COOKEVILLE — The Tennessee Rotary Wing Club will be taking over the Cookeville High School Flying Field with their remote control helicopters from noon to dark Friday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. to dark Saturday, Oct. 12, and from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 13, for their annual Fun […]
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Flying remote-control planes provides a sense of community
The Southwest Area Park Modelers fly their model airplanes, helicopters and other devices as the sun sets over Southwest Area Park in Lansdowne. By Julie Baughman, jbaughman@tribune.com This weekend, many of those planes will be airborne above the park as the club hosts its annual Charm City Memorial Fly-In Sept. 27, […]
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Recreation » Facility features a landing strip and plenty of room for planes to swoop, dip and dive. By Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune Enoch • Some amenities you expect to see at a Bureau of Land Management recreation area: campsites and trails, restrooms and picnic tables. But a […]
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by Gabrielle Mays SANDS TWP. — Model planes and helicopters were flying high in the sky in Sands Township on Saturday. President of the Sands Model Aviation Club, John Ferguson, said for many flying model planes is not just a hobby, it is also fun. FULL STORY >
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Boys and their toys: Model plane flyers show skills at Mary’s Pond
By Georgia Sparling ROCHESTER — There’s definitely something boyish about a bunch of men flying model airplanes, but that doesn’t mean anyone can pick up the controls of a 1/5 scale World War II bomber and safely land it on water. FULL STORY >
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The Pikeland Sky Chiefs fly-in 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Lake Pittsfield
FLY-IN INFO The Pikeland Sky Chiefs will sponsor a fly-in 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Lake Pittsfield. Gas, nitro and electric radio-controlled airplanes, helicopters, warbirds, classics and aerobatics will be featured. “We’re trying to get people out here to fly and get the public to come and see […]
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New air park for remote-controlled planes to open in Alma
By LINDA GITTLEMAN/@LindaGittleman An air field for remote-controlled miniature aircraft in Alma will soon be open thanks to Jim Wolf and Avalon Tahoe, manufacturer of pontoon boats. Located just west of the plant on Michigan Avenue, the Avalon Tahoe Air Park will have its grand opening on Saturday, June 29, […]
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By Frances Watson Amateur and master pilots took their miniature airplanes to the skies. Performing fly overs and acrobatic tricks for the crowd, all for charity. READ FULL STORY >
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Kings Bay R/C Modelers to hold open house Memorial day weekend
Kings Bay Modelers invites everyone to join us at Oakwell RC Airfield on Saturday, May 25 to experience all kinds of Radio Controlled aircraft up close and performing in the air. There will be powered planes, large and small; sailplanes, helicopters, and quad-rotor hovercraft. Flying will be from 9:00 AM until […]
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Radio-controlled airplanes soar at Stratford Woods Park
By Cindy Crain Newman for the Daily News Sadness, not happiness, is usually the outcome from a plane crash. But, that’s not the case when Jerry Hahnfeld takes his radio-controlled planes flying. “The good thing about this hobby is that you can have a really bad crash, and you can […]
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