Greater Midwest Rotorcraft Club

Kankakee Fly-In July 9-11

brianburke — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:45:49 +0000

Ultralight Place
The Ultralight Place at Greater Kankakee Airport

Jim’s FBO, located near the approach end of runway 4, is easy to get to by landing on the 6,000-foot hard surface runway or the parallel 1,400-foot grass runway where The Ultralight Place holds its annual fly-in each year in conjunction with EAA Chapter 1159. The 2010 fly-in will be held July 9 to 11. Camping is available, and Jim says, “Our world famous chef will again be preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

BFR Written Exam

brianburke — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:45:20 +0000

BFR Written Exam

Extra Club Shirts from the Banquet…

Kevin Tansor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:43 +0000

Hey Chapter 18′ers,

The banquet went very well, a bunch-o-fun, and I think we did well to get some shirts out there once again. I still have some of these shirts left, the same style as at the banquet: small logo (orange-ish color) on black tee shirts … below is example image. I have a few of them in all sizes remaining.

click here for more info: http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=349550#post349550

-Kevin T.

Next meeting February 26

Andrew Svehla — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:52:46 +0000

Club Shirts for the upcoming Banquet…

Kevin Tansor — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:03:15 +0000

Hello PRA Chapter 18 members,

I just want to let everybody know that I have somehow managed to whip together a quick batch of Chapter 18 Tee Shirts for the upcoming banquet. There about 30 or so shirts, various quantities of L, XL & 2XL sizes. These shirts are not for sale (hence I did not send out order forms etc this time around), instead they are to be auctioned at the banquet. I have donated the blank shirts and my screening time … and all proceeds will go to the club. Because of this however, I was only able to allocate enough time to produce this limited quantity, and also kept all the shirts same color (black) with the small club logo on the front (orange). In doing so however, I’m sure that we can keep the starting bid on each shirt down to a bare minimum and still make some decent $$ for the club.

I have uploaded a sample image to my member profile to show what the shirts look like (just a representation, but darn close): http://beta.gyroclub.com/news/kevintansor-photos/ . Click on the Tee Shirt thumbnail at the top left, then you can select to view the image with the ”PicLens” option (it should show a better size image than the “slideshow” option).

Also, inspired by the crappy cold weather I suppose, I have produced four (only 4) heavyweight hooded sweatshirts for the banquet!! They are really nice, again black with the small orange logo on the front. Two of them XL, and the other two are 2XL. I’d like for two of them to be given as door prizes and the other remaining two as auction items.

WOW … a GPS, an HD video camera, and now a couple of club sweatshirts to add to the prize list!! Very cool!!!

- Kevin

Chuck Roberg wants me to remind everyone that the banquet is drawing near. Please make plans to attend.

Andrew Svehla — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:22:59 +0000

Aviation Safety Seminar

tommilton — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:26:19 +0000

The Annual event brought to us by the Illinois Dept of Aviation, The FAA, many sponsors. The seminar features sport light aircraft of all types.

The annual seminar is always educational and fun. For a list of speakers and subjects visit www.safety-seminar.com February 27, 8am, Springfield, IL. State Fairgrounds. The club will rent a van. The club pays for the rental, we split the gas. We meet at the pick-up point (Cracker barrel parking lot, just north of I-80, exit Houbolt rd. at 6am. We will leave shortly thereafter. We will have a driving McDonalds breakfast at the pickup site, drive to Springfield. No event admission charge, There is a catered lunch at the site. ($6.00?) After the event, we will stop at a restaurant on the way home and return to the pick-up point.

Contact Tom Milton for more info: 708-895-0398 gyroplanes@aol.com

Club Awards Banquet

tommilton — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:13:42 +0000

The Annual Chapter 18 Awards Banquet will be held, Saturday, February 20, at 7 pm at Maxwells 1121 Dixie Highway, Beecher, IL. Everyone is invited. Please contact Rich Vitt 630=243-0475 gyrorich1@sbcglobal.net

RSVP no later than Feb 13th

Door Prizes and raffles:

1st prize: Tom-Tom 4.3 inch wide screen GPS
2nd prize: HD digital video camera

Let’s set an attendance record. Come on out and enjoy the company of your fellow gyronauts. Start the year off right by celebrating the new gyro pilots and accomplishments of club members. We might even have a big screen gyro “simulator” to play with

my new project

Andrew Svehla — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:54:49 +0000

Laying in cold, dirty water under Tom Milton’s truck.

January Club Meeting

tommilton — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:20:18 +0000

The club will meet in our hangar classroom Friday, Jan 22 at the Lansing municipal Airport. 7 PM

We will discuss the bylaws, propose a new “duty roster” and discuss the upcoming club events. (banquet, seminar at Springfield, Bensen Days)