August 2003

Special Meeting

There will be a general membership meeting and election for president, Saturday, 16 August 2003, 9am, ASC clubhouse at Moriarty. The main agenda items are election of a president (25% quorum required, so Please BE THERE! ) and selecting a memorial committee for Paul Chase. Brian Resor will be presiding and agenda items should be directed to him (resor@netzero.com).

XC Clinic

Following the general membership meeting (see above) Bill Hill will lead another one of his popular cross country clinics and follow-the-leader fly abouts. There will be an end-of-day picnic with refreshments (beer and soft drinks) and hamburgers provided.

For those members who are not in the "top gun" cross-country category, we may also provide a time declaration contest if there is sufficient interest. For this contest, a pilot declares to the second the time he expects his/her flight to last from wheel off pavement to wheel on pavement upon landing. (There may be a time penalty added for declarations less than 30 minutes.) The pilot with actual time closest to the declared time wins. All categories of ships, pilots, and flights eligible!

Looking For Larry?

Larry Richardson is retiring from PNM and, as a result, his cell and office numbers are "gone" effective immediately. Larry is NOT retiring from his other line of work. If you need your parachutes repacked, you can contact Larry via his home telephone: (505) 281-1413.

2003 Appointed Officers

Towlines Editor	Kevin Ferguson	761-8250
Safety	Jim Miller	884-2136
Chief Instructor	Billy Hill	286-7628
Chief Operations	Tom Tichy	822-7946
Chief Tow Pilot	John Farris	797-2279
A/C Maintenance	Mark Mocho	298-2922
Fac. Maintenance	JD Huss	899-9169
Membership	Kathy Taylor	672-0152
Insurance	Don Kawal	856-9043

2003 Elected Officers

President	Schery (Acting)	268-3107
Vice President	Steve Schery	835-1155
Secretary	Brian Resor	323-1579
Treasurer	Mitch Hudson	881-5323
Director at Large	Peter Bilan	345-2308
Director at Large	Jimmy Wier	292-0190

	Dues, Fees, and Rental Rates	Aircraft rental	Non-Owner	Owner
Monthly dues	$53.50-Executive $34-non-owner $25-Owner $24-Family $6.50- Associate ( Associate pays full dues any month flown)	2-33, 1-26	$10/hour	$16/hour
Initiation Fee	$300 capital contribution + $150 advance payment toward dues and flying.	Liebelle	15	21
Missed Duty	$75. Ops, Tow pilots, Instructors. Executive members exempt from duty.	Grob	18	24
Demo flights:	30 minutes or shorter duration. Billed to Demo Pilot at non-owner rate.	Twin Astir	20	26
Tows	$8 plus $0.50 per 100’. 1400’ ($15) minimum	Minimum, all	5	5

In order to get word out about the special election meeting, “Towlines” went to press early this month, catching some of our regular authors off guard.

Maybe the delayed monsoon may have caused some of the regular writers to spend time flying instead of writing, and, hey, nothing wrong with that!

I haven’t had to plead for material for a while. If you’ve ever thought: “Somebody” should write an article about “X”, maybe that “somebody” is you?

Hopefully we’ll have material to return Towlines to it’s usual glory next month. –Kevin