January 2000 - American Bonanza Society

IMid-AtlanticBonanza SocietyOn November 13, MABS had a flyinto Wilmington. Delaware, hosted byMickey Kraft. Eleven planes landed atNew Castle County Airpon. We hadlunch at the 94th Aero Squadron restauranttight at the field. Some took acab to Old ew Castle and enjoyed thesights of this histotic city which wasdeveloped ptior to the RevolutionaryWar.There will be no fly-ins for Januaryor February, but the Fly-in/Activitiesgroup headed by Everett Williamsput a great schedule togetherfor the rest of 2000. Hope to see youthere. - Steve OXlllanMABS 2000 Fly-In ScheduleMarch 11 - Reading, Pennsylvania(RDG).Lunch. fo llowed by a lour of theMid At lantic Air Museum. Hos ted byRich and Jeannine Campbell.March t6- t9 - "Lap of Luxury"Weekend, The Cloisler. Sea Island,Georgia. Contact Harold Bast.770-7t9-0638 or c-mait.Apri l t5 - Annapolis. Marytand (ANP).Lu nch fo llowed by a walking tour ofAnnapolis and the Naval Academy.Hosted by Steve and Judi Oxman.May 13 - Hanover County. Virginia(OFP). A party aI the home of Debbieand Chris Sterl ing.June 10 - Williamsburg. Virginia (JGG).Buz Ri ch will be host for an overnight toHistoric Jamestown and WilliamsburgJul y 15 - Old Rheinbeck, New York. Afly-in to the World War I aircraftmuseum.August 12 - Eag le Crest (a private grassstrip just south of Mihen, Delaware).Hosts Joe and Robin Melchiorre invitegroup to taxi in for a pany.September 17 - Tangier Island, Virginia(TG I). A walking tour of the island andlunch at a great family-style restaurant.October 14 - Nemacolin WoodlandsResort and Spa, Farmington, Pennsylvania.This is an overnight at a resort withits own strip. Host will be RichCampbellNovember 11 - Frederick, Maryland.Lunch and shopping downtown.Contact for all except the " Lap ofLuxury" Weekend is Steve Oxman410-956-3080 or e-mail.Australian Bonanza SocietyHere are a few exciting events being planned for your pleasure:A 10-day Safari to Tasmania via King Island and Flinders Island wi ll begin onMarch 3. Registrations are limited to 45 participants. Organizers are Peter and JudithGordon and Peter and Robyn Waterhouse. Also in March another fl y-in is being organized by Mark and Jo Davey to Tyabb and Mornington Peninsu la. The date is yet tobe set.Carr and Ann Hordem are organizing a safari around Australia for August 12 to 26.More details are available on our web site at http://www.ats.com.aulbonanza.Barbie and the BonanzaOne day. not too long ago, I got a call from an old friend who works forMattei who said he wanted to shoot the Bonanza for some Barbie dea l."Any excuse to show off 252V works for me," I said, and arranged to meethim at the airport on a Saturday morning. I made sure that my 1971 modelvintage F33A looked like a 1991. Sitting there gleaming in the summer sunrays she made my hean proud. And if 1 have said this once, I've said it 100times: " I don't need another airplane after the Bonanza."To make a shon story shorter, my friend the photographer showed up, tooksome shots of the airplane, some with me in the cockpit and some without. Soif you should happen to be at your local lOy store and just happen to moseydown the Barbie doll aisle, you can't miss the large Barbie the Pilot box, and ifyou look closely, you' II see 252V and me taxiing past Barbie and her airplane.-Joel KirschnerGlendale, CaliforniaDATESMarch 24-27Apri l 7-101971 Vintage F33A appear inlower right-hand corner of the Barbie Airplane box.2000 SERVICE CLINIC SCHEDULEFBOLOCATIONWindward Aviation Lantana, FloridaUltimate EnginesMena l ArkansasCa ll ABS Headquarters (316-945-1700) to reserve a time slot, or sign up on theService Clinic page of the ABS web site . Cost of theseexcellent one-hour visual inspections is $140 for Bonanzas and $175 for Baronsand Travel Ai rs. lime slots are limited to 32 during each four-day cli nic. Additionalsites will be announced in futu re issues and on the web site.ABS January 2000Page 6063