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SAM 27 Small Rubber Contest at Lakeville Road Flying Site Enjoyed Good Weather, Turnout
Dedicated to Old-Timer Modeling in all its forms: Free-Flight, R/C, Rubber, Power and Indoor flying with members from all over Northern California--and indeed, the world through our monthly newsletter: The Antique Flyer, ably edited by Jimmy Walker. SAM 27 has members of all ages and a very active Junior OT (Old Timer) program made possible by member Rocco Ferrari, an eighth-grade Science teacher and avid modeler who uses modeling to teach and motivate his Middle-School students. Many of SAM 27's members were active modelers in their youth which spanned the 30's and 40's and encompassed the "Golden Age" of modeling activity in the United States. They have stories and memories of the famous and near-famous from that era and are a unique resource for the club. Sam 27 invites you to join us for a fun, enjoyable time at our regular meeting held on the third Wednesday of the month at the Nova to Fire house on Thereto Avenue off Highway 37 at Black Point exit. The meetings are held in the Fire Department Training room in back of the main building. Guests are enthusiastically welcomed. (Click here for map to the Club's meeting site) |
Click to find out about SAM's Proposed "Park Flyer" Event Click to see SAM 27's Speed 400 Efforts courtesy of Andrew Tickle Click to visit SAM 27's World War I scale Contest pages courtesy of Andrew Tickle Click to see SAM 27 New Year's TOFFF session photos
2009 SAM 27 Events:Crash & Bash at the Schmidt RanchSeptember 25-26 -27 2009
Crash & Bash 2009 Countdown Number of days until Crash & Bash 2009 66
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SAM 27 Chapter OfficersStill Great For 2008! President: Mike Clancy 415-897-2917 Vice-President: Richard Beck (707) 938-9765 Secretary/Treasurer: Jay Beasley (415) 456-9520.
Contest Director: Ed Hamler (707) 255-3547 Official Photographer Newsletter Editor: Jimmy Walker (415) 897-6789 Webmasters Ned Nevels 707-255-7047 Larry Jobbins 415-883-3882 |
CONTEST Results and Photos from 2007 Crash & Bash map to the Schmidt Ranch In Elk Grove Flying Scale at the Crash & Bash 2007 2007 ELECTRIC TEXACO POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sponsored by SAM 76
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Click to go to New Model-building Project from SAM 27 Member Tandy Walker
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SAM 27 Meetings
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The late Senior member of SAM 27 , Earl Hoffman (above) of Santa Rosa, California examines the framework of Ed Hamler's "Tomboy" fuselage, built for the 2005 SAM Champs in Henderson, Nevada. The Tomboy qualifies as a Nostalgia Model in the U.S. by virtue of it's 1950 creation date, while it is considered a "Vintage" design in the U. K. (Old Timer) because the U. K. SAM organization considers 1950 the cutoff date for it's Old Timer Model designs. Earl, 93 years young here, was a dedicated modeler and still holds some Indoor Model records. NEW FeatureClick here for a New Feature for the SAM 27 web site: a monthly OT advertisemnet from the "Golden Age" of modeling, We'll give a new one each month so we can absorb the atmosphere of the modeling community back in the OT era. Click to see a movie of 1930s rubber model contests (requires Flash Player Plugin available here
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