AMA News - District VI Report
Illinois / Indiana / Kentucky / Missouri
District Officer
- Charlie Bauer, Vice President
4944 N. Orange Ave., Norridge, IL 60706-3224 Home: (708) 457-0565 Fax: (708) 457-2177 E-mail: bauerc@iit.edu
District VI Web page
Associate Vice Presidents
Illinois
- John Kallend, 1935A Hickory Rd., Homewood, IL 60430 — (708) 798-7242
- Hal Parenti, 1920 Buckingham, Westchester, IL 60154 — (708) 562-5752
- Jerry Worden, 400 Alden Dr., Normal, IL 61761-1202 — (309) 454-3905
Indiana
- Ron Ballard, 6302 N. 700 E., Decatur, IN 46733 — (219) 724-8934
- Gary Bussell, 5000 W. Connie Dr., Muncie, IN 47304 — (765) 288-3541
- Frank Roales, 4585 E. State Road 61, Vincennes, IN 47591 — (812) 882-4776
Kentucky
- Jim Sears, Box 308, Burgin, KY 40310 — (606) 748-5834
Missouri
- Bob Underwood, 32 Hollandbush Ct., St. Charles, MO 63304 — (636) 939-3394
- Ken Booher, 1016 North East Barnes Dr., Lee's Summit, MO 64086 — (816) 524-7715
Frequency Coordinator
- Cal Orr, R.R. 1 Box 123B, Higginsville, MO 64037 — (660) 584-6284
Fax: (660) 584-6285
Webmaster
- Gary Parenti, 11001 Martindale Dr., Westchester, IL 60154 — Evening: (708) 531-9556
Submissions
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Club Reports
Florence, KY — Flying Cardinals of Northern Kentucky
Bud Hornsby sent an update on the club. The Flying Cardinals recently held a contest for a new logo to replace the one that had been in use for 20 years. The winning entry by David Grey is featured on the club's Web site: www.flyingcardinals.org.
Several members participated in Hobby Day at Piner Elementary School, Morning View, KY. The purpose was to encourage students to use leisure time wisely. Sixteen different types of hobbies were represented. In a two-hour period, four groups of roughly 30 students each were given an interactive presentation of radio control (RC) model airplanes. Topics covered ranged from building skills to elementary principles of flight. A handout giving directions to the club field and an invitation to visit was given to each student.
Rockford, IL — Rock Valley RC Flyers
Members Ken Lindenmier and Orv Steinmetz delivered flyers about Training Days to all public and nonpublic schools. All club instructors will meet to set up aircraft and discuss operations for Training Days.
Derek Seaton, a junior member of the club, has been accepted to attend the EAA Air Academy Primary Aviation Fun Camp in Oshkosh, WI this summer. Derek will join many other young people, ages 12–16, in this aviation program. Participants come from across the U.S. and several foreign countries.
Mishawaka, IN — South Bend RC Club
The South Bend RC Club had some bad news earlier this year when the Indiana Department of Environmental Management found high levels of methane gas on their field. The new field started to take shape very quickly. Matt Hague, the club president, publicly thanked Dennis Worm and other club members for their hard work in getting the new field ready. The new runway will be 300 x 520 feet.
As in the past, the club will be helping the University of Notre Dame Aerospace Engineering Department test fly airplanes designed and built by senior aerospace students. There were four groups this year, each composed of five or six students. The objective for this year's design project is to create an airplane that can glide for the longest possible time. Telemetry carried by the airplanes includes a pressure sensor to measure velocity and altitude, a GPS to measure location, and a telemetry modem that transmits real-time data to the ground.
Chicago, IL — Chicagoland RC Modelers Inc.
The Chicagoland RC Modelers Inc. has a great fun-fly program. The fun-fly program is the largest sponsored club activity and enjoys the participation of 25 to 35 club members at each event throughout the year.
For newcomers there are three classes: Novice, Expert, and Kamikaze. Members are classified as Novice if they cannot take off and land on their own. Experts can take off and land on their own, and Kamikazes are there by choice or because they won the Expert class. Difficulty of the events is based on class. It is not necessary to be able to fly solo to participate; Novice class members are expected to fly with the assistance of a club instructor.
Peru, IN — Mississinewa Sky Hawks
The Mississinewa Sky Hawks conducted a couple of educational projects last spring. The Skyhawks went to Maconaquah Middle School to present a flying demonstration. Steve Eagle, Carl Moon, Matt Denham, and Doyle Sargent presented a demonstration and static display of model aircraft to Jennifer Denham's seventh-grade class.
The weather was sunny but a bit windy. Steve, Carl, and Doyle each made two flights without mishap. The students were interested and asked many questions. Jeff Traver and Doyle Sargent put together a model airplane booth at the Science Fest at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, IN. The display consisted of several scale models and a building session to construct a glider from an egg carton. Approximately 75 gliders were constructed.
Buffalo Grove, IL — Blue Max Flying Club
The Blue Max Flying Club held an interesting fun-fly earlier this year. Don Wolfe provided the information. Their fun-fly consists of three parts: two on the ground and one in the air. This is designed to encourage pilots of all skill levels to participate.
On the ground, fliers had to taxi their aircraft around cones on the field, weaving in and out. Once at the far end of the field, fliers would turn into the wind and take off. After takeoff, fliers had to perform three basic maneuvers—a loop, a roll, and an Immelmann turn. These maneuvers were judged. After landing, they had to taxi out to a balloon stacked down on the field and get as close to it as they could without breaking it. Pilots had to taxi straight out to the balloon and could not come in from the side. The challenge emphasized depth perception and made for some good fun.
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