No report at this time. See meeting minutes for April 2007.

President, Ft. Worth Thunderbirds

Well it was a beautiful day to fly on Sunday April 15^th.  Mid 70 degree temperature range, winds a refreshing 5-10 mph and the sun was high in the sky.  What made the day special other than I was finally done with my taxes (ouch) was that Randy Martin had a troop of Cub Scouts show up at the field for their introduction to RC flying.  What a blast!

Everyone pitched in to help out and I have to tell you, seeing the smile and wonderment of 6 to 8 year olds actually flying the aircraft was just terrific.  After all, they are the future of the hobby.  Woody, Terry, Oscar and Randy all manned the buddy boxes and had a great time with the help of other club members

with these young aviators.  A special thanks goes to Oscar for picking up the "Delta Darts" for the kids as a memento of their visit to the field.  The troop leaders were already planning a meeting with the scouts to put them together.    Thanks to all for making this a very rewarding and exciting day for the kids.

I also want to remind you that the SAE event is coming up on May 4, 5 and 6.  Recently we had a meeting on the topic and I want to thank all of the people that are taking charge, running a committee or just saying; "I’ll volunteer."  With a potential 500 participants and a representation of 72 Colleges and Universities from around the world, this is a Bit of an undertaking.  We need volunteers!  I would ask all of you to look at your schedules and make it known to Will Campbell and myself if you have not volunteered yet and would like too.  From what I hear this will be a very rewarding experience for everyone.

Club President, Will Campbell, called scheduled meeting of March 26, 2007 to order.

Motion was made by Randy Martin to accept February 2007 Club Meeting minutes as written by Club Secretary, Lori Campbell. Motion was seconded by club member Lucy Fisher and approved by members in attendance.

Treasurer Report: Financial information shared by Oscar Slaughter; approved by the members in attendance.

New Storage Shed – Ben Moore brought pictures of the building. We’ve purchased a kit. The building is framed up. We still need volunteers to help to finish the building. The address of our new building – 301 Lake Way

Frequency Control Board – Final copy of the board was distributed to club members in attendance. Thanks to Joe Jopling for his work on this. We will be using a vinyl wrap to create the control board. Randy Martin made the motion to purchase the Frequency Control Board. Lucy Fisher seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved by members in attendance. It was suggested that the committee explore the use of Plexiglas or clear vinyl covering to protect the sign.

SAE Event: Oliver Alvarado / Will Campbell: May 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th.

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This is one of largest SAE events ever and our club needs to have a good showing. Dave Dingman/Oliver Alvarado finalized the plans detailed last month with the Corps of Engineers and the Triathlon Committee. Reminder: we will need a few club members to man the gate at the new temporary entrance for an hour on Saturday morning at 9am.

We need club members to volunteer to work the event – all 3 days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Sign up sheet was circulated at the club meeting. We also need a boat for aircraft recovery. Please see Dave Dingman.

Safety/Technical inspections will be done at the Green Oaks Hotel at 9am. We need 6 technical inspectors. We will use the same checklist as the last event. Prime Rib lunch provided! These inspections will run throughout the day – 72 teams!

Oliver has brought in Red Bull as a major contributor/sponsor to the event. They are bringing out the energy team and will be passing out samples of Red Bull energy drinks. Oliver is researching the possibilities of Red Bull sponsoring the bottled water for the event.

Soda Springs BBQ had to back out of concessions at the event, as they do not have a concessionaire’s license. Will is meeting with a vendor recommended by Soda Springs BBQ.

Let’s Race – Claude Barnes

Practice held last Sunday. We measured the distances and noted that we complied with the AMA rules. It was a lot of fun with some great competition. Next practice race is Sunday, April 22^nd at 1pm. Hard hats are needed for all pilots.

Hellcat Drawing – Tom Blakney won the Hellcat! Congrats Tom!

Start-up Tables – Randy has a contact that will deliver tables to the club at $85 per table. Randy made a motion that we buy new tables for the field. Concerns were brought up regarding the use of the current stand to tune/break-in the engines, having the tables near the pilots and facing the stand so that the props are better positioned. Next steps – officers to discuss at the officer meeting.

Demonstration – Westover Hills Elementary School: 10am – 2pm Saturday, March 31^st. Come and support the event. Call Woody or Oscar to participate.

Warbirds: May 19^th Terry Thorpe. Volunteers needed for impound, registration, and to work the food table. 8am – 2pm. Sign up after the meeting.

Joe Jopling: Model of the first control line airplane ever kitted – circa 1938-39.

Bill Campbell: 1963 Single Channel radio with escapements (instead of servos)

Weldon Harrison: Fokker DR1

Ben Moore: Pictures of our new building

$100 Gift Card for JT Hobbies donated by James Bruno – Raymond Cervantes

40 piece bit and wrench Tool Set – Odie Lohman

Hex Tool Set – Bob Hoover

4 way socket wrench – Bill Campbell

Sandpaper – Bob Hoover

AccuThrow Control Surface Deflection Meter – Gary Alphin

Fuel Line – Weldon Harrison

Epoxy – Jason Skrasek

Fuel Pump – Terry Thorpe

Starter – Gene Hodges

Thread Lock – JC Whitley

1-gallon Power Master fuel – Joe Jopling

Bring in your show and tell items and receive TWO free raffle tickets!

Officers in attendance: Will Campbell, President; Oscar Slaughter, Treasurer; Lori Campbell, Secretary; James Brown, Safety Officer.

Club President, Will Campbell, called scheduled meeting of April 23, 2007 to order.

Treasurer Report: Financial information shared by Oscar Slaughter; approved by the members in attendance.

New Storage Shed – Thank you to Ben Moore and the entire mowing crew (and all volunteers) for finishing the building – it is up and looks great!

Frequency Control Board – Still in process, but should be finished soon.

Radio Control Board and Pins – Woody and Dave D’Arcy built the radio control board.

Cub Scouts: Randy Martin reported a great event with the Cub Scouts. Thanks to all who came out to help! Great instruction for the kids: Terry Thorpe, Len Minco, Oscar Slaughter, and Woody Lake. AMA donated kit airplanes, which the kids loved. See Photo Gallery for photos.

Western Hills Elementary School – Saturday, March 31^st. Woody Lake – Electric flying demos indoors that the kids really enjoyed. See Photo Gallery for photos. It was well attended by Thunderbirds – thanks!

Starting Tables – Recommendation from the officer discussion to place another start stand – 20 feet south of the current stand along the fence, facing opposite each other. Mowers requested that we have

enough room to mow around the table. Randy Martin made the motion to purchase the second start stand to be placed in the recommended spot. Charles McElroy seconded the motion. Members in attendance approved the addition of the table, which will be installed after the SAE event. Randy will contact his supplier to provide the table.

Ice: Fiesta Ice – are bringing in the ice with the freezer units.

Red Bull: Supplying Red Bull at the event.

Bottled water: Need volunteers to meet Oliver Alvarado to pick up. Costco will be supplying 3,000 bottles and have provided a discount to the club for the event. They have guaranteed to have enough to cover. Thanks to Len Minco for contacting the vendors!

All volunteers: Must register at the event (at the hotel or at the field) and will receive wristbands identifying them as a volunteer. The caterer will supply the meals for both Saturday and Sunday to all volunteers wearing their wristbands. Pilots from the 114^th will be helping us – thanks!!!

Inspections: Dave Dingman heading up inspections at the hotel on Friday, beginning at 7am. Will Campbell read the list of inspection volunteers to confirm and solicit more help. Wed – May 2^nd IMPORTANT meeting for all inspectors at the Flying Field (5:30pm) – please let Dave know if you can’t make the meeting.

Entrance to the Field: Friday – normal open day (Holiday Park or the Main Gate), Saturday/Sunday (Triathlon event) – Students will meet at the Antique Mall parking lot prior to 9am. At 8:45am we will depart in caravans to the Tiger Trail entrance until 10am. Main Gate entrance should be open 10am.

Parking: Terry Thorpe and Gary Alphin

Security: Jeff and Lucy Fisher (Thurs, Fri, Sat evening)

Plane Retrieval: Dingman brothers (Gary and Larry)

Fuel Station: Bill Campbell – needs volunteers to help. Chuck McElroy volunteered.

Radio Impound / Frequency Control Board: James Brown – impound radios, control frequencies, paperwork process. Dave D’Arcy, Woody Lake volunteered.

Flight Line: Peter Laing

First Aid Station: Joe Short. EMT on site at all times.

DVDs: Raymond Cervantes will be videoing the event. DVDs will be on sale for 2005, 2006 and the 2007 event.

AMA Safety – Gene Hodges reported that he received the AMA race waiver for .25 class. The waiver has been granted for Thunderbird field and the Wings field.

Warbird: Terry Thorpe – Saturday, May 19^th 8am start. Still need volunteers.

Big Bird Fly In – Hurst Field – Greater Southwest R/C – this weekend – April 28^th & 29^th

For Sale – Monty Smith has some kits a helicopter for sale – see Classified Section for details!

Show and Tell: Dave D’Arcy – Radio Control Impound board is finished!! Thanks to Dave and Woody.

Woody Lake – Hanger 9 P40 War Hawk and a ¼ scale Sig Piper Cub

3 $10 Gift Card for JT Hobbies– Walker Brents, Ben Moore, James Brown

DU-BRO Tubing Bender – Joe Jopling

Dynamite Nut Driver set – Monty Smith

Great Planes Precision Hinge Marking Tool & Slot Machine Cutting Guide – Monty Smith

Race Wrenches Metric Set – Dave Dingman

Bru Line Hobby Shears – Clyde Henley

Dynamite Hand Tools (Metric Hex Driver Assortment) – Lawrence Harville

MonoKote – Woody Lake, Joe Jopling, Gene Hodges

Fuel – Gene Hodges, Patrick Mason

Officers in attendance: Will Campbell, President; Oscar Slaughter, Treasurer; Lori Campbell, Secretary; James Brown, Safety Officer; Woody Lake, Newsletter

Since our last report the new storage building finished and open for business. Let us all give big thanks to Ben Moore, who took on supervising the project, and all the members who volunteered their time to help him get the job done. Well-done guys!

We are still picking up stragglers as well as new members, so we are still growing. Please make welcome our latest new members Bruce Cree, George Hardin, Gene Lord, Neil Poort and Shawn Regan.

Well that’s all for now, see you at the meeting, so be there or be square.

Attention all Thunderbird pilots. The 11^th annual Thunderbirds Memorial Warbird Fly- in is sanction for the 19^th of May 2007. This is the eleventh year we’ve been hosting this event. This is a fun scale event for warbird pilots. If it looks like a warbird, leaks like a warbird, and flies like a warbird, then it probably is a warbird. Looking for volunteers to man the Administrative, Operation, and Mess areas. Good music, give-a-ways, and promotions. Safety briefing at 0900 hrs. Get ready as we hope and plan on this to be the biggest and best ever.

On April 1, 1942 16 highly modified North American Aviation B-25B Mitchell medium bombers, their five-man volunteer crews, and maintenance personnel were loaded onto the USS Hornet at Alameda, California. Each plane carried four 500 lb bombs (three high-explosive and one incendiary), two .50-caliber machine guns in an upper turret, a .30-caliber machine gun in the nose, and extra fuel tanks.

On the morning of April 18, at a distance of about 650 miles from Japan, the task force was sighted by a Japanese picket boat, which radioed an attack warning to Japan. A decision was made to launch the B-25's immediately --- a day early and about 200 miles farther from Japan than planned. The planes began arriving over Japan about noon, and bombed military targets in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya. Although some B-25's encountered light anti-aircraft fire and a few enemy fighters over Japan, no bomber was shot down or severely damaged. Fifteen of the 16 planes then proceeded southwest along the southern coast of Japan and across the East China Sea towards eastern China, where recovery bases supposedly awaited them. One B-25, extremely low on fuel, headed instead for the closer landmass of Russia.

Following the Doolittle Raid, most of the B-25 crews that came down in China eventually made it to safety with the help of Chinese civilians.

The Doolittle Raiders have held an annual reunion almost every year since the late 1940's. The high point of each reunion is a solemn, private ceremony in which the surviving Raiders perform a roll call, then

toast their fellow Raiders who passed away during the previous year. Specially engraved silver goblets,

one for each of the 80 Raiders, are used for this toast. When only two Raiders remain alive, they will drink a final toast using the vintage bottle of Hennessy cognac, which has accompanied the goblets to each Raider reunion since 1960. Only 16 Raiders are still alive and only eight were able to attend the 64th anniversary reunion held in Dayton, April 18--20, 2006. The oldest Raider is now 93 and the youngest is 84. The 65^th anniversary reunion is to be held in San Antonio, April 2007.

The following photos were taken during the construction phases of our new storage building. Many thanks to the hardworking crew that made this happen: Bob Bishop, Ben Moore, Gordon Cole, Chuck McLeroy, Ed Moskal, L.C. Dean, John Malkovich, David D’arcy, Will Campbell and his dad. Construction should be complete with the writing of this newsletter.

A special thank you to Wayne Dingler from Airport Pawn and Hobby for generously lending us all the equipment/tools used for the construction. Thanks Wayne.

The following photos were taken at Western Hills Elementary School. The Thunderbirds were asked to put on some flying demos and static display. A big thank you to those folks that helped out.

Cub Scouts visited our field Sunday 15^th of April for a day of flight instruction and fun. Judging from the smiles on their faces I’d say all had a good time. Many thanks to Randy for setting up the event, for James Brown’s Helicopter Demo, and our instructor pilots: Len, Terry, Oscar, and Woody. My apologies if I’ve forgotten anyone.

These Items are being offered on the open market, under the title of: "I Wish You Had My Stuff". Honestly, if you were my brother I couldn't sell it to you cheaper! If you were my sister, I'd give it to you!  List is as follows:

1.) Quarter Scale Taylorcraft, Kit, absolutely NIB (New In The Box) by Lanier: Builds as 83" Clipped Wing or Standard 108" wingspan model. Full size rolled plans, the best wood you can buy with laser and router cut parts. Truly A "Builders Dream" of a kit. A steal at $250.00 (fixed price, or let's talk about it). Hey, it cost me $350! 

2.) Grumman F6F Hellcat, Kit: Pristine NIB contents never removed from the box. Never! Kit by Wing Manufacturing (Mr. Hal Parenti, Proprietor). This is not a "Made in China" box of balsa, it's a beautifully manufactured kit of nicely cut parts that will build into a very nice flying, 61" wingspan, scale model. Uses .60 to .91 2-stroke or .90 to 1.20 4-stroke for power. It'll cost you $299.99 on the street (if you could find one). Buy it from me and you can have it for $210. A real deal. In fact, The Original Real Deal.

3.) Lockheed P-38 "Profile 38", Clean Kit (NIB of course), by Great Planes: Has 50" wingspan, and uses two (2) each .15 to .25 2-strokes for power. Price starts at $65. No joke! A Bargain Basement Jewel.

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4.) CAP 232-EX (a CAP 232 that has Extra 300 wings): A Great Planes ARF, NIB, Covering is Monokote, in blue, teal, and white. Nice flying, aerobatic, as you’d want, 64" wingspan scale model of the full sized one. Takes a .40 to .51 2-stroke, or a..65 to .91 4-stroke engine. All yours for $100. Really!  At this price, it's something you NEED!

5.) CAP 232, an ARF by Kangke (now known as "Super Kraft Model's"), NIB: Remember, this stands for New In The Box. Comes covered in beautiful shining yellow Monokote, has 62" wingspan and needs a .61 to .75 2-stroke, or a .91 4-stroke for power. Cost me 169.99. Pay me $115 and take it to it's new home: YOUR PLACE.

6.) NOVICE HELICOPTER PILOTS CHOICE:  JR Venture 30 CP. This is an ARF requiring some minor assembly, New In The Box (NIB), by "JR Propo", the helicopter division of JR. Comes with a NEW in the box, never run, Thunder Tiger PRO-39H, .39 cu. in. disp. engine. Combo price is only: $285.

Pay attention, here. Its all NEW, as in unused for $285! So, how much do you want to pay? Tell me!

Or, will sell helicopter and engine separately if you prefer, as follows. Do the math.

a.) Helicopter only, without the engine: $215. (MSRP is $269.99). So, Make me an offer!

b.) Engine only, by itself:  $75. (MSRP is 106.99). I'll keep it myself for less, add a thrust washer, prop. 

My contact phone numbers are:  Home: 817-297-0563 (any time), or Cell: 817-676-4840.

Whom-so-ever may reach me via e-mail at: RCFLYERNUT@AOL.COM

4-6 May 07 SAE Competition Oliver Alvarado/Will Campbell

E-Mail: oliver.g.alvarado@lmco.com

E-Mail: wcampbell@maseratiusa.com

19 May 07 War Bird Fly-in Terry Thorpe

thorpetr@flash.net

13 June 07 Old Farts Four Stroke Fly-in Chuck McLeroy

chpe12@sbcglobal.net

16-17 June 07 Scale Masters Qualifier Lawrence Harville

lawhar@yahoo.com

July Club Picnic Club Officers

27-29 July Heli Heat Wave Will Campbell

E-Mail: wcampbell@maseratiusa.com

5 Aug Float Fly Oscar Slaughter

E-Mail: Oslaughter@charter.net

29 Sept Big Bird Fly-In Woody Lake

E-Mail: at6pilot@charter.net