Flying Site Assistance - 2008/08

SHARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS at Your
Flying Site: You have probably noticed in
the past issues that I have periodically
published my observations of member
practices at the flying site for the benefit of
others.
How about letting me know site practices,
ideas, etc. that your fellow members
demonstrate at your flying site? Let’s share
them with other clubs. Send me information
I can pass on to benefit others.
Another Veteran’s Day at the Armory in
Teaneck, New Jersey: On Wednesday, April
16, 2008, the Metropolitan Sport Squadron
hosted its fourth annual Veteran’s Day at the
Teaneck, New Jersey, Armory.
We entertained 16 wheelchair-bound
veterans from the Paramus, New Jersey,
Veteran’s Hospital. Most were veterans of
World War II and Korea; some had flown
combat missions in the war. Many of our
members also attended so there was much
hangar talk between coffee, bagels, and
donuts.
The club demonstrated many of our
indoor FF and RC aircraft and even had two
of the veterans share a buddy box for some
long flights.
We then supplied each guest with a
rubber-powered model from the Guillows
collection. Our members helped with the
assembly and the flight trimming. We
actually unearthed some 30-year-old 1/4
Pirelli rubber sliced to roughly .180 for
better motors.
Flights into the rafters got plenty of
applause then a huge lunch, mostly provided
by the wives of our members, was served to
all.
The veterans left at approximately 2 p.m.,
promising to return next year. I’m sure our
members left later on with very big smiles
and a feeling of a job well done.
—Don Ross
A letter from the Teaneck Family
Assistance Center’s Minnie Hiller and Janis
M. Shaw expressed the center’s
appreciation for contributions the
Metropolitan Sport Squadron made to the
soldiers and families.