RC planes take flight in Dayton By David Taylor, dtaylor@hcnonline.com Nearly 70 radio-controlled planes took flight Friday and Saturday at the annual Jetero Southeast Texas Warbird Rally in Dayton and it couldn’t have happened on a better weekend for the flyboys. The event has rapidly become one of the premiere […]
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RICHARDSON RADIO CONTROL CLUB Celebrating 50 years of Model Aviation
1966 – 2016 Celebrating 50 years of Model Aviation 2015 -AMA Excellence Award, AMA District VIII Member, AMA Gold Leader Club #623 RRCC 50th Anniversary Party Come help us celebrate 50 Years of Model Aviation! Calling all current and former members of RRCC, you and your guests are welcome to join […]
Continue readingThe Rocky Mountain Flying Machine
Rocky Mountain Flying Machine is an AMA Gold Leader Club and has been a charter club for nearly 30 years. The Fox 2 station locally decided to do the story about RMFM for Two reasons, One for the fact the club has endured for so many years and the other […]
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Pegasus model airplane club raises funds for cancer effort
The Pegasus Radio Controlled Model Airplane Club held the Flight for Cancer on June 14, bringing flight enthusiasts together for a unique show with a powerfulmission. The event raised more than $2,000 to support the John R. Marsh Cancer Patient Center. Rick Marquiss, Pegasus Club member, started the Flight for Cancer […]
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The Nampa Model Aviators RC Warbirds over Nampa, Idaho
The Nampa Model Aviators RC club hosts an exciting and varied gathering annually for radio-control warbirds at their home field in Nampa, Idaho. The aircraft range from 1/3 scale World War I fighters to lightweight electric warbirds of World War II, and ducted-fan electric jets. It is a pleasure to […]
Continue readingState of Missouri proclaims August 16 as Model Aviation Day
The Academy of Model Aeronautics is pleased to announce that the state of Missouri has declared August 16, 2014, as Model Aviation Day. Thank you Dusty G. Riley, of Kansas City, MO, and the KC Northern Knights Model Airplane Club for submitting the application for this proclamation. National Model Aviation […]
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20th Annual Gathering of the Giants this weekend
By TIFFANY REPECKI (trepecki@breezenewspapers.com) , Cape Coral Daily Breeze Dozens of radio control model airplanes will take flight this weekend in northwest Cape Coral. The 20th Annual Gathering of the Giants, hosted by the Cape Coral R/Sea Hawks flying club, is set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and […]
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Veterans and Angels Fly-in on Oct. 18-20
By Denise Etheridge Staff Writerdetheridge@coastalcourier.com 912-876-0156 These pilots fly with their feet planted firmly on the ground, and they’re inviting the community free of charge to see how they do it during the Veterans and Angels Fly-in on Oct. 18-20 at the old airfield off Airport Road. The event is for radio-controlled […]
Continue readingFun Fly to raise money for autism
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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