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One of the pylons that many of the racers speed by (at left). Paul Dixon built this Daddy-O 525(above center) from the Stevens AeroModel laser-cut kit. It weighs 40 ounces and has custom CNC-cut vinyl graphics. The power system is a Himax 3516-1130 on 3S battery. Tom Hunt’s Mew Gull(above right) making a photo pass. Tom designed this model in 34-, 53-, and 74¼-inch wingspans with plans available for scratch building. Rob Caso designed and built his Bulldog(below center) with a 51-inch wingspan, a 5-pound, 2-ounce weight, and powered it with an OS Max OMA-3825-750 motor on a 4S battery. Chris Perrin landing his Gee Bee(below right) 1930s racer. Chris took top honors in Civilian Scale with this model.


or rudder input, but does keep you on your toes for orientation. Rounding out the awards was Best Civilian Scale which was awarded to Chris Perrin with his 1930s Gee Bee racer.


Late afternoon Friday and Saturday is time for a “mass warbird launch”. On Satur- day we counted 63 pilots as the call to launch moved down the flightline. The pic- tures can’t do justice to that many aircraft in the air at once.


The flying doesn’t stop when the sun goes


down. Night flying is a big part of NEAT, from casual flying to the Saturday night slow flyer contest. LEDs light up the sky— and occasionally a tree!—warning other pi- lots to keep away. Some of my favorite pic- tures are time exposures of the night flying showing streaks of LEDs as the planes cir- cle, or converge on a balloon in the contest. A lot of work goes into the planning and execution of an event this size. Our thanks and congratulations to CD Tom Hunt and the SEFLI workers (and other volunteers)


that resulted in another successful NEAT Fair!


Sunday afternoon all my planes made it back to the campsite as the flightlines and tents came down (seems the “fleet” grew by a couple of planes somehow… ) Everything was packed into the RV for the trip home with plans already being made to return on September 12–14, 2014. If you haven’t been there, it is certainly worth the trip! And if you have: Come back and fly once again!


Chris Perrin received his award (at left) for Best Civilian Scale with his Gee Beeracer. Father and son, Lee and Adam Woodworth (above) shared the honors for Best Sport Model. Lee won with his inflatable pool toy and Adam with his X-periment.


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