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.
by Brian Regan | Dec 24, 2019 | Airshow
Jets. I attended ARCC’s Hight desert Jet Fly In here in Albuquerque. They had 24 pilots and lots of fun. Weather was not so well on Thursday and Friday. Saturday was perfect. There was lots of spectators watching the jets. At noon there was a walk of planes.
Phill Knuckles was CD and with his wife Sharron they did a great job. Very well organized. They had lots of help from the local club.
This was the second Jet fly in here in Albuquerque. It was great. Next year I think it will be even better. The word is out. ARCC puts on a real good fly in. Join them next year and have a great time.
by Brian Regan | Dec 24, 2019 | Events
Un-swap meet? What is it? ARCC had a Un-swap meet last Saturday. Les Beason came up with this idea. The stuff you have left after a swap meet just takes up space in your work shop. An un-swap meet was designed to get rid of that stuff. Here is how it works. Fill up a box with stuff, mark the box with the contents and seal the box. You can’t look in the box. Just pick a box or two and take it home. It could be anything.
The turn out was light. Everything was taken. One man took almost all of it. It was fun and a little weird. I hope we do it again.
It was a great day of flying too. A little cold to start and then it got nice. I got in a couple flights and then called it a day.
If you get a chance, try a un-swap meet sometime. It will make you laugh. |
