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| Day | Date | Event | Details | CD or Organiser | Location |
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| MON | 30-Jan-12 | MEETING AT FIELD | C H Marong | ||
| SUN | 5-Feb-12 | GLIDER COMP | Loops And Duration | Marong | |
| SUN | 19-Feb-12 | Fun Day - Electric | Novelty Events, anything with electric goes | Marong | |
| SUN | 26-Feb-12 | VOTA Sam600 Old Timer | Old Timer Events as per Sam rules | ||
| MON | 27-Feb-12 | MEETING | K Flat |
27th January - Tragedy in Maryborough
VALE - David A Oxley, 1/1/1940 - 27/1/2012
VALE - John Fisher, 27/1/2012
Our club lost a member today and another friend of many members. David Oxley was a passenger in a Tiger Moth which crashed just after 5pm. Flown by John Fisher of the Old Aviators Flying Museum, the aircraft apparently had a problem and failed to make it back to the airstrip. Both men lost their lives.
David was an active member, whose friendliness and good nature made him a pleasure to be around. His primary interests rested in the vintage aircraft models, both RC at the Club and static models for the Old Aviators Museum displays. He was also a volunteer at the museum as well as taking an active role as Reporting Officer and grounds-man for the Maryborough Airport.
John Fisher was an Aviation enthusiast, owner/operator, specialising in classic era English deHavilland aircraft whilst Director of the museum and an avid supporter of expanding Maryborough's aviation facilities. Other BRCAC club members were also volunteers assisting John in his aviation pursuits.
Both David and John will be greatly missed, and our thoughts go out to their families at this dreadful time.
18th January - Warning - No Butts !
With the Fire season upon us for the next 4 or 5 months we need to be very, very careful about what we do at the field, mixing hot engines with fuel, and electrics with hot batteries. What about humans with cigarettes???
Cigarette butts have been noticed on the field, in and around the shade shelter and near the starting benches. No, engines don't use cigarettes, and no, electrics don't use cigarettes, but humans do, so who is smoking cigarettes on the flying field? Is it YOU?
There is a defined smoking area, in the fenced car parking area with butt trays for those who must smoke. If you have to smoke please use this defined area, and the butt trays.
Members please note, that when you signed your membership form you agreed to abide by the club's Bylaws, and Bylaw number 16 states, Quote "There shall be NO SMOKING on the FIELD"
Failure to comply with these Bylaws can cause your membership to be revoked, meaning you'll be asked to pack up and leave the club, no ifs or butts.
We can't risk losing the flying field over a dropped cigarette butt, so if you see someone smoking on the field please advise them of the field regulations of, NO SMOKING ON THE FIELD.
Its up to all of us to protect our flying field because, where there's smoke there's FIRE !
Happy New Year 2012!
Here we are at the start of another year. Will it be a Good year? Lets hope so.
To start off we get one extra day this year because its a leap year, yep February has 29 days. So what can we do with the extra day? We may have to think about for awhile, can you come up with a good suggestion? If so please send it in, we would love to hear from you.
What's your new years resolutions, To stay in bed longer. To fly more offen. To buy aircraft that don't fall apart. To have less aircraft maintenance. To have less mishaps, (read crash). To remember to take all required gear to the flying field. To try and beat Les...
Or the old common ones , To give up smoking, To loose more weight, To drink less grog. How boring, lets just go to the Flying Field and enjoy ourselves, as ground based pilots. YES !
To make this year a good one, please watch out for the TOTAL FIRE BANS. I'm sure we will get quite a few this year, with the growth that's on the ground at present. We need to be very, very careful, it wont take much to start a fire with the conditions we have at present. "Got the Message"?
Check our club's web site, left hand column has a link to the CFA, for Total Fire Bans in the Northern Country which covers Bendigo and Marong.
No flying of ANY powered aircraft on TOTAL FIRE BAN DAYS.
Our Club membership is still rising , there is a steady flow of inquires for info on our club, and requests for membership applications, which is another great sign for a good year ahead. Let's hope the weather is reasonable this year and we all can get out and enjoy the great facilities we have at Marong Flying Field.
The home of the Bendigo Radio Controlled Aircraft Club.
Les Davis
2011 - The Year that was
By Les Davis.
Two thousand and eleven has now gone, but as we look back what did we see happen? Well you could say it was like Chinese food, a bit of "Sweet and Sour", so lets start with the sour bit first.
So what did last year bring us? Water ,Wind and Fire. In January the rains came, after ten years of drought, and did we cop it at Marong! The creek (Spring Creek) that had been dry for many many years flooded at the bridge and the flood waters built up to the point that it flooded all around our Club house, Canteen, the Blue Container and the Toilet Block, and as well, out as far as the edge of our runway.
The hollows and depressions in the ground had all filled with the flood waters and these took some weeks before they dried out. One of these areas is now know as Lake Butterfield, and only Roy Butterfield knows why this name came about.
A few weeks later in February, the winds came, but stayed around for most of the year. Every time we wanted to use the field for an organised event the winds blew a gale. Time after time it happened, and it was so disappointing, not only for the club members but also for the visitors who had traveled all the way to Bendigo for various events,to find it was a blow out, and no event.
The extreme wind conditions that we experienced this year even tore our windsock to shreds. Although we did manage to run some club events in the windy conditions, it's not every enjoyable for the pilots and there's a high risk factor of unnecessary damage caused by the wind alone. I remember reading a comp report that came in from "Treesare Bendover"
We had the Water, and we've had the Winds, where does the Fire come in? After all the rain that we had comes growth and lots of it, but in November it all turns brown, and becomes fire fuel, and we are all aware of this fact, yes its the fire season. In December a lorry (Truck) traveling past our field lost a wheel, which caused a spark to set a light to the grass on the side of the road, which in turn burnt through the fence line and into our flying field, out as far as the edge of the runway. If you walk to the west of the field, to the big tree where the (Bloody) maggies nest, you'll see the burnt oval area from the fence to almost the edge of the runway.
Enough of the Sour stuff, lets look at the Sweet bit. It would have to be our 60th Anniversary Celebrations, and what a day it was, with 40 of our 60 members present, and the past Presidents as well, plus the surprize guest. That was the VMAA newsletter editor, Mr Joe Finocchiaro. Between our honorary member Mr Ken Thomas and Joe Finocchiaro, their cameras were flashing like mad, and asking all sorts of questions on our club, and the life story of the club as we know it. All this info will be put together for the coming editions of both the RCM news and the VMAA newsletter. The coverage should be great, it will put our club out there for the right reasons. What a great time to be apart of our wonderful club.
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