{"id":1216,"date":"2014-06-18T14:25:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2014-06-20T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:03:10","slug":"metuchen-model-flying-club-delights-in-flight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/2014\/06\/18\/metuchen-model-flying-club-delights-in-flight-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Metuchen model-flying club delights in flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Gokhman and Emery Mersich try<\/strong><\/p>\n

to will their remote-controlled plane away<\/strong><\/p>\n

from a collision with the wall. <\/strong><\/p>\n

SCOTT FRIEDMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Metuchen Indoor Model Flying Club spread its proverbial wings during an end-of-season flying event at Edgar Middle School.<\/p>\n

The recent event was a chance for this year\u2019s 21 students to demonstrate to their families and friends what they had learned during the weekly sessions held since the fall.<\/p>\n

Students presented the precision maneuvers they had practiced in preparation for competitions. They started with taxiing and learning to operate small, remote-controlled (RC) airplanes. The students progressed to takeoffs, landing and aborting takeoffs before moving on to low-altitude flights and aerobatics.<\/p>\n

After the demonstration, the students received certificates for their achievements.<\/p>\n

Instructors provided additional flying demonstrations, followed by a presentation by international competitor Dave Lockhart, who regularly represents the United States at indoor and outdoor RC aerobatic championships throughout the world.<\/p>\n

Lockhart dazzled the crowd with multiple sets of advanced maneuvers. Between sets, he spoke to students about proper techniques and how to progress to higher levels.<\/p>\n

Finally, the audience\u2019s attention was directed to the Air Races, with students and instructors participating in model-airplane races, maneuvering around a circuit marked with balloons and a limbo obstacle.<\/p>\n

The Tri-County RC Club of New Jersey sponsors the flying program in Metuchen. The instructional club has outdoor fields in Edison, North Brunswick and East Brunswick.<\/p>\n

The tri-county club has taught indoor flying in Metuchen since last January. The program consists of learning to build a precision RC model airplane from scratch and developing the skills needed to fly it.<\/p>\n

The club is a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), a nonprofit that promotes the development of model aviation as a recognized sport and worthwhile recreation activity.<\/p>\n

In April, the AMA awarded the tricounty club a $1,000 Take-Off And Grow Grant for its student model-aviation program. The money will be used for next season\u2019s indoor program and to host public events throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Metuchen students age 10 and up are eligible to join the indoor program, as are tricounty club members of the same age.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.tricountyrc.com\/index.php\/indoor-flying\/indoor-building-and-flight-instruction\u00a0<\/a>or www.tricountyrc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Gokhman and Emery Mersich try to will their remote-controlled plane away from a collision with the wall. SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Metuchen Indoor Model Flying Club spread its proverbial wings during an end-of-season flying event at Edgar Middle School. The recent event was a chance for this year\u2019s 21 students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,92,146,138],"tags":[22,28,36],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ama-district-ii","category-club","category-kids","category-youth-2","tag-clubs","tag-students","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}