September 18th - 20th was a fantastic weekend for NGPA's annual Cape Cod Classic. A record-setting 175 members and guests were in attendance, including 25 first-timers. Fifteen members brought planes (and one helicopter). A Commander, flown in by members from Baltimore, garnered Queen of the Fleet.
Friday evening local members Crane and Ron hosted the welcome reception at their house on the coast. Saturday morning was the membership meeting with a guest speaker from the FAA who discussed "NextGen." Saturday afternoon was "airport day" with a BBQ in the hangar, and the fleet of members' airplanes on display for all to climb in and around.
At the Saturday night banquet, Ryan Slattery screened his 25 minute film “At Ease”. Its production was funded by several NGPA members. It is the story of a young Naval aviator (Kevin) who is killed in action just days before being discharged for being Gay. His lonely, angry father (Bill) and his partner (Tyler) cross paths. Tyler, also a Navy officer, comes to tell the bigoted Bill the truth about his son, as he too finally begins to be honest with himself. They both struggle with reconciling their individual pasts with Kevin’s enduring legacy, and fight to achieve a most basic need: freedom.” Watch for it at your local Queer Film Festivals.
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