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TTHHEE  AAIIRRBBOORRNNEE  RREEAADDEERR  
Issue #26 March 2014
In this issue….
Flying, teaching, building and more and more and more…
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Comments from our last issue….Yours and mine...
  “George Miller’s Corner”  
Woe is me!  
I  am  looking  forward  to  George’s 
Jeff Whitney’s story had to bring back a 
coming  work.  A  project  he  has  told 
few memories. I know it did for me and 
me about is going to be a doozy and I 
I vote he gets the Woe is me trophy! 
am sure you will enjoy it. here are a 
Mike 
few words about this past ar(cid:415)cle, and 
the magazine. 
last issues cover 
Mike,  Great issue, glad that George 
I  got  a  few  emails  asking  what 
a Miller is back wri(cid:415)ng. There were 
the….plane… was that was on the cover 
some  good  lessons  in  the  issue. 
of the last issue was. 
Thank  you  for  all  the  hard 
 It is called The Capricorn flying W and 
work.   Dick Belden AMA 70864  
was created by David Bacon. 

Michael, 
The plane is a depron foamy that can do 
New format looks great!!! 
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Lots of good photos and ar(cid:415)cles, I es-
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pecially thought George Miller's piece 
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have a lot of fun with it…..is it will take 
Thank you,     Francis  
off from basically anything, water, grass, 

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liked  George  Miller's  CA  ar(cid:415)cle.    I  etc… go to Wa(cid:425)Flyer.com and it is in the 
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I prefer the wide single column to the  link. 
double  as  I  have  to  scroll  up  and 
The  plans  are  free  and  you  can  make 
down  to  read  the  double.   Pay   no 
several versions. All fly well as with most 
a(cid:425)en(cid:415)on to me if I'm the only one to 
things bigger is be(cid:425)er, but to a point in 
say this.   Russ 
this case. The original size….I feel is best!
RC Flying Program 
        BY MACON AERO MODELERS OF FRANKLIN, NC. 

It started out as a desire to promote the hobby of RC flying at our club. 
I have been teaching RC flying to those that asked me since the 80’s . 
I have watched clubs get groups of people and tried to put them on a buddy box 
with just a few minutes of ground instruc(cid:415)ons. Some(cid:415)mes it worked but some‐
(cid:415)mes not. 
I wanted to do it different. I wanted all those that wanted to learn to have the best 
possible chance at a successful flight and get the desire to take up the hobby. 
With the help of my club, The Macon Aero Modelers of Franklin NC  
we devised a program that would achieve this goal. 
We agreed that the first test of the program would be adults, so we could evaluate 
how it worked. This is how it went.
Macon Aero Modelers con(cid:415)nued…. 
We placed an ad in our local paper telling about our program. It gave a phone 
number to call and reserve a spot as we were only going to do 12 students to start 
with.  
  We picked an age group of 21 and up for 
this class as it is my belief that adults do not like 
taking classes with children as they can be a dis‐
trac(cid:415)on and adults do not like being shown up by 
a 10 year old. We also kept out personal who 
were not directly involved with the event  as well 
to help the students concentrate.   
 We have only 35,000 people in the whole county 
so we had 7 students show up. This turned out as 
a good size for the instructors and the students. It 
gave us more (cid:415)me with each person. Our pro‐
gram went like this. 

  The students first met with Greg Doster our 
ground instructor. He first made them fill out the Intro Pilot Program paper work. 
Then he went over the basics of how a plane flies and what each control surface 
does. Then he showed 
them a RC plane and 
transmi(cid:425)er and demon‐
strated the transmi(cid:425)er 
controls and what it did to 
the plane when a control 
surface moved. He also 
talked about AMA and its 
benefits as well about our 
club. 
A(cid:332)er the ground school 
the students went in to 
Greg’s trailer that had 
Lou Vitale giving instruc(cid:415)ons on flight simulators to 
three flight simulators.

student
Macon Aero Modelers con(cid:415)nued…. 

There each student had 15 or more minutes to test what they learned. The club 
had experienced pilots watching and instruc(cid:415)ng them. They also evaluated them 
and once the student was able to control the plane with some measure of skill 
they were sent to the flight line. 

They were first put on a 
Super Cub with our in‐
structor  Gerry  Double‐
day  and  tried  flying 
with  only  rudder  and 
elevator. 

Student 
placing 
aircra(cid:332) 
on        
runway 

     Then they were sent to the next 
instructor Bill Duncan who had an 
electric Ultra s(cid:415)ck. This was differ‐
ent  as  now  they  had  ailerons  as 
well as rudder and elevator control.
Macon Aero Modelers con(cid:415)nued…. 

The last instructor was Paul Ramey 
and myself with my 30cc gas 120 Ul‐
tra s(cid:415)ck. 
We  teamed  up  on  this  to  try  a 
different approach to teaching. Paul 
was the safety man. His job was to 
keep the airplane safe. I stood be‐
hind the student and gave instruc‐
(cid:415)ons.  
If a student had a problem with 
le(cid:332) or right I placed my hand on 
the students shoulder the way to 
move the s(cid:415)ck. This worked really 
well as I could concentrate on just 
giving  commands  and  not  worry 
about  the  plane.  We  asked  the 
students  later  and  they  found  it 
helpful as well. 

For  our  first  run  of  this 
program  it  could  not 
been any be(cid:425)er both as a 
school  and  the  weather. 
Several  of  the  students 
have  all  ready  become 
members  and  are  flying 
today.
Macon Aero Modelers con(cid:415)nued…. 

About 6 weeks later we did a school for kids 10 to 18 and it went just as well and 
we had enough (cid:415)me le(cid:332) that we put the kid’s dads and grandfathers on the flight 
line. We now have a new youth member flying as a member of our club.  

One thing that made training the 
adults and kids alike was they could 
not stop smiling a(cid:332)er they finished fly‐
ing.  
It has been agreed to do this again next 
summer and do more adver(cid:415)sing of 
the event. 

Our event was small compared to the ability 
of other clubs around the country. But to gain 
new members and friends at any number is a 
plus in my life. 
It took the help of many members to put this 
on. More than I have named. Without their 
help this program would not have happened. 
My thanks to all    
Gary Sorensen Program director
Need more club members! Gary wrote and took this: The
following add (or one just about like it

with your clubs name) should be

placed in the paper the week before the
Every club needs new members, how event with a photo of students being
you go about doing that is open for ...I given instruction.
was going to say... discussion... but lets
Macon Areo Modelers club has for
rephrase that and say...ideas.
years put on events for the public to
We would all likely agree you’ve got to come and enjoy with their families. It
let people know you exist, that the hob- has come to our attention that some of
by is a good clean hobby, and one that you might like a chance
truly can have something for everyone
to learn how to fly . So for one day we
and that there is a local club where
will give 12 people the chance to at-
they can do it. Some clubs do mall
tend our 2 hour flight school for free.
shows, some put floats in parades. Oth-
It will be open to anyone from 18 years
ers perform some form of community
old and up.
service
There will be two classes of 6 people
But getting a transmitter in a per-
the first starts at 9 am on Sat June 15
spective members hands is ...I
The 2nd class will start at 10 am. The
think...about the best way to get a new
event will be over around 12 noon.
member In the last issue of this publi-
cation we learned Clarence Ragland’s The first hour will be ground school all
way to teach people. The previous 5 students will be shown a controller and
pages from the Macon  Aero  Modelers  what it does on the plane. After that the
show how their club trained folks a(cid:332)er  students will get flight time on a simu-
they  got  them  to  the  flying  field.  lator to see how the controls react for
  Below and in the next 2 pages is  them.
how  Gary Sorensen proposed to his On the 2 hour the students will be sep-
club how TO put the training together arated to the flight stations and they
at the club level. Read what he took to will get a chance with the help of an in-
his club meeting. From all of this your structor to fly a plane using the buddy
club can surely find it’s own way to box system giving the instructor the
work together as a club, get people to ability to take control in a second. The
your field and finally how to give them first class will end at 11 am.
“a chance to fly….before they buy!”
Need more club members

continued….
Then show the students the Transmit-

ter and how to hold it (please show
On the 2 hour the students will
both ways thumbs and two finger) let
be separated to the flight stations and
them make the choice on the simula-
they will get a chance with the help of
tor
an instructor to fly a plane using the

buddy box system giving the instruc-
tor the ability to take control in a sec- You will have 0ne hour to give this
ond. The first class will end at 11 am. class with as much sim time as possi-
ble.
All students must call to register by
phone by calling ######### on All involved should have one meeting
Monday May 27 and Tuesday the to make a plan as to what to teach so
27th from 7PM to 9PM Only. It will they are all doing the same things. I
be first come first to fly. think circles and for those that are
good figure 8’s only
Only direct contact will guarantee
you a spot. You will be given a stu- We only want to make them hot for
dent number. If this event is well re- the hobby.
ceived there will be more days made

for this again.
I hope we can have three flight sta-

tions and yes I hate to say this but
This is a free event and we are not they all should be electric and have
selling anything. We do take our fly- ailerons for proper flight training
ing seriously and hope the students Then each student should get 10 min
understand the amount of effort we flight twice with a break between so
are putting forth for their benefit. the student can reflect on the first try.
Club Instructions The field will be There should be one helper with each
closed from 8am to 12pm aprox . All instructor to keep order of those wait-
personal will be there at 8:00 am ing and to help change batteries.
We will need a Ground instructor. His
job is to first make the students fill
out the Intro Papers.