EAA Leroy Castle Chapter 538
Secretary Report:
May 11 2010 meeting called to order at 7:05pm by President Carlos Hernandez at Deer Valley Airport Restaurant Meeting Room.
Program:
Janet Yonally, daughter of WASP, Lillian Yonally spoke about her mothers experience being a WASP and the Congressional Gold Medals they received on March 11th in Washington DC .
WASP Betty Blake told of her experiences meeting Amelia Earhart, witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, owning a P38 and being checked out in 36 types of military aircraft.
Please see the following websites for more information:
WASP:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124367587
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/03/viewpoint_wasp_fliers_finally.html
Lillian Yonally:
http://biggeekdad.com/2010/03/wasp-lillian-yonally/
http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=903418&TextPage=1
Betty Blake:
http://ww2.stripes.com/specialpubs/wasp/blake.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4liO-CR2O6c
Secretary Report:
Published on website.
Treasurers Report:
Given by Myra Ridder.
Young Eagles Report:
Next Young Eagles will be June 12, Tuskeegee Airmen offspring.
Tech Councilors Report:
FAA is checking Experimental. LSA, and Experimental Exibition aircraft very closely.
Old Business:
Dee Grimm reported on the recent B17 event. CAP meeting room requires a Chapter member to be active CAP, which we do not have.
Announcements:
Luke SATR now in effect. See:
http://aftw.org/LUKESATRvisualpts.pdf
2010 Oshkosh Notam now available. May 15 International Learn to Fly Day, May 15 Payson Aire Faire. June 5th Springerville Fly in. http://www.springervilleair.com/documents/JuneFlyIn2010.pdf
Reminders:
Don’t forget to check the Chapter Website for newsletters and updates on meetings. See: http://www.eaa538.org/ Yahoo group created for Chapter members to communicate with each other- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eaa538/