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Pullman The Palouse Ridge Runner Moscow
Palouse Region R/C Flyers Newsletter
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The next club meeting will be Saturday, June 6 at 11am at the Sawyer RC Field. Contact club President Don Hart for information.
Members Present:
Minutes accepted as published.
Treasury: $2061.12
Dave Walker showed some great pictures of planes at the 16th Annual Vintage Stunt contest in October 2014 at Tucson, Arizona.This is a control stunt event. There were five circles, three were paved. Mark discussed tuning for competition flight, including the use of adjustable wingtip leadout location.
They also celebrated the 7th Annual Worldwide Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon, a non-competition event to honor the plane that got many modelers into the hobby from the 1950s through the 1980s. In 2013, 2,334 Ringmaster flights were recorded over the weekend of the event.
Dave showed his Hanger 9 PT-19 ARF control line plane. This is a low wing plane with some dihedral. It is powered with an EVO .36 engine.6/13/2015 - 6/14/2015 -- Deer Park, WA (C) WARBIRDS OVER DEER PARK.
Site: Deer Park Airport. Barry Greene CD PH: 509-995-1977 Email: bgreeneflyer@gmail.com.
15/1017. War Birds any era or size, Landing fee $10 for one day or $15
for both days. Camping available for $10 per night, no power or hook
ups. Lunch available both days. T-shirts for sale Sponsor: BARONS MODEL
CLUB
6/13/2015 - 6/14/2015 -- Spokane, WA (AA) 2ND ANNUAL SPOKANE
ALES CLASSIC. Site: Paradise Field. Jim Frahm CD PH: 509-720-0016
Email: jnsfrahm@q.com. Visit: www.ieqf.org. 15/1077 Events 631 (O) Sponsor: INLAND EMPIRE QUIET FLYERS
6/19/2015 - 6/21/2015 -- Parma, ID (C) PARMA JET RALLY. Site: Treasure
Valley Aeromodelers. Kendall Simmons CD PH: 208-452-7107 Email: flymustangs@hotmail.com.
15/1454. Annual Parma Jet Rally. Bring anything RC that's turbine
powered as well as EDF jets. Dry camping available. $20 Landing fee.
Sponsor: TREASURE VALLEY AEROMODELERS
6/26/2015 - 6/28/2015 --
Athol, ID (C) SILVER HILLS HELICOPTER FUN FLY. Site: Sliver Hills Rc
Flyers. Tim Mcgee CD PH: 208.683.3213 Email: tims733@frontier.com. 15/896 Sponsor: SILVERHILLS R/C FLYERS
6/27/2015
- 6/28/2015 -- Athol, ID (C) MATT JACOB SR MEMORIAL FUN FLY. Site:
Farragut State Park. Thomas Valcore CD PH: 406-889-5046 Visit: dtraymond06@q.com. 15/1231. Sponsor: FARRAGUT FLYERS
7/11/2015 - 7/12/2015 -- Wamic, OR (C) NORTHWEST RC SEAPLANE CHAMPIONSHIP. Site: Pinehollow Lakeside Resort. Dale Mcdonald CD PH: 503-761-3109 Email: dalemcdonald@comcast.net. Visit: www.sky-knights.org. 15/1318. Sport, scale, electric, and Funcub categories. Effective mufflers required for internal combustion. Must R.O.W. Sponsor: SKY KNIGHTS RC CLUB OF PORTLAND
7/18/2015 -- Richland, WA (C) RADIO CONTROL AIRPLANE PAINT BALL SHOOT DOWN. Site: Tri Cities Radio Control Model. William Bowen CD PH: c509-222-4262 Email: paternjock@aol.com. 15/620. Try your hand at shooting down an RC airplane with a paintball gun. All paintball equipment provided by Red Dot Paint Ball.
7/23/2015 - 7/25/2015 -- Athol, ID (C) ATHOL PROBRO HOSTED BY FARRAGUT FLYERS. Site: Flyers Field Farragut St Park. Alan Puckett CD PH: 208.818.1396 Email: alanrpuckett@hotmail.com. Visit: www.farragutflyers.com. 50x700 grass runway. Gas, glow, electric including electric turbine welcome. No jet turbines. AMA membership req. Generated electricity for battery charging available, vault toilet, drinking fountain, 8 set up and 3 starting tables, 4 pilot stations, 4 sun shaded picnic tables. Dry camping at the field available. No landing fees but applicable Park day passes/camping fees required. Sponsor: FARRAGUT FLYERS
7/31/2015 - 8/2/2015 -- Richland, WA (C) RC SPORT FLYER AEROTOW 2015. Site: Miniature Aircraft Airfield. William Byers CD PH: 509/947-0640 Email: wilbyers@me.com. Visit: www.rc-sf.com. 15/1568. An event for scale gliders and sailplanes. This event will feature gliders/sailplanes being pulled to soaring altitude by gas-powered airplanes, whereupon they release from the towline to soar. The cost of the event is $20, plus $5 for gas and towing. Sponsor: MINIATURE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
8/8/2015 Johnson Fun Fly, Johnson RC Field on Chambers Rd 6 miles south of Pullman, WA. 8am to 4pm. Palouse Flyers club meeting at 11am followed by lunch. Come early to fly before it gets hot or fly all day! Sponsor: LeRoy and Linda Johnson
8/13/2015 - 8/16/2015 -- East Wenatchee, WA (A) NORTHWEST SCALE CHAMPIONSHIP. Site: Wenatchee Red Apple Flyers. Del Herring CD PH: 509.679.8402 Email: del.herring301@gmail.com. 15/104. Events; 513 (J)(S)(O). NW Scale Championship is a Scale Master qualifier, a NASA qualifier and a limited Top Gun qualifier, as well as being the Northwest Regional Championship.