PHOTO: BRIAN MALIN
Bob Whitney’s electric powered Scorpio(facing page), swoops in front of the camera. This year saw an increase in electric power. Taking first place in Beginner Profile, Dan Bregar poses with his Brodak Magician (above left) with Aerowind 2815/09 electric power and a 4S-2200 battery. Here is Dan Banjock’s
Bearcat: (above right) with a Fox Twin 35. Jack Rosemere’s Brodak P-40 (below left), electric powered. Tom Morris, flying his electric-powered Cavalier (below right), took first place in Profile Advanced, second place in Classic Advanced, and first place in Precision Stunt Advanced.
As usual, the first day (Tuesday) was de-
voted to Profile Stunt and Foxberg racing, the second day to Classic Stunt and Clown racing, the third day to Old Time Stunt, and the last two days to Precision (PAMPA) Stunt, with Scale and Carrier and Combat joining in around midweek. Some foam pieces joined the junkyard lumber for the construction of junk- yard planes on Thursday, resulting in some impressive flying examples after the banquet on Friday evening; the mass fly-off after- wards did a good job of re-kitting them. Electric planes seemed to have somewhat
more presence this year, especially within the Intermediate fliers (up to 4) and Preci- sion Advanced (up to 5). Tom Morris, who provides a very extensive catalog of all sorts of parts for builders, as well as partly or completely built planes, made a convincing case for his attractive electric Cavalier by dominating the Advanced Stunt class. Mike Palko continued his amazing streak of four consecutive first place finishes in Precision
FLYING MODELS
Expert Stunt with his beautiful electric P-51 Mustang.
Speed-limited Combat and the accompa-
nying rules maximize the number of flights that participants can count on as well as dis- couraging collisions, thereby encouraging beginners to try it out, and to keep coming back year after year. The result this year was a large group of 19; the young college “pro”, Tom Skinner, came out on top. Much more so than the other top Stunt contests, the Brodak Fly-In offers many at- tractions for non-fliers and non-participants as well. There is so much variety among the five circles that one can wander the grounds and then relax in the shade while enjoying the variety of flying machines. The racing contests, Combat, and the flying of the junk- yard planes always draw appreciative spec- tators. Scale and carrier flights, on the next small hill, also draw people and plane watchers. Ladies and young persons are en- couraged to try their hand at flying, and a
few do, with as much help as needed to keep the planes ready to fly again. After the scheduled events are over, the
fun planes come out of the shadows, out of the trunks, and out of the vans. These in- clude the circus-like Bi-Slobs and the super- sized Stunters that try mightily to fly the fli- er, but this year I had a chance to observe (and photograph, at dusk) the flying of a DynaJet-powered Stunter by Dan Banjock and friends, of course. It makes a fearsome noise (ear protectors advised) and travels quite fast. But the most noteworthy aspect may be how hot the engine gets, literally glowing in the dark. One of the prime attractions of the fly-in (always on the Tuesday to Saturday before Father’s Day) is the year’s first opportunity to see (and photograph) the strange and classy or obscure planes that have been cooked up over the winter building season. Plan to put Brodak number 17 on your cal- endar for next year.
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