February 2012

The annual MACTS Seminar was held on 1-21 & 1-22 at the Maryland Heights Centre. We furnished coffee, donuts and mini bagels for the event. I am proud to say that our Chapter had 25 members present for the Seminar.  Thanks to: Don Kramme and Harold Booher for their hard work and excellent coffee making skills. I would remiss if I did not thank my husband, Bob Crandell, for all of his help and support.

Gloria Bahn, the president of the Greater St. Louis Flight Instructors Association, and Dave Pressey both Gateway members, were gracious enough to allow me to speak to the group at the beginning of the Seminar.  I invited everyone to join the Gateway Chapter and explained the importance of State Aviation Day. Several applications were handed out and renewals were paid by a few members.  I consider this to be one of the best events we have in the aviation community.  The speakers are always top-notch and the vendors are supporting all of general aviation.

Of course, I have volunteered the Gateway Chapter to do it again in 2013.

On a sad note, we lost one of our members that weekend.  Matt Martin passed away.  He will be missed. Matt was a kind, quiet, Gentleman in the true sense of the word.

On to new things:  We have speakers in place for the rest of 2012. Please plan on attending the monthly meetings and bring a friend.

If you can, be sure to come to Jefferson City on March 27 for State Aviation Day.  General Aviation needs all of our support. Please read the MPA news for more updates.

Please mark your calendars for the convention:  6-9-2012 in Boonville.

A big thanks to Steve Pierce for adding the links to our website.

That’s it for now,

Respectfully,

Donna Crandell