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PRESIDENT Elects CORNER, December 15,  2012

Now that the building season is upon us we can look back at the great days we had this year for flying. I would suspect for most of us the flying season came and went way too quickly. As the holiday season passes,  we will start thinking about and planning for the New Year. Some of us will build additions to our fleet, others will be checking their airplanes over and preparing for another great year.

I am looking forward to serving as your president in 2013. I have several goals that I will work on this year which include growing our membership, increasing attendance at our meetings, developing more youth involvement and field maintenance and improvements. I am certain that most of you have some great ideas as well.  I would like to hear about your thoughts and idea's so that we can discuss and evaluate them at the meetings. If you would like to send your suggestions to me prior to the meetings I can add them to the agenda. My email address is mcaviation@comcast.net and my phone number is 541-953-9902.  I look forward to hearing  about your thoughts and suggestions. 

My responsibility as the president is simply to be a resource for you to make all of our club and flying experience's as enjoyable and satisfying as possible.

Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season & a healthy New Year!

Mickey Cohen
541-953-9902
mcaviation@comcast.net

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PRESIDENTS CORNER, May 21,  2012

   Wow, the weather has been great, I hope everyone has had a chance to get to the field and get some flights in. I have been out almost every weekend this month and it’s been some of the best flying for me in years. This last Saturday there was no wind from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. when I left the field.

   We have a Fun Fly this coming Monday, Memorial Day Fun Fly. It was added last month because we didn’t want to wait until July for our first Fly-in. There will be no landing fee and no prizes but there will be food. I have invited the Salem and Corvallis clubs to come and join us for a fun day of flying and conversation.  Let everyone know about the event and come out for the fun.

   Jim Corbett is really making progress on the electric charge station. Take a look at the web site under projects for a look. We will need to decide where to place the station and form a work party to dig a trench from the generator to the bench to place the conduit with the wiring. Contact Jim if you would like to help out with the project, this is an all donations based project with no club funds. Jim has a list of items needed to finish the bench and work that needs to be done to get it installed. For now we are using a gas generator that is on loan, but if the bench gets a lot of use we will be talking about the club buying and installing some solar panels to power it.

   Come and buy some tickets for the $200.00 gift certificate to TRUMP’S HOBBIES. I want to draw for the certificate at the Memorial Day Fun Fly. You don’t need to be present to win. We will also have a 50/50 pot at the club meeting on Thursday and a 50/50 pot at the Fun Fly on Monday.

   Hope to see you all at the field and at the May club meeting.

 Regards, Brad S. Werneth ERCA President 2012

PS. The Embroidery Logo on my polo shirt was done at NeedleWorks, here is a link to their web site http://needleworksforyou.com/. The owner is Mindy and she has the logo on file.

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   For those of you that weren’t at the January meeting I will be bringing my laptop computer to show off the Real Flight Simulator 6 and our field. When you pull up the main menu of the sim. our field is in the background for the whole world to see. We need to discuss at this next meeting how we want to give away the sim. that Real Flight gave us.

   We had some great club members step forward at the last meeting to volunteer as committee chairman. Thank you to Chuck Jenkins, Wayne Wahrmund, and Jeff Engel. We will need more members to volunteer to both help out as committee members and as chairman of other committees. We had some great flying events last year and I know that with the help of all the club members this year that the events will be even better. So come and volunteer for a committee and make this an outstanding event year.

   Remember the February meeting is at Roaring Rapids Pizza and there will be a 50/50 pot at the meeting. You can buy a ticket for $1.00 and at the end of the meeting the winner will get half of the pot and the club will get the other half. So bring money and join in on the fun while helping the club. Also if anyone wants to help out with the cost of food, you can buy a pizza as a donation. I will be buying one large pizza for the meeting. Let Al know if you plan on buying a pizza for the meeting.

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VICE PRESIDENTS CORNER,  August 15, 2012

Beautiful Evening Flying

   Summer flying days are slipping away again.  Just wanted to give you a heads-up on some great flying opportunity.  Monday evening, I arrive at the field at 6:30 PM.  Wind was blowing 14 mph - a bit beyond my courage.  I needed to finish breaking in a new Saito 100 so I started up the engine just to run a tank through the new piston and rings.  7 PM the wind dropped to 6 mph and I had the field to myself for a beautiful hour and a half of near perfect conditions.  I flew my plane from the middle of the field to the east and the setting sun provide ample brightness to see my plane clearly.  Fly directly to west off the runway is blinding because of the setting sun and will cause a rise in your blood pressure when your plane disappears for a few seconds.  Just fly to the east!

   The wind diminishes as the sun begins to set on these hot windy summer days.  You can pretty much count on it!  Have fun and be safe!

   See you at the field!

Mike Farr

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VICE PRESIDENTS CORNER,  February 21, 2012

   The new Real Flight Simulator 6.0 is sponsoring our field, Carl Henson Field, as it new main flying site addition.  Real Flight has given a new Real Flight Simulator to our club.  Pres. Brad gave a short demonstration at the last club meeting.  This is worth checking out!  It is way cool!

   Committees were discussed at the last club meeting.  We are hoping all club members will respond to helping and serving on the various club committees.  Chuck Jenkins in the chairman of the Flight Instructor Committee, Wayne is committee chair over Pylon Racing, and Jeff Engel is chair of the Construction Committee.  We still need Committee chairs for the Awards Committee, Events Committee, and Refreshment Committee.  The more we all get involved the greater success and enjoyment we will experience at the field.

Note of concern!  I was recently approached by a club member who had a bad experience with his family at the field.  He had brought his wife and children to field, after a very short time his wife loaded up the children and left because of the foul vulgar language used by a club member.  Some of us do not appreciate this type of language anytime but when women and children are present this is totally unacceptable.  We all need to police this type of behavior!

 
Mike Farr

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VICE PRESIDENTS CORNER,  January 4, 2012

NOTES: Annual membership dues of $60 per year apply to each adult. There is no membership fee for ages 9 to 16.  Active and drilling military free membership and initiation. Furthermore, membership in AMA ($58 per year) is mandatory for all fliers (no exceptions!).   Please note that AMA membership for minors (up to 19) is only one dollar per year.

Mailing address: Eugene R/C Aeronauts • P.O. Box 26344, Eugene OR 97402
Email address:   albarrington@msn.com

  Current ERCA membership is 52.  The deadline for renewals per club bylaw is the March meeting 3/29/2012.  After that date non-current members will be moved to inactive status.  For renewals after 3/29, the $25 re-initiation is required in addition to the full year's dues of $60.  By the 31st of March ERCA must submit to AMA the final club roster of members for the AMA insurance coverage.

  We had no new member applications received since last meeting.

  Welcome to new members: Michael Winklepleck and James Thomas who joined us at our last meeting.

  Expenses:  Along with the usual field operation expenses we had the following annual fixed expenses.  Our club charter with AMA has been renewed for 2012.  The 2012 insurance application has been submitted.  Our land lease has been paid for 2012.  The PO Box rent is paid for the year.  ERCA made its annual donation to the American Cancer Society.  Introductory Pilot Instructor applications have been submitted.  Instructors should be receiving their updated AMA cards soon.   Total expenses since last meeting, $1,813.00.

  Income:  Thanks to the contributions of our new and renewing members ERCA deposited $1,385.00 since last meeting.

  Bank Balance as of 2/21/2012:  $6,078.65.

  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting at 7pm, 2/23/2012 at the Roaring Rapids Pizza Parlor.

I just wanted to let you know the lawn mower caught on fire yesterday.

Pat and his son Theo were helping Doug mow the field when all of a sudden smoke started billowing out from the right side of the mower.  It appears as if the blade pulley bearing got really hot and caught the cut grass that had accumulated inside the blade housing on fire.  We were quick to grab the fire extinguisher and water bucket (although, the water bucket is a 5 gallon gas container marked water! Lol).  We did not want to extinguish the flames with the extinguisher and have to pay for a new one so we tested the “water” by smelling it then doused the flames.  It looked really funny and we were all laughing but it got the job done.  There is no burn mark on the field and the flames were small and contained so there was really no concern. 

I am very proud of our volunteer fire department (Myself, Pat Willis, Chris McVey, Mike Lee and Khoi) had it under control very quickly… approx. 90 seconds.

What did we learn?

         1.      We need to make sure the bearing is ok and gets greased as per maintenance instructions.

         2.      We need to clean out the blade housing from old grass prior or after mowing.

         3.      We need to replace the gas can marked with water with a real water jug. 

Theo was really bummed his mowing experience was cut short but handled it like a champ!

 
Mike Winklepleck
Safety Coordinator