THE EVENT WAS FULLY COORDINATED BY WEST COAST B47HA DIRECTOR DANNY RODRIGUEZ AND FEATURED NINE VINTAGE BELL 47 HELICOPTERS. B47HA CEO JOEY RHODES ASSISTED DANNY AND WAS ON HAND TO GREET PARTICIPANTS. VENDORS ON HAND WERE TOM WHITE OF WHITE AERO WHO WAS THE VERY FIRST VENDOR TO SUPPORT B47HA. AND ALL THE WAY FROM THE EAST COAST, JACK CARSON AND HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER RACHEL OF HELICOPTER SPARES AND HELICOPTER TECH B47HA GOLD MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS. RHODES ENCOURAGED THE MEMBERSHIP TO SUPPORT WHITE AND THE CARSONS WITH THEIR PATRONAGE. SPECIAL THANKS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BILL NEIGHBORS OF PACIFIC AIR LOGISTICS FOR HIS SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO FUND THE EVENT. BILL ASSISTED IN AWARDING THE GRAND DOOR PRIZE FOR THE FLY IN.THE EVENT, WHICH WAS HELD IN HONOR OF “THE WHIRLYBIRDS’ KEN TOBEY” WHO PASSED AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO AT AGE 85, INVOLVED GUEST SPEAKERS DICK HART OF NATIONAL HELICOPTERS AND HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR BRUCE BILSON ENTERTAINED THE VAST AUDIENCE WITH THEIR EXPERTISE AND MEMORIES. ON HAND WERE MANY BELL 47 MAINTENANCE AND FLIGHT GURUS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES CONCERNING THE LEGENDARY BELL 47. THEIR CONTRIBUTION WAS VERY MUCH ENJOYED ESPECIALLY BY THE OWNERS OF BELL 47S. BILSON WHO WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DIRECTORS FROM “THE WHIRLYBIRDS” THEN INTRODUCED TO A VERY EXCITED AUDIENCE, “THE NEW WHIRLYBIRDS” WHO INTRODUCED THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO THE BUBBLE ANGEL OF MERCY AND PROVIDED A RIDE TO A VERY HAPPY YOUNGSTER. NWB AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE EVENT BEGAN FILMING AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THEIR CONCEPT VIDEO FOR THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL. NWB IS PRESENTLY PLANNING TO DEVOTE THEIR TALENTS TO UNITED STATES PEDIATRIC HOSPICE PROGRAMS TO HELP MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE FOR A TERMINALLY ILL CHILD. RHODES STATES, “I FEEL THE CONNECTION OF THE BELL 47 AS ONE OF THE FIRST MED EVAC HELICOPTERS HAS PROVIDED DANNY AND I A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THESE KIDS FIND SOME HAPPINESS IN THE BRIEF TIME THAT THEY HAVE LEFT AND WE WILL PROVIDE OUR APPEARANCES FREE OF CHARGE WHEN FEASIBLE AND IN CONNECTION WITH AIRSHOWS AND EVENTS.” B47HA MEMBER AND FILM GURU PAT GROSSWENDT DEBUTED HIS VIDEO STARRING HOLLYWOOD DIRECTORS ROBERT ALTMAN AND BRUCE PILSON DEALING WITH HOW “THE WHIRLYBIRDS” WAS FILMED. DOOR PRIZES WERE DONATED AND MANY IN THE AUDIENCE ENJOYED THEIR FREE GIFTS ALONG WITH THE CATERED MEAL. SPECIAL PREPARATIONS WERE ALSO EVIDENT WITH AN ASSURING FIRST AID BOOTH PROFESSIONALLY STAFF IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES OF WHICH THERE WERE NONE. PILOTS WHO ATTENDED WERE:MIKE ZEMLOCK FLYING IN  DON BRUCE’S H MODEL, CINEMA PHOTOGRAPHER DAN DONLEY FLYING A BELL 47 D1, AL BROUSSARD IN A SUPER NAVY BLUE BELL 47 G4,

CAPT. JOE CLARIDGE IN HIS SPECIAL MASH  THEME BELL 47 G2, BRYAN GOLDSMITH IN HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED BELL 47 G2 (WHICH NEAL TOLER FERRIED FROM OK,) CAROL SIMPSON AND DOUG KERR  WHO FLEW THEIR COAST GUARD AUX BELL 47 G2 FROM SAN FRANCISCO, SCOTT MADDY IN HIS BELL 47 G3B2 POWERHOUSE, SCOTT BARER  IN HIS BLUE BELL 47 G2 AND THE NEW WHIRLYBIRDS’ DANNY RODRIGUEZ SUPER 235 HP. BELL 47 G “OLE RED”ALL THE PILOTS RECEIVED AWARDS AND GIFTS  AND THEIR DINNER WAS ON B47HA. STEVE JONES REPRESENTED B47HA’S R/C 47s WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL BELL 47 MODEL PRESIDENT RHODES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP INCREASED FROM 313 TO 325 AND RHODES WAS PLEASED TO SEE MANY RENEWALS OF VETERAN MEMBERS. KEITH AND KAREN BENEDICK JOINED THE CORPORATE MEMBERS OF B47HA DANNY AND JOEY WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR HELP IN THIS HUGE SUCCESS. PAT GROSSWENDT- VIDEO & TEAR DOWN DOUG KERR & CAROL SIMPSON- FOR THE LONG FLIGHT FROM HAYWARD CA. MAURICE O’BRIEN – AIR BOSS, DANIEL CARLSON – SET UP & TEAR DOWN, RANDY CLARK – OWNER OF NAI HANGAR WHO PROVIDED THE OUTSTANDING FACILITIES. DANNY’S FAMILY MICHELLE WHO  RAN THE GIFT TABLE DIANA WALLACE & DIANA SOLORIO – GATE ADMISSIONS, DEBBIE WALLACE – R.N. FIRST AID,GARY WALLACE – GOPHER, EDDIE RODRIGUEZ – GOPHER, AND MOST OF ALL JOEY WOULD LIKE TO THANK DANNY FOR BRINGING HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER SARA RODRIGUEZ TO HANDLE MEMBERSHIP AND REGISTRATIONS WHICH WAS DONE WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM AND ACCURACY. JOEY CONCLUDED, “THE EVENT’S SUCCESS IS CHIEFLY OWED HOWEVER TO DANNY RODRIGUEZ’S SUPER PLANNING AND DEEP POCKETS OF GENEROSITY. B47HA OWES DANNY RODRIGUEZ A GREAT DEAL OF THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE BELL 47 AND WORKING WITH DANNY IS GREAT FUN!” RHODES  SHARED HE FELT SO GOOD THAT HE WAS ON CLOUD NINE ON HIS FLIGHT HOME ENJOYING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HELICOPTERS WITH NONE OTHER THAN HIS BASEBALL HERO – LEGENDARY  PETE ROSE. JOEY SAID, NOW THAT’S THE WAY TO END A TRIP!!!