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Date : January 6, 1997
Speakers: Mr. Stan Mackiewicz, National President
of P.A.M.A.;
Mr. Monte Cooper, P.A.M.A. Regional
Director; and
Mr. Harry Bauder, Houston Chapter
President.
Subject : Mr. Mackiewicz spoke on the present and
future status
of Aviation Maintenance rules and
regulations.
Date : February 3, 1997
Speaker: Mr. Arnold Singer
Subject : A video titled "Pistol Packing Mama"
was shown. The
video is a story about the
"570th Bomb Squadron"
flying the B-17 during missions
over Germany in 1943
and 1944.
Date : March 3, 1997
Speaker: Mr. Jim Bath, President and CEO of Jim
Bath and
Associates.
Subject : Mr. Bath spoke on the three Acquisition
Modes for
obtaining Corporate Airplanes;
namely Fractional,
Lease and Outright Ownership.
Date : April 7, 1997
Speaker: Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, U.S. Army
(retired)
Subject : Sgt. Benavidez spoke about his stay in
Vietnam
during the Vietnam War. He
received the "Medal
of Honor" from President Reagan
for valor above
and beyond the call of duty at
tremendous and
multiple personal risks to his
own life.
Date : May 5, 1997
Speaker: Mr. Ron Bower, President of Austin Jet
International
Subject : Mr. Bower is the only person to fly a
"Helicopter"
around the world setting official
records in both
easterly and westerly directions.
In 1994 he flew
solo in a Bell JetRanger; second
flight he flew a new
Bell 430 Helicopter.
Date : June 2, 1997
Recognition of H.A.A.C. Corporate/Business members.
Subject: Twenty-One Corporate/Business members
were recognized by giving each one a beautiful
H.A.A.C. plaque and badge with a 1997 ribbon on
it. At this same meeting Mr. Roscoe Edwards,
President of the Raiders-Tigers Flying Club, and pilot
for Continental Airlines, presented a "Ground Support
Award" plaque to Mr. Bob Clark, Mr. Dan Illerich,
and Gert MacDonald.
Date : July 7, 1997
Speaker: Astronaut Robert Cabana, Chief, Astronaut
Office,
NASA
Subject : A video and slide presentation were
shown. Astronaut
Cabana spoke about what is to
happen at NASA in the
future. He is to command the crew
of STS-88 which
will carry the first hardware into
space for the
assembly
of the International Space
Station.
Date : August 4, 1997
Speaker: Mr. Don "Phantom" Wylie, Squadron Leader,
Texas
Air Aces
Subject : Mr. Wylie spoke on how you and be "TOP
GUN FOR
A DAY".
Date : September 8, 1997
Speaker: Captain Al Haynes, Retired Captain for
United Airlines
Subject : Captain Haynes spoke on United Airlines
Flight 232
which crashed at Sioux City,
Iowa, on July 19, 1989.
Captain Haynes was pilot of that
aircraft.
One-Hundred
and Eight-Four survived.
Date : October 6, 1997
Speaker: Mr. Rich Hilburn, U.S. Customs Pilot
Subject : Mr. Hilburn explained some of the U.S.
Customs
problems and what U.S. Customs
Agents do to solve
some of them.
Date : November 3, 1997
Speakers: Mr. Richard Filip, Hot Air Balloon Pilot
and Chief
Operations Officer for Remax
Texas Realty Co., and
Mrs. Amy Mendez, President of
Lone Star Balloon
Association.
Subject : The "Joy of Flying Hot Air Balloons".
Just a beautiful
presentation!
Date : December 3, 1997
Speaker: Mr. Jack Ekl and daughter Mrs. Kathy
Birkhofer
Christmas Party: Santa Clause was there. We also
had an
eighteen (18) piece orchestra, good
food, and a great
time was had by all.
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