| Upcoming
Events
The Sierra Vista Airport
Open House
The Sierra Vista Airport Open
House and Fly-in will be held November 2-3, 2001. November 2nd will be
“School Day” and November 3rd will be the open house and Fly-in. Mark your
calendars and come join us for a day of Fun and excitement!
Libby Army Air Field
Flying
Due to the heightened security
measures being taken at Fort Huachuca. We will be unable to fly our model
aircraft at Libby Army Field until further notice.
Next MMRCC Club Meeting
The next meeting of the MMRCC
is scheduled for October 4, 2001 at 7:00 P.M. The meeting will be held
at the TRW facility (Highway 90 Bypass). Personnel are required to sign-in
and sign out for security purposes. |
The Sierra Vista
Thriller
The first RCCA open B Radio
Control Combat Contest hosted by the Mesquite Modelers Radio Control Club
was a great success. Eleven pilots participated in the hot and heavy action
that included at least 3 midair collisions that rendered some of the aircraft
unserviceable. Don Lacey did a great job as director of the Combat Contest.
Nancy did a terrific job as scorekeeper.
The rankings are as follows:
Randy Wegner 790
points
Chip Hyde
490 “ “
Jerry West
460 “ “
Jeff Sindelar
380 “ “
Eric Swisher
320 “ “
Jeremy Wegner 300 “
“
Tom Fenn
300 “ “
Don Lacey
272 “ “
Tom Maddry
180 “ “
Al Tomlinson
120 “ “
Will Herman
20 “ “
Will Herman dropped out after
the first round. Will claimed that gravity caused him to drop out. “It
just sucked my aircraft into the ground” he said.
The prize for the most spectacular
crash was given to Tom Madry. |
Thriller
cont.
Chip Hyde of Hyde Performance
Products donated prizes to be awarded to the pilots.
Tom Fenn organized a draw a name
out the hat raffle and the prizes were awarded.
Jerry West, Tom Fenn, Tom Madry,
Don Lacey, Jeff Sindelar, and Jeremy Wegner all won a gallon of fuel. Al
Tomlinson drew a spinner for his airplane.
Thanks to Chip Hyde for his
great support and co-operation.
A great Big Thank You also
goes out to the Timekeeper Kim Windsor and the volunteer Line Marshals.
Thanks to all contestants
and all those that came to cheer and watch the fun.
Everyone had a great time!
FROM THE
EDITOR’S DESK
Greetings and Salutations
to you all!
The combat competition at
Bollin Field this past Sept 23 was by far one of the most exciting flying
events I have seen in a long time. It takes a great deal of control and
eye co-ordination. The pilots were great! The flying, terrific. I hope
this becomes a yearly event. Congratulations to Don Lacey on a job well
done!
Happy flying! |
