2025 Aero Club picnic

Twenty-three Sun Lakes Aero Club members and guests attended the club’s year-end picnic on April 15 at Sisk Park. The group enjoyed sandwiches, chips, and cookies catered by Subway, plus a delicious assortment of salads and soft beverages was contributed by members. Those attending were Gary and Dorothy Vacin, Jim Theobald, Karen Fischer, Steve and Mary Ann Perkins, Paul and Janet Beeks, Jim Thorne, Ken Carpenter, Cannon and Susan Hill, Howard Katz, Richard and Donna Simmons, Bob and Melvadean Neely, Ginny Ruch, Joe and Bernie Tighe, John Philp, John Fritz, and guest Kathy Gaines. The club will resume activities on November 17 with a presentation by retired Jet Blue and C-130 pilot Pete Russo. Other speakers will be historian Valerie Adams, on December 15, and retired KLM pilot Dik Cusveller, on January 19, 2026.

Sisk Park is located on the corner of 11110 East Drive and Flame Tree Drive in the Palo Verde community.

(Photo by Kathy Gaines)