September 2025 Newsletter
NEXT PPA MEETING
The Professional Pilots Association’s next meeting will be held Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at the main Lane Aviation hangar in the middle of the John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio. Click here for a map
FEATURED SPEAKERS & TOPICS
Touching Lives by Restoring History: The Story of the Champaign Aviation Museum. Our speaker, Demetri Capetanopoulos is retired from the Submarine Force as a Navy Captain and then from Battelle after 20 years working with the National Labs. He is an author, Antarctic expedition guide, private pilot, and the Chairman of the Champaign Aviation Museum.
NOTAMS
Future meeting speakers and topics:
Request: Please contact me or any of the Trustees with suggested speakers and topics for future meetings. You can call one of us or send a message: CLICK HERE
MEETING RESERVATIONS
Each PPA member is encouraged to make reservations as early as practicable to help us obtain an accurate estimate of attendance. Please make your reservation not later than noon on Monday, September 1st. This meeting is not sponsored. There will be a $20 registration fee collected at the door to cover the meal and PPA expenses. The meal is ordered based on the number of reservations so we ask that members reimburse the Association for a non-cancellation. Cancel not later than Tuesday at noon or you will be charged for the meal.
Make your reservations:
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MEETING TIMES
6:00 p.m. Social
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Presentation
See you on September 3, 2025
Mike Ponzani
President, Professional Pilots Association
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Gone West.
PPA members who have recently passed. Dave Cencula (PPA #315), Jim Holt (PPA #270), Jim “Tip” Tippie (PPA #222), Jerry Isbell (PPA #324), Ronald Craig (PPA #171)