Buzzard Droppings April 2004

Thank you to the 38 club members, family members and friends who participated in the field improvement project on Saturday, March 21. A lot of work was accomplished and many needed the next day off to recuperate! Special thanks to Joe Goffin for coordinating the project as Field Development Chairman. Fred and his crew did a great job with the changes to the storage shed. Everyone put in a lot of work and the field really shows it!

Some of us did get a chance to fly on that following Sunday (I captured the first

April 2004

Volume 11 Issue 4

Next Club Meeting is Tuesday, April 6, 2004, 7:00 PM at the Monroe Library (map on page 7). 

Program: Safety Program

News Bits:

·  Doug Hoff will be bringing the raffle items this month.

· A First Aid Kit will be raffled to one lucky meeting attendee.

· One hundred dollar bill found at the field. See Ron  if you’ve lost one…

· Cub Scout outing is being planned. Contact Ron if you want to help.

flight of the day taking a new Avistar sporting a YS 45 engine on its maiden flight.) I talked to many of the club members. One commented that this was the best the field had ever been. Others commented that they felt safer flying there with the new fences. None of the pilots seemed to notice the change in the flight line (our dead sticks were landed successfully). What a weekend of really great weather!

I talked to Dale, our landlord and he is impressed with the work done along

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      President: Ron Swift  (425) 788-6045                                                  Vice President: Brian Richardson

 

      Secretary:  Bob Martin  (425) 483-2348                                               Treasurer:  Doug Hoff (360) 794-8757

 

      Safety Officer: Randy Turner (360) 631-1231                                    Newsletter & Web: Ron Swift (425) 788-6045 

Comment: Before the meeting was started, many RC Models of all shapes and sizes for the First Annual Barnyard Buzzard Builder’s Competition were brought in to the library. Thanks guys for bringing them!  The library room was filled with members and guests.  We seemed to have the largest number of meeting attendees ever!

 

President Ron Swift called the monthly meeting of the Barnyard Buzzard Model Airplane Club, Inc. to order at 7:00 PM at

the Monroe Library.  Ron introduced the attending board members and asked for any attending visitors and / or new members to introduce themselves. 

President Ron Swift asked for a motion to accept the February meeting minutes as published with one change, the Open House date was incorrectly published. The correct date is June 19^th 2004.  A motion was made, seconded, and passed.

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