Nashville Meeting
 

Hi folks! A little bit of an up date.

We now have 14 confirmed skymasters and 6 good potential Skymasters planning to go to Nashville for the April meeting.

Thanks to Erine Martin who stepped up to give me a hand, we are looking to fly into Smyrna (MQY) airport a close suburb to Nashville and about 15 minute drive to BNA . We are talking to several hotels in the area near BNA that has a conference room large enough for our group.

What does MQY have to offer us?

* First of all, they want us!
* Lots of hard surface Parking.
* Very friendly people at the FBO.
* Will group our aircraft together.
* Compared to BNA, low fuel prices.
* Good runways with ILS approach.
* FBO willing to help us on the Saturday
airport meeting by letting us use the
hanger with a Skymaster in it for
training.
* They have a 16 passenger van to get us to hotel
* Rental cars available.

A CALL FOR HELP!!!

I am asking if one of you will step up and give a presentation on and cover the AD's as they apply to Skymasters. Please do not be shy! send me an e-mail.

If any of you have a particular topic you will like to see covered in the meeting, give this old Skymaster driver a clue or two to see if I can arrange it.

Cheers To All

Jerry De Santis
N34EC
Michigan

Skymaster Subjects
 

Jenny wants to know if we will have enough spouses to do a non flying spouses presentation.

She has done it with the FAA at several flight clinics they have put on. She's had pretty good success with them. The first thing she does is run us flying spouses and instructors out of the room. Then she approaches the issue from the aspect that if the non-flying spouse wanted to learn how to fly they would take flying lessons.

She then goes into helping them realize that they know more about flying then most of them think they know because of their exposure to flying. She covers use of the radio and very basic attitude flying and navigation.

It's been very interesting to me to see the high percentage of those spouses who are then interested in just knowing enough about flying to maybe get out of trouble if something should happen to the flying spouse.

We are 90% sure we will be there so if this is a topic of interest, let us know.

I am doing research on the Airframe AD's. I'll let you know later if I can handle that topic.

Jim

Good idea
 

Thanks Jim and Jenny, sounds like a good idea! Perhaps if enough spouses come, we can time slot it for Saturday morning using the FBO conference room while the pilots are attending the hands on session.

What do you say people? Think your spouse will be interested?

Even if only a few will attend, I think it will be an important topic....safety and all.

Jerry:cool: :D

I agree
 

I agree that a non-flying thing would be really good. I'm wondering what my wife will be doing while I'm in class. At TC, it was obvious, but less obvious here.

Non flying thing
 

Hey Larry! Lots to do in Nashville depending on your interest. Suggestion: Only take one credit card!!!!

Jerry:D :D :D

More Ideas from Jenny
 

Jenny has lots of good ideas. We think we may be able to make the meetings eligible for the classroom part of the FAA's wings program. We'll have to double check, but I am a safety counselor and with Jenny being an FAA employee, I'm pretty sure we can get set up to sign off the classroom portion of the wings program. I am also a CFI and could probably fly with one pilot to do the flying portion (3 hours, 1 airwork, 1 landings and 1 instruments).

Are there more instructors coming? If so, do we want to do that?

I don't want the group to feel we are pushing the FAA programs on them, but if there are some who wish to participate, we will try to accomodate--- we are harmless... Jenny is a Computer specialist with Richmond FSDO and I work for a cigarette company (don't smoke though), so we are harmless from the enforcement prospective.

Let us know... we'll at least come armed with the wings paperwork if there is interest.

Jim---the mechanic (cause Jenny took over the flying!)

great idea
 

Great idea, Jim. Sign me up for some flying!!

I am in for some flying
 

Count me in for some flying, I would look forward to it.

Also, how about going over some airplanes with an IA.

I still think that the Bonanza group has it right when they make available very competent IA's to go over guys planes.

I was in that group until I was the light, or was it until the V35 could not fill the bill?

Rick

Nashville Agenda
 

Rick, Please read the Nashville meeting agenda for Saturday April 26. It States "IA's will be available to answer questions on your Skymaster"

Hands-on was already planned to be accomplished. On MQY, if we want, the FBO will let us put a Skymaster in their hangar for hands-on learning.

Cheers
Jerry:cool:

nashville
 

So, whats the deal and dates for this Nashville thing y'all got going?
May be interested in running up there myself.

J.W.,

The event is 4/23 to 4/26/03, and it would be great to have you attend. As Jerry points out, you can get more information from the Calendar page of this site. Just go to the main page, and on the left edge, click on the word Calendar.

Or follow this link:

http://www.337skymaster.com/events.htm

Hope to see you there.

Kevin

After a bit of a delay due to computer problems and the holidays, I have updated the meeting information in the Calendar section of this site to include the latest information from Jerry, as he requested. To keep the most up to date information in one place rather than two, I have deleted the messages Jerry put up recently in this thread.

Jerry has selected the hotel, and recommends we all make reservations as soon as possible.

If there are any errors or omissions in the page, please let me know.

Thanks,

Kevin

Nashville Meeting.
 

Well folks, the entire Nashville agenda is completed and in the hands of Kevin for posting on the meeting page. Check that web page out over the next few days for topics, speakers, transportation etc.

This meeting is really going to be a blast. Good presenters on many topics including a session for the spouses on emergency handling of the plane in the event that the pilot...well lets hope it never happens.

We also have a Service Reprentative from TCM to talk about a host of things regarding the care and maintenance of our engines.

Learn what it is like to fly a Skymaster across the Atlantic ocean.

Learn about Aircraft insurance and special Skymaster modifications.

Don't miss this meeting! It is going to be a fun learning experence!

Cheers to all and safe flying.

See ya in Nashville.

Jerry De Santis
N34EC:D :D :D

Complete agenda and other information has been posted.

Looks like a great event!

Kevin

Jerry has sent me some changes and revisions to what is posted. I can't post them right now as I am at a customer site. Expect to seem them posted by Sunday noon, Pacific time.

Kevin

Jerry's latest revisions were posted late Saturday evening (3/8), Pacific time.

kevin

Nashville
 

Only about five weeks to go for the Nashville meeting. If you have not made your hotel reservations yet please do so soon so we can get a good count on who will be there.

For those who are presenting a topic at Nashville, if you plan to put on a power point type presentation, Larry Bowdish is bring a projector that you can use. Thanks Larry, it will be a great help.

Cheers & Safe Flying

Jerry :D :D :D

Nashville
 

Well folks, April is here and in Michigan, spring is in the air. Only three more weeks and we'll be at the meeting in Nashville. If you have not made your hotel reservations yet please do so.

For those people who will be presenting a topic, if you have not yet sent me a short bio of yourself, please do so soon. It is going to take a little time for me to get the printed program agenda prepared for the attendees.

Thus far we have an hour slot open. So if someone would like to step up and present a topic to share with the group, please let me know who you are and what the topic is. My e-mail address is
GDESANTIS@JETECH.com

Also, I plan to have a posting board in the meeting room for your use. If anyone has a Skymaster or O2 related item that they want to sell and would like to have it posted at the meeting, please present it on an 8X10 sheet of paper and mail it to the hotel to my attention.

Don't forget to inform the FBO of you potential arrival time. Also, revisit the meeting web page for addition information.

Cheers and have a safe flight.

Jerry
N34EC:D :D :D

AOPA
 

I know it's short notice, but perhaps we could get someone from AOPA to talk about the Airport Support Network. I think there must be a volunteer somewhere in the neighborhood.

Just a suggestion.

Pit Stop
 

You guys & gals have fun in Nashville. If you are flying over Oklahoma stop in and see us (F22) Fuel $2.05 and good people to talk too.
See Ya
Fred N358

I might have missed this
 

Is there a shuttle from the airport to the hotel?

transportation
 

Yes! Both the hotel and the FBO will furnish transportation to the hotel and back to the airport.

Have a good flight
Jerry:D :D :D :D :D :D

AOPA
 

Larry, there is someone that will present the AOPA's Airport Support Network. It will be on Thursday. New revised Agenda will be published soon.

Jerry

Still Time
 

For you folks that did not have the chance to sign up for the Nashville meeting, one day left and YES, still time for you to come. Just make your hotel reservations and show up. Its going to be a great meeting and lot of fun too! See Ya All In Nashville!!!!

Fly High, Fly Safe and Fly To Nashville!:D :D :D :D :D :D

We're Here
 

A huge group of Skymasters is now parked at Smyrna airport.

Nice group of folks,
a diverse group of Skymasters,
we had a pleasant dinner last night
Pics will be uploaded tonight

Thanks Larry! Any news and pictures you could send would be much appreciated. I hope y'all are having a *great* time...

Kevin

Nashville, Day1
 

We had a wonderful group dinner last night, a hugely successful meeting today.
Last night, we went out to the airport, and tied down planes, in anticipation of the weather we expected today, and tomorrow.
Jim Stack gave a terrific review of Ad's. Scott Smith talked about AOPA Airport support network. Ernie Martin's presentation was well received. Ernie, I didn't modify it, and no one seemed to mind.
Scott talked later about insurance, very informative.
Everyone participated in the discussions, and they were very informative.
After meeting today, we went out to the airport, and took a bunch of pics. I'll resize them and post them tonight. Well, as many as possible.

Larry,

If you want to just email me the pictures, I will get them posted on a web page. A bit easier that posting then in messages. But we'd love to see them either way...

Kevin

Latest pictures from the fly-in are here:

http://www.337skymaster.com/nashville2003pics.htm

Thanks to Larry Bowdish for emailing them to me at 28.8...

Kevin

gang of 18
 

Later on, I'll clean all this up, and upload it all to Kevin
l to r
Larry Bowdish N37KC
Scott Ashcraft GRR
murray bayley cfgwh
John Black TCM
Paul Rooy
Keven Kenison N5409S
Guy Paris N1312L
Allen Stewart N86182
Brian Von Herzen N52DG
owen bell 6297F
Peyton McCool N212PM
Frank Buono N92GD
Steve Gustafson N5352S
David Hatfield N6CT
Jenny Stack N2362S
Jim Stack N2362S
Jerry De Santis N34EC
Richard Moses N5222T