AMA Chapter #494 - Volume 12 Issue 1 January 2019 In This Issue -Upcoming R/C Events -January Mtg Minutes -Member Moments (check out these pics) - Upcoming Fun Fly Contest Happy New Year!!! 2019 promises to be another great year for our Club and our members. Our first meeting of the year was well attended and several new members joined. Refer to this month s minutes for more information. Time To Renew with MCA Have you renewed your MCA membership for 2019? There s 2 easy ways you can pay your dues: 1.) Come to a meeting and pay in person. February Meeting Next meeting Feb. 19th 6:30 PM Music City Aviators Monthly Meeting at Ryan s Steakhouse in Madison. 2.) Pay online at our website. There is a link to pay via PayPal on the Club Info page. Don t forget to renew your AMA and Metro Park Permit too!
Points Of Interest Upcoming R/C Events Part of the fun in our Hobby is attending special events hosted by various local clubs. Check out the upcoming events listed below and make an effort to attend as many as you can. Additional information can be found in this month s minutes Date Event Club Tuesday nights Indoor Flying Want more MCA between newsletters? Join the conversation in the Music City Aviators Facebook group. Click the logo to jump to the page. Family Hobbies May 18 Fun Fly Contest Music City Aviators And every Monday afternoon from 1-3 PM Indoor flying @ Mt. Juliet Rec. Center, Charlie Daniels Park. Mt. Juliet Also, Old Farts is still meeting every Wednesday depending on weather of course! No lunch during winter months. We are in the planning phase for 2019 events. More to come.
January Meeting Minutes Date: 15 January, 2019 Location: Ryan's Steakhouse, Madison, TN. Members Present: 21 Presiding: Tom Bible, President Opening Remarks: Meeting called to order at 6:30 pm. Tom welcomed everyone and thanked all present for coming out on our first meeting of the new year. Tom commented on the outstanding attendance turnout and mentioned that we have a new year ahead of us with a lot of new challenges and events to be planned. Treasurer's Report: Hays Graf reported $8,084.30 in our club account and acknowledged that 12 club members have paid their club dues for 2019. Motion made, seconded and approved to accept both the Treasurer's Report and the Minutes Report from October 2018. New Members: Four new members were present. Each told of their interests and experience, then their membership applications were approved by unanimous vote. Welcome aboard Michael Monnin, Alan Butler, Steve Colgan and RegisGalbach. Discussion: Hayes passed out a 2019 proposed budget along with the budget from 2018 for comparison. Many items were discussed including potential expenses for various facilities repair and maintenance. Dick Tonan, MTRCCA (MiddleTennessee R/C Clubs Association) President, volunteered to check with the Metro Parks Dept. to see if they will help with much needed resealing of areas of the runway. Don Clark will check with battery replacement of the weather station. A new item (Charity Donations) was included in this budget proposal. Tom commented that our club has been fortunate the past few years to have been blessed with shared profits from MTRCCA events, donations from businesses and deceased member's estates and he proposed that we donate $250 to a local charity as a way of giving back to the local community. Motion made and approved to increase the charity contribution to $500 and to accept the revised 2019 budget as it is. Several local organizations were mentioned that could benefit from our community charitable donation including EAA Young Eagles. It was agreed that ideas for a recipient of our donations will be submitted at our February meeting. It was mentioned that the FAA now requires all drone or suas (small unmanned aircraft system) operators to obtain a registration number and for that number to be attached somewhere on the remote piloted craft. Information for that requirement is available on the FAA website. Spread the word about the Aviators! Meet someone new and want to invite them to join the MCAs? Grab a stack of MCA Info Cards in the clubhouse.
January Meeting Minutes Con t Old Business: The successes of the MTRCCA 2018 Fall Swap Meet and our recent "Frost-bite-fly-in" was mentioned. New Business: John Forehand suggested that we conduct a Club Spring Fun-Fly Contest similar to the successful event recently conducted by our sister Metro club at Cane Ridge (MTRCS) that consisted of 4 events in two separate classes, Proposed entry fees of $10 per class with ideas for the events including; "Most take off and landings in a minute, Most Loops in a minute, Dixie Death, and Limbo". It was agreed that we will have the event on May 18 with prizes and/or trophies awarded. More plans will be made and finalized, volunteer help will be needed and this event will be AMA sanctioned. Dick Tonan commented that; "We have the potential for making this a really successful club event".. Upcoming Events: The Cumberland Flyers plan to host the MTRCCA Spring Fly-In at their Cedar Hill, TN field.. There will be a Scot Perry Spring Air Academy sponsored by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma and conducted by volunteers from the various MTRCCA clubs in June, 2019. Dave Palmer stated how much our club benefits from MTRCCA events and how the Association needs continuing volunteer support from each area club member in order to successfully plan and implement various enjoyable events that benefit all area RC clubs and the surrounding communities. Dick Tonan stated that the MTRCCA has turned back over $20,000 to the various area member clubs in the past 13 years. Show-N-Tell: Clyde Fussell exhibited a Sig Rascal that he has refurbished after it was recovered from the tragic fire at Ron Adam's house. John Forehand exhibited his unique Russian B.I.c.H and told of the difficulties obtaining a proper C.G. Regis Galbach demonstrated clear laminate material that can be put on as covering like Shrink Wrap but only costs $19 for a 500 ft. roll. Tom Bible showed photos of his winter model project; a Phoenix Models Ryan STA and Dave Palmer showed photos of his new 1/4 scale (108 inch wingspan) Cub that contains parts reclaimed from his old Cub. Closing Remarks: Tom again acknowledged our latest new members and welcomed them into our club. Next Meeting: Scheduled for 6:30 pm on February 19, 2019 at Ryan's Steakhouse and Buffet, 2151 Gallatin Pike N, Madison TN. Adjourn: 7:20 PM Respectfully, James Harkreader, MCA club Secretary Spread the word about the Aviators! Meet someone new and want to invite them to join the MCAs? Grab a stack of MCA Info Cards in the clubhouse.
Upcoming Fun-Fly Contest Our first Fun-Fly Contest is open to anyone from anywhere Saturday, May 18th, 2019! The Music City Aviators is hosting a 4 event Fun Fly featuring Events such as: 1. Most take-offs and landings in one minutes time...2. Loops, take-off and do as many loops as you can within one minute...3. MCA Dixie Death, take-off fly three rolls, three loops and 3 TRUE spins and land to a full stop...4. Limbo, take off and fly under the crepe paper string across the runway. Of course after everyone has completed the first run the string is lowered and keeps getting lowered until only one is left...5. Climb and Glide. Climb for 45 seconds then shut off the motor/engine and glide down as slowly as possible to a landing on the runway...6. Spot landing contest. Take-off and then land, dead stick, and roll as close to the spot marked on the runway as you can. 7. Balloon bust. Take off and break a tethered balloon within a two minute time. There will be two classes competing separately. Open class is any airplane and any amount of control throw, in other words 3D planes. Standard class is any airplane with control throws limited to 25 to 30 degrees throw. Contestants may enter one or both classes, but separate airplanes are required for each class. Awards will be given to the person winning the most points, 1st through 3rd in each class. All events count toward the class championship. Cost is $10.00 per class. Spread the word about the Aviators! Meet someone new and want to invite them to join the MCAs? Grab a stack of MCA Info Cards in the clubhouse.
New Years Day Photos
New Years Day Photos
January Meeting Photos
Indoor Flying Photos