Welcome to the 2020 Annual Wright Brother’s Dinner Auction!
From Dec 17 to Dec 20.
This annual auction raises funds for the Aero Club of PA’s Scholarship Program – which awards scholarships to deserving flight and maintenance students of the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region.
Questions: sarahwolfe@windstream.net
Join us for a silent auction and presentations at our annual Wright Brothers Celebration on Thursday, December 17, 7:00 PM.
We will start by welcoming members from our sponsoring aviation groups from the Delaware Valley: The Aero Club of Pennsylvania, Angel Flight East, EAA Chapter 240 and The Eastern PA Chapter of the Ninety-Nines. The Aero Club will invite all to participate in an online silent auction to raise funds for aviation scholarships. Finally, we will welcome our exciting speaker for the evening, Martha Lunken. Martha will tell stories until about 8PM, followed by some Q&A.
ZOOM Meeting:
SILENT AUCTION: AUCTION
Speaker: Martha Lunken
Aviatrix, Author, Contributing Editor Flying Magazine
Martha Lunken learned to fly an Ercoupe in the early 1960s while attending college in Cincinnati. She became a flight instructor and operated a flying school at Cincinnati’s Lunken Airport for seven years. In 1980, she became an Aviation Safety Inspector with FAA’s Flight Standards Division at Chicago’s DuPage Airport. Later, she returned home and ran the FAA’s safety program in southern Ohio.
She has an ATP, airplane single and multi-engine land and sea, and a commercial hot air balloon rating. Martha is type rated in the Lockheed 18, DC-3 and SA-227 aircraft. She owns a 1956 Cessna 180 and has 14,000+ hours flight time. She is Contributing Editor at Flying Magazine. In 2016, Sporty’s published a book, Unusual Attitudes, which includes her favorite columns from Flying Magazine.
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The Aero Club will raffle approximately 250 tickets for a chance to win a seat on a B-25 warbird flight in 2020. Proceeds for the raffle will go directly to support Aero Club operating expenses, like the newsletter, postage, PO Box, and our website. This is a phenomenal opportunity to win a ride or give the ride as a gift.
The Aero Club of Pennsylvania Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Eastern PA Chapter of the Ninety-Nines present the Annual Aviation Scholarship Awards Dinner.
Join us at the Philadelphia Aviation Country Club at Wings Field in Blue Bell, PA to help give away scholarships to young men and women interesting in careers in aviation.
Cash Bar 6PM, Dinner 7PM
Registration Details TBD
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Board Meeting: 6PM: ZOOM VIDEO & DESMOND HOTEL
Dinner (optional) 7PM: DESMOND HOTEL
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MENU: Fixed price $32 (including tax and gratuity) plus drinks.
VIRTUAL MEETING: Details to come
Speaker: Ilya Sabanin
Our speaker is new board member, Ilya Sabanin, who having learned to fly in Siberia in 2011, will speak about the stark contrast between flying General Aviation in Russia and flying in the U.S.A.
Ilya started his flying journey in Siberia in 2011 by getting his Russian Light Sport certificate equivalent flying A-22 Foxbat two-seater airplane equipped with snow skis. Eventually he made his way to USA and acquired FAA Private, Instrument, Commercial and Ground Instructor certificates. A professional software developer during weekdays, Ilya enjoys flying with his friends and family during weekends, exploring nearby airports and beautiful places around United States. He hopes to soon get his CFI certificate and start giving back to the aviation community.
We are overbooked at this point. Contact us about the possibility of a seat.
RSVP below to announce your intention to attend. If you already RSVPed from the dinner invitation, no need to repeat here:
Dinner and Presentation at The Union League of Philadelphia, by special invitation to Aero Club and Ninety-Nines Members.
The Union League Aviation Club presents: A Tribute to Women in Aviation
Join us as guests of the prestigious Union League of Philadelphia for dinner and a presentation by Risa Altman of the Eastern PA Ninety-Nines. She will present on the rich history of women in aviation, as well as highlight contributions of the women of the Delaware Valley. A four-course dinner with wine will be served. Guests are welcome. Seating is limited.
Desmond Hotel, Malvern, PA
December 17, 2019
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