President's Message March 2008
from the pen of Bob Wilson
"We are now in the middle of March and although Al Gore continues to tell us it's too hot to fly our RC airplanes because all that heat makes us shiver too much, somehow something doesn't seem to ring true. It has been cold and rainy this winter and in addition to the winds that follow the cold fronts, there have been very few days of ideal weather for flying.
Yet, by golly, there have been a few stalwarts out there doing their thing but for the most part, when the weather has been good, some of our pilots elected to ride their motorcycles or get out of the house and go shopping.
For those souls who still have to work, the weekends are the only time they can fly and weekends haven't always been ideal. Now, of course, daylight savings time is here and a few can catch a couple of flights after work before the sun gets too low.
As I sit here, the northern States have had more snow than they have had since 1908 and NOAA reports that all the ice has returned to both the north and south poles so we'll have to wait and see what summer brings us this year.
The Board of Directors held its first meeting for 2008 and plans are afoot for the coming flying season and as mentioned earlier, we will have a club picnic/covered dish thing sometime in May and later in September, we will host an invitational fly-in. Also probably in May, we will hold a General Meeting for all members and hopefully, most of our transient members will have returned by that time.
As some of you know, our own Greg Doster is heading up two committees for some additions to the flying site.
- One is a new fence to seperate the runway from the spectator area
- The other one is the installation of an additional shed.
The new shed will match up with the existing one and will allow us to keep our equipment under cover and when we have a picnic, the equipment can be moved out and more picnic tables installed.
Erwin Gribble, our Field Marshall, is already working to prepare the Bermuda grass for the coming season. It is surprising how much has to be done to the grass to keep weeds out and have a nice stand of grass.
Some of you may not realize it, but we will probably end the year with some 60 members. Having grown from less than 10 members just a few years ago. This is surprising considering the fact that our area doesn't have a large population to begin with. Yes, clubs with 200 members are not unusual but they are in areas where there is a very large population.
Finally, I'd like to remind you of the forthcoming Joe Nall Fly-In being held of the 14th through 17th of May.
This is a world class event and we are fortunate to be close enough to drive to the event in around 2 hours. Just about our entire club attends this event. Ken Hayes and his lovely wife, Kathy, took their motorhome last year and parked for the entire show and some of our other, younger members, pitched a few tents and stayed there next to the beautiful lake where seaplanes are flown. Generally, there are about 600 pilots and some of them are from as far away as Germany along with some of our really Top Gun pilots and of course Mac Hodges will be there with his B-29. Our new AMA Prexy, Dave Matthewson, says he will be there and will be at the AMA booth. This, in addition to our Regional VP, Bliss Teague. All there for you to meet and talk with.
Guess that's about it this time around. Looks like we're going to have an outstanding season this year so get yourself charged up as well as your batteries."
Bob Wilson
President, Macon Aero Modelers, Inc.
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