Next General Meeting 3rd March 2018. at 2 pm At the Salisbury Hotel Toohey Road Salisbury.

Hope to see you there.

MAAQ General meeting dates for 2018.March 3rd, May 12th ,August 25th and November 17th 2018.

PLEASE NOTE THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE JANUARY-MARCH 2018 EDITION WILL BE THE 9TH OF MARCH 2018.

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Please note that information given by mem-bers is accepted in good faith . There will be no warranties about the completeness or reliability and accuracy of this information.

Any action you take upon the information given is strictly at your own risk. If you have any questions please email me . ED

Welcome to the Christmas edition of Airflow. As I pen this brief report, there is only 1 week to go before Christmas. It feels like it was only yesterday that Christmas was here last year, the year has gone that quick. I hope that Christmas brings lots of joy and happiness with families across the state. More importantly if you are planning on travelling please be careful on our roads.

I would like to thank the readers and more importantly the readers that have provided mate-rial for the newsletter over the past twelve months. I would also like to thank the person that certainly puts the newsletter on the map and that is Jim Henry from RSSF. Without his expertise we would not have a great cover every quarter. In closing on behalf of the committee and myself I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year .

Doug MoodyAirflow editor

Front cover by Jim Henry RSSF .

M.A.A.Q. Executive and Office Bearers 2016-2017President: Tyson Dodd M: 0417 727981 president@maaq.org

Vice Pres: Mick Dallman M: 0411 285 665 vicepresident@maaq.org

Secretary: Kathy Moody M: 0421 844079

H: 0746 344078 secretary@maaq.org

Treasurer: Randall Mowlam M: 0414 312586 treasurer@maaq.org

C.F.I : Dennis Greenfield M: 0424 005820 cfi@maaq.org

R/C Admin : Darryl Gunst M:0408 355626 rcadmin@maaq.org

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F/F Admin: Graham Maynard H: 07 32862326 freeflight@maaq.org

C/L Admin: Mark McDermott M: 0402 295370 cladministrator@maaq.org

PRO : Warren Hathaway M: 0457 456001 pro@maaq.org

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38th Armidale Sailplane Expo January 25 to 29, 2018

New England Model Aircraft Club and the Sailplane Expo Trust invite you to beautiful Armidale on the New England Tablelands for the 38th Sailplane Expo.

Events will be Australian Open Thermal (10 min flight in 12 min working time, 150m lines, FAI landing tape, all rounds count) and F5J (10 min flight envelope, max 30 sec motor run, F5J landing tape).F5J will be held as a stand-alone event from 1130 -1630 Thursday January 25 and 0900 - 1630 on Friday January 26.Open Thermal will be held as a stand-alone event from 0900-1630 Saturday January 27 and 09001300 Sunday January 28.The field will be available for practice Wednesday January 24, 2018The field is on the left of Warrane Rd, Dumaresq, ap-prox 3.5km from Booralong Rd turnoff. Google Maps Co-ordinates -30.444252,151.518692

We look forward to seeing you all again. Bring your MAAA membership card with you. More details :- Hutton Oddy 0425 285 758 or vhoddy@gmail.com

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Oily Hand Diesel Day out at Cowra MAC The twelfth Oily Hand Diesel day out at Cowra MAC has come and gone for another year. As usual the weather and the action at the field was perfect. What else would you expect from one of the events on the aeromodelling calendar that should not be missed? Alan Wooster and Brett Butler made the 2,000km trip down from Hervey Bay just so they didn’t miss out. They were joined by another seventy one happy aeromodellers to make the best attended OHDD to date. This year was a memorial to David Owen who did so much for traditional aeromodelling and model aircraft engines in Australia. The event featured not only many of the engines he supplied, built and repaired, but also two of the model aircraft he designed. These, the Fli-Bi and the Magnum, featured as models of the meet. Fli-Bi is a 22” free flight biplane and in all twenty nine turned up at Oily Hand. They were powered by a variety of diesels from the newly released Redfin Millish .5cc to an original 1948 Mills P75. Most of the Fli-Bi’s were in the original F/F format, but some had radio assist and others were scaled up somewhat.

Fli-Biers with their Fli-Bis

Magnum is a 36” control line model originally designed for triathlon events, but doubles as a competent sport aerobatic model. Twenty one builders turned up with their Magnums. Some of which were fitted with the Owen Engines T2.5 diesel. The Owen T2.5 is a reproduction of the 1958 Taipan 2.5 which David did a production run of in the few years prior to his passing. A fine engine for a fine flying model.

A gaggle of Magnums

The concours de elegance for both the Fli-Bi and the Magnum were won by Andrew Linwood with Dave Bailey and Reg Towell close on his heels. The neatness and precision of these builders is awe inspiring. None of the Magnums were entered in the Plank Racing event. Perhaps their builders wanted them to fly another day as Plank Racing can lead to model attrition. Any rate both Traditional Cowra Plank and Super Plank were won by Maris Dislers who had ventured up from SA to show how it is done. Maris also won the inaugural ‘Abomination Mass Launch’. His Cox 049 powered Oily Bird disappeared from view after 6min and 5sec. Not to worry, Maris had a tracker on board and once Roy Somersby showed him how to use the antenna he was able to find it a couple of paddocks away. What is this Abomination stuff anyway? Well, all aeromodellers become late at sometime, and such was the case with Big Kev Davies. The thing about Kev was that he was an incurable model engine collector, but also a blue blooded free flight scale modeller. Any model which was not scale was, in Kev’s eyes, an abomination. So we have been left with Kev’s legacy of one-eyedness and engines to deal with. So, why not an event where you have to make an ‘abomination’ fly for the longest time and win a nice diesel engine for your efforts. This year Maris won a limited edition PAW Millenium Special. Next year he is competing, along with a host of keen rivals, for a Benno Schlosser 0.25cc, the jewel in the crown of small diesel engines. If you wanted you could come next year on the weekend of 25th/26th August and have a crack at winning that Schlosser too! A good turn up from the SAMS fraternity competed for the radio assist Cabin Scramble late Saturday arvo to be beaten by Condo Smith who achieved a credible 23min 58sec in the allotted half hour. Cabin Scramble requires a model designed before 1960 such as Vic Smeed’s ubiquitous ‘Tomboy’ and powered by a diesel (or reproduction) from the era of less that 1cc.

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Some of the line-up for SAMS Cabin scramble

After four years of trying, at long last Craig Thorton from Parkes won the David Owen Memorial Free Flight Scramble with his ‘Sniffer’ and took home that beautiful David Owen Memorial Oily Hand Day trophy and an Oily Hand Day tee shirt. Craig doesn’t drink so the nice bottle of red lived to see another day.

Geoff Potter with his big Easy Bee. Diesel power of course.

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If after all that you are still in the dark about what Oily Hand is about you had better go to cowramac.asn.au where you will find the full report, more photos and links to video to find out. You will also find the information about the models of the meet for 2018. See you next year at Cowra MAC’s “Milroy” field with your bottle diesel in your oily hand. Andy Luckett Cowra MAC OHDD co-ordinator.

The Mills first appeared in the UK market in 1946 with the first mark 1 being the 1.3 cc version. The Mills was at first made by the Mills Brothers Limited in Surrey in England. The Mark 2 ap-peared in Aeromodeller in June 1948. Most common today the Mills have a black chromate finish applied to the magnesium crank case as a corrosion retardant. Polished case versions existed how ever briefly. Most common is the .75 pictured on the left and the 1.3 cc pictured on the right . The one on the left is an Indian .75 Mills and the 1.3 is a genuine Mills made in England.Finally the 2.4 cc, 2.4 Twin (that was used in Boats and cars) and a one off 5cc Mills were pro-duced.In time the manufacturing of the mills was bought by an Indian company Aurora Model Manufac-turing Company in Calcutta and manufacturing started in 1966. The MP Jet marked AM (Allen Mercury ) and FROG engines were also manufactured in India by this company. Over 35,000 of the Mills in various models were sold from the factory in India.

Numerous types of Mills have existed over the years , some sought after. These include Bodding-ton Mills,Doonside Mills (Ivor F Australia) and the Irvine Mills (UK) .

THE ENGINE CORNER

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EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF FLIGHT AT THE 70TH NATIONAL MODEL AIRCRAFT CHAMPIONSHIPS! In April 2018, in what is sure to be one of the most exciting events on the MAAA calendar, the New South Wales Free Flight Society, in conjunction with West Wyalong Model Aero Club, are hosting the 70th National Model Aircraft Championships.Featuring 84 events across five sites, it will showcase the very best in every facet of aeromodelling, including Radio Control, Control Line, Free Flight and Indoor flying.WHY YOU SHOULD ATTENDThe 70th National Model Aircraft Championships will have something for everyone, whether you’re a novice flyer or an experienced pilot. It’s quite simply a terrific occasion to observe aerobatics, graceful gliders, replica scale models and thrilling control line combat. The Nationals present a rare, eye-opening opportunity for all MAAA members to witness events from different disciplines and gain an insight into other modelling events. And that’s not all…“We’re going back old school by having an opening ceremony where the town mayor will declare the Nation-als are open and there’s going to be a night scramble too which is always a lot of fun,” says 70th Nationals Coordinator, Tahn Stowe. “The Nationals isn’t all about competition between the elite. It’s about people coming together to spectate other events and see how other people do things to enable an exchange of ideas and an exchange of technol-ogy.”WHERE AND WHEN The Nationals are an 8-day event that takes place across five conveniently close sites all within 15 minutes of West Wyalong during the week of 23 to 30 April 2018.As the event takes place during the school holidays, modellers are encouraged to come along with their fami-lies to enjoy one or perhaps several spectacular days out.VIEW THE PROGRAMYou can browse through the entire 8-day program on the following pages along with the flyer . WAYS YOU CAN REGISTER 1. Complete the online registration form from the MAAA web site.2. Download and complete a printed copy of the PDF version of the registration document and either email the completed version to registrar70thnats@hotmail.com or post to: 70th Nats Registrar, c/- 5 Williams Road, North Rocks NSW 2151 But please don’t post cash. PLEASE NOTE The closing date to register is January 31, 2018, after which time a $100 late administration fee will be ap-plied.The 70th Nationals Model Aircraft Championships will undoubtedly be a memorable and enjoyable event filled with great competition and camaraderie. We encourage all MAAA members to participate. REMINDER: 2017 MAAA MEMBER SURVEY CLOSES SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2017As an incentive, we are giving away five $50 vouchers as prizes to a retail store of the winners’ choice. We will select five winners by judging the best answer to the last survey question. You can begin the survey by visiting the following web address: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017MAAA

Neil Tank MAAA President

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West Wyalong Airport (WWY)Location: Airport Rd, West Wyalong NSW 2671

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West Wyalong Indoor Stadium, Nationals HQ

West Wyalong Indoor Stadium, Nationals HQ

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At the recent MAAA Council Conference held in Tasmania,the proposal submitted by NSWFFS, to hold the 70�� Nationalsin West Wyalong, was unanimously approved.

The dates are 23�� - 30�� April 2018.

The opportunity exists for a successful, memorable andenjoyable 70�� MAAA Nationals in West Wyalong in 2018. Webelieve West Wyalong is a fitting site for the celebration of 80years of MAAA Nationals, and possibly the only site inAustralia capable of hosting a fully combined MAAA NationalModel Aircraft Championships.

The campus of venues provides a sound basis for a“reunion” of all those members who have been to previousNat’s and all those who have always wanted to attend atraditional Nat’s. In addition the opportunity exists todemonstrate some increasingly popular, cutting edge eventssuch as FPV Drone racing, and introduce a new generation tothe Nat’s.

The town is well situated, centrally, on the Newell Highwayand while it boasts an array of services and facilities, it is smallenough for an event of this nature to have a significantimpact, with various media coverage almost guaranteed.

This will be the first time in many decades that all eventsare within a 15 minute radius of a town centre and that twoor three disciplines will be able to fly on the same flying field.

A 70�� Nationals Committee has been formed and thepositions already identified are:

a) Chair and MAAA Liaison Officer - Tahn Stoweb) Secretary - Gary Goodwin (VP NSWFFS)c) Treasurer - Gary Pope (Treasurer NSWFFS)d) Registrar - Gary Pope (Treasurer NSWFFS)

Administrators for each discipline:

e) CL- Bruce Hoffman (Pres CLAS)f) FF- Terry Bond · (Pres NSWFFS)g) SAM’s-Peter Scotth) RC- Greg Lepp (Pres VMAA)i) Safety Manager - Michael Towelj) Public Relations Officer - Jeff Stien ( CDO, BSC)k) CASA and WW Airport liaison - Wayne Broad (BSC)l) West Wyalong MAC liaison - Joseph Danczakm) Merchandise & promotional event design - Colin Crowley

With 5 separate venues catering for 10 separate flight linesthe committee will be programming events to allow maximuminter-discipline entries and opportunities to spectate.

The Program and Entry Form will be published nationally inearly September 2017.

Please contact your Special Interest Group to make sureyour favourite event is being held.

70th MAAA NATIONAL MODEL AIRCRAFT CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

Shade structure

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Aerial view: WWMAC Gun Club Field

NSWFFS AB FIELD 1390 CLEAR RIDGE ROAD WEST WYALONG

ENTRY ROAD

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Novel wind speed indicator

Those boys from KAMS are at it again. John Box sent this in. After spotting one at one of the other fields and taking some measurements set about making one for their field. The follow-ing photos show an excellent result .

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Three generations of Free Flight

From left to right: Annika Lewis, Ben Lewis and John Lewis. They all fly Indoor and Outdoor together.Could this be the only 3 generation family flying Free Flight in Australia?

Finished product bolted to a fence post

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KAMS 3rd ANNUAL OPEN FLYING DAY Excellent weather and flying conditions greeted visiting Aeromodellers from the Samford Valley, Ipswich, Maryborough and Dalby Clubs along with members of the South Burnett community. This is the third annual open Flying Day event that the Kingaroy Aeromodellers have conducted in aid of the RFDS.

Several community members took the opportunity to introduce the next generation to the fast-growing family sport. For the purchase of a $5 commemorative RFDS badge they had the opportunity to experience the adrenalin rush and thrill of model flight in a safe con-trolled environment by flying a model on a buddy box system. SBRC Councillor Danita Potter had a go at flying and was on hand to open the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by morning tea.

Regards, John Box

President/Secretary

Kingaroy Aero Modellers Society 2013 - 182 Rita Court Kingaroy 4610 Mobile: 0408879286 Email: john.box@hotmail.com

Left: Cr Danita Potter cutting the ribbon to officially open the event with KAMS president /Secretary John Box and KAMS Treasurer Denis Hansen holding the ribbon.

Above: The club Patriach John Johonstone, giving club Vice Presi-dent Neil Hansen some last minute tuning instructions prior to take off

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Early morning sign erection on how to get there.

Trevor,Corey & Rob from Samford Valley Fliers with Cr Danita Potter and Steve Main from Maryborough.

The Kingaroy Aero Modellers Team who organised the event

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Muswellbrook District Model Aero Sports Inc. Invites you to attend

FRANK BRYANT MEMORIAL WARBIRDS WEEKEND

30 June & 01 July 2018 Mitchell-Hill Field, New England Highway, -- approx. 6kms south of Muswellbrook NSW, -- approx. 1km. south of Muscle Creek Road

(field open from 1200 hours Friday, 29 June to late afternoon Sunday,01 July) It’s on again! – Flyers of all ages welcome – FF/RC/CL sites available. Unpowered camping available at the field for a

donation of $5 per site per night from 1200 hours Friday, 29 June – Sunday night camping by arrangement, (no fires

permitted on the field – toilets & cold water available, -- sorry, no showers). Entry for the weekend by donation. -- Current MAAA cards & large model permits (if applicable) MUST be

shown on the day when registering. – Canteen will be running both days. -- No formal events, just fly for fun or come along &

have a “natter” & “catch up”. Buy, sell & swap welcome. -- Flying times are: C/L 0800 hours until dark both days, F/F 0700 to 0930, & 1700 until dark both days, R/C from 0930 hours to

1630 hours both days. – No night flying. Attendees are responsible for the proper removal of all personal rubbish.

CONTACT: Peter Wheeler-Smith (Secretary) on 0417 012611, email wheelersmith@bigpond.com, or “snail mail” to 34 Towarri Street Muswellbrook 2333

or

John Walker (President) on 0455 441309, email pssj.wal@bigpond.net.au

for registration or further enquiries

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Alice Springs Masters Games Model Flying with F5J Included.

A Masters Games event is scheduled for Alice Springs next year between 13 and 18 October, 2018. People come from all over the world to enjoy this event. For the first time Model Aircraft Flying is included on the program. The three classes being competed are Scale Aerobatics, F5J and Vintage Old Timer! The events are being organised by Aeromodellers Northern Terri-tory (John Adams made us aware of it) and will take place at the Pedder Field. Minimum age for this Masters Games is 35, with two categories being competed - 35 to 49, and 50+.

If you would like a trip to the red centre, and you qualify on age, mark this event in your diary! There is a one-off fee of $70 for entering, no matter how many events you compete in. Maybe you would like to try some of the other sports events as well!

For more information, consult the official web site here: https://alicespringsmastersgames.com.au/sports/model-aircraft-flying/

F5J at the MAAA Nats West Wyalong Courtesy of the AEFA .

The AEFA has put its hand up to run an F5J event at the MAAA Nats being offered at West Wyalong a couple of weeks after Easter next year. Several AEFA fliers are keen on supporting the traditional Nats, so will be attending and helping by running this event.F5J is being held at the West Wyalong Airport. A practice day has been nominated as Wednesday 25 April, and F5J will then be flown over the next two days on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 April. Terry Scolari is going to act as Contest Director and I am sure he will receive help from Mal Pring and Mel Gillott.Maybe you might like to schedule coming to the National Electric Flight Rally in Can-berra at the NAAS field over Easter (30 March - 1 April), and then move on to the Nats in West Wyalong.

For more information and registration, consult the Nats Web site: http://www.maaaevents.com.au

Sarik Hobbies a new home for plans:For those who build models from plans and wood packs and accessories from Traplet in England will now be available from Sarik Hobbies. A press release states: the right to sell many of the UK’s favourite R/C aircraft and boat plans including popular designs from RCM&E, RC Model World , Radio Modeller and Quiet & Electric Flight International magazines have now been acquired by Sarik Hobbies (www.sarikhobbies.com) . The companys range aslo includes a large number of laser cut woodpacks ,as well as a wide selection of glass fibre and vac formed parts to match many plans, such as cowls and canopies .Enquiries regarding plans an dparts can be made by calling 07543872005 to purchase - email info@sarikhobbies .com or visit www.sarikhobbies.com

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INSTRUCTOR NOMINATIONS REQUESTED The next MAAA instructors assessment course will be held at Brisbane on 10 February 2018. Location: Conference Room, Salisbury Hotel, 668 Toohey Rd, Salisbury QLD 4107 Time: 09:00 to 15:00 All Club Executives please assess your Gold Wings Holders.

The suitable applicant should have held gold wings for their aircraft type for at least 12 months and must be nominated by their club executive.

A requirement of the course will be prior experience with the buddy-box training system, and it is recommended that the applicant have some familiarity with flight simulators.

Further details will be provided to each applicant upon acceptance of their nomination.

Regards, Dennis GreenfieldMAAQ CFI0424 005 820

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Muswellbrook District Model Aero Sports Inc.

HUNTER VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 & 4 March 2018

Mitchell-Hill Field, New England Highway, -- approx. 6kms south of

Muswellbrook NSW, -- approx. 1km south of Muscle Creek Road (field open 1200 hours Friday, 02 March to late afternoon Sunday, 04 March)

EVENTS:

SATURDAY: Classic Stunt -- Vintage Combat -- 27D Goodyear – Vintage A Team Race -- Simple 2.5 Rat -- F5J Open Thermal Glider (winch launch)

SUNDAY: F2B -- Slow Combat – Combined Speed -- Weatherman Speed --

Electric Glider ENTRY FEES:

$5 per person, per event, to a maximum of $20 per person (with entry to as many events as

you like)

Flyers of all ages welcome – Unpowered camping available at the field for a donation of $5 per site per night from 1200 hours Friday, 18 May – Sunday night camping by

arrangement, (no fires permitted on the field – toilets & cold water available, -- sorry, no showers). -- Current MAAA cards MUST be shown on the day when registering. – Canteen will be running both days. -- Buy, sell & swap welcome. -- Attendees are

responsible for the proper removal of all personal rubbish from the field.

CONTACT: Peter Wheeler-Smith (Secretary) 0417 012611, email: wheelersmith@bigpond.com or “snail mail” to 34 Towarri Street Muswellbrook 2333

or

John Walker (President) on 0455 441309, email: pssj.wal@bigpond.net.au

for registration or further enquiries

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Report from QPFA (QPA) on the Queensland State Championships – Precision Aerobatics at the TAA field –Toowoomba on November 4th – 5th . There were a total of 18 entries across four classes. Perfect weather for the weekend. Slightly blowing out on Sunday. Many competitors arrived on Friday for a bit of practice. The club had perfect field prepared. All scoring and judging was completed using the French designed Notaumatic scoring system. The same system used in the recently held F3A world championships. Feedback from judges and competitors was fantastic. All pilots were able to view scores immediately. F3A results - 1st place, Brett Richards 2nd place, Simon Atkinson 3rd place, Rod Bailey Expert results - 1st place, Michael Hobson 2nd place, Cameron Robinson 3rd place, Ross Ward Advanced results - 1st place, David Garle 2nd place, James McAllen 3rd place, Michael Haines Sportsman results 1st place, Russell Ramsay 2nd place, Dan Imhoff 3rd place, Barry MacDonald

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A selection of aerobatic models that were flown at the Queensland State Champs . Electric models were pre-dominately flown with the old glow engine thrown in to the mix.

Some were of the hitech variety with contra rotating props , others had a variety of very light high pitched car-bon props .

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Muswellbrook District Model Aero Sports Inc. Invites you to attend

VETERANS GATHERING 19 & 20 May 2018

Mitchell-Hill Field, New England Highway, -- approx. 6kms south of Muswellbrook NSW, -- approx. 1km. south of Muscle Creek Road

(field open from 1200 hours Friday, 18 May to late afternoon Sunday, 20 May)

come & join us for this long standing & popular event

The “gathering” is on again – flyers of all ages welcome – FF/RC/CL sites available. Unpowered camping available at the field for a donation of $5 per site per night from

1200 hours Friday, 18 May – Sunday night camping by arrangement, (no fires permitted on the field – toilets & cold water available, -- sorry, no showers). -- Entry for the weekend by donation. -- Current MAAA cards & large model permits (if applicable) MUST be shown on the day when registering. -- Canteen will be running both days with bbq breakfast on

offer Sunday morning for a nominal fee. -- Saturday night dinner may be arranged following expressions of interest. -- No formal events, just fly for fun or come along &

have a “natter” & “catch up”. -- Buy, sell & swap welcome. -- Flying times are: C/L 0800 hours until dark both days, F/F 0700 to 0930, & 1700 until dark both days, twilight F/F scramble Saturday, R/C from 0930 hours to 1630 hours both days (No night flying). --

Attendees are responsible for the proper removal of all personal rubbish from the field.

CONTACT: Peter Wheeler-Smith (Secretary) on 0417 012611, email wheelersmith@bigpond.com, “snail mail” to 34 Towarri Street Muswellbrook 2333

John Walker (President) on 0455 441309, email pssj.wal@bigpond.net.au

for registration or further enquiries

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Details in relation to the CASA Directive (dated 19/10/17)

CASA released a directive in relation to all RPA’s within the Australian airspace in October. While the directive itself wasn’t a surprise to the MAAA Executive and State Presidents, some of the content that the MAAA presented to be incorporated was absent. The reasoning behind this is now known and CASA RPAS team had already actioned steps to ensure that all MAAA members were unaffected by the latest Instrument (CASA 96/17).

The Main aspects of the Instrument CASA 96/17 are:No RPA operations within 3nm of the movement area of a controlled aerodrome (unless an authorisation or exemption has been granted);No person is to launch an RPA within 3nm of the movement area of a non-controlled aero-drome (an HLS) if the person is aware that a manned aircraft is operating to or from the aerodrome.If a person controlling an unmanned aircraft within 3nm of the movement area of the non-controlled aerodrome becomes aware that an aircraft is operating to or from that aerodrome (or HLS)Immediately ensure that the unmanned aircraft is safety manoeuvred away from the path of the manned aircraft, and;Land the unmanned aircraft as safely as possible.All persons controlling an unmanned aircraft must not operate the aircraft higher than 400 feet AGL. This does not apply where an authorisation or exemption has been granted for the site or an area approval is in place. (ie. Some MAAA clubs have current area approval/height increase instruments in place which remain active)

The resultant negotiation between MAAA and CASA relating to the directive and the ex-emption issued to MAAA is that we have clubs and sites that currently have height increase instruments and/or area approvals issued by CASA and that club operations is business as usual.

If there are any Queensland clubs that are within the 3nm to non-controlled aerodrome or HLS and do not have an area approval, MAAA and the MAAQ executive can work with the clubs to prepare and obtain approvals for an area approval for the club under the exemptions issued to MAAA by CASA.

I don’t believe that MAAQ has any clubs within 3nm of controlled aerodromes however if we do, please contact myself so that we can ensure that we have appropriate area approvals in place to further highlight the safe model aircraft operations by all MAAQ clubs.

Safety is no accident.

Tyson Doddpresident@maaq.orgMAAQ President

BFFS DIGEST December 2017

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BRISBANE FREE FLIGHT SOCIETY2018 Flying Calendar

2018 FREE FLIGHT CALENDAR Ver 5 ( 22 November 2017)

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January Sat 27th 12pm - 4pm Club general meeting plus “show and tell” John’s place

March IND Sun 4th 3pm - 6pm Delta Dart State Champs (club sponsored) BSHSCP Sun 11th 7am - 3pm 2 min models (3 flights) + CLG (6 flights) Coominya

Sun 25th 7am - 2pm Dale’s Fun Day (general flying and limited RC) Coominya

April CP Sun 8th 7am - 12pm All in % - multiple entries (3 flights ea) CoominyaMon 16th – Tue 21st TUI CUP, WIDGIEWA CUP and AFFS CHAMPS NARRANDERAThu 23rd – Fri 30th 70th NATIONALS WEST WYALONG

IND Sat 28th 3pm - 6pm HLG/Catapult State Champs BSHS Sun 29th 7am - 12pm F1G State Champs (5 flights),

All in % - multiple entries (3 flights ea) Coominya

May Sat 5th 7am - 12pm F1C State Champs (2014 rules: 5 flights and 5 secs) Dalby 1pm - 4pm Open Power State Champs (3 flights) Dalby Sun 6th 7am - 12pm F1J State Champs (5 flights) Dalby Sat 12th 7am - 12pm F1A State Champs (5 rounds - first Rd 4min) Dalby Sun 13th 7am - 12pm F1B State Champs (5 rounds - first Rd 4min) DalbyIND Sat 19th 3pm - 6pm F1L (EZB) State Champs BSHS

June IND Sat 2nd 3pm - 6pm Hanger Rat State Champs BSHS Sun 10th 8am - 1pm F1H State Champs (5 flights), E36 (3 flights) Coominya

Sat 16th - Sun 17th Reserve days if May F1A and F1B events postponed Dalby Sat 23rd 12pm - 4pm AGM with BBQ lunch John’s placeCP Sun 24th 8am - 2pm Club Fun Day KKK, Frog, and ½ Hour Walking Scramble Coominya

plus Vic Smeed (Prizes, no points for V Smeed)

July IND Sat 7th 3pm - 6pm P18 State Champs (club sponsored) BSHS Sun 8th 8am - 2pm Open Rubber & P30 State Champs (3 flights each) Coominya

Sun 22nd 8am - 2pm Dale’s Fun Day (general flying and limited RC) Coominya

August IND Sun 5th 3pm - 6pm Peanut Scale State Champs BSHSCP Sun 12th 8am - 2pm BFFS Mini Power and QDP (3 flights each) Coominya

Sun 26th 8am - 2pm Club Fun Day Vintage, Sports models and CoominyaLimited RC (Prizes, no points)

September Sun 9th 7am - 2pm Scale, HLG and CLG State Champs CoominyaSat 15th 7am - 12pm F1A & F1C Team Selection Trial (5 rounds) DalbySun 16th 7am - 12pm F1B Team Selection Trial (5 rounds) Dalby

CP Sun 23rd 7am - 3pm Col’s Vintage Rally (accumulation of points for each class) Coominya

October Sun 14th 7am - 3 pm LSq/100 (3 flights), No Frills Wakefield (5 flights) CoominyaSun 21th 7am - 3 pm 100gm coupe, P20 and E36 (3 flights each) Coominya

November Sun 18th 12pm - 3pm BFFS Xmas Party and prizes presentation Malcolm & Kathy’s

Outdoor State Champs Indoor State Champs Club points apply Club meetings

John Lewis 07 3848 4280 Malcolm Campbell 07 3278 7164 Albert Fathers 0755 34 34 90