Americas Region (updated 07/05/2007)
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International Fellowship of Flying
Rotarians Americas, Inc. Americas Region (updated 07/05/2007) |
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Fun, Fellowship & Purpose! |
Americas
President: Fred Newman #8009,
Midland, Texas;
Phone: 1-432-689-7540; NEW email:
fnewman2005@cox.net
Secretary-Treasurer: Diana Stone Livingston #6251,
IFFR Americas; P.O. Box 580, Girdwood, AK 99587
Phone: 1-907-783-2128; Fax: 1-907-783-2639; email:
dstoneliv@livingstonalaska.com
Join IFFR Americas
today. Application here
(click).
Partial IFFR fleet at the Kaulaupapa
Airport (PHLU), Molokai, Hawaii. Click above picture for
more...
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Mission Statement Organization Membership Application Angel Flight partnership Newsletter (July 2005) Editor: Phil Livingston Acrobat file Word doc file |
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Photos: The IFFR Aircraft fleet AirVenture 2006 AOPA Expo 2006 Centennial Fly-Away June 2005 Red Rock Fly-In April 2005 AOPA Expo 2004 Long Beach Hawaiian Sunshine Fly-Away, June 2004 Golden Gate Fly-In, August 2003 NAPA Valley "Four-Tire" Fly-in, 11/8/2002 AOPA Expo, Palm Springs 10/23/2002 Great Southwestern Fly-Away June 2001 |
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2007 Fly-Away
Salt Lake City, Utah June 21-30, 2007  |
Palm Springs
Pictures (updated 11/14/2006)  |
Link: South West Section Flying to Alaska by Phil Livingston |
Events
in 2007:
July 25, Americas N Central Section,
EAA Air Venture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
...more
September 28-30, Americas SW Section, Sierra
Safari Fly-In, RC of Bishop, California
October 4-6, Americas NE Section, Fly-In to AGM & AOPA Expo in
Hartford
Looking Ahead:
2008: R.I. Convention in Los Angeles, flyaway in
the South West. [planning]
2008: AOPA Expo, San Jose, California, 11/6-8
2009: AOPA Expo, Tampa, Florida, 11/5-7
2011: R.I. Convention in New Orleans
Letter from the
President:
June 1, 2006
Greetings Fellow IFFR members,
Waco, Texas is about 350 miles east of Midland and the round trip takes a tad bit under four hours depending on the restricted air space usage and how much diverting around you have to do. If President Bush is at his Crawford ranch, add thirty minutes for P-49 and plan on getting looked at by some young jet jockey as you start your decent. The good news is that I have four granddaughters in Waco and any excuse to visit works for me. Flying to see our grandchildren is a good excuse to fly any day!
This visit was rather unusual as my daughter
arranged from me to speak to the Midway-Waco Day Break Rotary Club
about IFFR. By the way, I checked with my CPA and he assured me
this made the trip expense deductible which is an added plus since
Rotary is a non-profit organization. I spoke to a group of about
fifty or so Rotarians and their guests using a power point slide
show with photos from recent Fly-Abouts. I used photos from the web
and from my collection of Australia, Red Rock, Chicago, and
Midland. The message I wanted to send to this club was as follows:
We are about international fellowship; we are about making
new friends for all cultures; we are about helping; and we
are about sharing.
I used photos showing how the local Rotary clubs took us under their care and provided us with their unique local touch of culture, whether it be from holding a “Roo” in Australia or watching an Aboriginal cultural dance or having brunch under a tent on the river bank near Niagara Falls. I told them you could book all the tours in the world and never get the flavor of the land like we do with the IFFR. Truly, we are a group who taste the flavor of the world’s culture in a special way.
As things normally go with me, I learned more from feedback than they did from my talk. I found out that several of these Rotarians had invited pilot guests who will now be potential members of their club. I also found out that no one in that room had heard of IFFR and were somewhat mystified at this well kept secret.
So the message: Share IFFR. I encourage each of you to tell our story to other clubs and to folks who would join Rotary to become one of us. Volunteer to speak to clubs throughout your locality and pass the message. Our organization is truly unique and we should not keep the secret any longer.
Fred Newman
....more stuff to come....
If you have postings for this Americas page, email
peter@petermore.com with
subject "IFFR-Americas"
