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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Drop-In From  10:00 AM To 4:00 PM

Location: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

Come to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum February 27^th from 10AM to 4PM for the 6^th Annual Aeromodeling Expo. Come see radio controlled aircraft, helicopters, and even a blimp in action. Purchase your own R/C plane from one of the many vendors available. There will be demonstrations, question and answers sessions with R/C pilots, and food! Weather permitting, tours the Museum’s massive B-52 bomber will even be on the schedule. With fun for the whole family, this is an event that you will want to stay all day long for.

From Bob Bergin:

Well it is the new year and that means our 6th Model Expo is coming up. It will be held on Feb 27th from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Wings Over The Rockies Museum again. The door will be open at 7:00 am for all the clubs and Hobby stores to start their set ups. Weather permitting, we hope to have the B-52 cockpit open for viewing as the drawing factor for the public. We also have been working with Buckley Air Base to have a Blackhawk helo there for display. We are still waiting to hear from them. All the paper work is in.

MAS will once again have a club display. Members are invited to bring their airplanes or helicopters. Set up time is from 8:00 am to 9:00am. They are requesting that all models stay in place until 4:00pm.

All AMA members should review the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) detail located at:

http://www.modelaircraft.org/news/ama-faa.aspx

From the document, “AMA President’s Perspective, Model Aviation, June 2009“:

The purpose of this ARC, as established in order number 1110.150, was to draft recommendations for the FAA to consider in developing a regulatory basis for the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS).

By definition, radio-controlled model airplanes are considered “aircraft” and the FAA has included model aviation in its effort to create new enabling regulation for sUAS. The ARC comprised roughly 20 members from throughout the sUAS community including representatives of the military, several commercial entities, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice, and FAA Air Traffic.

If you are interested in getting into to world of Remote Control Aircraft,  there are plenty of great ways to go about doing it.  One of the best ways is to come visit our Airfield! On any given weekend you’ll find MAS members willing and able to answer any questions you may have.

MAS allows visitors with the required AMA Membership to fly at the airfield up to 3 times before becoming a MAS member.  Please be sure to read all the safety guidelines at the site and use the radio impound as necessary.  For details on joining the club, go to the MAS Info link on the right.

Tower Hobbies has a great site suited just for you.  It’s packed full of advice and shows how you can start.  The site location is http://www.easyrc.com

The combination for the gate will be changed at the end of March.  Get your dues in by then to be a 2009 member. Non-Members will not get the new combination.

For membership details click on the MAS info link on the right or come visit us at the field!