Newsletter of theHoneywell Retiree Social Club of ArizonaNOTE:
This online version is a reformatted sub-set of the
full version sent to paid-up members, with updates
to event information since the Bridge was
distributed.
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You don't have to be a contractor-level kind of handymanājust generally handy around the house. Some of you may have special skills (Computer/Plumbing/Electrical/Drywall?) that can significantly help our members in need, and you will be reimbursed for your travel. Why not try it? Call Warren, (480-510-9304). We would love to talk with you! The table below lists our current Fix-It Guys Team. Thanks guysāfor all that you do.
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(Approximately one year
of past events is shown.)
See back numbers of The Bridge in Archives for more details of these and older past events. Ping
Golf Club
Factory Tour
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club.AAC - Keith Hughes Oct 31, 2018 On Oct
31st a group of us toured the
factory. I know absolutely nothing about
golf so I will not embarrass myself with a
long description. However the tour for me
was fascinating, full of details and over 2
hours long. And you really do walk at least
Ā½ a mile.
The facility is their main design and production site with 800 employees out of a worldwide workforce of 1500. We toured everywhere from custom bag manufacturing, putter head milling, assembly of the clubs at various stages, driving range and the vault. There was some famous PGA player trying out new clubs on a very nice test range. The picture above is the vault with over 3400 gold plated and solid gold putters. Apparently if you win a big championship using Ping clubs they make a gold putter for you and keep a replica in the vault. We discovered that the next day (Nov 1st) they were introducing a variable length putter to the market. Apparently 80% of players use the wrong length. This has been a popular event and all three dates (Nov 9th and Nov 29th) are fully booked. If interested in going on a waiting list for a future date contact keith8411@cox.net. Please include name, number of tickets, club affiliation and phone number.  Hospice and Palliative Care was
the topic of the Wednesday November 7 meeting of the
Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club of Arizona.
Our
featured speaker was Susan Rose, a volunteer
with Hospice of the Valley. Hospice is about
living the best life you can before dying.
Sponsored
by the
Honeywell-Garrett
Retirees Club.
 Though known primarily for Hospice and Palliative Care, Hospice of the Valley also operates the White Dove Thrift Shop, and provides both Outreach Palliative Care and a Senior Placement Service. Palliative Care focuses on the comfort and quality of life with physical, social, psychological and spiritual support for both the patient and the family. Hospice Care requires a doctorās order to deal with advanced illness with Medicare guidelines of 6 month or less life expectancy, and is covered by Medicare Part A wherever that patient lives. Benefits include medications, medical equipment, oxygen etc. It may also be covered by private insurance. Hospice of the Valley also provides short duration in-patient units, and as a non-profit, no one is refused. You may keep your current doctor or use a Hospice doctor. Family support includes doctors, nurses, chaplains, social workers, therapists, dietitians and bereavement counselors. Hospice of the Valley has over 2100 volunteers. Hospice of the Valley, operating in Maricopa and north Pinal County since 1977, has a 24/7 on duty care staff, someone is always there to answer the phone and is one of the largest not-for-profit Hospices in the US. Programs include:
There are over 80 Hospice providers in Arizona and most are for-profit. Families have the right to choose, and all it takes is a simple phone call to change providers. For more information contact on line at HOV.org or call (602) 530-6900. Giving Back for U.S. Vets, with Honeywell & RTVOS HRSC - Doug Metzger Nov 10, 2018 Our
community
service
project this
year was
working for
U.S. Vets, an
organization
that supports
homeless
military
veterans. As
we did last
year, we
joined
Honeywell
Aerospace and
Rebuilding
Together
Valley of the
Sun (RTVOS), a
charitable
organization
based in
Tempe. This
was a great
opportunity
for all our
retiree clubs
to support
those in need
in the Valley,
while spending
quality time
with other
retirees and
active
employees. The
project this
year was at
Grand
Veterans, 3400
NW Grand Ave.
Phoenix, where
U.S. Vets
provides
temporary and
permanent
housing for
homeless
veterans.
There was a
variety of
work,
primarily
outdoors,
upgrading the
outdoor
community
space.
Individual
projects
included
things like
removing a
playground
area, adding a
patio area,
building
benches and
pergolas,
installing
BBQs,
landscaping,
fencing for a
dog run, and
meditation
"space." The project went very well. We had 11 members from our retiree clubs joining a hundred or so Honeywell employees. We missed getting a group photo with all of the retirees, but here are some shots and a look at some of the work that was done.
     Sponsored
by the
Honeywell
Retiree Social
Club
Ping
Golf Club
Factory Tour
AAC - Keith Hughes Nov 29, 2018 Awaiting report and/or photos, or see report of Oct 31 tour.
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club
Joint Charity Luncheon with the
Honeywell-Garrett
Club
HGRC & HRSC - Diane Bennett & Mary Barkl Tuesday December 11, 2018 Awaiting report and/or photos. HGRC - Mark Steele Wednesday January 9, 2019 See photos of the meeting at www.garrettretireesaz.com/events.html The Commemorative Air Force was the topic of the January 9 meeting of the Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club of Arizona. Members of all Honeywell retiree clubs were welcome.
Presentation:
The
Commemorative
Air Force,
with emphasis
on the B-17
bomber, by
Dennis
Fennessey. Our
intended
speaker,
Dennis
Fennessey, of
the
Commemorative
Air Force was
unable to
attend the
meeting due to
an injury
received while
actually
working on one
of the
aircraft.
However, 2
members of the
CAF were in
attendance and
volunteered
to provide
information
and insights.
Sponsored by the Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club. Tovrea Castle Tour 
Put your name down for future tours. AAC - Keith Hughes Friday January 11, 2019 Awaiting
report and/or
photos.
Sponsored
by the
Aero
Activities
Club.
AAC
- Keith Hughes
Wednesday January 23, 2019 Awaiting report and/or photos.
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club.
Saturday, February 2, 2019Awaiting report and/or photos. Sponsored by the Aero Activities Club.
Southwest Airlines Maintenance Hangar
Tour
AAC - Keith Hughes
Wednesday February 6, 2018
Twenty five club members visited Southwest Airlines for our 5th visit. Each tour is different. This time the parking lot was torn up due to construction of new buildings. We went briefly air side to see where their new hanger is being built. SW is starting ETOPS flights to Hawaii so Phoenix will be their main West Coast maintenance center as California is too expensive. There
was only one
aircraft in
the hanger
today being
repaired
after
lightening
made holes in
its skin. We
had plenty of
time to look
around the
outside but
could not go
on board this
time as they
were finishing
up repairs. It
was
fascinating to
walk through
the parts
department and
see 1000s of
individual
parts used for
repairs. 
Sponsored by the Aero
Activities
Club.
Hall
of Flame
Presentation
HGRC - Mark Steele Wednesday February 6, 2019
The Industrial Revolution (1820-1840) saw the invention of high pressure steam engines and the 1st steam locomotive in England in 1825. John Erikson used a locomotive boiler to power a steam driven water pump in 1829 that delivered 160 gpm. Though used overseas, London refused to use this device and Erikson emigrated to the US where he invented the screw propeller for ships. At this time US city fire departments were volunteer ethnic gangs competing to fight fires using manual pump engines pulled by the firefighters. A Hodge Engine offered in response to a request by an insurance company in 1841 was able to pump 1300 gpm up to 150 feet, but was not accepted. In 1852 Cincinnati became the first city fire department to use a Latta Engine with a capacity of 600 gpm. All engines by this time were horse drawn. The service life for horses pulling steam powered fire engines was about 10 years. Development of steam powered fire engines continued with the Amoskeag Engine (1860-1900) and the Ahrens Engine in 1870. Over 4000 machines were produced by 14 manufacturers through the early 1900s with capacities of up to 1400 gpm. Note that prior to the installation of high capacity water mains, water sources for fighting fires were rivers, lakes and nearby ponds. The 1st motorized steam fire engines were produced by American LaFrance and Ahrens-Fox beginning in 1911. Both water tube and fire tube boilers were used in these engines. Water tube boilers required more cleaning of residue on the outside of the tubes, but fire tube boilers had a higher risk of explosion due to lack of water or over pressurization. Boiler explosions were almost always caused by the operator trying get more capacity out of the system. With the invention of the internal combustion engine, by 1925 there were no more steam powered or horse-drawn fire engines produced. Examples of these engines and much more can be found at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum, 6101 East Van Buren St. www.hallofflame.org. Sponsored
by the
Honeywell-Garrett
Retirees Club.
HRSC- Rick
Carter
Wednesday February 6, 2019 5050 W Mohave St, Phoenix (Entrance from Buckeye Road) We had
a tour booked
for ten people
at 10 AM on
February 6,
but you can
give your name
to Rick Carter
for future
tours. BACKGROUND Amazon's requirements for one of their tours have changed. We can call once a month to see if there are any openings. At that moment, once a month, we can make reservations with them for a group. If you are interested in the Amazon tour, please call Rick Carter at wwwrico@gmail.com or 602-920-6044, with your name and phone number. He will then call to let you know when the tour has been scheduled and if you are available for that specific date. If you are not, you will be left on a list and he will call others that are interested and available for that date.
  Sponsored by the Honeywell
Retiree Social
Club.
Turf
Paradise Park
has been a fun
place to go
and enjoy
camaraderie
with friends
and have some
great food. They
always have a
race named
after Aero
Activities
Club. You
get to have a
group picture
taken with the
winning horse. At
this race the
winner was
Thrasher and
the jockey was
Leslie Mawing. Think
about joining
us next year.
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club.
Ping
Golf Club
Factory Tour
AAC - Keith Hughes Wednesday, February 27, 2019 (Feb 15 Tour Canceled) Awaiting report and/or photos 2201 W Desert Cove Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85029 Ping Website The Ping Gold Room is a
vault, and yes
the putters
you see are
gold. DESCRIPTION OF A
PREVIOUS TOUR: On Nov 29th a group of us toured
the factory. I
know
absolutely
nothing about
golf so I will
not embarrass
myself with a
long
description.
However, the
tour for me
was
fascinating,
full of
details and
over 2 hours
long. And you
really do walk
at least 1/2 a
mile. The facility is their main design and production site with 800 employees out of a worldwide workforce of 1500. We toured everywhere from custom bag manufacturing, putter head milling, assembly of the clubs at various stages, driving range and the vault. There was some famous PGA player trying out new clubs on
a very nice
test range.
The picture
above is the
vault with
over 3400 gold
plated and
solid gold
putters.
Apparently if
you win a big
championship
using Ping
clubs they
make a gold
putter for you
and keep a
replica in the
vault. We discovered that the next
day
(Nov 1st)
they were
introducing a
variable
length putter
to the
market.
Apparently
80-% of
players use
the wrong
length. Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club.
Phoenix
Theatre
Presentation
HGRC
- Mark Steele
Wednesday March 6, 2019
MICHAEL BARNARD (Producing Artistic Director)
Phoenix
Theatre  Phoenix Theatre, formed in 1920, is the oldest arts
organization
in Arizona. A
new building
constructed in
1952 placed
Phoenix
Theatre in the
heart of the
developing art
district which
would grow to
include
Phoenix Art
Museum and the
Phoenix
Library. The
organization
then embarked
on many
renovations of
the space,
culminating in
a significant
expansion in
2013 led by
Michael. This
expansion
added a glass
atrium lobby,
additional
rehearsal
space, and a
black box
theatre,
enhancing the
creative
vision of the
Theatre and
expanding
programming. During his presentation, he gave the following history
of the Phoenix
Theatre: Established in 1920 as the āPhoenix Playersā, Margret Bartlett Heard became the president of the āPhoenix Little Theaterā and her coach house was the location in 1923. In continuous operation since its beginning, the now named āPhoenix Theatre" is the 6th oldest continuing operating theatre in the United Sates. In 1951 Margret Heard left land to the City of Phoenix for a 100 year lease for the theatre. This land is now also the site for the Phoenix Art Museum and the Phoenix Library. During its existence, the Shadegg, Herberger and Goldwater were all connected with, and played major roles in, the theatreās success. In 1936, Clare Booth Luce premiered the play āThe Womenā at the theater. During WWII, The theatre operated as a venue for USO productions. L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950ās rented the theatre and gave his 1st speech on Scientology. Steven Spielberg began his career at the Phoenix Theatre building props. At age 17 in 1964, the Theatre was the site of the first ever showing of a Spielberg film. In the late 1980s the now named āPhoenix Theatre Companyā joined Actors Equity, allowing the Company to produce their own work. Of note: all the shops required to produce presentations are housed in the same building as the three stages seating 380, 210 and 100 respectively. Since its inception nearly 100 years ago, the Phoenix Theatre has hosted 1030 productions. The Theatre produces 10 or 11 shows yearly. It is now the developer of new works. On April 3 on the main stage, Phoenix Theatre Company will be hosting the world premier of āSisters in Lawā, a play based on Linda Hirshman's book about the relationship between polar opposites and modern-day legends, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day OāConnor. Phoenix
Theatre
Company is
located at
1825 N Central
Avenue,
Phoenix and
also hosts an
Art Bar and
Bistro on the
site.
The PXG
(Parsons
Extreme Golf)
tour included:
history of the
company,
introduction
to the
product/technology,
a talk about
the tour
staff, viewing
of the fitting
studio and a
walk through
the build
shop.
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club. AAC
- Steve Flood
Wednesday
March 20, 2019
Awaiting
report and/or
photos Essilor
is the largest
manufacturing
company of eye
wear in the
world, with
the latest
technology.
There is a
laboratory at
Meridian
Optical in
Phoenix which
processes the
lenses and
coatings. This
tour provided
information on
Essilor and
explained the
processes that
are involved
in making
lenses. A tour
of the lens
making lab was
included.
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club. Guide Dogs of the Desert Presentation HGRC - Mark Steele Wednesday April 3, 2019 See
photos of the
meeting at www.garrettretireesaz.com/events.html Our featured speaker was Lori Murphy, a 17-year volunteer with Guide Dogs of the Desert, and she was joined by 3 other volunteers, 3 black Labrador Retrievers and 1 standard poodle. Guide Dogs of the Desert, a 501-c3 organization, custom trains guide dogs for the blind and visually impaired. A yearly calendar is one source of funds. In addition to training, they also have an in-house breeding program. Dogs are selected for both brains and temperament. Most are Labs but some poodles are used as they are smaller and non-allergenic. The volunteers at the meeting were all puppy raisers. Puppy raisers must apply to be selected to the program. Puppies are between 8-12 weeks old and 8-12 weeks are required to train each puppy. The puppies must be medically sound and housebroken, and the trainers are responsible for teaching basic obedience, house manners, and socializations at grocery stores, restaurants, public transit etc. Dogs are never fed by hand ā only from bowls. The school, located in Palm Springs, CA, owns the dogs throughout training. After puppy training, the dogs go to California for an additional 3-9 months learning how to pull on harnesses, deal with elevation changes, traffic, overhangs, etc. to be fully capable of providing the required guidance for their eventual owner. Some dogs are not suitable for guide work but there are 3-5 partner organizations that will train those dogs for other tasks. Upon completion of training, the dogs are paired with a visually impaired person based on application data that facilitates matching the person with the dog. Potential new owners undergo 28 days of training with a 40% graduation rate. There is ongoing support after graduation. There are about 300 active dogs throughout the US and internationally. The current waiting list for dogs is between 50 and 75. 100 puppies are currently being raised and trained. And there are 30 breeder dogs in the program. Interested
in being a
puppy raiser?
More info at:
www.guidedogsofthedesert.org/our-
programs/canine-program/
 Sponsored
by the
Honeywell-Garrett
Retirees Club. Honeywell-Garrett
Spring Potluck
Picnic
HGRC - Diane Bennett
Wednesday
April 10, 2019
10am to 4pm
Stillman Ramada, McCormack-Stillman Train Park
Forty
(40) Club
members,
guests and
friends
attended the
pot luck at
McCormack-Stillman
Train Park.
Winds were
gusting but
everyone
enjoyed the
hamburgers,
hot dogs and
pot luck
dishes with
gusto. 50/50
drawings were
won by Loenary
Gartner and
Juanita
Barreras. The
Trivial
Pursuit prizes
were won by
Stu Mitnik,
Carol Pearson,
and Joe
Baczynski. Some
photos can be
seen towards
the end of the
Honeywell-Garrett
May newsletter. Sponsored
by the
Honeywell-Garrett
Retirees Club
Spring Potluck Picnic HRSC - Mary Barkl AAC - Larry Bowe Thursday, April 25, 2019  See
photos here
and below from
The Bridge. The AAC and
HRSC committee
members did a
great job
creating this
combined
event! There
were over 80
attendees, we
had plenty of
food, and it
looked as if
everyone was
enjoying
themselves.
The 50-25-25
was a success
and the
participants
in the Ice
Breaker had
fun meeting
new people,
and 5 of them
got $10 cards
for their
efforts.
HRSC
and AAC
provided free
hamburgers,
free brats and
rolls, free
coffee and
water, along
with plates,
utensils,
condiments,
etc. Members
brought a good
variety of
dishes to
share. Photos
from The
Bridge:   
Sponsored
jointly by the
Honeywell
Retiree Social
Club and the
Aero
Activities
Club.
Presentation by former USAF & Southwest Airlines Pilot HGRC - Mark Steele Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 1:00 p.m. Awaiting Report and/or Photos Location: Scottsdale Senior Center, 1700N Granite Reef Road (Just north of McDowell)
 Brian
Anton, a
retired
Southwest
Airlines
pilot, joined
the USAF in
1973 and,
after training
in Del Rio,
TX, flew
C-141s for 3
years
including the
1975
evacuation of
Saigon.
Subsequently
he flew C-5As
for 4 years,
including a
21-hour flight
from McClellan
AFB to Kenya
with 8
fighters in
the cargo
area, and one
of the last
flights to
Tehran prior
to the
disposition of
the Shah. In
1981 he was
offered
a job at
Southwest
Airlines where
he remained
for nearly 33
years. He was
a captain for
over 30 of
those years
until his
mandatory
retirement at
age 65.
Sponsored
by the
Honeywell-Garrett
Retirees
Club.
Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) Tour AAC - Kaye Eibeck Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 1:00 p.m. Awaiting Report and/or Photos
Musical Instrument Museum
(MIM) Guided
Tour 
Whatās more, all guests are invited to play instruments from around the world in the Experience Gallery. They can also see instruments from music icons such as Elvis PresleyĀ®, Johnny Cash, Pablo Casals, John Lennon, āKingā Sunny AdeĢ, Clara Rockmore, Maroon 5, and many more in the Artist Gallery. Please contact Kaye Eibeck via email kwithane@cox.net
or phone (480)
948-9910 if
you have any
questions.
Sponsored by the
Aero
Activities
Club.
Please contact Kaye Eibeck via email kwithane@cox.net
or phone (480)
948-9910 if
you have any
questions.
Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club
Tim
Mahoney Report
from HGRC
President Dolf
Strom: Our featured speaker, Tim
Mahoney,
President and
CEO, Honeywell
Aerospace,
brought in 75
members,
almost a full
room. At the start of the meeting
after hearing
an impassioned
plea by me for
a volunteer to
fill the Vice
President
position, Tim
threw out a
challenge to
the group. If
someone
volunteered
for Vice
President he
would double
the Honeywell
scholarship
foundation
donation from
$4000 to
$8000. Glenn Orgeron
stepped up.
Glenn was our
prior
treasurer and
is a financial
guy. He said
that $4000 was
too much to
not get so now
we have a Vice
President.
Thanks Tim and
Glenn. Tim then presented his
annual
Honeywell-Garrett
State of
Honeywell
Aerospace with
emphasis on
the former
Garrett
divisions. 2018
business
results showed
$15.5B
in sales with
a 22.6%
margin. Margin
in Q2
was 26%.
Honeywell is
on the right
platforms with
aftermarket up
>81%. Even
the defense
sector is
growing with
both
refurbishment
and technology
insertion.
Minneapolis
has
significantly
ramped up
production of
inertial
systems. Aerospace
continues
to have an
unprecedented
completion win
rate: Avionics
ā 6.3x
competitors; APU
ā 1.9x;
Mechanical
Systems ā 1.8x;
Engines ā won
every
competition. Expected
market
growth:
Since
1959 Honeywell
has produced
100,000 APUs
and 72,000
engines. Growth
and new
technology
areas include
3D
printing for
low volume
spares,
robotic final
inspections
for APUs,
spherical
motors, hybrid
electric turbogenerators
for small
general
aviation,
autonomous
urban air
mobility
vehicles, CLEEN
next gen
turbofan,
advanced APU,
high cooling
capacity vapor
cycle ECS
and rotorcraft
automated
component
tracking.
 Oktoberfest HRSC - Barbara Rippstein Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1 PM at the Edelweiss Biergarten 2625 E Bell Rd Report from Mary Barkl: The Octoberfest was enjoyed by all. Lots of good food and many take-home boxes for a late dinner I suppose. Leigh Dechaine provided our entertainment and was fabulous! He added some extra entertainment by teaching us some new songs which got the crowd going. The area for lunch was set up so unique, like a very long family table, so there was no need for an Ice Breaker. Friends were made quickly. We had five door prize winners and two $27 winners who played 50/50. Everyone went away satisfied. The Edelweiss had a large pig outside behind the restaurant. No he was not next weekās dinner, just a pet. Attendees: Lee
and Barbara
Rippstein Manuel and Elvie Francis  Doug Metzger and Friends  Leigh Dechaine and Cheryl & Paul Wiley   A Good Time Was Had by All!  Sponsored
by the
Honeywell Retiree
Social Club
Verde Canyon Railroad AAC - Larry Bowe Friday, October 26, 2019 Clarkdale, AZ  Verde Canyon Railroad Website Verde Canyon Railroad Brochure Awaiting report and/or photos Sponsored
by the Aero
Activities
Club
Seven-Day Californian Coastal Cruise  HRSC - Barbara Rippstein Saturday November 9, 2019 Awaiting report and/or photos Sponsored
by the
Honeywell
Retiree Social
Club
Commemorative
Air Force
Museum Thursday, November 14, 2019  Awaiting report and/or photos Sponsored
by
the Aero
Activities
Club Tovrea Castle Tours
AAC - Keith Hughes November 8 and 16, 2019
These were private two-hour guided tours for all three retiree clubs. Awaiting
report and/or
photos
Sponsored by the Aero Activities Club
.
HRSC - Mary
Barkl Thursday, December 12, 2019 Cost: $35.00 per person Arrowhead Country Club 19888
N. 73rd Avenue Cash Bar
Mixed
Green Salad Includes
beverage
station with
coffee,
(regular
or decaf),
iced tea, and
water There
will also be a
50/25/25 and
door prizes
Jointly Sponsored by the Aero Activities Club and Honeywell Retiree Social Club
HRSC - Doug Metzger Saturday, December 14, 2019 Sign-up Deadline was November 16āprobably too late to
sign up now,
but check with
Doug Metzger
on
602-319-6637.
Our
service
project this
year will be
helping out
the Boys and
Girls clubs of
Metro Phoenix.
As we have for
the last two
years, we will
be joining
Honeywell
Aerospace and
Rebuilding
Together
Valley of the
Sun(RTVOS), a
charitable
organization
based in
Tempe. This
year's event
will take
place on
Saturday,
December 14.
We will work
from 8 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at
the Jerry
Colangelo
Branch at 1755
N. 34th Ave in
Phoenix. Water
and lunch will
be provided.
And T-shirts
for all! There will be a variety of projects, including painting, landscaping, assembling gaming tables, designing a library reading space, and building a LEGO wall. You may also bring along family members aged 14 or older to volunteer. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix offer affordable after-school and summer programs for 27,000+ students in grades K-12, empowering young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible members of our community. This is
a great
opportunity
for all
our retiree
clubs to
improve our
community
while spending
quality time
with other
retirees and
active
employees. Our
project last
year had
around 100
volunteers,
including
current
employees and
retirees. The
pictures here
are from last
yearās project
in support
of homeless
military
veterans near
Grand Avenue
and Indian
School Road in
Phoenix. Volunteer
check-in
at the event
will start at
7:30. The
deadline for
signing up
will be
Saturday,
November 16.
If you are at
all
interested, or
have any
questions,
contact Doug
Metzger at doug.metzger@cox.net
or
602-319-6637, and
weāll get you
more information
as soon as it comes
along. Weāll
be looking for
commitments
and official
sign-ups
sometime in
October or
November.  
Sponsored
by the
Honeywell
Retiree Social
Club.
AAC - Kevin
Vetter Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 10:30 am G. R. Herberger Park, 56th Street
and Indian
School Road  
Arizona Falls, formed by a natural
20-foot drop
along the
Arizona Canal
between what
is now 56th
and 58th
street,
reopened in
June 2003 as a
restored
hydroelectric
plant and
neighborhood
gathering
place where
visitors can
learn,
interact and
reflect.
The new Arizona Falls combines
art, histroy
and technology
toi generate
clean
electricity
from the
canal's
waterfall.
G.R. Herberger Park, 56th Street and Indian School Road. Meet at the power plant at 10.30am. People can hike or
bike and then
lunch and tour
the plant at
their leisure.
Contact Kevin Vetter for more details. Email Snuffles@q.com or
call
602-942-0038.
AAC - Keith
Hughes Friday, February 28, 2020, 9:30 am 
You are invited to tour a private,
invitation
only, museum. The Sanderson Village and Museum
contains
dozens of cars
and nostalgic
items, such as
a beautifully
recreated old
mercantile
store, a
kitchen from
the ā40s and a
ā50s diner
with oodles of
chrome and
period
furnishings
and
accessories
such as Coca
Cola items
from the ā30s
through the
ā50s. The
20,000
square-foot
warehouse has
one of the
best Ford
collections
anywhere and
has something
for everyone
to enjoy. This free tour is at 9:30 am on
Friday,
February 28,
2020 in
Glendale. The
tour lasts 60
ā 75 minutes.
Afterwards you
may visit the Starliner Diner on the same site
and purchase a
late breakfast
or lunch. For
reservations
contact Keith
Hughes at keith8411@cox.net.
Please
tell me if you
are staying
for a meal as
space is
limited to 30
people. No
limit if not
eating. The Diner Menu - http://sandersonford.com/Starliner-Diner
AAC - Keith
Hughes Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 10:00 am
 Several
members have
requested this
tour again so
here goes.
This is a
unique
opportunity to
tour Southwest
Airlines
Maintenance
Facility at
Sky Harbor
Airport. You
may be able to
walk through
an aircraft
and sit in the
cockpit then
tour the
maintenance
and operation
areas in a two
hour guided
tour. You will
find out why
the first
aircraft were
painted those
colors, how
the fit an
aircraft that
is too big
into the
hanger and
maybe debate
the correct
part numbers
of the APS we
see in the
stores. Last
year we sat in
an aircraft
only 5 flight
hours old and
not yet
entered
service. Yes
it had the new
aircraft
smell. This
free tour is
planned for
Wednesday,
April 15, 2010
at 10:00 a.m.
but names of
all attendees
are required
in advance for
security
purposes. This
will be our
fourth tour
and spaces
fill quickly.
I have to
limit the
group to 40
for practical
reasons. To register
send the full
names of all
in your party
to Keith
Hughes at keith8411@cox.net or call 623-825-5243 for details. Upcoming events that do not currently have firm dates and/or full information, but will be of interest to our members are noted here. They will be moved to the main Upcoming Events sections when sufficient firm information about them is available.
Amazon Fulfillment Center Tours
Amazon's
process for
tours has
changed yet
again. They no
longer accept
tours from
specific
companies or
organizationsāthey
only accept
bookings from
individuals to
make up groups
of no more
than 10. If
you want to go
on one of
these tours,
follow the
link https://www.aboutamazon.com/amazon-fulfillment-center-tours/
to register. Note
that names and
birth dates
are required
for tour
registration.
PXG Factory Tour Date TBD Guided Birding at the Rio Salado Audobon Center Date TBD
Central
Arizona
Project (CAP)
Information
Lecture
Display of Email Addresses Per the
website policy
defined in the
Bylaws, the
"mailto:"
feature of
email address
links, that
generates a
draft email
when clicked,
is not used
with personal
email
addressesāonly
with general
addresses such
as Hotline@hrcaz.org
or Bridge_Editor@hrcaz.org.
This
restriction
only applies
to the
website; it
does not apply
to the
eBridge, since
that is not
publicly
available.
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