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PVMAC News
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12/16/2008
In
recognition of the PVMAC 50th
anniversary, the PVMAC is
offering a
discounted 2009 New Member fee.
This discount is ONLY eligible at the AMA Expo.
Please
CLICK HERE to be
taken to the flyer, where you can print it for yourself and your
friends.
The PVMAC is
having an AMA Expo raffle with some amazing giveaways in recognition of
the PVMAC 50th
anniversary. CLICK HERE
to be taken to the flyer listing the prizes, raffle ticket cost and
rules.
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12/16/08
We have a new feature called "You've Been
Spotted". Please CLICK HERE to
see who has been recently spotted flying at our 2 fields.
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12/16/2008
The t-shirt
artwork is done! If you attended the December meeting, you probably saw
the next to last edition.
Tee shirts will be
for sale right after the beginning of the year, so get ready because
they are colorful and have 10 planes covering the front and back.
CLICK HERE for a preview our new
t-shirts!
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12/1/2008
Just a reminder that
the elections for the 2009 Board of Directors will be on Tuesday
December 9th.
It is
important that all members attend this meeting.
Please contact any of the current Board members with any questions you
may have.
See
you there!
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11/12/2008
The meeting that was scheduled for
last night, Nov 11 2008 has been rescheduled to 7PM Tuesday, Nov 18th at
the Chino Community Center
This is due to Nov 11th being
Veterans Day, County Workers did not work. therefore all County
facilities were closed.
There will be $250.00 worth of Door
Prizes from Hobby Club USA, (to be eligible to win all you have to do
is attend, and sign in) the 50/50 drawing, free doughnuts, and coffee.
Join Us
Dave ( I won the 50/50 last month,
$84.00 )
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11/8/08
UPDATE ON JOHN SKOLNICK
According to
John's
wife, John is going to be buried in San Diego next to his father.
Also, the cause of death was due to his exposure to Agent Orange for
which he had been receiving treatment from the VA. |
11/7/2008
With a sad heart I bring you the
following news. John Skolnick, a fellow club member has passed away
from a heart attack.
As I understand, John had a headache
Wednesday afternoon, he was taken to San Antonio Hospital where he
suffered an Heart Attack and passed away at approximately at 9PM.
I met John several years ago.
He had recently retired from being a Correctional Officer and was
flying a plane that his Dad had given him.
Later on in life John contracted
cancer of the lungs, but it
was the heart attack that took him away.
That's all the details I have, as I
get more I'll try keep you informed, if anybody has more information,
please pass it to me, I'll let everyone else know.
Thank You
Dave
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10/15/2008
The PVMAC held nominations for the 2009
Board at the October 14th General Meeting. The following members
were nominated:
Phil
Goodwine
Chuck Poznan
Dave Arellano
Roy Barringer
Paul Smith
Voting will take place at the December 9th General Meeting.
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10/12/08
We are sorry to say we have lost one of
our own.
PVMAC Member Pat Costley passed away at
Riverside Community Hospital on October 10th of a heart attack he had
suffered earlier. We will all miss his smile and humor. Pat has always
been there to help other fliers with spare parts or a positive comment.
Our deepest sympathy and support go out
to his family. We have all been blessed to have known Pat and he will be
missed by all of us.
Arrangements are pending and Dave will
pass on information regarding the services for Pat as he gets it. |
9/18/08
Prado Field Maintenance
I would like to thank all that helped
with the clean-up of Prado field. And those that gave a "well done,
great job, ATABOY" show of appreciation... thank you. A few more things
to do but nothing I'll need any help with. The field looks great and I
will be calling for re-inspection soon.
Mike Jenkins, Charlie Mitchell, Jim Reed, Pat Costley, Jim Silveira,
Richard Burman, Chuck Pozanac, and Roy Barringer.
Special thanks to Larry Marsh for two
extra days of work, and Phil Goodwine for the fire equipment and signs.
That's it folks......... Richard
To view the "before" and "after"
pictures, please CLICK HERE. |
9/13/08
Prado Field Maintenance
We need a work party at the field to help clean up the dead weeds after
the spraying 3 weeks ago.
The club has hired a company and rented
some equipment to remove the dead weeds. We need some volunteers to
assist in the clean up, moving barrels and trimming some trees.
The work is scheduled for Thursday
9-18-08 at 8am. If you can assist in this clean up please contact
Richard Smith at 714-337-2136. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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8/25/08
How do I
simply sum up the weekend fun fly at Norton,
“WHAT A BLAST”
Kyle and I arrived Sunday
morning 6:30 a.m. and started getting his planes together. All that was
going through my mind was, man I hope this heat doesn’t keep people away
and we have a good time and turn out. It wasn’t long before that thought
was the understatement of the morning.
It was great to see absolutely
no empty parking spaces from the west end of the concrete to the east
end of the dirt. In some places they were parked two cars or more deep.
Marty what can I say
“THANKS”! You got there early set up your sound system and by
8:00 a.m. had the music going and didn’t stop till about 4:00 p.m.
EVERYBODY enjoyed your tunes. Now we expect you every weekend.
To everyone that brought out
food, drinks, ice, cakes, watermelon, etc. THANK YOU. We could
not have done it without your help. My guess is we had somewhere between
60 – 70 people at the field, WOW.
THANKS to Beth, Kelsey,
Patricia, Troy & Danny for helping with the cooking and getting all the
food and drinks ready to go. They cooked up 70 hamburgers and hot
dogs, and all was gone.
THANKS to Grandpa Dave
for putting the bug in everybody's ear, sending out the invites and
emails and for getting this Fun Fly started and for all your help to me,
THANK YOU.
To everybody that happened to
be at the field when Kyle and I showed up for clean-up detail, THANK
YOU, it makes it so much better with your help. This makes it your
field.
THANKS to all of the
pilots, family and friends that came on out to have not just a good
time, but a GREAT TIME at this Fun Fly and to support the PVMAC
and this wonderful hobby. It was great watching my son Kyle fly. He’s
come a long while since he was on the buddy box 60 weeks ago with
Grandpa Dave.
It was great seeing Grandpa
Dave, Danny, George, Mike, Doug, Paul, Phil, Oscar and everybody else
that flew having a good time and sharing the airspace and even handing
off transmitters to each other. THANKS for just having fun,
leaving the politics and attitudes at the gate.
Last but not least for those
of you who could not make it or decided not to come on out, I’m sorry
YOU missed out, for those that were there correct me if I’m wrong but I
do believe you all had a great time and good food. Let us know when you
want to do it again. The day finally had to come to an end with Grandpa
Dave, Kyle
and I sitting on the back of his van at 6:30 p.m. wondering why
everybody left and if anybody else was coming by.
It was a
“BLAST”
Thanks Phil |
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8/21/08
Another Break-In,
by Andreas (President MARKS RC Club)
There’s been another break-in involving RC planes: Jon Soffel, one of
our members, was working out of state when his garage in Mentone was
raided (early August).
Besides lots of other valuables, all but two of his planes were stolen.
We have included a list of what is missing.
Please keep your eyes and ears open and let Jon know (cell at any time
909-557-3834, e-mail: jonsoffel@hotmail.com) if you see any suspicious
selling activity.
It would be nice getting if we could help police catching those guys.
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1.20 size Pitts
Special (black and yellow with a magnum 1.20 4 stroke (ASM)
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.40 size purple
and white Biplane with an os 40. (Nitromodels)
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2x hitec optic
6 transmitters
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HPI Savage X
1/8 scale gas truck
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Traxxis SMaxx
gas truck
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Sportwerks 1/8th
scale Truggy
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Truck 1/10 scale
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2x toolboxes
with misc. RC engines/mufflers and tools
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Electric Edge
540, .40 size (Hyperion)
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Rossi engine .53
with a tuned pipe
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Traxxis Rustler
electric
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1 Helimax CP
purple body w/ purple anodized aluminum upgrades
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8/21/08
Be Safe… Carry the Essentials
This serves as a reminder that everyone using our fields should carry a
fire extinguisher and First Aid kit in their own vehicle or trailer.
Anything can happen at the field, and usually does when you’re
unprepared.
Be Safe… Be Prepared!
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8/14/08
Norton Field
Some arriving fliers at the Norton have found the field cable unsecured.
Please remember if your the last flier out at the field please make sure
you
put the cable across the runway and ensure it is padlocked on both ends.
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8/6/08
A word to the wise;
Please play attention where you put
your hands, or where you sit. There have been numerous black widow
spiders seen at and in the Norton pit box and the Little Boys Room.
so please be careful
I would also say they're at Prado as
well
Dave
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8/6/08
All PVMAC Members are invited.
The PVMAC is sponsoring a Fun Fly day
and BBQ at the Norton Facility Sunday August 24th. The BBQ will start
approximately at noon.
Bring shade if you have it.
If you wish to contribute to this
occasion, please get in contact with me, and if you need directions to
Norton, let me know.
Please let our friends that do not
use the computer know of this event.
Dave
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8/6/08
General Meeting Tuesday
August 12th at 7:00 p.m.
There
will be a 50/50 drawing and free door prizes. Try to make it!
Dave
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7/9/08
Prado Field Road Work
Pine Ave. work continues.....
Pine Ave. will re-open between Chino Corona Road and Hellman Ave. on
Monday, July 14, Chino spokeswoman Michelle Van Der Linden announced.
However, Pine Ave. between Chino Corona
Road and Euclid Ave. will then be closed until approximately
mid-September for installation of public utilities.
A new traffic signal at Euclid Ave. and
Brickmore will become operational July 14th. A new section of Mill
Creek Ave. between Pine and Brickmore Ave. will also be opened. Traffic
will be routed to Brickmore between Euclid and Mill Creek Avenues.
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06/13/08
A couple of news bytes from the
6/10/08 General Meeting:
- Please note** the last person
out at Prado Field needs to lock the yellow gate on their way out.
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- We now have 337 members as of
6/10/08.
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6/5/08
Here is a great big THANK YOU from the Norton flyers to Phil Vaughn
for building four great airplane stands (photo attached). He had
the plans and volunteered to build two stands if the club paid for the
materials. The club board gave the OK so we went to Lowe's to get the
stuff.
Phil even provided his trailer to pick up the lumber and take it to
his house and then delivered the completed stands to the field. He
added wheels to the front legs to make them easy to move.
The first two were such a hit that we persuaded him to make two
more. Total cost was about $65 each.
Thanks again to Phil for a real enhancement to our safety and
convenience! |
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5/13/08
Felix "Phil" Gallegos was honored with
the first ever PVMAC Honorary Gold Lifetime Membership at the General
Meeting on 5/13/08.
Phil is 84 years young and started flying
"free flight planes" at the tender young age of 8. He went into
the Army in 1943 at the age of 18.
After basic training, he was sent to the
Pacific Theater, where he carried the "flame thrower" because he was
small enough to get into the caves. The Army gave Phil a Bronze Star for
his efforts.
Phil left the Army after World War II and
soon thereafter joined the USAF, where he became a demolition expert. He
traveled over much of the US, including Alaska, where he was promoted to
First Sergeant of the Rescue Squadron.
After retiring from the USAF, he began
building RC planes for his friends and hobby shops in the local area.
His planes were always signed with "Philbilt".
Phil has been a PVMAC member almost from
it's inception. He no longer flies RC planes, but you will still find
him at the field every day.
Phil Gallegos' PT-19 landing at Norton |
4/26/08
Prado Field Gets a Weed Abatement
Thanks to Richard Smith, the Prado field
is spruced up and ready for flying. Here are some before and after
shots.
Richard and his tractor.
Before the cleanup.
After the cleanup.
After the cleanup. |
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