Topic: April 2024 AW meeting
Time: Apr 2, 2024 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Members,

A reminder that our February meeting is Tuesday, February 6 at 7pm. 

The meeting will only be live streamed via Zoom. The live stream can be accessed using the information below. Hope to see you there!

Topic: February 2024 Airport Watch Meeting

Time: February 6, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Members,

A reminder that our December meeting is today, Tuesday, December 5 at 7pm. 

The meeting will only be live streamed via Zoom. The live stream can be accessed using the information below. Hope to see you there!

Topic: December 2023 Airport Watch Meeting

Time: December 5, 2023 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Let’s grill it up on The Hill! This year’s annual fall cookout will feature the usual burgers, hot dogs, chips, salads, sodas, cookies, in addition to the first annual PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!

Come show off your stuff, win a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd prize and be featured on our website and in our social media outlets.  Bring one 5x7 color or black and white print out of your favorite spotting photo taken at one of our local ORD Watch airports.  ON BACK: list date taken, location, and type of aircraft.  Name must be covered, but detectible. Do not miss this opportunity to published!  Contact Board Member Dan McInerney TODAY at: dmcinerney77@gmail.com to register (for free) for this fun PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST.  

NOTE: This event is part of the membership benefits, so all members are invited to attend.  Each member may bring one (1) guest.  Please bring badges and vests with you to the picnic.  We will have a sign in board at the event.   

Members,

A reminder that our October meeting is at 7pm on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

The live stream can be accessed using the information below. Hope to see you there!

Topic: October 2023 ORD Airport Watch Meeting
Time: Oct 3, 2023 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Attention ORD AW members!

We are fortunate enough to be able to offer a field tour of Rockford International Airport!

The field tour will take place on Wednesday, December 21st. This is the peak time of the season for cargo movements at RFD. UPS, FedEx, and Amazon Prime all make multiple movements during the days leading up to the Christmas holiday. RFD also hosts several other regularly scheduled cargo flights that will be coming and going as well.

We have seats for 30 spotters. The seats will be given first come, first serve. We will have a standby list as well. You must be a current ORD AW member to attend.

Again, this is a members-only event due the the limited number of seats available. Also, apologies for the short notice, but the tour came together very quickly.

Please email ORD AW Secretary Bill Gaston at bill_gaston@sbcglobal.net *on or after 8:00am, Friday, December 16, 2022*.

Responses received before that time will not be processed.

We will meet at 9:00am at the RFD maintenance facility located at 5751 Falcon Road, Rockford, IL 61109. The tour will take place rain or shine, and typically last 4-6 hours, depending on weather, light, and airplane traffic. Please dress accordingly. Access to bathrooms will be limited during the tour, but we may be able to make a stop if needed. Also, the reason for the tour taking place during the week is due to the large decrease in cargo traffic on the weekends. If there are any questions, please ask!

Remember, please email ORD AW Secretary Bill Gaston at bill_gaston@sbcglobal.net *on or after 8:00am, Friday, December 16, 2021*

Bill Gaston

Secretary, ORD Airport Watch

To all Airport Watch members -

The Watch will be sponsoring an airside spotting tour on Saturday, October 15th and/or Sunday, October 16th.

The day(s) have not yet been finalized.

The air side tour is planned for 12:00 pm until 4:00 pm.

To be included on this tour, members must respond by end-of-day Wednesday, October 12th..

Send an email to bill_gaston@sbcglobal.net if you would like to be included.

You must include your full name, birth date and drivers license number in your RSVP.

We are hoping to have 2 busses each day, but we will take what we can get.

At this time, we do not have a definite number of members we can accommodate.

Responses will be recorded in date-stamp order. Once the list is full, members will be placed on a standby list.

You will be notifies as to the specific day(s) and other information once the details are finalized.

Bill Gaston

Secretary

ORD Airport Watch

Members,

Thank you for keeping up with the group through these challenging times.

Despite the current hardship, we feel it's important to give everyone a way to communicate with each other. Since the current situation with COVID-19 makes it impossible to have our normal monthly face-to-face meetings on the first Tuesday of the month, the Board decided that creating a monthly video conference would be an effective, but safe, way to be able to communicate with everyone on the current state of affairs in the group and around all the local airports.

We ask that anyone whom is interested please join us in a Zoom video conference on Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00pm.

Zoom is completely free to use, and will work on any computer or smart phone by downloading the program from the website below, or searching for it in your phone's app store.

https://zoom.us/download

Once you have Zoom installed, you can simply click the meeting link listed below, or type in the meeting ID number in the Zoom program, and entering in the password if prompted. The password is ORDWatch.

Topic: ORD Airport Watch May Video Conference
Time: May 5, 2020- 7:00 PM Central Time

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Meeting ID: 730 7743 2814
Password: ORDWatch

We wish you and your families good health, and hope to see you on the video conference!

Sincerely,

ORD Airport Watch Board

Here are upcoming 2020 air shows around our area.

Peru Avenger Gathering - May 16 - Illinois Valley Regional Airport - Peru, IL - https://tbmreunion.org/

Scott Air Force Base Open House - May 30-31 - Belleville, IL - featuring the Blue Angels - https://www.scott.af.mil/airshow2017/

Clow “Cavalcade of Planes” - June 6-7 - Clow International Airport - Bolingbrook, IL - https://cavalcadeofplanes.com/

EAA Airventure - July 20-26 - Wittman Airport - Oshkosh, WI - featuring the Canadian Snowbirds - https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure

Milwaukee Air & Water Show - July 25-26 - Milwaukee, WI Lakefront - featuring the Thunderbirds - https://mkeairwatershow.com/

Chicago Air & Water Show - August 15-16 - Chicago, IL Lakefront - featuring the Thunderbirds - https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_air_and_watershow.html

Northern Illinois Airshow - September 12 - Waukegan National Airport - Waukegan, IL - http://www.northernillinoisairshow.com/