Last Update Wednesday, January 07, 2026 06:03 PM
Dinner Meeting Schedule
Meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month Unless Otherwise Noted.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Social Hour
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Meeting
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2026 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 21 |
Zoom | Denny |
| Feb 11 | ||
| Mar 11 | ||
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Apr 8 |
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May 13 |
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June 10 |
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| July |
Summer Break No Meeting |
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| Aug |
Summer Break No Meeting |
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Sep 9 |
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Oct 14 |
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| Nov 11 | ||
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Dec 9 |
2025 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 8 |
Zoom | Denny |
| Feb 12 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
| Mar 12 | Zoom | |
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Apr 9 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
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May 14. |
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June 11 |
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| July 9 |
Summer Break No Meeting |
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| Aug 13 |
Summer Break No Meeting |
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Sep 10 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
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Oct 8 |
Zoom | |
| Nov 12 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
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Dec 10 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
2024 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 10 |
Cancelled | |
| Feb 7 | Zoom |
Denny
Guest Speakers Bill Rauh On Being a New Pilot & Purchasing a Plane Steve Merrill My Experience Dry Leasing a Cirrus SR22 |
| Mar 13 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
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Apr 10 6:30 p.m. |
Zoom |
Denny
Guest Speaker Tom Turner Final Lessons From a Friend |
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May 8 6:30 p.m. |
Zoom |
Harris
Guest Speaker Dave Schiavone (Concorde Batteries) Aviation Batteries |
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June 5 6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. |
Picnic |
Denny
335 Nassau St. Princeton, NJ |
| July 10 |
Summer Break No Meeting |
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| Aug 14 |
Summer Break No Meeting |
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Sep 11 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
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Oct 16 |
Zoom |
Denny
Guest Speaker Jack Olcott The Culture of Aviation Safety |
| Nov 13 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny
Guest Speaker Marty Balk Buying, flying, and maintaining a C-47 |
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Dec 11 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Holiday Party |
2023 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 11 |
Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Stephen Bateman AOPA Director Flying Clubs Initiative Aviation Insurance |
| Feb 8 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
| Mar 8 | Zoom | Denny |
| Apr 12 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Pete Rafle Safety in the Airport Environment |
| May 10 |
Cancelled |
N/A |
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June 14 |
Home of PAFT President |
Denny Picnic |
| July 12 | N/A | Summer Break |
| Aug 9 | N/A | Summer Break |
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Sep 13 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
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Oct 18 |
Cancelled | N/A |
| Nov 8 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Marty Schneiderman An Overview of Soaring in Sailplanes for Power Pilots |
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Dec 13 |
2022 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 12 |
Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Philippe Marchal Aerodynamics: It's a Drag, Part 2 |
| Feb 9 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Ernie Schirmer The History of the Civil Air Patrol U.S. Air Force Auxiliary |
| Mar 9 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Raunaq Panwar Ferrying a New Piper Seminole from the USA to China |
| Apr 13 |
Cafe Graziella Hillsborough, NJ |
Denny |
| May 11 | Zoom |
Bradley Guest Speaker Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson |
| June 8 | Summer Break | |
| July 13 | Summer Break | |
| Aug 10 | Summer Break | |
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Sep 14 |
Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Mark Mizrahi General Aviation Flight Simulators |
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Oct 12 |
Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Paul Deres Aviation Accident Analysis |
| Nov 9 |
Rocky Hill Inn Rocky Hill, NJ |
Denny |
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Dec 14 |
Zoom |
Denny Panel Discussion Pete Rafle, Dave Michaud, Steve Hansell Maintaining Proficiency as a GA Pilot |
2021 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 13 |
Zoom |
Denny Guest Speakers Don Denny Flying into FRZ Airports Raj Soni The Caribbean International Air Rally Venture |
| Feb 10 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Patrick Bradley Flying into Oshkosh |
| Mar 10 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Steve Bateman AOPA'S You Can Fly Program: More People, More Flying |
| Apr 14 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Pete Rafle Pan American & Juan Trippe: Building the world's greatest transoceanic air transport system 1928 - 1946 |
| May 12 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Valerie Meola Aviation Team Leader National Weather Service Mount Holly, NJ NWS Weather Forecasting Products & Services for Aviation |
| June 9 | Zoom | None |
| July 14 | N/A | Summer Break |
| Aug 11 | N/A | Summer Break |
| Sep 8 | N/A | Cancelled |
| Oct 13 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Bob Harris Mountain Flying in Idaho |
| Nov 10 | Zoom |
Denny Guest Speaker Philippe Marchal Aerodynamics: It's a Drag, Part 1 |
| Dec 8 | Zoom |
Denny PAFT Members Tell Their Stories "I declared (or wish I had declared) an emergency" |
2020 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 8 |
N/A | Cancelled |
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Mar 11 |
Skillman, NJ |
Schirmer |
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May 13 |
Cancelled | |
| June 10 | Online |
Zoom Guest Speaker Patrick Bradley How the Wing Got its Lift: 200 years of theory and research |
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July 15 |
Online |
Zoom Guest Speaker Brad Rohdenburg |
| Sep 9 | Online | Zoom |
| Oct 14 | Online |
Zoom Guest Speaker Jeff Slutsky 39N Chief Flight Instructor President, Elite Flight Experience |
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Nov 11 |
Online |
Zoom |
| Dec 9 | Online | Zoom |
2019 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 9 |
Hopewell, NJ |
Schirmer |
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Mar 13 |
Lawrence Library | Schirmer |
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May 8 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Hernandez |
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Sep 11 |
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Nov 13 |
Skillman, NJ |
Hernandez |
2018 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 10 |
Skillman, NJ |
Hernandez |
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Mar 14 |
Cranbury, NJ |
Hernandez Guest Speaker Mark Mondello Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome |
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May 9 |
Ricky Hill, NJ |
Hernandez |
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Sep 26 |
Franklin Park, NJ |
Hernandez |
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Nov 14 |
Skillman, NJ |
Hernandex |
2017 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 11 |
Franklin Park, NJ |
Voight |
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Mar 8 |
Hopewell, NJ |
Schirmer |
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May 10 |
Skillman, NJ |
Schirmer |
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Sep 13 |
Hopewell, NJ |
Schirmer |
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Nov 8 |
Franklin Park, NJ |
Voight |
2016 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 13 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin & Horan |
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Mar 9 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin & Horan |
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May 11 |
Cancelled | |
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Sep 11 |
Picnic at 39N | PAFT |
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Nov 9 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
2015 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 14 |
Lawrenceville, NJ |
Rafle |
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Mar 11 |
Skillman, NJ |
Sandilya Chen |
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May 14 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Vitanza |
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Sep 9 |
Hopewell, NJ |
Schirmer |
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Nov 11 |
Manville, NJ |
Horan Voight |
2014 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 8 |
Hopewell, NJ |
Schirmer Guest Speaker Steve Hansell Aviation Humor |
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Mar 12 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Soni Guest Speaker David Robinson Chief Climatologist Rutgers Univ. |
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May 14 |
Manville, NJ |
Horan |
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Sep 10 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin & Horan |
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Nov 12 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin & Horan PAFT 20th Anniversary Dinner |
2013 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 9 |
Schirmer |
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Mar 13 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin, A. Guest Speaker Patricia Flores |
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May 8 |
Cranbury, NJ |
Chen Guest Speaker Cheng GU, Ph.D. |
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Sep 11 |
Kingston, NY |
Voight Guest Speaker Ernie Schirmer |
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Nov 13 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Vitanza |
2012 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 11 |
Montgomery, NJ |
Taylor |
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Mar 14 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
A. Martin & Horan Guest Speaker Raj Soni |
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May 9 |
KTTN Airport |
Schirmer |
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Sep 12 |
Montgomery, NJ |
Vitanza |
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Nov 14 |
Manville, NJ |
Taylor |
2011 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 12 |
Lawrenceville, NJ |
Taylor Guest Speaker Dan Bellware Rich Blatman Restoring the Statue of Liberty |
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Mar 9 |
Rocky Hill, NJ |
Guest Speaker Bob Reed FAA FAAST New York Special Flight Rules: flying the Hudson River Corridor |
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May 11 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin, A. Guest Speaker Ed Kollin Aircraft Engine Lubrication: what you should know |
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Sep 14 |
Manville, NJ |
Voight Guest Speaker Stephen Pope Senior Editor Flying Magazine |
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Nov 9 |
Schirmer Guest Speaker Public Relations Joint Base McGuire, Dix, Lakewood |
2010 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 13 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin, A. |
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Mar 10 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Voight, West Guest Speaker Pete Rafle Celestial Navigation |
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May 12 |
Princeton, NJ |
Bellware, Konwaler Guest Speaker William "Bill" Fili UFOs |
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Annual Picnic Sunday |
Club Picnic 39N |
Cancelled |
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Sep 15 Moved to avoid conflict with Rosh Hashanah |
Ewing, NJ |
Schirmer |
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Nov 10 |
Cranbury, NJ |
Sandilya |
2009 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 14 |
Gazdowicz Guest Speaker "Skip" Rawson Glider Pilot |
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Mar 11 |
Trenton Airport (KTTN) |
Gilbert Guest Speaker Michael Jackson Black Pilots of America |
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May 13 |
O'Connor's Beef 'N Chowder House Somerset, NJ |
Voight |
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Annual Picnic Sunday June 28 |
Club Picnic 39N |
PAFT |
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Sep 9 |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Martin, A. |
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Nov 11 |
Bordentown, NJ |
Sandilya |
2008 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 9 |
Baron Guest Speaker Charles Schlag Quiet Birdman |
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Mar 12 |
Charlie Brown's |
Bellware Guest Speakers Owen Abelson, TSA The TSA and GA Security |
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May 14 |
Ya Ya Noodle Skillman, NJ |
Goldfarb Guest Speaker Joe Horesco, Acentech Aircraft Noise |
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Annual Picnic Sunday Jul 6 |
Club Picnic Ken's Hanger 39N |
PAFT |
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Sep 10 |
Manville, NJ |
Voight Bob Eberly PHL ATC Support Specialist Operating in PHL's Class B Airspace and John Calla The Light Sport Aircraft Industry |
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Nov 12 |
Charlie Brown's Kingston, NJ |
Sandilya Guest Speaker Peter N. Kroeger, FAA Improving Flight Safety |
2007 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 10 |
Gilbert Guest Speakers: Ed Galkin & Dick Sollner Twice Around The World |
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Mar 14 |
Whitlock Tavern Dayton, NJ |
Sandilya |
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May 9 |
Voight | |
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Wednesday Jul 4 |
Club Picnic Ken's Hanger |
PAFT |
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Sep 19 |
Goldfarb | |
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Nov 14 |
Pulai Guest Speaker: Ralph Baron: Oskosh 2007 |
2006 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
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Jan 11 |
Hopewell Bistro & Inn Hopewell, NJ |
West Guest speakers: Beatrice Anduze-Faris and Ben Gazdowicz |
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Mar 8 |
Vidalia Restaurant Lawrenceville, NJ |
Soni Guest speaker: Jim Pate, TTN tower manager |
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May 10 |
Pizza 'n Pasta Manville, NJ |
Voight Guest speakers: Larry West, Glenn MacEwen and Web Crew: Angel Flight |
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Sunday Jul 9 |
Club Picnic Vinny's Hanger |
PAFT |
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Sep 13 |
Hopewell Bistro Hopewell, NJ |
Schirmer Guest speaker Civil Air Patrol Group 224 Maj. Ronald Wiley Lt. Col. Greg Weidenfeld |
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Nov 8 |
Good Time Charley's Kingston, NJ |
Sandilya Guest speaker: Air Force Public Relations Officer |
2005 Dinner Meeting Schedule
| Date | Location | Arranged By |
| Jan 12 | Whitlock Tavern, Dayton, NJ | West |
| Mar 9 | Pierre's Restaurant, Dayton, NJ | Voight |
| May 11 | Sir John's, North Brusnwick, NJ | Stone |
| Jul 10 |
Club Picnic Vinny's Hanger (C-8) |
PAFT |
| Sep 14 | Amarone's Restaurant, Windsor, NJ | Schirmer |
| Nov 9 | Princeton Airport Pilots' Lounge | West |