In this issue:
Thursday, September 21, 6:30 - Membership Meeting at Plymouth
Library, RJ Tibble will speak about ATC.
Monday, October 9, 6:00 - Board Meeting at the Birdcage Pilot Lounge
Monday, November 13, 6:00 - Board Meeting at the Birdcage Pilot Lounge
Sunday, December 3, 5:30 - Holiday Party at a place to be announced
The Plymouth Library is at 223 S. Main St. in downtown Plymouth. Phone 734-453-0750
(*)Plane Washes are scheduled to reserve the planes from 9 AM to 1 PM. This should allow members convenient use of the planes on plane-wash days.
A Call For New Members (a message from President Steve Thornburg)
Our club has openings for 6 members. One way to keep up with our fixed costs and keep flying costs low is to keep our membership full. If all membership positions were full it would contribute another $330 per month to the treasury ($55 dues X 6 members) which covers items like hanger fees and insurance. Also, new members tend to fly more than the average member. The more we fly the planes the more we accumulate in our reserve accounts for new toys on our wish list. In short, a healthy club needs to be at full membership. Each member can help. Do you know anyone who used to fly that wants to become active again? Do you know a pilot that is looking for a club to join? Would you be willing to post a club brochure at work? We have a great opportunity to invite interested pilots to come meet our members and hear from an interesting speaker this Monday September 21st at the General Membership Meeting at the Plymouth Library. RJ Tibble from the MBS tower will be speaking and answering our air traffic control questions from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (our meeting starts at 6:30). Please give some thought to whom you could invite to rekindle their interest in flying.
New member, Paul Plumley, joined MANG several months ago. Here is a "hello" from Paul:
Hello to all. My wife Joan and I have been residents of Dexter for the last 16 years. I retired from Ford last February. Prior to that I was a NVH (noise and vibration) engineer for Truck Operations. My flying started back in the mid 60s when I served as an Ordinance Tech (primarily on the F-4 Phantom) in the US Marine Corp, 3rd Marine Air Wing, at the time located in El Toro, CA. Being around all this flying stuff, I got the bug. After returning from overseas, I joined the base flying club, found a great airline pilot (aren’t all our 1st instructors great?) that was willing to share his knowledge with a newbie. So for the next 3 or 4 years I enjoyed flying and seeing the California Coast, Western Arizona, and finally back home on the West side of Michigan. All great fun. Then I fell prey to the “realities” of life - finishing college, a job, getting married&ldots;(some of this may sound familiar). So I hung up my pilot’s hat for quite some time, resigned to the fact I probably wasn’t going to fly again. About two years ago, sparked by a friendly “flying” conversation at work, many of those dormant but fond memories of planes and flying were rekindled . In '05 I found another terrific CFI who he reviewed the old and taught me lots of new, and I’m back flying again. Looking forward to meeting all of you.
Air Traffic Controller to Address Membership at Meeting Thursday
RJ Tibble, a controller from MBS, will be the featured speaker at our General Membership Meeting on Thursday at 6:30 at the Plymouth Library. He began in aviation in 1968 and took primary instruction from Ray Maule. He went on to become a CFI and began working as an Air Traffic Controller at FNT in 1973. Come and see what he has to say and to ask questions.
Garmin Video is Available for Borrowing
Several copies of a Garmin video demonstrating the use of our GPS radioes have been placed in the MANG library (the metal closet in the office). I have seen this video and it is well worth your time to watch it, even if you already know how to use the Garmin 430 in the Warrior and the Archer. If you borrow a copy, please return it as soon as possible so that others may also have the chance. The DVDs are labelled "Garmin 430 - Finalized".
Here are the statistics for August 2006:
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(Total HOURS) |
54115 |
43755 |
33149 |
All Aircraft |
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August: |
14.0 |
42.0 |
22.9 |
78.9 |