Hondo, Texas
24 March 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Another Openin' of Another Show - Info Meeting for SWRFI Volunteers

EAA member volunteers make The Texas Fly-In go.  Just as they do at AirVenture Oshkosh and at all EAA Regional Fly-Ins.

EAA member volunteers will meet with team leaders, volunteer coordinators and officers of the EAA Southwest Regional Fly-In - all of whom are themselves volunteers - at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 22nd at Hondo Municipal Airport.

All EAA members are invited; reports, discussions of plans and general participation will focus upon final preparations for The EAA Texas Fly-In, which will take place less than three weeks later, on May 11th through 14th.

Volunteers are needed to drive new Kubota tractors on the flight line during the Fly-In. To avoid driver fatigue, shifts will be scheduled by 3-hour periods, so many drivers are needed.

Other volunteers are needed to shuttle folks around Hondo in new vans. These shifts also will be scheduled by 3-hour periods. With two vans, SWRFI will need a substantial number of volunteer drivers.

Volunteers are needed in shifts to man the SWRFI Information booth, the Pilot Registration booth, and be Gate monitors. Other volunteers will pull short shifts in the food service hangar before and after meals during the Fly-In.

In addition to volunteers in all these roles, The Texas Fly-In needs them at a full workday in Hondo on Saturday, May 6th beginning at 9 a.m., for final preparations, including the famous Hondo FOD Hunt which performs a meticulous inspection of the entire HDO ramp to find and remove Foreign Object Debris.

This year, some lucky FOD Hunt volunteer will find a FOD Treasure object on the ramp which can be exchanged for a free ticket to the Banquet on Saturday night, May 13th, at which civilian astronaut Mike Melvill will speak.

Volunteers can also turn out for final setup work beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10th, as well as for the teardown and storage of materials on Sunday, May 14th beginning early in the morning and ending with a free lunch for the volunteers at 12 Noon.

A free lunch will also be provided for volunteers on Wednesday and
Thursday, May 10th and 11th.

Volunteers must provide their name, phone number and e-mail address so that a master list of volunteers can be compiled. This list will be at the main entry gate and all persons on it will be directed to the volunteer tent where they will receive their SWRFI Volunteer wristband.

Everyone attending The Texas Fly-In will be asked to pay the $3 parking fee, but volunteers will be allowed to park very close to the main entry gate. Volunteers must tell the Police Explorer Scouts who collect the parking fee that they are volunteers and want to be directed to volunteer parking.

It's okay if EAA members just show up and offer to do whatever, but the fun volunteer jobs go to those who sign up in advance. To reserve your volunteer assignment, call SWRFI at 830-889-8802 or e-mail eyoes@stic.net as soon as possible.

Further information about how to volunteer, as well as the facts on flight approach control, lodging, camping, advance reservations, admission, schedule of events and pictures of award-winning airplanes visit the official Texas Fly-In web site at www.swrfi.org.

Sign up now. Not every boy is lucky enough to be allowed to paint
Tom Sawyer's fence...

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Contact:
E. D. Yoes, Jr.
Secretary, SWRFI
eyoes@stic.net
(210) 492-2504