Tri Valley R

TRI VALLEY R/C MODELERS

NEWSLETTER

For May 2005

Meets on the first Thursday each month 7:00 PM at the American Legion Hall 3313 W. Tunnel

Club address: TRI VALLEY R/C MODELERS, P.O.Box1402, Santa Maria, CA.93455

Web Site: http://www.trivalleyrcmodelers.com

CLUB OFFICERS

President: Larry Schlagel……....937-8611 Secretary: Jerry Miller…….….. 934-1396

Vice President: Jim Oberst..….349-0285 Treasurer: Wesley Vosburg….....937-1771

Safety Officer: Les Holland….....937-5455 Web Master: Jay Dangourian.….349-0210

Publicity: Open

Flight instructors

Wes Vosburg….…..937-1771 Larry Schlagel………..937-8611

Jim Oberst………..349-0285 Jay Dangourian……….349-0210

Santa Maria Airport automated weather report: 928-0384 or 121.15 Mhz

Newsletter Editor Bob Allington 937-9841 email illini57@verizon.net

President’s corner

Hello and thank you all for your continued participation in our club. The wheel sometimes turns slowly in the progress towards our new flying site, but I have some good news that will be announced at our next meeting. Remember, have fun, fly safely, and watch out for others…See you at the next meeting.

LARRY SCHLAGEL

May meeting minutes: May 5, 2005

Visitors Bill Peck, an old member and Robert Sorrells became new members.

Secretary’s report The regular secretary was absent again, and the temp read what was written in the newsletter.

Treasurer’s report

We have 66 total members; 64 have paid.

Safety Report The safety officer must think we are following the rules, based on his report.

Webmaster’s report There have been 1225 visits to the site. An aerial view taken from Bill Korn’s plane is being shown.

Field Marshal’s report Everyone is now considered to be Field Marshal, so pitch in!

Old Business None

New Business The raffle plane for this year will be a NextStar trainer. Tickets are being distributed. The winning ticket will be drawn on the Sunday of the Fly-In, Aug. 28.

Pax TV started shooting. They need a youngster for some buddy box shots.

The post of publicity is now open. Here’s your chance to contribute.

Newly named flight instructors have been given a gallon of fuel. An instructor must be a level 3 pilot and have a desire to teach.

Crash of the Month Frank Bognuda flew a lawn dart into the ground. There may have been other crashes, but details were not available. I personally liked the one where Glenn did a
perfect snap on takeoff and landed upside down less than 10 feet from his point of departure

Show and Tell Ernie didn’t make this public, but he told me about an electric ducted-fan jet he is building. He is expecting 100 mph. The motor will be operating close to 1 horsepower!

Door Prizes Ten door prizes were awarded ; they were spread out among 8 winners.

A flight contest was conducted with whirligigs. That is a propeller on a stick which is operated by spinning it between two hands. Spin it the wrong way and it comes back and nicks you, Ernie. The gadget is historically significant because the Wrght brothers had one, and it piqued their interest in flying. Anyway, Nigel won the contest

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