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<DIV>Hi all -</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm sending this note officially to the LUNAR list, but it's also for the
BayNAR and AeroPAC members because, as you'll see, we're going to need some
manpower!</DIV>
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<DIV>Some of you may remember that we have been invited to participate in
the Splashdown '04 event which runs from July 16 to 25 to
commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 flight. This 10-day event will
be hosted by the USS Hornet museum in Alameda (the Hornet is the ship that
recovered both Apollo 11 and 12). </DIV>
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<DIV>I'm putting this bug out early since the event runs 10 days and they would
like us to man a table. Even if we can't staff it the whole 10 days (although
that would be ideal), we have to keep it stocked with fliers and literature.
They can provide us with a TV and DVD player so that we can keep Greg Wong's
demo disk running continuously. There is also security so that we can keep
models on display (especially Saturn V's, natch).</DIV>
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<DIV>Here's the cool part. They have asked me since the beginning if we could
put on some sort of live demo for the weekend shows. This would be every two
hours from late morning 'till late afternoon. I said that I couldn't imagine
launching rockets off the deck into the bay, but then suggested maybe doing an
RC/RG flight. We can launch off the ship athwartship (that means sideways), fly
around just off to one side and when the crowd has had enough, bring it back in
for a landing on the flight deck! Laura (the lady coordinating this) thought
that this was just too cool for words. That means we're going to need quite a
few pilots since there are four demos a day (maybe five) for the four weekend
days of the event. LUNAR will be glad to pay for your consumables on this.</DIV>
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<DIV>OK everyone, let's mark our calendars and figure out who's going to be
showing what, and how we're going to man the tables!</DIV>
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<DIV>- Jack</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Jack Hagerty, ARA Press <BR><A
href="http://www.arapress.com">www.arapress.com</A><BR>Phone/fax (925)
455-1143<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>