Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club

On Tuesday,December 13th, the PVMAC held its December club meeting at the Chino Community Center, and we had a great turn out, matching last years turn out of 75 PVMAC members, showing up to eat pizza and cast their vote for the 2012 board member.  With a record mebership year having 504 members in 2011,  the 75 members in attendance Tuesday night was more than the requred 10% quarum.  Your PVMAC 2012 board members are Roy Barringer, Tom Marcure, Larry Marsh, Charlie Mitchell, Steve Parola, Chuck Pozanac, Paul Smith, Jim Stout and Phil Goodwine.  

In addition to electing the board members, we  heard several great presentations by members who were trying to get a last minute presentation in for the year end drawing.  Every year, at the last meeting, The PVMAC holds a yearly drawing for a $350 and a $250 Visa gift card.  For each presentation that you make during the year, you receive 1 ticket into the drawing.   Greg Stockdale had the record this year with 7 presentations thus 7 tickets into the drawing; unfortunately he did not win.  Roy Barringer proved you only need one ticket to win, and took home the $350 prize.  2012 promises to be another great year, and the newly elected board members wasted no time,  getting right to work on making the final preperations for the first event of 2012, the  Prado Booth at the AMA Expo on January 6th-8th.

To start the year off right,  the PVMAC will hold is 1st membership meeting of 2012, which again will be host to a special presentation by Horizon Hobby.  This special meeting will be On Wednesday, January 4th, at 7:00 PM at the Chino Hanger of Lady Alice.   If you were at last years January membership meeting with Horizon Hobby, you know we had an amazing turnout and a really good time.  Horizon Hobby was so pleased with it last year, they have decided to do it again.   This year, dinner is being served to the first 150 guests that arrive and receive a dinner ticket.  Dinner  is being catered by Zendejas Mexican restaurant, thanks to a generous Goodwine Aerosports Sponsorship!

This meeting will take the place of our normal second Tuesday of the month meeting. Be sure to bring your own folding chairs or you will be standing, and it can get chili in there as there is a large, open  hangar door, so bring a Jacket. All RC airplane enthusiasts are welcome, you do not need to be a club member to attend. If you need directions to the hangar please see the map below.  Water and soft drinks will be provided by the PVMAC.  Arrive early! You don't want to miss this.  

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Sunday, December 4th, is the 13th annual Toys For Tots Fun fly, which is the final flying event of the year for the PVMAC. I cannot think of a better reason to come out and fly than to support the Toys for Tots during the holiday season.  To join the flying fun, the entry fee is $25.00 or you can donate a Brand New Unwrapped Toy with a value of $20.00 or more.

In addition to the fun fly, there is a PVMAC Swap Meet starting at at 7AM. 2 events-in-one  is sure to put a smile on your face. The selling fee is the same for this event $25.00 or an unwrapped toy worth $20 or more.

If you've never been to the Toys for tots fun fly,  this event is nothing like the other PVMAC events during the flying season. You can enjoy Bowling.... With your Plane,  the crowd favorite table landing, and back for a second year, the Paint Gunner Event, where pretend your an AA Gunner defending your base from attack....A new favoite for sure.   There will also be Raffles & Prizes awarded all day, and of course a swap meet.

The event check in is at 8am sunday monring, and flying starts at 9am, Rain Or Shine. All Proceeds are going to benefit Our US Military families via the Sanbernardino Childrens Fund. This is a worthy cause, so please come down, donate a toy,  and join in on the fun.  Even if your not planning on flying,  bring a toy, enjoy the company of friends and watch the action.  This is an AMA sanctioned event, and Current AMA card is required to fly.

Be sure to download Toys for tots flyer here.

Check out the table landing event from the 2009 Toys 4 Tots Fun Fly.

On December 13th, 2011, you will have the chance to vote for who will represent your club for 2011.  At the October membership meeting, the club nominated  10 individuals, 8  of which are current board members.  The 10 nominations are Roy Barringer, Tom Marcure, Larry Marsh, Ken McSpadden, Charlie Mitchell, Steve Parola, Chuck Pozanac, Paul Smith,Jim Stout and Phil Goodwine. 
Download the 2012 Board members voting guide to help you with your decisions.(click here)

The elections will be held at our December 13th club meeting, which in case you have never attended, is always held on the second Tuesday of every month at  the Chino Community building, located at 5443 "B" Street, Chino, CA 91710 (click for Google Maps)

We would love to see a record turnout in support of your club,  as we need a quarum in order to hold elections, which is  10% or 50 members of the club in attendance. Your green membership ID is required to cast your vote. 

In addition, at this meeting we will be celebrating this years PVMAC achevements, and Pizza will be served. 

This is also a great opportunity to renew your membership for 2012.

Its getting to be that time of year again!  No, I'm not talking about stuffing your self with turkey just hours before you hit the streets in search of a $200 computer that will be outdataed before christmas.  I'm talking about Hobby Club USA's famous parking lot clearance sale!  Many of you Know Steve Parola from either Hobby Club USA or as one of our PVMAC board members. What you may not know is that Steve owns and runs one of the few remaing hobby stores in the area.  The Inventory reduction sale is on Saturday, November 19th from 9am to 5pm.  Steve will have discounts of up to 50% on Re Airplanes, Helicopters, Boats & electric Trains. Be sure to get ther early for the best deals!  Click  HERE to open the flyer. 

On October 29th, the PVMAC will have the inaugural "PVMAC Fall Classic Race for EF-1 and  Parkzone Warbirds".   This a 1 day even only at the Chino Prado Field.  There will be 2 classes of racing, the Parkzone warbird class and the more serious Electric Formula Class (EF-1).  Cost of racing is only $10 for the day and YOU MUST BRING A HARDHAT!   You will also need a caller with their own hardhat. A caller is the person who stands by the pilot and tells him when to turn as well as Launches hand launched planes) Registration opens at 7:30am and racing starts at 9:00am

The ParkZone Foam Warbird Class is intended to provide a relatively low-cost avenue for the average modeler to experience the thrill and excitement of R/C Air Racing! This class combines the good flying characteristics of the ParkZone Warbirds, the ease and simplicity of an almost-ready-to-fly electric airplane, and the variety of classic Warbird designs to bring Scale air racing to a size and budget that most modelers can achieve.  Eligible Parkzone planes are the T-28 Trojan, P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair, F4F Wildcat, P-47 Thunderbolt, Bf-109g Messerschmitt and Spitfire Mk IX.   Each plane type must fly specific configurations which will help even the flying field, so be sure to Official download the Parkone Racing Rules and Guidlines here.

There will be 2 practice sessions as well.  The first practice session is on Saturday October 8th at 3pm , and the second practice session on Saturday October 22nd at 3pm.  The Prado field will be closed to all other flying during this time.   

Racing in either class will be conducted according to general AMA guidelines and in accordancewith the NMPRA’s EF-1 racing procedures. The rules can be found at NMPRA’s website or downloaded here

Board Member Ken McSpadden is the CD for this event.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact Ken here.

Big Jolt has been over for almost 2 weeks now, and were just getting around to assembling all the material.   The event was a  BIG Success dispite the 108 degree heat.  We had almost 70 Registered pilots, this year, with many coming from as far away as Arizona.  This year we added a night flying competition, which we had many competitors, as well as spectators turn out for the dazzling night time flying light show.  We also had the speed run, though this year was not as fast as last year due to the heat and wind, but it was sill very fast , with top speeds approaching 190Mph.   Check out the Speed Trials Result Document Here.

We have posted some photos from the event so be sure to check the PVMAC photo gallery, and  John Reid from Model Airplane News posted some videos on ModelAirplaneNews.com

The PVMAC would like to give a BIG THANK YOU! to all of the 2011 Big Jolt Sponsors, who helped make this event such a great success. Like everyone else, these businesses are also having more difficult times these days, but they stepped up to the plate to make some significant donations to make our event a success.   Be sure to show your appriciation by purchasing their products,  which will allow them to stay in business during these difficult times.

Big Jolt 2011 Gold Sponsors
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