Merry Christmas SEFSD Members and family! I can just remember when it was summer time, flying our airplanes all day long and it was great, then as quick as flipping a switch, here we are in December. We have had an interesting year with the pandemic and I was happy how we all took the right steps to keep all safe! Thank You Members!
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the AIR”
My Wish, For You
Is that this life becomes
All that you want it to,
Your Dreams Stay Big,
And your worriers stay small,
You Never Need To Carry More Than You Can Hold,
And while you’re out there
Getting Where You’re Getting To,
I HOPE YOU KNOW SOMEBODY LOVES YOU,
And wants the same thing too
Yeah, this is my wish.
Club membership is now open alone with our banquet tickets which are going fast. We also have a great line-up of prizes that will be given away at the January 15, 2022, Banquet. I look forward to seeing as many of you on the upcoming event.
From MotionRC we have the following aircraft:
- XK X520 VTOL 520mm (20.4”)
- Flightline Hawker Sea Fury 1200mm (47”)
- Freewing Avanti S 80mm EDG Ultimate Sport Jet
- Frewing Vulcan High Performance 70mm EDF Sport Jet
From Tower Hobbies, (Horizon Hobby) we have the following aircraft:
- MXS V2 Green PNP, 1100mm
- Twin Otter 1.2m PHP, Includes Floats
- ASW-17 EP Glider PNP 2500mm
- Timber X 1.2m PNP
- Night Radian 2.0 PNP
We are also going to have a bunch of smaller items:
- iCharger X12
- assortment of batteries
- Related items.
And not to forget our spouses, I hear Lisa, Brad’s wife for those who don’t know, has fantastic prizes (lotions, etc.) from Victor’s Secret. This will be a fun event with great food and beverages. So 2021 members get your tickets SOON!
We have had a situation in which a past member was flying out at the field without AMA or SEFSD membership. His last membership date was 2018…. The way this was found out and he has been flying at our field this year and all thought he was a member. The way I found this out was, unlike the rest of us, calling out our intentions in “Taking-off, Low fly by and Landings”, he failed to do so, and he was asked many times to call out his intentions. I approached the pilot and I noticed he was not wearing a badge. We are all required to wear our badges at the field, and I would like to invite any member to approach a pilot who may not be wearing a badge and ask to see the SEFSD badge or AMA. You as a club member have every right to ask if the pilot is a member. It is most important that everyone who flies in our field, must have AMA and be a member of SEFSD. If you come across a situation with a pilot, I ask that you bring this to the attention of any BOD member so we can act accordingly. We cannot have pilots flying at the field who are not members. This can and will cause us to lose the field. Even at the Rotorplex everyone must be a member to fly at the South Shores Park on Mission Bay.
This past year was a blast being your club president. It was fun holding meetings, planning the events, giving out the prizes, talking with a lot of you and getting to know you even more. This of course will not stop as being the Chairman of the Board, replacing Brad Bender who we all can say did one hell of a fantastic job in keeping our club safety and interest first and foremost. Thank You Brad! Steve Manganelli will be our President for the coming year. Filling his position as Vice- Pres, will be our former Treasure, Quan Nguyen. Taking Quan’s position for Treasurer is Dave Youssefi. Replacing Eric Shapiro as Secretary is Ken Dresser. Remaining as Safety Officer is Steve Neu. Also remaining as Editor is Steve Belknap.
Special thanks to the Member at Large, Carl Cox (Chef Carl), Jeff Struthers (holding our Glider events, including marking the circle and the center line) and now joining the Member at large is Larry Kosta. Also deserving Thanks are the following members: Dennis LaBerge with all his efforts in taking care of the field and helping out a lot of new comers to the hobby. Mark Davis and Fritz Logan with they help in providing the lunches we have at our meetings. Jim Bonnardel will be our Contest Director for our Fun-Fly for 2022. And we have Frank Sutton to thank for all the great pictures he has and will be taking!
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the AIR”
Maybe that’s why it’s Christmas every day in this hobby!
Merry Christmas to all our members and to their family’s!
