Dinner Meeting Schedule

                  Meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month Unless Otherwise Noted.

                  6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Social Half-Hour

                  7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Meeting

 

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2025 Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 8

   
Feb 12    
Mar 12    

Apr 9

   

May 14.

   

June 11

   
July 9

Summer Break

No Meeting

 
Aug 13

Summer Break

No Meeting

 

Sep 10

   

Oct 8

   
Nov 12    

Dec 10

   

2024 Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 10

  Cancelled
Feb 7 Zoom

Denny

 

Guest Speakers

Bill Rauh

On Being a

New Pilot &

Purchasing a

Plane

Steve Merrill

My Experience

Dry Leasing a

Cirrus SR22

Mar 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Denny

Apr 10

6:30 p.m.

Zoom

Denny

 

Guest Speaker

Tom Turner

Final Lessons

From a Friend

May 8

6:30 p.m.

Zoom

Harris

 

Guest Speaker

Dave Schiavone

(Concorde Batteries)

Aviation Batteries

June 5

6:00 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Picnic

Denny

 

335 Nassau St.

Princeton, NJ

July 10

Summer Break

No Meeting

 
Aug 14

Summer Break

No Meeting

 

Sep 11

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Denny

Oct 16

Zoom

Denny

 

Guest Speaker

Jack Olcott

The Culture of

Aviation Safety

Nov 13    

Dec 11

   

2023 Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 11

Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Stephen Bateman

AOPA Director

Flying Clubs Initiative

Aviation Insurance

Feb 8

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Denny
Mar 8 Zoom Denny
Apr 12 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Pete Rafle

Safety in the

Airport Environment

May 10

Cancelled

N/A

June 14

Home of

PAFT President

Denny

Picnic

July 12 N/A Summer Break
Aug 9 N/A Summer Break

Sep 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Denny

Oct 18

Cancelled N/A
Nov 8 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Marty Schneiderman

An Overview of Soaring

 in Sailplanes for Power Pilots

Dec 13

   

2022 Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 12

Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Philippe Marchal

Aerodynamics:

It's a Drag, Part 2

Feb 9 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Ernie Schirmer

The History of the

Civil Air Patrol

 U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

Mar 9 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

 Raunaq Panwar

Ferrying a New Piper Seminole

 from the USA to China

Apr 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Denny
May 11 Zoom

Bradley

Guest Speaker

Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson

June 8   Summer Break
July 13   Summer Break
Aug 10   Summer Break

Sep 14

Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Mark Mizrahi

General Aviation Flight Simulators

Oct 12

Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Paul Deres

Aviation Accident Analysis

Nov 9

Rocky Hill Inn

Rocky Hill, NJ

Denny

Dec 14

Zoom

Denny

Panel Discussion

Pete Rafle, Dave Michaud, Steve Hansell

 Maintaining Proficiency as a GA Pilot

2021 Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 13

Zoom

Denny

Guest Speakers

Don Denny

Flying into FRZ Airports

Raj Soni

The Caribbean International

Air Rally Venture

Feb 10 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Patrick Bradley

Flying into Oshkosh

Mar 10 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Steve Bateman

AOPA'S You Can Fly Program:

More People, More Flying

Apr 14 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Pete Rafle

Pan American &

Juan Trippe:

Building the world's greatest

transoceanic air transport system

1928 - 1946

May 12 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Valerie Meola

Aviation Team Leader

National Weather Service

Mount Holly, NJ

NWS Weather Forecasting

Products & Services for

Aviation

June 9 Zoom None
July 14 N/A Summer Break
Aug 11 N/A Summer Break
Sep 8 N/A Cancelled
Oct 13 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Bob Harris

Mountain Flying in Idaho

Nov 10 Zoom

Denny

Guest Speaker

Philippe Marchal

Aerodynamics:

It's a Drag, Part 1

Dec 8 Zoom

Denny

PAFT Members

Tell Their Stories

"I declared

(or wish I had declared)

an emergency"

2020 Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 8

N/A Cancelled

Mar 11

Ya Ya Noodle

Skillman, NJ

Schirmer

May 13

Cancelled  
June 10 Online

Zoom

Guest Speaker

Patrick Bradley

How the Wing Got its Lift:

200 years of theory and research

July 15

Online

Zoom

Guest Speaker

Brad Rohdenburg

Sep 9 Online Zoom
Oct 14 Online

Zoom

Guest Speaker

Jeff Slutsky

39N Chief Flight Instructor

President, Elite Flight Experience

Nov 11

Online

Zoom

Dec 9 Online Zoom

2019 Dinner Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 9

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Mar 13

Lawrence Library Schirmer

May 8

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Hernandez

Sep 11

   

Nov 13

Ya Ya Noodle

Skillman, NJ

Hernandez

2018 Dinner Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 10

Ya Ya Noodle

Skillman, NJ

Hernandez

Mar 14

Cranbury Inn

Cranbury, NJ

Hernandez

Guest Speaker

Mark Mondello

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

May 9

Rocky Hill Inn

Ricky Hill, NJ

Hernandez

Sep 26

Confectionately Yours

Franklin Park, NJ

Hernandez

Nov 14

Ricky's Thai

Skillman, NJ

Hernandex

2017 Dinner Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 11

Confectionately Yours

Franklin Park, NJ

 Voight

Mar 8

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

May 10

Ya Ya Noodle

Skillman, NJ

Schirmer

Sep 13

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Nov 8

Confectionately Yours

Franklin Park, NJ

 Voight

2016 Dinner Meeting Schedule

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

 Martin & Horan

Mar 9

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

 Martin & Horan

May 11

Cancelled  

Sep 14

Sep 11

Picnic at 39N PAFT

Nov 9

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

 

2015 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 14

Amalfi's

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rafle

Mar 11

Ya Ya Noodle

Skillman, NJ

Sandilya

Chen

May 14

Pheasants Landing

Hillsborough, NJ

Vitanza

Sep 9

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Nov 11

Pizza 'N Pasta

Manville, NJ

Horan

Voight

2014 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 8

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Guest Speaker

Steve Hansell

Aviation Humor

Mar 12

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Soni

Guest Speaker

David Robinson

Chief Climatologist

Rutgers Univ.

May 14

Pizza 'N Pasta

Manville, NJ

Horan

Sep 10

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

 Martin & Horan

Nov 12

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

 Martin & Horan

PAFT 20th

Anniversary Dinner

2013 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 9

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Mar 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ 

Martin, A.

Guest Speaker

Patricia Flores

May 8

Cranbury Inn

Cranbury, NJ

Chen

Guest Speaker

Cheng GU, Ph.D.

Sep 11

Pind

Kingston, NY

Voight

Guest Speaker

Ernie Schirmer

Nov 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ 

Vitanza

2012 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 11

Tusk

Montgomery, NJ

Taylor

Mar 14

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ 

A. Martin

& Horan

Guest Speaker

Raj Soni

May 9

Runway Restaurant

KTTN Airport

Schirmer

Sep 12

Tusk

Montgomery, NJ

Vitanza

Nov 14

Pizza 'N Pasta

Manville, NJ

Taylor

2011 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 12

Enzo's

Lawrenceville, NJ

Taylor

Guest Speaker

Dan Bellware

Rich Blatman

Restoring the

Statue of Liberty

Mar 9

Rocky Hill Inn

Rocky Hill, NJ

Guest Speaker

Bob Reed

FAA FAAST

New York Special

Flight Rules: flying the

Hudson River Corridor

May 11

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ 

Martin, A.

Guest Speaker

Ed Kollin

Aircraft Engine Lubrication:

what you should know

Sep 14

Pizza 'N Pasta

Manville, NJ

Voight

Guest Speaker

Stephen Pope

Senior Editor

 Flying Magazine

Nov 9

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Guest Speaker

Public Relations

Joint Base

 McGuire, Dix, Lakewood

2010 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 13

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Martin, A.

Mar 10

Pheasants Landing

Hillsborough, NJ

Voight, West

Guest Speaker

Pete Rafle

Celestial Navigation

May 12

Princeton Windrows

Princeton, NJ

Bellware, Konwaler

Guest Speaker

William "Bill" Fili

UFOs

Annual

Picnic

Sunday

Club Picnic

39N

Cancelled

Sep 8

Sep 15

Moved to avoid conflict

with Rosh Hashanah

Erini's

Ewing, NJ

Schirmer

Nov 10

The Cranbury Inn

Cranbury, NJ

Sandilya

2009 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 14

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Gazdowicz

Guest Speaker

"Skip" Rawson

Glider Pilot

Mar 11

Runway Restaurant

Trenton Airport (KTTN)

Gilbert

Guest Speaker

Michael Jackson

Black Pilots

of America

May 13

O'Connor's Beef 'N Chowder House

Somerset, NJ

Voight

Annual

Picnic

Sunday

June 28

Club Picnic

39N

PAFT

Sep 9

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Martin, A.

Nov 11

Mastoris

Bordentown, NJ

Sandilya

2008 Dinner Meeting Schedule  

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 9

Mastori's Restauant

Bordentown, NJ

Baron

Guest Speaker

Charles Schlag

Quiet Birdman

Mar 12

Charlie Brown's

Highland Park, NJ

Bellware

Guest Speakers

Owen Abelson, TSA

 The TSA and GA Security

May 14

Ya Ya Noodle

Skillman, NJ

Goldfarb

Guest Speaker

Joe Horesco, Acentech

Aircraft Noise

Annual

Picnic

Sunday

Jul 6

Club Picnic

Ken's Hanger

39N

PAFT

Sep 10

Pizza 'N Pasta

Manville, NJ

Voight

Bob Eberly

PHL ATC Support Specialist

Operating in PHL's Class B Airspace

and

John Calla

The Light Sport Aircraft Industry

Nov 12

Charlie Brown's

Kingston, NJ

Sandilya

Guest Speaker

Peter N. Kroeger, FAA

Improving Flight Safety

2007 Dinner Meeting Schedule   

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 10

Sir John's

North Brunswick, NJ

Gilbert

Guest Speakers:

Ed Galkin & Dick Sollner

Twice Around The World

Mar 14

Whitlock Tavern

Dayton, NJ

Sandilya

May 9

Pizza & Pasta

Manville, NJ

Voight

Wednesday

Jul 4

Club Picnic

Ken's Hanger

PAFT

Sep 12

Sep 19

Cafe Graziella

Hillsborough, NJ

Goldfarb

Nov 14

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Pulai

Guest Speaker:

Ralph Baron: Oskosh 2007

2006 Dinner Meeting Schedule   

Date Location Arranged By

Jan 11

Hopewell Bistro & Inn

 Hopewell, NJ

West

Guest speakers:

Beatrice Anduze-Faris and

Ben Gazdowicz

Mar 8

Vidalia Restaurant

Lawrenceville, NJ

Soni

Guest speaker:

Jim Pate, TTN tower manager

May 10

Pizza 'n Pasta

Manville, NJ

Voight

Guest speakers:

Larry West, Glenn MacEwen

and Web Crew: Angel Flight

Sunday

Jul 9

Club Picnic

Vinny's Hanger

PAFT

Sep 13

Hopewell Bistro

Hopewell, NJ

Schirmer

Guest speaker

Civil Air Patrol Group 224

Maj. Ronald Wiley

Lt. Col. Greg Weidenfeld

 

Nov 8

Good Time Charley's

Kingston, NJ

Sandilya

Guest speaker:

Air Force

Public Relations Officer

2005 Dinner Meeting Schedule   

Date Location Arranged By
Jan 12 Whitlock Tavern, Dayton, NJ West
Mar 9 Pierre's Restaurant, Dayton, NJ Voight
May 11 Sir John's, North Brusnwick, NJ Stone
Jul 10

Club Picnic

Vinny's Hanger (C-8)

PAFT
Sep 14 Amarone's Restaurant, Windsor, NJ Schirmer
Nov 9 Princeton Airport Pilots' Lounge West