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THE AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM ROTORFEST

OCT 13-14 2012

DO YOU REMEMBER - THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW A BELL 47? B47HA NEEDS YOUR HELP.

B47HA IS ASKING THEIR MEMBERS & FRIENDS TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO HELP WITH OUR ANNUAL MISSION EXPENSES FOR ROTORFEST SEPT 24-25TH. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ATTEND AND A NEW GENERATION OF ASPIRING PILOTS ARE INTRODUCED BY OUR WHIRLYBIRDS IN TWO SPECIAL SHOWS TO THE HELICOPTER THAT HAS CREATED SO MANY PILOTS AND ALSO HAS SAVED SO MANY LIVES - THE BELL 47. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE COME TO THE TWO DAY EVENT AND SEE THE STATIC DISPLAY OF MEMBERS' PRISTINE RESTORED BELL 47's  AND WATCH OUR FOUR LIVE BELL 47 DEMONSTRATIONS. THIS YEAR WILL BE B47HA 10TH SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HELD AT THE AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM ON BRANDYWINE AIRPORT IN WEST CHESTER, PA. (FYI: NEXT DOOR TO QVC)

WE WOULD PREFER YOU SEND CHECKS AND MAKE YOUR CHECK TO "BELL 47 HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION INC" OUR ADDRESS IS 28931 BRINK RD. SHATTUC, IL. 62231. WE ALSO HAVE OUR PRESTIGIOUS GOLD MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL ROTORFEST OFFER OPEN NOW FOR $750.00. REGULARLY $1000.00. WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL GOLD MEMBERSHIP PRESENTATION EVENT AT THE SHOW AND NEW GOLD MEMBERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE THE AIRSHOW AUDIENCE. CALL 618-292-9236 FOR DETAILS.

ALL DONORS WILL RECEIVE A PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED, 8X11" SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, "B47HA SALUTE APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE" FROM PRESIDENT RHODES.

YOU CAN NOW USE YOUR MAJOR CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD FOR SPECIFIED AMOUNTS FOR THE "B47HA SALUTE PICTURE" IF YOU WISH TO HELP B47HA.

• 2001 ROTORFEST PICS (16 MEMBERS)

• 2002 ROTORFEST PICS (121 MEMBERS)

• 2003 ROTORFEST PICS (378 MEMBERS)

• 2004 ROTORFEST PIC (473 MEMBERS)

• 2005 ROTORFEST PICS (528) MEMBERS

• 2006 ROTORFEST PICS (568) MEMBERS

• 2007 ROTORFEST PICS (602) MEMBERS

• 2008 ROTORFEST PICS (650) MEMBERS

• 2009 ROTORFEST PICS (661) MEMBERS

• 2010 ROTORFEST PICS (667) MEMBERS

• 2011 ROTORFEST PICS (676) MEMBERS

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• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY

• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY

• PILOT INFO

• HOTEL INFO

• SPECIAL INFORMATION LINKS

IF YOU ARE BRINGING YOUR 47 CALL PRES. RHODES 618-292-9236 & AIRBOSS David Schultz, Cell 610-724-3300

WE HAVE CHANGED OUR OFFICIAL HOTEL TO

SHERATON GREAT VALLEY AT FRAZER, PA.

CONTENTS

• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY

• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY

• ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

• OFFICIAL HOTEL INFO

• PILOT INFO

• SPECIAL INFORMATION LINKS

WEST CHESTER, PA. BRANDYWINE AIRPORT

FOR MORE INFO CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW

http://www.helicoptermuseum.org/museum/airshow.htm

B47HA WILL PROVIDE:

A BELL 47 FLIGHT DEMO AT NOON AND "A BELL 47 TRIBUTE SHOW" EACH DAY IN THE THEATRE.

PILOT INFO

1202 Bell 47G Demonstration

ROTORFEST 2011 (676 MEMBERS)

THIS YEARS ROTORFEST WAS HAMPERED BY CLOUDY WEATHER AND A NEW DATE OF SEPT 24-25TH. HOWEVER FOR NEXT YEAR AHM HAS ANNOUNCED THE EVENT WILL BE MOVED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL SCHEDULE OF OCT 13-14 FOR 2012. THE HELICOPTER DEMO WAS PERFORMED IN A BELL 47D1 OWNED BY NICK SEGINA AND PILOTED BY DARREN LUCAS OF DUTCH COUNTRY HELICOPTERS. DARREN ALSO WAS INDUCTED AS A NEW GOLD MEMBER ALONG WITH LARRY MATHENY OF WEST VA. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MANY B47HA MEMBERS ATTEND. HERE ARE A FEW THAT SPENT TIME AT OUR TABLE IN FRONT OF THE AHM'S MASH BELL H-13. BILL CLIMALDI, RACHEL & JACK CARSON OF HELICOPTER SPARES, DONNIE LUMMUS, TONY LUCCHESE, GUY HOUSE, GEORGE KILPATRICK, BILL SEIP, CHARLIE COSENZA, FRED DAVIS, AND JACK KELLY. GOLD MEMBER & BELL 47 OWNER STEVE BROUSSEAU WAS ON HAND TO ASSIST JOEY IN HANDLING TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND SHOT OVER 100 PICS OF THE EVENT.

QUESTIONS ABOUND ABOUT MAIN ROTOR BLADE PRICE FLUCTUATION FROM $179,047 TO $45,000. PRESIDENT RHODES WAS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT B47HA WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE CONSUMERS WITH AN APPROPRIATE FIREWALL. RHODES STATED HE WAS PLEASED TO HEAR OF THE DROP IN BLADE PRICES AND TRUST THAT OTHER COMPONENTS WILL CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW OF PRICING VALIDITY. RHODES MET WITH PMA VENDORS AT THE SHOW AND HEARD THEIR CONCERNS AND PROMISED CONTINUED SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF B47HA. AN ONLINE 2011 CORPORATE OFFICERS MEETING WAS ANNOUNCED AND TO BE HELD BEFORE 2012 ELECTION.

RHODES REFUSED COMMENT ON SCOTTS' BELL 47 AND STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DON MAGUIRE OF SB47 TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FOR SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS AND SHARING INFO.

ROTORFEST 2010 (667 MEMBERS)

SPECIAL THANKS TO JACK KELLY FOR HANDLING THIS YEARS EVENT. TWO BELL 47 D1 HELOS OF GUY HOUSE AND NICK SEGINA'S WERE PRESENT. AS USUAL TERRY INCH HANDLED THE BELL 47 DEMO. HERE ARE SOME PICS OF VARIOUS MEMBERS. MEMBERS PRESENT WERE JACK KELLY, TERRY INCH, GUY HOUSE, GEORGE KILPATRICK, TONY LUCCHESE.

ROTORFEST 2009 (661 MEMBERS)

ROTORFEST 2009 SAW SOME SAD DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE GET GO.

FIRST, THE NEWS THAT GUY HOUSE HAD GONE DOWN IN THE POCONOS IN HIS D1 WITH GEORGE KILPATRICK ON BOARD. GUY DID A GREAT JOB AND HE AND GEORGE SURVIVED THE AUTO. GUY'S MASTER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HIGHLAND HELICOPTER'S DAN OOT WAS COMPLIMENTED BY THE CROWD WITH APPLAUSE WHEN PRES. RHODES POINTED TO HIS INSTRUCTION AS A REASON FOR THE SURVIVAL.

SECONDLY. NEWS ARRIVED THAT CHARLIE HOLLINGER PASSED AWAY AND ALSO GEORGE KRAMER.

THIS YEAR WE MOVED OUR TABLE INSIDE TO BE NEXT TO THE NEW MASH 47 DISPLAY.... WHICH WAS EXCELLENT. THE TRAFFIC WE HAD WAS HIGH QUALITY AND AFFORDED PRES. RHODES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR MEMBERS IN A MORE PEACEFUL AND LESS INTRUSIVE SETTING. MANY MEMBERS COMPLIMENTED B47HA FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY TO RHODES THIS YEAR.

AS USUAL, TERRY INCH PERFORMED A TEXTBOOK DEMO AND BROUGHT A VERY NICE DISPLAY OUTSIDE TO REPRESENT HIS FLIGHT SCHOOL. THREE BELL 47'S ARRIVED, MEMBERS CHARLIE COSENZA AND NICK SEGINA HAD THEIR G3B1 AND D1 THERE. A G2 WAS PRESENT AND WE THANK MALCOM FOR BRINGING IT. PRES. RHODES PERFORMED TWO THEATER SHOWS AND SPOKE TO THE CROWD OF THOUSANDS. RHODES ANNOUNCED THE BELL 47 EXPO FOR JUNE 19TH AND REVEALED THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS FORTH COMING FROM BHT CONCERNING THE 47.

SPECIAL THANKS TO TRUSTEES JACK KELLY AND KERRY EISENHAUR FOR THEIR HELP. ALSO B47HA APPRECIATED THE KINDNESS OF AHM'S SEAN AND SHERRON. FINALLY, KUDOS TO DAVE SCHULTZ FOR KEEPING EVERYTHING ENJOYABLE AND SAFE.

ROTORFEST 2008 (650 MEMBERS)

ROTORFEST 2008 WAS ONE OF THE BEST. B47HA SAW FOUR PRISTINE BELL 47 HELICOPTERS ATTEND. BELL47 D1-GUY HOUSE, BELL 47 G4-JAY MUNDIS, BELL 47 G3B1-CHARLES COSENZA AND NICK SEGINA'S BELL 47D1 FORMERLY OWNED BY JACK KELLY. TERRY INCH WAS AWARDED A LIFE GOLD MEMBERSHIP FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION IN DOING THE HELICOPTER DEMOS AND RECOGNIZED FOR HIS PREMIER FLIGHT SCHOOL, DUTCH COUNTRY HELICOPTERS. PRESIDENT RHODES PRESENTED TWO BELL 47 TRIBUTE SHOWS IN THE AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM AND NARRATED INCH'S AIRSHOW.

MANY MEMBERS RENEWED AND NEW MEMBERS JOINED. SEVERAL TESTIMONIALS WERE PRESENTED AND ONE MEMBER STATED HOW B47HA'S JOEY RHODES PERSONALLY RETRIEVED $5000 FROM A SCAM ARTIST FOR HE AND HIS WIFE AFTER THEY TURNED TO B47HA FOR HELP AFTER AUTHORITIES GAVE UP. RHODES WENT ON TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE WAR ON BOGUS PARTS WAS COMING TO A CLOSE AND THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF QUALIFIED AND DOCUMENTED PARTS SHOULD WORK IT WAY INTO THE 1209 BELL 47 HELICOPTERS STILL FLYING TODAY.

RHODES REPORTED THAT B47HA HANDLES MANY SUPPORT CALLS AND BELL 47 CUSTOMER RELATIONS ARE NOW GREATLY IMPROVED AND THIS FACT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY PAST BHT PRESIDENTS AND VPS. RHODES SHARED IN DETAIL, "WE SPEND NO MONEY ON ADVERTISING, WE DO NOT HYPE WHO WE ARE, OR WHAT WE ARE, WE JUST GET THE JOB DONE AND WORD OF MOUTH AND OUR REPUTATION TAKES IT FROM THERE! RECENTLY I HAVE DONE SEVERAL MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND JUST CONCLUDED AN INTERVIEW WITH BHT'S JEFF PARRISH. EVIDENTLY THE TRADE JOURNALS ARE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE LITTLE ASSOCIATION THAT HAS DONE MAJOR THINGS AND OUR SINGULAR AGENDA. WE ARE A PAY AS YOU GO ORGANIZATION, WE DO NOT HAVE MAJOR DEBT OVER OUR HEAD, AND WE DO NOT ALLOW OUR VENDORS TO DICTATE OUR MISSION. EVERYTHING IS ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL VENDORS AND THOSE THAT DO A GOOD JOB - MAKE MONEY IN THE AVIATION BUSINESS FROM OUR HIGHLY FOCUSED MARKET. ON THE OTHER HAND THOSE THAT HAVE TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR MACHINES ARE NOW OUT OF BUSINESS OR GOING UNDER BECAUSE OF THE NETWORKING ABILITY OF THE ASSOCIATION TO HIGHLIGHT SCAMS. BHT HAS REALIZED THE VALUE OF THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS ABILITY TO REACH OUT AND PROVIDE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE TO OWNERS. WHEN WE RECEIVE CALLS WE ANSWER THEM ASAP AND THAT IS WHAT I FEEL MUST BE DONE...OUR MEMBERS AND OWNERS DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ANY BHT WITHOUT THE 47 AND BHT HAS SEEN HOW THEIR UPSCALE TURBINE CUSTOMERS EVEN STOP BY OUR DISPLAY AT HELI-EXPO JUST TO HEAR THE STORY OF HOW THINGS ACTUALLY STARTED AND TO MEET THE OLE TIME BELL 47 GURUS THAT ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR STORY OF HOW THE BELL 47 WAS PURCHASED AND USED IN ITS PRIME. THE #1 QUESTION IS - WHY THE 47 IS NOT IN PRODUCTION WHEN THEIR IS SO MUCH RECIP BUSINESS OUT IN THE MARKET. MANY PEOPLE WILL SPEND ALOT OF TIME VOICING HOW OTHER MANUFACTURERS FALL SHORT OF WHAT A PRESENT BELL 47 DELIVERS AND I SIMPLY REMIND THEM THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOMEDAY DISPLAYING A NEW BELL 47."

RHODES REMARKED THAT MAINTENANCE CHIEF NEAL TOLER WOULD BE ATTENDING A SPECIAL BHT SEMINAR SOON. HOPEFULLY THE SEMINAR MAY PROVIDE FURTHER MOTIVATION FOR THE CONTINUED PLANNING OF A MIDWEST BELL 47 SPRING/SUMMER SEMINAR/CLINIC. RHODES FURTHER ADDED THAT BHT HAS A NEW VP OF SUPPORT AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HIM AT ANAHEIM, CA.

RHODES REVEALED THAT A NEW WEBPAGE ON THE B47HA SITE WOULD BE DEVOTED TO PILOTS, THEIR 47s, AND THE KIDS THAT THEY INTRODUCE THE MACHINES TO. RHODES IS ENCOURAGING OWNERS TO INTRODUCE A NEW GENERATION TO THE BELL 47. RHODES SHARED, "THE WHIRLYBIRDS OF WHICH DANNY RODRIGUEZ AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN A PART OF FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF KIDS ENJOY OUR 47s THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR AIRSHOWS AND OUR ADVENTURE EPISODES ON YOUTUBE. WE FEEL WE HAVE SET A MISSION IN MOTION FOR OTHER PILOTS TO EMULATE. WITH THAT SAID WE CHALLENGE OUR MEMBERSHIP TO RESPOND TO OUR CALL TO HELP OUR "JUNIOR WHIRLYBIRDS" GAIN A BETTER APPRECIATION FOR THE 47 AND ITS LEGACY." LOOK FOR STEVE BROUSSEAU'S ARTICLE TO OPEN THE PAGE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR "JUNIOR WHIRLYBIRDS." KERRY EISENHAUR DEBUTED THE NEW WHIRLYBIRDS ADVENTURE EPISODE "FOR WHOM DAS BELL TOLLS." THE EPISODE IS NOW ON YOUTUBE.

RHODES CONCLUDED HIS ADDRESS WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR SEAN SAUNDERS FOR HIS HELP.

SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVE BROUSSEAU, KERRY EISENHAUR, AND GEORGE KILPATRICK FOR PHOTOS.

• LIMITED # OF XL - XXL - XXXL SHIRTS LEFT: MAIL A CHECK FOR $25.00

• PAYABLE TO BELL HELICOPTER ASSOC. 28931 BRINK RD, SHATTUC, IL. 62231 AND WE WILL SEND YOU ONE

ROTORFEST 2007 (602 MEMBERS)

THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO 47 HELOS ATTEND. WE WISH TO THANK GUY HOUSE AND JACK KELLY FOR BRINGING THEIR D1s. WE BESTOWED OUR HALL OF FAME AWARD UPON JACK CARSON-PA. JAY MUNDIS-PA AND FRED DAVIS-PA WERE BOTH AWARDED GOLD MEMBERSHIPS. NEW FACES INCLUDED JOEY'S SON SHAUN RHODES AND NEW AHM'S SEAN SAUNDERS. JOEY WAS ON THE RUN DOING INTERVIEWS, SHOWS, AND NARRATIONS FOR THE FABULOUS 47 DEMO ONCE AGAIN ENTRUSTED TO DUTCH COUNTRY'S HELICOPTERS' TERRY INCH. JEFF JANKOVICS MESMERIZED YOUNG AND OLD WITH N975B AND KERRY EISENHAUR DEBUTED THE NEW WHIRLYBIRDS ADVENTURE STRIP. "WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS." IT WAS GOOD TO SEE MANY OF OUR MEMBERS RENEW THEIR MEMBERSHIPS. WE HAD PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM IL, IN, OH, MI. PA, NJ, AND MANY OTHER STATES TO ATTEND. OFFICIAL BUSINESS CONDUCTED PRODUCED A DECISION TO REVAMP THE ROSTER AND PROVIDE RECOGNITION FOR PAST MEMBERS, HOWEVER CALLING THEIR ATTENTION TO THEIR DUE'S STATUS. PRESIDENT RHODES DELIVERED AN EYE OPENING ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS CONCERNING AIRWORTHINESS ISSUES FOR THE 47 MILITARY MARKET.

ROTORFEST 2006

568 MEMBERS

THE WEATHER FOR THE 2006 ROTORFEST WAS CUSTOM MADE. SIX BELL 47 HELOS MADE THE FLIGHT IN.

• GUY HOUSE-NY: BELL 47 D1

• SCOTT & BRETT NEWHART-PA: BELL 47 G3B1

• JACK KELLY-NJ: BELL 47 D1

• TONY LUCCHESE-NJ: BELL 47 G

• JAY MUNDIS-PA: BELL 47 G4

• TERRY INCH-PA: BELL 47 D1

THE ANNUAL B47HA MEETING WAS HELD AND A SPECIAL NEWSLETTER WILL BE RELEASED THIS JAN 2007 WITH A FOCUS ON PROMOTING A SPECIAL INCENTIVE OFFER TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO RENEW. DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD CONCERNING SCAM SHOPS AND THE INCREASED NUMBER OF BELL 47 HELOS THAT ARE BEING REGISTERED. THE NUMBER HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. B47HA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL SEEK A SLOT TO APPEAR WITH BHT AT THE UPCOMING FLORIDA HELI-EXPO.

A SPECIAL SAFETY SEMINAR WAS CONDUCTED BY MAINT. CHIEF NEAL TOLER.

TWO SHOWS WERE HELD FOR THE AUDIENCE WITH JOEY RHODES SERVING AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND NARRATION AIRSHOW ANNOUNCER FOR ALL BELL 47 OPERATIONS. A SPECIAL FLIGHT DEMO, WITH FULL TOUCH DOWN AUTOS, WAS PERFORMED BY DUTCH COUNTRY HELICOPTERS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TERRY INCH. A TIME OF FELLOWSHIP WAS ENJOYED AND THE NEW BELL 47 T-SHIRT WAS DEBUTED.

THE B47HA HALL OF FAME WELCOMED BOB HARNESS AND GIFTON McCREARY.

NEXT YEAR'S NOMINEE WAS NAMED AND THAT HONOR HAS BEEN AWARDED TO JACK CARSON.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM FOR THEIR LOYAL SUPPORT OF THE BELL 47. ALSO A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO KERRY AND NANCY EISENHAUR FOR THEIR HELP IN MAKING THE SHOW A SUCCESS.

ROTORFEST 2005 (528 MEMBERS)

THE EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED BY B47HA MEMBERS.

PRESIDENT JOEY RHODES ANNOUNCED FIVE INDUCTEES INTO THE HALL OF FAME WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE DAY'S EVENTS. SCOTT, CHURCHILL, BRUCE SCHILTZ, AL BROUSSARD, NEAL R. TOLER (PIC-L), & DON MAGUIRE WERE HONORED BY A CERTIFICATES AND T-SHIRTS THAT HAD THEIR NAME IMPRINTED ON THE BACK. A SPECIAL GOLD MEMBER AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO NIC HERTELENDY (PIC-R) OF HRA ASSOCIATES.

THIS YEAR WE HAD 4 VINTAGE BELL 47 HELICOPTERS TAKE PART. SPECIAL THANKS TO BRIAN SHANK AND JACK KELLY FOR BRINGING THEIR D1'S. JAY MUNDIS ARRIVED IN HIS ROY ROGERS G4 AND ROBERT GRESS BROUGHT HIS BELL 47 RARE H MODEL.

TERRY INCH PROVIDED THE BELL 47 DEMONSTRATION BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

A TRUSTEE'S MEETING WAS HELD AND SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED AND ADOPTED.

NEAL TOLER PROVIDED A WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF A BELL 47.

THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMEN FOR B47HA "THE WHIRLYBIRDS" PROVIDED TWO SHOWS TO SOLD OUT PERFORMANCES AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS UNTIL THEY EXHAUSTED THEIR POSTERS. THE WHIRLYBIRDS ARE A TREAT TO WATCH ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE INTRODUCING THE BELL 47 TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

JEFF JANKOVICS AND KERRY EISENHAUR PROVIDED ADVENTURE STRIPS AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS.

VENDORS, BELL HELICOPTER (PIC-L), HRA ASSOCIATES "COMPOSITE BLADES," AND JACK CARSON (PIC-R) OF HELICOPTER SPARES MADE BRIEF REMARKS TO THE AUDIENCE.

MANY NEW MEMBERS JOINED AND MORE RENEWED.  

BELL 47 EAST COAST, MAINTENANCE, & WEST COAST DIRECTORS

JACK KELLY, NEAL TOLER, & DANNY RODRIGUEZ.

EAST COAST MEETS WEST COAST.

CHARLIE COSENZA OF STATEN ISLAND HELICOPTERS NYC SPEAKS WITH LOS ANGELES' DANNY RODRIGUEZ

THE BELL 47 IS ONE OF THE MANY FEATURED HELICOPTERS AT THE AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM IN WEST CHESTER, PA. WHERE THE EVENT WAS HELD. SPECIAL THANKS TO GREG KENNEDY FOR THE INVITE AND OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN HONOR THE HELICOPTER THAT SAVED SO MANY LIVE - THE BELL 47.        

VINTAGE BELL 47 H MODEL

IKE WAS THE FIRST TO USE A 47J AT THE WHITE HOUSE

BELL 47 OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

NEAL TOLER, JEFF JANKOVICS, JOEY RHODES, DANNY RODRIGUEZ, KERRY EISENHAUR, JACK KELLY.

AIRSHOW NARRATORS

JOEY & DAVE

THE WHIRLYBIRDS OFFICIAL B47HA SPOKESMEN

BELL 47 OFFICERS

VP RODRIGUEZ, PRES. RHODES, SEC/TRES TOLER.

PRESIDENT RHODES IN HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS OFFERED SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT B47HA, "WHEN I AM ASKED BY SELF SERVING PARTIES WHAT THIS ASSOCIATION CAN DO FOR THEM, I TELL THEM, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, IT'S ABOUT IT!"

THE B47HA CEO CONCLUDED BY STATING THAT MANY GREAT THINGS LIES ON THE HORIZON FOR B47HA AND SOME WILL CHANGE AVIATION HISTORY. RHODES STATED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO SEE THE BELL 47 GO BACK INTO PRODUCTION, IF SO B47HA WOULD FIND THEIR ROLE IN THE AVIATION COMMUNITY VITAL TO IT'S SUCCESS.

ADDITIONALLY, B47HA HAS BEEN NOTED FOR STOPPING BOGUS PARTS AND SALES. RHODES STATED INVESTIGATORS OUR PRESENTLY WORKING ON MAINTENANCE CENTERS AND ASSURING THAT OWNERS ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS THAT MAY BEFALL THEM UNLESS THEY RESEARCH THE BUSINESSES' PRACTICES AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT LISTED ON THE B47HA VENDOR REVIEW PAGE. THIS YEAR ALONE OVER $44,000 CASH WAS RECOVERED AND PARTS DELIVERED.

RHODES STATES THAT BHT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT B47HA HAS BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND AND BE PART OF THE BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON HAI DALLAS DISPLAY. RHODES EXCLAIMED, " THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE AT BHT WITH SHANE EDDY TAKING OVER FOR CAREY BOND. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SHANE HAS CONFIDENCE IN B47HA TO SHARE THE STORY ABOUT THE 47 AND IT'S ROOTS."

RHODES HAS ASKED BHT TO CONSIDER DOING A NEW ART POSTER WITH ONE OF THEIR NEW PRODUCT UP FRONT AND A BELL 47 HOVERING IN THE BACKGROUND TO SIGNIFY YEARS OF PROVEN DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY.

RHODES HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED TO A THREE YEAR TERM.

PS. WE HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY OF BELL 47 T-SHIRTS LEFT.

ROTORFEST 2004 (473 MEMBERS)

CLICK ON TO THIS WEBSITE TO SEE SOME OF THE PICS FROM 2004 ROTORFEST BY LANCE MORGAN

http://www.bell47.net/Rotorfest2004/_RotorfestMain.htm

ROTORFEST 2003 (378 MEMBERS)

THANK TO PHOTOGRAPHER #77 RAY KLOTZ

ROTORFEST 2003 WAS WONDERFUL, ALTHOUGH WE COULD HAVE ENJOYED MORE BELL 47s, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY PLEASANT AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL. OUR MEMBERSHIP INCREASED TO 380 AND OUR GUEST THE NEW WHIRLYBIRDS MADE ALOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY.

NEAL TOLER & DAVE JAMES PROVIDED AN INFORMATIVE WALKAROUNDS OF LES JONES BELL 47 G2.

TERRY INCH AND JOEY PROVIDE A SPECIAL AERIAL TRIBUTE TO THE BELL 47 AND SPECIAL THANKS TO CHARLIE COSENZA FOR THE SUPER PRE-9-11 VIDEO.

ONE OF OUR FAITHFUL VENDORS JACK & RACHEL CARSON WERE ON HAND.

SUNDAY NIGHT CONCLUDED WITH JOEY & NEAL MEETING WITH BELL HELICOPTER TO PROMOTE NEW GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR NEXT YEAR. THE B47HA CHURCHILL SAFETY PROGRAM WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED.

RECEIVING THE AWARD FOR INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME WERE DR. CARROL VOSS. KERRY EISENHAUR AND LANCE MORGAN JOINED THE GOLD MEMBERS.

2002 ROTORFEST (121 MEMBERS)

2001 ROTORFEST (11 MEMBERS)

CONTENTS

THE BELL 47 HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION

"THE VOICE OF THE BELL 47"

PRESIDENT JOEY RHODES

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