The next club meeting will be Wednesday Feb 1st 2012 at Fanz (formerly Midtown Sundries) at 7:00p.(Dinner at 6p)This is located at the Cheshire shopping center at Sugarcreek and Harris.  

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If you would like to become a member of The Flying Aces Pilots Association follow these steps:

1) Download the Waymer park annual pass form and send it in with $20 (plus $5 for the optional gate key)
along with a copy of Your AMA card to the address listed at the bottom of the form.

2) Download the club application, fill it out, and bring it along with correct amount, see form, to the next club meeting.

Our club Charter requires all members of FAPA to have a Waymer park annual pass and a current AMA membership.
FAPA has exclusive flying privileges at The Charlotte Motor Speedway flying site, and you must be a member of FAPA to fly there.

If You are renewing your Membership please fill out the FAPA membership form and bring it to the next club meeting or mail it to the address on the form.

All of the forms are located in the document section of this web page.

We offer a lifetime membership for $500.00

The hours of operation for both our fields are sun up to sun down.

For any questions about joining Our club please contact the club secretary or webmaster at the email listed at the bottom of this page.

Hello All,

 

 We are always glad to have new members. If you would like to join you will need to first join the AMA   http://www.modelaircraft.org/ then just come to one of our meetings and fill out an application, pay the club dues and you will be set. If you would like to meet us first you can come out to one of the fields and chat with the members. We could also do an introductory flight as well (contact me and I can arrange it). You can download the necessary applications from our website. We have a club trainer plane and also instructors who enjoy working with new pilots. I highly recommend the purchase of a simulator as they are an invaluable tool to learn to fly.  http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/realflight/gpmz4450.html 
The Hobbico trainers are very good such as this one:

 http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEXK2**&P=0 

 it has a flight stabilization system that corrects the plane if you get in trouble. This package also has the transmitter and is ready to fly (RTF). You would just need some basic support equip., fuel and batteries.

 

We have many knowledgeable members that are always willing to lend a helping hand. I have been exposed to many clubs and this is by far the most new pilot friendly club I have found. We have a very good group of people and I will always call this club home. We also have two flying fields. Waymer is located in Huntersville and is a very nice field. The only aircraft that are not allowed at Waymer are turbine powered aircraft. Our other field (and my personal favorite) is at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is a good field to perfect your landings. There is no aircraft limit at CMS.

 

Hope to see you at a meeting or the field! If you have any questions or just want to talk planes feel free to call.

 

Thank You for your interest in the Flying Aces,

 

Pat, secretary, FAPA

 

704-960-8064

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   Planning a fly-in is a long process and it's success depends on Member participation.  There are many steps to putting on such an event which includes AMA notification and paperwork.  At the moment the club has only one active "Contest Director" and one future "Contest Director" in process.  All AMA sanctioned Fly-ins require a CD to ensure safety on the field and registration of participants.
 
   The club could use a few more members to become CD's for future events.  The process is easy (a simple test is required) but the rewards are great.  CD's get a discount on their annual AMA membership (see AMA qualifications) and with the certification comes the knowledge that you are furthering the RC hobby that we all love and enjoy.
 
AMA CD applications and quiz can be found here:   http://www.tcrcc.org/pdf/ama303.pdf 
 
Thank you,

 

The club officers are:
 
   President: Ken Medlin (ken "dot" medlin "at" yahoo "dot" com)
   V. Pres : Pat Levingston
   Treasurer: Jim Galuska
   Secretary: Pat Levingston
   Safety Officer: Terry Hickey
   2 at large board members: Bob Covington, Bob Bauer.


Here are some Kent's vids of  Evans big Quaker here, f14 and eagle.
 
Great news!!  Marcus Smith the CEO of Charlotte Motor Speedway has extended indefinitely FAPA's exclusive use contract for the Flying field at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The contract for Waymer has been renewed for another year. The entrance sign can be seen here.

The Club Locks are on the gates at Waymer. Be sure to lock them open so they don't swing loose when you open the gates. Be sure the gates are locked when you leave and be sure to include all other locks in the daisy chain. There are two locks on the exit gate and three locks on the entrance side.


Exit locks(WACAMA and County)



entrance locks(Gas co. and WACAMA)



All key holders must check if any other key holders are present when they leave, if they say they are Key holders ask to see their key, If no other key holder is present when you leave EVERYONE MUST LEAVE WITH YOU!! If the non key holders want they can move their cars OUTSIDE the gates and return to fly. If the non key holders refuse to leave call park security at 311. If there is no response at 311 call the Huntersville Police (704) 875-6542.

The field at Charlotte Motor Speedway is open for flight! See the safety area of this Web page for details. Keep  in mind that the speedway field is closed and unavailable for use during the major track events

Specifically the main races in October, May and the auto fair weekend in September.