OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 8TH, 7PM AT THE YUMA LANDING
ON OCTOBER 8th, 9th AND 10th, 1999, WE WILL BE HOLDING THE EVENTS FOR THE 1949 ENDURANCE FLIGHT’S 50th ANNIVERSARY. THERE IS NO TRICK WORDS IN THIS OPENING PARAGRAPH. EVERYONE CAN COUNT ON THE CALENDER AS WELL AS I CAN. JAYCEE FOUNDATION MEMBERS AND JAYCEES, IT IS TIME TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND PUT YOUR EFFORTS INTO THIS PROJECT. WE WILL BE SELECTING CHAIRMANSHIPS AND ORGANIZING MANPOWER THIS THURSDAY. YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE WELCOMED AND NEEDED. WE HAVE INVITED THE CABALLEROS DE YUMA TO HELP AND JOIN US WITH SETTING UP THIS EVENT. CHAUNCEY DUNSTAN IS THEIR DELEGATE AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BOTH CHAUNCEY AND THE CABALLEROS DE YUMA.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 8TH, 7PM AT THE YUMA LANDING
LET’S DO THIS IN STYLE. WITH THE HELP OF THE JAYCEE FOUNDATION, JAYCEES, AND THE CABALLERO’S THIS WILL BECOME THE EVENT FOR ALL OF YUMA AND THE COUNTRY TO REMEMBER. A FITTING TESTIMENT TO 1949.
50TH ANNIVERSARY AND COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONIES:
HOSTED BY PARADISE CASINO
A CONCERT EVENT WITH A TRIO OF CELEBRITY PERFORMANCES
(EAST VALLEY/WELLTON & VACINITY)
HOSTED BY LARRY BOYD FARMS (DOME)
INCLUDES A PANCAKE BREAKFAST SPONSORED WELLTON KIWANIS
(YUMA/YUMA VALLEY/SOMERTON & VACINITY)
HOSTED BY SOMERTON AIRPORT
INCLUDES A LUNCH CONCESSION SPONSORED BY A LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
HOSTED BY BET-KO AIR
INCLUDES DINNER SPONSORED BY THE YUMA JAYCEES AND THE YUMA JAYCEES FOUNDATION.
HOSTED BY BET-KO-AIR
(MARTHA TAYLOR, OWNER OF BET-KO AIR, IS TAKING ON THE CHALLANGE OF HOSTING THIS HISTORIC EVENT. THANK YOU, MARTHA!
OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 8th, 7 PM AT THE YUMA LANDING
BE THERE, BE SQUARE, AND WE WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THE RESTORATION OF THE "City OF YUMA" HAS TO BE THE PROJECT OF THIS HALF-CENTURY. THE THOUSANDS OF MANHOURS PUT INTO MAKING THIS HISTORICAL AIRPLANE LOOK, FLY AND SMELL (SWEAT?) LIKE IT DID ON OCTOBER 10th 1949 IS UNBELIEVABLE. WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY ON THE RESTORATION WITHOUT THE HARD WORK DONE IN THE BEBINNING BY JAYCEE FOUNDATION MEMBERS, JAYCEES, SHIRLEY BURCH, AND, OF COURSE, JIM GILLASPIE. I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL CADETS WHO PUT THE MANY, MANY HOURS INTO THE POLISHING OF THE WINGS.
ON MAY 22ND, 1999, WE TRANSPORTED THE FUSELAGE TO JIM SIEMANS HOUSE TO MOUNT THE ENGINE. FOR MANY MONTHS BEFORE, JIM SIEMANS, JOHN YOUKEY, ERNIE MUNOZ, AND JIM GILLASPIE HAD BEEN WORKING ON REBUILDING THE ENGINE. SINCE THE ENGINE HAS BEEN MOUNTED, THE SAME CREW AND YOURS TRULY, HAVE BEEN ATTACHING CABLES AND WIRES AND NUTS AND BOLTS. LET ME TELLYOU, THESE MEN MAY WANT TO FLY IN THIS AIRPLANE SOMEDAY, SO THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE THAT I KNOW MY "NUTS AND BOLTS". THANKS GUYS.
RON CONTRERAS HAS COMPLETED 95.9% OF THE LOGOS. ONE WING REMAINS TO BE PAINTED. RON IS PAINING ALL THE LOGOS ON THE PLANE BY HAND AND HE IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING AND TALENTED JOB. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP, RON.
AS YOU CAN SEE…MANY, MANY HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL TALENT, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERTISE IS GOING INTO THE RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE "City OF YUMA" AIRPLANE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF TRUE COMMUNITY SPIRIT!
OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 8th, 7PM AT THE YUMA LANDING
CAPTAIN RON