Karl brought some really great new events to this year’s Fun Fly. It was a fun and challenging event. Thank you Karl for coordinating this one again this year. Those of us who braved the sun and low winds also appreciated the fine cuisine arranged and prepared by Craig and Sandy. You can view the photos on our web site and some of the photos are included in this edition.

Meeting Minutes July 2003 — Bob Martin

August 2003

Volume 10 Issue 8

Next Club Meeting is Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 7:00 PM at the club flying field (see the map on page 7).

President’s Message — Ron Swift

News Bits:

·    Combat event to be coordinated by Scott Curtis. Write -up on page 3.

·    Karl ran a really great Fun Fly. See pictures on page 5

·    Our meeting dates may need to change later in the year based on library availability.

·    The field is dry and the grass is brown, but the runway is in excellent shape!

The write up Scott provided for the Combat Event on August 9 is included in this newsletter. Come on out to the event and support it as a spectator, even if you don’t plan to fly!

With the way the weather has been, our field is pretty brown. The runway is in great shape and the flying has been great. It seems strange to go flying and no one

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The monthly meeting of the Barnyard Buzzards Model Airplane Club was called to order by president, Ron Swift on July 1st, 2003 at 7:00 PM at the Barnyard Buzzards Flying field.

Ron introduced the attending board members and asked for any attending guests. Guests present were Ron Bieba and his son.

The president asked for a motion to approve the June meeting minutes as written and published in the monthly newsletter. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. Voting by membership approved the minutes unanimously.

Officer and Special Committee Reports;

Ron Swift reported on the club’s open house event, was a great success, even the weather was great.  An official head count was not done, but all the tables were being used.  Rough guess including visitors and spectators was 20. Flyers started to arrive at 8:30, the pilots meeting was held shortly after 9AM and planes were in the air by 9:15..  We had several visiting AMA members and all had a good time.

 Vice President Hap Shutz was not present, but Ron announced that Karl Schaefer would be the coordinator

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