We are only three months away from our 3rd annual Cincinnati Jets event. The event will be held at the same location, Hook Field Airport in Middletown, Ohio on July 23rd-25th.

We would like to invite everyone to attend this fantastic event which is co-hosted with one of the nicest airport managers you will ever meet. We will be flying from the same location as last year with plenty of room for RV's. We will have limited electric for the RV's and also water hookups.

The event will be hosted by Bob Belluomini (CD and flight line director for the event), Terry Jacobs, Mike Molnar, my wife Sandy, myself and several other local fliers. We are all jet pilots who have been attending jet events for 10 years so we know how to do it right. For those who missed last year, we had a pig roast and lots of great prizes for the pilots.

This year we will be hosting several of the judges from the WJM who will be visiting and holding a meeting in the area and we will be helping with some demo flights. I am sure they would enjoy meeting everyone.

We are planning on having open flying on Thursday July 22nd this year after we get setup so everyone can plan on arriving early on Thursday and flying sometime after noon probably.

We are trying to make the event a little better every year. We had around 45 pilots the first and second year and are planning on seeing even more this year. This is a facility that will accommodate a very large number of pilots and we hope to see a greater number of pilots this year.

Hotel rooms have been reserved at the Holiday Inn Express with special rates, same as last year. Tell them you need rates for the "Thunder in the Sky" Cincinnati Jets event.If you have any questions please ask. We look forward to seeing everyone again this year. We would like vendors to attend as well.

Gary Jefferson

Count Russ and I as "We'll be there!"

Dave Rigotti

Do you guys happen to have a website somewhere?
P

How do I reserve a RV spot with Electric?

Ron

Here you go Paul
This is our hosts site.

http://www.bbaero.com/Events.html


We are looking forward to seeing everyone again this year.

Ron, last year it was sort of a first come basis but we had enough hookups for everyone. It is just 110 power but is enough to power the lights, etc. The guys were very happy to have it though!!

We will try to pull some more power from the hangers this year if I know additional RV's will be coming.

Gary

That will be great, I am planning on attending so I have to put it on the schedule.

Ron

Gary,

I'll offer to pull the "MAN GRILL" down on Thursday and smoke up some pork and ribs on Thursday and Friday night if there is enough interest!! Let me know....

I'll be there Friday morning... I'm HUNGRY!

Wow I wish I could come[&o]
I am going to Oshkosh for the week so the dates just don't work out for me. I saw coverage of last years event on RCU and it looked like a first class event. Maybe I'll be able to make it in 2011.

Ron, that is great. I think there were a few guys planning on coming from PA last year but I don't think they made it. We actually expected many more pilots last year but I know quite a few guys coming from further away that didn't make because of the unpredictable weather conditions last year. We are planning on sunny and 80 degrees this year so put it on your calendar!!


We look forward to seeing you...


Gary

Excellent Mark, look forward to seeing you...Gary

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">JUDGES SEMINAR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><o><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></o></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Yea <st1:city w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Gary</st1lace></st1:city> we sure appreciate you and yours hosting our JWM Judges Seminar.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">As previously noted Winnie Ohlgart the IJMC Chairman, Bill Grimsley the Press Officer and David Tappin the Chief Judge will be attendance along with Jim Hiller our Chief Judge and John Ligons our CD for the JWM-Q.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Anyone interested in being a Judge for our Qualifier, or subsequent JWM Events, should contact Jim and plan on attending the Seminar.
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Of course I will be 100 feet behind RB upon arrival. And with a new jet..

Ron, I was planning on calling you anyway. The MAN GRILL sounds like a great idea!!

I will give you a call soon...

Roger, we are glad to have you guys attending. Keep me informed as to what you guys need from us...

Guys this years event is really shaping up nicely!

Some more pics from 2009 Thunder in the Sky...

There have been a couple of questions about the hotel room pricing at the Holiday Inn for this years event. This is the same hotel we have used for the past two events but someone at the hotel failed to reserve the rooms as I asked them to do over two months ago.

We stopped at the hotel today and managed to get it corrected so that there are 25 rooms reserved at a rate of $72.00. The rooms are reserved under the event name which is "Thunder in the Sky". Make sure you mention the event using this name.

If you have already reserved a room please call them back to get the special rate. If you have any issues with the rate just ask for Roberta Horn. She is the general manager at the hotel.

I can't wait. Hopefully the weather will be more like the last couple days around here for the event.

Mike

Im getting excited...one of my fav events... also bringing another used jet... a Kingcat.. looking forward to it

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Oh yea lookin good, I will be at the Museum on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with the IJMC folks doing their inspection for the JWM then on to Cinn Jets for the conclusion of the Judges Seminar with David Tappin, Bill Grimsley, Jim Hiller and Participants.
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Gary,

Rooms are still available at $72 per night.

I will see you Thursday.

John

We're less than a week away from Cincinnati Jets, Thunder in the Sky

Ron Ballard will be hosting a Thursday night "man grilled" dinner. Friday night, we'll be serving a chicken dinner (grilled by none other than Ron) with corn on the cob and watermelon, and Saturday night, we'll have pork with lots of sides. Afterwards, the awards presentation and pilots drawings.

So far, we've received some great donations:

ElectroDynamics, Great Planes, Altecare, JetCat, Cermark and Troy Built Models

And there are more on the way!

We're looking forward to a great weekend with lots of flying and just having a good time.

See you there,

Gary and Sandy Jefferson