A few pictures from this months hot dog fly. As usual it was a great night to get club members, family and friends out to the field. Make sure you make it next month! If you want any pictures there is an option to save the original on the site. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Well it finally happened, one of my planes went in. I think it has been two years since I have had a destructive crash. There have been some hair raising moments but I always managed to make it right. Tonight was a different story. After a nice walk with Rachael and Carmen I thought it would be a nice night to fly at the local school yard. I was about half way through with my first battery when I was going to start practicing a few maneuvers. I went into a loop, on the down side of the loop I tried pulling out. Guess what, absolutely nothing…. I wiggled my elevator stick up and down rapidly but nothing happend. Into the corn went the Mini Ultra Stick. After fetching my plane it looks like my elevator servo went bad. All servos are functioning with out any problems except the ever important elevator servo. I should be able to rebuild the plane with out any issue. The motor is caked in dirt and will need a good cleaning. At least it was not the big slick!

Thanks to the guys that came out to help put the pump in. Many hands make light work. Unfortunately the pump did not work as expected. The pump would pump water but would not kick in to high gear. Bob is going to take a look at it. Mike and I also talked to the land owner. The pond is way down due to the lack of rain. He wants us to make sure we pump water below the blue dye as the dye is expensive. Mike and I went out on Sunday to make sure the point is 2ft below the surface. It should be pumping clear water were it is now. If everyone could keep an eye on things, that would be appreciated. If you see blue water coming out of the sprinklers please let one of the officers know ASAP. If the pond loses more water we might have to add more extensions in order to make the point deeper.

Last weeks hot dog night was a huge success! Mike did a great job hosting the event and the dogs went fast. The night started a bit windy but as the sun went down so did the winds. The Holland Sentinel came out to take photos and interview a few  members. We are still waiting for it to make the paper but it should be there at some point. There was a wide variety of airplanes at the field, a neat thing to see was the swarm of Polaris airplanes. They flew off the grass and the pond. Maybe some day I will have to join them. See you at the field!

Rachael and I happened to be in Traverse City over the weekend and read in the paper BARC was putting on their annual spring event. We drove down and had a nice couple of hours watching the show. When we first got their we witnessed a model turbine going in. It appeared to have some mechanical problems during the flight. It was a nice event to attend.