Minutes of the MAY 7, 2019 Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 by President Phil Shea
There were 19 Members present
One Guest was present at this meeting – Gary Stephens who is relocating to the area from St. Charles, Ill. By the way, he carries the AMA number 9223 – he has been flying since 1984….
Review of the Minutes of the APRIL 2, 2019 meeting resulted in no changes.
Motion to approve by : Phil Shea
Seconded by : Jim Heist
Vote: Carried
The Financial Report presented by Dan McLaren and brought no questions.
Motion to accept by : Danny Osborn
Seconded by : Jim Grant
Vote: Carried
No New Members this month.
Old Business
Mike Murphy – Safety Message – always call your take offs and landings and never fly “behind the line”! Especially at public events!
Jim Grant – Swap Shop 2019 is proceeding as planned with AMA Docs submitted.
Jim Herron – Maintenance Comments – work effort was successful. Thanks to those who came out to help. Gravel has been placed in the deepest ruts along the south side of the taxi way. Things look good! Mowing will probably be on Monday mornings once moisture has dried. (Lee Frederickson informed us that he can no longer mow due to medical reasons. If you want to ride the small tractor now and then, contact Jim Herron.)
Phil Shea / Lee Frederickson – runway leveling and replacement plan is dependent on the farmers. Whenever they can get to it around planting it will get done. Looks like June but free!
Danny Osborn – Reported 26 people ate well and had an enjoyable evening at Ladies Night. We thanked Danny’s wife Roz for her efforts!
WMAA planned rocket launch – rained out last week, but was able to make it happen on Monday, 5/13. We got a nice thank you note from the school for allowing them to use the field!
New Business
George Orphan – will be visiting his son in California so promotional video follow up will continue.
Lee Frederickson – Skyhawks at Sparta / Cedar Springs, Muskeegon, and Tulip City clubs are all in trouble keeping their fields. All are looking for new places to fly…
Phil Shea – G E Aviation has request requested permission to fly their test vehicles at our field. After much discussion, if AMA and the property owner are ok with the commercial venture using the property, we think we can accommodate them in their line of sight activities at the field. They will probably fly in the A.M. when the field is lightly used. Dan McLaren was tasked with getting AMA’s feeling on the issue.
Dan McLaren noted he had been approached by an Eagle Scout looking for a project. Dan’s suggestion was to build a few more start up stands and / or repair some of the existing ones. Lee made a motion of support and it was seconded by Phil Shea. Motion carried.
Lee Frederickson made a motion to order our new run way mat sooner rather than later to have it on hand when we need it. Dan seconded and motion carried.
Lee Frederickson noted that although AMA is informing all members that they must have their FAA registration number on the outside of their planes the AMA and AMA Clubs will not be policing this issue. Also, failure to have the FAA number on the plane has no impact on AMA insurance coverage for the individual, club, or land owner.
Lee Frederickson supplied the following schedule of “combat” for the summer:
At Tulip City At Kent Radio Aeromodelers
Wed. May 22 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. May 29 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. June 5 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. June 12 -6:30 to 9:00
Wed. June 19 – 6:30 to 9:00
Mon. July 1 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. July 17 -6:30 to 9:00
Wed. July 17 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. July 24 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. July 31 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. Aug. 14 – 6:30 to 9:00
Wed. Aug. 21 – 6:30 to 9:00
Phil Shea – coming event
June 15 – KRAM Memorial Fly-In and Combat Invitational
July 19-21 – IMAC
July 23-25 – WMAA RC Camp (12:00 – 3:00 at the field)
August 10 – KRAM Club picnic
Sept. 7 – Vets Fly-In
October 27 – Swap Shop
Show and Tell –
George Orphan showed off a 38cc gas MGH 4 stroke engine. It looks nice and George says he is getting it to run nice after about a gallon of fuel!
Lee Frederickson showed off his Beechcraft Barron Twin from VQ Warbirds. It is a T42 Cochise 62 inch that runs on two five cell 5000ma batteries. It does fly well
Next meeting: JUNE 4, 2019 at 7:00pm at THE FIELD
Meeting adjourned at 8:00
Motion by: Allen Simpson
Seconded by: Jim Herron
Respectfully Submitted,
Dan McLaren
KRAM Secretary
