This year, the Southeastern Minnesota Flying Club (SEMFC) is celebrating our 50th anniversary!

The club was started in 1958 at the old airport, Lobb Field, in SE Rochester. During that year, fuel was $0.24/gallon, tuition at Harvard was $1,250/year, a cheeseburger/fries/drink at McDonalds' was $0.45, Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army, the Alaska statehood act was signed into law, The Bridge on the River Kwai won the Academy award for best picture, Gunsmoke and the Phil Silvers Show won Emmy's for best dramatic and comedy series on television, Congress formally created NASA, Michael Jackson and Kevin Bacon were born, and music released included La Bamba, The Stroll, Great Balls of Fire, The Chipmunk Song, Purple People Eater, At the Hop, Lollipop and Jingle Bell Rock. Yes, we have come a long way!

To celebrate this occasion, we are having a fly-in breakfast on Saturday, July 26, from 8AM to noon. We are putting plans together for a number of events/activities and would love for you to come and celebrate with us! For those of you going to Oshkosh, we are working on some special incentives for you to make Rochester a waypoint in your itinerary. From Rochester, Oshkosh is only 170nm due east, a nice and easy flying leg.

For details, please see our website. As our plans firm up, we will be updating the site, to keep you posted. We would appreciate your spreading the word and will be posting a downloadable flyer on the site soon, that you can post at your local airport

Date(s): 07/26/08
Time: 8AM - Noon

Location: Rochester International Airport
Address: KRST
City: Rochester
State: Minnesota

Contact Person: Rich Macrafic
Phone: 507-253-5974
E-mail: macrafic@charter.net

More Info: www.semfc.com