June 2011 The Flypaper is a monthly publication of The Fox Valley Aero Club An Illinois not-for-profit Corporation P.O. Box 837 St. Charles, IL 60174-0837 www.foxvalleyaero.com AMA Gold Leader Club Academy of Model Aeronautics Charter Club #252 President: Thomas Spriet [email protected]Vice President: John Turner [email protected]Secretary: Tony Sokol [email protected]Treasurer: Paul Jacobs [email protected]Flypaper Editor: Doug Swanson [email protected]Tom Spriet photo New this month: Officer / Chairperson Reports Chicagoland Classic Pattern Report FVAC Members at SAC Float Fly Shots from the Field Thank You to FVAC Officers FVAC IMAC Challenge Flier Sunset on beautiful... Lake Aero
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New this month:Officer / Chairperson ReportsChicagoland Classic Pattern ReportFVAC Members at SAC Float FlyShots from the FieldThank You to FVAC OfficersFVAC IMAC Challenge Flier
At our May meeting, there were about 50 memberspresent. Some of those present went home with a prize.Well, they bid and paid for the prize. We had our firstauction, that appeared to go pretty well. If you recall, apast member’s son donated his accumulation of fielditems and airplanes, that we auctioned off and theproceeds went into the general fund. I could see thishappening again in the future in that all thingsconsidered it went pretty darn well. Not one item wasleft behind.
Our event season started today with the Classic Pattern
Contest. June is soon to be here and with it a very busymonth, weather–permitting. In addition to our flyingevents we added our first Pig Roast which is happeningon Sunday June 12th. Time and participation will tell ifthis will resurface next year, so make it a date! Bringyour hardware to fly, a dish to pass, and your familyand friends. Please send a response [email protected] if you plan to attend. We will needto order a large enough pig for all to enjoy. At our lastmeeting all but one person raised his hand. So 49 saidyea, I'm coming and I'm bringing her! So far the countis 14 members and a total of 34 people. You can stillcome if you don't reply, it's just somebody won't getany PIG! If you don't like pig, come out anyway, juststop by the Colonel on the way for a bucket. The ordergoes in on June 7th. I did not note who was at themeeting, so Please respond promptly!!! Alan Galle will
be putting on a fun fly, Rich Gabrys will be bringing avolleyball net and we will bring at least one set of bagsand boards. Should be a blast!!!
This year we are also going to have an entry in theGeneva Swedish Days Parade on Sunday, June 26th.My informant tells me there are over 100 entries and wewill be unit #22 with the Jessie White Tumblers rightbehind us. If you have any desire in helping with thecreation of our float or how we can make it a showpiecefor many to remember please contact myself or anotherboard member. Time is short—we will have two weeksafter our next meeting to get-r-done! See you at thefield for the next meeting, if not before.
Tom Spriet
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The Salvation Army is one of many charitableorganizations recognized throughout the world!Over the years, the members of the FVAC havebeen instrumental for pledging to our local St.Charles Chapter. Our campaign always begins inthe fall through donations consisting of toys andgift cards that will ensure families have a happierholiday through the Salvation Army. During the2010 season, the Salvation Army received over$383,000 from the Tri Cities for Christmas and YearRound Service. Many of their services that extendpast the Christmas Holiday Service include thefollowing: emergency, community care, youth andsenior program, food pantry, and spiritualactivities.
On May 11, 2011, the Salvation Army held theirannual donor and volunteer appreciation dinner formany businesses that made a difference. MajorSteve Koehler recognized the Fox Valley Aero Clubfor continuing support and extended his personal"thank you" to all the members for the donationsand support. President Tom Spriet, VP JohnTurner, and Membership Chair Sal Perno attendedthe banquet to receive the honor and plaque onbehalf of the FVAC. VP Turner informed MajorKoehler the FVAC will continue their pledgecampaign with higher expectations for 2011. Thedinner concluded with additional recognitions andkeynote address by Lt. Colonel Ralph Bukiewicz.
After the meeting and hearing Lt. ColonelBukiewicz share about the history of the SalvationArmy, I now have a better understanding aboutthis wonderful organization and their passion forserving others. Take time to reach out to any SAin your community and make a difference.
Thank you again to themembers of the FVAC and theSalvation Army Organizationof St. Charles.
It is hard to believe that we are at the start of ourevent season and I have only been in the air a fewtimes this year. The weekend weather has reallysucked but hopefully all the bad stuff is behind usand our events will have clear skies and light winds.The treasury is still in great shape and we have beenwelcoming new members to the club which alwayshelps. I have posted the roster in the frequency boxas well as listing those members that need to renewtheir AMA dues to be insured. If your AMA is notcurrent you cannot fly at the field.
Last week at the field I witnessed an incredibleshowing of pilot skill by Chris Nelson practicing forIMAC. Chris shouted I think I lost an elevator andproceeded to set up for a landing which wassuccessful. When we got to the plane it was missingthe entire left side of the horizontal stabilizer andelevator as well as the top of the rudder and thebottom hatch off of the fuselage. We found someparts that day but Greg Bohler found the stabilizerand elevator the next day on the second tree linewest of the field. That 150 CC Extra 300 will fly againbut I must say most of us would have taken theremains home in a large plastic bag.
The new flag poles look great and John “JT” Turnerhas agreed to keep ‘em flying. If you have schoolflags, team flags, etc. that you would like to see in the
rotation, give JT a shout. The size needed is 3’ X 5’and should be nylon or some type of polyestermaterial for outdoors.
Don’t forget to RSVP to Tom Spriet [email protected] for the pig roast coming up onJune 12th and the parade on June 26th.
Remember aerobatics make the world go aroundand I’ll see you on the flight line.
Paul7
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Fox Valley Aero Club is a proud supporter of the Toys for Tots Program
The ChICAgOlAnD ClASSIC
Pattern Championships was created tocelebrate the growing interest in “ClassicPattern”, the golden age of R/C patternflying, from 1968 – 1985. The scheduledone day event combined rules andstructure from the Senior PatternAssociation (www.seniorpattern.com), theBallistic Pattern Association(www.ballisticpattern.com) and a newclassic pattern class called Classic TOC.
There has been no other event that hasshaped the face of R/C precision aerobaticslike the “International Tournament of
Champions”. The formatbrought together the finestFAI pilots from around theworld competing for aspecial trophy, earning apart of history AND prizemoney. The maneuverschedules requireddifferent approaches anddesign paths creating
innovation of model design, control andpropulsion systems.
In 1978, the "Tournament of Champions"(TOC) organizer's Bill Bennet of CircusCircus Hotel & Casino, Art Schroeder,Editor of Model Airplane News, JerryNelson, Contest Director changed theformat from little toy pattern airplanes toscale outline planes with a minimum of800 square inches for monoplanes and1000 for biplanes. The maximum sizelimitation was 2500 for monoplanes.
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Chicagoland Classic
Pattern ChampionshipsMay 28, 2011
Fox Valley Aero Club
St. Charles, IL (Chicago Suburb)By Rusty Dose Photos: Rusty Dose & Doug Swanson
These changes required the invitedmodelers a tremendous challenge ofdesigning eligible models as well asexecute new, more difficult maneuvers.
Eighteen pilots came from West Virginia,North Carolina, Illinois and Michigancame well prepared and ready to fly. Therain did not arrive until the afternoonallowing (2) rounds of SPA Novice, BPAAdvanced, BPA Masters and Classic TOCto be flown.
No fewer than (5)Hangar 9 Phoenix 7's,XLT, TIporare, SuperKaos, Kaos 40, T2A,Saturn, Ugly Stik, KingKobra and a Mustang Xflew pattern with a Zlin50L, 90" Laser and a 102" Laser flew inClassic TOC (all electric) and featured (2)former TOC pilots Mark Radcliff and MikeMcConville.
I wish to thank the FVAC members forproviding the world–class facilities andDorie and Paul Jacobs for their assistancewith scoring!
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So, here is my sixth issue of the Flypaper. Thatmeans it’s June and the flying season is well underway. Wait—well under way? It's just beginning!What happened? Ah yes, the weather blew(literally). It now seems that things are finallyturning around and a lot more fuel and electrons arebeing spent out there.
Thanks to Rusty Dose, Merlyn Graves, KevinKessler, and Chris Nelson for their contributions thismonth. I apologize for this issue being a few dayslate.
I’ve only been out twice (five flights)with the Extra for IMAC practice. It
quickly became evident thatI’m gonna need a lot morethan five flights to becompetitive. I had somespecial judges (myparents) come out on thesecond night. Of coursethey said everythinglooked great—they need togo back to judging school!
This year the Academy ofModel Aeronautics (AMA) is
celebrating 75 Years of Model Aviation. As part oftheir celebration, they are inviting clubs toparticipate in a newsletter contest. With your help, Iwould like to enter this contest. The only rule is thatit must contain information pertinent to AMA’s 75thanniversary. I will be brainstorming over the nextcouple weeks for ideas on how to make our entrystand out. I want to include FVAC history as well asany personal stories relating to the AMA. If anyonehas any ideas, please share with me [email protected].
See you at the field!
Doug
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Welcome to your field report. I would like tostart out by saying a big thank you to everyonethat worked on field day. The field looksfantastic. We will be proudly flying theAmerican flag on all the flag poles forMemorial Day week end.
By the time you read this we will have our firstmajor event in the books. I know the Classicpattern event will be a big success.
As we head into June we have a busy monthahead of us. Please come out and support all ofthe events. If you see something at the fieldthat needs attention, please let me know via aphone call or email. If I have heard of nothingneeding attention, I come out to fly—just likeyou.
I hope everyone has a safe and happyMemorial Day week end and I will see you atthe field.
Greg Bohler
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