Hey all,
Sorry for the non-caving-related post here, but I wanted to let you all know that I will be selling raffle tickets at TCR for a 1947 Cessna 140 (airplane), as part of Houston's 1940 Air Terminal Museum's Win-A-Plane Fundraising Raffle. Tickets are $50 each, and you may purchase them with cash, check (made payable to Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society) or credit card. As per the below information, the drawing for a winning ticket will be held in July 2008, or sooner if all 2,500 tickets have been sold before then. You have a good chance of winning, with only 2,500 tickets being sold! All proceeds from the raffle go to the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society and will be used for the expenses of the contest, and for operating expenses of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, located at William P. Hobby Airport. I know that the Greater Houston Grotto alone has had a few members who are also pilots, so perhaps there are other caver/pilots out there, too. And even if you're not a pilot (yet) - you can buy a ticket! If you win, then you can take flying lessons. :) If you are interested, please feel free to email me in advance to let me know, and come find me in the Greater Houston Grotto camping area over the weekend at TCR. I can email you a picture of the airplane if you'd like. Or click the links below to see the plane (and, um, me). It's a sweet-looking ride! http://www.wingsandwheels.org/images/Win_Me_Emily_sm.jpg http://www.wingsandwheels.org/images/Win_Me_Francisco_sm.jpg 1940 Air Terminal Museum link: http://www.1940airterminal.org/ Thanks! Emily McGowan Greater Houston Grotto em...@sbcglobal.net 1940 AIR TERMINAL MUSEUM WIN-A-PLANE FUNDRAISING RAFFLE On July 21, 2007 the 1940 Air Terminal museum will unveil its new recently acquired 1947 Cessna 140 airplane, which it will give to one lucky raffle ticket holder. Raffle tickets are available for $50 each, and no more than 2,500 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held at the Museum's July 2008 Wings & Wheels open house, or a sooner Wings & Wheels if all tickets have been sold sooner. The raffle airplane will be on display at all Wings & Wheels, at fly-ins and air shows and at popular flying destinations throughout the contest. The Cessna 140 is easy to fly, and inexpensive to operate and maintain. The raffle plane won the 2004 "Best Continuously Maintained Antique" award at Oshkosh, and sports red trim over a gleaming polished aluminum airframe.
