Westminster Aero Modelers
NEXT
MEETING
July 2nd
Speigel Field
@ 7:00
We’ll also Fly..!
Volume 29 Issue 6
Scott’s Big Stick Baugher’s
Spiegel Fun-Fly
Sunday, July
14th
Flying, Fun &
Food
AMA Chartered Club # 336
Absolutely Beautiful Flying Day
at Spiegel….Ron & Dutch
Getting Ready to Scare the
Hell out of Everybody!!!
Formed 1955
Setting up for the Barbeque
Ron & Pat getting the grill out for the Sunday
Fun-Fly at Baugher’s Field on the 9th
Of June. Great Weather..Great Flying…!
OFFICERS
President: Jim Hodges 410-596-3052
Treasurer: Lou Omansky 410-602-1042
Vice President: Jim Christensen 410-775-2085
Secretary: Dan Reardon 202-288-7002
Member At Large Ron Bowen 410-833-4391
VOLUNTEERS
Membership: Dave Sherwin 410-259-5440
AMA Liaison: Jim Hodges
Field Marshalls : Spiegle Field - Ron Bowen 410-833-4391
Baughers Field - Hoyt Bishop 410-861-6139
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Incident Reports
At our May meeting, at the end of the meeting, a very
lively discussion developed around the issue of safety at
the fields. This conversation started as a comment on
the photo of Jon’s landing his plane in the tailgate of my
car.
We actually have three issues here:
1. Safety at the field for flyers and spectators.
2. The issue of needlessly wrecked airplanes that
were built over hours and hours of time—we do
become attached to our aircraft…!
3. What can be done to prevent most mishaps and
crashes.
I’ve decided to do an “Incident Report” on my last two
crashes—both of these had to do with fuel related issues. One was due to catastrophic mechanical failure
and the other was due to pilot error on the ground. Both
of them could have been prevented.
Pre-Flight Check
“In flying, I have learned that carelessness and
over-Confidence are usually for more dangerous
than deliberately accepted risks.
Wilbur Wright
!!!Before Every Flight!!!
In the above picture, Dave is checking out this plane
before flying. This simple step eliminates all on the
ground pilot error:
I completely rebuilt my Tiger 2 with Paul’s help, and
Replaced everything, but didn’t even look at the
fuel tank. I just put it back into the plane, but the
Rubber stopper had deteriorated over 14years of nonuse. A minor oversight—catastrophic results.
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5.
6.
Sufficient volts to fly.
Full fuel tank.
Transmitter matched to plane.
All control surfaces in working order.
All control surfaces in the correct direction.
Throttle functioning correctly.
Really, Really Dumb..!
Just as I was getting ready to
Take the “Slow & Low” up again,
Dana brought in the pizza. I was just
About to refuel the plane, and I got
Up for pizza. I came back, and I forgot
To check the fuel levels. The result is to
the left. Ron told me that the plane
Was a tough old bird, so, I renamed
The plane to “Tough Ol’ Bird”
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PILOTS_TO_CO-PIL0TS
JIM HODGES
PRESIDENT
The PresidenT has gone fishing…..!
This is a great shot of Jim
Fishing before the pond
Fly on Sunday, June 23rd.
Jim wants everyone to
Remember that the next
Meeting with be held
At Spiegel Field on
Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:30..
Let’s get some flying in too..!
June 23 Pond Fly
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A little bit about Allan Bougher,
The Baugher family
And the creation of Baugher Field
I have always been fascinated about the stories of immigrant families in America, especially when these
stories span generations of a family in the same business. I come from a large Irish Catholic family with
10 aunts and uncles on one side of the family and 11
on the other. One of my uncles was a priest, and the
family get-togethers were often held either in the
church rectory or church hall. I can vividly remember
the stories of the arrival from Ireland, the struggles,
failures and successes, especially the stories of the
Honorary Member Allan Bougher and his
Wife Marjorie
First World War, the 20’s, the Depression and the Second World War. Allan Bougher’s great-grandfather
immigrated to the United States after the Civil War
and settled in Pennsylvania. By the beginning of the
20th Century, 1/3 of all newspapers were printed in
German, so great were the waves of German immigration.
Two months ago, I met with Allan and his wife Marjorie at the business office of their enterprises.
Mr. Bougher is a third generation farmer, of a farm
that is now in its fourth generation since his son
Dwight took over the operations of the farm. His
great-grandfather immigrated to the United States
from Germany in the 19th century and settled in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, where he practiced the trade of
a leather-hide tanner. His son, Myers, fell in love
with a woman from Taneytown, and he married her
and moved there. (Oh, what we do for love…!) In
1900, he bought 60 acres of land called the “Home
Farm” and began a new life as a farmer. When his
grandfather passed away, his son, Allen’s dad, bought
the farm from the family for the incredible sum of
$6,000.00. The total size of the farm property now is
730 acres, with an additional 90 acres which are rented. The Valley Farm that we fly out of is around a
100 acres of land.
Allen was born in 1935, and by age six, he knew that
he wanted to be a farmer. He told me a delightful story among many that he told me. When he was six, his
father hitched his small wagon behind the farm tractor, and that was when he knew that he wanted to follow
in his dad’s footsteps.
He began working on the farm full-time in 1953. He married Marjorie in 1961, and they have five children,
four of whom work, manage and direct the farm and the Baugher Enterprises, which was formed in 1964 under Marjorie’s guidance. The restaurant that we all enjoy was opened in 1947. Mrs. Baugher’s delicious
pies sold then for 25 cents! (As I am writing this, I am enjoy the delicious rhubarb & strawberry pie. It cost
more than 25 cents!)
Wendell recounted to me the story as to how Baugher Field came to be. At that time, Wendell was the President of the club, and Allan’s son, Dwight, also was a member. Several of the club members went on a trip to
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one of the big annual swap/flea market events in
1994—Wendell thinks that it was the one in Lebanon. Dwight, who was around 20 at the time, was
on this trip, and somehow the discussion came
around to the club would sure like to have a pond to
fly off of, and Dwight invited them to try flying off
of the pond on the Home Farm. So, a bunch of
guys, including Wendell took Dwight up on his offer, and they went to fly off of the pond. Later in the
day, Allan showed up with some iced tea and snacks,
and everyone got to talking. At that time the club
had just moved from the field off of John Owings to
Speigel, but the relationship with the county was
rocky. The conversation came around to this issue
with the county and the risk that the club might lose
Allan by his tractor—where else would he be..!
its field. Allan offered to the club the use of his land
for a field. The next week, Wendell gave him a call to ask him if the offer were a serious offer, to which he
replied, “When I say something, I mean what I say!” (Don’t we wish we had politicians with the same value
in their word…!)
So, Milt and Wendell got together with Allan and looked at
several possible sites, and the present field was selected. Milt
at that time was very informed in the issues of private land
use and AMA insurance requirements for sanctioning by the
AMA. Allan’s only requirement was that the club kept the
field mowed and the area around the pond. We are very, very
fortunate to have such a good friend and supporter of the
club. Because of his offer, we have two beautiful flying sites.
In the middle of our conversation that day, as Marjorie and I
were talking, Allan took out his harmonica and began to play
a tune–then I realized that he was playing “When Irish Eyes
are Smiling”. I was very touched by his musical serenade. I
could have listened to Marjorie and Allan for hours. I felt as
if I were in my early teens listening again to the family stories
around the dinner table of struggles, hardship, hard work,
family pride, successes and joy.
Here is Dwight managing the farm. With the responsibilities of a large farm enterprise and three
children, Dwight doesn’t have time now for flying as he once did...maybe sometime in the future, he will be flying with us once again…!
Ron’s Brother, Bo, doing inverted hamburger
Flips & Rolls on the Grill
The usual flying attitude of this club—it’s
The conversation that’s flying…!
June 9th—Baugher Fun-Fly-Beautiful Flying Day
Jeff’s Shaded Flying Station
Oops…!
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Re-Post of the
Lawn Mowing Calendars
For the 2013 flying
season. If you need to
change your assigned
date, please find someone to
cover for you.
Paul on the “Buddy Box” helping Dan on his first
successful solo flight with the lawnmower.
Baugher Field
April 05
12
19
26
May 03
10
17
24
31
June 07
14
21
28
July 05
12
19
26
Aug 02
09
16
23
30
Sept 06
13
20
27
Oct 04
11
18
25
Nov 01
08
15
22
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Brian Newman
Bill West
Dave Sherwin
Steve Hare
Jim Hodges
Jim Christensen
Paul Schaffner
Ron Octavec
Scott Newton
Pat Cullison
Mickey Yachera
Dan Reardon
Hoyt Bisphop
Brian Newman
Bill West
Dave Sherwin
Steve Hare
Scott Newton
Jim Hodges
Jim Christensen
Ron Octavec
Pat Cullison
Mickey Yachera
Dan Reardon
Hoyt Bishop
Brian Newman
Bill West
Dave Sherwin
Steve Hare
Jim Hodges
Jim Christensen
Scott Newton
Ron Octavic
Pat Cullison
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Spiegel Field
April 05
12
19
26
May 03
10
17
24
31
June 07
14
21
28
July 05
12
19
26
Aug 02
09
16
23
30
Sept 06
13
20
27
Oct 04
11
18
25
Ron Octavec
Dave Sherwin
Scott Newton
Bryan Newman
Dan Reardon
Pat Cullison
Jim Christensen
Paul Schaffner
Dan Reardon
Ron Octavec
Dave Sherwin
Scott Newton
Bryan Newman
Mickey Yachera
Pat Cullison
Jim Christensen
Paul Schaffner
Dan Reardon
Dave Sherwin
Scott Newton
Bryan Newman
Jim Hodges
Ron Octavec
Pat Cullison
Jim Christensen
Paul Schaffner
Dan Reardon
Dave Sherwin
Scott Newton
Bryan Newman
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