Today ! - June 13th - Inaugural meeting of OTF Mid-Atlantic Chapter

[charles]

We are pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 13th 2009, there will be the first in series of quarterly meetings of the mid-Atlantic Chapter of the League of World War I Aviation Historians aka Over The Front. These meetings will be held at the National Air and Space Museum’s facility at Dulles, The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Please see map at bottom of this post.

There is no formal membership required to attend therefore if you know of anyone who is interested in this aspect of aviation history they are most welcome.

The parent organization, the League of World War I Aviation Historians, Welcome to The League of WWI Aviation Historians publishes a periodic journal and there are dues for that, if anyone wants to join, they are welcome on their own to do so outside of this meeting.

There will be a Member’s Works in Progress, Show-N-Tell session. If you have something to share bring it to the meeting! There are some security rules governing bringing objects into and out of the museum so please observe them, they are as follows.

1.) Upon arrival at the facility check in with the MVM Security Officer at the door and log the item or items into the Security Log Book. Please provide the Name of the Item, quantity and a brief description of the item (s) accompanying the Historian.

2.) Upon departure if any of you Historian’s are questioned by our Security Staff, we will have the log book at the exit point to verify that the item entered into the Museum with the Historian at the entry point.

3.) Should the Historian depart the facility by-way of the loading dock then the Officer at the exit check point can call the point of entry for the Historian and verify the item (s) prior to their departure.

There is no fee for attending the meeting, although there is a $15 parking fee at the museum, therefore consider carpooling.

We would appreciate an RSVP as soon as possible so that we can gauge the number of people planning to attend.

One last caveat, as this is a public space those attending this meeting cannot bring items onto the museum property with the purpose of sales, sorry about that...

The schedule for Saturday June 13, 2009 is as follows.

10:00AM - UHC door open

10:30-10:45AM – Meeting begins in Classroom 2a and 2b – Nuts, Bolts, Stick and Fabric (the opening remarks and short business meeting)

10:45- 11:30AM – Presentation – NASM’s Albatros D.Va and Fokker D.VII “Uncovering the Past” By Charles Gosse and Carl J. Bobrow

11:30- 12:30PM – Member’s Works in Progress, Show-N-Tell (see details to follow on bringing items into the museum)

12:30 – 1:15PM – Lunch at McDonalds or at McDonalds Café or outside for those who want to picnic

1:30 -2:00PM – Presentation – NASM’s Cauldron G-4 “Restoration and Preservation” (part 1) By Edward Mautner

2:00 – 2:30PM – Presentation in Gallery – NASM’s Cauldron G-4 “Restoration and Preservation” (part 2) By Edward Mautner

2:30 – 4:30PM – On your own tour of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

4:30PM – Meeting room closes

If you have any questions please do not hesitate contacting us.

We would appreciate an RSVP as soon as possible so that we can gauge the number of people planning to attend. If you plan to attend or have any questions please email Charley Gosse either at gossec@si.edu or charles@aeroconservancy.com.

Carl Bobrow, Ed Mautner, Ted Hamady, Charley Gosse

[Gregvan]

Hi Charles,

Let us know how it went! I want a full report.

Greg

[FliegerJG1]

June 19th....I hope the meeting was a success! Any news????

FliegerJG1

[charles]

Yes, we had about 20 people. The presentations were very well received. I hope to have some photos to post shortly.

Other than the scheduled presentations, we had a brief session on how to proceed in the future as this was the inaugural meeting of this new chapter of OTF.

We decided on having three meetings a year. The next one will be in October - no date or program yet - and we will publicize it here and on the OTF site well in advance.

The meeting will again take place at the National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport.

Charley

[ONEALM]

Charlie -

Glad to hear this went well, and sorry I was unable to attend.

If the october event does not conflict with the national seminar in San Antonio, I'll be there....

-Mike

[Russell Smith]

Originally Posted by ONEALM

Charlie -

Glad to hear this went well, and sorry I was unable to attend.

If the october event does not conflict with the national seminar in San Antonio, I'll be there....

-Mike

Ditto on what Mike said. Charlie, and congratulations on a successful event.

Russ