ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:
We will be getting together either
IN-PERSON or with ZOOM
Your choice!

Our IN-Person meeting will be held at:

Ernie's Seafood
8206 Bedford Euless Rd.,
North Richland Hills

The meeting will start at 7:00PM but we encourage you to arrive at 6PM for dinner.

We will also be using the Zoom.us app to conduct our meeting.
Check this month's newsletter for the Zoom info.

So please join us In-Person or on Zoom
at 7PM on Thursday, June 1st.


Our IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL MEETING on:
Thursday,
June 1, 2023
at 7:00PM

Erasmo Piñero
presents
Martin Flying Boat

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Martin P6M SeaMaster on Roll-Out
(Photo courtesy of Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum)

Erasmo Piñero is our presenter for the June meeting. After graduating from the University of Florida in Aerospace Engineering in 1984, he joined the Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. His Naval service included two aircraft carrier deployments, and gained him 800 hours of flying time in 12 types of aircraft. He subsequently became a Space Defense Specialist and served in the U.S. Naval Space Command.

He Joined Sikorsky Aircraft in 1991 and worked on several helicopters; next a stint at Pratt and Whitney doing ground testing of the X-35 engine. He then transferred to Lockheed Martin on the Joint Strike Fighter program, coordinating all engine and aircraft systems integration. After working at Bell Helicopter on the V-22, Erasmo became Chief Engineer at ATAC, an “aggressor fighter” service company that trains US and allied fighter pilots.

Erasmo will describe the last Martin flying boat, the Martin P6M SeaMaster, covering the origins, design, developmental history, flight testing highlights, and demise of this large; but extremely elegant, flying boat. This aircraft was the last flying boat designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft company before the company’s diversion into space related work. This work was carried out before Martin’s eventual merger with the industrial conglomerate American-Marietta Corp and aerospace giant Lockheed Aircraft Co.
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Martin SeaMaster Taking Off in Maryland Waters
(Photo courtesy of Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum)

DUES:
LONE STAR AERO CLUB DUES FOR 2023 ($25 per YEAR) ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED BY: 

TED BLACK
1005 CAMBRIDGE CT.
WYLIE, TX 75098-5215. 

Our expenses are buying program DVDs (one for presenter and one for archives), stamps, some printing, dinners for presenters and key helpers, occasional hotel rooms for presenters, and miscellaneous supplies. The Club's bank account has dwindled mainly because of reduced membership numbers. 

LET'S NOT ALLOW FINANCES TO END THE LONE STAR AERO CLUB and its aviation history-gathering legacy!!! 

A reminder that we video
record most lectures
and make DVD copies available
for only $20.00 per copy.

If you would like to purchase a previous lecture DVD, please notify our videographer Bruce Hutter by phone or email with your request.

If you would like to purchase a DVD of a past meeting,
here is a complete list.


Contact Bruce Hutter by e-mail at bhutter2020@gmail.com