Midwest Regional Float Fly
Tom Reiner of Avon Lake, Ohio, takes his Vought OS2U Kingfisher (above left) off from the water. Andrew Ditchfield’s Mayford USA Neptune (above right) taxis back to the beach after a successful flight. Bob Komro’s 40% Cub (below left) making a low and slow flyby. David Flick from Green Bay, and Tim
Monday from Suamico, Wisconsin flew a pair of Mako twin hull seaplanes (below center and right) available from Western Michigan Flyers LLC. A RealFlight simulator download is available on their website if you want to give this particular model a try!
categories were Sport and Scale. Each cate- gory was competing for a radio system—a Tactic 6-channel system for Sport, and a Futaba FASST 6-channel system for Scale! These are not “rulebook” scale events, but do include both static and flight judging. Sky- masters member Joe Rubinstein did the judging honors. The winner in the Scale cat- egory was Bob Komro with his L-4. Joe Hass (Rochester, MI) won the Sport category with his Arrow, a Laddie Mikulasko design. For logistics, to keep pilots in the air as much as possible, there were seven flight
stations managed by a single flight control tent located mid-beach. Mandatory spotters assisted pilots in knowing where air and wa- ter traffic was around them for safety. Air- plane friendly buoys marked the flight line off shore providing a taxi area, and safe haven for airplane retrievers and the photog- rapher! (As usual, I spent much of the week- end waist deep in water with my Nikon.) Keeping the attendees, workers, and spec- tators well fed is an important part of the event. “Billy D’s Burger Shack” was open for lunch both days, a catered chicken and pas-
With water trailing from its delta wing (above left), Joe Hass of Rochester Hills, Michigan, sends his Arrow, a Laddie Mikulasko design, skyward. Dave
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Shea of Lake Orion, Michigan, flies his Ace Seamaster (above right)—still a popular plane, originally designed by Ken Willard.
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