Free Flight

[Tomanek, Wojtek]

I really do not mind the P-51s, Spitfires, or Extra 300s but not all the
time and how does one pull 10% out of the entire membership and based on
that justifies own agenda.  And when it comes to purchasing power I think
there is a one add (1 inch by 2 inch) for the FF timers in the Model
Aviation - although not sure how much they are cannot be much for a spring
driven timer.  
 
I do like the picture sending idea. 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gray E Fowler [mailto:gfowler at raytheon.com]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:26 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Free Flight



What gives?......It is the GOD syndrome. (Good Ole Days). The AMA started
with FF and CL  and everyone knows that FF and CL are much better and more
pure than RC just like analog recordings sound better and are "warmer" than
digital recordings. 
Personally I always considered MA a FF-CL magazine. 

What we need to do as a SIG is send in 25-50 photos of pattern planes, all
at the same time for that section up front that always shows what the AMA
membership is building, which somehow always ends up being a P-51, a
Spitfire,an Extra 300 or some dorky-weird-flying trashcan or some such. 
We also need to include a write up about the plane that is identical such
as, "Pattern saved my life". 

So who is with me? I have two photos to send in right now, need 48
more-everyone send it in December.



Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering 



	"Tomanek, Wojtek" <tomanekw at saic-abingdon.com> 
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Ok, have you all read the latest Model Aviation editorial about how the free
flight and control line folks constitute 10% of all modelers and thus should
get increased attention in the magazine and other SIGs (including precision
aerobatics) will have to give up monthly columns to bimonthly ones.  I
belong to three clubs with approximately 80, 120, and 160 members.  Very few
may have a free flight glider/plane but have never flown it at the field,
same goes for control line.   If you look at their NATs the same names
appear in most of the categories and even then the whole listing of names is
shorter than the Masters list form the pattern NATs. 

What gives .............................. ??

my $0.02 for today
Wojtek

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