For Radio Controlled Sailplanes & Electrics

Academy of Model Aeronautics Chartered Club #2749

Calling all Glider Guiders!

The next SWIFT meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 7 at Chalco Hills.

SWIFT EVENTS at the COBRA field.

LINOMA #2: Sunday, June 10, 2007: Time 10:00 AM pilots meeting. Location; COBRA field. $5.00 for food, no landing fee. Mike and Terry are getting steak cuts and need a count on the number attending. Please RSVP to Terry or myself if attending before Friday, 8 June.

Silent Flight day: Saturday, June 30, 2007: Silent Flight day and E-Glider Longest Flight of the Year Trials at the COBRA field. The event will be open to all AMA members. Object is to have fun. Starting time 10:00 AM. No landing fee, food will be provided by COBRA. Donations accepted. http://www.metrorcflying.com/swiftjune30-07.htm

Old Timer Climb and Glide event sponsored by COBRA: Saturday, July 7, 2007. Time; 10:00 AM. Location; COBRA field. This event will be held the first Saturday of the month through October. Contact George Eheman (gseheman@cox.net) for more info.

Mid-summer T.D. and E-Glider: Sunday, July 8,007. Time; 10:00 AM pilots meeting. Location; COBRA field.

SWIFT members will be flying gliders at the COBRA field on Saturday or Sunday through out the season pending other events at the field. This will be a good time to practice launching, landing and just getting in stick time. The field will remain open to all flying.

COMMENTS

The SWIFT BBS is operational. Go to SWIFTSoaring.com, click on Bulletin Board. The first time one will be asked to register if desiring to post messages. No registering required to read the posted messages. Good going Bryan and Bob T.

I enclosed the Old Timer report from George. This is not a SWIFT event but is sponsored by the COBRA club. Gliding and spot landing is of interest to glider guiders. The challenge is to climb, turn off the engine, glide for five minuets and land in a 50 foot radius circle. Total points are 350 for a perfect flight. George is very generous on the type of aircraft one can fly. Anything from a 1938 designed Dollaire, a Piper J3, a Butterfly, Miss America, and Powerhouse were flown. Electric or glow power is used.

Bring something to fly in the parking lot after the meeting. If the weather is fair, we should have an hour of daylight for flying.

Bring some show and tell and see you at the meeting.

S.W.I.F.T. OFFICERS

President: Terry Lamm (402) 319-7514 cell

mushroom_1@cox.net

Vice President: Larry Puls (712) 328-3511

ldpuls@aol.com

Secretary/Treasurer: Dan Lorimer (402) 896-0963

dl_thermalchaser@yahoo.com

6506 South 142nd Street – Omaha, NE 68137-4806

VISIBLE LIFT: Larry Bailey (Lnbailey@cox.net)

COBRA Old Timer event.

June 2, 2007

The Cobra R/C Club put on an Old Timer Contest Saturday 6/2 with 12 in attendances. The wind was straight out of the west and breezy at times but everyone got to fly. As a result of the wind three flyers missed the field so no score was counted for that round, a hard price to pay.

The results of the contest are as follows:

1st Terry Lamm 1009 Points

2nd Ed Splittgerber 945

3rd Mike Meyers 940

4th Tom Egbert 849

5th George Eheman 721

6th Jud bock 596

7th Ed Jelinck 584

8th Larry Bailey 458

John Gilbert did a great job as a timer and Galen Lillethorup was our official score keeper. I believe everyone had wonderful time and myself I'm looking forward to next month.

George Eheman C.D.

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