BRODAK 2011 Fly In
After fifteen seasons, Carmichaels, PA is the “Brotherhood of the Rings”.
By Will Hubin
PHOTOGRAPHY: WILL HUBIN
skies for five very full days. This was the fif- teenth straight iteration of this spring clas- sic, a gathering of some 150 members of the “Brotherhood of the Ring”, from much of the Midwest and the East, as well as Canada. When it was over, on Saturday, there had
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been over 700 judged flights and a total of 107 awards in (1) four classes of Profile, Classic, Old Time, and Precision Stunt, (2) three classes of Old Time Stunt Phase 2 (flapped planes), (3) two classes of Nostalgia Stunt (later designs), (4) Foxberg and Clown team races, (5) Fun, Profile, and Sport Scale, (6) Speed-limit and WWII Combat, (7) Car- rier I & II, Profile, .15, and Sportsman, (8) Perky racing, (9) Ladies and Youth, and (10) Junkyard Wars. In addition, there were ten special awards
for Juniors and Seniors, a (farthest) travel award, a most-event-entered award, a club participation award, a Spirit of ’52 award, and an Appreciation Award from all contes- tants to John Brodak. Arguably best of all, John Brodak was inducted into the AMA
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ll sorts of planes tied to wires con- verged on Carmichaels, PA, in the middle of June, and then circulat- ed under friendly Pennsylvania
Hall of Fame. How’s that for an action- packed five days! The first day (Tuesday) was dedicated to
Profile Stunt, Foxberg racing, and the be- ginning of Carrier. There were 75 entrants in the four classes of Profile and 13 entrants in Foxberg, so those who gained one of the top three places really had to be standouts— true for almost all of the competitions dur- ing the week. The pictures will document some of the less common Stunters seen on this day. Canadians Paul Smith and Len Bourel were on top when the dust from the Foxbergs settled (and they repeated the next day with their Clown). The second day was dedicated to Classic
Stunt and Clown racing. There were 54 en- trants in the four classes of Classic, 16 in Nostalgia 30, and 14 entrants in Clown. Classic brought out some very beautiful ex- amples, including John Simpson’s Cavalier, Bud Wieder’s Caprice, Dan Banjock’s Gal- loping Comedian (2nd place in both Classic Expert and OTS Expert; “Spirit of ’52 Award), Tom Dixon’s Predator, Joe Adamusko’s Olympic, Joe Reinhard’s Plano, and Mike Ostella’s Hawker Hunter (in Swiss markings).
In the evening we were privileged to
watch (and participate, if we dared) in a pro- fessional magic show by Ron Heckler (who recently returned to Stunt when friend Will DeMauro showed him how easy electric fly- ing could be), followed by serenading by past Stunt News editor and prolific builder, Tom Morris. They really made the evening extra special. The third day (Thursday), brought out a
grand collection of Old Time Stunt planes (44 entrants), more carrier flights, ladies and youth basic flights, WWII Profile Com- bat, and Junkyard Wars construction—yes, it was getting very busy out there on the cir- cles and on the sidelines. Using warplane designs for Combat made it more interesting to watch, adding additional interest in the planes to the always-exciting Combat part. And it soon became clear that the Junkyard types had been doing some real designing even before the pell-mell race for the best junk wood began: a Combat ship, a Bi-Slob wannabe, and a Clancy Arnold motor con- trol were on the boards. But they would have to prove their flight-worthiness on the next evening before a multitude of interest- ed and skeptical but cheering onlookers.
DECEMBER 2011
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