2008 FOUNDER'S DAY BANQUET
Thanks for Attending...See You Next Year.
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Commemorating the Flight of the
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Reservations Required. Limited Seating. You may send payment now, or pay at the door.
We just need
to know how many and what your menu choice is. See you there for a great
evening.
Our guests will be Bryan Allen and Sam Duran of the Gossamer Condor team
which won the Kremer prize of 50,000 Pounds Sterling (or $94,000) by
completing a human-powered flight over a prescribed figure-8 course. The
successful flight was completed on August 23, 1977 right here at Minter
Field, Shafter, CA.
The original Gossamer Condor hangs in the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.
along with the X-15 rocket plane and the Wright Flier. (Bottom Right Pic)
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