THE EVENT WAS FULLY COORDINATED BY WEST COAST B47HA DIRECTOR & V.P. DANNY RODRIGUEZ AND FEATURED FIVE OF THE BEST BELL 47 HELICOPTERS IN THE NATION. SPECIAL THANKS TO PILOTS AND OWNERS SCOTT BARER, JOE CLARIDGE, MARK ROWLAND, MIKE ZEMLOCK, AND DANNY RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THEIR SHIPS IN. B47HA CEO JOEY RHODES WAS ON HAND TO GREET B47HA MEMBERS. NEW MEMBERSHIPS & RENEWALS WERE PROCESSED AT THE EVENT WITH FOUR NEW MEMBERS AND FOUR RENEWALS. SPECIAL THANKS TO TERRY ROCHEFORT WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA TO ATTEND. A SPECIAL “VENDORS FORUM” WAS HELD AND NIC FROM HRA WAS ON HAND TO DISCUSS AND DISPLAY HIS COMPOSITE TAIL ROTORS. ON HAND WERE MULTIPLE VENDORS TOM WHITE, BILL NEIGHBORS FROM PACIFIC AIR LOGISTICS WHO PROVIDE SOME DOOR PRIZES. RHODES ENCOURAGED THE MEMBERSHIP TO SUPPORT B47HA VENDORS WITH THEIR PATRONAGE. TAKE TIME TO SPEAK WITH THESE FOLKS WHO KEEP THE 47 FLYING. ALSO WE WILL HAVE MANY A&P/IAs & CFIs ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING THE DAY. SPECIAL THANKS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED TO ATTENDING GOLD MEMBERS FOR THEIR SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND B47HA. MANY DOOR PRIZES WERE PROVIDED AND AN UPCOMING LIST OF DONORS WILL BE DISPLAYED B47HA OFFICIAL SPOKESMEN “THE WHIRLYBIRDS,” INTRODUCED THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO THE BUBBLE ANGEL OF MERCY AND PROVIDED A FUN DAY WHILE THEY MC’d THE PROGRAM. STEVE JONES SENT HIS MODEL & JEFF JANKOVICS PROVIDED A VERY IMPRESSIVE COMPUTER SIMULATION THAT MESMERIZED THE AUDIENCE WITH ITS DETAIL. SPECIAL THANKS TO RANDY CLARK – OWNER OF NAI HANGAR WHO PROVIDED THE OUTSTANDING FACILITIES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY DANNY IS THE GUY THAT DID MOST OF THE WORK, PROVIDED THE FOOD, AND CONTINUES TO AMAZE JOEY WITH HIS LOVE FOR THE 47. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO SHOWS WITHOUT THIS FINE MAN AND FRIEND TO B47HA.
Bell 47 Helicopter Association Inc.