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Quite a collection of models sit in front of Rich Landis’s tent fly (at left, above). This wasn’t an uncommon sight up and down the pits line. One of Rich’s planes is the Reactor bipe (above) that he says flies as smooth as glass. To help his Transall C-160 (below) “unstick” more easily on takeoff, Rick Bruce redid the gear. If their single motor Gremlinwas so much fun, why not double the fun with the Grem Twin(at left, below), says Jim Reith of RA Cores. Can be set up for differential thrust to do stall turns.


ever see. Taking a look up and down the flight line, one will see a virtual smorgasbord of aircraft. No matter what your background is in model aviation, you’re sure to find some- thing that you will enjoy. From early pioneer models all the way up to modern fighter jets and everything in between, it is at NEAT.


The day of my arrival, Thursday was a bit


damp but certainly did nothing to dampen the spirits of these modelers, many of whom had already been at the campground for a little over a week. The freedom that 2.4 GHz allows has really loosened up the flightlines as models went up, one after the other.


Because electric has grown to cover such


a large spectrum of models, Tom Hunt, the mastermind behind NEAT, has set up three distinct flight areas: one for helicopters; one for Park Flyers; and one for aircraft larger than the AMA guidelines of a Park Flyer. Each flight station is clearly marked and in-


Across the field from the the pits (above left) is a small pond big enough for float planes like Thayer Syme’s 53-inch, modified Stevens Aero Daddy-O. Rob


FLYING MODELS


Caso took the Banana Hobbies 65-inch AD-1 Skyraider (above right) and added some weathering. Then he flew the model at NEAT to dry the paint!


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