Flying fields:
O'neal Airport just over the bridge from Vincennes, IN
and
Daviees Co. Airport just North of
Washington, IN
TriCountyAreo met Thursday evening March 18 at 7:30
P.M. at the Y.M.C.A. annex. There were 11 members present. They were: John T.
Bell, Steve Stoll, Frank Roales, Pete Peterson, Ken Wilson, Francis Murphy, Rick
Thompson, Bill McGavic, Greg Garrison, Dwight Selby, Tom Calvert. President
Steve opened up the meeting with the reading of the February minutes and the
financial report. The up and coming "Warbird Fly-In" at George Field (MidAmerica
Air Center) has a change in dates. It will be held on June 11, 12 and 13. Due a
conflict with dates, the Mt. Comfort Air Show at Indy will not have our club
participation. Bill McG will check on Port-A-Potty and concessions for the
Warbird meet. It is felt that we need to conduct our indoor flying meet during
cooler weather. We will check on this event a little later. We have no
information on participation at the Camp Illiana school project as of yet. We
want to have a club flying event where we fly on our 3 club sites in one day. It
will be finalized after the Warbird Fly-In. Rick Thompson stated that we might
want to have a display and maybe a flying session at the Wheatland "Wheat Fest".
It will be held on July 9, 10 and 11. Frank and Pete are going over to Wheatland
and check out the feasability of this event.
"Show and Tell".. Ken Wilson gave the club a mini
seminar on old original and new reproduction models from the Monogram Speedee
Bilt kits. The originals were being made at least in the 1940s'. There is a
gentleman who is reproducing the old models as new kits. Ken brought in to show
us a new reproduction kit of a PA-11 Piper cub. He also brought in to show us a
New Old Stock original as yet to be built 1/12 scale PA-11 Piper Cub. This was
very neat and interesting as some of us had these kits over 50 years ago. Thanks
Ken. Next meeting will be Thursday evening April 15 at 7:30 P.M. (VT) at the
Y.M.C.A. annex. See you ALL there.
Tom Calvert
