The following pictures show a small example of what it takes to give us the great flying field we have. Here we see Woody Struble doing the field maintenance.
SCRC Annual Fun Fly
June 19th, 2005
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SCRC Fun Fly and Picnic All Flyers with an AMA license are welcome. Flying starts at Noon and lasts until dark. No fees, just come and enjoy the day, the SCRC Flying Site, and the food. |
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Thanks to the Club members that contributed the following Fun Fly photos and links
Our Flying Field
| Have you ever wondered why we have such an excellent flying field as seen in this aerial photo by Chuck Paulson on the day of the Fun Fly. Well, it doesn't just happen! | ||
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The following pictures show a small example of what it takes to give us the great flying field we have. Here we see Woody Struble doing the field maintenance. |
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| In the early summer, Woody uses his roller to reduce the lumps left by the winter season. | Stand back! | All spring, summer, and fall, the grass must be mowed to give the nice takeoff and landing surface. During the peak growing season, mowing must be done at least 2 times a week! |
Here is what our Newsletter Editor, Sam Stitzer, had to say about the Fun Fly
June 19th Fun Fly/Picnic
The weather was a bit cool and windy, but no rain was in sight. I put my sweatshirt on and it felt good! As the day progressed, the temperature rose, and a few thermals helped keep the sailplanes aloft. We had good attendance, including many visitors from other clubs. Cars were parked from one end of the field to the other!
Charlie Wingert and Hugh Zinsmeister cooked up some fine burgers and hot dogs, and their lovely wives sold them to hungry pilots! Heck, those babes could sell me anything!
A full spectrum of aircraft were flown – trainers, sport planes, wildly aerobatic fun fly planes, powered gliders, scale models, and even Woody Struble’s flying stop sign!
A fast electric delta lost its battery pack in flight, causing it to flip like airborne tumbleweed and flop into the weeds west of Garbrick road. At first I thought he was doing some incredible aerobatic move!
Karl Stashak throttled up his beautiful Shoestring pylon racer for takeoff, and just as it lifted off he saw that someone had walked onto the runway and the Shoestring was heading right for him! Karl instantly made the difficult decision to dump the plane, and it was severely damaged when it cart wheeled on the runway. No one was hurt, thanks to Karl’s quick action. I hope he repairs the Shoestring. It’s one of my favorite planes!
John Werner gave us a chuckle when he hand launched Henry Loewen’s huge electric Sailaire glider, then fell flat on his face! Too bad I didn’t have my camera ready! I launched the Sailaire for Henry’s next flight. It’s not that easy! The thrust of that cobalt 40 feels like it will lift me off the ground!
Other than the above mishaps, it was a great day of food, flying and fun! Thank you to all who helped to make this event a great success!
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Woody Struble’s ¼ scale Cessna 310 takes off. It sure looks real! |
Coming in for a perfect landing after a very realistic flight |
Fun Fly plane. Look at the size of those ailerons! Brian, let me know if it is yours. |
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Sam says that he would have had more photos but the battery in his camera died! |
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OK, now that I have your attention, you should note that this photo of Woody's Stop Sign, and the following set of photos were contributed by Leo Lang. |
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| The photos of Woody's Twin Cessna shown above came only after a bit of preparation |
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Some people like to walk their dog on a leash. However, Woody prefers to walk his twin Cessna. Actually, he is taking the Cessna to the West end of the field in preparation for a flight. |
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| Sometimes servicing these large models gets you down! | This photo gives you a good idea of the size of this model | |
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| One of the high spots of a Fun Fly, the food concession. | ||
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| Time out to refuel the pilots, Henry Loewen and Chuck Paulson | Al Niessner starting to taxi out for a flight. The wind this day made it difficult to taxi the lightweight SIG Kadet Senior. | |
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| There were quite a few out of town guests. | There is some serious flying going on here. | |
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| It is a long walk from the East end of the field to the main part of the pit area. | No, these parts are not the result crashes, Brian Julius and Al Niessner haven't gotten around to assembling their models yet! | |
And here are more pictures thanks to Roy Long. Click here to visit his SCRC Fun Fly 2005 web page. There are 3 pages of thumbnail photos on his site. Click on any photo to see a larger view of that photo along with any comments that have been posted. If you have any information about any of the photos, be sure to add a comment. Clicking on the larger photo to see the full resolution of the photo.