Club stalwart Barry Kilpatrick travelled to Melbourne last week for an operation on his heart (yes it seems he does have one).
Barry came through the op all ok and with 3 new valves and a bit of additional tweaking here and there he is on the mend and will soon be back terrorising anyone who gets in his way.
On behalf of TCMAC and all the members we wish Baz a speedy recovery.
The committee and members of TCMAC would like to express our thoughts and condolences to our Treasurer Rod McRae on the passing of his father Donald. All of our prayers are with you and your family at this sad time.
McRAE. — Donald Bernard
Passed away peacefully on January 10, 2020
Aged 102 years
Loved husband of Amy (dec). Loved father of Russell and Rodney. Loved father-in-law of Jackie and Peta. Loved grandpa of Jason (dec), Brenton, Danielle, Alison and Stewart. Great grandfather of Tom, Greta, Rory and Parker.
Mum and Dad reunited.
For funeral arrangements see later newspaper.
Publication: Herald Sun
Melbourne
Thanks to all those who registered to help out at the club fundraiser on December 26th at Bunnings Wodonga.
The roster is below but it’s not too late to add you name if you would like to help out.
just email Tim at lisatim@bigpond.com
Time Slot Attendees
8-15 to 10AM Michael Guinness
Hilton Guinness
Dennis Johnson
Alwyn Brunton
10 to 11 Tim Knight
Neil Sharp
David Balfour
Rob Hewlett
11 to 12 Tim Knight
Rob Hewlett
Charlie & Sheree Kuljurgies
12 to 1PM Graeme Frauenfelder
Adeh Becker
Ian Byles
Geoff Williams
1 to 2 Graeme Frauenfelder
Adeh Becker
Ron Hammond
Geoff Williams
2 to 3 Edwin Ford
Ron Hammond
Darrell Smailes
Robert Ormes
3 to 4-30 Andy Gordon
Phil Collins
Peter Webb
Chris Henry
Our next Club fundraiser will be a Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings.
Sunday December 29th
Please consider adding your name to the roster.
For further information or to volunteer some time to help, see Tim Knight
A report by David Balfour
Jump over to the Gallery – Video page and check out the new videos filmed by Neil B with his drone, awesome footage Neil let keep it up.
An article reproduced from RCM&E for members to consider the options of converting your IC models to Electric
Electric-Article-optimized
A Report by Darrell Smailes
The CLAS NSW Championship for speed and team race was conducted over the long weekend of October 4th to October 7th 2019.
Approximately 25 entrants from Vic, NSW, SA, Qld, WA & New Zealand competed over the weekend which was heralded a huge success.
The events counted towards points to qualify for the 2020 World Championships to be held in Poland.
Past World Champions and competitors were well represented over the weekend.
A great weekend was enjoyed by all, due mainly to our club facilities and the local area amenities.
Two speed records were broken subject to confirmation.
Thank you for the Club support and we are now gearing up for our TCMAC Control Line GrandPrix, January 2nd to 5th, run over 4 days (see Events calendar for details).
A mixture of events from speed, team race, combat and stunt will be conducted and early indications are very positive that the event will attract many competitors from throughout the Australia.
A Report by Rob Hulett
Around 25 competitors entered the APA event held at TCMAC last weekend, with practice on Friday & 2 days of competition Saturday and Sunday. Several classes ran over the weekend and 5 entrants came from TCMAC.
Congrats to Adeh Becker and Peter Webb for coming in at 1st & 2nd in the Sportsman class, with only a few points separating them.
In Advanced, Rob Hulett came in at #3, just sneaking in front of Warren Leach & Chris Henry went well in F3A but was outpointed on the day.
Compliments flowed from our visitors on the state of the facilities, thanks again due to the hard work members have put in with mowing and working bees.
Hello to all Seaplane enthusiasts,
The Twin Cities Model aero Club Albury wish to inform you that we have reluctantly decided to cancel this years Seaplane Fly-In on Lake Hume.
This is the second year in a row that we have had to make this decision as the Lake has not reached a suitable level to run the event.
This year that Lake only reached 40% at its highest level and the level is now dropping. We need the Lake at about 60 – 70% to safely fly seaplanes. The attached photos taken last week show the current situation at Table Top Reserve.
We will keep you informed about future events and hope that the drought breaks before next year.
If you are aware of other’s who may have been intending to attend this event, but they are not listed in this email , can you please forward this to them.
Regards
David Balfour
TCMAC