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Newsletter of the Kitsap Aircraft Radio Control Society (KARCS), OCTOBER 2004 |
Greetings All,
This month I would like to tackle a issue that has been brought to my attention a few times in the past…
At the next board meeting I will be asking the board to give a thumbs up or down vote on a plan that would raise the dues for membership to the ARCS.
I am personally against any raise in dues just to go into the general fund. We have a nice pad of monies for the everyday operation of the club. However, I believe that we need to look beyond the everyday and into the future. I would like to see a land acquisition account started and all additional funds be earmarked for that. Our field is very nice and maybe someday be can get a long term commitment or buy it out right, but until that day, we are only one election away from a soccer field.
A club as big as ours needs to have a back up plan, we should have a long term goal of owning a field someday. All of this starts with money, and a special account separate from the general fund. This account should be untouchable for anything else except to acquire land for a flying site.
I will bring to the next meeting a plan from the board of directors on how we can accomplish this. We need to get it approved so any raise in dues can take effect in Jan. If you have any questions, please let me know, or talk to a board member about your thoughts on this issue.
I will see you in the Pits,
Chris Bessex, President, Kitsap ARCS
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CLUB BREAKFAST
This is a great way to start a day of flying and the airport diner is only ten-minutes from the field. Our last one for the year will be on Saturday, October 2nd at 8:30am. Come on out and start the flying day off with a good breakfast among friends. Ed.
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WHEN AT THE FIELD….. THINK SAFETY |
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 MINUTES
Meeting opened at 7:05 pm. Vice President Al Franklin presiding.
GUESTS: D. Martin
NEW MEMBERS: James Warren, Arc #149
MINUTES: Minutes from August meeting were read by Secretary Jim Hyson.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Given by Jim Hyson.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: FIELD: None, SAFETY: None
INSTRUCTION: Dave Lish and Larry Dunn received their solo certificates.
KITSAP COUNTY FAIR: Report was given on our booth. Everything went well. 25 gliders were sold. People showed a lot of interest in our club and the pictures of our flying site.
Les Bishop gave a report on our support of the EAA with their young Eagles Program. Loren Miller worked on a project while talking to visitors at our booth.
EVENTS: Crocker Lake Float Fly, last one of the year, September 25, 10:00 am. Our Fall Fun Fly was cancelled. October 2nd will be our last combat event for the year.
OLD BUSINESS: Loren Miller said that our last training session for the Parks Department Youth Program was weathered out. Rescheduled for Saturday, September 18th and that was weathered out.
NEW BUSINESS: The field is scheduled to be mowed, Tuesday, September 21st. Al Franklin talked about a challenge next summer with the SRAC's Club. Wild and Wacky Wings contest. January 8th Club Banquet at the Airport Diner.
Al Franklin shared pictures and gave a nice talk about our trip to the Shuswap Lake in Canada. Our next meeting will be October 12 at the Sunnyslope Improvement Club.
Loren Miller said Bob Vergeer donated his club jacket to use for a fund raiser.
Jim Montell received an E Mail from the Evergreen Model Association in Marysville, They would like to have an invitational club fly in Marysville.
SHOW & TELL: Danny Mason showed his Protégé Float Plane. Bud Arnold explained his 1.20 RCV engine.
QUARTER DRAWING: #120 Ethan Bernstein: not present. Quarter Drawing goes to next meeting.
RAFFLE: Bill Power won a glider power pod.
Meeting closed 7:53 pm. See you in early October.
Jim Hyson, Secretary/Treasurer Kitsap ARCS
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2004 Combat standings by point totals as of September 4, 2004:
1- Sam Hovey (5488), 2- Chris Bessex (4807), 3 - Jim Montell (4352), 4 -Rick Fuller (3793), 5 -Corky Betcher (2920), 6 - Kyle Woyshnis (2916), 7 - Ken Crow (2207), 8 - Bill Power (2060), 9 - Chris Madl (1524), 10 - John Castleman (1340), 11 - Bud Arnold (580), 12 - Lorin Miller (580), 13 - Jim McEdward (516), 14 -Larry Lietzau (344), 15 - John Rowley (256).
The last combat of the 2004 season is on “Saturday October 2nd at 12pm”. Ed.
If you want to join the fun in 2005 all you need is a “cheap” airplane that weighs a maximum of 3.5 lbs. with a maximum .25 size engine. 1st place wins a new OS .25FX engine and plaques are awarded to 2nd & 3rd place finishers.
Click to see the pictures of this years combat
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FOUND Items found at the field were listed in the hard copy of this months Arclight. |
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CLUB MESSAGE BOARD
Christopher Scott has set up a club group message board on Yahoo .com. This is a great way for those members who have a computer to keep in touch with other members and ask or answer questions. This is a secure site and can only be accessed by our members who have signed up. If you haven't signed up yet contact Christopher Scott at: christopherj@centurytel.net and let him know you would like to be added to the list. He will send you an E-mail on what to do. It’s easy and works really well. You must be a club member (he has a current roster) and it is to be used only for club business.
This message board is working very well and is a great way to get the word out to our members. If you have a computer and e-mail address you should sign up for this valuable service. Ed.
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Since there is no new Field News this month I have inserted the following article that was gratefully passed on to me by Pete Granger of the TriArea RC Flyers. Thanks Pete. Ed.
AIRPLANE TRIVIA
The fact that America was in the middle of the Great Depression was cause for some to be depressed and skeptical about the future. But for others, it was exactly the opposite. It was an opportunity to do something dramatic. H.R. was one of those who saw opportunity in the midst of depression. He had a passionate love of airplanes and aviation, and he felt that if America was going to get back on its feet, then private industry had to lead the way. Innovation and experimentation had to continue or the country would never turn itself around. H.R. also knew that he had to be part of that innovation, and he focused on what he knew best – airplanes.
He looked at the current state of American aviation and he didn’t like what he saw. Money for research and development was scarce, and the industry was standing still. So H.R. hired the best engineers he could find and started working on a new type of airplane. He had some ideas that his engineers thought were a little crazy. But he was paying their salary when no one else would, so they did as he wished. H.R. had in mind an airplane with a close-fitting, bell-shaped engine cowling that would make the plane more aerodynamic, along with a curved wing molded to the fuselage. He had his designers work on a retractable landing gear assembly that would be so perfectly engineered it would be almost impossible to detect when the gear was fully retracted – and also amazingly aerodynamic. H.R. even had the surface of the airplane built using countersunk rivets and flush joints that reduced the drag. All in all, it was going to be a revolutionary aircraft and it was going to be fast. Very fast!
When it was finished, he asked famed aviator Amelia Earhart and government officials to watch him fly it. They all saw H.R. set a world speed record, shattering the previous mark – this new breed of airplane immediately made all other airplanes obsolete. The Army Air Corps heard about the airplane and contacted H.R., asking for a demonstration. In one of those twists of fate, a very cocky H.R. refused to go to the Army and insisted that the Army come to him – then instead of giving the important generals a demonstration of the plane’s capabilities, he flew right over them. That insult didn’t go unnoticed as you might guess. One general vowed that H.R. would never get a nickel’s worth of business from the military. And he didn’t!
But someone else was watching that day and watching very closely indeed. Someone no one at the time would have suspected was even interested. But they were. It was an engineer from a visiting country and one who knew only too well what he was seeing. So well, he copied the design almost entirely back in his country. It’s a Little Known Fact that HR was none other than legendary Howard Robard Hughes, and his experimental aircraft the H-1 went on to become the basis for the deadly fighter plane used by those who attacked America, the Japanese Zero.
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CLUB T-SHIRTS
For those members who have ordered club T-Shirts they will be available at the October meeting.
If you have not yet paid for yours please do so now.
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Editors Note
Hi ARCS, Since we now have a permanent Web Site at www.kitsaparcs.org we are discontinuing our policy of mailing out the ARCLIGHT. If you still want the newsletter mailed to you please call me at: (360) 895-0554. If I do not hear from you by October 15th you will no longer receive the newsletter via USPS. Limited copies will be available at the monthly meetings. This policy is needed to help reduce costs.
Also, a reminder that nominations for the 2005 club officers will begin at the November meeting with further nominations and the elections being held in December. The December meeting is also our annual gift exchange and our annual club banquet will be on January 8th 2005. Watch for details in next months Arclight.
Take Care, and Happy Flying.
Jim Montell, Newsletter Editor Kitsap ARCS
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!! NEXT MEETING Tuesday, October 12th, 2004 "7pm" At the Sunnyslope Improvement Association (SIA) clubhouse
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