It has been a busy month for the Board of Directors and others. The BOD formed a committee to eval-

uate and develop a use plan for the Valley Center site. Vice- President Don Davis headed that com-

mittee and offered to anyone who had expertise in grading or wanting input for possible sites for run-

way(s) to be a part pf the committee. That said, the committee went to the site and physically walked

several sections of the property for fixed wing, sail planes, and helicopter locations. We identified

three sites for future use.........

Hello and welcome to the March Transmitter. We have had a lot of rain. Our maintenance committee

has decided to use some excess gravel, from west of the wheelchair access, to fill in some spots along the access road to address the rut issues.

Hello! We’ve had quite a bit of rain in January! Our access road has taken a beating ana over the years, developed ruts and drop offs that needed to be addressed. We we’re fortunate to find a local operator to run his bulldozer and smooth out our access roads. Unfortunately, his efforts removed much of the road bases and loose soil that will surely get slippery and muddy with the rains This has been a problem since we have been at this site. The BOD has developed a committee to look at solutions to make access to and from less challenging and without breaking the bank!

Welcome to the January 2024 Transmitter! I hope all of you had a great Christmas and an enjoyable New Years!

We say goodbye to Joe Villarreal as outgoing president. He’s done a great job and I believe he has made my transition into the position quite easy. We have an exciting year ahead of us; Helicopter Fun Fly returns and the eventual move to Valley Center.........

Joe Villarreal

It’s that time of year again rolling into the Holiday Season. Seems the older we get the faster time flies. Our Christmas Banquet is only a week away so I hope everyone has purchased their tickets. Its going to be a great evening.

The work on the new Valley Center field is in a holding pattern right now. We are waiting for some much needed rain to make the upcoming road improvements much easier to do........

Joe Villarreal

A million thanks to George Dawe for all his efforts in getting the club FRIA approved on the first go around. Our second FRIA approval for the Valley Center field should be coming by the first week in December. With our FRIA designations come our responsibility to stay in compliance with AMA and FAA requirements. Everyone please make sure you have your AMA number as well as your identification information on or in your aircraft. Also, your FAA number MUST be visible from the outside of your aircraft. I’m sure that you are going to need to renew your FAA number in the near future. Please check to make sure not to forget.

It's that time of year again to gather together all the treasures and other stuff you have been saving for our annual club auction. After our Club meeting on November 18, George Dawe will be banging his gavel as our Auctioneer.......

Joe Villarreal

At our next Club Meeting on Saturday October 21 we will be closing nominations for our 2024 Officer and Board election that will take place in November. If you are interested in serving the club in one of these capacities please let us know so we can add your name to the ballot.

We will also be voting on a bylaw change to allow us to conduct the election electronically by email as well as paper ballots. The following in Section VII paragraph B is proposed to change to…“ The Membership Chairman shall prepare a mail-in ballot or an electronic e-mail ballot to be received prior to the November meeting. The ballot shall list each position and the nominees and shall provide a place for write in candidates.”

Joe Villarreal

​I’m writing this column with a bunch of thank- you’s to club members who go the extra mile to make PRCF such a great club.

Thank you to Charles Lewis and Larry Wall for repairing the broken container door and for maintaining our tractor and field. Thank you to Chuck Riley for fixing our loudspeaker. Thank you to Gary Marquardt for donating a brand new American Flag to the club....

Joe Villarreal

After almost one year of delays, long waits, unanswered texts

emails and phone calls, we finally have a signed land use agreement with the Valley Center partners to use the 436 acres for a new field. A million thanks to all who tirelessly worked to accomplish our goal. Special thanks to Bill Hill and Steve Gebler

who have been at this for years, putting in countless hours of time and effort…We commend you all. We are now shifting gears to get some grading and road improvements done so we can easily access the important flying areas on the property, Also many thanks to Jim Christy for planning the preliminary maps so we can have a large buffer zone from existing homes and horse ranches while keeping our grading needs to a minimum. Over the next few weeks we will begin this process and there is still much work to be done.

Joe Villarreal

Summer is here and with it brings our annual 4th of July barbe-

que and picnic. Come on out on the fourth for a great barbeque

lunch and some flying to go with it. The club will be providing

the food and drinks and everyone is encouraged to bring a favor-

ite dessert to share .

A big thank you to all the guys who came out last Saturday to do

some weeding and cleanup. Many thanks to Johnny Hartsell, Larry Wall and especially Charles Lewis for running the brush hog to clear around the field.

Joe Villarreal

I’m sure most of you have heard by now that we will be able to

keep our field until the first part of 2024. This gives us a lot of

breathing room to make plans for moving to our new field sometime in 2024. We are waiting for the Valley Center partners to approve and sign a land use agreement to lock in our new site by July 1st.

In the mean time we will be working on some field maintenance, on going mowing and some ideas to improve the poor condition of our runway. A $5000 expenditure for re-coating the runway for only 9-12 months would not be smart so the idea is to use a power brush to remove the loose coating that keeps flaking off. The surface under the existing top coat doesn’t look too bad and is pretty much intact. It should serve us well until we have to move.

Joe Villarreal

Our spring weather has finally arrived with warmer temperatures and longer days. Mowing and weeding are ongoing  chores from all the rain we’ve had. Many thanks to Charles Lewis for coordinating the effort as well as running the tractor and brush hog. Also, Don White has been rumored to have traded in his heli for a four wheeled whacker to help keep the dark side manicured.

Thanks to all who have helped out. Remember to keep an eye out for snakes as they will be making their presence known very soon.

Last Tuesday, April 25, our Honorary Member Royce Williams flew to Washington D.C. to accept a tremendous honor. He was the guest of the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, and was awarded the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit during a luncheon celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. and South Korean Alliance. This was the South Korean equivalent of the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor.

Joe Villarreal

Field News…..

We finally had our meeting with Gary Romoff , one of the other owners of the Valley Center property. He seemed agreeable to us using the property but said he needs to get approval from the third partner to make it happen. As I write this column on Friday March 31, he has not yet been able to talk to the other partner to secure approval. Everyone keep your fingers crossed.

Tales from the Dark Side….

A strange thing has been happening lately. A few of our fixed wing pilots (me included) have been migrating over to the helicopter side to try our luck with a bird of a different feather. This

has been a very humbling endeavor as anyone crazy enough to try it will tell you.

Joe Villarreal

Aren’t we all spoiled to the Southern California weather and complain when the rainy weather doesn’t allow us to fly all the time? Daylight savings time is just around the corner and with it comes longer days so we can indulge ourselves again. With all this rain the grass and weeds will be growing nonstop. Charles Lewis will be coordinating a mowing team to tackle the yearly chore of keeping the grass under control. If you are interested in helping out with the tractor mowing duties, please let us know. We need the help.

Hal and Robyn Meeker will be leaving us in March to move to Texas. Hal, we will very much miss you and all you do for our club. Good luck and Godspeed on your journey. Come back to visit real soon.

Joe Villarreal

The property owners of Johnson Field, Louie and John Pappas,

along with their property manager Thad Johnson came down for

a surprise visit last Friday. I have been trying for many weeks to

get an accurate timeline from them on how much time the club

has left at our present location. Here is what they told me. We

will have to be out by June 1. This includes the removal of all

shade structures, storage containers as well as the removal of

the asphalt and concrete runway..........

Joe Villarreal

Happy New year to our Palomar RC Flyers family. Hope Santa also brought you a new bird and not just a turkey. 

If you missed our Christmas Dinner you missed a great evening of food and fun. Here is a list of our year end award recipients...

• Special PRCF Medal of Honor...Capt. E. Royce Williams

• Excellence in Flight Instruction...Doug Abel, Chuck Riley, HalMeeker, Dave Ellis, Vic Lerum

• Student of the Year...MikeMajewski

• Jr. Student of the Year...Finn Majewski

• Trifecta Champion...Tim Hitchcock

• PRCF Ambassador...Doug Abel

• PRCFWebmaster Par Excellence...Richard Torres

• Editorial Excellence "Transmitter "...Joe Buko

• 2022 Members of the Year...Steve Gebler and Lorie Azar.

Hopefully we will have an update on our field search the first part of January. Everyone have a safe and prosperous New Year. See you at the field.

Joe Villarreal

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Even with this busy time of year, I hope you all can come to our annual Christmas Dinner Party on Saturday December 10 at 5:00 pm at the San Marcos Senior Center.

We will be having a great dinner catered again by Redtail Catering. The menu includes Tri Tips of beef, roast turkey with stuffing, rosemary potatoes, green bean almondine, rolls, along with desserts, coffee and drinks. We will have some year end awards and raffle prizes. You can purchase tickets for $25 ea. on the club website or from Joe Villarreal if you're out at the field. December 7 is the last day to buy tickets.

Also, Medal of Honor Nominee Royce Williams will be our special guest.

Joe Villarreal

Happy Autumn to everyone. Cooler temperatures make this a great time to come out and go flying.

For any of you that missed our October Club meeting, we had a Special Honored guest in the person of Captain E. Royce Williams. We hung on his every word as as he recounted his story of engaging 7 Mig-15 Soviet pilots during the Korean War. The U.S. Senate should be voting to approve his Medal of Honor award next month. We will be keeping in touch with him and will let everyone know when it happens. Here is the link to a Youtube video of his story...https://youtu.be/AbzrcJ2GZHg

Joe Villarreal

​We Have a New Field!!

As I write this column, we are in the process of signing a Land Use Agreement with Perricone Farms, the landowner of the 436 acre property on Cole Grade Rd. in Valley Center. Our long search for a new location has ended and I am very excited with the possibilities it brings in the coming year.

This effort would have not been successful if it weren’t for the efforts of our Search Team who spent countless hours over the last few years to make it happen. Bill Hill, Roger Cosio, Loris Azar, Chris Wilson, Eric Armstrong, and especially Steve Gebler are owed a Tremendous debt of gratitude for a “ Mission Impossible” accomplished.

As we move forward into Oct. .......

Charles Lewis - that's not him in the photo :)

Hello everyone! I am hoping you all are enjoying the summer and have been out to fly and socialize with friends. We had a great turn out for our August membership meeting, WASN’T IT TERRFIC TO SEE BILL HILL GIVE FINN THE PLANE HE WON AT THE RAFFLE!!

I want to take a few moments to thank those involved in locating a new home for us: Steve Gebler, Bill Hill, Lori Casio, Joe Villarreal and many others who have spent countless HOURS trying to locate a place for us to enjoy this sport.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Great to see so many of you at the Independence Day festivities. Thanks to all who helped especially Ron and Andy Schuyler, Bill and Ellie Hill, Lorie Azar and Mark and David Olarsh for making the delicious and refreshing snowcones.

Joe Villarreal

Our Independence Day Weekend Bash is upon us. I hope everyone can come out for all or part of the weekend to join us for our last big event at Johnson Field. Remember...Club meeting at 10:00 AM on Saturday July 2 followed by a Barbeque lunch for all. Monday July 4 is our annual Independence Day Club barbeque. Bring your favorite desserts to share and right afterward we will have a free raffle for all club members. For more information on the weekend events check it out on the club website.

Our field search team is working very hard to secure our new flying site. The Valley Center landfill site as well as the San Pasqual Valley site are at the top of the list. We should have some news very soon about them.

Joe Villarreal

Hope you all are getting ready for a great summer. Enjoy the warm days and cool nights cause the heat's just around the corner.

We have been given a little breathing room from leaving Johnson Field in July. The Pappas group now says that they won't start grading until September 1...or possibly later. Should know more in the next few weeks. In the meantime we are still busy locating a new flying field site.

The Valley Center site is in final negotiations but another location is being looked at also. More information to come very soon.

The San Diego Heli Fun Fly was a huge success. 72 pilots from around the country participated and made the last Heli event at Johnson Field a time to remember.

Joe Villarreal

It is with sadness to inform our membership that we have lost two of our fellow flyers this month...Tom Johnston and Chris Bunn. It was a great Honor to have known both of them and they will be greatly missed. We have extended an offer to both families that at the appropriate time we would like to honor their memories with a tribute flight at Johnson field. More information to come later.

The San Diego Heli Fun Fly is just 2 weeks away! Mark May 12-15 on your calendars to come see some exceptional helicopter flying at Johnson Field. There will be demonstrations by some helicopter pros along with food, multiple vendors, and a big raffle during the weekend long event. Heli night flying is spectacular....

Joe Villarreal

April brings spring showers and also warmer weather. As a matter of fact, a youngster in my community of Valley Center was bitten by a baby rattlesnake a week ago. Please take care when out at Johnson Field to be aware of these

dangerous residents , especially if you bring your dog with you.

More on our field search...

Joe Villarreal

As most of you know by now, we have been told by our property owners, Pappas Investments, that our time left at Johnson Field is coming to an end. The grading for the development may begin as early as this July. We probably have a little more time than this, but not much.

I want to take a moment to thank them for the good long run we as a club have had at Johnson Field. They could not have been better or more gracious to allow our club exclusive use of this 80 or so acres for the last 20 plus years......

Joe Villarreal

February brings us full speed ahead going into 2022. At the forefront will be our field search as I anticipate that there will be some information coming soon about how long we will get to remain at Johnson Field. More to come at our next Club Meeting at the field on Saturday February 12.

In the mean time, I have confirmed that another club in San Diego County was recently forced to suspend all flying activities for 60 days. In a surprise visit, the FAA found multiple violations of club members in regards to no FAA identification numbers on aircraft and members with no TRUST certificates. Doug Abel has graciously written the following article addressing the requirements we all must follow .....

Joe Villarreal

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all 300 of my fellow pilots at Palomar Remote Control Flyers. Hope you all had a great Holiday and that Santa brought you goodies to show off at Johnson Field.

We had a great Christmas Party on December 4 and many thanks to all who attended and helped. Special appreciation goes out to Marlene Abel, Bill and Elie Hill, Chuck and Gwyn Riley and Barb Villarreal for making it a beautiful evening.

Special year end awards went to......

Joe Villarreal

Congratulations to all the 2022 Palomar RC Flyer Officers and Board members.
Final election results:
    President………………………Joe Villarreal
    Vice President………………Charles Lewis
    Secretary……………………..Patrick Pranica
    Treasurer……………………. David Ellis
    Board of Directors ...Chris Avellino, Scott Dedic, Don Davis,

Trent Stadick, Steve Gebler, Doug Abel,

Jim Christy(Safety Officer)

Our Fall Jet Rally on November 13 was a huge success. We had over 20
pilots in attendance and the special demonstrations by the Blackstar Canyon Precision Team and Eric Maglio with his F 35 VTOL were amazing to watch. A big thank you to Vic Lerum and Dave Ellis for running the event. It will definitely be back next year........continued

Joe Villarreal

The Good...The Bad...and The Ugly....

The Good... November brings some exciting happenings at the club...

Our annual Club auction is on Saturday November 6 at 0900. Auctioneer Extraordinaire, George Dawe, again will be wringing the last nickel out of our notoriously "cheap" members for the many gems ( both pristine and in the rough) that have been so graciously donated this year. Let myself or any board member know if you still have items to donate.

November 13 will be our 2nd EDF Jet Rally ...registration begins at 0800 and we take to the skies at 0900. $25 landing fee will get you in the raffle for 2 free EDF Jets and a barbeque lunch. A Special Jet Demonstration team from Orange County will be doing some pretty spectacular formation flying...you don't want to miss it.

Joe Villarreal

As I sit here and write this month's column, I am watching a beautiful thunderstorm pass my window dropping a bucket of much needed rain. Hal is probably not going to be happy if he needs to mow again.

With October comes cooler fall weather and a number of items on
our calendar. First Saturday, October 2, is our monthly Aerotow. Come fly your glider or sail plane or just come watch the majestic birds soaring above our field. Only gliders or sail planes after 11:30. The next day, October 3, we will have Trifecta from 9:00 - 10:00.

Joe Villarreal

President Joe Villarreal asked Steve Gebler to write this month’s presidential column.—(editor)

Field Search Team Update

Your field search team consists of Bill Hill, Joe Villarreal, Jim Christy, Eric Armstrong, Chris Wilson, Rick Hilton, and Steve Gebler.

As you may know, we have been meeting regularly to exchange ideas and to investigate potential new locations for our club. This has not been an easy task as finding flat, 25+ acres in the area are nearly impossible.

Joe Villarreal

On July 24th PRCF lost a good friend and Past President....Jim Jenkins. As a Board member under Jim, I remember the enthusiasm and creativity he brought to our club, especially with his end of year awards. Jim did a lot of different things throughout his life and when a need was there, he knew just what to do to get it done. RIP Jim...we will all miss you.

I have invited our Vice President, Chris Avellino, to contribute a safety message to this month's column.

Joe Villarreal

As we hit the half year mark in 2021, June has been a very busy month. First, a big thank you and goodbye to our club president, Chris Thompson. Your hard work, leadership and friendship will be missed by all. Good luck and Godspeed to you and Lisa on your move to Texas.

The Board of Directors and our membership has nominated me to fill the office of President for the remainder of this year. I look forward to hitting the ground running (or stumbling) and with a little help, having a great second half of 2021.

I would like to congratulate BIll Hill for winning model of the month with his recently refurbished Fokker DR-1. I would like to thank DGO paving for cleaning and resurfacing our runway. They patched some holes and valleys and did a great job re-striping the runway.

The Heli-Fun-Fly is coming up soon. It should be a spectacular event. Chris Wilson and Scott Dedic, along with many others, have been working diligently behind the scenes to prepare for the event. Come out and enjoy the event and support our Heli flyers. Just a reminder, the fixed wing field will be closed for the Heli-Fun-Fly from 12 noon, June 10th through Sunday June 13th.

There is no President's Message this month.

It was really nice seeing everyone who could make it to the club meeting. We have some really fun events planned for the coming year. We will be raffling off another plane at the next meeting at the field. All members who can be at the club meeting will get a raffle ticket. If you see Hal Meeker at the field, please thank him for the work he has been doing (mowing, trimming and spraying for weeds). The field looks wonderful.

There is no President's Message this month.

I would like to thank everyone who came out to the January meeting at
the field. We had a great turnout. For the immediate future, meetings will
be held at the field on a Saturday morning. The next meeting will be February
20th at 9am. Model of the month will also be resuming next month.
Not only will we be selecting model of the month, members are encouraged
to share any new projects they are working on.

Chris Thompson,

I would like to thank the members for allowing me to head up the board as president in the coming new year. I am excited to see what the new year brings in our hobby. Our club has had such amazing leadership over the years. It is with great respect and admiration that I would like to extend a huge “thank you” to our outgoing president, Steve Gebler. Steve has shown a love for the hobby, and even more for our club and its members.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

It has been my distinct pleasure to be your club President for the past three years. We’ve all enjoyed some great times and challenging times, together, too.

Thanks to all of you for inspiring me, to give me great ideas, some well-deserved criticism, much appreciated accolades, and patience. While the flying is great, the camaraderie is even better.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

It’s Election Month!

Get out and vote! The local, regional, and national vote is upon us! And, it’s time to vote for your club Officers and Board Members as well as the club Life Members this month.

You will soon be receiving your club membership renewal documents and ballot in the mail. Please mark your votes and make your payments via mail or bring to the club auction on November 21.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

The good news — I am delighted to announce the wedding of Joe Buko and his lovely bride, Susan. Joe and Susan were married at their home last weekend. Please join me in offering the love birds our congratulations. The best man? None other than Patrick Pranica.

Patrick brings good news, too, as he is on his way to recovery after a very difficult couple of months battling severe pain and illness.

The bad news — some dirty rotten scoundrel stole our gate opening electronics and controls on Tuesday  September 29. The crook took the most important controls for our beloved gate opener. The Board has already approved the repair of the gate (about $2500) and Joe Villarreal and Steve Kerrin and I will soon have the parts at hand to make the repairs. We will be reinforcing the security on the electronics to, hopefully, avoid a similar situation in the future.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Thanks to all of you for continuing to wear your masks and observing social distancing. It’s the best way to avoid the potential of contracting or transmitting COVID-19. Because of your adherence to these safe practices, the Board has increased the number of people on the fixed wing flight line from 3 to 4. Remember, it’s important to not only cover your mouth with your mask, but your nose, too. It’s OK to remove your mask when on the flight line to avoid having your glasses fog. Be sure to immediately replace your mask when returning to the pits.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Safety

Thanks to all of our members for doing a great job with the mask wearing and social distancing. It does make a difference! The recent surges in people contracting the virus and the associated death rate is alarming. Keep up the great work with wearing the masks and limiting the number of pilots at the field. Let’s protect ourselves and each other.

Snakes

Our very own snake wrangler, James “Diamondback” D’Eliseo reports that he has grabbed another monster snake near the east end of the runway using his special “chin tickling” technique (yup, you read it right). James relocated the monster, who had been lingering at the same location for some time, to a safe location quite a distance from the busy areas of the flight field.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Thanks to all of you that are wearing your masks and observing social distancing at the field.

Just a few words of caution — we have observed an uptick of rattlesnake sightings at the field and the weed growth is loaded with ticks. Should you have the unfortunate need to retrieve a plane that has gone into the weeds or jungle, be sure to exercise extra caution when retrieving your planes due to the snakes, ticks and squirrel and rabbit induced “mine fields” at the field.

Thanks, to all of you, for your patience as we have taken steps to allow for safe flying conditions at the field. Your Board of Directors are meeting frequently to assess the State and County rules and to put into play revised rules to keep the field open, safely, with your cooperation.

We strongly recommend that you continue to shelter in place and avoid flying at the field if you are part of the “at risk” group. If you are not feeling well, please stay home!

We’re all excited about getting Johnson Field open and enjoying our hobby, once again, as soon as possible.

The Board appreciates your patience and the many suggestions and comments that we have received during the pandemic.

You should know that we have been working hard behind the scenes to establish safe flying rules that include issues about the number of pilots that can fly at the field at the same time, social distancing, mask wearing, hand sanitation and other plans to help to establish the best safety for our members that we can.

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I hope that you, your friends, and family are doing well during this stressful time with all the news related to Corona Virus.

As you know, the field is still open, but it is critical, should you decide to fly, to insure that you keep a safe distance from each other, and hand wash and sanitize often. It is such a natural instinct to shake hands, hand each other transmitters, batteries, and other gear, but please refrain from doing so.

Many of the other flight clubs around the country and even here in San Diego have been forced to close. While we can, we will keep things open. All meetings, events, training, and contests are on hold for now. For the time being no visitors, guests or visiting AMA members from other clubs will be allowed at the field. Check the Transmitter, the website, and your emails for changes that may occur.

Happy March!

It looks like most of the cold weather has passed, the rains have diminished (hope I am not jinxing this), and the roads are in good shape.

Pappas Investments, the owner of the land that we have enjoyed for so many years at Johnson Field, informs me that it will likely be more than two years before they will even start to draw permits on the development of the land for the proposed housing and shopping center that will eventually take place. That said, we need to contnue to investgate new field locatons for the future.

All the news that’s fit to print!

The Pig Report

Well, our three little visitors are gone again. We don’t know how they got there, and we don’t know

where they went! Despite repeated attempts to have the County Animal Welfare team collect them,

somehow they simply disappeared. I suspect that the owners dropped them off only to collect them

again. Maybe pigs do fly!

Field Improvement

Two improvements are about to be started at the field.........

Well we’ve had another fun, exciting, and successful year at Palomar Radio Control Flyers.

If you were able to attend the Holiday Party, it was a great one. Thanks to Barbara and Joe Villarreal and to my wife, Brenda, for hosting a great event. We had about 80 attendees this year and all enjoyed a great dinner and the abundant raffle prizes and awards that were given out. Special Recognition this year went to:

Our retiring Board Members, Chuck Riley, Scott Dedic, and Steve Kerrin who have done so much for the club over the years. Thankfully, Steve is staying on as Membership Chairman, one of the most important functions in the club.

The holiday season is, once again, upon us. I wish to each of you and your family and friends a wonderful, healthy, and relaxing season.

There’s a lot to be thankful for. I’d just like to mention a few things that I am thankful for and hope that you feel the same way.

Our Wonderful Flying Field

Thanks to the generosity of the Pappas family of Sacramento we have enjoyed our location for more than 20 years. If you would like to send them a note of your appreciation, you can drop them a note at pappas@pappasinvestments.com I think Patrick Pranica summed it up for me one Sunday morning when he said, “this is like therapy, man!” Therapy, religion, addiction, family, or whatever; aren’t we lucky!

Our Great People

People ask me all the time — “What’s your favorite part about the hobby? Is it building the planes or flying them?” I have to confess that I can’t decide between just the two. The third, and heavily weighted component is the people! What would this club be without the great people that constantly keep us in good spirits!

Well, if you missed it, you missed a great day — maybe even the event of

the year — Jennifer Walker and Richard Torres’ engagement at the field on

October 19. See lots of photos of the day later in the Transmitter. Be sure to offer Jennifer and Richard congratulations! Did someone really say, “are you xxxxxxxx me” when the proposal banner flew by?

Richard also conducted our first Poker Fun Fly that day. Talk about cool, calm, and collected!

With all the warm weather and Santa Ana winds, please be extra careful at the field as it is a tinder box out there. Be sure that you know where the fire extinguishers are located and learn how to use them.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

I regretfully would like to inform everyone of the passing of Ray Klotz this past month. Ray was an excellent

and very generous member of the club. Ray donated his video projector to me when mine decided

to quit. Please read Joe Buko’s “In Memorium” to Ray later in this issue.

It’s time to think about upcoming elections for club officers and board members. If you have an interest

in supporting your club, be sure to let one of the existing board members or officers know of your

intentions. We would welcome suggestions and nominations of people that you believe could serve

the interest of our club.

The ever popular club auction is coming in November. Get ready to clear out your hangar of some of

those aircraft, parts, tools, etc. that could be donated to the club for the auction. Polish up the checkbook

and bring home a beauty of your own!

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Warm days and lots of activities still ahead as summer winds down. Thanks to the

Continued generosity of Pappas Investments, our newly mowed field looks great!

Safety

It’s important, that when you are on the flight line that you LOUDLY announce your

intentions. That means loudly and clearly calling out your intentions to “come out”, “take

off”, “landing”, “on final”, “low pass”, “touch and go” and so on. When there are a lot of

pilots on the line, or if there are nitro or gas planes in the air, it is frequently difficult to

hear your intentions from one side of the line to the other unless you shout them out! It’s

common courtesy to acknowledge that you heard the call out by shouting back, “got it”.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

If you haven’t been out to the field recently, you’re in for a treat. Due to the connued generosity of Pappas Investments, this past week the fields got a major haircut and now are trimmed and ready to go for our flying pleasure and safety.

With the wildly changing weather condions, be sure to stay hydrated at the field.

Trifecta: Keith Albert scored the win for the second month in a row. I came in second pu'ng Terrible Tim (our reigning combat champ) Hitchcock in third.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Shout Outs

Trifecta

Congratulations to Keith Albert for winning this month’s Trifecta. Not only did he get to wear the esteemed “Chase the Skirts” tutu, but annihilated the completion throughout all phases of the competition to take top combat honors.

Maker’s Faire

Palomar Radio Control Flyers Hero Doug Abel planned and executed an excellent presentation for our club at the Maker’s Faire in Vista this month. Doug located all kinds of airplanes to build for families visiting the booth at the faire, had two flight simulators working and really did a great organizing the activities and securing volunteers to help out at the event. Bill Hill, Richard Torres, Jennifer Walker, Chris Thompson, Rick Hilton, and yours truly were also on hand for this fun and informative event.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Happy beginning of the warm weather! Congratulations to Scott Dedic and all his contributors to the 20th anniversary Helicopter Fun Fly. With over 50 pilots at this year’s event and the return of the Align Flight Academy, this well orchestrated event is looked forward to every year and makes a nice contribution to our club’s coffers.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

By the time you read this, another addition of the Paintball Blaster will have been completed. Thanks to David Storey for adding two new Paintball guns to the artillery and for Tim Hitchcock to do the same. Five guns on the line for some old aircraft devastation should provide some fun results!

The weekend of April 27 provided some memorable experiences for the Riley family as our young friend, Charlie Riley, graduated from basic training from the Marine Corps and Chuck and Gwen Riley hosted a party at their new home in honor of Charlie who will be proudly serving the country.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

As always there is a lot going on a the field, but before we get into the events, there are a lot of “shout outs” this month to our outstanding members.

Field Cleanup Weekend:The turnout was great and the efforts made to make our beautiful field even more beautiful were outstanding. Sam Terry brought his Montgomery Ward – yep, that “Monkey Ward” -- giant mower to the field (again) to keep the weeds from taking the place over. Did you know that there are at least two things that are 85 years old at the field? It’s Sam (whose birthday was this month) and that ancient Monkey Ward tractor!

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Rain, rain, go away! Once again the rain has caused havoc on our roadways and events. Despite reworking the roads and giant sinkholes around the field, please continue to use caution when driving around or walking to retrieve an errant aircraft.

The rain is likely to postpone the Trifecta Combat event again, originally scheduled for Sunday, March 3 until March 10

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

As always, there is a lot going on at the field. We have a ton of activities and events coming soon. As I write this, yet another storm is on the way that will postpone our monthly Trifecta Combat event from Saturday, February 2 until Saturday February 9. Combat begins at 9 AM with a pilot briefing at 8:45. Clearly, this storm is nothing compared to the north central US is going through.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

As this year draws to a close, we have a lot to be thankful for. We are truly blessed with the best flying environment as well as the wonderful members, and their families, in the club. Saturday, December 15 was our annual Holiday Party and approximately 70 members and their families attended the event. This year’s party was organized by Barbara and Joe Villarreal and my wife, Brenda.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings everyone! At this time of year, it’s only appropriate to reflect on the many gifts that we are given in our lives. I know that I am grateful for the many blessings that have been given to me in my life and certainly a big part of that is in the fine relationships that I have enjoyed and the wonderful facility that we have at Palomar Radio Control Flyers.

I’m often asked, “which part of the hobby do you enjoy best, building or flying”? Most people unfamiliar with our

hobby miss one of the key benefits of our club — the wonderful people that we have in it.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Congratulations to all involved, but especially Jim Gallacher for producing another great Aerotow event early in October. His ground crew was superb and the event was well attended. If you were not able to attend, see a highlight video of the event here: http://tinyurl.com/y8bncnc2

This Fall’s Camp Out and Night Fly was well attended on the same weekend. We had all manor of campers, night flyers, and guests in attendance. Some highlights of the weekend were certainly the

wide variety of lighted aircraft, the awe inspiring helicopter flights, and Bill Hill’s excellent jungle illumination aircraft system!

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

As always, there’s a lot going on at the Palomar Radio Control Flyers!

We had a great turnout of volunteers last weekend when our new electronic gate project

led by the amazing Joe Villarreal got started. We had about a dozen hard-working volunteers

there that day to assist in the challenging trenching required to make the gate

possible. Trent “the trencher” Stadick, Dave “the digger” Bracci, and Chuck “the

reamer” Riley were especially helpful manning the jack hammer!

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

As the weather finally begins to cool off, there are a lot of things happening at the field and for the club.

Labor Day is September 3 and the long weekend will be a great opportunity to enjoy a lot of flying with your friends. The field will likely be busy.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

We have so much to be grateful for as members of the Palomar RC Flyers.

An example of this is the fine instructor crew headed by Chuck “patience of a saint”

Riley. Not only do they make sure that the planes are ready, the instrucon is excellent

and they take me away from their families to give back to our hobby, but they

have to be adept at teaching a WIDE variety of potenal pilots the skills necessary to

fully enjoy the hobby in a safe manner. The crew teaches everyone from old (carefully

used) military pilots like Ray Klotz and former commercial pilots like Wayne Bonfie/

to newbies like father and son teams such as Trent and Brody Stadick (the real future of our club). By the way, Trent and Brody just did their first solo flights this week! (July 23)

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

There’s a lot going on at the field and a lot of people to thank for their efforts.

Thanks to the hard work (and taking time off from work) to get our field repaving

right, we are grateful to David Drowns for all he does for the club.

The shade cover project is ongoing but it couldn’t have been done without a team effort

lead by the human dynamo foreman for the project, Wayne Bonfietti, and Wayne

Bendelow who hauled a lot of lumber to the sites. We had some great installation

teams to get some good shade coverage. Thanks to all that participated.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Our club is a great club because of the people that you know will step up, volunteer,

and make our home away from home a better place.

Just a shout out to but a few of the folks that make Palomar Radio Control Flyers

a great place full of great people:

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

As we enter May and the warmer weather, I am constantly reminded how fortunate that we are to enjoy the privilege of the ability to use Johnson Field as our home. The Pappas organization has been so generous in our ability to use the land, and now, we have come to find that we will continue to enjoy the field for the foreseeable future!

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

It doesn’t seem to matter what the weather is at our wonderful field — the Palomar Radio Control Flyers find a way

to get in the air! We had two rainouts of the Trifecta combat event this month. I hope that all of you will be at the

field on Sunday April 8 to participate in this fun event

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Despite the cold mornings at the field, February has been a hot month for the club!

We had a great Trifecta Combat event with Doug Albert taking the win. We got some new comfy chairs. We saw the tremendous generosity of Patrica Pranica who gave a new plane to Greg Wilson which was destroyed at the field. We had an interesting (and somewhat terrifying) presentation on drone anti-terrorism methods by new member John Voorhees.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN-Steve Gebler

Despite the cold mornings recently, our beautiful home away from home, Johnson Field, has been blessed with weather that would make any of our friends and family nearly anywhere else in the country envious. What a wonderful field we have!

2017 closes out with some exciting events and activities for the club. This could not have been done without the dedicated leadership of Bill Hill who is as dedicated and positive a person as I have ever met.

I am pleased and honored to be selected by all of you as the new Palomar Radio Control Flyers President this year. I trust that you will enjoy seeing some exciting new activities this year while respecting and enjoying all of the good things that this club has stood for over the years.

Please give a richly deserved thanks to Sean O’Connor who is departing the role of Treasurer. His replacement

will be Chuck Riley who has already become immersed in his new role.

The Holiday season is upon us. It seems like it hit suddenly and I find myself confronted with the

impending Christmas season before I’ve had time to fully give “Thanks”. The end of the year is

rapidly approaching; the new club officers and board members have been determined, we’re preparing

for the Christmas banquet on December 16th, and the last combat of the year will be just

next weekend on Sunday December 3rd. I’m reflecting back on all that’s happened this year and

even though it seems like we haven’t been that busy, there’s a lot to be thankful for.

The year is rapidly coming to an end and you know what that

means! It means we get to do the club auction once again! I’m

soooo excited because it’s my favorite club meeting all year. Please right now, go up

in the attic and get all those old planes that you haven’t flown in over a year and

bring them to the auction. Think about it; you get to unload all your old stuff and

another club member gets a new (old) plane, the club gets the money, and everybody

has a good time!

I want to stress again the importance that all members get involved in

the search for a new field. Ideally we’ll find a place where we can build

a field that is equal to or better than our current home, a new home where we can have a 600 foot

paved runway, a corresponding grass field, shade covers, and set up tables. I’d like enough

ground so we could still have camping and hold large events like we have in the past. Enough

room so we can still have a separate area for the Heli flying and create a new area for drone pilots.

How about a club house with a kitchen and maybe some RV spaces with hook ups and some

grassy areas for tent camping. OK, maybe I’m getting carried away, but it doesn’t hurt to dream

big!

The club meeting in September will be held at the field on Saturday

the 23rd. This is an important meeting as nominations will be

opened for club officers and board members. I’d like to encourage

members to step up. If you’ve been looking for a good way to contribute

to the club, being a club officer or board member is an excellent way.

That was the best pulled pork! If you were there you know what I’m talking

about. It was the 4th of July picnic and Joe and Barbra Villarreal did an outstanding

job; we’re still talking about it at our house! Joe sure knows how to work that smoker!

The greatest thing about our club is its members. Day-in and day-out it is always amazing to see the camaraderie, fun and support each of our members provides to each other, our club and the community. Whether flying a sailplane, powered fix wing, heli, drone or some crazy contraption you made in your garage the night before, it always brings a great sense of pride and fun.

With the recent canceling of the San Diego Heli Fun Fly and the Sail Plane event this past month there’s been some disappointment. The reality was that we as a club were not properly prepared to have these events and that’s why they were canceled. An event is different from a club activity because we’re inviting AMA members from other areas to join us and fly at our field. So what does it take to have an event?

We’ve got this week off from flying as the construction on Pankey Rd. has shut us down for the week. I’ve been told we’ll be back up and running by the time you read this and I’m hoping that we won’t have any more closures. The contractor called me and explained that they had an unexpected cave in which forced the shut down. Trenching will be ongoing for the next few weeks so please be cautious while entering and exiting the field. They hope to have the trenching completed by mid to late May. We canceled our field mowing due to the closure so we’ll be rescheduling; look for an email message with the new date.

 I’d like to start this article by first recognizing Jim Jenkins for all the amazing work he’s done for our club. Jim has helped promote our monthly club meetings not only at the Senior Center, but also at the field. He has helped change the flow and the way we look at model of the month and the different topics we cover such as flying tips and build best practices. He has helped upgrade our field and has brought a wealth of fresh and new ideas. These are just some of the things Jim has done and to simply say the words “thank you” seems to be a bit of an understatement. Jim, we appreciate you, and all you’ve done and truly….thank you.  

No column this month

Well the weather has been phenomenal, the field is holding up, but the flyers have become restless. With this said, everyone has  been itching to get out and get their birds in the air and do some serious flying. I would like to take this moment to remind everyone to please stay focused and please pay attention to what we and those around us are doing as well as supposed to be doing.

First of all I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! It has been one incredible year seeing all the changes that the club has gone through such as new members, new equipment, incredible events, wild and crazy aircraft, and just great fun. This would not have been possible without the people of whom our membership is comprised; my hat is off to all of you.

END OF YEAR APPROACHING!!!

Happy “CHILLY” November. Yes, waking up in the middle of the night seeing the temperature gauge in the low to mid 40’s is Burr!!!!!  Having ever, we could be all sitting in a snow bank and digging our cars out of the snow drifts or the idea of having to put snow floats on our planes in order to take off and fly would be an interesting perspective.  Oh well, I guess we will just have to tuff it out until about 9:30 this morning and then we will be back in the high 60’s low 70’s, bummer.  More...

What a Month!

What an incredible month, warm weather, winds, pollen, fun events, and great camaraderie.  To start off the weather has been tremendous which has opened the door for some great flying as well as events.  The club held it’s 2nd General Membership meeting at the field which included the first PRCF Summer Kick-Off Auction.  We had some tremendous RC equipment, planes, helicopters, motors, engines, and of course awesome BBQ that was conducted by our own Galloping Gourmet Joe & Barbara Villarreal, Steve Kerrin, Ron Schuyler,and numerous others who stepped up to make this event so successful. In addition, this process was so much easier with a bidding/selling documentation process that Steve Kerrin and I had come with to make this process much easier.  I would also like to thank Chuck Riley with giving me a hand going through so many auction items for this process, Great Job Chuck!!  From this event we had made $887.00 which did not include the proceeds from the BBQ.  I think this event is a keeper for future events and was certainly a lot of fun. The contributors were many, Mike Jensen, Roger Cosio, James D’Aliseo, Curt from “Wild Things Hobby’s”, GLS, Chuck & Charlie Riley, etc..  just so many people to thank.

Mission Accomplished!!!!

I would like to thank the Board members for a very productive Board meeting that was conducted on January 13, 2016 with a busy and aggressive agenda for the start of the year.  With this agenda as well as action items, we were able to convey the results at the January General Membership meeting.  My hat’s off to the members who attended,  the members who greatly participated in the Model Of The Month and Creative Concept Award categories.  We certainly had a significant turnout of models, creations, unique concepts and as usual the build from the “Man, the Myth, the Legend” himself, Mr. Frank Burke with his Patriot Jet.  Way to go Frank, another beautiful build.

Hello 2016!!! I would like to wish everyone a “Happy New Year” and a great 2016 to all. I hope that the holidays were excellent and that everyone had a chance to spend some quality time with their families and friends. In addition, I would imagine that everyone has now had a chance to recharge your batteries (as well as your planes) during this time off and are ready to gear up for a tremendous 2016?

Happy December Everyone! I want to say thank you to everyone for allowing me to be president for the last year and a half and thank you to all the people who supported our efforts. I hope you will give Jim and all the officers and board members help when needed; this is your club.

Steven Hofmann passed away on July 20, 2015. We will greatly miss Steve. He was always at the heli field when he was in good health. He was also an exceptionally talented photographer and some of his photos are on his website: http://www.sphoto.com/

First, I want to thank Frank & Ethel Burke for donating a new flag for our field. Secondly, thank you Frank Burke for helping me fix the flag pole so we can raise and lower said flag.

Don’t forget our annual picnic on Fourth of July. Come out and meet some of the people in our club you may not always have a chance to visit with.

We have a Multi-Rotor Challenge event tentatively scheduled for September 19th and a possibility of CAP squadron on the 12th of September.

San Diego Heli Fun Fly was held over Memorial weekend and was considered by all to be a great success!. Thanks to Scott Dedic for organizing it, Joe Villarreal & team for cooking, Patrick    Pranica for registration and all others who volunteered their time to make this a very successful event. Even though the weather was not the finest, everyone still seemed to have a wonderful time.

After recovering from surgery and sitting around not doing much it certainly is nice to  be up moving around again and be out flying once in a while!

We had a very nice presentation on filmography using multi-rotors at our March  meeting; thanks Chris for arranging that.

On January 19th we had a group of kids from Escondido Charter High School launch rockets at our field. What great fun, I for one, had never seen how they launch these rockets. Bill Hill coordinated the event with them and Glenn Pohly ran the event and acted as safety officer. Glenn has done quite a bit of this in the past. Photos of the event are included in this Transmitter.

 Our annual Christmas dinner this year was a great success! I had quite a few comments on how good the food was. Thank you to Dave Truax and Joe and Barbara Villarreal for organizing it and ticket sales. Barbara’s decorating touch was especially nice. Thanks to Patrick Pranica for the running slide show from photo contest.

At the September general meeting we will open nominations for the slate of officers and board members for the 2015 year. Any person nominated must accept the nomination either in person or by emailing me. Any person considering running for a position should plan on trying to attend all the board meetings and general meetings. General meeting are the third Thursday of each month and board meetings are the last Wednesday of the month.

First, I want to remind everyone about our Fourth-of-July Barbecue and fun fly at the field. Hope you can attend as it’s a great way to see and get acquainted with some of the club members you may not always get to see. ‘It’s also our 59th birthday as a club!’ (ed)

This past Memorial Day weekend the Palomar RC Flyers hosted the San Diego Heli Fun Fly. The event was promoted by Heli chairman Philip Degarmo with some help from Scott Dedic. Thanks to Horizon Hobby, Assurance RC and Align, and Sirocco Helis for sponsoring this event, it was fun giving away a new DX9 radio not to mention a number of nice heli kits!  With 71 pilots registering the event was very successful and everybody attending seemed to have a great time. Thanks to Joe Villarreal for heading up the cooking team, Jim Jenkins for all his help keeping the flight line safe, Tom “Blackie” Blackburn for first aide all weekend, Patrick Pranica, Bob Broughton, Mike Lonnecker for keeping the registration and raffle table up to speed. Also want to recognize Scott Page, and Bob Frazier for having my back all weekend and the help with set up and tear down. I know I’m leaving many of those that helped unmentioned but know that I appreciate all the help and support that you all gave to make this an outstanding event.

At the September general meeting we will open nominations for the slate of officers and board members for the 2015 year. Any person nominated must accept the nomination either in person or by emailing me. Any person considering running for a position should plan on trying to attend all the board meetings and general meetings. General meeting are the third Thursday of each month and board meetings are the last Wednesday of the month.

On September 15th Scout Troop 680 visited Johnson Field for a merit badge training day and some hands on flying with the help of our instructors. The Scouts had a great time and the members that helped out were impressed with the young men because they were attentive, polite, and showed a genuine interest in the subjects that were taught. Tim Hitchcock did an excellent job co-ordinating the day’s events. David Drowns covered basic aerody-namic principles while Bob Berry and Bob Broughton

covered instruments and mapping. As usual Dennis Newbeck and his instructor team did a great job getting the scouts some stick time on the club’s trainer fleet. Ron Schuyler and Roger Cosio served up a great lunch and Patrick Pranica helped me and the scouts build Sky Streaks for a lesson in simple model building and the importance of CG. Thanks to all the members who helped out this was a very successful event.

On September 15th Scout Troop 680 visited Johnson Field for a merit badge training day and some hands on flying with the help of our instructors. The Scouts had a great time and the members that helped out were impressed with the young men because they were attentive, polite, and showed a genuine interest in the subjects that were taught. Tim Hitchcock did an excellent job co-ordinating the day’s events. David Drowns covered basic aerody-namic principles while Bob Berry and Bob Broughton

covered instruments and mapping. As usual Dennis Newbeck and his instructor team did a great job getting the scouts some stick time on the club’s trainer fleet. Ron Schuyler and Roger Cosio served up a great lunch and Patrick Pranica helped me and the scouts build Sky Streaks for a lesson in simple model building and the importance of CG. Thanks to all the members who helped out this was a very successful event.

Have you noticed the new marquee at the field? We can now post upcoming events again. I know that many club mem-bers keep informed by these postings. We owe Fred Eivaz a big thank you as he’s responsible for building and supplying this for the club.

Greetings everyone. Club President Bill Hill is on a long deserved vacation to the Great North West, my old stomp-ing grounds. And yes I gave him directions to the Boeing Tour Center in Everett and the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

The Palomar RC Flyers hosted the San Diego Heli fun fly this Memo-rial Day weekend. The event was the culmination of about three months of planning and promoting by our heli chairman Scott Dedic and it turned out to be a great success. Sixty-two pilots registered to fly during the three days and their feedback was very positive; plenty of flying, good weather, good food, just lots of fun. Thanks Scott for a great job!

I don’t often get out to the field on the weekends lately. With the advent of spring and the nicer weather the garden projects seem to gain prior-ity. However upon receiving an email and notice from my good friend Tom Minegar that he was going to have the tow plane out and glider tows would be available, I decided to get the ASW 24 down from the ceiling and headed to the field. It was Saturday, the weather was perfect and I arrived at the field around 10am.

The first Multi-rotor Challenge was a huge success! I have to compliment Lucien Miller and his team for promoting and running a great event. We registered 52 pilots, had reporters from a number of magazines, and we had a visit from Lawrence Tougas our AMA district ten V.P.. I received a number of compliments from the participating pilots and I think I can say that everybody had a great time. This is a great opportunity for the club to establish a new annual event; it can grow and get better in the future. I thank all the club members who came out and helped for the weekend.

As we close 2012 I want to thank all the club members. Thanks to the 2012 Board of Directors for your guidance throughout the year. Thanks to all the members who came out and donated your time and efforts to special pro-jects and events. Thanks to the general membership for being members and supporting the club with not only your dues but your attention to safety and other details such as noise restrictions and other club requirements. It’s our membership that makes this such a fun and exciting club!

I’m looking forward to our upcoming Christmas/Holiday party scheduled for December 15th. This is always a fun event and the menu starting with Prime rib is very good. If you haven’t done so all ready, be sure to give Dave Truax a call and reserve a spot. (His phone # is listed on page 37.)

I’m hoping to see you all there.

Every year I’m caught off guard because the holiday season comes so quickly. Think about it, it’s November all ready! Ballots are in the mail and should be arriving any day now along with membership renewals. Please send those ballots back right away as the count will be made at the November meeting on the 15th. You can submit your ballot at the meeting if you’d like.

Nominations are open this month for club officers and board members. If you would like to participate in the man-agement of your club, now is the time to step up and get your name on the ballot. Nominations will be finalized at the general meeting on October 18th and results of the voting will be announced at the general meeting in November. We need a candidate for club treasurer so if you have accounting skills and would like to contribute, by all means let us know.

I received an email from one of our board members the other day and it showed a very large nice shop full of model aircraft hanging from the ceiling and everywhere on the floor. There were tool boxes and a drill press, the guys in the video were assembling a large gas powered plane. As the plane was completed they rolled it outside and there was a nice paved runway and they proceeded to fly… then it hit me OMG these guys have that beautiful shop right at their flying field! Can you imagine, what would your ideal flying field be like? I remember an article in Model Aviation featuring a flying field in Washington State, in the center of the property the club had a nice clubhouse with an observation deck upstairs overlooking the whole field. They had a nice paved runway and there was nice manicured grass surrounding the clubhouse and the runway. The parking area included RV hookups and a tent camping area. The best part, the club owned the field! If we had no limits what would we do? We have a great field now, but how much better could it be? Don’t mind me, I’m just dreamin’ again.

I had a great time at the 4th of July picnic and I want to thank all the members who came out to enjoy the day and a special thanks to all the ladies who brought salads and side dishes to help round out the menu. I also have to thank Joe Buko for cookies and cherries, what would we do without desert? If you see Denver Bates be sure to thank him for his efforts in organizing the days fun fly. Thanks Denver!

I had a great time at the 4th of July picnic and I want to thank all the members who came out to enjoy the day and a special thanks to all the ladies who brought salads and side dishes to help round out the menu. I also have to thank Joe Buko for cookies and cherries, what would we do without desert? If you see Denver Bates be sure to thank him for his efforts in organizing the days fun fly. Thanks Denver!

The one thing that’s always impressed me about the Palomar RC Flyers is how the membership always steps up whenever there’s an opportunity to get youth involved in our sport of RC model flying. On May 12th the club hoisted CAP Squadron 714 from Escondido for a day of hands on RC training and a great time was had by all that attended. I want to thank all the club members who came out and helped to make this an exceptional event. I also want to thank Mike Morgan of DW Foamies for making a surprise visit and donating foam gliders for the cadets.

In light of recent events it occurs to me that prop strikes are perhaps the most common injury that we as modelers encounter. The result of a prop strike can easily be catastrophic and because it happens often enough to be of concern I feel the need to address the issue.

I’m talking from experience here and if you’d like I’ll show you the scar on my right hand palm that required a few stitches and a few weeks to heal. I was working on my plane at the field on a nice morning and looking forward to some great flying, inadvertently I hit the 

throttle stick on my transmitter and in a split second the damage was done. With some new found respect for the damage a spinning prop can cause I made up some simple rules that I always follow.

Mark your calendars – we will be at Fallbrook Air Park giving flying demon-strations from 10 until 3. This is a great time to show off your planes & helis, your flying skills, and earn Palomar Dollars!

Set-up starts at 7:30.

See last month’s Transmitter or call/email Glenn for details or to sign up.

858-414-9749/glenn@pohly.net

COMBAT! Are you ready? March 11th will be the first of four combat meets this year. If you’ve

never attended a combat meet, I strongly recommend you go. This is a great way to earn “Palomar

Dollars”. My first Palomar dollars were earned by attending and judging in a combat meet. You don’t

need any experience; the combat crew will teach you and it’s not complicated. Combat is extremely

entertaining to watch and even more exciting if you’re judging for one of the pilots. As an added bonus, I’ll

be cooking hamburgers and hot dogs. So come on out, it will be a fun day.

Here’s an email that was addressed to the club last month.

Gentlemen:

I have been living at the Pala Mesa Fairway Villas three to four days a week for

some time now. This morning I had to leave early to come back to the coast due to

the fact of your planes were driving me crazy. I have 50% high frequency loss in

both ears and I can still hear your planes in the house, even in the

bathroom!!! Your planes come directly over the freeway (and trust me they do)

and at least 200 yards from the Pala Mesa Fairway Villas.

I‟m not sure that I say THANK YOU enough, so I want to start by thanking all

the club members who donate their time and efforts to making this a great club.

It‟s hard to recognize every one so I‟m just saying that all your hard work is

appreciated. A special shout out to Mike Rapp and Larry Hufford who were awarded

the Man of the Year award; well deserved! I also want to recognize all those that came

before us and established the wonderful flying site that we now are privileged

Runway Re-sealed Our runway was resealed by Pat Drown and Sons on September 2. They did a great job. Now our field is in excellent condition; we are so fortunate to be able to fly here. Flying sites are few and far between, and the way it looks, we will be at Johnson Field for years to come. It is to be striped on Sept. 3.

The Cover Richard Martins new Great planes arf of the Waco YMF-5D. It has a 72 inch wing span with a Dle-30 gas engine. Using Dual a-123 batteys,Smart fly supper regulator and ignition cutoff.

The Cover Travel Air Model R "Mystery Ship"

The Cover Blue Angels photo taken at the 100th anniversary of Navy Flight in San Diego a couple of months ago.

The Cover Richard and Jesse Martin converted this 40 size trainer into a Tri Motor. It has two 15 size Magnums on the wing and one 25 size Magnum in the nose. The Plane and motors are all from club and combat raffles.

The Cover 2011 Las Vegas Fun Fly Jason Bell, Avant Team member going over his Heli for a day of fun in Vegas. Jason is a member of the Palomar RC Flyer’s and can be found at the field most weekends (Photo courtesy of RC HELI) 

The Cover This is a Super Decathlon built by Varley Longson from a Dynaflite kit. He built it as a tow plane for gliders. It has an 89 in. wingspan and weighs 16 lbs. 9 oz. It is powered by a DLE-30 gas engine. (Photo courtesy of Clay Hoag)

The Cover Jesse & Richard Martin have a new Fokker DR-I  (triplane)  WW I German fighter aircraft from Nitroplanes with a Saito 100 engine.  It saw widespread service and became renowned as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 20 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.  (Photo by: Ethel Burke)

The Cover Frank Burke‟s B-25 Mitchell Bomber  This is an older Royal kit done up in Doolittle's Raiders scheme with noseart from the restored Pacific Prowler. It has two OS-55AX two-stroke glow engines inverted with on-board glow. Wing span is 71 in. and uses Rhom air retracts. It weighed in at 12.2 lbs. with a wing loading of 37.24 oz.

Dear Folks, Welcome to new board members, Bill Hill and Ron Edwards! I look forward to working with you. We thank Larry Hufford and Bob Peterson for their generous work on the board as they leave. Thank you for your vote of confidence by giving me another year to serve as your president. I will give it my all, and my main work will be to locate our permanent flying site. I hope that we will be at Johnson Field for the next year or two or more, but we want to prepare for our eventual move to a permanent flying site. When we finally move, wouldn’t it be great if I were able to rename this column, “Wings Over the Sod Farm” or “Wings Over the Plains”!

Flying Field As you know, plans are in the works to develop the property on which we fly. The entire area to be developed involves three owners. It is a question of time before we move to another site, but no one knows when that will be. The San Diego County Dept. of Planning and Land use suggested that we have perhaps 5 to 10 years. After attending the October Fallbrook Planning Meeting, Varley feels we have much less time than that. Thus, it is time we work to establish another flying site. There have been newspaper articles about the area’s development, and the monthly planning meetings in Fallbrook continue to discuss it. When we eventually move, we’d like our new site to be our last and permanent field.

Runway Re-sealed Our runway was resealed by Pat Drown and Sons on September 2. They did a great job. Now our field is in excellent condition; we are so fortunate to be able to fly here. Flying sites are few and far between, and the way it looks, we will be at Johnson Field for years to come. It is to be striped on Sept. 3. Pat recommended that I apply filler when cracks develop. They filled them all, but as the surface dries, it eventually cracks. He can provide us with crack filler that is better than can be bought at home improvement stores.

George would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank George for all he has done and continues to do not only for our club but for our hobby Thank you George

We were honored to have three members of the Circle City Flyers and the president of the Torrey pines Gulls join us for the third and final glider tow event held at Johnson field this year. Ron Cherry and Ron Hurwit accompanied Earl Moseley who displayed his impressive scratch built Hall Cherokee II. In conversation with Earl he indicated that he had built a number of full scale Cherokees back in the day.

Its October!  We are getting near the end of the year.  With the end of the year comes the final club contests and sponsored events, budget talks, officer nominations and of course Christmas/Holliday dinner. Ok, the first shall be last!  It has been reported to me by our Curtis Kitteringham, that he, and Secretary David Truax, have finished the arrangements for the Christmas/Holliday Dinner.  An announcement should appear in this issue letting you know how much the tickets will cost and when and where you can purchase them.  This year as in the recent past, the dinner will be catered.  The meal will feature Turkey and either Roast Beast or Ham with all the trimmings so buy your tickets!

September is zipping by us! We have had a few respites from the recent hot weather. Since my last article we had two Airshows, one combat event and a “barn razing”. No Butch, we didn’t build a barn, we tore it down!

We were honored to have three members of the Circle City Flyers and the president of the Torrey pines Gulls join us for the third and final glider tow event held at Johnson field this year. Ron Cherry and Ron Hurwit accompanied Earl Moseley who displayed his impressive scratch built Hall Cherokee II. In conversation with Earl he indicated that he had built a number of full scale Cherokees back in the day.

May is upon us! The Fallbrook Air Fair has come and gone and this month we have some exciting events!

Its April!  This month we had our first Combat meet and some of us participated in the first “Dawn Patrol of the season up at the Gillman Springs Club.  Many of you noticed that we have a new gate entrance and the first Club Glider Tow event is scheduled for Saturday, April 11. 2009!  And yes its sanctioned with a NOTAM and FAA flight restriction waiver! Finally, the planning for the Helicopter Fun-Fly seems to be coming along fine and Bob Peterson is working out the final details of the upcoming Fixed Wing Interclub Fun Fly Events.

As we enter into March its time to start getting ready for many of our upcoming club events. So far this month we had our first Combat builda-thon, our first Youth event.  Many of the event organizes have reported to the Board at the last meeting, their progress on their upcoming events.

Its 2009!  What a great year we had in 2008, but I will let you read all about it in the archive “Transmitters”! This month’s column will be short and sweet. As many of you know Sean O’Conner has resigned as Editor in Chief in favor of having more time to fly both in leisure and in events.  Frank Bataglia has volunteered to fill Sean’s rather large shoes.  This process is a bit of a transition in which Frank is learning the process under Sean’s expert guidance.  Anyway, that’s why this month’s transmitter was not able to be in print in time for last week’s January General Club Meeting.  But bear with us as we get it all together!

Its 2009!  What a great year we had in 2008, but I will let you read all about it in the archive “Transmitters”! This month’s column will be short and sweet. As many of you know Sean O’Conner has resigned as Editor in Chief in favor of having more time to fly both in leisure and in events.  Frank Bataglia has volunteered to fill Sean’s rather large shoes.  This process is a bit of a transition in which Frank is learning the process under Sean’s expert guidance.  Anyway, that’s why this month’s transmitter was not able to be in print in time for last week’s January General Club Meeting.  But bear with us as we get it all together!

OK, originally I was going to make this a long drawn out recap of the entire years events, but then I realized you can go back and read it all on line!  I just did. But this has been an eventful year for the Palomar R/C Flyers.  We hosted many events including a “National” helicopter Fun Fly, a full “Combat Competition” series, a “World War I Fly-In”, several Glider Tows, Three Youth Events, a Fourth of July barbecue, and several work parties designed to bring our club into San Diego County building code compliance

Ok, aside from that presidential Election thing, this is the biggest election of the year…at least for the Palomar R/C Flyers! Therefore you need to vote! Ballots should be mailed to you soon and the winners will be announced at the Christmas Banquet.

It’s October! We are getting near the end of the year. With the end of the year comes the final club contests and sponsored events, budget talks, officer nominations and of course Christmas/Holiday dinner.

I hope your summer is going well. Obviously the summer months are a little slower for the Palomar RC Flyers, at least as far as events are concerned . However, the month of July saw a couple of really exciting events including a great R/C Combat event. In August, so far, we had another Interclub Fun Fly and we have one youth event with a local Boy Scout troop scheduled for August 16th, and R/C Combat event, The Battle of Britain on August 24th.

I hope your summer is going well. Obviously the summer months are a little slower for the Palomar RC Flyers, at least as far as events are concerned . However, the month of July saw a couple of really exciting events including a great R/C Combat event. In August, so far, we had another Interclub Fun Fly and we have one youth event with a local Boy Scout troop scheduled for August 16th, and R/C Combat event, The Battle of Britain on August 24th.

The Flights of Fancy, event was held on June 21, 2008. This annual event held with the cooperation of the San Diego Aerospace Museum and intended to introduce RC Flying to young people was again a big success. Gary Thompson CD’ this event and Curtis Kitteringham had all our trainer aircraft up and running. With the help of all of the our Volunteer Flight Instructors and Volunteer Build Instructors this event was another outstanding success for the Palomar R/C Flyers and our efforts to bring the youth of this nation into the aviation community. All that participated are to be commended!

I haven’t heard if the Palomar RC Flyers team is still in overall First Place. But I did note that two of our team members, Butch Abongan and Bob “Lawn Dart” Peterson, were unable to compete!  Butch had mechanical problems and Bob…well the picture of Bob featured in this issue speaks for itself!  Not to worry, everyone has a bad day…just ask that Triple Crown Favorite, “Big Brown”…although in that case I have my doubts that the horse did anything wrong!  Was the fix in at the Belmont?  One thing is for certain is that our guys did their best…sometimes things just go wrong! Certainly for team member Bill Hill it all went perfect as he now finds himself in overall 1st place! I encourage all of our club members to show up to the next Interclub Fun Fly event! and support your team!

Attention Palomar R/C Flyers:  Your “Fun Fly” team needs your support!!! I received the following message concerning our team and while I have not been able to verify its authenticity…its message is ominous!  It came to me as follows:

I hope this column finds you all in good health and spirit.  As many of you know, we discussed the County’s requirements, (printed in Last month’s Transmitter) and our potential remaining lease time period.  To that end the question and answer period discussing the County’s building/structure permit requirements went quite well with some interesting ideas being put forth.

Well another month has come and gone…but not without event. We had some interesting news from both our Landlords’ representatives and the County of San Diego. We removed the moldy carpets and started the paver replacement project. And our Clubs representatives flew in our first inter-club fun fly! …Can you believe it…we are in 1st place!

I hope you are all surviving the rains! The field has been closed during the rain periods but it is regularly checked after the rain subsides so that it can be opened as soon as possible! We plan to redo our roads improving the road that leads to the car track. Hopefully we will be the beneficiary of some DG for our road system in the next few weeks…we shall see

In the infamous words expressed in the movie Independence Day: “I’m baaaack!” But as our Governator reiterated in each of his Terminator movies, and I said when I left this post two years ago: “I’ll be back!”  So, all ye doubters of little faith, (both of you),  and loyal Palomar R/C Flyers, Inc. enthusiasts, let me just say I think we are going to have a great year!!!

Parents please pass  this copy of the Transmitter on to your Junior Member(s) as you see fit.

Parents please pass  this copy of the Transmitter on to your Junior Member(s) as you see fit.

Parents please pass  this copy of the Transmitter on to your Junior Member(s) as you see fit.

Parents please pass  this copy of the Transmitter on to your Junior Member(s) as you see fit.

Mark Williamson, car chairman, asked the board’s permission to maintain the grounds of the track. The Board gave him permission. We are still having trouble with non-members, both cars and flyers, coming in when the gate is open and littering the grounds. The Board will implement a policy of locking the gate after noon on weekends to help keep the field clean.

April 28, 2007 - Over the past 3 years I have been occasionally monitoring the frequencies (72mhz and 75mhz) at our Flying field and car track. The Palomar Club has a frequency scanner that can be programmed to scan just about any band of frequencies that is needed. Currently there are 3 frequency bands that have been set up to be easily scanned. The scanner runs on 12VDC, so I just plug it in to my field box to get it started.

Hello Everyone! And welcome new members! This month has been very busy for me. With funerals, weddings, and terminal illness in my family, but as they say… life is what happens when you’re busy making plans.

Hello Everyone! And welcome new members! We have a lot of great events coming up so keep alert and plan to support and attend!

In the past I have asked for help  in the folding and preparing of the newsletter to cut down on the tedium of doing it alone. That was when we mailed out over 250 pieces every month. That has since been cut to around 100 which makes it much easier for one person to do it in about two hours. However  right now I have a different problem

Hello everyone, well here we are again smack into a brand new year. What happened to the last one. Did Santa bring you the plane or engine that you wanted? I hope you all had a good time at the banquet. The turn out was excellent and no fights broke out. Our little string band did a good job of entertaining us and the food was good. Sorry for the slight delay in getting started but there was a small glitch due to unexpected circumstances. Thanks to all of you for voting me in for your President for 2007, I’ll try to live up to it.

Hello Everyone! Well… here’s my campaign speech….. Um well… and that’s the story and I’m stick’n to it!

Hello Everyone!  This month’s gonna be very short. I am in process of moving with Dennis to Fallbrook

Editors Note:- Last month something went wrong and I failed to include the entire poem below. Although the 9-11 anniversary has passed I thought it would be appropriate to reprint this since 9-11 is burnt into all our minds forever. Sent in by our President Jimmy Mazurek

Hello Everyone! Well , most of the year is gone and hopefully the heat will end soon. And we’re still in the black. The resealing of the runway will be done on sept. 19th and the field will re open on the 20th mid day. The chemical used on the car track has worked very well. We have purchased enough to last us about 18 months.  The cost for both sealing the plane field and maintaining the track is around 5,000.00 but money well spent. It is the only big dollar items that were needed for this year. And that still keeps us in the black. :-)

Hi Everyone!   WOW! I can’t believe half the year is over already!  We all sure had a great time at the Barona drags! As you can tell from the pictures, we had a great spot to watch all the action. We were set up at the entrance to the staging lanes. All the entertainment had to pass right in front of us.

Hello, As some of you may have found out. We had to suspend all use of the car track facility until further notice. The main problem was dust control. Or, actually, the lack of it. The heli field had to be closed down during the last race due to the dust cloud. They were relocated to the plane field. Which I am happy to say, everyone got along well and played nice. :-)

Hello Everyone!  We are gonna have a great Heli fun fly this month! Ray Nemovi has lined us up some great entertainment in the way of participants. I’ve heard that Alan Szabo will be there as well as many others. Don’t miss some really great rotary wing flying and demo’s. plan to attend. Also, we need your help and support for this event. So, if you can, please contact Ray or myself  to be put on a list for helping. It also is a fun way of earning those Palomar dollars. :-)

Hello Peoples!  Gosh!...is tax time here again?  The time of the year that I hate the most! It always seems to cut into my r/c allowances :-(

Wow, I can’t believe how fast this month has flown by. I would like to thank everyone at Hobby People for coming out to our Feb. meeting and sharing time with us. Those of you that didn’t make it... well, ya missed out on all the goodies! This

Hello Everyone! Well...our first club event this year was a lot of fun! I got to visit with a lot of people, fly a lot of new planes, try my hand at combat, and really enjoyed the day. For those of you that couldn’t make it, we missed you and hope you can attend the next one.

Hello All!  This is your new president... And as your new president I have one demand from all members this year. And that is to have fun and participate in all the great stuff we have planned for you.

Well, my year as Club President is almost officially completed.  The next “President’s Column” you read will be written by our new President, Jim Mazuric. His administration will see some new faces in both Club Officers and Board Members.  I can only ask that, as Club members, you give him the generous support you gave me.

Well, the nominations are in and every post has at least one person running for it. This means the club will continue to move forward with good people on the stick! I think this year’s Officers and Board of Directors have done a fine job keeping the club aloft with very little funds.

Its October!  What does that mean to the Palomar R/C Flyers?  Well, first it is a slow month.  However we do have an informal Control Line fly-in scheduled for Saturday, October 8, 2005.  We also have an Open B Combat event, (Raid on Bougainville), scheduled for October 22, 2005.  But the most important event scheduled for this month is the October 20, 2005 Club meeting!  Why you might ask?  Because the October meeting is primarily reserved for Club Officer and Board of Director nominations for the upcoming election.

It’s September, and the Club is still flying at Johnson field. But even though we still have Johnson field, we need to think of the future and find a new long term flying site. Eventually we will have to leave this home that has housed our club for the last eight years. But we have a little bit of a breather as we are continuing to work out our tenure with the County of San Diego

August is here…and so are we! …at the flying field, that is to say.

OK, I want you to repeat after me, very slowly:  “It’s July already!” I cannot believe how fast this year is flying by! (OK, so it’s a bad pun…)

May has come and gone and June is here! How quickly this year seems to be passing.  May saw the new “Top Dawg” AMA sanctioned Scale Contest, our first zoning meeting with the County of San Diego regarding our field’s requirements, and several car track races. All of these “events” met with success.

It is already May! This upcoming month should be great for our club! Last month was highlighted by our participation in the Fallbrook Air-Fair.  Heck, we were the entire Air show! We also held our annual Club Auction which seemed to be a lot of fun for everyone.