Love Air RC will again be hosting one of the nation’s best warbirds events with over 140 pilots and many, many great aircraft at Drake Field east of Ft Collins CO. In case you are a first time flyer at this event, the runway is 800 ft. x 70 ft wide and there are no obstructions.
This event is designed especially for the warbird pilot. The landing fee $50.00. All aircraft must have been used in the military and be in military paint schemes. Aircraft of any scale, including arfs, are welcome. This means lots of open flying without interference from flying lawn mowers or 3D planes. The noon will feature fly-bys by a full scale Seafury and AT-6; the pyro show will be even more spectacular and there are openings for big bombers and fighters to participate.
Thousands of dollars in R/C merchandise has been donated with most of it going to the pilots over the 3-day event. Some items will be sold at auction during the Saturday night banquet.
Famous Dave’s BBQ will be the official field food vendor for 2009. Friday night there will be an impromptu Famous Dave’s “Big Pig” dinner on the field; tickets are $20.00.
The banquet on Saturday night will be held at the Lory Student Union, at Colorado State University. The sit down dinner features prime rib, salmon or a vegetarian option with all the fixings, soft drink and dessert. Cost is $35 per person. A no host bar will also be available. The banquet will be both entertaining and full of surprises. The guest speaker, a highly decorated ace from WW II Ace, will provide an entertaining, informative talk. Banquet tickets are available on-line or by mail; a limited number of tickets will be available at the field. Please buy your tickets early as seating is limited.
Here’s a few photos of the Ed Carroll Osprey John flew last Tuesday. It has the names of club members that are no long with us. What a great plane.
Bill Kessler, Bill Turner, Chuck and Jean Perkins, Don Lorentson, Earl Thompson, Ed Carroll, Harold Wolf, Jim Dolan, Ken Otto, Ken Wells, Lamar Steen, Leo Ford, Les Sullivan
Our club will have a booth at the Adams County Fair this year. Please stop by and check us out! Need directions? Click here.
MAS Members: Please be sure to contact Lee Overholt for information on how to help. The booth volunteer schedule is located in the “Members Only” page on the right.
Get out your calendar and mark it and begin planning for the club events for the remainder of the year:
Update: The events below are now on the MAS Calendar.
JUNE
19th – Van Aire display and fly 11am to about 1-2 pm
24th – Club meeting at Gander Mountain, 7pm
JULY
10th – Club fun fly and family picnic (burgers and dogs supplied by club) remainder is potluck. There will be a KADET FLY at some point.
15th – Board of Directors Meeting
22nd – Club Meeting at Gander Mountain, 7pm
30th – Flight Demonstration for “Grace Wanderers”
31st – Adams County Fair Parade 8am staging, parade 10am
31st – Airfield Maintenance
AUGUST
4th – 8th – Adams County Fair
14th – MAS Annual KIDS DAY
26th – Club Meeting at Gander Mountain, 7pm
A quick message to those who signed up for the IMAC Training on 2May. It is a go for tomorrow. It looks like the weather will be adequate to at least try. Let anyone who does not have internet know.
The Arvada Associated Modelers are hosting the “Colorado Pattern Challenge” event and asked MAS to get the word out!
RC Aerobatics (AAA) for 401, 402, 403, 404 & 406
Date: June 26 – 27, 2010 (2-days)
Time: 8:00 am – practice and registration; 9:00 am – pilots meeting.
Place: AAM Club Field; 7608 Highway 93, Golden, CO 80403
During the past several months, several people have expressed interested in doing some IMAC work. Well, we are going to offer an opportunity to our members to do just that. Mark Dennis has agreed to give some instruction on IMAC for those who are interested. I appointed David Kelley to organize and coordinate the training. He is also the clubs point of contact for this. He has picked up the ball and as it stands now, instruction is scheduled for Sunday May 2. It will run from 9am to 4pm.
Those that are interested should contact Dave Kelley at imac@miniatureaerosportsters.org or they can signup on the signup sheet that is located on the bulletin board, in the clubhouse. The deadline for signup is set for April 24. This is to allow enough time for Mark to insure there are enough people to run the training. This training will require the airfield being dedicated to the IMAC flyers for the period of 11:30am to 4:00pm on the May 2. The field will be open to everyone until 11:30am and after 4:00pm. This is a trial thing and if there is insufficient support for it, we will not do it again until there is or, it will need to be done during the week.
Hi Guys, I have uploaded a copy of our history thru 1993 or so. Roy McGee was kind enough to research and publish this work. Thanks again Roy. So I have a challenge for you Guys, Would someone step up and continue where Roy left off? I hate to ask Him again, but…. Roy if you have the time and inclination we already know what kind of work you can do, if not we sure understand!
Stan Hullett
Update – The scanned images provided by Stan were compiled into a PDF file for simplicity. Please thank Stan for providing the data, and if anyone has additional newsletters I’d be happy to post them to the web site. -Sean
Come to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum February 27th from 10AM to 4PM for the 6th Annual Aeromodeling Expo. Come see radio controlled aircraft, helicopters, and even a blimp in action. Purchase your own R/C plane from one of the many vendors available. There will be demonstrations, question and answers sessions with R/C pilots, and food! Weather permitting, tours the Museum’s massive B-52 bomber will even be on the schedule. With fun for the whole family, this is an event that you will want to stay all day long for.
From Bob Bergin:
Well it is the new year and that means our 6th Model Expo is coming up. It will be held on Feb 27th from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Wings Over The Rockies Museum again. The door will be open at 7:00 am for all the clubs and Hobby stores to start their set ups. Weather permitting, we hope to have the B-52 cockpit open for viewing as the drawing factor for the public. We also have been working with Buckley Air Base to have a Blackhawk helo there for display. We are still waiting to hear from them. All the paper work is in.
MAS will once again have a club display. Members are invited to bring their airplanes or helicopters. Set up time is from 8:00 am to 9:00am. They are requesting that all models stay in place until 4:00pm.
Quick reminder about the snow bird January 1st at the field. The trophy event starts at 10:00 am. There will be Green Chili, Hot Dogs, Sea food gumbo, and more. Better bring your skis if you have them.
We have the latest and probably final $ amount for the Dare to Fly event. The event raised $5,862.00 for United Cerebral Palsy of Colorado! Not bad considering the state of the economy and the less than desirable weather conditions.
Congratulations and Thanks to all who made it happen!
Here’s a few MAS photos from years past. If you have any detail on the photos send a email sean@miniatureaerosporters.org and I’ll add the detail to the site. Any current member can post pictures and information to the MAS website. If you’re not already setup with a login account and you want to contribute let me know and I can set you up! I can also receive pictures from email or even at the field.
There’s been a lot of history with MAS so help other members learn more about their favorite flying site! Happy flying!
Here’s a picture of my Great Planes Big Stik right before its first flight with a Magnum .52 engine and Airtronics radio. I received the plane from my good friends at the Valley View Flyers a few years back and it’s been on the “Finish Building” list way too long. Before dusk I was able to get in about 6 take-off and landings. It’s a fast, stable flyer and lands like a dream with 25% Flaperons set. The Magnum engine isn’t quite running at 100%, but it’s not running bad. I need to check the spray bar, glo-plug, head temp, etc. and also make sure the 11×6 prop I’m using isn’t causing problems. I have a vibration issue which shook apart my on-off switch housing (wasn’t on real tight to begin with) and I suspect a unbalanced prop. I’ll check it out tonight. What a great day flying. Tomorrow I hope to do more.
Love Air RC will again be hosting one of the nation’s best warbirds events with over 140 pilots and many, many great aircraft at Drake Field east of Ft Collins CO. In case you are a first time flyer at this event, the runway is 800 ft. x 70 ft wide and there are no obstructions.
Quick reminder about the snow bird January 1st at the field. The trophy event starts at 10:00 am. There will be Green Chili, Hot Dogs, Sea food gumbo, and more. Better bring your skis if you have them.
