Presidents Corner

Hello Everyone,

Can you believe how fast the summer FLEW by!!!!!  Our club has done great things this summer.  Both in Competition and just at our field.  Lets see what I can come up with from the field:

Have you seen Greg Blackwells fantastic looking Beech 18.  It was a short kit he built during the hot part of the summer.  I didnt witness it fly but I did hear it flies well.  For you who did not know Greg fixes real aircraft and is a craftsman when it comes to these special aircraft he builds.  Check them out

The Fallin Eagles E-Funfly went real well.  This was Russes first time CDing a contest.  At least I think it is.  It went very smooth with Doug handling the mike and raffle station.  Our regulars from CAM Bob and Todd were there and some visitors from Rutherforton NC.  Turn out was low but the economy I believe is keeping everyone close to home.  The weather was great and the food was very good too.  Hollands wife and daughtermanned the consession stand all day.  These are great ladies.  Tell them thank you when you see them. Cliff Whitney donated CA to all registered pilots.  So remember Atlanta Hobby when you order.

E-Nall

If you didnt go you missed a good time.  I was going to go thursday and take my 2 girls with me but work prevented that.  I arrived friday nite in time for the Shrimp Boil.  Did I tell you how we eat very well at these events.  Brent and JJ along with Holland made a great spread.  More than expected showed and I think next year will be as good or better.  The winds were howling but the fun never stopped.  Primo was there. and no injuries occured.  It was good to see him since he moved.  Sat. the winds howled all day but their were still people flying.  I flew foamies most of the day while I was joined by others with their foam creations. The wind was enough to see a lot of people pack up and leave.  BUT sat. nite we ate real good again.  Did I tell you we eat real good at these events.  We had Lobster right off the beach of Woodruff SC.  We all watched Brent and JJ do their thing and the end result was a bunch of fatter people all hanging around telling lies.  The kids played until around 11pm when I finally rounded them up and we went to the tent.  Finally sunday we got out of there at about 1pm.  The weather when we were leaving was picture perfect.  Its always that way when we leave.

This was a great stress relief for myself and Holland.  He was having Car problems and he needed to get away.  Brent rescued him or kidnapped him away.  He was there for a number of days.  I believe he had an excellent time. Russ,Bob Russell, Keith and many more club members were there.  Plan it for next year.

I know the guys were in Mocksville for a IMAC contest but the wind was really blowing. I didnt get any results.  We will get details at the next meeting.  Ask Daniel if has been beat by any girls lately.  He likes it when you ask him that. I know Brent JJ and the Pooles were there.  I believe Justin too but we will have them tell a story or two.

On the Glider side we had the last big DLG contest of the year in Wilson NC.  It was fun and we had people come from California too.  I flew poorly the first day and ended up out of the flyoff in 13th.  Bob Whitney was in the top 10 all of sat. but ran into some bad luck on sun. and end in 15th.  Russ is still recovering from surgery and a  proxy thrower was used because of his shoulder.  I think he was in the middle of the pack.  This contest had 56 contestents so we all did respectable. 

Thanks go out to the Boy Scouts.  JJ and his troop were selling BBQ the same day of our Charity Fun Fly.  We purchased the BBQ from them.  Daniel is working toward the end result of Eagle scout so kudos to them and the troop.  Thanks for helping out.

This is a little long as we dont have anyone out of over 100 of us that will take on doing the newsletter.  If we don'tt have a volenteer Ill do it for a short time.  We need someone to step up.  Mike Baker did a great job.  He just got to busy to do it.  Anyone.  Bueller Bueller!!!!!

Thats it.  Start thinking elections.  JJ and Doug are up as thier term is done after Jan.  We should have nominations in Nov. and vote in Dec.  So show up or you may get a spot on the board. 8-)

Fly safe

Jeff

Its July already...  Events have come and gone but more are on the horizon.

Lets look at the boys. biys.  IMAC.  Brent, Justin and Daniel have been tearing up the sky the last month or two either practicing or competing.  They were Georgia Georga at I believe the GMA field that is the home field for Chris Hinson of Extreme Flight.  Justin placed 1st in his class and Daniel using Justin's YAK was first in his class.  Congrats to both as its always good to see people from the club do well.  wasn't wasnt happy with his finish but really hasn't hasnt had the time to practice.  Kudo's to all of you.  Justin is a brave man letting so many others fly his plane.  I believe Avery Poole was flying it too as the motor on his developed a crack and was grounded early in the competition.  Keep up the good work.

We recently had the York County Flyers DLG Festival.  It was a complete success and received have recieved great praise from the contestants.  The field turned out much better than I ever imagined and we had a good turn out.  With the $4.00 a gallon gas I was happy with the turn out.  We endured rain wind Thunderstorms and snow. 8-)  Ok not snow but I would not have been surprised if that were to hit too.  As the CD it was stressful at times.  Thanks for all the help guys couldn't I couldnt do this event without you.

Jack the dog is home and safe.  As some of you know Jack a dog from the Atlanta area was at the their contest with thier owners.  During the Thunderstorm he ran away.  After 13 days he was found and in good shape.  A great end to an Kudos tragic story.  Kudo to Bob Russell as he had a great search going on in the area....  Jacks owners said they will be back.

A work day has been set in Aug for the club field.  Remember that we will have a Fun Fly during Summer Fest this year.  Its a Fun Fly not a Big Bird fly in, so bring what you have to enjoy a day of flying at the field.  Any questions should be directed to Brent Good as he is the CD for the event.

Bob and Jeff's excellent adventure.

I type this message from Dayton Ohio as we are on the way to the Nationals in Muncie In.  You ask why in Dayton.  Ill tell you...  Monday we will be spending most of the day at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base Museum.  Bob has never been there so we departed a day early just to stop by.  I have been there before but I always love going to it.  Its got airplanes so what more can I say.

Tuesday we compete in DLG and it ends Wed.  On Thursday thru Fri is Open Unlimited and then Sat, Sun will be F3J.( Hand Tow event)  So a full week of geeking out with about 111 of your best registered  Thats right, One Hundred Eleven registared pilots for Open Unlimited.  The Nats is something everyone should enter or just go for the thrill of it.  Although I attend the glider events there is the pylon events that just wrapped up and scale has just finished.  Every aspect of model aviation is done here.  you museum is great and if yoiu want to talk to your AMA they are here too.

Enough rambling..  My adventure is just beginning this week and we will keep you updated.  Until the next message

Jeff

The season is really up to full speed.  We have had the 2 biggest Fun Flies in the world in our neighborhood.  In April we had SEFF and the grand daddy of all fly inns is Joe Nall.

Many members made the trek to Americus Ga for the SEFF week.  It was nice to see such a crowd from the YCF and surrounding clubs in the main YCF area (Jason's RV).  The food was fantastic and the fellowship even better.  Beer that was homebrewed and the ribs.  I'm getting the heartburn just thinking of it. 8-).

SEFF is small compared to Joe Nall.  If you haven't been there you should make the trip to Woodruff SC for this event.  They start doing the noon demo's on Wed afternoon.  All the big name pilots from around the world come and show their stuff.  I over heard someone say they had over 1400 registered pilots Wed morning.  Thursday on is when it gets busy.

The scale models are great.  I was able to meet up with friends from New England that I only get to see once a year.  There was so much to see I could have never seen it all with just 1 day to stroll around. 

Make plans for next year.  AMA is required to attend and 1 guest with each AMA member.  If you don't walk very well they have buses to shuttle people around so you can see all of this great venue.

Contest season is in full swing. If you have news about how you did or how you didn't do we want to know.  I know the IMAC guys are going to be attending a few events and we want to know what happens.

Primo told us he will be leaving the area because of his job.  I for one am sorry to see him go as I think he brought good attention to IMAC and large aircraft to the club.  I hope he wont be a stranger and will come visit when he can.  Keep us updated.

Its up to Brent Justin and Daniel to take up the reins and keep IMAC in our club.  Keep up the good flying guys.

Fathers Day Weekend is the YCF DLG Festival.  32 are signed up so far.  I'm hoping to break 40 this year.  Its a little tougher with Gas being almost 4 bucks a gallon.

Thats all for this installment.  Keep flying and Have fun and follow the rules.  We have a great club.

Still laughing about the April Fools Prank.

Jeff

York County Soaring. Scientolgy.  Really come on now.  The only part of this that might have been true was the Soaring part.  LOL  I hear there were a few that thought "We need to put a stop to this".  It was all in good fun.

I will admitt I was not the culprit and either was Jason.  Jason did help with this and was pretty clever with the way he did it.  The Main man involved or it was his idea.  Your very own VP Jim.. Kudos for the great prank!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now serious stuff.  The Heli guys Paul and crew have done a fanastic job on the new pad.  Electric and all the good stuff that makes a field worth coming to.  You all deserve a big hand for getting this done.  Way to go.

Remeber Boys and Girls that we have rules to follow.  There has been another incident at the field that I have drug my feet on.  We will take action.  No one airplane sailplane or heli person can deviate from our rules we have in place.  We have too much talent at our field to have anyone be asked not to come back.  Please just follow the rules  Nuff said.

Seff is very close to happening.  I along with many members of the club will make the trip to Americus Ga for this event.  Its the largest Electric Fun Fly in the world. The field is perfect with a 2200 foot grass runway.  If its electric it will be there.  More info is on the www.rcgroups.com look in the events at the top SEFF 2011.

Joe Nall is another one coming up in May.  Another of the must see events.  Even if you dont fly its worth going to.  Some of the most impressive models I have ever seen are there.  The top names in our Hobby will be there.  They are all very approachable.  They want to help so go ahead and ask them questions.  Its a great event dont miss it.

I attended the Toledo Show in Toledo OH last weekend.  Lots of cool toys.  Some very nice models were displayed.  Anything from rubber to Jets are there.  Good deal were everywhere.  I bought some servo screws and a few gold connectors for servo ends.  A whopping 11.00.  I was a big spender.

Sorry I missed the meeting but hopfully the next one.  Fly safe.

Jeff

Hi Everyone.

I wanted to thank the team for finding the nice meeting facility at the York Co-Op electric building. It worked out very well and we had a good attendence. This cant be the meeting place all the time but maybe used for future meeting. Thanks to Holland for letting us use his garage/workshop to meet during the cold months.

I have made a promise that in the summer months when we meet at the field to make the meeting fast but still cover all the topics that need covered. I know flying is what we all want to do so I will keep up my end of it. In the summer we will start at the scheduled time. Be prepared.

I wasnt around this last weekend so didnt see if there was any progress on the Heli area. I saw the email went out so I hope everyone that had some time went. I was at a contest and a few of the guys are signed up for the YCF DLG Festival and they also got an invite to help with the Heli area. I expect them all there. 8-) Ill have to talk to Jason about this. Pretty funny if you ask me.

Thats about it for now guys. Fly safe, follow the rules and we will all have a great time.

Jeff

Ok Guys, Jason helped me set this up so I can inform you of the goings on of our Club.

First off last year saw some improvements to the field. The biggest change as you know is the Helicopter area. This is still under development but will be a real asset to the field.

Changes to the Fun Fly schedule are in the works. The Big Bird fly in is no longer an IMAA event but will now be a Fun Fly. This will be for everyone not just Big Birds. I still hope maybe in the future this event will return to its glory days and will be revived. Things last year just didn't work out so this is the reason for the change. I want out club to be supportive of Large planes. We have a lot of Talent in our club with the large scale planes.

I have learned that we have some real Talent in the Heli area. Ask questions as these guys really do know their stuff. Everything from gas,nitro to electric I think they have it all covered.

Asking questions is the real key here. So what if you think its a dumb question. Ask. Its better than a dumb mistake.

Lastly I have no intention of changing the clubs name to the York County Soaring Society. Its crossed my mind and Jim's but we have decided against it.

I will try and keep this somewhat current and maybe get a few guest people to chime in.

I hope you like this new feature

Jeff