March 2006 155
SEVERAL YEARS AGO I was fortunate to
meet an avid modeler in Pittsburgh named
Clyde Stacy. Clyde’s cheerful personality and
creative mind helped him become one of the
leaders in the Pittsburgh ARCS. His
modeling activity included his son Ray.
Unfortunately, Clyde is no longer with us but
Ray is hard at work with the family tradition.
One of my Christmas presents included a
T-Rex helicopter. Past experience with these
micro machines has taught me to seek
assistance from those in the know. I found
that several modelers in the Rochester, New
York, area had knowledge of the T-Rex.
A visit to the local hobby shop,
Performance Hobbies, was in order. On
entering the shop, an enthusiastic 10-year-old
was flying a micro helicopter throughout the
shop. His flying ability was comparable to the
best I have witnessed. His name: Kyle Stacy!
His dad Ray was in the backroom of the shop
working on Kyle’s T-Rex.
It quickly became evident that Clyde’s
enthusiasm was instilled in his son and his
grandson. The Stacy family is a fine
illustration of how great modelers can be.
If you would like to see how well Kyle
can fly, check out his Web site at
www.kylerocks.com/. For those of you who
don’t know his father Ray, he is the
helicopter columnist for MA.
Bob Brown meets Kyle Stacy.
Our new AVP, Jim Martin, provided the
following information.
“The National Museum of the United
States Air Force (formerly the Air Force
Museum) in Dayton, Ohio played host to the
biannual World War I Dawn Patrol Fly-In
September 30-October 2. This was the third
time that the event was held at the museum.
There were 13 full-scale flying aircraft,
approximately six full-scale static displays
in various stages of completion, and 65 RC
pilots with more than 100 aircraft.
“Flying alternated between full-scale
and models throughout the weekend. One
of the highlights of the event was when
Kermit Weeks would test run his 100%
Fokker D.VIII with an original rotary
engine in it.
“One of the Dayton area’s longtime
World War I model builders and
competitors, Bill Brucken, flew his fullscale
Nieuport 27 at this year’s event. Bill
has been competing in modeling events for
more than 30 years, so he decided it was
time to build an airplane big enough to ride
in. He finished the Nieuport this past spring
and was able to get the required flight time
on it before the fly-in.
“Balsa USA had its full line of World
War I aircraft and introduced a new 1/3-
scale Fokker D.VII. It flew beautifully and
the kit exhibits the company’s fine
attention to detail.
Balsa USA was generous enough to
provide merchandise for the awards portion
of the Saturday night banquet and for each
registered pilot. Other sponsors included
GT Models, David Rice, Proctor
Enterprises, Great Planes, R/C Hobby
Center, Bob Holman, SR Batteries, Bob
Banka, and Horizon Hobbies.
“Pilot’s Choice award for best
glow/electric went to Jerry O’Connor for
his electric-powered Gotha Bomber. Pilot’s
Choice award for best gas engine went to
James Suchy for his Hanover CLII. Best in
show went to Ed Andrews for his Fokker
Dr.I.
“The next World War I Dawn Patrol
fly-in at the museum is scheduled for
September 21-23, 2007. Make plans to
attend this must-see event.”
AMA Vice President Sandy Frank
provided the following pictures of the
Dawn Patrol.
A Big Jenny.
A Sopwith triplane.
A Fokker D.VIII.
A full-scale Fokker D.VIII.
A very nice DH2.
District III
Bob Brown, District III Vice President; [email protected]
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Associate Vice Presidents:
Randy Adams, Fairfield OH;
(513) 858-3154;
[email protected]
Mike Barbee, Delaware OH;
(740)362-5545;
[email protected]
David H. Ellis, Cross Lanes
WV; (304) 776-1408
Nelson Gould, Macungie PA;
(610) 395-9159
Dan Luchaco, Sayre PA;
(570) 888-1856;
[email protected]
Jim Martin, Franklin OH;
(937) 260-0143
Leo Rodriguez, New Stanton
PA; (724) 925-0159;
[email protected]
Matthew Turowski, Drums
PA; (570) 788-0661;
[email protected]
Joseph S. Vislay, Maumee OH;
(419) 893-9537;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator:
Ron Morgan, Scotland PA;
(717) 264-7425;
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