The Adventurers’ Club detailed Calendar page
May 11,
2006 -- Samantha Larson and David Larson MD speakers -- " 6 of the 7
peaks by age 17- on a record setting pace"
Samantha Larson is a seventeen year old senior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. In December 2005 she journeyed to Antarctica with her father and climbed Mt. Vinson Massif, the highest mountain on the continent at 16, 067 feet. This was her sixth of the “seven summits” – the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. She began with Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2001 at age 12, and since has climbed South America’s Mt. Aconcagua, Europe’s Mt. Elbrus, North America’s Mt. McKinley, and Australia’s Mt. Kosciuszko. She plans to defer enrollment to college for a year so she can train and attempt Mt. Everest in the spring of 2007. Samantha is on a record setting pace and should become the youngest person to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents
May 18, 2006 --Jonna Doolittle Hoppes --"Jimmy Doolittle" This is a Ladies Night
Presentation and all are welcome.
Jonna
Doolittle Hoppes is an author and journalist. Her first book, Calculated
Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle¸ is a memoir of her
famous grandfather, aviator Jimmy Doolittle, and his equally
extraordinary wife, Joe.
Ms Hoppes represents the Doolittle family at air shows across the
country and is a popular speaker at libraries and air museums. Her
articles have appeared in Smithsonian's Air and Space magazine, as well
as other publications.
She is Chair of the Literary Guild of Orange County and a member of
Sisters in Crime, a mystery writers' organization. She also works as a
civilian for the U.S. Air Force and lives in Southern California.
May 25, 2006 -- Nick Paine -- "Culinary Archeology"
Nick
Paine, a 30 year veteran of the entertainment industry, first visited
the jungles of Peru with former adventurers club member Herman Jesson in
1996. Since then nick has continued his expeditions to the jungle each
year, filming tribal foods .Although he usually makes his journeys
completely alone, Paine's camera innovations allow him to feature
himself living, working, and eating alongside his tribal hosts, as a
participant, not an
observer. Paine's careful editing and dramatic descriptions - often
delivered in the field, are filled with fascination and wonder, an
unsurpassed look into an unknown world. A unique filmmaker, Nick has
pioneered a new field of study Nick calls ' CULINARY ARCHAEOLOGY .' In
ten years Nick has amassed over 500 hours of video, and more than 20,000
slides.
Nick will present his experiences during a decade filming. Featured are
tribal dishes such as: stingray, monkey, rat, boa, parrot, caterpillars
and more. Nick will speak about dramatic changes, unknown to the outside
world, that effects the future of life in the Amazon, followed by an
array of
stunning photos and short video clips.
June 1,
2006 --Jim Dorsey -- "Among whales"
Jim
Dorsey, member # 1081, is a certified marine naturalist, trained by the
American Cetacean Society. He works for the society, and the Cabrillo
Marine Aquarium in San Pedro, as a naturalist, lecturer and guide on
local whale watching boats. For eight seasons he has been in San Ignacio
lagoon, Baja, where he works as a guide and naturalist for the Baja
Adventure Company during the Gray Whale migration. In between, he can
usually be found in a kayak somewhere along the rim of fire, interacting
with whales.
His presentation tonight is an update of close encounters, fascinating
personal stories, and action packed wildlife photography from a
perspective few people will ever experience.
June
8, 2006 -- “Hunting
in Africa” Richard Venola.
Richard was on assignment for his magazine in South Africa and he will report in his humorous and iconoclastic manner what happened. This should be a very interesting talk.
June 15, 2006 -- “Winter Climb of Mt. Whitney” James Lee.
James Lee works for the Space Corporation. He will be assigned to the Naval Academy for the next three years. We are fortunate that he could slip this night into his busy schedule. James did what few did, he went up Whitney in the winter on the climbers route. A difficult and different challenge. A well documented video was created and he will tell how it went.
June 22, 2006 -- “Knightsbridge International- Humanitarian and Relief Projects where others fear to go” Sir Edward Artis.
When the other NGOs leave for fear of their life, Knightsbridge appears. Sir Edward and his associates, who are members of a self-styled Order of the Knights of Malta among other organizations, and Knightsbridge International, spring to action. He goes when others fear. A fascinating and informative talk by one who goes there and does it.
June 29, 2006 -- “Life Saving Changes in Airborne Search and Rescue Technology” Mark Swaney.
Mark Swaney was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, except for a one-year stay in South Africa. The trip to South Africa was Mark’s first exposure to airplanes other than the occasional C-118 flying over his home from the Youngstown Air Reserve Base. When he returned from Africa at the age of 15, he joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) where he started his love of flying in general aviation aircraft. At the age of 18 he was selected to attend the CAPs Cadet Flying Encampment, where he earned his Private Pilot License with a grand total of 37 hours. Mark attended the University of Cincinnati and earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. While at UC, he co-op’d at Gates Learjet Corporation in the Experimental Flight Test department. He also earned his Commercial Pilot License and Instrument Rating, as well as being an officer in the college Flying Club. His flight test experience at Learjet lead Mark to join the Navy in 1975. He was selected for training as a Naval Flight Officer and became an F-14 Radar Intercept Officer in 1976. He achieved his goal of attending the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1981, graduating with distinction. After several operational tours in Navy fighter squadrons and as the Aide to a Battle Group Commander, Mark shifted his focus exclusively to Naval Weapons Systems Management by becoming an Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer. Mark’s 30 year Naval career included command of the Naval Air Pacific Repair Activity, Atsugi, Japan, and the Naval Test Wing Pacific at Point Mugu. Mark's last Navy assignment was as Vice Commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu and China Lake, from which he retired with 30 years of service on September 30th, 2005. He and his wife, Allyson, are now living in Oxnard where he is remodeling the beach house they bought in 1987, finishing his F-1 Rocket aircraft kit at Camarillo Airport while working part-time as a free-lance flight instructor.
July 13, 2006 – “Cairo to Capetown – 3 months on my own” Marc Weitz
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After dreaming his whole life of doing an overland trip from London to Cape Town, Marc signed up with a company to finally live that dream. However, finding the overland company rather dull and unadventurous, Marc escaped in Cairo to try his hand at doing Africa on his own.
In 5 months Marc made his way from Cairo to Cape Town, using whatever means possible. With the exception of airplanes, Marc took ferries, sail boats, trains, cars, buses, and local transport with cute names such as boksi’s, dalla-dallas, and matatus. Some were easy, most were hard, all were uncomfortable. Hear how Marc maneuvered his way through bandits, con artists, mosquitoes, language barriers, and other interesting things that could only happen in Africa to reach his goal of Cape Town overland.”
July 20, 2006 — “Flight is within your grasp – home built hang gliders and airplanes” Keith Kent
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Keith will share his triumphs and learning experiences with home built hang gliders and airplanes, with a long and safe history.
July 27, 2006 — “Exotic Diving” Robert Williscroft
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Robert has been to 1,000 feet in a warmed neoprene dive suit, dived under the arctic ice-pack, lived in an underwater habitat off the island of St. Croix, wrote the first civilian course for the use of drysuits, and developed the first practical scuba rig for polluted water diving. (Link to Robert's website.)
August 2, 2006 -- “Show and Tell”
Where different members speak about an item or artifact of interest to the group. “GPS and Remote Sensing” Robert Yowell; “Mangled Mercedes Cabriolet” Bob Silver; “The Kilt” Don Waters; “The Wave” Bob Zeman – and others.
August 10, 2006 — LADIES’ NIGHT — “The X-Prize” Peter Diamandis
August 17, 2006 — Wally Rappel — “The Great American Cross-Country Solar Power Race”
While
a physics sophomore at Caltech, Wally became aware that electric vehicles
might be the most promising solution for urban air pollution. The
following summer, he earned enough money to purchase a 1959 VW microbus and to
start the conversion to electric. A year later, he had an operational
electric vehicle with a top speed of about 35 mph and a range of about thirty
miles and was able to use this vehicle to commute between his home in Hollywood
and the Caltech campus. The following year, with the assistance of both
Caltech and some friendly companies, hewas able to up-grade the vehicle to well
over 50 mph with a range of more than 60 miles. At this point, he realized
that the next step would require improved batteries - which, in turn, would
require some serious research and development. Wally wondered if there
were some way where hecould use my vehicle to help motivate such an effort.
The idea eventually emerged of an electric car race between Caltech and MIT.
After much wrangling, the idea became reality and on the morning of August 26,
1968, the "Great Electric Car Race" sparked into action. His talk
will fill in the frightening details.
Since 1968, Wally Ripple has worked in the area electric propulsion development. Highlights include playing key roles in the development of the GM EV-1, and in the development of NASA's Helios solar powered airplane. Presently, at AeroVironment, he is involved in the development of a high-altitude hydrogen-powered electric airplane - the Global Observer. And thanks to a small part in the film, "Who killed the Electric Car", he is now identified on the Internet as an "actor".
August 24, 2006 — Thomas Morgenfeld — “The Skunk Works Test Pilot”
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Thomas A. Morgenfeld, a 1965 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, was designated a Naval Aviator in 1967. He had two fleet tours flying the F-8 Crusader, one in Fighter Squadron SIXTY-TWO and one in Fighter Squadron ONE-NINETY-ONE. There he flew over 120 combat missions and amassed over 500 carrier landings. Between the two tours he attended the United States Naval Postgraduate School where he earned his MS degree in aeronautical engineering. In 1975 he attended the Empire Test Pilots’ School in England, winning the McKenna Trophy as top student in his class. In 1976 Mr. Morgenfeld was ordered to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron FOUR where he participated in several classified test programs in addition to serving as the F-18 Project Pilot. In 1979 Mr. Morgenfeld went on to USAF exchange duty with the 4477th Test and Evaluation Flight. While there he became the first Naval Aviator to qualify as an Air Force Aggressor pilot.
Mr. Morgenfeld joined Lockheed in December 1979 as an Experimental Test Pilot in
the world famous Skunk Works. There he was assigned to the F-117 program where
he has flown almost 1300 hours in testing that radical aircraft. In 1989 Mr.
Morgenfeld went on to the Advanced Tactical Fighter program where he was
primarily responsible for flying the second YF-22A prototype. After Lockheed won
that competition, he was named Chief Test Pilot for the YF-22A follow-on test
program. In 1991 he was named Chief Test Pilot for the Skunk Works and in 1999
was promoted to Director of Flight Operations as well. He was the Chief Test
Pilot on the Joint Strike Fighter program where he performed the first flight on
the X-35 and tested all three versions of the airplane. He also served as an
Engineering Technical Fellow of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. until his
retirement in 2004. Currently Mr.
Morgenfeld is a Test Pilot Instructor at the National Test Pilot School.
Mr. Morgenfeld, a retired Navy Captain, is a Fellow and past President of the
Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He
is a member of two Collier Trophy winning teams and has been inducted into the
Aerospace Walk of Honor. A native
of Hamburg, New York, he is married to the former Norma K. Shoemaker, also of
Hamburg. They have two sons, LCDR Steven A. Morgenfeld USN, a Naval Aviator
serving in HSL-49, and Mr. Michael F. Morgenfeld, the Director of Cartography
for Avalon Travel Publishing.
August 31, 2006 — Todd Warshaw — “No Halibut Fishing Career in My Future”
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A San Diego-based photographer, covering projects around the world for a wide variety of clients. His background includes a degree in Journalism, and a passion for producing creative images to tell a story that might otherwise not be visible.
His experience includes live photographic coverage of international events in over 30 countries. In addition Todd is well-versed in underwater and adventure photography in a wide range of conditions. Projects include being the official documentary photographer for the 2004 International Olympic Torch Relay for the Athens Olympics, and for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. Current clients include Greenpeace USA, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Getty Images Sport, Land Rover, Jaguar of North America, ESPN The Magazine, The Sporting News, Newsweek, Alem International Management, Loyola Marymount University. His work has been published in countless publications around the world, and has been used in numerous ad campaigns for a variety of clients.
September 7, 2006 — “U.S.S. Bunker Hill – Aegis Class Missile Cruiser” Captain Charles M. Gaouette
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Charles M. Gaouette grew up in San Diego, California and graduated from
the University of California, Davis, in 1981. Captain Gaouette
entered the Navy under the Submarine Strategic Weapons Officer program,
earning his commission through Officer Candidate School in April 1982.
Following Submarine Basic School, Captain Gaouette reported to USS
GUDGEON (SS-567), serving as Auxiliaries Officer and Communications
Officer. In 1985, Captain Gaouette reported to USS LAPON
(SSN-661) as Combat Systems Officer. During his tour, LAPON
completed a seven-month Indian Ocean deployment, and two Arctic Ocean
deployments. With
the advent of the all-nuclear submarine wardroom, Captain Gaouette
transferred to Surface Warfare. He reported to USS ARTHUR
W. RADFORD (DD 968), as Navigator in July 1987, then subsequently
served as Damage Control Assistant for nearly two years.
In 1990, Captain Gaouette reported to USS FLETCHER (DD 992) as
Combat Systems Officer. In May of 1992, Captain Gaouette joined the
pre-commissioning crew of USS PORT ROYAL (CG 73), the last Aegis
cruiser, as Combat Systems Officer. In
1996, Captain Gaouette reported as Executive Officer of USS PAUL
HAMILTON (DDG 60). During his tour, PAUL HAMILTON
completed a six-month Middle East Force deployment. In 1997, Captain
Gaouette attended Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, graduating in
1998 with a concurrent Master’s Degree in Public Administration from
Auburn University. He then reported to United States Transportation
Command, serving as a West Mobility Team Chief and subsequently as
Executive Assistant to the Director of Operations and Logistics (J3/J4). In
2001, Captain Gaouette assumed command of USS OLDENDORF (DD 972).
During his tour, OLDENDORF’s crew earned the Battle Efficiency
‘E’ award two years in a row. After OLDENDORF’s
decommissioning in 2003, Captain Gaouette and his crew served as the third
rotational crew of USS FLETCHER (DD 992), as part of the Navy’s
Sea Swap initiative. Their six-month deployment included four months
in the North Arabian Gulf, during which the ship served as Maritime
Interdiction Coordinator for ships of a multi-national coalition and
performed nearly 300 boarding operations. In
2004, Captain Gaouette reported to the Staff of the Chief of Naval
Operations, serving as the Branch Head of Future Ships, in the Surface
Warfare directorate (N76). His branch developed performance and
budgetary requirements for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the
next-generation destroyer (DD(X)), and the next-generation cruiser (CG(X)).
Captain
Gaouette was awarded the 2003 Pacific Fleet James Bond Stockdale Award for
inspirational leadership. His awards include the Legion of Merit,
the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the
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September 14, 2006 — “Around the World by Sail” Bob Silver
September 21, 2006 — “Solo Row Across the Atlantic” Roz Savage
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Atlantic Rower
In November 2005 Roz Savage, a 38-year-old former management consultant, set out from the Canaries to row 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, alone and unsupported. She arrived to a rapturous welcome in Antigua on 13th March 2006, 103 days later.
Sir Steve Redgrave, British 5-times Olympic gold medal winner, said, ” This is an incredible adventure... Roz has spent an unbelievable 103 days in a 24 feet boat, on her own. I admire her stamina and determination. To complete an endurance event of this enormity must have tested her resources to their limit.”
The ocean gradually stripped down the boat to bare essentials, with the stove, music system and navigation instruments failing. All four of her oars broke before the halfway point – two while rowing and two when her boat capsized in 20 foot waves. Determined not to surrender her unsupported status by calling for replacements, she patched them up and battled on even when her unwieldy oars caused grinding shoulder pain. Her satellite phone failed on 17th February presenting Roz with her toughest psychological challenge yet – total isolation -for the remaining four weeks of the row.
She is currently touring the UK, US and Canada, inspiring audiences with her philosophy of ongoing personal growth through adventure.
During her epic voyage Roz acquired a loyal following around the globe as internet users logged on to her inspiring, insightful and entertaining dispatches. They will now be eagerly awaiting her next adventure – ‘I want to keep pushing my limits the Pacific awaits!’
Inspirational Speaker
With her background as a management consultant (Accenture) and investment banker (UBS) Roz is ideally qualified to take the life lessons learned on the Atlantic and relate them to the corporate world. Her philosophy of ongoing personal growth will inspire her audiences to aspire, achieve and advance towards their own personal goals.
She is an experienced after-dinner speaker, and also offers technical lectures for universities, sailing and rowing clubs.
Testimonials
I thought (as did those to whom I spoke) your talk was absolutely excellent, struck just the right note and should have inspired everybody there to triple A objectives. (Richard Powles, Partner, Farrer & Co., London)
The overwhelming feedback I have had from everyone who heard Roz speak was that she was inspirational, without being daunting. She was genuine and natural and her delivery was eloquent. Her account of her experiences was interesting and enlightening, not to mention seriously impressive. Her talk was perfectly pitched for the audience she was addressing, and struck the right balance between being motivational because of her experiences and yet still showing she was human like the rest of us. (Jo Hall, Commercial Director of Woolworths plc, Chairman of the Trustees of Woolworths Kids First Charity)
It was a triumph. (Judy Longworth, University College Oxford)
I am so impressed that you were able to be at the dinner, look so terrific and give such a compelling presentation so soon after you finished your remarkable adventure! (Arline Eltzroth, Weaverwheat, Washington DC)
I really enjoyed your talk and meeting you. You are very engaging, witty and touching speaker, and of course your exploits speak for themselves. (Robert Kibble, Director, Mission Ventures, California)
I want to pass on how many really complimentary comments I have received about your presentation -how fascinating, inspiring, natural, enthusiastic, and refreshing you were. (Yvonne Copeland, Langstone Cutters Rowing Club)
September 28, 2006 — “Wilderness Camping by Airplane & Other Adventures” Ramona Cox
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on small images for larger image) Ramona Cox, also known as Skychick, has been a pilot for more
than 20 years. She is best
known for her 3 to 4 month SOLO flying adventures in her Cessna TU206
Turbo-Stationaire into some of the most remote and challenging backcountry
airstrips throughout North America. Unlike
most pilots who meticulously plan their flights, Ramona enjoys cavorting
around the country with absolutely NO itinerary. She is free as a bird,
with only her whims and wishes as her compass. Where Australians refer to
their travels as a “Walkabout,” Ramona calls each trips “A Flyabout.”
Her most recent flying adventure lasted 3 months, covered 11
states, 7500 nautical miles and 70 hours of flying.
Barely
5 feet tall and a petite 97 pounds, Ramona employs leverage and
perseverance as fundamental tools. She remarks, “Most
pilots worry about violating the latest airspace regulations. My concerns
focus on the suicidal moose who decides to cross the runway while I‘m
landing, or the pesky little gophers who work like stealth saboteurs
digging holes that can collapse my nosewheel, flip the plane and leave me
stranded. She laughingly adds, “And
there’s nothing stinkier than bear slobber all over your food pack”.
Ramona’s
adventurous lifestyle has been featured on America Online, in Flying Magazine, General
Aviation News, The Pacific Flyer
and numerous other publications. She recently raised $3,500 in pledges
while flying around the country in support of the “99’s Fly for a
Breast Cancer Cure” program. Ramona supports her ravenous appetite for
travel as team coordinator for the Girardi Wealth Management team who
specializes in asset management, financial and estate planning. Her multimedia
slide show offers a sneak peek of the joys and trials experienced by
backcountry pilots and includes everything from stunning aerial and
wildlife photographs to live footage of being attacked by a “drunken”
parrot.
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October 8, 2006 — “Little Petroglyph Canyon” Shane Barry
A trip for Club members to this finest of all petroglyph finds in North America.
October 12, 2006 — “Firearms, Antique to Modern” Gary James
October 19, 2006 — “Global Surface Travel” Alan Hogenauer
The Adventurers Club has long featured speakers who have accomplished incredible feats, well beyond the capability of the “average traveler,” who relies on publicly-accessible travel and tourism services to experience places beyond home.
But - in reality - how far CAN an “average traveler” get from home, using reasonably-routine methods of surface travel?
Dr. Alan Hogenauer, Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Travel and Tourism at Loyola Marymount University here in Los Angeles, has visited 296 countries and territories worldwide and 478 “places” on Charles Veley’s “most traveled people” list, placing him at #5 as of this writing. But he has added another challenge: connecting everywhere to everywhere else on earth, using only surface travel and excluding special charters or “arrangements.” Thus far, even though he has completed more than 2,500 flights as well, he has reached 132 countries and territories on all seven continents from here at the Adventurers Club without using an airplane, including driving his own Land Rover around the world.
What are the global options for sea, rail, road, and internal waterway travel to take you “everywhere” without flying?
Join us on October 19th as Dr. Hogenauer presents many of the possibilities.
November 9, 2006 -- “Going for the Record” Einor Enevoldsen
Einor Enevoldsen and Steve Fossett set a new worlds Record for dual gliders earlier in 2006. He will report on the results. Earlier this year, Einor Enevoldsen and Steve Fossett went to South America to take advantage of the greatest lift they could find to set the worlds altitude record. They succeeded. Einor is a retired test pilot.
November 16, 2006 -- “The Nordic Underground Railway” Geert Jensen
Geert Jensen Smuggled Jews from Denmark to Sweden in WWII. Mr Jensen is the father of our member, Peter Jensen. He has been quiet about his WWII experiences and even Peter will be hearing new things. This is an historic opportunity to hear from one of the unsung heros of WWII.
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November 30, 2006 -- “Remote Tribes of the Golden Triangle-Burma/Myanmar” Pierre Odier
Pierre Odier recently traveled to the Golden Triangle of Burma to seek out several remote tribes of the WA People. His adventure took him through a government screening that he only got through because of the skill of his guide, who turned out to be a true friend. He and his guide then acquainted themselves with the region, planned several trips into the interior, and then carried out their plans. How Pierre accomplished this, and what he found are reported in some detail in the May 2006 edition of The Adventurers' Club News, and in this presentation.
Pierre's website is: www.limageodier.com
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December 7, 2006 -- “The Rainbow’s Edge” Brian Shul
Brian Shul
was born in Quantico, Virginia in 1948, son of a career Marine.
He graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in History and
Anthropology in 1970.
As an Air
Force fighter pilot, he flew 212 missions in Viet Nam before his aircraft was
shot down. Unable to eject he was
forced to ride the plane into the jungle, sustaining severe burn injuries in the
crash. He spent one year in
hospitals and endured 15 reconstructive surgeries.
Told he would never fly again, Brian miraculously returned to active
flying duty, flying the A-7, serving as airshow demonstration pilot in the A-10,
and teaching at the TOPGUN School in the F-5B.
He
culminated his Air Force career by flying our nations premier spy plane, the
SR-71. This was a remarkable accomplishment considering that it
required an astronaut physical to qualify for the plane that routinely flew
above 95% of the earth’s atmosphere. Only
93 Air Force pilots in history ever flew the SR-71, still the fastest plane ever
built. Brian flew the Blackbird for
4 years and was the pilot who provided key photos of Kiddahffi’s terrorist
camps during the Libyan Crisis in 1986.
Brian
retired from the Air Force in 1990, and pursued his writing and photography
interests. He was the first Blackbird pilot to write a book about flying that
plane, illustrated with his own photographs.
Entitled Sled Driver, this limited edition represents the
definitive photo essay on the SR-71 and was hailed as Aviation Book of the Year
by Smithsonian Magazine. Only 980 books remain of the 3500 printed.
After 20
years as an Air Force fighter pilot, Brian Shul today is an accomplished author,
speaker, and photographer. Brian’s remarkable comeback story is popular with
audiences nationwide. His humorous delivery and unique slides make his
presentations uplifting as well as very entertaining.
Brian is a Spirit of Freedom award winner and his “9/11 Chico Rally Address” is still the most read anti-terrorist speech on the internet today. He is President of Gallery One Publishing and is in high demand as a keynote speaker. He is an accomplished nature photographer, but is best known world wide as ‘The Sled Driver’.
Brian’s
website is: www.SledDriver.com
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January 4, 2007 -- “My Fifteen Minutes of Fame with Martha” – Paul Isley III
Halloween is Martha Stewart’s favorite time of year, with all the Fall colors, etc. She goes all out on Halloween. In 2003 she wanted to use Tillandsias as her scary, creepy looking, decorative props and accents. She found me, and flew me back to Connecticut to be her resident “expert” to explain the plants to her viewers.
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January 4, 2007 -- “The March Air Museum” – Larry Schutte
Larry is organizing a trip to the March Air Museum. He will show slides and talk about the museum, and solicit participants for the trip
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January 11, 2007 -- “History and Demonstration of Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu Iaijutsu, the 450 year-old art of Samurai Swordsmanship” Charles Anderson (Thanks to Steve Bein #1057)
Scott Cassell has been a mixed-gas commercial diver for nearly 22 years. His
film credits include stock footage of white sharks, blue sharks, and Mako
sharks, some of which have aired during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. He is
currently filming “Dangerous Waters,” a five-part series about the
least-known and most-dangerous animals in the world.
He is a world expert on Giant Humboldt squid. He has dove with the giant
squid more than anyone and has been featured on Discovery Channel several times.
In addition he is also a PADI certified SCUBA instructor and a past teacher at
the College of Oceaneering.
In the ever-shrinking
old-world Baja, old fishermen tell of a legendary Red Demon that has killed
those that have fallen overboard.
