The Casa Grande RC Flyers club presented the FPG-9 Glider activity to a group of students from the Casa Verde High School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The activity was very well received, as was the video Total Control. "Five years ago the City of Casa Grande leased 11 acres of land to the newly formed Club of the Casa Grande RC Flyers (AMA Club 5100) for $1/year. In the past five years, the CG RC Flyers have returned this “favor” by hosting monthly flying events during “the season” for the residents of the area, plus have used these events in coordination with the Casa Grande Food Bank, the Valley Humane Society, and Wounded Warrior groups to raise money for their charities. In the past month two members of the club, Alan and Nancy Friedman, once again paid this favor forward by presenting an Aviation lecture to the Casa Verde STEM High School and to the Maricopa 4-H club. FPG-9 gliders (Foam Plate Glider-9 inch) provided by the Academy of Model Aeronautics in conjunction with the Alcoa Company were assembled and used to investigate how the control of a model aircraft in flight is an application of Newton’s third law of motion. The students observed the three dynamics of flight or the three ways a plane rotates in the air: pitch, roll, and yaw. An invitation was extended to the young students to join the CG RC Flyers club on the coming second Saturdays of February and March to learn how to fly an RC plane using a buddy box system with an AMA instructor or just try the First Person View Goggles (FPV) which would be available." -Nancy and Alan Friedman of the Casa Grande RC Flyers
