Gateway Pilots

Oh no! The FAA (that would be the Fools of April Administration) has begun to implement pilots licenses with photographs. Unfortunately, a technical mishap (which will probably be recategorized as a non-runway incursion incident once the NTSB investigatory team arrives) has impacted image clarity, which is a roundabout way of saying that they don’t know which photos go with which pilots.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to straighten out the mess. Just look at the pictures below and select the correct pilot’s name next to his or her photo. Hint: Although all of these people are MPA members who attended the Gateway MPA meeting on 19 March 2008, not all of them are actually pilots. That doesn’t matter to the FAA, of course.

Photo	“Pilot’s” Name
	– Select One – Lizz Dunn Dorothy Martin Rosemary Petruso Candy Zemon
	– Select One – Lizz Dunn Dorothy Martin Rosemary Petruso Candy Zemon
	– Select One – Lizz Dunn Dorothy Martin Rosemary Petruso Candy Zemon
	– Select One – Lee Herne Lana Maggart Tracy Smith Libby Yunger
	– Select One – Lee Herne Lana Maggart Tracy Smith Libby Yunger
	– Select One – Lee Herne Lana Maggart Tracy Smith Libby Yunger
	– Select One – Rick Albrecht Bob Kraemer Jean Murry Steve Pierce
	– Select One – Rick Albrecht Bob Kraemer Jean Murry Steve Pierce
	– Select One – Rick Albrecht Bob Kraemer Jean Murry Steve Pierce
	– Select One – Chuck Maggart Matt Martin Jan Pocock Carl Schaffner
	– Select One – Chuck Maggart Matt Martin Jan Pocock Carl Schaffner
	– Select One – Chuck Maggart Matt Martin Jan Pocock Carl Schaffner
	– Select One – Pat Devine Tom Sparr Bob Vasquez Art Zemon
	– Select One – Pat Devine Tom Sparr Bob Vasquez Art Zemon
	– Select One – Pat Devine Tom Sparr Bob Vasquez Art Zemon
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Vote early! Vote often! Valuable prizes will be awarded for the best score. In case of a tie, the first submission wins.

For a blast from the past, take a look at America’s Flying Salesman (Oct. 1955). It is a reprint from Mechanix Illustrated magazine. Here is the first page of the article. You can see the rest when you follow the link.

From the February Meeting

Tom Sparr talked about the history of the C130 both as a cargo carrier and as a gun ship. He flew both versions. Prior to Viet Nam he flew the cargo ship delivering supplies to American troops and to Indian troops during the Sino-Indian border dispute of 1962. Showed the evolution of the parachute delivery systems and how heavy equipment was delivered. During Viet Nam, Tom volunteered to fly a gun ship. Showed the evolution of the gun ship armament from its beginning in Viet Nam to today. (Click on the photo below to see it larger.)

We welcomed new members - Bob Vasquez, and Tom and Nancy Sparr - who were coerced (oops, I meant encouraged) to join by Bob Kraemer.

March Meeting

The Wednesday, March 19, 2008 meeting will be at The Columns. Don Dunn will be our guest speaker. He is a retired airline pilot who flew for two major airlines. He recently retired (again?) as an FAA inspector for Part 121 operations at the St. Louis FSDO. He also flew the L1011 Flying Hospital which had a staff of doctors and nurses for missions n Africa and Europe.

Phone your reservations to Jean Murry.

Upcoming Events

You can always find the latest list of upcoming MPA events on our web site at http://gatewaypilots.org/upcoming-events/.

This year, all meetings on are the third Wednesday of the month except in February and December. See the upcoming events page for weather minimums and times.

Gateway Pilots Web Site

Did you know that there are good things on the web site that did not make it into the newsletter? Drop by www.GatewayPilots.org.