I haven't been to this event since it's inauguration years ago and it did not disappoint. RickJ had offered me a chance to fly his 1/3rd scale pup if I showed up. This was great incentive to say the least, so 5am Saturday I left home for the 3 hour drive to Dayton. The bad news was, about an hour in to the drive I realized I left my good camera sitting in the garage as I was loading the truck. My iPhone was all I had so I hope you guys enjoy the photos. The turn out was phenomenal despite the low 60s and wind. There were around 10-15 full scale replicas and around 40-50 models. The crowd was steady all day and very enthusiastic.
I've been to a lot of R/C shows over the years and I have to say the quality of models was outstanding...several being museum worthy and flown. The full scale guys and the R/C modelers each took turns with the airspace and there was rarely a lull in the flying activities. Around 6 R/Cs were in the air at once and the "air traffic controller" did a great job of coordinating take offs and landings. Everyone established a nice race track pattern and had great communication between pilots.
There were a couple stand out moments when the owner of a full scale DR. 1 ran his rotatory engine, and another that was mounted to a test stand was run several times. The smell of castor oil was everywhere :)
Full scale Spad with an opposed engine
Rick's beautiful Pup...what a sweet flying airplane
Gordon and Rick's airplanes from the Balsa Bees
More to come!
Jim
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1/4 Scale Clipped Wing Cub Flying
1/3 Mike Smart Pitts S-1
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