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IFFR at Oshkosh 2012
Again this year there will be TWO opportunities for IFFR fellowship at AirVenture, in Oshkosh Wisconsin.
The Oshkosh Southwest Rotary Club is hosting a regular meeting on Wednesday, July 25 at 12:00. The location will be the pavilion in the Nature Center located between the EAA Air Museum and the convention grounds.
On Wednesday evening, July 25 at 6:00, IFFR Central USA Coordinator Mark Hagen, and his wife Karen, will again host an informal Social and BBQ at their motor home in Camp Scholler on the EAA grounds. If you are interested in stopping over please email Mark at mark@mbedl.com or call his cell 218-849-2294 to locate the site of their motorhome. Libations and food are provided; just bring yourself, family, or any other guest you would like. Please try to give at least one days notice if you would like to attend.
Dates for your diary....
“IFFR Booth exhibit at House of Friendship May 5-9”
“IFFR Annual Banquet May 6, 2012 Bangkok. Contact Sam Bishop or Peter More”
“IFFR AGM May 9, 8:30AM Four Points Hotel, Bangkok”
IFFR Pre-Convention Portugal Tour 2013
Saturday 15th - Saturday 22 June 2013
Details are now available for the Portuguese Section "Tour Of Portugal 2013" event - for full details you can visit the IFFR Portugal web site at https://sites.google.com/site/iffrportugal/2013-portugal-tour
European Region Fly-In to Prague
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August 2012
Details for the fly in to Prague (LKLT) are now available. - for full details you can download program and registration form.
French Section 40th Anniversary Fly Round 2013
Thursday 27th June to Saturday 6th July
The French Section have announced the dates for their 40th Anniversary Fly Round - for full details you can visit the IFFR French Section web site at www.iffr.fr
Portuguese Section launch a new website
Thursday 8th March
IFFR Portugese Section have launced their new website. It has details of the 2012 Santa Cruz fly in and the 2013 Tour of Portugal events. Take a look.... https://sites.google.com/site/iffrportugal/
NZ Section Donation to Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School
On Sunday the 15th 15 members their wives/partners Flew into the Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School at Matamata (15min flying east of Hamilton) for the presentation of a NZD $5,000.00 ($4180 USD) donation The monies from the donation are to be used for camp equipment the idea being that everyone would benefit. The camp is held in mid January each year for 10 days and will have been in operation for 50 years in 2016.
It has a high profile in the Aviation industry, all time is donated and a number of ANZ pilots are heavily Involved. The students are usually secondary school age who have to apply and be selected for the camp. Our donation was well received Michael Bryant IFFR VP Austral Asia
The Rotary Flyer
The latest edition of "The Rotary Flyer" is available for download.... The Rotary Flyer - September 2011
Torino 2011 Fly-In Video now on line
The Italian section have released a video of their Torino fly-in... you can watch it here
Post 2012 RI Convention IFFR South East Asia Jetaway
Details have now been released for the 2012 post RI Convention IFFR South Asia Jetaway. Information can be found on our special IFFR 2012 South East Asia Jetaway page. Hurry..... reservations close on November 30th!
Flying Rotarians Get Together at Oshkosh...
By Mark Hagan.
A nice contingent of Flying Rotarians braved heavy rains to attend the combined Oshkosh Rotary noon meeting at the Airventure site on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. That evening additional Flying Rotarians joined them for a BBQ at Mark & Karen Hagen’s motorhome.
The program at the noon meeting was presented by Burt Rutan, one of the most gifted designers of aircraft in the world. He is famous for his design of the record-breaking Voyager, which was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and the sub-orbital spaceplane SpaceShipOne, which won the Ansari X-Prize in 2004 for becoming the first privately funded spacecraft to enter the realm of space twice within a two-week period. He has five aircraft on display in the National Air and Space Museum: SpaceShipOne, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, Voyager, Quickie, and the VariEze. Pictured at the Oshkosh SW Rotary meeting is long time member Tim Freudenthal from Wautoma, WI and new member Ron Blilie from Kerrville, Texas. Ron is a retired NASA engineer. 
He was involved with the training of Apollo astronauts to land the Lunar Module on the moon.
Pictured L to R at the BBQ is Joanne Trimborn, Lowell Depoy, Brian Andersen, Mark Hagen Karen Hagen, Bob Trimborn, Doug Gilpin, Tim Freudenthal, Herman Hassinger, Caryl Andersen, Svend Anderson, Ginger Scott, J.R. Scott, Andy Horberg, Ron Blilie, Karen Horberg, Donna Slesser, Mike Woods, Rankin Whittington, Jim Slesser, and Paul Lamb. (Missing from the photo is Kurt Peterson. Mark Barsoum and Adib Barsoum)
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