November 1st 2008 Flight Update (Departing from Asheville Airport)
The selection for our 6 Sponsored Veterans (Catawba Valley Rotary) from Catawba County and 2 Guardians has been made. If you are a Veteran who is selected you should have received an information packet to fill out in the mail by now. There will be aPre-Flight training and information session on October 18th that is manditory for all Hickory-area particpants in the November 1st Honor Air Flight. The Pre-Flight session will be held at Viewmont Baptist Church in Hickory (Vets arrive at 10am, Guardians at 8:30 and Session Volunteers at 7:45am), we should be finished by noon.
For the November 1st Flight, it will depart from the Asheville Airport. Selected Veterans are asked to arrive no later than 7:30am at the Asheville Airport. It will be the responsibility of our club to provide transportation (there and back) for our selected Veterans. The flight should return back around 7:15pm back to Asheville.