The BEAM - Bulletin of the Eglin Aero Modellers
August 2010 Edition
BEAM Sections:
- BEAM Archives
- New Members
- President's Corner
- Budget Report
- This and That
- Meeting Minutes
- Editor's Corner
- BEAM Articles
- BEAM Notes
- 2010 Club Officers
Welcome To Our New Members:
There were no new members this month.
President's Corner:
by Bob Schritter
Greetings Fellow Flyers!
Our Wounded Warrior Project flying demonstration at the Mullet festival site was an outstanding success in many ways. The flyers were outstanding, as was the club work force that set up and took down our tents, flags, tables, ice chests and other support items for the event. I am out of Florida for a few weeks and do not have a complete list of those club members who’s hard work made the event go very well. I will mention just a few who worked long and hard to organize the effort, and then recognize all the club members who supported the actions that occurred on the 16th, 17th and 18th of July.
Jeff Clack, Pam Cortner, Frank Perkins, Warren Ferris, Craig Deyerle, Alan & Liz Bradshaw deserve special thanks for their efforts supporting our club sponsored event. Many others worked hard during the event and I will officially recognize their efforts in the next club newsletter.
Our advertising efforts were outstanding with much more exposure to the general public; however, the crowds, raffle sales and event day donations were down from last year, prime reasons for this appear to be the economy,. Hot weather and of course*** the oil spill. Regardless, our efforts and donations supported a very worthy cause and our members and others were able to demonstrate their flying skills to the general public.
A full five hours of flying produced only two incidents; one aircraft landed in a tree due to engine failure, a glider, (mine) in a tree due to ???? No major damage occurred to either aircraft. Again, the flying lawnmower was a real crowd pleaser, as was the candy drop; again, I thank all of our club members who supported this worthy cause.
In closing, I must make another reminder to fly safely and smart. In addition, treat our flying site with respect. Do not conduct or allow others to engage in activities that could jeopardize the continued use of our excellent flying facilities. Hope to see you at the August club meeting.
Notice: Always check the Frequency Board before turning on your radio at the flying site.
Budget Report:
by Joe Shearer
To receive a detailed account of the budget you must be present at the monthly club meeting. The BEAM will only publish the top level information here.
To receive a detailed account of the budget, you must be present at the monthly club meeting. The BEAM will only publish the top level information printed here. Total Paid out in June 2010 $364.99
To receive a detailed account of the budget, you must be present at the monthly club meeting. The BEAM will only publish the top level information printed here. Total Paid out in June 2010 $364.99
INCOME: June $30.00
CK. Acct. BAL: Last $4,582.55 Current: $4,582.56
Reserve included in current balance= $1,330.00
COH: Last Month: $0.00 Current Month: $0.00
This and That
by Editor
Jeff Daly was presented a plaque to commemorate all his efforts for the club especially his work as Air Boss for the club WWP fund raiser.
Meeting Minutes:
by Ron Van Putte
Members present:- Joe Shearer*, Joe Foster, Alan Bradshaw, Bob Schritter*, Pam Cortner*, Frank Perkins, Jason Lewis, Tom Hayden, Jeff Clack, Gaylord Hall, Bill Poole, Mark Pfeiffer, Colie Henkel, Warren Ferris, Frank Szemere, Bob Gates, Ron Van Putte*, Sam Mulloy, Jeff Daly, Gene Monk, Gary Epperhart, Mike Plummer, Houston Schweitzer, John Palm.
The Meeting was called to order at 7.0 pm by the president, Bob Schritter with 24 members present.
Bob Schritter announced an EAM board of director’s recommendation that Joe Shearer be at our flying site from noon on Friday July 16th until dusk and from 9.0am until the WEWP fund raiser is over to monitor that no one would operate on the 72 MHz frequencies that would be operating at the Mullet Festival site during the fund raiser. A motion to that effect was seconded and passed.
Collie Henkel was presented his solo pilot certificate by Houston Schweitzer.
Jeff Daly was presented a plaque to commemorate all his efforts for the club especially his work as Air Boss for the club WWP fund raiser.
Rob Campbell announced via Ron Van Putte that he would like to retire as BEAM editor as soon as possible due to personal work load. Alan Bradshaw volunteered to be the Beam editor.
The treasury contains $2955.56 which is available.
Joe Shearer reported that two weather stations were purchased and installed, one on either side of the runway.
The step down transformer on the west side of the flying site is bad. A replacement transformer will cost $500.00. It was moved seconded and passed to take the money from the emergency contingency fund.
An elaborate presentation on plans for the WWP fund raiser was conducted.
Houston Schweitzer said that the Civil Air Patrol would like to visit the flying field to observe and fly an airplane on a buddy box, Houston will co-ordinate between the club and the C.A.P.
Sad Patch nominees were Mark Griggs and Joe Foster. Mark won and was awarded a Crasher patch.
The meeting was adjourned at 8.25 pm.
Editor's Corner
by Alan Bradshaw
I need to give the utmost thanks to Joe Shearer, Ron Van Putte and in particular Dale Palmer, without whose help I could not have got this edition of the BEAM published. Once again, thanks gentleman.
If you want me to publish something of interest to you, you can send mail to my home, call me, or you can reach e at my e-mail address feelgreatuk2fl@panhandle.rr.com. For those of you who send in photos, original cartoons, and articles for the BEAM. Please don’t send anything that is copyrighted as I cannot use it in the BEAM without permission of the copyright owners. I am looking mostly for club news. Deadline for submitting BEAM articles is the 1st Tuesday of every month. My publication Deadline is the Saturday after the first Tuesday of each month.
BEAM Articles
BEAM Notes
Please ... No Trash
Please clean up after yourself at the flying field and also on the way in and out. If you see trash along the entrance road or at the field, please pick it up and dispose of it properly.
First Aid Kit
The first aid kit with snake bite kit is in the building inside the door on the right.
Rules of the Road
Don’t get out of your car between the gate and the flying field.
Don’t go north to get an airplane without notifying the site personnel.
Improved Runway
Do not drive on the improved runway. You could damage the thin asphalt coating!
If you are the last to leave the field at any time during the day, please replace the cones at the end of the runway.
Final Reminder!
ALWAYS CHECK THE FREQUENCY BOARD BEFORE TURNING ON YOUR RADIO AT THE FLYING SITE!
2010 Club Officers:
President: Bob Schritter
Vice President: Pam Cortner
Secretary: Ron Van Putte
Treasurer: Joe Shearer
Member at Large: Mark Owens
BEAM Editor: Alan Bradshaw
Webmaster: Matt Ross