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Seattle Gooney Birds (March) RUPA Luncheon
March 19, 2015 SEATAC Marriott Hotel. There were sixteen members and guests around two tables
including Fred Sindlinger who just returned from the hospital with pneumonia,( welcome back, Fred), Pat
Williams, from Tacoma, and Bob Howard, from the Seattle Flight office (when there was one) always
welcome.
We talked about the recent Domicile closing luncheon held at The Museum of Flight. Lots of familiar faces
and old friends there. Jokes came from Bob Howard, Pat Williams, Herb Marks, Dave Carver, and Bill
Brett. A good time was had by all.
In attendance were: Al Black, Bob Howard, Howard Holder, Fred Sindlinger, Bill Lamberton, Jim Barber,
Pat Williams, Mark Gilkey, Gerry Pryde, Bill Stoneman, Herb Marks, Dave Carver, Al Haynes, Chuck
Westfphal, Ken Case, and Bill Brett.
Seattle Gooney Birds (April) RUPA Luncheon
Left to right around table; Dave Carver, Bell Brett, Tom Smith, Bill Shumway, Dick Anderson, Bob Reid,
Bud Granley, Howard Holder, Jack Brown, Gerry Pride, Fred Sindlinger, Herb Marks, Chuck Westphal and
Ken Case (this end of table).
Phoenix Roadrunner RUPA Luncheon
We met at our usual place, the Bobby-Q restaurant on April 14th for a nice get-together and lunch. We had a
fun group which included; Frenchy & Joan Bourgeois and his son Larry from Cincinnati , Doug & Brenda
Lund, Dennis & Darlene Leahy, Hank & Jean Kyser, Jerry & Mary Beth Smith, Mike Carlin, Frank Soare,
Gary Dyer, Charlie Schwob, John Baczynski and myself.
We will not have any luncheons for the summer period. Most likely our next luncheon will be October 15th.
Ken Killmon
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Dana Point RUPA Luncheon
Very beautiful day in the harbor once again, and even though the Wind and Sea had had a fire in the grill
serving the veranda, they were back to virtually full business and appropriately crowded with the “beautiful
people” who show up here for their great menu, and lovely views. And then there was “us,” the monthly
RUPA group, who bring our own ambience to this place.
First of all I made the announcement that the May
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would be late, as per the note in the April
issue from Cleve Spring, the editor, who indicated he would be on the Panama Canal Cruise, and that since
he is a committee of one, it would be difficult to work on the May issue while gone.
The commentary I had on that was that since entering the “Cyber Age”, it is amazing how fantastic a
publication the
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has become, and that is thanks to Cleve, who obviously has computer skills far
above the rest of us. Because we are in the Southern California area, we never participated in, but read a
great deal about the “Folding and Stuffing” parties that many in the SF Bay Area got together for in order to
get the
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out. George Howson and cohorts managed to get a lot of participation from the local
members, because it was the only way to get the News out in those days. I’d hazard an opinion that it was a
great manifestation of “crew concept” and those early folks, many still around, are also to be thanked for
their willingness to keep us all in mind of our common bond as aviators.
Our Fearless Leader, Ted Simmons, was missing in action, due to minor sickness symptoms he contracted
while visiting his son and family in Colorado, particularly the youngsters, who manage to pick up every little
thing from other children they go to school with. And so, Ted did not want to pass on those same germs/
viruses to the rest of us old geezers, and for that we thank him as well.
We had a goodly turnout nevertheless, even though we had no out-of-towners as we usually do. The
following troops showed up: Al Pregler, Bill Rollins, Bill Stewart, Bob Fuhrmann, Bob McGowan, Jack
Frisch, Jim Grosswiler, Joe Udovch, Jon Arp and his wife Cheryl, John Grant, Park Ames, Ron Dye, Rusty
Aimer, and Mark Brophy who just retired and joined us at the beginning of 2015.
It was particularly nice to have Cheryl Arp in attendance, because she has an infectious laugh as she listens
to the various stories we tell, and it makes a lot of the troops want to sit near her to also get some enjoyment
from that. It would be nice if a few more of the ladies would attend our functions, as they do in other RUPA
groups, because, in general, they had also participated in our lives as pilots on the Airline. I know that I have
personally brought a couple of my daughters at times, and they have enjoyed the conversation at the
luncheons as much as they did growing up with a pilot dad.
As previously mentioned, we had some of Southern California’s patented beautiful weather, which always
make the luncheons nice to attend. But we have to acknowledge the “double-edge” aspect of that beautiful
weather, and that is the severe drought that California is experiencing, and how the climate-change problems
have been affecting the rest of the country, from record snows in Boston, to tornadoes and floods in the Mid-
West and South. We only hope that our brother-pilots living in those impacted areas are doing as well as we
are.
Mention was also made about the Chino Air Show which takes place May 1-3.
Cheers,
Joe Udovch,
your friendly correspondent.
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