Aero-Space Club

Club Information

Aero-Space Club – Residents, Join The Club!

• Please download the 2025 Membership Application and fill-in completely.
• Find the Membership Application in the Documents section below!
• Membership is $30 a year and a discounted $50 a year for two residents residing at the same Village address.
• Make out your check to Aero-Space Club.
• Please send Application and check to: Aero-Space Club, PO Box 3457, Laguna Hills, CA  92654-3457
• Or you can bring your filled-in Member Application and check or cash to a Luncheon and give to the check-in desk person.

Our BOARD Meetings Occur

• on the second Monday of the Month, at 9:00 AM, gathering at the Grevillea Room at Clubhouse 2.  
• Drop in if you would like to volunteer to be in a board position
• The board does not meet in July, August and December.  

Our CLUB Meetings Occur

• on the fourth Friday of the Month, at 11:45 AM, gathering at the Sequoia Room at Clubhouse 2.  
• The Club does not meet in July, August and December.  
• The Club meeting is on the third Friday in November to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving.  The November meeting is also the Club’s Annual meeting which includes election of club officers.  See Club Bylaws for list of officers and duties in the document section below.
• Luncheon: $25 for club members and $30 for guests.  Make check out to Aero-Space Club.
•  Please send check, at least 7 days before the meeting, to Aero-Space Club, PO Box 3457, Laguna Hills, CA  92654-3457

Hey Club Members, if you have a good aero-space topic you would like to present to the Club, contact the President or a Board member or  Call Doris Helwig, Chair of the Telephone Committee, at phone number (970) 593-8129  or send an email to  aero.spaceclublwv@gmail.com

AERO-SPACE CLUB – Next Luncheon Meeting

• Luncheon meeting on Friday, November 15, 2024, gathering at 11:45 AM
• Welcome & Announcements begin 12:10 PM followed by lunch, Speaker begins at 1:00 PM, meeting adjourns at 1:50 PM
• Location is Clubhouse 2, Sequoia Room
• This is also the Club’s Annual Meeting which includes election of Club Officers
• Luncheon is awesome and catered by Martinez. This is a sit-down lunch, served by Martinez, you need to choose Turkey or Salmon as your main course.
• Speaker after the luncheon is Lorie Clayton, “Veteran Honor Flights”
• November Luncheon: $30 for club members and for guests.  Make check out to Aero-Space Club also indicate your main course choice (Turkey or Salmon).
• Please send checks, no later than seven days before the meeting, to Aero-Space Club, PO Box 3457, Laguna Hills, CA  92654-3457

Próximas reuniones

• November 15, 2024 – Annual Meeting; Lorie Clayton, “Veteran Honor Flights”
• No meeting in December 2024
• January 24, 2025 – Michelle Evans, “X-15 Rocket Plane”
• February 28, 2025 – Ralph Cooper, “Rocket Propulsion and Missions”

Past Meetings

• October 25, 2024 – Fred Bell, Managing Director, Palm Springs Air Museum, “F-117”
• September 27, 2024 – Sergeant Arredondo,  “Orange County Sheriff Helicopters”
• June 28, 2024 – Peter Yamane, “SR-71 Blackbird”
• May 24, 2024 –  Charlene Reynolds, Airport Director of John Wayne Airport
• April 26, 2024 –  US Space Force Representatives
• March 22, 2024 – R.D. Miller, “A-4 Skyhawk Aircraft”
• February 23, 2024 – Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, “Family in Aviation”
• January 26, 2024 – Bill Simone, “The B-2”
• November 17, 2023 – Pat Macha, “Aircraft Wrecks of LA County”
• October 27, 2023 – James French, “Airplanes to Mars”
• September 22, 2023 – Steve Carman, “Water on the Moon”
• June 23, 2023 – Bill Simone, “B-70 Valkyries”
• May 26, 2023 – James French, “My flight near mishap in Colfax”
• April 28, 2023 – Willis King, “Midway – Day in the Life of a Naval Aviator”
• March 24, 2023 – R.D. Miller “Development of Navy aircraft carriers from Langley to Bush”
• February 14, 2023 – Bill Simone, “Save the F-107A fighter jet”

*Note: last four photos in Photo Gallery were sourced from the Aero-Space Club files at the Laguna Woods History Center.