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| Program for January. |
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| Col. James Stewart gave us a wonderful program on The National WWII Muserm. |
| November's program |
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| L to R - Stephen Blucher-our new leader and Col. Earl Sherwin, Wing Commander, Civil Air Patrol. |
| Program for October |
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| Talk show host, Richard Randall gave an awesome program on the bombing raids during WWII. WOW! |
| Program for September |
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| Allen Mathews, of Peak Aviation, gave us an interesting presentation on High High Hopes for Teens". |
| Program for August |
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| Lt Col USAF Matthew Rytting gave a great program on Cadet Patachute Program. It was awesome! |
| Program for March, 2011 |
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| Charlie Lambert, President & CEO of SkySentry gave a great presentation on High Altitude Operations. |
| Program for February |
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| Left to Right: Joe Lillard, Jeanie Reinhard, Dewey Reinhard. Hot Air Ballooning in France by Joe! |
| Program for January, 2011 |
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| Jeanne Gardner, ATC at COS, delighted the group with her entertaining presentation about Flying COS! |
| Program for November, 2010 |
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| Mel Anderson has done it again! He entertained SP with his video clips! Awesome, Mel! |
| Program for October. |
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| Senior Pilot, Jim Stansberry, bought a kit plane and told us all about it! Great Program! |
| Program for September, 2010. |
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| Gina Moretto, FAA Safety Team Member, gave an great program on the FAA website & aviation events. |
| Program for August, 2010 |
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| Jack Anthony and his wife Margo gave a fascinating program on USAFA long ago. Wow! It was great! |
| Program for July |
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| Senior Pilot Conrad Lapp gave us an exceptional program on his adventure-flying his Cub in Alaska! |
| Program for June, 2010. |
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| Bill Waters and his bride - Beth. Bill was helicopter pilot for two US Presidents. An great program! |
| Senior Pilot, Millie Young |
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| Millie received the Congressional Gold Medal for her service in WWII |
| Program from the April, 2010 Meeting |
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| Senior Pilot, Mel Anderson captivated the group with his presentation and actual video on refueling |
| March 2010 Meeting |
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| Senior Pilot, Lyle Mortenson with Friend Americas Santos, CFI from Germany. Great Presentation! |
| March 2010 Meeting |
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| Wayne and Clint, from COS Police Airport K-9 Unit gave the program. |
| March 2010 Meeting |
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| Wayne and Rex demonstrate Airport bomb detection. |
| Brand New Venue! |
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| Elaine, co-founder of SP of CC, stands outside the East Library. A great place for SP's to meet! |
| February 2010 Meeting |
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| Paul Thomas tells his favorite war story. |
| February 2010 Meeting |
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| Larry Hanes from Colorado Springs Utilities captivates the audience. |
| January 2010 Meeting |
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| Al Uhalt gave a fantastic program on Light Sport Aircraft! |
| October's Field Trip |
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| Colonel James Stewart lead Senior Pilots on a fabulous tour of the National Museum of WWII Aviation |
| October's Field Trip |
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| This Museum will be a living display with WWII birds that really fly! |
| October's Field Trip |
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| John and Von. John told of honoring those pilots who fought for our freedom in WWII. Moving! |
| Program for August |
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| Jim Stansberry presented on Oshkosh. Pat Halloran presented the SR-71. |
| Program for July, 2009! |
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| Rick Broome, prolific aviation artist, and his lovely wife Billie gave a wonderful presentation! |
| Rick Broome sits in the cockpit! |
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| The leading half of a Boeing 727 is center stage in Rick's home art studio. |
| The Boeing 727 in Rick Broome's home studio. |
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| One of the many stages of construction of the home studio with the leading half of a Boeing 727! |
| May 20th - Field Trip to KRDO TV |
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| Senior Pilots watch a live broadcast of News & Weather |
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| Marty Venticinque prepared his weather broadcast. |
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| Marty poses with new Senior Pilot Patty Bastian. It was a fun day! |
| April 27th meeting - Gen. Philip Caine |
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| Phil Caine does a book signing after his interesting program on Evading Capture WWII Europe. |
| March 23rd Meeting |
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| Gen. Pat Halloran gave a riveting program on the U2 in which he has over 1600 hrs! |
| Program For February |
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| Marty Venticinque, from KRDO TV, gave us a great program on weather! |
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| Marty showed us some gorgeous weather photos. |
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| Another cool weather picture from Marty. |
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| Marty is a "Storm Chaser". Now we know how he gets these great pictures! |
| General Philip Caine, Senior Pilot |
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| Gen. Caine gave a riveting program on the RAF! |
| We had a record crowd at the 2009 January meeting! |
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| Packed to capacity - 48 Senior Pilots enjoyed the meeting. |
| SP Christmas Party |
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| Senior Pilots had a great time celebrating the Holidays! |
| SP Christmas Party |
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| Party food was potluck. Oh, those Senior Pilots sure can cook! |
| SP Christmas Party |
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| Orison brought a Senior Pilot cake! Very tastey! |
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| Dewey Reinhard shows some of his pictures of his balloons. |
| TRIP TO WORLD WAR II CAMPUS |
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| Chic Meyers gave Senior Pilots our own private tour of the facility! It was awesome! |
| TRIP TO WORLD WAR II CAMPUS |
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| What else can be said - - WOW! |
| TRIP TO WORLD WAR II CAMPUS |
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| Bob and Pat enjoyed the musuem! |
| TRIP TO WORLD WAR II CAMPUS |
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| Who's the cool lady pilot, ready for take-off? Why it's our own Von Alter - Senior Pilot! |
| August 25th Meeting of SP of CC |
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| Michael Glen, Rolling Pilot gave a rivoting presentation! |
| July 28th meeting of SP of CC |
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| Pilots - hanging with Pilots - hanging on every word of the program! It was a great program! |
| July 28th meeting of SP of CC |
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| Chic Meyers did the program on The New World War II Campus at KCOS! |
| July 28th Meeting of SP of CC |
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| Von Alter tells her "war story"! |
| July 28th Meeting of SP of CC |
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| Bob Jerman was our mystery guest! He spoke about the Aero Club. |
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| Elaine and Linda are loving their trek to the top! |
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| Our Hostess with the Mostess - Johnna Pope. Thanks, Johnna. |
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| Stephen Blucher tells about his experiences as an "Aircraft Repo Man". Right out of the movies! |
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| Orison was awarded Senior Pilot de Jour!!! |
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| He's resting here, but Orison climbed over 160 stairs to see the top of the COS tower! GO ORISON! |
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| The view from the tower was spectacular! And very interesting! |
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| Senior Pilots enjoying their 3rd meeting. |
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At the March 24th meeting, SP of CC was honored by
some special visitors. We had several members of the 99's! We also had Patsy Buchwald, owner of the Balloon
Classic! A very special visitor was Rhea Woltman. Rhea was just inducted into the 2008 Colorado Women's Hall
of Fame. She was a Mercury 13 Astronaut! She is pictured in the photo above - upper left corner (the lady in black).
You can read about Mercury 13 at www.mercury13.com
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