The Flying Circus Air Show - 2010/06
HOW WOULD your club react if its
leaders proposed to hold an annual RC
model air show? A fair number of
members would probably say “sure,”
and the club would give it a try.
But what if the challenge is that the
show has to last four hours each day it
is held, a Saturday and a Sunday, in
early August?
How to Run a Successful Model Air Show
WHAT DOES IT TAKE to put on a two-day, four-hour-a-day air show featuring 22 events? A show that includes almost 100 airplanes, 60 pilots, static display booths, and multiple refreshment stands-and one which will attract thousands of spectators? What does it take to never have the show run more than two minutes off schedule, and to be able to speed up or slow down the schedule to create extra time, or make up for lost time if needed? Does it take an AMA show team or professional modelers? Not necessarily. Weekend sport pilots, if they've been highly organized, are more than capable of pulling off a well thought out, efficiently planned air show.
