The Davenport RC Society's 5th annual
scale fly-in held on July 29th was a huge success. I arrived late at 9:30
as the area was already full of planes and people. There were many great
warbirds already assembled and ready to test the cool morning air. There
were lots of great looking airplanes to see but our goal was to concentrate
on the warbirds so lets take a look. |
All photos by John Thomas
There are several pictures please be patient
while they load
Looking down the flightline
you can see the warbirds waiting their turn.
|
|
|
Dean Maupin's P-40 looking great! |
Dean prepares for takeoff. |
|
|
Dean comes in for a picture perfect landing after
another great flight. |
|
|
|
| Dean's P-47, a veteran of the Striking Back wars. |
|
Mike Kass owns this Big Beautiful Doll mustang. |
|
|
|
Dean again with his P-38. Dean comes to the field with a P-38 in his
SUV and a trailer full of 4 other warbirds! |
|
Scott Booth with his P-38. Dean and Scott flew their P-38's in formation.
They also flew their Corsairs in formation! |
|
|
Dean and Scott taxi out for a beautiful formation
flight. |
|
|
|
| Wendell Maakestad tops the tanks in his beautiful yellow tail B-17. |
|
Wendell taxis out to the flightline and prepares for another bombing
run. |
|
|
|
It doesn't get any better than this. A sunny day
and a great looking B-17 by Wendell doing a low fly-by. |
 |
Deb and I set up for landing with our B-17.
We had a great time at the Davenport scale meet and will go back
next year for sure. The Davenport club is one of the best clubs I have
ever been with. The members of this great club make sure you feel at
home and go out of their way time and again to chat with you and help
you. I am proud to be a new member of this club and after you fly at
their wide open sod farm and meet the wonderful guys and gals of the
Davenport RC Society you will be back again and again and maybe never
leave.
|
|
Thanks to John Thomas, who is a professional photographer, (see any
Dremel ad) for the great photos he took of this event. John really captured
my B-17 and the beautiful cloud formations that day. |
|
|
Map to Seven Cities Sod Field. |
This year's Scale Fun Fly will be held Sunday June 22
at Seven Cities Sod Farm. Set up starts at 8:00 a.m. and open flying at
10:00 a.m. All planes must be scale replicas of full scale aircraft. Trophies
will be awarded in three classes and for Best of Show by popular vote
of the contestants. The classes have been slightly reworked this year
to allow smaller planes to be competitive. The classes are; Giant Civilian,
Giant Warbirds, and All Others. All planes which meet the IMAA definition
of giant scale MUST be entered in one of the giant classes. The All Others
class is intended for the smaller planes. Entry fee is $5.00. This is
an AMA sanctioned event so all contestants must show proof of current
AMA membership. Sanction number 03-1075. The attached flyer has more details
or you can call or email me if you have questions. (563) 386-8205.
Thanks & hope to see you there!
Phil Vernon - Contest Director |
To learn more about the Davenport RC Society please see their
web site here
BACK to EVENTS
|
|
Become an RCWarbrids site supporter by making a donation.
|
$5.00 |
 |
$10.00 |
|
$15.00 |
|
$20.00 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
