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21 Highview Trail Pittsford, NY 14534 Prez Sez The Prez Sez is on Page three this month.
At The Field What a difference a month makes. As of the June Newsletter we were wondering if it was ever going to warm up. Well I guess we have an answer to that question. I never thought I would see Charlie take some time off due to the heat and humidity. Float flying has been popular this year. I wonder if it has anything to do with the warm weather. We have been flying at the lake on Tuesday and Friday. It has been somewhat of a challenge due to the fact the flying location has become popular with the fishermen. Someone must have caught a fish there last year. There has been a good turnout on Thursday evening. One Thursday there was 18 members and 16 the following week. The electrics have been beating up the sky with glow engines in the minority. Dick Parshall has been observed launching a Tiger Moth electric. Dick brought Lynfield Lewis to the field on Thursday. Lynfield is recovering from a stroke he suffered earlier this year. He is coming along very well and is living at home again so stop by and say hello. We made the annual trek to Olean this year. If you are not familiar with Olean it is the land of the perpetual crosswind. I counted nine club members at the event. Six of us stayed overnight. Chef David made sure we had a great meal as he does every year. The crosswind let up on Sunday and Max flew his P40 and Jim flew his Antic. Word has it that everything went well. Abe Sickles has mowed the field again. It was a miserably hot day and it had to take him 5 to 6 hours to complete. I would like to thank him again for his time and the use of his equipment. The field is in great shape thanks to the mowing volunteers. Enjoy your flying and watch out for the plane eating trees. So far we have had them on a diet. See you at the field!
Calendar of Events 8/7 – GVAM Family Picnic. Coye Field. Rain Date 8/14 8/26, 27, 28 – 3rd Annual Northeast Helicopter Jamboree. Macedon Field. 10/22– GVAM Ladies Night Out. Valley Inn Honoye. Cut-off wheel sets From Fred Huber Sears sells a diamond cut-off wheel set that fits Dremel and Black & Decker "Wizard" moto-tools. These wheels eliminate the frustration when dealing with fragile "sand" wheels you buy 20 at a time and break each time you use them. The package comes with two wheels and the mandrel and is inexpensive. No more fragments of cut-off wheel flying around the shop (but you should still wear safety glasses)! From Brainbuster Newsletter Brainbuster Free Flighjt Club Abrom Van Dover Editor Newport News, VA. Removing glue To remove parts that were glued with epoxy, use a heat gun along with a scraper, knife blade, or screwdriver to carefully pry them apart From Smoke Signals Meroke Radio Control Club Joe Di Prima, editor Franklin Square NY
Max Wright Just a quick note for this month because I don't know about you, but I'd rather be flying than writing. I just got back from spending a week in Washington DC. I had been in DC just a year ago but it was with the high school band as a chaperone for two days, so there was little time for sightseeing. This time with a whole week each of us got to see what we wanted to. Of course I had to visit the new Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dullas airport. In one word, it's HUGE! I've included a picture and yes that is a Boeing 707 in the middle next to the Concord. That's the prototype, the "Dash-80" that did the barrel roll in the fifties. If you ever get down to Washington, it's a must see. I'm already looking forward to my next trip. I'll try and have other pictures with me at the field. Hope to see you all at the picnic August 7th. Max
By Glenn Crocker I forgot to title the P38 on the mailing page of the June newsletter. This plane has a little history. It is named Glacier Girl. The reason for the name is that the plane was brought up from under 260 feet of ice in Greenland and then restored. During WWII some planes were ferried to England via Iceland. German picket ships, Planes and Submarines would send out false radio direction information. This P38 was in a flight of other P38s and B17s that were vectored off course and ran out of fuel and landed on the ice cap in Greenland in 1942. Everyone was rescued. The first four photos show the pieces of the P38 that were brought up from under the ice in 1992. They arrived at Oshkosh a few days prior to the EAA convention. Although they went on the expedition to retrieve the B17s, they found the B17s were crushed by the ice but the P38s were salvageable. The last picture is of the restored P38. After retrieving the P38, inspection revealed things were in remarkably good shape for being under the ice for 50 years and they planned to restore the plane. They found the oil in the engines was good and the engines could have been run with the original oil. The engine coolant was as good as the day of the flight. The thing that struck me as I was looking at the P38 was that this thing was ready to go to war! The ammo containers were topped off (the ammunition was deactivated of course). A steel helmet which apparently was standard issue was in the cockpit. There was a shoulder holster and a couple of the pilot’s personal affects in the cockpit. At that time (1992) the expedition leaders were still slugging it out with the ATF Department trying to get permission to bring the machine guns into the country. I never did find out how they made out.
The Allison engine of the P38. It looked in good shape.  The nose with full ammo containers. Machine guns are missing.  The booms seemed to have quite a bit of damage from the ice.
from the Space City RC Club Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of takeoffs you’ve made. There are three simple rules to making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no one knows what they are. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment. Remember, gravity is not just a good idea - it’s the law and it’s not subject to repeal. It’s always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much as possible. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero, the ground has yet to loose. From Space City Crash Space City RC Club Mike Crotts, editor Houston TX G.V.A.M. Newsletter |
