2012 Officers President - Paul Stimmel Vice President - Romey Schwieterman Treasurer - Bob Bush Newlsetter Editor - Secretary - Jerry Harsch Safety - Don Kuhns September 2012 Issue 9 - Volume 37 Upcoming Events August 31 st - September 1 st & 2 nd Dayton Ohio Giant Scale (DOGS) Wright Patt Air Force Base 9am - 5pm each day with half time show from 11am to 1pm each day September 5 th Instructor Night September 6 th Wingmasters Monthly Meeting September 12 th Instructor Night with Night Fly to Immediately Follow September 19 th Instructor Night September 26 th Instructor Night September 27 th Tailspins Deadline for article submission September 30 th President s Fun Fly (Members and Families) Please RSVP Paul Stimmel September 6th, Monthly Meeting The August meeting will be held at The Wingmasters Flying Field located at 1301 E. Siebenthaer Ave. Dayton, Ohio 45414 **Free Pop and Water will be on hand** 2012 Hobbies for Hospice I would like to thank everyone who came out to the 2 nd Annual Hobbies for Hospice Event. I am proud to announce that with your help we raised and will be donating $2921.00 to Hospice of Dayton. It would be nice if I could personally thank each and every person who came out and helped make this event a huge success but the day is still kind of a blur and I am not sure if I was even there let alone remember who was all there helping out. So thanks to everyone from the people who showed up early to set up the train layout to the people who showed up and purchased a hamburger all your efforts and donations are greatly appreciated. Jerry Humston President Miami Valley Garden Railway Societys Electric Keys How to get a key for the electric box at the field? Keys can be obtained from Jerry Humston at one of the Wingmasters monthly meetings or at the field on Wednesday night during trainer nights. More picture s on page 5 Photo s by Larry Masters TAILSPINS Page 1
August Meeting Minutes 8/2/2012, Wingmsters Flying Field, 7:30 PM Attended by 29 members and 1 guest Field Report : Thanks primarily to Bob Clark most of the shrubbery has been removed from the tree line on the east end of the field. The work of dropping trees will be scheduled as soon as the weather cools a bit. Old Business : The fence extension is still scheduled but due to the heat and soil condition will probably not be completed prior to the Hobbies for Hospice event. As usual the Mud Vollleyball group left that area of the field in poor shape, but their equipment is gone and there is not a lot of trash laying around. On a side note there will be no Mud Run event this year. The porta-pot is still being left unlocked at the end of the day. Also the front gate and the electric box. If you are one of the last Wingmaster member to leave the field, please take the time to make sure each of these items are secure. Attendance at the monthly Night Fly event continues to grow. Remember, it happens the second Wednesday of each month after the Instructor night duties are done. We have one more events remaining for this year. New Business : Thanks to the efforts of Romy Schweiterman, Jerry Humston & Jon Cross, the new "Rules" sign has been mounted in the shelter. Also, Joe Saylor obtained the plastic covering to protect the sign from vandalism. Because of other commitments, Jon Cross is no longer able to continue his duties with the newsletter and. Jerry Humston has agreed to assume those duties until we hold our next round of elections. Thanks to Jon for setting the bar for our products and to Jerry for so willingly stepping in when the need became apparent. $25.00 Gift Certificate Winners: No Drawing this Month Meeting Closed at approximately 8:10 PM. TAILSPINS Page 2
Happy August Everyone, personally for me August has been a crazy month. I attended two birthday parties in Columbus for two grandchildren on two separate weekends, I manned the cooking duties for out annual cooking contest at work; I cooked a Cajun Shrimp Boil by serving 30 lbs of potatoes, 80 eighty ears of corn, 15 lbs of Kabasa Sausage and approximately 500 Shrimp. To give it a Cajun kick, I mixed two pounds of a Cajun Spice Boil called Smack YA Momma! I m pleased to announce it took first place However the big event that s been out there was Hobbies for Hospice. I m pleased to report that on August 25 th, the event raised $2,921.00. It was a well attended event with approximately 40 pilots registered to fly. Numerous non-flyers were on hand to enjoy the action. We had a good mix of Giant Scale, Helicopters and Sport Planes. We had a number of pilots putting on demonstrations that were outstanding. Through the generous donations of companies and individuals, we had a large stockpile of nice raffle prizes. The Miami Valley Garden Railroad Society had an awesome G Scale railroad on display and helped with numerous duties. The list of everyone who helped is long and I m confident that I will miss someone. However I want to first thank the good people at George s Family Restaurant who provided all of the food. Stop in and have lunch or dinner and thank them for their kindness. Big Mike s BBQ handled food prep and its serving. The wonderful people from MVGRS manned the raffle booth and did a wonderful job. I should also mention that they handled the packaging of the merchandise and it went extremely well. I want to also thank the CD s on this event Joe Saylor and Jerry Humston, job well done guys. Ken Eubanks, Romey Schweiterman assisted with numerous duties, I m confident I ve missed some people, if so I apologize. Thanks again to everyone who helped, flew and those of you that just attended, you helped make this special event a success. I want to make everyone aware of some upcoming events. The DOGS show is this Labor Day Weekend located behind the AF Museum. Our meeting at the field is scheduled for September 6 th at 7:30. After training night on the 12 th we ll stick around for some night flying and on the 14 th and 15 th, the field is closed to fixed wing for Santiago s Heli Fun Fly. This is an outstanding event to check out and a great money maker for the club. Finally on September 30 th, it s the annual President s Fun Fly. I ll be serving up a full Steak Dinner for you and your spouse or guest. You ll need to RSVP by e-mailing me at stimmepj1385@gmail.com. Of course we ll have a full day of flying. Please note this will be our last meeting of the year at the field. I m anticipating that we ll meet in October at the Fairgrounds, more to follow. Take care everyone and I ll catch you at the field! Paul Stimmel President Dayton Wingmasters TAILSPINS Page 3
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2012 Hobbies for Hospice Photo s by Larry Masters TAILSPINS Page 5
Wingmasters Wear Sweatshirts Sweatshirts - White - $15 3XL / 2XL / XL / LG Sweatshirts - Blue - $15 3XL / 2XL / LG Sweatshirts - Gray - $15 Wingmasters wear Is now available at RC Hobby Center If you would like to see additional items made, please feel free to discuss them at one of the Wingmasters Monthly Meetings. Hats T-Shirts White / Blue - $10 White / Red - $10 Golf Shirts T-Shirts - Gray - $10 Picture coming soon Golf Shirt - White - $20 2XL / XL Golf Shirt - Red - $20 2Xl / XL September 12th Night Fly This will be the last scheduled night fly for 2012 so don t miss out on another great time. So light up a plane or helicopter and come out and join in on the food and fun as we try to keep track of our birds as they float around the dark skies. We are always looking for articles to publish in the TAILSPINS Newsletter. If you happen to have anything you would like to share with the RC Flying world please Email them to glockjerry@aol.com http://www.wingmasters.org TAILSPINS Page 6