The SCCAA History
The Santa Clara County
Airmen's Association was founded on September 8, 1950. At that time, Santa
Clara County was a rural, agricultural region with a small population.
SCCAA was formed by a group of local pilots with the purpose of persuading
the county to purchase and develop Reid Hillview airport. The main emphasis
initially was on legislative matters to achieve this goal, which was successful.
Following this, members worked to keep the other two county airports operational.
The Airmen's had a representative reporting to the California Pilots Association
to report on local and regional aviation issues. In the late 1980s, the
FAA received input from a task force composed of several SCCAA members
regarding the establishment of the ARSA in San Jose, and many of the recommendations
made were incorporated into the final design of the Class C airspace that
is in existence today.
Membership in the SCCAA dropped from early years but has remained quite
constant over the past 15 years. Longevity is due to the social aspects
of flying and the camaraderie of the members. Highlights are the monthly
fly-ins, the annual picnic and the Christmas party. Fly-ins have been
to diverse areas such as Alaska, Canada, Mexico. Oshkosh, the balloon
fiesta in Albuquerque and the country music mecca of Branson, MO.
50th
Anniversary Party slideshow presentation (PowerPoint,
58 slides, 14.8MB)
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installed on your computer.
Our presidential history:
| 2009 | Penny Blake | 1974 | Encell Richardson |
| 2007-2008 | Ron Blake | 1973 | John Keenan |
| 2005-2006 | Buck Kendrick | 1972 | Duane Merlott |
| 2004 | Jim Becker | 1971 | Vince Robinson |
| 2001-2003 | David Meinhardt | 1970 | Ed Laughlin |
| 2000-2001 | Jane Petty | 1969 | Brian Thomas |
| 1998-1999 | Buck Kendrick | 1968 | Oscar Lundstrom |
| 1996-1997 | Bob Engels | 1967 | Ken Johanson |
| 1994-1995 | Sharon Hunt | 1966 | Emmette Gatewood |
| 1993 | Leona McCaskey | 1965 | Jim Morby |
| 1991-1992 | Claudine Perkins | 1964 | Bob Rooman |
| 1989-1990 | David Meinhardt | 1963 | Bob Hovey |
| 1988 | George Ganschow | 1962 | Vern Ulrich |
| 1986-1987 | Paul Terry | 1961 | Rolph Stoddard |
| 1985 | Gary Hartley | 1960 | Glenn Miller |
| 1983-1984 | Claudine Perkins | 1959 | Guy Blood |
| 1982 | Jim Adams | 1958 | Larry Silva |
| 1981 | Leona McCaskey | 1957 | Ray Shannon |
| 1980 | Bob Rooman | 1956 | Dick Bauer |
| 1979 | John Lamb | 1955 | Mel Jones |
| 1978 | Hal Richardson | 1954 | Fred Gerlach |
| 1977 | William F. McCool | 1953 | George Scott Don Gerow |
| 1976 | Walter Windus | 1952 | Raymond F. Schneider |
| 1975 | Kaylene Loos | 1950-1951 | P.G. Robinson |
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