs over October 2-4 in sunny Pensacola, Florida. Look for the Convention Information and Registration Form in this issue. It is also available for down-load from our website.
We will visit one of our nation’s aviation treasures, the National Naval Aviation Museum on NAS Pensacola, which preserves our naval aviation heritage and memor-ies, and honor those aircrews and sailors that risked their lives fight-ing for our freedoms. We will also visit their National Flight Acad-
emy which inspires young people and adults in a variety of educa-tional programs. We are also lining up some excellent aviation and NASA speakers for our lunches and banquet dinner, subject to availability and scheduling.
The annual Membership Meeting and Board Meeting will also take place at the Convention, and all members are invited to attend. All ‘Active’ and ‘Life’ members attending are eligible to vote on any matters presented. If you have never been to one of our Conventions in the past, plan to make this one.
An important bit of business at the Convention is the election of Directors to three-year terms. As you can see on the Director’s List on the next page, we have three seats expiring this year. Of course, the incumbents may choose to run for another term. The four elected National Officers are selected from among the seven members of the Board of Directors to serve in annual terms of office.
I would like to invite any mem-ber to nominate an eligible mem-ber, including themselves, for a seat. The Director’s Nomination Form may be downloaded from our website, or we can send the form via USPS to any member requesting it.
A reminder that our Directors and Staff Members are always eager to hear from you. Please con-tact any of us with your thoughts, opinions, and suggestions.
Finally, I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Summerseason.
Blue Skies! Walt
We signed up about 65 new members of which 30 were indiv-iduals, 11 couples, and 12 Associate members. We also renewed about 55 memberships. We appreciate your continued support of this fine organiz-ation, and we enjoy your continued camaraderie and friendship.
Dr. Peter Hunt (right) of Clear- water, Florida gives some tips and advice to Bill Johnston while looking over Peter’s multi-award- winning Van’s Aircraft RV-6.
It took home the Best Metal Homebuilt award at the recent Sun ‘n Fun 2014. Peter built it in 2005 in his living room. Bill is currently building an RV-7 in his garage. (Photo by Elwood P. Dinglethorpe)
Silver Wings FraternityAviation Scholarship
Foundation, Inc.Board of Directors, Officers & Staff
Five-Member Executive Committee[Director’s terms expire in October of]
President Walter R. Baker (Sue) [2015]
Telephone [email protected]
Vice President Julian H. Scott [2014]
Secretary Robert E. Krone (Judith) [2015]
Treasurer Thomas K. Menefee (Connie) [2014]
Telephone [email protected]
Immediate Past President James F. McCarthy (Joan) [2014]
Additional Directors Dennis C. DeStefano (Judy) [2016]
H. Gilly Smith [2016][email protected]
Appointed Staff
Chaplain Ray F. Bell
Parliamentarian Editor/Publisher & Webmaster
James Rhinehardt [email protected]
Building Manager James Porter, PE
Please Mail All Correspondence to:Post Office Box 1694, Oldsmar, FL 34677-1694
SWF Founder & President EmeritusRussell James Brinkley ~ 1906-1992
Harrisburg, PA ~ Barnstormer, Flight Instructor, Airshow Announcer
SWF Co-FoundersHarry Raleigh Davis ~ 1920-2000Stratford, CT ~ ATP Captain, Trans World Airlines
Walter Harvey, Jr. ~ ?-?Harrisburg, PA ~ Flight Examiner, Control Tower Operator
John E. Hickey ~ 1890-1970Ashland, IL ~ Barnstormer, WWI Army Aviator, Airline Pilot
Edwin Lyons ~ 1910-1991West Hempstead, NY ~ Airline Transport Pilot, Airport Manager
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Member NOTAM’sEnsign Dalton Reports for Duty
You may remember from previous Slipstream issues that the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter sup-ported Matthew Dalton, an outstanding young man from Clearwater, Florida by helping send him to the Advanced Air Academy at the EAA Headquarters in Oshkosh, WI for one week. He was an Eagle Scout, and he excelled in varsity cross-country and track. He was also President ofhis local Aviation Explorer’s group.
We are pleased to announce that he graduated this month in the 2014 Class of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and is on his way to achieving his goal of servinghis country as a Naval Aviator. In his first year there, he had the honor of scaling the 21-foot Herndon Monument, a granite obelisk that’s covered with lard. The object is to use teamwork to help one lucky plebe reach the pointy top, remove a plebe’s “Dixie cup” hat and replace it with a midshipman’s cap.
Pictured is Ensign Dalton with his mother Debbie, at the recent commencement ceremony.
Sleep Apnea Policy Revised - AgainUnder a draft policy revision, the FAA has
made a small but significant change to its contro-versial sleep apnea policy that has angered some overweight pilots. Pilots whose Aviation MedicalExaminer says they are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) would be granted a medical certificate on the spot, assuming they were other-wise qualified. However, they would have to undergo OSA screening by a qualifying doctor, including their primary care physician, followingcommon evaluation protocols, within 90 days.
Under the original FAA policy announced in
November 2013, any pilot with a body mass index (BMI) over 40 would have been denied a medical certificate until successfully completing the screening. Incidentally, Dr. Fred Tilton, the Federal Air Surgeon who first imposed the policy, retired in January of this year.
FMI: http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/ news_story.cfm?newsid=15994
Master CFI Lou WipotnikActive Member Ludwig J. “Lou” Wipotnik,
and Illinois Chapter member, is a 9-time Masterand SAFE member, and he recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. He is an independent Chicago-area flight and ground instructor at Chicago Executive Airport (PWK). The 1996 National CFI of the Year, and a holder of a FAAWright Brothers Master Pilot award, he is alsoa FAASTeam representative in the DuPage FSDO area, and serves in the Civil Air Patrol’s Illinois Wing. If you need a great instructor, contact Lou at [email protected].
ATC Tower ManiaIf you have an eye toward architectural design,
you will appreciate this collection of unique Air Traffic Control towers. Some look like toy mon-sters, salt shakers, or prison guard towers.
There’s even one with a waterpark slide. Visit http://gizmodo.com/31-air-traffic-control-towers-with-surprising-charm-1581978574.
Sun ‘n Fun Coverage (continued)
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(continued from Page 1)welcomed commercial, aviation, student and spectator communities. A
Boeing 727 donated by FedEx that is becoming a live classroom was available for walk-throughs. CAP and AFJROTC cadets from Sun ‘n Fun’s Central Florida Aerospace Academy were on hand to welcome JetBlue as an education partner when they arrived from New York City with 165 students and teachers (and a check for $25,000 to augment the Polk State College A&P program on the Sun ‘n Fun campus).
The annual Fly-In is the major fund-raising event of the year. All pro-ceeds are used to support STEM education programs offered year-round. In excess of 7,000 students of all ages attended forums and workshops conducted by volunteers. Nearly 3,100 guests participated in hands-on learning experiences at 60 worksites. More than 800 students from Polk and neighboring counties listened to members of the Blue Angels discusstheir training and professions. Speakers included pilots, mechanics, and team doctors. A commitment to excellence was reinforced as students were encouraged to soar to new heights in their career goals. Over 300 job-seekers participated in Sun ‘n Fun’s first aviation job fair.
“Pick your cliche, we hit it out of the park, hit a home run” said John “Lites” Leenhouts, president of Sun ‘n Fun, “we anticipated good, but didn’t expect awesome.” He reported a through-the-gate count of about 225,000 for the six days of the event. That’s up from about 170,000 last year. “We ran out of wrist bands on both Friday and Saturday,” noted Lites. The vendors and exhibitors also appeared happy. Sporty’s Pilot Shop President Mike Wolf said they saw increased traffic.
Crowds were thrilled by the sights and sounds of the US Navy’s Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, the US Air Force’s F-22
Raptor, and the many exciting aerobatic performances.On the Saturday before the event, 36 Members came to our clubhouse
to clean and prepare it for the week ahead. Volunteer Chairman James Rhinehardt had the pleasure of working with about 50 dedicated mem-bers during Sun ‘n Fun who volunteered to staff it for the benefit and enjoyment of all our Members from around the US and several foreign countries. He wants to thank all the Volunteers for their assistance in making everything run smooth, including his Co-Chairmen Hal Beauch-esne and Bill Johnston. We don’t have space to name them all, but their time, efforts, kindnesses, and donations is greatly appreciated.
They prepared and served the lunches and cleaned up afterward, gave rides in the golf carts, greeted members and visitors, processed the paper-work, and much more. They are all members of the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, which is the host for the event, and they are also ambassadors of Sun ‘n Fun. The Central Florida Aerospace Academy even lent us Jacob, a high school junior, and we had him paint a runway on our front walk in keeping with our FBO theme. Again this year, Sun ‘n Fun loaned us the Stits Playmate from the Florida Air Museum collection to help decorate the clubhouse, and we thank President Leenhouts for his assist-ance, and the museum volunteers for moving it.
We appreciate the donation of the delicious coffee and supplies by the Flying High Coffee Company (flyinghighcoffee.com) and Rob Riggen,company president, which was enjoyed by all.
Finally, we want to say a big thanks to Ray Bell, Charles Boyle, Don & Peg Davidson, Henry Hall, Jr., Les Long, and several other Mem-bers for their generous donations that help keep the prop spinning.
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Billy Henderson, Founder of Sun ‘n Fun and SWF Honorary Member, speaks with Audra Hoy andJohn Leenhouts, president of Sun ‘n Fun, on the Airshow Announcer Stand. Audra is the grand-daughter of the late EAA Founder Paul Poberezny, and is currently Chapter Relations Manager atWomen In Aviation, International.
Volunteer Aircraft Marshallers handled traffic of all sizes during Sun ‘n Fun 2014.
A Heritage Flight is always a wonderful sight to behold. From the top, a US Air Force F-22 Raptor, a stealth air superiority fighter built by Lockheed Martin;a World War II North American Aviation P-51D converted to a TF-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse” dual-seat trainer operated by theStallion 51 Corp. of Kissimmee, FL; and the World War II Lock-heed P-38F Lightning “Glacier Girl” rescued from the Greenlandice, and owned and operated by an Texas oil company executive.
Sun ‘n Fun President John Leenhouts welcomes Florida Governor Richard “Rick” Scott inthe Florida Air Museum to showcase the significant economic impact offered to the State.Scott earned a Private Pilot/ASEL license nine years ago, but is currently inactive.A
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Active Member Don Morris (right) of St. Petersburg, Florida, afterreceiving the Chairman’s Award for 40 years of volunteer service,including leading the school tours, in front of the Convair Sea Dart.
Fly Your Name to an Asteroid!NASA is inviting you to submit your name to be etched on a microchip aboard an unmanned spacecraft headed to the Asteroid Bennu in 2016. The “Messages to Bennu!” micro-chip will travel round-trip aboard the Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Ex-plorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. The robotic mission will spend two years at the 1,760-foot wide asteroid. It will coll-ect a sample of the surface and return it to Earth along with the all the names in a sample return capsule. A copy of the names will also be placed on the spacecraft, which will re-main in space. The deadline to submit your name online at www.planetary.org/bennu is September 30, 2014. After that, you will be able to download and print a certificate documenting your participation. Participants who “follow” the mission on FaceBook will receive updates on the loca-
tion of their name in space fromlaunch time until the samples returnto Earth in 2023. The mission goalis to address basic questions aboutthe composition of the early solarsystem, the source of organic mat-erials and water that made life pos-sible on Earth, and to better predictthe orbits of asteroids that representcollision threats to Earth. The Univ.of Arizona leads the mission,NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center provides project man-agement, and Lockheed Martin built the sampling mechan-ism and spacecraft. The Planetary Society is collaborating onefforts to further engagethe public in the mission.
At the W4S Amateur Radio Station outside the Florida Air Museum, Associate MemberBob Flynn of Florida, WA4OAB (standing) works with fellow Hams Randy Wildman ofLakeland, AE4RW (from left), Jim Riverside of Michigan, K8ABS and Tom Ruhlmann ofWisconsin, W9IPR. They had about 650 exchanges with Ham radio operators from about 25different states including several international Hams, and about 25 Pilot/Ham walk-ups.
(Photo courtesy US Navy)
The Blue Angels lining up for anotherscreaming pass. To view many morephotos of Sun ‘n Fun 2014, visitwww.facebook.com/SunNFunFlyIn
Air Force Pilot Helps in Airline EmergencyBy SSgt Jacob Morgan, 21st Space Wing Public Affairs :: May 30, 2014 :: Peterson AFB, CO (AFNS)
Most people think that during an emergency they would step up to the plate, act heroically and do what is required to save lives. Thinking one might rescue the day is a noble thought, but acting on those thoughts is what sets the nation’s heroes above noble thinkers.
“Every pilot thinks ‘what would I do if this all goes wrong’ on an aircraft they are not flying,” said Capt. Mark Gongol, a B-1B Lancer pilot at Fort Carson, Colorado. “As a professional courtesy, we all know the aircrew at civilian airlinesare extremely qualified, but being a pilot, I always have a heightened awareness when flying - however, I never thought I would be in the situation I was in.”
Gongol, his wife and daughter were on their way from Des Moines, Iowa, last December with 151 other passengers and six crew members. About 30 minutes into the flight, he noticed the engines power down to idle. Thoughts began jump-ing through his head. There were a variety of reasons why the engines would shutdown to idle, none of them categorized as normal. Slowly, the aircraft began to descend and turn right.
Over the public address system, a flight attendant asked if there was a doctor and any non-revenue pilots on board the plane. Immediately, Gongol realized a pilot was the patient, and he headed toward the flight deck. He saw four FA’s and two passenger nurses working on the captain, his eyes dilated, sweaty, clammy and disoriented. I was asked by the First Officer, ‘are you a pilot,’ which was quickly followed with ‘what do you fly,’” Gongol said.“I knew she was in a serious situation and that question gave her five seconds to judge if I would be useful. I also had about five seconds to asses her, ‘was she panicking, or was she OK to fly the aircraft?’ We both finished our silent assess-ments, she made the right judgment and told me to close the door and have a seat.” The FO said that he would be most useful to talk on the radios, back her upon the aircraft’s checklists and look for anything going wrong. Having been an aircraft commander, Gongol said he is used to making decisions, but he knew the
best way to get the aircraft downsafely was to play a support roleto the FO and make things asnormal as possible. “She wascalm, but you could tell she wasa little stressed - who wouldn’tbe,” Gongol said, “but she wasvery impressive.” He said therewere hundreds of issues the twotalked through on the aircraftwhile descending: cabin press-ure, approach, contact with ATC,visual cues, and programming of the autopilot were just a few.
At about 500 feet above the ground, the FO hand-flew the approach to a nor-mal touchdown. After landing, she turned to Gongol and asked if he knew where to taxi, since she had never been to the Omaha airport before. “Surprisingly, taxi-ing was the most stressful part of the day for her” Gongol said. “She had never taxied a 737 before and ATC had no idea the pilot was the reason for the emerg-ency. We had to make a quick decision that her switching to the captain’s seat andtaxiing the aircraft without the training was necessary to save the captain’s life.”
As the air stairs went down and the aircraft was shut down, Gongol and the first officer talked through the decisions they had just made. He assured her that every decision she made would be backed up by him, and that he would have taken the exact same actions had he been in her place.
Since the emergency, the captain of the aircraft is recovering well and contact-ed Gongol directly to thank him. “I saw nothing but the finest professionalism under pressure out of the flight attendants, the nurses and the FO,” Gongol said. “Everyone aboard the aircraft remained calm. There is no doubt in my mind this contributed, above all else, to our successful outcome. In my opinion, any military pilot would have done the exact same thing I did.”
2014 Annual Convention/Reunion* :: Oct. 2-4 :: Pensacola, Florida
Memo - Remarks - Questions:
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Proposed Convention Schedule* Wednesday, October 1 (Travel Day)
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Convention Registration/Sign-In in the Hospitality (Meeting) Room. Complimentaryhors d’oeuvres courtesy of Comfort Inn.
6:00 PM – ? Dinner on your own. (Members will meet at alocal eatery. You are welcome to join them!)
Thursday, October 2 (Tour)
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Board Trolley for the Naval Aviation Museum.9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tour Museum, Lunch with Guest Speaker #,
IMAX Movie, Return to Hotel.6:00 PM – ? Dinner on your own. (Members will meet at a
local eatery. You are welcome to join them!)
Friday, October 3 (Tour and Board Meeting)
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Board Trolley for National Flight Academy.10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Tour NFA, Lunch with Guest Speaker #,
Return to Hotel.2:30 PM – 5:30 PM National Board/Executive Committee Meet-
ing in the Meeting Room. Open to all Members.6:00 PM – ? Dinner on your own.
Saturday, October 4 (Member Meeting, Free Time & Banquet)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM General Membership Meeting in the Meeting Room. All Members should attend to vote on matters requiring membership vote. The meetingagenda will be provided no later than 30 days prior to the meeting.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Free Time to tour exciting Pensacola, or re-visitthe Naval Aviation Museum.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Convention Evening Banquet. Guest Speaker (TBD)#. Dress Nice.
Sunday, October 5 (Travel Day)
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Hospitality Room will be open for Good-Byes. Thank You for Coming and Have a Safe Trip Home.
* Schedule subject to change without prior notice. An authorized eventof the Silver Wings Fraternity Aviation Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
# Proposed Lunch and Banquet Guest Speakers are Aviation or Space Notables subject to availability and scheduling. Speaker List will be announced shortly before Convention.
Convention HotelWelcome to the Comfort Inn at 8080 North Davis Highway near theUniversity of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Rooms are NOTincluded in the Convention Registration Fee.
Call the Hotel Reservations Direct Number at 850-484-8070 andmention “Silver Wings Fraternity Reunion 2014” for a $81.00 room+ 11% tourist tax (1 King or 2 Queen beds). This rate is good for threedays before and three days after the Convention. Deadline date for thisrate is September 19, and cancellation date isSeptember 26. You cannot obtain this lower roomrate by booking online.
Your room includes a complimentary full hotMorning Breakfast. For complete information,please visit www.comfortinnensacola.com.
Convention Travel
AirlinesIf you are flying into Pensacola International Airport (PNS), please visitwww.flypensacola.com which is served by American Airlines, Delta Airlines,Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and US Airways. Thisweb site also has lots of information on local attractions and events so youcan better plan your visit. The Fraternity does not endorse any airline or ticket-seller, but you may wish to check the following discounters for the best fare:
www.priceline.com www.expedia.comwww.bestfares.com www.onetravel.com
Flying YourselfFor General Aviation pilots flying in, please visit www.fergusonairport.com(82J) and check their Crew Resource Page for arrival and departure informa-tion due to the heavy military presence nearby. They are only three miles fromthe Museum, and have recently renovated their facilities. A hotel shuttle is notavailable, but a taxicab ride from the airports mentioned is about $15.
Driving InThe Comfort Inn is located on the North side of Interstate 10 (Exit 13) onDavis Highway (SR 291) and set back from the highway.
Convention HotelWelcome to the Comfort Inn at 8080 North Davis Highway near theUniversity of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Rooms are NOTincluded in the Convention Registration Fee.
Call the Hotel Reservations Direct Number at 850-484-8070 andmention “Silver Wings Fraternity Reunion 2014” for a $81.00 room+ 11% tourist tax (1 King or 2 Queen beds). This rate is good for threedays before and three days after the Convention.Deadline date for this rate is September 19, andcancellation date is September 26. You cannotobtain this lower room rate by booking online.
Your room includes a complimentary full hotMorning Breakfast. For complete information,please visit www.comfortinnensacola.com. Convention Information Sheet Revised May 30, 2014
THIS PAGE IS DOWNLOADABLE FROM WWW.SILVERWINGS.ORG
Silver Wings Fraternity 2014 Annual Convention/Reunion October 2 - 4, 2014 :: Pensacola, Florida
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Convention/Reunion Attendance and Registration TermsMinors must be registered with, and accompanied by, an adult Member at all times.
Photography and video taken during the Convention/Reunion may not be used for commercial purposes without the permission of the Fraternity. No audio recording without prior approval.
The Fraternity is not responsible for your vehicles, aircraft, luggage or other items at any location.
I realize there are inherent dangers and accept the risks and hazards, including without limitations, the risks of per-sonal injury or death. Accordingly, I do hereby, for myself and my guests, my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, RELEASE ACQUIT AND FOREVER DISCHARGE AND HOLD HARMLESS Silver Wings Fraternity Aviation Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (Silver Wings Fraternity) its staff, officers and members, whether acting in an official capacity on behalf of the parties hereby released or individually, from any and all claims, demands and causes of action of any nature whatsoever, whether in contract or in tort or under any other legal theory, arising out of,or in any way related to my attendance at this Convention/Reunion.
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Registration Fee Refund Policy
All Refunds or Changes Must be in Writing. Partial Refund Less $25.00 ifReceived By September 20, 2013. No Refund Requests Accepted After That Date.
Substitutions allowed for Alternate Member to attend in your place.
Have Any Questions?
Email Coordinator at [email protected] or call 850-748-5741.
Have Any Special Needs?
If you have any Handicap Needs or any Dietary Restrictions,kindly contact us so we may do our best to accommodate you.
Convention/Reunion Package Includes:
Registration, Saturday Evening Banquet,Use of Hospitality/Meeting Room,
Tours and Transportation per Schedule, AllMeetings, Complimentary Hot Morning
Breakfast and On-Site Auto Parking.
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Ground Broken on Air Force Museum 4th BuildingThe National Museum of the US Air Force broke ground on June 3 for a new
$35 million building that will house aircraft from the museum’s ever-expanding Presidential, Research & Development, and Global Reach collection, as well as a new and expanded Space Gallery.
The 224,000 square foot building, which is scheduled to open to the public in 2016, is being privately financed by the Air Force Museum Foundation, a non-profit organization chartered to assist in the development and expansion of the museum’s facilities. It will be located at the rear of the existing facility, behind the Missile and Space Gallery. Additionally, the Air Force Museum Theater is in the process of upgrading its theatre from IMAX to digital 3D with a stage.
The museum, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton, Ohio, is the service’s national institution for preserving and presenting the Air Force story from the beginning of military flight to the war on global terrorism. It is free to the public and features more than 360 aerospace vehicles and missiles, and thousands of artifacts amid more than 17 acres of indoor exhibit space.
Each year more than one million visitors from around the world visit the museum. FMI: www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. (Photo courtesy US Air Force)
Air Force Pilots Always WonderedWhy do Navy airplanes need tail hooks? Answer:
After a tough day of flying on an aircraft carrier, the planes are always washed and they use the hooks to hang the planes over the side to dry out. Now you know.
This partic-ular aircraftwas a TF-9JCougar oper-ating with Navy Train-ing SquadronVT-25. Thismishap occur-red in 1966,probably inthe Gulf ofMexico, afterfailing to graba wire, and itlooks like thecrew did noteject.(CourtesyJerry Fischer)
member author showcaseActive Member Mike Paull practiced dentistry for 35 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He is currently a consultant to the Dental Board of California. Mike began flying in 1978 andhas logged over 3,500 hours on a Commercial Pilot’s license with Instrument, ASEL, and AMEL ratings. He is also a Certificated Flight and Ground Instructor.
On the right is the cover for Tales from the Sky Kitchen Cafe which was published in 2011.A collection of 12 aviation-based short stories, it is enjoyed by pilots and non-pilots alike. Notmerely tales about flying, they are stories that go beyond aviation to tell of friendship, frater-nity, and the fulfillment of dreams. It’s a passionate and inspiring book which leaves the read-er with a warm heart and a damp eye. The stories originate from a small airport diner calledthe Sky Kitchen Cafe located in San Carlos, California, where local pilots congregate daily toexchange friendship and conversation. Mike ate lunch at the cafe almost every day for twenty
years, and heard hundreds of stories. The word portraits of passionate and persistent men and women overcomingfears, pursuing dreams and making amazing things happen will entertain and inspire you. Mike invites you to grab aseat at the center counter and get set for a very enjoyable and entertaining ride.
To read more about Mike and the Brett Raven mysteries he has written, and to order his books, visit www.skyhawkpublishing.com or telephone 530-519-8391. You may also find his books at www.barnesandnoble.com or www.amazon.com.
Historic Airpower Database Now Online By TSgt Sarah Loicano, Air University Public Affairs :: August 09, 2013 :: Maxwell AFB, AL (AFNS)
More than eight years in the making, a new database containing information from US military and coali-tion aerial bombing campaigns over the last century is now publicly available online. A historical data coll-ection project developed by LCol Jenns Robertson, the Theater History of Operations Reports (THOR) database, has evolved into a full-scale research tool available online at afri.au.af.mil/thor/index.asp.
It combines digitized paper mission reports starting with World War I to create a central source of bomb-ing history around the globe. The database can be searched by date, conflict, or aircraft-specific criteria, andorganized into spreadsheets, charts, or maps, forming a live-action sequence of events. THOR is useful not only for current and future military commanders, but also for academic researchers, historians and govern-ment agencies involved in unexploded ordnance cleanup efforts. Currently, the public can access the data, including 58 different aircraft, bomb information, and even altitude,from World Wars I and II and Vietnam.
Robertson began the project in 2006 when his duties required him tocreate weekly briefings of current bombing activity. Realizing it wastaking a long time to gather information from multiple sources, hecreated a centralized source. The need for a single data pool on currentmissions expanded into his goal of building an entire airpower collectiondating back to WWI. During his off-duty time, he spent the next fiveyears decoding almost four million Vietnam War entries gathered fromthe National Archives in Washington, D.C. (Photos courtesy USAF)
ChickenWings and Creators
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Michael Strasser is one-half of the ChickenWings creative team alongwith his comic strip artist brother, Stefan Strasser. Mike holds a Commer-
cial Rotorcraft Pilot license and currently flies the Sikorsky S-64 SkyCrane (right) in the Western USStates for Erickson Air-Crane. He is credentialed with the US Forest Service for aerial firefighting.Mike also holds a Private Airplane Pilot license, and is a Certificated Flight Instructor-Instrument, Ground Instructor, and an Aircraft & Powerplant Mechanic. Ever since he was a kid, Mike wanted tobe a pilot. His career began after serving as a UN soldier in Cyprus, where he saved the money for hisinitial license. Like so many others, the pursuit of his dream brought him to the US.
Stefan is a freelance illustrator and designer, and lives behind a drawing board in Vienna, Austria. Henever went to art school, but rather earned a masters degree in international trade. Just like Mike, he hasinherited his parents’ “traveling bug” and his studies brought him to Japan where he received several scholarships to study at Keio University and Tokyo University. After that, he decided to become a freelance illustrator and designer, lest he would have to find a real job. Six months ago he and his wife had their first child, and is now the proudest father of the cutest boy ever. Mike explains the following two strips:
Chuck finally has a girl’s attention and he is reaching deep into his bag of tricks to keep her interested. It seems a lot of you wish him the best. Long-time readers know that Chuck has been on one or the other date before, but has not yet been able to hold on to a chick for a longer time.
Bad hearing seems to be an aviation affliction, though. I think it runs in the fixed-wing side as well, but I know for sure it’s affecting the helicopter side. My own family is proof of that. Almost all my in-laws have worked around helicopters and chainsaws at one time or another and none of them hear well. You should hear the sound level at those family gatherings! It’s along the lines of: “It’s windy today!” “What? No! It’s Thursday!” “So am I! Let’s have a beer!”
I am also starting to feel the effects even though I am much more careful around helicopters the older I get. I am spending way more money on better headsets and helmets now that I used to. It’s worth it! Unfortunately it doesn’t undo the damage you do as a young buck not listening (even though the hearing was better then) to what old aviators are telling you.
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COLORADO CHAPTERMeets several times per year at the Wingate by Wyndham/Greenwood Village/ Denver Tech at 8000 East Peakview Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (South ofDenver). Next event will be on Saturday, June 21 at Front Range Airport in supportof the Rocky Mountain Aviation Expo. Program for the November 15 meeting TBD. For more information, contact Bill Totten at ColoradoChapter@silver wings.org or Telephone 303-364-5238.
FLORIDA GULF COAST CHAPTERMeets several times a year in the Clearwater/Dunedin area, at 11:00am at Kally K’s Steak & Fishery, 1600 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698. We meet in the pri-vate dining room. Next meetings are September 6 and November 22, 2014. Speakers to be announced. For more information, contact us at [email protected]
GEORGIA CHAPTERMeets every Wednesday (except Holiday weeks) for lunch in Atlanta at the Petite Auberge Restaurant in the Toco Hills Shopping Center at 2935 North Druid Hills Road with excellent speakers. For more information, contact Chapter Pres-ident Bill Bell at 404-321-3131 (office).
ILLINOIS CHAPTERMeets several times a year at the Four Points Sheraton in the Village of Schiller Park near Chicago. Next meeting is in October and the guest speaker is a Viet Nam Pilot who flew the AD Sky Raider in battle. For more information, contact Chapter President Charlie Boyle at 847-967-7175.
LAKE ERIE CHAPTERMeets quarterly (September 9 and November 11, 2014) in Willoughby, Ohio at Dino’s Restaurant & Banquet Center located at 4145 State Route 306 (Broad-moor/Kirtland Road). Please RSVP to Kathy Ferry at LakeErieChapter@silver wings.org or Telephone 440-352-2481, or for more information. Visitors always welcome! Our Annual Pot-Luck Picnic will be held at Concord Airpark in Concord, Ohio. We will have a demonstration of UAV’s.
OHIO CHAPTERMeets in the Cincinnati area. For more information, contact Chapter President Tom Hogan at 513-829-8248 or OhioChapter@silver wings.org.
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Got Her What She Asked ForA pilot was in big trouble when he forgot his wife’s birthday, but she
was willing to let it pass if he made it up to her in the right way.She told him, “Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway
for me that goes from zero to 200 in two seconds flat.”The next morning she found a small package in the driveway. She
opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.Our class trip is to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there’s no pop quiz.I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.Headline: Energizer bunny arrested. Charged with battery.I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t put it down.How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it!How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.When chemists die, they barium.
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Captain Bernard John Dvorscak, USNR, age 85, passed away on September 21, 2013. Bernie was born on November 21, 1927 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
After two years at Penn State Center in Hazleton, he enlisted in the US NavyV-5 Flight Training Program in 1946 at Pensacola, Florida, and was stationed aboard the USS FD Roosevelt in 1947. He received his US Navy Pilots Wings of Gold in January, 1950 after qualifying aboard the USS Cabot flying the F4U-4. Following, he was assigned to VF-171 NAS in Jacksonville, Florida where he flew the Banshee Fighter while aboard the USS Midway, the USS Coral Sea, andthe Leyte Aircraft Carriers. He was a member of the first operational jet fighter squadron in the US Navy.
Bernie accepted inactive duty orders and he returned to school where he grad-uated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1955 with a BS Aerospace Eng-ineering, and was a member of the Yellow Jacket Flying Club. He joined Lockheed Aircraft Company as anEngineering Test Pilot flying andinstructing in the C-130 Hercules, C-141 Starlifter, C-5A and B, Jet-star executive jet, and the crash-prone Hummingbird XV-4, a jet-powered VTOL aircraft.
He put the first of 50 huge C-5Btransport jets through its paces on itsmaiden flight, and says the updatedversion of the free world’s largestmilitary transport performed well. Bernie was the first pilot to Fly-By-Wire in the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, and was part of the first team to perfect in-air flight refueling. He qualified to fly more than 35 aircraft during his career.
Bernie graduated from the US Navy Test Pilot SchoolClass XXI in 1959, and flew the Douglas F4D-1 in theMach One era in December, 1958 at Pax River. He retiredfrom the Navy Reserve in July, 1976 as a Captain, and fromLockheed in March, 1990. Bernie co-authored The C-5Galaxy History. Bernie held the Air Transport Pilotlicense, and was a Certificated Flight Instructor. Duringretirement, he instructed in flight and ground schools; aidedwith the assimilation of the National Aerospace Museum,Chantilly, VA; the development of the Marietta AviationMuseum; lectured on the Battle of Mid-way and the Battle of Britain; and was a member of Silver Wings Fraternity. He was a member of St. Jude’s Church for 50 years where he loved singing in the choir.
Bernie is survived by his wife of 62 years, Carolyn Davie Dvorscak; their children Michael Dvorscak and wife Camille; Holly Hunter; and Joan Paucke and husband Joe; five grandchildren; brothers John Dvorscak and EJ Dvorscak; sister Bernadine Magnus, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
LaVonna Scott Alter was born on August 6, 1928 in Denver, Colorado, and passed away on October 10, 2012 in Colorado Springs. She grew up there where her parents had a commercial art business, and graduated from Colorado SpringsHigh School in 1946. In 1948, she married a former military man and moved to Indiana, where he later was activated for the Korean War and remained in the USArmy for 30 years. As a military wife, she lived in many places in the US and around the world. That marriage ended in the 1970’s at which time she returned to Colorado Springs. Von was interested in many things, including visual art, flying, jazz and travel. While a youngster, she studied art at the Colorado SpringsFine Art Center under Boardman Robinson.
She soloed on August 26, 1966 in a Cessna 172. In her first marriage, she and her husband were part owners of an airplane. This led to earning more ratings, including Commercial, Instrument and Multi-Engine. She participated in the final Powder Puff Derby in 1976, but continued to compete in other women’s airraces throughout the country. Many of the organizations she participated in inc-luded the Ninety-Nines, and the Colorado Chapter of the Silver Wings Fraternity,of which she was a Past President. She was a charter member and past board member of the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society, and charter member of the
AOPA Ultralight Division. She was past member of the Colorado Springs Ball-oon Society and had several hours of instruction in hot air balloons, as well as several hours in a sailplane. She has had the pleasure of traveling to many places in the world, and most recently, Russia. She was proud to say that she had been in all 50 of the United States.
She is predeceased by her parents and a daughter, Annie. She is survived by her husband, Robert Simon, and a grandson, Ben Fischer.
Louis Albert “Lou” Murtha, Sr., age 92, of MonroeTownship, Ohio, passed away on August 5, 2013 at his home.He was born August 25, 1920 in Duquesne, Pennsylvania,and was the son of John T. and Marie (Striegel) Murtha. Louwas a 1938 graduate of McKeesport (PA) High School.
He was a First Lieutenant with the US Army Air Corps,and was a P-51 Tactical Reconnaissance Pilot with the363rd TRG. He flew 75 combat missions during World WarII, and was honorably discharged in November of 1945. Hewas a lifetime member of Pierpont American Legion Post, the 9th Air Force Association, the P-51 Mustang Pilots Association, the Silver Wings Fraternity, and the Experimental Aircraft Association. He worked at Linde Air for over 25 years, and attended St. Mary CatholicChurch in Conneaut. Lou held a Commercial AirplaneSingle-Engine Land pilot license, and a Repairman Exper-imental Aircraft Builder license for his Baby Great Lakeshomebuilt airplane which he enjoyed flying from his ownairfield at his home.
Survivors include his wife Lois (Myers) Murtha; twodaughters, Kathleen Sexton and Beverly (Jim) Merlene, bothof Conneaut; two sons, Louis (Clarissa) Murtha, Jr. and Donald (Mary) Murtha, both of Monroe Township; his sister June Andrews of McKeesport; five brothers,Bill (Molly) of McKeesport, Glenn (Darlene) of Texas, Robert (Shirley) of McKeesport, Ronald (Lita) of Florida, and James (Jackie) of McKeesport; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Cheryl Murtha Biedrycki, and a brother Ken.
John Howard Sheely of Atlanta, age 94, passed away onMonday, October 22, 2012. He was born on July 27, 1918 inDaytona Beach, Florida. John was a US Marine Corp veter-an, and a retired Supervisor for Southern Bell Telephone.
He was an aviation and sailing enthusiast, and a member ofthe Bell Aero Flying Club, the Navy Flying Club, and theSilver Wings Fraternity. He soloed in 1945 in a Piper J3 Cuband held a Private Pilot license. John was an active memberof the Oak Grove United Methodist Church for 57 years, andhe taught youth Sunday School and was a Methodist YouthFellowship Counselor. He served many years as a volunteer for Oak Grove’s Life Enrichment Services.
He is predeceased by his wife Rosemary, and is survived by his daughters and son-in-laws, Teresa and Garry Harley of Woodstock, Georgia, and Marianne and Lee Carr of Roswell, Georgia; his son and daughter-in-law, Jon Moore and LindaEnglish; and two grandsons.
Louis Oscar Scheu, Jr., age 87, of Louisville, Kentucky passed away on October 2, 2012. He was former co-owner and president of Scheu & Kniss, Inc., a machine shop company founded in 1915. Lou enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1942, and served in France, England, and Germany until World War II ended. He served in the Kentucky Air National Guard and was recalled to active duty during the Korean War as a P-51 pilot and instructor. Lou held a Commercial Pilot license for Airplane Single- and Multi-Engine Land aircraft.
He served on various professional and charitable boards, including the Salva-tion Army Advisory Board. In 1980, he was a delegate to the White House Con-ference on Small Business. He was a member of the Royal Order of Scotland, World War II Roundtable, and the Silver Wings Fraternity.
Lou was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Rosemary Bishop, and they had three children. He is survived by his loving wife of 12 years, Marianna; children, Mary Lou Dobelstein (Chuck), Cynthia Phelps Clifford, and David Louis Scheu (Alicia); and seven grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
b Last Flights wOh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the skies on laughter-silvered
wings, and put out my hand and touched the face of God ~ after High Flight
The members of the Fraternity share in the loss, and we express our condolencesto the families and friends of our Brothers and Sisters who have Flown West.
Last Flights are not obituaries, but only a notice of a member's passing gleaned from several sources. When you learn of any Member who has passed away less than three years, please notify us and submit a quality photograph if available. Please include their SWF involvement, solo and other flying data. All confirmed Last Flights will be published as space is available.
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