Welcome to the

Flying Aces Pilots Association

 AMA chartered club # 3492

Member of Waymer Aeromodeler Chapter of AMA

AMA Chapter #69

Charlotte, North Carolina   

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Our next club meeting is scheduled to be held at
the Waymer flying field
Saturday September 04 2010 At noon.

We will be taking nominations for club officers at this meeting.

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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 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 at the email listed at the bottom of this page.

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We will be having a warbird flyin at Waymer on September 18. see flyer here

Here are some Kent's vids of  Evans big quaker here, f14 and eagle.

A motion to change the by-laws to eliminate the requirement for all members to hold a Waymer park  annual pass was voted on at the February meeting and failed to pass. All club members must hold a current Waymer annual  pass to fly at either of FAPA's fields.

   

Great news!!  Marcus Smith the CEO of Charlotte Motor Speedway has extended FAPA's exclusive use contract for the Flying field at Lowe's.

More Great news!! the contract for Waymer has been signed and the wording for the entrance sign has been finalized and sent to the county sign shop! see the sign 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)
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entrance locks(Gas co. and WACAMA)
pic lock


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.


FAPA officers:

President: Tom Moore
Vice President: Evan Doughty
Safety: Troy Mitchell
Secretary: Larry Moore
Treasurer: Jim Galuska
At Large Board Members: Humpy Wheeler and Bob Bauer




   The Flying Aces Pilot Association is a Radio Controlled Aircraft Club located in the Charlotte North Carolina area. We are chartered through the Academy of Model Aeronautics. We have associated with The Metrolina Control line Society Who also fly at Waymer to form the  Waymer Aeromodelers Chapter of AMA(WACAMA) We are a self-supporting, non-profit organization whose purpose is to enjoy the fellowship of other R/C pilots and to promote model aviation as a hobby and recreation activity within our community. We are an organization open to anyone interested in model aviation. We work with local governments, zoning boards, and parks departments to promote interest in model aviation and to preserve the flying areas that we are using.

    We would like to extend an invitation to you to visit us at our flying fields or at any flying activity that we may be attending. We offer experienced flight instruction, planned activities, the use of a club trainer aircraft, and above all else, people to talk to who enjoy the same hobby.

    We fly at a private field located at the Charlotte motor speedway and a public field located at Waymer field in Huntersville.

                                                                               

 

Last edited on 08/09/2010 06:42:10 AM

Announcements

 

      If you are a club member and are not receiving club email announcements please send an email to the Club web master, whose email address is listed below. 

      The club meeting time and place will be posted on this page.

FAPA offers introductory Flights and training on the club trainer. You will need to make arrangements with the club president to schedule this training.

Contacts:

Club Secritary and webmaster: goliathman "at" msn "dot" com