April 2006 161
“ON AUGUST 13, 2005 the Thermal-G
‘Eagles’ RC club proudly held its Ninth
Annual Model Air Show, and we wanted to
share the news with you. In 1995, the
Eagles first held a fun fly-in for radiocontrol
pilots in northwestern Pennsylvania,
northeast Ohio, and southwest New York.
Only a handful of fliers—most of them
from our club—and about twice that
number of spectators attended.
“Encouraged by this humble beginning,
members of the club persisted. From that
event the shows began and the participants
and spectators were given the opportunity to
showcase and observe developments in RC
flying. These events have grown in the
interim to include representative fliers from
many of the RC clubs in the tri-state area, as
well as a large contingent of spectators.
“Our recent air shows have showcased
helicopter flying, and aerobatic flying of 1/4-
to 1/3-scale models of aerobatic aircraft by
members of northeastern Ohio clubs, Scale
warbirds and Scale models of non-military
aircraft in both flying and static displays, as
well as CL flying.
“In addition, our air shows have
presented the opportunity for young wouldbe
pilots to actually control a model in the
air under the supervision of club instructors.
Consistently club members have been told
by spectators of their amazement at the
range of maneuvers performed at the air
shows by RC pilots and their airplanes.
“With the increase in the number of
people who came to watch these annual
shows, the club began to collect donations
for parking, provide food concessions, and
conduct raffles that enabled us to share
proceeds from the air show with local
charities such as the Shriner’s Hospital for
Children in Erie, the Robison Elementary
School’s playground fund, and the
Children’s Zoo at the Erie Zoo.
“For the Ninth Annual Model Air Show
in 2005, the club partnered with the Make-
A-Wish Foundation as its designated
recipient. This event enabled us to present a
check for $800 to this organization and the
money went to help make a wish come true
for twin brothers in our community.
“We also participated at this year’s fullscale
Erie Air Show held September 10-11
by conducting a static display.
“Our club’s treasurer, James P.
Dougherty, presented our donation to Jan E.
Stork, regional director of the Make-AWish
Foundation. We were also honored by
the support of the U.S. Marine Corps F-18
aviators, Captain William Mitchell, Captain
John Dinh, and Lieutenant Mathew
Barker.”
Capt. William J. Mitchell, U.S.M.C.; Jan
Stork, Make-A-Wish Foundation; James P.
Dougherty, treasurer of the Thermal-G RC
Eagles; Capt. John Dinh, U.S.M.C.; and Lt.
Mathew Barker, U.S.M.C.
Thanks to Gary Niemi, president of the
Thermal-G Eagles for the information and
picture.
Chris Brown of Emporium, Pennsylvania,
provided the following information and
pictures from the Wings Over Piper Fly-In
held at the William P. Piper Airport in Lock
Haven, Pennsylvania.
The intent of the gathering is to
assemble as many Scale RC Cubs as
possible, however, different aircraft are
allowed.
A very nice Super Cub.
A neat little racer.
This Cub is made of aluminum tubing.
A Gee Bee.
A neat Ercoupe.
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;
[email protected] D
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