Hi All!
Executive Summary
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Canards de Mayo is an annual gathering of around 100 canard enthusiasts in the California gold country at the Columbia, CA (o22) airport. This year's event will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 1, 2 and 3.
The Saturday night dinner is $22 and reservations must be made with Don Denhard. See below for address and dinner choices.
Presenters this year will be Larry Lombard of Featherlite, Burrall Sanders of Freeflight Composites, Gary Hertzler of Hertzler Props, Jim Price (single engine altitude record holder) and Joe Hull (Cozy builder). I am really excited about the topics these gentlemen will be presenting. See below for presentation titles.
There will be plenty of campsites available at the airport as well as a sheltered meeting room for the presentations and for the dinner. See website for more details.
The Canards de Mayo website is at:
http://www.haltonbrat.comDetails
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This year will be the 5th Canards de Mayo fly-in. This year’s dates are May 1, 2, and 3. The previous 4 Fly-ins have been a great success and we intend this year's to be the best! Last year, we had 91 canard enthusiasts for dinner, over 100 throughout the day and 52 canards on the flight line.
Dinner
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If you have not yet signed up for the dinner on Saturday evening, please do so as soon as possible. We need to let the caterer know how many meals to prepare.
Reservations should be sent to:
Don Denhard
15800 Cardinal Ct
Sonora, CA 95370
Please include a check for $22 to cover the dinner. Also, specify which of the following choices you would like:
Pork loin with mushroom sauce
OR
Chicken cordon bleu
Both meals include:
salad
vegetables
desert
Coffee
Beer, wine and soda
Program for 2009
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I am delighted to announce a fantastic program schedule for this year. We have some great presenters lined up to speak about interesting and informative topics. Below is a summary of the schedule for the event.
The "Seminar" page on Don’s website has been updated to include the schedule, program details and biographies of the presenters. The updated page can be found at:
http://www.haltonbrat.com/2009seminars.htm.
2009 Canards de Mayo Schedule
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NOTE: The following schedule is subject to change, however, I do believe this is the final version.
Friday Afternoon, May 1st, 2009
All day: Participants begin arriving
5:00 P.M. Meet in airport terminal parking lot
5:15 P.M. Walk to town for a no-host dinner
Saturday Morning, May 2nd, 2009
All day Wandering around the planes &
talking to Canard enthusiasts
9:00 A.M. Presentation:
"Making a hobby into a business, the story
behind Feather Lite"
by Larry Lombard
10:00 A.M. Presentation:
"My Plane Loves Me" or "Safely flying an EZ
in 10 easy steps and two hard ones"
by Burrall Sanders
11:00 A.M. Presetation:
"Efficient Pusher Engine Cooling and Drag
Reduction"
by Gary Hertzler
Saturday Afternoon, May 2nd, 2009
Noon Lunch
2:30 P.M. Presentation:
"A Tale of Two Engines"
by Joe Hull
3:30 P.M. Presentation:
"Everything you wanted to know about vortex Generators &
were afraid to ask"
by Jim Price
4:30 P.M. Presentation
"Silver Bullet Propeller Design and Construction"
by Gary Hertzler
Saturday Evening, May 2nd, 2009
6:00 P.M. Dinner
8:00 P.M. Movies:
1. Cozy MKIV DVD
2. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or
How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours (1965)
Sunday Morning, May 3rd, 2009
Morning: Wandering around the planes and
talking to Canard enthusiasts
Noon: End of the 2009 Canards de Mayo
About the fly-in and Columbia California
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Columbia airport info can be found at:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/o22/The campgrounds at the airport are nestled in a beautiful forest. There are clean flush toilets and hot showers available. The campground also includes picnic tables and a couple of barbeque grills, though many attendees take the short walk into the historic gold mining town of Columbia for meals.
If you have not visited Columbia you are missing an experience. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains it is a jewel not to be missed. Columbia has been preserved as it was in the heyday of the 49ers Gold Rush. It is a fun place to visit and explore.
The town has 4 good restaurants and an authentic Hotel from the gold mining period. The Fallon House Theater has live, professional, theatrical performances that are first class. Show information can be found at
http://www.sierrarep.com/The official Canard de Mayo website is at:
http://www.haltonbrat.com. There are links to hotels, information on the Saturday evening dinner, camp ground information and a link to the town of Columbia.
Don’t forget to sign-up for the dinner. Information can be found at:
http://www.haltonbrat.com/2009dinner.htmI certainly hope you will consider joining us this year.
Bye... :-)
Charles
Canards de Mayo
Program coordinator
Cozy MKIV; #1394
Chapter 10
http://cozy.caf.org