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International Indoor Fly In 2009
Dear modellers and flyers,
Last year the Nijmeegse Luchtvaart Club organised the International Indoor Fly In for the first time. Because of it's succes and approval by the flyers 2009 will see the second edition of our event! The date is 28 and 29 March. The date had been spread around earlier already.
The classes flown will be F1D, F1L, F1M, F1N, F1M small, Sainte, F4F, F4D, F4E and
Pistachio. The venue used is a cat. I hall (ceiling at nearly 8 meters.) with a fairly smooth and unobstructed ceiling. Area is nearly 2400 sq. metres. Please note that it is possible to send in Proxy models in the F4F Peanut and Pistachio class should you not be able to attend in person.
Please look at www.iifi.nl for more information, such as invitation, rules, accommodation list and entry form. Also on this site you will find pictures and results from last year.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require any further information.
Kind regards,
Roel Lucassen
Nijmeegse Luchtvaart Club
http://www.iifi.nl/
rlucas@dds.nl
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Jeff Hood's Winter '09 Cat I Record Trials
Here is a link to some pictures from Jeff's Hood's Winter '09 Cat I Record Trials in Lancaster, PA. Jeff put on a great contest, and we had a nice turnout with one father and son team coming down all the way from Grand Rapids, MI (and set the new F1L Jr record). More info to follow, but here are the pictures:
Pics
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Issue #123 is On the Site
12/9/2008
The issue is currently at the printer, will be in the mail shortly. Currently availbale for download in the subscribers section. More to follow ...
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Issue #122 is On the Site, in the Mail!
4/2/2008
First off, I want to apologize for the lateness in getting this issue out. The editorial staff is working hard to improve the timeliness of INAV publication; however, sometimes the “day job” can get in the way. Much of the delay in getting this issue out is squarely attributable to me, despite the best efforts of my co-editor Jeff Hood to keep me on track. I appreciate your patience and understanding, and to the extent there are complaints or concerns, please feel free to contact me directly at
pavel.tony@gmail.com
Very quickly - I have tried to personally contact everyone who expired or was close to expiring over the last few months, but there are quite a few folks that we do not have an email or phone # for. We'll send copies to most of these folks, but please check your mailing label for your expiration date.
Also - there are some folks who did not get Issue #121 because their subscription had expired and they have since renewed. Please contact me now via email and to the extent we have extra copies I'll try to get you one (Bob B - don't worry I have yours set aside). The issue is at the printer and I should be getting them in the next week.
Lastly, many thanks to all the folks who contributed material and plans to this issue - which I think is pretty darn good, and of course thanks to the INAV staff for all their hard work.
Best regards,
Tony Pavel
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Issue #121 is in the Mail
More comments soon ...
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Issue #120 is in the Mail
The Winter 2006 issue of INAV – the “F1L Issue” has been mailed and is now posted for download in the subscribers only section of the website. Following the positive response to the 35cm Issue, we hope to continue the “one class” focus in INAV. As long as we can get enough material, we will try to devote a substantial portion of each issue to a particular model class. We think this issue has some great stuff on F1L in it, with contributions from Laurie Barr, Stan Chilton, Larry Coslick, Akihiro Danjo, and Jeff Hood.
We also have some great contest coverage from our “Eurpoean Correspondents” Voja Stojkovic, Fernando Haro Martinez, and a mind blowing F1D plan by Lutz Schramm (check out the curved wing without any bracing wires). Ray Harlan and Tom Sova give us a great report of the 2006 World Championship.
Further, we have been updating the subscriber database and mailing lists (thanks Jeff!). INAV has been shipping issues to people whose subscriptions recently expired to maintain the bulk mailing rate, which has now expired. Moving forward, everyone’s expiration date will be printed on their mailing label. This issue will go out to everyone who expired in the last year, and then we are going to have to tighten up the mailing list. So, if you like what we’re doing/trying to do, please consider renewing. Right now, we have approximately 100 fully paid USA subscribers, 50 recently expired USA subscribers, and about 25 paid foreign subscribers. To get our bulk rate back, we need 200 domestic subscribers. We plan to have a subscription drive, and hope that word of mouth is our best advertising.
The editors are aware that steady output of new issues is the main draw for subscribers, and we are doing our best to maintain a quarterly schedule, and provide valuable resources through the website. So spread the word, and send us any suggestions that you think could improve the newsletter.
Remember, INAV belongs to the indoor community; the past, present and future editors are merely taking care of it along the way. Many thanks to our editors for their hard work, and our subscribers for their submissions and support. We hope you enjoy this issue and we are excited to move forward with INAV.
Best regards and good flying,
Tony Pavel and the INAV Editorial Team
PS – We are now looking for articles for our next issue, which will focus on Props.
3/7/2007
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Issue #119 is in the Mail
Subscribers and friends:
Issue #119 should be on its way to you. We apologize for the delay in getting this issue out, but better late ...
We will work hard to get Issue #120 out to you sooner. Additionally, while there were not a ton of requests for this, there were a few and we thought we'd give it a try and see how folks like it. So - simultaneously to the mailing, we have posted Issue #119 to the subscriber section of the website. Please check it out and send us your feedback and thoughts.
We are, as always, still looking for articles for the upcoming issues of INAV, so jot down your great ideas, techniques and poetic waxings and send them in.
Best regards,
INAV Editorial Team
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Welcome to the new Indoor News and Views Website! The editors here at INAV have put this site together as a means of better communication with our subscribers and friends. We hope to provide our subscribers with a number of conveniences that will make INAV more useful and hopefully more interactive with the indoor community.
First – to get this on the table right off the start, INAV will remain a paper newsletter, for tradition, the permanency that paper provides, and the fact that most of our subscribers still prefer to get the newsletter in the mail. However, we do hope to add some electronic conveniences for our INAV subscribers. Back issues from #102 forward will be available for download in the “subscriber’s only” section of the website. Second, moving forward, approximately one month after publication and mailing of the new paper issues, we will make electronic copies of the new issues available in the subscriber’s only section. Eventually, we hope to add search capabilities to allow easy search and sorting of the articles.
We hope that this website will address another concern of our subscribers – namely when the heck is a new issue coming out? We will strive to maintain a quarterly schedule as best we can, but as you are aware this is a volunteer run publication and schedules can fall behind. Accordingly, we will post on the front page the estimated mailing date for the next issue.
Also of note, on the front page we will have information on the types of article we are seeking for upcoming issues – as you know, we are always looking for good content. Articles can be submitted by email to the editors, whose contact information is also on the website.
Lastly, we are hoping to make management of your account simpler, including easy to use Paypal payment buttons, address change submission, password management and email notification of subscription expiration. (Please email Jeff Hood to get your password for the subscribers section of the website -
jhood@indoornewsandviews.com.)
We hope that you find the new website helpful. It is a work in progress so please send us your suggestions, contributions, pictures for posting, and come back often to see what’s new.
Best wishes,
INAV Editorial Team
PS - A special thanks is due to Jeff Hood, who has not only donated the server space and bandwidth for this site, but also did all the programming and site design. Great job and many thanks Jeff!
