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98 was jacksonville - back to back with 99 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Coupe-List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Next year's National Convention > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > 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/ > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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