7pm Tuesday June 5

The next club meeting will be at Sawyer R/C Field Tuesday, June 5 (contact club President Jerry Becker for information). Open flying before (and after) the meeting.

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Meeting agenda, June 5, 2007:

1. Announcements
2. Minutes from Last meeting (May 1)
3. Treasury Report / Dues update
4. Flying report
5. 7/3 Meeting and Location
6. Safety Benches (Update)
7. June 23 Fun Fly
8. Agenda Additions / New business
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The meeting was held at Jack-in-the-Box in Moscow on Tuesday, May 1. Called to order by Jerry Becker President.

Jerry Becker (President)

Minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.

Treasurer report: $2084.92 ($20 yet to deposit)

The club welcomed new member Dave Barker.

Club dues are due: $20 for an individual or $30 for a family. Almost all members are paid up.

Sailplane contest the weekend of the May 12th/13th at Mann's field in Lewiston. 9:30AM

June 5 Meeting Location: due to remodeling we will be unable to meet at the Jack-In-The-Box in June. It was agreed that the next meeting should be held at Sawyer's field. Come early and fly.... business meeting at 7:00.

The fuel order is in. Contact John Sawyer to pay for and pick up your order.

Turn out at Sawyer's field has been good...12 people turned out last Thursday night. Keith has been doing very well and looks to be almost ready to solo. Sam has also been doing some training on the buddy box and is looking good. Richard has gotten in some significant air time, and is flying well, but an unplanned "side hill" arrival has given his aircraft a momentary setback.

Joe Bolden reported that the CD(s) have planned 3 events for the Fun Fly. There will be two known events and one unknown event. The two known events are 1) perform an Immelman and 2) perform a 1/2 Cuban Eight. The unknown event will be announced at the start of the contest. There will be no timed events.

Bertle Spence showed a prototype folding safety bench. It is a very slick design that folds for storage. It was decided that we should commission one bench to start with, and depending on use and utility, perhaps build another later on.

John Sawyer has not yet submitted a bill for the cost of rolling the field. Jerry will ask him about it. It was brought to our attention that we should be more conscious of observing proper etiquette when flying with others. We should all get in the habit of announcing takeoffs and landings and generally observing AMA rules when at the field.

More volunteers are needed to mow the runway. Contact Jerry Becker about the location of the mower.

Dave Walker handed out copies of the new Sport Flyer magazine.

Jerry Becker brought a T-Rex 600 helicopter and a T-Rex 450 Helicopter. The 600 is powered by a 600BL Electric motor fueled by a 6S2P 4200Mah LiPo. The 450 is powered by a 430BL Electric motor and fueled by a 3S 2100 LiPo.

We watched a video on the 1971 World Championships.

Apple Blossom Fly-In; Class C at WRAF Flying Field @ 51 Webb Road: CD: Dean Nichols, P.O. Box 1889, Chelan, WA, (509)682-9273, Email: deandot@nwi.net : Sponsor: Wenatchee Red Apple Flyers #653

Volcano Fun Fly; Class A for 705 at Ben‘s Strip; CD: Joe Ball, 411 Lacey Ave. Selah, WA 98942, (509)697-9245, Email: ball4@charter.net , Sponsor: Yakima Valley Aero Modelers #615

Ed Huffman Soaring Classic; Class AAA for 442, 444, 460 & 461; Location: Farragut State Park; CD: Kelly Johnson, (509)869-9044, Email: kcj3@p3mc.com. Sponsor: Inland Empire Soaring Society #1704

Barons Spring Float Fly; Class C at Jump off Joe Lake: CD: Tony Worman, 49 Jade Drive, Newport, WA 99156, (509)447-4334, Email: skybug@earthlink.ws Sponsor: Baron’s Model Club #642

Idaho Jet Fly; Class C-r at TVA Model Airport; CD: Edward (Al) Culver, P.O.Box 86, Wilder, ID 83676, (208)482-7356, Email: carol_culver@cableone.net. Restricted to turbines, Ducted Fans (gas & Elect).

SW Idaho Scale Masters Qualifier; Class AA for 512, 522 at Nampa Model Aviators Field; CD: Ray Schellekens, 9533 W. Old Mill Rd. (208)658-6767; Email: rayschell@msn.com Sponsor: Idaho Scale Squadron #2277. US Scale Masters rules apply to all events including "Open Class". Builder must be present for team scale entries. Turbine pilots must have appropriate waiver.

Warbird Fly In; Class C at Farragut State Park; CD: Matt Jacobson, 735 N. Corbin Rd. #21, Post Falls, ID 83854, (208)773-4222, Email: spectrematt@yahoo.com ; Sponsor: Farragut Flyers #324. Warbirds only on Saturday, open flying on Sunday.

More Northwest modeling events at http://boeinghawks.org/events/ama.htm