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Ed:: Iowa Fly In's are always held on the Flat part of Iowa! I compiled a list with a few exceptions that I cannot remember 1989 Minden, NV 1990 Branson, MO :: Changed to Bowling Green, OH 1991 Lock Haven, PA 1992 Newton, KS 1993 Wausau, WI 1994 Prescott, AZ 1995 Kalispell, MT 1996 Manteo, NC 1997 Salinas, CA 1998 Plumb forgot 1999 Jacksonville, Ill 2000 College Park, MD 2001 Terrell, TX 2002 Mason, MI 2003 Daytona Beach, FL Somebody else can fill in the blanks. Wayne Woollard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Coupe-List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Next year's National Convention > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > I went to the convention in Minden, Nevada, just across the ridgeline > from Lake Tahoe. That convention was hosted by the Minnesota Wing > (since no West Coast group had ever volunteered). I made that trip a > Grand Tour of the West and it was the best flight I've EVER had. > > We've kind-of sort-of tried to have the convention in the middle then on > the periphery then in the middle then . . . etc. The location is voted > upon at the National Convention based on the presentation of whomever > volunteers to host it. Some years there is only one offer. A couple of > times we've needed to draft some poor suc - <ahem> someone volunteers > after enhanced praise and encouragement. > > If you'd like a West Coast National Convention, by all means get a group > together and make a presentation! Be aware that the bulk of the people > at the convention may not want to fly that far and may not vote for the > distant location. Some others may vote for it because it is exotic. > Sometimes you get the nod the second time you make your proposal. Maybe > I'll fly my Challenger out to a West Coast event/ > > Where in Iowa will the convention be in 2004? > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Bullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:20 PM > To: Norman Carrigg; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Next year's National Convention > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > At 10:13 AM 6/27/2003 -0700, Norman Carrigg wrote: > >I am new to the club, so I don't have the historical perspective... Has > >the convention ever been held out West? > > Yes! Not for a while, but yes! > > It's been both in Arizona and Nevada in my memory. It has also > been in Colorado. I'm sure others know of western venues. Three > years ago it was in Texas. Does that count as 'West?' Michigan > is west of me, but other than Ted Nugent, isn't exactly 'out west.' > > >I'd like to make next year's convention, but a cross-continent flight > is a > >tall order. Maybe we could meet in the middle next time! > > How about Iowa? That's the slated locale of the 2004 confab. Just fly > till it gets flat, keep going a ways, and hang a left at the nuthin' > Puts > you right on downwind. One nice thing about the whole of the heartland > once you pass Denver is that it seems like one big emergency landing > strip. The other nice thing is that the section lines tell you the > cardinal > directions with near perfection. > > Finally, the deal with these conventions is that anyone who wants to > (or some would say, particularly their wives 'is dumb enough to') > volunteer to organize it can have it. > > Greg > > ======================================================================== > ====== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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