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Glow, Gas, electric fixed wing & helicopter. Jim Fassino, (309) 361-6828, [email protected] Glow, gas fixed wing. Bob Wilson, (309) 219-4262, [email protected] Soaring Roger Stegall, (309) 579-3023, [email protected] PHOTO OF THE MONTH CLUB PARTICULARS AMA Charter 331 Website: peoriarcmodelers.com PRESIDENT: John “Gipetto” Hoelscher (309) 360-1017, [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT: “Hollywood” Jim Hogan (309) 370 -6901, [email protected] SEC/TREAS: “Smokin-Jimmy” Fassino (309) 361-6828, [email protected] SAFETY: “Gorgeous” George Knight (309) 696-7358, [email protected] WEBMASTER: Terry “The Flamer” Beachler (309) 696-0035, [email protected] Repainted to honor “Witchcraft” the Collings Foundation’s B24 and MAINTENANCE Roger “Pod Man” Stegall accompanying B17 and B25 fill the sky. & GROUNDS: (309) 579-3023, [email protected] EDITOR: Bob “Grumplestiltskin” Wilson (309) 219-4262, [email protected] THE FLIERS & LIARS CLUB AMA CONTEST Bob Wilson, Jim Hogan (Light on flying, long on Lying) DIRECTORS: Flying Field Location Meet for breakfast every Saturday morning at the The flying field is located off Old Galena Road, ½ mile north of the Caterpillar Bob Evans on Allen Rd. Technical Center on the west side of the road. GPS Location: N40 51.844’ W89 33.788’ Flying Hours Arrive any time before 7:00 AM or you will be Flying hours are 8am until dusk, Monday thru Friday, Saturday and Sunday. severely heckled. Membership Club dues are $100/year. All members and flyers must belong to the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). A $200 new field assessment will be initiated for all new club members in 2010. This assessment can be made in one Sign up for PRCM Facebook today payment or two, $100 payments over two years. General We are committed to having fun and the safe operation of model aircraft. The Peoria RC Modelers is an equal opportunity, not-for-profit organization and welcomes all new members. Flight Instruction The Peoria RC Modelers offers flight instruction as a free service to members. However, flight students are urged to supply their own aircraft, radio and support equipment. Students should also coordinate training schedules with the instructor. A club trainer aircraft is available for special situations. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peoria-RC-Modelers/151007523059 Glow, gas & electric fixed wing. Dave Olson (309) 688-6204, [email protected] August DO YOU BAGEL? 1 Oshkosh Air Venture 2010 (Last Day) Join the retired, laid off, laid up, lame, 1 Fat Lake Pattern Rendezvous unemployed or unmotivated PRCM crew at 3 Club meeting at the field 7PM. Panerras on Knoxville every Thursday 21 Amelia Earheart Big Bird Fly In morning at 7:00 AM. September Have a cup of Joe and a bagel, check out the 7 Club meeting at the field 7PM. chicks and listen to all the world’s problems 11-12 Chicago Land Pattern Contest being solved. 19 Pekin Big Bird Fly In If you’re not there, we’re going to talk about 25-26 Bourbon County Pattern Contest you! October 5 Club meeting at TGI-Fridays, 5300 W. War Memorial Dr., 7PM. 6PM pre-meeting dinner. November 2 Club meeting at TGI-Fridays, 5300 W. War 2010 CLUB CALENDAR Memorial Dr., 7PM. 6PM pre-meeting dinner. April December 6 Club meeting at TGI-Fridays, 5300 W. War 7 Club meeting at TGI-Fridays, 5300 W. War Memorial Dr., 7PM. 6PM pre-meeting dinner. Memorial Dr., 7PM. 6PM pre-meeting dinner. 9, 10, 11 Weak Signals 55 th Toledo Show 2, 9, 16, 23, Electric flying at the Soccer Complex. 8-10. 30 May THE MEETING 1 Pattern Judging & Certification Class Candid shots from the March meeting 4 Club meeting at the field 7PM. At the March meetings Show & Tell the membership was treated to a 8 PRCM Open House and Fly In look at Wes Miller’s “almost finished” B24. Because of size restraints, Wes only brought the fuselage, but it was impressive enough. 29 Chicago Classic Pattern Event (Fox Valley) June 1 Club meeting at the field 7PM. 5-6 D4-D5 Pattern Shootout, Muncie, Ind. 12-13 Tamarack/Bud Weber Pattern Challenge 13 Tri-Village R/C Giant Scale Fun Fly 26-27 Jim Hubbard Memorial Pattern Contest July 6 Club meeting at the field 7PM. 10-11 Flying Tigers Pattern Contest 15-18 Jets, Festival of Flight (Fox Valley) Wes Miller’s B24 “Witchcraft”. That’s Jim Fassino and Scott Fergason 18-22 NATS. Pattern Competition contemplating the model and Roger Stegall standing guard. 26-30 Oshkosh Air Venture 2010 Wes has been working on this model for several years, and in fact, sold it to a modeler in Wisconsin who originally bought his B17. When his 31 Fat Lake Pattern Rendezvous B17 was wrecked, Wes was asked to repair it…the payment for repairing it…the B24. The real “Witchcraft” ca 1944 Four Saito 91 four strokers will power Wes’s airplane. He says the B24 will fly this summer. The nose art of this amazing aircraft showing an amazing 130 bomb runs over Nazi Germany. FROM THE PREZ Obviously, Wes has spent a tremendous amount of time on the little PRCM President, John Hoelscher details of this airplane. Check out the rivet lines for example. Greetings Fellow Flyers, Well, another month has gone by and once again we can anticipate outdoor flying at our field. No doubt, cabin fever has set in for most, if not all, of us and everybody is gnashing their teeth waiting to get out to the field on a bright, warm afternoon and limber up their thumbs. I hope you all have your planes tightened and trimmed up. I’m still working on mine. I hope they last more than the first week or two. I’d like to bring all Club members up to date on a couple of issues. We have rescheduled the installation of the safety fence to April 16 th through April 18 th . We have about 150 ft. of fence to install and we can always use more hands to help with the work. If you can lend a hand that weekend, it would be appreciated by all. We have a lot of holes to dig and a lot of fence to erect and the more that can help the lighter the burden for everyone. You can email me at [email protected] or call me at 309-693-2252 if you can volunteer some time. At one of our recent Flyers and Liars breakfast, some of us started discussing the Four Star racing. For those who have previously been involved, you are probably aware that the interest among the The business end of Miller’s “Witchcraft”. participating clubs dropped off substantially after last year. The event has, in the past, required a tremendous amount of volunteers The real “Witchcraft” was delivered to the 467th at Wendover AAF, to pull off the event and this has been a problem for all clubs. Our Utah and was assigned to the crew of 2/Lt. George W. Reed who conversation at breakfast centered around ideas that would allow us subsequently flew it by the Air Transport Command Southern Ferry to have the event with almost no volunteers. Some excellent ideas Route from Florida to Brazil to Dakar then to England. Departing were brought up and Bob Wilson had a format in mind that Florida on 29 February 1944 it arrived at Station 145, Rackheath, sounded like it would work. I asked Bob if he would put together a England on 19 March 1944. format that would make the race possible with no more than one or two volunteers. He has accomplished the task and I would like to “Witchcraft” was assigned to the 790 Bombardment squadron, 467 discuss this at our next club meeting, April 6 th . I think the new Bombardment group, Secound Air Division of the Eighth Air Force. approach sounds like a great way to keep the racing series going The aircraft was flown on 130 Combat Missions by various crews without being a burden for any club that wishes to participate. without an early return or having any crewman injured or killed on Hope to see you all at our April 6 th meeting at TGIF’s. Remember, the missions. It flew on the first Group Mission on 10 April 1944 and that will be the last meeting at TGIF until October. Club meetings also the last Group Mission on 25 April 1945. The aircraft was will resume at the field on May 4 th . returned to the Zone of the Interior in June 1945 were it was subsequently salvaged. Good Flying, John FROM THE VEEP THE OPEN HOUSE PRCM Vice President Jim Hogan COMMITTEE The committee for the May 8th, 2010 Open House and Fun Fly is By Jim Hogan off and running and we are looking forward to a grand event. Last year, we where graced by area hobby dealers and club members The PRCM Open House Committee met March 11 th at the River who donated items for the drawing. Your help is needed this year Beach Club to discuss the upcoming event and to assign as well. responsibilities. Here is Jim Hogan’s report. We are asking you to look through your stuff and donated items to the club, which you may want to clean out. These items are then The Peoria RC Modeler Open House will be held Saturday, May 15, included in the prize drawings to create revenue for club. 2010. Rain date is Sunday, May 16th. Flyers attending last year knew we had many items available as prizes.