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Click on these thumbnails of people enjoying our 2004 May Banquet
--and join us for this one!

Thursday, May 19, 2005
Sponsored by the Section

Dress: Suit and tie for men, comparable business attire for women.

Students: Dress as though you are interviewing for a job. You may well be doing so, as the movers and shakers in our Section--and some from the larger community-- will be in attendance.

Senior Members: Bring a guest, and your guest gets in free!

Who can benefit / whom to invite:

• IEEE members
• Spouses, bosses, clients, neighbors, and other interested adults.
• High school or college-age children thinking of an engineering career.
• Teachers of high school or college-age children.
• Your city councilperson, mayor, state representative, or other public official.

Register: may @ ieee-kc.org.
(You will need to paste that into your e-mail client and remove the spaces.)
Note your name and the names of those in your party.

Meal: Romano Chicken Parmesan. Pan -seared Romano chicken on a bed of penne pasta with tomato basil sauce and seasonal vegetable with salad, rolls, dessert, and iced tea or water.

Speaker: Major Todd "Booger" Berge, 509 OG/OGV, Whiteman AFB. Major Berge is an Air Force ROTC graduate of the University of Wisconsin. After completing Pilot Training at Vance AFB, Enid OK, he was assigned to Pope AFB, NC as an A-10 Warthog pilot.

He served two tours in Kuwait in support of Operation Southern Watch. He applied for, and was accepted as, a pilot into the B-2 program at Whiteman AFB, MO. He has flown a 36.4 hour combat sortie in the B-2 in support of Operation Iraqi freedom. He is currently an instructor with over 650 hours in the B-2.

Topic: The B-2 Bomber! If you own one, you probably won't find this presentation all that interesting. For the rest of us, it's a rare opportunity to get an inside view of this amazing modern weaponry and the crews that fly it.

Major Berge will show a short 5 minute video and then tell a little about himself and how he became a pilot. He will then show another short video and talk about the B-2. He will provide a PowerPoint slideshow about the capabilities of the B-2. It will also show some battle damage pictures from Iraqi Freedom.

From the Way Cool Dept: Major Berge will also bring various pieces of equipment--such as his helmet, g-suit, and harness.

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