FLIGHT LNES. From your Club President. Club Officers

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1 AMA CHARTER No. 312 FLIGHT LNES MAY 2009 From your Club President Well, mother nature has finally took a turn for us. The evenings are a bit longer and the weather is starting to come around. The club has had a very busy last month. We successfully installed our new layer of runway material. Once the sun hit it a couple of days in a row it has stretched out nicely. I want to personally thank everyone who was involved with getting this task accomplished. With all of the reschedules I know it was difficult to shift your time around. Also, if you haven t noticed there is a new addition to the field. Darrell Watts has donated the use of a full size propeller which has been mounted above our signage. Thanks Darrell. Training nights have gotten off to a fairly good start, we are having a few students each night. I have also dropped off fliers at Hobby Haven to help promote our club and Training Program. Thanks to all of the trainers and ground crews. We also participated in the Spring Community Day event at Midale Farm location in Edgerton. This park is part of the Johnson County Parks system and we were more than happy to give back to the park. Although the turnout was not great the weather probably had a bit to do with that. We were still able to get in a few flights and show off for some of the kids. We are still continuing to move forward with more community programs this year. The next event is just around the corner. On May 12th we will be participating in the Johnson County Library Science Night. We will be setting up a static booth and showing off our airplanes how they work etc. If you are interested in joining us please let me know. CRL09FamilyScienceNight.pdf for more information. Thanks everyone for a great month. All of the hard work will make things smoother throughout the summer. Photo unavailable Photo unavailable Club Officers President Wade Atkinson 1st VP of the Field George Grothe 2nd VP of Training Mac Strader Treasurer Neil McNeil Secretary Dan Collard Historian/Librarian Frank Hass Next Meeting: Thursday, May 14th MEETING PLACE: SMRCC Field TIME: 7:00PM 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Wade Atkinson PS If you are not on a mowing team and would like to join one please let George know. If we get a few more people we may be able to add a 5 th team.

2 FLIGHT LNES FLIGHT LNES Page 2 SMRCC Meeting Minutes 52 people attended the April meeting. The meeting was called to order at 7:10PM. Gary Swanson spoke to the club about the Honor Flight program. Len Porter Spoke to us about his WWII experiences in a B-24. More detail follows in this newsletter. Dan

3 LIGHT INES Page 3 SMRCC 2009 Calendar of Events May 14th Club Meeting SMRCC Field ***** First meeting at the field. ***** Jun 11th Club Meeting SMRCC Field Jun 13th Club Fun Fly Event TBD Jul 9th Club Meeting SMRCC Field Jul 11th 3rd Annual Club Picnic / Fun Fly All SMRCC members and their families are invited Aug 13th Club Meeting SMRCC Field Aug 15th Club Fun Fly Event TBD. Sep 10th Club Meeting SMRCC Field Sep 12th SMRCC City Wide Open invitation to AMA registered pilots Oct 6th Training Nights End Oct 8th Club Meeting Lenexa Community Center/Senior s Center ***** First meeting at Senior s Center. ***** Oct 11th Club Fun Fly Fun Fly Event = Team Up / Chili Down Nov 12th Club Meeting Lenexa Community Center/Senior s Center Dec 5th SMRCC Swap n Shop Dec 10th 4th Annual SMRCC Holiday Party Location TBD SMRCC demonstration at Midale.

4 FLIGHT LNES LIGHT INES Page 4 Meeting Information What a Great Way to End the Fall/Winter Meetings B-24 Pilot Presentation On Thursday evening April 9 th we had a nice turnout for our final meeting at the Senior Center for this spring. Approximately 60 people were present to hear an interesting and entertaining presentation by Leonard Porter, who was a B-24 pilot in WW-II. We were pleased to have guests from the Wyandotte Co. Rangers, Lawrence Jayhawk Model Masters, KCRC, Hillsdale Barnstormers and two modelers from the Topeka clubs. A native of the KC area, Mr. Porter told about how he was selected to be a pilot, about his training and about his combat experiences. He spent his time as a pilot in the Pacific theater. His story about a near crash during training was hair raising as well as some of his stories relating to specific bombing missions. He also told of a couple of mission experiences which turned out to be very funny. One I can relate here: On one mission his aircraft was under heavy Japanese fighter attack. The top turret gunner was quickly tracing and firing at a fighter when two bullets pierced the top turret bubble passing on each side of his head. Simultaneously, the gunner had quickly shifted the gun position and the recoil of the gun had hit him between the eyes. The gunner started yelling, I m hit, I m hit. Blood is running down my face and down my legs. As soon as they cleared the attack, Capt. Porter instructed his navigator to go check on the gunner. Soon he heard loud laughter. It turns out the gun recoil had cut a minor gash in the gunners forehead which was bleeding rather profusely but what was running down his legs wasn t blood. Before adjourning, we had a nice break to visit personally with Mr. Porter, check out the beautiful P-47 model that Craig Williams had brought and to enjoy the nice refreshments (edit. Note) Again, the programs this year have been really interesting and fun. If you are missing them you are really missing out. When the Senior Center meetings start back up in the fall do plan on attending!

5 LIGHT INES Fun Fly and Field Photos Page 5 The winning plane and crew in the build it /fly it competition.

6 FLIGHT LNES FLIGHT LNES LIGHT INES Page 6 Field Clean-up Day

7 Page 7 RC Video Magazine Volume (VHS/DVD) Lake Havasu Float Plane Fun Fly The Thingamabob RC Krash Kourse SMRCC Video Library- Partial listing Helicopter Rotor Blade Covering and Balancing ¼ Scale Cars from WCM Kit Review of Sport Aviation s EZ P-51 and Focke-Wulf RC Video Magazine Volume (VHS/DVD) Top of New Jersey Club K&B Engines Jet Hangar Hobbies New F-4 Sport Flyers Corner Doug Pratt Custom Electronics Cal Orr NATS Pattern 1988 The New LEGEND Helicopter AMA News with Geoffrey Styles Coming Attractions RC Video Magazine Volume (VHS/DVD) Great Western Race 21-Mile Cross Country Race Terry s Hobby Store RC Spotlight on Accessories UAV Platoon Army s RPV Training Program Concept 30 Review from Ed Nakasone Scale Competitions Flight Report from the NATS and the Scale Masters Regionals in Southern California Parting Shots RC Video Magazine Volume (VHS/DVD) Ace Float Fly Have Yourself a Quickie 500 Top Gun Tournament Terry s Hobby Store Corbin Super Ace ½ Scale Helicopter FAI Team Trials Scale: From the Inside Out RC Video Magazine Volume (VHS/DVD) Schneider Cup Giant Scale Reenactment Mark Frankel s Lear Jet 1/8 Scale Air Force Annual Fly In World Helicopter Championships Flying in Cold Weather This is a partial listing of the videos in the SMRCC library. Contact Frank Hass to check a video out. Total li-

8 Page 8 SMRCC Video Library- Partial listing RC Video Magazine Volume (VHS/DVD) IMA Rally of Giants Oshkosh, 10th Anniversary Sport Flyer s Corner Doug Pratt Field Tests Electric Aircraft Jeff Troy Covering Over Open Bays The Best of Giant Scale o B-25 Built by Don Albright o Frontier by Tailwind Aviation o Citation by Ralph Braun o Pyrotechnics: Fred Anderson Prepares a Zero for Striking Back Hansen Scale Aviation Volume (VHS/DVD) World R/C Scale Championships and AMA Invitational Scale Shoot Out, Muncie, Indiana N.W. International Scalemasters Qualifier, Farragut Park, Idaho Hansen Scale Aviation Volume (VHS/DVD) Q.S.A.A. Las Vegas Deutsche s Air Museum, Munich Germany Kitty Hawk, N.C. Museum Flying with Gordon Banks Hansen Scale Aviation Volume (VHS/DVD) N.W. Seaplane Championships IMAA Rally of Giants Whidbey Island Scalemasters Kennedy Space Center Valiant Air Command Museum Hansen Scale Aviation Volume (VHS/DVD) Q.S.A.A. Las Vegas Kansas Air Museum Frankfurt on Main Air Museum Radio Control Notalgia Darryl Usher s 1955 to mm Movies Hansen Scale Aviation Volume (VHS/DVD) IMAA West Coast Rally Merced, CA IMAA Rally of Giants Lake Charles, LA Geneseo N.Y. Air Museum Peterson A.F.B. Museum ModelSport Magazine Volume 1, Number 1 (VHS/DVD) About Engines Adjust valves Tips, Tricks, & Secrets innerview UH-60A & Tuskegee Airman tech4u Ambrosia simulator updraft hand launch tips ROT8 Hawk II (1/3) airtime Pirate 33% Extra 260 workbench PT40 (1/3) flightschool workbench

9 LIGHT INES Page 9 Float Flying TBD TBD TBD May 31 June 6-7 June 27 TBD TBD Float Flying In This Area Wellington, KS Contact: Hubert Sawyer hubsaw@sutv.com Phone: Shawnee Mission, KS Contact: wade Atkinson atkinsonwade@comcast.net Phone: Website: Springfield, MO Contact: Dave Campbell dmcampbell@att.net Phone: Website: Jefferson City Contact: Shaune Zimmerman stzim@juno.com Phone: South Kansas City Contact: Pat McGhee pmcghee@kc.rr.com Phone: Website: Lawrence, KS Contact: Gary Rauckman rocketman200@juno.com Phone: Website: Springfield, MO Contact: Dave Campbell dmcampbell@att.net Smithville, MO Contact: Dan Richardson drichardson3@kc.rr.com Phone: Website:

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