Savannah Aviation Association

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

January 2012 Meeting

The first meeting of the new year is Tuesday, January 17.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

South Carolina Breakfast Club

The South Carolina Breakfast Club has been meeting every other Sunday since 1938.  The breakfast location changes each Sunday and sometimes it’s close enough for us Georgia folk to fly in and join the fun.  January 8 is one of those times—Aiken Municipal Airport, KAIK.

Part of the fun is to arrive early, watch all the airplanes land, and help judge the worst of the landings.  The pilot with the worst landing is recognized after breakfast and has to sign the bouncing ball.  Potential winners have been known to back-taxi and take off rather than sign the ball!

Breakfast is served at 9:00 and you should be in line by then.

The breakfast club’s full schedule is posted at http://www.flyscbc.com

Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas Party

Our 2011 Christmas Party is Friday December 16th, from 6pm to 9pm at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. For the third year in a row, we’re sharing Christmas with our friends at LMI Aerospace. Dinner this year is catered by Miss Sophie’s and features Prime Rib and Champagne Chicken. Desert is peach but anyone wanting to bring a dessert to share, may do so.

RSVPs were due back on December 6, and payment was due on the eleventh. (We hope you got yours in!)

The Mighty Eighth is hosting “The 3rd Annual Biggest Little Christmas Party” on the same night. It will be in the main entry way. Look for your Association and LMI friends in one of the banquet rooms.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

September 2011 Meeting

Tuesday September 20, 2011

Our September meeting is Tuesday September 20, at Lovezzola’s Pizza in Pooler. Our guest speaker will be Tom Horne.  Tom is a G650 test pilot for Gulfstream Aerospace and has been involved in many programs to include Synthetic Vision Systems, the Fly-by-Wire Demonstrator Program, and PlaneView development. He is a retired USAF pilot with many hours as a test pilot for the F-16 Lantirn and deep stall investigations. Tom is an owner of a Cessna Turbo 210 and experimental aerobatic airplanes and competes in aerobatic competitions. 

Tom’s presentation will be about the experimental One Design and aerobatic flying.  Click here for a pre-meeting pilot report on the One Design.

This is another one of those meetings you won’t want to miss. Meeting starts at 6:30pm but arrive early to order your Dutch treat dinner and do some hangar flying.  Hang around after Tom’s presentation to chat with some of the controllers from the Savannah ATC tower.

Monday, July 18, 2011

July 2011 Meeting

Tuesday July 19, 2011

The July meeting is Tuesday July 18, at Lovezzola’s Pizza in Pooler. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Rick Roth an ATP rated Senior AME and the Director of the Infectious Disease Training Program at Memorial Health University Medical Center. He also holds a Lear 60 Type rating and is an avid Pilot-N-Paws rescue member. Topics will include cardiology, neurology and diabetes and their impact of medical certification. This is one presentation you won’t want to miss. Please arrive early if you plan on ordering food. Meeting starts at 6:30pm.

Monday, June 20, 2011

June 2011 Meeting

Tuesday June 21, 2011

Our June meeting will be held on Tuesday June 21, at Lovezzola’s Pizza in Pooler. The meeting starts at 6:30 but come early for a Dutch treat dinner and hangar flying.  Order and pay for your pizza, sub, salad, or pasta up front, and then join us in the back room.

Michael has an FBI agent scheduled as our guest speaker.  (So, if you don’t come, not only we we already know that, we’ll be able to track you down!)

We’ll also have a quick slide show of the last Bahamas Fly-In.  Another Bahamas Fly-In is in the works for sometime in or around October 2011.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sylvania Hangar Party

Saturday March 19, 2011

Hangar Party!

We’re all invited to Wade Britt’s and John Calvert’s Fourth Annual Hangar Party and Airport Open House, Saturday March 19, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., at Sylvania Plantation Airpark (KJYL).  Wade and John plan to have BBQ, hamburgers, and hot dogs (donation appreciated).  Bring a covered dish, your beverage of choice, lawn chairs, and your dancing shoes (for the 30,000 watt DJ!).  Click here for details.

Hope to see you there!

March Meeting

March 15, 2011

Our March meeting will be held on Tuesday March 15, at Lovezzola’s Pizza in Pooler. The meeting starts at 6:30 but come early for a Dutch treat dinner and hangar flying.  Order and pay for your pizza, sub, salad, or pasta up front, and then join us in the back room.

The program will be either a video presentation from Dick Rutan on Decision Making or a presentation on Aeronautical Decision Making. Mike will also will have more info about the Bahamas Fly-In Set for late April.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

January 2011 Meeting

January 18, 2011

Our first meeting of the new year will be held on Tuesday January 18, at Lovezzola’s Pizza in Pooler. It officially starts at 7:00 but come early for dinner and some hangar flying. Folks generally arrive between 6:15 and 6:30. Order and pay for your pizza, sub, salad, or pasta up front, and then join us in the back room.

2011 Dues

The 2011 annual membership dues are $25.00.  Please make checks payable to Savannah Aviation Association, PO Box 7772, Savannah, GA 31418.

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Christmas Party Update

Friday December 10, 2010

Our Christmas party at The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum is shaping up well. The doors open up at 5:00, dinner is at 6:00, and the music starts at 7:00.  Catering is by Paul Kennedy Catering. Fifty-eight Association members and guests have sent in their RSVPs, with that many more from our partners at LMI Aerospace.

The RSVP period has essentially closed. See you on December 10, at The Mighty Eighth!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Christmas Party

Friday evening, December 10

Our 2010 Christmas Party will be held at the absolute best venue ever for an aviation group - The Mighty Eighth Museum - on Friday evening, December 10th. Those of you who attended last year’s event were treated to a sumptuous meal at a great price, a fun and appropriate DJ, amazing aviation art, access to the museum floor (including the B17), unmatched camaraderie and an opportunity to meet new friends and become reacquainted with others. This year, thanks to the efforts of the good folks at LMI Aerospace, we have the same deal! The cost for the meal (same caterer) will be about the same, or depending on the number at folks who attend, even a bit less!!!  There is a rumor that a FAA rep from Atlanta will be there to present one of our members with a very high honor.

We need to know how many people are going to attend pretty soon, because the caterer needs a final count by December 1st. Of course, that also means he needs money. For now, plan on each meal costing $25. If they come in less than that, we’ll refund the balance. If you plan to attend, please send an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) as soon as you can, but not later than November 28th, so we can lock in the catering, and the price.  Then, send your check not later than December 3rd. PLEASE MAKE IT OUT TO SAVANNAH AVIATION ASSOCIATION. Mail the check to our address at PO Box 15138, Savannah, GA 31416.

As soon we know the menu, we’ll pass it along, but based on our experience of last year, it will be fantastic.

November Meeting

Tuesday, November 16

Our next meeting is Tuesday, November 16th, at Lovezzola’s Pizza on Hwy 80 in Pooler, just West of I95. We are very privileged to have Mr. Gerry Phelan, Federal Security Officer for the Savannah Airport, as well as all the airports in Central and North Georgia and Hilton Head, SC. This promises to be very interesting, especially in light of recent world security events.

Come on out and bring a friend.  Mr. Phelan will go on at 7:00, but show up around 6:30 or so for a Dutch treat Italian dinner and some socializing.

Monday, October 18, 2010

October 2010 Meeting

October 19, 2010

Our October meeting is Tuesday night, October 19, at Lovezzola in Pooler. We are very excited to have Greg Delahunty, Deputy Chief of the 165th Airlift Wing Fire Emergency Services, to tell us what they do, and how they go about keeping us safe. Bring the kids!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

September 2010 Meeting

September 30, 2010

Our September meeting is Thursday September 30, instead of our usual third Tuesday.  It will be held at the usual place, Lovezzola’s Pizza in Pooler. Our speaker this month will be a representative from the Effingham Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.  He’ll tell us what the Civil Air Patrol is and does, and that there are three different types of CAP squadrons: cadet, senior, and composite.

The program starts at 7:00 but come early for dinner and some hangar flying. Folks generally arrive between 6:15 and 6:30. Order and pay for your pizza, sub, salad, or pasta up front, and then join us in the back room.