{"id":153,"date":"2016-06-15T17:30:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/?p=153"},"modified":"2016-09-22T17:50:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T17:50:23","slug":"ama-district-ix-news-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/2016\/06\/15\/ama-district-ix-news-july-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA District IX News July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

One club that <\/span>has hosted several\u00a0successful Take off And Grow (TAG)\u00a0events is the Airpark Elite in Denver,\u00a0Colorado. Through a glitch in the\u00a0funding process, the club did not\u00a0receive money for this year\u2019s event,\u00a0but in the true spirit of community\u00a0involvement, the members still went full speed ahead.<\/p>\n

\"Challenging<\/a>
Challenging the wind at the Airpark Elite TAG event are Alan Thovson, Bob Schneider,
Bruce Holloman, Angelica Brice, Brandon
Hollowman, and Mason Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is a report from\u00a0Colorado Associate Vice President\u00a0(AVP) Tom Neff.\u00a0You have to learn to deal with\u00a0wind if you live here, but a 30 mph\u00a0crosswind greeted us this year. The\u00a0Airpark crew adapted, and the\u00a0conditions simply meant some short\u00a0takeoffs across the runway.<\/p>\n

Myles Barnheart started new student\u00a0pilots on a flight simulator before\u00a0their time with their flight instructor.\u00a0Instructor pilots Duane Gaul, Alan\u00a0Thovson, Brian Neff, and I took the\u00a0task of helping the students to fly.\u00a0Getting the airplanes safely back on\u00a0the ground was challenging in the\u00a0brisk wind. Not to be outdone, two of\u00a0the younger flight instructors, Mason\u00a0Schneider and Brandon Holloman,\u00a0decided that if we could fly our big\u00a0nitro trainers, their T-28 electrics\u00a0could handle the wind as well. There\u00a0were some interesting landings with\u00a0negative ground speeds.<\/p>\n

Most of these pilots have 15 years\u00a0of experience as instructors, so the\u00a0bumpy flights turned into great\u00a0experiences for the Civil Air Patrol\u00a0cadets, Wings Aerospace Academy\u00a0students, and many parents.<\/p>\n

All of that flying worked up an\u00a0appetite, so the Phil Kenney and\u00a0Phil Schmuck\u2019s barbecue came to\u00a0the rescue. Everyone was treated to\u00a0a delicious lunch of burgers and hot\u00a0dogs.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all who helped. You know\u00a0this could not happen without you.\u00a0Colorado AVP Rick McCaskill\u00a0reported on the annual event at the\u00a0Wings Over the Rockies Museum.\u00a0This year the event exceeded last\u00a0year\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\"Rob<\/a>
Rob Romash (blue shirt) and John McGrath of the Magnificent Mountain Men help a young Free Flighter at the Aerobotics event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pilots<\/a>
Pilots came in all sizes at the Wings Over the Rockies Aerobotics event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sunday, April 10, 2016, was the\u00a0Aerobotics event at the Wings Over\u00a0the Rockies Museum. The name\u00a0change indicates the inclusion of\u00a0robotics to this year\u2019s event.\u00a0Fourteen clubs from the Colorado\u00a0Front Range showcased our hobby\u00a0with approximately 2,000 visitors\u00a0in attendance. Fellow AVP Tom\u00a0Neff and I had a table representing\u00a0AMA and we participated in the\u00a0demonstration and introductory\u00a0flights.<\/p>\n

Special events held the public\u2019s\u00a0attention throughout the day.\u00a0There were indoor flights, but there\u00a0were also plenty of demonstrations\u00a0outside of the museum. Every hour\u00a0there was another attention-getting\u00a0demonstration including helicopter\u00a0aerobatics, large commercial\u00a0hexacopter flights, and a turbine\u00a0engine run-up on a large jet.<\/p>\n

The Magnificent Mountain Men\u00a0club demonstrated Free Flight models\u00a0and helped young visitors build small\u00a0gliders. Many of the RC clubs offered\u00a0various make-and-take activities as\u00a0well.<\/p>\n

In addition to the RC stuff, the\u00a0museum offered access to tour the\u00a0military, commercial, and space\u00a0aircraft within the museum. They\u00a0also opened many full-scale flight\u00a0simulators from a Wright Flyer to\u00a0commercial aircraft for public use.\u00a0Everyone was pleased with the\u00a0outcome. We received more than\u00a010,000 views on the District IX\u00a0Facebook coverage of the event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One club that has hosted several\u00a0successful Take off And Grow (TAG)\u00a0events is the Airpark Elite in Denver,\u00a0Colorado. Through a glitch in the\u00a0funding process, the club […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district-ix-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}