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Winter Haven, FL Regional CFO Flyin
22nd Annual Winter Haven CFO Flyin
Winter Haven, FL (GIF)
Saturday-Monday, March 25 - 27, 2023
(The weekend before Sun 'n Fun Flyin)
To register for this event, Click Here
The Cardinal Flyers will return to Winter Haven, enjoying the presence of excellent aircraft and the company of our CFO family the weekend before Sun 'n Fun.
We are thrilled to be back again in these challenging times, but there will be some variations as we settle into the way things are after Covid. Thank you for your patience through this transition.
The event starts on Saturday evening with a reception at a location which is TBD, but we hope will be inside the GIF airport terminal. This will be updated as plans are put in place. We will be enjoying light snacks and beverages, catching up with friends new and old.
The Saturday reception will be partially funded by our sponsor Powerflow. We appreciate their thoughtfulness and support. Please thank them when you see them!
The airport fly-in portion of the event kicks off on Sunday morning. The agenda includes a group review of the many dozens of Cardinals on the field. We will look for unique details, impressive paint, clever solutions and outstanding panels. The walkaround will be followed by a delicious BBQ lunch and an after-lunch discussion in the grove.
The awards banquet will be on Sunday evening, after the airport day. The will be at a familiar location: Tanner's Lakeside (1006 Lake Howard Dr SW, Winter Haven, FL). We will be in their new outdoor pavilion. It is always a great time, with good food, discussion and of course the presentation of awards, including the coveted People's Choice Best Cardinal of Show.
Our Monday field trip this year will not include a group bus, a consequence of Covid. Rather, please use your rental car or hitch a rid to join us at Bok Tower Gardens, a very interesting outdoor garden with a tower, lakes and art. There will be a private CFO lunch.
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We are still working on several intersting options for the Monday day trip.
Throughout the event there will be plenty of opportunities to ogle over Cardinals and talk with their owners in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, share tech talk and generally have good fun in the Florida sun. Read on for the detailed logistics and agenda.
Many of us will stay in Winter Haven and drive to Sun 'n Fun. Winter Haven is a great base for seeing Sun 'n Fun, with far smaller crowds, less crowded restaurants and better prices in exchange for a short drive. Ride the Winter Haven airport shuttle, keep your rental car or pair up with other CFO members and see the show with your Cardinal friends.
Join us for the Cardinal Forum on Wednesday at 10:00? in the forum building on the Sun 'n Fun grounds. Check the signs for the meeting room. The initial schedule has us in room TDB.
There will be a temporary control tower in effect at the Winter Haven Airport, starting on Monday March 27th. That is after our event but may be in effect for your departure.
The Winter Haven Airport continues to be a great help to us in these events, so please make an effort to support them as much as possible.
The airport will be selling Sun 'n Fun access wrist bands and will have a shuttle to the SnF grounds from their terminal. Several of our folks used the shuttle in past years and reported it to be a great way to enter the grounds, avoiding the cost and walking required when parking, not to mention the mud, dust or smoke (depending on which we'll get this year). Here is a link that will show the services they are offering for Sun 'n Fun this year.
To register for this event, Click Here
Preflight Checklist:
- 1) Register
Please register for the event so we will have food for you! The price goes up the week before the event, as our costs go up for late reservations.
- 2) Hotel. Reserve ASAP, as the hotels are always busy, and our block will be released to public access on February 27th
CFO has reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn. Our group rate will be $159. To reserve a room from the Holiday Inn block, please make your reservation using this link. You can call them at 1-863-292-2100. Ask for the Cardinal Flyers block.
We also have a block of rooms reserved at the Hampton, which shares a parking lot with the Holiday Inn. Please make your reservations for this block using this link. Their phone number is 1-863-299-9251. Again, ask for the Cardinal Flyers block.
There is a chance that you may have access to a special corporate or other rate for either of these hotels which would be lower, feel free to give it a try.
There are limited rooms available, so you may need to extend your search to other hotels.
- 3) Rental Car. CFO is making arrangements with Hertz for a special price. The rates shown are from last year, we will update this once we get a final rate plan from Hertz.
You must reserve your car through the local office for this price. We hope to have them staged in the grove as usual.
If you are a gold card member let them know, as it helps them have enough cars waiting. They can also help you become a gold card member for your future travel needs, this will let Hertz stage cars for you at other airports as well.
Reserve your car from Hertz at 863-298-0651 (press option 5 to talk to the office) during business hours in Florida (8:00AM-6:00PM Eastern). Be sure to ask for the CFO rate using CDP number: 1499515.
If you prefer to rent from Enterprise, they are now down the street and not on the airport. To reserve with Enterprise call 863-956-1631.
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Hertz 2022 rates
(as of 2/28/2022)
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| Size/Model | Per Day | Week Rate |
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| Compact |
$79.00 |
$465.00 |
| Mid-size |
$82.00 |
$486.00 |
| Full size |
$89.00 |
$527.00 |
| Small SUV |
$94.00 |
$558.00 |
| Minivan |
$115.00 |
$681.00 |
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- If you have any problems making any of these reservations please let Debbie know. She stays in touch with the teams and management of these providers and can help work out (most) wrinkles.
- 4) Be Patient, prepare your airplane, stock up on sunscreen (we can hope!) and wait until March 25 to fly to Winter Haven.
- 5) Fly to Winter Haven on Saturday, March 25 arriving before the 6:30 social event. Watch for the parking volunteers on the east side of the main runway by the grove.
- 6) Drive or catch a ride to the airport terminal for the evening social event which starts in the Flightline Cafe at 6:30.
- 7) Enjoy the event! We're looking forward to seeing you there!
Flyin Schedule and Agenda:
| Saturday 3:00-6:00 |
Registration at airport |
| Saturday 6:30-9:00 |
Social mixer at the GIF airport restaurant (with snacks and beverages) |
| Sunday 8:00 AM |
Registration and arrivals at airport |
| 9:00-10:00 AM |
Airport walkaround starts |
| Noonish |
Lunch in the grove: we will announce when ready. |
| 1:00 PM | Discussion and program in the grove |
| around 3:00 PM | Wander and ponder, possible deeper inspections |
| around 4:45 PM | End of airport activities. |
| 7:00 PM |
Gather at: Tanner's Lakeside (1006 Lake Howard Dr SW, Winter Haven, FL) |
| 7:30 PM |
Awards banquet at Tanner's Lakeside |
| Monday all day |
TBD |
| 6:30 PM |
Dutch Treat dinner at Outback by Hotel |
Please plan to volunteer to help! Please click on a timeslot to sign up below to handle a task for a short while so everyone will be able to enjoy the day. There are always many other tasks which need doing, and we greatly appreciate all who pitch in to help where they can.
We especially need people to handle parking airplanes. This is a lot of fun but only for an hour or so... please sign up for an hour and help carry the load.
We also need someone to take pictures of each airplane, and hopefully a few overall shots. We've had some excellent photographers step up in the past, anyone up to the task this year?
To register for this event, Click Here
More details:
To help you find things here are a few maps and details:
There will be a $.20 per gallon discount on fuel for CFO members at Winter Haven. The price will be updated when the time gets closer.
We had a great time in past years, check out past reports from
2022,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2002,
2001
or 2000 events
To register for this event, Click Here
The following people have registered for this event:
| Attendee Name | Registration Number | Arriving from | Comment |
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| Keith & Debbie Peterson | N177KP | Hampshire, Illinois | Looking forward to gathering the birds in Winter Haven again |
| Chris Duffek | N35069 | Hillsborough, New Jersey | |
| Jacque LaValle | N20217 | Lexington Park, Maryland | Looking forward to seeing everyone this year. |
| Curt Stoltz | N8033G | Winter Haven, Florida | Looking forward to another great year! |
| Jon Baxter | N34221 | Centerville, Massachusetts | Looking forward to seeing everyone! |
| Karl Thomas | N177KM | Kerrville, Texas | |
| Dick Zuley | N177RZ | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Paul Whippo | N274LH | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | Looking forward to seeing everyone!!! |
| Tom Saxon | N478TS | Leesburg, Virginia | As always; looking forward to Cardinalmania!! |
| Eric Bradley | N7587V | College Station, Texas | |
| Dane Ward | N34316 | LaFayette, Georgia | |
| Gil Hamilton | N678GH | Leesburg, Virginia | |
| Paul Millner | N177SD | Berkeley, California | Yay! |
| Alvin Jung | N658SR | Lawton, Oklahoma | |
| Marcus Wiese | N34807 | Shady Shores, Texas | |
| William Marrison | N878JM | Maryville, Tennessee | |
| Jack Bartholet | N132SM | Columbus, Georgia | |
| Dennis Gimpert | N13108 | Marco Island, Florida | |
| Rogers Faden | N177LF | Northbrook, Illinois | |
| Jack Bartholet | N132SM | Columbus, Georgia | |
| Bob Russell & Pat Selover | | Kenosha WI & Babson Park, Florida | No; We are NOT doing any spar inspections at the gathering. LOL. :) |
| Don Imhoff | N2131Q | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Amado Ravelo | N34102 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Robert Denton | 123DS | Williamsburg, Michigan | |
| Joe Brunski | C-GZJB | Stoney Creek, Ontario | |
| JOE REAVES | N35196 | LONGVIEW, Texas | |
| Victor Grille | N7544V | St Charles, Missouri | |
| Danielle Francoeur | C-GLJY | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Robert Banasik | N5RB | Marco Island, Florida | |
| Dollard LeBlanc | C-FLDF | North Port, Florida | |
| James Conn | N1375C | Ruskin, Florida | |
| David Montgomery | N177BL | Oak Park, Illinois | |
| Bob Dell | N34944 | Bradenton, Florida | |
| David Robison | N35086 | Spencer, Iowa | |
| Gary Britt | N8248G | Fort Payne, Alabama | Looking forward to our first flyin. |
| Mitchell Spring | N3156T | Saint Cloud, Florida | |
| Bill Harris | N52074 | Blacksburg, Virginia | |
| Jim Shafer | | Daytona Beach, Florida | Looking forward to another great CFO get-together! |
| Robert Smith | N444AP | Orlando, Florida | |
| Curtis Berry | N52543 | Williamsport, Maryland | |
| Trace Wilson | N2864X | Saint Johns, Florida | |
| Robert Harrell | | Brooksville, Florida | |
| Peter Gayle | C-GLDQ | North Port, Florida | |
| Steve Crone | N34289 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| S. James Chorvat II | N177JC | Brooksville, Florida | The smiling guy with the green striper will be there 😁 |
| Victor Popiol | N1822Q | Doral, Florida | |
| Keith Baumann | N3334T | Fairfield, Illinois | |
| David Trebilco | N1870Q | Cedar Park, Texas | |
| Daniel Benson | N52765 | Lake Placid, Florida | |
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