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The Del Amo Flyers annual Agua Dulce Flaming Brisket flyout was held on Bastille Day (July 14th) and was a huge success. The group met at the Torrance General Aviation Center at 10 AM under low clouds and limited visibility. The organizer, however, arranged for the field to go VFR just prior to the 11 AM launch time and everyone departed. The participants were greeted at Agua Dulce with light winds and pleasant temperatures. The group took over the picnic tables in the grassy area next to the terminal and enjoyed the shade, while the food was assembled. There was plenty of Mitch's fantastic brisket to go around together with an outstanding variety of the dishes flown in by the participants. Great work everyone.

Participants included an estimated 14 airplanes, 2 cars, 30 people and at least 2 dogs. Some planes and faces new to the DAF were seen on the ramp at Agua Dulce as evidence that the DAF family is growing.

Three members of the Tiger Squadron arrived at Ague Dulce in a parade formation. The two CJs and Yak separated in the overhead break and landed individually on the narrow runway. Because they avoided temptation and didn't execute any low passes (with smoke), the DAF may be able to go back next year.

Thanks, Mitch, for another outstanding event.

joomplu:2628 Our June dinner meeting was the first to be held at our new venue - the Palos Verdes Golf Club.  It was by far our best attendance for the year, and everyone seemed to enjoy the new facilities and services.  New name badges were introduced, designed and produced by Maria Grau (with a little help from Wayne).  For these efforts, as well as the highly effective Fly-In photo boards that she created for the DAF Meet & Greet BBQ, Maria received the highly-coveted Wings Award.  Congratulations, Maria!

The program was an aviation photography presentation by Frank Mormillo, who is currently associated with the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino.  Thanks to Frank for showing us some stunning shots.

On June 16, 22 DAFer's departed through overcast conditions at Torrance to a much sunnier situation at Fox Field for a Trivia Contest/Lunch fly-in.  Prior to leaving Torrance, organizer Peter Broen explained the contest's rules (basically none) and handed out a multi-page questionnaire to be filled out by participants in each aircraft.  After a very nice lunch at Foxy's Landing restaurant, Peter collected the forms and promised to reveal the winner at the June dinner meeting.  Thanks to Peter (and the other trivia question creators) for organizing this great event.

 

...They May Turn Out Like This

An outstanding turn-out of over 30 DAFer's attended May's fly-in to Santa Paula on May 18-20.  Friday evening started with Happy Hour on the patio of the Santa Paula Inn followed by a group dinner at the Familia Diaz restaurant.  On Saturday morning, everyone headed to Santa Paula to board the Murder Mystery train ride.  Just about everyone (except for a certain Canadian-sounding gentleman), got into the mood by dressing up in their finest cowperson gear.  Our group pretty much took over the dining car, where we ate, drank and bore witness to an unfolding drama (and eventual murder!).  Over 16 minutes of high-quality story and acting was crammed into the four-hour train ride. Back home in Santa Paula, another great Happy Hour on the patio, followed by a delicious tri-tip dinner overseen by chief griller Mitch Taylor.  The evening closed with awards given to best costumes (Dan and Lori Delane).  Jerry Stephens' evil twin also accepted an award on behalf of his brother.   A big thanks to Jim and Diana Morino who not only organized the trip, but provided most of the food for Saturday night's dinner.