Less than a Month to HOOK '08!

HOOK 08 CONVENTION SCHEDULE - A TRIBUTE TO THE LSO

 

Thursday, 4 September 2008

• 0830-2100 Tailhook Ship’s Store Open – Pavilion A Foyer
• 0900-2100 Registration – Pavilion A Foyer
• 0900-2100 Exhibits Open – Pavilions A through E
• 1300-1600 THA BOD Meeting, Southern Pacific E & F
• 1800-2100 Welcome to Reunion Groups Reception (no host) – Pavilions A through E
  

Friday, 5 September 2008

• 0730-1200 Golf Tournament – Wildcreek G.C., Sparks, NV and Northgate G.C., Reno, NV
  • Buses depart from the Nugget main entrance at 0600 and 0645. Breakfast available at the golf courses. Shotgun start at 0730 (lunch included).
• 0800-1200 Round Robin Tennis Tournament – Reno Tennis Center. 
• Buses depart from the Nugget main entrance at 0715
  
•  0830-1330 NAS Fallon Tour

 

Bus departs from Nugget Hotel East Exit, Bus Transportation Area

• 0830-1330 Lake Tahoe Tour (lunch included)

Bus departs from Nugget Hotel East Exit, Bus Transportation Area

• 0930-1400 Tahoe Ridge Winery Tour (lunch included) –

Bus departs from Nugget Hotel East Exit, Bus Transportation Area

• 0830-2100 Tailhook Ship’s Store Open - Pavilion A Foyer
• 0900-2100 Registration – Nugget Hotel, Pavilion A Foyer
• 1000-2100 Exhibits Open – Pavilions A through E
  

FRIDAY SYMPOSIUM- Rose A Ballroom

• 1030-1200 Industry Panel on Future Carrier Systems
  • RDML McMahon, PEO Carriers (CAPT “Drako” Drake, USNR lead)
• 1400-1500 BUPERS UPDATE – CAPT Kevin Scott, PERS43  
• 1515-1630 Landing Signal Officer’s: Past, Present and Future

• Moderator CAPT Sterling “Sterls” Gilliam, CVW-9
• LSO from the 40's & 50's (Straight Deck Experiences)
• LSO from the 60's & 70's (27C Experiences & Vietnam Combat Waving)

 

• LSO from the 70's & 80's (Transitions from F-4's/F-8's to F-14's and F-18's, etc)
• LSO from the 90's (Desert Storm stories - improvements in equipment)
• Current LSO (Recent waving experiences)

 

 

 

 

 

• 1630-1700 Membership Meeting – Rose A Ballroom
• 1800-2100 Bug Roach Mixer, Pavilions A through E and Rose B Ballroom. Flight suits encouraged.

 

Saturday, 6 September 2008

• 0530-1200 Balloon Race Shuttle
• 0730-0830 Tailhook 5K Fun Run - Buses depart from the Nugget main entrance at 0700
• 0830-1500 Tailhook Ship’s Store Open - Pavilion A Foyer
• 0830-1500 Registration – Pavilion A Foyer
• 0830-1500 Exhibits Open – Pavilions A through E
• 0930-1100 Special Event – “Cabaret Behind the Scenes,” Celebrity Showroom
  

SATURDAY SYMPOSIUM - Rose A Ballroom

• 0900-1015 N88 Plans for the Future
  • Moderator RDML Ken “Pink” Floyd, N880 or CAPT Larry Burt, N880C, Head Strike Aircraft Plans and Programs -Panel Members –Strike Aircraft Plans and Programs Requirements Officers
    
• 1030-1145 Reflections on Real World Operations, Moderator
  • RDML Scott “Notso” Swift - Panel of Warfighters giving their perspectives on current operations, to include recent CV deployment and IA’s.
    
• 1200-1330 RADM “Jig Dog” Ramage Recognition Luncheon, Rose B Ballroom

 

• 1400-1545 Aviation Flag Panel
  • Moderator – VADM Tom “Killer” Kilcline, CNAF
    
  • VADM Dave “DJ” Venlet, NAVAIR; LTGEN Trautman, Deputy Commandant for Aviation; RADM Mark “Waldo” Emerson, NSAWC; RADM John “Goody” Goodwin, CNAL; RDML Ken “Pink” Floyd, N88; RDML Pat McGrath, CNAFR; RDML Mark “Guads” Guadagnini, CNATRA
    
• 1500 Exhibits Close – Dismantle and Pack Up
• 1800-1930 Tailhook Pre-Banquet Reception (no host) – Rose A and B Foyer
• 1930-2200 Tailhook Banquet
  • Semi-Formal (Jacket and tie for men, Cocktail dress for women), Rose A and B Ballroom,
•  Guest Speaker, Admiral Robert “Rat” Willard, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
  

Sunday 7 September 2008

• Breakfast available at Rosie's Coffee Shop, Rotisserie Buffet, or Starbucks.

Comments

[Ken]

J.Cas,
How come the picture for the NAS Fallon tour looks more like a trip to Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club-North?
Facilities at OLF-San Nick looks more welcoming.

[John Carmichael]

Hi Boss!

Nope... Unfortunately Ginger and I have to take a pass once again. I'll be depending on your camera work at the convention for TDB!

We would love to be there, unfortunately duty calls elsewhere.

We will however be at the Cattle Barron BBQ at your humble abode in late September!

-JC

[The Boss]

Will you and Ginger be there this year? I'm going to start taking naps down to store up my sleep to save for these 3 days of fun and frolic.