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GACE Flying Club www.egace.com
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April 2003 |
2099
Smithtown Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Volume
6 Number 4 |
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Directors President Alan
Klug 631-981-6518 ---- Vice
Pres. Dave
Ferrara 631-874-8492 ---- Secretary Rich
Raine 631-897-3030 ---- Treasurer Joe
Leonard 631-563-6752 ---- Administration Doug
Weston 516-883-2574 ---- Membership Mark
Goodman 631-543-0951 ---- Operations John
Blosser 631-385-7505 ---- Training John
Vahey 631-835-6106 ---- At
Large Mark
Hervan 631-473-4253 ·
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GACE Cam Debuts By
the time you receive this newsletter we hope to have our GACE Cam
working. We have mounted a camera to
allow our membership to view the GACE aircraft on the ramp from the GACE
Webpage. While we hope all of us
would remember to cancel a reservation made on our scheduler, sometimes we
forget. If you see the aircraft
sitting idle more than ½ hour after a scheduled trip, it is yours to take. If possible, please send and email to Rich
Raine giving the details of your trip so that the scheduler can be updated to
your specifics. Incidentally, we all
have to thank Mark Goodman for mounting the camera in a suitable
position so that the aircraft can be properly viewed. We had this system working in the office
but were stymied as to how to mount the camera until Mark said, “enough” and
went out and set everything up. The
Left Seat Al Klug The
club welcomes another new member. Louis Addessi. Lou is a long time
aviator returning to the airways after a short hiatus. Make him feel at home
when you see him. We
had another work party in March. The team consisted of Mike Stein, Tony
Monaco and his lovely daughter Stephanie Monaco, Al Zadow, Chuck
Calabrese, John Koch, John Costello and myself. The work consisted
of moving equipment, more spackling & painting, cleaning floor tiles,
etc. The club is indebted to all these people. One more thing. Tony Monaco
mentioned that Stephanie is an upcoming aviatrix. I hope we see her name on
the membership list soon. She’s already an asset to the club and she’ll make
a fine pilot. Ed
Santiago prepared, mounted and framed an aviation chart of the United
States for the club and then mounted it on the wall for us. It is where the
old sectionals used to be and should catch your eye as you walk in the
door. When you see Ed, let him know
what a fine job he did. Thanks, Ed. The
club has decided to take advantage of the upcoming air show as a fund raiser.
More information will follow as it becomes available. The video camera is now
in operation as I’m sure most of you know. (Check our web site) Also on the
web site, you can now download the ground review and aircraft tests for the
GACE annual. Anybody interested in
running for Vice President must notify the board at the April meeting if they
didn’t already do so at the last general meeting. 2 members are already on
the ballot. Voting will be at the general meeting in April. Term of office
will be through December of this year.
1st
plane wash of the year will be Saturday April 26 @ 9:00 AM. Barbecue to follow. |
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Instructors Michael Baldari (718)
428-6925 John Brook (631)
368-1901 Rich Clinton (631)
368-9693 Bernie Davidson (516)
931-7699 Dave Ferrara (631)
874-8492 Frank Hayes (516)
767-0391 Bob Klemfus (631)
744-0764 Roy Matthews (631)
968-0154 Jeff McArthur (631)
288-6276 Bill Rudock (631)
874-6155 Rob Terano (631)
467-4159 John Vahey (631)
835-6106 Bob VanSise (516)
799-8684 James Weisberg (631)
689-1636 GACE Flying Club 2099 Smithtown Ave. Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Phone: (631) 737-6879 E-mail: We’re on the Web! www.egace.com |
Secretary’s
Corner Rich Raine One
of the tasks the board will accomplish is updating of the Procedure
Manual. Presently, we are
distributing the last Procedure Manual that was updated in 1998. Since then the Board has made a number of
changes to the Manual, which are still not reflected, in the current
document. These include the ability
to fly under the NY Class B area and the ability to land at unattended
airports such as Bader Field in Atlantic City. We have planned to have a Constitutional Convention whereby we
can bring these documents into reality.
We would ask that members that have interests that should be
incorporated into the current Procedure Manual contact any member of the
Board and make these thoughts known. Meetings The
Board of Directors meetings are on the second Monday of the month at
7:00PM. All members are welcome;
however, please check with the president first in order to get on the
agenda. General Membership meetings
are the fourth Monday of the month at 7:00PM. This
month’s meeting is on Monday, April 28th. Plane Wash Please
come out to the first Plane Wash on Saturday Morning. A barbecue is planned afterwards. These have always been fun events. Meet your fellow members. Talk with one of our flight
instructors. Afterwards perhaps you
can find a partner or two to take the freshly washed aircraft for a
flight. See you there. |
