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Calendar Forums Photo Album Links Weather Contact Us Main Menu Welcome Latest Forum Posts Posted by DannyAugust 24th - I'm starting to load my stuff up. H[more ...] 24 Aug : 09:41 Posted by dentonatorWe will be goin to wings and things thursday july [more ...] 03 Jul : 08:38 Posted by 2slowgot out there a little after 1:00 geuss I missed y[more ...] 28 Jun : 13:16 Online | Welcome to the Big Spring Model Aircraft Association (BSMAA)  BSMAA is a small group of R/C aircraft enthusiasts located in Big Spring, Texas. The club is a charted club of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and requires all visitors who wish to fly at the John W. Buzbee Field to be members of the AMA. Our members are happy to share the R/C experience with any interested party. We have several members who are experienced instructors and are willing to teach if you would like to learn. Our flying field is located at the Old Howard County Airport and we would love for you to come out and visit us. If it is the weekend and the weather is nice the odds are good that someone will be flying.  2008 Ice Cream FundraiserDanny on Sunday 24 August 2008 - 09:36:08 | Read/Post Comment: 0 We had our ice Cream fund raiser on Saturday. I think that it turned out well. Along with raising some money for the club there was a lot of good visiting going on. You can see the pictures that Bucky took for us at http://www.bsmaa.org/cpg1418/thumbnails.php?album=12. Be sure and thank Bucky for taking the time to take these. [Submitted by Danny] Rules to Fly ByDanny on Monday 04 August 2008 - 11:22:03 | Read/Post Comment: 0 1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, then they get bigger again. 3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous. 4. It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there than being up there wishing you were down here. 5. The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire. 6.The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating. 7. When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky. 8. A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again. 9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. 10. Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds. 11. Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of take-offs you've made. 12. There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no one knows what they are. 13. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck. 14. Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them. 15. If all you can see out of the window is ground that's going round and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be. 16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose. 17. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment. 18. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much as possible. 19. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed. 20. Remember: gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's a law that is not likely to be repealed anytime soon. 21. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, a runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago. [Submitted by Aric] New Photos AddedDanny on Sunday 04 May 2008 - 19:14:00 | Read/Post Comment: 0  I added some of the Pictures that Deb took a coulple of weekends ago. This one is of Robert's Planes Plus 300 Extra. I still have more to go and will try to work through as fast as I can. I will probably make another album because she took a bunch of good pictures. [Submitted by Danny] Added a Photo Gallery to our web siteDanny on Sunday 04 May 2008 - 08:34:39 | Read/Post Comment: 0 You can now add photos to either the preconfigured photo albums or you can create a personal album. If there is another album category, or you have photos that need another public album created just let me know. Added Weather information to our web siteDanny on Sunday 04 May 2008 - 07:37:00 | Read/Post Comment: 0 You can now access the current, real-time weather conditions from our web site. The weather station is located at my house and updates in real-time to the web. I also added the weather forecast that i use. If you have a different favorite let me know and I will add it to the menu. |