NEWS FROM THE COCKPIT Monthly Newsletter of the Streator R/C Flyers President………..Burdette Ahlstrom Vice President….Roger Kapraun Treasurer……….Howard Morstatter Secretary.. ……..Richard David Sroka III Field Marshall.....Randy Bond Assistants …….. Dale Chiavene …………………Jim Underwood …………………John Chorak Editor.. ………...Burdette Ahlstrom …………………1306 Cleveland Ave. …………………Streator, IL. 61364 E-Mail………….ahlstrom@mchsi.com Phone #……..….815-672-3053 Web Page………streatorrcflyers.com By John Chorak JULY, 2007 MEETING MINUTES By Burdette Ahlstrom The July meeting of the Streator R/C Flyers was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by President Burdette Ahlstrom at the Streator flying field.. There were 10 members present. Ken Baker made a motion to accept June, 2007 minutes as printed in the newsletter, seconded by Roger Kapraun, motion carried. Howard Morstatter gave the treasurer’s report. Howard also reported that we did good on the Fun-Fly. Motion was made by Dale Chiavene to accept the treasurer’s report as given, seconded by Dave Goerne. Motion carried. Dave Goerne gave the field report. He reported that the field had been sprayed and most of the dandelions and clover are gone. We will need to spray again next spring. Dale Chiavene gave the field fund report. The club discussed what needed to be done before our Fly-In breakfast August 12 th 2007. Randy Bond said we may have to get a new field marshal for next year, due to his work schedule. Tom Vagasky will be the CD for our Fly-In breakfast. With no further business to discuss, Dale Chiavene made a motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned. PRESIDENT’S CORNER By Burdette Ahlstrom I hope our Fly-In breakfast will go as good as our Fun-Fly. It is great when everyone works together, that means everything comes together well. We have 2 new members in the club. Dean Ahlstrom and Robert Young. Dean is my oldest son. They are both beginners but I know they will soon learn to fly. John Chorak was out at the field on August 3 rd when Dean and Robert came out to fly. John helped Dean to get his airplane all adjusted. Then John took it up and trimmed it out for him and then he gave Dean the transmitter to fly. He was doing a good job until he got too low and I think he panicked. John couldn’t grab the transmitter in time because he was so low. It crashed, but it wasn’t to bad. It is repairable. John said the next time he will have a buddy cord to help him. Robert Young has flown before and he was flying good. He was taking off and landing. I told Dean not to get discouraged. That happens even to the experienced pilots. Dean has flow before but it has long time ago and it was with me, on mode 1. This time he is learning the right way, on mode 2. Fun-Fly 2007 NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Streator R/C Flyers will be. Wednesday August 15 th 2007 at 7:00 p.m. At the Streator field come early bring a plane to fly.