AMA News District X - 2007/10
Southern California Scale Masters Qualifier (Hemet, April 13–15)
April 13–15 saw the Southern California Scale Masters Qualifier hosted by the Hemet Model Masters (AMA chartered club 1376) and ably directed by Bill Hart.
The weather wasn't great, forcing pilots to show what they were made of—especially those flying World War I and other lighter airplanes. Despite the conditions, the contestants still managed to complete three rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
The Hemet Model Masters are devoted to scale competition. To provide additional motivation and examples, arrangements were made for several interesting full-scale airplanes to conduct fly-bys during the weekend, demonstrating how scale maneuvers should be performed.
Saturday featured a very low-level pass by a local T-28 Trojan in the morning and a high-speed fly-by of a P-51 Mustang in the afternoon.
There were many beautiful airplanes at the qualifier; space limits the number of photos shown here, so only a few favorites are included. Thanks to AVP Jerry Neuberger for this report.
Launch into Technology — NASA Ames RC demonstration
Mark Sumich sent the following report and pictures from a project hosted by the NASA Ames Research Center.
We had a great time giving an RC demonstration and flight instruction to some high school girls who spent the week at NASA learning aeronautics and robotics.
Launch into Technology is a week-long residential program for high-school-aged girls offered each year by NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. This year the program ran June 24–30 with approximately 50 girls participating.
During the program there are four institutes; the girls choose one of the following for the week:
- Basic Aeronautics
- Advanced Aeronautics
- Basic Robotics
- Advanced Robotics
The girls come from all over the United States to immerse themselves in NASA activities and engage with scientists, engineers, and researchers.
At the conclusion of the program on Saturday morning, the robotics participants showed off their skills in a robotics competition, and the aeronautics participants were treated to an RC aircraft demonstration during which they received stick time. The Ames Model Aircraft Club hosted the RC event.
Until next time... Keep 'em safe and keep 'em fly'n.
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