Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club

Pictures from the Jerry Ortego Memorial Scale Fly In that took place back on June 5th and 6th have finally been posted.  These fantastic photos are courtesy of our clubs very own Marty Nelson, whom you will often see at just about every club event with his trusty camera in hand.  There are over 300 pics to browse through for this event.  Thanks again Marty for sharing these fantastic photos.  Click on the link here, which will take you to our photo gallery, and find the Jerry Ortego Album.

The Scale Squadron of Southern California presents the Jerry Ortego Memorial Scale Fly-In on June 5-6 at our premier Prado flying Field in Chino, Ca.  This is the fourth annual event and has been renamed to honor Jerry Ortego, a founding member of the Scale Squadron, who recently passed.  This event is open to all Scale or stand-off, and will include Sport Scale, Built Up , ARFs, Kits, electric, glow, Gas and EDF Jets. Turbines and profile Aircraft are not included.

Entry is $25.00 and AMA membership is required, but you can join onsite and this includes a pilot raffle,  a ZAP Repair Kit and the exclusive "Friday night Zap Tap Room" for registerd Pilots, Crews, and Guests. The Zap Tap Room is a fun kick off party for the event, held in the company of the real P-51D Lady Alice, and the new N3N-3 Yellow Peril.  

Awards will be given for Best Military, Civilian, Peoples Choice, best of Show, Detailed ARF, Electric Prop, EDF and a Overal Realistic Flight "Commanders Award".  And Judging by last years show, you will not want to miss this. Folks have been building all year and are chomping at the bit to show off their work.  Sam Wright, who announces at Top Gun and is a member of Both The Scale Squadron of SoCal and the PVMAC, will be announcing. 

If your planning on Registering, Pilots meeting is at 8am and you can fly until sunset. There will also be a Noontime Air Show, and you can buy food there. Bring your own power and an EZ-UP for shade. If you have any further questions, Randy Wilbur is the Contest Director, and you can view his contact info in the Flyer.

This will be an excellent event for spectating as well, so don't hesitate to come on down and see the supurb craftsmanship on display and flying. 

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The first event of the season is behind us, and it was a great success, setting the pace for the rest of the year. There were about 25 die hard pilots taking Friday off to come out and fly. Saturdays turnout was even stronger with 41 pilots.  Although it was windy at times, this did not stop any of the seasoned pilots from showing their right stuff.  The  event was incedent free, with only a couple of deadsticks.  Many photos from the event are up in the gallery, and many more are rolling in, so check back often. Speaking of Rolling in,  it seems that the most popular maneuver out there was the rolling harrier, and almost all the polots were able and willing to demonstrate their proficiecy in this maneuver....in 12-15mph wind. 

Thanks to the sponsors, Ace Hobbies, DW Foamies, Desert Aircraft, Air Wild, Hobbie Club USA, E-Power, and 3-D Hobby Shop for making this event possible. The 35% Yak courtesy of Thunder Tiger/ACE went to Ground Pounder Bill. The 29% Edge 540 courtesy of Airwild Hobbies went to 10 year old Robbie and the DA-50R went to Jason Benson. Also, a huge thanks goes out to volunteers for making sure this event was pulled off without a glitch.

We're also in the process of tracking down the complete list of plaque winners, so check back here soon for the results.

Check out the Photo Gallery here, (you'll need to click on the 3D Full Deflection and Freestyle 2010 gallery)
Also, here is a Video of the event, Friday only though....

 

May is a very busy month for the PVMAC. We've already mentioned the 3D Full Deflection & Free Style Event on May 21st and May 22. The following week, we have the first of 2 RC Swap Meets.  The Swap meet is  being held on Saturday, May 29th, starting at 7:00am until the last PVMAC member leaves.  Admission is free to all buyers and sellers, but commercial vendors and hobby shops  will not be permitted.  The pit area will be open for Fliers and if you plan on selling only and not flying, were asking that you please park in the second row, near the storage area, so we can keep the pit area open for flying.

So who is excited about the 3-D Full deflection and Free Style Event that is happening at our Prado Field on May 21st and 22nd?  Well I am for one, and since I've never been to one of these events, I thought I'd bone up on some of the maneuvers that I might be seeing at the event.  I began compile a small list of maneuvers and the descriptions, thinking that maybe others might be intereted as well.  Anyhow, I kind of got carried away and created a monster of a list with over 60 maneuvers with descriptions and youtube videos back them up.  Now I doubt that we will see all 60 of these, but I know I learned a lot about the creative maneuvers that pilots are doing these days, and am hoping to get out to the field and try some of them. Second thought I'd better hit the Simulator first. 

Enjoy the list Here.