Flyins
Schedule
Flyin Reports
Flyin Policies
|
|
|
| |
Winter Haven, FL Regional CFO Flyin
21st Annual Winter Haven CFO Flyin
Winter Haven, FL (GIF)
Saturday-Monday, April 2 - 4 , 2022
(The weekend before Sun 'n Fun Flyin)
Registration for this event has closed.
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 in these challenging times, but there will be some adjustments as a result of the still ongoing pandemic. In addition, this is our first event without Palmer and Faye's hospitality. 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 awards dinner 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.
|
Monday evening after the day trip we expect to have a group reservation at the Outback next to the hotels for an off-the-menu dutch treat dinner.
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 CFAA-11.
There will be a temporary control tower in effect at the Winter Haven Airport, starting on Monday April 4th. 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.
Registration for this event has closed.
Preflight Checklist:
- 1) Register
Please let Debbie know you plan to attend, but you'll be paying the higher walk-up price.
- 2) Hotel. Reserve ASAP, as the hotels are always busy.
CFO has reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn. Our group rate will be $129. To reserve a room from the Holiday Inn block, call them at 1-863-292-2100. The block is listed under "Hampton" with Debbie Peterson in the notes. Or reference Group Confirmation Number 214-186-76.
The Hampton had a group cancel and how has rooms again. We have blocked those rooms: ask for the rooms held for Peterson. Their number is 1-863-299-9251.
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 has made arrangements with Hertz for a special price. These rates are as of 2/28 and are likely to change until you have a reservation.
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 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.
|
Hertz 2022 rates
(as of 2/28/2022)
|
| Size/Model | Per Day | Week Rate |
|---|
| 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 |
|
- 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 April 2 to fly to Winter Haven.
- 5) Fly to Winter Haven on Saturday, April 2 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 |
Bok Tower |
| 7:00 PM |
Dutch Treat dinner at Outback by Hotel |
Printable Agenda with addresses
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?
Registration for this event has closed.
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
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2002,
2001
or 2000 events
Registration for this event has closed.
The following people have registered for this event:
| Attendee Name | Registration Number | Arriving from | Comment |
|---|
| Keith & Debbie Peterson | N177KP | Hampshire, Illinois | We are looking forward to seeing everyone again and spending time in the sun with airplanes |
| Jacque LaValle | N20217 | Lexington Park, Maryland | Can’t wait to see everyone there |
| David Montgomery | N177BL | Oak Park, Illinois | |
| Sydney Schneidman | N177LF | Wilmette, Illinois | |
| Curt Stoltz | N8033G | Winter Haven, Florida | Looking forward to seeing all our CFO friends! |
| Keith Monteith | N52643 | Ballwin, Missouri | First time to the CFO Fly In! |
| Dick Zuley | N177RZ | Chicago, Illinois | Yea! We’re back! Looking forward to seeing everyone! |
| Tom Saxon | N478TS | Leesburg, Virginia | Finally... I have Cardinalmania to look forward to..!! |
| Mike Sullivan | | Brambleton, Virginia | Oh; how I have missed this! Let us rejoice. |
| Paul Whippo | N274LH | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | Looking forward to seeing everyone again this year!!!! |
| Karl Thomas | N177KM | Kerrville, Texas | |
| Don Imhoff | N2131Q | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | |
| robert banasik | N34091 | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Don Ball | N34346 | Hatfield, Pennsylvania | |
| Sam Mazza | N2010Q | Palm Bay, Florida | |
| Ty Janney | N177PC | Fredericksburg, Virginia | I'm really looking to my first CFO Event. I hope to fly my Cardinal in; but not sure it will be through annual. |
| Bob Russell & Pat Selover | | Babson Park FL and Kenosha, Wisconsin | |
| Jerry Olson | N7573V | Kerrville, Texas | |
| Jon Baxter | N34221 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | |
| Jonathan Baxter | N34221 | Centerville, Massachusetts | Fun times ahead! |
| William Marrison | N2050Q | Maryville, Tennessee | |
| Dennis Gimpert | N13108 | Marco Island, Florida | |
| William Craig | N177BC | Vandalia, Ohio | First Cardinal event; looking forward to it. |
| Danielle Francoeur Leo Burman | C-GLJY | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Steve Crone | N34289 | Old Hickory, Tennessee | My Redbirds been here several times-- before I owned it. Looking forward to GIF instead of ISM for SnF. |
| Kirk Rutsch | N177JK | Marco Island, Florida | |
| Dollard LeBlanc | C-FLDF | Venice, Florida | Great to return to Winter Haven after missing last year due to COVID. |
| Robert Denton | 123DS | Williamsburg, Michigan | |
| Charlie Tagart | N11596 | Senoia, Georgia | Looking forward to my first official Cardinal Event! |
| Rachid Rayess | | Ocala, Florida | |
| Mike Hattrup | | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Paul Millner | N177SD | Berkeley, California | |
| Conrad (Connie) Shad | N364G | Port Orange, Florida | |
| John & Loralee Sweeney | 309LL | Carrollton, Missouri | Looking forward to another great CFO event |
| Michael McCarthy | N626LD | Port Richey, Florida | |
| Jeff Mayworm | N1616H | Ocala, Florida | |
| Joe Brunski | C-GZJB | Stoney Creek, Ontario | Been too long. Looking forward to seeing everyone. |
| Joe Ruck | | Tampa, Florida | Looking forward to seeing everyone! |
| S. James Chorvat II | N177JC | Brooksville, Florida | This is so needed for me and I am looking forward to see everyone from all over!!! |
| S. James Chorvat II | N177JC | Brooksville, Florida | This is so needed for me and I am looking forward to see everyone from all over!!! |
| Richard Benton | N42262 | Clinton, Mississippi | |
| Trace Wilson | N2864X | St Augustine, Florida | |
| Paul Flannery | N19PF | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Nick Ott | N2305Y | Mobile, Alabama | |
| patrick sullivan | N30743 | naples, Florida | looking forward to meeting all members and exchanging information on C177 |
| Robert Yanichko | N30615 | Brooksville, Florida | |
| Jim Conn | N1375C | Alexandria, Minnesota | |
| Robert Smith | N444AP | Orlando, Florida | |
| Victor Popiol | N1822Q | Miami, Florida | Looking forward to mingle. Will just fly in for the day on Sunday |
| Matthew Joiner | N1903Q | Tampa, Florida | Will be flying in Sunday afternoon just for the day |
| Ted Short | N34896 | Wooster, Ohio | I'll be coming from Venice FL w Dollard |
| Dennis Downing | N34273 | Winter haven, Florida | |
| Jeff Mayworm | N1616H | Ocala, Florida | |
Registration for this event has closed.
|
Cardinal Flyers PO Box # 532 Hampshire, IL 60140
Phone: 847-683-4799
|
Copyright Cardinal Flyers Online LLC 1997-2024
|
|
