2020 Events
2020 Eagle Crest-Hudson Airport Fly-In
Oct 21, 2020 – Things started out looking really bad. At 0900 the visibility at Eagle Crest was about one-fourth of a mile. The closest forecast at Dover AFB 50NM North did not look great until mid-afternoon. Areas of VA, MD, PA, NJ, DE and WV were also socked in. John Chirtea postponed the start…
Read More2020 NE Region ZOOM Call
Oct 13, 2020 – The Northeast Region held its second Virtual Gathering via Zoom and 18 member pilots joined in. We are still on a learning curve for this type of meeting. A video from Peter Gutiere, our oldest member at 106, displayed the video only on the host’s screen while the audio came through…
Read More2020 North Texas Virtual Meeting IV
Oct 7, 2020 – The North Texas group conducted another virtual conference. For this go-around there were seven participants in all even though we could only “see” six of them. Dick Wilson had a problem getting his video to work, but he could join in with audio only just fine. Hey, it’s a learning process.…
Read More2020 North Texas Virtual Meeting III
Sep 2, 2020 – The latest North Texas meeting had a total of eight members attending including a member from the Illinois area. Member Pat Boyle joined in as a guest and believe it or not he says he will be back again. He also indicated an interest in doing similar meetings in the Illinois…
Read More2020 North Texas Virtual Meeting II
Aug 5, 2020 – On Wednesday, the North Texas UFO clan held another virtual meeting. We had an increase of two attendees compared to the July get-together. Our treasurer and immediate past-president, Warren Wood, was our special guest. As is the norm, stories about our flying escapades were shared and enjoyed by all. Barring unforeseen…
Read More2020 Eagles Crest (Mini-)Meeting
Aug 5, 2020 – A Mid-Atlantic UFO meeting was scheduled to be held at Eagles Crest Airport (DE25) in Milton, DE. Because of the dangers associated with the virus, the meeting has been postponed. However, John Sullivan, the Mid Atlantic Regional Manager flew his C182 to DE25 ( a residential airpark) to meet with John…
Read More2020 North Texas Virtual Meeting I
Jul 1, 2020 – Fed up with being confined to house arrest, five hardy North Texas UFO members got together at 11:30 on Wednesday, July 1 for a virtual meeting. It might have been a rocky start, but all of us thoroughly enjoyed the event. So much so that we have scheduled another such meeting…
Read More2020 UFO Gathering in Phoenix
Mar 13, 2020 – March 13 was another wet day in Phoenix, but 11 UFO members braved the weather to meet for a lunch at Deer Valley Airport, north Phoenix. With no formal program, we simply had a very social visit, and each member stood up and introduced themselves and talked a little about their…
Read More2020 NOS Meeting III (Sequim, WA)
Mar 9, 2020 – We met today at the Mariners Café in Sequim WA with a new member joining us, Dave Boerigter. We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month and will continue to do so based on the interest of the group. Attending this month are left to right Brendon Carmody, George Llewellyn,…
Read More2020 Texas Roundup XXI
Feb 26, 2020 – There were 9 UFO members, 4 guests (one of which is a UFO wannabe), and one aircraft at our February ROUNDUP. We met at a new venue (Spring Creek Restaurant in Grand Prairie) which worked out well. Tentatively, we’re planning to meet there again on Wednesday, August 26. Stay tuned. The one…
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