Prez Says. Upcoming Events: Continued.

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1 Upcoming Events: May 4 Membership Meeting May 6 MTRCCA Fellowship Fly-in Cedar Hill, TN May Joe Nall Week June 1 Membership Meeting July 6 Membership Meeting August 3 Membership Meeting August 12 National Model Aviation Day September 7 Membership Meeting September 8-10 MTRCCA Fall Fly-In Dixon Airport October 5 Membership Meeting November 2 Membership Meeting November 4 MTRCCA Swap Meet Antioch, TN December 7 Membership Meeting Prez Says This month has been a difficult one for our field development. The weather just hasn t cooperated with us. With all of the rain that we have had we have not been able to get the driveway graveled as we had hoped. We are fortunate to be receiving assistance from a local excavating company with the hauling and spreading of gravel on the driveway. They are also helping us with the installation of drain pipes. Our project, though, must be worked in between their other jobs. But the weather, not the excavating company, has been the hold up. Hopefully the driveway will be installed in the next week or so since the weather appears to be improving. Except for some grading there hasn t been any real improvement made during this past month. Depending on how much gravel the driveway takes, we will look at placing gravel on the parking area. The determining factor will be our budget. If Continued

2 April Meeting Minutes: The meeting was called to order by Jim 6:14pm. President Dan Wandell was out of town. There were 10 members present. There were no guests. The March meeting minutes were accepted as published in the newsletter. The March Treasurer s report was read and accepted. There were five new members added during March. Old Business: Upcoming local events: MTRCCA Fly-In at Cedar Hill May 6 Joe Nall May 13 to 20 National Model Aviation Day August 12 MTRCCA Fall Fly-In at Dixon September 8-10 MTRCCA Fall Swap Meet at Antioch Nov. 4 MPRCF Swap Meet: This year s Swap Meet was the most successful in the club s history both financially and in terms of table sales. We had the equivalent of 111 in table sales some vendors brought their own tables, and some set up on the floor without tables. Special thanks go out to Tom Albert who won the radio and turned around and auctioned it off with all proceeds going to the club. Thanks also go out to all of the members who helped with the event. Continued Prez Says (cont.) not graveled, the parking area will be left natural for the time being. After the driveway and parking area is taken care of we will work quickly to get the runway graded. We won t be able to get it totally leveled because of the topology of the field but it will be more level than it is now. Afterwards we will lay the fabric runway and seed the outlying area. With luck, we can get this done in the next 4-6 weeks. On May 6, the Middle TN R/C Clubs Association will hold its 12th Annual Fellowship Fly-In at the Cumberland Flyers field in Cedar Hill. This is always a great time and the Cedar Hill field is a nice flying site. I hope to see you there. As most members know, our club is a member club of the Association. The Association exists to foster fellowship among pilots throughout the middle Tennessee area; to pool resources to put on large events while sharing the workload; and to raise funds for member clubs. The Association puts on three events during the year: a Spring Fellowship Fly-In; a Fall Fly-In and Airshow; and a Regional Swap Meet in the fall. Joe Nall Week is coming up in less than two weeks. Running from May 13-20, Nall is a must do bucket list item for R/C enthusiasts. Our good friends, Billy and Cindy (from Family Hobbies), and Mitch and Zelda, are again hosting their free Middle Tennessee Modelers Fellowship Meal Monday night, May 15. They will provide the main course but ask that any attendees bring a side dish to share and bring your own drink. They request that you let them Continued

3 April Meeting Minutes (cont.): New Field: The following list of action items was discussed. Completed Actions: Lease Agreement signed 2017 lease payment issued Certificate of Insurance Issued Announcement to general public Murfreesboro and Stones River airports notified Remove and burn trees Close/block unused service road entrances and place no trespassing signs at the Greenway entrances to the service roads Determined runway layout Determine pits and parking layout Grading has begun Determined driveway layout Began driveway improvements Small field Board approved the field s use for drones, etc. no further action until interest is expressed Pending Actions: Grade field and pit area Relocate road gate or do away with it Install field gate Improve road entrance to allow left turns City approved Place rock/gravel on driveway including drain pipes Parking area leave natural unless rock cost is within budget outline with logs Advise Murfreesboro fire and police departments of our location Install fabric runway (30x150) Seed outlying areas Establish sound abatement program Get a porta-potty after road is graveled (City uses Stewart s Portable Toilets) Determine what to move from Carl s and do so Establish Safety Program A motion was made, and approved, to allocate an additional $2,500 of club funds for field development. May Meeting Location: The May meeting will be held at O Charley s Restaurant. Continued

4 April Meeting Minutes (cont.): New Business: No new business was discussed. Meeting adjourned at 7:38pm. Prez Says (cont.) know if you are planning to attend so that they can plan for the right amount of food. You can contact Cindy at Family Hobbies at or to let them know. Speaking of Family Hobbies, if you haven t been to their store in Smyrna, or their online store at you should check them out. If they don t have what you want/need in stock they are generally able to get it within a few days. Having a local hobby store is a luxury that most modelers throughout the country don t have, so let s do what we can to support them. I was fortunate to be able to vacation in Europe for a few weeks this month. The highlight for me was being able to spend time in the Normandy, France area. I visited many of the WWII D-Day and Normandy campaign sites. I ve shared a few of the aviation related photos in later pages of the newsletter. I hope that you enjoy them. Next May 4, 2017 From May 11-14, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will bring their 1929 Ford Tri-Motor to the Smyrna Airport where it will be available for rides. Rides cost $70, paid in advance, or $75 same day. Proceeds go toward maintaining this aircraft allowing it to tour the country advancing interest in aviation. See the flyer attached later in the newsletter for more information. Well that s it for this month. Dan

5 Ponte Du Hoc, France Bombing Effect

6 Airborne Museum - Sainte-Mère-Eglise Douglas C-47 Skytrain Eisenhower Briefing CG-4 Waco Glider

7 Sainte-Mère-Eglise John Steele Memorial

8 Caen Memorial Museum Hawker Typhoon Overlord Museum V-1 Buzz Bomb

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