volume 8 number 1 January 2008 |
Club Chatter The Official Publication of the FlightMasters of Elkhart County Ltd. |
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SECTION1 Club Chatter is an open forum. If you have an article or commentary please send to: Club Chatter c/o Marty King 56632 Boss Blvd. Elkhart, IN 46516-1727 Email: mking46516@yahoo.com
NOTICE Dues Information: The dues for 2008 will be setup in a tiered structure as follows payable by January 31, 2008: Full open member volunteer 120.00 Family membership volunteer 140.00 Senior member volunteer (65 & up) 90.00 Junior member volunteer (up to 18) 5.00 Non-volunteer work exempt 195.00 Non-volunteer work exempt Senior 165.00 Please contact our treasurer Harry Rombke at 574 862 4169
to request a membership application.
Our Vice President is in charge of Field Maintenance. If you want to Volunteer to Mow or any other field job please contact Denny Overholser
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Club Meetings Thursday, January 10th @ 7:00 PM The meeting is normally held on the Second Thursday of each month. June until September meet at Bullard Field. October to May. The old terminal building at the Elkhart Municipal Airport, field.
Club News ! Presidents letter to all members! This letter contains information about a new field and new dues information
The Junkyard Fly a big success! The junkyard fly held on December the 8th was a flying success. All the plane flew! Here is a link to photos from the event. http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l22/Fly_boy_tom/Junk%20Yard%20Fly/
2008 Elections The elections are over and here are your officers and board members for 2008 Club Officers 2008:President: Tom Langenhop Email to langenhop@yahoo.com Vice President: Denny Overholser Email to dennyo@comcast.net Treasurer: Harry Rombke Email to rombke@bigfoot.com Secretary: Thad Bessinger Email to wingsatflight@verizon.net Harvey Turner Stan Treadway Email to jtreadway2@hotmail.com Directors 2007/2008: Jim Bowers Email to n57tc@msn.com Open Open
Calendar of Events: January 10, 2008 7:00PM at the Elkhart Airport February 16, 2008 12:00Noon at HOMAN LUMBER, 1650 W. Lusher, Elkhart March 13, 2008 7:00PM at the Elkhart Airport April 10, 2008 7:00PM at the Elkhart Airport April 12, 2008 Field Cleanup
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Club Ramblings Looking to Widen Out! Denny Overholser is heading a "find a field" group that is looking at possible future flying sites. We know that construction of an industrial park immediately west of our location at Bullard's field is soon to come. The impact of an industrial park on our flying will not be known until it is built. By then, we hope to have several alternative sites, not only for backup just in case, but alternative sites to lessen the long waiting times, especially on the weekends. Wednesday’s are "Trainer Night" Throughout the summer months every Wednesday night will be a special trainer night. Those of you who currently instruct or want to instruct along with those learning to fly are encouraged to take Wednesday’s and fly. All club members should take special note and allow trainers to get as much airtime as possible. This should help our students progress faster and free up weekend flying time. If you have questions or would like to become a club instructor contact Marty King. Frequency Board Please use the frequency board! We have noticed that quite a few flyers are either not getting the pin or getting the pin but not leaving their FMEC/AMA card on the board. This has to be corrected. It is an accepted practice within our club that if you shoot someone down you have to replace his plane. Please do not place yourself in this position. Before you ever turn on your radio walk to the board, get the pin and leave your card. Please follow the clubs directions and use the frequency board as designed. We need to remember there is no taxiing into the pit area behind the barriers.
Spread Spectrum radio hits the Big Time Stan Treadway has modified the frequency board to hold AMA/FlightMaster cards for those that use Spread Spectrum Radios. The Pins are Green. With new technology comes new changes in how we interact on the flight line. The 2.4 GHz radios do not pose a threat to the pilots using the 72 MHz band.
More Spread Spectrum News Besides the announcement from Horizon Hobbies on the new DX7 system they have gone even farther and will make available modules and receivers for current models of Futaba and JR radios. If you have a radio with a changeable module in the back you too could go Spread Spectrum. Orders are being taken now for a late April delivery. Also another company, Extreme Power Systems, will also be entering the module/receiver market. They will be taking orders at Toledo and delivering product shortly after. You can check them out at http://www.xtremepowersystems.net/index.php
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