Author Archives: Chuck Hill
Flying Legends, Spectacular Video
Take a look at this video, add for airshow in Britain, truly spectacular.
Wings of Freedom Coming to Concord, 6-8 June
The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang Announce Unique Display in Concord, CA. at Buchanan Field from June 6 to June 8. In honor of our WWII Veterans ~The Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour Brings Extremely Rare Bomber and Fighter Aircraft for Local Living History Display as Part of 110-city Nationwide Tour.
More info here: http://pinole-hercules.patch.com/groups/events/p/the-wings-of-freedom-tour_5b4dd78e?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001&evar4=events-7-post&newsRef=true
Float Fly 2014 Camp Far West
A slide show of the latest AMOS float fly.
Catapult Launch Glider Contest, 21 March 2014
Ding Reports:
CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS CATAPULT GLIDER CONTEST
Held at Hillcrest Park, Olivera Rd, Concord, CA 21 March 2014, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
CONTESTANT 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Best 3
JIM PERSSON 39, 60, 31, 57, DNF, DNF, 156 FIRST
LYNN PRICE 13, 11, 18, 29, 21, 15, 58
EMIL CARLES 33, 55, 25, 23, 14, 23, 113
DING ZARATE 27, 12, 16, 14, 41, 25, 93
ED RINGUE 14, 11, 19, 21, 16, 19, 59
DING ZARATE REENTRY 29, 35, 17, 43, 51, 22, 129
CHRIS CARKEEK 60, 34, 60, 26, 23, 22, 151 SECOND
KEN HANSON 15, 18, 15, 26, 17, 18, 62
SHERRI WARSHAW 26, 30, 17, 43, DNF, DNF, 99
WARREN DELANE DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF OBSD
BRIAN WORKMAN DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF OBSD
RON MECKLEY DNF DNF DNF Doctor Appt.
Stipulations:
All flight times above 10 seconds count when called. Maximum time limited to 60 seconds per flight.
Fly one, time one, and the honor system is the norm. $.50 per entry. Reentry allowed once only.
First and Second place split the pot.
Mass Launch Event
THERE WERE AT LEAST 5 ENTRIES BUT THE LAST MAN DOWN WAS … JIM PERSSON and won the POT.
It was an ideal day for a contest weatherwise. Balmy pleasant with some lift and a fly away. Let’s do it again!
CONTEST DIRECTORS: RON MECKLEY AND LYNN PRICE.
The Wooden Wonder
A good summary of the development and use of the British Mosquito.
http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2014/03/mosquito-wooden-wonder/
AMOS Float Fly, Camp Far West
One of our sister clubs has an annual float fly on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the week before Memorial Day.
A video of the meet is here:
This is a slideshow of the aircraft:
Minutes, Nov. 2013
(You can see it with photos here: http://eastbay-rc.blogspot.com/2013/12/cme-minutes-nov-12-2013.html)
Sunday, December 8, 2013
CME Minutes, Nov 12, 2013
Concord Model Engineers
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
Nov 12, 2013
CALL TO ORDER: 7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 24 GUESTS: 0
Monthly meeting, Second Tuesday, 7:30 at Concord Airport Terminal.
Friday Fun Fly, Third Friday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Gym at the Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashby Dr., Concord
This month’s Fun Fly is on Friday, November 15.
REMINDER: NEXT MEETING IS CHRISTMAS PARTY!
GO TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, NOT TO THE MEETING SPOT!!
TREASURER’S REPORT
Current balance, $4500
OLD BUSINESS
Minutes read and approved.
NEW BUSINESS
We passed out our membership roll with instructions on updating each member’s particular interests. This will be incorporated into a future membership roster.
Ron and Ed went to Schmidt Ranch. Ed got a beautiful medal for 2nd place in SAM 27 speed 400 timed run.
Brian Workman has been cataloging our video collection. There’s a lot of good stuff to check out. We’ve got paper catalogs and will upload to the web as well. Avail yourself of this great collection! (Note the catalog is now available as a separate page on the website)
Lowe’s ships their fan fold foam to your house for free if it’s not available at your local store.
PARADE OF PLANES
Jim had a model and plans from 1949 for this sweet little glider.
There was a Muciano design P-51 with 0.49 Cox engine, from last raffle.
Dennis Romero had two foamies… a wing. And a rather large paper plane made from a sheet of dollar tree foam board.
Ships that fly
A really unique modeler: http://blinkingcity.com/luigi-prina-ships-sail-clouds/
Beautiful 19 foot span model of a B-17
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1a7_1370717546
4 stroke engines. Here’s the first flight with a little preparation time, flight and cheering of his friends. Wingspan 19 ft, weight 187 lbs.