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IInnssiiddee•The Prez Says•Meeting Minutes•Hints, Kinks & Links•For Sale - Wanted - Services

Officers for 201 3President: Rene Marquis 724 523-3320 president@lhmac.orgV. Pres. : J im Pennington 724 832-0207Treasurer: Greg Lazarchik 724 853-71 75Secretary: Don Accorsi 724 537-7577 secretary@lhmac.orgField Control: Rob Whalen 724 61 0-1 694 rcpilot82@comcast.netEditor: Linda Pollock 724 532-021 0 newsletter@lhmac.orgWebsite Admin: Vishal Jariwala 724 272-7029 admin@lhmac.org

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Regular Meeting February 8,2013 at 7:30 PM at the St.Paul's Church, Trauger

Events and Times

TTUUEESSDDAAYY ((DDAAYY ooff WWEEEEKK CCHHAANNGGEE))Breakfast 8:30 AM, February12, 2013 Eat n' Park,GreensburgBreakfast 8:30 AM, February26, 2013 Eat n' Park,Greensburg

February 2013

Greetings! Hope you are all well! January has now passedwith its horrific cold and the first part of February looks like a rollercoaster ride with temps in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. In 5 or 6 weeks wechange to Daylight Savings time and perhaps some flying in March.Hope you are working on some project to pass the daysconstructively, be it an ARF, a kit or from plans. Don’t hesitate tobring it to a meeting for show and tell. It is always nice to see planes,RC equipment, etc at our monthly meetings.

During the January meeting you were asked to jot down someideas for events, etc. for our 50th anniversary in 2014. Thank You foryour input. I would now like to organize a couple of committees tofurther develop these ideas with definitive plans over the nextseveral months, more about this at the February 8 meeting.

Please do not hesitate to make suggestions for club events thisyear. It would be nice to hold a couple of different events. Pleasecheck the LHMAC website for the calendar of events, there areseveral events and dates which have been added for 2013. Irequested several dates and rain dates for the float flys at Acme fromMr. McCloskey but have not yet received any confirmation.

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Hope to see many of you at the February 8meeting at St. Paul’s in Trauger at 7:30 PM.Thank You! Rene

Minutes of the Meeting ofJanuary 11, 2013

The Prez Sayscontinued

The meeting was called to order by PresidentRene Marquis with the Pledge of Allegiance to theFlag. There were 27 members present. Theminutes of the December meeting were approvedas published in the January newsletter. SecretaryDon Accorsi circulated flyers for (1) the AMA Expo2013, January 11th through 13th, at Ontario, CA;(2) the Murrysville Area RC Society Flea Marketwith Auction, at Export, PA, on February 3; and(3) the Hanover Radio Control Flying Club 11thAnnual Swap Meet & Indoor Electric Fun Fly, inMechanicsville, VA, April 6th. The Treasurer’sreport was approved, as given by Treasurer GregLazarchik. Greg also gave a summary report ofthe treasury for the past year. Vice President JimPennington announced the raffle prize: a ValueHobby Easy Stick 60 ARF with a 60 inchwingspan. Newsletter Editor Linda Pollockreported that everything is going well with thenewsletter, although she did have a printerproblem which resulted in her getting a newprinter. Don’t forget to send her your news itemsand pictures of your activities. She may becontacted at newsletter@lhmac.org. WebmasterVishal Jariwala reported that the website is upand running. The New Years Day pictures are upon the site. When you send him pictures, let him

know which ones you want put on the website.Old Business:

(a) Dues: President Marquis again remindedthe membership that club dues are now late.There is now a $5.00 late charge added. AMAdues are also late. Remember that AMAmembership is required for flying at our field.

(b) Refreshment Service: Thanks again toMark Yothers for procuring the beverages,doughnuts and cookies. Volunteers are stillneeded to sign up for refreshments at futuremeetings.

(c) First in the Air for 2013: January 1st was anice but snowy day. There were 29 members inattendance. Bill Kline was first in the air with thecombustion engines. First in the air for theelectrics was a tie between Doug Hagy andCharley Zera. Thanks to those who sent picturesfor the website.New Business:(a) 50th Anniversary: President Marquis againnoted that Y2014 will mark the 50th anniversaryof our club. He again suggested that weconsider making it a banner year in which wehold several special events. He passed outsheets of paper for members to write their ideasand suggestions for events. He is planning toform committees to organize and plan theevents. Some of the ideas so far are: supportfrom AMA; publicity in Model Aviation Magazine;publicity in local newspapers; floats in parades;possible mall shows; commemorative shirts,jackets & hats.

(b) Float Flys: The County Parks Commissionis awarding us two dates of our choosing thisyear for float flys at Acme Dam. After somediscussion, it was decided that Saturdays werethe best day of the week for the events.President Marquis will suggest some dates withrain date backups to Mr. McCloskey. The MonValley Club will also be invited.

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(c) 2013 Calendar of Events: The only datesset for events so far for this year are: theOpening Day Picnic- Sunday, May 26th, and theAugust Family Picnic – Sunday, August 25th. Thewinners of last year’s competitive events need toset dates for the respective events for this year.

(d) Latrobe Air Show: The air show is early thisyear: April 27th & 28th. The Thunderbirds,celebrating their 50th year, will be the featuredperformance. There has been no word as yetwhether our club will be invited to display ouraircraft.

(e) Military Service: President Marquisreported that Jim Pecori is now serving as anApache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. Yourthoughts and prayers for his successful tour ofduty and safe return would be greatlyappreciated.

(f) Fuel Committee Report: Fuel CommitteeChairman Vaun Hile reported that the committeesold 80 gallons of nitro fuel last year. This wassomewhat less than previous years, probablybecause of the increasing popularity of electricpowered aircraft.

(g) Pattern Plane Nights: Lester Farouxsuggested that we consider a new event in whichwe set aside certain nights strictly for patternflying, with airplanes designed strictly for thatpurpose.

(h) Next Meeting: Friday, February 8th, 7:30PM, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.Show & Tell:

Bill Cecchetti showed his Nitro Models LowTrainer 46 ARF. It has a 65”wingspan and weighs4 ½ lbs. He referred to it as a “POS kit” becauseit needed several modifications, but he said itdoes fly.

Vishal Jariwala showed his new WL Toyz BeetleQuadcopter, available from nitroplanes.com(http://www.nitroplanes.com/quadcopters3.html).It is equipped with a gyro and is very easy to fly.He gave a demonstration of it in the meetingroom.Raffle:

The winner of the Easy Stick 60 ARF was AdamCraig.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 PM.Respectfully submitted,

Don Accorsi

Minutes continued:

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Your Roving Reporter

Murraysville Auction02/03/2013

Sunday, February 3rd, was the Semi-AnnualMurraysville Auction at the American Legion Hallin Export, PA. We had several LHMAC members inattendance to buy and sell. I don't think it was asbig as the last one in November, probablybecause of the inclement weather and forescastsfor the day. The auction seemed to go well, andthere were some excellent bargins to be had. Thenext MARCS Auction is scheduled to be inNovember, 2013. The date hasn't been set yet,but will be posted in upcoming events.

Below are some snap shots at the auction.

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