2013 Brodak Fly-In
John Cralley and his wife drove out from western Illinois for his first Brodak Fly-In. John holds his unique twin Ringmaster (above left) which flew for the first time at the event. Samantha Hines (above center), who placed 3rd with her father, Steve, as her pit man, is focused as she races against John Passalaqua and Cristina Henley. A happy Aiden Gregory (at right) solos and captures 2nd place in Ladies and Youth Basic Flight. Don Herdman was able to place 2nd in OTS Advanced with his .50-powered Big Job(below left). Tim Tipton’s .25-powered Ringmaster (below center) sports a classic trim scheme that shows the models lines well. Dan Banjock’s Galloping Comedian(below right) has no trouble in the wingover.
model, Bob Hunt had chaired and hosted the committee of northeastern area fliers who designed and built ten of these Cadets specifically to provide a step-up trainer at the Joe Nall R/C Fly-In on May 17–25. This was an effort to reach a susceptible audience with the pleasures of physically connecting to one’s airplane, begun last year with Mark leading the way. Some of Stunt’s best fliers and instructors, including Mark and Bob, were responsible for at least 600 training flights! Anyway, Bob promises that kits for
this Joe Nall Cadet will become available soon—hold him to it because the Brodak Fly-In also aims to enlarge the C/L fraterni- ty. And Mark’s flying at Brodak proved the worth of this plane.
Another first-time Brodak attendee was 80-year-old John Cralley of faraway western Illinois. He and his wife, Mary, delayed a day so he could finish building his unique electric twin Ringmaster. It made its first flights, successfully, on circle three on day two, which was devoted to Classic designs.
Foxberg and Clown team racing on Tues- day and Wednesday afternoon attracted many participants, as usual. Three awards were given separately to Expert and non-Ex- pert teams, to encourage new and young participants. The races are always fun to watch, both for the unique sounds of multi- ple high-speed planes in the air at the same time and for the challenge of making the fastest possible pit stops, with recalcitrant engines always a real possibility. Similarly, the tree next to circle number two provided
Ricardo Martine impressed the judges and everyone else with this .46-powered Me-109 (above left) and placed 1st in PA Advanced. Ed Mason’s DC-6 (above
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right), featured a U.S. Navy transport scheme and is powered by four .15 engines. Ed placed second in Sport Scale with the DC-6.
SEPTEMBER 2013
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