DECEMBER RC CLUB FLYERS
PILOT SPEAK By Ray Ihlenburg
R/C Flyers
By Ray Ihlenburg
Cheers for a Happy New Year, but before 2026 gets kicked off, perhaps let’s take this opportunity to recap our busy December.
Flying hasn’t been great but the few nice days have been so enjoyable. While we haven’t been busy at the field, the Club had a full month of change. To begin with, each December Business meeting, we elect our officers and Board of Directors for the following year. The results ensure another year of strong leadership. Mike Betz, President; Bob Krull, Vice-President; Steve Schusselman, Secretary and Membership Chair; Jack Kezelian, Treasurer; Don Fields, Field Marshall; Tom DiSanti and Brad Kollbaum are Safety Officers; Steve Croxoll and Steve Armstrong, are Directors. Here’s to a great year among friends who share a flying problem.
We held our 2025 Christmas Holiday Party at the Candler Lodge that included fine food, great music, gifts and prizes that kept all 110 guests laughing and dancing the whole night through. Much gratitude is extended to Ray Baker and his wife, Linda, for reserving the Lodge Ballroom then planning the dinner and music. Mike and Kathleen Betz coordinated the evening’s events between Ray Baker and Alex Fedele. Paul Garguillo and Alex Fidele set up the gifts and a raffle with a couple of twists and turns. In the back ground during the months of planning was Jack Kezelian our treasurer trusted with cost control.
Cheryl Jensen was the DJ. She played great dance music that was at very enjoyable volume. During the evening, she guided everyone through dancing and a Christmas Carol Bingo game. My Bingo card was definitely one for the naughty kids. The card had one tune crossed out after 8 songs and it got worse from there.
One amusing thing happened with the video the DJ had scrolling; an inadvertent skip to what appeared to be something from the doctors waiting room about intestines. She promised we didn’t get charged extra!
Looking forward to the new year we have the “Spring Fly-In” in the planning stages for March-April. Then, we are waiting for news concerning the eventual moving of our flying field because of the building growth adjacent to the flight limits.
If you have been thinking of joining our club and learning to fly, make it a New Year’s Resolution to visit our website at otowrcflyers.com; come out to the field and talk with one of our members; and attend a club meeting at 9:00 am on the first Monday of each month in the Event Room next to the Woodshop.
Once again, HAPPY NEW YEAR!