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Scouts work on assembling AMA Cub kits with
instruction from Tri-City
Flyers club members.
On May 31, 2008, the Tri-City Flyers of
Seguin, Kingsbury, and Universal City,
Texas, held a Build & Fly day for one of the
Cub Scout packs in Kingsbury.
The day began with a briefing on RC-airplane operation
and safety. The Scouts were shown the
operation of the controls and participated
in a discussion of how the airplane
responded.
After the preflight briefing, all the Scouts were
assigned a building station where each
child-and-parent team was given an AMA Cub
kit to build while they waited their turn to
fly with a club pilot and airplane.
Additional club members worked as
instructors, to help the kids during the
building process and answer the usual
questions such as, "How fast does it go?"
or, "How high will it fly?"
All the kids were able to get their models built and
ready to fly before day's end. Flight
instructors were generous with their time
and airplanes; each student's flight lasted
for an entire tank of fuel.
As the Scouts came off of the flightline, they grinned
from ear to ear and had stories to trade,
such as who did the biggest loop, who got
closest to the ground, and who
single-handedly saved his airplane the best.
For lunch, the Cub Scout pack grilled hot dogs and
provided chips, cookies, and, most
important, ice-cold drinks.
To cap off the day, all the kids and parents visited
one of the hangars on-site at the Old
Kingsbury Aerodrome. It housed vintage
military vehicles and World War I-era
restored aircraft.
By the day's end, there were as many favorable comments
from the club members as from the Scouts
about the enjoyment they had. We expect to
repeat this activity many times in the next
several years. Thank you very much, Tri-City
Flyers! MA
A
Scout gets some stick time on the buddy box
with a Tri-City Flyers instructor.
Brett
Walker, Tri-City Flyers Vice President
District VIII
Girl Scout
Aviation Day
The Girl Scouts who attended the Pontiac
Model Aircraft Club's Aviation Day.
A Girl Scout watches as another gets some time on the buddy box with
instructors.
Sunday May 18,
2008, the members of the Pontiac Model
Aircraft Club (PMAC) in Clarkston, Michigan,
hosted a Girl Scout Aviation Day for Junior,
Cadet, and Senior troop members. Dale
Matteson and Steve Demster were the event
directors.
Twelve troops signed up to attend, but with some
fair-weather fliers, only 57 girls attended.
The flight instructors did a great job of
getting flight time for all the girls, even
with the high winds and rain showers.
As in the past, instructors started each Scout on the
simulator and then went to the flightline
for some real flying with an RC airplane.
Then John Glenn and Mike Foucart served a
great lunch for everyone.
The girls learned how an airplane functions and flies,
and how to identify what instruments are on
a flight panel. They flew models with a PMAC
instructor, and each girl built and flew an
FPG-9 airplane.
Joel Kinkad (airline captain), Steve Demster (flight
instructor), Tom Pierce (AMA associate
District VII vice president), and Christina
Hulsmeyer (Oakland Airport air traffic
controller) talked to the Scouts about
aviation career opportunities. The day came
to an end with an air show that several PMAC
members put on.
Thanks to all the PMAC members who came out in the cold
to make this a great day of fun for the
girls and took the opportunity to share our
sport with them. MA
Joel instructs a few Scouts on the
simulator.
Pontiac
Model Aircraft Club District VII
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