Dear Scotty W, Steve S, Pete P, Frank R, Ken W,
TriCountyAero met Thursday evening January 19 at 7:30 P.M. at the Y.M.C.A. annex. There were 13 members and 1 visitor present. They were: Ken Wilson. Scott Wilson, Mark Foster, Steve Stoll, Jimmy Kelly, Frank Roales, Bill McGavic, Larry Knepp, Francis Murphy, Dick Brown, Pete Peterson, Dwight Selby and Tom Calvert, Angie Selby was our welcomed visitor. President Steve opened the meeting with the reading of November,. 2011 (last meeting) meeting minutes and financial report. Our annual Swap Meet will be Saturday, January 21 at the Nazerene Church on 19th and Main Streets in Vincennes. (same as last year) We will need help to move tables and chairs to arrive at 8:00A.M.(VT). Venders will set-up at 8:30 and selling will begin at 9:00 A.M. "til 1:00 P.M. Scott had some items left over from our annual Warbird contest that will be dispensed with. TCA members were sorry to hear of the passing of long time member and friend, Carl Wilson, Scotts father. Saturday, February 18, the Washington, Ind. R/C club will conduct an indoor fly-in at the Antioch Church which is on U.S. 50 east of Washington where the highway narrows and on the south side of the highway. It was brought to the attention of TCA that we check into the possibility of either purchasing or leasing our O'neal flying site. Bill M and Pete P are going to check with VU for the availability, prices, conditions,etc Safety offtcers,by President Steve. Gil Gauger/ O'neals, Bill McGavic/George Field, Larry Knepp/ Odin. We are tentatively scheduling our annual "Warbirds over the Wabash" contest for 2012. September 22 and 23 at George Field seems to be our goal. Flying times are scheduled to be at 11:00 A.M. (Illinois time) "til ? More latter. June 21,22,23 and 24 is the dates for the Mt. Comfort, Ind. full size airshow and R/C model display. More latter. Ken Wilson announced the date for the 4th annual C/L fly-in at O'neal site. It will be held Saturday, October 6. C/L flying at 11:00 A.M. (VT). R/C flying will be allowed before and after the C/L event. Ken agreed be the CD with the help of Frank Roales. We are going to mow O'neals every week and the George Field site as needed. Pete announced that TCA will conduct our "annual" Leap Year UFFDA Viking Funeral on February 29. Bring any old aircraft material that you want to immortalize. UFFDA!!!. More latter. There has been NO released info from the FAA/AMA rules enforcement or change as of yet.
"Show and Tell": Ken brought his recently built 1950 Testors "Freshman" 29 with a Super Stunt McCoy .29 for power. He gave us a talk about the evolution of the Freshman C/L trainers. In the 1950s, they were historical planes. They made them in .09, .19 and .29 stzes. This plane that Ken recently built is very beautiful.
Frank brought in a recently built Gullows B-17, that he built for the Indiana Military Museum. It has a 40" wing span and will be used as a display model. It too was a very beautiful and authentic model. Next meeting will be on Thursday evening February 16 at 7:30 P.M. (VT) at the Y.M.C.A. annex. See you there. Tom Calvert
