The years first flights were piloted by Ed Olstein, electric, and Steve Ludwig, powered. Once again, we were treated to the sight of Steve’s plane with a “Happy New Year’ banner in tow. Great job Steve!
For those flyer’s with skis, the field was theirs. And for those of us without, the cleared runway measured approximately 15 ft by 80 ft. It was located on the flight line directly in front of the impound and trailer with a taxiway leading to the pits. Flying with such a shortened field was really a great challenge. It was fun to see the pilots handle it, some even doing “touch and goes”.
Message from the prez……
Guys, we ended the year tremendously with a great holiday party, the food was great and all had fun. News Years Day 's turnout was also great. The snow presented challenging fun, some had skis others used the landing strip that was shoveled. It was really a great day of flying!!!
This year will be a good one. We will be presenting our proposed next moves for the organization during the January meeting. Until then Happy New Year to all. We’ll see you down at the field.
Mark Castiglione, ECSF President
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Message from the VP… Thanks everyone for a Great 2005. Your board has worked very hard. The field improvements have made flying at the swamp a real pleasure. I had a ball at the New Year’s Day “Freeze Fly“. We lucked out with the weather again. I'm looking forward to the New Year and some new planes for the 2006 season. Thinned out the herd a little this year. I'm going to be skiing a lot this winter so if anyone is looking for a skiing partner in Vt., give me a call. I'll be flying down the mountains. Steve Ludwig, ECSF Vice President Treasure‘s Report… December ended the year on a positive note. Going into January we have approximately 100 members who have renewed their dues for 2006. The treasury has been fatten up to the tune of $10400.00 Dollars. This will enable us to fund our well attended picnics along with some improvements to the field. Of course we will continue to monitor costs so that our treasury remains in good shape. The clubs picnics and Christmas parties were a success and we hope this years will be even better. More raffles to come this year. Any suggestions on what you might like to see raffled off? Another engine, radio? Our rainy day fund is in the form of a CD and I plan to add to it for the fiscal year 2006. In just a few short years we will start to see a nice balance accumulating, which will be comforting to know that the Swamp Flyers now have funds put away for an emergency. Those members that haven't had a chance to send |
