132-58 Mar./April 1990 Are All You Clubsters Ready for the FAC NATS Mark VII? If Not Then You Better Get Your Tail Feathers in Gear
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0" . ~ ;;.;.-~. 'V' Club News ISSUE #132-58 Mar./April 1990 Are all you Clubsters ready for the FAC NATS Mark VII? If not then you better get your tail feathers in gear. Time is running short. The quicker you can get your entries in to GHQ the easier it will be for us here. This is a time consuming job, but don't get me wrong. we love it! From the amount of entries we have at press time, we might even break the record that was set for entrants at thelastFAC NATS. So if you are coming and haven't sent in your reservations, etc. please get to it. Hope to see you all there. ~pJe have to thank Bill Linstrum for another nice cover drawing. V'Je also want to thank Dave Stott for some fine three-views and Eric Marsden for an other neat plan. Also thanks to our other regular contributors. You will notice that we have some cartoons by Phil Barlow. This is the first time that we have pr~s~~~ed any of Phil's material, we think you will like them. The information sh.eet#3 for the FAC NATS Mark~VII is included -for your ,_ conveience. Please read it carefully and follow the easy instructions. This will be the last issue you will receive before the FAC Nationals Contest. In this issue you will find the final result~ of the Peanut and No-Cal Postal Contest. A great one, I might add. with a record amount of entries. We are also starting our Annual Comet Postal Contest, too. Please read the rules and enter, have some fun this year. BUILD ..... FLY .... v~TN! ! !! EFF--AAA--CEEE!!!! Lt. Col. Lin Reichel, CinC-FAC If the box on the right has an "X" in-it, it is time to renew ~our subscription. Cost is NINE DOLLARS per year in the Un1ted States and Canada. Overseas cost is TWELVE ?OLLARS. Six.issu.s, published every other month. This 15 your last 1ssue under your old subscription. Send to; FLYING ACES NEWS 3301: Cindy Lane Erie, Pa. 16506 THE 1990 FAC NAT~ INFORMATION SHEET #J rrhis information sheet t.;J does not change anything from information sheet HZ. ~his is just to bring you up to date on things that will be happening. ?or things not listed here refer to information sheet #2 in the Jan./Feb. 1990. "----'iRBue. When checking in on Thursday ,July 12, go directly to the Ontario Dormitory, see map in this issue. For those of you not coming until Friday, go to the flying field and check in at the registration table for furthur instructions. SCHEDULE 1"OR f1EALS: This is for those of you who are staying in thedormit ories only. Thursday,July 12 Check in/Housing--Ontario Dorm Noon--5:00 pm. Thursday,July 12 Dinner--CU Snack Bar (thr~ line) 6:30--7:30 pm. Friday, ,July 13 Breakfast--Letchworth North 7:30--8:30 am. Priday. July 13 Check in/Housing--Ontario Dorm Noon--5:00 pm. Friday, July 13 Cash Bar--Mary Jemison Upstairs 7:00--9:00 pm. Friday, July 13 Picnic--Mary Jemison Patio 6:30--7:30 pm. l:"riday, July 13 Judging--Mary Jemison Dining Hall 7:00--till. Saturday, July 14 Breakfast--College Union Ballroom 7:30--8:30 am. Saturday, July 14 Cash Bar--CU Fireside Lounge 6:30--7:30 pm. Saturday, July 14 Banquet--CU Snack Bar 7:30-10:00 pm. Sunday, July 15 Breakfast-.-C allege Union Snack Bar 7: 30-8: 30 am. Sunday, ,July 15 Dinner--Letchworth South 6:00--7:00 pm. ri~onday, July 16 Brealcfast--Letchworth South 7: 00--8: 00 am. Monday, July 16 Check-out--Ontario Dorm by Noon. Saturday's breakfast and banquet sites may be switched. A roster will be "it all meal sites so the attendants will know who"i.s-.at.a.¥ing, in the dorms. ~'~e will have banquet tickets in your information kit when you check in. ON FIELD RULES The National Warplane r.1useum Airport will be closed down for most of our stay there, there will be some aircraft taking off and landing at certain times. During these times we must stop all activities for a few minutes. Stay alert, be prepared to move yourself and your equipment as required. Park only in the designated areas. Full sized aircraft always have the right-of-way_ Don't launch models upwind from full sized aircraft. liUe're here as guests of the National ';fJar plane Nuseum and we must respect their property. They are prepared to move their aircraft for us if it is necessary. Be especially careful when retrieveing models from croplands adjoining the airport grounds. There will be no crops planted on airport property this time. ~etrieveing models by any kind of motor vehicle is PROHIBITED! *********************** -~~- ....==:.. .........-=-=- ~ "'" ~~ - - ~-;::;;;:.~~ ':' .... "4(~~ _, .- ~ -·/t . ( "he "r"" '" ~ .. ~, L._ ~ r; . (. " n,. rv, '(\(~r\c .•~ ~'~I••.rfV S -....::::.. .. _. ~ ,"; t \ 4t.~': ~~' £ ,-::!. r",,\,r (""\.. ,- <~:\ I •• '- I, I'-\.. r" -..... '\. 1 '" :;-',' 'i"" ....(\--;-.:.. :' ~",t.,\.1 .\ .....,... , "" ' \'" "''' ).,..\ , ,;'\. \' ~,~SI'Y,~ "'('II. I '\~.'.. .....t~~"'1 "'I"J .:'~,~ :'•• \ ~> ~ '., I. \,... ,. ~I"'J 9 • ';:-~', ......, ••• 111 . ~ ,'" ... -...~ -.;.--J ,~~ , q,.- -' -• ..... '.v.~........ ",~" "~"l.' .. , , ,,)\\ \ "-'IOoosc.'" State University College of Arts and Science Ace_to: SUNY _;.''''., ~E.~E~E.~~ t+EW Y( 4454 nc: .... c:~c:n ~[erein is a copy of a letter that was recently sent to the A m.A. District III Vice-President, Mr. Robert Brown. May 24. 1990. ~r. Robert Brown 1255 High St. Bradford, Pa. 16701 Dear Bob; I have just finished making out the CD's report for our first outdoor rub ber scale meet of the year. This is my first exposure to the new forms and requirements. To say that I am appalled at these changes would be the under statement of the year. No longer is AMA the least bit interested in what we fly; how many flew in an event; who placed where. AMA interest seems to be ONLY in AMA book events, and if these are not flown, just send money and a list of entrants. Mostly, send money, to the virtual exclusion of anything else. I am also appalled at the lack of precise language. The entire meet is termed "Event". Each event within the meet is also "Event". How many events can you have within an event? Who can tell the difference? As if any~ one cared! Just send whatever money you have collected at the meet - sorry, event - and lets not get involved in anything else. To what have we regres sed? Hegarding who cares: For the better part of 25 years, this club has act.;.. ivley promoted rubber and power scale flying. We have sanctioned with M~A nearly every meet we have ever held within that time period. We are now the headquarters club for the Flying Aces Club. If I have to explain what the Flying Aces Club is. the point of this letter is lost. The point I want to make is this: In all the years we have been putting on scale meets, indoor ""nd outdoor, we have yet to have EVER seen our District III scale board mem ~er, muc!i"less our District ITT'VPs! S--earting in r978;-~we~brganized and con ducted what we fondly call the FAC-NATS, a gathering of mostly rubber powered . scale enthusiasts from a world-wide base. These meets - there I go again, sorry, events - every two years has drawn the cream of the scale crop. A couple of hundred builders of some of the finest flying and detailed scale models ever seen. We have had hundreds of models at every meet - over 500 the last time. In the six times the FAC-NATS have been held, well publicized, I might add, we have yet to see ANY scale board member from our own District or any other appear. = Who cares? We do, but we are certainly alone! Just send your money, boys, and don't bother us. This year, at the National Warplane Museum field at Geneseo, N.Y., we will have this year's FAC-NATS. It promises to be the biggest and best one ever. Will we see any District III ~1A officials? Certainly not. Just send your money, and don't bother us with your "event". A three day meet, filled with every concievable type of scale event possible, ALL built and flown to FAC rules. Since this is the case. this meet - damn, there I go again - event is sanctionedas a C activity (event)! What a slap in the face to all who participate! Is it any wonder that when the subject of M~A comes up at a FAC gathering that howls of derisive laughter quickly follow? If the country were not as litigation happy as it is, we would have neither any use for nor interest in , M~A. As it is, the insurance,"provided is the only, and I sincerely mean only, reason we bother with AMA. We are not flying 25 lb. + missiles with people of dubious abilities behind them, but rather gently flying rubber band power ~d models of grace and beauty that would have an awful time even raising a "'---#elt on someone's backside if he/she were to get in the way of one. Yet, we pay the same price for our AMA memberships as anyone else, including those of dubious abilities guiding machines which can do untold damage to people and property should they go astray. continued on next page .... (.. Ceneseo is certainly within a hour? driving tim? of ~ra~~ord.