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June 16-19, 2011.  Jim Piper planned a great trip to see the Spruce Goose, the war birds, and the Space Museum in McMinnville, OR. He also arranged a great tour of some local Wineries in the DAF Wine Wagon. See our web site for Wine Wagon pictures. Six aircraft and fifteen DAFers attended. Jim also made dinner reservations for us at some of the local eateries. I especially enjoyed the "Rack of Lamb" at Nick's Italian Café. Wayne, in what can only be described as a gastric orgasm, wolfed down Nick's famous Lamb Sausage Tartare. Fortunately, he washed it down with a large snifter of Grappa. A great time was had by all. Many thanks, Jim and Diana.

...Joe

Sadly, Jim & Diana returned to Torrance on Friday to attend DAFer Jake Clark's memorial service.

joomplu:1616Pat Carey The May program featured Pat Carey. Pat has a huge amount of experience in aviation including a stint as FAA examiner designee, experience as an Army pilot Vietnam, experience as a King Air pilot, and as a test pilot and corporate pilot on the Gulfstream. Pat's presentation was titled "Changes and How to Stay Out of Trouble in LA Airspace"

Pat did a great job in making a dry topic pretty darn interesting. Thank you Pat!

May 13-15, 2011.  23 people in 9 airplanes and one car showed up for another one of Jim and Diana Moreno's great flyins. Friday evening everyone meet at the Paso Robles Inn where Jim and Diana hosted a DAF tradition, "the cocktail party", after which we all went in a few different directions for dinner. It came as a surprise to some that not only has the airport restaurant closed, but Michaels in town has also closed. Saturday morning a number of us stopped by the airport museum for the annual wings and cars show. This turned out to be one of the nicer car shows I've been to in a long time, well worth the wait to get in.

Then at noon we all meet at the Pianetta Winery where John Pianetta and his daughter Kaitlin treated us to some wonderful wines and allowed the use of their property for a great BBQ. We couldn't have had better hosts. At the end of the day most of us filled our trunks and headed back to our hotel to redo our W&B for the flight home.

The flight home was pretty uneventful for most because they chose to go VFR under the cloud deck I filed to go over the top at 11K. The only problem was the 50 minutes it took to get a clearance. Live and learn :>(

Jim and Diana, once again you've outdone yourselves, thank you again for a great trip.

...Wayne

joomplu:1619Human Pilot Disliker Roger HohFor our April program, Roger Hoh, engineering entrepreneur and DAF stalwart, presented the highlights of his just completed 10-year project to develop a stability augmentation system and autopilot for light helicopters such as the Robinson R-44. His story included the excitement of successful flight testing, the joys of dealing with the FAA, and the satisfaction of producing a system that can significantly enhance flight safety and reduce pilot workload.

I for one was disappointed in the omission of a complete discussion of quantum electromagnetic theory.

However, everyone else thought the presentation was great. Great Job Roger! Thanks.