Newsletter of the Oakville Milton Flying Club November 2014 www.omfc.org Extreme Flight Yak 54 (Roger Young) In This Issue Minutes of November Meeting Planes of Summer Cat s Cradle Meeting and Events Calendar Our next club meeting is: Monday, December 1st at 7:30 pm Unit 13, 785 Pacific Rd. Oakville
OMFC Fliteline 2 Minutes of October Meeting The OMFC November meeting was called to order by President Terry Sears at 7:30pm on Monday, November 3rd, with thirty-six members present. This level of attendance constitutes a quorum for the club s Annual General Meeting. Denis Loo reported on the recent MAAC AZM. He stated that it was a fairly uneventful session, with the main point of the meeting being the election of a new Deputy Zone Director. Brian Anderson, our CFI, then rose to present Wings Certificates to this year s graduates. Congratulations Arum Ghose Kevin Graca Jurie Jigalov Ted Mruck. possible to work with Claire Murray here, as he already sets up some indoor flying dates in the GTA. The issue of a second field was brought up, and Terry responded that while we are still in talks with Milton regarding possible future sites, there is nothing being done at this time to get a second field prepared. Usage of the North Field by the combined North and South Field flyers did not cause any congestion or line-ups as was originally feared. Building a new field from scratch would be very expensive, and would more than likely be north of the 401. Terry stated that while the Executive is continuing its field search, the actual building of the field is not a top priority. The next item on the agenda was the 2015 Executive election (selection?). The slate of Officers as put forward by the Selection Committee was as follows: President: Denis Loo Vice-President: Rasheed Juman Secretary-Treasurer Jim Eichenberg North Field Manager Bill Funnell Membership Director (open) Fliteline Editor Andy Sulkowski Jurie, Brian and Ted Brian also had a special thanks to this year s team of instructors, who, despite the unfavorable weather conditions this summer, made themselves available every Tuesday and Thursday evening for the flight school. Following the Wings Presentation, there was a brief discussion about possible indoor flying this winter, and whether the club was interested in formally pursuing an indoor schedule. If anyone is interested in in being the indoor flight co-ordinator, they should contact Terry Sears or Denis Loo. It may be As there were no further nominations, the slate was elected as stands; moved by Terry Sears and seconded by Mike McDermott. The position of Membership/Social Director was not filled at the time of the meeting anyone wishing to serve in that capacity is urged to contact Terry Sears or Denis Loo. The Appointed members of the 2015 Executive (CFI, Webmaster and Field Acquisition Manager) will be named by the incoming Executive once they take office December 1st. Following the election of officers, we broke for coffee and the usual raffle draw.
OMFC Fliteline 3 Brian Anderson rose and stated that while he was know to be a flyer of ARF models, he has recently become a scratch-builder! As proof, he showed us a self-designed and built biplane, that he presented to Terry in appreciation for Terry s tenure as Club president (below). in Solartex and Klass Kote epoxy paint. The cowl and wheelpants are fibreglass/epoxy fabricated over molds with the help of Gerard Baron. The Knight Twister comes in at about 12 lbs and the currently planned power is a Laser.90 four-stroke. That may change, however, as the glow plug on the Laser is in an very inconvenient position at the front of the cylinder. Terry then turned the meeting over to Denis, our president elect for 2015. Denis introduced himself and gave a brief summary of his background and time in the hobby. There were two models on display at the meeting. One was the now almost completed Imperial Knight Twister by Mike McDermott. Mike explained that the model was totally scratch built even the plans were made from three-views. The model is covered Next up was Mike Auger, and his Twisted Hobbys Crack Yak-55 indoor 3D model. The Yak is an Indoor ARF, made of 9mm depron foam and having a wingspan of 32 inches. The wing itself is flat; lift is provided by the flight angle. The meeting adjourned at about 9:00 pm
OMFC Fliteline 4 The Planes of Summer Embraer Super Tucano Ozzie Correia Yak 54 Roger Young Pulse XT40 Steve McAlpine Wind S110 Gerard Baron Pilatus PC-21 Frank Pilih Funtana 90 Luis Peral
OMFC Fliteline 5 Cat s Cradle Well, it s been a while since the Cat has written anything!! I ran across an interesting article in one of the papers the other day (The Star, I think) about a place that features indoor skydiving! Now that got my attention, for sure then I find out that the place is in Oakville! I didn t remember seeing any huge towers being built in town, so I had a look at the company s web site. Seems the firm is international, and the Toronto area (that s us) is just one of many locations. Also turns out that you don t actually fall down, you sort of float up, and that gives the feeling of falling downward. As I understand it, it s a vertical wind tunnel concept; there are fans in the floor that are powerful enough to lift you into the air, and you manoeuver the same as you would if you were falling in free flight. Anyhow, the cost is actually fairly reasonable take a look at their web site (and no, I don t work for them ) www.iflytoronto.com
OMFC Fliteline 6 OMFC 2014 Executive President: Terry Sears North Field Manager: Bill Funnell Vice-President: Denis Loo Membership Director: Guch Gujral Past President: John Pretty Chief Flying Instructor: Field Acquisition Mgr.: Brian Anderson Mike McDermott Fliteline Editor: Andy Sulkowski asulkowski@cogeco.ca Webmaster: Bert Armstrong bert@virtuhost.com Secretary/Treasurer: Jim Eichenberg 1316 Gainsborough Drive Oakville, Ontario L6H 2H5 Telephone: 905-255-3063 jeichen@idirect.com OMFC Meeting Dates for 2014/15 Date Monday, December 1st Agenda TBA Monday, January 5th Monday, February 2nd Monday, March 2nd Monday, April 6th Monday, May 4th Annual Beauty Contest OMFC Event Dates for 2015 Date Event Event Sponsor January 1st Frozen Finger Fly Jim Eichenberg February 8th Swap Meet Rasheed Juman May 23rd (approx) Milton Street Show Bill Funnell June 6th Electric Fun Fly Denis Loo June 21st Annual Air Show OMFC Executive July 25th/26th Pattern Contest Jim Eichenberg Aug 15th Family Fun Fly Terry Sears