Technically, this isn’t exactly a MAPA event, but it’s on the right day of the month, so what the heck! Thank you C&W and the North Jersey 99s!

Walk-ins welcomed! Bring a friend!

 - Social – whenever you get there!

 - Dinner (free, gourmet*) - 5:30 – 7:00pm

 - Guest Program – 7:00pm 

A UNIQUE CUTTING EDGE EVENT WHICH YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS!! (The actual F-35 will not be present, folks. But still a very cool program!)

The F-35 Lightning II aircraft is designed/developed/built to replace aging aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy and also eight partner countries around the world. The F-35 is a 5th generation, stealth fighter aircraft which will have multi-role/multi-mission capability that will replace the F-16 and A-10 in the USAF, the F-18A-D and AV-8 in the USMC, and the F-18A-D in the USN.

Presenter: Bugsy Malone (former F16 fighter pilot and Pacific Commander) will be flying in from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth,Texas plant to give us the latest on the 5th Generation Joint Strike Fighter, the F35 Lightning II.

 *Gourmet Dinner:     Chili and Hot Dogs with Fixings, Drinks, and other treats)

(For directions to C&W, please call: 973-227-5750)

Sponsored by:  C & W Aero Services & North Jersey Chapter of the 99′s

A special thanks to C & W Aero Services for providing their facility for this special presentation!

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Thanks to Susan Loricchio for making contacts and arranging for the presenter.

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Formed in 1957, this year marks the 54th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

Meetings are usually held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed to attend.

* Learn from terrific guest speakers presenting lectures on a host of great aviation topics
* Participate in daring hangar flying and trade tales of your exploits with fellow intrepid flyers of all experience levels.

Visit www.MidAtlanticPilots.org 

Fairfield, NJ 07004 – USA

Thursday, November 10 at 5:30 PM

Attending: 3

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Atlantic-Pilots-Association/events/39999112/

RSVPs are expected. Walk-ins welcomed! Bring a friend!

 - Social – whenever you get there!

 - Dinner – 5:30 – 7:00pm

 - Guest Program – 7:00pm 

Featuring “C&W’s Complementary Gourmet Chili and Fixins Dinner”

 Formed in 1957, this year marks the 54th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

Program: “PilotEdge: Real ATC for the Virtual Environment”

Speaker:  Keith Smith

It’s well known that simulators are useful for practicing emergencies and the basic techniques of instrument flight. One area in which virtually NO progress has been made, though, is in the integration of other traffic and Air Traffic Control. Whether it’s a $29 installation of X-Plane or FSX or a $12MM Level D flight simulator, there really hasn’t been a reliable way of bringing real ATC into the cockpit.

PilotEdge is the first commercial grade service to bring human-powered ATC into the virtual environment. Simulators can now plug into our network, allowing pilots to put on a headset, tune the COM radios and work with controllers and other traffic.

When you call for your IFR clearance at a towered airport, a real person responds and issues a clearance that closely mimics the routing and local departure instructions that you’d receive in real life. You’ll see other traffic out the window, too, and hear them on the radio. Those are other real pilots out there!

This fundamentally changes what tasks can be meaningfully taught, practiced and honed in a simulator and is nothing short of a revolution for flight training.  A typical $400 dual IFR training sortie normally yields one IFR clearance, and a handful of approach clearances at best.  It’s small wonder that many pilots who get their instrument rating actually have very little exposure to REALLY flying in the system.

PilotEdge lets you fly in the system, build up your situational awareness and practice those communication skills for a fraction of the cost of doing it in a real airplane.

About our speaker: Keith has been passionate about aviation and computing from the age of 11. He is an instrument rated pilot, flying a Lancair 360 out of nearby Lincoln Park.

Meetings are usually held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed to attend.

* Learn from terrific guest speakers presenting lectures on a host of great aviation topics
* Participate in daring hangar flying and trade tales of your exploits with fellow intrepid flyers of all experience levels.

Visit www.MidAtlanticPilots.org 

Fairfield, NJ 07004 – USA

Thursday, October 13 at 5:30 PM

Attending: 5

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Atlantic-Pilots-Association/events/36629842/

RSVPs are expected. Walk-ins welcomed! Bring a friend!

 - Social – 6:00pm

 - Dinner – 7:00pm

 - Guest Program – 8:00pm 

$25 per person will be collected at the door and includes buffet dinner.

Formed in 1957, this year marks the 54th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

Thanks to the efforts of MAPA member Susan Loricchio and Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Airshow Director Neill Herman, we are featuring Aerodrome Docent Chis Ford, a nine year veteran at Old Rhinebeck but one who has been a regular at Old Rhinebeck for 22 of his 24 years!

Chris will give us an overview of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome and their airshows and discuss details about some of the unique aircraft in the Aerodrome’s collection such as their1909 Bleriot monoplane, the oldest flying airplane in the U.S. He will also feature some of this year’s centennials, as there are quite a few for 2011. It is the centennial of naval aviation, and the very first airplane the navy purchased was a Curtiss Model D much like the replica in the Aerodrome collection.

It is also the centennial of the first transcontinental flight, made by Cal Rodgers in a Wright EX. (There is a Wright EX on static display at the Aerodrome in their pioneer hangar.)

 
On Sept. 23rd, it will also be the centennial of the first airmail flight. That flight was accomplished in a 1911 Bleriot monoplane equipped with a rotary engine. (There is also an original 1911 Bleriot on static display in their main museum building.).  We’ll get to see some airshow footage and maybe try a WW1 Flight simulator.

About himself, Chris says:

     “I’ve been working at the Aerodrome since I was sixteen. I was hooked long before then though, my parents started taking me to the Aerodrome when I was two. Little did they know the monster they’d created! We ended up going at least twice a year until I started volunteering nine years ago.  
     “When I showed up at the Aerodrome to work I had leather gloves with me, I thought they’d have me digging a ditch somewhere. I didn’t think they’d let me anywhere near the aeroplanes. So I was astounded when I was told I’d be able to help get the planes ready for the airshow. I was further amazed when I was told I could start learning how to wing run the following week. (The old planes don’t handle well on the ground and runners help maintain directional control while taxiing.)       
     “Looking back, being part of such a wonderful place probably kept me out of trouble as a teen. These days in addition to being a member of the airshow ground crew I also serve as an official docent to the museum. I provide guided tours and presentations about the Aerodrome and antique aviation, which is what brings me to the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association dinner. As for flying antique aircraft, I have had the privilege of flying several from the co-pilots seat. I must confess I’m still working on my private certificate as time and money allow. These days I train in a 1946 Aeronca Champ. (I figure I should get used to dragging my tail now since I want to fly at the Aerodrome!)”



Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed to attend. Visit www.MidAtlanticPilots.org 

Teaneck, NJ 07666 – USA

Thursday, September 8 at 6:00 PM

Attending: 2

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Atlantic-Pilots-Association/events/31936502/

RSVPs are expected. Walk-ins welcomed! Bring a friend!

– Social – 6:00pm

– Dinner – 7:00pm

– Guest Program – 8:00pm

$25 per person will be collected at the door and includes buffet dinner.

Formed in 1957, this year marks the 54th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

About our speaker:

Eric Sanderman is the NY & NJ – Regional Director for Cirrus Aircraft. Cirrus has been the leading seller of 4 seat piston engine aircraft for over eight years. Their New York office is based at the Millionair FBO at White Plains, Westchester County Airport (HPN).

Mr. Sanderman practiced as a CPA for 17 years before joining Cirrus Aircraft. He is a graduate of San Diego State University, School of Accountancy. Before starting his own firm, Eric was a staff professional at Deloitte & Touche and KPMG Peat Marwick. Then he founded and ran a 10 person accounting & consulting firm in San Diego, CA. His firm specialized in the design and implementation of accounting & information systems. His clients were spread out from San Diego to Northern California and East into Nevada and Arizona.

Having such far-flung clients, Eric became a private pilot and used his airplane to ease the travel burden. In 2003, he purchased a share in a Cirrus airplane at Montgomery Field in San Diego and later became an owner of another Cirrus, which was then leased to one of the largest flying clubs in the world – Plus One Flyers in San Diego.  From 2003 to 2005, Eric added nearly 400 hours in his logbook flying to his clients in the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Ventura County.

As the lead partner in his firm, his job was to bring in new clients. That’s where he began to express an aptitude for sales. After buying his second Cirrus, the Southern California rep for Cirrus convinced Eric to try his hand at selling the world’s leading airplane. Ready for a professional change and a new challenge in his life, Eric sold his interest in the consulting firm and moved from San Diego to New York to pursue every pilot’s dream of getting paid to fly airplanes!

Since joining Cirrus in March 2005 and completing his demo pilot training in cold and snowy Duluth Minnesota, Eric has logged another 3,500 hours giving demo and delivery flights in every version of Cirrus from the modest SR20 to the high performance SR22 Turbo. He’ll be sharing with us his experience as a demo pilot and lots of insider information about Cirrus and its products.



Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed to attend. Visit www.MidAtlanticPilots.org

Teaneck, NJ 07666 – USA

Thursday, July 14 at 6:00 PM

Attending: 2

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Atlantic-Pilots-Association/events/24530731/

THIS PROGRAM EARNS YOU WINGS CREDIT!

RSVPs are expected. Walk-ins welcomed! $25 per person collected at the door, includes buffet dinner.

 Bring a friend!

 Formed in 1957, this year marks the 54th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every Month, this month, at Greenwood Lake Airport in the room above the Passport Cafe. Meeting price is $25 (new price) and includes dinner. Dinner is served at 7:00 PM. Members and non-members are welcomed. Visit www.midatlanticpilots.org.

About our speaker:

Denise is a frequent speaker whose aviation repertoire includes air racing, aircraft maintenance, aircraft kit building, and aviation writing. She promotes general aviation and women’s roles in aviation and technology. One of her passions, air racing, led to her flight around the world after she competed in The London, England to Sydney, Australia Air Race 2001, a commemorative rally along the “Kangaroo Route” first flown in 1919. She has won the Air Race Classic, an annual all women’s transcontinental race, twice. In the 2004 US Air Race, she was awarded 1st place Women’s Team and 1st Place Division A. She has won or placed well in additional races including the Around New Zealand Air Race 2004 capturing one of the day’s first in class flying a Piper Arrow.

She currently owns and maintains a 1979 Grumman Tiger. Her work includes flying a Cessna Grand Caravan equipped with the latest technology for various projects including gas exploration and leak detection for a company in development. She writes a “Tech Tips” column for Aviation for Women magazine. The National Organization for Women, Central New York Chapter, recognized her in 2001 with a “Trailblazer in Aviation – Unsung Heroine” award. She was honored to be included in Ann Cooper’s book “Stars of the Sky” (2008).

Denise is a volunteer pilot and aviation educator. Currently she is president of AWAM (Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance) and serves as a Director for the Air Race Classic Board. She is also a member of a number of the aviation alphabet organizations. She flies Young Eagles and volunteer medical flights. She also volunteers at EAA KidVenture. Raised in upstate New York, Denise is a graduate of Ithaca College and Florida State University and has been a long time resident of New York City. She holds a Commercial Pilot, Instrument certificate for Single-Engine Land & Sea and Multi-Engine aircraft, an Airframe & Powerplant FAA certificate and a Light Sport Repairman-Airplane certificate. Denise, in conjunction with her partner, founded a company specializing in Construction and Business Management where she continues to oversee daily operations. They also are active on the water and include Marine Education and Safety consulting, offshore sailing and yacht deliveries in their repertoire. 

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed. Visit www.midatlanticpilots.org.

West Milford, NJ 07480 – USA

Thursday, June 9 at 6:30 PM

Attending: 3

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Atlantic-Pilots-Association/events/20475421/