Miniature Aero Sportsters

Just a quick reminder to everyone about the “Pumpkin Fly” this Saturday.  We will start around 10:00.  The idea is to decorate your plane with some type of Halloween theme.  There are no limits other than your imagination.  Just one thing though, you will also have to show it is airworthy by flying the plane and completing some basic maneuvers, then land. 

Awards will be for creativity/originality, durability and least durable.  Everyone in attendance will have a vote on who is the winners in each category.  Appropriate prizes will be awarded.

From Rick & Carla Kirby:

HI- let us introduce ourselves and extend an invitation to you and all your club members to join us in a fun RC event. We are a small club in the panhandle of Nebraska. We just enjoy flying!!! We are 65 miles from Cheyenne Wyoming, (Via I-80 take the first exit and turn South to the Kimball Airport). We are 45 miles North of Ft. Morgan Colorado (via HWY 71- Just keep driving up 71 until you see the Airport sign and turn West) Drive a Little- Fly A Lot!

Google Map of the location here

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Love Air RC will again be hosting one of the nation’s best warbirds events with over 140 pilots and many, many great aircraft at Drake Field east of Ft Collins CO.  In case you are a first time flyer at this event, the runway is 800 ft. x 70 ft wide and there are no obstructions.

This event is designed especially for the warbird pilot.  The landing fee $50.00.  All aircraft must have been used in the military and be in military paint schemes.  Aircraft of any scale, including arfs, are welcome. This means lots of open flying without interference from flying lawn mowers or 3D planes. The noon will feature fly-bys by a full scale Seafury and AT-6; the pyro show will be even more spectacular and there are openings for big bombers and fighters to participate.

Thousands of dollars in R/C merchandise has been donated with most of it going to the pilots over the 3-day event. Some items will be sold at auction during the Saturday night banquet.

Famous Dave’s BBQ will be the official field food vendor for 2009. Friday night there will be an impromptu Famous Dave’s “Big Pig” dinner on the field; tickets are $20.00. 

The banquet on Saturday night will be held at the Lory Student Union, at Colorado State University. The sit down dinner features prime rib, salmon or a vegetarian option with all the fixings, soft drink and dessert. Cost is $35 per person. A no host bar will also be available.  The banquet will be both entertaining and full of surprises. The guest speaker, a highly decorated ace from WW II Ace, will provide an entertaining, informative talk.  Banquet tickets are available on-line or by mail; a limited number of tickets will be available at the field.  Please buy your tickets early as seating is limited.

For complete information go to: www.warbirdsovertherockies.com

Our club will have a booth at the Adams County Fair this year. Please stop by and check us out! Need directions?  Click here.

MAS Members: Please be sure to contact Lee Overholt for information on how to help. The booth volunteer schedule is located in the “Members Only” page on the right.

Get out your calendar and mark it and begin planning for the club events for the remainder of the year:

Update: The events below are now on the MAS Calendar.

JUNE
19th – Van Aire display and fly 11am to about 1-2 pm
24th – Club meeting at Gander Mountain, 7pm

JULY
10th – Club fun fly and family picnic (burgers and dogs supplied by club) remainder is potluck. There will be a KADET FLY at some point.
15th – Board of Directors Meeting
22nd – Club Meeting at Gander Mountain, 7pm
30th – Flight Demonstration for “Grace Wanderers”
31st – Adams County Fair Parade 8am staging, parade 10am
31st – Airfield Maintenance

AUGUST
4th – 8th – Adams County Fair
14th – MAS Annual KIDS DAY
26th – Club Meeting at Gander Mountain, 7pm

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A quick message to those who signed up for the IMAC Training on 2May.  It is a go for tomorrow.  It looks like the weather will be adequate to at least try.  Let anyone who does not have internet know.

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The Arvada Associated Modelers are hosting the “Colorado Pattern Challenge” event and asked MAS to get the word out!

RC Aerobatics (AAA) for 401, 402, 403, 404 & 406
Date: June 26 – 27, 2010 (2-days)
Time: 8:00 am – practice and registration; 9:00 am – pilots meeting.
Place: AAM Club Field; 7608 Highway 93, Golden, CO 80403

Go to the Arvada Associated Modelers web site  for more details.

From Larry, the MAS President:

During the past several months, several people have expressed interested in doing some IMAC work. Well, we are going to offer an opportunity to our members to do just that. Mark Dennis has agreed to give some instruction on IMAC for those who are interested. I appointed David Kelley to organize and coordinate the training. He is also the clubs point of contact for this. He has picked up the ball and as it stands now, instruction is scheduled for Sunday May 2. It will run from 9am to 4pm.

Those that are interested should contact Dave Kelley at imac@miniatureaerosportsters.org or they can signup on the signup sheet that is located on the bulletin board, in the clubhouse. The deadline for signup is set for April 24. This is to allow enough time for Mark to insure there are enough people to run the training. This training will require the airfield being dedicated to the IMAC flyers for the period of 11:30am to 4:00pm on the May 2. The field will be open to everyone until 11:30am and after 4:00pm. This is a trial thing and if there is insufficient support for it, we will not do it again until there is or, it will need to be done during the week.