We now have club hats!!!

Thanks to the efforts of club member Shannon Honeycut, we now have several colors and styles of club hats to choose from.

Cost is only $15 each, and the proceeds from these sales will go into the club treasury.  They will be available for sale at club meetings and at Hobby R/C.

We also still have Club T-shirts available for sale at Hobby R/C.  The dark blue shirts, featuring the PBY Catalina, are still available in sizes Large thru 4XL.  The white shirts, featuring the B-17 Flying Fortress, are only available in 2XL.  The cost is $15 per shirt, with the proceeds from each sale going to the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Make sure to get your shirt while supplies last!

The drawing for the DX-18 radio system was conducted at our Fly-In for Diabetes event on Saturday, September 14th.

Congratulations to George Hallander, the lucky winner!  George said he only bought 6 tickets.

A HUGE THANKS goes out to everyone that supported this raffle!!!

- Indy R/C South

Wings Across America www.WAA-08.org is the creation of Frank Geisler of Gloucester, Virginia. Frank is an avid RC pilot, USAF veteran, and AMA leader member who volunteers his free time to help promote the sport of model aviation. When Frank discussed this project with some of his friends it was received with such enthusiasm that the project was born of this energy. All that was needed were to find hundreds of RC pilots across the US and in every state willing to fly the plane at their home field then drive to the next pilot, thus forming a nationwide network of pilots who would fly an RC airplane across America.

That’s how I became involved, as registered pilot #358. I signed up to participate in Wings across America when the plane was down at the 2009 Southeast Electric Flight Festival (SEFF) in Americus, GA. I had actually forgotten about it when Frank contacted me to let me know that it was nearly my turn!

I picked up the rather nice wooden case that the plane and equipment travel in from Jay Smith (#357) up at the Northeast Side Taildraggers club field on the NE side of Indy on the morning of 22 September. It was windy that morning, but I just had to try out the geotextile fabric surface they use for a runway – very nice!

Chuck Baker makes a low pass with the SQuiRT – Jerry Bunner photo

It was too windy for several days, so I wasn’t able to fly the SQuiRT (Simple Quiet Robust Trainer) until our Fall Electric Fly-In on Saturday, September 29th. Conditions were nearly perfect and the flight began with a great hand-launch by Jerry Bunner, our club president. The little SQuiRT flew very well, but nosed over a bit in the thick grass on landing. Afterwards the SQuiRT got to hang out with all the other electric planes that were at the Fly-In.

After the Fly-In ended, I delivered SQuiRT to Mike Friesel (#359) down at the Monroe Co RC field (just North of Bloomington). They have a beautiful field and they were kind enough to let me stick around and do some flying with them!

I’m glad that I signed up and was able to participate in this event for Indy RC South!

Chuck Baker

Relaxing for a photo op with the SQuiRT after a successful flight – Jerry Bunner photo