The Sun Lakes Aero Club owes a debt of gratitude to four former Sun Lakes residents who were responsible for forming the club more than 25 years ago. Pictured above in a 2010 photo are two of the co-founders (left to right): Vern Nelson (deceased 2017) and Al Galvi (deceased 2014). Other co-founders were Elton Dyal (deceased 2012) and Sam Doria (deceased 2011). (Photo by Gary Vacin)
Gary Vacin
The Sun Lakes Aero Club is still stuck in the hangar for the rest of 2020, but we have high hopes that our monthly gatherings will resume on Jan. 18, 2021. Our scheduled speaker will be member Don Palmer, who will discuss why the U.S. was so far behind the USSR in the race to the moon. All this assumes that restrictions due to the COVID-19 virus are lifted by then.
We are still working on speakers for the February, March, and April gatherings. Additional information will be published in future Splash issues.
The Sun Lakes Aero Club is an official Sun Lakes organization made up of pilots, former pilots, and others interested in any aspect of aviation. The club has monthly gatherings November through April featuring speakers on a wide variety of aviation-related topics.
For additional information, contact Cannon Hill at 509-539-7857, Gary Vacin at 480-298-7017, or visit the group’s website SunLakesAeroClub.org.