District VI
Charlie Bauer, District VI Vice President; [email protected]
- Kentucky
- Illinois
- Indiana
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Wright City, Missouri
The Wright Flyers Model Airplane Club completed its annual pilot training program. The club used three Sig LT-40 airplanes with Futaba transmitters and buddy boxes.
- Instructors: as many as four participated in Monday evening training sessions
- Duration: four months
- Weather cancellations: only two nights lost
- Training flights: 277 completed
- Flight time: nearly 46 hours
- Fuel consumed: 11 gallons
- Students: 31 participants
This is a major program aimed at increasing club membership.
Pictures and information were sent in by Don Vetrone.
Schaumburg, Illinois
The Chicagoland RC Modelers Inc. club was invited to provide a static display at Schaumburg Airport’s first Aviation Celebration. The club displayed airplanes during the two-day event.
Steve Fortman, club president, organized a free raffle for a one-time trainer flight; a number of visitors signed up. All registrants were called, told they had won a trainer flight, and invited to the field on a specific date. Club members Greg Ross, Ray Donati, Dave Rosenblatt, and Brian Nowak brought trainers with buddy boxes.
Many families attended, and nearly every family member took a turn at flying.
Pictures and information were supplied by LeRoy Cordes.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
