80th Tracy Airport Anniv. Celebration
THE TRACY AIRPORT ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER May 2009
Supporting The Community And Charities While Educating And Sharing The Fun And Benefits Of Being Involved With Aviation And The TAA.
Publisher: Tracy Airport Association
Our Website; http://www.tracyairport.org/ (download a copy of the TAA Membership application here)
Our Blog: http://tracyairport.blogspot.com/ We can direct people to a direct link to our TAA application for membership here in right hand column. (Feel free to interact on this blog and post comments by scrolling to the bottom of a post and clicking on the comments link.)
Our Video Site: www.youtube.com/TracyAirport
SHARE THESE LINKS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, & NEIGHBORS.
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The next Association meeting will be Tuesday May 12th at 6 pm at the Skyview Aviation office at the Tracy Airport.
Visit Skyview Aviation's website at http://www.skyviewaviation.com/
The 80th Airport Anniversary was a great success. Thousands of enthusiastic people attended and the Power Parachutes and Hot Air Balloon were able to launch in the early part of the day. Thanks to everyone who helped facilitate the event. Special thanks to Craig and Conchita for producing our attractive TAA banner.
There is a short video of clips of the event on the blog and Youtube channel.
One of the TAA's current tasks is to educate the community via newspaper, newsletters, and word of mouth of some of the positive and fun events that will be taking place at the Tracy Airport during 2009 and beyond and support the world of aviation.
Remember to get your annual TAA dues in. We are doing it manually now and are looking closer at using paypal and online resources.
Be sure to visit our media links provided in this newsletter and interact with us as well as encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to get involved in local aviation and join us in this fun club of the Tracy Airport Association!
This Months TAA Challenge:
To ask your friends to visit our website, blog, or Youtube channel.
Have a great May.
Marty Hamilton for the TAA.
April 2009 monthly TAA Newsletter
TAA Meetings
Adding Substance to our Mission:
Supporting The Community And Charities While Educating And Sharing The Fun And Benefits Of Being Involved With Aviation And The TAA.
Please note: Our next BBQ Potluck meeting on your calendar April 8th at 6:00pm with special guest Airport Manager, Rod Buchanan. Three primary topics Rod will cover in addition to our questions are: The financial condition of the Airport and where the money goes and where spent. He’ll also respond to questions on his vision of airport, and of course our upcoming 80th anniversary celebration. We’ve been averaging around 40 members attending these evening social gatherings with special guests with whom we’re building relationships between our aviation community and our Tracy community at large. Come on out and join the Fun, the Challenge and the Fellowship. We’d love to give our Tracy Airport Manager a great crowd eager to present questions for the good of the order. If you’re too shy (smile) to ask a question, write it down and give it to a board member and we’ll ask it for you. Details below. See you there.
Happy Landings,
Don Gutridge
TAA Secretary
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THE TRACY AIRPORT ASSOC. NEWSLETTER
Supporting The Community And Charities While Educating And Sharing The Fun And Benefits Of Being Involved With Aviation And The TAA.
Publisher: Tracy Airport Association
Our Website; www.TracyAirport.org (download a copy of the TAA Membership application here)
Our Blog: http://tracyairport.blogspot.com We can direct people to a direct link to our TAA application for membership here in right hand column. (Feel free to interact on this blog and post comments by scrolling to the bottom of a post and clicking on the comments link.)
Our Video Site: www.youtube.com/TracyAirport
SHARE THESE LINKS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, & NEIGHBORS.
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2009 is already turning into a very exciting year!!
The next Association meeting will be Wednesday April 8th with special guest Airport Manager, Rod Buchanan at the Skyview office at the Tracy Airport.
Please remember that on Saturday April 25th the Tracy Airport will have its 80th birthday celebration.
There will be lots of food, entertainment, and many vendors at the event so bring the whole family and invite your neighbors for this fun and educational experience!
Here is a short notice announcement for April 4th. The Stockton EAA chapter will be having a pancake breakfast from 9-11 am on Saturday morning April 4th at the Stockton airport flight center. Contact the EAA Vice President Craig Vincent at the Tracy Airport office or call (209) 609-6730 or log onto www.StocktonEAA.org for more info. Special guest will be film maker Rico Sharqawi of Wilco Films. He will be talking about his upcoming documentary film "A Pilots Story" and showing a trailer of the film. When attending please help support the breakfast with an appropriate donation.
One of the TAA's current tasks is to educate the community via newspaper, newsletters, and word of mouth of some of the positive and fun events that will be taking place at the Tracy Airport during 2009 and beyond and support the world of aviation.
Remember to get your annual TAA dues in. We are doing it manually now and are looking closer at using paypal and online resources.
Be sure to visit our media links provided in this newsletter and interact with us as well as encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to get involved in local aviation and join us in this fun club of the Tracy Airport Association!
The TAA is planning to make attractive 'T' shirts with the Tracy Airport Association logo embossed and possibly one of our web media sites added too. Don't forget that these shirts will make great gifts.
This Months TAA Challenge:
For Every Member To Attend Our April Meeting!! This will be pot luck style and held at the Tracy Airport at 6 pm Wednesday April 8th. Our special guest will be Rod Buchanan! Contact Conchita of Skyview for an item to bring. Another email will be sent prior to the meeting as a reminder but mark your calendars now for April 8th. See you there for a fun evening.
Have a great April.
Marty Hamilton for the TAA
Message From TAA President Don Sader
February 28, 2009
Greetings From Tracy Airport Association:
Tracy Airport Association now meets once each month on the second Tuesday of every month. Currently we have been meeting at the airport FBO office at 6PM for pot luck dinner, 7PM for General meeting.
I would like to invite you to join us at our next meeting on March 10th 2009. If you are able, please bring a plate of snacks, a desert, pasta or salad for 10 to 20 people. We provide the main course. We have had approximately 40 to 50 members attend per meeting.
We also have a new website address: Tracyairport.org Please feel free to visit our site and our new blog that links off that site. Your input would be greatly appreciated or contact us should you wish to add some pictures or information to the site.
We will also be collecting dues again this year. The dues fee is $20.00. You can bring it to a meeting or send it in to:
TAA
2455 N. Naglee Road #221
Tracy, CA 95304
Checks payable to TAA (Please do not send cash)
Look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
Sincerely,
Don Sader
President
March 2009 monthly Newsletter for TAA
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THE TRACY AIRPORT ASSOC. NEWSLETTER
Supporting The Community And Charities While Educating And Sharing The Fun And Benefits Of Being Involved With Aviation And The TAA.
Publisher: Tracy Airport Association
Our Website; www.TracyAirport.org (download a copy of the TAA Membership application here)
Our Blog: http://tracyairport.blogspot.com We can direct people to a direct link to our TAA application for membership here in right hand column. (Feel free to interact on this blog and post comments by scrolling to the bottom of a post and clicking on the comments link.)
Our Video Site: www.youtube.com/TracyAirport
SHARE THESE LINKS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, & NEIGHBORS.
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2009 is already turning into a very exciting year!!
Did you see the Feb 21st issue of the Tracy Press?! Richard Ortenheim and Skyview Aviation were the cover story! The article is in a link on our blog at the right hand column or go to Tracypress.com and enter Richard's first and last name in the search box. The article talked about how other business's are retracting but not Skyview Aviation. It's a must read and cover story so click on the online version.
Please remember that on Saturday April 25th the Tracy Airport will have its 80th birthday celebration.
There will be lots of food, entertainment, and many vendors at the event so bring the whole family and invite your neighbors for this fun and educational experience!
Thanks to Eric Olsen of Skyview Aviation for creating a Facebook group for the Tracy Airport and Skyview Aviation. It is an open group for all to join and lots of fun networking there too. This is again another media outlet to reach out to our community and spread the word about aviation and the positive impact it has on people and cities.
One of the TAA's current tasks is to educate the community via newspaper, newsletters, and word of mouth of some of the positive and fun events that will be taking place at the Tracy Airport during 2009 and beyond and support the world of aviation.
Remember to get your annual TAA dues in. We are doing it manually now and are looking closer at using paypal and online resources.
Be sure to visit our media links provided in this newsletter and interact with us as well as encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to get involved in local aviation and join us in this fun club of the Tracy Airport Association!
The TAA is planning to make attractive 'T' shirts with the Tracy Airport Association logo embossed and possibly one of our web media sites added too. Don't forget that these shirts will make great gifts.
This Months TAA Challenge:
For Every Member To Attend Our March Meeting!! This will be pot luck style and held at the Tracy Airport at 6 pm March 10th. Contact Conchita of Skyview for an item to bring. Another email will be sent prior to the meeting as a reminder but mark your calendars now for March 10th 2009. See you there for a fun evening. Due to an overlap in other functions we have decided to move our TAA meetings to the second Tuesday of each month.
If anyone would like to donate a free flight to Hospice for Bay Area Children (basically take someone on a short flight for hire and donate the proceeds) contact Mona of Skyview Aviation by calling her at the Tracy Airport office for the complete information. This is The Bay Area's only free standing hospice for children and is in danger of shutting down.
Have a great March and here is a history and educational site about the origin of aviation and the Wright Brothers. The true story may surprise you! Visit http://Tinyurl.com/airhistory
Marty Hamilton for the TAA.
February 2009 monthly Newsletter of TAA
THE TRACY AIRPORT ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
Supporting The Community And Charities With An Emphasis On Aviation Education While Sharing The Fun And Benefits Of Being Involved With Aviation And The Tracy Airport Association.
Publisher: Tracy Airport Association
Our Website: http://www.TracyAirport.org (Download a copy of the TAA Membership application here)
Our Blog: http://tracyairport.blogspot.com (There is a direct link to the TAA application for membership here in right hand column and feel free to interact on this blog and post comments by scrolling to the bottom and clicking on the Comments link)
Our Video Site: http://www.youtube.com/TracyAirport (This site is still on the taxiway so stay tuned for future videos as we pre-launch.)
SHARE THESE LINKS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, & NEIGHBORS.
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Our January board meeting was extremely productive. 2009 is going to be a very exciting year.
One of the TAA's current tasks is to educate and inform the community via newspaper, newsletters, and word of mouth of some of the positive and fun events that will be taking place at the Tracy Airport during 2009 and beyond.
One particular task that is in the works is a change in aircraft traffic patterns so local residential neighborhoods will have even less noise due to an even quieter approach path. It has been proven that there is no current noise problem however. Skyview Aviation is heading this effort in the spirit of pleasing all of our community!
We are thrilled to announce that Skyview Aviation is on track to be flying 300 operations a day in the near future as well as having it's own flight school 141 certified. Skyview Aviation will develop a manufacturing line for single engine airplanes which will add more skilled jobs to our city and will be bringing in more revenue for the city via increased fuel sales. Take a peek at Skyview Aviations' enhanced website at www.SkyviewAviation.com and don't forget to put it into your list of favorite websites!
Be sure to visit our media links provided in the heading of this simple newsletter and interact with us as well as encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to get involved in local aviation and join us in this fun club of the Tracy Airport Association!
The TAA is planning to make attractive 'T' shirts with the Tracy Airport Association logo embossed and possibly one of our web media sites added too. Don't forget that these shirts will make great gifts.
On April 25th there will be a large public event at the Tracy Airport for all to attend to celebrate the 80th anniversary of our Tracy Airport. On the agenda of exciting events will be a huge static display of many different aircraft, a NASCAR show, live entertainment, a possible aerobatics show, and tons of vendors. Be sure to bring your friends and family and invite your neighbors for this Saturday April 25th event!
Conchita the TAA Treasurer presented the current Treasury Report. Nothing was spent in 2008.
This Months TAA Challenge:
For Every Member To Bring a Friend To Our Feb. 3rd Meeting!! This will be potluck style and held at the Tracy Airport at 6 pm Feb. 3rd.
See you there.
Regards,
Marty Hamilton for the TAA.
Welcome to the TAA
Welcome to the blog for news and information about the Tracy Airport Association (TAA) and the Tracy Municipal (TCY) and New Jerusalem Airports (1Q4). The Tracy Airport Association is a nonprofit public-benefit California Corporation and a local chapter of the California Pilot's Association (CPA).
We are a community of friends, family, pilots, aviation enthusiasts and advocates joining together to support our local airports. Tracy Airport and New Jerusalem Airport, offer many unique opportunities for our community, businesses, commercial pilots, private and recreational pilots.
The airport offers unique history through the years, being used as a military training site for WWII pilots. During the 70's, Tracy airport was a bustling hub of businesses, pilots, aviators and plane owners.
Small public airfields are a community resource for you. For those of us who use these airports and are interested in aviation, we have a duty to give our time and money to preserve the airport and keep aviation alive in Tracy for generations to come. Volunteering for the TAA is civic duty and community service. Make a lasting difference for your community. Please join us and join the TAA today. TAA Membership dues and donations are tax deductible. Print a Membership application from the Become a Member page and send it in today! Hope to see you at the airport soon.
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