Wes De Cou

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH … The
sound you don’t hear is the sound that is
winning the minds—if not the hearts—of
elected officials and paid public servants
throughout the western region. As I have
indicated in the past, the thing that upsets
“modeling-community”
advertising brought 126
pilots from as far away as
Germany and Sweden here
to perform.
The public was treated
to an awesome array of
models, ranging from the
smallest of foamies to a
43-pound Extra 260, a
huge Ultimate biplane,
some ducted fans, and
some incredible
helicopters. All were
electric; most were
electrifying.
Noiseless foamy 3-D
aircraft were evident
everywhere.
In addition, there was
great food available, as
well as 23 vendors
representing the gamut of
electric modeling “stuff.”
Thirty-six sponsors
contributed to the success
of the event.
Bob Ruff has indicated
that many more vendors
will be on hand for the
second annual Arizona
Electric Festival,
scheduled for January 27-
29, 2006.
And now for the lists:
thanks to those of you who
called or E-mailed me to
add or delete sites from the
Bureau of Land
Management and Schools
lists published in the
March 2005 column. This
month I’m showing the
lists we have on file for
flying sites on private
property (help us here!),
and for flying sites at fullscale
airports.
If you have facilities
such as this in your area,
try to get some flying
privileges. If you fly from
a site on one of these types
of facilities and you are not
on the list, let me know!
most AMA members is the lack of or loss
of a flying site, and the number one reason
we lose flying sites is noise.

The World is Run by People Who Do Stuff ...
OOPS! In my last article I missed a typo.
Slap my hand and change the name of the
soil hardening product I mentioned to
SoilTac. Sorry for the many fruitless
searches.
—Wes
On a few occasions in the past 10 years,
I’ve had modelers call to tell me that out of
the clear blue sky came the message that
their local flying field was being taken
away. Poof! Gone!