Ray Community Airport in Hangar #304B.

First Thursday of the month from 7:30 to 10 pm.

BBQ dinner before meeting at 6 pm

Indian Trail between 27 Mile and 28 Mile Rd. in Ray Township.

February 2 , 2012 - Air Traffic Manager of Pontiac (PTK) ATCT, Christine Hartges.  

Risk Management starts on the surface.

She has served pilots across Michigan for 27 years as an Air Traffic Controller, Staff Specialist, a Supervisor at FNT (Flint)and MBS (Saginaw)Towers, the Acting Air Traffic Manager at MBS Tower;  and since December 2010, has been the Air Traffic Manager of the Pontiac (PTK) Air Traffic Control Tower.  She is one of six regional Air Traffic Runway Safety experts,  the President of EAA Chapter 597 in Chesaning, MI and worked 5 years in a "pink shirt" as an Air Traffic Controller during EAA AirVenture.  As a FAAst team representative and Instrument Flight Instructor, she facilitates quarterly CFI renewal workshops at Bay City (3CM )airport.   While qualified as a Multi- Engine Pilot, she currently owns and flies a Citabria 7GCBC; based out of Woodside Airport (2MI0) in her Chesaning, Michigan backyard.   Christine is the mother of five children ages twenty-two to seven, and has been married to the same man for over twenty-six years;  who just happens to also be her A&P mechanic.

Check out the Chapter's NEW "Educational Materials" page. Here you will find the handouts and materials from previous programs, starting with the November 2011 presentation from Selfridge Air Traffic Control.. This page can also be accessed under the "Programs" tab at the left hand side of any page.

RCCD to meet at EAA Chapter 13 hangar. All EAA members are welcome to attend

Join them on the fourth Thursday evening of these months:

January 26, 2012

February 23, 2012

March 22, 2012

April 26, 2012

 

Future speakers -

March 1, 2012 - tbd