March 2010 - Meeting Summary

March's meeting found us listening intently to Rob Reider tell us about the "Good, the Bad and the Ugly" of the air show business.  Some stories were sad as we remembered some performers who have graced the skies.  Rob presents well and he also had us laughing real hard at times.  Rob showed us videos of his flights with the Blue Angels and was even humble enough to let us see the part where the G's were just a bit much and he, um, .... "went a little blank" on us. 

We also learned there is a difference between the cadence that a "The Boss" of the US demo teams and that of the United Kingdom team, the Red Arrows, uses during an air show.
Blue Angels:  "A little more power....a ....little ... more..."  Then Rob stepped back from the mic and .....
Red Arrows:  "MORE POWER NOW"

Well, it doesn't work as well in print.  If you were there, then you are at least chuckling again with the memory.

Once again, thank you Rob Reider for carving a night out of your busy schedule and coming to visit us in Indianapolis!

We recognized our visitors at the meeting, but we'd like to acknowledge them once more, and thank them for visiting us this month: Jack Hansen of Clermont, Jim Leslie of Indianapolis, and Colin and Michael Oberthur of Indianapolis.  Michael was kind enough to send an email thanking the club for the hospitality showed to him and Colin.  Rob was kind enough to spend some time with Michael and Colin after the presentation, and even took time out take a picture with Colin.