by Brian Regan | Sep 13, 2021 | Airshow
I attended the Greater Southwest Aeromodelers scale masters qualifier and The ED Couch Texas scale Championship. It was a real good time. I felt like part of the club. There was 6 rounds of flying, 4 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Lawrence kept it moving along and we were able to get all the rounds in. The weather was perfect with light winds.
The club did a good job with cooking burgers and dogs on Saturday. Plenty of water and soft drinks. The field was groomed to almost perfection. Nice smooth runway. I had a good time.
I was happy to make the drive to Fort Worth. Could not have done it with out my navigator Howard. Those roads are confusing.
Come out next year. You will have fun.
Now, join the AMA and a local club, build something and get flying.
Brian Regan
AMA District VIII AVP
by Brian Regan | Aug 27, 2021 | Events
Great News. The Albuquerque Radio Control Club is hosting a Jet fly in. They did this two years ago and had a blast. Last year was cancelled because of the virus. BOO. So, the event is back this year. Come out to Albuquerque and fly your jets or, just come and watch. It will be fun.
Brian Regan
AMA District VIII AVP
by Brian Regan | Jul 10, 2021 | Events
Treasure. Today I was at the ARCC swap meet in Albuquerque. Les Beason was the man in charge and did a great job. There was lots of treasure to be had. A bunch of sellers showed up and soon the buyer or lookers were on hand to get a deal. Les has a Balsa USA DH4 that was built by Mr. Adams. It is an outstanding plane. He tried and tried to sell it. I might end up with it, have no idea where to put it.
The weather was hot. It got hotter before we left. It is always fun to come to these events. The knowledge from some of the older old timers is priceless.
Join a local club, join the AMA and go fly something.
by Brian Regan | Jul 5, 2021 | Events
Got this from the Rio Rancho Radio Control Club.
Don McClelland
Secretary Rio Rancho RC Flyers
July 4th, Rio Rancho RC Fliers held their annual Family Day. The club hosts this event and invites Rio Rancho RC Families, families of people living near the field and the Mayor of Rio Rancho, NM. This year we had 36 people attending the vent and were served a great BBQ of Burgers, Dogs and all the Fixins’. Greg Hull the Mayor of Rio Rancho stopped out to visit, had a Dog and some great conversations with almost everyone in attendance. Greg is a hands on Mayor who loves visiting with the electorate in the city and this was no exception. Food was provided by Rio Rancho RC, cooking by Don McClelland and Ken French ! ! Dons’ wife Ruth has been doing the shopping for Family Day since 2014 which was the starting year for this club event. The club held a raffle with quite a number of planes as prizes ! !
by Brian Regan | Jun 22, 2021 | Events
Rio Rancho Radio Control Club( RRRCC) held their swap meet June 19th. There was plenty of treasure to be had. Don McClelland, club president was the man in charge. He did great. The weather was nice and cool. The turn out was really great. I was glad to be there. Howard and I got a little lost on the way. Any farther and we may have had to get a work visa. I don’t know how much was traded or sold. The main thing to me was getting together and talking airplanes. After all, that’s what we do best.
Join a club and the AMA and go build something.
Brian Regan
AMA District VIII AVP
by Brian Regan | Jun 5, 2021 | Airshow
Today I attended the ARCC Scale Fun Fly. This was their first event since the virus shut everything down. I think there was about 40 or more pilots. The event was not sanctioned. It was just a way for the club to get together with all the crazy going on. The event was just open flying and lots of it. The grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for free.
A big thanks goes to Kory, Les, Dennis and Keith for getting the event started. With out club members like this, events would not happen. The y did a great job. If you see them at the field or a meeting, please thank them.
While we were spreading words of wisdom around, I noticed the older I get, the farther away the ground becomes.
That”s all all for now. Join the AMA and a local cub and go build something.
Brian Regan
AMA District VIII VP
by Brian Regan | May 23, 2021 | Airshow
Enchantment Model Balloons. 13 pilots flying RC balloon at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park. They will also be flying at the fiesta in October along the full size balloons. They will be trying to set a world record of 55 RC balloons at the same event. Dale Cowder is the president and secretary of the club. He organized today’s event . The balloons were tethered today with free flight in the future. Free flight will be line of site only. The balloon are just like the real balloons. The process is the same, put air in balloon and heat it up, away they go.
This club wants to be an AMA club. There is 5 members at this time. I hope they get it done. In a lot of ways, they are just like every RC clubs I’ve been to. Lots of hanger talk and laughing. Lots of fun for the whole family.
Brian Regan
AMA District VIII AVP
by Brian Regan | Mar 21, 2021 | Events
Greetings from sunny warm Albuquerque. The winds were light and the sun was shinning. There a good group of flyers out this morning. Tim, Paul and Baylor came down from Farmington NM to maiden a few planes. While I was there , Tim flew 2 of the 4 planes he brought to maiden. He did very well. The planes did what he wanted and stayed in on piece.
Mark, Marlin, and Norm did some formation flying with their jets. They did a great job. With all 3 planes being the same, you had to watch real close to make sure you were flying your plane. Sure looked like a lot of fun.
This was a pretty normal day here in Albuquerque for this time of year. It was a good day of flying and hanger talk. You can learn a lot listening to some of these guys.
Go out to your local field, join a club and the AMA and get to flying.
Brian Regan
AMA District VIII NM AVP
by Brian Regan | Mar 18, 2021 | Events
Howdy from sunny Albuquerque. Last summer ARCC got together for a club meeting and auction. The auction was for Stan Johnson’s son. He was sick and needed some help. The club members brought some planes out and we auctioned them off. After all was said and done, we raised 3 or 4 hundred dollars.
This is one reason to join a club. A good club becomes like family. A place to go and learn new stuff about planes and to help others in need. You can’t get that flying by yourself. So join your local club and the AMA.
Some time after this meeting Stan’s son passed away. I watched this young man grow up. He was a good man. Mark will be missed by all who knew him.
