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       E-Digest                                                               29 August 2012  

   


AMC Museum Foundation Election
 

The AMC Museum Foundation will hold an election for the board on Sept 6 2012 at 9:30. All members of the AMC Foundation may vote. The candidates are:

Paul Gillis

John Groth

Bob Mench

Larry Tasker

Phil White


Community Appreciation Day
 

We are slowly rebuilding our Community Appreciation Day event program. On the third Saturday of August we had a really good crowd. Between 400 and 500 people attended to tour inside Air Force Two and several other aircraft. 

 

The Security Forces Squadron provided a working dog demo at 11:15 watched by about 50 people in Commemoration Park.  Community Day

 

We announced and ran tower tours every hour plus fill-ins as  guides were available. Each tower tour was full - 15 to 20 people at a time. Next Spring we will begin adding other features to the tour so stay tuned.    

 



B-17 History
Our B-17 first became a part of the USAF Museum program at the Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB.  Here is a rare picture of its move B-17 on bridge to a new hangar there. Do you think this was considered a "Wide Load"? After the B-17G Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby was restored at Dover by the 512th Airlift Wing and flown back to the Air Force Museum we received this B-17G as part of the deal. It's been part of our collection since 1989. 
 

Annual AMC Museum Foundation Mixer

Are you ready for some plane talk? The AMC Museum Foundation will be hosting our Annual Member Mixer on Friday, 7 September at 1700 (5:00 pm) at the Museum. The event is FREE for members who have joined at the Squadron Commander category and above. All other friends will have an opportunity to join The AMC Museum Foundation that evening, and waive the $10 donation for the event.

The event will begin with free door prize PT-17 Painting
tickets, free hors d'oeuvres, and a pay-as-you-go bar. The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter and the Boeing KC-135
Stratotanker will both be open that night,
showing the leap from the 1950s technology
to what we are using today for refueling
America's Air Force. And as a special treat
we'll be giving tours through our newest
arrival, the VC-9C, better known as Air
Force Two!

We purposely schedule very little agenda for the event, in order to let you visit with old
friends, and meet new ones, who share your interest in airlift and air-refueling history. There will be drawings for several aviation-type door prizes. The evening's program will wrap up with the drawing for our original David Godek oil painting, From Out of the Past. The lucky ticket holder will also receive a certificate for a FREE sight-seeing flight in a completely restored 1941 Stearman.

 


Become a Member
Join the Ranks

Christmas is just around the corner!  Show your support by joining the ranks and becoming a Friend of the AMC Museum or giving a Membership Gift Certificate for that hard-to-buy-for friend or spouse.  A basic membership is only $30. In addition to our quarterly newsletter, Hangar Digest, you also receive a museum coin and 10% discount on purchases in our museum store, the perfect place to find that unique gift.

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