The 2009 VC-12/VAW-12 reunion will be held at the Holiday Inn Dayton North in Dayton, OH.  The hotel is located at 2301 Wagner Ford Road which is at exit 57B on I75.  The reunion will run from Thursday afternoon Sept. 17th to Sunday morning Sept. 20^th. 

 

Reservations at the hotel can be made by calling the hotel at 1-937-278-4871.  Identify yourself as a member of the VC-12/VAW-12 reunion group.  The room rate is $85 plus taxes.  This rate is good from Wednesday night Sept. 16th  through Sunday night Sept. 20^th.  The room allotment is protected until 30 days prior to reunion which is about August 17^th so make your reservations early.

 

You can also make reservations by accessing a WEB site that we have set up for our reunion.  If you wish to make reservations for nights prior to the 16^th of Sept. or after the 20^th  you will have to call the hotel directly.  The WEB site address is:

 

 http://events.ichotelsgroup.com/DPRD-7NWUTL/DAYNO/website/

 

The registration fee will be $100 per person ($200 per couple).  The fee covers:  

* Overhead costs

* Snacks, sodas and coffee in the Ready room

* Welcome Reception Thursday evening with Buffet

& cash bar

* Banquet Saturday evening– cash bar

* Breakfast buffet in the hotel Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings

 Friday morning Sept. 18^th we have arranged to have a private viewing of an A1-E aircraft at the Air Force museum from 0800-0900.  This aircraft was originally a Navy AD-5 Skyraider Bureau Number 132649.  The viewing will take place before the museum opens to the public so you must be at the museum at 0800.  Prior sign up required.  Sorry but only members can take this tour – no spouses or guests.  Aircraft information at:

 

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=297

 One organized bus tour is being offered that will be operated from the hotel. 

 Saturday Sept. 19th  from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm  Dayton museums tour

 Assuming we are able to sign up at least 40 people to take this tour we offer the following itinerary:

 Wright Cycle Company Complex   

http://www.nps.gov/daav

The Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and Aviation Trail Visitor Center and Museum, located at the corner of Williams and West Third Streets, hosts an orientation movie, a restored Wright brothers' print shop, and exhibits operated by the National Park Service.

Carillon Historical Park

http://www.daytonhistory.org/

Experience Dayton’s rich heritage of creativity and invention at Carillon Historical Park! Enjoy our beautiful 65-acre campus with 25 special exhibit buildings and structures ready for you to explore. See the actual 1905 Wright Flyer III, Dayton-made cash registers, vintage automobiles, train cars & bicycles, a 1930s print shop and the largest carillon in Ohio.

 Cost $40 per person  Advance sign up required & space is limited

Friday evening Sept. 18th   will be dinner on your own at a restaurant of your choice or at the hotel.  A list and map of area restaurants will be available at the reunion.  There are numerous restaurants within an exit or two of the hotel.

 Engraved name badges will be available again this year.  Will provide hand written stick-on tags if engraved ones are not desired.

 Please provide the following information as you want it to appear on either the stick-on or the engraved badges:

For a members badge we will need the following information:  Name, Rank (highest held in the Navy), and the year(s)
you were in the squadron (i.e. 1959-1961).  The guest badge requires just the first and last name of the guest.

 Engraved name badges/city shingles must be ordered through Dick Bray prior to the reunion.  

A 2" by 3" engraved members badge can be ordered for $9, a 1" by 3" guest badge can be ordered for $8 and a 1/2" by 3" city shingle can be ordered for $4 each.  Contact Dick so that the correct information will be engraved.  Dick can send a picture of the engraved badges if anyone wants to see them before ordering.  Badges/city shingles can be prepaid with reunion registration or paid at sign in.   

We can acquire city shingles for past reunions.  If you attended any past reunions and desire a city shingle or shingles let us know which ones.

 Note from Dick Bray, Chairman

We are going to be working hard again this year to make this  reunion the largest in our history so please sign up early and contact your old shipmates as well.  If you would like to volunteer to help us in our effort to expand our reunion attendance by personally contacting members in your area please let me know.  We can supply you with the member’s names, phone numbers and email addresses.

 To attend the reunion here are the necessary steps.

* Make hotel reservations at 1-937-278-4871 or Go to WEB site:  http://events.ichotelsgroup.com/DPRD-7NWUTL/DAYNO/website*

Contact Dick Bray at leighbray@hotmail.com or rbray1@rochester.rr.com  phone 585-576-0595

Provide me with:

Names(s) and number attending plus contact information

Tour desires if any

         A1-E viewing at AF museum Friday @ 8  am

Dayton museum tour Saturday

 Banquet dinner choice Saturday

         New York Strip Sirloin

         Grilled Breast of chicken Honey Dijon Glaze

Badges choice

         Engraved/Hand Written

         City shingles

 Make check payable to VC-12/VAW-12 and send to

Dick Bray 765 Hosmer Road Churchville, NY, 14428

 

2009 VC-12/VAW-12 Reunion Schedul

Thursday Sept. 17

 1300:        Sign in starts in hotel lobb

1300 +      Ready room open for entire reunion – Pine Room

  – snacks and soft drinks/coffee*.

 1800-1930 Welcome Reception – on the Patio

Buffet* and cash bar

 Friday Sept. 18

 Morning:   Breakfast buffet* just outside the Ready Room

                          Open 6:30 – 9:30 am

 0800-0900 Private viewing of an A1-E aircraft at the Air

Force museum.  This aircraft was originally a

Navy AD-5 Skyraider Bureau Number 132649.

  Tour on your own.   The Air Force museum recommends people visit on Friday instead of Saturday.  Saturday is more crowded.  Shuttle service to Air Force museum can be provided by the hotel.  Keep in mind the shuttle bus holds 10 people.

                  Dinner on your own at the hotel or elsewhere.  A list and map of nearby restaurants will be provided.

 

 Saturday Sept.19

 Morning:   Breakfast buffet* just outside the Ready Room

                          Open 6:30 – 9:30 am

Tour on your own or take

 0830-1430        Dayton museum tour - $40 per person

          1500:        Business meeting in Ready room

          1800:        Banquet* and cash bar -  Sycamore Ballroom

 Sunday Sept. 20

 Morning:   Breakfast buffet* just outside the Ready Room

                 Open 6:30 – 9:30 am

* Covered in $100 per person registration fee