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February 4th
Texas Hold'em Tourney
Gator Harley
Leesburg, Fl
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March 10th
Texas Hold'em Tournament
Orlando
Orlando Executive Airport (KORL)
March 27th- April1st
Sun n Fun
@ the PilotMall Shop
(Air conditioning!)
Lakeland Airport
March 31st
Texas Hold'em Tournament
(Sun n Fun)
April 7th
Trains, Planes & BBQ
Tavares, FL
April 20th
"On the runway" 5K Run
Orlando Executive Airport (KORL)
Showalter Flying Service
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April 21st
Texas Hold'em Tournament
Tampa FL
Hard Rock Casino & Hotel
May 14th
Golf Tournament
Tampa/St. Pete
Feather Sound Country Club, Clearwater
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Leesburg, FL
Arlington Ridge Golf Club
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"EvANGEList" Monthly training every
3rd Thursday @ 7pm
(712) 432-0080 949489#
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February 16
Pilots
Pilot tele-forum
For feedback, suggestions
and questions answered regarding missions
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WINGS
South Florida Wing
Last Wednesday 6:30pm every month
Next one 2/29
Executive Airport (KFXE)
West Palm Beach Wing
First Thursday 6:30pm (next one 3/1)
every month
Galaxy FBO
Galaxy FBO West Palm Beach International (KPBI)
Tampa/St. Pete Wing
Third Wednesday
6:30pm every month
(next one 2/15)
Location varies
For more information on our monthly meetings, call the office at
(352) 326-0761
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| Texas Hold'em Leesburg, FL Tomorrow! | |
Last call for players! We have 70+ players registered for tomorrow's event at Gator Harley in Leesburg, and expect some walk-ins as well. We have a few seats left if anyone else is interested. Registration starts at 5:00pm, play begins at 6:00pm. Prizes include: Trips, a big screen TV, gift cards and more!
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| Angel Flight + Challenge Air = Big Fun! | |
What a great day! 76 disabled kids and their families were given "empowering" rides in airplanes at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Saturday.
The pilots really worked especially hard to make sure no kids missed out on a ride, taking as many as eight trips to complete their mission. The kids could not be more appreciative. There were clowns and cheerleaders, ponies and potbelly pigs. Great day.
See the news coverage here
A special thanks to our pilots: Greg Banfield John Toohey Allan Weltman Michael Bercun Rick Marshall Evan Piper Jim Meyer (Flew down from Illinois!) Mark Riordan Tom Ellis Troy Mark Nowicki Stephen Gatlin Feedback from one of our dedicated pilots: Steve,
Hats off to you, what a great event Saturday. The pilot briefings were perfect and material was a great asset to have in the cockpit. All I can say is what a difference a year makes. Your planning with the airport FAA folks, support from Banyan, and my ground crew, made the flight work a snap. I had a blast with my eight flights, the kids really made my day special, each one was great as were their famillies, even had two of the same families from last year, which was very cool.
Count me in for next year, I am sure I got more out of flying with the kids and their families then I gave back on the short flights. Again, thanks for a really great day.
Greg B. This was addressed to me, but everyone was a huge help in getting this event off the ground, particularly Jim Steenson and the staff and volunteers of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Banyan Air Service & Challenge Air. Sincerely, Steve Purello
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| NATCA Conference | |
The National Air Traffic Controller's Association convention took place this past week in Atlanta, Georgia. The NATCA Charitable Foundation has been very good to Angel Flight Southeast over they years, holding fundraising events and sending our charity a portion of the proceeds.
Angel Flight Southeast was honored to be a part of the convention, judging the highly coveted award for the "Best Bike" in the Air Traffic Controller's bike building contest (I'm still not really clear on who actually won?).
We also attended with a booth which gave us an opportunity to speak with controllers across the country, signing up new controller/pilots and happily accepting a very nice check, which came from the proceeds of a great fundraiser held at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta on Monday night.
Special thanks to:
Elena Nash
Betsy Beaumont
Cathy Meachum
We look forward to a long and strong relationship with NATCA charitable, and appreciate everything they have done for us.
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Pilot spotlight
These are the very special pilots that volunteered to take one or more of our many weekly missions. Mario Simoes Jerry Trachtman Philip Gross Christopher Moffatt X3 Dr. Peter Roode X2 Donald Roberts X2 Edward Unger Steve High X2 Hap Walter Patrick Clyne Gerald McCarley Wayne Plaster Robert Wall Dr. Hahn Bill McGehee Randy Rolf X3 Ken Jordan X5 Sam Samaha X6 Eric Huppert X2 Marc Miller X2 (First missions!) Lynn Murtagh X2 Cliff Land X4 (First missions!) Frank Pugh Charles Gould Bill Castlen Allen Price Mark Nowicki Greg Frost Mario Simones Bo Burroughs Jim Jordan Allen Brinkerhoff Mookie Bahiri Philip Gross Marty Roberts Jon Morris Greg Frost 124 mission legs were coordinated for the two weeks Marc Miller with Passenger Kevin and Copilot Carl after Angel Flight to Tallahassee on Tuesday | |
Pilots: Please send your photos via your smart-phones to: info@mercymail.org. We'll get them posted on our social networks so we get some additional PR.
Thank you for all of your time and energy.
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| DD Day Flights |
This was the third year that Angel Flight Southeast was able to assist flying young adult self-advocates, chaperones, a high school student aide and a service dog to/from the Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day Conference in Tallahassee, FL. These flights originated in Fort Myers and Stuart.
A special thank you to pilots Randy Rolf, Ken Jordan, Sam Samaha, Eric Huppert, Lynn Murtagh, Marc Miller and Cliff Land. Watch for a future report on this conferenceto bring awareness to the representatives for disability rights.
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