Sescal Exhibition

The show hotel is the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel, 5711 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045. -- A special SESCAL rate of $85/night has been arranged for 9 nights encompassing the show dates. Hotel and reservations information is available here. Dates and Show Open times: October 14, 15, 16, 2011 Friday, October 14th -- 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday, October 15th -- 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, October 16th -- 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Access to lists of Dealers, the Floor Plan, Exhibits, and Meetings and Other Events, etc., are available by clicking on the buttons on the left side of this page. It may be some months before initial versions of these pages become available. We will host the National Convention of the American Air Mail Society. The American Philatelic Society is offering a 2-day educational course, Pressing Issues, immediately prior to the show. Click for stamp exhibition prospectus Awards Banquet Tickets Will Be Available! Awards will be presented at the Palmares Banquet on Saturday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. held in the Carmel Room at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel. SEATING IS LIMITED. Avoid disappointment! To ensure seating, please purchase your tickets in advance, by October 12. Banquet tickets are $49.00 each and can be ordered by mail from: Mrs. Betty Green, 15125 Arlette Dr., Victorville, CA 92394-2001. Tickets will NOT be mailed, but should be picked up at the show. If you have any dietary requests or restrictions, please so indicate when making your reservation. Changes will NOT be able to be made the night of the banquet!! SESCAL Awards Banquet Menu has not yet been selected. The theme of this year's SESCAL, the 67th, is the Centennial of America's First Transcontinental Flight, by Cal Rodgers in his Vin Fiz Flyer. Calbraith Perry ("Cal") Rodgers' epic flight began at Sheepshead Bay, New York, on September 17, 1911. The plane, a Wright EX biplane, was named after the sponsor's new grape soft drink "Vin Fiz". Given the complete lack of any navigational aids, Rodgers was forced to follow railroad tracks across country. He made at least 70 stops which included more than 15 crashes. Some of these crashes were bad enough to put him in the hospital and resulted in a total rebuilding of the plane along the way. On November 5, 1911, Rodgers reached Pasadena, California. Due to yet another serious crash, it was not until December 10, 1911 that Rodgers reached the Pacific Ocean at Long Beach, Califor