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Report and Video by Paul Grubich |
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Photos by Paul Grubich, Lloyd Swanson,
Starla Byrum. |
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The Cedar Rapids SkyHawks held their annual rcwarbird fly-in Saturday,
July 15 2006. Many spectators and pilots braved the almost 100 degree
weather to watch and fly some great rcwarbirds. |
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The weather was a hot 97 degrees with light breezes
for the SkyHawks annual warbird fun fly. |
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Wendell Maakestad presents Jeff Quesenberry with "Best
of Show" for his 90 pound Corsair. Photo by Paul Grubich.
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Jeff Quesenberry poses with his "Best of Show" Corsair.
Jeff's Corsair has 152 inch wingspan, weighs 90 pounds and uses a Husqvarna
240 twin for power. Jeff put in several memorable flights during
the event. More on Jeff's Corsair here.
Photo by Paul Grubich. |
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Jim Stickley gets ready to fly his great looking Tiger Moth.
Photo by Paul Grubich |
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Todd Davis with his Mosqutio bomber. Todd's Mosquito
has a 73" wingspan and weighs 13 lbs. Kit is by CMP and Todd uses
twin OS .46's for power. Photo by Paul Grubich |
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Todd unfortunatly flipped his Mosquito bomber in a strong cross wind
take off. Todd says it will be repaired. Photos by Rob Davis |
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Rich Dean with his Great Planes Spitfire. Rich uses an OS
.46 for power and Monocote for covering. His Spit comes in at 6 lbs. and
has a 57" wingspan. Photo by Paul Grubich.
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Todd Davis and Rich Dean pose with their WWI warbirds.
Photo by Paul Grubich |
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Rich Cronk from Ames Iowa works on his KMP P-38. 83 inch
wingspan, 16lbs and two OS 70 four cycle engines. Photo by Paul
Grubich
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Todd Davis shows his CMP F6F Hellcat. Todd uses a Saito
120 for power on this 11 pound 70 inch wingspan rcwarbird. Photo
by Paul Grubich |
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Jack Morgan with his scratch built T-38. Jack used balsa
construction with Ultra Coat covering on this 9 pound rcwarbird. An OS
.61 flies it. Photo by Paul Grubich
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Wendell Maakestad from
Cedar Rapids Iowa warms up his American Eagle B-17. 40lbs, 10ft wingspan,
Century Jet retracts, Saito 65's for power and bomb drop. Photo by
Paul Grubich |
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Dwayne Fosseen from
Radcliffe Iowa makes a beautiful low pass with his Don Smith B-29.
Dwayne uses four Saito 91's in this 40lb, 12 foot wingspan bomber. Photo
by Lloyd Swanson |
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Dwayne Fosseen
drops a Big Boy bomb from his Don Smith B-29.
Photo by Lloyd Swanson |
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Jeff Quesenberry's 90 pound Corsair looks as real as
it gets while taking off for another mission.
Photo by Starla Byrum |
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Jeff Quesenberry's Yellow Spitfire comes in for a wheel
landing after another mission. Photo by Lloyd Swanson |
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Wendell Maakestad's
Spitfire comes in for a landing on the SkyHawks petromat runway.. Photo
by Lloyd Swanson |
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Rich Cronk from brings his KMP P-38 in for a low
strafing run. Photo by Starla Byrum |
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Wendell Maakestad landing his American Eagle B-17
on one wheel. Photo by Rob Davis |
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Todd Davis banks his Albatross for a photo pass.
Photo by Rob Davis |
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Rich Dean re-creates a scale cross wind landing with
his Sopwith. Photo by Rob Davis |
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Todd Davis sets up for another smooth landing with
his CMP Hellcat. Photo by Rob Davis |
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Jeff Quesenberry poses by his magnificent 90 pound Corsair.
Jeff made several memorable flights showing the power and grace of this
large rc aircraft. Photo by Starla Byrum |
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Special thanks to Starla Byrum
and Lloyd Swanson for their beautiful
photography
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