Official Publication of Airventurers, a Non-Profit Pilot s Association Volume 61, No. 1, Jan. 2019 Happy New Year! It was a real pleasure to see everyone at the Holiday Party! We had an excellent turn out, with some making a longish trip to be there, and several of our new applicants in attendance. We had a chance to catch up with those we haven t seen in a while. Overall, an excellent evening! In looking ahead at 2019, we re striving for a good mix of interesting, compelling events with enough flexibility to fit into almost any schedule. Fly-ins will range from one day for nearby destinations (Palm Springs Air Museum) to a four-day trip to Yellowstone National Park in September. Whether your available flying time is relatively limited (for example, by that full-time career thing called work or family obligations) or your time is your own, there are bound to be some events that work for you. I d like to ask for a volunteer for the upcoming year. Specifically, the position of fly-in chair is open. Not a lot of time is required, but the role is to keep an eye on planning, to see if anything is falling through the cracks, and keep information flowing where it needs to go. Your help would be very appreciated. To kick off the year, please join us in just a few weeks in Sedona, AZ for the first fly-in of the year! The desert scenery is spectacular, the winter weather is almost always very good, and best of all, it s known around the world as a cosmic energy vortex! One of our new applicants, Raghu Murthy and myself are planning a trip to the Palm Springs Air Museum on Sunday, February 24th, so please save that date. This museum is dedicated to the restoration, preservation and operation of America s legendary fighters, bombers and trainers...one of the world s largest collections of WWII airplanes. More details as we get closer. Incidentally, the first president of Airventurers, Al Weizer, was a docent there for many years before Flying West a few years ago. Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous, and safe 2019! Tim Cashin, President January Dinner Meeting Sunday, Jan. 20th Lulu s 6:00 Schmoozing 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Speaker Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson, United States Air Force (Retired), is a military combat pilot, distinguished White House military aide, bestselling author, and popular public speaker. He has served 20 years on active duty and saw combat in Grenada, Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti and Bosnia. From 1996-98, he was Military Aide to Bill Clinton, and was responsible for the Nuclear Football. He was also operation commander for all military units assigned to the White House. RESERVE AT AIRVENTURERS.ORG or mrifkin397@aol.com BOARD MEETING Signature Aviation, VNY Saturday Jan. 19th 10:00 am We Have Donuts
AIRVENTURERS APPLICANT CHECKLIST DATE APPLICANT SPONSOR FEE DINNER MEETING co-host add l 2/16 Landi Eisenberg Y Y Y Y FLY-IN co-host 12/16 Brend Frangos Y Y Y Y 3/18 Schmitt Y Y 4/18 LaPook Eisenberg Y Y 5/18 Balady Savage Y Y 5/18 Klein Cheer Y Y Y Y Y 5/18 Murthy Eisenberg Y Y Y 5/18 Baines Eisenberg Y Y Y 8/18 Abramson Salmon Y Y Y Y 9/18 Frankel Eisenberg Y Y add l WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW APPLICANTS/MEMBERS So please, until the 2019 roster is published, use the Additions and Corrections page in your 2018 roster and add the following: (or better yet, just print this page and stick it in) Gary LaPook, 11830 Courtney Ln, Moorpark 93021. (H) 805-529-5621 and (C) 805-660-0616. Nabih Balady, 21756 Don Gee Ct., Santa Clarita 91350. (H) 661-297-5559 and (C) 661-313-4418. Michael Klein and Carol Barring, 4126 Cachalote St, Woodland Hills 91364. (H) 818-227-8079 (W) 818-308-3881 (C) 818-601-4918, michaellklein@yahoo.com. Raghu Murthy and Grace Ting, 1530 Kensington Rd., San Marino 91108. (H) 626-905-1595 (W) 310-275-4949 (C) 310-770-6822, murthyretina@yahoo.com. Kevin H. Baines, 457 S. Marengo Ave. #21, Pasadena 91101 (C) 818-879-3502, blueskies4321@yahoo.com Jerry & Jenifer Abramson, 3185 Penney Dr., Simi Valley 93063 (H) 805-527-1665 (C) 805-990-3285, jeabrr@hotmail.com. Jerry is a single/multi engine CFI and flies a Cessna 182, 6962M based at CMA. Jerry started flying in 1972 and continued with lessons until he got his CFI. He and his wife are both retired and look forward to meeting and flying with people who have similar interests. Nathan Frankel and fiancée Yayoi, 342 N. Mansfield Ave. Los Angeles 90036, 310-929-0430, ndfrankel@gmail.com 2
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PAHRUMP, NV Saturday, March 23rd, One Night Calvada Meadows (74P) Plan to arrive at noon. Fuel and tie-down anchors are available, but bring your own ropes. We have 6 casitas reserved, so don t procrastinate. But be advised that if you cancel, it must be by March 9th. ON THE AGENDA There are a winery and restaurant right next door to our casitas we have a tour & tasting scheduled for 3:30 and dinner at 5:00, both no-host. On Sunday, we will try to arrange a tour of Sheri s Ranch and/ or a visit to Front Sight Firearms Training School. We plan to depart for home around 1:30 Approximate cost per cabin will be $150 ($154.84 with a credit card), depending on the activities we can arrange. Checks to Judy Rifkin 29630 Ridgeway Dr. Agoura Hills 91301 Michael Klein at 818-601-4918 for more info 5
Cell APPLICANTS If your application fee was paid in the last quarter of 2018 (Oct. Nov. Dec.) your dues are covered for 2019. All the rest of you old and continuing members, the sooner you all pay your dues, the sooner we can get out the new roster. 6
PROPOSED FLY-INS FOR 2019 (not carved in stone and subject to change) Month/Nts. Location Hosts Jan./1 Sedona Cashin/Baines Feb. Palm Springs Cashin/Murthy Mar./1 Las Vegas Rifkin/Klein Apr. Harris Ranch Cashin/Murthy May/2 June/1 Grand Canyon Busick/Boujo/ Balady Lake Tahoe/ Carson City LaPook July Picnic Samojen Aug. Oceano Sept./3 Yellowstone Cashin/ Abramson Oct. Santa Ynez Murthy Nov./1 Bisbee Punt/Balady Dec. Holiday Party IMPORTANT DATES IN January 19 Board Meeting 20 Dinner Meeting 26-27 Sedona Fly-In February 17 Dinner Meeting 23 Board Meeting 24 Palm Springs Air Museum March 17 Dinner Meeting 23 Pahrump Fly-In 30 Board Meeting Harlis Brend is recovering following surgery, but he made it to the holiday party and the Dec. board meeting, and Evan Binn s back is better, but now there s a problem with an arm. Mike Savage s knee is almost ready to get back to Zumba. And once again, our house was broken into (Dec.1st) and this editor s wallet was stolen on the 13th. It never rains, but it pours 7