Tauranga Model Aircraft Club  (Inc)

 

January Report  2010

 

Hi All

 

Well the first month of the year is fast coming to a close and the Nationals have been and gone.  Tauranga members have acquitted themselves really well and certainly ‘put us on the map.’   Lincoln Vincent reported there was also favorable comment on the new attire!! 

 

TMAC results:

Terry Tank   (63 points)

2^nd F/F Glider Duration

1^st Classic F/F Duration

3^rd Vintage FF Glider Duration

1^st A1 Glider

8^th Catapult Glider

3^rd Open Power

 

Brian Harris  (29)

1^st Vint R/C Precision

3^rd Vint R/C Duration

 

John Ingram-Seal  (30)

5^th Vint R/C Precision

5^th Vint R/C Duration

6^th Vint F/F Precision

2^nd Vint R/C1/2 A Texaco

 

Vaughn Friedrich  (8)

1^st R/C Basic Scale Aerobatics 

 

Lincoln Vincent  (29)

5^th Hangar Rat

2^nd Kiwi Power

7^th Open Glider

8^th A1 Glider

 

Moira Vincent  (23)

9^th Open Glider

1^st Ladies Event

9^th A1 Glider

2^nd Classic FF Duration

 

Our congratulations to these members

 

Club Night

The next club night will be held on Wednesday 3^rd February –7.30pm at the Model Engineers Clubrooms.  Our guest speaker will be Bob Toor who will speak on his time as a helicopter pilot – should be really interesting.  We would also like to see members bring along some models or works in progress.  We would like to get the business part of the meeting over first, then have Bob’s presentation followed by discussion on a paper Roger Hutson has developed on tutoring   new members and how best we can  manage ‘Wings Badge’ tests.

Members will be interested to know that we have currently upwards of twelve new members learning to fly.  These people are at various levels of expertise  and will eventually need to pass the ‘Wings Badge’ test if they wish to fly at sites other than Apata or tutor other members etc etc. The latest directive from MFNZ essentially states:

 

2.4 The Wings Badge is compulsory for:

All members joining MFNZ after 30/06/2009  who are obliged to attain the qualification.

and

 

All members as of 01/01/2012

 

The plan is to set aside two Saturdays in February for Wings Badge testing.   This will be carried out between 9am and 12 noon.  Booking time slots will be essential so as not to impact too much on those wishing to fly on that day.

This subject will form the basis for discussion on club night as there are other issues which will need clarifying .

 

The Air Show  6-7 February:

 

The finer detail of our involvement at the air show has not been finalised as I write.  However it looks as though we can best assist in a helping role rather than a display of our own.  President Tony and Mike Rice are working closely with the organizers and will have more info on club night.

 

Maramatanga Park:

Just a further reminder that we are holding another Fun Fly at Maramatanga Park on 21^st March commencing 9am until 4pm.There will be twilight cricket on that day so we will need to wrap it all up by 4pm latest.  We intend to make the layout a bit more user friendly and will make the most of our newly acquired Eze up’s.

We intend to make some changes to the parking layout and to the flight line as those of you who attended last year will remember we had a cross wind spring up and take off’s became  a bit sporting for a while.  Our attendance last December was excellent and we had a great day – your committee would like to think we could do it again. 

 

 

Regalia:

We still have a number of caps and shirts which were ordered but have not 

been collected and paid for.  We would like to have this sorted soon. I will not be at the strip this Sunday (24^th) but will be there the following (31^st) and of course I will bring the gear on club night and   am also happy for people to collect from my home (check with a phone call first please).

We ordered a few extra caps and have 2 shirts of each size on hand.   The prices ($12.00 cap, $28.00 shirt) are very good and extras will not be available at the current price, as we negotiated a very good discount on the order and on sold to members at cost. 

 

Website Forum:

Pete Johnstone has put a lot of work into the website of late in order to provide an easy means for members to communicate and view messages. Its success or otherwise is entirely in member’s hands. At the time of writing 25 members have registered – so have look on the TMAC Website and go into Forum and Notices. 

 

Indoor Flying:

All going to plan we should get underway with indoor flying on the 10^th February at 7.30pm which will be our usual second Wednesday of the month.  The venue will be the Otumoetai Events Centre unless advised otherwise.

 

 Well that’s all from me

 

Cheers for now

 

Neil Attwood

Secretary

Tauranga Model Aircraft Club