September 14, 2015
The Kingaroy Aero Modellers Club held its AGM on Sunday morning after a “Pilots and Partners” breakfast supplied by Denis and Sheryl Hansen.
The breakfast was followed by general flying which included an excellent demonstration of aerial towing by a tug plane of a glider by Brett Francis and Darryl Hansen.
The AGM started at 10:00am.
Elected to the executive for 2015-16 were:
- President: John Box
- Vice-President: Neil Hansen
- Secretary: Darryl Hansen
- Treasurer: Denis Hansen
- Safety and Training Officer: Brett Francis
President John Box passed on the appreciation of members to Trevor and Mavis Howe for their donation of a First Aid Kit for the club.
Trevor, who also made the sign for “The KAMS Hilton”, is the club’s “youngest member at heart” at 81 and has only recently learned to fly and gone solo.
Mr Box also listed the projects completed over the past 12 months:
- Replacing the old rusty gal tank with a new plastic version
- Sale and removal of the old shed and long drop toilets
- Installation of a 20 foot storage container
- Removal and replacement of the pits outer fence
- Installation of two chemical toilets
- Painting the structures and replacing the shade cloth over the pits
- Installing a solar system to charge the mower battery
- Painting the KAMS Hilton and installing shade cloth walls
- Fitting bows and braces, mid-span in the shade cloth over the pits
- New field sign
Goals for 2015-16 include:
- Top dressing and levelling the runways
- Organising some form of competition or fly-in to draw flyers from south-east Queensland and put KAMS back on the MAAQ map
- Club T-shirts for new members
Discussions were held during the following General Meeting about the upcoming Australian Model Flying Day on October 25 to be held at the KAMS field at 844 Booie Crawford Road, Booie.
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