Joe Balmer

THE FIFTH-ANNUAL Giant Scale flyin
was held September 1-3 at the US Air
Force Museum flying site at Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton OH.
The site was located behind the
facility, on the runway used to bring
aircraft into the museum. The runway
was 150 feet wide and several thousand
feet long. It’s the same strip Chuck
Yeager and Bob Hoover flew from in the
early 1950s.
The flightline was more than 11⁄2 miles
long. There were bleachers for visitors,
and an area for vendors to set up booths
and displays; you could get that must-have
item for your model or learn how to get
started in the hobby.
Some of the vendors in attendance
included TnT Landing Gear, Balsa USA,
Planes & Things, Vel Pye, Robart
Manufacturing, Aircraft International,
Cactus Aviation, Carden Aircraft, and
Ohio R/C Models.