George, I feel your sadness, this can happen to any of our clubs. Many of them are down to the hard core Vets and in my opinion, because of the lack of new blood.
Which brings up a whole new subject. Ray Hayes Home of Wood Crafters and OLY ll arf.s ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Voss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RCSE" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: [RCSE] Death of a club > I sent an email to one of my flying buddies in the Tulsoar (Tulsa OK) club > asking when they were having their "Last Fling" contest. I've attended this > contest for the past 15 or so years, only missing due to something fairly > serious. I was saddened when I got his email back stating the club has lost > its field. The owner died and the children quickly saw there was much more > money in housing than sod and decided not to replant the grass. > > I'm certainly no historian on the Tulsoar club, but I know it's been around > for at least 25 years, maybe more. They would typically put on a monthly > contest, and a major, the Last Fling, in September. The club has been home > to such notables as one of the members of the first F3B team, multiple TNT > winners and they have had the honor of having such fliers as Joe Wurts, Mike > Fox, B.J. Weisman, Mike Stump and Ron Weaver show up to the Last Fling. > > Sure, there are still guys in Tulsa who fly, but the organization has gone > the way of the other clubs, including the one here in OKC. Our demise was > due to all the work being done by 2 people who eventually burned out. They > got tired of making 100 phone calls a month to get 6-10 guys to show up at > the contest, only to see 3-4 of the 10 come from out of town. The 3-4 are > the dedicated flyers trying not only to win a trophy, but to get to fly with > others of similar interests, have some friendly competition and keep this > great hobby going. > > I was distraught when the OKC club folded and now again knowing the fate of > Tulsoar. Some members died, others had other responsibilities like raising > a family, or having to work on weekends. The point is, there are fewer of > us around these days and we all need to consider supporting our local or > semi-local clubs, so our kids will have something to look forward too. > > I'll miss flying with the guys from Tulsoar. Maybe I'll see them at a > contest in a surrounding state, or at a fun fly or Aero-tow. So for now, > I'll have to be content with flying with the 3 other people in OKC who are > interested in gliders and electrics. > > Those of you in large cities with big clubs, don't take your members for > granted. Don't make 3-4 people do all the work. Volunteer for something, > organize something, show up to one of your organized events and help out. > Let's get this great hobby growing! > > George Voss > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
