Long Beach Aviation Friends Meeting April 8th

Hello to all of you. Just a reminder. Tomorrow Wednesday, April 8th, is our regular quarterly meeting. We have a very interesting program planned. Peggy Zaun, Customer and Aviation Relations Manager at AirFlite and Nancy Baggot – TSA, Federal Security Director have agreed to talk to us about their organizations and the impact on Long Beach Airport. And of course we will have our usual displays of airport history.

We had hoped that Mario Rodriguez, our new Airport Manager, would attend our meeting but out-of-town scheduling will not allow him to be there. He has assured us he plans to attend our July meeting.

Remember the meeting is tomorrow Wednesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. at AirFlite. Hope to see you all there.

Long Beach Aviation Friends Meeting Jan 14

The next meeting of the Long Beach Aviation Friends will be January 14th, 2009 at 6:30 pm at AirFlite which is located at 3250 AirFlite Way, Long Beach, 90807.

The program will include:

* An update on the status of the Long Beach Airport

* A presentation by Long Beach Councilwoman, Gerri Schipske on her book about Rosie the Riviter

* A presentation on the Civil Air Patrol by Lt. Col. Mike Watkins, introduced by Co-Pilot Paul Koons

* Historical Displays

* A very short Long Beach Aviation Friends business meeting

Long Beach Aviation Friends Meeting 10-8-08

Last night the second meting of the Long Beach Aviation Friends was held and there was a fair turn out of people, not as many as the first meeting but good none the less. Christine Edwards, Assisstant Airport Manager, talked about the construction of the new terminal and parking garage that are being planned.

The airport is hoping that the economic markets settle by spring which will be about the time they go out to try and get bond funding to help pay for this. She also mentioned that application openings for the position of Airport Manager closed last week and they would now start sorting through the applicants to try and find someone to fill the position. Christine also mentioned that she will be leaving the airport within the next 12 months which was shocking news to most of us at the meeting as she had been tight lipped about this and therefore did not apply for Airport Manager.

Kevin McAchren of Airserv talked about the history of Airserv, what the company does and some of his experiences at Long Beach Airport. Kevin has been around the airport since the late 1960's and started Airserv in the early 1970's.

This was followed by a video on Douglas at Long Beach which showed the airplanes that were manufactured here, how many and during what time they were built and delivered. This was a great video produced by Boeing.

Last speaker of the night was Dennis Lord who was representing Wings Over Long Beach. This will be a static display of aircraft along with an aerospace exhibition and job fair. This is in support of the USAF's Air Force Week Los Angeles. Price for general admission will be $10 on Nov 15-16 from 9am-4pm. More information can be found at www.wingsoverlongbeach.com