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139 Model Aviation APRIL 2017 ModelAviation.com
Alabama
4/1/2017 -- Prattville, AL (C) 1ST ANNUAL SPA
TOP NOVICE PAT TERN CON TES T. Site: Fountain
City Fliers Club. Jamie Strong CD PH: 334-612-
1152 Email: jstrong49923@gmail.com. Visit:
fcflyers.com. Sanction #17/475. This SPA contest
is a primer contest for the new to pattern flyer.
Novice sequence can be downloaded from the
seniorpattern.com website. Camping allo wed,
no hookups, motel and field info on website, or
call CD. Come enjoy the fun! Sponsor: FOUN TAIN
CI T Y FLYERS
4/21/2017 - 4/23/2017 -- Huntsville, AL (C)
HUN TSVILLE HELI FLYERS ANNUAL FUN
FLY. Site: 445 Chase Rd. Ken Abbott CD PH:
931.302.0518 Email: coptrdr2@msn.com. Visit:
huntsvilleheliflyers.org. Sanction #17/263.
Sponsor: HUN TSVILLE HELI FLYERS
4/29/2017 -- Leesburg, AL (C) 4 TH ANNUAL
WEISS LAKE FLOAT FLY. Site: Leesburg Landing.
Glenn Bond CD PH: 256.422.3453 Email:
glennhb007@gmail.com. Visit: dekalbrcflyers.
com. Sanction #17/222. All types RC float
planes & Boats welcome. No food provided but
local restaurants available. Rescue boat for
those other than perfect take offs or landings.
$5 landing fee. Join us! Sponsor: DEKALB RC
FLYERS
Arizona
4/7/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- Mesa, AZ (C) WINGS
OVER ARIZONA. Site: Superstition Air Park. Paul
Goldsmith CD PH: 480-588-6941 Email: pt19nut@
aol.com. Sanction #17/25. L/F $25-includes
pilot parking/entry/pizza party Sat night. Fri
set-up and practice. Limited camping available
by reservation, contact John Mangino 480-
980-1386 manginoaz@cox.net. Airplane trailers
can be left overnight, security provided. Aircraft
must have 80” min wingspan or be true 1/4 scale.
Jets must be 140” comb of wingspan & fuselage,
planes do not have to be scale. $6 parking fee
for spectators. Food vendor available. Sponsor:
ARIZONA MODEL AVIATORS
4/8/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- Apache Junction, AZ (AA)
2017 CAC TUS CLASSIC IMAC. Site: East Valley
Aviators Field. Rusty Fried CD PH: 602-540-3991
cell Email: completemarine02@gmail.com. Visit:
eastvalleyaviators.org. Sanction #17/486. Events;
411-415 (JSO). First time basic pilots entree fees
will be $25, all others will be $50. Pilots meeting
will be at 7:45am both days. Overnight parking
available however no hookups. Food available at
the field. Sponsor: EAS T VALLE Y AVIATORS INC
4/15/2017 -- Arizona City, AZ (A) I- 10
CHALLENGE. Site: Webster West Field.
Elmer Nelson CD PH: 480-460-1366 Email:
elmernelson@cox.net. Visit: freeflight.org.
Sanction #17/803. Events; 101-105, 108-110,
120, 124, 128, 140, 142, 150-155, 158-163, 165-
166 CAT II (JSO). All AMA, NFFS, & SAM free
flight events can be flown in our seven different
categories to earn credits towards the category
annual championship and overall club champ.
Webster West field is 7.2mi S of I10 exit 200.
Sponsor: PHOENIX MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB
4/21/2017 - 4/24/2017 -- Eagar, AZ (A) ROUND
VALLE Y DOME INDOOR CON TES T. Site: Round
Valley Dome. Wayne Gaylor CD PH: 480.892.0338
Email: wtgaylor1@gmail.com. Sanction #17/561.
Events; 203, 206-208, 212, 214, 218-220, 222,
223 CAT III (JSO). Come fly across at the beautiful
Round Valley Dome. Lots of floor area, 400 ft.
across. Details on the NFFS Website. Sponsor:
PHOENIX MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB
Arkansas
4/8/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- Wrightsville, AR (AA)
LOS T SQUADRON IMAC. Site: Club Field.
Bobby Moran CD PH: 870-794-3038 Email:
moran71602@yahoo.com. Visit: farmrcclub.
com. Sanction #17/172. Events; 411-415 (O). $30
IMAC members, $40 non IMAC. Registration 8am
Saturday, field opens Friday for practice. Lunch
provided Sat. Sound check waived. Sponsor:
FRATERNAL ASSN OF RC MODELERS FARM
California
4/1/2017 -- Riverside, CA (D) RIVERSIDE
AIRSHOW. Site: Riverside Airport. Pablo Romero
CD PH: Email: thunderbirds84@yahoo.com.
Sanction #17/756. Sponsor: CORONA RC CLUB
4/1/2017 - 4/2/2017 -- Silverado, CA (A) 2017
ORANGE COUN T Y PAT TERN CHALLENGE. Site:
OCMA. Stephen Hannah CD PH: 714-996-1714
Email: stevehannah@yahoo.com. Visit: flyocma.
com. Sanction #17/577. Events; 401-404, 406
(JSO). The field will be open for practice on
Friday. We’ll have all AMA classes and FAI.
FAI will fly P17 and F17. Sponsor: THE MODEL
AIRCRAF T ASSOCIATION
4/8/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- South El Monte, CA (AA)
BILL NUSZ SPEED & HERB S TOCK TON RACING
MEMORIAL. Site: Whittier Narrows Park. Jon
Defries CD PH: 951-420-1780 Sanction #17/836.
Events; 301-318, 334-335. Perky & Nass sport.
Sponsor: CL SPEED FLYERS OF SOU THERN CA
4/22/2017 - 4/23/2017 -- Davis, CA (AA) FRED
BURGDORF MEMORIAL. Site: Club Field. Robert
Holik CD PH: 530-661-0399 Email: apcprop@aol.
com. Visit: wdarc.org. Sanction #17/283. Events;
422, 426 (JSO). Sponsor: WOODLAND/DAVIS
AEROMODELERS
4/22/2017 -- Hesperia, CA (C) RCPRO WARBIRD
RACING. Site: Victor Valley RC Park. Rick
Pearson CD PH: 951.240.9704 Email: rick.
pearson@verizon.net. Visit: vvrcf.org. Sanction
#17/679. Registration at 7:30am, racing starts
at 9am. Gold, silver, bronze racing will take
place on a runway in excess of 500ft. Rules at
rcprowarbirdracing.com. AMA membership
required. Awards for top 3 in Gold, silver, and
bronze. Sponsor: VIC TOR VALLE Y R/C FLYERS
4/22/2017 - 4/23/2017 -- Los Banos, CA (C)
LOS BANOS SCALE SAILPLANE FUN FLY AND
AERO TO W. Site: Los Banos Creek Reservoir.
Bruce Devisser CD PH: 408-286-7396 Email:
bruce.devisser@sbcglobal.net. Sanction #17/827.
Sponsor: SOU TH BAY SOARING SOCIE T Y
4/22/2017 -- Moreno Valley, CA (C) DAWN
PATROL/GOLDEN ERA. Site: Killeen Field.
Michael Stone CD PH: 951.385.3714 Email:
pbymike@hotmail.com. Sanction #17/621.
Sponsor: GILMAN SPRINGS RC FLYERS
4/22/2017 - 4/23/2017 -- Salinas, CA (AA)
SALINAS IMAC. Site: Salinas Area Modelers.
Joseph Macgregor CD PH: 805/441-3633 Email:
joemac@tcsn.net. Visit: salinasareamodelers.
org. Sanction #17/579. Events; 411-415 (JSO).
Sponsor: SALINAS AREA MODELERS
4/28/2017 - 4/30/2017 -- Turlock, CA (C) 2ND
ANNUAL ROTOR RALLY. Site: Turlock Air Park.
David Bettencourt CD PH: 209.620-7512 Email:
yakyak55@charter.net. Sanction #17/259.
$25 Pilot registration includes lunch on Friday
or Saturday. This year there will be overnight
camping, no hook ups. This year there will be a
fajita dinner on Saturday night, follo wed by a
raffle price of dinner donations at the door. Like
us on Facebook! Sponsor: TURLOCK RC CLUB
4/29/2017 - 4/30/2017 -- So El Monte, CA
(AA) BOB PALMER MEMORIAL. Site: Whittier
Narrows Park. John Wright CD PH: 562/420-9018
Email: jowrightpe@hotmail.com. Visit: kotrc.
org. Sanction #17/622. Events; 323-326 (JSO).
O TS & classic, S70. Sponsor: KNIGH TS OF THE
ROUND CIRCLE
Colorado
4/8/2017 -- Denver, CO (AMA record Trial)
MMM APRIL SCRAMBLE. Site: MMM Field At
Lowry. Melvin Gray CD PH: 303.908.8921 Email:
mgray93@hotmail.com. Visit: themmmclub.
com. Sanction #17/654. Events; 101-110, 120-
22, 124-130, 140, 142, 150-166, 501-504 CAT II
(JSO). Enjoy flying under beautiful Colorado skies
on the largest field in the USA. The MMM is
located south of the DIA airport with views of the
Rocky Mountains and downtown Denver. Many
hotels are close by. Event is NFFS National Cup.
Sponsor: MAGNIFICEN T MOUN TAIN MEN INC
Connecticut
4/9/2017 -- Glastonbury, C T (AA) GLAS TONBUR Y
MODELERS SPRING FLING INDOOR CON TES T.
Site: Glastonbury High School. John Koptonak
CD PH: 860.434.1029 Email: gliderguider@
comcast.net. Sanction #17/241. Events; 206,
208, 215, 218 CAT II (JSO). EZB, LLP, Std Cat, 14
Gram Bostonian. FAC events; Peanut, Scale, Dime
Scale, No-Cal, mass launch 24 in span; W WI,
W WII, Golden Age. Also P- 24 and Armstead
Trophy Skiptown Cadet.
Florida
4/1/2017 - 4/2/2017 -- Arcadia, FL (AA)
SOU TH WES T FLORIDA AEROBATICS
CHALLENGE. Site: Charlotte Sport Modelers
Soc. David Ortmayer CD PH: 941.255.0557 Email:
dave@italpresseusa.net. Visit: csms-rc.com.
Sanction #17/764. Events; 411-415. Sponsor:
CHARLOT TE SPOR T MODELERS SOCIE T Y
4/8/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- Belleview, FL (AA) 2ND
OCALA SUN PAT TERN CON TES T. Site: 1020 Se
110th St. Ivan Kristensen CD PH: 519-654-6321
Email: ivankris10@gmail.com. Sanction #17/566.
Events; 401-404, 406 (JSO). Sponsor: OCALA
FLYING MODEL CLUB
4/8/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- Bunnell, FL (C) FLAGLER
COUN T Y RAMS APRIL FUN FLY. Site: . Richard
Bahmann CD PH: 386-316-3739 Email: rdb127@
hotmail.com. Visit: flaglerrams.com. Sanction
#17/484. One day fun fly, gates open at 8am.
Flying until afternoon when food and drink is
gone. No landing fee. Food and drink will be
available with a donation jar on table to help
offset food costs. No turbines for this field.
Sponsor: FLAGLER COUN T Y RADIO AERO
MODELERS
4/8/2017 -- Dunnellon, FL (C) 17 TH ANNUAL BIG
BIRD FLY-IN. Site: 12175 S Bridges Rd. Terry W
Bingham CD PH: 954-473.5821 Email: scalerctb@
yahoo.com. Sanction #17/312. Model minimum
wingspan 80-inch mono; ; 60-inch biplane.
Pilot’s choice award. Landing fee $5. Spectators
welcome, $2 donation per car load. Cafe will
be open so food and drinks available. Sponsor:
TRI-COUN T Y RC CLUB
4/8/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- Palm Bay, FL (AA) FMA
SPRING OPENER CON TES T. Site: 2190 Sapodilla
Rd Sw. Rex Hinson CD PH: 352.344-5931 Email:
rexh@tampabay.rr.com. Sanction #17/36.
Events; 101-105, 108-110, 120, 124, 140, 142,
150, 155, 159-161, 165-166 (JSO). NOS, OT,
FAC, FAI, Electric, High start. Sponsor: FLORIDA
MODELERS ASSOCIATION
4/15/2017 -- Ocala, FL (C) SPRING FLING. Site:
Ocala Flying Model Club. Anthony Paluzzi CD PH:
352-812-6929 Email: thing1@cfl.rr.com. Visit:
ocalaflyingmodelclub.com. Sanction #17/556.
Come fun fly with us on out 40x600’ runway or
100x1500’ grass runway. Food and beverages
will be available. More info on website. Sponsor:
OCALA FLYING MODEL CLUB
4/22/2017 -- Ocala, FL (C) OTOW RC
FLYER’S SPRING FLY IN. Site: O TO W RC
Flyers. Gary Springer CD PH: 352-804-
9687 Email: okcrcpilot@gmail.com. Visit:
ontopofthe worldinfo.com. Sanction #17/177.
Registration, 8am. Flying 8:30am-? Rain date
4/23. All types & sizes welcome, no turbines! No
parking or registration fees. Restrooms on site.
RV’s ok, no overnight parking. Sponsor: O TO W
RC FLYERS
4/27/2017 - 4/29/2017 -- Panama City, FL (C)
SCALE ROTORS OVER PANAMA CI T Y. Site:
Miracle Strip RC. Darrell Sprayberry CD PH:
706-259-8354 Email: darrelluh1b@optilink.us.
Sanction #17/340. 1st Annual event for Scale R/C
helicopters. The event is a fun fly and a workshop
for entering AMA 518 Nats event. Sponsor:
PANAMA CI T Y RC HELICOP TER CLUB
4/29/2017 - 4/30/2017 -- Sarasota, FL (C) AIR
FAIR 2017. Site: 8730 Bee Ridge Rd. John Hall
CD PH: 941-704-9375 Email: rcpilot@verizon.net.
Visit: sarasotarc.com. Sanction #17/15. Awards
and prizes. 80-inch mono; 60-inch biplane. Jets
if field conditions allow (check website). Landing
fee $15 one or t wo days. Sponsor: SARASO TA
RC SQUADRON
Georgia
4/8/2017 -- Statham, GA (C) SCENIC RC FLYERS
SPRING FUN FLY AND S WAP MEE T. Site: Scenic
RC Flyers. Douglas Moody CD PH: 678-772-6104
Email: ltdm@mindspring.com. Visit: scenicrc.us.
Sanction #17/536. Join us for a day of fun and
great flying. No landing fee, food available, raffle
prizes, buddy box, paint ball, demo flights. Bring
your extra gear to sell or trade. Visit website or
rcflightdeck.com for more information. Flying
from 8:30am-5pm. Sponsor: SCENIC R/C FLYERS
4/22/2017 -- Dunwoody, GA (A) APRIL INDOOR.
Site: St Luke’s Presbyterian Church. Joshua Finn
CD PH: 843-509-6692 Email: joshuawfinn@
gmail.com. Visit: thermalthumbers.com. Sanction
#17/450. Events; 201-203, 206, 208-209, 212-213,
215, 217-218, 220, 222-223, 505 CAT I (JSO).
Sponsor: THERMAL THUMBERS OF ME TRO
ATLANTA
4/23/2017 -- Whitesburg, GA (A) APRIL FOOL.
Site: N GA Turfsod Farm. Frederick Hube CD PH:
770.886.0104 Email: fhube@bellsouth.net. Visit:
thermalthumbers.com. Sanction #17/460. Events;
124, 140, 142, 160, 165, 501, 503 CAT III (JSO).
Sponsor: THERMAL THUMBERS OF ME TRO
ATLANTA
4/24/2017 - 4/29/2017 -- Andersonville, GA (C)
SOU THEAS T ELEC TRIC FLIGH T FES TIVAL. Site:
Hodges Hobbies Field. Ernest Schlumberger
CD PH: 678-458-4773 Email: eschlumber@aol.
com. Visit: seff week.com. Sanction #17/472. The
South’s premier Electric fun fly 16th annual event.
Open to all forms of e-powered flight. Primarily
open flight, demo flights on Fri-Sat, BBQ Fri night,
RC electric vendors on site. Ric Vaughn electric
Sailplane contest on Thurs from11am-3pm.
Sponsor: FAYETTE FLYERS
Kansas
4/29/2017 - 4/30/2017 -- Marion, KS (AA)
WHAM SPRING CON TES T 2017. Site: Marion KS
Airport. Jim O’Reilly CD PH: 316.744.0856 Email:
ksfreeflit@gmail.com. Sanction #17/833. Events;
104-105, 140, 124, 128-129, 140, 142, 150-155,
165 (JSO). AMA FF events per sec 5, plus NFFS,
FAC & SAM events. Sponsor: SAM 56 WICHI TA
HIS TORICAL AIRCRAF T
Louisiana
4/1/2017 -- Ber wick, LA (C) WARPS SPRING FLY-IN. Site: Pedro Hernandez Field. Pete Lawton CD
PH: (985)385-1960 Email: lawton.pete@yahoo.
com. Visit: warpsrcclub.com. Sanction #17/167.
Bring what you fly, fly what you bring. Quads to
jets are welcome. Grass runway, covered pits,
campers welcome (no hook ups). Food truck will
be on site. Pilot fee $20. Sponsor: WILLIAMS
AEROMODELER RC PILO T WARPS
4/7/2017 - 4/8/2017 -- Shreveport, LA (C)
HOLIDAY INN DIXIE FUN FLY. Site: Northridge
Airpark. James Stevens CD PH: 318-458-3340
Email: palshv@bellsouth.net. Visit: sharksrc.org.
Sanction #17/342. Location; 6865 Hwy 71. 600
x 40 paved runway w/covered pits. $20 pilot fee
includes Saturday lunch. All aircraft welcome.
2-50 amp RV hookups $15/day. 3-30 amp
hookups $10/day. Primitive camping, port-a-let on site. Fly noon - 5pm Friday 10-4 Saturday.
Sponsor: SHREVEPORT AREA RADIO KONTROL
SOCIETY
4/22/2017 - 4/23/2017 -- Sulphur, LA (AA)
GULF COAS T PAT TERN CHAMPIONSHIP. Site:
Larks. Monroe Michaelis CD PH: 417-766-0374
Email: monroe.michaelis@yahoo.com. Visit:
larksrc.org. Sanction #17/123. Events; 401-404,
406 (JSO). Registration $35. Pilots meeting at
9:30am Sat. Concessions available both days.
Indoor restrooms and plenty of tables for all
pilots. Overnight camping permitted, Four sites
with electricity. Sponsor: LAKE AREA RADIO
KON TROL SOCIE T Y
4/28/2017 - 4/30/2017 -- Lake Charles, LA (D)
CHENNAULT IN TERNATIONAL AIRSHOW. Site:
Chennault Airport. Thomas Rowe CD PH: 337-
625-8065 Email: r_sm@bellsouth.net. Sanction
#17/673 Sponsor: LAKE AREA RADIO KON TROL
SOCIETY
Maine
4/30/2017 -- Falmouth, ME (D) PROPSNAPPERS
S WAP MEE T. Site: Maine Medical Center.
David Cyr CD PH: 413-530-1714 (cell); Email:
treetopflyer2@gmail.com. Visit: prosnappers.
org. Sanction #17/767. Location: 5 Bucknum
Rd., Falmouth ME 04105. Maine Medical
center parking lot. Come one-come all! Annual
Propsnappers swap meet. 9am-?. Sponsor:
PROPSNAPPERS INC
Maryland
4/29/2017 - 4/30/2017 -- Hagerstown, MD (AA)
2017 PEGASUS FMAC IMAC CLASSIC. Site:
Pegasus RC. Bradley Davy CD PH: 301-662-7274
Email: bdavy92960@msn.com. Visit: pegasusrc.
com. Sanction #17/564. Events; 411-415 (JSO).
All classes flown. $60 registration, $20 discount
for IMAC members. Preregistration encouraged.
Field open Friday for practice. Camping available,
no hook ups. Sponsors: FREDERICK MODEL
AIRCRAF T CLUB, PEGASUS RC AIRPLANE CLUB
Massachusetts
4/30/2017 -- Georgetown, MA (AA) APRIL
INDOOR CON TES T. Site: Penn Brook School.
Richard Zapf CD PH: 978-352-8331 Email:
rfzapf@gmail.com. Sanction #17/195. Events;
215, 505 CAT II (JSO). FAC scale, P-nut, Pioneer
scale, Dime scale, Phantom Flash, Bostonian, WII
& WII Mass launch, Gold age/Modern civil Mass
Launch, Pussycat Mass Launch, NBM Flying
hoard, Skiptown Cadet One Design. Sponsor:
MERRIMACK VALLE Y AIR-IS TOCRATS
Mississippi
4/20/2017 - 4/22/2017 -- Raymond, MS (C)
MISSISSIPPI AF TERBURNER. Site: John Bell
Williams Airport. Vernon Montgomery CD PH:
601-955-3826 Email: vernonms@gmail.com.
Visit: mississippijets.com. Sanction #17/442.
6,000-foot runway, overnight airplane storage,
tents available, RV parking, jet A & oil onsite. $40
Preregister or $60 onsite. Sponsor: MISSISSIPPI
JE TS
New Jersey
4/9/2017 -- Lincoln Park, NJ (C) SPRING COMBAT
MEET. Site: GSCB Field. Carl Schaefer CD PH:
908.803.7405 Email: earthingbrush2@yahoo.
com. Sanction #17/600. Super Slow combat, 1/2A
Combat. Sponsor: MIDDLESEX MODELERS INC
New York
4/30/2017 -- Watervliet, N Y (C) WIND
WARRIORS S WAP MEE T/INDOOR FUN FLY. Site:
Watervliet Dome. Stephen Wattenberg CD PH:
518-810-3475 Email: stevew64@gmail.com.
Visit: watervliet windwarriors.com. Sanction
#17/538. Come join us for our annual swap
meet and fun fly! Sponsor: WATERVLIE T WIND
WARRIORS
North Carolina
4/1/2017 -- Mooresville, NC (C) 5TH ANNUAL
KICK OFF SPRING FUN FLY. Site: RC Wingers
Club Field. Ronald Lambert CD PH: 704-239-
6163 Email: lomcevac_913@hotmail.com. Visit:
rcwingers.com. Sanction #17/465. Winter is over
and spring has just begun, so come try out our
new creations or dust off your old ones and have
a good time. All types of aircrafts welcome. Food
available on site. $15 Landing fee. See website
for more info. Sponsor: RC WINGERS
4/6/2017 - 4/9/2017 -- East Bend, NC (C)
WARBIRDS OVER EAS TBEND RC. Site: Rams Air
Field. John Welcome CD PH: 336-303-2245 Email:
johnwelc2002@yahoo.com. Visit: riversiderc.
com. Sanction #17/399. 4th Annual Giant scale
Warbirds. Well over 400 acres of airspace. Guest
