JUNE 2004 PRESIDENT's CORNER
By Dennis Cone

The Helicopter Fun Fly for 2004 is history. George Vargo and Bart Andrist put on a great contest. There were 30 contestants doing maneuvers I didn’t know could be done with a Helicopter. Unless you have seen some of these events you have missed out on some great flying. I saw rolling maneuvers just a few feet off the ground done with total control. From small miniatures to all electric these machines are phenomenal. I saw a 12-yearold young man do an autorotation and I understand he only soloed a month ago. He has a great future flying and is very excited.

TCRCM was voted the volunteer group of the year by the ARC association and I attended by invitation their annual meeting to accept the award. Bill Greger and Gordon Anderson were not able to attend, so I attended in their stead. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their selfless time spent putting on a day of enjoyment for Partners and Pals Summer Day Camp. As I understand this is the “Highlight of the summer for the children with special needs”. Thanks Guys, you make a difference.

Fred Fisher and I moved one of the small sprinklers to try to cover the area of the runway that is not getting enough water.

By the time you read this I will have finished the Olympian Medal, flown its maiden flight and completed a pattern contest in Othello. It was a long journey (6 months) to complete this bird but it will be worth it. Now just have to finish the Carbon Fiber Aries. Hope to have it finished before the end of summer.

Remember, wings Level.