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September 21, 2006
Hi,
There haven’t been any scheduled flying events over the
past month, and some members took advantage of this to go
off to enjoy airplane events at different locations. One
example of this as shown in the three photos on this page was
the trek made by members to the Annual RC Jamboree at the
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York State held on
September 9 and 10.
The photos were taken by Sue Constantine who went up
there with fiancé John English. The top picture shows the
German Albatross, one of a number of World War I replicas
up there that actually fly in the air show. The next one sees
John kneeling between the two Gee Bee racers that he flew
there. In the bottom pic we see Sue standing by what we
believe to be a Fokker D-7.
Others known to have been up at Rhinebeck included Jim
Baye, Bob Keibley, Adam Lilley, Jen Ort, Frank Beshears
and wife, Steve Gallop and Donna Mittelman. Steve flew
Larry Cressman’s scratch-built Gee Bee racer which won a
prestigious “Spirit of Rhinebeck” award plaque for best in its
class (1930’s racing planes). Jim Baye cited crazy weather for
the event that included perfect conditions, a brief torrential
downpour, and strong Sunday winds which held down the
flying, especially of the larger models.
NEXT MEETING – Will be held on Wednesday, September
27, 8:00 PM at Red Bank Regional High School, In addition
to the usual monthly raffle, this will be a Project Nite that
pays cash prizes for the top three models in both the Scale and Sport categories
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CLUB NEWS
KITE FLYING AT THE PICNIC
Berger Photos
August 20 Club Picnic – Around 40 members
and guests attended our annual family picnic held
in near perfect weather conditions. They were
treated to an ample supply of picnic refreshments
plus fruits, salads, cookies etc. brought in by
volunteer contributors. Mark Nettleingham and
wife brought in most of the foods and handled
much of the cooking.
RC flying is not allowed at our picnics but nobody
said anything about kite flying. The wind was
perfect for kites and quite a number of them were
put into the air. A few of them also found their
way into the trees because of the wind direction,
and part of the day’s entertainment consisted of
watching guys
rescue their kites from the
branches.
A dozen members participated in Ed Runkel’s
annual horseshoe pitching contest. Perennial
champion Stan Berger was upset by Rob Kallok in
the first round, leaving the field open for a new
winner. Chris Cavalluzzi, who came to the field
to fly and not knowing about the picnic, was a last
minute entrant and ended up winning over Bill
Buck to take first place.
Upcoming Flying Contests – Our one month
respite from club competitive flying events comes
to an end with three contests scheduled for the
next thirty days. The first, a fun event called
Musical Chairs, will take place this Sunday
September 24. Two weeks later on October 8 the
more Competitive Pumpkin Classic Pattern
contest will be held in three classes to level the
playing field for pilots of diverse skills. Schedule
of maneuvers will be shown later on Page 5. Then
two weeks after that on October 22 we’ll have the
annual RC Bowling event where you attempt to
knock Kevin Schlosser’s bowling pins with a
plastic pumpkin strung from the bottom of your
plane.
Rob Launches Adam’s combat kite.
Bill Buck landing his biplane kite.
Rob’s kite in the air
It all adds up to a lot of flying fun and excitement.
Come on out and give these events a try.
Rob’s kite in the tree.
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AUGUST MEETING NOTES
The meeting was attended by 31 members. VP
Greg Drusjack conducted the meeting in President
Stan Berger’s absence.
# Greg spoke at length about the success of
our AMA District II Fly-In and told a number of
related anecdotes including a woman phoning in
to find out where we had bought the delicious
hamburgers. He thanked all who helped out at the
event and specially praised Mark Nettleingham
and wife for their work on the refreshment stand.
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Photos by Stu Katz
1st
Place – Dick Sarpolus. Scratch-built Russian Stormovic,
Cheetah 42 engine.
# Treasurer Stu Katz added to the success
story by noting that food and raffle sales at the
event had earned the club a profit of over $800.
# Jim Baye recommended that Park officials
be approached for the long delayed parking lot
expansion that was supposed to have been done.
# Questions
were
raised
about
the
disappearance of the plane service tables at the
field that had been moved into the pit area without
authorization and then removed by the Park. The
Exec Board will review the situation.
2nd Place – Bob Kiebley, Tiger Moth built from old
Sterling kit modified to RC and electric power.
# Tim Mulholland won the monthly raffle
prize, a nice package including a Hobby Lobby
YAK 55 Foamy ARF, brushless motor, ESC and
three servos. See Photo below:
3rd Place, Stu Katz, Twin Star, two Axi motors.
Mike Grosso, Sig 4 Star 60, Enya .90 4-stroke engine.
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Model of the Month, Continued
Rob Kallok, Stevens Aero, built from kit.
MODEL AVIATION CLASS
By Stan Berger
Our classes are now under way. There are a total of 16
students enrolled in the class which is the maximum
number allowed. Twelve of the students are between
the ages of 11-14 and we have four adults as well. We
are building a Goldberg Eagle II trainer and an Avistar.
Next week one of the students will also be bringing in
another Avistar that he just bought from Kenny’s store
(Colorest) giving us a total of three aircraft to build.
Helping out in this years class are: Stan Berger, Stu
Katz, Bill buck, Darryl Schlosser, Rob Kallok and Ken
Klodin.
Rob talks about wing details.
Charlie Wehler, 25E Ultra Stick ARF electric.
Bill explains kit parts as Darryl observes.
Ed Runkel¸ bought Great Planes Tracer, OS .46 LA
Engine
Ken shows how to mix epoxy.
Rich Border, Aquila Sailplane, bought broken and
repaired
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Sportsman Pattern
NEAT 2006 – The Best Yet!!! – By Rob Kallok
The weekend of September 15-17th was the timeframe
for this year’s edition of the NEAT (Northeast Electric
Aircraft Technology) Fair. In my humble opinion, this
year’s event (#7, the 4th for yours truly) was the best
yet. Representing JCSF was Adam Lilley, Bob
Kiebley, and Kevin Schlosser. This year’s event had
over 300 registered pilots (Bob Kiebley was #300) and
several hundred spectators.
For three days (not counting the setup day on
Thursday) the air was filled with planes, with a total of
ten flight stations in operation (six for larger aircraft
and four for park flyers). Planes ranged in size from 4”
wingspan scale fighters with advanced micro gear, to
150 mph plus Reno scale racers, with power in excess
of 4 kilowatts. And the flying wasn’t limited to
daylight hours – the JCSF contingent flew from sunrise
to sunset, and them some, with flying continuing one
night until 2am. There are no down times at NEAT!
The JCSF contingent wowed the crowd at NEAT as
well. Adam flew two demo flights with his ¼ scale J-3
Cub, eliciting loud wows and eeks as Adam flew his
Farmer routine up and down the valley, and as usual
getting up close and personnel with the trees in the area
(at least it looked close). Bob Kiebley’s F-14 got a lot
of attention as well, with SKS Video taping his
performance and interviewing him afterwards. Later in
the day on Sunday Bob flew an escort flight with his
Alpha P-51 and Joe Beshar’s B-17 (piloted by Dave
Baron). Afterwards Dave approached Bob and
suggested they do a formal demo next year at NEAT
’07 – it was that impressive!
All in all, NEAT was all we hoped it would be and
more. It’s also important to realize that NEAT is much
more than a fly-in. It’s a huge social event and reunion.
It’s an opportunity to catch up with folks you might
only see once a year, and you just pick up where you
left off. It’s an opportunity to get to know the vendors
and designers who bring great products to life. And it’s
a time to create new friendships for years. Bob and
Adam already are keyed up for next year’s event – I
hope other members will make the trek next year as
well. They won’t be disappointed.
Rob
Intermediate Pattern
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Watergap Aerobatic Challenge
More Rhinebeck Photos
By Sue Constantine
Shown below are a few pictures taken by Stan Berger
up at this IMAC event in which he and Trent
Schneider competed on September 9 & 10. Some 30
pilots competed in this highly competitive Contest.
Trent was said to have won convincingly in the
Sportsman Class, while Stan committed himself well
in the Basic class though failing to place in the top
three because of a caller error.
Spad.
Trent makes a smooth flyby.
Fokker DR1 Triplane.
Stan’s home away from home.
Pfalz.
Model of Lindberg’s Ryan Monoplane.
Fog bank in background rises above the Delaware River.
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A few More Rhinebeck Pics
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More Picnic Pics
Nice day for a picnic.
Rob fires water rocket.
Clara and Marion.
Mark at the grill.
Stan chomps cookie.
Ed explains Horseshoe rules.
George K. shows muscle.
Stu pitches.
Cavaluzzi winning form.
Larry and Walt have a chat.
In Closing - Two things to remember. First, there are lots more great photos (except for Rhinebeck) to be seen
on the club website. Second, the upcoming two months provide some of the nicest flying weather of the year,
so get out to the field and enjoy it!
Best regards, Ed Runkel
COMING EVENTS
Next Meeting – Wednesday Sept. 27, 8:00 PM at Red Bank
Reg. H.S. Monthly raffle and Project Nite (cash Prizes).
Sun. Sept 24 – Fun Fly “Musical Chairs”, 11:00 AM at
Dorbrook. CD Stu Katz.
Sat. Oct. 7 – Adopt-a Road cleanup of Rte.537. Volunteers
meet at Dorbrook at 9:00 AM.
Sun. Oct. 8 – Pumpkin Classic pattern contest, 11:00 AM at
Dorbrook. CD Ed Runkel.
Sun Oct. 22 – RC Bowling fun fly, 11:00 AM at Dorbrook.
CD Kevin Schlosser.