Date : January 5, 1998
Speaker: Lt. John King, Houston Police Helicopter
Patrol Division
Subject : A video showing how perpetrators are
caught in action
using the Thermal Imaging System
"FLIR". Lt. King
also answered questions from the
members and guests.
Date : February 2, 1998
Speaker: Mr. Frank Marlow, NASA Pilot
Subject : Mr. Marlow spoke on flying the Boeing 747
(the Shuttle
Aircraft); SGT-377 (the Super Guppy);
KC-135 (the
Vomit Comet); and the T-38.
Date : March 2, 1998
Speaker: Mr. John (Jack) Olcott, President,
National Business
Aviation Association (NBAA)
Subject: Mr. Olcott gave a very informative speech
on the future
of aviation business and what we
may expect from
the Department of Transportation in
Washington,
D.C.
Date : April 6, 1998
Speakers: Mrs. Heidi Schuette Calhoun, Area Marketing
Manager
for Southwest Airlines and Mr. Ken
Lott, Chief Pilot,
Southwest Airlines
Subject: Heidi spoke on her job duties which
include corporate
and travel agency sales, promotions,
internal relations
and media relations. Mr. Lott told
us about the new
Boeing 737-700.
Date : May 4, 1998
Speaker: Mr. Jim Coyne, President, National Air
Transportation
Association, Washington, DC.
Subject: Mr. Jim Coyne addressed the "Strengths
and Weaknesses" of General
Aviation.
Date : June 1, 1998
Speaker: Due to unforseen circumstances Mr. Jerry
Hooper,
A.O.P.A. had to cancel his speaking
engagement.
Date : July 6, 1998
Speaker: Mr. Dennis Bishop, Flight Safety
International
Subject : Mr. Bishop spoke on "Controlled Flight
Into Terrain"
types of accidents using a multi-media
presentation.
Date : August 3, 1998
Speaker : Holly Geiger
Background: Ms. Geiger is Manager of the Houston
FSDO, and she and a panel of inspectors
from the Houston FSDO provided answers
to questions submitted by the HAAC
membership
Date : September 14, 1998
Speaker: Mr. Rick Vacar
Subject: Mr Vacar is the Director of Aviation
for the Houston airport system. Mr. Vacar gave
HAAC membership a highly informative update on
developments with the Houston Department of
Aviation.
Date : Monday, October 5, 1998, 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Mr. Ron Reber
Background: Mr. Reber is the Manager of Civil
Tiltrotor Business Development for
Bell Helicopter, and he provided us with
a highly informative and entertaining
discussion regarding the development of
tiltrotor technology and flight.
Date : Monday, November 2, 1998, 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Dr. Max A. Faget
Subject : Dr. Faget is the "FATHER OF THE SPACE PROGRAM." We were fortunate
to have
Dr. Faget as our speaker, who was accompanied by other current and former
NASA employees. We also viewed some great slides from the NASA Public
Relations office. The story he told was history itself, which made this a
great meeting!
Date : Monday, January 4, 1999, 11:30 A.M.
Speaker : Mr. Ralph Royce
Background : Mr. Royce is the director of the Lone Star Flight Museum
in Galveston, is a former
director of the Confederate Air Force, and is involved with the Texas
Aviation Hall of Fame. Mr. Royce provided us with a very entertaining
presentation about organizations that help preserve Texas' aviation heritage.
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