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Sequim RC Aeronauts

AMA Club No. 1766

Club Meeting Date

The next meeting will be on June 19, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. at the Sequim Bible Church.

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Upcoming Maintenance

The club will be doing some field and road maintenance in the near future.

Rolling of the field is planned and the road will be given a couple of loads of gravel to fill in the holes and muddy spots. Some holes have been filled by Dave Cameron (thanks Dave).

Mowing of the field and pit area needs to be done about twice a week during the spring growing season, so if you are comfortable with the mower please don’t hesitate to mow if you show up at the field and it needs mowing. Ben Huntley has been keeping the field in flying condition for several months and would like a well deserved break, so pitch in if you can. Thanks Ben for your efforts. Ben says it takes about 2 hours to mow the field, pit and parking areas and to use the hand held weed eater for touch-up. If you need to purchase fuel and/or oil for the mower or weed eater the club will reimburse you for it if you give your receipt to Treasurer Bob Smith, President Tim Verdick or Vice President Mark Witschger.

Chuck Bower, the AMA Associate VP for our district, and his wife Kathy were at our meeting on April 17th and gave a very informative presentation on the FAA regulation HR658 as it applies to model aviation. He also brought his Panther jet powered model and an old technology jet engine set up for a show and tell session. Very interesting stuff and a beautiful model. The detail, realism and cost all go up with jets. Chuck provided flyers for the upcoming Jets Over Whidbey event in August and encouraged us to attend. He said there are approximately 30 pilots that all bring at least one jet to fly at the event. It sounds like a must see for those of us in the area.

Thanks to Chuck for making the trip to our meeting and for the job he is doing with the AMA.

Chuck Bower (second from right), the AMA Associate VP for District XI, talks about his jet powered Panther model and the recently passed FAA regulations impact on model aviation.

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Mark your calendars for June 23, 2012 to attend the club picnic / fly-in. The field is in great shape, so bring your plane(s) and have a flight and a burger. See you there.