March 2025 Newsletter

NEXT PPA MEETING

The Professional Pilots Association’s next meeting will be held Wednesday, March 5th, 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

PPA member, Dan Kiser, will speak about his lifetime experiences in aviation. The title of his presentation is “How’d We Get Here”?

NOTAMS

Future meeting speakers and topics:

April 2nd: Marcus Finley JSSI Software Sales Manager, designers of Traxxall aviation maintenance and inventory tracking software.
May 7th: Michelle “MACE” Curran, former US Air Force Thunderbird pilot, will make a virtual presentation of “Starting Upside Down Dreams”
Summer Break: June, July & August

PPA Name Badge. If you ordered a PPA member name badge you can pick it up at this meeting from Treasurer Shawn Bauer. These badges are available: Gentile, Marzolf, Nofzinger, Scharff

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, Monday, March 3rd. 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 March 5th, 2025

Mike Ponzani

President, Professional Pilots Association
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