We will have our July meeting at our regular meeting place, at the Highland Senior Center, this coming Thursday on July 10th (as usual at 7:00PM).

The July newsletter will be sent out the week after the meeting; such we can summarize what has happened at the meeting and add that into the Propeller Teller as well.
There will be no meeting in August as this is our traditional Summer Break.

For the next 2 to 6 weeks you will see more activity around our Greenspot field. This is due to a project of the SBVWCD aiming to make an accurate assessment of the Geology and Hydrology beneath the burrow pit.

At one point they (MWH Americas, Inc.) will be drilling a well in the area where we fly - During that time there will be absolutely no flying at the field! as this would be too dangerous for the work crews. (Mon - Fri, 6:30 - 16:00) - As soon as we know the schedule we will post it and send out an e-mail. Please refer to our e-mail in this context for more detailed information as well as for the do's and don’ts during this time or send a question to president@rcmarks.org. - Thanks

Both anchor structures for our new temporary shade setup are installed. A small work crew plus a big rig did the job on Saturday . The next step is to move D.J.'s old shades fram SBDO to Greenspot. The plan is to do this early next Sunday (June 29th). If you can volunteer please send an e-mail to Andreas.

The May/June Propeller Teller is the biggest one yet! - Two active months like the last ones provided ample material for this issue. - Enjoy!
The PT Editors

As of last meeting we have a new Treasurer (Glenn Sparks), a new Field Director (Rick Inlow), and a new Financial Advisor & Auditor (Chuck Comstock). - Let's give these guys a round of virtual applause!
The May/June newsletter is also almost done and should be sent out this week.

We will have our June meeting at our regular meeting place, at the Highland Senior Center, this coming Thursday on June 12th(as usual at 7:00PM). -
The combined May/June newsletter will be sent out the week after the meeting; such we can summarize what has happened at the meeting and add that into the Propeller Teller as well.

The field will be closed this Saturday after lunch - we will add the runway markings that afternoon. Greenspot will be open again on Sanday.

After a great air show, here are the visuals of last weekends event (Courtesy or Marty Nelson and Erik Blaser). Also, thanks to everybody for helping with setup and teardown, bringing their models, doing awesome demonstrations and representing our clubs to the public. - Special thanks go to all the participants from neighboring clubs - Thanks!!!

I was asked during the show what that Spanish song was that we played early on; here are title and artist: "Canciones De Amor" by Julieta Venegas (Album: Limon Y Sal).

All pictures that we got are uploaded to our Photo Gallery, without any cuts. - Feel free to browse the thumbnails and check out the pictures you like.

The weather for the GRIP project last Saturday was perfect, attendance great, and the moral of the work crew was high; so it is no wonder that after the dust had settled we were rewarded with a once again awesome runway. - I will not lose more words and you have to check for yourself.

We will soon post pictures of last Saturday's activities, so remember to check back again. - Oh by the way, the runway is in full operation. Just don't drive on the runway and leave the barricades in place so the polymer can completely cure (takes 30 days).

The weather forecast looks perfect for this coming weekend and everything is set for our resurfacing project. It is not too late to sign up for the project and be part of GRIP. As indicated before, breakfast, lunch, dinner and a movie are included for everybody that helps. We need most help in the morning, as we have to spread and prepare the sand for rolling. So if you can come out to the field (Saturday April 26th at 6:30AM) please let us know so. - See you there!

Everything works as planned and we had a very successful and satisfying dry-run on Saturday. Thanks to everybody for their great help - The Photo Gallery is updated if you are curious to see what the action looked like.

The April 2008 Propeller Teller is online!

We are meeting this week at our new permanent meeting place at the Highland Senior Center. The center is conveniently located at 3102 East Highland Ave. and is accessible from Route 30 Exit Highland Ave.(For a map click here)

Parking is behind the building. You can enter the building also from the back. Please try to be on time because you need a key to enter and the door is self closing. - The newsletter will be late one or two days but good things take time :-)

Please let people without Internet access know about the meeting. - Thanks!

There have been three sightings of rattlesnakes in the entrance area of the Greenspot burrow pit (bee hives close to the road)[Thanks Jon!]. - This is a reminder that we are outside and need to pay attention what's crawling around us.

Although there is no reason to panic it always helps to sport a good situational awareness. There are various web-sites on the Internet that give advice about how to react when you encounter a snake. The one from Melissa Kaplan seems a good start.

This will be the first time that the MARKS club will be represented at Highland's Citrus Harvest Festival. We will have a small 10x10' booth where we tell interested people about our hobby and our club. If you want to come out to our booth feel free to do so.

The event start at 10:00 AM and ends 3:30 PM, the location is in Highland's Historic District at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Main Street. There is much more information available on the event web-site or on our calendar.

Roger and Andreas met yesterday with the head of the Highland Senior Citizen Center (Penny Lilburn) and arranged that we can use their dining room for our monthly meetings, starting on April 10th.

We are having a field maintanance day this Saturday and are going to remove all the weeds in preparation of the resurfacing of the old runway. So there will be no flying on Saturday morning. - You are welcome to help. Utilities used are shovels, picks, and weed whackers. We will start around 8:00 and should be done by lunch.

Everything is fine again and the calendar is up and running.

Something broke at our ISP and our calendar is currently not working. I have asked our ISP for support and they will fix the problem within 12-24 hours.

Our meeting this week will be on Thursday March 13th. The temporary meeting place is the First Christian Church in San Bernardino. It is located on the north corner East of 10th and Arrowhead. Parking would be the best on the East side of the church you access the parking lot from tenth street. - The address is:
1001 N. Arrowhead Ave. San Bernardino

The Newsletter is also almost ready and will be posted/mailed sometimes today.

All locks are changed at our Greenspot flying site, so please don't try to get in with the old keys. We had a good day flying on Saturday (No, it wasn't raining) but it was a bit on the "frosty" side and the sun came out only for a bit in the morning.

Heads up concerning the new meeting location:
As you know, we are looking for a new meeting place. We plan to have the meeting in week 11 but depending on the location there are some constraints when the meeting will take place (Wed, Thur). We will post a news flash item, update the on-line calendar, and send out an e-mail to all registered members once we know more.

The weather still looks great for next weekend, so we are going ahead with our lock & key exchange session this coming Saturday, March 1st. - We will be there between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM, all locks will be changed after that.

As usual, if you have any question please, send me an e-mail. - Thanks and I hope I'll see you on Saturday!

Originally we were going to be at the field at Greenspot this Saturday, February 23rd to hand all members new keys for our new looks; however, taking the current weather situation into account we have decided to postpone the changing of the locks by one week to next Saturday, March 1st.

This will be also the weekend when the locks will be changed. If you have any questions in this concern please send me an e-mail.

The first step to our "Greenspot Runway Improving Project" GRIP is accomplished, we have moved the two containers from their temporary storage location to the old Greenspot site. They are currently empty but once we have cleaned and painted them then we will be using them as storage for some club items. - Special thanks go to Steven, John, Erik, and Sven for moving these extra heavy military grade big metal boxes!

Next week is MARKS meeting week! - The meeting will be hold as usual at the SBDO Security Office. The meeting date is Wednesday, February 13th because the following day is Valentine's day. Important: We will be changing all locks at Greenspot in two weeks (Over the Feb. 23/24). Check out our newsletter how you can get a new key.

Check out our new Newsletter! - We have changed the look and a couple of other things ...

The bees have been moved out of the pit into a different area where they don't affect our flying activities any more. We are currently looking at ways to resurface and clean our old runway so we have a place to fly this year and until we have the new runway. Also, the whole pit bottom and the road to our feel have been graded.

Fundraising-wise: We are making progress here to, check out the current funding stats. This is a members-only link. And you can also get to it from the main web page's side bar to the left (Look for "Greenspot Fundraiser" in red).

It has already been a week since the AMA Convention in Ontario - Wowo, not only our models, time flies as well! This year's event was another great show with lots of interesting displays, performances, people and for those interested in buying new "stuff" a great opportunity to stock up RC equipment.

For those that could not make it this year, our Photo Gallery provides you a glimpse into our and the shows activities. - Thanks again to everybody that helped setup and tear down our booth, build the display models, and man the booth. As always such an event cannot happen without a great many helping hands - Thanks a lot guys!

We have started raising funds for our new field! - If you want to check out how far we are or how you can help out check out our progress . - Sorry, this is a members-only link.

The next meeting is just around the corner (SBDO Security Office, Wednesday, Jan. 9th at 7:00PM). Old timers know that this is a vey special meeting, that is, we are going to elect and reelect officers and directors. This will also be the final get together before the AMA Convention that starts just two days later on Saturday Jan. 11th. -

Dennis prepared another great Newsletter be sure to check it out.

The November meeting is the last one in 2007 because in December we will have our Christmas Party instead. The meeting will be held at the usual location and time (SBDO Security Office, Wednesday, Nov. 14th at 7:00PM).

Further, our November Newsletter is now on-line and hardcopies of the newsletter -for people that have subscribed to the snail mail version- should be in the mail as well.

This week is meeting week. The meeting will this month be on Thursday, October 11th. Usual location, usual time (SBDO Security office, at 7:00PM)

Also our October Newsletter is now on-line plus the racing stats are updated too.

Come on out to another World Model and Trainer Pylon Race this coming Sunday! The October race will be hosted by the AMAA at their facilities in San Timoteo Canyon. The usual rules apply. - This is the second last race of the season!

Registration starts at 8:30 AM and the races start sometimes after 9:00.

This week is meeting week. The meeting will this month be on Wednesday, September 12th. Usual location, usual time (SBDO Security office, at 7:00PM)

Also our September Newsletter is now on-line.

This will be our first pylon race after our summer break in August. We will again be holding both race categories (World Model Racers and Trainers) if there are enough participants.

As usual the registration starts at 8:00 AM and the races start at 9:00.

Good news! - The video about our hobby and the MARKS club that the group of students made a while ago is finished and I can tell you it came out great. Well cut, with lots of inflight video provided by our own Don G. and narrated in part by George M., the 3 minute clip shows our hobby and the club in great light. Check it out for yourself!

This link lets you download the MP4 file (~15.6MB). You need a MP4 capable player. There is a good free one available from VideoLan (9.4MB). Will will show the full resolution clip during the September meeting.

Dennis put together another great (August) Newsletter - go check it out, it is on-line!

This week will be meeting week, that is, we meet on Thursday August 9th. at 7:00 PM at the usual place at the San Bernardino Airport Security Office.

We had another successfull pylon race last Saturday at Greenspot. The results will be posted shortly. Also we have the July edition of our Newsletter ready. You can download it from our Newsletter page.

This week will be meeting week, that is, we meet on Wednesday July 11th. at 7:00 PM at the usual place at the San Bernardino Airport Security Office.

By the end of this month we will leave Glen Helen for good, that is, if you want to go flying at that field then it has to be this week. This coming Friday (June 29th.) is the last day; at the end of the day at 5 PM we will have a small "fare well" party at the field and then move the remaining items on the field to Greenspot.

This week is meeting week. - We will have our meeting at the usual time (7:00 PM) and at the usual place an the San Bernardino Airport Security Office.

Here is a link to the Pylon Race document with the results from Bob Estrella. - I didn't yet get to update the race stats but will do so shortly. Also - we have moved the next pylon race from Saturday June 2nd to Sunday June 17th. This will give everybody two extra weeks to prepare. Please always check our calendar and the forum concerning the races. The schedule changes from time to time.

There are several things going on this week: First we have our Pylon Race hosted by the Gilman Springs Club. If you are more into Float Flying then go to Prado Park on Sunday. And, finally if you would like to see some full scale airplane action then there is the Chino Airshow this weekend as well.

It took a while to comb through all the cool pictures that we recieved from this year's Redlands Fly-In. There was so much material that I grouped the images into six categories (I started naming the pictures but soon gave up on it ...). Please check them out under our Photo Gallery page.
In this context I'd like to thank all the photographers: Nadia, Sven, Marty, Henry, Rick, and Chuck.

Harry was very quick in putting together a great newsletter with pictures and comments about the Redlands Fly-In 2007. If you want to check it out you can download it from our site. - I will soon post a selection of the pictures that I received ... there is some great material there!

There are only a few days left until this year's Redlands Fly-In!

Like last year, we have an exiting program of flight demonstrations and a large number of great static RC planes. Looking at the current show program, there is something happening about every ten minutes! The weather forecast foresees splendid weather, although with a bit of Santa Ana winds over lunch. If you want to see what is going on check out our forum!

Important Reminder: Greenpot field is closed all day Saturday.

Things are looking great concerning the cleanup of our two runways and it looks like we can proceed like planed with our dry run, that is:

Only two and a half weeks and we are on. Please check out the Forum about the Redlands Fly-In and mark the date to fly or help at this event. The Preliminary Program is posted on-line so you can see what we plan to do. - There are still many flying positions to fill ... don't miss out on an opportunity to fly at a real airport!

The Mandatory Dry Run for the Fly-In is on Saturday April 28th at Glen Helen and on April 29th at Greenspot for those that cannot make Saturday.

Although there were only four racers present we had an excellent race day with very close races, good flying, and some solid action. Don was a strong performer all day long and took first place at the end. Dennis, however, is now in the lead in the overall classification. - I'll post pictures later.

The next Pylon Race that was scheduled for April 7th has been moved a week to April 14th because two both Joe and Andreas are on vacation on the initially set date. Please mark your calendar accordingly. This will again be a combined race so bring out your Trainers and World Model racers. It looks like we will have quite a group racing and we are expecting many new participants ... if the rumors of the building frenzy are true.

As always check out the Forum for details or for asking questions.

This week is meeting week, please try to attend. - On a different note, we had a very fun pylon race last weekend at Fisherman's Retreat. Harry wrote a neat article about it in his newsletter! - The results are also posted. - The new point system for the year titles takes participation into account - Check it out!

There will be a BBQ/Potluck on Sunday - everybody is welcome, bring a little something and share it with everybody else.

Important message from Harry: "For those of you who come to Fisherman's Retreat on San Timeteo Canyon Rd from the West please be advised the county is doing some road work and the road may be closed at the first RR crossing. Currently it is quickest to stay on the I-10 to Cherry Valley, turn right to Palmer, turn right and follow Palmer to San Timeteo then right back to the club. From the 60 take Redlands Blvd over the hill then San Timeteo to the club."

Check out the Forum for more info.

Next weekend is Pylon Race Weekend (Sunday, March 4th)! - This will be the first time that we have two race categories (World Model and Trainers) so there will be plenty of excitement. You can read the specifics below, on our forum, or on our club calendar.

Good News! - This mornings Press Enterprise reported that the repairs to the Green Spot Bridge have been completed ahead of schedule and the bridge will be open to traffic today. [Chuck]

Bob Estrella summarized the last Pylon Race at Gillman Springs for you to check out. - It was as usually a perfectly organized event and the several heats that were flown were very close and very exciting. - Check out the pictures and mark your calendar for the next race. Here are the results.

Here is a quick HowTo Guid how to setup an account on our new forum, how to post messages, and how to upload pictures. Try it out it is a lot of fun and provides an excellent platform for sharing information.

It seems that the bees have been moved away from the borrow pit area and also away from the Greenspot entrance area. - We went flying today and there was not a single bee insight!

Read Harry's report about the first warbird race of the season at the Fisherman's retreat.

Great News! - We have our new professional Club Forum on-line. This will help us to better stay in touch with each other, share club related information quicker, and to keep everybody posted on our small and big projects. Once you register your name at the forum you can browse, post topics, and upload images much like you can do on RCUniverse.

Please let me know if you have any questions in this context.

Yes, it is no rumor: the February Propeller Teller is out and on-line!
Check it out under our newsletter section. - Enjoy!

Somebody has cut our lock and stolen our chain so that the Water Conservation District had to put one of their locks at the gate. We should have the situation resolved by tomorrow afternoon. Please check this page or our new MARKS Forum before you try to go our Greenspot field

This week is meeting week. - We'll have our meeting at the usual place in the San Bernardino Airport Security Office. - We will send out an e-mail with a tentative agenda early in the week.

This is the first race of the season, please see the details below. - Thanks and see you there!

The old bridge over the Santa Ana Wash is closed until further notice, which is because there was an accident that damaged the bridge. Our field is, therefore, currently not accessible from Mentone/Yucaipa. On Greenspot Road (our access from Highland) there is a street barricade right after the last houses on the left of the road. To go flying you can drive around those barricades and continue to the gate of the Greenspot borrow pit. Greenspot Road is completely closed right after the gate.

If you have updates please let me know and I'll post them here. - Thanks.

It seems that the old bridge over the Santa Ana Wash is closed and that in turn Greenspot road is closed about a mile before the gate. Steven is checking this week if we are allowed to pass anyway (because we are not traversing the bridge).

We'll keep you posted.

I am pretty confident that everybody who made it to the AMA Convention this weekend felt that this was the best show so far. Attendance was great, people were having fun, lots of "toys" changed hands, and our booth setup worked out great.

Over the next few days we will complete our photo album (please send in pictures that you might have taken) and start contacting the lucky winners of OUR BIG RAFFLE.

Thanks again everybody for helping out and making this a great event for the club!

What an awesome display of models and technology! - If you have time tomorrow to spend some time at the show (open until 4:00 PM on Sunday) I guarantee you that you will not be disappointed.

Our double booth setup this year worked out terrific. Many visitors stopped by to watch Don's video collage (the motor glider story was the favorite) and to check out the model of our proposed flying site at Greenspot ... the feedback was great. A first set of images can be viewed in our photo album.

The AMA Convention starts tomorrow Friday and last until Sunday afternoon. Our two booths are located in the far left area, viewed from the entrance. Don has prepared a great video and has built a screen/projector setup especially for the show! - don't miss on checking this out. Besides this we have a big raffle and a neat set of planes on static display.

We will have our first meeting this year on Wednesday, January 10th at the usual place at the SBDO Airport Security facility (7:00PM).

We will be talking about the upcoming AMA show next weekend, a revision of our Bylaws, and electing officers and directors of our club for 2007. So please try to attend.