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This month the big question is answered - "Does radio controlled flying
qualify for exercise?".
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2008 NTA Swap Meet and making it
a big success.
SWAP MEET TIME! July is when all the planning gets done.
Details of the upcoming Swap Meet are detailed. Table reservation forms and contact details are now available. Pictures of the new awning expansion and expertly constructed plane stands are presented for your viewing pleasure.
Gary Saba is elected club President; Obama and Clinton both beg for his consulting services. Several event notices are included for activities at other fields including "big bird", helicopter and other.
April Fools Fun Fly results are included - congratulations to Dallas Stroud for his win. Participants should be sure to check their standings as it will be important in the "annual totals - championship prize" awards.
Exciting new format for the newsletter includes cable TV listings highlighting carp fishing shows along with a complete report on the previous weeks weather for those of you who missed it. These changes are being brought to you through the tireless efforts of our newsletter editor, John Larsen. He's hinted that some equally exciting changes are in the works for next month.
Colossal giant grabs P51 Mustang out of the air ala King Kong is caught on film. Hank Hamner unveils a new plane (Kyosho Flip 3D with an OS91) and has yet another being built (Nitro Models Yak 54). Naab counters with an OMP Yak profile (with a Saito 125) and a DL50 powered 80in Yak in process. Not to be out done, Kerry Kennedy has a DL50 powered Bling nearing completion. Find all the secret numbers under each of the airplane pictures and win $50. Contact John Larson for contest rules and to claim your prize.
"Ugly Pilot / Pretty Plane" contest winner announced - pictured on cover - please use caution when viewing. Although Hamner paid for professional makeup job he still only managed 2nd place. Details of January 12th Fun Fly are detailed including date. Naab promises prizes valued at under than $3000. Photos of Christmas Party are included after editing for those members with outstanding warrants.
November meeting date changed due to Thanksgiving or everybody giving thanks that November meeting date changed; you decide. Christmas party announced along with plans for lights and decorations at the field. Funding limited to $300K due to budget constraints and pending lawsuits. Hank Hamner shows his photojournalist skills with thousands of shots of the Fun Fly.
Fall Fun Fly is still scheduled for the 13th and Evan promises prizes totaling as much as $3MM. He says he wouldn't miss the event even if he was asked to help with the harvest in Kansas. Scale Fly In pictures include airplanes, owners and even pilots. Attendees treated to watching the beautiful Mike Whitley built Stearman go up in smoke.
Plans for a Fall Fun Fly are announced with promises from Evan for no more than a 6 month delay. Details are to be announced on the Ripley's Believe It or Not Show. Wingspan restriction of between 4 and 400in. for the Scale Fly In angers Art Hatch; be sure to check out his letter to the editor. Minutes of the meeting turn into hours.
Hamner aces the Pylon Races and takes home 4 trophies along with $93,000 in prize money. Kennedy initially asks for drug testing but agrees to give up his protest when his $16,000 prize money was put on the line. Hamner hints that his winning plane will be at the swap meet with a $250,000 price tag.
News of an upcoming July 21 NTA Club Pylon Race has Reno Air Race officials crying foul. Naab agrees to allow full size planes to fly in the event to stem tide of death threats. Wife swappers still trying to get August 18 Swap Meet table reservations; Larsen holds firm on denials.
Stan Bode announces plan to build a 38% scale Ford Tri-motor powered by 3 150cc gas engines. "Funding by the National Air and Space Museum is just a matter of them sending the money" says Stan. Covering supposed to be "rumpled Monokote" for ease of maintenance.
AMA threatens "dismemberment" if Fun-Fly is not held immediately. $4M in funding on hold until event is held. National weather service arrests Gary and Evan for "illegal flooding" and "unlicensed rain man" activities. Bail set at $3 each; club refuses to pay.
NTA may have found solution to Drought and global warming! Other drought stricken regions requesting Gary and Evan plan a Fun-Fly in their areas. Nobel prize considered, Al Gore befuddled.
Valentines Day pot luck nets $36,882 for the club. Ex President Clinton was guest speaker.
Club budget for 2007 released to API and UPS. Items included are a $300K expansion to the field wind sock along with TP for the sanolet.
Hank Hamner passes out club Christmas presents valued at over $2M. A full list is included. Club elections held amid rumors of FL style miscount. Naab reelected with help from drug cartel.
Thanksgiving meeting boycotted by those who didn't attend. Boycotters asked to submit names so they can be dealt with accordingly.
Labor Day work party results in new fox holes for watching helicopter flights. Access codes are listed for the new club bazooka locker. Point system detailed.
Summer heat causes Monokote to melt and destroys 73 planes. Tips to avoid summer heat detailed.
3 planes lost to pop bottle rockets on July 4th. Tips to avoid direct hits requested.
Club pays over $3 to refill lake at field. Fish are saved and the lakes balsa magnet is reinvigorated.
April Fools Fun Fly a big hit. Gary Saba accused and found guilty of cheating and stripped of his thin CA prize.
April fun-fly events to include flying airplanes, crashing airplanes, eating food and more.
Bill Burrows demands election result investigation. Lawsuits threatened but an out of court settlement is reached.
Blizzard dumps 34in. of sleet on field. Access roads closed but Hank Hamner still flies.
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