Comments from the Chair

October '06 

I'm up to my butt in alligators with ISAP-VII, but everything so far is looking good. We now have confirmation on the hotel, though no special code yet for registration and rooms.

We'll be staying at the Hilton Garden Inn on Pensacola Beach. The phone number is 1 866 916-2999, if you want to call in advance and get things rolling.
 
If there's any question, ask for Susan Jones-Curry. Just remember that only seventy-five rooms have been allocated, and as always it will be first-come, first-served. Take a look at the Hilton Garden Inn's web site if you have a minute. With beaches on both the front and back of the building, it should make for some nice views from the rooms.

Our room rate, incidentally, is $129 excluding tax, title, and license. Believe me when I tell you they gave us a serious discount in order to steal us away from the competition.
The speaker list is almost completed. Andy Wolfe and I will have that information for you by next month, if all goes well. We've got some top notch talent lined up, once again - and one or two presentations that you will not be expecting! Astronaut "Hoot" Gibson, incidentally, has agreed to speak during the banquet. "Hoot", for those not familiar with his accomplishments, has five Shuttle missions to his credit, and was command pilot on four. Additionally, he was chief of the NASA astronaut corps until his retirement in 1995, and was commander of the first Shuttle mission to the Russian Mir space station. He is usually seen every year flying a Hawker Sea Fury during the Reno Air Races.

Still working on the tour of Eglin AFB, the USAF Armament Museum, and the National Museum of Naval Aviation. We should have confirmation on these shortly.

Already looking forward to seeing "y'all" in March!

Jay