Fixed wing, rotary, hot air balloons, whatever, if it flies, we need it!
Saturday August 8, 2009, 9am-5pm
From:
dean@regathon.com [ mailto:
dean@regathon.com]
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:06 AM
Subject: Pilots Needed - 2nd annual Take Flight for Kids San Jose Reid
Hillview Airport Saturday August 8, 2009
Greetings!
Could you do me a favor and post the following to any pilot's email list
that is likely to be seen by Northern & Central Coast California pilots.
We need ~75 pilots for this year's 2nd annual Take Flight for Kids in
San Jose, to fly young people with disabilities. Fixed wing, rotary,
hot air balloons, whatever, if it flies, we need it! This year's event
is going to be enormous! We expect to make 200+ flights and fly 750
people. Plus we expect 200+ exhibitors to join us and strut their stuff
to 4000+ festival attendees. In fact would you like to host a (free)
booth? Let me know and we'll hold a prime space for you!
Thanx, I appreciate the help in spreading the word!
Have a great summer!
Dean McCully
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Hi Pilot Friends!
Can you believe it? Only 4 more weeks to the August 8, the second
annual VMC Valley Medical Center Foundation & EAA-62's Take Flight for
Kids, San Jose' Young Eagle's special flying event for young people with
disabilities.
* Saturday August 8, 2009, 9am-5pm
* San Jose Reid Hillview Airport RHV, San Jose, California
* Pilot brief: 8am in the EAA-62 hangar at San Jose Reid Hillview
Airport (RHV)
* Pilots can join us any time, come and go as you please, if you
can't make the 8am briefing, we'll brief you when you arrive.
* First wheels up 9am
* Last flights 4pm or until we've flown all the kids.
* 75 pilots needed!
* All EAA Young Eagle's rules and restrictions apply. This is an
official 'Young Eagle's Rally'
* EAA National membership required for pilots (local chapter
membership NOT required).
* ~200 flights thru the day
* Flights are 15-20 minutes, depending on conditions
* About 750 passengers including 150+ young people with disabilities
+ 2 guest passengers each.
* All passengers subject to approval of Pilot In Command.
* Guest passengers are usually siblings and friends, but adult
parents/guardians/caregivers are allowed to fly if the young person has
a medical condition that might require in flight attention from a
responsible adult.
* 4000+ people at the simultaneous festival involving 200 non profits
hosting (free) booths.
* FREE BBQ for everybody who joins us (plus an infinite numbers of
smiles and giggles from the kids for all volunteers)
* All subject to weather, of course.
We need at least 75 pilots this year. So if you can fly with us, please
sign up online asap so we can send more info:
http://www.takeflightforkids.com/pilot.htm
Please spread the word to fellow pilots. We need all the high quality
flying men/women we can get!
OR if you cannot fly with us, come on out and volunteer anyway. We are
in big need of flight school instructors, escorts to planes, just pilots
to sit around and tell stories to the captivated kids about how cool it
is to fly! Volunteer signup is here:
http://www.dayinthesky.org/volunteer.htm
Hope you can join us Saturday August 8 in RHV. Let me know if you
have ANY questions....
Cheers
Dean McCully
Take Flight for Kids etc