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2012 WACO Fly-In COmpletes A greAt yeAr

The 2012 WACO Historical Society Fly-In was a very enjoyable event from beginning to end. A total of 20 WACOs made it in this year with over 25 GA aircraft fly-ins as well. Aircraft began arriving on Thursday afternoon and we enjoyed a great Thursday evening kickoff BBQ at Mike Winblad’s hangar at Skypark hosted by Mike, Don Delcamp and Don Willis. The food was good and the company even better. The BBQ highlight was taxi testing of Jim Beisner’s WACO 10 project (fuselage-minus the wings) with the OX-5. Nearly everyone got a turn in the cockpit. Friday morning dawned overcast and cool which made Friday morning arrivals a little difficult, but by Friday afternoon the sun came out and it was beautiful for the rest of the weekend. Steve Koch arrived on Friday to begin hauling riders, and this year we sent 131 happy riders up in Steve’s red WACO

Classic YMF-5. WACO pilots and guests took a special bus tour to WPAFB on Friday morning for a behind the scenes look at the AF Museum restoration projects and their hangar of presidential aircraft and special experimental prototypes. Friday evening WACO hosted its volunteers with a pizza party in the main hangar…..a thank you for all their work. Saturday began with a pancake breakfast by Chris

Cakes attended by WACO pilots and GA fly-in guests. GA guests included an auto-gyro and several LSA kit aircraft. This event is diversifying more each year as Ohio pilots of all types are putting it on their

“must attend” list for the fly-in season. At precisely 1pm WACO field was visited by the Wright B Flyer which made two low passes over the field to lead the parade of WACOs into the air. This year 9 WACOs

participated in the parade and treated the public to the sights and sounds of these beautiful aircraft in flight. This was followed by an RC show which this year featured aerobatic flying by Jim DeWinter and a dazzling jet show by Sean Saddler. And of course a candy drop for the kids from our special candy bomber, Dave Angle, in his C-140. Another feature for the families attending this year was a children’s activity

tent, hosted by the WACO Learning Center, including activities from Brukner Nature Center, Miami County Parks, rocket launching and the ever popular jumpy. Saturday evening the annual WACO banquet featured good food and music. Our

special guest at the banquet was Steve Wright, the great grand nephew of Wilbur and Orville Wright, who presented Patricia Duke Robinson with the “Wick” Wright award honoring Duke Foundation’s long standing support of WACO in our community. Dave Bucher recognized many of our guests, people who have played important parts in the story of WACO Historical Society’s growth and success over the years. The Volunteer of the year award was given to Greg Leach for his construction of the WACO cockpit simulator. The evening ended with the silent auction and final thank you for another productive and successful year.

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WACO could not function without the financial and in-kind support of our corporate and foundation sponsors. These companies and charitable foundations provide vital support in many tangible and intangible ways for WACO’s mission of historic preservation, education and community service. On behalf of the board and the community…we thank you.

Paul G. DukeFoundation

Hartzell NorrisFoundation

LundgardCharitable

Trust

Thanks To our sponsors and supporTers

Miami County Visitors Bureau

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President David Bucher...........david.bucher@covad.netVice President Don Delcamp...........jdelcamp@woh.rr.comExecutive Director Gretchen Hawk.....execdirector@waocairmuseum.orgTreasurer Don Willis................eaglenestventure@aol.comRecording Secretary “OPEN”Trustees at largeJim Pelton ................. jpelton@accesstoledo.comLes Howe ................. vhowe216@gmail.comJohn Schilling ........... John.schillingwaco@yahoo.comGreg Leach .............. Pleach2@woh.rr.comPatty Wagner ........... NC7444H@aol.comKen Ott ..................... kenott@emnorth.com

Committee Chairpersons & StaffLC DirectorLisa Hokky...................lcdir@wacoairmuseum.orgAirport Manager Dave BucherMaster Site Planner Don WillisMuseum Curator Andy HeinsGift Shop Patty WagnerFly-In 2012 DOn DelcampWACO Word Gretchen Hawk

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A Word from the Director The Fly-In was a huge success and we can’t thank our volunteers enough for making that happen.

Our deep gratitude goes to:*Don Delcamp – Fly-In Chairman *Civil Air Patrol managed the traffic & parking and performed the flag raising. *The RC “Barnstormers” handled the admission gate. *Reta Wagner, Dawn Currie, Patty Wagner & Pat Willis scheduled the WACO rides. *Don Willis & Blaine Johnson loaded riders. *Tom Matthew, Rachel Currie & Patty Wagner held down the fort in the gift shop. *Les Howe, Jim Pelton, Tom Matthew & Janet Barnard safe-guarded kids in the Jumpy House. *Lisa Hokky for organizing the non-profit displays and setting up the children’s activities *The FTC robotics group helped in the Children’s Tent with making & launching rockets. *Ramp control was Greg Leach, John Schilling, Les Howe, Ken Ott. *The parade of WACO’s - Andy Hein, Mike Winblad & Bob Wagner. *Sean Sadler, Jim DeWinter, Hunter Russell for the RC demonstration *Brukner Nature Center & Miami Co Parks for their children’s activities *Face painting: Amanda Hokky, Gina Barth & Aleecia Christian *Silent Auction Baskets: Gail Laufer, Rachel Currie, Dawn Currie, Reta Wagner *National anthem – Sherry Sadler *OX5 Engine display – Jim Beisner *Doug Lins for the use of his gator *KitTV for the video of the fly-in *Misc. help – Steve Boone, Marla Boone, Jane Delcamp *Use of rental cars: Arbogast, Joe Johnson, Troy Ford, Erwin Chrysler *Vandalia Rental – Lifts, lights, tables, chairs *Mega City Fire Protection – Fire extiguishers *Honda Power Sports – utility vehicles *Mote Petroleum – refueling services

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Steven Wright (at right), the great grand nephew of Wilbur and Orville Wright, presented the Wilson “Wick” Wright Award to Paul G. Duke Foundation chairman Patricia Duke Robinson at the WACO 2012 Fly-In Banquet. The Wick Wright Award is presented by the National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA) each year to a supporter of one of the NAHA affiliate organizations. Duke Foundation has been a long and steadfast supporter of the WACO Historical Society, providing critical grant funding to consolidate the Museum and Learning Center at historic WACO Field, set up its first Executive Director, and most recently to fund WACO’s establishment of a high school age Aerospace Occupations Vo-Tech course at Upper Valley Career Center. (See in this issue “UVCC Launches Aerospace Occupations”). WACO is very grateful to Duke Foundation. We could not be where we are today without their critical support of our Museum and Learning Center. We are also appreciative of the National Aviation Heritage Area and what they are doing to build up the regional aviation sites, of which WACO is one, as a tourist and educational destination for the Dayton and western Ohio region. Check out the NAHA website at www.explorenaha.org for a complete description of NAHA’s 14 aviation sites in the Dayton area.

Wick Wright Award

by Gretchen Hawk, Executive Director

tHAnKs JAnet: Janet Barnard is retiring this year. many thanks, Janet, for your years of service!

Library and Museum UpgradedA new computer was purchased for the library and museum to be used solely for logging museum artifacts, pictures and other WACO memorabilia. The upgrade was funded by a grant from Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board.

A huge thank you to Val Dahlem for his tireless hours and dedication to preserving WACO history for future generations.

Lost Creek FestivalWACO participated in the Lost Creek Festival this year by creating a scarecrow “pilot” along with a model airplane. We didn’t win a prize but enjoyed doing it and are already making plans for a bigger and better display next year.

Aullwoood Holiday Shop Around

Winter Address for “SNOWBIRD” membersA number of you are fortunate enough to “winter” in sunny climates. So that we don’t send newsletters out and get them back, please let us know your address and the dates you will be there. Thank you!Send to admin@wacoairmuseum.org.

MemorialsPlease consider adding WACO to your memorial contributions or trust. WACO is a non-profit (501c3) organization and is totally dependent upon your generous donations to keep this museum a vibrant community asset.

Weddings at WACO

New MembersWe welcome Tom Pawlesh of Pennsylvania and Bob Heywood of Dayton to our WACO family.

Recent DonationsThank you to:Mike Farrel of Farrel Aviation in Vandalia for the donation of 16mm films of Waco gliders in action from the collection of Mike Murphy. We are anxious to get them transferred to DVD so they can be viewed in the museum.Tom Pawlesh for the donation of a wall hanging that is a stylized photo from the Fly-In, cards and CD’s of Fly-In photos.Bob Heywood for the donation of two “antique” plaques that will be for sale in the gift shop.Chuck Sell of Tipp City for a monetary donation.John & Nancy Fulker of Troy for a monetary donation.

TOP WING by DaviD bucher, PresiDent

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Photo courtesy Mike Ullery.

2012 was another year of construction. The beautiful shelter was finished just before the flyin in September and the new Quonset hut hangar (minus a main door) shortly thereafter. Before year end a smaller open air shelter will be erected on the radio control aircraft site along the runway. Next in the plan are a small kitchen area in the museum building and a classroom in the main hangar. The kitchen and classroom will wrap up construction for the foreseeable future. These projects were all funded by various donations and matching funds. We are in discussion now to bring a large midsummer event to Waco Field that will take the place of the military

event that was held in July from 2009 to 2011. The facilities and location of Waco Field are drawing interest from diverse groups as a place to hold their events. Revenue from group events goes towards covering the fixed costs of Waco which have grown significantly

since opening the airfield in 1997. This edition of the Waco Word closes out another great year for Waco. Many thanks are in order to the many friends, visitors, members and sponsors who make the continuation of Waco Historical Society possible.

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WACO site development continued in 2012 with completion of a new picnic shelter and the building of the first stand alone hangar at WACO Field. The picnic shelter caps off a 4 year development period which included the building of the new museum building (2009), addition of paved and lighted parking (2010), refurbishment and painting of the red barn(2011). The picnic shelter was completed with grant funds from the Pat and Thom Robinson and the Hartzell-Norris Foundation, with matching funds from a private donation. The Quonset hangar was donated by member Don Delcamp. Other site improvements in 2012 include lowering and moving of the power lines at the north end of runway 36 for improved safety and installation of concrete containment for our fuel (diesel, gas and avgas) sites.

Site development continues - Facility enjoys wide useThese developments have made WACO a widely used site for community and private events. The WACO facility hosts an average of 14 events per month including things like Civil Air Patrol meetings, Robotics competition team practices, Lectures, corporate meetings, teacher workshops and classes, foundation meetings, private parties, weddings, memorial services, picnics, reunions and social events. These facility uses not only bring in needed revenue to support the Museum and Airfield, but make WACO a vital part of the community today.BOOK your

next event at WACO! Available for meetings, parties, corporate events, classes and workshops, picnics, reunions shows and conferences. Package rates available. See www.wacoairmuseum.org or call the WACO office at937 335-9226.

We had two beautiful weddings here this fall. WACO makes a great

venue for birthday parties, corporate meetings, dinner parties, etc. Call

937-335-9226 for more information.

WACO Gift Shop will be setting up at Aullwood’s annual Museum Holiday Shop Around on Saturday,

November 10. Forget the ordinary and come to Aullwood where the best museum gift shops from

the area will be selling their own unique items.

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WACO Sponsors New LEGO

Robotics teamsLEGO Robotics are a big hit with children as can be evidenced by the high number of new team members at WACO. This year, WACO is sponsoring four teams that will compete at the First LEGO League Competitions in December. Each team has adult coaches and about 8 members ages 9 to 14. Many thanks to this year’s coaches: Wade Campbell, Tony Castaneda, Phil Detweiler, Don Fields, Jeff Newcomer, and Kyle Rader. Not only do they give up of their time to be with the kids every Sunday, but they are great influences in developing skills that the children need. We also appreciate the donations from UTC Aerospace Systems and Crown Equipment that allowed us to purchase additional robot kits needed for the expanded number of teams. Good luck to the teams at competition!

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Home School Children Learn about the Moon at WACOThe WACO Learning Center is hosting a program for home school children during the month of October. The program was developed by the NASA Aerospace Education Services Project, and it consists of hands-on activities that encourage creativity, teamwork,

and discovery. Activities include rock classification, accretion, differentiation, lava layering, and impact craters, among others. The students were treated to viewing actual moon rocks and meteorites!

The Miami County Educational Service Center provides educational programs to gifted children who live throughout Miami County. Students from 4th grade to 7th grade came to the WACO Air Museum on October 6 to learn about the forces of flight, neutral buoyancy, angle trajectory, and Newton’s Laws by engaging in hands-on activities. Teams of students made rockets and spacecraft landers.

Miami County Educational Services Gifted Program

September 22 dawned a beautiful day for the RC Fly-In. Twenty five pilots signed in for the 8th annual Barnstormers event along with many other observers. There were acrobatic planes, jets, helicopters and warbirds. Everyone had a great time until high winds in the afternoon caused them to stop early. The Barnstormers meet monthly and have a great time flying their model aircraft at WACO Field. For more information on how to become a Barnstormer, call 937-335-9226 or send an email to: pleach2@woh.rr.com.

RC Fly-In

Gift ShopRemember that our gift shop is on line and items can be purchased for Christmas gifts. If you are

local, you can stop in and browse an extensive number of items for all ages and levels of aviation

interest. Rachel does a wonderful job of finding new & unique items for the airplane buff in your life.

by Lisa Hokky, Learning Center Director

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UTC Areospace Systems... Cleans Up WACO On October 9, WACO was invaded by approximately 45 employees from UTC (formerly Goodrich). They came armed with mops, brooms, paint brushes and a hard-working spirit. In less than 2 hours they had the museum sparkling clean and picnic tables with a new coat of paint. Thank you so much for your hard work and willingness to volunteer at WACO. Any group interested in helping at the museum can contact the office at 937-335-9226.

Thank you, Greg, for your many hours of service to WACO. In addition

to much time Greg has given to the museum, Greg designed and built

a WACO simulator that was put into “play” in June. Greg had help

from his son with the welding and Jim Beisner & Steve Boone helped

with the covering. Hundreds of hours were put into this project that

will be used for many years to come by museum visitors. (Simulator

construction was funded by a grant from Lundgard Charitable Trust).

WACO Volunteer of the Year Greg Leach

Adult Lecture Series Kicks Off the 2012-2013 Season with Jimmie TaylorRetired Rear Admiral Jimmie Taylor (center) spoke at the WACO Air Museum on September 26 about his extensive knowledge of the development of the F-14 Fighter Jet. He told of his interesting experiences as the F-14 demonstration pilot at the 1973 Paris Airshow. The event was very enjoyable and informative. Upcoming Lectures:November 14 at 7:00 p.m.World War II Veterans Gailard Ketchum and Charles Baker will relate experiences at the Battle of Iwo Jima and make connections to the Dayton area.

December 12 at 7:00 p.m. Dale Peterson is a volunteer pilot for the Veterans Airlift Command. He will discuss his experiences of transporting wounded men and women to and from military hospitals and their homes.

All lectures are free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided.

WACO Learning Center

The next teacher workshop is scheduled for November 7. This workshop is for Kindergarten through 4th grade teachers, and will be led by NASA Education Specialist Susan Kohler. Participating educators will be introduced to the

WACO Partners with NASA and UTC Aerospace Systems to Offer a Teacher Workshop

International Space Station and the role that rockets play in its construction. The teachers will leave with a 3-2-1 Lift Off Teachers Guide with emphasis on hands-on involvement, data collection, observation, exploration, prediction, interpretation,

problem-solving and development of language skills.We appreciate UTC Aerospace Systems for sponsoring this workshop. Lunches, snacks, and substitute teacher pay is provided.

UVCC Launches Aerospace OccupationsUpper Valley Career Center, the northern Miami Valley technical program high school, has successfully launched their 2 year Aerospace Occupations course with the help of WACO Historical Society support. The course introduces and provides basic skills in aviation related careers such as aircraft dispatcher, pilot, flight engineer, air traffic controller, airframe and powerplant mechanic, airfield operations, and aircraft cargo handling. WACO Historical Society has provided crucial funding and technical expertise for UVCC as this course has been developed and launched. The total enrollment has grown from 4 students in the first year to 14 this year, with the goal of about 20-25 students. Enrollment is open to juniors and seniors from 14 local high schools. Last year WHS helped develop the course, select the instructor and provided financial support for lab equipment such as tool sets, simulators and aircraft prototypes including a 1965 Piper Cherokee 140. WACO’s financial support comes from a grant that WACO received from Paul G. Duke Foundation for this purpose. In 2013 the first seniors will graduate and begin their occupational paths in aviation. Stay tuned for updates.

2012 AttendeesN39727 J & L Brown, N5852 Marla Boone, N16203 Jim & Gail Wheeler, N32158 John Gerth

N113KJ Jerry Kemp, N32114 Don Delcamp, N113Y Tim Pinkerton, N17712 Mike WinbladN600Y Pete Heins, N32032 Pete Engelskirger, N39753 Eric Zimmerman, N14620 Andy Heins

N663Y Susan Theodorelos, NC129Y Steve Givens, N14052 Tom Hogan, N16214 Bob GristN29300 Mike Brown, NC16246 David Stroup, N14047 John Patterson, N43016 Steve Koch

Waco UPF-7, N32158

1935 Waco YKC-5, NC14620

1930 Waco RNF, NC663Y

1936 Waco YKS-6, NC16246

1942 Waco UPF-7, NC39753

1934 Waco YKC, NC14047

2006 Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C, N113KJ

1941 Waco UPF-7, NC32114 1942 Waco UPF-7, NC39727 1937 Waco VPF-7, N17712

1936 Waco ZQC-6, NC162031936 Waco EQC-6, N16214 1940 Waco UPF-7, NC293001934 Waco UKC, NC14052

1930 Waco RNF, NC129Y

1928 Waco GXE, NC5852

1930 CRG N600Y

1941 UPF-N32032

WACO KNF, NC113Y

2004 Waco YMF-5, N43016

WACO 2012 FLY IN

Fly-In pictures courtesy of Tom Pawlesh.