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The event started at 10:00 A.M. even though the crowd was small. More spectators showed up later during the day. The temperature rose to 95 degrees and the humidity was high, but the pilots kept flying and the crowd attendence was good until around 3:30. The lightening storms were to hit us later (at about 5:00 PM). |
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Most of the pilots started the event off visiting the registration tent and filling out the event forms. |
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We were able to share the flying experience with 50 student pilots who made a contribution to Ronald McDonald House. We used three trainer airplanes during the event (Chuck Boyer, Jack Hayward and Ron Swift all contributed a plane). Shown here, Chuck Boyer and Paul Spara are working with two student pilots. |
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Paul Georger and crew ran an efficient Raffle. Tom McCoy of Performance Hobbies and our raffle team are shown in the photo. Many thanks to all who donated their time and other resources. |
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The event included the 4-wheel car R/C dirt track. This is the new site managed by Field Director, Rod Curtis. Some of our visitors broight their own electric and/or nitro vehicles. For a small donation to Ronald McDonald, all were able to run the course. A couple of electric 4 wheel drive trucks were available for those who didn't bring their own vehicle. |
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The event seen early morning on Sunday. The 60 mph winds took down all the tents and made quite a mess of the place. The club members showed up early and by 9:00 AM, the site was back to normal. We lost our brand new shelter, but the spectators were able to use it in the 99 degree weather on Saturday. Sunday would bring winds up to 30 mph first from the Southwest, then shiftuing from the Northwest. Quite the challenge for many of the pilots. |
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One of our announcers keeping track of the event and explaining the live action. |
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A view of the spectators during the event. |
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A view of the flight line and some of the crowd. |
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Sonny and team kept the airshow rolling and took care of the transmitter impound area. |
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A photo of our flight line. |
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A view of the spectator area and the windsock. The sock is horizontal when the wind is 20 mph or higher. |
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A view from the shelter of the field. Ed Markowski can be seen at the grill. Many helped out with the serving and cooking. |
