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Buzzard Droppings June 2006
Text Box: Again time has caught up with me and Ron has had to remind me that it is time for the monthly newsletter. I don’t know how Ron does it month after month. Thanks Ron. I hope that everyone is taking care of their equipment making sure the batteries are up to snuff and everything is tight that should be and things that should move do. We certainly don’t want to be in the news as was the club in Hungary where two spectators were killed while watching a contest. Sorry I don’t have all the details. “BUDAPEST, Hungary - A model airplane crashed into a crowd at an air show in southern Hungary on Saturday, killing two spectators. The accident occurred in the town of Ocseny, 90 miles south of Budapest, the capital. The two people killed were identified as a married couple from the nearby city of Szekszard, emergency officials said, according to state news agency MTI. The model airplane that crashed had 6 and 1/2-foot wing span and was being directed from the ground by an experienced German flyer. According to one of the show's organizers, it was the first time in Hungary anyone was killed at a model airplane exhibit, MTI said.” That can’t happen here, right? If you think it can’t, I want some of the stuff you are smoking.

grandson Shawn Honcoop from the Barnyard Buzzards (the best flying club EVER)!  Dave and Marissa were deeply moved that the club cares so much and so much money raised showed the true “heart” of our organization. More donations have been reported since the meeting.

 

DON”T FORGET, THE JUNE 6th MEETING

WILL BE AT OUR FIELD

See ya There !

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.

 

Submitted by Chet Blake         

BBMAC Secretary
Text Box: OK, back to us. I still see folks flying from wherever they happen to be. Even walking up and down the flight line while flying. This is probably not a big deal when you are by yourself, but when others are present use one of the pilot stations. And above all DO NOT stand the middle of the opening in the safety fence. If you use an electric starter, use a spinner or one of the safety hubs. Saturday morning I was standing at the table to the left, facing the runway, with respect to another pilot that was starting his engine. And out of the corner of my eye I saw something fly by! Was it a bug, a bird? No, it was the rubber cone from his the Electric starter. After walking the 30 feet and retrieving the cone, he pounded it back into the housing. Then he proceeded to attempt to start his engine and again the cone flew out and this time it lands about 50 feet away on the runway! When it went by me it was about eye level. I don’t think that a wayward rubber starter cone is going to be lethal, however it could do damage to an eye or distract another pilot and cause him/her to loose control. I have seen this many times over the years and it is always someone, including me, trying to use an electric starter coupled to the flat washer and nut on the prop shaft. If you use an electric starter (which by the way is much safer than flipping the prop by hand) use a spinner or safety hub and a cone that fits the spinner or safety hub. Make sure the spinner/cone doesn’t touch the propeller blades. TILL NEXT TIME, BE SAFE, BE COURTEOUS Vince Bell, Safety Officer
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