H E M E T M O D E L M A S T E R S. Est Academy of Model Aeronautics Gold Leader Club. P r e s i d e n t s M e s s a g e

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1 Volume 5, Issue 12 H E M E T M O D E L M A S T E R S December 2017 Est Academy of Model Aeronautics Gold Leader Club THE BARNSTORMER P r e s i d e n t s M e s s a g e I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Board Meeting 2 General Meeting 3 Open 4 Vendors/For Sale 5 Misc Info 6 Thank you for the opportunity to head up the club these last years. Your new club president Richard Lawrence will continue on and I m sure will continue to lead the club forward. The club has come a long way in just a few years and we continue to receive positive feed back on the facility from all over the country, not just the locals. We have heard from some of the best 3D pilots in the country that this is the field to fly at. There might even be a special something going on just before the AMA show opens at the HMM main field. Perhaps some championship flyers may be doing some flying at our field. Stay tuned you won t want to miss this. Merry Christmas everyone and thanks. HMM Events 7 S&T/Ceash Zone 8 Event Flyer 9 Safety Article 10 Acknowledgements 10 Reminder: Please last one out at the fields, lock the gates. Mario D Muñiz Club President Event Schedule 11 BOARD MEETINGS 1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH GENERAL MEETING 3RD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH NEXT GEN MEETING JAN 20, :00 AM AT AIR PARK The Barnstormer is the Official Newsletter of the Hemet Model Masters. It is published monthly for the benefit of its members. Copies are provided to interested individuals, local Hobby Stores and area RC Clubs. Portions of the Newsletter may be reproduced without the permission of the Hemet Model Masters. Acknowledgement of the author or source of the reprinted material is appropriate. Guest and prospective new members are always welcome at the General Meetings and the flying fields. Current Circulation is approximately 220 ( and hard copies included)

2 HEMET MODEL MASTERS BOARD MEETING Minutes for December 4, 2017 NO BOARD MEETING HELD IN DECEMBER

3 HEMET MODEL MASTERS GENERAL MEETING Minutes for "November 18, 2016" Meeting called to order by Vice-President Scott Boersma 9:15 am. Treasurer Stewart Robinson gave the Treasurer s Report. Motion to accept by Ralp Torres and seconded by Dwayne Higgenbothem, voted and approved by all members present. Vice-President Scott Boersma called for a motion to approve last months minutes as published in the newsletter. Motion to accept by Jeff Barker and seconded by Vincent Michael, voted and approved by all members present. Field has been sprayed and the growth seems to have stopped. It s a shame that the displays that we setup for Veteran s Day and for Christmas has been commercialized by the new people in charge of the park vendors. We hope that we have a great turnout for the Toy Drive and the Fun Fly. Meeting adjourned at 10:17 am Minutes submitted by Mario Muniz Total Attendance 18 persons

4 HEMET MODEL MASTERS WEBSITE We still have the site at rcflightdeck.com but we will be concentrating on our own site from now on. Still a work in progress but so far Steve Staudenmeir has done a superb job on what we have. Hmm club officers for 2018 Richard Lawrence Floyd Whitehorn Mario Muniz Stewart Robinson President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Board Members Ralph Torres Eddie James Don Turner Steve Staudenmeir Lloyd Barber Jeff Barker Dwayne Higgenbothem Web Master Steve Staudenmeir Safety Officer Vincent Michael

5 Hemet s Hobby Headquarters DYNAMIC HOBBIES 530 1/2 E Florida Ave. Hemet, Ca. ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTION OF AIRPLANE KITS AVAILABLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OWNER BOB PARCELL mel@netzon.net IMPORTANT NOTE All members are required to carry a first aid kit and fire extinguisher in their vehicles when flying. You never know when you or a fellow member will need some aid. Be prepared!! We strongly urge that no one fly alone. CLUB RULE: TURBINE, IMAC and PATTERN HAVE A SPOTTER WHEN FLYING SELLERS CORNER Members please wear your club card when flying. This means everyone. Also new guests (per the by laws) are allowed to fly three times, then they must join to use our facilities. Guests and 72mhz flyers must have AMA on frequency board prior to flying! The Hemet Model Masters will extend courtesy membership to any Active Military individual allowing them to fly at our club fields as long as they have a current AMA membership. Hemet Model Masters Club Site

6 Metropolitan Water District Aqueduct Information for Retrieving crashed aircraft. Mike Thompson is the service representative that services the aqueduct near our main field. If your airplane is behind the second fence and not in the water runoff it is serviced by Mike Thompson. His direct line is Note: Before calling be nice and explain that you are with the Hemet Model Masters and that you have crashed you re rc plane beyond the second fence and would like to retrieve it without breaking any laws. If your plane is between the first and second fence it is serviced by another agency (Securitas Security), Mike Thompson can not help you. Hopefully this will help our members to retrieve their aircraft. FAA Guidelines All aircraft that are flown using a ground control system, such as a transmitter, are required to participate. This includes fixed-wing aircraft, not just multi-rotors or drones. Any pilot flying models weighing between.55 pounds (or 250 grams) and 55 lbs is required to register. You only need to register once every 3 years. registermyuas.faa.gov PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2017 GET OUR OWN GRILL Done thanks to Lawrence Vasquez POWER STATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATOR COMMITTEES WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR ALL EVENTS AT MAIN FIELD PUBLIC RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CLUB COMMITTEES TO HANDLE THE TOY AND FOOD DRIVE FOR 2017 APPROACH VENDORS FOR ASSISTANCE IN PUTTING ON SOME EVENTS INVITE GUEST SPEAKERS TO GENERAL MEETINGS DESIGNATE AN AREA FOR HELI AND QUAD COPTER FLYING BUILD THE TABLES AT LAKEVIEW/DAVIS FIELD TRY TO FIND VENDORS WISHING TO ADVERTISE IN NEWSLETTER Permanent TFRs issued for major sporting events and Disney properties On October 27, the FAA issued three Permanent Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) creating restrictions for the airspace surrounding major sporting events and the Disney properties in Anaheim CA and Orlando FL. The new flight restrictions permanently prohibit the operation of unmanned and radio-controlled model aircraft within roughly 3.5 miles of both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks. The restrictions are also in place for a period of one hour before and one hour after major sporting events.

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10 IN MEMORIUM Those we lost in 2017 STEVE GEHRKE NO PICTURE AVAILABLE BOB SMITH MIKE LONGNECKER MIKE KAIN HOLLY HOLLINGWORTH FRIENDS AND FELLOW MODELERS THEY WILL BE MISSED RIP SAFETY AT THE FLYING SITES PLEASE ADHERE TO CLUB SAFETY POLICIES, THESE WERE PUT IN PLACE BY YOU THE MEMBERS AND A FEW OF YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE THEM. Starting of any engines is north side of yellow line, aircraft facing runway. No taxing in the pits and staying within established perimeters, exceeding 400 ft ceiling. We have full scale aircraft overhead all the time and it only takes ONE incident to lose our field. No flying over the field workers on adjacent properties EVER! The Hemet Model Masters December Birthdays Lloyd Barber, Gary Beese, William Eichelberger, Marc Guerra, Dwayne Higgenbothem, Carl Lindou III, Rex Loudermilk, Walt Milhouse, Louie Vargas, Gilbert Castillo We would like to welcome our newest members to the Hemet Model Masters Jeff Malecki, Gilbert Castillo, Darrell Graham, Terry Harcharik, John Wright

11 2018 Consolidated Schedule of RC Events January 3 rd... Hemet Model Masters Special 3D Event January 5, 6, 7 th... AMA Expo 2018 January 13, 14 th... Coachella Valley RC Club 6 th Annual Desert Warbirds Saturday, January 27 th... Hemet Model Masters Annual Swap Meet Saturday, February 10 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Members Appreciation Fly In February 16/17/18 th... Coachella Valley RC Club Jet Jam March 3/4 th... Coachella Valley RC Club IMAC Event March 17/18 th... Hemet Model Masters Harry Gould Memorial Pattern Contest April 7/8 th... Hemet Model Masters IMAC Event Saturday, April 21st... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Dawn Patrol/Golden Age Event May 4/5/6 th... Hemet Model Masters GJC Turbine Invitational Saturday, May 12 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Spring Swap Meet June 9/10 th... Hemet Model Masters Warbirds at Hemet Saturday, July 7 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Summer Night Fly August 11/12 th... Hemet Model Masters EJ Fun Fly Saturday, August 11 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Mid-Summer Night Fly Saturday, September 8 th... Hemet Model Masters Autumn Swap Meet Saturday, September 8 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers End-of-Summer Night Fly Saturday, September 15 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Warbirds Over Gilman Springs October 6/7 th... Hemet Model Masters IMAC Regionals Saturday, October 13 th... Gilman Springs RC Flyers Fall Swap Meet Saturday, December 15 th... Hemet Model Masters Holiday Event/Toy Drive December 10, 2017 To make additions and/or changes to the Consolidated Schedule of RC Events Bob Estrella at EstrellaRC@hughes.net or phone him at (951)

12 To: Flight Instructors Don Radford Mario Muniz Richard Lawrence Community Relations Art Chavez THE BARNSTORMER Newsletter of the Hemet Model Masters, Inc., a non-profit club chartered in the State of California and by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Charter #1376. Mailing Address Hemet Model Masters PO Box 754 San Jacinto, Ca Editor: Richard Lawrence Lyn Av Hemet, Ca southwestdolphin@yahoo.com FIRST CLASS MAIL HEMET MODEL MASTERS PO BOX 754 SAN JACINTO, CA General Meetings 9:00 AM at the main airpark 3rd Sat of the month HMM Website rcflightdeck.com HEMET MODEL MASTERS EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT MARIO MUNIZ VPRES SCOTT BOERSMA TREASURE STEWART ROBINSON SECRETARY RICHARD LAWRENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EDDIES JAMES RALPH TORRES DICK HANKE DWAYNE HIGGINBOTHAM LAWRENCE VASQUEZ JEFF BARKER SAFETY COORDINATOR VINCENT MICHAEL CONTEST DIRECTORS LARRY METZ RICK WATERMAN JEFF HUGGINS RAY GOULD