Everyone in our club wants a newsletter every month that is interesting , informative, educational, and occasionally on-time. We also don't want to put the entire burden on one or two people, as this will most lead to quick burn-out and is certainly not conducive to meeting the desired goals of our newsletter. To that end, the board has agreed to "CALL IN AIR SUPPORT!" so to speak. We are asking for volunteers to help out by contributing an article to the newsletter. And for your efforts you will be entered into a drawing for a May 2015 Club Meeting Recap
Roy Barringer read the minutes from April meeting.
Bill Sheets read the treasury report.
399 members, there were a couple new ones
41 members We’re at the Meeting,
Chuck started off the meeting by giving thanks to the cooks at the PVMAC event, Bob and Steve Gamble, who cooked all weekend with smoke in their eyes.
Chuck reported that the flight line ran smoothly at the Wings over Prado and there were no complaints from the tower.
The event made a bit of money, and everyone had a great time.
Chuck also gave a huge thanks to Randy and Joni for organizing the Wings over Prado event.
Joni and Randy then spoke about the event, and appreciated the members involvement at the event. 31 of the 58 registered pilots were PVMAC club members, which was over 50%. We had pilots from all over; 3 pilots from the bay area, 3 from Vegas, 1 from Fresno, and 3 from San Diego, Hesperia, and Camarillo. Donations for the raffle were provided by Hobby Club USA, Hobby people, Perfect Pilots, and RTL fasteners. Randy Gave a full recap of the event, and was extremely pleased with the outcome.
A plaque was Awarded to Paul Smith for Winning the best detailed ARF with is A-10 Warthog at the event.
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April 2015 Club Meeting Recap
Board Member Roy Barringer read the minutes from March 10th meeting.
Board Member Tom Marcure read the treasury Report
Membership is at 395
Club President Chuck Pozanac,,is looking for volunteers for the Wings over Prado Event. There is no official sign up. But If you show up to the event, and would like to volunteer for a short shift, it would be appreciated.
Wings over Prado Event which is April 24-26; Pre-registration is Now Open at RC Flight Deck.
Joni Whitsitt and Randy Wilbur talked briefly about the process of putting on an event such as the PVMAC. They have done many events in the past, and with their experience, have compiled a preparation list that is 7 pages long of things that need to be done. They are looking for participation to either Fly, Volunteer or spectate. and gave a persuasive speech about getting involved, and that you should take advantage of the clubs event to learn, and see new things and have some memorable fun.
At the Wings over Prado, there will be a raffle with some nice stuff available so tickets will be sold and the drawing will occur at 3pm on Saturday, and you must be present to win.
The Field will be open for general flying on Sunday. Setup will be Thursday, but flying is open and Teardown is after 2pm Sunday, with flying open to all on sunday.
Chuck announced some good news; The Chino tower has not called him in 30 days.
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New P-51D ARF from VQ Models: Lady Alice!
We do not normally promote or advertise specific products here on the PVMAC website, but today I thought we shoud make an exception given this particular bit of exciting news. VQ RC Models has released a new P-51D Mustang that many at the PVMAC are all to familiar with “Lady Alice”. It is a 46 sized ARF with a 62" wingspand and designed for glow or electric setups with the built in magnetic battery hatch.
I reached out to Mike Greenshields who is the Vice President of Product Development and Marketing at Hobby People, which is the US Importer for VQ Arfs, to find out more about this VQ Arf. Mike says that he had the idea that lady alice would make a great model, and since he knew Dr. Ken Wagner the owner of Lady Alice, He asked him if it would be ok to poduce a model of his P-51D. When Ken agreed to the idea, Vinh Quang who is the owner of VQ Models was prompted to build the aircraft. Mike reports that it is an updated version of VQ’s older P-51 line, which now includes a magnetic hatch for an electric friendly setup, now has full flaps, and a tail wheel that is “in the right spot”. He tells me they will also be stocking retracts and struts for it too which will be sold separately. Finally, Mike says that though Ken Wagner has not seen the aircraft yet, they are in the process of building him one, and plan to take pictures with Ken, his new model, and his full size P-51D.
Lady Alice began its life as a P-51D built and intended for combat. Built in 1945 towards of the end of the war, this Mustang was never sent into combat. It stayed in the USAF until about 1950 and served as a fighter trainer. It was then sold to the Royal Canadian Air Force who flew it until 1956 at which point it was declare surplus. In 1963, Bill Lacy out of Honolulu acquired the aircraft and flew it frequently until around 1972, when someone accidentally taxied into it and damaged it. It was put in a container for year until it was transferred to Art Teeters, in Salinas California. Today Art Teeters is a world-renowned P-51 restorer, but back then this was his first P-51, and he totally restored the aircraft over the course of about 2 years. It is reported that Bill flew it infrequently until it was acquired by Bob Jepson in 1999 and repainted as Lady Alice in 2000. In 2006, it was sold again to a local R/C modeler, Member and supporter of the PVMAC, Dr. Ken “WAGS” Wagner, who now owns and operates Lady Alice out of Chino CA. Regularly flown, this P-51D flies at numerous events and is exhibited all over Southern California and even makes its way to Oshkosh most years.
Here is some more information about the P-51, and like most of you, I look forward to seeing these fly at our field. You can order the aircraft here at Hobby People.
Features:
Factory Laser-Cut, Jig-Built, All-Wood Construction
Factory Covered and Finished
Installed Canopy
Installed Pilot
Fiberglass Cowl
Compatible with Glow and Electric Power System
Easy-Access Magnetic Battery Hatch
Complete Hardware Package
Optional Retracts Available
Specifications:
Wingspan: 62.2in
Wing Area: 640sq.in.
Wing Loading: 19.8-25.2oz/sq.in. (Will Vary with Equipment Used)
Length: 46.4in
RTF Minimum Weight: 7lbs (Will Vary with Equipment Used)
Radio: 5+ channels
Engine: 70 Four-Stroke (Sold Separately)
Motor: G-46 HP Motor, 5-cell 4500mAh, 13x8 propeller (Sold Separately)
Functions: Ailerons/Elevator/Rudder/Throttle/Flaps/Optional Retracts.
February 2015 Club Meeting Recap
As you know, we have our monthly PVMAC club meetings which are held on the second Tuesday of every month at the Chino Community Building at 7pm. We usually only get about 10% attendance, which is not great for a club of this size. It would be great if we had greater attance by our members to show their support for the club and what their elected board is doing to keep our club beautifly maintained, safe and open for flying. We realize that its not feasible for some to attend, so we will try to recap the discussions and post them here on the website on a monthly basis.
I apologize in advance if I got your name wrong or mispelled.
Minutes From January meeting were read by president Chuck Pozanac
Minutes from January.
- We had 40 members attend in January
- Officers (board members) will remain the same as previous year as voted by members in December
- Membership is at 376 as of January 13.
- Signed up 9 new members at AMA, and our booth was a huge success. lots of volunteers.
- Broken window at snackshack will be repaired And Wood panel Placed to prevent entering through window.
- Weeds at prado will be sprayed very soon.
- Joni presented the wings over Prado
- Tom Marcure said we will only be using the new membership form for the rest of the year.
- It was reported that there is district 10 scholarship money and we need to do a better job of getting the word out.
- Steve Parole went home with $75
- The PVMAC Newsletter editor has resigned and we are need of a new newletter editor.
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7th Annul Scale Squadron Fly-in Photos posted
The 7th annual Scale Squadron Fly In, which was hosted by both the Scale squadron of Southern California and the PVMAC at Prado has come and gone, and event was a great success. There was a great turn out with close to 70 registered pilots that weekend, and as usual, there were some amazing scale airplanes in the air and on the ground.
In case you missed it, or you want to relive the weekend,
I've posted some picks of just some of the impressive airplanes from the event, which you can CHECK OUT HERE...
In Addition, You can check out these YouTube videos from the event.
Video 1 Posted by Mike Curry
Video 2 Posted by Brad Algra
Tribute to the Goodwine Family
Your Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to pay special tribute to a PVMAC family that is responsible for your club being what it is today. We are of course talking about the Goodwine Family.
Phil Goodwine, our past president and chairman deserves the highest recognition for his work, effort and financial contribution to the PVMAC. Phil ran the club like a true professional and our past events under Phil’s leadership are a testament to his dedication and effort. His drive to make the PVMAC the best club in Southern California and possibly the country is well known and very much appreciated. Most members don’t realize the time and effort it takes to run a club of our size. As President and Chairman, Phil held down two full time jobs – his business, Goodwine Glass and the PVMAC. Over the past six years, Phil spent many hours on field maintenance, upgrading our flying sites and making our events the fantastic events they were. There were also countless times that Phil made trips to Prado to take care of one problem or another. Finally, Phil always volunteered his time and effort to hang airplanes for the AMA Expos. This saved the club $125 every year for the cost of our booth. You can be sure that the cost to do this was more than the $125 it saved the club, but for Phil that was just his way of giving back to the hobby that he and Kyle enjoy. All in all Phil’s effort on behalf of the PVMAC was a twenty-four hour job for which he put forth 100% effort all six years of his tenure.
Next we would like to thank Beth Goodwine. Beth spent much of the last six years filling the positions of Secretary and Membership Director. Both of these tasks were a big demand on her time and effort. There is much more to both these jobs than most of us realize and Beth performed both of these jobs to the fullest extent possible. What most members do not know is the countless hours of time and effort Beth put into running the snack bar. Purchasing the food, cooking and serving the food, and taking the entire dirty dish collection home after an event to wash them. Phil usually ran our events, but the snack bar was always all Beth. Yes Beth would usually have volunteers helping her at events, but that really is a small portion of the responsibility of running the snack bar. Most of us never saw the other 80% of the effort it takes to maintain and run the snack bar. Beth always did it without complaint and she did a tremendous job.
Finally there is Kyle. Anytime something needed to be done at the field, Kyle was always there with Phil making it happen. Kyle ran the raffle at the club meetings and was always involved in the club. How many of us in the club benefited from Kyle’s knowledge and help with their airplane. How many of us relied on Kyle to maiden our airplanes and trim them for us. The simple answer is many members. There is a good reason that Kyle was chosen to be a Horizon Hobby Team Pilot. It is the time and effort he puts forth to help others in this hobby. Kyle should be an example to us all as to what a club member should be.
We have tried to put into words what the participation of the Goodwine family has meant to the PVMAC. However no words are really adequate to express our appreciation for everything the Goodwines did to make the PVMAC what it is today and the envy of other model airplane clubs. Thank you Phil, Beth and Kyle for all your effort and support.
Respectfully,
The Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club Board of Directors.
