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 E-Digest                                                       27 April 2012 

   


Newt Gingrich 2012
Newt Gingrich visits the AMCM
 

Shortly before the Delaware Republican primary, Newt and Callista Gingrich made an impromptu visit to the AMC Museum. It was not a campaign stop, just a brief respite in their schedule. They were very interested in our museum and their visit took our other visitors by surprise. Mike was very impressed when the former Speaker of the House answered a question from his wife about when the Berlin Airlift took place. Not too many people would know that off the top of their heads; but then again he does have a Doctorate in European History.  


2010 Golf TournamentChairman, AMC Museum Golf Tournament 
Annual Golf Tournament
 

Please join the "Friends of the Air Mobility Command Museum" at Jonathan's Landing for the 8th Annual AMC Museum Foundation Fund-Raiser Golf Tournament Thursday, July 12, 2012. Proceeds from the tournament will help fulfill the mission of the AMC Museum. 

 

Registration is from 11 a.m. - noon. The 4-person scramble tournament will begin with a shotgun start at noon. You may make up your own team. Tournament prizes will be awarded at dinner following the round. Cost is $85 per person, $75 for active-duty officers and $55 for active-duty enlisted personnel. Cost includes golf w/cart, buffet dinner, snacks/beverages, prizes, and possible hole-in-one prizes to include one of $10,000 from Ameriprise.


We are seeking local enterprises to be Hole Sponsors for this event or to donate prizes. Cost for sponsoring a hole is $100 and includes and sign on golf course tees with your name, recognition at the dinner and in a brochure, highlighted in the Museum's electronic newsletter. Further recognition will follow in a quarterly Hangar Digest and on the Museum website under "Latest News."

 

Anyone interested in playing the tournament, sponsoring a hole, or both, can make a check out to AMC Museum Golf Tournament and mail to: Phil White, 98 Jackson Ct., Smyrna, DE 19977. There is also a signup sheet and/or sponsor sheet at: www.amcmuseum.org, or call to reserve a spot, sponsor a hole, or donate a prize. Call Phil at (302-653-6825) or email: white.arthur@mailcity.com. You may also pay on the day of the tournament. Hope to see you there! 

 


Whether Or Not
The early spring weather has had several benefits for us. The first benefit is that our restoration crews have been making great progress. One crew is assembling the sections of our new Quonset hut while another is disassembling the old General's Travel Module that turned out not to be a useful exhibit. The C-7 crew is finishing up their interior refurbishment work. It looks like a working aircraft now, just like when it was in service. An update on the C-119 will follow this article.
 
The other big benefit is that our visitors have come to see us early and often, come see what's new and exciting. 

C-119 Bomber???
 
I'll bet that got your attention! While the C-119 was not really intended to be a bomber, it did have bombay doors of sorts and it did drop big,  bomb shaped loads. Even many C-119 crew members that flew them late in their careers were not really aware that at the very front of the cargo compartment is a large inner and outer door that opens to allow twice man-size cargo bundles to be dropped from an overhead conveyor system.
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