March 2008

March 11, 2008.

Meeting called to order at 7:33 PM at the Beanery in the Creamery Mall.

Officers present: Doc McGuigan, Darrell Cassidy, Denny Bernal, Ken Corrin, Jim Tiller. Members present: Zac Roller, Ben Roller, Bob Olson.

Correction to the February minutes: We reported that Ken Gatzke’s father had passed away but it was Ken’s mother. We apologize Ken.

Treasurers Report: Club……………………$ 6,850.87

Maintenance Fund………2,580.76

Total……………………$ 9,431.63

Old Business: Field clean up and fun fly will be March 30th instead of March 23rd. Doc ordered new wind socks and they are due in this week. We are down to our last box of hot dogs. The fun fly from Sunday March 9th was cancelled because of the wind and cold temperature.

New Business: Bring rakes, shovels, and brooms for field clean up on March 30th. The lawn mowers need an oil change and the batteries installed. We should set up the sun shelter for this summer. Club fuel promotion: Clancy is offered fuel for sale at special case lot prices. Doc will send e-mail to members for fuel to be ordered April 1st. Show and Tell: Jim brought in his computer with the flight simulator program so members could practice for the Casual IMAC which will be our fun fly event for October.

Ben brought in his new Piper Pawnee D 1/5 scale aircraft.

Prop restoration fund was won by Doc. Meeting adjourned at 8:36 PM.

February 2008

Propbusters meeting 02-12-2008

Officers Present: Doc Mcguigan, Darrell Cassidy, Dennis Bernal, Jim Tiller

Members Present: Gene Jobgen, Zach Roller, Ben Roller, Mike Wagner, Ray Hrachovec

Treasurer’s Report: Club: 6,525.24 Field: 2,580.76 Total 9,106.00

The minutes were approved as published in the newsletter.

Old Business: 1. Doc reported that Ken Gatzke’s father passed away. Our sympathy goes out to Ken and his family. 2. Doc also reported that former member Wayne Warvi has passed away. Our sympathy also goes out to Wayne’s family. 3. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Propbuster’s calendar for the upcoming year. 4. Jim reported on the Denver auction. He was most impressed with our District IX VP Mark Smith and AMA President Dave Mathewson. Jim also spoke about the new AMA Park Fliers Memberships.

New Business: 1. Jim reported that Who’s Hobby has set up a swap meet at the Civic Center on Saturday, April 19th. 2. A motion was made and seconded to give Jim Tiller $10.00 to rent a table at the swap meet. The table will be used to promote the Propbusters and the AMA.

Show and Tell: Jim Tiller brought his laptop and projector and

Doc brought a movie screen to show different airplane web sites and videos on the internet.

January 2008

Propbusters meeting 02-12-2008

Officers Present: Doc Mcguigan, Darrell Cassidy, Dennis Bernal, Jim Tiller Members Present: Gene Jobgen, Zach Roller, Ben Roller, Mike Wagner, Ray Hrachovec

Treasurer’s Report: Club: 6,525.24 Field: 2,580.76 Total 9,106.00

The minutes were approved as published in the newsletter.

Old Business: 1. Doc reported that Ken Gatzke’s father passed away. Our sympathy goes out to Ken and his family. 2. Doc also reported that former member Wayne Warvi has passed away. Our sympathy also goes out to Wayne’s family. 3. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Propbuster’s calendar for the upcoming year. 4. Jim reported on the Denver auction. He was most impressed with our District IX VP Mark Smith and AMA President Dave Mathewson. Jim also spoke about the new AMA Park Fliers Memberships.

New Business: 1. Jim reported that Who’s Hobby has set up a swap meet at the Civic Center on Saturday, April 19th. 2. A motion was made and seconded to give Jim Tiller $10.00 to rent a table at the swap meet. The table will be used to promote the Propbusters and the AMA.

Show and Tell: Jim Tiller brought his laptop and projector and Doc brought a movie screen to show different airplane web sites and videos on the internet.

November 2007

Propbusters meeting on November 13, 2007

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM at the Beanery in the Creamery Mall

Officers present: President-Doc McGuigan, Vice President-Darrell Cassidy, Secretary-Ken Corrin, Treasurer-Denny Bernal.

Members present: Bob Olson, Ray Hrachovek, Mike Wagner, Ben Roller, Zac Roller, Jim Kammert, Jim Tiller, Gene Steeley.

Minutes of the October meeting were approved as written in the newsletter.

Treasurers report: Club…..$ 5506.24 Field Maintenance Fund…..$ 2580.76 Total…..$ 8087.00

Old Business: Ken reported that the Christmas dinner is scheduled for Sunday December 2, 2007 from 6:00 PM untill 9:00 PM at the Arrowhead Country Club. Club members decided on the three entrée choices for the meal and they are: 1. NY Strip Forestiere 2. Chicken Breast Victoria 3. Broiled Walleye All entrees will be served with Tossed green salad, Twice baked potatoes, and Green bean almondine. The Country Club needs to know by Thursday November 29th the quantity of each meal they will be preparing on Sunday. Each member must let Doc McGuigan or Ken Corrin know by Wednesday November 28th, the quantity of each meal they want for the Sunday dinner.

New business: Election of officers was conducted with no nominations from the floor. Motion by Jim Tiller and seconded by Bob Olson that we re-elect the current officers. Motion carried. Zac Roller volunteered to be the assistant newsletter editor. Zac suggested that the fun fly director be responsible for writing a newsletter article about the fun fly.

Jim Tiller reported that the AMA is discussing the possibility of adding a new category of membership that would be for modelers interested mainly in park flyers. Jim also said that the CD designation may become harder to get with a supervised test for applicants. We discussed whether the Propbusters wanted to attract some of the park flyer modelers from around the area to join our club. We could offer to help Clancy if he schedules a park flyer event at the polo field.

The Prop Restoration Fund was won by Darrell.

Meeting adjourned at 8:28 PM

October 2007

October 9th, 2007

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM in the Beanery in the Creamery Mall.

Officers present: President- Doc McGuigan, Vice President- Darrell Cassidy.

Members present: Bob Olson, Ray Krachovec, Jim Tiller Guest: Pat Corbin

Minutes of the August meeting will stand approved as distributed.

There was no treaurer’s report.

Old Business: Several Propuster members attended Harold Jensen funeral services. Doc will write a rememberance for Harold Jensen to be published in he newsletter. Doc and Bob Olson were the only two to attend the warbird event at the Promised Land on October 14th. There reported weather there was good - unlike that in Rapid City.

New Business: Jim Tiller reported on an AMA brochure being sent to all AMA members. The AMA membership web site they are promoting is a for profit venture by an independent company -- not the AMA. Use your own judgement on taking part. It will cost you money at some point.

All Propbusters are encouraged to return their AMA ballot and their membership dues as soon as possible.

Meeting adjourned at 7:52 PM.

September 2007

September 11, 2007

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM in the Beanery in the Creamery Mall.

Officers present: President- Doc McGuigan, Vice President- Darrell Cassidy, Secretary- Ken Corrin, Treasurer- Denny Bernal

Members present: Bob Olson, Rod Renz, Zac Roller, Jim Tiller Guest: Pat Corbin Minutes of the August meeting will stand approved as distributed.

Treasurers report: Club $ 5096.16 Maintenance Fund $ 2580.76 Total $ 7676.92

Old Business: Ken reported that a new BBQ grill for the club was purchased at Wal Mart. Our 20 year renewable field lease will come due in 2011. The runway is in need of repairs but before we invest in major repairs we should have a new lease beyond 2011. Doc will talk to the Jensens before the October meeting to see if we can renew the lease early for another 20 years.

The grass at the field has not been mowed lately due to dry weather. Now that the rains have come, everybody should try to do some mowing when they are out to the field. Don’t leave an empty gas can in the shed…. take it into New Underwood and refill it.

Air races are scheduled at The Promised Land on September 23rd but Doc will be out of town then. Motion by Darrell and seconded by Zac that we reschedule the races on Sunday October 14th. Motion carried. A Warbird fly is scheduled for October 7th. It will be held at The Promised Land field with the longer runways and crosswind runway.

New Business: Doc received some Sport Flyer magazines in the mail and he distributed them to everyone at the meeting. The

Prop Restoration Fund was won by Jim Tiller.

The Black Hills Air Rally is scheduled for Sunday September 16th in Sturgis at the Buffalo Chip. Doc, Jim and Zac met and discussed some concerns Doc had about the Air Rally. Doc has decided not to attend.

Meeting adjourned at 7:52 PM.

August 2007

August 8th, 2007

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM at the Beanery in the Creamery Mall.

Officers present: President- Doc McGuigan, Vice President- Darrell Cassidy, Treasurer- Denny Bernal, Secretary- Ken Corrin

Members present: Bob Olson, Jim Tiller Minutes of the July meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter.

Treasurers report: Club......$ 5241.38 Maintenance Fund….$ 2580.76 Total…....$ 7822.14

Old business: The Interstate Fun Fly has been canceled for this year. The remainder of our scheduled flying events for this year will include a hot dog fry and picnic.

New business: The burner on the BBQ grill has rusted out so we will be replacing the grill. Ken Corrin and Denny Bernal will be the committee to purchase a new grill. Bob Olson said that Clancy offered to provide a new windsock for the field. For security purposes, Jim Tiller took the officer’s e-mail addresses off the club website. Club officers will now receive e-mail as forwarded mail through the Propbuster website. Jim Tiller is now an AMA Associate Vice President for South Dakota in District IX. The Propbusters will be assisting the Northern Hills Flyers for an AMA event at their field on Sept 16th.

Bob Olson won the Prop Restoration Fund. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM.

July 10th

2007

Meeting called to order at 7:32 PM by Vice President Darrell Cassidy at the Beanery in the Creamery Mall.

Officers present: Vice President-Darrell Cassidy, Treasurer-Denny Bernal, Secretary- Ken Corrin

Members present: Bob Olson, Ben Roller, and Jim Tiller

There were no minutes for the June meeting .

Treasurers report: Club…..$ 5503.85 Maintenance Fund…..$ 2580.76 Total…..$ 8084.61

Old Business: There were three members in attendance at the July 8th float fly. Ken Gatzke brought out his new Sea Monster that was a good flying airplane.

The Firecracker 46 Races were held at the Promised Land on the 4th of July. Jim Tiller credits his win to his new Spectrum radio and possibly cutting a few pylons a little short.

Ken Corrin reported the Propbusters Christmas Dinner is tentatively scheduled for 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Sunday December 2, 2007 at Arrowhead Country Club. If no other group schedules a dinner for that Sunday evening then we will have to pick another date as they need to serve 100 people on any Sunday in order to open the club.

New Business: Bob and Ben said that the grass at the flying field is so dry that it is a fire hazard to continue mowing it this summer. After a short discussion we decided that it would be best to discontinue mowing at the field until we get a good rain.

Jim will make up some flyers for the August 12th Interstate Fun Fly and hot dog roast and invite other clubs from around the area. Clancy would like to put on an electric fly at the Polo Field on a Saturday this summer and is looking for some volunteers to help out. The gate lock at the club field needs to be lubricated or repaired so it doesn’t stick.

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.

May 8th

2007

Officers Present: Doc Mcguigan, Dennis Bernal, Darrell Cassidy Members Present: Zach Roller, Bob Olson

The meeting was called to order by President McGuigan at 7:30PM

Minutes were approved as written in the Newsletter.

Treasurer’s Report: Club - $5362.85, Maintenance Fund: $2580.76, Total: $8213.61

Old Business: 1. The recent float fly at Curlew Lake was a huge success. Everyone enjoyed the day with the hot dogs and lots of flying. The club plans to have all future float flys there. 2. Some mowing has been done but there is more that needs to be mowed. We can’t let the grass get away otherwise it will be too tall to cut.

New Business: 1. The fun fly at Custer State Park has changed a bit. We will no longer fly at the airport but instead we will fly both Saturday and Sunday at Stockade Lake. Doc has reserved campsites if anyone is interested. 2. Safety issues were discussed and the members decided to conduct mandatory safety checks and range checks prior to flight at all scheduled events.

April 10th, 2007

Meeting called to order at 7:32 PM at the Beanery in the Creamery Mall.

Officers Present: President – Doc McGuigan, Vice President - Darrell Cassidy, Secretary – Ken Corrin, Treasurer – Denny Bernal.

Members Present: Bob Olson, Wayne Zimmerman, Ray Hrachovek, Zac Roller, Jim Kammert.

Doc read the March minutes and they were approved as read.

Treasurers Report: Club…………………...…$ 5,332.85 Maintenance Fund…...... 2,580.76 Total…………………...… 7,913.61

Old Business: Ben Roller and Mike Wagner worked on the lawn mowers. Both mowers are at the field and except for the flat tire on the red mower they are in good condition. Doc said we need to reconsider the runway resealing project. Our twenty year lease with the Jensons expires in 2011. We would like to visit with the Jensons and negotiate another twenty year lease if possible. If we can’t negotiate a new lease we should consider making repairs ourselves to the runway. The Custer State Park open house is May 19th and 20th. The club will be flying from Stockade Lake on the 19th and from the airport on the 20th. Flying will be from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon on both days. Ken reported on a new field table design for twin engine airplanes. The old shed at the flying field is in need of some repairs. We will look it over and estimate what is needed. We have purchased hot dogs for the hot dog fly. The first hot dog fly is April 29th. Wayne reported on the AMA safety requirements for electric and nitro powered 3D flying and helicopter flying along with general sport flying at the club field. He also presented four new flying site safety rules. A motion was made, seconded and approved that we adopt the new flying areas at our field along with the new safety rules. Wayne will write a detailed article for the next newsletter that explains the new procedures and safety rules.

New Business: Doc reported on spread spectrum equipment. He suggested that we add five pins to the frequency board that say “ spread spectrum” so we can maintain the habit of always getting a frequency pin before we fly. Rod Renz has rejoined the club as a new member. The U S Air Force wants the club to put on an air show at EAFB for their open house on Saturday June 23rd. The members present didn’t show much interest in putting on a show. Bob Olson has a five pound fire extinguisher that he will donate to the club for use at the field. Zac said there was a problem with stains on the carpet in the Beanery after the swap meet at last months meeting. Oil and fuel dripped from one of the aircraft and stained the carpet. The club has paid the owners of the Beanery $50 to help pay for cleanup. In the future when you bring in an aircraft for show and tell or for a swap meet you are responsible for any fuel or oil leaks.

The Prop Restoration Fund was won by Wayne.

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM.