AFVOA Newletters of Year 2003

Page 37 of 170 31. The next meeting of the Association will be at our usual venue – Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Chennai 600 020 . The details of the Meet are as follows: Date: Sunday, 04 th May 2003 Place of Assembly: Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Chennai 600 020 Time of Assembly: 1815 hrs 32. A nominal amount of Rs. 50/- per head is being requested as contribution from each one to defray part of the expenses on account catering. The amount should be sent in advance to Col N Viswanathan, care Jaybeear Investments and Finance, Palani Centre (Basement), No 32, Venkatanaryana Road, T.Nagar, Chennai – 600 017. 33. The organizing committee requests members to phone in their confirmations to the following positively by Wednesday, the 30 th April 2003 , so as to make necessary seating and catering arrangements: Capt (IN) H Balakrishnan 2491 0140 Col A Krishnaswami VrC, VSM** 2491 1233 Wg Cdr ME Muthu 2441 6289 Lt Col M Narayanan 2492 8546 Cdr S R Prasad 2536 4008 Wg Cdr Ravi Mani 2491 6705 Brig V A Subramanyam 2491 7446 Col N Viswanathan 2433 6659 34. Please Note: This is the first meet for the present Financial year. Accordingly our Annual Subscriptions for the Year 2003 – 2004 need to be paid now. All members are requested to pay these preferably through cheque along with the amount for this Meet. Life Partners Required If marriage is your object, you’d better start loving your subject. ~ Unknown 35. Bride required for an Artillery officer M Sc (Tech), Instructor in School of Artillery, aged 30 years, 186 cms, star Revathy, Kousika gothram. For further details contact Mrs Lalitha, w/o late Lt Col R Krishnamurthy, AEC, T 24/1&2, O G Lines, Devlali 422401, Tele 0253/249 2805. Obituary 36. The members of AFVOA mourn the demise of Maj W J Chellappa who passed away on 08 th Feb 2003. AFVOA extends its condolences to the members of the bereaved family Farewell 37. Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass, Vr C, who has the twin distinctions of being the holder of the world record for having the highest number of flying hours (and that, accident free) on the redoubtable HUNTER ground attack fighter aircraft (which served numerous air forces all over the world from 1955-57 into the mid 90’s) and of being the air hero of the Battle of Longewalla picturised in the film “Border”, and is, true to his ilk, a patriot and a gentleman to the core, has decided to relocate at Secunderabad along with Mrs Krishna Dass. He bids farewell to the members of the AFVOA with a heavy heart, but is confident that we will not forget that there is a home in Secunderabad that will readily welcome us when we happen to visit the twin cities. “Groupie” Dass’s daughter Jayashri stays behind in Chennai, in her assignment at SCOPE (the Standard Chartered Bank back-office operations at