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GACE Flying Club www.egace.com
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Sept. 2003 |
2099
Smithtown Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Volume
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Directors President Alan Klug 631-981-6518 ---- Vice Pres. Rob Terano 516-779-7943 ---- Secretary Rich Raine 631-897-3030 ---- Treasurer Joe Leonard 631-563-6752 ---- Administration Doug Weston 516-883-2574 ---- Membership Mark Goodman 631-000-0000 ---- Operations John Blosser 631-912-0290 ---- Training John Vahey 631-835-6106 ---- At Large Mark Hervan 631-473-4253 ·
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Calverton Air Show The airshow is going to take place on SEPT 20th and 21st
to celebrate 100 years of flight. It is in Calverton at the Grumman Center.
There are exhibits and demonstrations. Gates open at 9AM and the feature show
begins at 12PM each day. GACE is selling advance tickets. They are two dollars cheaper than
at the door GACE gets to keep three dollars from every ticket sold. Ticket
prices are: ADULT: GATE: $15.00 from GACE: $13.00 CHILD: GATE: $10.00 from GACE: $8.00 Please check with Al Klug or Chuck Calabrese for
tickets. The
Left Seat Al Klug Congratulations to Sonny Borowski for completing his Flight
Instructor training. Sonny is the latest member to pass both check rides. I
hope to see his name on the list of club instructors real soon. In the mean
time, I know Sonny is always looking for somebody to fly with. If you want
company, give him a call. One of our newer members, Bob Johansen, is also a pilot for
the Long Island Sky Typers. Bob has advised me that if there was enough
interest, the possibility exists that we could fly the back seat in his
company’s a/c. They would be flown war bird style and we could do some of the
flying ourselves. Bear in mind that it costs about $100 per hour to operate
our Skylane. Expect the hourly rate to be substantially higher for a vintage
airplane. I have mentioned this to pilots around the club house and there is
interest but before I commit to asking for a meeting with Bob’s boss, I need
to know exactly how much interest there is. So, if you think you would like
to do this, contact ME. E-mail or telephone. Bob has also made up checklists for the Skylane and Skyhawks in a
kneeboard format. I will make them available at the next meeting. They can be
plastic coated and will last forever and are easily copied. Thanks Bob. The August plane wash was held on the 18th at 5PM and the following
people showed up to keep our fleet looking great; Al Zadow,TK & Donna,
John Costello, Bob Johansen, Charlie Raymond, Scott and Rebecca
Posner, Past President Mark Hervan with Emily and Matt: Rob,
Robert and Reanna Terano, Mike Alberico, Jan & Mark Goodman, Rich
Raine, John Koch, Jeff McArthur, James Dexter, Lou Addessi and myself. As
usual, Mark Goodman did a fine job at the barbecue while the rest of us had
plenty of time for some hangar talk. Thanks again Mark. And thanks to all who
attended. The next plane wash is scheduled for Sept. 15th 5-7 PM I received a letter from the Transportation Security Administration
about another meeting this month. I plan on sending a couple delegates from
the club and they will make a report to the members at the September meeting.
(9/22) I have asked John Costello and John Koch to be the
nominating committee. If you plan on running for office, you must get in
touch with one of them to submit your name. This should be done sometime in
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Instructors Michael Baldari (718)
428-6925 Sonny Borowski (631)957-4531 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 |
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Left Seat (cont.) Al Klug Lastly, with the Air Show drawing closer, ticket sales have started
to improve. Three dollars from each ticket goes directly to our club. Contact
me or Chuck Calabrese for tickets. Just remember that whatever tickets you
don’t sell must be returned to me or Chuck by the 10th of
September or you will be billed for them. Secretary’s
Corner Rich Raine The GACE Golf Outing at the St. George Golf Club in Stony
Brook has sparked the interest in a number of our members. I hope to be able to set a weekend date
for the outing and let those interested know shortly. If anyone else would like to participate
contact me asap. Please let me know if you have any concerns or suggestions that
could make this group more responsive to YOU. You can email me by clicking here. Or send regular mail to the office. Phone calls are great too! 631-897-3030. GACE Flyout Rob Terano is organizing another GACE flyout to Sky Acres
airport. The group will be flying out
on Saturday morning, Sep. 6th to arrive on at 9:30am. The plan is to have breakfast together
then fly back to arrive home by noon.
It’s not to late to come along on this adventure. Give Rob a call. Meetings We begin our fall members meetings starting Monday September
22. Please put this date on your
calendars so we will have a good turn out.
There is much to be discussed including new officers nominations. If you have interest in running, please
let one of the nominating committee members mentioned earlier know of your
desire.
Our next plane wash will be Monday, September 15th
at 5PM. Please come out to meet our
members and help keep the fleet looking great. Just look at the fun we are all having at the bar-b-que afterwards
with Chef Mark. One side benefit of the thorough cleaning these planes get is the
recovery of long lost items. Tom Klemenko’s sweetheart, Donna found Dave Aker’s
logbook hidden between the rear seats in 9SF. Thanks to Donna’s thorough cleaning, Dave recovered this
precious item. Can you imagine the
relief Dave must have felt to recover this?
We can only imagine how neat and clean Donna’s house must be. Thanks again for your efforts Donna. |
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