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Alamos, Mexico, Fly In 2024 Alamos, Mexico, Fly In 2024
11-10-2024 7:00 am
2024 Holiday Dinner at the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club 2024 Holiday Dinner at the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club
12-05-2024 6:00 pm

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  • Special announcement

    Save your old charts

    Anne Minder (our STEM Chair) wants to give a chart to each of the students who attend the TAA STEM event on 29 March.  Drop your outdated charts (TACs and Sectionals) in the mailbox on Hangar 2715L in the East T-Hangars.  One of the STEM segments will be plotting a route on the map and this will give them something to take home.

    This is a test DAF web site hosted by Kelvin. It is under active development. Do not use this for anything except to enjoy the experience!

    The real DAF web site is at https://delamoflyers.org

Gliders 'n Wings

July's dinner meeting on July 16 was one of the the best attended of the year with over 58 members and guests attending.  Our speaker was Captain Robert Meyers (US Army Air Force Retired), one of only 12 glider pilots who participated in all four glider campaigns conducted during WWII.  Captain Roberts gave a great presentation, speaking for over 40 minutes without notes - describing his exploits, both military and romantic, as a young glider pilot in Europe during 1944-45.

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Wings were also awarded during the July meeting.  The recipient was Dan Delane, who was honored for creating and delivering an excellent presentation on the history of the F-15 Eagle to a variety of aviation audiences, including the Del Amo Flyers in November of last year.  As Dan related his experiences flying the fighter in both the Air Force and Air National Guard, DAFers were able to relive some of the exciting moments of Dan's fighter career, as well as reflect on their own meager, inconsequential lives.  Well done, Dan!