Well, we're on the home stretch now for ISAP-VII. It's looking to be another first-class event, thanks to the efforts of my partners in crime - Chad Slattery, Denny Lombard, Andy Wolfe, Richard
VanderMeulen, Michele Peterson, and your Board of Directors. And let me not forget to give a pre-event thanks to our ever-faithful sponsors, Canon, Nikon, Lockheed Martin, the AOPA, Delkin Devices, and Air & Space Smithsonian. Without the latter, we most certainly would not be able to provide the high level of presenters and field
trips that we have enjoyed every year since our inception.

We have some seriously special treats in store for everyone, not the least of which is the hotel that will be serving as our venue. The Hilton Garden Inn is a first-class facility located in an idyllic spot on a strip of beach between a large bay and the ocean. I received an update from them a few days ago on room rentals, and for those of you who have not made your reservations, it is starting to look tight. Let me recommend, one more time, that anyone intending to make it to ISAP-VII take the time to call the hotel today, if not sooner, and book a room. The rate is special for ISAP attendees. The phone number is 866 916-2999. Ask for Group Rates and then give them the code ISA.

The field trip to Hurlburt AFB is not yet chipped in stone, but it is looking good. If it comes to pass, there is a very good chance we'll have photo access to some very unusual flying machines, and there's also a good chance that a firepower display will be given. Aircraft in the Special Ops fleet that operates from Hurlburt AFB include several different Lockheed AC-130 Hercules configurations, the Bell/
Boeing CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor, the Sikorsky CH-53E Stallion, and several different types of Russian aircraft, including at least one Antonov An-26 and at least one Mil Mi-8 helicopter. We'll know more about this in a week or two.

Do let us know, as soon as possible, whether you can make it. We're in a head-counting mode right now, and more than anything, we simply need to know how many of you will be attending. Be there, or be square!

See you March 15!

Jay