As this is my last PS, I would like to thank the officers I've servedwith, all the Contest directors, Committee chairmen and women, andlast but not least the membership. Without you guys and gals I wouldjust be out there standing in a field playing with toy airplanes.

Not much flying going on this month. Ah, but I feel there will be afew good days to get out and punch some holes in the sky. Plus don'tforget the indoor flying venues. You will need an indoor capableplane thou.

Also remember that at the meeting we will have Pizza and drinks.(Plus anything you want to bring.) Also our 50/50 for Santa.

While this event is next year, remember that January 1st Fly willbegin at 10AM, nosooner. Nopropsshould turnbefore 10AM. I hearthe newFieldControlOfficer willbe astickler onthis, since Iknow himwell.

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Events and Times

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December, 2017

The Prez Says

•The Prez Says•Meeting Minutes•Roving Reporter•Congrats•Memorabilia•Our Thoughts and Prayers•Birthday Wishes

TThhuurrssddaayy NNiigghhtt TTrraaiinniinngg --December 7, 14, 21 & 28,2017 at the field (weatherpermitting). Don't forget, ifthe weather is bad, we meetat Westmoreland Mall FoodCourt about 7:00 PM - venue& times could change and willappear in a notification via email.AAnnnnuuaall CChhrriissttmmaass//PPiizzzzaa PPaarrttyy December 8,2017 at the St. PaulLutheran Church, Trauger -takes place about midwaythrough the meeting -around 8:00 PM. Please feelfree to bring other goodiesto compliment the pizza andrefreshments.LLHHMMAACC FFiirrsstt IInn TThhee AAiirrCCoonntteesstt - 10:00 AM, Friday,January 1, 2016 at MammothField

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Minutes of the Meeting ofNovember 10th, 2017

TThhee mmeeeettiinngg wwaass ccaalllleedd ttoo oorrddeerr by President MarkYothers with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.There were 26 members present. There were noguests or new members. The minutes of theOctober meeting were approved as written in theNovember newsletter. Secretary Don Accorsicirculated (1) a flier from Ed Andrews, giving theremaining Dome Fly schedule, and (2) a flier for theMurrysville Area RC Society Flea Market & Auction,Saturday November 11th, at the Delmont EventCenter. The Treasurer’s report was approved asgiven by Treasurer, Rene Marquis. Vice PresidentLester Faroux announced the raffle prize: a HorizonHobby E-flite “Pulse 15e”, with a 55 inch wingspan,size 15 electric motor, Plug & Play and float option(floats not included). Newsletter Editor, LindaPollock, reported that everything is good with thenewsletter. Please keep sending her notes andpictures of your projects and other items of interest.You can e-mail materials to her atnewsletter@lhmac.org. Please send pictures in .jpegformat, not .pdf. Field Control Officer, Tim Bartlow,reported that the recent good weather has providedsome good flying, which was good to see. He alsocautioned the membership that even one membercomplaining to the Park Maintenance about anyfield conditions, especially grass cutting, onlycauses problems. The maintenance people aredoing their best with the equipment and conditionsthat they have to work with, so we shouldappreciate it and bear with them. They are doing agood job overall. President Mark Yothers commentedwe still need a Secretary for the club, as no one hasyet accepted a nomination. He asked once more forsomeone to step up and accept a nomination, butno one did. Ballots were then collected and countedby our Vice President while the meeting continued.OOlldd BBuussiinneessss::(a) Museum Committee: Dean Pollock (Chairman),Rene Marquis and Fred Snyder. Dean stated that hedelivered the Corsair to the museum, and they were

well pleased and excited to receive it. PresidentYothers indicated the he would like to set up ameeting of our new officers with the museumofficials sometime in the near future.(b) Foamy Warbird Racing: Chairman - Dave Oswald.Dave presented the winner’s trophy to BillCecchetti, Sr., and reported that the weather wasmostly windy & rainy, but they got the racescompleted. He also stated that they would haveliked to have more participation.(c) Awards Banquet: Chairman - Lester Faroux. Washeld Saturday, October 28th, at Gianillis II. Lesterthanked Rene Marquis and Linda Pollock for filling infor him, since he was ill. Rene and Linda said thatthere was a good turnout, everything went well. Thefood was good but there was a lot left over, soGianillis provided Styrofoam containers formembers to take food home..(d) Fuel Committee: Chairmen - Bill Cecchetti, Sr., &Dean Pollock. Bill reported that there are 10 casesof new fuel, and Dean still has three gallons of oldfuel. The cost of the new fuel is $20/gal. The cost ofthe current/old fuel is still $19/gal.(e) Field Equipment: Tim Bartlow & Mark Yothers.Tim reported that he and Mark are gatheringinformation on fire extinguishers, First Aid Kits andPortable Field Stands. They will present theinformation to the membership at a later meeting,when they have it all together.(f) Lipo Fire Buckets & Cigarette Buckets: MarkYothers. Dean Pollock reported that he is preparing3-pound metal coffee cans. He will paint them andadd sand to them.(g) Election Results: Ballots were collected andcounted by Vice President Lester Faroux during themeeting. The results are as follows:

President: Jim AndrewsVice President: Dave OswaldTreasurer: Rene MarquisSecretary: (Still no candidate)Safety/Field Control: Mark Yothers

Rene Marquis then stated that he would try to dothe Secretary’s job in addition to Treasurer. MarkYothers said that he would help. (Many thanks toboth of you!)NNeeww BBuussiinneessss::(a) Solar Panels: Edmund Wasil and Tim Bartlowsuggested that the club consider using solar panelsto supply electricity for various functions at thefield. Ed Wasil offered to donate a 500 watt solarpanel that could be mounted on the roof of thepavilion or one of the benches. (Thank you, Ed. Thatwas very gracious and generous!) President Yothersand Tim Bartlow will generate a plan proposal andpresent it to the membership.(b) Next Meeting: The next meeting will be Friday,December 8th, 7:00 PM, at St. Paul's EvangelicalLutheran Church in Trauger. Pizza will be served.The raffle will be a 50/50 drawing for Operation

The Prez SayscontinuedI hope you all support the new officers as you did

the last few years.Finally I also want to TThhaannkk the County staff andthe ground crew. Thanks for the first rate facility.See you at the field.

MMaarrkk

Hi Again Everyone – time is flying by and we areclosing in on the year. November was a kind ofcrappy month, and I think we only had a handful ofdecent flying days. Cold, windy, and rainy daysprevailed up until the last week of November, with abreath of relief for the last week. We managed 5pretty nice days, and some of you did get to thefield. I’m hoping we still get a splash of “IndianSummer”, but the last week may have been it.Temps did climb into the mid 50’s & 60’s, and it wasrefreshing.

The first weekend of November was pretty good,and Rich McConnell got to the field, as Rene Marquishelps him to prepare for his qualification flight. Richis progressing nicely, and has his takeoffs, andlandings pretty well accomplished.

Minutes continued:

From: The Roving Reporter

SShhooww && TTeellll::Curt Hughes showed his beautiful electric VQ Models“Bearcat” with an 80 inch wingspan, weighingapproximately 20 lbs. The motor was anapproximate 50 cc. gas equivalent, running on 12cells with a 120 amp. speed control. He controls itwith a Spektrum DX-18 transmitter.

Mark Yothers showed his new Tech One Hobby“Vanth”, made of foam sheets and carbon fiber rods.Its wingspan is 36.22 inches, and length is 36.22inches. It is powered by a 2 cell 350 mAh battery. Itsweight (with battery) is approximately 5.5 oz. Hesaid that it can be built in about 5 hours, butinstalling the radio without breaking something wasvery difficult. It can be flown indoors, or outdoors incalm winds.

Your Roving Reporter

RRaaffffllee::The winner of the E-flite “Pulse 15e” was JimPennington.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Don Accorsi

Ron Gade won this EP Glider, and had LesterFaroux do a maiden on it. With a few minor clicksof adjustment, it flew very well.

Your Roving Reportercontinued

I took out my Sig Smith Miniplane for the firsttime this year, and had an enjoyable time flying it.

Rene Marquis fired up his Pulse XT, and getsready for his first flight of the day.

While we were at the field, we heard a loudgroup of white Canadian Snow Geese approaching.We looked up to see a beautiful “V” formation passover us. It was an awesome sight.

Your Roving Reportercontinued

November also brought us the Semi-AnnualMARCS Auction, held at the Delmont Fire Hall. Theturnout was very good, and a lot of planes andaccessories traded hands. We had a pretty goodgroup from our club in attendance.

Your Roving ReporterDean Pollock

Your Roving Reportercontinued

There’s not much else to say about November, asI had home projects to finish up. I finally got my

yard, and all the leaves cleaned up, gutterscleaned, and final mowing. I hope we get a fewdecent flying days in December, and I’ll try to getto the field on those days. Christmas is on thehorizon, so take care during the holiday season. Ifyou have any projects you’re working on, pleasesubmit a few pics and a write-up. If you have anyitems “For Sale”, let us know if you want to listthem. That’s about it for this month.

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