AMA Chartered Club #1140 The Tail Spinner Greater Southwest Aero Modelers P.O. Box 1355 Bedford, TX 76021 http://www.flygsw.org August 2010 President... Tim Lovett... (682) 503-6529 Vice President(s)... Lee Rice... (817) 431-5408 Secretary... Sonny Coleman... (817) 251-3940 Treasurer... Tom Russell... (817) 457-3236 Newsletter Editor... Roy Baker... (817) 545-4031 AMA Gold Leader Club The Greater Southwest Aero Modelers, Inc. is a nonprofit organization. Membership is nondiscriminatory and open to anyone who agrees to abide by Club By-Laws. A condition of membership for insurance purposes is current affiliation with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). Our flying field is located at 6903 Randol Mill Road, 1/4 mile east of exit 26 off of Loop 820 at N 32 46.895 W 97 12.361. Visitors are welcome whenever the gate is unlocked. Free flight training instruction is available to members from 6:00 PM to dusk on Monday and Wednesday while Daylight Savings Time is in effect. Regular Club meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the McDonalds Restaurant, 769 W Airport Fwy, Hurst TX. Take the Precinct Line exit, and the McDonalds is on the east bound access road. Next Meeting: Tuesday August 10,2010 7:30PM McDonalds 769 W Airport Fwy Hurst Forth Of July Fun Fly (Held on the 3 rd ) I want to thank everyone who took part in the 4th Fun Fly. The roster was signed by 35 people, but more attended. Even though it had rained the night before, the event was held on a slightly soggy runway with a few puddles. Never have so many pilots landed in the water without floats. Dutch Rovell, who was flying his grandfather s 120 stick, made the first full puddle landing at the end of a perfect dead stick landing. One of the best water landings was made by Lawrence who produced the biggest spray of the day. See the accompanying pictures and go to the club site to see all of the pictures. A special thanks to Walt for the great pictures. Again, he did a super job of documenting a great fun time at GSW. He took some amazing pictures of the action, especially the water landings. Also, a special thanks to Jim Keller, Lee Rice, Dona Rice, Tommy Ezell and all of the "Great Food Crew." Everything was real tasty...and I know, because I tried at least one of everything. I believe that Lawrence and Max started a great tradition at the Scale Contest. We followed their lead by honoring our Flag and Country at the flag pole while playing the National Anthem and saluting our flag. Before honoring the flag, the law authorizing veterans to hand salute (Continued on page 3) Boy Scouts Fly At GSWAM On 17 July, Boy Scout Troop 144 was hosted by GSWAM at the field. The roster was signed by 55 people, 21 from GSWAM and 34 Scouts, Leaders and parents. Thanks to Frank Rowell and Walt Fisher for coordinating the event and helping with the training. Also, thanks to all of the pilots who helped with the event. The flying orientation started with a Ground School which covered safety items, basics of flight, aircraft systems and flying techniques. This was followed by scale flying demonstrations by Lawrence with his B- 25 and Tim with his P-47. Both put on a great show during the day. Other pilots also flew demonstration flights throughout the day. Buddy Box training on two club trainers and two private aircraft (one electric and one gas) was held before and after lunch. All of the Boy Scouts and their Leaders got to fly at least once and many few several times. Some of the parents and other children also got some Buddy Box time. Before lunch, we honored our Flag and Country at the flag pole by playing the National Anthem and saluting our flag. Once again, before honoring the flag, the law authorizing veterans to hand salute during the playing of the National Anthem was briefed. All veterans presented a hand salute. (Continued on page 3)
August/September Events Calendar AUG 07--Lake Worth, TX (C) Fort Worth Thunderbirds Annual Float-Fly. Site: Lake Worth. GPS Coordinates: 32.813568, - 97.49177 Events: Sponsor: Ft. Worth Thunderbirds #1217. CD: Terry Thorpe, 413 Schooner Drive, Azle, TX 76020. Phone: 817-444-8237(day) 817-444-8237(eve) E-Mail: t t h o r p e 2 2 @ v e r i z o n. n e t W e b S i t e : www.fwthunderbirds.org Location: Camp Joy City Park? North Shore on Lake Worth From Loop 820 Northwest take Hyw 199 west to Confederate Park Rd. (aka 1886) Turn Left onto 1886 From 1886 Turn Left onto Lakeridge Rd. Lakeridge runs into the parking lot for the float fly. If you get to the water tower on the right you went to far. Landing Fee: $15.00 Pilot s Lunch Included Pilot s Briefing: 9:00am AUG 21--San Antonio, TX (A) Sailplane Open Class 444. Site: HOTSS Field. GPS Coordinates: 29.472323, -98.209171 Events: 444 (JSO) Sponsor: Heart Of Texas Soaring Society #2203. CD: Joseph Welch, 3186 Morning Creek, San Antonio, TX 78247. Phone: 210-481-4742(day) 210-481-4742(eve) E-Mail: jwelch002@stax.rr.com WebSite: www.hotss-rc.org Open Class Sailplane. Addem-up Thermal Duration. AUG 21--Southmayd, TX (A) Texoma Summer Scorcher II. Site: Pete Darter RC Field. GPS Coordinates: 33.644011, -96.750229 Events: 755, 760 (JSO) Sponsor: Texoma RC Modelers #276. CD: Robert Starr, 1508 Creekview Lane, Sherman, TX 75092. Phone: 903-814-9004(day) 903-814-9004(eve) E-Mail: robert-j-starr@ gmail.c om W ebsite: www.texomarc.org 6 rounds of SSC followed by 4+ rounds of Open B RC Combat. Hardhats required. AUG 27-29--Austin, TX (C) 12th Annual Big Bird Air Show. Site: Lester Field. GPS Coordinates: 30.32401, -97.6033 Events: Sponsor: Austin Radio Control Association #877. CD: Doug Nelle, 17902 FM-1100, Eglin, TX 78621. Phone: 512-925-0064(day) 512-281 -3766(eve) E-Mail: knelle@swbell.net WebSite: www.austinrc.org Event open to planes with 80" or greater wing span, 60" or larger Bipes & Turbine Jets with 140" total. (Turbine Jet cannot fly during "burn ban")$20 landing fee, limited electrical hook-ups $10 per night. Free Pizza Friday nite for pilots, $13 steak dinner Saturday night. Concessions available. AUG 28--Pflugerville, TX (A) Lonestar Soaring Series - ASF. Site: ASF Field. GPS Coordinates: 30.4043916, -97.6034833 Events: 444 & 460 (JSO) Sponsor: Austin Silent Flyers #4516. CD: Tony Bermudez, 1602 Thibodeaux Drive, Round Rock, TX 78664. Phone: 512-699-0301(day) 512-699- 0301(eve) E-Mail: xp3@austin.rr.com WebSite: www.austinsilentflyers.org Third round of four in the Lonestar Soaring Series Championships (Continued on page 3) Tail Spinner Submissions Items for the Tail Spinner are due by the 25th of the month. Remember that ads are free to members. Send them to: Roy Baker (817) 545-4031 (817) 455-0922 (cell) (e-mail) reb2ntx@verizon.net August Tail Spinner Page 2
July Secretary s Report The July 2010 business meeting was called to order by club president Tim Lovett at the McDonalds Restaurant at 769 W. Airport Freeway Hurst, TX 76053. The June business meeting minutes were approved as written by attending club members. Visitors/Guests: Rick McCommas and Allan Thompson Old Business: Field Report: There will be a work day on 7/24/2010 during which additional topsoil will be delivered to the flying facility, and volunteers will be needed to spread the soil over runway low spots. The shelter s roof panels are retaining rain water in spots and will need to be repaired as well. Sprinkler Schedule: The flying field sprinkler system is currently scheduled to water the runway and pit areas three times a week. Trash Can Usage: The 55 gallon trash containers are not to be used for crashed aircraft storage. If you should lose a plane and want to dispose of the carcass please dump aircraft remains into the dumpster and not the trash cans. Boy Scout Event: The Boy Scout event, to be held Saturday 7/17/2010, is expecting to draw around 20 scouts and eight adults, so volunteer instructors and helpers will be needed to facilitate the event. Model of the Month: Roy Baker won the July Model of the Month award with his Ugly Stick. The aircraft is powered by an O.S. 160 twin cylinder engine. Club Web Site: Be sure the visit the Greater Southwest Aero Modeler s web site at: http://www.flygsw.org. There is a current membership roster in the Members area and be sure to check out the club s Tech site, there s an abundance of useful information available. Sonny Coleman Club Secretary 214-415-1921 Sonny@flygsw.org (Continued from page 1) during the playing of the National Anthem was briefed. Nineteen veterans were present and performed the salute. Thanks again to all who attended and took part. With the club s permission, I will plan to do this again next year. The 4 th falls on a Monday next year, so maybe we can have the event then. Chuck (Continued from page 1) As expected, the Scouts didn t leave much of the great food prepared by the galley crew of Jim Keller, Lee Rice, Tommy Ezell and others. As usual, all of the burgers and hot dogs were outstanding and the Scouts helped in finishing off the last remaining hot dogs. Walt had a throttle malfunction during his first flight, so he got to take pictures of the event. He did make a great dead stick after waiting forever for his plane to run out of gas. Thanks to Walt for the great pictures. Go to the club site to see all of the pictures. Thanks again to all of the great GSWAM members who attended and helped the Scouts have a great day. As a follow-up to the Scout event, we just learned from the Scout Master that seven (7) of the Boy Scouts who attended the GSWAM training session have now completed all the requirements for their Aviation Merit Badges. The new badges will be presented to the Scouts in August at their Court of Honor. GSW Events for 2010 All Scale Flyin October 9th. Max Ficken coordinator Food drive November13th. Max Ficken coordinator Toys for Tots Walt Fisher coordinator December 11th. Event coordinator Max Ficken triplane41@att.net Chuck (Continued from page 2) for clubs from Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin. SEP 04--Mansfield, TX (C) Texas Best E-jets and Rally. Site: Club Field. GPS Coordinates: 32.542766, -97.140214 Events: Sponsor: Hawk Field Flyers of Texas #3369. CD: Ronald Cloyer, 2106 Avalon Lane, Arlington, TX 76014. Phone: 817-680-6227(day) 817-680- 6227(eve) E-Mail: rcloyer2011@yahoo.com WebSite: www.hawkfield.org Come and enjoy lots of fun-fly time with E-jet combat, speed trials by radar, aircraft carrier landing with prizes awarded all day. Gate opens at 8am, pilot meeting at 8:45am, flying starts at 9am. $15 landing fee includes lunch for pilots. $5 buys lunch for non flyers. SEP 04-05--Dallas, TX (AA) Charles Ash Memorial Southwestern CL Championships. Site: Samuell Hobby Park. GPS Coordinates: 32.866894813795, -96.671481808784 Events: 312, 313, 319-321, 323-326, 333, Fox/ Goldberg, Sport Goodyear, Quickie Rat, Old Time Stunt, Classic Stunt, Sportsman Profile &.15 Profile Carrier (JSO) Sponsor: Dallas Model Aircraft Association #1902. CD: Thomas E. Farmer, 3621 S. Elm St., Grand Prairie, TX 75052. Phone: 972-262-4772(day) (same) (eve) E-Mail: Tom.Farmer@sbcglobal.net WebSite: www.dmaa-1902.org 333 Dive Bombing/Strafing per local DMAA rules (Bursting equidistant balloons); Lunch served Sunday, donation appreciated. Entry fee $15 first event, $5 each additional. $25 maximum. SEP 04-05--Southmayd, TX (AA) 14th Annual Texoma IMAC Challenge. Site: Pete Darter RC Field. GPS Coordinates: 33.644011, - 96.750229 Events: 411, 412, 413, 414, 415 (JSO) Sponsor: Texoma RC Modelers Club #276. CD: Aubrey Thomas, 1927 Collier Drive, Denison, TX 75020. Phone: 903-465-2664 (day) E-Mail: charleyrc@sbcglobal.net WebSite: www.texomarc.org Camping Okay, no hook-ups. Security on site Fri & Sat night. Field open all day Friday for practice. Pilot meals provided Sat. & Sun. Plaques for 1st thru 3rd in all numbered events, JSO Combined, and Freestyle. SEP 11--Lake Benbrook, TX (C) 3rd Annual Biplane Fun-Fly. Site: New Thunderbird Field. GPS Coordinates: 32.61, -97.4844 Events: Sponsor: Fort Worth Thunderbirds #1217. CD: Robert Hoover, 122 Danielle Drive, Weatherford, TX 76087. Phone: 817-614-0056 ( d a y) 8 1 7-6 1 4-0 0 5 6 ( e v e ) E - M a i l : rob erth oov er@ u wm ail.c om W ebsit e: www.fwthunderbirds.org Directions: take Hwy 377 S.W. through Benbrook to Hwy 1187. Turn left onto Hwy 1187 to Winscott Plover Road. Turn left onto Winscott Plover Road to Toll Gate. Follow signs to the new Thunderbird Field. Fun-Fly with awards to best pilot, best military, best Civilian and best crash. August Tail Spinner Page 3
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The Tail Spinner Greater Southwest Aero Modelers P.O. Box 1355 Bedford, TX 76021 Inside This Issue Forth of July Boy Scouts Secretary s Notes Pictures of July Events McDonald s Is proud to support Greater Southwest Aero Modelers Please visit us at one of the following locations: McDonald s #25720 Precinct Line Rd & HWY 183 Hurst, Texas 76053 McDonald s #13021 Belknap St & HWY 177 Haltom City, Texas 76117 McDonald s #10145 Handley-Ederville & HWY 121 Richland Hills, Texas 76118 McDonald s #29446 Precinct Line Rd & Harwood St (Inside Wal-Mart) Hurst, Texas 76053 McDonald s #16807 Cheek Sparger & HWY 121 (Inside Wal-Mart) Bedford, Texas 76021 McDonald s #7586 450 Grapevine Highway Hurst, Texas 76053 McDonald s #33905 5609 Colleyville Blvd Colleyville, Texas 76034