Looking for Social Activities for Club

WDD

WDD

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I'm helping out our club with putting together some social activities for our club. We have about 100 members.

Thoughts so far:
  • Trivia Night with flying related topics
  • Summer BBQ - bring spouses, etc.
  • Ask the Controller - small groups tour the local tower, followed by gathering at local bar/food place
  • Must Ministries (Homeless shelter) volunteer (packing food boxes, etc.)
  • See an RV10 being built, what build journey looks like, etc.
What else?

THANKS!
 
You could start having a series of FAA "approved" seminars that would count for Wings program credits, just need someone to join the local FAAST Team to get stuff posted. We do monthly meetings with our pilot's association (www.fullertonpilots.org), which has about 200 members. We get about 60 to an average meeting. We do a hot dog/brat social hour for before each meeting (and we're looking into getting a food truck for some meetings). A couple of your ideas would definitely count for Wings training credit. Our local 99's do flyouts for a day or evening a weekend, and do poker runs. We had a great holiday party last year too.
 
Fly-outs are always nice. Maybe go to local aviation museums/airport restaurants to help support them
 
We have 100 members and 4 planes. Forgot to add that we need drivable events.
 
My much smaller club occasionally tries to set up a movie night, when something aviation-related comes to the big screen. We last did one for Top Gun Maverick.

@WDD Thankfully, that one did NOT have a Goose in a thong.
 
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Better that you have a “Top Gun” crowd vs “Alive”
 
GaryM said:
My much smaller club occasionally tries to set up a movie night, when something aviation-related comes to the big screen. We last did one for Top Gun Maverick.

@WDD Thankfully, that one did NOT have a Goose in a thong.
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A few years ago, we had a regular movie night once a week featuring lots of aviation films. We (the FBO) got a threatening letter from Hollywood (I think it was the Motion Picture Association) telling us to cease and desist or face legal action. Turns out you cannot legally exhibit Hollywood movies to a group without their permission.

We stopped.
 
Gilbert Buettner said:
A few years ago, we had a regular movie night once a week featuring lots of aviation films. We (the FBO) got a threatening letter from Hollywood (I think it was the Motion Picture Association) telling us to cease and desist or face legal action. Turns out you cannot legally exhibit Hollywood movies to a group without their permission.

We stopped.
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Hopefully you figured out who complained, and booted them from the group.
 
Young Eagles event.
Challenge Air event.
Christmas gift collection (Operation Christmas Child, Angel Tree, etc.).
Opening day dove hunt (does your group have a landowner who can host?).
Fishing contest.
Skeet or trap shoot.
Casino night with proceeds to a charity (like me).
Poker tournament.
Day at Stone Mountain (you're in Atlanta, right?).
Day at Six Flags.
Airplane wash & wax day.
Adopt a local road and clean up trash.
Build a Habitat-for-Humanity house.
Hold an aviation event for a local school.
Square dance.
Model airplane contest.
Model rocket contest.
Homemade ice cream party.
 
A local group of pilots (not really a club) get together every month have a potluck dinner. Sells tickets for a Raffle, proceeds support the next raffle, and maybe plates and plasticware for the next meeting. Prizes are usually Harbor Freight Sale items. Then we invite guest speakers. Start asking about who knows someone that would like to tell you their story, or provide advice. Mechanic's, CFI's, Competition Pilots, Professional pilots,, ex-military pilots, retired airline pilots, retired charter pilots. We have had Robin Old's daughter come speak, (she lives nearby), We had an F18/F15 Topgun aggressor pilot speak at last months meeting. .These are all local people. We have a retired F-5 pilot and a retired Marine One pilot queued up to speak They were friends of the F18/F15 pilot that came to hear him speak, so we invited them to return to tell their story. Tonight we have Steve Henry (Stol Drag Champion/Competitor) speaking. I am going to miss that one, I talk with Steve with some regularity anyway, and I am scheduled to fly with a student tonight.

Brian
CFIIIG/ASEL
 
Rgbeard said:
4:100. Ummmm. Wow
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Think of it this way. At least half haven't flown in a year. 25% fly ~30 hrs/yr (so that is 750 hrs over 4 planes). The other 25% fly 50-70 hrs/year (1,500 hrs), so you're at 2,250 hrs per year for 4 planes, so roughly 500 hrs/plane/year. And I bet it doesn't average this high (less for the RG). WDD - how's my guestimate?

Once folks get over about 70 hrs per year, they start contemplating smaller partnerships or sole ownership.
 
WDD said:
We have 100 members and 4 planes. Forgot to add that we need drivable events.
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Maybe something like a community barbecue to raise money to buy more airplanes?
 
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