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Volume 15, Issue 3 - Winter
DFC SOCIETY 2016 NATIONAL CONVENTION DON’T MISS THE RIDE!!
The ride takes off in Dallas, Texas on September 25th and continues through September 29th.
GREAT HOTEL RATE - $129/night with $10 parking at Dallas Marriot
Suites Medical/Market Center. Call 1-800-395-5921 for hotel reser- vations, and let them know you are with the Distinguished Flying Cross Society Convention. Free shuttle from Love Field and a discounted rate of $16 each way, to and from DFW Airport.
Key note speaker at Banquet - Eileen Collins, Astronaut and DFCS member Also planning on one of our War Fighting Women members to speak on Monday
Planned events include:
 Tour of the George W. Bush Library
 Dinner and tour of the Frontiers of Flight Museum (the Museum is an official af-
filiate of the Smithsonian)
 Tour of Lockheed Martin (they do not normally give tours; they are making a special
deal for us) We will get a preview of the new fighter plane.
 Tour of Bell Helicopter
 Silent Auction (Hospitality Room-This will be the highlight for many of you)
 Stories that just get better and better as the years go by
 Mission accomplished - Bailout on September 29th
By Rick Graham
Frontiers of Flight Museum & Din-
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George W.
Bush Presidential Center
Lockheed Martin assembly line