Registration and News for St. Augustine Fly-in December 7, 8 & 9, 2012

BAC St. Augustine Update

All,

This just in.
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I have attached directions to the different locations for our activities. I have also attached an agenda for these activities. If you have any questions, it will be easier if you call me directly. 904-687-7463. I will be pretty busy the next few days and will not always have email available.

Please see below for information on Friday nights activities. They usually get a donation of 5-10 dollars per person to cover the meals. Beer is $1.00 per bottle. You are welcome to BYOB.

We have expanded some of the things to make your visit more enjoyable. We wish to grow this event annually and this is our only opportunity to make a good first impression. We want everyone to have a great time.

The people at the airport are excited about BAC coming to St. Augustine and we are excited to have you here.

St. Augustine Airport Pilots Association's (SAAPA) Monthly Meeting will be Saturday morning at 8:30 AM for coffee and donuts. This is optional. Meeting will start at 9:00 AM. See below for more info. Those that may want to attend, please let me know when you arrive on Friday. It usually lasts about 2 hours. We did not plan a group activity during the day for Saturday, as we felt everyone would like to tour on their own. Diverse attractions and activities are available; wine tasting, visiting the Old Fort, shopping on historic St. George Street, visiting the Alligator Farm, The Fountain of Youth, The Old Jail or the Light House, to name just a few. There are many others. As you can see, you won’t be bored!

I view this as a great way to energize everyone for 2013. We hope to have many fly-ins hosted in Florida and the whole SE Region for BAC. We should ensure our aircraft get their regular exercise while keeping our skills sharp.

Please let me know if you are going to attend by noon tomorrow. I did not set a deadline for refunding your money if you do not attend. However, if you know you are not coming, please contact me so we can adjust the food order accordingly and not exceed our projected budget.

Thank you for your support.

Best wishes for the Holiday Season,
Dave
N2161W
904-687-7463
[email protected]

NEXT FRIDAY...
December SAAPA 1st FRIDAY
Is a holiday themed dinner!

Please RSVP so that we may plan accordingly & have enough tables, chairs, & food for all.

While there is no fee for this event, a donation jar will be on the serving table to help offset expenses.

Friday, December 7th is also Pearl Harbor Day

We'll enjoy a little 40's era Holiday music and encourage anyone who would like to add a little spin to the festivities to don their 40s apparel in recognition of Pearl Harbor Day.

No matter what holiday you may/may not celebrate come out and celebrate the love flying and the freedom of General Aviation in the US of A!

MENU
Craig Fordem will be cooking roast pork & Len Tucker will be frying turkeys

Green Beans

Potato Casserole

Salad

BYOB​
If you are planning to attend and would like to contribute a dish... an appetizer or dessert would be a fabulous addition to the meal. It's the perfect time to try out a practice run recipe that you've been wanting to experiment with! :)​
Festivities begin at 5:30pm with dinner being served approximately 6pm

Galaxy Shade Hangar (next to FBO & PGA hangar)

Parking will be made available




The BEECH AERO CLUB FLY-IN @ SGJ will be joining us!


Children are welcome to attend...

Santa is expected to make a cameo appearance! :)

If you do plan to bring a child please let us know in advance so we have an accurate head count.

Come out & relax with your fellow SAAPA members and Fly-In participants, talk airplanes, enjoy a little camaraderie & share a little holiday cheer...

And...Don't forget!!!

The following morning (Dec 8th) SAAPA 2nd Saturday Annual General Membership Meeting!!!

Special guest speaker: Ed "Skip" Booth

Named one of AOPA's Top 100 Aviation Enforcement Attorneys

New SAAPA Board Members for 2013 will be announced

Refreshments at 08:30am

Program begins at 09:00am​
 
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Life up here requires me again. Sorry to cancel, but I hope you all have a great time and great flying weather.
 
Paul,
Very sorry you will be unable to attend. I understand how life gets in the way.
Hope to see you at a future event. We will be in VA Beach for BAC 2013 God willing.
Have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
Dave
 
Just best of luck for all attending - hope you guys have a great time... Appreciate all the effort put forth even though I'm unable to make it...

Regards,
Scott
 
BAC St. Augustine

Scott,

Thank you. It looks like we will have a very nice group, especially being the initial event. Some of the members are making a remarkable effort to be here. We really appreciate their efforts.

We are sorry "Sandy" prevented you from attending. Hopefully we do a decent job and positive feedback will encourage more members for next year. Also there will be more time for them to plan their trips.

We will post pictures and drink a toast for all those unable to join us. Thank you for your support.
Dave
 
BAC St. Augustine "Nights of Lights" Fly-in Highlights

All;
I would like to thank the faithful and dedicated members and their guests for a successful St. Augustine Fly-in. An unusual 3 days of being socked in (200ft, maybe) could have easily cut attendance in half, however, these members decided they were going to attend if they had to drive. They did drive. They came to the SAAPA Christmas Party from North Carolina, Georgia, South Florida, West Florida, and Mass. Ok, so Tom only drove from Orlando, FL. They said they would be there and 100% of them did attend. Gary suggested we rename it the “drive-in”.

We enjoyed the SAAPA Christmas Party on Friday night, attended SAAPA monthly meeting on Saturday morning for a program by an Aviation Attorney. Saturday evening we started our program with an introduction of each member and guest. Vic Martinelli, a former Airport Board member, welcomed everyone to Northeast Florida Regional Airport and gave a brief review of the long term planning. Following dinner, BAC member Mike Thompson gave a presentation on the exceptional value of a membership in Beech Aero Club. He has experience with similar organizations and feels BAC is a very resourceful club. Now if he would just sell the p.

Next was our guest speaker, Captain Ron Strauss. Captain Strauss has had an extensive career in aviation. He has flown over 40 years and exceeded 30,000 hours. Ron Strauss flew the “Lisa Maria, the Convair 880 from the time Elvis purchased the plane until just after his death. Incidentally, the 880 burned 2,000 gallons per hour in cruise. On Lisa Maria’s birthday, Elvis took her to Colorado for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. His presentation was informative and humorous. I think everyone was pleased.

We had a short door prize drawing and then left for the Trolley Tour of St. Augustine’s “Nights of Lights”. Initially, we had a slight delay, but everything worked out and we had a very nice tour of the downtown historic district and all of the beautiful decorated building.

Sunday morning, we met for breakfast at the Marriott, and after visiting for about an hour, everyone said their good-byes and departed for home.

Thankfully, everyone had a safe trip home.

The St. Augustine Airport Pilots Association were great hosts for the Christmas party and Saturday’s meeting. Denise and crew worked very hard to see that everyone was well fed and had a good time.

I would like to thank Galaxy aviation for all they did to make this possible. Also, Vic Martinelli, the St. Augustine Airport Authority and the staff for their assistance. Special thanks for Ron Strauss for taking the trip to St. Augustine to share his experiences with us.

I would like to thank Mike and Patti Deck. They started 3 days before getting everything in place for this event and things went very smoothly. Mike “Gunner” Thompson, the reason I own a Sundowner has always been there when anything was needed. I would also like to thank the guests and friends that came in support of BAC. Also, I would like to thank all the members of BAC for making this the fine organization that it is today.

Most importantly, I want to again thank the members that came, even when they could not safely fly to the event. I greatly appreciate your efforts.
Sincerely,
 
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Dave,
Looking forward to the pix. You might consider nominating the FBO for AvWeb FBO of the week. We did that for Gulf Air after BAC Fest and I think they appreciated it.
 
Thanks

I must apologize for missing some members that contributed greatly to our fly-in. Dan, Brad, Chris, Ed and others helped me a great deal. Every thing was a team effort and I did not mean to slight anyone.

My laptop died and I am out of town this week. Gunner is working on getting pictures posted on this site. Hopefully that will happen soon.
Cloyd, I would gladly recommend Galaxy Aviation for FBO of the week. I am working how to handle it, since it was 200 & lower Friday and Saturday. It actually became a "drive in". I think they still did a hell of a job taking care of things, but do not know if that will be enough.

I would like to start the campaign for that next week. Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
 
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Vote / Letter of Appreciation for Galaxy & SAAPA

All,
I realize I am asking a lot, at a very busy time of the year, however I hoped to make it special for the people whom we owe a huge "thank you"; SAAPA and Galaxy Aviation. St. Augustine Airport Pilots Association hosted the Friday night Christmas party and the Saturday morning meeting featuring Mr. Ed Booth.

We especially need to thank Denise and Dale Snodgrass who worked so hard to make everything happen. Please send a brief email expressing your gratitude. I would greatly appreciate it as I am sure they will. You can copy both on the same e-mail.
Wayne George, President of SAAPA: [email protected]
Denise and Dale Snodgrass: Denise is the social director: [email protected],

I have attached two links for comments and voting for Galaxy Aviation of St. Augustine, FL (KSGJ). The first is the Galaxy Aviation web site. There are drop down menus to choose the location.

Even though the weather was not co-operative, the staff handled our reservations and etc. very well. They did offer a great incentive package to everyone in our group. The weather just prevented us from taking full advantage of all the perks. They did provide the hanger, chairs, and tables and assisted in setting up everything for Friday nights' party. They also assisted in cleaning it up after the party. We hope to hold another Fly-in at Northeast Florida Region Airport next year and I am sure they will be first to offer their assistance. http://www.galaxyaviation.com/Comments.aspx

The following link is for AV-WEB FBO of the week. The same place we voted for Gulf Air Center who hosted our BACFest 2012. . http://www.avweb.com/fbo/nominate.html

Safe travels,
Dave
N2161W
 
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