The President s Corner by Mickey Breunig, President - LMAC I hope everyone had a great flying year. I only wish I had more opportunities to fly. The opportunity to start the year off with a flying day will be the Numb Thumbs fly-in. The Numb Thumbs event will be 10AM January 1st, as it is every year, no matter what kind of weather mother nature throws at us. I ll bring a hot pot of chili and Matt Hanson will grill some hot dogs. Bring out what ever you can fly with shivering fingers and enjoy a fresh start to another good flying year. Hope tosee everyone there. Mickey Breunig President - Lexington Model Airplane Club It s time to Renew your LMAC Membership for 2018 Dues information and forms, click on this link.. http:///membership.html We now accept PayPal 1
Minutes of November 9, 2017 Club Meeting by Bob Cooper The club meeting was held on Saturday, November 9, 2017 at Morning Pointe Senior Center, 150 Shoreside Dr, Lexington, KY. -- Meeting was called to order at 7:03PM by Mickey Breunig -- Minutes of the November meeting posted in the monthly newsletter. Motion to approve made by Mickey Breunig, seconded by Joe Wood and approved by vote. -- Treasurer s Report was presented by Carroll Ware. Motion to approve by Mickey Breuning, seconded by Carroll Ware Sr and approved by vote. There are 120 paid members. -- Safety report was presented by Mickey Breunig. Old Business -- Officer nominations for 2018 were presented. Motion to approve was made by Mickey Breunig, seconded by Bob Cooper and approved by vote. President: Mickey Breunig Vice President: Paul Bail Secretary: Jim Newberry Treasurer: Carroll Ware Safety: Mike Lambert Editor: John Royalty Senior Advisor: Gayle Moore Training: David Price -- Airfield gate key management issues were presented by Carroll Ware with discussion of using the combination lock in 2018 to reduce work content involved with handing out and collecting gate keys. Motion to use a combination lock on the airfield gate in 2018 was made by Dan Thompson, seconded by Bob Cooper and approved by vote. New Business -- The November 11 th Swap Meet plans were presented by Joe Wood. -- Video Camera at the airfield was discussed and will be investigated further. -- Airfield repairs consist of siding repair on main shelter and shed are planned for 2018. Mickey Breunig made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:46PM. The motion was seconded and approved. There was no plane of the month presentation at the meeting. The next club meeting will be at Morning Pointe Senior Center on Thursday, December 14 at 7:00PM. 2
Treasurer s Report by Carroll Ware,Treasurer There are 117 paid up members Dues information and forms, click on this link.. http:///membership.html Future Airfield Maintenance Accrual Account... $3,750.00 Educational Savings Account Balance..... $621.76 Funds provided by the Lex. City Council for use in Fayette County School programs. Income and Expense Report It s time to Renew your LMAC Membership 3
LMAC Swap Meet Report by Joe Woods First, I want to thank everyone who helped with this year's Swap Meet onsaturday, Nov 11. There were about 20 members that turned out at 7:00 am (some at 6:30 am) to arrange the tables at the JackPot Bingo Hall in the Eastland Shopping Center, on November 11. We had our 3 set-up teams. The set-up was easily done by 7:30. Sellers were eager to get into their space and were utilizing the tables as our guys were finishing. The set-up job was quite a bit larger this year because of the large number of tables rented. There were only 8 members for the re-set of the tables at 1:00 pm; so the core group, most of the officers, got a tough workout. We were significantly up in tables rented this year. Last year, 56 tables were rented, this year a record 90 tables were rented. We were up $352 for table rental. Buyer s fees were up $26 from last year; but donations were down $225 and expenses were down resulting in overall profit of $1433 which was up $179 from last year. Comparing to the 10 year average; profits increased by $311. Last year, we were fortunate that Steve Campanelli donated 4 tables of planes and accessories that brought in a record level of donation dollars. This year, donations were $160 ahead of the 10 year average. Thank you to all who donated items and special thanks to Pete Adanick for the nice planes and other items from his collection. Lester Ware again managed the sales of the donated items he did a great job! To try to hold the buyers, we continued the "Door Prize" presentation like last year. Tower Hobbies donated four $25 gift certificates again this year. Four drawings took place during the meet. Winners must be present to win. The Raffle item was a TACTIC TTX610 2.4 GHz Transmitter and Receiver system, donated by Hobbico. It was won by Wendell Gabbard, a new LMAC member from McKee, KY. This nice donation saved us the expense of purchasing a Raffle item. Thank you, Tower Hobbies and Hobbico. I welcome any suggestions as to how we could have a better Swap Meet. Any ideas of how to get more buyers to attend would be appreciated. I saw a number of our LMAC members with nice purchases. I hope toget a larger member attendance next year. 4
Blast from the Past by David Price This series of articles will present advertisements from vintage modeling magazines. The intent is to illustrate technological advances that have taken place in our hobby. For some, it will bring back memories, for newcomers it will present a piece of history of radio control model aviation. Here is an advertisement from the December 1973 issue of Model Builder for Heath radios. Yes, you had to build the radios. Happy Holidays! 5
For Sale R/C Helicopter Equipment TREX 600 w/2batts. $250 TREX 500 w/1batt. $125 Blade used Blade nib. $100 Hyperion Charger (2) Alpha Charger(1). $150 Spec Tx. $50 Phase Triple Beam Balancer. $30 Heli's are BNF or RTF All items for package deal of $550 Contact: Bill Fortner Phone: 859-887-2960 6
Calendar of Events Lexington Model Airplane Club (LMAC) Numb Thumb Fly.... Jan 1, 2018 KY Bluegrass Vintage Festival Fly-in... May 25-26, 2017 LMAC Club Picnic & Fun Fly... July 22, 2017 Trainer Banger Flying Competition...Aug 12, 2017 Kentucky Fall Classic Fly-in... Sept 14, 15, 16, 17, 2017 LMAC Swap Meet...Nov 11, 2017 Central Kentucky Float Fly ( CKFF ) Charity Float Fly-in Event...May 27, 2017 Brown Bag Float Fly-in Event Sept 2, 2017 Clark County R/C Barnstormers Spring Indoor Fun fly... Apr 8, 2017 Glider/Sailplane Fun Fly.. May 20, 2017 Harold Brown Memorial Fly In... Jun 10, 2017 Brown Bag Fall Fun Fly..... Oct 7, 2017 Fall Indoor Fly In...... Nov 4, 2017 7
Next LMAC Club Meeting: Thursday, Dec 14 th at 7:00 PM Meeting Location: Morning Pointe Senior Center 150 Shoreside Dr, Lexington, KY ( Go East on Richmond Rd, past Man-o-War Rd. Shoreside Dr. is on right before reaching Jacobson Park in East Lexington ) Visitors are Welcome!! 2017 Club Officers President - Mickey Breunig mbreunig@windstream.net Vice President - Dan Thompson wb4guk@aol.com Secretary - Mickey Breunig / Bob Cooper Treasurer - Carroll Ware carroll.ware@gmail.com Safety Officer - Mike Lambert mikeandme1081@yahoo.com Senior Advisor - Curtis Adams cadams5420@windstream.net News Editor - Bob Cooper robert.cooperj@gmail.com Training Coord. - Gary Hyde g_hyde@hotmail.com Thanks to Coyote Hobbies for their support to the Lexington Model Airplane Club Coyote Hobbies Eastland Shopping Center 1301 Winchester Rd. Suite 121, Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 253-9330 www.coyotehobbies.com We are Lexington s only family-owned brick and mortar hobby shop! Our primary focus is on remote control vehicles of all types. We offer service and parts for airplanes, helicopters, cars, trucks, drones, as well as 1/24 drag slot cars. All of our staff participates directly in the hobby in some form or fashion. Come see us for all your R/C hobby needs. 8