It is Upon Us!!!
Last month’s step
was about Flight Planning. If you’re flying, you should
have the necessary charts, airport reference guides and
GPS updates (if applicable). You should have marked the
route of flight with primary and alternate fuel stops. If
you're driving, you'll need road maps and maybe GPS. If
you will be coming by airline, well just get to the airport
in time.
Step
11, Stay Focused - For those of you planning on
attending the “Old Timers Fly-In” (May 24th
through the 29th) You will need to overcome the little negative
thoughts that will (if they haven't already) try to pop
into your head and make it easy for you to talk yourself
out of coming . These thoughts can range from "I didn't
have time to purchase the current sectionals" (Go borrow
them from a pilot friend). To “The weather doesn’t
look like it will cooperate” (Then drive or get on
the airline). The older we get, the less we like to do things
that require extra time and effort and take us out of our
comfort zone. It happens to me from time to time. This fly-in
is important. You’ve come too far to let some little
thing prevent you from attending. I personally have heeded
my own advice. It has been my intention since May of last
year, to do whatever it took so I could be in Athens for
the fly-in.
Step 12, The Arrival
– That’s all that’s left. It doesn’t
matter how you arrive, just as long as you arrive. I hope
the 12 Steps have been helpful to you. Maybe one or more
of the previous 11 steps have touched on some of the reasons
you missed these fly-ins in the past. Remember, this get-together
is as much about the people as it is the airplane. So, if
you’re still undecided, please take one last look
at what you were planning May 24 through the 29. Maybe you
could change your schedule just a wee little bit and find
some time to spend with all of your Swift friends from the
past and present. That’s all I have for you for now
and I’ll be seeing many of you in just a few days.
Till then, I wish you blue skies and tailwinds, construction
free roads and highways and on time airline departures and
arrivals.
Perry Sisson
P.S. Below is a list
of past and present members who are planning on attending
“The 2010 Old Timers Swift Fly-In”. Have you
looked at the list lately? More names have been added. If
you’d like to have your name added to the list, please
let either Brad or myself know.
Perry Sisson
Jim Montague
Jimmy Williams
Ed High
Bill Stein
Don Serdynski
David Carpenter
Rick Holbrook
Scott and Sandy Naumann
Wade & Terry Gillaspie
Leo Smith
A.J. Davis
Rod Dalton
Dee Dalton
Brad Madden
Todd Bengtson
Ann Staub
Jules Kabat
Randy Lohse
Martin and Annette Vanpelt
Jim and Carolyn Roberts
Paul and Sandy Mercandetti
Asa "Bud" and Sylvia Brown
Robert and Roye Ann Dickson
Stan Price
Hal Cope
Ray Bossola
Steve Roth
Bill Tiley
Sam Swift
Nate Andrews
Gerry Mahoney
Ernie Hansen
Darrell Richardson
Maury Lacky
Rich Steinbock
If you’re
planning on attending, please email me at diamond2055@aol.com
so I can include you on the list.
