Ninety Nines 2015 Poker Run

SAVE THE DATE!!

NORTH JERSEY CHAPTER OF THE NINETY NINES*

2015 POKER RUN
(Flyer attached)

(The Poker Run is a fund raiser open to all pilots, male and female)**

   MAY 30, 2015 (SATURDAY)
(Weather date: MAY 31, 2015 (Sunday)

9:30 AM to 2:30 PM

( CLICK HERE for go/no-go decisions related to weather on the day of the event)

5 AIRPORTS

MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE:  (KBLM)

OCEAN CITY  MUNICIPAL, NEW JERSEY: (26N)
MORRISTOWN  MUNICIPAL:  (KMMU)   NOTE: no landing fee!!!
SOUTH JERSEY REGIONAL: (KVAY)
BLAIRSTOWN:  (1N7)  — TERMINUS

(NOTE:  The Runway Café restaurant at Blairstown will be open the day of the Poker Run)

IMPORTANT: All participants should be at Blairstown (1N7) by 2:30 PM.
START AT ANY OF THE ABOVE AIRPORTS —  FLY YOUR OWN ROUTE

HOWEVER YOU MUST BE AT BLAIRSTOWN BY 2:30 PM TO TURN IN YOUR POKER HANDS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PRIZE.  (Prizes will be awarded after 2:45 PM and the hands are sorted).

NOTE:    YOU GET ONE CARD PER HAND PER AIRPORT.  You do not have to go to all the airports.  If you skip an airport, cards from that airport can be obtained at Blairstown.

$20.00 / HAND  (Tax deductible; the 99’s are a not-for-profit 501(3)(c) organization)
(No limit to the number of hands.  You don’t have to be a pilot to play!) 

MANY PRIZES AVAILABLE FOR PILOTS AND NON-PILOTS:  Prize selection is made based on the value of your poker hand.
As we get closer to the event:  Click here for current prize list.  (Note, the list will be updated as donations are received).

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!! WHERE ELSE CAN YOU FIND AN EXCUSE TO FLY,  TEST YOUR NAVIGATION AND LANDING SKILLS, STOP FOR LUNCH, AND HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF WINNING A GREAT PRIZE!!

AND

IF YOU ARE REALLY CREATIVE, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER BRINGING YOUR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALONG AND LOG TRAINING TIME FOR THE FAA “WINGS” PROGRAM (AC61-91J).

*The Ninety-Nines is a non-profit international organization of licensed women pilots from 35 countries.
    (The Ninety-Nines mission is to promote fellowship through flight, provide working and scholarship opportunities for women and men, and aviation education in the community, and preserve the unique history of women in aviation.)

Proceeds from the Poker Run are used to fund scholarships for deserving pilots.

**Due to insurance reasons, the following Aircraft will NOT be allowed to fly the Poker Run as registered participants:

    “Ultralights, Hang Gliders, Military aircraft, and any aircraft that can carry fifty or more passengers.”      

        However, this does not mean that you can’t join us at the terminus (Blairstown Airport).

Please feel free to post this notice (or  Flyer – 2015 Poker Run) and/or distribute it to pilots who do not have an email address or who may not be on the distribution list.