RAMS RC Airplane Club
 The Rainbow Aero Modelers Society (RAMS) was founded in 1980 at the newly opened Milwaukee County R/C Model Airplane Field, on Oakwood Road in Franklin, Wisconsin. The Society operates the field on behalf of the County, selling licenses to fly there, and adopting rules of safety, conduct, and courtesy. It uses the license fees to maintain the field.
The RAMS focus on fixed wing aircraft, offering free instruction, whether powered by glow or gas fuel engines, electric motors, or turbines that run on jet fuel. A sister club at the same field, SWARM - SE Wisconsin Area Rotory Modelers, fly R/C helicopters, and also offer free instruction.
Both clubs offer regular monthly meetings, and publish a monthly newsletter. Each belongs to the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), a national model aircraft organization in Muncie, Indiana. AMA Pilot membership provides liability insurance and a comprehensive monthly magazine. The RAMS are AMA club #1264, and also belong to the Milwaukee R/C Association.
A RAMS club library offers three sections. One is of model airplane videos, including all produced by the AMA. Another is of aeromodeling books, such as engines and flight. The third is of reduced sized model aircraft kit plans donated by members, that may be enlarged to any sized construction desired.
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Visit the RAMS Channel for clips and action shots of the field.
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Milwaukee County RC Flying Field
South 70th Street & West Oakwood Road - Franklin, WI
An advantage of the Milwaukee County field is it is in an urban county, and yet sits in the middle of 1,000 acres of Root River floodplain purchased by the county, thereby offering unlimited flying airspace, and immune from encroachment by urban development. While the R/C field is lost to use for several days each spring and summer when the Root River floods, that very flooding discourages other recreational uses from displacing the field.
The field offers pilot pit tables and ground pit space, fenced in from spectators, and pilot station blocks following AMA safety location guidelines. Shade trees offer a park-like setting.
While the field is operated by the RAMS on behalf of the County Parks Dept. for the public benefit, and the two clubs welcome members, having only nominal annual dues, pilots may fly simply by buying the required field license. Forms for the license, for AMA membership, or the clubs, are found in the mailbox beneath the frequency control board.
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Monthly Club Meetings - Wauwatosa Savings Bank
6560 South 27th Street - Oak Creek, WI
The monthly club meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month. They begin at 7:00 p.m. and run for up to two hours.
For additional club details, licensing, meeting information, or prospective pilots wanting to know more about the RAMS, contact any of the following:
Tom Ryan
President
(414) 881-0070
tomcat@execpc.com |
Jeff Borowski
Vice President
(414) 483-4377
flyinfool1@yahoo.com |
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Craig Manka
Secretary - Treasurer
craigrmanka@att.net |
Marvin Anderson
Safety Coordinator
manderson1952@wi.rr.com |
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