{"id":214,"date":"2015-09-17T02:13:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T02:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:51:53","slug":"monthly-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/events\/monthly-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>April 2026 Newsletter<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3><strong>NEXT PPA MEETING<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Professional Pilots Association\u2019s next meeting will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at Lane Aviation, 4389 International Gateway, John Glenn Columbus International Airport<span class=\"fontstyle0\">, Columbus, Ohio<\/span>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/y1MebpD3eUvy2GWA8\">Click here for a map<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>FEATURED SPEAKERS &amp; TOPICS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/thomas-betti-on-telling-the-untold-stories-of-pan-am\/\">Thomas Betti<\/a><\/strong>, Aviation Historian, will present &#8220;The History of the Pan Am B-314 Flying Boat&#8221;<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>NOTAMS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Leadership Updates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new PPA Secretary is Don Barbee<\/li>\n<li>The new PPA Treasurer is Doug Auld<\/li>\n<li>The new PPA Trustee is Judy Stream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Future meeting speakers and topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">May 6 \u2013 OPEN (Potential speakers: Department of Transportation @ OSU; 180th Fighter <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Wing @ Lane Aviation)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">June\u2013August \u2013 Summer Break<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">The association extends sincere gratitude to Bob Brown for his many years of dedicated\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">service as Treasurer. His diligence, leadership, and long-term commitment had a lasting\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">impact on the organization<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Request: Please contact me or any of the Trustees with suggested speakers and topics for future meetings.\u00a0 You can call one of us or send a message:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/contact-2\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>MEETING RESERVATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>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, March 30. This meeting is not sponsored. There will be a $20 registration fee collected at the door to cover the meal and PPA expenses (please pay by check, if possible). 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make your reservations:<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/reservations\/\"><strong>Click here to make your reservations<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>MEETING TIMES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>6:00 p.m. Social<br \/>\n6:30 p.m. Dinner<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. Presentation<\/p>\n<p>See you on April 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mike Ponzani<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit;\">President, Professional Pilots Association<br \/>\n_________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/minutes\/\"><strong>View PPA Business Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PPA-2024-Activity-Report.pdf\">View PPA 2024 Activity Report<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n_________________________________________________________<br \/>\nPPA Welcomes our newest members!!!!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/membership\/new-ppa-members\/\"><strong>Click here to view the list<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>_________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/\"><strong>Gone West<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><br \/>\nPPA members who have recently passed. <a href=\"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/david-j-cencula-ppa-315\/\"><strong>Dave Cencula<\/strong> <\/a>(PPA #315), <a href=\"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/james-e-holt-ppa-270\/\"><strong>Jim Holt<\/strong><\/a> (PPA #270), <a href=\"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/james-warren-tippie-ppa-222\/\"><strong>Jim &#8220;Tip&#8221; Tippie<\/strong><\/a> (PPA #222),\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/jerry-gene-isbell-ppa-324\/\">Jerry Isbell<\/a><\/strong> (PPA #324),\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/ronald-d-craig\/\"><strong>Ronald Craig<\/strong><\/a> (PPA #171)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 2026 Newsletter NEXT PPA MEETING The Professional Pilots Association\u2019s next meeting will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at Lane Aviation, 4389 International Gateway, John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio.\u00a0Click here for a map FEATURED SPEAKERS &amp; TOPICS Thomas Betti, Aviation Historian, will <a href=\"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/events\/monthly-newsletter\/\" title=\"Monthly Newsletter\">[Read More]<\/a>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":454,"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1497,"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions\/1497"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}