District X - 2006/05

May 2006 161
AEROMODELING NEWS from Hawaii,
courtesy of District X associate vice president
(AVP) Wayne Hamada:
“Hi. I’m Mark Timares, president of the
Hawaii County R/C Club based in Hilo,
Hawaii. I’m a new president and relatively
new to AMA. The following are some photos
of our club’s activities from the past year,
including an exhibit at the University of
Hawaii Hilo’s Ellison Onizuka Science Day.
“The Ellison Onizuka Science Day was
held on January 28, 2006, at the University of
Hawaii at Hilo. This event observed the 20th
anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
Members of the club demonstrated indoor
electric helicopters, conducted a static display,
and provided attendees the opportunity to
experience RC flying through the use of a
flight simulator. A link to the University’s
Web site, http://astroday.net/OSD2006.html,
features photos from the event.
“For the past year our club has been
working on obtaining, clearing, and building a
runway at our new field. We lost the ability to
fly at our old field at the Shipman Business
Park; however, the company was kind enough
to lease us an overgrown 30-acre abandoned
post World War II radar site.
“We’ve been hand-clearing the site and
building the runway by hand. It’s been a
tremendous amount of work and we’re just
starting to be able to fly off of a very short
cinder—soon to be grass—runway.
“Our club is small and the work’s been
done on a shoestring budget. Nevertheless, we
are making substantial progress through the
hard work and dedication of our members.
“Aloha!”
Puunene, Hawaii: The Maui RC Flyers’
(MRCM) 2006 Air Show enjoyed record
crowds with an estimated 600 attendees,
including more than 100 youth. The air
show was held on Saturday, February 11, at
the Nelson Boteilho Memorial Field. A fullscale
fly-by of a Stemme motor glider
piloted by Pacific Helicopters’ Tom
Hauptman augmented the 60 model
airplanes and 10 model helicopters.
Three jet-turbine-powered aircraft
piloted by Ian Kinnear, Duke Chung, and
Bill DeRego provided most of Maui with its
first experience of the incredible sights,
sounds, and smells that only the 130-mphplus
jet models have to offer. T-34 scale
aircraft three-airplane Pylon races and Dave
Cowan’s Zero’s dogfight with 13-year-old
Owen Baldwin’s P-51 proved to be crowd
favorites. Cowan also towed Nick Czars’
two-meter glider aloft, demonstrating the
possibility of silent flight.
Most of MRCM’s members flew
aerobatics accompanied by music to the
thrill of the crowd, including Rusty
Medeiros’ spectacular 3-D aerobatic Raptor
90 helicopter performance. This
performance featured loops, rolls, tail slides,
and inverted flight which provided the finale
for the show.
Parachute and candy drops entertained
the younger members of the audience, and
frequent training flights enabled spectators
to become participants. Prior to taking the
controls of the actual models, training was
provided on computer flight simulators.
MRCM’s president Eric Chase said the club
benefited tremendously from the event in
terms of the funds raised for continuing
educational activities, attracting new
members, and expanding community
support.
The community supported the event with
generous donations from local businesses
including Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, DJ
Shark in the Water, Dolphin Galleries,
Goodyear Kahului, Maui Aviators, Piiholo
Ranch, and Yorman’s restaurant.
MRCM provides flight training
throughout the year including two youth
groups, and has numerous events designed
to teach the building and flying of model
aircraft.
This is a portion of the static display at the
Maui RC Flyers’ RC Air Show.
Al Fleming teaches the flight simulator to the
kids prior to flying the actual model aircraft.
An F-15 with Duke Chung, Bill Derego, and
Ian Kinnear.
Till next time ... Keep ’em safe and Keep ’em
fly’n.
District X
Rich Hanson, District X Vice President; [email protected]
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Associate Vice Presidents
Glenn Carter, Walnut Creek,
California; (925) 933-2086
Jim Giffin, Sacramento,
California; (916) 296-6165
Wayne Hamada, Honolulu,
Hawaii; (808) 521-7733
Bill Malvey, Ladera Ranch,
California; (949) 481-8621
Bob Reynolds, Tucson,
Arizona; (520) 296-8183
Jerry Neuberger, Santee,
California; (619) 258-4477
Frequency Coordinators
George Steiner, Sacramento,
California; (916) 362-1962
(Please see last month's column
for additional AVPs and
Coordinators.)
District X Volunteers