July 2011

PRESIDENT’S

CORNER Bill Towne

It’s been HOT, HOT, HOT but we have had lots of

chances for good flying! Bring lots of cool water

and you can beat the heat! Big John Muller was

seen pouring the water over a paper towel and

placing it on his head, but he was flying his new

Pulse with the nice little gas engine anyway. The

FARM field is in good shape thanks to the lawn

mowing volunteers. Nic was even improving it a

little using Captain Don’s Industrial paving roller.

That was until the radiator cap started to leak and it

overheated. They will fix that little problem and

finish rolling so the field will be even smoother. So

come on out!

We held the first meeting at the field on June 28th

.

Charlie and Willie White had gotten there early to

test out Willie’s newly refurbished Ryan, a 1930’s

era racer. It was originally electric powered which

Willie had bought at the NVRC auction, but Charlie

fixed it up with a nice engine. It flew great. I

brought my Curtis Robin and had some fun, but

then it looked like the weather was moving in.

Charlie and Willie abandoned me and went for a

Subway sandwich dinner at Bealeton. I foolishly

stayed back since I had brought dinner and thought I

might get another flight in before the meeting.

That’s when the thunder started, lighting hit, the

power went out, and the rain started down hard.

Then the wind picked up and stared blowing the

rain sideways. It was raining so hard (like Niagara

Falls) I didn’t risk sprinting for my car which was

just 30 feet away. I had to crouch down with the

shelter wall at my back, the grill on my left and the

chairs and green box on my right. Luckily the

planes were put in the hay barn before everything

started. I hunkered down like that for at least 45

minutes just hoping it wasn’t a tornado that was

going to remove the shelter and me with it! But

then the rain started to slow up, I sprinted to the car,

Charlie and Willie returned and of course the sun

came out in time for the 7:00 o’clock meeting. Not

too many members showed up, just six of us, I am

sure one look at the radar scared everyone off. It

was a short meeting and then we got a few

additional flights in after the storm.

We are continuing to pick up new members; we are

up to 11 new guys this year. But don’t worry there

is still plenty of room at the FARM. If you see new

folks, introduce yourself and help them out!

Our June Picnic and Float Fly at Lake Ritchie was a

great success with over 45 pilots and over 75 in

attendance! We had a beautiful sunny day and not

much wind. As always we had plenty of volunteers

helping set up for the event, and everything went

smoothly. Nic sold a lot of raffle tickets, and the

boys grilled over 200 burgers, hot dogs and

bratwursts. The rescue boat was in action but not

overly so. I guess a lot of us are finally getting the

hang of flying off and landing on the water. It was a

lot of fun! The next FARM Float Fly is October 1st.

We held the 4th Fun Fly on July 10th

and got it in

before the rain. Dan Jones was CD and did a nice

job. See results below. Our next Fun Fly is August

14th

and Bruce Green is CD.

On July 23th the Loudoun County Aero modelers

are holding their annual Electric Fly at their field in

Banshee Reeks Park, just south of Leesburg. All

electric planes are welcome. See our web site for

details.

Bill Towne

EDITOR’S NOTES Jeff Killen

Upcoming Events:

1. Monthly Club Meeting, at the field, 7 PM,

7/26/2011

2. LCAA Electric Fly, 7/23, at 9:00AM

3. Fun Fly #5, at the field, 1:30 PM, 8/14/2011

Notice: Edwin Manson of our club won one of the

AMA scholarships this year. Nice job Edwin ! He

will be attending UVA (WAHOO WA [UVA is my

alma mater].)

SECRETARY’S REPORT Jeff Killen

The June monthly meeting was held on June 28 at the

club field. We had one new member present, Bob

Collyer (a former FARM club president). Besides 3

board members, 6 others were present.

Officer Reports The secretary noted that he will submit something for the

AMA newsletter competition in either July or August.

Dick Sutton reported that he now has all the “Wings of

Balsa” articles from John Hunton (these appeared in the

newsletter several years back.)

Nic Burhans gave us a treasurer’s report. We now have

114 members. We now have $7,175 in the bank. We

profited $151 from the pattern contest. The picnic and

float fly in June cost us $397. We earned $303 from the

estate sale last month. Long-range we expect to be about

$1100 by the end of the year. For the 2nd

float fly

coming up in October, all members will pay for food and

a flying fee. A current roster has been mailed to all

members, and posted at the field. Please be thinking

about renewing FARM membership in December as Nic

will be away during January.

The Field Marshall, Safety Officer, and Vice President

were absent, no report was given.

Old Business Club picnic and Float Fly on 6/25 was very successful.

Weather was great. Lots of help came from Ralph Graul,

Dwayne Beck, Rob Bussler, and Bill McMullen among

others. We gave away $100 in gift cards from Hobby

Hangar at the event. Thanks, Hobby Hangar.

Dan Jones will be the CD for our Fun Fly #5 on July 10.

New Business There was no new business.

Show and Tell Bill White and Charlie Koustenis – Ryan STA –

exchanged electric motor for an OS 1.08 2c motor.

Scale model of a 1930s racer. Great Planes kit now out

of production. Narrow landing gear, weighs 12 lbs. First

3 flights flown today.

Dwayne Beck – Sailplane, DISCUS (not distance as I

stated in the June newsletter) launch glider (DLG) was at

the field. Launched by spinning around and slinging the

plane, which Dwayne did several times before the

meeting began.

50/50 Drawings Bill Towne won the fuel. (Thanks Hobby Hangar.)

Nic Burhans won the money ($21).

Nic Burhans also won a JR cup warmer.

TREASURER’S REPORT Nic Burhans Nic’s report for June is to the right. The report for the

spring pattern contest is below.

Spring Pattern Contest FARM Inc. Treasurer's Report as of 30 Jun 11

01 Apr 11 $ 0.00

INCOME # Senior Pilot Registration (15 @ $30) May 31 $ 450.00

Junior Pilot Registration (1 @ $20) May 31 $ 20.00

Saturday Food Receipts May 31 $ 201.75

Sunday Food Receipts May 31 $ 100.25

Total Income: $ 772.00

Sum of Assets: $ 772.00

EXPENSES Pattern Contest - Award Plaques #1481 $ 156.00

Pattern Contest - Sanction #1486 $ 20.00

Pattern Contest - Line Paint #1490 $ 17.01

Pattern Contest - Food set-up #1494 $ 292.97 Pattern Contest - Port-a-John Services #1497 $ 134.75

Total Expenses: $ 620.73

Ending Account Balance: 30 Jun 11 $ 151.27

Direct Competition Costs: Pilot Registrations Fly Fees

$ 390.00

Sanction Fee

-$ 20.00

Awards

-$ 156.00

Line paint

-$ 17.01

Port-a-John services

-$ 134.75

$ 62.24

Direct Food Service costs: Pilot Registrations Food Fees

$ 80.00

Food Receipts

$ 302.00

Food Set-up costs

-$ 292.97

$ 89.03

Spring Pattern Contest Result:

$ 151.27

FARM Inc. Treasurer's Report as of 30 Jun 11

01 Jun 11 $ 7,025.98

INCOME # 2012 Membership Renewals ()

2011 New Member Dues & Fees (2) Jun 23 $ 180.00

Steury Auction Jun 23 $ 243.58

June Fun Fly (11) - cash Jun 23 $ 55.00

T-shirts & Ball Caps Jun 23 $ 22.00

Picnic/Float Fly - Cash Box - return Jun 27 $ 200.00

T-shirts & Ball Caps Jun 27 $ 45.00

Picnic/Float Fly - Receipts Jun 27 $ 514.00

June 50/50 - cash Jun 30 $ 22.00

Total Income: $ 1,281.58

Sum of Assets: $ 8,307.56

EXPENSES Field Maintenance - Gas #1493 $ 18.82

Spring Pattern Contest - Food #1494 $ 292.97

Field Maintenance - Gas #1495 $ 17.35

Picnic/Float Fly - Water and Sodas #1496 $ 7.97

Spring Pattern Contest - Port-a-John #1497 $ 134.75

Port-a-John - Service #1497 $ 35.00

Picnic/Float Fly Cash Box - set up #1498 $ 200.00

Picnic/Float Fly - Cooker Donation #1499 $ 20.00

Picnic/Float Fly - Food Set up #1500 $ 343.22

Picnic/Float Fly - Sanction & Insurance #1501 $ 40.00

Newsletter - printing #1502 $ 18.48

Total Expenses: $ 1,128.56

Ending Account Balance: 30 Jun 11 $ 7,179.00

Regular Members: 73 Senior Members: 32 Junior Members: 4 Associate Members: 2 Life Members: 3

Total Membership: 114

2010 New Members Needing Checkouts:

James Harding Needs check flight

James Bristle Needs check flight

Mark Phillips Needs check flight

Sam Farhat Needs check flight

2011 New Members: Gary Valenzuela Mark Picard Jeff Hill Brian Williams Bill Hargreaves Steven Curry Needs check flight

Bob Freas Danial Nash Tony Claridge Bob Collyer Glenn Schultz Needs check flight

Nic’s report for the float fly event is below.

FARM Picnic/Float Fly Tres Report as of 11 Jul 11

01 Feb 11 $ 0.00

INCOME # Non-member Pilot - Fly

Fees(16@$15) Jun 27 $ 240.00 Non-member Pilot - Lunch Fees(16@$5) Jun 27 $ 80.00

Non-member - Lunch Fees (3@$5) Jun 27 $ 15.00

Raffle Ticket - Sales ($358-$179) Jun 27 $ 179.00

FARM Members - no charge (30) Jun 27 $ 0.00 FARM Member Family - no charge (26) Jun 27 $ 0.00

COSCO food return Jul $ 12.00

Total Income: $ 526.00

Sum of Assets: $ 526.00

EXPENSES Lake Ritchie - Rental #1471 $ 500.00

Food - Water & Sodas #1496 $ 7.97

Cooker Donation #1499 $ 20.00

Food - setup #1500 $ 343.22

AMA Sanction & Insurance #1501 $ 40.00

Total Expenses: $ 911.19

Ending Account Balance: 11 Jul 11 -$ 385.19

Ritchie Lake Rental

-$ 500.00

AMA Sanction & Insurance

-$ 40.00

Raffle Ticket - Sales

$ 179.00

Non-member - Pilots 16 Member - Pilots 27

Total Pilots 43

Non-member Pilot - Landing Fees (16)

$ 240.00

Non-member Pilot-Lunch Fees($5 each) 16 $ 80.00

Non-member-Lunch Fees($5 each) 3 $ 15.00 Member & Family Lunches (no charge) 56 $ 0.00

COSCO food return

$ 12.00

Cooker Donation

-$ 20.00

Food, Water, & Sodas - set up

-$ 351.19

Total Number of Lunches 75

Lunch Balance

-$ 264.19

Club Picnic & Float Fly Total Balance

-$ 385.19

At right, some aerial photos of a flying session at

Airdale, courtesy John Hunton.

An air-to-air photo, also at Airdale, by John Hunton.

FARM OFFICERS for 2011

President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Towne 540-428-1053

Vice President . . . . . . . . . Ralph Graul 540-341-0368

Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Killen 703-369-0807

Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nic Burhans 540-349-2733

Field Marshall . . . . . . . . . Bill McMullen 540-347-5871

Safety Officer . . . . . . . . . Doug Cash 571-248-4959

Member at Large. . . . . . . . Dan Jones 703-644-0989

FARM Newsletter Staff

Editor Jeff Killen

Printer: UPS Store

Manassas, VA

The FARM Newsletter is published monthly by the Fauquier Aero Recreation Modelers, AMA charter #1654. It is mailed to

FARM members and to other clubs on an exchange basis. Articles related to all types of aviation are welcome. Opinions

expressed in the newsletter are those of the individual author and do not necessarily reflect those of FARM Inc. Publishing

deadline is the 2nd

Tuesday of the month. Please mail all input to:

Jeff Killen

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Manassas, VA 20110-6164

703-369-0807 Our web site is: www.farmclubrc.com

FAUQUIER AERO RECREATION MODELERS Jeff Killen

10297 Woodmont Ct.

Manassas, VA 20110-6164