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MONTHLY BULLETIN

89th (Pelican) Flight

Order of Daedalians

Flight 89 Bulletin No. 09- 10

October 2009

Flight 89’s next meeting of the year is scheduled for Thursday, 29 October 09, and will be hosted by the 43^rd Fighter Squadron. There will be an F-22 on static display for tours beginning at 1700 and this includes an aircraft capabilities briefing. Roll call will be at 1743 and everyone should be in place in the bar prior to this time! There will be a BBQ dinner after roll call followed by more spirits and fellowship after the dinner. The dress is Party Suits (if you have them) or Pelican Flight standard if you don’t. This is one of the truly fun events of the year and a great chance to share some war stories and camaraderie with the active duty fliers. It should be a great evening and I hope to see you all there.

CHECK IN PROCEDURES .

Please continue using your credit cards as it helps us with the paper trail at the meeting. The price for this evening is a little different. There will be a $12 charge for the BBQ dinner and for this event only, the price will be the same for club members and non-members alike.

Our guest speaker for the Aug meeting, Col “Mac” MacWilliam enjoys dinner

with our newest Pelican Flight member, Keith Snyder.

FUTURE MEETINGS

29 Oct 09 – 43^rd Fighter Squadron - 1700

11 Nov 09 – Annual Veteran’s Day Parade

4 Dec 09 – Annual Christmas Dinner

DO YOU NEED A RIDE TO THE MEETINGS? IF SO, PLEASE CONTACT OUR

FLIGHT CAPTAIN, WAD WADDY FOR HELP.

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TREASURER’S CORNER:

Financial Status: Checking: $2480; Savings: $180; Money Market:$9056

Col “Stroker” Hallman and “Slink” Slinkard at the Aug dinner

FLIGHT CAPTAIN’S CORNER.

With our end of October meeting rapidly approaching, I have to get this bulletin out in a hurry, so I apologize for not having an Adjutant’s Corner or an update from the Treasurer. I am happy to report that we had an OUTSTANDING Golf Tourney 2 Oct with a record 117 participants. The wing really came through for us this year and we were again blessed with a perfect morning for golf. Will try to include some details on winners, etc in the Nov bulletin. I do, however, want to take time to thank some very important folks for their contributions in making this tourney a huge success. Bypass Martin has run this tournament for the past three years and to say he was a little surprised by the overwhelming turn out would be an understatement. However, like a true fighter pilot, he remained flexible and found a way to work everyone in and still provide towels and golf balls for the entire lineup. We stood to make about $350 on the tourney which will go into our awards fund. Again, great job Bypass. Thanks also goes to TJ Cottongim, Panda Langbehn, and Merc Morris for coming out and helping us with the sign ins. There were a lot of active duty reps that helped Bypass as well and they deserve a lot of credit for the great turnout, so thanks goes to: Overall (and 95th FS) Capt Mike "Mugs" Reilly

-2nd FS & AMU Capt Dave "Ripper" Anderson

-43rd FS & AMU Capt Greg "Jinx" Preisser

-53rd WEG 1LT Nate Harris

-325th OSS Capt Jackson "Boz" Whiting

-325 ACS Capt Michael "Sensei" Kidd

Again, it was one of our largest ever tournaments and it was a tremendous success. Thanks to those who participated and thanks to our team that made it all happen…I realize that it is election time again and this year we will need to elect a new Provost Marshal. Since Bones McCoy just accepted the Vice Flight Captain position, we will not vote on his position this year. However, Panda Langbehn has indicated that he is not running for reelection for this term. Panda has done a great job as the Provost Marshal for the past four years. Besides leading our monthly toasts, he has played an integral part in raising funds to support our awards and scholarship programs. In short, he has done a great job and will be sorely missed. I plan to take nominations at the Oct meeting and we will vote on a new Provost Marshal in November. If you have any interest in serving the Flight as Provost Marshal, please let me know….Don’t forget the annual Veteran’s Day parade which will be held on Wednesday, 11 November 2009. We will tentatively plan to meet at the Martin Theater at 0915 for a 0930 parade start. Don’t forget to wear your green blazers and golf hats….Our October meeting will be hosted by Lt Col Trapper France, 43^rd FS Commander, and the members of the 43^rd Fighter Squadron. The meeting will be held at the 43^rd lounge and will begin with “Roll call” followed by what I hope will be many great war stories and a BBQ dinner catered by the Heritage Club. I am counting on all of you to prepare a good story and bring it to the meeting. This meeting is not only a lot of fun, but a great chance for us to connect with our active duty fighter pilots and recruit them for membership into our Order. Thanks to Trapper for stepping up and volunteering to host us for this year’s meeting….Guess that is about all I have for now. Look forward to seeing you at the Oct 29 meeting.

Volabamas Volamus

WAD