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The Ata Girls French Wing 2009/2010 Annual http://www.caffrenchwing.fr Volume 14 - N° 5 - May 2009 THE ATA GIRLS EDITORIAL “Always Terrified Airwomen” ur mechanics have worked very hard AN HOMAGE TO THE WOMEN, UNSUNG HEROES, OF so that the annual checks on the Piper O (Pages 7 to 11). Cub and the NC 856 could be completed THE AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY in time for the renewal of their respective airworthiness certificate. As you will see in the following pages, they took this opportu- nity to improve the look of these planes by the addition of the CAF logo, and by giving back the NC 856 the livery it had while it was stationed in Algeria. The plane will be dis- played in the static area of the La Ferté-Alais air show, where it will proudly represent our organization. We hope to see you all there on May 30 and 31 ! ith Spring, comes the need to renew Wyour membership with the French Wing. I ask all our members who haven’t yet paid their annual dues, to send 50€ to the French WIng (20€ for the Cadets), and, as far as our friends in the USA are concerned, to send a $ 50.00 check to Roy and Irene Grinnell. Please check the list of members who are up to date, and if you cannot see your name, please send NEW LOOK FOR THE NC 856 your dues at once. Thanks ! THE PLANE e only need 200 euros to reach the WAS ROLLED Wrequired amount of money so that the Spirit of Lewis can operate without any OUT OF THE problem !A big thank you to everyone who HANGAR reacted to my last month call ! Just a little WITH ITS effort from those members who did not renew their support to this plane, and we will enjoy BRAND NEW : B. Delfino a 2009 season which will allow us to proudly LIVERY (Pages represent the Commemorative Air Force 5 & 6). Photo before the French and European public. Thank you in advance ! inally, let us congratulate col Jacques FRENCH WING 2009/2010 ANNUAL DUES FLeroux, our Unit Historian, for the mas- PLEASE DO SEND YOUR FRENCH WING ANNUAL DUES terful and well documented article that he TODAY ! (Page 2). wrote for our bulletin : “The ATA Girls”. It talks about those women made of dedication and courage, who did not need fallacious pretexts to demonstrate their equal rights with men. SUPPORT OUR PIPER CUB ! They simply did it, and very bravely too ! ONLY 200 EUROS ARE MISSING FOR THE “SPIRIT OF LEWIS” Bernard TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY ! (Page 3). 1 NEWS NEW ADRESSES FOR LISTS FOR LA FERTÉ & MIDLAND JIM & TERRY ADAMS • Here is the list of members who have asked for access to La Ferté on friday, May 29. 505 Lajitas, Midland This list has been sent to the organizers who will let them through, so that they can help Texas 79707 with the setting up of the French Wing booth : USA Christophe Bastide, Yohan Blancquaert, Jean-Yves Cercy, Jean-Christophe Debuisson, Phone : 00 1 432 694 6375 Gaël Darquet, Bernard Delfino, Fumiko Delfino, Claude Gascon, Roger Gouzon, Émilie Hochet, Patrick Pierre-Pierre, and Christian Tournemine. Email : [email protected] • Here is the list of members who will travel to Midland for AIRSHO 2009. A room has been booked in the Holiday Inn Express in Midland for each one of them, according to their requirements. All in and out dates are from October 7 till October 12, except Twan NO DIXIE WING NOR RED and Patricia who will depart on October 13 : NOSE AT AIRSHO 2009 1-Arnaud Chatton and Marie-Françoise’s nephew. Col Jake Tryon of the Dixie Wing has 2-Jacqueline Clerc. advised us that this Unit will not be 3-Gaël Darquet and Émilie. present at AIRSHO in Midland. 4-Jean-Christophe Debuisson and Anne. 5-Bernard and Fumiko Delfino. The reason for this absence is that 6-Claude De Marco. the Dixie Wing had already signed 7-Claude Gascon and Maurice Girard. contracts for their annual air show, 8-Roger Gouzon and Patrick Pierre-Pierre. the Great Georgia Air Show when the 9-Marie-Françoise Le Cornec. CAF Headquarters decided the date 10-Haruo Tanaka. of AIRSHO in Midland, identical to 11-Danielle Duflot. the Dixie Wing’s one. Therefore, the 12-Antoine & Patricia Roels. P-51 Red Nose will also be absent from Midland this year. FRENCH WING ANNUAL DUES - YEAR 2009 / 2010 ROGER GOUZON MOVING As everyone knows, the date for the pay- Roy & Irene Grinnell ment of the annual dues to the French PO Box 719 We thank you all in advance for all the Wing is on May 1st each year. Little Elm help you will give to col Roger Gouzon 75068 Texas when he will move from Villepinte to Many members have already sent their Ermenonville. dues in, which, this year again, haven’t Members who had sent their dues at the been raised, thanks to the saving made time of printing this Newsletter : The greatest part of this operation thanks to the fact that we send a large will take place between May 15 and number of Newsletters via the Internet. Jim Adams, Gilles Avenel, Lilian Ayars, June 20,2009. It will require the help Bunty Bateman, Henri Bourrassier, from a maximum number of members Our members have, no doubt, noticed Merill Butikofer, Didier Cardinal, since Roger was kind enough to keep that this is the ninth year without any Jean-Yves Cercy, Cédric Chanu, Daniel a great part of the French Wing PX dues increase, despite the galloping cost Costelle, Gaël Darquet, Jean-Christophe in his home, as well as all the Rearwin of living which hits the French Wing Debuisson, Bernard Delfino, Fumiko Sportster parts, and our Ford Transit budget as bad as any other budget in Delfino, Stéphane Duchemin, Danielle van, for several years, which reduced our general life. Duflot, Ken Fields, Marcel Francisci, costs drastically. Maurice Girard, Roger Gouzon, Irene Should you not see your name in the list Grinnell, Roy Grinnell, Barbara Hair, It is, therefore, normal that all members printed hereafter, it is time to send us your Aubrey Hair, Jean-Luc Jentel, Marie- make a little effort to help with this 50€ (Colonels, Supporting Members, Françoise Le Cornec, David Ledrich, moving. and Friends), or 20€ (Cadets). Jacques Leroux, Isabelle Lesser, Léon Manoukians, Guy Perrin, Patrick It will be the perfect occasion to dem- If you reside in the USA, please draw Pierre-Pierre, Hervé Quefféléant, onstrate that the word Association a check in the name of Roy & Irene Sandy Sansing, Haruo Tanaka, Gilles has a real meaning within the French Grinnell and send it to their home Troussard, Regis Urschler, Ronald Wing. address : Wright. 2 NEWS CALLING ALL B-29 “FIFI” SPONSORS The restoration work and the replace- YEAR 2009 ment of the B-29 engines continue to move forward steadily. The number of Sponsors of the Spirit of Lewis has gone up slightly this month, and we are now just 200 euros away from the amount we must reach if we want our Piper The first of the four engines has been Cub to come out of the clouds. tested successfully with very promising results which let us hope for the best We sincerely thank all members and friends whose list is printed here below ! Thanks with confidence. to them, we are nearly there. Here are a few pictures which illus- A dozen members who were Sponsor last year haven’t reacted to our call as yet. If they trate the difficult tasks performed can, financially speaking, we will be happy to see them reiterate, and we also thank all by the members of the B-24/B-29 those members who have never been Sponsors to become one. Squadron, Anderson Aeromotive Inc.in Grangeville, Idaho, for the engines, and Flying Restoration Supporting Ezell Aviation in Breckenridge, Texas, Sponsors Sponsors Sponsors for the modifications to the cowlings. Hugh Alexander III Didier Cardinal Lilian Ayars Gilles Avenel Cédric Chanu Henri Bourrassier Jean-Yves Cercy Bunty Bateman J-C. Debuisson George Chandler Michel Fleury Fumiko Delfino Gaël Darquet Maurice Girard Claude De Marco Bernard Delfino John Roeder Jean-Claude Miniggio Marcel Francisci Louis-Jean Gioux Claude Gascon Barbara Hair Roger Gouzon Aubrey Hair Irene Grinnell Marcel Ledoux Roy Grinnell Haruo Tanaka Georges Marcelin Christian Tournemine Patrick Pierre-Pierre Regis Urschler Sandy Sansing Ron Wright Sky Runner To be a Sponsor of the Spirit of Lewis not only means that you can fly for a lot less than usual, but it’s also a means to show your enthusiasm for our Wing and the CAF, to help the common cause, and to reach the CAF goals which are also ours. JUST ONE MORE SMALL EFFORT ! REMINDER ABOUT THE SPONSORING SYSTEM Flying Sponsor 250€ ($ 325.00)/Year + 25€/Hour Restoration Sponsor 125€ ($ 163.00)/Year + 40€/Hour Supporting Sponsor 50€ ($ 65.00)/Year + 55€/Hour Non Sponsor : B-29/B-24 Squadron 0€ ($ 0.00)/Year + 80€/Hour Photo 3 NEWS LA FERTÉ-ALAIS 2009 - LATEST INFORMATION As everyone knows, the air show in La Ferté-Alais, version 2009, is organized by the Amicale Jean- Baptiste Salis, and not by Editions Lariviere as it has been the case for these past few years. • First noticeable change : The ticket price has been reduced to about half of what it was last year. No rebate ticket will be available for our members, therefore, each one of them is responsible for buying his own ticket. It will cost you 22 euros per day if you purchase these tickets pre-sale in one of the following shops : CARREFOUR - FNAC - GÉANT - MAGASINS U - BON MARCHÉ.
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