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MODEL AVIATION
Festival of Flight 2003
to Include RC Event
More than 500,000 people are expected at
the 11-day Festival of Flight—celebrating the
100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first
flight—to be held May 16-26 in Fayetteville,
North Carolina.
There will be three air shows; two will
include the US Air Force (USAF)
Thunderbirds. NASA will have large displays
including astronaut training devices, a wind
tunnel, and a live hookup to the International
Space Station. The USAF will have several
current aircraft on static display.
During the event, 5,000 high-school
students and 500 teachers will be the festival’s
guests. They will attend educational seminars
conducted by NASA and the USAF.
When students move from class to class,
one of the stops will be the Hangar 9 Alpha
Learn to Fly Radio Control (RC) field. This
will give them, and any other festival-goers, a
chance to control an Alpha trainer in flight
with the help of a buddy box and a flight
instructor. This class will be sponsored by
Horizon Hobby and coordinated by local RC
enthusiast and AMA member Howard Hooper.
Several local clubs will provide flight
instructors, but additional help can be used. If
you plan to attend the festival and would like
to volunteer a few hours as an instructor,
contact Howard via the Festival of Flight Web
site—www.festivalofflight.org—in the “Gift
Shop” section by E-mail at
[email protected], or call him at (910)
235-9234.
Visit the Web page for more information
about the Festival of Flight. MA
Safety Alert!
Extreme caution must be exercised when
adjusting needle-valve settings on engines
because of their close proximity to the
propeller. Adjustments should be performed
from behind the model to avoid reaching
around a spinning propeller, unless impossible.
This is noted in the 2003 Membership
Manual “Safety Recommendations” on page 5
in the second column under the subheading,
“The following constitute good general safety
practices: … ”
An adult male was injured while starting
his model’s engine. He reached over the
spinning propeller to disconnect the glowplug
starter clip, and the propeller struck his
right hand, resulting in severe lacerations to
several fingers and the thumb, a broken
bone, and more than a dozen stitches. The
member has temporarily lost use of his hand
and has been unable to work.
Approximately 80% of all medical
claims under the Academy’s Accident,
Death and Dismemberment policy are
propeller injuries. MA
—Carl Maroney
Special Services Director
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Continued on page 148
New Life Member
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
recently welcomed new Life Member J.
Morgan Smith (L361).
For information about becoming a Life
Member, contact AMA Headquarters at (800)
435-9262. MA
—Membership Department