TAILSPINNERS
Volume 43 Issue 4
February 2001
Editor: Chris Branam
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FLIGHT LOG FOR
JANUARY MEETING
QUORUM
Do we have a quorum for the meeting? We need at least 11 of our 106 members? Yes with 27 members present. The meeting was called to order at
1900. The present membership stands at
106.
SECRETARIES REPORT
Everyone receive the January newsletter? Yes. The newsletter downloads nicely from
the web. Everyone who has a computer
seems to now be able to get the newsletter.
If not then please get in touch with Chris Branam 303-750-7277 to
update/change email or snail mail. The
motion was carried.
TREASURERS REPORT
The checking account now stands
at .
The motion was approved and carried.
WELCOME
No guests or new members were present.
OLD
BUSINESS
1.
1.
We really need speakers for the upcoming meetings. If you have anything to show and tell,
please put it on the sign up sheet or contact Denny.
2.
2.
We need trained operators for the tractor. Marv Sanders would like to get together with any member who wants
to operate the tractor. This is to
prevent costly repairs due to lack of proper operating knowledge. Anyone interested should contact Marv
Sanders.
3.
3.
George Kerr is collecting money to order the combat planes, see George
after the meeting to put in your order.
4.
4.
The Club has received a message from Pete McQuade asking if anyone in
the club is interested in building a scale model of the Wright Flyer. The American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics will kick in $200 for the project. It would need to be ready to fly on 17 Dec 03, which is the 100th
anniversary of the first flight. See
article.
5.
5.
We have quite a few Mile Hi T-shirts, hats and Summer jackets for
sale. Please support the club and buy
your clothes here. See Bob Bergin.
6. Bob Bergin
purchased a new 16 foot gate for approximately $120.
NEW
BUSINESS
1.
1.
We need the following Committees:
—Flying Safety
—Social
—Contest
—Publicity
—Maintenance
Sign up sheets
were placed at the front of room.
2.
2.
Al Duffy pointed out that the
newsletters do not have the correct volume on them. Since the club is approximately 43 years old, we should be at or
around volume 43. Al and Chris will get
together and establish a volume number.
3.
3.
The 2001 budget was reviewed and approved.
4.
4.
The Jefco Aeromod’lers Club is holding their 26th Annual R/C Auction on
2, 3, and 4 Feb. See article.
5.
5.
Your author was presented his solo certificate.
6.
6.
Andrew Feldkamp would like to bring ten cadets from the Civil Air Patrol
out to the field to fly. He is going to
coordinate with Ric Emerson.
Who Said That …
“But I have seen the science I worshipped, and the airplane
I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.”
—Charles A. Lindbergh, Time,
26 May 1967
Going, Going, Gone
The 26th Annual
Jefco Aeromod’lers Club Auction will be held at the JeffCo Fairgrounds
Auditorium Building 15200 W. 6th, Golden Colorado. The times are as follows: 2 Feb 01 1300 to 2000 hours, 3 Feb 01
0800 to 1800 hours, 4 Feb 01 0900 to 1400 hours.
There will be a
$5.00 buyer/seller registration fee and all items must have a minimum value of
$25. Multiple items may be packed
together to reach $25. A reserve may be attached to the item(s) and the item(s)
will not be sold under the reserve without owners approval.
Jefco
Aeromod’lers Club will retain a 15% donation of all items sold and item
placement will be first come first served.
Leave your American Express at home but Visa and Mastercard will be
accepted.
For more
information contact Rick Boucher
303-670-3650 or Judy Gerken
303-934-7747.
1903 Wright Flyer Project
The Rocky
Mountain Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) is looking for scale designers and builders to build a scale (model must
be between 1/6 and 1/4 scale) model of the 1903 Wright Flyer. The AIAA will subsidize up to $200 for the
purchase of equipment and building supplies to the winning proposal. A written proposal must be submitted by 17
Dec 01 and the plane ready to fly 17 Jul 03, which is the 100th anniversary of
the first flight. The winning proposal
will also receive publicity and assistance in obtaining local T.V. coverage of
the flight. For more information on
submitting your proposal contact Vic
Whitehead 303-841-0654
(victorwhit@aol.com) or Pete
McQuade 719-522-1239(h) 719-785-3147 (PeteMcQA2@aol.com)
CLASSIFIEDS
Giant Scale 1927
Travelair Biplane D4D
Wing span: Upper 72" Lower 64" Length 58" Height to top wing 22"
Covered with Dark Red 21st Century Fabric. Has been flown with a Moki
1.8 but would be perfect for a small to medium gas engine
(G23- G38)
Extras: 2 Servos in top wing with extension cables, flying
wire rigging
$450. Contact Jim
McGee at (303) 699-3346.
120 sized MAUI (see picture below)
Designed by Larry Falsetto Built by Rich
Wings and stab sheeted Fuselage ready for finish sanding Clear canopy
Glass cowl Wing tube Every thing needed to finish. $500.00 Call Al Robnett
303.627.7092
DEADLINE
Remember the deadline is 1 week following the meeting. Submissions for Prop Wash, classifieds or
Wing Tips can be made via email or telephone to Linehand@aol.com or
303-750-7277. If you have submitted an
item to the classifieds I will run it until it sells or you tell me to remove
it.
Speakers
Jim Dunn showed his latest building project, a Top Flight
Cessna 182. Jim has done a very nice
paint job using mostly automotive finishes.
Jim stated that the model weight about 5 pounds. As stated in Old Business we need speakers
for upcoming meetings. If you would
like to present a project, building tips, or other flight related topics, don’t
hesitate to volunteer.
News from Our Albanian
Co-Pilots
Dear friends of the Albanian Air Club
From Albanian Air Club “Eagle”
Aero Klubi Shqiptar “Shqiponja”
For you and your Club, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a
happy New Year!
With success in your life and your beautiful hobby.
My name is Lee Church. My wife and I live in Tirana, Albania
since 1994. I have a print shop and I
am a printer by trade. I am the
co-founder of the Albanian Airclub. I
act as an advisor to Frederic Tashko who is the coordinator. Frederik attended the military aviation
academy near Moscow until Albania broke
with Russia in the 60’s. Frederik as a
young person, was involved in model making and was a modeling group leader in a
Young Pioneers central youth center in Tirana in the late 50’s. He really truly is an aviation enthusiast.
Our club is small and is made up of former Mig pilots,
mechanics and support people. There was
no civil aviation in past under communism.
The club effort have been directed at the young people to encourage
interest in aviation. Frederik has been teaching classes on model
building. It is very difficult to find
or buy materials in Albania. Albania is
a very poor country and the average person who ahs a job only makes about $100
per month.
We are sorry for not communicating better with you. Working in this country is very difficult
and everything takes longer to do.
Thank you for the things you sent. It was a big event for the young people to see a complete .40
size trainer. We have a couple of
students who have passed through our three program levels. It was nice to see young
people build up models from scratch. That is an important step for young in this
country. Frederik has put so much time
into the air club and so much time trying to raise funding to rent a
place. For awhile now they’ve had to
meet in our storage room. That’s where
the materials are stored and some work has been done since a school offering a
class last year refused to cooperate
With us since October 99.
But the storage room is not a solution, this is not a good place to
build such delicate things as models and to develop a program of education with
youth. Now we have to wait and see.
The major accomplishments this year were-
We produced a great newsletter and distributed many hundreds
of copies through out the country.
We were given a private presentation by a NATO pilot that
bombed Belgrade and Miloshevic troops in Kosovo while he visited Tirana. That was an interesting experience and there
were about a dozen of us.
We also visited the Italian-NATO helicopter base in Durres. It was an exciting thing for our young
people.
The last event was a visit on a military air transport AN-2
base, together with air force veterans.
The next day it appeared on the national public TV newsprogram.
On the 16 of July Frederik was hit by a car - hit an run– he was on the sidewalk! He was in the hospital for two months with
both legs broken. He had several
operations and he sustained them with good spirits. It’s nice that some of the air club students have visited him at
hospital.
At the end of August after his release from hospital we took
Frederik out to the airport to assist in the first RC model flight in Albania!
Now the priority is for Frederik to walk again and to continue the work he has
begun. He has really tried to generate interest
in this project. I give him credit for
trying so hard for the second stage to our project called “opening horizons for
Albanian youth through technical education.”
It consists of four levels of education for our club students.
Sincerely,
Lee Church
Frederik Tashko
Prez Sez…
"It is not a good winter when we get in a pattern of
cold weather every weekend. Hope you
are getting some flying in but it seems difficult with the weather patterns we
have seen. I am busy building and
repairing which is also an enjoyable part of the sport.
A good midwinter break is to go the Jefco Aeromod'lers R/C Auction. If you need anything to get ready for the spring flying season, this is a good place to get it. The auction is February 3rd and 4th at the Jefco Fairgrounds. On Saturday, February 3rd it lasts from 8am to 6pm. On Sunday February 4th it goes from 9am to 2 pm. If you have anything to sell check in is on Friday, February 2 from 1 to 8 pm. If you need details call me at 303-690-6198.
We have a new gate for the field. Bob Bergin bought the gate and Chris Branam is going to borrow a
digger truck (from his employer) to plant a telephone pole for a gatepost. Should be a great improvement.
We need speakers and show and tell projects for the
meetings. If you have any speakers or
show and tell projects, please let me know.
The business portion of the meetings is not that interesting, so please
try and think of things that the other club members would like to hear and
bring them to the meetings.
We have a couple of new members to the club. Cody Burrows and Dave Philman joined this
month. Please welcome both Cody and
Dave to the club. They are both active
flyers, so I am sure you will see them at the flying field.
Happy flying! Denny
Edwardson"
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Polar Fly
The following pilots successfully completed the
qualifications to receive the patch or pin:
Tom Hanselin, Harvey Pythian, Sarah Hanselin, Phil Kenney,
Werner Dorau, Chris Branam, Paul Noveshansky, Adam Bryant, Sokha Pann, Marvin
Sanders, Denny Edwardson, Nick Condos, Wyatt Condos, Norm Vanderslice, Jim
Lewis, Dave Tiech, Al Thovson(guest), Mike Wilson & George Kerr. The weather was cool but Tom brought a
kerosene heater, coffee, donuts and Danish and Phil set up hot chocolate and
spiced cider. One mishap occurred when
Jim Lewis lost his Tiger
1.
1.
Other than that I would have to say that the Polar Fly was a great
success!
Skeet Shooting
It was brought to my attention that persons unknown have
been using our field as a shooting range.
Denny told me he has found shards of clay pigeons on the west end of the
large runway. If driving by the field,
you happen to see anyone, please let them know this is not the proper area for
shooting. Also, it may be in ones best
interest to do a FOD (foreign object damage) walkdown of the runways prior to
taxi and takeoff.
Prop Safety
Install the prop with the curved side
of the blade facing forward and tighten the prop nut or bolt with the proper
size wrench. Check the tightness of the nut or bolt often,
especially on wood props which tend to compress and loosen
more often. When starting the engine,
keep spectators at least 20’ away from the model and out of the path of the
prop. Keep hands away from the prop as
much as possible. Use a chicken stick
or an electric starter. Keep face and
body out of prop arc as engine is started &ran. Make all adjustments from behind the prop except for pusher prop
installations. Never throw anything
into the prop to stop the engine. Use a kill switch or pinch off the fuel
supply. Discard any prop with nicks,
scratches, splits, cracks or any other sign of damage. Never attempt to repair, alter or bend a
prop. Don’t run an engine in areas of
loose gravel or sand. The prop can
throw such materials into your face and eyes.
It’s not a bad idea to wear eye protection. Keep loose clothing out of the way of the prop and avoid carrying
objects that can fall into the prop such as pens and screwdrivers. Be sure to keep the glo-plug ignitor wire
out of the prop’s path. If a spinner is
used, be certain that it edges are not in contact with the propeller blades.
Have You Ever Heard of…
Grumman, Leroy Randle
(1895-1982), American industrialist and aircraft manufacturer. Grumman made
major advances in the design and production of fighter airplanes. Grumman was
born in Huntington, New York, and graduated with a B.S. degree in engineering
from Cornell University in 1916. He joined the United States Navy in 1914 to
serve in World War I (1914-1918) and within months became a pilot. He went on
to serve as a flight instructor in Pensacola, Florida, until 1918. In 1918
Grumman transferred to the League Island Naval Yard near Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, as a test pilot and project engineer. At League Island, Grumman
met Albert and Grover Loening, two pioneering aviators. After the war Grumman
went to work for the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation in Baldwin,
New York, first as a test pilot, then as factory manager, and ultimately as
general manager. In 1930 Grumman and five friends founded Grumman Aircraft
Corporation, which began as an aircraft repair shop in Baldwin. Grumman
operated out of a small garage and serviced Loening planes. In 1932 Grumman
moved the company from Baldwin to Farmingdale, New York. After the bombing of
Pearl Harbor during World War II (1939-1945), he positioned his company to
become the leading military aircraft manufacturer in the country. In March 1945
Grumman built 664 airplanes—more airplanes in a month than any other company in
the United States. Grumman used innovative technology in his World War II
airplanes. He helped develop a retractable landing gear that converted navy
scout planes into amphibious planes. This landing gear was the prime feature of
the FF1, one of Grumman’s first fighter planes. Grumman helped improve the F4F "Wildcat" carrier fighter
plane by adding a folding wing. He also manufactured the F6F "Hellcat," the first plane built to pilot
specifications and mass-produced before being test-flown. Just before the end
of World War II, Grumman was blinded by an allergic reaction to penicillin, and
he relinquished the presidency of his company in 1946. He remained chairman of
the board for the next 20 years, as the company moved into the jet age and then
the space age. When he retired in 1966, the company was building the Apollo
program lunar excursion module that would take astronauts to the moon.
Grumman’s company created many jobs on New York’s Long Island and eventually
became the area’s largest employer. During the 1960s Grumman lived in
semiretirement, but he visited the company’s assembly lines when he attended
board meetings. In 1968 his contributions to aeronautical engineering earned
him the first Hunsacker Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. Northrop
Corporation of Los Angeles, California, acquired Grumman Corporation in 1994.
Thanks for the submission Walt
Next Board Meeting
The next board meeting will be held at Jim Lewis’s house on
12 Feb 01 at 1900 hours. It is open to
all that want to attend.
Next Monthly Meeting
The next regular meeting will be held at the Aurora Public
Library on Hampton Circle on 14 Feb 2001 at 1900 hours.
Door Prizes
The $20 gift certificate from Action Hobbies was won by Jim
Lewis.
The $20 gift certificate from Blue Yonder was won by Walt
Stroessner.
The $20 gift certificate from Colpar Hobbies was won by
Werner Dorau.
The gallon of fuel from Blue Yonder was won by Roy Olsen.
Thank you to Blue Yonder, Colpar and Action for the donated
items
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at about 1845 hours.